Ling Yunpeng identified that the girl painted on the canvas was Anna, and he was even more convinced that Sergei's relationship with the countess's family was extraordinary, and perhaps Anna was the girl Sergei had a crush on.

"Does Professor Sergei have a wife and children?" Ling Yunpeng suddenly asked about Sergei's private life.

Tian Yixuan shook his head: "No, he is single, although many girls in our university have courted him, and some even threw themselves into their arms, but Sergei was not moved, and he has never seen him date any woman." “

"Professor Sergei should have other accommodations besides this dormitory, right?" Ling Yunpeng casually flipped over the paintbrush on the table and asked casually.

Tian Yixuan was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "How do you know that he still has another place to live?" Is it a guess? “

"Didn't you just tell me that Professor Sergei's copying works are very popular and bring him a lot of money, and since he is so rich, and has no wife and children to support, and does not smoke or drink, and has no other bad habits, then he should spend the money on real estate or securities."

"Mr. Lin's inference is really powerful, indeed, Sergei has a private property, in a residential area near the school, is a villa, that time he forgot a picture album in the villa, so he asked one of his protégés to pick it up, and later the student told everyone about Professor Sergei's villa."

"Can you get this student to show me the villa?" Ling Yunpeng was more interested in that villa.

"Okay, let's go to the school building together, he should be there now."

Tian Yixuan took Ling Yunpeng to the door of a classroom and talked to the teacher, who asked a boy to come out.

"Yu Tao, this is a reporter from Xinmin Daily, he wants to know about Professor Sergei, you take him to Professor Sergei's villa to have a look." Then he nodded slightly to Ling Yunpeng: "I have classes later, so I won't accompany you." ”

"It's okay, you're busy, Professor Tian, I'll just go and see it by myself." Ling Yunpeng waved his hand at Tian Yixuan.

Yu Tao nodded at Ling Yunpeng: "Sir, please come with me this way." “

Ling Yunpeng was about to say goodbye to Tian Yixuan, but Tian Yixuan hesitated for a moment, but still brought out the confusion in his heart: "Mr. Lin, I want to ask, who is the person in the photo you showed me just now?" He was supposed to be the last one to be with Sergei, where is he now, and is he missing too? “

Ling Yunpeng smiled faintly: "Different paths lead to the same end." “

After Tian Yixuan listened, he stood there for a long time, looked at Ling Yunpeng's back and said with emotion: "Dust to dust, dust to earth, this is all fate that cannot be escaped." ”

Yu Tao took Ling Yunpeng to the door of the small villa: "Sir, this is it." “

Ling Yunpeng nodded at Yu Tao: "Classmate, thank you, I've delayed your class, you go back first, I'll take a look and leave." “

Yu Tao hesitated for a moment, then nodded and walked back.

Ling Yunpeng saw that Yu Tao had gone away, and then looked around, there was no one around the villa, so he took out a small wire from his trouser pocket and poked it into the door lock, clicked, the door opened, Ling Yunpeng hurriedly flashed in, and locked the door with his backhand.

Ling Yunpeng went up to the second floor first, there are three bedrooms on the second floor, one master bedroom, two guest bedrooms, the two guest bedrooms don't seem to be occupied yet, because they are empty inside, there is no furniture, and there is a big bed in the master bedroom, the quilt on the bed is still messily stacked, Ling Yunpeng went around the bedroom and found no valuable clues.

So, he went downstairs and went into the living room, where there were several oil paintings, and on a flower table in the corner of the living room there was a sculpture, which was supposed to be by Sergei. There is also a wall in the living room, which is divided into dozens of small squares with wooden lines, and each small square has a small piece of colorful patterns, including birds and animals, flowers, birds, fish and insects, as well as landscapes, which are very vivid. Ling Yunpeng was very curious, so he approached to take a look, he touched these colorful patterns with his hand, these paintings are not like painted on canvas, nor on white paper, or on silk handkerchiefs, its background color is slightly yellowish milky white, and it is very elastic to the touch. Ling Yunpeng suddenly understood, this was a piece of animal skin that had been processed into a special canvas, but whether it was pigskin, sheepskin, cowhide or human skin, he couldn't verify.

Ling Yunpeng gasped, he seemed to have some eyebrows, and hurriedly walked out of the living room, looking for the entrance to the basement, there was an inconspicuous entrance next to the guest room on the ground floor, Ling Yunpeng walked down the stairs and came to the basement.

The basement is very dark, Ling Yunpeng touched the switch on the wall, after turning on the light, it became very bright, Ling Yunpeng looked around, it was more like a studio, there was a table and a swivel chair in it, and there was a single bed next to the chair, Ling Yunpeng walked to the table and found that the table was full of paints, and these paints were not oil paints, like ink of various colors, in addition to pigments, there were many medical cotton balls, rows of silver needles.

Ling Yunpeng finally understood that this was a tattoo studio, and Professor Sergei had a hobby in addition to painting, sculpture, and fishing - tattoos.

The answer gradually became clear in Ling Yunpeng's mind, the treasure map was on Anna's body, Anna's back to be exact.

Why did Anna refuse to wear a backless evening gown, was it just that she was a maid as the countess said, and she did not deserve to wear such a luxurious dress? Or is it because Anna has a tattoo of a treasure map on her back?

Why did Anna look horrified when she saw Sergei's picture in the newspaper, because she knew Sergei, and it was he who tattooed the treasure pattern on her body.

Why did Sergei drown, it must have been Andrei's poisonous hand, he was afraid that Sergei would tell the truth about the treasure map, so in the name of fishing, he asked Sergei to go to the river, and while he was unprepared, he pushed him into the water, and Sergei disappeared from the world.

The Countess and her lover Vasily kept saying on the phone that they would take good care of Anna, and that was because Anna had a treasure map of their fortune.

Why is Anna mute, is it because the countess said that she has an illness, maybe it is a victim, afraid that she will tell this shocking secret.

And how did Count André die, did he die or was he killed by Smith and Tanaka's gang? Or is it something else? Ling Yunpeng hadn't figured this out yet.

It seems that the truth has been revealed. Ling Yunpeng let out a long sigh of relief. Finally found the clue to the treasure map, and can finally comfort his ex.

And what he needs to do next is: first, to verify his speculation, and second, to stabilize the countess. After all, there is not much time left for William Samuel to arrive in Shanghai, and he must step up his actions, not only to get the treasure map, but also not to let the countess break the net with him and insist on going his own way, and this matter can only be operated in secret, and cannot arouse the vigilance of the police, the Sakura Agency and other foreign forces, otherwise even if he gets the treasure map, the gold mine will become the target of public criticism, and the various forces will fight each other for it, so it is bound to make the wealth left by the ancestors to his descendants be plundered by others. So everything has to be done quietly.