kvmb Chapter 588 Sand Sea 14
Chapter 588 Sand Sea 14
"In addition, the sand you sent to the identification department last time, after comparison and identification, was finally confirmed to be from the Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia," Li Hong continued.
"Badain Jaran Desert?"
How could sand from Inner Mongolia suddenly appear in Beijing?
If I remember correctly, the last place the Shen couple went was in Inner Mongolia, and Li Yiming also rushed back from Inner Mongolia.
Zhang Wen stroked his chin, lost in thought.
The sand that Li Hong mentioned was collected by the police from Huang Yan's body.
Sand is ubiquitous in daily life, so they didn't pay much attention to it when they were searching for evidence.
However, since the sand looked different from ordinary sand, they collected it and sent it for identification. Unexpectedly, this action directly led to the case being transferred to Inner Mongolia.
Everyone's minds were in a mess. They had only started investigating the attack on Li Chu, so how did the investigation end up like this?
The case is becoming increasingly complex and involves a wider range of aspects.
Li Hong looked around, and after everyone had calmed down a bit, he slowly spoke again: "In addition, when we were examining the surveillance footage near Shen Qiong's neighborhood, we discovered that Shen Qiong returned from her trip in a truck."
When the truck entered the residential area, it leaked some white substance. I went to the scene to check, and although the area had already been cleaned up, I still found white sand in the gaps. Analysis confirmed that the sand left on the truck matched the sand found on the deceased.
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There was no video footage of Huang Yan entering the residential area, only footage of him being chased out of the area by Shen Qiong and others, and the sand on his body matched the sand left behind by Shen Qiong's vehicle.
Considering the time frame, doesn't this mean that Huang Yan was very likely inside the car at the time?
If that's really the case, then Huang Yan who suddenly attacked Li Cu, Wu Xie who insisted on taking Li Cu away, the mysteriously disappeared Shen couple, Shen Qiong whose personality changed drastically, Li Yiming who mysteriously disappeared and then reappeared, the Xie family who spared no expense in cultivating relationships, and so on.
The series of events that have occurred so far, and the people involved, are now completely connected.
These people came together, whether willingly or unwillingly, and there must be a secret hidden behind it.
This little-known secret is very likely hidden in the Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia.
Zhang Wen's pupils contracted, then he stood up, staring intently at Li Hong: "This is no small matter. Are you sure?"
Li Hong's expression was solemn, and he said firmly, "I can take responsibility for every word I just said."
Every word was spoken with resounding force.
Zhang Wen frowned and pondered for a long time before slowly exhaling and saying to the group members, "The information passed on by the comrades from the appraisal department is very important. Based on the information we have at this stage, let me sort out my thoughts first."
At the beginning of the story, Li Yiming and the Shen family of three went to the Badain Jaran Desert, but for unknown reasons, the Shen couple disappeared.
However, upon returning, Shen Qiong was suddenly accompanied by several mysterious people who forcibly put Huang Yan into a truck and took him back to Beijing.
Huang Yan managed to escape their control, but because the box contained something very important to him, he went after Li Chu. Upon discovering the box was missing, he went berserk, injuring Li Chu and carving a mysterious pattern on his back.
This pattern is very likely some kind of message he wanted to convey, which is why Wu Xie and his group were so determined to take Li Cu away.
Unexpectedly, when they approached Li Chu, they ran into Officer Wang Zhao, who was there to take a statement. As a result, Liang Wan and Wang Meng were taken into custody on the spot.
Wu Xie still refused to give up and used his connections to call Li Yiming back to Beijing from Inner Mongolia. He attempted to use Li Yiming's status as a parent to lower the police's guard and successfully get Li Cu discharged from the hospital. However, we noticed something was wrong and thwarted their plan once again.
To avoid being implicated, Wu Xie asked the Xie family to pull some strings for him, while simultaneously pinning all the blame on Wang Meng.
Zhang Wen laid out his guesses, which drew nods of agreement from everyone.
Clearly, they also agreed with Zhang Wen's line of thought and conjecture.
Only one young policeman looked left and right, a hint of hesitation on his face.
