Ying Zheng held the flame in front of him while illuminating and exploring the way, and came to the end of the dark passage smoothly. There were no traps or guards along the way, and there was no guard at all. The four of them walked all the way to the end of the secret passage, and suddenly the surroundings opened up, and they entered a rather spacious secret room. I could already smell the blood in the secret room.

Flame Spirit Ji walked out of the secret passage behind Ying Zheng, looked at the four walls of the secret room by the light of the fire, and said, "The secret room that took so much effort to build, since there is not even a little means to turn it over. It's not that he's too confident that his secret room won't be discovered, or that he's not afraid that the things in the secret room will be discovered by others. ”

Ying Zheng said on the side: "If he is really not afraid of being discovered, why build this secret room!" ”

By the faint light of the fire, the four of them could faintly see a large pool of dark red blood on the ground not far away. Han Fei said on the side: "Presumably this is the first scene of the crime." There should be lamps around, so we can see more clearly when we light them. ”

After hearing this, Ying Zheng looked around and saw several large lampposts scattered around the secret room. Under the control of a year, Ying Zheng didn't make any movement in his hand when he saw the flames in his hands divided into several and flew towards the surrounding lampposts. The whole chamber suddenly became a lot darker. After the flying fire lit up the lamppost, the entire secret room immediately became like an outside, and everything inside was displayed in front of the eyes of the four of them.

As Han Fei expected, on the ground of the secret room was a large pool of blood that had turned dark red, because more than a day had passed, and the blood had turned dark red. Judging from the shape of the blood stains, there was indeed a humanoid object pressing on it before the blood pressure began to coagulate. But even though so much time has passed, the bloody smell in the air can still be clearly smelled by several people, which shows how tragic the situation was at the time of the crime.

Looking at it again, you can see that there is a table against the wall in the direction of the entrance and exit of the secret passage, and there is a box more than a foot long on the table, and the carved style of the box is very different from that of all parts of the Central Plains. Moreover, the blood stains when Liu Yi was killed were sprayed directly on the box, and the blood stains in the end were also very close to the book case. Presumably, when Liu Yi was killed, he was distracted by this book case. That's why he was killed by someone who cut his throat from behind.

Just as the four of them carefully observed the various scenes in the secret room, Hu Meiren and Mrs. Hu also entered the secret room with the support of the subordinates. As soon as Mrs. Hu and Hu Meiren saw the scene in the secret room, and the appearance of the lost was strange in itself, they immediately screamed in fright, and the subordinates and maids who followed them immediately became a mess in the secret room.

Ying Zheng was annoyed by these people's messy noise, and yelled: "Don't make any noise!" As soon as this sound came out, the silence in the entire secret room finally returned, but Mrs. Hu's face was still pale, which showed that she was indeed frightened.

Flame Spirit Ji stepped forward and carefully examined the box on the table.

Han Fei turned around and pointed to the box and asked, "Madame, have you ever seen this box at home in the past?" ”

Mrs. Hu shook her head and said, "I've never seen it." ”

After hearing this, Han Fei nodded and said, "Madam, you see, this thing is now linked to Zuo Sima's death, and it has become an important piece of physical evidence. Therefore, Han Fei must bring this thing back and take a look at it. I don't know if Mrs. is allowed. ”

Mrs. Hu said: "These are all his things, I have never even seen them in the past, and I don't know what use they are." If Childe thinks this thing will help solve the case, he should take it back. ”

After hearing this, Han Fei arched his hand and said, "In that case, thank you, madam." ”

Ying Zheng saw Flame Lingji constantly looking left and right at the box, so he asked, "What are you looking at?" Did you find something? ”

Flame Spirit Ji frowned and said, "This box should be Baiyue's thing. ”

Han Fei and Zhang Liang were immediately shocked when they heard Flame Lingji's words: "This is true! ”

Flame Spirit Ji touched the box and said, "Yes, the pattern on the box is Baiyue's." ”

Ying Zheng was quite puzzled, and asked rhetorically: "Liu Yi participated in the suppression of the Baiyue Rebellion, is it not normal to hide one or two seized things in the house?" The real box is so hidden, I am afraid that it is only because the contents hidden inside are very valuable, so it has to be so. lest the world be anxious. Why are you so surprised? ”

