When it was almost lunchtime, other than a few Key Case Investigation Unit members rushing to the Golden Buddha Temple, Zhang Jingfeng also called over two portrait experts from the Missing Persons Department. Hu Bin and the rest from the Forensics Department also brought tools to collect evidence.
It turned out that, through the missing surveillance video from the Finance Department, Zhao Yu and the rest saw a shocking scene.
A week ago, at ten o 'clock on the same night that the surveillance hard drive of the scenic spot was switched, the surveillance camera had captured a series of images.
In the images, they could see that about thirty meters away from the Finance Department, there were four to five figures! Those people appeared in the camera for a long time, as if they were observing something seriously somewhere.
In the meantime, they were using flashlights, and in order to see something clearly, some of them even squatted on the ground, looking very serious and attentive.
In the end, when Zhao Yu and the rest followed the direction shown in the video, they saw that it was a corner of the Golden Buddha Temple scenic spot. Under the corner, there were many stone tablets scattered!
Strange!
The people in the camera were obviously the people who had drained the lotus pond. But, in the camera, why were they eyeing the stone tablets?
"These stone tablets were moved here when the temple and pagoda were built!" The scenic spot chief explained. "Back then, there were experts who filtered them and placed all the valuable ones in the stele forest area for the tourists to visit! The ones left here are basically stone tablets from the Republic of China or the early days of the nation's founding. Many of them are damaged, so they are not valuable! "
"What are carved on them?" Liang Huan asked.
"Most of them are Buddhist scriptures, right? Oh … "the scenic spot chief guessed." Could it be … that those people erased the surveillance just to steal the stone tablets?! Aiya! That's bad, there are ancient tablets from the Tang Dynasty in the stele forest! This is … "
"No, absolutely not!" Accountant Wang, who was next to him, quickly comforted him. "After the incident with the surveillance cameras, didn't we check it a few times? No, the stele forest was never touched, but, here … "Accountant Wang pointed at the scattered stone tablets in front of him and said," We just didn't check this place properly. I think, these stone tablets shouldn't be valuable, right? "
Stone tablets?!
Zhao Yu furrowed his eyebrows. It was getting more and more difficult for him to guess. He looked around and realized that he was about 20 meters away from the ancient lotus pond.
The group of thieves took the risk to enter the scenic area. They drained the water in the lotus pond while carefully examining the stone tablets. It was obvious that they were looking for something.
So … what were they looking for?
Puzzled, Zhao Yu looked at the surveillance video again. As it was late at night, the camera's position was quite far away, and there was a window in between, so the video that was captured was very blurry. Apart from being able to barely make out the silhouettes and movements of those people, it was impossible to make out their appearances.
However, after Zhao Yu looked at it several times, he found something special. That was, among the group of thieves, there was one whose movements were obviously slower than the others!
That person lowered his head and bent his waist as he walked. He seemed to be very strenuous. It seemed that he was not young!
In addition, no matter where this person went, there was always a tall person following closely behind him, as if … as if he was monitoring this person!
Could it be that... they were afraid that this person would escape?
Suddenly, Zhao Yu's heart stirred. This old man … Could he be one of the missing old experts?!
Oh God!
If he was, then the thieves next to him were undoubtedly the tomb robbers from the Tomb Murder Case!?
Then … Could it be?
With such an exciting hope, Zhao Yu quickly reported the situation to Miao Ying. Miao Ying naturally paid great attention to it. She immediately sent experts from various departments in the police station to conduct an in-depth investigation.
Until two o 'clock in the afternoon, the investigation from various departments finally came to a conclusion.
First, and most importantly, the two experts from the Missing Persons Department used the most advanced technology to compare. They found that the old man in the video and Professor Tian Dongmin from the Cultural Relics Bureau had a ninety-three percent match.
According to their standard of comparison, they could confirm that the old man was the missing Tian Dongmin!
This discovery was undoubtedly earth-shattering!
Firstly, it proved that Professor Tian Dongmin was still alive a week ago! Secondly, the thieves next to him were most likely the tomb robbers from the Tomb Case! And the victim of the Tomb Case, Dong Peizhuo, was most likely killed by them!
From the video, Professor Tian Dongmin looked like he was being controlled by someone. From this, it could be deduced that the three experts from the Cultural Relics Bureau were all controlled by the tomb robbers!
Hence, the mastermind of the Tomb Murder Case was undoubtedly the tomb robbers. As long as they could capture them, they could solve the case!
But, even though they had proven Professor Tian's identity, the case was getting more and more confusing!
No one could understand. The tomb robbers had already stolen the prefect's tomb. Why would they come to the Gold Buddha Temple after so many days?
If they had simply drained the water from the lotus pond, Zhao Yu might have thought that they were looking for the Gold Buddha.
But, why would they be interested in the stone tablets that no one cared about?
From the video, it could be seen that they were looking for something seriously on the stone tablets. If the Gold Buddha was hidden under the lotus pond, why would they be looking for the stone tablets?
Plus … The stone tablets were not historical sites. What could they find on the stone tablets?
…
After the comparison, the two portrait experts told Zhao Yu that they were able to confirm Professor Tian Dongmin's identity because they had a source of comparison. They had Professor Tian's image data to compare.
But, it was impossible to restore the appearance of the other tomb robbers through the video! Unless they had other images of the tomb robbers, or detailed information of the suspect.
At the same time, Hu Bin and the rest had finished searching the area around the stone tablets. Although they had captured a few fresh fingerprints, the possibility of the fingerprints belonging to the tomb robbers was very low. This was because the tomb robbers had touched the stone tablets a week ago, and it had rained heavily during that time. Even if there were fingerprints, they wouldn't be so fresh.
Plus, the tomb robbers were very professional, so the possibility of them leaving fingerprints was very low.
Although Hu Bin and the rest did not find any valid evidence, Zhao Yu did not ask them to stop. Because, at that very moment, the water in the lotus pond had been drained by half. There were many shallow areas that were exposed. Zhao Yu needed them to continue looking for evidence.
Zhao Yu was also cautious. Before he started pumping the water, he had already asked the staff to note down the scale on the electricity meter. This way, they didn't have to drain all the water in the pond. They only needed to wait until the electricity consumption was similar to the day of the incident. Then, they could stop pumping the water.
After the water pump was turned off, almost half of the water in the lotus pond had disappeared. The people could clearly see that the edge of the lotus pond was shallower, while the center was deeper.
What was even more peculiar was that, after the water volume decreased, there was a symmetrical fan-shaped area at the top of every arc in the lotus pond.
Looking at the fan-shaped area, Zhao Yu suddenly understood what the tomb robbers were looking for!
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