The three people were all tied up and strung together in a string. Only their legs could move. Xue Chen held the rope in front and pulled the three people down the mountain.
The three tomb robbers behind were ashen-faced and stumbling. They never dreamed that one day, they would be caught not by the police, but by a young man from a mountain village who asked for directions.
The scene in the morning was still vivid in their minds. The three of them were lucky to meet someone who had gotten up so early when they arrived and found out the specific route. However, they never expected that this situation would happen.
"Little... little brother, you let the three of us go. I didn't give you any money. I gave you antiques, antiques worth hundreds of thousands, how about it?"
"Yes, if you let us go, it won't do you any good. You can tell us how much you want."
"One million! Is one million enough?"
The three people were begging behind, hoping that Xue Chen would let them go for the sake of money.
Xue Chen turned his head and glanced, his eyes flashing: "Oh? Do you have antiques in your hands?"
Seeing that Xue Chen was willing to talk, the three of them all looked hopeful, nodding their heads as if pounding garlic.
"Yes, yes, the three of us still have a batch of good things in hand. If you are willing to let the three of us go, we can give them to you."
"Tell me where the things are first?" Xue Chen turned around and looked at the three of them, his mind-reading ability quietly activated.
"This... is in Yunzhou Province. You can come with us to get it. How about it? It's worth millions. I'll give it all to you."
"Yes, I'll give it all to you and we won't leave anything behind. How about that?"
Xue Chen withdrew his gaze. As expected, these three people were full of lies. Except that they really had a batch of antiques in their hands that had not been sold, there was no truth. First of all, these antiques were not in Yunzhou Province.
It was in a rental house rented by three people in another province.
Furthermore, the three of them naturally would not willingly take out the antiques to beg for mercy. They were thinking about how to kill him on the way together if he agreed.
He was too lazy to talk nonsense with these three people anymore, and led them to the foot of the mountain. He took out his mobile phone and saw that it was okay, because it was only a dozen miles away from the village and there was still signal, so he dialed out and called the police.
"Hello, I want to call the police. I caught three tomb robbers. Yes, you heard me right. They are the kind of tomb robbers who steal ancient tombs..."
There had never been any excavation of ancient tombs in Taihong County before. The operator suddenly heard that someone had caught three tomb robbers. Naturally, he was stunned for a moment. He even wondered if he heard it wrong, or if it was a prank?
When the three tomb robbers saw Xue Chen calling the police, their faces became even more ugly. They all wanted to kill Xue Chen with their eyes, but they could only cry out and beg for mercy.
"Little brother... no, big brother, please let the three of us go. The three of us were also confused for a moment. This is the first time we have done such a thing."
"Yes, yes, we know we were wrong, and we will definitely not do such things again in the future. We must change our ways."
"Can't we give you all the money the three of us have? How much do you want?"
Xue Chen didn't want to listen to the noise of the three people anymore, so he took three pieces off the felt cloth on the bed of the pickup truck, kneaded them into a ball, and stuffed them into the mouths of the three people, so that they could no longer make any sound.
Can make a whining sound.
He lifted all the felt cloths and glanced at the tools in the truck compartment. They were quite complete. They had prepared enough food and drink for half a month. It seemed that these three people really planned to fight a protracted war.
Likewise, he also admired these tomb robbers. As a native of Noumenon, he had never heard of ancient tombs on Niutai Mountain. How did these three outsiders know about it?
Also, although Niutai Mountain is not a big mountain, it is not small in area. The three of them found the exact location so quickly. I don’t know if it was luck or if they already had detailed information.
He prefers the latter.
After waiting for about an hour, three vehicles appeared in the distance, drove over and stopped in front of the pickup truck. The doors opened, and seven or eight police cars quickly got out from above, and quickly surrounded them.
The three tomb robbers all looked ashen at this time, sitting on the ground blankly, with no hope in their eyes.
Xue Chen shook hands with the police officer leading the team: "Hello, Mr. Xue, I am the deputy director of the County Public Security Bureau, Qin Xuebing."
"Director Qin, do you know me?" Xue Chen looked at the deputy director of the County Public Security Bureau in surprise. He did not remember that the two had met.
Qin Xuebing had a faint smile on his face: "I haven't had the opportunity to meet Mr.
You called the police."
Generally speaking, the police will be called immediately after someone calls the police, but this time they did not. Instead, they retrieved the information about the police phone number first. The biggest reason was that they were worried that someone would lie to the police.
Qin Xuebing started as a grassroots police officer in Taihong County and has been working in the county public security system for more than ten years. However, this is the first time he has heard of tomb robbers in Taihong County. How can people not be suspicious?
