The few people sent by Yuan Fang, the leader of the Dongshan Municipal Bureau's special police detachment, to squat on the mountain were really experienced police officers.
They knew that nothing would happen during the day, so they found a place to sleep. At night, when they had regained their energy, they began to pay attention.
Who knows whether it was a coincidence or something else, but someone actually quietly touched the big clock and shone a flashlight inside for a while, as if he was making preparations.
When the two police officers on duty saw this scene, they were naturally refreshed and thought that maybe that was what they said.
One of them watched the scene, and one of them called the detachment leader Yuan Fang and explained what happened here.
"Ah?! Someone really came to steal the clock?!" Yuan Fang was shocked when he heard this. He never expected that such a thing would really happen. It was indeed a bit beyond his expectation.
But he didn't dare to neglect, and quickly called Deng Jinyou. The man who told him about the clock thief was indeed here!
"This matter..." After hearing this, Deng Jinyou didn't dare to make an independent decision, but he was a little bit murmuring in his heart. He thought that Mayor Ye was really good at calculating, and he actually got it right!
So Deng Jinyou reported to Ye Kai and said that something did happen over there.
"Oh, it's not necessarily the clock thief. Just pay close attention to their movements and keep evidence." Ye Kai knew that there would be no results tonight, so he ordered.
When Pei Yunqiu came out, he saw Ye Kai looking through some old information, and couldn't help but asked curiously. "I just heard you call, and it seemed that someone was stealing the clock? Is it true?"
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"I didn't steal the bell, I just went for the treasure in Dongshan Temple." Ye Kai said with a smile.
"Then you are still so calm?" Pei Yunqiu asked, "If the treasures in Dongshan Temple are stolen, you, the mayor, will have a disgraceful face, right?"
"Haha, there can't be a treasure in that place. They are destined to be busy in vain." Ye Kai said. "I let the police intervene now, mainly to follow and follow the clues to find the other party's clues. I really never thought that they would
Find the treasure."
"You are inconsistent in your speech. Just now you said the treasure underground palace is under the clock. Now you say there is no treasure under the clock. What does this mean?" Pei Yunqiu suddenly felt a little confused after hearing what Ye Kai said.
"Haha, what I mean is that there may be an underground palace under the original location of the big bell, but you have to know that the current location of the big bell is no longer the original location." Ye Kai explained, "
If we use the big clock as a reference to hunt for treasure now, it will definitely be similar to carving a boat to find a sword, and we won't be able to find any clues."
"Oh, when you said that, I understood..." Pei Yunqiu nodded, finally understanding what Ye Kai meant.
But then she thought about it and felt that Ye Kai might have something else that he had not said, so she asked, "Since you can predict that someone will steal the treasure, you must already know the identity of the other party, right?"
Pei Yunqiu thought very clearly that if Ye Kai did not grasp certain clues, he would not be able to conclude that someone would go to Dongshan Temple to steal treasures in the near future.
"Haha. Smart." Ye Kai nodded and smiled after hearing this.
"Are they...those Hong Kong Islanders?" Pei Yunqiu thought about it for a while, and he had some idea.
"Haha, it's possible." Ye Kai smiled, not confirming, but not denying either.
Pei Yunqiu saw the expression on Ye Kai's face and was able to basically confirm the whole matter at this time. Obviously, the people from Hong Kong came to Dongshan City to rebuild Dongshan Temple not without purpose. On the one hand, it was because Dongshan
The mountain temple tourism circle is indeed worthy of investment, but on the other hand, it is because they want to use this opportunity to steal treasures.
Dongshan Temple covers a relatively large area. If the excavation is not carried out with great fanfare, it is impossible to find the treasure. Therefore, they must first get the project in hand before they can proceed with this matter.
Although Ye Kai didn't know why Qu Youyi and others were so eager for this project, he was not stupid, so he invited Pei Yunqiu to intervene in the project, forming a competitive pattern.
As a result, Qu Youyi, who was not sure that he could get the Dongshan Temple reconstruction project, was naturally a little restless, because he learned through various channels that Pei Yunqiu had a good relationship with Ye Kai and had sufficient funds. It seemed that he
There is no benefit to be gained from this project.
This didn't matter, the most important thing was that if he couldn't get the project, he wouldn't be able to start treasure hunting on a large scale, so he was very anxious.
But it is obvious that Qu Youyi also has some understanding of the treasures of Dongshan Temple. Otherwise, he would not be able to find the big bell and arrange for manpower to dig for treasures there.
