Nangong Yi, Han Yu and the crown prince all rushed over after receiving the notice, Ge Xiaobai's room Liang Xiaocheng has been sealed off for on-site investigation, and the body found in the room has been confirmed to be Ge Xiaobai, and the stunned look on their faces when they saw Ge Xiaobai's body was the same as before.

I have preliminarily autopsied Ge Xiaobai's body, the time of death should have been three days ago, because the air conditioner in the room has been turned on so that the body did not rot and stink, when Yun Duruo and I rushed into the room, Ge Xiaobai was sitting on a chair, and the autopsy results showed that the cause of his death was the same as Xie Tong and Jin Chengyi, who was killed by breaking his neck bone.

But that's not what shocked us, Liu Weiming's murder in the mausoleum may be the most brutal murder method I've ever seen, but Ge Xiaobai's body was stripped of his skin.

Skinning is no less cruel than Ling Chi, and even this kind of punishment is not in the official death penalty method in the past dynasties, Ge Xiaobai is killed after the perpetrator is stabbed by his spine, a knife to split the back skin in half, slowly use the knife to separate the skin and muscles, like a butterfly spreading its wings to tear off.

When Yun Duruo and I saw Ge Xiaobai's corpse, he was like a human stick with blurred flesh and blood, and I could even clearly see the muscles and blood vessels under Ge Xiaobai's skin.

Ge Xiaobai is engaged in archaeological research, and Jin Chengyi came to look for him before he died, but it is still unclear what Jin Chengyi showed Ge Xiaobai, but it is not difficult to infer from Jin Chengyi's death that Ge Xiaobai should have been killed because of his relationship with the mysterious treasure.

Judging from the method of murder, the person who killed Ge Xiaobai was the same person who killed Xie Tong and Jin Chengyi before, but from Ge Xiaobai's file, it should be that he and the person who died before should have no intersection, but why did the murderer use such a cruel way to skin Ge Xiaobai after his death?

"Ge Xiaobai should be connected to the previous murder." Nangong Yi stopped behind the corpse and looked at us with a stern gaze.

We immediately walked over and looked at the back of the chair, Ge Xiaobai's head rested on the chair, the blood left on the head outlined strange lines, and we saw the Yin Deed spell again, and next to it was a capital letter.

A total of eight people died before, and Ge Xiaobai is the ninth to join the current one, and only the Yin Deed Charm has been found next to the corpses of Xie Tong, Liu Weiming and Jin Chengyi, and now we have seen it for the fourth time.

It seems that my previous thoughts were wrong, Ge Xiaobai's death may not be simply extinguished, he must be related to the previous three deceased, thinking of this, I quickly picked up a magnifying glass and walked to Ge Xiaobai's body, and sure enough, I found a light black pigment on his chest.

"Ge Xiaobai also has tattoos!" I took a deep breath and looked up to the others.

This is what they really have in common, these four deceased people all have tattoos on their chests, and they were all tortured after death, from Xie Tong to the beginning of steaming Ling Chi trampling to the current skinning, this does not seem to be a simple murder, the perpetrator must have other purposes in doing this.

"Look what this is." Liang Xiaocheng took something and handed it to us. "This was found in Ge Xiaobai's tea box during the investigation of the scene, and it seems that it was deliberately hidden in the tea leaves."

What the town handed us was a piece of dirt, a depression with blurred lines and words on it.

"Could it be that this is the piece of soil that Jin Chengyi showed to Ge Xiaobai?" Yun Duruo reacted immediately.

"This ...... How can the lines on this soil be the same as the lock dragon buckle? Nangong Yi looked at the soil and said in surprise.

I reacted and quickly took out the lock dragon buckle and slowly put it into the depression of the soil, and sure enough, the size was just the same, but the texture and text were different.

"Jin Chengyi and Xie Tong were hired by the same owner, Jin Chengyi is a butcher and Xie Tong is a cook, the two must have known, Zhong Yulin said before that Xie Tong couldn't control his mouth after being drunk, it is estimated that Xie Tong also told Jin Chengyi about the lock dragon buckle, and Jin Chengyi should know something, so he used yellow clay to make a mold and printed the lock dragon buckle on the mold while Xie Tong was unprepared." The prince said calmly beside him. "But Jin Chengyi couldn't know the secret of the dragon buckle, so he came to Ge Xiaobai for consultation."

"Ge Xiaobai should know about the treasure, so he will be so nervous when he sees the lines left by this lock dragon buckle on the mold, so he pulled Jin Chengyi back to the room." Yun Duruo added.

"Have you noticed a problem, the corpses that left the Yin Deed Charm have tattoos on their chests, and judging from the identities of the deceased before, although they have nothing to do with each other, they are all related to treasures." Han Yu thought about it and said to us very seriously. "In other words, could it be that the tattoos on these people's chests are related to treasures."

"But the problem is that these people don't know each other, and now four have died, judging from the number left by the murderer, it is estimated that there will be people killed, since it is a very hidden treasure, why do so many people know?" I said with a frown.

