Chapter 52: Huaigu Village

"How long has Wei Qiliang been doing this kind of business with you?"

"Just this once, before, I never took him with me. Just let him help me take care of the antique shop. He is my brother-in-law. My wife told me to take care of his brother. ”

"I didn't take him before, why did I bring him this time?"

"I can't tell, I feel a little wrong with this transaction, I can't put it into words, it's just a feeling. I'm afraid I won't be able to cope with it myself, so I took Wei Qiliang with me. ”

"Doing this kind of thing is to lick the blood on the knife edge, and sooner or later something will happen. Although I am a regular customer, I have to keep an eye on it. The result is still ......"

"I regret not listening to them, I ...... it"

Cai Yaohui didn't finish the sentence, he looked up at the roof of the interrogation room, let out a long sigh, and tears flowed down instantly.

Zhao Zimeng knew that Cai Yaohui's mouth should refer to his parents, wife and former friend Zhen Keran.

However, how credible his confession and tears are, Zhao Zimeng and Ling Huyunfei have no bottom in their hearts, and the time is in a hurry, and the interrogation of Cai Yaohui can only be stopped.

Next, Zhao Zimeng interrogated Ning Shangzhi and the tall and thin man surnamed Da - the name of the tall and thin man was Da Qibao.

The situation explained by these two people is basically the same as the situation explained by Cai Yaohui, including several transactions and the cultural relics traded.

This Humpty Dumpty Ning Shangzhi insists that he is a collector.

As for why Da Qibao brought a gun, he claimed that it was to prevent being hacked by the other party.

Da Qibao especially emphasized that he was not very good at using guns, and he only brought guns for self-defense.

He didn't plan to shoot in the first place, but as for the later shooting, it was because he was too nervous and the gun went off.

Regarding his remarks, Zhao Zimeng did not say anything.

In the eyes of Zhao Zimeng and Ling Hu Yunfei, neither Cai Yaohui, nor Ning Shangzhi and Da Qibao are completely honest, and their performances seem to have performance elements.

Regarding the specific situation of Ning Shangzhi and Da Qibao, Zhao Zimeng plans to conduct an in-depth and detailed investigation with the Haizhou police.

The "10.5" tomb robbery and homicide case involved a case of reselling cultural relics, and may also involve a case of smuggling of cultural relics.

But that's what comes later, and they have more important things to do at the moment.

After Zhao Zimeng asked Ning Shangzhi and Da Qibao for their home addresses, the two guards sent them back to the detention room.

Zhao Zimeng and Ling Hu Yunfei walked out of the building and met Xiao Luhan and Xiang Daimo head-on.

At this time, the sun had already shown its face, and the time was 7:45 in the morning.

At 7:50, two jeeps drove out of the gate of the criminal investigation team, and the little jeep turned right and headed east, all the way to Dongcheng District.

There were Zhao Zimeng and Xiao Luhan in the car, and Xiao Luhan was driving.

Another big jeep turned left and headed west, heading towards Xicheng District, with Ling Hu Yunfei and Xiang Daimo sitting in the car, and they were going to Xicheng District to continue the investigation of No. 1.

In the car, Zhao Zimeng opened the lid of the cardboard box, and there was an old blanket in the box that was half-wrapped in the cultural relic-Jiuyang Bottle.

Zhao Zimeng carefully looked at the Jiuyang Bottle for a while, from last night to now, he has not had time to see the true face of this precious cultural relic.

The shape of this Jiuyang bottle is simple and chic, and the shape of the vessel is beautiful, but the surface is oxidized severely, and there is patina all over the body.

There is indeed a text on the bottle, because it is a seal script, Zhao Zimeng can only guess the words "Qi", "Gong", "Zhong", "Che" and so on with his existing knowledge.

The bottom of the three feet of the Nine Sheep Bottle is particularly rusty. There's some granular rust on it.

If it is really as Cai Yaohui said, this Jiuyang bottle is a cultural relic of the Warring States Period, then this cultural relic has a history of more than 2,000 years.

Zhao Zimeng's heart was heavy and a little gratified.

Heavy on this treasure and other artifacts of its same nature are ill-fated and wandering in the hands of antiquities dealers and tomb robbers, and in the possibility of falling into the hands of antiquities smugglers and going overseas.

This would be an immeasurable loss to the country and the nation.

Yesterday's assault was able to recover this Jiuyang bottle, and Zhao Zimeng was a little relieved in his heart.

But he is well aware that the battle is far from over, and the task remains daunting.

The "10.5" case was a little eyebrow-raising, but there were still many cultural relics lost, and he secretly made up his mind to solve the case.

At this time, Ma Jianping and Lin Di were on their way to No. 187 Shigu Lane.

At 7:55, their old car stopped at the entrance of Shigu Lane.

The two got out of the car and walked into the alley.

The gate of No. 187 is unlocked.

Ma Jianping knocked on the door three times: "Tu-tu-tu-tu-"

After a while, there was the sound of crutches on the stone slabs in the courtyard, and a few cat meows.

The courtyard door opened, and an old lady with white hair appeared in front of her.

She was on a cane in her hand, hunched at the waist, and her head was unconsciously pointed.

The old man narrowed his eyes and looked Ma Jianping and Lin Di up and down.

