When the torture came to the underground cave, it was already late at night.

Sliding down the chain from the top, the torture technique landed steadily below, and when he looked around, he didn't find any trace of He Chenxue. However, the furnishings displayed in the brightly lit sittings have proved that she has arrived here and intends to stay for a long time.

"Morning ......" torture technique was about to be called "Morning Snow", and when he was about to call it "Morning Snow", he changed his tone and shouted, "Miss He." ”

Those three words echoed in the cave, and no one answered him until they disappeared.

The torture technique walked in the direction of the cave cell, and the moment he walked in, he saw He Chenxue sitting with his back to the door.

There was a black table in front of He Chenxue, on which were stacked with a pile of books and a table lamp.

The table lamp was pressed very low, and only shone on the ancient book spread out in front of He Chenxue on the table, and it was still pitch black around it.

Just as the torture technique was about to step forward, a person slowly walked out of the darkness on the right side of the table, and the torture technique looked at it fixedly, and found that it was Fan Junyi, and at the same time, he also found that the little finger and ring finger of Fan Junyi's right hand were wrapped in gauze.

"Professor Fan, you ......" Xingshu looked at Fan Junyi's wrist, and then raised his eyes, and found that Fan Junyi's face was full of calm, to be exact, that kind of calm should not be what a person with a soul should have.

He Chenxue moved the piece of paper she had just written to the right side: "Take it and let him sign it." ”

Fan Jun respectfully put the paper into the tray, held it in both hands, bowed his head and walked to the torture technique, and then knelt down directly.

The torture technique grabbed Fan Junyi's arms and wanted to hold them up, but he heard He Chenxue say: "There is no way to teach his son, and he has come up with ideas to trap my father, so he will never be able to leave the cave for the rest of his life, and the two fingers cut off can be regarded as the first compensation for him and his son to the Jade Casting Society." ”

The torture technique knew that he couldn't stop Fan Junyi, so he had to let him kneel, and then he glanced at the piece of paper, which probably meant that he voluntarily gave up the position of the head worker of the Jade Casting Society to He Chenxue Originally, he gave it to Fan Meng, but because Fan Meng became a traitor, he was naturally deprived of his position, and in this way, the torture technique that became the previous head worker became the first work again.

Therefore, if He Chenxue wants to become the first worker, he must sign and draw a criminal charge.

"Actually, I could have done it without your consent, after all, the Jade Casting Society originally belonged to the Xuan family, and I am now the only heir of the Xuan family, but I still want to follow the tradition, and besides, I also think you should not be so unreasonable." He Chenxue just turned her back to the torture technique and said, she didn't turn around at all, at best she lowered her head slightly, "Sign it, and then you have nothing to do with the Jade Casting Society, you can rest assured, we won't look for you again, everything before is just a dream, as for other things, the Jade Casting Society will solve it by itself." ”

He Chenxue's words conveyed two messages to the torture technique, first, there was no longer any possibility between her and the torture technique, and all her energy in the future would only be invested in the Jade Casting Society; Second, she will figure out her own way in Fan Meng's affairs, and she doesn't need to meddle in torture.

Xingshu picked up the pen and didn't sign, but just asked: "There is only one purpose for me to come, I want to know what the clues left by Xing Renju on the jade bib are?" ”

He Chenxue just said, "You sign first." ”

The torture technique simply put down the pen, but Fan Junyi, who knelt in front of him and bowed his head, opened his eyes the moment he put down the pen, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

"You speak first!" Torture said expressionlessly, "If you say it, I will naturally sign it!" ”

He Chenxue glanced sideways at him with the corner of her eye, and finally compromised: "Before Xing Renju went to Jiacuo Palace, he went to the Tang family in Qinglian Town, which is under the jurisdiction of Jiangyou County in northwest Sichuan, and left a very important thing there. ”

Xingshu picked up the pen again and asked again: "To be more detailed, there must be a lot of people with the surname Tang in Qinglian Town, and after so many years, it will be even more difficult for me to find the descendants of that family." ”

"It's not hard." He Chenxue's eyes fell on the table lamp in front of him, "The Tang family where Xing Renju left things is the Southwest Tie Tang, although it is not easy to find now, but with your criminal connections, it should not be difficult to find the descendants of Tie Tang, there are so many clues, sign it." ”

Xingshu raised his pen, quickly signed his name, then put down the pen, turned around and left.

