"The side adventure has been completed. Completion rate: 85%. Congratulations, you have received an invisible device. Please accept! "
Just as Zhao Yu was in a hurry, the system came to join in the fun.
Unexpectedly, the side adventure ended so early. However, Zhao Yu knew that, besides entering the tomb to look for clues and eavesdropping in the women's toilet, he hadn't had any special adventure. So, he was quite satisfied that he had received a device.
But, when he clicked on the device, he couldn't help but pout.
"Invisible perfume. Can remove body odors after use. There are forty-five fragrances to choose from. Lasts for ten hours …"
What the …
Zhao Yu shook his head. The system is getting more and more ridiculous. Why is there even an invisible perfume? Next time, will there be an invisible razor? Shadow gel or an invisible condom?
But, it was a crucial time for the investigation, so Zhao Yu didn't want to be distracted. He asked the female driver to take him to the neighborhood where the deceased Dong Peizhuo's house was located.
The female driver might have heard something from Zhao Yu's call to Miao Ying, so she didn't dare to speak anymore. She drove the car straight to the destination.
It took two hours to drive from Yunyang County to Qinshan. Coupled with the fact that it was raining and Dong Peizhuo's house was quite far away, it was already ten o 'clock at night when Zhao Yu arrived.
Just as he had expected, there were police cars outside Dong Peizhuo's house. The police lights were flashing, and the rain was getting heavier.
But, Zhao Yu also noticed that there were police officers on duty at Dong Peizhuo's house. They had already stopped anyone from entering.
"Beep beep …"
A car horn sounded, and Zhao Yu saw Miao Ying's blue Phaeton.
He put away his umbrella and got into the car. Just as Zhao Yu was about to ask something, Miao Ying suddenly gestured for Zhao Yu to shut up.
Then, Miao Ying took off her earphones and placed the phone in front of Zhao Yu. She also turned on the hands-free mode.
Zhao Yu then realized that Miao Ying's phone was connected. It was a little noisy on the other end. He could hear a woman crying and a man talking.
"The situation is getting out of hand, so the Municipal Criminal Investigation Team had to take action personally!" Miao Ying whispered into Zhao Yu's ear. "They didn't expect the Tomb Case to be so complicated. It turns out that having all the branches work together was just to provoke everyone! But now, they had brought trouble upon themselves. Qin Shan had sent almost half of the police force over, all of them staring at the case as if they had been injected with chicken blood! In fact, the more people there were, the harder it was to investigate the case!
So, Captain Feng Xiao had no choice but to come forward and settle it himself! Now, their people are interrogating the family members of the deceased. They said that they will send the recording to all the police stations later. They won't let us harass the family members of the deceased! "
"Then you …" Zhao Yu pointed at the phone, his eyes filled with doubt.
"I happen to have a friend in the Municipal Criminal Police Unit who was transferred over from the Ruyang Branch. They are interrogating the family members of the deceased, so I asked him to put them on speaker mode! But the phone is in his pocket, so we have to listen carefully! "Miao Ying moved the phone closer to Zhao Yu.
Amazing!
Zhao Yu gave Miao Ying a thumbs up, then listened patiently. Unfortunately, Miao Ying's friend seemed to have received an order to temporarily leave the scene. Only noise could be heard over the phone.
Zhao Yu and Miao Ying looked at each other, then both of them shrugged at the same time. They could only wait patiently. Taking advantage of the time, Zhao Yu told Miao Ying about Lan Bo and his team retrieving the surveillance footage.
"It seems that the people from the Municipal Public Security Bureau have shot themselves in the foot this time! Let's see if they dare to do this again in the future! "Miao Ying complained.
"Yeah, a group of dragons without a leader. They can only think about deceiving each other. How can they investigate the case properly?" Zhao Yu lamented.
Just then, Zhao Yu's phone suddenly rang.
The phone call was from Zhang Jingfeng. He seemed to have found something important. His tone was very urgent, and his voice was so loud that even Miao Ying could hear him.
"Little Zhao, I think this ancient tomb thing is getting out of hand! Guess what? I just looked up Dong Peizhuo's missing person report from the Missing Persons Department. In the end, he was not the only one who went missing! "
"What!?"
Zhao Yu and Miao Ying were stunned. Miao Ying quickly covered the phone that was being tapped.
"Tian Dongmin and Wang Taiming, the two of them went missing too!" Zhang Jingfeng said excitedly. "The two of them were Dong Peizhuo's colleagues. They were also experts in cultural relics. Their ages were about the same! Plus, according to the report, the three of them went missing at the same time! "
"It can't be!?"
This … Zhao Yu's mind was in a mess. Why would there suddenly be two old experts?
"Grave robbers!" Miao Ying's eyes were wide open as she guessed. "The grave robbers wanted to rob the prefect's tomb, but they couldn't find it. So, they needed the help of the three old experts. So, they kidnapped them and killed them after they found the tomb?"
Zhao Yu nodded. This seemed to be the only reasonable explanation with the current clues! But … To kidnap and kill people just to rob a tomb, it didn't seem like the way of the grave robbers!
"But …" Miao Ying seemed to be unable to convince herself. She said to herself, "But, why only one? If they had achieved their goal, they would have been killed, right? "
"Zhao Yu, Captain Miao!" Zhang Jingfeng recognized Miao Ying's voice and said, "You guessed it wrong! It was written clearly on the missing persons report. I will send it to you later! Before they went missing, the three old experts lied to their families, saying that the unit wanted them to go on an inspection trip! But the Cultural Relics Bureau has already proven that there was no inspection trip. The three of them lied to their families! "
"What the heck! It can't be, right? "
Zhao Yu had no way of explaining himself. What … what the hell was going on? The three old experts lied together, then disappeared together. Now, one of them died in the coffin in the ancient tomb?
Miao Ying creased her eyebrows and found it unbelievable.
After Zhang Jingfeng hung up the phone, Miao Ying's friend returned to Dong Peizhuo's house and continued to listen to the police questioning the deceased's family members.
In the end, Dong Peizhuo's wife and son confirmed what Zhang Jingfeng had found out. The three old experts had lied together.
Just as they received the news, Zhao Yu and Miao Ying suddenly saw that a few police cars that were waiting at the door had quietly left.
Zhao Yu and Miao Ying looked at each other and realized something at the same time. Miao Ying immediately started the car.
It turned out that they suddenly thought of an important problem, which was that they had to quickly retrieve the surveillance cameras around the three old experts, then follow the surveillance cameras to trace their tracks on the day they went missing!
If they could figure out why the three old people went missing, maybe there would be a major breakthrough in the case!
However, just as Miao Ying started the car and wanted to quickly inform the police detectives, Bureau Chief Luan suddenly called.
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