I am a super cop

Chapter 1711 Totem [Two Chapters in One]

Police officer Wang would never have imagined that Liao Zhongkai, the target of tracking, would die in the van, and the circumstances of his death were exactly the same as Luo Wei's.

Lu Weiwei turned her head to look at the fishmonger, grabbed the fishmonger and said, "What's going on? How did Liao Zhongkai die here?"

"I... I don't know either? How do I know, it's so good, people will die in the carriage?"

The fishmonger was also panicking at this moment. Looking at Liao Zhongkai's body, his face turned blue, and he didn't know how to organize his words.

Gu Chen also said earnestly: "You arranged this hiding place for Liao Zhongkai, right?"

Although the fishmonger has already explained it before, Gu Chen needs to confirm it again at this moment.

The flustered group of fishmongers could only nod again and admit, "That's right, I provided the location."

"Last night, Liao Zhongkai hurried to my shop and asked me for help, asking me to find him a hiding place."

"I asked him what was going on, but he didn't say anything. I guessed that he was chased by creditors in a casino, so he had no hiding place, so he came to me temporarily for help."

"After all, it's not the first time Liao Zhongkai has done this. How do I know what's going on?"

"But we came to ask you, and told us Liao Zhongkai's hiding place as soon as we opened our mouth." Lu Weiwei felt that something was wrong with the fishmonger at first, so she became suspicious.

I thought to myself that this fishmonger is using a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain?

If not, there must be some conspiracy.

But now it seems that there is a situation, and the situation is quite bad.

The pursued suspect Liao Zhongkai, with all kinds of flying and escaping skills, would die on a van.

This made Lu Weiwei feel that this fishmonger seemed a bit uneasy.

When the fishmonger heard the words, he was anxious at the time, and quickly clarified for himself:
"Comrade policeman, I'm wronged. If you come here to ask me about Liao Zhongkai's situation, I will definitely explain it."

"After all, it can alert your police, which means that this Liao Zhongkai must cause a big incident, and you will find him sooner or later."

"Rather than that, I might as well confess and tell you where Liao Zhongkai is hiding."

"Are you really so kind?" After understanding the conversation between the fishmonger and Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen, Police Officer Wang also expressed doubts.

But the fishmonger argued with reason: "Of course I mean well. If it were the creditors who were chasing debts, I might not tell them, but you are the police."

"Cooperating with your work is the duty of each of our citizens. I still have the awareness of this..."

The fishmonger's various explanations seem to be a little unclear now.

After all, I was the one who hid Liao Zhongkai in the truck compartment, and I was the one who took the initiative to bring the police to find Liao Zhongkai.

But now that Liao Zhongkai died strangely, he couldn't explain it clearly.

Gu Chen is also in trouble now.

After all, from yesterday to now, Liu Fayi and Gao Chuanfeng have not given any results.

According to the usual speed, the phone call came early.

Thinking of these, Gu Chen also looked puzzled.

So he quickly notified Lu Weiwei and said, "Senior Sister Lu, quickly call Gao Chuanfeng and ask him to come and bring the body back."

"Understood, I'll call right now." Lu Weiwei got the prompt and immediately took out her mobile phone, ready to call Gao Chuanfeng.

On the other side, after repeatedly checking the corpse, Yuan Shasha also looked puzzled.

After all, the deceased escaped last night and died in the carriage today, which does seem strange.

And according to Gu Chen's investigation just now, Liao Zhongkai died of poisoning, which Yuan Shasha could also see.

Everyone had hoped that this Liao Zhongkai could be brought to justice, and then the cause of Luo Wei's death could be found.

But now it's all right, even Liao Zhongkai is dead, and all the clues have been interrupted again.

"Whether what you said is true or not, you'd better go back with us to investigate." Seeing that everyone was thinking, Officer Wang also reminded the fishmonger.

The fishmonger looked annoyed now, but he could only nod and cooperate.

After all, all of this seems to have something to do with him.

Time passed by, and while Yuan Shasha was constantly investigating the specific information of the fishmonger, Gao Chuanfeng drove over with someone and parked the car directly in front of Gu Chen.

