Chapter 63: A Different Way
"That evening, I was in the shop to reconcile, and this man walked in, and he wandered around the shop for a while, and I hadn't dealt with him before, but I knew at a glance that he had something in his hand." Cai Yaohui said.
"How do you see that?"
"His time in the store is not short, about ten minutes before and after."
"When I reconciled the accounts, he was hanging around the counter next to me, I looked at him, he also looked at me, and then I didn't see him continue to reconcile my accounts, but I noticed with my spare eyes that he looked at me several times, and my intuition told me that this person should be a door-to-door seller."
"Then he left, and when I finished the reconciliation and got to the parking lot, this man came out of the corner."
"You took something from him?"
"Accepted."
"How many did you collect?"
"Took one."
"What's that?"
"An elephant wat."
"What is a Elephant Wat?"
"The prototype made of ivory is the certificate that the minister of the Ming Dynasty held when he met the emperor." Wen Section Chief said in popular science.
"Yes, the leader is right." Cai Yaohui agreed with Section Chief Wen's explanation.
"Cai Yaohui, someone who has never been in contact with before, you dare to trade?"
"He went straight to me with the real thing. I have good eyesight, and I don't have to worry about anything with real objects in front of me. β
"Did he come to you later?"
"Ever since I received his elephant wat he has come to me twice, but each time he has only taken out one thingβall of them in small pieces. Comrade policeman, I now kind of understand what is going on. β
"What do you understand? Let's hear it. β
"This person, the number two you say, should have been staring at me for a long time, and he only looked for me when he saw it. After that, he never came to me again. β
"How long has it been since he's been looking for you?"
"Ouch, it's not a short time, it's more than twenty days. The one who came to me later was the disguised person. β
"Cai Yaohui, what do you think of these two people who came to you one after the other?" Zhao Zimeng felt that No. 2 and the disguised mysterious person seemed to have a lot to do with each other.
"I think the one who sold me the four artifacts in disguise is an accomplice of Number Two." Cai Yaohui and Zhao Zimeng also saw the same thing.
"Tell me about the basis for your judgment."
"Comrade policeman, you said that it was one after the other, which means that you can also see that this No. 2 may be exploring the way for his accomplices. I wonder if the man who sold me the elephant wat and the one in disguise are both gold thieves, maybe they have found a home in advance for the treasure caught below, or the gang has dug up several graves. β
Cai Yaohui's words made Zhao Zimeng feel a chill down his spine for a moment, and he felt that the situation was beyond his original judgment.
He had a very bad feeling.
"Now, if you want to catch Teng Jianye and Shui Ruzhang's pigtails, I'm afraid it will be difficult." Cai Yaohui suddenly threw out such a sentence.
"Why?" Zhao Zimeng's sixth sense attacked.
"You have sealed my Tibetan Mountain Zhai, Teng Jianye and Shui Ruzhang will soon know about this matter, even if you don't seal my shop, they won't bother me anymore." Cai Yaohui said with a depressed face.
"When there's a stir in the antique market, they'll know about it right away."
Sure enough, Zhao Zimeng didn't expect this.
According to common sense, it is logical for Cai Yaohui to resell cultural relics and seize his antique shop.
It was originally judged that Cai Yaohui was the key to opening the door to this case, and now a mysterious person with disguise has emerged, it seems that this case is not as simple as imagined.
Zhao Zimeng couldn't reach the umbilicus.
If he wanted to catch Teng Jianye and Shui Ruzhang, Zhao Zimeng had to find another way.
"Cai Yaohui, Teng Jianye and Shui Ruzhang are the only sellers in Jingxi? Do they have any other lines? β
"There should be, these two people have been doing this for some years, and they will come to Jingxi every once in a while."
"Sometimes, when I don't contact them, they will come to Jingxi on their own, and I know that they are not the only ones who are in my line."
"How do you know what they're doing?"
"They are all insiders, and everyone has dealings, even if they don't come to me, I can get the news."
"When they come, they don't usually go home empty-handed. If something happens to me here, they can pick it up from someone else when they hear the news. β
"Cai Yaohui, you are here with us now, according to what you said, these two people should have heard about it, why haven't they left Jingxi yet."
"If they haven't left Jingxi yet, it means that there must be treasures that keep them from taking a step, and they may be planning to take a risk and take a few things with them."
Cai Yaohui's statement is very reasonable, and Zhao Zimeng is also thinking about this matter in his heart at the moment.
"I heard that you are not the only one doing this kind of business in the Hukoumen antique market."
"That's for sure. But who exactly? I do not know. Teng Jianye and Shui Ruzhang are in Jingxi, and there should still be a chance. β
"Cai Yaohui, you were first engaged in the identification of cultural relics, in the Hukoumen antique market, who asked you to identify cultural relics."
"Someone, comrade policeman, I will point to one person for you, I dare not guarantee that you will gain something, but you can try."
"Say."
"Huo Wangting of Wencui Hall in District 1. He was one of the first to do antique business at the Hukoumen Antique Market, and he often came to me to appraise things. I think most of the things he asked me to identify were collected from the gold thief. β
"Are you so sure?"
"It can be seen that the contents of the tomb are completely different from the artifacts that are often in the hands of people. Of course, ordinary people can't tell the difference, and they have to have some eyesight. β
Zhao Zimeng glanced at Section Chief Wen and got a positive answer from his eyes.
