As far as most people's understanding is concerned, when Ah Fu was taken by the police for questioning, most people already had an idea.
Sure enough, as Qi Tian asked questions, the crowd began to speculate.
After hearing the news, some professional archaeological experts rushed to the scene.
Gu Chen took out his notebook and stood aside.
Everyone discussed Ah Fu's suspicion with great interest.
"Officer Qi, just tell me what you want to ask. Why am I causing trouble? Why can't I understand what you are saying?"
Qi Tian also snorted: "Ah Fu, let me tell you clearly. Ever since assistants Xiao Zhang and Xiao He fell into coma yesterday, you have been spreading curses in the archaeological base. Today, Master Xiao has done this again.
At that time, you were the first one to come out and spread rumors. I think you are the most suspicious here."
"Am I the most suspicious?" Ah Fu also looked innocent and said, "I'm just trying to persuade you not to make fun of your own lives. Everything I say is true. This place must be unlucky. You still don't believe it."
"Yes, Ah Fu said from the beginning that there was a curse here, but within a few days, strange things happened one after another. How can I say this?" One of the onlookers couldn't help but interject.
Another staff member also said: "You can't just doubt what others say because of what they say? Ah Fu knows a little bit about Feng Shui."
"I can testify to this." Another man raised his hand.
Qi Tian was also furious. He was investigating Ah Fu. Why did these people come to join in the fun? They were all talking for Ah Fu.
Of course Qi Tian knew that Ah Fu knew Feng Shui.
But the curse is pure nonsense. How old is it? Do you still believe in those old stories?
Gu Chen put down the transcript and said to everyone: "The police are handling the case, please don't let others get close to interfere. We will call you over for questioning if necessary."
Then Gu Chen asked Professor Li: "Can we borrow the room?"
"Of course." Professor Li gave up his position, took the initiative to open the door of the room, and said: "You ask questions inside, and I will help you stop these people."
"That's good for you." Gu Chen thanked him and pushed Ah Fu inside.
The other onlookers were stopped outside the house by Professor Li: "Everyone, please go back first. I will inform everyone if there is any situation."
"Professor Li, is there really a curse in this place?"
"Yes, this is already the third one. Maybe you will be the next one."
"This place is indeed a bit evil, it feels weird."
"If it doesn't work, let us go back. Whoever wants to come can come?"
"Yes, although archaeological excavation is a great undertaking, it is not good to lose one's life."
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Professor Li is almost immune to hearing all these things these days.
He wasn't too sleepy. He hadn't slept for more than 20 hours since the incident happened, so he felt it was time to rest.
"Bang!" The door was closed.
Since this is an abandoned old house, except for the folding bed brought by the archaeological team, there are almost no other items, so the three of them can only stand where they are.
Ah Fu leaned against the corner and said impatiently: "Comrade police, I think you are really mistaken. The three of them have become like this and it really has nothing to do with me."
"Did you go out last night?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes... yes." Ah Fu nodded and said in a lazy tone: "At night, around one o'clock in the morning, I had an urgent need to urinate, so I went out to solve it."
"Do you live in an old house?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Yes." Ah Fu did not deny it and continued: "Those of us who are the core archeology figures, like Professor Li and others, can live in such sturdy houses, while other workers can only sleep in tents."
"You live alone?" Gu Chen asked.
Ah Fu shook his head and said: "I am Professor Wang's assistant, and I live with Professor Wang."
Gu Chen recorded these situations and asked, "Have you discovered any suspicious persons in the archaeological base recently?"
"This... let me think about it." Ah Fu frowned for a moment and quickly looked at the dilapidated ceiling and started thinking.
After about ten seconds, Ah Fu thought of something. Seeing Gu Chen staring at him, he didn't want to say anything anymore. He smiled and said seriously: "Officer Gu, it really doesn't happen."
"Are you sure?" Qi Tian on the side answered, always feeling that this Ah Fu was weird.
Judging from his appearance, he is an honest and responsible guy, but sometimes it is impossible to determine a person's true behavior from his appearance.
Ah Fu's current questions are also ambiguous, with vague answers but no answers.
But his passion for curses has not diminished at all.
After Gu Chen asked some more basic information, he said: "You can leave first, but please remember not to spread rumors about the curse again."
"It's all true anyway, can't we talk about spreading it? The entire scientific expedition team knows about it."
Ah Fu wanted to say a few more words, but Qi Tian raised his fist and tried to hit him.
Upon seeing this, Ah Fu quickly shrank his neck, opened the door and left quickly.
"Let him go just like that?" Qi Tian felt unwilling.
Gu Chen smiled and said: "I can't find any useful value from his mouth, but I found that there are some connected patterns in it."
"You mean?" Qi Tian was originally confused and anxious about Ah Fu's question. After hearing what Gu Chen said, he suddenly felt that there was a hint of darkness.
"Didn't you notice? The three people involved in the accident were the first team members to come to the scene to find out the situation."
Gu Chen wrote the names of the first team members who came to the scene with a pen in the record book, and continued: "Professor Li, Professor Wang, Professor Peng, the rest are assistants Xiao Zhang and Xiao He, and driver and logistics Xiao
master."
