"Cai Lao? What do you call him? He doesn't seem to be very old, as far as I know. ”

"Yes, he is younger than me, and "Cai Lao" is the nickname given to him by the people here here. ”

"He was originally a scholar in the university, although he is young, but the antique business is thriving, erudite and elegant, and very generous, and his words have the taste of the ancients, so we call him that."

"Then I've finally found the right person." Fortunately, Hu Yunfei has made progress as soon as he stepped into the territory of the antique market.

"Comrade Public Security, has something happened to Mr. Cai?" Director Tang was inexplicable.

"That's right, there was a recent case in which Cai Yaohui may be related to this case, and I came here to ask him about the situation. I hope that today's conversation is known only to the two of us. Linghu Yunfei said solemnly.

"I understand, I know your rules."

"Thank you for your cooperation."

"No thanks, assisting the police in handling the case, this is the duty of every citizen, wait a minute." Director Tang stood up, walked to the door, hung a sign saying "Please knock on the door" on the outside handle of the door, and then closed the door.

"I wonder, is the antiques business profitable?" Linghu Yunfei began to get to the point.

"I'm asking you, I'm asking someone. Our business owners here can indeed make some money by operating antique calligraphy and paintings. ”

"Director Tang, listening to you say this, is there anything more profitable than antiques?" Ling Hu Yunfei felt that Director Tang had something to say.

Director Tang realized that his words were wrong, hesitated for a while, and squeezed out two words, "Yes." ”

"What's that?" Linghu Yunfei asked.

"Well, hey, it doesn't have anything to do with me, so I'll tell you, but don't say I said it."

"When our antique market was first established, it was relatively depressed, but after the boom in the past two years, the appetite of some operators is getting bigger and bigger, and they are no longer satisfied with the antique calligraphy and paintings sold on the bright side - selling antique calligraphy and painting can only be regarded as a small fight." Director Tang said as if he had something to do.

"You mean a private deal? What to sell? ”

"It's the stuff down there." Director Tang pointed to the ground and said mysteriously.

"You mean—artifacts?" Linghu Yunfei immediately understood what Director Tang meant.

Director Tang nodded.

"In your place, artifacts can be sold publicly?"

"It's not like that!" Director Tang was afraid that the public security would misunderstand his dereliction of duty, so he quickly explained.

"I can tell you, comrade public security, the purpose of setting up a management office in our antique trading market is not only to strengthen the management of the market, but also to prevent business owners from selling "these things" privately, and this kind of transaction is expressly prohibited by us, and the antique market is only allowed to sell antiques. ”

"But some of the transactions are done in secret, very secretly. Even the police can't do anything about them. In recent years, the city has been cracking down on the resale of cultural relics. ”

"The job of our stewardship is to prevent artifacts from appearing in our market. They trade elsewhere, and our management department can't control it at all. "What Director Tang said is the Tao.

"Director Tang, how do you know this?"

"Comrade Public Security, how can there be an impermeable wall in the world, as the manager of the antique market, I can always hear some rumors." Director Tang's words are not leaky.

"Director Tang, do you think Cai Yaohui will do this kind of underground transaction?"

"This- I can't just talk nonsense, I beg your pardon, this kind of thing is about evidence."

"Director Tang, there has just been a tomb robbery murder case in Ion Mountain in this city, an ancient tomb was ransacked, and two people died, you must have heard of it. At noon today, the television station will broadcast two missing person notices. ”

"I've heard that I'll watch TV at noon." Director Tang looked at his watch, and the time was 9:45.

"Comrade Public Security, what can I do for you, just say it."

"Thank you for your cooperation, can you invite Zhen Keran, who used to open a store with Cai Yaohui, to come here? Is he here today? I'd like to talk to him – we don't want to alarm Chua just yet. ”

"I understand what you mean, Boss Zhen sees that the sky is here, I will go and invite it in person immediately." Director Tang wanted to get up and go out.

"Wait, I haven't finished my words yet, Director Tang, while solving this case, we also have to cooperate with the Municipal Department of Cultural Relics to find traces of these cultural relics."

"In this batch of cultural relics, there are more than a dozen large bronzes, and I also ask Director Tang to help us pay attention to this matter, once there is news of similar objects, please also notify our criminal investigation team in time, this is our phone number." Linghu Yunfei handed Director Tang a piece of paper with a phone number written on it.

"Okay, I'll send someone to keep an eye on those operators, and I'll tell you as soon as I have any clues." Director Tang took the paper, folded it and stuffed it into his jacket pocket.

"Thank you, I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the criminal investigation team and the municipal cultural relics department."

"You're welcome, it's our business. You drink some water first, and I'll go and ask Boss Zhen. Director Tang turned around and walked out the door.

After five minutes, Director Tang walked into the office alone.

"Director Tang, Boss Zhen is not here?"