After getting off the car, Gao Chuanfeng also went straight to Gu Chen and asked, "Where is he?"

"In the carriage." Gu Chen pointed in the direction of the carriage.

Gao Chuanfeng glanced at the two assistants behind him, and reminded, "Go and check the corpse."

"Yes, Senior Brother Gao." The two assistants responded in unison, then put on their equipment and walked into the carriage.

However, Gao Chuanfeng was taken aside by Gu Chen, and asked scoldingly, "What are you doing? Why haven't you given me Luo Wei's autopsy report yesterday?"

It feels like it's been taking too long.

But Gao Chuanfeng said with a bitter face: "You can't blame me, we can be sure that the corpse was indeed poisoned, but..."

Halfway through speaking, Gao Chuanfeng hesitated to speak.

Gu Chen frowned and asked, "But what?"

"But...the toxin hasn't been found yet, and my master Liu Forensic Medicine is still investigating."

"The toxin hasn't been found yet?" Hearing this explanation, Gu Chen couldn't help being taken aback.

You know, the troubles that even Forensic Doctor Liu has encountered show that this toxin seems to be very unusual.

Looking up at forensic doctor Gao Chuanfeng, Gu Chen asked again: "Why can't that thing be found out?"

"It's not that it can't be found out, it's because I haven't seen such a thing, even my master has never seen it. Hearing his tone, I feel that this toxin should come from some kind of advanced laboratory."

"Is there still such a saying?" Listening to Gao Chuanfeng's various explanations, Gu Chen also felt that things seemed to be getting more and more interesting.

The two forensic assistants over there had already checked the specific characteristics of the corpse, and then they poked their heads out from the other side of the carriage and asked, "Senior Brother Gao, do you want to take it away?"

"Wait a minute." Gao Chuanfeng stopped the forensic assistant's actions, turned to ask Gu Chen for instructions, and said, "You should have tested all the corpses, right?"

"That's right." Gu Chen nodded silently.

"Then did you find anything?" Gao Chuanfeng asked again.

Gu Chen affirmed, "The dead Liao Kaiwen, the toxin should be the same as the toxin that Luo Wei had yesterday."

"The same toxin?" It felt strange.

But now, Gao Chuanfeng couldn't tell.

After all, looking at Gu Chen's expression, it seems that he has also encountered a problem.

In addition, my master Liu Fayi was also stumped by this kind of toxin that he had never seen before, and he still couldn't come up with a conclusion.

Gao Chuanfeng is very aware of the seriousness of the matter.

"Why don't you take the corpse back to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau and use the equipment to test it?" Gao Chuanfeng asked for instructions.

"Yes." Gu Chen also had the same intention.

Later, Gao Chuanfeng arranged for two forensic assistants to take out the body bag from the car and put the deceased Liao Zhongkai in it.

And Yuan Shasha at the other end has also finished recording the fishmonger, and came to ask Gu Chen for instructions:

"Senior Brother Gu, the basic information of the fishmonger is here."

"Very good." Gu Chen nodded slightly, and said again: "Tell him first, tell him not to leave Jiangnan City in the near future, and the phone will be switched on 24 hours a day."

"Once you receive a call from our police, you must immediately rush to the criminal investigation team of the Furong Branch to cooperate with the investigation."

"I understand." Yuan Shasha understood Gu Chen's meaning and immediately conveyed it.

And Gu Chen asked to follow Gao Chuanfeng and return to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau.

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At the technical department of the Municipal Bureau, Forensic Doctor Liu is still using sophisticated equipment to carry out verification and analysis of toxins.

I only heard the electric sliding door outside automatically pop open, and Gao Chuanfeng walked in with Gu Chen and the others wearing protective equipment.

And two forensic assistants also put Liao Zhongkai's body on the platform.

Liu Fayi looked up at the corpse, and then turned his gaze to Gu Chen.

"Gu Chen, are you here?"

"Liu Fayi, I can't wait for your results, so I'll come and see in person." Gu Chen walked up to Liu Fayi and said politely.