"Then you mean that if this happens again, it will definitely happen between Professor Li, Professor Wang and Professor Peng?" Qi Tian also took a breath.
It feels like Gu Chen's reasoning is very likely.
Because judging from the current situation, nearly half of the six people have this rare situation, which is enough to illustrate the feasibility of this rule.
"Did any of these six people come into contact with anything suspicious? Or is there some ulterior secret between them?" Qi Tian turned to look at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen rubbed his face and said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out, because nearly half of these six people have this suspicious situation, which means someone is targeting them."
"And this person is very likely to be among these six people? Or should I say among the remaining three?"
"Senior Brother Qi, it's good to have reached this point in reasoning. We don't rule out other possibilities. For example, this Ah Fu, he looks a bit weird..."
"Then we must protect Professor Li, Professor Wang and Professor Peng now to avoid being plotted." Qi Tian interrupted: "Pay special attention to this Ah Fu, he is still the most suspected."
Gu Chen smiled and said: "Then we will stay here tonight. We have to be energetic at night. In addition, the archaeological base cannot stop working. Everything will continue as usual..."
Just as he said this, Gu Chen suddenly discovered that under the influence of sunlight, there were some broken glass shards under the folding bed.
If it weren't for the refraction of sunlight, I might have almost overlooked this detail.
"What is this?" Gu Chen knelt down, put on his gloves, and picked up one of the pieces in his hand.
"It should be a broken bottle, right? These people are real. Since they live in an old house and don't clean it, what should they do if it hurts someone?"
Qi Tian was just about to get the broom at the door when he was stopped by Gu Chen: "Brother Qi, don't worry about this for now. I think it's better to take it back and study it."
"What's there to study about the glass shards?" Qi Tian originally wanted to sweep the glass shards aside, but when he saw Gu Chen staring at him with a serious look on his face, he hesitated for a moment and changed his words: "Okay, let's
Take some back."
"Leave this to me." Gu Chen took out a small evidence collection bag, then took out a long tweezers, put all the fragments into the evidence collection bag, and affixed a number on it.
At this time, Professor Li pushed open the door and walked in, asking: "Officer Qi, Officer Gu, I just saw that you asked Ah Fu to come out early. Did you ask anything?"
"Not yet." Qi Tian sheepishly patted Professor Li and said, "But please rest assured, Professor Li, we will stay here tonight to protect your safety, and you can let everyone continue working."
"Wha... what? You policemen want to live here?" Professor Li suddenly laughed: "But it doesn't work. If the reason is not investigated, everyone will not feel at ease."
"That's why we decided to live here and investigate the cause and effect of the incident." Gu Chen suddenly walked up to Professor Li and smiled.
"Okay, I'll go talk to you again, and then ask someone to arrange a place for you to stay." Professor Li just turned around, suddenly stopped again, and turned around and said: "Also, I want to send a car to take Xiao Zhang off.
, Xiao He and Master Xiao, let them go to a big hospital to continue receiving expert treatment, what do you think?"
"Of course that's no problem." Gu Chen readily agreed: "If necessary, our police can help contact you on this matter."
"Then I would like to thank Officer Gu and Officer Qi very much." Professor Li clasped his hands together, feeling that with the help of the police, the scientific expedition team might be able to calm down.
Several people walked out of the room and walked towards the central square.
This is a temporary resting place for everyone, and many tents are set up here.
There are also distribution cars nearby, which are responsible for providing safe power guarantee to the workers stationed here, and also provide logistical support to ensure the smooth progress of the archaeological excavation work.
On the way, Gu Chen casually asked: "Professor Li, apart from some broken porcelain excavated at the site, do you have any other important discoveries?"
"This..." Professor Li didn't expect that Gu Chen would suddenly ask this, so he couldn't help but hesitated for a moment and said: "No, except for some broken porcelain, everything else is insignificant, but..."
"But what?" Qi Tian asked quickly, for fear of missing something.
"However, we did dig out a corpse. The corpse was covered with bandages, like a mummy. It was buried with some trinkets, which were numbered and sealed by us. Most of them were transported to the identification and restoration center of the provincial capital museum.
"
"Then is there anything special about this corpse?" Gu Chen asked again.
"By the way, does it count as being extremely large?" Professor Li also held his chin and began to recall the excavation scene at that time: "When it was unearthed, it really shocked us. After all, this was the first time we encountered
The corpse is buried with bandages wrapped around it. Although the bones are wrapped around them now, and the bandages wrapped around the bones are all rotten, the ornaments have their own merits and are very exquisite."
"Have all the jewelry been shipped away?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes, after they were unearthed, we numbered all the objects, put them in professional boxes, and then sent special personnel to transport them away. They should now be at the Cultural Relics Appraisal and Restoration Center of the Provincial Museum." Professor Li said with certainty.
This was what happened before, and of course Gu Chen and Qi Tian didn't know it very well.
Gu Chen nodded, looked at Professor Li next to him, pretended not to care, and said, "Then who were the main handlers when it was unearthed?"
