Chapter 289: The Captain of the Tomb Raiders!

After Director Guo helped to invite people, Jia Dongming asked Lin Minghua with a serious face: "Captain Lin! There are three bodies here. One is a remnant of the previous dynasty, one is the son of a local thief, and the other is a foreigner. These three people who have nothing in common actually died here. What do you think about this case?"

When Lin Minghua heard Jia Dongming's question and thought about the identities of these three people, a puzzled expression appeared on his face. He frowned and replied, "Deputy Captain Jia! As you just said, these three people are people who can't get along with each other. Why did they get together? I really don't understand the reason."

After hearing Lin Minghua's answer, Jia Dongming thought of his inner guess and replied seriously, "Captain Lin! If my judgment is correct, this foreigner should be an antique dealer who comes to China specifically to buy antiques and then sells them abroad at high prices."

"As for Jin Changzheng, he was probably the middleman responsible for helping the foreigner purchase antiques, and Lai San was the introducer who helped them contact the source of the antiques. As for why they died here, it was probably because they were robbed by someone else."

When Lin Minghua heard Jia Dongming's analysis, he immediately refuted: "Deputy Captain Jia! I think your analysis is completely unreasonable. If this foreigner is an antique dealer, there are a lot of antiques for sale in our trust store, and the prices are clearly marked. He can just go there and buy them. There is no need for this foreigner to take the risk of finding someone to buy antiques."

After hearing Lin Minghua's rebuttal, Jia Dongming suddenly realized that in this era, if you want to buy antiques, there are many in the trust store. However, thinking of Lai San's identity, Jia Dongming still confirmed his guess and reminded Lin Minghua: "Captain Lin! Although there are many antiques for sale in the trust store, those on the counter are very ordinary antiques. The antiques that this foreigner wants to buy should be fine ones that have flowed out of the palace, otherwise he would not ask Jin Changzheng for help."

"Also, Director Guo just said that Lai San's father was a tomb robber. There is another name for a tomb robber, which is the tomb robber. Cao Cao established the ranks of General of the Graveyard and the tomb robber to make up for the shortage of military pay. The ranks were specialized in robbing tombs to supplement military pay. Also, do you know why Sun Dianying captured Lai San's father?"

After hearing what Jia Dongming said, Lin Minghua thought of the antiques that were within reach in the trust store and was still unwilling to believe what Jia Dongming said. When he heard Jia Dongming mention Sun Dianying, he subconsciously shook his head and replied, "Isn't Sun Dianying a big warlord and a big traitor? In order to expand the source of soldiers, the warlords at that time often conscripted men everywhere. Lai San's father must have been conscripted."

After hearing Lin Minghua's analysis and thinking of what Sun Dianying had done, Jia Dongming shook his head subconsciously and introduced to Lin Minghua: "Captain Lin! It seems that your understanding of Sun Dianying is only one-sided. Sun Dianying is actually another Cao Cao. He also relies on tomb robbing to collect military pay."

"If I'm not mistaken, Sun Dianying captured Lai San's father and headed for the Eastern Qing Tombs, because the Eastern Qing Tombs were dug by Sun Dianying and his men. There is also the Yuling Mausoleum of Emperor Qianlong. This tomb robbery took Sun Dianying seven days and seven nights, and the stolen treasures filled forty carts, including jade watermelons, jade cabbages, night pearls, the Nine Dragon Sword and other priceless items."

"Later, some people said that Sun Dianying also planned to rob the Xiaoling Mausoleum of Emperor Shunzhi and the Jingling Mausoleum of Emperor Kangxi, but failed for various reasons. However, these two mausoleums helped him solve the problem of military pay and made a fortune from the dead."

"Since Lai San's father was a tomb robber, Lai San must have known a tomb robber. The foreigner did not choose to buy cultural relics from the trust store because he looked down on those cultural relics and only thought of the exquisite items unearthed from ancient tombs. As for why the three of them were killed, it was probably because the money the foreigner brought to buy cultural relics aroused the greed of the tomb robbers, so they were robbed."

