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Chapter 47 The Longtan Island Massacre (18)
"We are here to work, so it doesn't matter what we drink." Yaoshun said.

After Qiu Yize looked at Yao and Shun, he asked, "Who are you?"

"Criminal Investigation Team Yaoshun, you can call me Team Yao." Yaoshun introduced himself.

"What's the matter with you looking for me? 'Lady Qin' was never found again."

Qiu Yize pouted, with an unhappy expression on his face.

"Can't I have other business with you if I haven't found 'Miss Qin'? You are quite arrogant!"

Wang Yuekai was very dissatisfied with Qiu Yize's attitude. He glared at the other party, and then questioned him unceremoniously.

"Of course, you are the police, there is nothing wrong with it."

Facing Wang Yuekai's questioning, Qiu Yize's attitude was still indifferent, with a feeling that "a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water".

"Let me tell you, we are here today just for 'Miss Qin', just to ask you to provide some more information about 'Miss Qin'." Wang Yuekai put the teacup on the ground beside him, and said with a dark face.

"Didn't I already say this ten years ago?" Qiu Yize replied impatiently.

"What I want is some other information."

"What do you mean?" Qiu Yize asked suspiciously.

"We would like to know when you started collecting 'Qin Niangzi'? How did you get it?" Yaoshun asked from the side.

Qiu Yize's lips moved. He was about to answer, but suddenly he seemed to think of something. After looking back and forth between Yao Shun and Wang Yuekai, he asked in a puzzled way, "Is this question related to the robbery of Lady Qin?"

"You just need to answer truthfully." Wang Yuekai said.

"Answer truthfully? What do you mean? Why do I feel like the two of you are interrogating me? Now my collection has been robbed, and I am the victim. It has been ten years, so forget it if you haven't caught the robber. I didn't even get my things back, but now it's a good thing, and they came to interrogate me, what? Do you suspect that I robbed my own things?" Qiu Yize questioned dissatisfied.

"I'm not interrogating you, I just want to get to know 'Lady Qin' better. Let's just tell you, we've already found out some clues about the robbery, and 'Lady Qin' is probably still in one of the robbers However, there are still some issues to be resolved regarding the robbery, so if you want to get back 'Miss Qin', you must provide us with more information."

Hearing this, Qiu Yize's eyes widened immediately, and he asked excitedly, "Is it true?"

Yao Shun nodded and said: "Of course, otherwise we wouldn't come here to find you today. But if you don't provide us with more detailed information about the 'Qin Niangzi', then I can't guarantee whether it will be returned or not." The original owner."

The reason Yao and Shun said this was to make Qiu Yize feel hopeful.Because he knew very well that Qiu Yize was originally the owner of a jewelry store with a car and a house, but now he is living in a shanty town and making a living by setting up street stalls. This blow is undoubtedly a heavy blow to him. I hope to make a comeback. If "Miss Qin" can be found, then he will have a chance to stand up. Therefore, for the sake of "Miss Qin", Qiu Yize will definitely cooperate actively.

Sure enough, after Qiu Yize learned that he had the opportunity to find "Miss Qin", his attitude immediately made a 180-degree turn, and a smile appeared on his face again.

"But officer, I have said everything I can say ten years ago, how do you want me to cooperate?"

"You answer my question first." Yaoshun said.

"'Qin Niangzi' is inherited from my family. As for how I got it, I don't know." Qiu Yize simply replied.

"Since it is inherited from the ancestors, it must be very precious." Yao Shun said.

"That's natural, it was worth 3000 million back then!"

"Since it is an ancestral and such a precious jade, I don't understand why you took it up for auction back then, so that people could take advantage of it? According to our police investigation, your The economy doesn't seem to have any problems!"

It was obvious that Yao Shun's question was on the point, Qiu Yize was unprepared for this, he was stunned, and the smile on his face was also put away, he stared blankly at Yao Shun, not knowing how to answer for a while.

Yao and Shun ignored Qiu Yize's reaction, but continued to ask: "Under normal circumstances, there is only one possibility to be ruthless about auctioning off ancestral belongings, and that is that there are serious economic problems, but your jewelry business back then The business is very impressive, and it is not so poor that you want to sell ancestral things. Then I really don't understand the reason why you put "Qin Niangzi" up for auction. I don't know if you can explain it to us. ?”