"Officer Gu." Professor Li suddenly stopped and asked, "Why are you asking this? Do you think these things are related to the corpse?"
"Nothing else, Professor Li, I just want to know the situation at the scene. Don't pay too much attention." Gu Chen couldn't explain it at the moment, and didn't want to say too much to Professor Li, so he could only prevaricate a few words.
"Yes, Professor Li, who was in charge when exhuming that body?" Qi Tian felt that Gu Chen had said what he said, so he could only echo.
"Professor Wang, Professor Peng and I, as well as assistants Xiao Zhang and Xiao He, and driver Master Xiao." Professor Li said.
But at this moment, Gu Chen and Qi Tian's expressions and attitudes were very relaxed, which made Professor Li not feel too much pressure.
However, in fact, when Gu Chen and Qi Tian looked at each other, they basically determined the general scope.
That's right.
These people were indeed responsible for the exhumation of the corpses.
At this moment, three of the six people fell.
That means that if there is another bizarre incident happening next, it will definitely happen between Professor Li, Professor Wang and Professor Peng.
"Is there something wrong with the body?" Gu Chen asked.
Professor Li shook his head: "No, we have checked everything and it is just an ordinary rotting corpse."
Afraid that Gu Chen and Qi Tian would not understand, Professor Li used his professional knowledge to popularize the matter, which meant telling them that no toxic substances were detected from the corpse.
Because the unearthed corpses have been transported to the provincial capital, there are many people handling them.
Of course Professor Li also knew the police's concerns, but he still used his professional knowledge to deny them.
The three of them came to the square. Professor Li took the lead in walking into a tent, turned on the loudspeaker, and started shouting to everyone.
The content is probably that the police will be stationed to ensure everyone's life safety and let everyone go back to work.
After all, the date for the agreed press conference is gradually approaching.
This time, not only reporters from Jiangnan City were present, but also reporters from the provincial capital and some brother units in other provinces also knew the news.
The Provincial Museum arranges outreach and publicity for the scientific expedition team.
The scientific expedition team is responsible for excavating valuable cultural relics, and the cooperation between the two parties is in an orderly manner.
Professor Li's attitude at the moment was relaxed, which also made others feel relaxed.
Everyone gathered around the square again, discussing the broadcast announcement.
"Professor Li is determined to stay here."
"We can leave, but he can't. He is the team leader. If the higher ups want to blame him, he must be the first to be blamed."
"So what if the police come? To protect our lives? It sounds very dangerous to hear that."
"That guy Afu will definitely have to protest again. He is the most opposed to being treated here. This guy has long wanted to go home quickly."
"Well, since the police are stationed here to provide us with security at night, we have to work as we should. If we don't work, what will we eat?"
"Yes, I have two children to support at home, so I'd better go to work."
"Let's go, let's go."
Under the influence of the broadcast, many workers who had previously stopped working to enjoy the shade picked up their tools and walked towards the archaeological pit again.
The archaeological base, which had been silent, became lively again.
After turning off the microphone, Professor Li turned around and said, "Thank you, Officer Gu and Officer Qi."
"You're welcome." Gu Chen smiled and said, "Please pay more attention to your safety. I have to go to the city first and will be back at the archaeological base before dinner, so please don't worry."
"That's okay. Our back-office chef here is very skilled. Let's have dinner here." Professor Li said.
After a few simple greetings, Gu Chen planned to take the broken glass to Forensic Doctor Liu from the Technical Department of the Municipal Bureau to study it.
And working overtime at night is inevitable.
What he is most worried about now is the life safety of Professor Li, Professor Wang and Professor Peng.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen suddenly became nervous and asked quickly: "By the way, Professor Li, why do I only see you here today? Where are Professor Peng and Professor Wang?"
"Yeah, I was wondering just now. I haven't seen these two people much all morning." Qi Tian was reminded by Gu Chen and also echoed.
"Two of them? One is going to the city to purchase things, and the other is going to the provincial capital. He may come back that night." Seeing Gu Chen and Qi Tian looking serious, Professor Li asked again, "What's wrong?"
"In other words, you can come back before evening, right?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes, everyone will return to the uninhabited village at night." Professor Li said.
Although Gu Chen didn't know whether his guess was accurate, he always felt that the three people, including Professor Li, always gave people an uneasy feeling.
Gu Chen nodded secretly.
As a result, the three people's whereabouts were scattered.
If the person who attacked assistants Xiao Zhang, Xiao He and Master Xiao was one of the three, then there is no need to worry about the workload tonight.
Externally, Gu Chen and Qi Tian said they were protecting everyone's safety, but in reality they just wanted to keep an eye on these three people.
While it was still early, Gu Chen drove Qi Tian back to the Haitang Police Station, and then drove to the Municipal Bureau's Technical Section alone, preparing to hand over the glass fragments collected at the scene to Forensic Doctor Liu of the Technical Section for identification.
In the room just now, Gu Chen also had a certain understanding of the general layout of the site and had already hand-drawn a topographic map of the site.
Based on this, Gu Chen can use his entry-level imagination to simulate a real scene and incorporate some of his own judgments into it.