He Chenxue didn't say anything, but Fan Junyi said in a low voice: "Godfather, I'm sorry for you." ”

The torture technique stopped, endured it and still didn't say anything, and left directly.

For a long time after the torture left, He Chenxue took the piece of paper, lit it directly with a lighter, and threw it into the iron bucket next to him, and then said: "From now on, the first worker of the Jade Casting Society can only be the Xuan family, this is a dead rule, it can never be changed, no matter who I marry in the future and give birth to several children, I must have the surname Xuan!" ”

Fan Jun bowed his head and stood on one side, without saying a word.

He Chenxue raised her eyes to look at him, and said, "Tracking down Fan Meng, leave it to you, do you know what to do?" No matter how much it costs, no matter who you hire, you have to find him, and you have to see people alive and corpses when you die. ”

Fan Junyi's lips trembled, and in the end he just spit out the word "yes".

At this time, Bai Zhongzheng finally met with Guo Hongkui and Guo Shiqi in Xinxiang, Henan, but their rendezvous was very awkward, because Guo Hongkui and Guo Shizheng were evading the pursuit of the police, because the two became murder suspects unintentionally.

Bai Zhongzheng has been waiting in Xinxiang for a day, a day ago Guo Hongkui and Guo Shiqi claimed to set off from Jiyuan, but they didn't expect that it usually takes less than two hours to travel by car, but the two of them spent a day's work.

In the small hotel on the outskirts of the city that checked in with fake ID cards, the tired Guo Hongkui and Guo Shiqi quietly entered the house, and after lying on the window to observe the movement outside for a long time, they sat on the edge of the bed panting.

Guo Shiqi was so tired that he lay down directly, but his eyes were staring at the boss, and he seemed to be frightened, while Guo Shiqi gulped down the bottle of liquor he bought on the way, and drank half a bottle in one go.

Bai Zhongzheng looked at the two of them inexplicably, and when he saw that Guo Hongkui's expression calmed down a little, he asked, "Kui Ye, what's wrong?" ”

"Dead, he died when we went, damn, we're so unlucky!" Guo Hongkui said and took another sip, "I was tied under the wire bed, and there was a hardwood box under my body, I checked it, it was stepped on the bed and trampled to death!" ”

Bai Zhongzheng shook his head: "Who died?" What the hell is going on? ”

Guo Shiji, who was lying on the bed, still stared: "It's an old man." ”

"Old man?" Bai Zhongzheng asked again, "Kui Ye, why did you come to Henan?" ”

Guo Shiqi drank a few more sips of wine, and then said: "We came to find Wan Qingquan, nicknamed Wan Qingquan of the flat long worm!" The most famous cargo chaser in Central China finally found the place where he lived in seclusion, but who knew that what he saw was his corpse, and someone must be following us and calculating us! ”

Bai Zhongzheng said: "Kui Ye, it's unlikely, right?" According to your old way of doing things, you didn't even tell me, it is impossible for a third person to know that you are going to Henan, you are going to find Wan Qingquan, by the way, why are you going to find Wan Qingquan? ”

Guo Hongkui took a deep breath: "I received news that the "Nine Sons" has reappeared, and it is also said that the location of Qimen is clearly recorded in the "Nine Sons", so I want to try to find it, among the nine people who wrote the "Nine Sons" back then, the only one who had a little friendship with me was Wan Qingquan, although I knew that he would not tell me the truth, but I also wanted to give it a try, who knew that kind of thing happened." ”

Bai Zhongzheng recalled what "Nine Sons" was, and said: "This is strange, according to Kui Ye, one of the compilers of "Nine Sons" back then was the Heavenly Dynasty Feng Zheng Cangqiong, that is, the master of torture, but I have never heard of torture to mention this matter, if there is really a record in "Nine Sons", Zheng Cangqiong will not let the torture take such a big risk to go to those places to find clues, I estimate that there is a problem." ”

Guo Hongkui pondered and shook his head: "After the "Nine Sons" was written, it didn't take long to disappear, I heard that the Nine Sons also searched around, but there was no result, the most strange thing is that I heard that the Foshan Sparrow and the Kaishan Leopard in South China had been to Hong Kong, but the Foshan Sparrow died on the way back, but what the specific reason was, it is unknown, some people suspect that they were looking for the stolen "Nine Sons". ”

Bai Zhongzheng said: "What is the value of the ruins recorded in the "Nine Sons Map" compared to Qimen? ”

Guo Hongkui said: "There is no comparison. ”

Bai Zhongzheng asked strangely, "Why?" ”

Guo Shiqi propped up his body at this time and said: "What is Qimen, what is inside, even our Guo family doesn't know, but the ruins recorded in the "Nine Sons Map" are different, although they are also ruins and ancient tombs that only very few people know, but at least people can estimate the value of these antiquities. ”

Bai Zhongzheng was silent, Guo Hongkui and Guo Shiqi were also silent, because the matter came too suddenly and directly, which caught them off guard and didn't know how to deal with it at all, and what was even more troublesome was that when Guo Hongkui and Guo Shizheng went to find Wan Qingquan, they were seen, that is, the two of them had become important suspects in the murder of Wan Qingquan.