Hearing this, Qiu Yize's eyes began to wander a bit. He wanted to pick up the teacup to drink water, using this action to hide his nervousness, but before the teacup was brought to his mouth, he tilted his hand and poured half the glass of water on his body. The slightly scalding water made him shiver all over, and he jumped up from the bed.

"Is it not hot?" Yaoshun asked.

"No...no...nothing."

Qiu Yize was also aware of his gaffe. While replying in embarrassment, he picked up a rag from the side and wiped the wet parts of his body.

"We just came to you to ask some questions about 'Qin Niangzi', why are you nervous?" Wang Yuekai asked.

"No, no."

Although Qiu Yize said no, his abnormal behavior had already "betrayed" him.

"The reason why the robbery has not been solved so far, I believe that in addition to the details of some cases that our police did not notice during the investigation, there is another important reason is that some insiders deliberately concealed some important clues. Is that right?"

Yao Shun straightened his face, and stared at Qiu Yize with two sharp eyes, which made Qiu Yize, who was already a little nervous, feel like sitting on pins and needles. He hurriedly lowered his head to hide his nervousness.

"Ten years have passed since the robbery happened. During these ten years, our police have not given up on the investigation of the case. If we did not have certain evidence, we would not come to you specifically today to ask about' I believe you should know this in your heart. Maybe you can give up and let the police retrieve it for you in order to conceal the secret behind "Miss Qin", but we absolutely cannot give up on the investigation of the case, let alone What's more, now that the secret behind the case has gradually surfaced, it's only a matter of time before the truth can be found out."

Yao Shun's attitude is very firm, he just wants to give Qiu Yize a feeling that he will never give up until he achieves his goal, and his words are not alarmist, because from Qiu Yize's actions, he has already seen that there must be some kind of evil behind "Lady Qin". An unspeakable secret, and this secret has more or less something to do with the robbery, otherwise he would not have been able to hide it until now, so no matter whether Qiu Yize said it or not, he decided to follow this line to investigate. Believe that there are no eternal secrets in this world.

At this moment, Qiu Yize's brows were almost twisted into a "twist". From his tangled expression, it was not difficult to see that his heart was extremely contradictory at this time, and he was wandering between saying and not saying.

After a while, Qiu Yize still didn't seem to have anything to say. After Yao Shun and Wang Yuekai exchanged glances, they got up together and prepared to leave.

"Since you don't want to say it, then we don't force others to leave. But I hope that the next time we meet, we won't be in the interrogation room of the police station." Wang Yuekai said coldly with a dark face.

Obviously, the two of them used the "aggressive method" to put pressure on Qiu Yize and make him make a decision as soon as possible.With the development of the case to the present stage, it can be said that it has reached a critical juncture, and time is running out. A second of delay may give the real culprit behind the scenes an extra chance to abscond.

Seeing this, Qiu Yize hurriedly got up and begged: "Don't go, don't go, give me some time, can I think about it?"

"We don't have much time for you to think about it. Since you don't want to say it, we can only hurry up and investigate."

Yao and Shun continued to put pressure on the opponent's psychology.

"It's not that I don't want to say it, but I also have difficulties!" Qiu Yize said with a bitter face.

"What are your difficulties?" Yao and Shun asked.

"Oh! It's a long story!"

Qiu Yize sighed and shook his head helplessly.

Seeing that the "provoking general method" worked, Qiu Yize intended to tell the truth, so Yao Shun and Wang Yuekai sat back down again.

"The reason why I sold 'Qin Niangzi' was not my original intention, but I was forced to do so! Because someone threatened me."

This answer surprised both Yaoshun and Wang Yuekai. The truth behind the case seemed to be more complicated than they had imagined, and they knew very well that they were now one step closer to the truth.

"You mean someone threatened you and asked you to put the 'Miss Qin' up for auction?" Wang Yuekai asked.

Qiu Yize nodded silently.

"What's going on?" Yao Shun urged.

