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"You don't need to call, the number she used before has been out of service for a long time." Wang Xinran said.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan frowning, Wang Xinran added, "We have been paying close attention to the phone number she used before, and she must know this."

Wu Zhongyuan believed Wang Xinran's statement, but he still tried to dial the number. As expected, it showed that the phone had been shut down.

Wang Xinran said, "There are various signs that she has mastered our whereabouts. Keep your phone on in the future to see if she will take the initiative to contact you."

Wu Zhongyuan nodded.

"What are you going to do?" Wang Xinran asked.

"What should I do?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"What would you do if she contacted you and asked you to cooperate with them?" Wang Xinran was very serious.

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer immediately, and was silent for a long time before speaking, "What would you do if you were me?"

Wang Xinran thought for a while and said, "The director gave me a second-level authority to take charge of your matter. I have a lot of autonomy in this matter."

Although Wang Xinran didn't seem to answer the question, Wu Zhongyuan knew that she had something to say, "Go on."

"Your senior brother killed someone and had a previous criminal record of intentionally wounding others to death. Once arrested, he is a recidivist. According to the relevant provisions of the criminal law, repeat offenders are severely punished. If he is arrested, he will definitely be sentenced to death. No one can Help him get rid of his crime." Wang Xinran said seriously. At this point, the topic changed, "But if he is willing to help you and stays with the two of us, I can guarantee his safety."

"How can you guarantee it?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wang Xinran explained, "The military and the police have different scopes of responsibilities. The military is responsible for protecting national security, while the police are responsible for maintaining social order. Therefore, the military has greater power than the police. They both perform official duties. If a conflict occurs, the military will Have priority.”

After hearing Wang Xinran's explanation, Wu Zhongyuan was very happy, but also very worried, "If you do this, will the superiors agree?"

"I will agree, but I definitely can't agree to it openly," Wang Xinran said. "Fortunately, your senior brother is just a criminal suspect now. If there is no prosecution and judgment, he is no longer a criminal. We have excuses and reasons to prevaricate them."

"But my brother also beat someone to death for protecting Zhao Dazhong before." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"It seems like your brother ran away before there was time for trial, right?" Wang Xinran smirked.

"If you act like this, will you cause trouble for yourself and Director Li?" Wu Zhongyuan was worried about implicating them.

"No," Wang Xinran shook his head, "We are not harboring criminals, we are only temporarily inviting citizens to assist us in our work, and criminal suspects are also citizens."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Wu Zhongyuan sighed.

Wang Xinran said, "The bureau didn't pay enough attention to your matter before, and I didn't have such great power."

Wu Zhongyuan stood up and paced back and forth in the room.

"If you can really open a wormhole one day, I don't think I will hold him back and prevent him from following you." Wang Xinran said.

"I know this." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"Then what are you still hesitating about?" Wang Xinran said.

After walking back and forth for a few times, Wu Zhongyuan sat down on the sofa and sighed.

"You have overlooked a very important point. My brother now knows that the elixir in Zhao Ying's hand is effective against Huang Ping. In order to get more elixirs, he will not cooperate with us. He will always help Zhao Ying and the others. .”

"Yes," Wang Xinran nodded slowly, "This is also their cleverness. First, they firmly capture your senior brother and use him to blackmail you."

"I won't persuade my senior brother, but I won't stop him either. Let's go about our own business first. They have no clues anyway. The initiative is in our hands. Sooner or later they will take the initiative to contact us." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wang Xinran was very pleased with Wu Zhongyuan's statement of "them" and "us", which showed that he really was not shaken.

At this point, the two of them did not talk about the matter again. In the afternoon, Wang Xinran went out and went to the county library to move the county annals back.

After dinner, the two started working. Wang Xinran leaned on the bed and read, while Wu Zhongyuan sat on the sofa and read. The writing did not change much after the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It was similar to traditional Chinese characters. As dropouts majoring in archeology, the two read There are no obstacles.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, all citizens believed in ghosts and gods. County annals recorded events from ancient times, and contained a large amount of content about fairies and ghosts. If they were placed in modern times, they would certainly not be allowed to be published.

Who builds bridges and paves roads, accumulates virtues and does good deeds, and has children in his later years? Someone kills a wild dog, which is harmful to nature and causes the child to die young. Which hunter spared a pregnant female wolf and later received help from the wolves when he was in trouble?

There are many similar things in county annals, the authenticity of which cannot be verified, but some of them are simply illogical. They must have been made up by the author in order to educate the world.

But on the whole, similar records lead people to do good, and they all preach that good people will be rewarded. In today's terms, the ancients' three views are still very correct. Although they are a bit superstitious, they at least have faith. Like some modern people, they are only interested in profit and pursue sensory stimulation without any moral bottom line.

Because of these records, reading county annals is not boring but quite interesting.

"Fortunately, we are not tomb robbers, otherwise we would be able to find many ancient tombs just by looking at the county records." Wu Zhongyuan said, the county records also record where such and such persons were buried after their death, and some directions and locations are also recorded in detail.

"The state's criminalization of tomb robbing is still too light," Wang Xinran turned a page and said casually while reading, "The standard for individual rewards for handing in cultural relics is also too low."

"Yes, cultural relics carry the history of a country. A country without a complete history lacks cultural heritage." Wu Zhongyuan said something from the textbook.

"Tomb robbing destroys not only cultural relics, but also our history. Those who destroy history are sinners through the ages," Wang Xinran said. "In fact, the loss of cultural relics in our country is much more serious than you think. According to statistics from relevant departments, in modern times, In the past 100 years, our country has lost at least 75% of its surface cultural relics, more than 30% of its cave cultural relics, and more than 10% of its underground cultural relics."

"Is it really that serious?" Wu Zhongyuan was a little surprised.

