Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

While everyone was busy, Jiang Chen was not idle either.

Instead, he opened his eagle eyes and observed carefully in the laboratory.

The lock of the cabinet where the drawings were stored was pried open, and they hung alone on the cabinet door.

Judging from the traces, the tool used should be a claw hammer.

The signs of prying are neat and few. If he is not a habitual thief, he must be a person who is good at using tools.

There are two different shoe prints at the door, which have been basically wiped out. If it were not for the blessing of eagle eyes, they would not be visible at all.

One line of footprints spread all the way to the cabinet, and then to the broken window.

The other one did not enter the house.

Well, there are two people, one is a watchman and the other is prying into the cabinet.

But since they are already open, why risk breaking the windows?

A broken window will not only hurt you, but it will also make noise.

Met a patrol?

No, when you encounter a patrol, you should not break the window, otherwise you will expose yourself.

Could it be that the two people were working together? One of them was discovered when he was stealing the blueprints, and then he broke the window and escaped.

Jiang Chen didn't continue to deduce it because he couldn't find anyone and everything was worthless.

Find the person and the truth will naturally come out.

He just wants to retrieve the drawings, not solve the case.

There were blood stains on the broken glass, which should have been left when the window was broken.

It seems that this person is not a habitual thief, because when a habitual thief breaks a window, he will protect himself well from being hurt.

Other than that, there aren’t many traces of the interior.

Jiang Chen came to the window again.

Unfortunately, although the snow last night was not heavy, it was enough to cover up footprints and other traces.

All clues seemed to have been lost.

If this time is delayed, as long as the thief escapes from the military-controlled Forty-Nine City, he will be free to fly. There are countless ways to escape with the blueprints.

Ok?

and many more.

Jiang Chen suddenly discovered that the snow in one place seemed to be looser than other places, not so dense and compact.

Even with the blessing of eagle eyes and meticulous observation, he almost didn't notice it.

He squatted down and carefully dug away the loose snow, and a vague footprint appeared in front of him.

There were clues, but Jiang Chen's heart sank.

Judging from the snow covering the footprints and the dryness of the footprints indoors, it can be inferred that the other party has been escaping for a long time.

I am afraid that he has already escaped from Sijiu City.

But no matter what, this is finally a clue, and we can't just give up.

Before Jiang Chen returned to the laboratory, he said to Section Chief Qi: "Chief Qi, I found some clues and sent two people to follow me to check."

Qi Fei was stunned: "What clue?"

Jiang Chen said: "Footprints!"

Qi Fei was stunned again: "We have checked before and there are no clues!"

Jiang Chen said: "We who are engaged in engineering pay more attention to precision, and our eyesight is often better than that of ordinary people."

Qi Fei walked up to Jiang Chen and looked at the footprints Jiang Chen had just dug out: "Hey, there are indeed footprints, but there is only this one."

His voice stopped abruptly.

Because Jiang Chen, who was squatting on the ground, reached out and dug on the ground, and another footprint covered by snow appeared in front of him.

Jiang Chen said: "These footprints are also found in the laboratory, and they are relatively dense in front of the cabinet. They obviously paused there for a while. They are most likely those of the thief."

Qi Fei no longer had any doubts and immediately waved to call the three security guards: "You three, follow Director Jiang. Everything on the way will be at his discretion."

He wanted to sit here and wait for Yang Weimin and Tao Yuan, so it was naturally inconvenient for him to leave.

Immediately, three security guards came over.

Jiang Chen said: "Follow me."

With the method in hand, Jiang Chen paid special attention to the loose snow in the shape of footprints.

Now that I am sure these are the footprints of a thief, I don’t need to dig them out one by one, but follow the loose snow and pursue them forward.

The three security guards followed him step by step.

Fortunately, it's dawn now, and it's a holiday today. There aren't many people on the street, and there are a lot less distractions.

Jiang Chen just lowered his head and walked forward quickly following the footprints.

The three security guards followed behind, confused.

Because they couldn't see anything suspicious at all, they didn't understand why Jiang Chen was so determined and just rushed on his way quickly.

In the No. 3 Steel Plant, before the security department personnel had finished gathering, Yang Weimin and Tao Yuan arrived together in Xiao Yang's car.

Yang Weimin asked from afar: "Ma Dongxi said that the manufacturing blueprints were stolen. Is it true?"