"Hey! As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be publicized! But it doesn't matter, anyway, I have already fallen into this kind of virtue now, and there is nothing to take care of. I don't care if the 'Mrs. Qin' can finally return to me. Dare to hope."

Qiu Yize sighed helplessly, and said in a disheartened voice: "I have to start with my father. I really don't want to tell the truth. My father has passed away for more than ten years. This matter is a stain on his old man's life, and before he died, he specially asked me not to mention this matter to anyone again."

From Qiu Yize's embarrassed expression, it is not difficult to see that what he is going to say next must not be simple.

"What you said your father told you not to mention to anyone has something to do with 'Mistress Qin'?" Yaoshun asked.

Qiu Yize nodded, and said: "Actually, 'Qin Niangzi' is not an ancestral item of my family, its origin is disgraceful!"

"Disgraceful? How did it come about?" Wang Yuekai asked.

"Tomb robbery."

Hearing this, Yao Shun and Wang Yuekai immediately understood why Qiu Yize was so nervous just now. It turned out that "Lady Qin" was not his ancestral property at all, but his father's illegal proceeds from robbing the tomb.

Qiu Yize continued: "Actually, when I was young, I didn't know what my father did at all. I only knew that he would leave home for a while from time to time, and then he would bring back money. Some of it was given to my mother as living expenses, and some of it was used for gambling. , the money was gone within two days, and he would leave the house for a few days after that. I didn’t know that my father used to be a grave robber until he passed away. I remember when I was a teenager, suddenly there was In the middle of the night, he ran back in a panic, packed his luggage without saying anything, took my mother and I left the village overnight, took the train to this strange city, and lived anonymously in a remote small town. There is a jewelry store in the alley, it is said to be a jewelry store, but in fact it just sells some gold and silver jewelry, and the main patrons are the neighbors who live nearby."

"You said that after you came here, you kept your identities incognito, so your surname is not Qiu?" Yaoshun asked.

"Oh, by the way, originally my surname was Xu, my father's name was Xu Shanchuan, and my name was Xu Zhaoyuan. Later, when we got here, we changed our names and surnames. My father changed his name to Qiu Rongchang, and I changed my name to Qiu Yize. After so many years, I’m used to it, and now I don’t bother to change it back.”

"I see."

Yao Shun nodded, and then signaled Qiu Yize to continue.

"The jewelry store at that time was the predecessor of Rongchang Jewelry. To be honest, I have always been curious why my father suddenly took us away from home, and why he kept our anonymity so that no one would know about our family. I once asked him, He said that it was because he didn’t want to do tomb robbers anymore, so he left his hometown. He kept his anonymity because he was afraid that people would know that he had been a tomb robber. My father became taciturn. Except for talking a few words with people when there was a business visit, he basically sat alone in a daze the rest of the time, but my mother thought it was good because he never went out to talk to him again. People have gambled money. After my mother passed away, my father became more and more withdrawn, and he was often awakened by nightmares when he slept at night."

Although Yao Shun and Wang Yuekai were not interested in Qiu Yize's family history, in order to find out the truth of the matter, they did not interrupt Qiu Yize's words, but let him continue.

"As for 'Mistress Qin', I've never seen it at home before. It was only after I came here that my father took it out to look at it a few times. I would like to mention this jade more. Whenever I asked him where the 'Miss Qin' came from, he would impatiently tell me not to ask so many questions, and then put it in the safe until he passed away. Only then did I know the truth of the matter.”

Qiu Yize talked for a long time before finally getting to the crux of the problem, which immediately aroused the interest of Yao Shun and Wang Yuekai.

"Before my father died, he called me to the bedside, and he handed the 'Mistress Qin' into my hands, and told me that I must keep the 'Mistress Qin' well. No matter what happens, this thing You can’t sell it, and you can’t casually mention the matter of the ‘Miss Qin’ at home, because it has a murder case on it.”

Hearing this, Yao Shun and Wang Yuekai quickly exchanged glances. Obviously, what Qiu Yize said was beyond their expectations, and this was something they had never thought of during the previous investigation. .

None of them interrupted Qiu Yize's words. The incident had developed to the point where they could only quietly listen to the other party's narration of the truth before making plans.