Forensic Doctor Liu was a little helpless, but he also told the truth: "The corpse you sent yesterday, after a night of testing, I have been busy until today, and there is still not much progress."

"It's the toxin that doesn't make sense, right?" Gu Chen asked.

After all, before coming here just now, Gao Chuanfeng had already told the truth.

Liu Fayi was not shy either, after all, Gu Chen was one of his own, so he also said frankly: "To tell you the truth, the toxin in this Luo Wei is extraordinary."

"According to my analysis, it may come from some high-level laboratories. After all, it is difficult for ordinary people to get it."

"But what exactly is it? I don't know much now, I feel like I've never seen it before."

"So that's the case?" Although Gu Chen also heard something from Gao Chuanfeng, but Liu Fayi told himself that he could only express his understanding.

Forensic doctor Liu glanced at the deceased Liao Zhongkai on the detection platform, and asked Gu Chen, "Is this corpse the same?"

"Yes." Gu Chen walked directly to the side of the corpse, turned to Forensic Doctor Liu and said, "Forensic Doctor Liu, the name of the deceased is Liao Zhongkai. After I conducted a preliminary investigation of his death characteristics."

"I found that he was in the same condition as yesterday's deceased Luo Wei. Both died of poisoning, and the symptoms may be the same."

"Let me take a look." Hearing Gu Chen's speech, Forensic Doctor Liu went directly to the deceased Liao Zhongkai and began to examine Liao Zhongkai.

Since he had checked the condition of the deceased Luo Wei in the testing room before, forensic doctor Liu found the problem just by taking a look.

"That's right, the circumstances of their deaths are almost the same. Luo Wei has reddish-brown red spots on his back, obviously injured by a poisonous needle."

"But what's going on with Liao Zhongkai, I don't know yet."

"His wound is on his left wrist." Gu Chen reminded.

Forensic Liu frowned, walked directly in front of Liao Zhongkai, and turned on the operating lights above the testing table.

Immediately, the inspection platform was filled with light, and any small part could be clearly seen at this time.

"Gao Chuanfeng." Forensic Liu reminded.

Gao Chuanfeng understood, and immediately held a pair of scissors behind him, and handed them directly to Forensic Doctor Liu beside him.

After taking off Liao Zhongkai's coat, Forensic Doctor Liu directly cut open Liao Zhongkai's underwear with scissors.

At this moment, a reddish-brown needle hole appeared directly on the left wrist.

This was discovered by Gu Chen after preliminary inspection.

At this moment, Fayi Liu did not stop, and continued to cut Liao Zhongkai's trousers with the scissors in his hand, and covered Liao Zhongkai's private parts with a handkerchief.

Then began a comprehensive inspection of Liao Zhongkai's other parts.

But after a lap, it was indeed as Gu Chen said, only the needle hole was found on the left wrist.

In other parts, there are only scratches from some branches.

Gu Chen also reminded: "When I first found the body, I searched for the wound immediately, and only found a reddish-brown needle mark on his left wrist."

"The color comes from the path of the needle, which contains small droplets of dried blood."

"Could it be some kind of contraband injected?" Lu Weiwei asked beside him.

"Probably not." Before Liu Fayi could speak, Gu Chen replied directly:
"People who inject contraband usually try to hide the needle mark and avoid the arm and other parts, making it more difficult to search."

"Sometimes it's on the inner thigh, between the toes, or even under the tongue."

"The random injection method that is often performed on TV may actually be the case for novices, but people who inject frequently will be very concerned about their needle marks, and usually they will be very secretive."

"Because experienced police officers, once they search this group of people, it is easy to find needle marks from the obvious parts of this group of people."

"Gu Chen is right." Officer Wang nodded in agreement when he heard the words: "Generally, patients with advanced symptoms usually have many needle marks on their bodies, and the places where the needle marks are located are very secret."

"As Gu Chen said just now, they will avoid the arms and other parts, making the search more difficult."

"Sometimes it's on the inner thigh, between the toes, or even under the tongue, it's all possible."

