The man with the ominous look remained tight-lipped and did not confess about Zhang Yiyan.
As for me, I didn't believe that my testimony alone could bring down the director of the Archaeological Institute.
Therefore, I didn't tell the police about the connection between the man with the ominous look and Zhang Yiyan.
I only told them about what I discovered during the interview.
I found a facial reconstruction image of the female corpse that looked exactly like Lin Jun.
So, I asked if it would be possible to force the Archaeological Institute to use carbon atom testing to determine her year of death.
To be honest, I'm just a cowardly ordinary person.
I'm not that brave.
Dealing with a collusion between the director of the Archaeological Institute and a tomb-raiding group is something I can't afford to provoke or dare to provoke.
All I want is to bring my sister's remains home.
Once she's home, I'll anonymously hand over the covert audio recording to the police.
Afterward, I'll keep my distance and avoid any further involvement with them.
But I didn't expect that Zhang Yiyan would take a risky move, leaving me with no choice.
He directly proclaimed on the internet that the female corpse was the sacred body of Cheng Yangli.
And that tomb, the true tomb of Cheng Yangli that people have been searching for centuries.
I know what he's up to.
At a time when the so-called true tomb didn't even exist.
Who can prove that he's deceiving people with falsehoods?
In other words, what does it matter if he misrepresents facts?
Nobody has ever seen what a deer looks like.
So, if I say it's a horse, then it's a horse.
Other archaeology experts won't question the authenticity of this tomb either.
Because it really is the tomb of Cheng Yangli.
And its scale and specifications are indeed different from the unearthed tombs in the past.
Zhang Yiyan, that old fox, accurately calculated this point.
When the police and I went to the Archaeological Institute to explain our intentions.
He had a difficult expression on his face and spoke earnestly:
"I understand the journalist Lin's feelings, but I'm sorry, we can't perform carbon atom testing."
He explained that the facial reconstruction image resembling Lin Jun might really be just a coincidence.
Because the facial reconstruction image of the female corpse was created based on modern people's portraits using big data, combined with the skull of the female corpse.
It's possible that the skull of the female corpse bears a striking resemblance to Lin Jun.
Therefore, the currently imperfect restoration technology directly extracted Lin Jun's portrait data to generate the facial image.
Furthermore, Zhang Yiyan, skillful in speech, changed the subject and played the moral card.
He indirectly accused us:
"And, the carbon atom testing method requires scraping bone particles from the surface of the corpse, which will cause considerable damage to the female corpse.
"Our institute really can't take this risk!"
He questioned us with trembling words.
If they did listen to us and performed carbon atom testing on the female corpse, damaging her remains.
But the result of the analysis showed that she did indeed die in the Liang Dynasty, and she was the millennium empress Cheng Yangli.
Then, who would bear the responsibility for this?
"Journalist Lin, please understand, I don't want our institute to become an eternal criminal."
Zhang Yiyan's words were sincere, touching those around us.
But no matter how he disguised himself, I noticed the fleeting satisfaction in his eyes.
I sighed inwardly: Zhang Yiyan, Zhang Yiyan, I didn't intend to take things to the extreme.
But now, in order to bring my sister home, I can only go all out with you.
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