"As for whether my analysis is correct, everything will become clear when we meet Lai San's wife and Jin Changzheng's wife."

After hearing what Jia Dongming said, Lin Minghua finally understood what Sun Dianying had really done. Just as he was about to respond to Jia Dongming's analysis, Xiao Jun led a patrol officer into the yard from outside and reported respectfully, "Deputy Captain Jia! Captain Lin! I asked Zheng Rui from the patrol team to come over."

When Zheng Rui heard Xiao Jun's introduction, he immediately stood up straight, saluted Jia Dongming and Lin Minghua respectively, and greeted them in a sonorous and powerful tone: "Hello, Deputy Captain Jia! Hello, Captain Lin!"

After hearing Xiao Jun's answer, Lin Minghua saw Zheng Rui standing straight in front of him and asked him, "Zheng Rui! After you found out that a murder had occurred here, how many people entered the murder scene?"

When Zheng Rui heard Lin Minghua's inquiry, he immediately reported to Lin Minghua: "Report to Captain Lin! After we heard the gunshots, we immediately ran in the direction where the gunshots came from. When we ran here, we found this courtyard with the gate open. At that time, only Haijun and I entered the main hall, but we only took two steps and found that a murder had occurred inside. In order to protect the scene, we retreated directly." When Jia Dongming heard Zheng Rui's report and thought of his investigation results, he immediately determined that Zheng Rui was telling the truth. He then walked to the front of the main hall, took out a piece of chalk from the tool box brought by the forensic doctor, and marked the footprints of the murderer on the ground one by one.

"These four footprints were left by the murderer. Collect them immediately and keep them as evidence." After marking the suspect's footprints, Jia Dongming immediately asked the police from the Criminal Investigation Brigade to collect them.

Just as Jia Dongming was arranging for the staff to pick up the footprints, Director Guo led a crying and heartbroken woman into the yard from outside and introduced her to Jia Dongming: "Captain Jia! I have invited Lai San's wife to you."

When Lai San's wife walked into the yard from outside, she saw Lai San's body lying on the floor of the main hall. She cried loudly again, "Dad! Didn't you tell me that you were going out to introduce a business and would be back soon? Why did you leave like this? What are you going to do with me and the children?"

When Jia Dongming heard Lai San's wife crying, he came out of the main room and said to her, "Lady, the dead cannot be brought back to life. Please accept my condolences."

When Lai San's wife heard Jia Dongming's consolation, she immediately asked Jia Dongming: "Comrades from the Public Security Bureau! Do you know who killed our boss? You must avenge You Guang for our family!"

When Jia Dongming heard the request from Lai San's wife, he asked her, "Lai San's wife! We want to find the murderer as soon as possible, so we invited you here."

Jia Dongming paused for a moment and then asked Lai San's wife, "Lai San's wife! You just said that Lai San went out to introduce business to someone. Did Lai San tell you who he was introducing business to?"

When Lai San's wife heard Jia Dongming's question, she gradually stopped crying and introduced to Jia Dongming with a choked voice: "Comrade Public Security! The day before yesterday, Youguang came back from our house and said that Mr. Jin from Chongwenmen wanted to buy some insects. It just so happened that he knew that Mr. Long had a batch of ghost goods and was looking for buyers everywhere, so he wanted to facilitate this deal and make some money from it."

"When Youguang came back at night, he told me that he had already negotiated with both parties. As long as the deal was done, my family would be able to make at least 200 yuan. But he was fine when he left, but now he is gone."

When Lai San’s wife came to this point, she burst into tears again.

When Lin Minghua, who was standing by, heard what Lai San's wife had said, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face. He could never have imagined that Jia Dongming's analysis was actually correct.

Thinking of the Lord Long mentioned by Lai San's wife, Lin Minghua immediately asked Lai San's wife, "Lai San's wife! Who is the Lord Long you just mentioned? Where does he live?"

When Lai San's wife heard Lin Minghua's question, she cried and replied, "Long Ye is my father-in-law's fellow apprentice. As for where his family lives, our Youguang never told me."

(End of this chapter)

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