Outside the woods above the ice, Guo Hongkui led Bai Zhongzheng and Guo Shiqi to observe the footprints on the ground, and judged that after the four criminals entered the jungle, they also found a suspicious point, that is, the white shadow killer did not know where to go, because there were no footprints of the fifth person except for the torture and others around.

"That guy is gone?" Guo Shiqi looked around, "It's not like stepping on the snow without a trace, right?" ”

Guo Hongkui sneered: "That's just an exaggerated description of martial arts novels, where is there no trace of stepping on snow, if I don't guess wrong, that person must be hiding somewhere, and after we come over, follow us." ”

Bai Zhongzheng looked back at the position of the mountain pass: "In other words, this guy doesn't want to be a praying mantis, he wants to be a yellow finch." ”

Guo Hongkui squatted down, looked at the woods and said: "Actually, we are not troublesome, the most troublesome thing is the criminal technique, as far as we get the clues, someone is manipulating all this, that is to say, there are too many people involved in this matter, now there are too many, the white shadow killer, I don't know where to come, someone deliberately complicates this matter, so that whether it is the criminal technique or us, we can't get out of the person behind the scenes." ”

"It seems that this person's purpose is not just Qimen." Bai Zhongzheng said in a low voice.

Guo Hongkui thought for a long time, turned his head to look at Bai Zhongzheng and Guo Shiqi and said: "If there is an accident, we will have to join forces with Xingshu and others, but if they ask us what we do, we will say that we are entrusted by others to protect them secretly, and we must not tell our true identity, understand?" ”

"Understood." Bai Zhongzheng and Guo Shiqi said in unison, and then followed Guo Hongkui into the woods......

After the Guo family left, the white shadow lurking in the snow a hundred meters away finally raised its head slightly, and after wiping the snowflakes on the windbreaker, he stood up and walked slowly forward, staring at the Guo family walking slowly in the bushes.

At this point, noon was almost over.

Beneath the ice, the torturers and the others were sitting around under a certain tree, eating dry food and watching around - they couldn't figure out how this place came to be, or who built the hut in the first place.

While eating, the torture technique measured the height, and found that the average height between the ground where he was standing and the ice above his head was about two and a half meters, of course, this height was only the surroundings they were in now, and they didn't know what it looked like in front of them. But it's really strange that this place can form this kind of appearance, if this place has been flooded before, and the flood water does not recede in winter, and finally freezes, it is normal.

But now, it's as if just a part of the water has floated to a height of two and a half meters and then frozen.

"It's too bright in here." Yan Gang looked around, "There is such a thick ice overhead, and there is snow on the ice, but the big ice cave we are in is relatively bright, and we can see most places clearly without a flashlight, only some places a little farther away can't be seen clearly." ”

Xingshu shook his head and said, "There is no answer to thinking about this now, but I am thinking about how many groups of people there are here." ”

He Chenxue said in a low voice: "Four batches, if you follow the order, the group of people we saw below the ice before was the first group, but they didn't come in through our path, we were the second group, and in addition to the black shadow who saved us, there was also a killer who followed us in, a total of four groups of people, as far as the current point of view, there should be no fifth group of people." ”

Tian Lianfeng looked at He Chenxue on the side and asked deliberately, "I wonder if Miss He knows where one of them came from?" ”

"It doesn't matter whether you believe me or not anymore, so I'm not going to go to great lengths to convince you to believe me, and even if you don't believe me, we still have to move on, do we?" He Chenxue said coldly.

"Four groups of people, unknown sources." Torture sat there and thought, "And there is a group of people who are not on our way, there are other ways to come in, what does this mean?" ”

Tian Lianfeng immediately said: "This shows that someone took us around in a circle!" ”

As he spoke, Tian Lianfeng deliberately glanced at He Chenxue.

Xingshu shook his head: "No, no, Miss He's grandmother told her this road, it's not unreasonable, in this matter, I believe Miss He didn't lie, she doesn't need to lie to us, because she is with us, we go around in circles, isn't she also unlucky?" So, that's it, Miss He, you should tell me the rest of what you know, okay? ”

"I said, I don't know what Shen Dongjun experienced here back then, I don't know the Khanate, I don't know Qimen, I only know that the clue is on Shuangtong!" He Chenxue was a little impatient.

"Nope." Xingshu looked at He Chenxue calmly, "I'm not asking about these, I'm asking about your grandmother Guan Zhiqing, because I don't think what your grandmother did back then was not for Qimen." ”

He Chenxue was shocked and immediately returned to normal, but this action was still seen by the torture technique.

Seeing that He Chenxue still didn't say anything, he said, "Miss He, I've known you for so long, I don't think you're a person who likes to lie." ”

"She's not a liar?!" Tian Lianfeng glared at He Chenxue.

