The first week of January.

On Monday, Li Xin and Chen Xiangxiang herded sheep at the sheep herding base until half past 9 o'clock, and the two people took Li Xin's car to the testing center of the National Security Bureau, when Chen Xiangxiang confirmed that the detector to be used was a spectrometer, it was agreed that Li Xin handed over the jade bracelet to the inspectors for testing, and the test report came out in the morning.

In the process of the jade bracelet being tested, Chen Xiangxiang's heart was still very uneasy, very worried about the jade bracelet in case of an accident, when the jade bracelet was detected by the spectrometer, she hurriedly took the jade bracelet back and put it on her wrist, until it was confirmed that the amplification effect of the jade bracelet still existed.

The National Security Bureau's test results for this time can be said to be both expected and unexpected, what is expected is that the relevant experts judged that the material of this jade bracelet should be an ordinary jade material according to the photo analysis provided by Li Xin, and the unexpected is that since it is an ordinary jade material, why this jade bracelet can increase the mental power value, and other Hetian jade has not been found to have this special ability.

The experts were very distressed and helpless, and in the face of the test report on the jade bracelet provided by the advanced high-end spectrometer, they could not give a definitive conclusion about the jade bracelet. They now hope to wait until the NSA finds out the provenance of the jade bracelet from the tomb robbers, and then find out the scientific conclusions from the source.

On Tuesday afternoon, the NSA secretly arrested the man surnamed Zhang, who was selling the jade bracelet, and two men who were with him, at a time when he was in the middle of a transaction with the buyer, who was also arrested because he was also at the scene.

Ever since they knew that the jade bracelet that Chen Xiangxiang and Kong Xiuying bought was from the man surnamed Zhang, the National Security Bureau had already targeted him, and had a general understanding and speculation about the people he usually interacted with, the members of the tomb robbery gang, and where the things he robbed were stored, thanks to modern scientific and technological means.

The NSA not only installed a camera and a bugging device in the office of the antique shop, but also followed the man surnamed Zhang and secretly installed a bugging device in his place of residence, and also eavesdropped on him when he was chatting with others and when several members of their tomb robbery gang got together to conspire, and also had a general understanding of the basic situation of their tomb robbery and the valuable antiques obtained from the tomb robbery, but the purpose of this series of measures taken by the National Security Bureau was not for these valuable antiques, but for items that could increase mental strength; The tomb robbers didn't understand the value of the jade bracelet, so they just regarded it as an ordinary jade ornament and didn't look at it too much, so that they didn't mention it at all in their few small talks, so the National Security Bureau didn't know if they had anything else in their hands that they looked down on, but it was actually a very valuable cultural relic.

Although the National Security Bureau was anxious to find out the details here, because they didn't want this group of people to suspect that they were arrested because of their dealings with Chen Xiangxiang and Kong Xiuying, so as not to bring unnecessary Ma Fan to the two of them, they kept holding back and didn't do anything; Only on Tuesday were the gang arrested the buyer while they were trading.

In the following days of interrogation, the Public Security Bureau found out that the tomb of the gang came from the tomb of a Tang Dynasty prince, and also went to the field to verify the situation of the tomb. As for how many burial goods were seized from the tomb, the NSA believes that they are not telling the truth.

The three tomb robbers who were arrested were related to each other, two of them were brothers, and the other was their brother-in-law, and the stolen goods were divided into three parts and seized in their homes, and the proceeds of the tomb robbery confessed after their separate interrogation were these items, and there was no difference; They especially emphasized that the tomb of the prince had been stolen before, so they did not get much from the tomb robbery.

But there is evidence from the NSA to be convinced that what they said is a lie, first of all, the pair of jade bracelets of Chen Xiangxiang and Kong Xiuying, they did not confess, and secondly, when they showed people in Boss He's antique shop, they were also recorded by the surveillance video of the NSA, and some of the items in it were not among the tomb robbery stolen goods they currently confessed. It's just that they sold it to a merchant in Guangdong before, and because they didn't know who they were, they didn't make a special explanation. Even at what price it was sold, the three of them answered exactly the same, anyway, the price was outrageous.

When asked for the buyer's contact information, they said that there was no contact information, and the other party went directly to the village to find someone to ask about the old things, because they didn't believe in those dealers, they would not let people see the good things, and they could only pick up the ones that they thought were worthless and exchange them for a few hundred yuan for wine, which was really impossible to believe, but these tomb robbers answered like this, and they all had an expression of "whether others believe it or not, anyway, they believe it themselves".

As for the jade bracelet bought by Chen Xiangxiang and Kong Xiuying, the investigators did not use it to cross-examine the three tomb robbers, and the three people never took the initiative to mention it; Therefore, the investigators intuitively thought that this group of tomb robbers should have other tomb goods that had not been explained.

