I thought it would be a very troublesome thing, such as needing a key or opening a mechanism in the dark or something, but the actual situation is that with a slight push, it opens.

A rotting stench came to my face, and the smell was disgusting.

"What stinks?" Huang Shuya covered her nose uncomfortably, and used a flashlight to irradiate the situation in the basement.

Almost at the same time, Ling Xiao and Huang Shuya both saw a corpse lying in the basement. The corpse was dressed in a priest's robe, and there was a pool of blood under it, but it had long since dried up.

The dark basement and the rotting and stinking corpses are terrifying. Huang Shuya was suddenly frightened, she screamed, and suddenly got into Ling Xiao's arms, hugging him tightly. She seemed to feel that only by doing so could she feel safe. Ling Xiao was actually taken aback, but his reaction was quite calm, and he calmed down after taking a deep breath. He patted Huang Shuya on the shoulder, signaling that she should let go of him.

Huang Shuya was still holding him, not letting go, and muttered: "Mom, scared me to death, scared me to death......"

Ling Xiao said speechlessly: "With your guts, do you still want to go on an adventure with me?" ”

Huang Shuya let go of Ling Xiao and said unconvinced: "I wasn't scared!" ”

"You stay outside and wait for me." Ling Xiao walked in with an oil lamp, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with her.

"No, I'm going to see it too." Huang Shuya followed Ling Xiao in, the more he didn't let her in, the more she wanted to go in.

Ling Xiao asked her to stay outside for fear that she would be disgusting and uncomfortable, but it didn't matter if she insisted on coming in to see him. He still knows Huang Shuya very well, she is actually a girl who wants to save face.

Ling Xiao placed the oil lamp on a wooden table in the basement, and with the light of the flashlight in Huang Shuya's hand, the basement located under the church was almost completely presented in front of the two of them.

The face of the corpse was also presented in front of Ling Xiao and Huang Shuya. The face was so pale that there was not a trace of blood, and the two eyes looked at the ceiling above the head, which was also the color of a dead fish. His mouth had begun to fester, and black juice was spilling from the corners of his mouth, which smelled unpleasant.

"He ......," Huang Shuya's voice trembled, "He's Father John Borg!" ”

"Are you sure it's him?" Ling Xiao asked.

In fact, Ling Xiao had such a guess when he saw the corpse in the priest's robe just now, but he had never seen Father John Borg, so it was up to Huang Shuya to confirm it in the end.

Huang Shuya nodded, "I'm sure it's him, I've met him a few times, and I'm very familiar with his appearance." ”

Ling Xiao frowned, "It looks like we're a step too late. ”

"Who would kill a priest?" Huang Shuya was puzzled.

"I don't know, we're looking for clues, but be careful not to damage the scene and leave no traces." Ling Xiao admonished.

It's a homicide scene, and if you leave hair, saliva, or fingerprints here, that's a very bad thing.

Huang Shuya suddenly realized that it was very wise for Ling Xiao to put latex gloves on her before entering, and if she left any traces in the process of entering here, she might be traced by the police.

Ling Xiao crouched next to the corpse, shining his flashlight on John Borg's corpse, carefully observing.

John Borg's body had several gunshot wounds, as well as marks of blunt force blows, but none of these injuries were fatal, as far as rough observation and speculation were concerned, Ling Xiao got a result, "Father John Borg was tortured and killed, and the murderer fired five shots at him, but each shot was not fatal." The priest was tortured and eventually died of blood loss. ”

"Who would be so mad? It's just a matter of killing people, it's just a pervert to torture people like this! Huang Shuya said indignantly.

"It's very likely that the murderer wants to ask something, otherwise he would definitely not treat a priest like this." Ling Xiao said thoughtfully.

"Could it be my book?" Huang Shuya said.

"I don't know." Ling Xiao said: "Who can know the situation at that time? However, I agree with you, and I suspect that the murderer pressed the priest about the whereabouts of his own book. ”

"The priest is dead, but what about the human skin?"

Ling Xiao said: "There are two possibilities, the first possibility is that he was snatched by the murderer, and the other possibility is that although the murderer killed the priest, he did not find the book himself. ”

"Then let's look for it, maybe the priest has hidden it in this basement." Huang Shuya followed and took action, looking east and west, looking for the mysterious human leather book.

"Be careful, don't destroy the scene, and don't leave traces." Ling Xiao said with some concern.

"Got it, I'm more professional than you!" Huang Shuya said.

Ling Xiao shook his head with a wry smile and continued to observe John Borg's corpse. Aside from gunshot wounds and blunt force blows, John Borg's body showed no signs of poisoning or death by asphyxiation. He then cautiously touched Father John's coat and trouser pockets. Unfortunately, John Borg's pockets and trouser pockets were turned over, leaving nothing behind.

Ling Xiao said secretly in his heart: "The murderer didn't leave any traces, even the things on the priest's body were taken away, that murderer must be an experienced veteran...... Who could it be? ”

Now to guess the identity of the murderer, it is pure guessing, and there is no sense of direction at all.

Ling Xiao's gaze lingered on John Borg's right hand. That hand was clenched, and it gave a very angry, very powerful feeling.

"Brother Ling Xiao, come here, I found something!" Huang Shuya shouted from the bar table in the basement.

