With the help of technical experts, Chen Xuewen successfully extracted three fingerprints and other materials that could prove his identity from the bronze tripod.
Fingerprint and DNA comparison were performed.
The technical department confirmed that Chen Yaguang and Li Tao are prime suspects.
Guan Feng immediately interrogated the two men. Considering the details he had heard during yesterday's arrest operation, he decided to take Li Tao into custody first.
The other party was an accomplice, with a relatively minor involvement in the case, and had relatively little resistance.
He said to Liu Shengguo and Huang Lili, "You two come in with me."
Enter the interrogation room and sit in the main seat.
Liu Shengguo and Huang Lili stood on the left and right respectively.
A short while later.
Li Tao was brought in.
Guan Feng asked, "Name, age, place of origin?"
Li Tao replied, "Li Tao is 24 years old this year, and he is from Hongcheng."
Guan Feng said, "Since you are cooperating so readily, let's get straight to the point. Tell me, what happened in between when you stole cultural relics, murdered Chen Santai, and conspired to send these cultural relics overseas?"
Li Tao swallowed hard and looked at Guan Feng, asking, "I...I didn't do it."
Guan Feng calmly slapped the evidence in front of the other party, pointing to the conclusion on it and saying, "You didn't do it? Your fingerprints and hair are all on this, look carefully! Also, if we didn't have evidence, how would we know you were planning to go to sea? How would we know you were planning to split three million each?"
Li Tao's expression changed completely.
He looked at Guan Feng and said, "Actually, this has nothing to do with me. It was Brother Tian who killed him. I was just watching from the sidelines. I didn't want to go to sea either, but if I didn't go to sea, Brother Tian would kill me too."
Guan Feng said, "Since that's the case, then you should explain the whole story clearly. We will judge for ourselves whether you are the mastermind or an accomplice, whether you were coerced or acted voluntarily."
Li Tao then began to confess.
According to his confession, Chen Santai received the copper coin, felt it was valuable, and then contacted Brother Tian.
Ye Tian is an antique dealer based near Hua'an. He knows a lot about antiques, and the others usually resell the antiques they collect to him.
Upon seeing the ancient coin, Ye Tian exclaimed in surprise and offered a price of 30,000 yuan. He also asked Chen Santai where the coin was found and offered to pay him 20,000 yuan to lead the way, proposing that they split the profits 50/50 after the deal was done.
Chen Santai naturally had no objections.
Can you really earn 30,000 yuan from a single ancient coin? Or 20,000 yuan just by showing someone the way?
This is equivalent to what he did for several months.
He remembered the construction site Zheng Gan had mentioned, and with a try-it-and-see attitude, he led a few people to the site overnight.
What a coincidence!
Ye Tian used the detector to locate the bronze cauldron.
When the cauldron was pulled up, Ye Tian's expression was one of rapture, and he asserted that the cauldron was extraordinary and of great value, and should be transported to Hong Kong Island for auction.
Chen Santai was somewhat unwilling.
He dabbled in small-scale operations, earning tens of thousands of yuan by selling ancient coins. As long as he didn't make a fuss, it was difficult for the police to target him. But this ding (a type of ancient Chinese cauldron)?
Whether he has the final say once he goes to Hong Kong Island is another matter entirely.
The group disagreed and began to argue.
The argument escalated, and Chen Santai threatened to report the other party, saying he'd rather die than lose. Enraged, Ye Tian ordered his men to begin beating him.
This includes marks on the neck, etc.
Li Tao sighed, "I really didn't mean to kill anyone, but we got carried away with the argument."
Guan Feng reminded him, "Please continue your story; we will judge the process."
Li Tao said, "Okay, okay."
He continued his narration.
Seeing that a terrible mistake had been made, Ye Tian decided to go all the way and stuffed him under the tracks of an excavator, then disfigured his face to prevent him from being recognized, buying himself time to escape.
The group then transported the cauldron out of the construction site and fled in their car overnight.
When Ye Tian arrived at the location where he was to abandon the car, he was afraid that the car would be too conspicuous. He happened to see a boat by the lake and decided to abandon the car and escape to avoid the road surveillance.
It was Ye Tian's suggestion that they later seek refuge at Li Tao's house.
When this information was clearly presented, Guan Fengchong and Li Tao nodded.
Ye Tian and Chen Yaguang were interrogated again.
When Chen Yaguang learned that Li Tao had surrendered, he did not offer much resistance and his account was basically the same as Li Tao's.
The only discrepancy is that Ye Tian and Chen Santai were arguing fiercely at the time.
There is a certain disagreement between the two regarding who should make the first move.
Guan Feng noted down this detail and then began interrogating Ye Tian again.
Ye Tian seemed to know that confessing would be futile, so he stubbornly refused to confess.
Upon seeing this, Guan Feng immediately produced the evidence and said sternly, "With this evidence, we can silence you without you confessing! But you need to think carefully about whether you want to set a good example for your family and children."
Ye Tian stared at Guan Feng and asked, "Can a police officer be threatened?"
Guan Feng shook his head and said, "It's not a threat! But we are preparing to release a video to raise awareness about cultural relics. You know the value of that ding (a type of ancient Chinese bronze vessel). In order to prevent more people from finding cultural relics without realizing it and being exploited by criminals, the bureau is preparing to conduct a joint publicity campaign with the cultural relics bureau."
"The only point of hesitation now is whether you will appear on camera under your real name to share your experience, or blur your face as promotional material."
Ye Tian's expression gradually changed.
He stared at Guan Feng, then took a deep breath and asked, "How do you want me to cooperate?"
Guan Feng said, "It's very simple! Confess your crimes and the contacts you made after you went to Hong Kong Island. I believe these things are not difficult for you."
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Tian said, "I hope my situation won't affect the child."
Guan Feng said, "If you cooperate, our police will be understanding."
Ye Tian then began to explain.
Ten minutes later.
A criminal gang that steals and smuggles cultural relics, with Ye Tian as its subordinate, has been entrenched in Hua'an and even the entire Jiangnan Province for many years, has come to light.
Guan Feng asked Huang Lili to record all the information about these people. He then stood up and said to Ye Tian, "We will continue to investigate the situation you described. If it is proven that what you said is useful, that would be a meritorious service, and we might even be able to reduce your sentence or grant you probation."
Ye Tian's expression froze for a moment.
Guan Feng said, "If you remember anything else, just tell our staff on duty."
He patted the other two on the shoulder, signaling them to leave the interrogation room.
Just came out of the interrogation room.
Guan Feng was taken aback by the people standing at the door.
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