"Junior Brother Gu, this tombstone seems to have been moved." Lu Weiwei, a sharp-eyed person, quickly discovered the strangeness of the tombstone with the help of a bright flashlight.
After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha also came over and observed the tombstone for a while.
After a while, Officer Wang said humbly: "Judging from the signs on the tombstone, there are indeed signs of being moved."
"No way?" The old man who guarded the tomb suddenly panicked. He quickly pushed through the crowd and walked to the tombstone.
Then, he also squatted down and used the light to carefully examine the tombstone in front of him.
The tombstones in the cemeteries here are generally made of marble and set in stone pits that have already been dug.
The ashes of the deceased will be placed in a stone pit for sealing.
The marble monument is set in a stone pit and is surrounded by cement to seal the ashes.
But now it seems that there are obviously many chiseling marks around the stone monument, and there are cracks in the surrounding cement, and the gaps are large.
"How could this happen?" He kept saying just now that as a mausoleum keeper, he could hear clearly any movement in the cemetery.
But now it seems that this is not the case at all.
The stone tablet clearly showed signs of being pried.
The uncle suddenly panicked and was a little at a loss.
Seeing this situation, Officer Wang quickly asked Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, when you and Lu Weiwei came over that day, did you notice this situation around the stone monument?"
"No." Gu Chen shook his head and said affirmatively: "When we came here that day, Ye Juanjuan's stone tablet was intact, and there were even some weeds growing around it."
"But if you look at it now, the weeds around there are obviously signs of being pulled out, but until we left that day, we didn't touch the tombstone."
"Yes, I can testify to this." After all, Lu Weiwei was also at the scene that day, so she could also prove Gu Chen's words.
"That means... Ye Juanjuan's stone tablet has been tampered with?" Yuan Shasha looked surprised and asked hurriedly: "Will Ye Juanjuan's ashes be affected?"
"Ashes?"
Hearing Yuan Shasha's words, everyone was stunned at the same time.
Then I remembered that the person who pried open the stone tablet must be for the ashes inside the stone tablet. In other words, the person who pried open the stone tablet might be for the funerary objects buried with the urn.
Gu Chen stood up and quickly asked the old man who was guarding the tomb, "Sir, are there any tomb robbers here?"
"No." The old man shook his head.
"Huh?" Officer Wang raised his eyebrows and asked again: "Really or falsely? You have such a big cemetery and you are the only one who guards the tomb, but you have never seen any tomb robbers?"
"Let me tell you, we investigated a case before where a dead person transferred money to a living person."
"A young man reported to the police that his deceased father's account originally contained reimbursement for funeral expenses from his employer, and the balance totaled more than 10,000 yuan."
"But when the young man came to withdraw the money, he found that there were only a few dozen yuan left in change."
"It was only after we investigated that we found out that there was a guy who directly stole burial objects from various cemeteries. In the cemetery where the reporter's father died, a mobile phone used by the old man was buried with him."
Taking a deep breath, Officer Wang added: "Because of this phone, that guy cracked the password, and then transferred all the money in the account balance to his own account in batches. This is a true story.
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"That's right." Seeing Officer Wang bring up the case that everyone had handled back then, Lu Weiwei also confirmed and said:
"Later, the tomb robber was caught by us and confessed. He told us that he would go to cemeteries in some places every day and steal grave objects from the cemeteries."
"When we caught him, we found that this guy had sold many of the burial objects. In the end, we recovered some and returned them directly to the victims."
Looking down at the old man squatting in front of the cemetery, Lu Weiwei also said angrily:
"In this case, can you guarantee that no one will rob tombs in the cemetery where you are?"
"this……"
When Lu Weiwei said this, the old man who guarded the tomb suddenly seemed extremely embarrassed.
Yes, the police have handled similar cases before, so of course they know the specific situation of the cemetery.
Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, the old man who guarded the tomb simply took the initiative to explain: "Forget it, since you mentioned this kind of thing, then I will tell you directly."
"Yes, similar situations have indeed occurred in our cemetery here."
"So when we bury clients in our cemetery, we specifically tell them not to bury valuables with them in the cemetery. It's best to put an urn inside."
"And tell them things that may attract the attention of tomb robbers, and give them a warning."
"Later on, we rarely had customers here anymore. We put some messy things inside, and the tomb robbing incident didn't happen for a long time."
"So what do you mean?" Yuan Shasha said, pointing to the tombstone that had been pried.
The old man who was guarding the tomb was suddenly speechless.
Yes, the uncle is a little confused now and has no idea what is going on.
Gu Chen took a deep breath, looked around, and then reminded the uncle: "Uncle, you'd better check the tombstones around you to see which ones have been pried open."
"If it was a tomb robber, then this location would definitely be damaged."
After receiving Gu Chen's reminder, the old man immediately lost his composure and nodded in agreement. Then he picked up the flashlight and began to conduct a systematic investigation of the surrounding tombstones.
On Gu Chen's side, everyone gathered together to discuss the follow-up work.
"Senior Brother Wang, Ye Juanjuan's tombstone has been tampered with. It is obviously not an accident. I have a hunch that this matter may be related to the missing Hu Fanzhen."