Zhang Liang said: "Wu Anjun doesn't know. More than ten years ago, after the Baiyue people were suppressed, King Han ordered all the things of Baiyue to be burned, and no one was allowed to hide them privately, otherwise he would be punished for the crime of rebellion, and the nine clans would be connected. ”

As soon as Ying Zheng heard this, he immediately realized the importance and bizarre of this matter, and turned to look at Mrs. Hu and Hu Meiren behind him. As soon as the two sisters saw Ying Zheng looking at themselves, their hearts immediately became nervous. The crime of privately possessing prohibited things is not small, not to mention that it is the most feared thing of the king of Han today. Hu Meiren hurriedly said: "Wu Anjun, please rest assured! I will never say a word more to outsiders about this! Just take your things with you! ”

Mrs. Hu also hurriedly followed and said, "The same is true of the little woman! I will never reveal anything about this to anyone else, and I will also take care of the people around me, and I will never let them talk too much and talk more deeply outside! ”

After hearing this, Ying Zheng turned his head and looked at Flame Lingji, Flame Lingji and Ying Zheng glanced at each other, understood what he meant, sighed lightly, and said faintly: "I knew that I wouldn't be in such a hurry to say it." After speaking, he pulled out the hairpin from his head, and the fire sword appeared in his hand between his hand, and he rushed towards Mrs. Hu and her party in a flash.

The fire sword in his hand flew left and right with the butterfly-like figure, and in an instant, he killed the subordinates and maids around the two of them one by one. As the sword of fire slashed through the bodies of these people, the bodies of the dead were engulfed in flames in an instant. Gradually reduced to ashes in the flames. Only Mrs. Hu and Hu Meiren were still standing in place in a group of people, stunned in a daze, and couldn't even remember screaming and fear.

Ying Zheng arched his hand and said: "The two ladies atone, it's not that they can't believe the two. But after all, there are many people, and no one can guarantee that these people will not see each other when they go back. In order to avoid future troubles, I have no choice but to make this decision, and I hope that the two of you will not be surprised. After speaking, the four of them wrapped the box and left Liu Yi's mansion with them, and returned to Zilanxuan all the way non-stop.

After returning to Zilanxuan, the four of them, along with Zinu and Wei Zhuang, sat around the box. Looking at the box, I wondered what to do with it.

Wei Zhuang looked at the small box and said, "Do you think this box and its contents have anything to do with Liu Yi's death?" ”

Han Fei said: "If it doesn't matter, how could Liu Yi die in the secret room where this box is stored?" Why did the murderer bring Liu Yi's body outside the secret room after the murder? ”

Wei Zhuang asked rhetorically: "Are you saying that the murderer just didn't want others to find this box, so he moved Liu Yi's body elsewhere after killing Liu Yi?" But in that case, why didn't he just take the box away? ”

Ying Zheng said on the side: "It's also simple, after the murderer killed Liu Yi, he didn't want others to know that he got this box, and he didn't know where to hide it, so he simply left it in place." Anyway, now that Liu Yi is dead, with Liu Yi's style at home, no one except himself knows about the existence of the secret room, let alone where this box is. It's easy to leave the box where it is, and when the time comes, then take it away. ”

Zhang Liang couldn't help but say, "But what is in this box?" ”

The purple girl shook her head and said, "It's a pity that this box is locked by a delicate mechanism, if you want to open it with brute force, it will immediately trigger the mechanism, and the box and the contents will immediately turn to ashes at the same time." Otherwise, it wouldn't be so difficult. ”

Ying Zheng looked at the pattern on the box carefully, and felt that it seemed to be some kind of text. Then he asked the flame spirit Ji beside him: "Ling'er, I look at the things on this box but I really want words, do you recognize it?" ”

Flame Spirit Ji shook her head and said, "I don't know much Baiyue script, but the food can be sure that this is not Baiyue script. It's like some kind of totemic symbol. ”

"Wait! I think I recognize the pattern on it! Wei Zhuang looked at it carefully and again several times before suddenly saying, "That's right, it's your symbol!" ”

"What are you talking about!" Everyone couldn't help but ask angrily.

Wei Zhuang said lightly: "The blood contract, the oath of oath will always guard the secret in the box, forever." If anyone breaks his oath, he will die by the sword, and he will never be able to live again! ”

Wei Zhuang said plainly, but when the words fell into the ears of others, it was like hitting the heart word by word. What is it that makes people make such an oath to guard?