Bai Zhongzheng thought for a long time before he said: "The news of the sudden appearance of the Nine Sons Map, Wan Qingquan was killed at this time, it must not be a coincidence, Kui Ye, as far as you know, how many of the Nine Sons are still alive now?" ”

Guo Hongkui said: "Wang Qian Xiuye of Youzhou in North China, Ma Guiyuan in East China, Cai Nayun in South China, Xiaoqinglian Tang Sirong in the Southwest, Wu Zi'an of the Copper Great Wall in the Northwest, Zheng Cangqiong of the Celestial Dynasty in the Northeast, and Chen Taidong, the Buddha of Guanwai, so far, these 7 people are still alive, and we can know the exact news after Zheng Cangqiong and Chen Taidong, as for the others, they are all hidden in the city, and small are hidden in the wild." ”

"Kui Ye, you and Shizhen have to hide for a while, don't show up, I'll do the rest." Bai Zhongzheng got up and said, "Do you still have enough money on you?" ”

Guo Hongkui nodded: "The money is enough, but the most troublesome thing for us now is that we must leave Henan in a short period of time, go back to our hometown Xiaocheng and hide for a while. ”

Bai Zhongzheng nodded: "It's okay, then I'll rush back to Harbin and stay by the side of the torture technique according to the original plan." ”

Guo Shiji was silent, and Guo Hongkui immediately said: "Zhong Zheng, do you think this person is really reliable?" ”

"Hmm!" Bai Zhongzheng nodded, "As far as I am concerned, he is quite reliable, he is a very honest person, and he has almost no selfish intentions, and he does things very fairly, this time I went to the Jiacuo Palace, if it weren't for him, it is estimated that we would all be dead." ”

Guo Hongkui nodded: "Okay, it's better to follow the original plan and act according to the agreement with the torture technique, just be more careful, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart, Wan Qingquan's death may be just the beginning." ”

Bai Zhongzheng nodded slightly, then got up and went out to buy some food and drink for the two, preparing to stay for one more day to assist the two of them to leave Henan and then return to the Northeast.

As soon as Wan Qingquan died, the news immediately spread throughout the ancient industry, and rumors were also flying all over the sky, but every rumor was basically closely related to the "Nine Sons" Some people say that "Nine Sons" has always been hidden in Wan Qingquan, and someone killed him and took away the "Nine Sons"; Some people also say that Wan Qingquan discovered the whereabouts of "Nine Sons" and wanted to take it back, but who knew that his skills were inferior to others and he was killed; It is also said that Wan Qingquan, one of the compilers of "Nine Sons", was killed because someone wanted to kill the mouth and wanted to hide the secret of "Nine Sons" forever, and the perpetrators of the murder were other people in the Nine Sons.

For a time, the antique market in Jiyuan, Henan Province, which was not prosperous, became "lively", and people who coveted the "Nine Sons" in the ancient lines all over the country rushed here, hoping to find clues, so as to find the precious "Nine Sons".

Fu Mingwei and Wu Zhinan also rushed here to investigate the murder of Wan Qingquan, and the police let Fu Mingwei's department take full responsibility for the case for two reasons: first, Wan Qingquan is a well-known local private collector, who has donated a large number of precious cultural relics to museums around the world, and also relied on his own strength to recover a lot of cultural relics from abroad, many of which are national treasure-level heirlooms, so his death is very important to the superiors; Second, since the Shengfeng case, the police have paid close attention to the movements of the ancient industry and have begun to crack down more severely on illegal activities such as the theft and excavation of cultural relics, smuggling, and so on.

Of course, the police have not yet learned about Jiuzi and "Jiuzi Tu" from relevant channels, so the progress of the case is very slow.

In the courtyard of the pit where Wan Qingquan lived, a large number of police officers were doing forensic work, while Fu Mingwei stood in the middle of the courtyard under the locust tree that had not been dug up, although it was dead, and looked around.

