Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 220 Records, I didn’t dare write it in the report

I just asked casually.

Who would have thought that Zhao Ziang had actually participated in the search and rescue work?

He must have known more about the situation.

Just as Zhao Ziang was about to explain in detail, Hong Guangxiang came back.

He was followed by several waiters, carrying plates and serving us food.

Sixteen dishes, eight cold and eight hot, were served one after another.

Hong Guangxiang opened a bottle of Xifeng wine and poured it for me.

"Mr. Chen, a toast to you."

I took a sip of wine, put down the glass and let Zhao Ziang continue.

Zhao Ziang smacked his lips. "Well... Director Hong, telling Mr. Chen about the cave search and rescue isn't against discipline, right?"

Because a gag order was issued before, this matter cannot be discussed casually.

That's why Zhao Ziang asked this question.

Hong Guangxiang picked up some pork elbow with chopsticks for me and said, "The pork elbow with rock sugar tastes very good. Mr. Chen, please try it."

After picking up the food for me, he turned around and looked at Zhao Ziang.

"Xiao Zhao from the County Bureau, right? I'll tell your director about it and temporarily second you for a few days."

"You will be responsible for Mr. Chen's security for the next few days and meet all of his needs."

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Zhao Ziang was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling and immediately stood up and saluted.

Then he raised his glass to toast Hong Guangxiang.

"Director Hong, I toast to you."

"Why are you toasting me?!"

"He looks like a smart guy, but why did he get so confused at the critical moment? Tell Mr. Chen about the search and rescue immediately!"

"Oh oh, yes! Look at my brain!"

Zhao Ziang patted his forehead and continued to talk about the search and rescue.

"At that time, the county bureau received a call from the township government saying that several professors from the provincial capital had been in trouble."

"If a rat from the provincial capital gets into trouble here, it's a huge deal, let alone if something happens to a professor."

"The bureau immediately dispatched detectives from home. Three 212 jeeps carrying 15 detectives went to the village."

"The professor was sent to the township government by township officials. When we inquired about his condition, he was already unconscious."

"No matter what you ask, it only sounds out three weird syllables."

"We can't get specific information from the questioning, so we can only analyze it from him."

The so-called analysis from the body refers to the inspection and analysis of Professor Zhang's body, clothing, and personal belongings.

Zhao Ziang closed his eyes slightly and recalled, "At that time, I was in charge of taking notes while our Captain Hu and two veteran detectives examined Professor Zhang..."

Upon examination, Professor Zhang was found to have abrasions on his face and the right lens of his glasses was broken.

The clothes were torn in many places, suspected to have been cut by a sharp weapon.

A undressing examination revealed large contusions on both arms, left and right ribs, back, and legs, but no open wounds.

In other words, his body was not hit by any sharp weapon.

This is inconsistent with the damage caused by clothes being cut by sharp objects.

Preliminary inference is that the bruises may have been caused by a fight, and the damage to the clothes may have been caused intentionally.

Captain Hu then questioned the township official.

"Name and position." Captain Hu asked, cigarette in his mouth.

"Liu Aiguo, cultural officer of the township government."

"Why outside the cave?"

"The township received a call from the Shangluo District Wuqi Normal University, which wants to organize history professors from the province to conduct an investigation in the karst cave opposite Miaowan Village. They hope we can provide assistance."

"So the township assigned me to be in charge of this matter. In fact, teachers from the May 7th Normal College came to the township several times for this matter and kept in touch with me."

"The professors arrived at the village at noon. I arranged meals for them and then led them to the cave."

"At the entrance of the cave, I was stopped by Mr. Xu from the Wuqi Normal College. He didn't let me in and left me at the entrance to be responsible for the response."

"I asked him what they were doing. He said they were worried about the low temperature and strong wind in the cave. If any professor felt unwell, they should be evacuated and the rescue team would be responsible for taking them to the hospital."

“So I stayed at the entrance of the cave.”

Liu Aiguo stayed at the entrance of the cave until around four o'clock in the afternoon. Hearing hurried footsteps coming from the cave, he went in to meet them.

More than 30 meters into the cave, he saw Professor Zhang.

I was also frightened by Professor Zhang's appearance.

"Professor Zhang stumbled towards me. His running posture was strange, his body swaying back and forth like a twisting snake."

"His eyes were so wide open that they seemed to be popping out of their sockets! His cheeks were completely distorted, and even his wide-open mouth was bent, as if his jaw was dislocated!"

"When I think back on that expression, I feel a chill down my spine."

"By the way, he kept shouting."

"The sound of his shouting was very strange, and I couldn't hear clearly what he was saying. In between the strange sounds, he would shout words like 'help me', 'help me', 'help others', etc."

Liu Aiguo's heart skipped a beat at that moment, and he suspected that something serious had happened.

So I asked Professor Zhang what happened in the cave and where the other people were.

But Professor Zhang was unconscious and couldn't answer at all. He just kept making strange notes.

Liu Aiguo weighed the matter for a moment and decided to take Professor Zhang back to the township government to seek help from his superiors.

Captain Hu's questioning ended here.

Afterwards, the villagers were asked to urgently prepare simple rescue supplies such as flashlights, ropes, alcohol, gauze, etc., and headed to the cave under the leadership of Liu Aiguo.

On the way to the cave, Captain Hu discussed with the two veteran criminal police officers.

Everyone agreed that Professor Zhang was suspicious.

It is speculated that he had a conflict with his companions and fought with them.

There is even suspicion that the others did not leave the cave and may have been killed.

"Professor Zhang is an intellectual with a sharp mind. His strange behavior just now was probably just him pretending to be crazy and stupid in order to get away with it."

"When we go into the cave to search, everyone should pay attention to their steps and pay attention to any abnormalities. We should try to find the murder weapon..."

Looking at it from today's perspective, Captain Hu was relying entirely on his own guesswork.

Assume guilt first, then find evidence to convict.

Rather than investigating based on evidence.

But at that time, there was a lack of technological means to handle cases.

Many cases are solved in this way.

Liu Aiguo led people from the county bureau into the cave.

Everyone searched carefully from the moment they entered the cave, trying to find evidence that would be unfavorable to Professor Zhang.

Hearing this, I interrupted Zhao Ziang's story.

"Stop for a moment. Can you still remember the strange syllables that came out of Professor Zhang's mouth at that time?"

"I have some impression. Let me think about it."

Zhao Ziang tried hard to imitate: "Looks like Aba? No, it should be Ba Ashe."

"Hmm, it's similar to the sound of Baa She. I can't really imitate the exact sound."

It seems that what Professor Zhang was shouting about in the cave was the Baon snake.

It must have been frightened and stimulated in the cave, which is why it ran out in such panic.

"Go on, what strange things did you encounter in the cave?"

"The strange things in the cave were so scary, we didn't even dare write it in the report... Well, I'm going to have a cigarette to calm down first."

Zhao Ziang lit a cigarette and took two deep puffs, and most of the cigarette was burned out.

This shows how restless he is inside.

He crushed the cigarette butt vigorously and continued, "There was nothing in the cave at first."

"When we reached the underground river, something started to go wrong!"