When he learned that the name on the ID card bound to the phone number was Xue Chen, Qin Xuebing made a prompt decision and personally drove the police car. He had never seen Xue Chen, but he had heard the name several times. After all, Taihong County is a small town.
Of course, the news of the appearance of such an outstanding person in the county has already spread.
Now seeing the three tomb robbers, as well as the vehicle and the tools used to commit the crime, Qin Xuebing was shocked. They were actually tomb robbers. It was the first time in his life that he had encountered such a case.
"Cuff these three and take them back to the police station!" Qin Xuebing issued the arrest order, and the police officer responsible for surveying the scene took photos from all angles with cameras.
Xue Chen pointed to the mountainside and said that the specific crime scene was there, and the ancient tomb was also there.
"Is there really an ancient tomb?" Qin Xuebing looked at Xue Chen in surprise.
"Yes, and it should be a big tomb."
Hearing what Xue Chen said, Qin Xuebing showed a look of excitement. If there really was a large tomb, then there is no doubt that it would be a great political achievement for him to lead a team to rob the doctor's tomb this time!
Without saying anything else, Qin Xuebing and his men followed Xue Chen to the mountainside to take a look. Unfortunately, they only saw a hole more than one meter deep. Well, before the three tomb robbers had time to dig it out, Xue Chen gave them to him.
Caught.
Tomb robbing was really difficult for a county public security bureau to handle, so Qin Xuebing immediately called the municipal public security bureau to report it.
At the same time, Xue Chen also made a simple note.
"Mr. Xue, can you tell me about the whole process?" the police officer in charge of the transcript asked politely.
"No problem, that's what happened. This morning..." Xue Chen told everything that happened in detail, excluding some things that couldn't be said. He only said that he followed the three people because he doubted their identities.
Came here, discovered the identities of the three tomb robbers, and then took action to capture the three of them.
After finishing the transcript, there was nothing else to do, so Xue Chen returned to the village in a police car.
On the same day, a car arrived at Niutai Mountain in Liushu Village. It was from the public security department, as well as personnel from the provincial department and the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau.
Soon, all the villagers in Liushu Village also knew about this. There was an ancient tomb on Niutai Mountain.
Xue Chen originally planned to return to Haicheng the next day, but he accidentally met an old acquaintance, Professor Pan from the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, who was the person in charge there when he went to participate in archaeological excavations. The relationship between the two at that time was very good.
It’s just that we haven’t had much contact recently, so now that we see him again, we are naturally very happy.
Professor Pan had just returned from an inspection trip to Niutai Mountain, and was about to go to the village headquarters for a break and a meeting, when he happened to bump into Xue Chen.
"Xue Chen, it's been a long time no see." Professor Pan smiled with a smile on his face, looked at Xue Chen up and down, and couldn't stop nodding, "Besides, I also heard that it was your alertness that caught the three
Tomb robber, yes, really good, he saved a lot of losses for the country."
Xue Chen smiled lightly: "That's right." He invited Professor Pan to his home.
The two sat down and talked about the ancient tomb on Niutai Mountain.
As soon as the tomb was mentioned, Professor Pan's expression became serious: "After preliminary investigation and the structure and characteristics of the building, it can be basically determined that it is a tomb from the middle and late Ming Dynasty. The total area of the tomb is between 100 and 150.
Ten square meters is a large tomb. As for the owner of the tomb, it still needs to be determined through data investigation and subsequent excavation."
"I really didn't expect that there is a big tomb here. I have never heard of it, and I have to admire these tomb robbers for finding this tomb."
Xue Chen's words made Professor Pan put his hands on his knees and smile heartily, and at the same time shook his head: "It is said that there are specialties in the art industry, and it is indeed true. These tomb robbers are specialized in this industry, so they naturally have their own methods to find tombs. However,
The most important thing is that our cultural relics department does not deliberately track down where there are tombs and then excavate them. Currently, we are still mainly engaged in protective excavation. Only when we know where the ancient tombs are going to be destroyed will we have to excavate them. Otherwise, it will be necessary to excavate them.
We will not destroy the tombs of ancient people."
This statement makes sense. The existence of the cultural relics department is more about research and protection. Tombs will not be excavated as a last resort. There is no need for that, except for the tombs of some emperors and generals, which is also for the purpose of better studying history.
Xue Chen was no longer in a hurry to visit Haicheng because Professor Pan said that he hoped he could stay and help excavate the tomb, so he naturally agreed readily.
The excavation of a large tomb is a big project. The soil covering the upper layer of the tomb alone weighs hundreds of tons and needs to be transported away. Large machinery cannot go up the mountain, so manpower can only be used, so we began to recruit workers in Liushu Village.