Seeing how straightforward Li Changfu was, Xue Chen didn't mince words, and went straight to explain in detail what he wanted his help to do.
After hearing this, Li Changfu said hesitantly: "You mean, you want me to use the pretext of handling the case to seal off a section of the lakeshore of the Lotus Pond for a period of time to prevent outsiders from approaching?"
"Yes, that's exactly it. Because I want to salvage something from the lotus pond and it's not convenient for outsiders to see it, so I can only ask Director Li to help me with this." Xue Chen took a sip of tea and waited for Li Changfu's call.
Decide.
Li Changfu hardly hesitated and quickly nodded in agreement: "No problem, it's just a trivial matter."
It couldn't be easier to seal off a section of the lakeshore, and the lotus pond is in the wilderness and is not under the jurisdiction of any police station, so there is no problem at all.
But what followed was curiosity. What did Xue Chen want to salvage in the lotus pond? Fish? It was absolutely impossible, but what was there in the lotus pond that was worth going to such trouble to salvage and hiding it from the public eye?
He subconsciously wanted to ask, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. He lowered his head and took a sip of tea without saying anything.
Li Changfu didn't ask, but Xue Chen planned to take the initiative to talk to him. Since he had found Li Changfu for help, there was no need to hide it. Anyway, he would definitely see it when the salvage came. There was no need to hide it now, and
On the contrary, it will make the other party feel that they do not trust him.
Xue Chen told Li Changfu the story he told Qi Hu. Li Changfu was also surprised and surprised, and finally understood why Xue Chen did it invisibly.
If you are really salvaging antiques that sank at the bottom of the lake, you should be more careful. If word gets out that valuable antiques were salvaged from the bottom of the lake, it will definitely cause quite a stir and trouble.
"Mr. Xue, don't worry, I will never talk about this matter to anyone else." Li Changfu promised.
Everything was ready. Qi Hu and Li Changfu had settled it. Xue Chen didn't want to delay it any longer and wanted to get this matter settled as soon as possible. Qi Hu was about to call down. The three of them discussed it and decided.
Tomorrow we will go to the lotus pond to salvage.
Li Changfu was responsible for sealing off the lake shore and expelling the idlers, Qi Hu was responsible for bringing reliable salvage personnel, and Xue Chen only did one thing, which was to point out the salvage location.
Early in the morning, Xue Chen drove to the magnificent place first, and Qi Hu was already ready to set off. In addition to himself, he also brought two people and some diving equipment, which were obviously the salvage personnel he had found.
Not long after, Li Changfu also drove over in a police car with two policemen in the car. These two policemen were obviously Li Changfu's confidants.
Without making any further stops, the three cars drove out of the city together and headed straight to the Lotus Pond twenty miles away. Just as Xue Chen expected, there were still so many people fishing and playing on the shore of the Lotus Pond, almost every
You can see people everywhere.
After parking the car, Xue Chen led Qi Hu and Li Changfu straight to the shore of the Lotus Pond. Two policemen and two salvage workers followed closely behind. He also carried a square storage box in his hand.
, it is intended to be used to hold salvaged antiques.
When he found the place in his memory, Xue Chen nodded to Li Changfu and Qi Hu.
Li Changfu immediately turned around and gave an order to the two policemen he brought: "Go, cordon off the entire area within 20 meters. No one is allowed to get close. If anyone asks, just say that we are handling a case."
"Okay, Li Suo." The two policemen agreed and immediately went to do it. First, they found some wooden sticks from around and stuck them in the soil in all directions. Then they took out the police cordon and wrapped it around them.
This large area of the lakeshore was put on alert.
Some tourists and fishermen came over out of curiosity when they saw this scene, but they were sent away by two policemen who said they were handling the case and were not allowed to watch.
At the same time, the two salvage crews brought by Qi Hu also began to put on black diving suits and respirators, preparing to go into the water.
"Brother Xue, where is the approximate location of this thing?" Qi Hu came over and asked.
Xue Chen used his clairvoyance ability to scan again and pointed to a place about ten meters above and left of the shore: "It's probably at that location, there won't be much deviation."
Qi Hu nodded, walked back to the two people in diving suits, and said seriously: "Remember what I told you, if the matter is settled, you two will not be short of money, but also remember
Shut up and be strict with your mouth. No matter what is salvaged, you are not allowed to mention it to other people. Just treat it as if it never happened."
The two salvage workers nodded understandingly.
"Okay, let's get in the water."
"Plop."
The two salvage workers first walked into the lake, and after walking more than two meters, they lowered their heads, plunged into the water, and dived.