Gu Chen also analyzed the current situation based on previous clues.
Officer Wang nodded silently and said, "Let's see what the old man said?"
Everyone waited at the scene for a while and saw that the uncle was still searching everywhere.
Lu Weiwei asked directly: "Uncle, have you found any other tombstones that have been pried?"
"No." The old man took a flashlight, walked directly to the crowd, and explained:
"I have checked many places, but there are no signs of being tampered with. It's strange, why is it only this location that has been tampered with?"
"Will the ashes inside be stolen by tomb robbers?" Lu Weiwei said.
The old man was also flustered at this moment. He immediately shook his head and said helplessly: "I don't know about this. Who knew that this would happen?"
"Then pry open the stone tablet and inspect it," Officer Wang suggested.
When the old man heard this, he immediately waved his hands and said: "This... this is not okay. It is unlucky to just pry open the tombstone of the deceased. And if the customer finds out, then he will not have to ask our cemetery to pay for it?"
"Moreover, this is not a matter of money. Once the ashes of a client's loved one are stolen, we cannot afford to pay so much money."
"Didn't you deal with this kind of thing before when tomb robbers stole?" Yuan Shasha was also very curious.
But the old man waved his hand and said with some embarrassment: "To be honest, in fact, there have been cases before when tomb robbers accidentally destroyed and scattered the ashes of the client's deceased relatives when robbing the tomb."
"But in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, after we found out, we cleaned up the ashes of the client's deceased relatives and repaired them again, as if it never happened."
"After all, it's impossible for the customer to pry open the stone tablet again, so we can keep it hidden, so we keep it hidden."
"You said you..." Officer Wang heard the old man's words and said angrily: "If something like this happens, you just settle it so hastily? Is that really okay?"
"There is nothing we can do, comrade policeman." Seeing Officer Wang scolding him, the old man guarding the tomb also looked aggrieved and said with some frustration:
"We are actually afraid of trouble. After all, we can't guarantee that the cemetery will not be damaged 100%."
"If the customer is obedient and doesn't put valuables in, then there won't be any big problem."
"But if some valuables are buried with the tombstone and the tomb robbers know about it, then in all likelihood, the contents of the tombstone will definitely be dug up."
With a faint sigh, the old man guarding the tomb was also quite helpless.
After Gu Chen walked back and forth twice, he also analyzed and said: "As far as now, only Ye Juanjuan's cemetery has been pried open."
"Then according to common sense, we must pry open the stone tablet and check the situation inside."
"If Ye Juanjuan's ashes are intact and there is no other special damage, then we will cover the stone tablet and seal it again."
"But if there is something wrong with the ashes inside, then we must contact the family of the deceased. After all, they all have the right to know, do you understand what I mean?"
Hearing what Gu Chen said, the old man who guarded the tomb suddenly felt a little depressed.
After all, this stone tablet will definitely have to be pried open again, and the old man who guards the tomb cannot avoid this.
Seeing that the old man was still hesitating, Lu Weiwei reminded her: "What are you still hesitating about? Hurry and find tools."
"Oh." When Lu Weiwei said this, the old man who guarded the tomb suddenly felt as if he had just woken up from a dream. He immediately picked up the flashlight and started walking towards his residence.
Seeing the old man who was guarding the tomb gradually disappear, Lu Weiwei sighed and couldn't help complaining:
"This old man is a bit unreliable. He was still bragging to us before, saying how many years he would stay here?"
"As soon as there is any movement outside, he can hear it clearly immediately inside his residence."
"But now it seems that this is not the case at all."
"Don't say it. After all, he is old. It's good if you let him guard the door. Catching thieves? With the old man's stature, it is probably too much."
Officer Wang didn't mean to slander the old man at all, he just wanted to say that he could do as much as he paid for it.
It takes a little courage to stay at the cemetery with a meager salary.
Grave robbers are generally strong and at least younger than the uncle.
While everyone was discussing, Gu Chen also stood aside, carefully thinking about what had happened before.
As soon as he closes his eyes, it is not difficult to see that Hu Fanzhen cried and complained in front of Ye Juanjuan's grave. Hu Fanzhen did not believe that Ye Juanjuan left him like this.
We suddenly lost contact a few years ago, and now we have found the cemetery. It shows that Hu Fanzhen has a hard time accepting this reality in his heart.
Although the two have never met, the relationship between the two actually exceeds the relationship between most friends.
Thinking again of the surveillance footage, Hu Fanzhen took a taxi all the way to the cemetery.
Then it disappeared.
In fact, you can guess with your toes that Hu Fan is probably going to the cemetery.
But once he entered the cemetery, he disappeared without a trace.
It's hard for Gu Chen not to doubt, what was Hu Fanzhen's purpose for coming to the cemetery that night?
Or is it that Hu Fanzhen actually came to see the tomb keeper that night and asked him to let him in?
There is also a possibility that the mausoleum guard knew clearly that he had met Hu Fanzhen that night, but still pretended to be ignorant.
Otherwise many things will be difficult to explain.
