Fearing that the suspect would hear the noise and escape, Gong Zhixuan parked the car more than 100 meters away from the quarry.
The four of them quietly entered the quarry in the dark, and Yu Xiangnian took them directly to the warehouse.
Gong Zhixuan shone a flashlight on the stones one by one and whispered, "The patterns on these stones resemble various animals. They are indeed very special."
Xiao Wang also nodded in agreement, "Captain Gong, do you want to take the person back for investigation?"
"Take it back and ask first."
Cheng Jingmo brought Gong Zhixuan and Xiao Wang to the room where the man lived and knocked on the door.
After knocking on the door several times, it finally opened from the inside. The man with a dark gray halo above his head stood at the door with sleepy eyes.
Gong Zhixuan immediately showed his ID and said, "We are police officers from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Sucheng Public Security Bureau. We suspect there is something wrong with the stones in your warehouse. Please come back with us for investigation."
The man was almost sober now, looking very innocent. "Is there something wrong with the stone?! Public Security, this is a quarry, there are stones everywhere, how could there be a problem?"
"You want to come with us?" Gong Zhixuan said seriously, "We will investigate whether there are any problems."
Gong Zhixuan walked into the house again and checked, and found a set of women's clothes and a gold necklace in the man's clothing box.
The man hurriedly explained, "This is what my wife left behind."
"The valuables are temporarily kept by us and will be returned after the matter is clarified," said Gong Zhixuan.
The group returned to the Public Security Bureau again. It was already three o'clock in the morning.
Yu Xiangnian, Cheng Jingmo, and the man all gave statements.
After finishing the record, it was almost seven o'clock. Yu Xiangnian and the others prepared to go back to the guesthouse to pack their things and take a bus to Ping County.
Gong Zhixuan stopped the two and explained the current situation.
It turned out that the man was the director of the quarry, named Ma Hongchao.
He claimed that the stones were just randomly piled in the warehouse and there was nothing special about them.
Apart from a pile of unidentifiable stones, there is currently no evidence to prove that Ma Hongchao was smuggling paleontological fossils.
In other words, to convict him, one must first prove that these stones are paleontological fossils, and second, find evidence from other sources that he is smuggling paleontological fossils.
Gong Zhixuan said, "This is the first time our bureau has encountered such a case. The biggest difficulty now is proving these stones."
Yu Xiangnian was surprised. "Doesn't the Public Security Bureau have a special identification center?"
She had seen on TV that there were police officers who specialized in identification.
Gong Zhixuan smiled bitterly, "This requires an expert to identify! We in-house staff are not up to the level of this!"
After a pause, he spoke his true thoughts, "We'd like to ask for your assistance in solving this case. You can tell at a glance that these stones are ancient fossils. You must be experts in this field, right?"
Yu Xiangnian and Cheng Jingmo shook their heads at the same time.
Gong Zhixuan was a little disappointed. "This case is difficult. If we can't identify these stones, then he can't be charged with smuggling. Do you know any experts in this field?"
Cheng Jingmo thought of Liu Chunwei and his wife.
That couple conducts research all over the country all year round. They know experts in radio and maybe also experts in paleontology.
After a few people discussed it, they took action separately.
Gong Zhixuan led people to investigate other evidence, while Yu Xiangnian and Cheng Jingmo were responsible for contacting experts.
Breakfast consisted of steamed buns and porridge in the Public Security Bureau cafeteria.
Coming out of the Public Security Bureau, Yu Xiangnian said, "Cheng Jingmo, you can't go back for the time being."
Cheng Jingmo replied calmly: "Since you are in charge, then I will take care of it to the end."
Yu Xiangnian smiled helplessly, "You just have a strong sense of mission!" When faced with illegal or criminal activities, he would put everything aside.
Cheng Jingmo said, "Let's go to the station to refund the tickets first, then go back to the guesthouse to tell Xiaojie, and then go find Liu Lao and the others."
Yu Xiangnian said, "Let's split up. You go to the station to refund your ticket and wait in the guesthouse. I'll go find them."
Fortunately, before Yu Xiangnian and Liu Chunwei parted ways, they asked where they lived.
Yu Xiangnian went to Sucheng Guesthouse to find them and told them about the situation.
Liu Chunwei smiled and said, "You've found the right person. We actually know an expert in this field! But he's in Beijing."
Liu Chunwei introduced that the expert is called Dong Bicheng, who works in a museum in Beijing and specializes in the study of paleontological fossils.
"Then please help me contact them, Teacher Liu." Yu Xiangnian said sincerely.
Liu Chunwei answered all the calls and briefly explained the situation.
Then, Yu Xiangnian described the situation of the stones in detail to the other party.
When Dong Bicheng heard that so many suspected ancient fossils had appeared in Sucheng, he immediately agreed.
But if you leave from Beijing to Sucheng now, the earliest you can arrive is the day after tomorrow morning.
Yu Xiangnian returned to the guesthouse and told Cheng Jingmo about the situation.
The three of them had lunch outside. Cheng Jingmo asked Yu Xiangnian to take Xiaojie back to the guesthouse to rest, and he went to find Gong Zhixuan.
After this, Yu Xiangnian hadn't seen Cheng Jingmo for two days.
Later, she found out that Cheng Jingmo was cooperating with Gong Zhixuan and others in solving the case.
They first went to investigate the workers at the quarry and learned:
Ma Hongchao is very serious about his work. He carefully checks every stone he mines.
Some stones with special patterns were moved to the warehouse for storage, and the workers had no idea what was special about these stones.
Anyway, every three to five months, someone will come to collect these stones.
I heard that Ma Hongchao also had a mistress outside, Li Shuixian.
Cheng Jingmo and his team found Ma Hongchao's lover Li Shuixian and found a passbook in Li Shuixian's home.
There is more than 5,000 yuan in the passbook, which is a huge sum of money.
Cheng Jingmo and Yu Xiangnian met again two days later, and Yu Xiangnian brought Dong Bicheng to the Public Security Bureau.
Like Gong Zhixuan, Cheng Jingmo also had panda eyes, scruffy beards, and a haggard look.
The only difference is that Cheng Jingmo's hair is very short, his scalp is visible, and he looks quite fresh.
But Gong Zhixuan's messy hair covering his head made him look even more haggard.
Those stones have been sealed by the Public Security Bureau and people have been specially assigned to guard them.
Dong Bicheng was stunned to see so many paleontological fossils.
All subsequent matters were left to Gong Zhixuan and others to handle.
Gong Zhixuan specially invited Cheng Jingmo and others to dinner to thank them.
The table was filled with Sucheng specialties, steamed lamb, roast chicken, and of course noodles!
Gong Zhixuan and Cheng Jingmo have been together for three days and two nights and have become familiar with each other.
"If it weren't for you, so many precious things would have been lost overseas!" Gong Zhixuan said with emotion, "What paleontological fossils? We've never even heard of them, but Comrade Yu can tell for sure!"
Cheng Jingmo didn't want to arouse other people's suspicion.
He didn't say that Yu Xiangnian first saw Ma Hongchao and suspected that there was something wrong with him, and then he discovered these stones.
In fact, Cheng Jingmo was always very surprised.
Why does Yu Xiangnian know who is the bad guy whenever he sees him?
The same thing happened to those tomb robbers last time.
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