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Li Xi also had a very happy birthday because of this, and finally she was moved to tears, saying that it was the first time that someone had celebrated her birthday when she was so big.

Several people were a little gloomy when they heard this, indeed, for a child who came out of a welfare home, many things could not be said.

Although she was happy, I don't know if Hong Kaiyuan's plan succeeded.

A few played until more than seven o'clock in the evening before going down the mountain.

Gu Xin took Xiong Qianqian to send Hong Kaiyuan and Li Xi, and I took Wen Jing and sent Wushuang to the place where she was going by the way.

When she got home, Wen Jing said that her feet were about to be wasted, and she fell asleep on the sofa after taking a shower.

Thinking about today's murder, I don't have the slightest thought.

Of the six lives, at least three are innocent, and it would be intolerable to let the murderer go unpunished. Thinking of this, I became nosy again, so I called Qiao Yifan, but no one answered, and in desperation, I had to wash and sleep.

Early the next morning, just after washing and about to change clothes, a text message came from the mobile phone, which was sent by Qiao Yifan: I have found the whereabouts of the three male deceased, do you want to come and have a look?

After patting Wen Jing, who was still asleep, I turned around and went out.

In Dongcheng District, in an urban village, several police cars have been parked on the road in and out of the village.

In an eight-story house, I followed a plainclothes man up to the fifth floor.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he met Qiao Yifan who was walking out.

"Why, I'm almost done. ”

"Did you find anything?" I laughed.

"The house was rented by those three people for less than a week!" Qiao Yifan yawned, rubbed his temples again, and continued: "So there is nothing of value in the room except for their luggage. ”

"Then check their luggage!"

"I've seen them all, except for some clothes, there is nothing special, but these people seem to be lazy enough, and some clothes have not been washed. ”

According to the landlord, the men have not stayed here since they rented the house except for the first night, and they have not been seen to return. ”

"Yes. I smiled indifferently and said, "I want to see their luggage." ”

"Checked it all and nothing noteworthy. ”

I ignored him and walked straight into the room.

This is a two-bedroom house with some old furniture, which I think was all placed by the landlord. The detectives were very careful and basically didn't touch these things. Judging by the furnishings in the room and the dust that fell on them, it was indeed uninhabited for a while.

There was a dining table in the room, on which were three backpacks, all of which had been opened, and some clothes were piled on the table.

I walked over and began to look through the bags and the clothes on the table.

There really wasn't much in the bag, except for a few changes of clothes, just the pile of clothes that had been placed on the table.

I looked at all three backpacks and found nothing, so I had to pick up a piece of clothing on the table.

As soon as I picked it up, I was immediately surprised, it was actually a robe!

The robes were off-white, much like the ones worn by Arabs today, and looked dirty.

"Is the deceased a Uyghur or an Arab?" I said to Qiao Yifan behind me.

"It's certainly not an Arab, it's not a Uyghur, I've seen all three. However, their identities have not yet been found, and their ID cards have not been found. Qiao Yifan said: "When I saw these clothes, I was a little puzzled, I don't know if they came to sell cut cakes! Now there are many people pretending to be Uyghurs to sell cut cakes!"

I didn't answer, and when I put down my clothes, I found some fine grains of sand on the table, so I reached out and rubbed them, and the sand grains were very fine, not like sea sand or river sand.

"These three should have just come back from the desert!" I dipped my finger in a little and stretched it out in front of Qiao Yifan.

When Qiao Yifan saw it, he frowned: "Desert?"

At this time, a criminal policeman's voice suddenly came from the bedroom: "Team Qiao, you'd better come in and have a look!"

Hearing this, Qiao Yifan immediately walked in quickly, and I followed behind him.

In the bedroom, two criminal policemen are unpacking a package-like thing, which is about one and a half meters long, which is relatively large, because the package is very tight, and it is impossible to see what is wrapped in it.

In a moment, the criminal police quickly opened the package completely, and it turned out to be a humanoid statue inside!

The statue was very crudely made, and the human head on it was only a simple shape, with eyes and a mouth and nose carved on the face, and the technique was quite casual.

It has a torso and lower limbs, and there is a curved wooden stick on each side of the torso, which should be its arms. The entire torso is tightly wrapped from front to back by a piece of animal skin that resembles a hairless animal, and there is a piece of wood in the lower part of the torso, which appears to be a male root.

"Is this a magical thing?" said a detective in surprise.

"Where did you find it?" Qiao Yifan asked.

"Simmons mattress underground. ”

I didn't say a word, and crouched down next to the statue.

Presumably to prevent damage, the statue is wrapped in several layers of white pearl cotton, with a black woven bag on the outermost part.

About the pearl cotton was white, and I could see at a glance that there was a lot of fine sand on it, and after looking closely at the statue, I touched the surface of it again - there was also some fine sand.

Then I checked the wood used for the statue and the hide, and soon came to a conclusion.

"This is a cultural relic!" I stood up and turned back to Qiao Yifan.

"Cultural relics?!, just this?!" one of the detectives was a little surprised.

"Where can you see that?" Qiao Yifan's brows furrowed even deeper.

"This thing is called 'skin-covered wood carving figures' in the archaeological world, and it is usually used to accompany burials, which is a burial custom in the Loulan Kingdom thousands of years ago. I touched a cigarette from my pocket and lit it, gestured to Qiao Yifan, and walked out. "I'm going to smoke, go out and talk. ”

"From the robes on the table and the sand on it, as well as the sand that appeared in the statue's package, we can understand that this thing must have come from the desert. ”

"I just saw that the wood carving is made of poplar wood, and it is supposed to be the skin of a lynx, but the hair has been removed!" I leaned on the handrail of the stairwell and smoked a cigarette.

Qiao Yifan didn't say anything, just motioned for me to continue.

"In Guloulan, it is said that people usually use some wood carvings instead of people for burial, and each wood carving will have an independent coffin, I don't know the specifics. ”

"But the method and material of this wood carving are the most representative of the ancient country of Loulan thousands of years ago!"

"So, you think it's a cultural relic?" Qiao Yifan's expression became even more solemn, "Those three people are tomb robbers?!"

"I don't know if it's a grave robber or not, but there's only one place in the world where this kind of thing exists. I smiled and looked at him.

"Where?"

"Lop Nur!!"

(End of chapter)