After the interrogation of Cai Yaohui ended, Section Chief Wen took the initiative to ask to go to the Hukoumen antique market to monitor Huo Wangting.
Zhao Zimeng is worried about this matter, and he really can't find anyone to do it now.
But let Section Chief Wen go to Zhao Zimeng also has concerns.
"This is not appropriate, Section Chief Wen, you are here to assist us in our work, how can I let you go. Besides, surveillance work is dangerous, and you don't do that. β
"Since it's assistance, this is also my job, Captain Zhao, don't underestimate me, I've been dealing with this matter all year round, and it's not a problem for me to monitor and track people. I'll go up first, and when you can muster the manpower, I'll just replace me. Section Chief Wen was resolute.
"Okay, then it's hard to hear the section chief, but you must be careful and safety first." Zhao Zimeng thought about it for a while, but still agreed to Section Chief Wen's request.
Zhao Zimeng dialed Director Tang's phone and informed him that Section Chief Wen was about to go to the antique market to monitor Huo Wangting, the owner of Wencuitang, and asked Director Tang to arrange and assist.
He and Director Tang finalized that Section Chief Wen would go over at three o'clock in the afternoon, and Director Tang was going to send a reliable person to keep an eye on Wen Cuitang until Section Chief Wen arrived.
At 1:45 p.m., Professor Cai's family of four was already waiting at the gate of the Public Security Bureau.
The doorman called Zhao Zimeng.
Zhao Zimeng and Section Chief Wen rushed to the gate, and then led Professor Cai and his party into a conference room.
There is a long table in the middle of the room, a few chairs on each side of the table, and two rows of sofas in the corner.
Zhao Zimeng led them to the sofa and sat down.
Aunt Cai just sat down and stood up again, walked to the door and looked uneasy.
A few minutes later, two guards ushered Cai Yaohui into the conference room.
In order to make Professor Cai and his wife feel better, Cai Yaohui was brought into the conference room, and Zhao Zimeng instructed the guards to remove the handcuffs.
The meeting room was also held for this reason.
Cai Yaohui walked into the conference room, saw his elderly parents, knelt in front of his mother, and cried bitterly.
Professor Cai tried his best to control his emotions, but under the influence of his wife, son and daughter-in-law, his nose was sore, and tears came out of his eyes, rolling down his cheeks like beads with broken threads.
He sat on the couch and looked at his son, who was kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly.
Aunt Cai and Kelly were crying.
Cai Yaohua helped Aunt Cai to the sofa and sat down.
Zhao Zimeng walked up to Cai Yaohui: "Cai Yaohui, if you really have filial piety, stand up, your parents were fine just now." You're only going to make the old man sadder. As long as you sincerely repent, it is still too late. β
"Brother, what Captain Zhao said is right, you sit down first and have a good conversation with your father and mother. Manly husband, don't want mother-in-law. Mom and Dad are old, and they can't stand such a toss. Cai Yaohua said calmly.
"Yes! Yaohui, my parents are here to persuade you to explain your problems well and let go of all the baggage in your heart. Before, you didn't listen to your parents, but now it's too late to look back. Kelly choked up.
Cai Yaohui listened to his family's words and stood up.
Zhao Zimeng moved a chair and placed it in front of the sofa and motioned for Cai Yaohui to sit down.
"Professor Cai, Cai Yaohui has a good attitude of repentance, and has already explained a lot of questions, you are old, don't be too excited, sit down and say slowly, I will go out first, there is something to call the guard." Zhao Zimeng walked out of the conference room after speaking, he wanted the Cai family to be alone for a while.
Cai Yaohui sat next to his mother and bowed his head to wipe away tears.
"Yaohui, you look up." Professor Cai said in a hoarse voice.
Cai Yaohui slowly raised his head.
Professor Cai pointed at Cai Yaohui, his hand trembling: "From childhood to adulthood, our old couple has spent the most time on you. When we think about it, we feel sorry for your brother and your sister, but they never let us worry about it a little, and I often wonder if our spoiling has hurt you. β
"It's all my fault, it's me who dotes on him too much, old man, it's not your fault." Aunt Cai's tears and snot are in one place.
"Dad, Mom, you are not wrong, it is the son who is wrong, it is the son who has gone the wrong way, and it is the son who has failed the hope of the second elder."
"Son! You shouldn't, you shouldn't. You also plagued Kelly's younger brother Qiliang. β
Kelly, who was sitting on the side, burst into tears. Her husband had an accident, and so did her brother, and she was under double pressure and pain.
"It's my son who is confused for a while, I'm sorry for Kelly, I'm sorry for Qiliang."
The family talked for a while, and Zhao Zimeng saw that the time was almost up, and re-entered the conference room.
"Captain Zhao, please let Qiliang go, I forced him in, he doesn't know anything. He was innocent. Cai Yaohui begged.
"We have decided to release Wei Qiliang, and later, let him go with you."
"Captain Zhao, thank youβthank you." Kelly held Zhao Zimeng's hand tightly and thanked him again and again.
Zhao Zimeng walked to the door of the conference room and gestured to the two guards.
After a while, the guard led Qi Liang in.