"Excuse me, are you Aunt Qi?"

"You're looking for me?"

"Auntie, we are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau." Lin Di said and took out his documents.

"From the Public Security Bureau?" The old lady nodded incessantly.

"Yes, Cai Yaohui Boss Cai has rented a house from you?"

The old man was stunned for a moment and nodded.

"We wanted to take a look at the house he rented."

"I don't have a house key, it's with the owner."

"Auntie, Cai Yaohui has already given us the key." Ma Jianping said as he took out the key from his pocket.

"If you have the key, then I can't stop it."

The old man let the two men into the courtyard gate.

There are six houses in the courtyard: three main houses, two east wings, and a kitchen to the south of the east wing.

Three main rooms, with an entrance hall in the middle and East and West Houses on either side.

The door to the east room was open, and a tanuki cat was stretching on the carpet in the doorway.

An old-fashioned copper lock hung from the door of the West House, and a pitch-black coffin was stacked in the foyer.

Cai Yaohui is really good at finding a place, even if it is a thief, he will be creepy when he sees this coffin.

Ma Jianping unlocked the door and pushed the door open.

The Westinghouse is divided into an inner and outer room, with the outer room being the living room and the inner room being the bedroom.

The bedroom has an old-fashioned wooden bed, a bedside table, a large wardrobe and a half-section, and an old-fashioned chair in front of the bed.

In the living room, there is a table of eight immortals, two chairs, and a pair of Taishi chairs in front of the window, and a coffee table in the middle of the Taishi chairs.

Ma Jianping and Lin Di carefully inspected the large wardrobe, the half-section cabinet and under the bed, and there was nothing.

The old lady stood in the doorway and looked in.

"Auntie, does Cai Yaohui often come here?"

"Not much, he doesn't live here, he just puts something here. All the furniture is mine, and he doesn't sleep here. Last night, he was here. ”

Obviously, No. 187 is just a place for Cai Yaohui to temporarily store things.

"Auntie, has Cai Yaohui brought someone here?"

"No, he never brings people – he comes alone every time he comes."

Ma Jianping and Lin Di searched inside and outside the house again, but found nothing new.

After leaving Shigu Lane, the two went to Huaigu Village.

At around 8:20, Xiao Luhan parked the jeep next to a pile of neatly stacked green bricks, and they arrived at Huaigu Village.

There was also a black sedan parked next to the pile of bricks, which was supposed to be the car of a comrade from the Cultural Relics Bureau.

The two of them got out of the car and saw from a distance that many people had gathered on the ruins of No. 117, and the number of people watching the excitement only increased today.

Professor Jin and Professor Nie had already arrived at the scene one step ahead of them.

Xiao Luhan gently picked up the cardboard box, and the two of them walked towards the ruins.

Professor Jin, Professor Nie, and two other gray-haired old men greeted them, followed by Manager Feng and Captain Xiao.

Everyone exchanged a few words.

Xiao Luhan put the carton on a flat ground, untied the rope on the carton, opened the lid of the carton, and uncovered the blanket.

Professor Jin, Professor Nie, and the two old men immediately gathered around and looked into the cardboard box half-squatting.

The four of them looked solemn, and there was irrepressible excitement and excitement in the solemnity.

The four of them stared at the Jiuyang Bottle in the box for a while, whispering to each other from time to time.

They observed the shape of the nine sheep heads one by one, and Professor Jin took out the magnifying glass that had been prepared for a long time to study the seal inscription on the bottle for a while.

He put on his gloves, stroked them on the bottle, and looked at them.

There is some patina and powdery stuff on the gloves.

Professor Jin stood up: "Hurry up and wrap the blanket, it must be lighter." ”

Xiao Luhan rewrapped the blanket and carefully placed it in the cardboard box.

"This is the Warring States Period, the Nine Sheep Bottle of the Qi Kingdom." An old man with glasses said.

"Captain Zhao, this is my archaeological expert Wang Lao. He heard about the matter of Jiuyang Bottle, so he must come and see it. ”

"Captain Zhao, I judge that this Jiuyang bottle is very likely to be the burial object in this late Ming Dynasty ancient tomb."

Professor Nie took out a document bag from a handbag, he took more than 20 photos from the file bag, picked out four of them, and handed them to Zhao Zimeng.

Zhao Zimeng and Xiao Luhan looked carefully one by one.

"You see, on the dozen or so stone carved platforms in the tomb, there are three three-legged rust traces, and this Jiuyang bottle is very likely to be one of the three." Professor Nie said.

A worker walked up to Captain Xiao, wearing a pair of gloves on his hands: "Captain, the entrance to the tomb has been opened." ”

"Captain Zhao, a few professors, you can enter the tomb now." Captain Xiao said.

So Manager Feng and Captain Xiao led everyone towards the ruins.

The crowd that originally occupied the commanding heights of the ruins now surrounded the entrance of the tomb tightly.

Fortunately, this morning, Lu Qian came to Huaigu Village first to make preparations, and he and the comrades from the local police station had already controlled the order of the scene.

At this moment, a yellow cordon has been set up around the entrance of the tomb.

Watching the lively crowd outside the line, they stretched their necks and looked towards the entrance of the tomb.

Seeing Captain Zhao walking over, the crowd made a way.