NFBE Chapter 231 This way we won't alert the enemy.
Chapter 231 This way we won't alert the enemy.
Gu Nan then spoke, recounting everything he had learned from the investigation at Village Chief Li Guofu's house the previous night.
“The problematic places are the unused stove in the kitchen and a hidden, locked cellar in the main room,” Zhou Qishan said, glancing at the two men.
"What are your opinions?"
Zhou Qishan asked the two men if they had any opinions.
The two men exchanged a glance.
“We have been investigating this matter for some time now. We have also paid attention to Li Guofu, the village chief of Kaoshan Village. However, if we do not know where the cultural relics are hidden and we do not catch them red-handed, we will be exposed.”
"At present, we have only discovered a possible place where cultural relics are hidden, but it has not been confirmed that the cultural relics are hidden there."
"..." Hearing Lao Wu's words, Zhou Qishan was also afraid that if they went there this time, no one would be caught red-handed, and the identities of his people would probably be exposed.
“I also think we should observe further. As for the two people you mentioned who met with Li Guofu and who took the items, could you make a jigsaw puzzle portrait of them?” The younger Xiao Feng asked Gu Nan.
Gu Nan thought for a moment and nodded.
"The visibility was poor that night, but we were still able to get it to be about 80-90% accurate," Gu Nan said truthfully.
"Eight or nine out of ten resemblances is already very good," Xiao Feng said, opening a black briefcase that was placed to the side.
Inside, there are transparent plastic panels with facial features such as eyes, ears, mouth, and nose on them.
It can be used to do simple jigsaw puzzles.
These things were brought over to Zhou Qishan, and I was thinking that if I met Gu Nan again, I could ask him to make a jigsaw puzzle.
As luck would have it, Gu Nan delivered the goods to my door early in the morning.
Xiao Feng had Gu Nan sit next to her, and the two began to work on assembling facial features.
Gu Nan quickly pieced together the faces of the two people based on his memory.
"We didn't have enough material for facial features, so this is all we could do. It's the most accurate representation we can achieve," Gu Nan said to Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng nodded and carefully put the two jigsaw puzzles away.
"Then I'll send people to search for these two people in the county town and see if we can find any useful information," Old Wu said to Zhou Qishan from the side.
Zhou Qishan nodded. "What about Li Guofu?"
"I think it's best not to alert them," Old Wu continued.
Old Wu thought that it was best to catch the perpetrator red-handed and have solid evidence before taking action. This way, he could also use some means to get Li Guofu to confess about the previous transactions.
We will do our best to recover the cultural relics that have already been traded and sold.
It was at this moment that Su Niannian, who was standing not far away, spoke up.
"Perhaps we can get involved without using the pretext of investigating cultural relics?" Su Niannian suggested.
Upon hearing this, everyone present looked at Su Niannian.
I just thought this young girl was just a newlywed wife who accompanied Gu Nan, but now it seems that's not the case.
"What do you mean? Explain in detail!" Old Wu looked at Su Niannian, urging her to continue.
“As the village head of Kaoshan Village, Li Guofu is a corrupt official. His family has the best of everything. You can find a reason to investigate his corruption. You don’t have to go through the trouble of selling cultural relics.”
Su Niannian thought for a moment and suggested a direction.
Zhou Qishan glanced at Lao Wu, then at Su Niannian.
It seems like that's what happened.
“What Miss Su said is also correct. We can just find a reason to investigate without alerting the enemy, right?” Zhou Qishan agreed with Su Niannian’s statement.
Although Lao Wu still had concerns, this was still a viable solution.
After discussing it, the group came to a conclusion.
A murder occurred in Kaoshan Village a couple of days ago. The village chief claimed to be ill and did not go out. It is reasonable to send some police officers to question him now.
Then, if they see anything valuable in Li Guofu's house, they might casually investigate, and by sheer coincidence, they might discover a strange stove and a locked cellar...
That's reasonable.
Once the decision was made, we got right to it.
Old Wu and Xiao Feng went straight to the police.
Zhou Qishan had other tasks to complete and couldn't show himself, so he remained inside the Hundred Herbs Hall.
Su Niannian and Gu Nan decided to go straight back to the village.
When the two returned home, Su Niannian's previously empty basket was now full of things again.
When Gu's mother saw that the two had returned so early, she hurried over to check on them.
As a result, we saw that the young couple had gone out and brought back so many things.
Besides rice and wheat flour, there are also things like beef and pork.
"This..." Gu's mother was afraid that the young couple would waste money.
Before he could finish speaking, Su Niannian interrupted him with a smile.
“Mother, my eldest brother is recovering from his illness right now. Eating more meat will be good for his recovery,” Su Niannian said with a smile.
Mother Gu didn't say anything more.
Knowing that Su Niannian was kind-hearted and wanted her family to eat more good food, Gu's mother was worried that this would make Su Niannian spend too much money.
However, since Su Niannian said so, Gu's mother had no choice but to accept it.
"Good child, you've gone to so much trouble," said Gu's mother affectionately.
"Mom, what are you saying? Aren't we family?" Su Niannian smiled.
Just then, Li Ergou rushed over.
"Sister-in-law. Is sister-in-law here?" Li Ergou called out hurriedly, his voice preceding him even before he entered the room.
"Yes, I'm here." Upon hearing Li Ergou's anxious tone, Su Niannian hurriedly walked towards the courtyard gate.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, Xu Chenggong is bleeding from the head, he's dying, you have to go and help him!" Li Ergou's voice was anxious, indicating that the situation was quite serious.
"Slow down," Su Niannian asked. "Your head is bleeding? How did it get bleeding?"
"He was hit by the hoe. He fell and hit his head on the hoe. There was a lot of blood," Li Ergou continued, though his words were somewhat incoherent, the gist of his story was still clear.
Upon hearing this, Su Niannian hurriedly ran to her room, and then ran out again. When she came out, she had disinfectant, bandages, and gauze in her hands.
Although these things are also available in the space, at this moment, even if it's just for show, we still have to go in and get them.
Then Gu Nan and Su Niannian hurriedly ran towards the field with Li Ergou.
Although Su Niannian disliked Xu Chenggong very much, thinking he was just a dog who only knew how to beat his wife and was unreasonable, it was still a matter of life and death.
As a doctor, Su Niannian cannot sit idly by when such a thing happens.