Detective: I can see the criminal record

"Brother Wang, what is the general process when you encounter tomb robbery cases before?" Cen Lian chose to ask Wang Yuanteng, who had the most experience in this area.

As the only person who knows a little about Feng Shui metaphysics, Wang Yuanteng often took the lead when encountering such cases in the past.

"I handled a tomb robbery case more than three years ago, and it was also discovered through the sale of stolen goods," Wang Yuanteng recalled. "At that time, we followed the stolen goods to find where they were unearthed, and then found the holes left by the tomb robbers. We extracted fingerprints, DNA and other biological samples from the holes, and finally directly identified the suspects."

This process sounds very scientific and reasonable.

"Where are the stolen goods kept now?" Cen Lian asked Wu Qiushan.

His memory was not good enough to remember every detail in the case file after reading it, but Wu Qiushan had a photographic memory and could remember it at a glance.

“It is temporarily kept at the cultural relics protection department of Yishou County, but we can’t be sure whether it was unearthed locally.” Wu Qiushan indeed had a clear memory.

"This case is under the jurisdiction of Yishou Branch?" Tang Hua was a little surprised. "Wasn't it something discovered by the New District Branch?"

No one could answer this question for the time being.

"In tomb robbery cases, there seems to be a chance of encountering a corpse," Lin Xiangqi hesitated, "It seems that I have to go with you this time."

Yuan Chenxi was looking for the phone number of the Yishou Branch, but what came to his mind was the murder case involving tomb robbers that he had handled before.

"Do you think the murder case involving tomb robbers that we handled before is also related to this case?" Yuan Chenxi recalled the situation at that time, but did not remember them mentioning Yishou County.

"There is a certain chance that they know each other," Wu Qiushan sorted out the notebook in front of him, "Our province is rich in cultural relics. Unless those who do their business are purely unconventional, the others, no matter how indirect, are always related."

Cen Lian agreed with this point, but he was more concerned about another issue at the moment.

Given the circumstances of this case, do they have to follow the Yishou County Cultural Relics Protection Department to find the ancient tomb? !

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Before leaving, Yuan Chenxi contacted the Yishou County Public Security Bureau and the Yishou County Cultural Relics Inspection Brigade.

"It's settled. The cultural relics inspectors will come to the county branch to have a meeting with us. We'll discuss the follow-up after we meet." Yuan Chenxi breathed a sigh of relief, "At least we don't have to go straight into the wild today."

Although I know that I will soon have to go to the wilderness to do field work on this freezing day, I would rather delay it a day.

Yishou County is only an hour and a half drive from the city center if there is no traffic jam. Cen Lian has been here several times before, mostly to see the pandas. This is his first time to visit their county bureau.

Yuan Chenxi and his team had come once before when investigating a missing girl, but Yishou County was too far away from the crime scene and was basically not included in the scope of suspicion, so it was just a routine investigation.

This was the first time that Cen Lian dealt with them.

"Mr. Cen, I've long heard of your name." He Yaqun, captain of the Yishou County Criminal Police Brigade, came over to greet Cen Lian.

"You are so polite," Cen Lian said politely, "I don't have a good reputation."

His current reputation is somewhat approaching that of the Grim Reaper Elementary School Student. Although his ability to solve cases is affirmed, it also euphemistically expresses that he is a nigger who is followed by crimes wherever he goes.

"The Cultural Relics Inspection Team is here. Let's go directly to the meeting room." He Yaqun obviously didn't want to be polite with them. He got straight to the point of the case. "The location of this case is not very clear yet, and the situation is complicated. We'll discuss it in detail at the meeting."

Cen Lian nodded and followed He Yaqun to the conference room on the second floor.

There were already two women and one man waiting here. The oldest and slightly plump woman should be the leader among them. When she saw He Yaqun and Cen Lian come in together, she asked the other two to stand up and greet them.

"Tong Fanglin, this is Xiao Chen from the Yishou County Cultural Relics Inspection Team, and this is Xiao Xia from the Cultural Relics Management Office." Tong Fanglin briefly introduced the two young people around her. "The bronze tripod involved in the case is currently being temporarily stored here, and is undergoing protection and restoration work."

"Can you be sure that it was unearthed in Yishou County?" Cen Lian was more concerned about this issue at this time.

"From the current perspective, it's highly unlikely," said Xiao Xia from the Cultural Relics Management Institute, pushing up her glasses. "I contacted my supervisor, and he said that the vessel looked like it was unearthed from a tomb in Tuocheng City during the late Shang Dynasty, and it was very likely transported here."

Tong Fanglin explained after Cen Lian and the others sat down, "Xiao Xia is my junior schoolmate. Her mentor is a professor at Lingxi University. She has participated in the excavation of the Shang Dynasty tomb in Tuocheng."

Cen Lian didn't find it strange at all to hear this. All the large and small archaeological units in the entire Yunling Province were densely populated with graduates of the archaeology major of Lingxi University. Seniors, uncles, and nephews gathered together, all of whom were related.

"Have you contacted the Tuocheng City Bureau?" he continued to ask.

"We have contacted the cultural relics protection department of Tuocheng, but there is no definite evidence to prove that this was unearthed in Tuocheng. Moreover, during the inspection, we also found other cultural relics that were most likely stolen from Yishou County, so the attribution of the case is a bit complicated." Tong Fanglin explained clearly for Xiao Xia, who had not been in the job for too long.

Only then did Cen Lian understand why He Yaqun told him as soon as they met that the case was a bit complicated in terms of attribution.

It's the end of the year, and Tuocheng's cultural heritage protection department doesn't want to add any more trouble to itself.

"Are there any clues about the cultural relics that were stolen in Yishou County?" Cen Lian could only focus on Yishou first.

"Based on the shape of the objects and the remaining soil, we can basically confirm that this is a Han tomb that we didn't know about before," Xiao Chen calmly opened his notebook and played the prepared PPT. "We currently believe that this Han tomb should be in the area between Shuangya Village in Liuqu Town and Qiaojia Village in Hongliu Town."

Cen Lian looked up at the PPT and found that it was a satellite map with an approximate area circled in red.

"Two Han tombs and several sites from the Qin and Han dynasties were excavated near this area, so we guess that if there are still tombs from the Qin and Han dynasties in this area, they are most likely in this area." After Xiao Chen finished speaking, he raised his head and found that everyone was very quiet.

"Ahem, I'm done." He was a little embarrassed.

"The area you drew is too large," Wu Qiushan said in the silence, "If we want to investigate, we may not be able to find the place before the New Year."

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