NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 201 Is the traitor a mute brother?
At the institute, Dean Duan and Master Li came up with an idea.
They deliberately leaked the partial peeling off of the murals in Cave 158 without revealing that they already knew about the fraud.
I believe that in this way, the person with the problem will definitely take the bait and go to check and fill in the gaps, fearing that they will find out.
They have restored the murals in Cave 158 to their original state, except for the corner where they were pried open. This makes them more realistic.
Everything was ready. That night, the institute secretly sent away the cave dwellers and allowed a few strong researchers to sneak in and hide near Cave 158.
Ready to catch a turtle in an urn.
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At eleven o'clock that night, there was movement from the grotto.
Luo Yunhang and Xiang Tianhong did not go with them because they were too tired during the day.
But when I woke up in the morning, I heard from my fellow apprentice that someone had been caught last night, and it turned out to be Brother Dumb.
At eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, Brother Dumb sneaked up and was caught by them before he even entered the cave.
But he couldn't speak, which made the interrogation difficult, because no matter what everyone asked, he would shake his head desperately, saying that he didn't know, that he didn't do it himself, that he was uneducated and couldn't write.
There was only one old mother in the family. She was already in her twilight years. When she heard that her son had been arrested, she quickly ran over and knelt on the ground to explain to her son that he was a good person. There must be some misunderstanding.
In any case, there is something wrong with him showing up at the grotto in the middle of the night, and it happens to be Cave 158.
Brother Dumb was temporarily locked up.
Things seemed to be making progress, but they seemed not to be, and they were at a deadlock for a while.
Luo Yunhang and Xiang Tianhong went to the grotto to take photos and records as usual. It was another day. If you hurry up today, you should be able to complete the task in the evening.
They were very tired these past few days and had walked a lot of distance. Luo Yunhang was a little better. After all, he had good muscles and bones, and he also had some boxing skills.
But Xiang Tianhong was miserable. At the end of the day, his whole body ached, as if he was falling apart, and his feet were covered in blisters.
Fortunately, this is the last day.
Luo Yunhang took the initiative to shoulder all the luggage and take care of Xiang Tianhong, his eldest brother.
The two of them walked quickly between the caves.
I met many cave guards along the way. It was Village Chief Qin who specially sent some extra people after he heard about Brother Dumb breaking into Cave No. 158 yesterday.
The theft of cultural relics in the grotto cannot be made public until the truth comes out. To the outside world, they only said that Brother Ya broke into the grotto late at night with an ulterior motive, so they kept him under guard.
Successfully completed the day's tasks and returned to the institute.
Luo Yunhang and Xiang Tianhong lived up to expectations and completed the mission.
He handed his notepad to Dean Duan, which contained detailed records of the situation of each grotto and the stolen cultural relics, including their location, size, etc. The details were clearly written so that they could find them later.
Dean Duan and Master Li were shocked when they looked at Luo Yunhang's full record.
"Are there actually so many?" Right under their noses, so many cultural relics were stolen and exchanged.
"Mainly some big caves." The cultural relics in the small caves are not of high value, but they are very safe.
The damage to several large caves was indeed severe, and the contents inside were of higher value.
The only good thing is that it may take a lot of time for the counterfeiter to make fake cultural relics, so many precious cultural relics have not yet been replaced.
The more Dean Duan watched, the angrier he became. He was furious and slapped his notepad on the table: "That's too much! Shameless, a rooster and a dog thief." A cultured person, he even cursed people in a polite manner.
"What was stolen are all valuable cultural relics. It seems that they are either cultural relic dealers or fake foreign devils from abroad who like to steal cultural relics from other countries.
The mute was panicked and refused to admit that there might be someone behind him. "Master Li analyzed.
"Brother Dumb still hasn't admitted it?" Luo Yunhang asked curiously.
Master Li shook his head: "No, he kept shaking his head and waving his hands, and refused to admit it no matter what we said."
"I want to see him, okay?" Luo Yunhang looked at Dean Duan.
Dean Duan was so angry that he didn't have time to pay attention to him, so he waved his hand directly: "Go ahead."
Luo Yunhang came to the door of Brother Mute's room, said hello to the person guarding the door, and was let go.
It was already dark now, and Brother Dumb had been locked up for a day and a night.
He squatted on the ground holding his head, looking depressed.
The noodles on the table were already lumpy and I didn't even eat a bite.
"Why don't you eat? People are like iron, and rice is like steel. If you don't eat even one meal, you will be hungry." Luo Yunhang said.
Brother Dumb heard his voice and looked up at him in surprise.
Suddenly he got up and approached Luo Yunhang, looked outside the door, and then made excited gestures to him.
Looking at his red eyes and crazy look, Luo Yunhang understood that he wanted to say something important to him, but he really couldn't understand his gestures.
The dumb brother touched the non-existent beard on his chin and walked around the room with his hands behind his back and his waist bent.
Then he pointed to the ground, stamped his feet as hard as he could, and lay down on the ground without fear of getting dirty, pretending to be eavesdropping.
What is there underground?
He then gestured with his hands like two little people climbing a mountain, and finally there was another little person following behind.
Luo Yunhang really couldn't understand.
Brother Dumb was so anxious that he was about to burst into tears. He patted his chest and waved his hands desperately.
Luo Yunhang understood this gesture. He wanted to tell himself that he was not a bad person and he had not done anything bad.
Luo Yunhang secretly felt that he might really have some grievances that he couldn't express.
As for why he chose to tell himself, it is unknown.
Although he followed himself and Xiang Tianhong yesterday, it was more like he was testing and sizing them up rather than having any ulterior motive, because his eyes were very clean and clear.
Perhaps because he has been mute since childhood, his world actually seems cleaner than that of ordinary people.
Luo Yunhang saw him more than once wiping away the sand and dust from the Buddha statues in the grotto and cleaning the grotto, more seriously and piously than others.
Other cave keepers may regard this as more of a job and a task, commuting to and from get off work on time, but he has feelings for these caves.
Therefore, Luo Yunhang was willing to believe that he would not do such a thing.
But it's useless for him to believe. He has to provide strong evidence to make everyone believe it.
"Brother Dumb, don't worry, let's take our time.
Do you want to tell me that you were wronged? "
Dumb brother nodded heavily: "Ah!"
"Then can you tell me why you went to the grotto in the middle of the night last night?"