It was drizzling in Qinshan, and the trees were glistening.
Looking from afar, the fine rain brought up mist, and the entire valley was shrouded in mist. It was like a fairyland on earth.
However, in a certain empty space in the valley, there was a patch of mud.
It was a two to three kilometers wide flat land in the mountains, forming a huge isosceles triangle. The Ming Dynasty ancient tomb in front of him was right in the middle of the isosceles triangle.
At that moment, Zhao Yu and six or seven people got off the minibus. They were all wearing ponchos and were walking on the muddy ground towards the entrance of the ancient tomb.
The air was cold and damp. Coupled with the fact that the tomb had just been excavated, it made them feel heavy and uncomfortable.
The people who walked with Zhao Yu were all criminal investigation experts from various branches in Qinshan.
It was reported that ever since the crime scene was discovered, the archaeologists who had been working there had all been evacuated. Basically, the original scene was preserved.
When Zhao Yu walked along the dark and gloomy tomb passage into the tomb, there were already investigators in white clothes collecting evidence in the tomb.
Regarding the investigation of the ancient tomb, Zhao Yu felt that it was quite interesting.
Because, the ancient tomb case was under the jurisdiction of Qinshan Yunyang County, it should have been handled by the Yunyang County Police Station.
But, although Yunyang County had a large territory, because it was deep in the mountains, it was not organized properly. The Yunyang Police Station did not have the ability to handle the case. Plus, the case was very strange, so it would not be easy to solve it.
Therefore, in view of the current situation, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Qinshan Police Station organized a joint investigation.
The so-called joint investigation referred to the transfer of some experienced criminal investigation experts from various branches in Qinshan to help the Yunyang Police Station solve the case together!
But, what was interesting was that, even though the personnel were transferred, the municipal bureau did not appoint any team leader or leader. They only let everyone show their abilities.
Therefore, the joint investigation inevitably had a strong sense of competition!
Everyone wanted to solve the case before anyone else. Therefore, the branches that were selected by the municipal bureau all sent out their best investigators, and gave them the best investigation resources behind the scenes.
To put it bluntly, it was not the few people in front of them that were solving the case, but rather, all the branches were involved in this unprecedented competition.
Due to the recent outstanding performance of the Rùng Branch, Rùng Key Case Investigation Unit was naturally the first to be selected by the Municipal Bureau.
As the most popular detective, Bureau Chief Luan had entrusted Zhao Yu with the important task of representing the Rùng Branch to participate in the investigation!
To put it nicely, it was participating in the investigation, but to put it bluntly, it was participating in the competition! Take part in a crime-solving competition organized by the Municipal Bureau!
Although there was no specific reward for solving the case, the branch offices were not stupid. They all knew that this was a good opportunity to show their faces. Whoever could solve the case first would be favored by the Municipal Bureau and would stand out from their peers to become the best.
Because of this level of competition, none of the seven elite investigators from the various branches paid attention to each other. They all had their own plans and fantasized that they would be the champion!
At that moment, a Yunyang police officer led the group of investigators to the coffin in the middle of the burial chamber.
"Experts," the police officer introduced the situation to everyone, "this ancient tomb was discovered half a month ago and reported to the Qinshan Cultural Relics Bureau. With the approval from the higher-ups, the Cultural Relics Bureau started excavating the tomb. Today, they opened the tomb door and entered the burial chamber. "
"According to the inscription at the entrance of the tomb, the cultural relics experts have already proved that the owner of the ancient tomb was Qiu Cheng, Qiu Zixu, the prefect of Luya during the last years of the Ming Dynasty.
"But …" Then, the police officer's expression changed. "As everyone can see, this tomb has already been raided by grave robbers. There is almost no valuable cultural relics left! But the coffin did not show any signs of damage. Therefore, the archaeological experts decided to open the coffin to see if there was anything valuable inside … "
"But when the staff opened the coffin …" The police officer pointed at the inside of the coffin and said, "there was a scene like this. This is really … tsk tsk … confusing …"
The lid of the coffin was open. Actually, when the police officer was introducing the situation, everyone had already seen what was inside.
Unexpectedly, what was lying in the coffin was not a corpse of an ancient person with only a skeleton left, nor were there any dazzling funerary objects. Instead, there was a modern man wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt and black trousers!!!
But, although it was a modern man, this person should have been dead for quite some time. Not only was the corpse highly decomposed, but it was also clearly visible that there was a fatal wound on the top of his head!
Seeing such a scene, the investigators were all in disbelief. Inside the coffin of an ancient person, there was actually a modern person. This … What kind of situation is this?
"Interesting …" At that moment, an old investigator in his fifties, who was on Zhao Yu's right, said, "I have been a criminal investigator for most of my life, but I have never seen such a strange thing! A Ming Dynasty coffin with a modern dead person lying in it. Interesting! "
"Mm …" Police Officer Yunyang pointed at the corpse and said, "Before you came, the cultural relics experts had already done a simple check. They said that under this corpse, there should be the remains of an ancient person. But, it seems that someone messed with it …"
"The deceased is a male!" A bespectacled investigator, who was on Zhao Yu's left, said as he recorded something in his notebook. "Age between fifty-five to sixty years old, height of one hundred and seventy centimeters, wearing a blue shirt …"
"From what I see," another extremely old investigator said, "it's not hard to explain. The grave robbers did not divide the loot evenly, so they killed people. That's not something new, right? After killing the person, they saw that the coffin was quite suitable, so they just put the person in it! The grave robbers always did whatever they wanted, regardless of the consequences … "
"Officer," a detective in his forties with a full beard asked, "how many robber's holes were found in this tomb?"
"Only one!" Next to the police detectives, there was a cultural relics worker who was familiar with the tomb. This person answered the question on behalf of Police Officer Yunyang. "This robber hole is very new. It should have been dug not long ago! Police officers, on behalf of the Qinshan Cultural Relics Bureau, I'm begging you. The grave robbers must have stolen a large number of cultural relics. Please, you must catch them and recover the relics! "
"Although the owner of the tomb, Qiu Cheng, was only a prefect, Qinshan's location in ancient times was rather special. It was a strategic location that connected the north and the south. This person was also an extremely influential governor. In his tomb, there must be a very precious cultural relic!"
Mm …
The police detectives nodded. From what they saw, although there was a modern dead person in the coffin, it looked very strange. But, as long as they could catch the group of grave robbers, the truth of the case would definitely be revealed!
But, looking at the messy secret room and the dead person lying in the coffin, Zhao Yu smelled something different.
Tsk tsk …
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