In all fairness! Zhao Zimeng would never think so.

A flash of inspiration flashed in Zhao Zimeng's mind: Is it the right number - the work of this son Yaohui in Aunt Cai's mouth and the current case are very coincidentally matched.

The name Cai Yaohui is deeply engraved in Zhao Zimeng's mind.

Zhao Zimeng asked in pursuit: "Auntie, your son is really promising, if I guess correctly, the major that the child studied in college is either archaeology or cultural relics identification." Antique shops are not open by anyone. ”

"Comrade Zhao, you are right, my son Yaohui studied archaeology in college."

"However, he didn't seem to be very interested in this major, so he later took the master's degree and learned cultural relics appraisal - or the relationship that Lao Cai was looking for."

Zhao Zimeng finally got the answer he wanted. This information is obviously very important.

At 6:28 a.m., there was a clear sound of footsteps in the alley.

Aunt Cai put down the watering can in her hand, walked to the gate of the courtyard and leaned out: "Old man, there is a public security comrade looking for you - he has been waiting for you for a while." ”

"From the Public Security Bureau?" Professor Cai walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked at Zhao Zimeng in the courtyard.

Professor Cai was wearing a blue May Fourth sportswear with white vertical stripes, and a pair of red and blue welfare shoes on his feet, and he looked very energetic.

He has gray sideburns and a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose.

Zhao Zimeng stepped forward with a smile: "Professor Cai, hello, a little presumptuous, disturbing your second elder!" ”

"Don't get in the way, may I ask your surname?" Professor Cai looked Zhao Zimeng up and down.

"Don't be surnamed Zhao." Zhao Zimeng took out his work card from his jacket pocket and handed it to Professor Cai's hand, he wanted to reveal his identity before he could speak.

Professor Cai fixed his eyes, nodded, and confirmed Zhao Zimeng's identity: "Let's go, let's go to the room and sit down." ”

Professor Cai led Zhao Zimeng into the East Wing.

This room is a studio and reception room. The inside room is the painting room, and the outside room is the reception room.

Zhao Zimeng saw at a glance that there was a very long and wide table in the middle of the studio, on which were some painting tools and paper, and several freshly painted landscape paintings were hung on the surrounding walls, and in the reception room was a set of mahogany chairs and a coffee table, and two rows of standing bookcases were placed against the wall.

Professor Cai motioned for Zhao Zimeng to sit down, and he sat down on the chair next to Zhao Zimeng.

Aunt Cai brought a woolen jacket and draped it over Professor Cai's body.

"Comrade Zhao, what are you looking for me?"

Zhao Zimeng opened the zipper of the handbag, took out two paper bags from it and put them on the coffee table, and then slowly opened the first paper bag.

Inside the first paper bag was a porcelain bowl in a plastic bag.

Zhao Zimeng looked at Aunt Cai: "Auntie, you also sit down, I want to ask you some questions." ”

"Huh? Isn't this the porcelain bowl we threw in the old house? Aunt Cai said as she sat down.

"Comrade, how can this porcelain bowl end up in your hands?" Professor Cai looked puzzled.

"Professor Cai, Aunt Cai, you can take a look at this again." Zhao Zimeng said as he opened the second paper bag.

The second paper bag also contained a clear plastic bag containing a knife.

"Old woman, this- isn't this the kitchen knife in our old house in Huaigu Village!" Professor Cai was surprised.

"yes, really. The handle of the knife was cracked, and I tied it with wire. Hey? I remember that there was only one gap in the front, why is there one more gap now? Aunt Cai said and lowered her head and stepped forward, wanting to pick up the knife.

Zhao Zimeng stopped Aunt Cai's hand and said politely: "Auntie, this knife is physical evidence, you'd better not touch it." ”

Aunt Cai immediately retracted her hand.

"Physical evidence? Comrade Zhao, what does this mean? Professor Cai said.

"Professor Cai, Aunt Cai, listen to me slowly."

The couple opened their eyes and looked at Zhao Zimeng's face in amazement, as if the answer was written on Zhao Zimeng's face.

"Old woman, go make a cup of tea." Professor Cai said.

Aunt Cai stood up.

"No need to make tea, Aunt Cai, sit down."

Aunt Cai sat back in her chair.

"Here's the situation: Yesterday, we received a report that an excavator had dug a hole in No. 117 at the demolition site in Huaigu Village, which was the old house where you used to live."

"Cave thieves? Our old house? I don't quite understand - how can there be - burglars in our house? ”

"Yes, after our investigation, there is a hole dug by tomb robbers under the old house No. 117 where your second elder used to live."

"Grave robbers? Comrade Zhao, aren't you joking, is there really a tomb under my old house? We have been staying at No. 117 for a long time, but I heard rumors that there is an ancient tomb at the foot of Ion Mountain, but I didn't expect it to be true. Professor Cai was amazed.