"Pit courtyards are now very rare." Wu Zhinan took off his gloves and stepped forward, "The scene is well protected, but there is no special discovery, this case is very strange, the method of killing is also very strange, it is certain that this is a premeditated murder, not an impulsive murder, let alone a theft and murder, the things in the house are not lost, there are no traces of fighting, and in the autopsy report, except that the deceased drank some beer before his death, no other drugs were detected." ”

Fu Mingwei nodded: "This kind of pit courtyard is rare in Jiyuan, it should be said that it is rare, but it is very common in the Shaanxi area of Sanmenxia City, you see, this kind of courtyard is dug down from the flat bottom about 6 meters, forming soil pits of different sizes, and then digging out caves in the four walls, which is a unique folk building in western Henan." ”

Wu Zhinan knew that Fu Mingwei's words were just the beginning, so he asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

Fu Mingwei touched the locust tree with his hand: "The locust tree, also known as the national acacia, is a special species commonly used in the courtyard, but in our Chinese tradition, a single tree cannot be planted in the courtyard, most of them know, because a 'mouth' word plus a 'wood' becomes a 'sleepy' word, and it can't just live alone, it will become the word 'prisoner'." But Wan Qingquan has committed these two taboos, which is unreasonable, because most of the people in the ancient line are a little superstitious, you pay attention to the furniture in the house, at first glance, it looks nothing, but the position is not in the direction, it is precisely this locust tree and only Wan Qingquan lives in these two points, which makes me feel a little strange. ”

Wu Zhinan pondered for a moment and said: "Yes, I also saw the shrine in the cave in the south, which enshrines Guan Erye, and in the room on the east side, there are weapons such as swords, guns, swords, halberds, etc., plus the information we have and the descriptions of the people around him, it can be proved that Wan Qingquan is not only a collector, but also a martial artist." ”

Fu Mingwei nodded: "What else?" ”

"I visited the village before, and most of the villagers either thought that Wan Qingquan was killed by someone with a gun, or was drugged, in short, no one believed that Wan Qingquan was directly restrained and killed on the spot, because Wan Qingquan's body is very tough, not to mention, his kung fu is also very high." Wu Zhinan said and flipped out his notebook, "The year before last, this village and the neighboring village had a conflict over whether to build a bridge on the river at the entrance of the village, and finally turned into a fight, when Wan Qingquan passed by here, and after finding it, he stepped forward to stop it, and the young man in the village thought he was nosy, and he wanted to drive him away, which angered Wan Qingquan, Wan Qingquan beat all the dozen young adults down on the bank of the river with his bare hands, and stopped the occurrence of a bloody fight, and the local police station recorded it. ”

Fu Mingwei listened and said: "Therefore, there are too many suspicious points in this case, such a person with kung fu was killed in this way, and no one heard the quarrel and fighting on the night of the murder, the door lock was not broken, and there was no trace of fighting." ”

Wu Zhinan pondered for a moment and said, "So, the murderer should be someone that Wan Qingquan is very familiar with and trusts?" ”

Fu Mingwei said: "Looking at it now, the house where he died is the scene of the first crime, the murderer did not deliberately move the body, he can only be an acquaintance to commit the crime, if it is not a familiar person, Wan Qingquan will not be able to invite him into the bedroom where he lives, and this person must be better than Wan Qingquan, so that he can restrain Wan Qingquan in a short period of time without fighting, and then tie him to the bed and trample to death." ”

Wu Zhinan sighed: "I just can't figure it out, why do you want to step on it?" And the person who did it must have taken off his shoes and went to bed, otherwise there would have been footprints on the bed, and now there are no footprints, nothing, the hair and dander extracted from the bed are confirmed to be Wan Qingquan's own, and the murderer did not leave any clues. ”

Fu Mingwei smiled: "This is a good thing." ”

"A good thing? Would it be good to have no clues? Wu Zhinan shook his head and said, "We can't find out." ”

Fu Mingwei patted the locust tree and said: "In the process of no clues, as long as a little clue is found, it is equivalent to seeing the light of day, if we come and find that there are clues everywhere, and these clues point to dozens of different directions, the difficulty of solving the case will become quite large." ”

At this moment, a policeman in charge of forensics ran over: "Team Fu, I found a tunnel behind the shrine!" ”

Fu Mingwei, who had just found the cigarette, immediately put the cigarette back: "Let's go!" Check it out! ”