Fu Yuanshan smiled and said, "Alright, brother, now I'll tell you about the situation. There are some things you'll have to decide for yourself."
Seeing Zhou Xuan waiting quietly for him to speak, Fu Yuanshan chuckled and said, "Brother, let's get back to the point. This case is far more complex than you and I imagine. At first, I only thought it involved counterfeiting and trafficking, and senior experts and managers from several major museums. But now it seems to be much more than that. I reported it to the provincial department, and the department then reported it to the municipal party committee. Secretary Wei personally organized a meeting. This case involves an international secret organization using a channel for smuggling cultural relics. There are even bigger secrets involved, with connections to several countries, including the one that claims to be the international police. Among several cases that occurred in the country, we picked out two that seem to be related to this case or closely related to it. There are unusual and strange aspects in these two cases that the police cannot explain. That's why I recommended you to Secretary Wei. To facilitate the progress of the case, Secretary Wei also specially transferred Colonel Wei from the Navy and his niece, Miss Wei Xiaoyu. I want the two of you to work together to secretly investigate the real hidden figures behind the case."
So that's how it is. But the case is so serious, involving such a wide range of things, it's probably not appropriate for an ordinary citizen like him to get involved.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Xuan said to Fu Yuanshan, "Brother, I don't think it's appropriate for me to sneak in. I can help you investigate, but I won't join your team."
Fu Yuanshan smiled and said, "Brother, you're mistaken. You're not even part of our group. You're only one person, while I'm only one person, along with the Director and Secretary Wei. Only the three of us know your and Xiaoyu's identities and actions. The other members of the group don't know. Here are the relevant documents for the two cases. Take a look."
Fu Yuanshan took the documents from the table and handed them to Zhou Xuan, indicating that Wei Xiaoyu had already read them.
Zhou Xuan picked up the documents and opened them. The first document was about a large museum in Jiangbei that was robbed. The crime took place two days ago at 10:00 AM. The museum had surveillance cameras and security guards on duty. The museum door was made of four-inch-thick pure steel. Even a two-ton ramming machine couldn't break through such a door. There was also a series of alarm and warning facilities.
Strangely, all the alarms and surveillance cameras stopped working, and the security guards, along with more than a dozen of the museum's most precious national treasures, disappeared.
The expert inspection report later stated that none of these high-tech anti-theft devices were broken. The reason they became ineffective was that some of the copper cores in the connecting lines had disappeared, thus rendering the devices useless. What puzzled the experts was that although the copper cores in those devices' lines had disappeared, the outer plastic rings were not damaged. How was this possible?
The final summary report initially suggested collusion between insiders and outsiders, with security guards conspiring with foreign thieves, but the security guards had completely disappeared.
The second case occurred in the south a week ago, but it was not a theft; it was a case of mass disappearances.
This case occurred at sea when a maritime patrol team was inspecting a smuggling vessel. There were nine armed police officers on the patrol boat, and they were in communication with headquarters at the time, but they disappeared in an instant and lost all contact with headquarters.
The armed police support team that arrived at the area later found the patrol boats, inspected them, and took photos. Zhou Xuan is currently looking through those photos from the patrol boats.
Zhou Xuan became increasingly alarmed as he looked at the photos. The photos on the patrol boat were full of suspicious points. Some of them showed bullet marks left on the boat, as well as semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns used by the patrolling armed police, and hundreds of bullets. However, the bullet casings had been removed, and the inspection report showed that none of the bullets contained explosives.
These bullets were all produced by a regular ammunition factory. They were randomly selected from the same batch of bullets transported into the ammunition warehouse of the Armed Police Headquarters for inspection, and it was found that the bullets were not problematic.
The problem lies with the bullets used by the armed police on the patrol boat, and where did those nine armed police officers go? The search and inspection by the majority of the team behind them yielded no clues whatsoever. The only possible conclusions were either that the patrol boats had cooperated with the criminals and escaped, or that the nine armed police officers had been killed.
Zhou Xuan couldn't help but gasp!
Others might not know the reason behind these two cases, but it's not hard for Zhou Xuan to imagine. If he used ice energy, the outcome of these two cases would be exactly the same. However, he definitely didn't do these cases!
Could there be a second person with ice-based abilities? Could the stolen crystals from recently be related to these two cases?
Volume 1, Chapter 335: The Opponent
Fu Yuanshan was unaware of Zhou Xuan's surprise and fear. He only decided to have Zhou Xuan assist in the investigation because these two cases were related to the main case, and because there were too many inexplicable and inexplicable aspects involved. ()
If this case is solved and the truth is revealed, then his newly appointed position as deputy director will be absolutely secure. Those mysterious and inexplicable things can probably only be solved by Zhou Xuan, who is even more mysterious.
Zhou Xuan was both terrified and astonished, because only someone with superpowers like him could have solved these two cases. From the time he first encountered ice energy until now, he had never met anyone like him, except for Ma Shu, who could read minds. The only person he could think of who could have solved these two cases was someone with the same ice energy as him. This was the ability to devour and disappear.
If I'm not mistaken, the security guard and the nine armed police officers have all disappeared; there's a more than 90% chance they're no longer alive!