"She's just hiding, not lying." Xingshu looked at He Chenxue and said, "I thought about it just now, from beginning to end, Miss He never really said clearly that her grandmother Guan Zhiqing had something to do with Qimen, what she said was just that her grandmother rebuilt the Tianyan Sect under the banner of the treasure of the Ku Khanate, and we always associate Guan Zhiqing with Qimen because Guan Zhiqing was once related to Shen Dongjun, so naturally we will think in that direction." Of course, Miss He also calculated this, so she deliberately concealed it, pushed our thoughts to this point, and led us in this direction. ”

Tian Lianfeng frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

Yan Gang seemed to understand: "The meaning of the torture technique is that Qimen is not here at all, and the reason why Miss He wants to imply that we have something to do with Qimen here is entirely because she wants to use us to find another place and help her do another thing." ”

"In other words, we have spent a long time and taken the wrong path? This matter also has nothing to do with the disappearance of my father Tian Ke? Tian Lianfeng got up and looked at He Chenxue, He Chenxue still didn't speak, Tian Lianfeng shouted, "Do you know that this will kill my father!" ”

Tian Lianfeng's roar, the roar spread directly under the ice, and the three people under another tree two hundred meters away looked up at each other at the same time, and then turned their heads to look in the direction of the roar, these three people were the three figures they saw moving under the ice before.

The torture technique grabbed Tian Lianfeng, Yan Gang pressed him to cover his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Are you afraid that others won't know that we are down there?" Are you mentally retarded? ”

Tian Lianfeng was very excited, and Xingshu looked at him and said calmly: "No, this matter has something to do with your father Tian Ke, although I don't know how much it has to do with it, but I believe that the person behind the scenes must be the one who put your father under house arrest." ”

After speaking, Xingshu looked at He Chenxue and asked, "Miss He, you can trust us, you can trust me, so, don't hide it anymore, tell me." ”

After a long time, He Chenxue got up, sat down again, as if she had made a lot of determination, and nodded: "Yes, you have analyzed it correctly before, I was threatened, but it is not a threat, but a temptation, this person said that he knows the news of the double pupils, and from the appearance of the double pupils described in his mouth, etc., I can be sure that he really knows the existence of the double pupils." ”

Xingshu nodded: "Is there a direct connection between Shuangtong and your grandmother Guan Zhiqing?" ”

"Yes, it's not, let's put it this way, Shuangtong has no connection with what we are doing right now, and whether Shuangtong really knows Qimen, that person also told me, he said Shuangtong knows." He Chenxue sighed, "I know, this matter has become very complicated by now, it's my fault, if I had made it clear from the beginning, maybe things wouldn't have turned out to be so bad." ”

Xingshu nodded, muttering something to himself in a low voice, and raised his eyes to look at everyone for a long time: "Now the instigator behind the scenes, we will give him a code name called Black Hand." It seems that the purpose of this black hand is not only Qimen, but also the treasure of the Khan Khanate, but from the clues I got from the old house before, this place has no direct connection with Qimen. Followed by Miss He, Miss He's purpose is to find the double pupils, so her direct target is not the treasures of Qimen or the Khanate, as for the group of people we saw under the ice, we don't know their purpose yet, so we can only temporarily attribute them to the treasure of the Khanate, so what about the people who follow us? I think that since these people have been tracking us, that is, they have been observing us and investigating us, they must have known that what we are looking for is not Qimen, but the Khan Khanate, in other words, most of these five groups of people are aiming at the treasures of the Khan Khanate. ”

The other three nodded in agreement.

Xingshu said: "Then, let's think about Shen Dongjun again, Shen Dongjun was also looking for Qimen, but he didn't find it, if he found Qimen, or found the treasure of the Khan Khanate, there would be no incident where he was on the execution ground later, that is to say, Shen Dongjun came here back then, it is very likely that it was not for Qimen, but for other things." ”

Tian Lianfeng asked, "Is it for the treasure of the Khanate?" ”

"Not sure." Xingshu shook his head, "But I don't think he came to hunt for treasure, first of all, you have to know that he is engaged in intelligence, no matter how powerful he is, in the northeast at that time, that is, the puppet Manchukuo, he has to be responsible to the Kwantung Army no matter what, if he leads troops to hunt for treasure in private, this matter will spread sooner or later, and he will violate the regulations of the army, and he will be sent back to North Korea if he does not die." On the other hand, if he led troops to hunt for treasure, think about it, such an important thing, even if the Manchukuo Defense Forces are involved, whether it is to travel on the road, to be cannon fodder, or to find a local army, he will definitely transfer the elite of the National Defense Force from Xinjing or Harbin at that time to participate, and in addition, he will not casually find a group of Kwantung Army, you know, no matter which unit has so many troops that specialize in surveying the terrain, it is better to bring them than to bring an ordinary army, right? ”

Yan Gang nodded: "It makes sense, you mean, Shen Dongjun didn't do it for the treasures of the Khanate back then?" ”

"Yes, I started to suspect that maybe Shin Dongjun hadn't been here at all, but Miss He said that she had checked the information, and at the same time, we also saw the corpses of the old Japanese soldiers on the way here, indicating that even if Shin Dongjun hadn't been here, he had also come to the Japanese army, but the purpose was unknown. To put it bluntly, that is to say, Miss He's grandmother, Guan Zhiqing, dragged Shin Dongjun into this matter for some purpose, the purpose was to cover up what she was going to do later. After finishing the torture, he looked at Miss He and said, "Miss He, how accurate is my guess?" ”