Wang Xinran nodded, "This is still a relatively conservative estimate. Countless cultural relics were stolen by the Eight-Power Allied Forces in the late Qing Dynasty. Japan also moved many of them away during the Anti-Japanese War. The Red Guards destroyed a lot when they destroyed the Four Old Ages. In recent years, tomb robbers have Rampant, most of the cultural relics buried underground are metal and jade, and the loss of these two types of cultural relics is the most serious."

"Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek also transported a lot of goods away," Wu Zhongyuan said.

"That doesn't count. Although he is a reactionary, he is Chinese. The cultural relics on Taiwan Island are also ours, so they are not considered lost." Wang Xinran said.

"I guess Chen Shuili won't be happy to hear what you say." Wu Zhongyuan said with a smile.

Wang Xinran also laughed, but only laughed twice before suddenly stopping. He took a county journal and turned one page over and back again.

"What's wrong?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"There seems to be one missing piece here, and it's incoherent." Wang Xinran said.

"Did the person who borrowed it tear it up?" Wu Zhongyuan didn't take it seriously.

"Not everyone can borrow county chronicles. Even if they are read, they can only be read in a monitored place in the library." Wang Xinran said.

"There was no monitoring before." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wang Xinran didn't answer and moved to the bedside lamp to take a closer look.

Seeing Wang Xinran's serious expression, Wu Zhongyuan approached him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Look carefully." Wang Xinran pointed to the gap between the two pages.

Wu Zhongyuan looked carefully and saw that there was an extremely narrow page left in the gap between the two pages, which showed that there was indeed a missing page.

"The stubble is very smooth. It was not torn. It should have been cut away by someone." Wang Xinran said.

"Yes, the stubble is close to the binding cotton thread. The person who cut off this page does not want to be discovered." Wu Zhongyuan said.

After looking at it again, Wang Xinran made another discovery, "The person who cut off this page was very careful. If you look carefully, there are no scratches on the second page. This person's force was very even, the force was very appropriate, and the tools he used were also Very sharp.”

"Who is it?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned.

Wang Xinran didn't answer because she couldn't answer the question.

"It's broken!" Wu Zhongyuan's expression suddenly changed.

"Huh?" Wang Xinran turned to look at him.

Wu Zhongyuan pointed to the page behind the missing page. In the upper right corner of the page, there was half a column of text left, 'Big axe, put on the big ax and send him off. ’

"What's wrong?" Wang Xinran didn't know why.

Wu Zhongyuan explained, "Wu Lu's weapon in ancient times was a pair of axes, which are very similar to an axe."

"What's missing is exactly the page that records Wu Lu's deeds?" Wang Xinran was surprised.

Wu Zhongyuan nodded, "It is very likely that there are not many people who use axes as weapons, and even fewer people use big axes. The missing page is probably recording his deeds."

"There is a way to confirm." Wang Xinran took out his mobile phone, "County annals are historical materials, and every library will scan and leave electronic versions of such things."

Wu Zhongyuan didn't know how Wang Xinran entered the library's electronic library within three minutes, but when he came out of the bathroom after urinating and washing his hands, Wang Xinran's face had turned very ugly, "You told her What's going on?"

"What's wrong?" Wu Zhongyuan was stunned.

"The missing page, all the electronic pages kept in the library have become garbled. Apart from them, no one else has the reason or ability to do this." Wang Xinran said.

"I don't understand what you mean." Wu Zhongyuan shook his head.

Wang Xinran explained patiently, "The missing page is probably an important clue. They took that page before us and hacked the library's network to prevent us from discovering the clue. The current problem Yes, how do they know that this person is the person we are looking for?"

Wu Zhongyuan was stunned.

"What did you tell her?" Wang Xinran asked.

"She definitely doesn't know more than you do," Wu Zhongyuan said urgently, "She doesn't even know the use of the spirit stone, let alone looking for it purposefully."

"Facts speak louder than words," Wang Xinran pointed at the missing page of the county journal and asked loudly, "What kind of enchanting soup did she fill you with? Why did you tell her everything? Do you know what will happen if you do this?" as a result of?"

"I really didn't say anything. I'm even on guard against you. How could I tell her this?" Wu Zhongyuan was anxious.

"Then how did she know?" Wang Xinran asked.

"How did I know?" Wu Zhongyuan said loudly,

"You really didn't say it?" Wang Xinran confirmed.

"I really didn't tell you. These things are the key to my return. I can't tell anyone." Wu Zhongyuan said seriously.

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan didn't look like he was lying, Wang Xinran's tone softened slightly and asked, "Did he let the news slip unintentionally?"

"Impossible, I'm always on tenterhooks, I can't possibly let it slip." Wu Zhongyuan shook his head repeatedly.

"Did she look through your things while you weren't paying attention?" Wang Xinran asked again.

"No." Wu Zhongyuan shook his head again, "I always carry my things with me, and when I found the clue, she was already gone."

"How did the clue leak out?" This time it was Wang Xinran's turn to pace anxiously.

"Is there something wrong with you?" Wu Zhongyuan guessed.

"I only sent it to those at the headquarters BC. They have no clues about this person." Wang Xinran shook his head, "Don't doubt me, the problem must be with you."

"I really didn't say anything. As I said just now, she was already gone when I got the clue. Even if I wanted to say it, I wouldn't have a chance to say it." Wu Zhongyuan was very worried. He knew very well the seriousness of the clue being leaked.

"What did you do with the things in your flashlight?" Wang Xinran asked.

"I cut up the parchment and kraft paper and flushed them into the toilet." When Wu Zhongyuan said this, he suddenly remembered a detail, "Oh no, no, no, after I flushed those things away, there was a manure tanker truck I went to the hotel to smoke shit..."

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