During this period, the relevant experts of the National Security Bureau also inspected the unearthed cultural relics seized one by one, and it can be confirmed that these cultural relics are from the Tang Dynasty, and the name on the bloodstone seal can still be matched with a prince at that time; Li Chunyan and Li Xin also went to participate in the inspection one by one, but unfortunately they did not find any treasures that could increase their spiritual power; Chen Xiangxiang was busy during the day to improve his mental strength, so he was not arranged to inspect this batch of unearthed cultural relics.

Just when the interrogators were painstakingly considering how to take effective measures in order to make these tomb robbers completely explain all the problems, some experts suggested that Chen Xiangxiang could use mental power on them, so that they could also test how effective the mental power instructions could be in the interrogation.

When Li Xin invited Chen Xiangxiang out to dinner on Thursday night, she raised the issue of using mental power instructions to assist in the interrogation and solving the case.

Chen Xiangxiang only felt fresh when she heard this at first, and she didn't reject it, but she felt that this would delay her daytime herding sheep.

Later, when she heard that it was the tomb robber who sold the jade bracelet to her that she was going to be interrogated, Chen Xiangxiang felt very unhappy; She asked Li Xin if her every move had to be tracked, Li Xin hurriedly explained to her that there was no problem of tracking her, but when the National Security Bureau found that the jade bracelet could increase the mental power value, it naturally hoped to clarify the situation, and it was to collect such items as strategic materials of the country, so they began to track down this group of tomb robbers. They were arrested when they were trading with other people who bought cultural relics, and the special considerations would not have made them guess that the matter would have something to do with Chen Xiangxiang and Kong Xiuying.

Chen Xiangxiang said: "If it is the interrogation of others, I can participate, but I can't go when interrogating these tomb robbers, after all, they sold us jade bracelets that far exceed their value, and they don't owe us, and it should be the work of the Public Security Bureau to crack down on tomb robbers." ”

Li Xin said distressedly: "You are just emotional, since you have joined the state organs, you must first consider the interests of the country in your work." Chen Xiangxiang answered: "I'm just emotional, who can't be a little emotional, anyway, I think I feel awkward to let me interrogate people, I'm not afraid that people will retaliate against me afterwards, I just feel that I owe a little bit to others in that way, and I'm psychologically uncomfortable." ”

Li Xin said patiently: "You have a problem with your concept, not to mention the question of right and wrong, after joining the organization, the first thing to understand is to focus on the interests of the organization, and to carry out the tasks assigned by the superiors to the letter, it is likely that this task conflicts with your interests and world view, but you still have to obey orders, this is the principle of work." Otherwise, when going out to perform tasks, the work that was originally arranged step by step can be picked at will because some people can't figure it out, and the work will not become a child's play, and sometimes the appearance of this situation will kill others or themselves. Chen Xiangxiang smacked her lips and wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything.

Li Xin paused for a moment and said: "From this incident, these tomb robbers have violated the country's 'Cultural Relics Protection Law', and it is said that we don't need to come forward, but due to the special situation, you also understand this special reason, so the National Security Bureau intervened first." As for the national interest that allows you to participate in the trial, you do not owe them anything. ”

Chen Xiangxiang opened her mouth and wanted to say something, she felt that she had always been very reasonable, and always felt that her original considerations should also be reasonable, but after thinking about it, she felt that she couldn't argue with Li Xin's big truth, so she simply didn't want to, Chen Xiangxiang said: "I know the truth that military orders are like mountains, and they will definitely not drop the chain at critical moments, but I just think that under normal circumstances, don't you still pay attention to personal feelings, forget it, don't talk about this, I'll go to the interrogation, you look at the time."

Li Xin smiled with relief: "Sometimes, we can't stand at the height of the organization, and we won't see the problem comprehensively, so there will inevitably be situations that we don't understand, so we have to pay attention to organizational discipline and working principles, and the organization thinks that it is very appropriate for you to come forward." ”

Li Xin continued: "The bureau has considered not letting you and the criminals directly face each other. As for the time for you to help with the interrogation, it will be set for tomorrow morning, although the time is a little tight, if there is not enough time in the morning, I will talk about it; Tomorrow at eight o'clock, I will send you to the interrogation site, and you should first communicate with the interrogators about how to cooperate, otherwise it will be difficult to squeeze in time when you are busy around the clock tomorrow and the day after tomorrow; You can also think about how to issue psychic commands tonight, which the interrogators don't have you for. ”

Chen Xiangxiang looked at Li Xin, smiled and agreed, "Okay." ”