Glancing back at Liao Zhongkai on the testing platform, Police Officer Wang said again: "But this Liao Zhongkai is different. He seems to be all over his body, except for this needle mark. He doesn't look like a drug addict."

"Then could he have been injected by the murderer? Or was it committed by an acquaintance? After all, he has no signs of fighting." Lu Weiwei also found the problem.

Apart from the reddish-brown needle marks on Liao Zhongkai's body, there were scratches from branches.

If faced with the murderer's attack at that time, this vigorous Liao Zhongkai would obviously fight back.

Scars after a fight are inevitable.

But now there is nothing on Liao Zhongkai's body, which is very strange.

"Probably no murderer."

After thinking for a few seconds, Gu Chen also expressed his opinion.

"There is no murderer?" Yuan Shasha looked puzzled, and hurriedly asked Gu Chen, "Senior Brother Gu, why do you think so?"

"The reason is very simple." Gu Chen took a deep breath and said seriously:
"Senior Sister Lu also said just now that Liao Zhongkai, the deceased, did not have any other wounds from fighting except for the only reddish-brown needle mark on his body."

"This shows that before he died, he did not participate in the fight at all, and there was no murderer."

"And..."

In the middle of speaking, Gu Chen immediately pointed to Liao Zhongkai's left wrist, in the direction of the needle marks, also reminding him:
"Look carefully."

Hearing Gu Chen's speech, everyone bowed their bodies and stared at the wound in front of them.

Gu Chen continued to remind: "The location of the injection point can actually tell whether it is a self-injection, which is too important."

"If the injection site is on the dorsal side, in the groin, or somewhere out of reach of the deceased, suicide or accidental overdose can be ruled out."

"And this point, Luo Wei can prove it, because forensic doctor Liu said that Luo Wei's injection marks were on his back."

"That's right." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Forensic Doctor Liu also nodded and said, "Luo Wei's needle marks are on his back. In this case, I can't inject at all. The murderer can only do it from behind, and by surprise."

Looking up at Gu Chen, Forensic Doctor Liu said again: "Gu Chen told me before that Luo Wei might have been attacked from behind on the bus. This point can be verified by me."

"Luo Wei was stabbed from behind with a poisonous needle by the murderer, causing the rapid spread of unknown toxins, which led to his death."

Glancing at the deceased Liao Zhongkai on the examination table, Forensic Doctor Liu said again: "But this Liao Zhongkai has needle marks on his left wrist, which can be operated by himself."

"So, master, this means that the deceased Liao Zhongkai may have injected himself?"

"Of course we can't make a complete judgment." Forensic doctor Liu said.

Gu Chen quickly explained: "But the state of the needle marks can be seen."

"The state of the needle marks?"

Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha on the side spoke in unison, feeling a little weird.

Gu Chen explained straightforwardly: "The needle wound of the deceased Liao Zhongkai was on the left wrist, and it was under the arm."

"This part, if it was someone else, it would be very difficult to stab the lower part of Liao Zhongkai's arm with a poisonous needle."

"Even if it is possible, the location of the needle marks will have some obvious characteristics."

"Similarly, if you stabbed it under your arm, you can see subtle changes in the state of the needle marks."

"That's right." Forensic Doctor Liu agreed with Gu Chen's opinion. He also put on white gloves, raised Liao Zhongkai's left hand, pointed to the wound and reminded, "The wound was obviously pierced from my own angle, and the needle was on the finger. Front, inject from bottom to top."

"Contact Liao Zhongkai again. Judging from the fact that there is no trace of fighting with others, it is more likely that he injected himself."

"Yes." As soon as Liu Fayi finished speaking, Gu Chen continued to add:
"Last night, I asked Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong to arrest Liao Zhongkai, but this guy dared to jump directly from the window on the third floor to a big tree outside the window. It was so simple and rude to escape from under their noses."

"Furthermore, contact this Liao Zhongkai who was sent to prison for intentionally hurting others. He is also a practicing family man with some skills."