It seems that this case is not as simple as Zhou Xuan imagined. Wei Xiaoyu was transferred to this case because of her second uncle, Wei Haihe. The South China Sea Armed Police are not under local jurisdiction, so asking the military to send someone would better improve the work. Zhou Xuan was chosen as the police representative, and the two knew each other. In Wei Haihe's view, his family had a close relationship with Zhou Xuan, so there should be no problem. However, he was still unaware that the relationship between Zhou Xuan and Wei Xiaoyu was not very good.
If it were just about cooperating with Wei Xiaoyu for the sake of the case, Zhou Xuan wouldn't agree. After all, he and Yingying were getting married soon, and at this juncture, he wouldn't want to create trouble for himself.
However, there was one thing Zhou Xuan was particularly interested in: whether others might possess the ice energy ability. And most importantly, he wondered if the person who possessed the ice energy ability was the one who stole his crystal.
“Okay, brother, I’ll get involved in this. But where and when should we start?” Zhou Xuan asked Fu Yuanshan after making his decision.
Fu Yuanshan shrugged and said, "To be honest, I don't know where to start either. And if you agree, then only you and Miss Wei can act alone. We police can't work together. This case is too complicated. The mastermind is very meticulous, and some aspects are beyond the reach of natural forces. In order not to alert the suspects and for the safety of more ordinary police officers, you can only investigate secretly. I'll leave you a dedicated phone number. In the most difficult situation or when you find a clue that you are confident in, you can call this number to contact me and mobilize manpower. Otherwise, you can only do things on your own."
Fu Yuanshan was in a difficult position when he said these words, because he had asked Zhou Xuan for help, but he did not expect that Secretary Wei would give him such a big problem.
Zhou Xuan hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Brother, if I get involved in this case, how long will it take? My wedding with Yingying is in about ten days, won't this cause any problems?"
Fu Yuanshan smiled wryly and said, "I'm not sure about that either. Maybe a week, maybe ten days, maybe a month, or maybe the case won't be solved at all. Secretary Wei gave me some instructions. He's the one who's in charge of your wedding, so of course he understands. If it's all done before the wedding, then it's fine. If it's not finished by then, Secretary Wei gave me two options: one is to come back and have the wedding first, and the other is to finish everything and then come back, postponing the wedding."
Zhou Xuan smiled wryly, neither of the two plans was the best, and he was considering how to explain it to Fu Ying and his family.
Fu Yuanshan added, "Don't worry, just call home and say you need to come to Jiangbei. I'll take care of the rest. Just don't bring your phone with you, so as not to cause trouble for your family."
After saying that, Fu Yuanshan took out two plane tickets from his pocket. "These are two tickets to Jiangbei, for 12 o'clock!" He glanced at his watch and said, "Forty minutes to go!"
Zhou Xuan gave a wry smile, took the plane ticket and said, "Brother, you've prepared everything, and you're still asking me if I agree?"
Then he took out his phone and placed it on the table in front of Fu Yuanshan, saying, "Brother, you can play the villain. Yingying is the hardest to deal with. Alright, arrange for someone to take us to the airport."
Fu Yuanshan waved his hand and said, "Let's not delay, let's go right away. The car is ready and waiting to be driven."
For a while, Wei Xiaoyu had barely spoken. Her expression wasn't one of trying to be cool or the usual icy beauty. It wasn't until after boarding the plane that Wei Xiaoyu gently asked, "How have you been lately?"
"Okay!" Zhou Xuan didn't know what to say to her, so he simply replied with one word. He wanted to ask about Wei Xiaoqing's situation, but he felt it was difficult to ask.
Wei Xiaoyu sighed and said quietly, "My sister hasn't been doing well lately!"
"Xiaoqing... what happened to her?" Zhou Xuan couldn't help but ask, as Wei Xiaoqing's pitiful appearance came to mind again.
Wei Xiaoyu shook her head, remained silent for a while, and then said, "You know what kind of person my sister is. She's gentle on the outside but strong on the inside. Once she's made up her mind about something, she won't turn back even if she gets hurt. Sigh..."
With a sigh, Wei Xiaoyu turned her head to look at the white clouds floating outside the glass window and murmured, "Life seems so long, but it's actually over in the blink of an eye!"
Zhou Xuan remained silent. Yes, life is indeed very short. Precisely because it is so short, we should cherish the people we love and cherish life. A hundred years later, a thousand years later, when everything has vanished and turned to dust, who will remember us?
Upon arriving in Jiangbei, the two took a taxi to the city center after leaving the airport. Wei Xiaoyu originally planned to find a hotel to stay in first and then investigate further.
Zhou Xuan wanted to resolve things quickly and return home as soon as possible. He just went out and then disappeared for a long time. Fu Ying would definitely not be happy about that. Moreover, if she knew that he went out with Wei Xiaoyu, she would be even more unhappy!
When Wei Xiaoyu asked him what he meant, Zhou Xuan immediately suggested that they go to the vicinity of the museum and look for clues there first.
Wei Xiaoyu didn't ask any more questions and followed Zhou Xuan's instructions to go to the museum. The museum in Jiangbei was very large, a six-story building covering several thousand square meters. Although it had been robbed, the number of guards at the front gate had not decreased, but rather increased. Previously, there were two guards on duty at the gate, but now there were three.
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