"I have sent people to investigate Qu Youyi's situation carefully. He has risen rapidly and is involved in organized crime..." Ye Kai said to Pei Yunqiu.
"Businessmen in Hong Kong Island, as long as they have achieved a certain level, will have some problems, and involvement in gangs is not a big deal." Pei Yunqiu also knows a lot about businessmen in Hong Kong Island. After listening to Ye Kai's words,
I probably thought he was making a fuss out of a molehill.
"Yes, but I heard that Qu Youyi's fortune came from smuggling cultural relics." Seeing that Pei Yunqiu disapproved, Ye Kai revealed some more information.
In fact, in the two decades from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, there were many cases of Hong Kong Island businessmen involved in smuggling cultural relics into the mainland. During this period, the country had just opened up, and they had no experience in many aspects, and they had nothing to do with international standards.
There are many irregularities in the way we deal with people.
It was during this period that there were also many southern businessmen who went around the streets to buy "old things". They went deep into the countryside and traveled through the cities, searching for every valuable cultural relic and antique, and then using various means to acquire it.
Got it.
Many of these valuable cultural relics could not be bought at high prices in the mainland, so they began to think of smuggling cultural relics and began to cooperate with people in Hong Kong to use this channel to traffic cultural relics and antiques out or conduct auctions.
At that time, there were several major cases of theft of cultural relics in the country. The amount involved in each case exceeded billions of yuan, which was shocking. Even in some famous historical and cultural cities, entire villages were filled with stolen holes and cultural relics.
The rampant smugglers are evident from this.
Qu Youyi's fortune also originated from smuggling cultural relics.
However, Qu Youyi's operating methods are more subtle. He is not so arrogant in his work. At the same time, he is also engaged in regular industries and engages in some local project investments, so there is not much attention to him from all parties.
If Ye Kai hadn't consciously investigated him, he would have never known that Chairman Qu was actually a master of smuggling cultural relics and an expert in stealing treasures.
Based on this understanding, Ye Kai had a deeper idea about Qu Youyi's motivation for rebuilding Dongshan Temple.
"You are really meticulous in your work. How can ordinary people think of so much? You only see hundreds of millions of investments being made, and you have political achievements, and you are so fascinated that you don't know the east, west, north, and south." After hearing this, Pei Yunqiu couldn't help but feel.
He said with some emotion.
"Haha, as the mayor of a city, I must be responsible for the investments I attract..." Ye Kai said, "It would be too funny if the investors I attracted were actually thieves. This makes me
Where is the face? Understanding the investor’s situation is a prerequisite. If the investor’s reputation is not good, even if the investment can see short-term benefits, it must be carefully considered.”
"What you said makes sense..." Pei Yunqiu listened and nodded in agreement.
"Then what should we do now? Wait for them to dig for treasure?" Pei Yunqiu asked, but she also expressed her doubts, "Would this be a bit too passive? You don't know if they
If you can be related to Qu Youyi, if you don't capture them, you won't be able to verify your guess, but if you capture them, you might be able to alert others."
"You are right, this is indeed a problem." Ye Kai did not deny it.
Nowadays, even if Qu Youyi's men are digging around at the old site of Dongshan Temple, you can't say that they are here to dig for treasure until they find the treasure. After all, to catch thieves and take the stolen goods, they cannot be convicted without real evidence.
The biggest problem now is that if they just dig under the big clock, they won't be able to find the underground palace at all. Naturally, there will be no way to talk about stealing treasures.
"Actually, the best way is to let them know the exact location of the underground palace, and then wait for them to come to dig for treasures. After digging out a part, then catch them all. This is the safest way." Pei Yunqiu thought for a while.
He said, "Just where is the underground palace?"
"The location of the underground palace is really not easy to determine. I looked through the existing information and there is no record of this..." When it comes to this matter, Ye Kai is also at a loss.
Although he checked local chronicles and various information about Dongshan Temple, the location of the underground palace was not mentioned in them. Although he also wanted to indirectly confirm the location of the underground palace by finding the original location of the big bell, but now
The information on hand cannot determine the initial position of the big clock, which makes it impossible to find it.
"Hey, things are really complicated now..." Thinking of this problem, Pei Yunqiu couldn't help but frown. She held her chin with her hand and said in a daze, "A place as big as Dongshan Temple needs to be determined.
Where is the underground palace? It’s really a troublesome matter.”
"Maybe there is a way..." Ye Kai suddenly thought of the old man he met on the mountain today. Given his age, he should be able to remember where the big bell was hung, right?
If this could be confirmed, things would be much easier to handle. (To be continued)
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