"If these conditions are met, then after he evaded the pursuit of our police last night, apart from some basic scratch marks on branches, he should have some other injuries, but none of them."

"In addition to the problem of the direction of the wound, as Fayi Liu said, a needle is used to inject from the bottom up. The needle marks on the wound can explain everything."

Listening to Gu Chen's explanation here, Police Officer Wang picked up Liao Zhongkai's arm to check again, and then agreed to Gu Chen's words.

After all, the needle marks do have bevels, and careful observation reveals that the bevels of the needle marks are indeed from bottom to top.

"But we didn't find poisonous needles around the carriage." Lu Weiwei said.

Gu Chen hurriedly explained: "Perhaps after the injection, he discarded the poisonous needle in a hidden corner somewhere."

"But no matter what, the possibility of Liao Zhongkai committing suicide is still quite high, and from the time I found this guy, he didn't seem to have any struggle, just lying quietly in the carriage, as if slowly waiting for death."

"It's terrible." Yuan Shasha was a little shocked, but she also questioned: "I feel that there is something wrong with that fishmonger."

"He has a problem, or he may not have a problem." Gu Chen said.

After all, what the fishmonger said was also reasonable. If it was a creditor, he might help Liao Zhongkai to conceal it.

But if it is the police, he conceals Liao Zhongkai's hiding place. Once the police find out, and the hiding place is provided by himself, then he can't afford to go around.

He used to be a fishmonger in the mixed society, but now he seems to be very henpecked.

It can be seen that the prodigal son has turned around, and he no longer wants to cause trouble outside.

Thinking that the current toxin has not been found yet, Gu Chen asked Liu Forensic Doctor again:

"By the way, Forensic Doctor Liu, is this toxin really unclear?"

"En." Forensic Liu nodded silently, and said helplessly, "This toxin, at present, is extremely rare and highly toxic."

"Generally speaking, it may only be accessible in some high-level biological laboratories."

"In a high-level biological laboratory?" Everyone looked at each other when they heard this.

It feels more and more confused.

"Let me tell you this." Seeing that everyone didn't quite understand, Forensic Liu said again: "It is difficult to get in touch with testing laboratories of our level, but some pharmaceutical companies have their own high-level laboratories. laboratory."

"And in these laboratories, there may be some special medicines stored, and this toxin is likely to come from here."

Seeing everyone's nervous faces, Fayi Liu immediately said, "Of course, this is just my guess."

"If this is the case, then if you let this kind of highly poisonous needle continue to pierce people, I'm afraid things will be serious."

"Yesterday it was Luo Wei, today it's Liao Zhongkai, who might be the day after tomorrow? But what do they want to do?"

"Metal plate, Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei suddenly remembered the matter of the metal plate, and reminded her.

Gu Chen suddenly realized, and finally said: "That's right, there is also the clue of the metal plate."

"Metal plate?" Forensic doctor Gao Chuanfeng was puzzled, and hurriedly asked Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, what's the situation with the metal plate you mentioned?"

"It's like this." Seeing that Liu Forensic and Gao Chuanfeng both wanted to know, Gu Chen simply told the two that Luo Wei gave him and Lu Weiwei several bags of salted fish, and put a metal plate in the salted fish. people.

After that, Gu Chen took out the metal plate wrapped in the evidence collection bag from the tool bag he carried with him:
"Forensic Liu, this is the thing."

After the words fell, Gu Chen handed over the metal plate directly.

Fayi Liu narrowed his eyes and held it in his hand to observe left and right.

The curious Gao Chuanfeng also stretched his neck and moved closer to him.

"Liu Forensic Doctor, can you understand the symbols and totems on the metal plate?" Lu Weiwei also asked him curiously.

Forensic Doctor Liu snorted, returned the metal plate to Gu Chen, and said with a smile, "I'm just a forensic doctor, not an expert in antique appraisal. You should ask those professionals who deal with antiques."

"Eh?" Hearing what Liu Fayi said, Gu Chen suddenly remembered that last night, he asked Yuan Shasha to introduce an antique connoisseur through his contacts.

So Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "By the way, Xiao Yuan, didn't you say that you are going to take us to an antique expert today?"

"That's right, why did I forget this?" Gu Chen didn't say anything, Yuan Shasha obviously forgot.

Only then did he quickly remind him, "That place is on the other side of the ancient city pedestrian street in Jiangnan City. You all know the ancient city pedestrian street, right?"

"I know, why don't you know?" Police Officer Wang also said, "The Ancient City Pedestrian Street is actually an old street inside the ancient city wall of Jiangnan City."

"Outside the ancient city wall is the riverside, and inside the city wall are all kinds of old antique shops, and it can be regarded as one of the few old streets completely preserved by the Planning Bureau."

"Over there, there is an antique night market. Anyway, there are all kinds of things."

After a pause, Officer Wang said again: "Moreover, there are often channels for selling stolen goods in places like this."

"Some stolen antiques will be traded on the black market. There are antique brokers who make connections, which was very rampant in the early years."

"Later, under the leadership of Bureau Zhao, we finally got rid of the arrogance of these brokers."

"So since then, the black market transactions of this group of people have become less aggressive, but there will still be some black market transactions behind the scenes."

"That's right." Hearing Officer Wang's remarks, Yuan Shasha also reminded, "The person my friend introduced to me is an antique boss, a senior one."

"I heard from my friend that the boss had robbed tombs before and was in prison. After he was released from prison, he started trading antiques. After all, his specialty lies in that."

"Originally, this antique boss also thought that he wanted to write a novel about tomb robbery, but he couldn't write well, and he was afraid that the writing would be too real, and he would have to catch it in the end, so he gave up after thinking about it."

"But this person is well-informed and I believe he will help us..."

Listening to Yuan Shasha talking about the past of the antique boss here, Police Officer Wang said with a smile: "I can't tell, this guy still has some skills?"

"If he can write well, I guess there is no such thing as "Tomb Raider Notes" now, so you can ask him about it, what do you think? Gu Chen."

While Police Officer Wang was speaking, he also handed over the decision-making power to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen rested his chin and thought.

As far as the current situation is concerned, two victims have died from this poisonous needle.

Although the deceased Luo Wei can be sure, he was attacked from behind with a poisonous needle, resulting in poisoning and death.

But from the perspective of Liao Zhongkai who died in the carriage, his death was more like suicide.

But if it was suicide, then why?
Gu Chen is still unable to investigate, especially the toxin, which Liu Forensic has not detected.

So it's still too early to find the source.

But you can start with metal cards first, and maybe you will gain something.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen hurriedly said to Forensic Doctor Liu, "Forensic Doctor Liu, then I'll leave it to you to test the components of these two corpses, as well as the toxins. We have to hurry to confirm this metal plate."

"It's okay, you go quickly, and leave the matter here to me." Forensic Doctor Liu also readily agreed.

Everyone exchanged a few simple greetings, and Gu Chen did not stop. After notifying all the police officers to return to the Furong branch, he drove to the ancient city pedestrian street with Lu Weiwei, police officer Wang, and Yuan Shasha.

When the vehicle stopped steadily at an old street intersection, the scene in front of me was quite interesting.

On the narrow streets, people come and go.

Since the weather is not bad today, many small traders spread the tarpaulin directly and began to sell their own gadgets on the tarpaulin.

Gu Chen brought everyone here, and found that there seemed to be quite a few vendors like this.

Compared with some antique shops in the back, Gu Chen feels that the street stalls sell fakes.

When Gu Chen was a child, he followed an old man in the neighborhood to go shopping for treasures in this kind of antique market.

And this uncle is also a collector and has a lot of research on antiques.

Gu Chen clearly remembered that the old man once reminded himself that 80.00% of the antiques at the stall were fakes.

Nowadays, the counterfeiting process of counterfeit goods is gradually industrialized.

Many factories specialize in the processing of fakes, old ones, so that people can see them like ancient objects at a glance.

But who knows, most of these so-called "antiques" were actually born in counterfeit factories.

Just like in the domestic antique circle, there is another branch called Kistler Circle.