"Yes, it's true, the location of the ancient tomb is under the bamboo forest behind the wall of courtyard No. 117."

"Where is that hole?" Professor Cai had already understood Zhao Zimeng's words.

"It's just below the room where you live, under the bed."

"In the house where I live? Incredible! How did these people know that digging a hole under my house would lead to the tomb? ”

"This is also a question that we can't figure out, so I took the liberty of coming here just to get your help." Zhao Zimeng said earnestly.

"Comrade Zhao, as long as we know, we must know everything. These guys are too powerful, could it be that they did it after my family moved out. ”

At this moment, Aunt Cai's face on the side suddenly became gloomy, and she realized that she had just said too much, and she suddenly said a lot less.

"It should be like this, we have already entered the burial chamber, this ancient tomb is of high specification and grade, but the burial goods in the burial chamber have been looted by tomb robbers."

"According to what you say, the rumors of the people of Huaigu Village are not groundless."

"yes, we also found two bodies in the burial chamber." Zhao Zimeng said solemnly.

"Corpses?" Aunt Cai was shocked, her face suddenly turned from gloomy to pale.

"Oh?! It seems that there must be a lot of treasures in this ancient tomb, it is really a man who dies for money, and a bird dies for food. Professor Cai said.

"After investigation, there was a headless male corpse at the entrance of the robbery cave, and there was also a male corpse in the burial chamber, and later, we fished out a head from the well in front of No. 117."

"After autopsies, the head was the headless corpse, and the faces of both bodies were smashed with blunt objects." Zhao Zimeng described.

"Huh?! It's so bloody, could it be that this group of people has long been eyeing our family's old house. Comrade Zhao, why are these people digging holes in the house where I live? When Professor Cai heard that the thief cave was under his bed, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

"We don't know this, the entrance of the thief cave is only three or four meters away from the entrance of the tomb."

"Comrade Zhao, what can we do for you?" Professor Cai said.

"The second elder has lived at No. 117 for many years, and I would like to ask you to recall that there are any suspicious people who have come into contact with you - or have appeared around your old house?"

Professor Cai frowned and thought for a moment: "Usually, friends often come to see me in the old house, and we talk about painting together, and no one has ever talked about the ancient tomb before me. ”

"These friends of mine are either painters or painting enthusiasts, and some of them are people of status and status - but the people I come into contact with are some who know the roots!"

"They only know how to paint, and they don't know anything else, and it can't have anything to do with tomb robbing, which can't make a living. Except for these people, it is the children who come to visit occasionally. ”

"We have two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Yaozu works in Shanghai, and his family is also in Shanghai.

"Second son Yaohui, come once a month, he is usually busy with business matters, send some things, say hello a few times, and sometimes leave without even eating."

"Yaohua, but she comes more, she works in the hospital, she doesn't worry about us, and often goes home. Sometimes I pass by Huaigu Village after work and take a trip to No. 117. Didn't care if anyone else was around here. ”

Professor Cai was anxious to clear the suspicion of his family, but Zhao Zimeng did not ask him about the child's situation, he took the initiative to say it.

"Wife, am I right?" Professor Cai noticed that his wife's words suddenly became less.

"Well, yes, yes! The two children came, and they didn't stay in the old house for long. Most of the time, Yaohui would say a few words to us, drop things and leave, and Yaohua would sometimes help me wash my clothes and dry my bedding. Never spend the night in an old house. Aunt Cai hurriedly picked up her wife's words and added some content.

Zhao Zimeng heard the meaning of the old couple's words: their two children, especially the second son Cai Yaohui, every time they go to No. 117, they don't stay long, so they don't have time to think about tomb robbing.

"We heard that the second elder often went to Huangshan and Mount Tai to sketch." Zhao Zimeng continued to ask.

"Yes, a few years ago - that is, in the years after retirement, my body is still quite strong, I often go to Huangshan and Mount Tai with my wife to sketch, spring and autumn."

"I have to go at least twice a year, I have painted landscape paintings all my life, I like to go to the famous mountains and rivers to walk, after my wife retired, I also like to paint, I took her, while traveling, while teaching her to paint landscape paintings."

Professor Cai is not a fool, he heard the subtext of Zhao Zimeng's words, so he especially emphasized that going to Huangshan and Mount Tai to sketch was only a matter of a few years after retirement.

"Did you go out during the period before you moved?"

Professor Cai shook his head: "It's not okay for people to be unconvinced, it was a few years ago to go to Huangshan and Taishan, and in recent years, we haven't gone out, and the children don't let us run out." ”

"Professor Cai, you mean to say that you have never left No. 117 for nearly a year?"