Great Doctor Without Borders

Chapter 1396 Case Tracking
He first arranged accommodation for the two of them. Before the formalities were completed, Jiang Qiyong called and asked Xu Chunliang to return to the Culture and Tourism Bureau to attend an emergency meeting.

Xu Chunliang knew that as the impact of this incident expanded, Jiang Qiyong would not be able to hide even if he wanted to, and all the leaders of the Culture and Tourism Bureau were probably nervous.

Xu Chunliang asked Pu Jian to accompany Huang Wanglin to rest first and he would be back soon.

After returning to the Culture and Tourism Bureau, I learned from Li Yong that several people came to Zhang Yucheng's house to cause trouble and wanted to place wreaths at the entrance of the Culture and Tourism Bureau. He led the security guards to kick the wreaths away and sent the troublemakers to the police station.

Xu Chunliang deeply agreed with his approach. This kind of unhealthy trend must not be encouraged. The more concessions you make, the more they will become more demanding.

Xu Chunliang went directly to Jiang Qiyong's office, and Jiang Qiyong asked him to close the door.

Xu Chunliang said: "Aren't we going to have a meeting?"

Jiang Qiyong said: "Chunliang, look at this."

Xu Chunliang took an envelope from him. Someone had stuffed the letter into the crack of Jiang Qiyong's office door.

This was a letter of complaint, reporting that a small group headed by Zhang Yucheng had embezzled and replaced the real cultural relics in the museum with fakes. Several names were listed on the letter. Except for Zhang Yucheng, Xu Chunliang was unfamiliar with the others.

Jiang Qiyong said: "Xiao Xiaojun is Director Xiao's son."

Xu Chunliang sat down on the sofa: "Director Jiang, we seem to be here to work in the cultural tourism department. Why do I feel like I've come to the wrong department?"

Jiang Qiyong smiled bitterly and said, "That's right. This report must have been sent by someone from the Culture and Tourism Bureau. I asked someone to check the surveillance footage, but I couldn't find out who it was."

Xu Chunliang said: "It was you who didn't want the surveillance camera to be facing your door. You wanted privacy."

Jiang Qiyong sighed and said, "Who could have thought of this? Who could have thought of this?"

Xu Chunliang said: "It's just an anonymous letter, and there's no evidence. What are you planning?"

Jiang Qiyong said, "I am here to discuss this with you. If I ignore it, it seems a bit irresponsible. If I hand in this letter, what if it is a false accusation? Wouldn't that mean I am being used by others?"

Xu Chunliang said, "We really need to be careful about this matter. By the way, Zhang Yucheng's son just brought a large group of people to the museum to cause trouble, saying that his father was wrongly accused."

Jiang Qiyong sneered, "Unjust? He still has the nerve to say that. Zhang Yucheng's bag contained seven national-level cultural relics. The evidence is irrefutable."

Xu Chunliang asked: "Do you think this is unreasonable?"

"What's unreasonable?"

Xu Chunliang said, "What I mean is, even if Zhang Yucheng didn't want to live, there was no need for him to commit suicide with a bag full of cultural relics on his back, right? Wouldn't that be like announcing to the world that I stole all the artifacts? If he was afraid, wouldn't he just commit suicide?"

"Yeah, this seems a bit superfluous."

Xu Chunliang said: "According to common sense, Zhang Yucheng committed suicide, and the clues are gone. It will be difficult to trace it further."

Jiang Qiyong took a deep breath and said, "You mean he didn't commit suicide, but was murdered. Someone killed him and then put the stolen goods on him."

Xu Chunliang said: "I didn't say that, you said it."

Jiang Qiyong said, "You deliberately led me into a ditch, and you hid it from me. Tell me what you think."

Xu Chunliang said: "I just think this matter is a little strange."

Jiang Qiyong took a sip from the thermos cup, looking thoughtful: "What if, I mean what if, Zhang Yucheng stole the cultural relics, did he hide them for himself, or was it as the letter said, they were a gang? If it was a gang, Zhang Yucheng died and took all the blame, which saved the others."

Xu Chunliang asked: "Does the other people you mentioned include Xiao Xiaojun?"

Jiang Qiyong said: "I don't know. There is no evidence. What can a meaningless anonymous letter prove?"

Xu Chunliang asked: "How do you plan to deal with this anonymous report letter?"

Jiang Qiyong said: "Solving cases is not our specialty. I'd better leave this matter to professionals."

Xu Chunliang nodded, and Jiang Qiyong had already started calling Yang Wenguo.

Xu Chunliang watched from the side and from their familiar appearance it could be seen that their relationship was developing quickly.

Jiang Qiyong briefly described the situation, and Yang Wenguo asked him to wait and he would go to the Culture and Tourism Bureau immediately.

When Jiang Qiyong asked about Lu Yunqi's situation, Yang Wenguo said it was difficult to say over the phone.

After Jiang Qiyong finished the call, Xu Chunliang stood up to leave. Jiang Qiyong told him not to worry, Yang Wenguo would be here soon, and they could just talk about the case together. Xu Chunliang said, "It's not appropriate for me to participate in such a confidential matter."

"Why not? If it's appropriate, haven't I already given you full authority to handle this matter?"

Xu Chunliang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Director Jiang, you really love me."

Jiang Qiyong said: "That's good to know. Looking at the entire Cultural and Tourism Bureau, you are the person I trust the most."