Some stones of special quality, such as bloodstone, have always been quite expensive.

There are also some strangely shaped stones, which can also stand alone by virtue of their shapes, but those stones that have been artificially dyed and polished later are not included.

Just like in the antique market, some stones in the shape of pork belly, although pork is not cheap now, but such a fake, you can't eat it.

Especially when Gu Chen thought of these, in this antique street, you can see them everywhere, they are all fakes.

Therefore, most of the people who have the mentality of picking up the missing ones and finding treasures at the street stalls are fakes.

Looking at both sides of the road, there are no merchants trying to trick young students, but Gu Chen didn't care about it.

Fakes are fakes, and there is a market for them. The key depends on how much you can give the buyer.

In the final analysis, it is also a matter of eyesight.

"It's here, Brother Gu." Yuan Shasha led everyone to a crossroads, pointing to an old antique shop in front of her.

"Then let's go there quickly." Gu Chen walked directly towards the store without saying a word.

Just stepped into the threshold, but there was no trace of people, only a "ding dong" sound from the threshold sensor, and soon there was a mechanical "welcome".

Looking at the dazzling array of products in the store, Gu Chen habitually looked up.

Sure enough, on the side of the ceiling, there was a camera pointed at him.

Hearing "Welcome" from the sensor at the door, a middle-aged man walked out from behind the store.

Seeing that it was a team of policemen, the man was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you guys want to buy?"

"I was introduced by Brother Zhu, and I want to ask you something." Yuan Shasha went straight to the point, as if she had made an appointment.

"Brother Zhu?" The middle-aged man's expression was blank, but he quickly realized that he greeted everyone with a smile on his face:

"So it was Brother Zhu who introduced you here? I know, Brother Zhu told me on the phone, saying that you have something to ask me for advice, right?"

"That's right." Gu Chen walked up to the middle-aged man, took out the metal badge wrapped in a transparent evidence collection bag, handed it to the middle-aged man and said:
"We don't know the special meaning of this metal plate, so we came here to ask you for advice, especially what do the symbols and totems on this metal plate represent?"

"Isn't this a broken brand?" Feeling that the thing in his hand was cheap, the middle-aged man weighed it in his hand, and then reminded everyone:
"Everyone don't stand, just sit down."

"Okay." Everyone nodded and began to look for vacant seats.

The middle-aged man also lifted his hands up and dropped his sleeves.

Because the middle-aged man is wearing an antique Tang suit, he looks very professional.

Like a big shot in the antique circle.

The man didn't speak anymore, he just picked up the metal plate, looked around, and frowned slightly.

Seeing the man holding a metal plate, he continued to observe for 2 minutes.

Lu Weiwei couldn't sit still anymore, and quickly asked: "Sir, can you see the way?"

"This thing itself is not worth much." The middle-aged man pondered for a moment, and then said, "But the symbols and totems on it seem interesting."

"What does that mean?" Officer Wang was also very curious.

After all, this is the deceased Luo Wei, who was mixed with salted fish before he died, and handed over to the criminal investigation team of Furong Branch together.

It can be seen that this metal plate is very important to solve the cause of Luo Wei's death.

The middle-aged man hesitated for a few seconds, then raised his head and said: "To tell you the truth, this metal plate is really worthless. It is cast by modern technology, and it is just an ordinary brand."

While speaking, the man put the metal plate wrapped in a transparent evidence collection bag on the table beside him.

"Then have you seen the symbols and words you mentioned?" Lu Weiwei asked him.

The man looked up and thought about it, "I haven't seen the symbol, but I seem to have seen that totem once when I went to the countryside to collect antiques."

"Have you ever seen a similar totem?" Gu Chen's eyes lit up when he heard the middle-aged man's words.

It feels like there is a breakthrough in this clue.

The middle-aged man also nodded and said: "It seems to be the same as a few years ago. After all, in our business, you have to be diligent and often go to the countryside to scan goods."

"Many antiques are hidden in ordinary people's homes, so we are actually making a difference."

"Sell some interesting antiques to those who are interested, and earn some money."

