Chapter 25: The Basement
"How could we have that ability! That case is a lot more complicated than you might think. Xiao Ai said with a sad face.
"Now that we've got that to the point, can you tell me the truth about that case?" Xu Tian asked.
"You already know the truth, so you don't need to repeat it." Xiao Ai said.
"You're still playing dumb with me, is it fun to do that? The thing I ask you is, who arranged the case that happened in Yanbei Mountain Village? If it is really Zhinian Tai Sui, then the police can't have no chance to round up Zhi Nian Tai Sui, after the truck exploded, Zhi Nian Tai Sui escaped from under the noses of the police, but the police did not seriously pursue Zhi Nian Tai Sui at all, doesn't this explain the problem? Xu Tian asked.
"You already have the answer in your heart, so there's no need to ask me, right?" Xiao Ai said.
"Is it really ......?"
Just when Xu Tian wanted to say the words he was holding back in his heart, two flashlights suddenly shone outside.
"You're really in there!" Yu Yi shouted outside.
It was Yu Yi and Li Zhitong, after they saw Xu Tian and Xiao Ai, they also went around to the back door from the other direction.
"I knew that Xiao Ai would bring Xu Tian here." Yu Yi walked into the store through the back door and said.
"This is the shop you told me about on the road? It turns out that you really opened it here. Li Zhitong followed up and said.
"It's not important, I think it's safer in this shop than the police stronghold, what do you think?" Yu Yi looked around at the other three people and said.
At this time, Xiao Ai's eyes were filled with some tears, and Xu Tian also looked serious.
"What's wrong? Didn't you talk about it? It's not so embarrassing, is it? Yu Yi said.
"It's nothing, we're just talking about something, but you, why are you coming so slowly? Did you go to the beach? Xu Tian asked.
"I took a look, but I didn't find anything." Li Zhitong said.
"Listen to what you just said, Yu Yi told you everything here when he was on the road?" Xu Tian asked Li Zhitong.
"I've told them almost, and although I already know their details, I still love to listen to him tell the story." Li Zhitong said.
"So you're kidding me!" Yu Yi said unhappily.
"Anyway, it's boring, isn't it a good thing to listen to you talk about me on the way to relieve my boredom?" Li Zhitong said.
"Okay, I won't argue with you anymore, since everyone has come here, then I'll show you the things that have been collected for many years!" Yu Yi said.
"Something you've been collecting for years?" Xu Tian said in surprise.
"Follow me." Yu Yi pointed to the basement and said.
The door of the basement had been nailed by Yu Yi, and it took a lot of effort to split the red-painted iron door of the basement with an axe.
After the iron door was pulled open, Xu Tian asked a very pungent musty smell.
"How long has it been since no one has been in here?" Xu Tian asked.
"It's been almost seven years, and because the basement is very damp, it's easy to mold inside, so bear with me!" Yu Yi said.
"Then we'll wait outside, you can go in and take out the things yourself." Li Zhitong said.
"No kidding, if an enemy outside sees us in the house with a flashlight, won't it become a live target?" Yu Yi said.
"Wouldn't it be nice to go to your opaque room?" Xu Tian said.
"That's not going to work, let's all go into the basement! If we hear movement outside in the basement, we can escape in time. Yu Yi said.
Although Xu Tian and Li Zhitong were very reluctant, they still followed Yu Yi into the basement.
When he went down to the basement, Yu Yi pushed the electric switch on the wall, but the basement was not lit up, and it was still dark.
"The light bulb seems to be broken!" Yu Yi said casually.
"Hello? Are you kidding? It's been seven years, and the lights in the basement will be broken a long time ago, okay? Li Zhitong yelled at Yu Yi.
"Then there's no way, we can only use a flashlight." Yu Yi said.
The four of them walked into the basement, and Xu Tian used his mobile phone to shine a light on the surrounding walls, and the walls inside this basement were painted with dense monk murals.
"What are these paintings? Did you draw it? Xu Tian asked.
"We had these murals when we bought this store, which was also a funeral supply store and was opened by a lay monk." Yu Yi said.
"That person can sell this shop to you, so he must have a lot to do with you, right?" Xu Tian asked.
"He's my master." Yu Yi said.
Xu Tianyou noticed that when Yu Yi said the word master, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitch.
"Then you inherited this shop?" Xu Tian asked.
"I can't say that, I'm paying for it." Yu Yi said.
"And what do you want to show me?" Xu Tian asked.
"It's something that my master left in the basement." Yu Yi said as he shone the flashlight in the middle of the basement.
Xu Tian and Li Zhitong couldn't help but be surprised, and in the center of the basement there was a statue that looked like a god of the land.
The entire statue is wrapped in red cloth, revealing only the head of the idol.
"What is this? That's what you're going to show us? Xu Tian asked.
"That's right, it's the statue of the god of the land." Yu Yi said.
"Is there anything about this land god statue that is connected to the case?" Xu Tian asked.
"This idol you see is not a land god." Yu Yi walked up to the statue and said without revealing the moldy red cloth.
From the moment the red cloth was uncovered by Yu Yi, Xu Tian finally understood what this statue was.
"The idol of the god of the old man? How can there be such a thing here? Xu Tian asked in surprise.
"This is what my master passed on to me, this statue is the god of the ruling Tai Sui, a statue of a god who once suppressed the northern land.
"Then why is this statue in your master's hands?" Xu Tian asked.
"My master got the idol in this city, and what I want to tell you today is the story of this idol." Yu Yi said.
Xu Tian suddenly had a feeling of déjà vu, in Xu Tian's memory, this statue seemed to have appeared in front of him, and he was very impressed, but Xu Tian couldn't remember it a little.
Where exactly? Where have you seen this idol?
Xu Tian carefully recalled the idol, from the time he could remember, he recalled every place he had lived, but Xu Tian still didn't remember where he had seen this idol.
"If you haven't seen the enlarged version of the statue of the god Tai Sui, you will definitely think that this statue is the god of the land." Yu Yi said.