"Look, this is the place they went to!" In the car, Miao Ying opened the map on her phone and pointed out an area to Zhao Yu. "An uninhabited area in the middle of Qinshan! It was in 1993, so it's been a long time! "
"Are you talking about four people?" Zhao Yu creased his eyebrows and asked.
"Yes," Miao Ying replied affirmatively. "I got this information from a retired curator, and I've checked the relevant records!
"Besides Dong Peizhuo, Tian Dongmin, Wang Taiming, there was also a man named Fan Peng," Miao Ying said. "The four of them were archaeologists from the Cultural Relics Bureau. They went together!
"Back then, there was a rumor that they found some ancient relics in an uninhabited cave somewhere in Qinshan. In order to find out the truth, the four of them were commissioned by the Cultural Relics Bureau to investigate!
"In the end, they encountered a flood on their way back, and Fan Peng never came back!"
"Mm … Didn't come back? That means … he drowned, right? "Lan Bo asked.
"I think so!" Miao Ying answered. "According to the testimony of the three people, the flood was very fierce, and the four of them were swept into the water. They were in a critical situation! At that time, Fan Peng had a chance to escape, but in order to pull Dong Peizhuo ashore, he was hit by a floating log and washed away. His body has never been found! "
"What the … Could it be that they had an argument and said that on purpose?" Lan Bo guessed with his eyes wide open. "They found clues about the Gold Buddha statues together, then had an internal conflict, killed someone, and lied about a flood? In fact, the three of them worked together to kill Fan Peng? They didn't find his body, right? Could it be that Fan Peng didn't die at all and came back for revenge? "
"Go away, are you crazy?" Zhao Yu hit him and said, "Have you watched too many dramas?"
"Impossible!" Miao Ying shook her head and said, "Fan Peng was their leader. He was not young then. If he were still alive, he would be ninety years old! Plus, the flood did happen, and many villages downstream were affected! "
"And," Zhao Yu added, "if Fan Peng was still alive, would he be stupid? Why didn't he go home? "
"What if I lose my memory?" Lan Bo was still guessing excitedly. "Or, if he came back, he was afraid that the three of them would kill him again? Or perhaps it was his son who took revenge? After Fan Peng came back alive from Qinshan, he used everything he had learned to become a grave robber … "
Zhao Yu and Miao Ying looked at each other and shrugged. Then, they continued their discussion and ignored Lan Bo.
"I've roughly organized the nodes!" Miao Ying said to Zhao Yu. "The earliest manuscripts of the three old experts are not older than the time they encountered the flood! All after 1993!
"From the current information, I have a feeling that after they encountered the flood in Qinshan, they developed a strong interest in the Gold Buddha statues!"
"That is to say," Zhao Yu said. "During the so-called archaeological investigation, the three of them must have encountered something!"
"There were four people. Although Fan Peng's whereabouts are unknown, he should be one of the insiders!" Miao Ying pointed at the map and said, "I've already asked Li Beini to investigate and try to find out where they went. If we want to solve this mystery, we have to start from the beginning!"
"That makes sense, but …" Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "The flood, it was a huge flood. Even if there was any evidence, wouldn't it have been washed away?"
"Hey?" Lan Bo interrupted again. "Look, isn't this the case? When the old experts were exploring in the wild, they accidentally found the Gold Buddha statues! But, because of the sudden flood, they suddenly forgot the place where they found the Gold Buddha statues! So, from then on, they began to be interested in the Gold Buddha statues!
"If the grave robbers really found the clues, then … Would they go back to that place to look?"
After Lan Bo finished speaking, there was suddenly silence in the car.
This time, although Zhao Yu and Miao Ying looked at each other again, they had to seriously consider Lan Bo's words!
From the looks of it, it was really highly possible!
But … If the Gold Buddha statues were at the place where the old experts had investigated, couldn't they just go back and look for it? Why did they rob the prefect's tomb and steal the Buddhist scriptures?
Was there some hidden story behind this?
Oh …
All of a sudden, Zhao Yu thought of another possibility. Since it was a hidden treasure! Could there be some kind of trap at the place where the treasure was hidden? They couldn't crack it at all. In the end … In the end, Fan Peng wasn't washed away by the flood, but died under the trap of the treasure?
Then, they studied the Buddhist scriptures with all their might in order to crack the trap?
In the end, when Zhao Yu said this, Miao Ying and Lan Bo couldn't help but believe it.
Although the grave robbers were very skilled and should be able to deal with the ancient people's trap, this speculation was the only reasonable explanation that could link the whole thing together.
Plus, not only could it link the case together, but it could also point them in a direction. The place that the old experts had investigated was where the Gold Buddha statues were hidden.
It was highly possible that the group of grave robbers were there as well!
Seven days!
It had been seven days!
If this speculation was true, could the treasure have been taken away by the grave robbers?
"No way!" Zhao Yu pointed at the map on Miao Ying's mobile phone and said anxiously, "Captain Miao, no matter what, we have to go to this no man's land to take a look!"
"Mm …" Miao Ying nodded slightly, but her eyebrows were still creased. "But, this area is not small. Although we almost know the place where the old experts did the archaeology, it's hard to guarantee that the Gold Buddha statues are nearby!"
Lan Bo said, "Yeah, maybe … Fan Peng was really washed away by the flood, and they found the Gold Buddha statues because of the flood, or because they were looking for Fan Peng's body! There are so many possibilities! It's like looking for a needle in a haystack! "
"Hey? Look … "Zhao Yu stared at the mobile phone and looked at the no man's land. He suddenly realized something and quickly said," Look, if we start from Yunyang County, it's a straight line of 120 kilometers. If it's a jungle expert, he might be able to reach it in a day!
"In ancient times, Yunyang was the city center of Qinshan. If Prefect Qiu really wanted to hide the treasure, this area without any villages would be the most suitable, right?"
Zhao Yu's words boosted everyone's confidence.
"Then … Captain Miao …" Lan Bo raised his head and said, "Should we send more people? Find a few more spots, and search the mountain together? "
After asking, Miao Ying did not answer. Instead, she was seriously thinking about a problem. After a long while, she said to Zhao Yu seriously,
"Zhao Yu, I'm worried … Fu Jianxing …"
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