After the words fell, the middle-aged man raised his legs and continued to think: "But I have been to the villages near here in the early years."

"I have basically collected all the antiques in these villagers' homes, and this totem seems to have been seen in other places."

"Outside?" Yuan Shasha lowered her head in thought, and murmured, "Actually, when I saw this totem yesterday, I also had some impressions, but I just can't remember it."

"Have you seen this kind of totem?" Hearing what Yuan Shasha said, the middle-aged man asked her curiously.

Yuan Shasha nodded silently, and replied: "This totem feels like a monster in the Book of Mountains and Seas. Anyway, I seem to have seen it somewhere when I was a child, but I can't remember it for a while."

"This kind of totem, logically speaking, should be imitated. Someone used modern technology to cast the totem of a certain object on this metal plate."

"The metal plate itself has no value, but this totem, on the surface, is nothing special, but it may have its own meaning."

After a pause, the middle-aged man said again: "But as far as I am concerned, I really don't remember where this totem came from."

"Then can you help me find out through your channel resources?" Gu Chen also suggested.

The middle-aged man hesitated, but quickly agreed: "Okay, I'll take a photo now, ask some of my knowledgeable friends, and see what they say."

"Thank you." Gu Chen expressed his gratitude.

So the middle-aged man was about to grab the metal plate on the table with both hands, but suddenly stopped his hands, raised his head and asked Gu Chen, "Comrade police, can I take out the metal plate?"

"Of course, but to avoid getting fingerprints on it, you can wear this."

While Gu Chen was speaking, he took out a pair of white gloves from his equipment bag and threw them to the middle-aged man in front of him.

"Thanks." The middle-aged man nodded slightly, began to put on his white gloves, and opened the transparent evidence collection bag.

Then, carefully, he held the metal plate in his hand.

This time, the middle-aged man took out his mobile phone, took pictures of both sides of the metal plate, and put the metal plate back into the evidence collection bag.

Then edit the text message and send the message.

Then dialed the phone number again.

Not long after, the phone was dialed, and the middle-aged man suddenly smiled, exchanged greetings with his friend, and chatted about homework.

After a few pleasantries, the middle-aged man returned to the topic and reminded: "Old Hu, you have a lot of research on symbols and totems. I have a small object here. My friend wants to help identify the totems and symbols on the metal plate." , help me take a look."

"As for the photos, I have already sent them, if you know, please let me know."

After a brief pause for a few seconds, the middle-aged man seemed to be waiting for the other party's reply.

But Gu Chen could still hear some responses from the middle-aged man on the phone through his master-level observation skills.

It probably means that the other end will help take a look as soon as possible.

And the middle-aged man did not hang up the phone, but held it in his hand, looked at Gu Chen and the others, and waited quietly.

In the past 2 minutes or so, it seems that the result came from the other end of the phone.

The man hurriedly asked: "Old Hu, what do you think? What do the symbols and totems mean?"

"What? I don't understand the symbol, have you seen the totem? Where have you seen the totem? Around Gaoquling? Are you sure?"

After a brief pause, the middle-aged man nodded frequently, and then said: "Okay, I'll tell them, thank you, old Hu, come to my place for tea when you have time, haha, okay, goodbye."

After a few polite greetings, the middle-aged man hung up the phone.

"How is it?" Yuan Shasha hurriedly asked.

The middle-aged man nodded silently, and thoughtfully said: "My friend said that he had seen this totem when he went to the countryside to receive the goods, and he didn't know the symbol."

"Where did you see it? Gaoquling right?"

Since I heard the middle-aged man talking to the other party just now, Gu Chen asked directly.

The middle-aged man sighed, nodded slightly, and said, "That's right, I saw it in Gaoquling, but he can't remember exactly which village it was in."

"It should be in a nearby village, right?" Lu Weiwei also confirmed.

The middle-aged man thought for a few seconds, and said seriously: "There are not many villages over there, maybe you can ask."

"By the way, there are treasures everywhere in the area of ​​Gaoquling. These villagers have a lot of background. You will understand after you go there."

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