Tian Lianfeng's mind was full of confusion now: "I'm confused, I don't understand at all, what's going on?" ”

Yan Gang looked at Tian Lianfeng and said: "To put it simply, Guan Zhiqing's purpose is this place, this place is directly related to her rebuilding the Tianyan Sect and the like, but it has nothing to do with Qimen, in order to complicate this matter, in order to hide her true purpose, so after meeting Shen Dongjun, she claimed that she knew this place because Shen Dongjun told her and dragged Shen Dongjun into this matter to complicate things." ”

Tian Lianfeng let out an "oh" and asked, "Why did she do this?" ”

"Let me give you an example." Torture thought for a while and said, "If a person does something in a house, it's not a good thing, he is worried about being discovered, and he knows that sooner or later someone will find out, so he finds a way to make this house live in more people, and blurs the time when he lives in, once the east window incident, everyone in this house will be investigated, even if he knows that he may be found out sooner or later, but the other people who come in will also delay time for him, because if he is the only one living in the house, after the incident, Fools know that he did it. ”

He Chenxue frowned and said: "To be direct, it is to deliberately complicate a simple matter, obviously there is an object in front of you that you know what it is at a glance, but it is deliberately placed in the box, you open the box and find that there is a box inside, and there are boxes in the box, each box has a lock, but the key needs you to find it." ”

Xingshu nodded: "So, Miss He, if you don't say it, we can only break in the future, which is not good for you." ”

He Chenxue finally reached out and found a piece of paper in a waterproof plastic bag in her underwear, she took out the paper and handed it to the torture technique.

When the torture technique was opened, I saw a line of words written on it - "I am a fierce beast that swallowed 111 souls alive, and my sins are unforgivable, and I should be cut by a thousand knives."

After reading the torture, he handed it to Yan Gang and Tian Lianfeng, and asked He Chenxue, "What do you mean?" ”

"I actually don't know, when my grandmother died, I wasn't born at all, the so-called things that my grandmother told me were actually relayed by my adoptive parents, I don't even know what my biological father did, and my adoptive parents are people from the Jade Casting Society, so of course I also entered the Jade Casting Society." He Chenxue said in a low voice, "The way to come here is recorded on paper by my grandmother, but it is not accurate, I have been here, but I got lost, I knew at that time that I didn't have a map to come in, I was able to walk in, it was completely with the help of that black hand, it was he who told me how many steps to take, in what direction, and how to go." ”

Torture nodded: "No wonder, in fact, we also found this place very strange. ”

"Yes." He Chenxue said, "Actually, I don't care about my grandmother's affairs, but she did write about Shen Dongjun in the letter of reminiscence, I don't know what's going on, if it weren't for your speculation before, I'm afraid I would really think that Shen Dongjun has a direct connection with this matter, but you're right, from beginning to end, I'm here to find Shuangtong, I don't feel any interest in other things, please don't ask me why I'm looking for Shuangtong, as long as you help me, I'll do my best to help you, okay?" ”

Xingshu looked at Yan Gang, Yan Gang nodded to accept this suggestion, Tian Lianfeng was angry, feeling helpless at this moment, He Chenxue told the truth, delaying them too much.

The torture technique gave Tian Lianfeng a look, Tian Lianfeng nodded and said: "Okay, okay, don't pursue it, you help us, we help you, anyway, I'm already here, and I have to solve everything that hasn't been resolved." ”

Yan Gang looked at the piece of paper again at this time, saw the "111" written on it, and sighed, and said to himself: "111? Why is it so familiar? Did I see it somewhere? Wait, I seem to remember! ”

Yan Gang turned his head to look at He Chenxue and asked, "Does your grandma have any other names?" It's called Guan Shenghe? ”

He Chenxue nodded: "Yes, that is her former pen name, she used the name Guan Shenghe when she wrote to newspapers and magazines in her early years, how do you know?" ”

"It seems that you really don't care about what happened to your grandmother back then." Yan Gang exhaled, "This is a very famous 'Poor Qi Case' back then, but when I was in the army, I didn't know what Qi Qi was, so I didn't care, I just thought that it was quite cruel, because after the Qi Qi Case happened, the army sent people to help search for the missing people, and when I joined the army, the eldest brother of the instructor of the recruit company participated in that search, and later the instructor also turned out the briefing at that time to show us, and said that the local police also organized a study on anti-cult studies. ”

He Chenxue was silent, just listened carefully, and Yan Gang continued: "The Qiqi case was a well-known cult in the Mudanjiang region at that time, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, cults emerged one after another, almost all of them were in relatively remote places, and most of the people who were deceived were uneducated peasants. Although I don't know what is going on, the internal briefing at the time said that it was the Tianyan Sect, not the Tianyan Sect, saying that the leader of this cult claimed that a monster in ancient times was called Qianqi, and that it was going to come out to harm the world, and at that time, it happened to be the heaviest year of the 'three-year natural disaster', that is, in 1960, so the leader of the cult, the woman who called herself Guan Shenghe, said that all this was done by Qi Qi. Only she has a way to kill Qiqi, so that everyone can live a good life again......"