Ling Xiao, who was about to break John Borg's right fist to see if there was anything hidden, then got up and walked over.

Huang Shuya pointed to the top of the long strip table and said excitedly: "You see, this table is engraved with that kind of mysterious text and patterns. ”

Ling Xiao's gaze fell on the table, and he couldn't take it off for a moment.

It is a pattern of a woman carved on a table with a knife, and although the lines are simple, they also depict the facial features and body characteristics of the woman. The woman was holding a Middle Eastern-style round shield with a star and moon pattern, and a scimitar, looking very heroic.

A familiar feeling suddenly emerged from Ling Xiao's heart, isn't this woman the legendary female pirate King Hannah!

In the catacombs of the Pirate Canyon in Madagascar, although Ling Xiao did not see Hannah's corpse, he saw many statues of her, and her appearance was like a brand in his memory!

Deciphering the mysterious text and figuring out the prescription on the parchment scroll brought out of Hannah's grave is more important to him than the listing of the Goddess Pharmaceutical!

"This woman ......," Huang Shuya broke the silence, "could she be some goddess in Greek mythology?" The goddess of love or the goddess of fertility or something? ”

"She's a pirate named Hannah. I found her grave in Madagascar, and this mysterious writing. Ling Xiao said. This was the first time he had mentioned Hannah to Huang Shuya.

"Sure enough!" Huang Shuya's reaction was peculiar.

Ling Xiao was surprised. He looked at her, "Sure what?" ”

"There's a treasure there!" Huang Shuya was very excited, "I knew it was right to follow you on the expedition, you see, there will be a situation now!" Tsk, don't even think about leaving me alone, I'll be your partner from now on. ”

Ling Xiao said: "I tell you that I just don't want you to get involved anymore, you are still a student, you like to take risks, yes, but it is not worth taking this kind of risk." ”

Huang Shuya took Ling Xiao's advice as the wind in her ears, and she stared at Ling Xiao, "Brother Ling Xiao, do you want me to hack into your company's computer and put some poison or something like that?" Or maybe one day you go on a private date with a beautiful woman, and the dating scene appears on the Internet again? Also, do you want to ......?"

"Stop, let's get to work." Ling Xiao said.

Huang Shuya chuckled, "That's just like the words, I'll go over there and take a look, and I'll call you if I find something." ”

Ling Xiao still stayed at the table, quietly looking at Hannah carved on the table. He was calm on the surface, but not at all calm on the inside, "This carved painting is definitely not carved by the murderer, and most of the words carved on the table are from John Borg's hand." However, if this is the case, then Father John Borg knew about Hannah's existence and was studying the character of Hannah. ”

If John Borg didn't know about Hannah's existence, he wouldn't have been able to carve her appearance on the table, and if he wasn't interested in Hannah's character, he wouldn't have done it. It's a very simple logic.

"Could it be that during the period of thinking about me, he had already found the way to decipher the mysterious text, and was subsequently assassinated?" Ling Xiao's heart suddenly thought of this.

After thinking quietly for a while, Ling Xiao returned to John Borg's corpse, his gaze falling on John Borg's right fist again. After a moment's hesitation, he reached out and grabbed John Borg's right fist and broke it away.

There's nothing in the fist.

Instead, after grabbing John Borg's right hand, a string of numbers appeared where the fist pressed: 13-25-09.

The string of numbers was written in blood, had dried up, and the color had turned black.

"What does this string of numbers mean?" Ling Xiao stared straight at the numbers on the ground, almost forgetting that he was still holding a dead man's hand.

Corpses can't speak, numbers can't speak, and that's a real headache. However, this discovery made Ling Xiao excited, because according to his observations, John Borg probably wrote this series of numbers before he died, and at that time, his killer was not at the scene.

During that time, it is possible that the murderer was looking elsewhere for something, or it is possible that Father John Borg thought he was dead and did not notice him. And he wrote down the numbers and then put his fist on it, blocking the murderer's view.

Of course, these are just speculations, and there is no evidence to prove them, but it was found that this string of numbers pointed in at least one direction, and this is the harvest.

"Shuya, come and have a look." Ling Xiao finally put down John Borg's right hand, but it was placed next to the numbers, not pressing the string of numbers.

Huang Shuya walked over, and immediately found the string of numbers written on the ground in blood, she looked at it carefully, thinking about something.

"What does that number mean?" Ling Xiao asked.

"I don't know, but I always feel ......" Huang Shuya touched her nose, as if she remembered something, but suddenly forgot about it.

"What do you think?" Ling Xiao asked.

"What a strange feeling, I obviously remembered something, but ......" Huang Shuya said depressedly: "If you give me some time, I will definitely be able to recall." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, you think slowly." Ling Xiao said, "Do you have any new discoveries over there?" ”

Huang Shuya shook her head, "This place seems to have been visited by thieves, and nothing has been found." ”

Ling Xiao thought for a moment, then grabbed John Borg's right hand and used John Borg's sleeve to wipe the numbers off the ground.

"Isn't it impossible to destroy the scene?" Huang Shuya said curiously: "What are you doing here?" ”

Ling Xiao didn't explain, he said, "Let's get out of here." ”

Huang Shuya shrugged her shoulders, "Okay, you're the captain, I'll listen to you." ”

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