Qi Hu and Li Changfu came to Xue Chen's side, looking at the rippling lake surface, and secretly thinking, is it really like what Xue Chen said, that there are really antiques under the lake?
Xue Chen looked under the lake, and when he saw the two divers finding the place, his eyes moved.
After waiting quietly for about ten minutes, the lake that had just calmed down suddenly started to vibrate. Soon, two people in diving suits emerged and walked to the shore, holding something in their hands.
The two people beside Xue Chen went over together and took over the things fished out of the lake. The things had just been fished out from the bottom of the lake, and they were still full of mud and entangled with water plants.
But after cleaning up, Qi Hu and Li Changfu's eyelids jumped at the same time. They saw clearly the first batch of salvaged things. It was a bronze mirror, several strange metal pieces, and a few blackened ones eroded by the lake water.
The metal blocks looked like ancient silver and gold ingots!
Qi Hu and Li Changfu looked at each other and were both secretly surprised. They didn't expect it to be true.
Xue Chen opened the box he brought and immediately put everything in it to avoid being seen by outsiders.
Soon, the two people who had just dived brought up some more things with familiarity, including gold ingots and silver ingots, as well as a white jade hairpin, which was soaked in the lake water to form a special clear color.
Time and time again, the two divers went back and forth five times. When they came back again, they shook their heads and said that there was nothing down there, and the box Xue Chen brought had already been filled with scattered things.
Half a moment.
"Xue Chen, they said everything down there has been cleaned up," Qi Hu said.
"Have you finished fishing?" Xue Chen glanced at the two people wearing diving suits and waterproof glasses, and said calmly, "Brother Qi, I think there should be something else."
"Huh?" Qi Hu was slightly startled.
Xue Chen looked at the two divers and laughed in his heart. These two people were really good at calculating. They actually wanted to hide something secretly, but unfortunately, they couldn't hide it from his eyes.
He kept looking under the lake with his clairvoyance ability, staring at these two people, mainly because he wanted to pay attention to the safety of these two people, so as to avoid an accident, which would be terrible.
But unexpectedly, I saw an unexpected scene. After one of them grabbed a round object from the bottom of the lake, he did not bring it up. Instead, he and another person made some gestures underwater, and then took the plate-shaped object
He put it back at the bottom of the lake and weighed it down with a stone.
The purpose is obvious, he wants to hide it and come back to salvage it later. In this way, the things will be his own. It is really a good calculation. I have to say that he is bold, careful and very thoughtful.
However, when he met Xue Chen, Xue Chen saw clearly and took into account every move and little tricks the two of them did.
Qi Hu looked at Xue Chen in surprise, wondering how he was sure that there was something under the lake.
Xue Chen paused for a moment, took two steps forward and walked in front of the two divers, and said calmly: "According to my investigation, there should be something else down there, it should be a plate. I think you should go down and look for it more carefully.
Once you look for it, don’t miss it.”
Both divers were wearing goggles, so there was no visible change in their expressions, but their bodies were obviously shaking slightly, and they were obviously frightened.
But both divers still shook their heads, indicating that there was nothing left.
"I said yes, there must be!" Xue Chen squinted his eyes, looked at the two of them, and said without any doubt.
Qi Hu also came over and said to the two of them: "You two go down and take a closer look. Since brother Xue is so sure, there must be something there!" He always believed in Xue Chen's words.
Both divers felt a chill on their backs and thought to themselves, how could the people on the shore know what else was in the water? They must have investigated it before they entered the water, it must be like this!
Although these two people are not people in the antique circle, they have never seen pork, but they have also seen pigs running. They guessed that these things dug out from the lake should be very valuable antiques, so they thought of hiding one.
, anyway, the people on the shore will definitely not know. If they fish it out in the future, won't the two of them be able to make a big fortune?
But they never expected that the other party actually knew everything about what was at the bottom of the lake! Thinking of this, the two people's idea of secretly hiding something was immediately shattered. They had no choice but to go into the water again and reluctantly
I brought up the hidden plate-like thing.
Qi Hu saw that he had indeed brought something that was the same as what Xue Chen said. His eyes trembled for a moment, and he was secretly surprised. He thought, could it be that Xue Chen had someone go down to touch the bottom before and already knew what was underneath?
Already?
After the last plate-like thing was brought up, Xue Chen took it in his hand and took a brief look at it. He saw that it was a plate made of cloisonné enamel, but the enamel on it was already mottled.
After putting the last item into the box, Xue Chen nodded to Qi Hu and Li Changfu, indicating that it was okay.
Immediately, the two policemen removed the cordon, the divers took off their diving suits, and the group quickly left the lake shore, returned to the car, and drove away, as if they had never been here before...(