Zhang Wen, with his sharp eyes, noticed something was wrong and immediately said, "Xiao Li, just say what you think, don't hesitate."
The policeman named Xiao Li hesitated for a moment before saying, "Captain Zhang, the Shen couple has gone missing, and Shen Qiong shows no signs of anxiety whatsoever, acting like a complete stranger. Do you think it's possible that the current Shen Qiong isn't the real Shen Qiong, but someone else in disguise?"
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Zhang Wen's eyes widened suddenly, and the others also looked at Xiao Li with surprise.
All of them were veteran criminal police officers with many years of experience in handling cases, and their eyes were very intimidating, at least not something that Xiao Li, who had just started working, could withstand.
He smiled somewhat awkwardly, and asked with a hint of trepidation, "Did I say something wrong?"
“No! What you said makes a lot of sense!” Zhang Wen waved his hand decisively, looking at Xiao Li with admiration: “Young people are indeed quick-witted.”
Zhang Wen looked at the others and analyzed further: "Xiao Li's speculation is very likely. Shen Qiong went to Inner Mongolia with her parents. Now that the Shen couple has mysteriously disappeared, how could a teenage girl like Shen Qiong have escaped unscathed?"
Others also began to speculate in this direction: "If this Shen Qiong is really someone else in disguise, then the Shen family of three may have already met with misfortune, and the suspect is very likely the person impersonating Shen Qiong, as well as her accomplices."
"Thinking about it this way, things seem to make more sense. After all, if Shen Qiong is really Shen Qiong now, then her current actions are completely inconsistent with her past experiences and the personality she has shown."
“Yes! If she’s a fake, then all her illogical actions now make sense, and everything becomes reasonable.”
"Let's make another bold guess: the suspect wanted to do something shady in Beijing. In order to avoid being exposed, he brutally murdered the Shen family of three and then used Shen Qiong's identity to come to Beijing."
"Then what does all this have to do with Li Chu?"
“I suddenly remembered a detail. According to Li Cu’s testimony, on the night Shen Qiong returned, his and his friend Su Wan’s drone accidentally fell into the house next to Shen Qiong’s. He wanted to retrieve the drone, but at that moment, Shen Qiong came out with the drone. This is very suspicious.”
"..."
Inside the office, everyone started discussing the case in a lively chatter. Apart from not knowing Gu Tongjing's fundamental motive, they actually managed to piece together most of the recent events.
Thanks to Beijing's natural resource advantages, the police easily obtained the active cooperation of other provinces and cities.
One message after another came from Hangzhou, Changsha, Inner Mongolia and other places.
The Nine Gates, which have existed since the Republican era and have almost been whitewashed, are gradually resurfacing. (On the surface.)
The name "Nine Gates" sounds mysterious and impressive.
Upon closer inspection...
Hey!
It turned out to be a group of tomb raiders inside!
Tomb raiding organizations that have existed since the Republic of China era—how many ancient tombs have they looted over the years? How many cultural relics have they sold? How much money has been involved?
Putting aside everything else, the Xie family alone in Beijing has assets totaling a staggering 30 billion. And the nine powerful families combined—
God! ! !
That must be over a hundred billion!
Director Liu felt that he had lost control of the current situation and quickly reported it to his superiors.
When the higher-ups heard Director Liu say that the investigation had uncovered a tomb-raiding organization that could involve more than 100 billion yuan, they were completely stunned.
Who would have thought that a seemingly ordinary attack case could lead to the discovery of such a big fish?
The superior carefully reviewed the report, realized the seriousness of the matter, and finally, seeing that it might involve a large sum of money, felt that he could not control the situation. He immediately took Director Liu to continue reporting to his superiors.
With such a large sum of money involved, the government will absolutely not let this go unpunished.
Especially since most of these criminal suspects, in addition to tomb raiding, have murder on their hands, and some are even wanted by the authorities, the state cannot tolerate them.
At a single command, all departments went all out to thoroughly investigate the case. Seeing that the higher-ups were really serious, the local authorities dared not continue to conceal or cover it up.
The people of the Nine Gates also received the news, and everyone was now on edge. They no longer dared to be as arrogant as before, and one by one they began to secretly organize their assets, preparing to flee at any time.