For example, the old man who guards the tomb boasts that he can hear clearly any movement at the other end of the cemetery.
But that night, the stone tablet in the cemetery was pried open. This kind of movement would probably be quite big in such a quiet cemetery at night.
But the old man who guards the tomb said that he had never heard of it at all.
If the sharp-eyed Lu Weiwei hadn't suddenly discovered the problem just now, I'm afraid the old man who guarded the tomb would have denied it.
There will be no talk of getting tools now and prying open Ye Juanjuan's cemetery together.
"So this old man seems to be lying to us?" Gu Chen thought to himself, feeling that the old man was indeed not very reliable.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! While everyone was waiting anxiously, the old man who guarded the tomb arrived belatedly, carrying a toolbox in his hand, and threw it directly in front of everyone:
"Currently we only have these tools, I wonder if they will work?" the old man said.
"As long as the cemetery can be opened." Gu Chen didn't care too much now. The most important thing at the moment was to find out what happened in Ye Juanjuan's cemetery.
So everyone started to take various tools from the tool box.
Afterwards, everyone worked together to use tools to clean up the debris around the stone monument, and then used thick iron wire to make it into a hook state.
Then slide the hooked wire along the gap of the stone monument and penetrate deep into the inside.
With the concerted efforts of everyone, the iron wire hooked the bottom of the stone monument and kept pulling up.
However, due to the limited bearing capacity of the iron wire, when the iron wire pulled up the front side of the stele, everyone began to use their hands to hold the edge of the stele.
As the stone tablet was moved bit by bit, a gap visible to the naked eye soon appeared on the stone tablet.
"Quick, Xiao Yuan, put the pliers into the gap, don't let the stone tablet fall, the iron wire can't hold it anymore." Gu Chen felt that the endurance of the iron wire hook was at its limit.
If you are not careful, you may lose all your previous efforts.
Yuan Shasha obeyed her instructions, and when the hooked wire was about to be straightened by the gravity of the stone monument, she quickly inserted the pliers into the gap.
"Snapped!"
At this moment, the hook part of the iron wire was also straightened by gravity, and the stone tablet sank directly.
Fortunately, Yuan Shasha held down the handle of the pliers tightly, thus closing the gap.
"Quickly, move the stone tablet up." Officer Wang reminded.
So everyone gave up the iron wire and began to use the only gap to use their strength together to lift the heavy stone tablet up bit by bit.
Finally, the stone tablet was moved away by everyone.
Because it was too heavy, I could only move it to the corners bit by bit.
But when everyone shined a strong flashlight into it, everyone was stunned on the spot.
In the entire cemetery, Ye Juanjuan's ashes were supposed to be placed in the urn, but at this moment, the urn was missing, and the entire cemetery was empty.
"How...how could this happen? How come there's no urn? What's going on?" Yuan Shasha looked at the old man who guarded the tomb in disbelief.
At this moment, the old man who guarded the tomb was completely panicked. When he lowered his head and looked down, his eyes instantly became surprised:
"This... this is impossible? What's going on? Where is the urn?"
"It seems like we should ask you, right?" Gu Chen looked at the old man with sharp eyes.
The old man stepped back in fright, and quickly defended himself: "This...I really don't know what's going on? I really don't know..."
"Uncle." Seeing the old man who was guarding the mausoleum in front of him complaining in various ways, Gu Chen also said truthfully:
"The stone monument in this cemetery was obviously pried open by someone using tools."
"And as you just saw, so many of us, using tools and working together, were able to reluctantly move the stone monument and see the situation inside the cemetery."
"Before that, the tomb robbers still need to pry open the surrounding cement blocks, which is bound to cause a lot of noise."
"And you just said that you stay in the cemetery and you can hear clearly any movement outside at night. Are you right?"
"This...this..." When asked by Gu Chen, the old man who guarded the tomb suddenly panicked and reluctantly replied:
"That's right, I...I said it, but I really didn't hear anything."
"You're talking nonsense." Seeing that the old man was quite tough, Lu Weiwei also took a step forward and said angrily:
"You still dare to say that you don't know? You just heard that it took so many of us and such a big movement to move this stone monument."
"Do you dare to say that you haven't heard anything? Also, this girl named Hu Fanzhen took a taxi to the cemetery the night before yesterday."
"She originally came from Jiangbei City to visit her deceased friend, so she took a taxi here and would not go anywhere else. She would only come to the cemetery."
After a pause, Lu Weiwei said angrily: "So when she comes to the cemetery, if she can enter the cemetery, she will definitely come to you. You should have seen her."
"And she can't pry open this stone tablet by herself. This has been verified just now, which shows that she must have helpers to help her."
"And there is no one else here except you, so that night, you were the only one who helped Hu Fanzhen pry open the stone tablet in Ye Juanjuan Cemetery. But you said you had never seen Hu Fanzhen. You are lying."
Lu Weiwei was much more direct than Gu Chen, directly accusing the mausoleum keeper to the point.
After all, from the current point of view, all circumstances point to the old man who is the guardian of the tomb.
Is this guy a tomb keeper or a tomb robber? Everyone is currently confused.
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