"Father said that he went to rob tombs with Li Jun from Lincun back then. Because of their limited ability, they always picked some relatively small tombs. Although there were not many valuable things to steal, the risk was relatively low. A few. At that time, they selected an ancient tomb located in the wilderness. After several nights, they dug a robbery hole, and then my father entered the tomb to steal the funeral objects. After entering the tomb, my father found that this The owner of the tomb didn't have many burial objects, except for a few gold ornaments on his body, there was only a small iron box placed next to the corpse. He broke the lock on the box, and by the dim light of the oil lamp, he saw the box There was a jade in it, and it seemed to be well preserved, so he took out the jade and found that the whole body of the jade was smooth and delicate, and it was inlaid with many pearls. There was also a golden plaque on the jade, which read With the word "Qin Niangzi", he has determined from his experience that this is a priceless treasure. It is the first time he has discovered such a treasure since he has been robbing the tomb with Li Jun for so long, so he wants to keep it for himself , but if he hid it on his body and took it out, he was worried that Li Jun would find out, so he put the 'Mrs. He came back to get it. After that, he got out of the tomb with the gold ornaments from the corpse. Originally, he wanted to say that it would be fine to fool Li Jun with a few gold ornaments, but Li Jun was not stupid. Seeing that my father stayed in the tomb for a long time before he took out so few gold ornaments worth little money, he naturally didn't believe it. When he said that he wanted to search, my father asked him to search. No more talking. The next night, my father sneaked back to the tomb and took out the 'Mrs. Qin' from inside. However, what he didn't expect was that after he got out of the tomb, he found Li Jun standing outside the tomb. It turns out that Li Jun did not give up his suspicion of my father because he found nothing in the body search. He has been following my father secretly. Seeing my father get out of the tomb with a box, he rushed forward to grab it. Before I had time to react, the box was snatched by Li Jun. After Li Jun opened the box, he found 'Mrs. Qin'. Seeing that the treasure in his hand was taken away, my father was naturally unwilling, so he rushed forward to try to get it back. Just like that, the two fought. At that time, Li Jun strangled my father's neck tightly, saying that since he wanted to steal it for himself, he should let him go down to be buried with the owner of the tomb. During the struggle, my father touched it and dropped it aside for digging. Then he grabbed the shovel and slapped Li Jun on the head. Li Jun screamed and passed out with blood on his head. My father knew that if Li Jun woke up, he would not let it go. , but he didn’t dare to kill, so he pushed the unconscious Li Jun into the robbery cave, and then filled the hole. It wasn’t until my father finished talking about all this that I finally understood why my father suddenly took us away overnight, and then Why hide in this strange city with anonymity."

Qiu Yize finally finished telling the truth about the whole matter, and he sighed unconsciously after he finished speaking. It's no wonder that he had been unwilling to tell the truth before, because after this incident was exposed, even if "Miss Qin" was found back, It was impossible for him to take it back again. For Qiu Yize, this was indeed a very painful thing.

Then Qiu Yize looked at Yaoshun and Wang Yuekai sincerely, and begged: "As the so-called family ugliness should not be exposed, I told this matter today, and I know that the 'Miss Qin' will not be taken back. But I hope the two who are investigating During the process, try to keep this secret for me. Although my father is no longer here, I don't want him to be labeled as a "murderer" after his death, and to be pointed at and made irresponsible remarks. Let his old man have no peace under the Nine Springs."

Qiu Yize finally said a word of conscience. From this point of view, although his character is not very good, he still knows the word "filial piety".

"No wonder you didn't want to talk about it just now. It turns out that there is such a big secret hidden behind the 'Miss Qin'. Don't worry, only the three of us know about today's conversation. We will try our best to avoid leaking your father during the investigation." secret." Yao and Shun said.

"Thank you so much!" Qiu Yize said gratefully.

"You concealed the truth for the sake of your father's reputation. Although you have fulfilled your filial piety as a son, do you think this is fair to the deceased Li Jun and his family?" Wang Yuekai asked.

Qiu Yize knew he was wrong, and he didn't know how to answer the question, so he could only choose to remain silent.

(End of this chapter)