"Comrade Public Security, it's really not a coincidence, five minutes ago, he just left."

"Where did he go?"

"I asked the guy in the store, and he said he didn't know. He said that the boss went out and never told him where to go. Their boss usually comes to the store around 3 p.m. to reconcile the accounts, and he doesn't stay in the store for a long time. ”

"I just said that he should come to the management office, but I didn't say anything else, you can see if you come back in the afternoon."

"I'll wait here for Boss Zhen." Ling Hu Yunfei was very determined.

"You're going to wait here?" Director Tang looked at the electronic clock hanging on the wall, and the time was only a quarter past ten. "But it's just morning, and it's still early."

"I want to go around the market."

"Okay, then I'll walk around with you."

Two men walked out of the office.

Director Tang whispered three pieces of information to Ling Hu Yunfei as he walked: First, the owners of most shops would not stay in the shop for a long time.

In the beginning, they would sit honestly in the shop, and as the time went on, the time they spent in the shop became shorter and shorter.

Ling Hu Yunfei guessed the secret from the chat with Director Tang just now: the business of these bosses, antiques are just a small head, and the cultural relics transaction is the main event, since private transactions cannot be carried out in this antique trading market, then just arrange a few guys in the store to take care of it, and they naturally want to go to "elsewhere" activities.

Second, some shops may be channels for the trade of cultural relics, and some foreign antiquities smuggling syndicates mostly get the cultural relics they want from these shops. Thirdly, some shops may also be places where some tomb robbers sell their stolen goods.

Director Tang's words made Linghu Yunfei pause, and he knew what to do.

If you can get in touch with this special cultural relics trading channel, you may be able to find traces of the stolen cultural relics from the Ion Mountain Ancient Tomb, and you may be able to find the real culprit of the "10.5" tomb robbery murder case along this path.

Linghu Yunfei decided to tear a hole in this Zhen Keran's body first.

Director Tang led Linghu Yunfei to the second district first.

The whole antique market runs east-west, with the second district in the middle of the market, the first area in the east of the market, and the third area in the west of the market.

Entering the second district, there are four rows of shops on four sides, and a rectangular square in the middle, which is full of stalls, with a total of four rows.

Director Tang said that under normal circumstances, there are more than 100 stalls (limited to the second district), there are 24 shops, and the shops are divided into large and small, the small shop has only one house with an area of about 20 square meters, and the large shop has three houses with an area of about 60 square meters.

Cai Yaohui's shop is located in the middle of the north of District 2, with a total of three houses.

People can see the three eye-catching characters of "Tibetan Mountain Zhai" from afar, and the font is vigorous and powerful.

"Comrade Public Security, these three words are very valuable."

"Why is that?"

These words are the handwriting of the famous calligrapher Wu Yigong. Cai Lao's father is a famous painter, and this Wu Yigong is a close friend of Cai Lao's father. ”

When he was about to walk to the door of the Zangshanzhai antique shop, Ling Hu Yunfei finally saw the inscription "Wu Yigong" under the three big characters.

Linghu Yunfei followed Director Tang into the store.

Immediately, two young men greeted him with a smile: "Director Tang, you are inspecting." ”

They saw a man dressed in ordinary clothes behind Director Tang, and they didn't pay much attention to it.

There are four guys in the store, and the other two guys are receiving a customer.

Ling Hu Yunfei glanced at the entire shop, there were jade, stoneware, silverware, bronze ware, jade pots, silver pots, calligraphy and paintings, and a special area for rosewood furniture.

The two guys accompanied Director Tang around the counter.

"Where's your boss Cai?" Director Tang asked.

"Our boss is usually not here except in the evening to reconcile accounts. Director Tang has something to do with our boss? ”

An older guy at the counter looked alert, and he glanced at Ling Hu Yunfei several times.

Ling Hu Yunfei was silent, just admiring the antiques placed in the counter.

"I'm idle and just spin around. How's business today? Director Tang said with a smile.

"Don't make fun of us, business is okay." A young man said politely.

"Okay, you guys are busy, I'm leaving." After that, Director Tang walked out of the store, and Ling Hu Yunfei also came out.

The two men sent Director Tang to the door.

After walking out of the "Tibetan Mountain Zhai", Director Tang led Ling Huyun to fly to the first district, where the "Xinglong Antique Shop" was located.

Not far away stands a wooden building that looks like an archway. It has the words "Zone 1" on it.

"Director Tang, the scale of the Zangshanzhai antique shop is not small!" Linghu Yunfei said.

"The scale is indeed not small, in our market, the scale of 'Zangshanzhai' is very large, and the goods in the store alone are worth a lot of money."

"Cai Lao has hired a total of five guys, there are four guys in the store, the four you just saw, and there is another person who is specifically responsible for purchasing and transporting goods - this person is Cai Lao's brother-in-law. The things in the store are mainly in charge of his brother-in-law. ”