Xu Chunliang knew that he was trying to deceive him. Jiang Qiyong was really afraid of trouble and wanted him to take the lead when he encountered difficulties.

Yang Wenguo arrived at the place 20 minutes later. He took the anonymous letter and read it. His face was serious and he asked, "Who sent this letter?"

Jiang Qiyong said: "I don't know. I checked the surveillance and it happened to be in a blind spot."

Yang Wenguo said: "Besides you two, who else knows the contents of the letter?"

Xu Chunliang shook his head and said, "I didn't see what was inside. Director Jiang kept it a secret from me. How about you show it to me?"

Yang Wenguo put the letter away and said, "I'll do a fingerprint test later."

Jiang Qiyong asked: "Director Yang, what is Lu Yunqi's current situation?"

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Yang Wenguo said: "For the time being, he is still cooperating with the investigation in the bureau."

Xu Chunliang said: "Why did it take so long? What have you found out?" He didn't believe that Lu Yunqi was related to Zhang Yucheng's death.

Yang Wenguo said, "We didn't find anything. Lu Yunqi has an alibi, but he also concealed some facts from us." He glanced at Jiang Qiyong and said, "Director Jiang, did you transfer Lu Yunqi to the museum or did he ask to go there?"

Jiang Qiyong looked at Xu Chunliang. It was Xu Chunliang who recommended Lu Yunqi to him, so Xu Chunliang pretended not to see him.

Jiang Qiyong said: "He asked for it on his own initiative. I considered that he has some ability. Although he has made mistakes before, we can't just judge him by one blow. We still have to give him a chance to correct his mistakes." He was still quite reserved and didn't say that it was Xu Chunliang who recommended him.

Yang Wenguo said: "Lu Yunqi and Zhang Yucheng have a personal grudge. His former lover Liang Xin and Zhang Yucheng's son Zhang Ruifeng are in love."

Xu Chunliang laughed: "What does this mean? It's not normal for men and women to break up and get back together again and again."

Yang Wenguo said: "It was nothing at first, but Lu Yunqi harassed Liang Xin again, and Zhang Yucheng saw it. Zhang Yucheng warned Lu Yunqi about it, and the two of them had a conflict."

Xu Chunliang said: "I haven't heard about when this happened."

Yang Wenguo said: "It happened after Lu Yunqi was transferred to work at the museum. Many staff members heard their quarrel."

Jiang Qiyong said: "I have never heard of this matter. If I had known that there was a conflict between them, I would not have agreed to let him go to the museum."

Yang Wenguo said: "It is impossible to arrange everything at work. Now we can preliminarily judge that Lu Yunqi has no direct relationship with Zhang Yucheng's death, but this person is very uncooperative and deliberately beats around the bush with us and refuses to tell the truth, so we plan to detain him for a while longer. I hope you can understand."

Jiang Qiyong nodded.

Xu Chunliang didn't say anything. He thought to himself that Yang Wenguo had a trick. He spoke in a high-sounding manner and seemed to be right. But when he thought about it carefully, it made no sense at all. You asked him to investigate the death of Zhang Yucheng. Since he had been cleared of suspicion, what was the point of detaining him? Wasn't this an abuse of power?

Yang Wenguo said: "By the way, we found seven cultural relics in Zhang Yucheng's backpack when he was alive. The identification results are out, and all of them are genuine. In other words, Zhang Yucheng is suspected of stealing national cultural relics."

Jiang Qiyong was filled with indignation: "Zhang Yucheng is so audacious that he treats the country as his own and uses his power to satisfy his own selfish interests. I will immediately report this to the disciplinary inspection department and launch a comprehensive investigation into him."

Yang Wenguo said: "Don't worry, wait for the results of our investigation. I will inform you as soon as there is any clue."

Jiang Qiyong said: "We need to do two things at the same time. Xiao Xu, let's do an internal investigation first to find out how many cultural relics have been swapped inside the museum and how many people are involved in this. As long as they have reached out to the country, we can't let any of them go." He said this in a decisive tone.

Xu Chunliang said, "This has already been done. I specially invited Mr. Huang Wanglin, a master in the collecting world, from Beijing to help appraise the cultural relics in our city's museum. However, I didn't expect the workload to be so heavy at the time. I invited him in my personal name, and Mr. Huang agreed to come because of our personal relationship."

Jiang Qiyong said: "The cost is not a problem. Just do it and do a good job of reception. You must give the expert the best working conditions and make him satisfied."

This is what Xu Chunliang meant. Originally, the travel expenses were paid by the museum, but now that Zhang Yucheng is dead and Lu Yunqi is still being detained, they have to ask the Culture and Tourism Bureau for reimbursement.

Xu Chunliang added: "The museum has a large collection of cultural relics. In addition to the cultural relics currently on display in the exhibition hall, there are also a large number of cultural relics stored in the storeroom. Zhang Yucheng has been the curator for many years. It must have been a long time since he enriched himself and replaced the relics. The workload of identifying these cultural relics is probably huge. It will probably take a long time for Mr. Huang to do it alone. Therefore, I suggest that we invite experts from the joint archaeological team to come and assist."

Jiang Qiyong nodded and said, "That makes sense. Go contact them."

Xu Chunliang said: "I have contacted them, but they are unwilling to cooperate. They said that their main purpose of coming to Jeju is to conduct archaeological excavations on the underwater city."

(End of this chapter)