Qi Fei nodded: "Yes, Director Jiang just came to confirm."

Yang Weimin's anger could no longer be suppressed. He raised his leg and gave Qi Fei a hard kick: "Didn't I ask you to guard the laboratory 24 hours a day? Is this how you do it?"

"If this blueprint is taken away, whether it is to the West or a treasure island, the technology will be leaked. Do you know how much loss this technology leakage will bring to the country?"

Qi Fei lowered his head: "It was a holiday yesterday, and then it snowed again. The officer on duty was negligent and patrolled less, and someone took advantage of it."

"Director Yang, this is the fault of the security department. I will bear this responsibility."

Yang Weimin said angrily: "You have to shoulder the responsibility. Can you afford it? Once the technology is really leaked, we will only have companionship in prison for the rest of our lives."

"Such a big thing happened. The door of the laboratory was wide open, the cabinets were pried open, and the windows were broken. You didn't notice it at all. You didn't see it until this morning. How do you think you became the chief of the security department?"

Tao Yuan said: "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility. First think about how to get the drawings back."

Yang Weimin said: "Chasing, what the hell, it's been going on for so long, I don't even know how far I've gone."

"I tell you Qi Fei, just pray that this is what we flower growers did. If the blueprints are taken away by lurking personnel from other countries, you should commit suicide and apologize!"

"Where's Jiang Chen?"

In fact, everyone knows that this is unlikely.

Even if other factories were jealous and happened to know the information about the laboratory, no one would dare to do this.

What did he use it for?

Does he dare to give birth?

If it really happened, the police would be the first to come to the door.

Qi Fei said: "Jiang Chen went after the thief."

"grass!"

After hearing this, Yang Weimin was even more angry than before, and gave Qi Fei a hard kick:

"What the hell is going on in your head? Jiang Chen is a technician, an engineer, not a security guard. You let him chase?"

"If something happens to Jiang Chen again, this machine tool will be in vain, and you will be shot!"

Losing the blueprints is just a leak of technology, and at worst it cannot create foreign exchange, but the flower growers themselves can use advanced machine tools.

But something happened to Jiang Chen, and it was unclear whether this machine tool could be mass-produced.

Although the members of the R&D team have more or less mastery of some R&D information, no one has as comprehensive a grasp as Jiang Chen.

The loss of such a national treasure-level talent is a much greater loss than the theft of manufacturing blueprints.

Qi Fei was kicked and staggered, but he quickly stood back up: "I called three security guards to accompany him. It should be fine."

Yang Weimin said: "Yes. When does the Security Department pay attention to what should be done? If Jiang Chen has any shortcomings, I will kill you first."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."

Yang Weimin turned to Tao Yuan and said: "Old Tao, when the matter has developed to this point, it is no longer something you, I or the Security Department can solve. You should go to Vice Minister Zhou immediately and ask him to mobilize troops to assist in the investigation."

"Please conduct a thorough search around the Forty-Nine City. Don't let the enemy escape with the blueprints."

Tao Yuan nodded: "Indeed, this machine tool is too big for flower growers, especially the expectations of the Ministry of Industry."

Yang Weimin interrupted him directly: "You should go ahead, why are you talking such nonsense?"

Tao Yuan said: "But I don't know where Vice Minister Zhou lives?"

Yang Weimin's anger that he had just suppressed came up again: "You don't know, doesn't the Ministry of Industry know? Call the Ministry of Industry's on-duty phone and ask?"

"It's such a simple thing, and you really want me to teach you how to do it?"

This is the first time Yang Weimin has been angry with Tao Yuan since the two of them cooperated.

This shows how anxious Yang Weimin was at this time.

In fact, when it came time to turn around, Tao Yuan had management rights over Yang Weimin.

Watching Tao Yuan walk away, Yang Weimin walked towards the laboratory tremblingly.

My feet slipped and I almost fell.

Qi Fei quickly came up to help him.

Yang Weimin shouted: "Get away!"

He walked to the door of the laboratory, but did not go in. He sat down on the snow at the door, smoking one cigarette after another.

His bloodshot eyes looked straight at the three-steel machine tool in the middle of the laboratory that stole the show.

The whole person seemed to have aged many years in an instant.

Qi Fei felt uncomfortable, but didn't know how to comfort him.