"Judging from the lines on the mold, it's not the lock dragon buckle in our hands." The prince said, pointing to the mold. "Presumably, what Jin Chengyi secretly printed should be a yang buckle."

Gu Liancheng said that the lock dragon buckle can only become a crucial key to the treasure if it is combined into one, and there will be clues about the treasure on the yang buckle, but the lines and words that Jin Chengyi secretly printed on the mold are very blurry, presumably in a hurry at that time, so that we can only see very few lines and words now.

The scene of the murder was handed over to Liang Xiaocheng to be responsible, and we plan to go back immediately to study the patterns on the mold, hoping to find out some useful clues from them, in fact, Gu Liancheng should know these best, but I think he will probably not tell us, and now the archaeological persuasion in this area Ge Xiaobai is also dead, and it is even more difficult to find out the secret of this dragon buckle.

When I left, the old man I met downstairs sat on the stone bench with a sad expression, fiddling with the chess pieces on the chessboard and looked very gloomy, I thought that there was no one to play with him anymore, and I suddenly remembered something after just walking a few steps.

"You just said that we are looking for Ge Xiaobai is the third person, the first one has now been identified, do you remember the second person who came to find Ge Xiaobai?" I asked, rubbing my stinging eyes.

"I don't remember the name, but I don't look young." The old man replied in a deep voice.

"What is this person looking for Ge Xiaobai for?" Nangong Yi asked.

The old man sighed heavily and said to us, the man came to look for Ge Xiaobai four days ago, the old man was Ge Xiaobai's neighbor, heard someone knocking on the door next door and it was a long time, so he was curious to go out to see, the knocker was a man in his fifties, the dresser was very well-dressed and looked very kind, and he didn't want to leave after knocking for a long time.

The old man told the man that Ge Xiaobai might not be at home, and asked him not to knock, the man apologized very politely and left, who knew that he came to knock on the door again early the next morning, the old man was very upset and went out to let the man go, who knew that Ge Xiaobai actually opened the door at home and came out upset and scolded the man loudly.

Ge Xiaobai waved his hand and said that no one was seen and drove the man away, the man kept smiling kindly and said that he had something to ask for leave, Ge Xiaobai is usually a very friendly person, and he doesn't know what's wrong and looks very irritable, and he refuses to listen to anything and asks the man not to disturb him in the future.

When Ge Xiaobai closed the door, the man took out something and put it in front of Ge Xiaobai's eyes, who knew that Ge Xiaobai was stunned again after taking a look, and glanced at the man with a very flustered expression, so he let him in.

"What did that man show Ge Xiaobai?" Han Yu asked.

"It's nothing, I can't read it too clearly, but I'm sure it's a letter or something."

"......" I looked at the old man in amazement, and suddenly felt a little flustered.

The old man couldn't figure out who the second man who saw Ge Xiaobai was, and the others planned to go back to study the matter of the dragon lock first, and I told them that they wanted to go back and ask Gu Liancheng again, maybe they could get some clues from him.

It was already evening when I returned to Xiao Lianshan's hotel, Xiao Lianshan sat at his desk and pondered, he was the only one in the room, I put a stack of photos in front of him, and then put them one by one.

"This is Xie Tong's, this is Liu Weiming's, this is Jin Chengyi's, this is ......" I put Ge Xiaobai's photo in front of Xiao Lianshan and said anxiously. This is Ge Xiaobai, who you have seen, and he is now being killed and skinned. ”

Jin Chengyi made Ge Xiaobai so nervous and shocked because of the mold pattern of the lock dragon buckle in his hand, which shows that Ge Xiaobai knows something related to the treasure, and the second person who went to see Ge Xiaobai was holding a letter in his hand, at that time, Ge Xiaobai must have been engrossed in studying the lock dragon buckle on the mold that Jin Chengyi brought so he would be so irritable, Ge Xiaobai let the person in after reading the letter, which only means that the letter must also be related to the treasure.

Of course, the only person who holds the letter is Xiao Lianshan, and he is the second person to go to see Ge Xiaobai.

Xiao Lianshan silently looked at the photo in front of him, without any expression on his face.

"How many more people will die before you are satisfied, and you will be willing to tell me the truth." I asked loudly with my hands propped on the table.

"Get out." Xiao Lianshan put away the photo and handed it to me, and only said two words coldly.

"Nope! I have to know the answer today. I shook my head stubbornly.

"What truth do you want to know?" Xiao Lianshan asked expressionlessly.

"Why these people were killed, and how many more people will die before you can tell."

Syllable!

Xiao Lianshan slapped the table heavily, he was even angrier than me now, and scolded with a gloomy face.

"It's not up to me to decide how many more people will die, it's you! It's up to you. ”

"Dad, you are making trouble, what does the death of these people have to do with me." My eyes were starting to blur again, and I asked as I rubbed them.

Xiao Lianshan looked into my eyes, his emotions slowly calmed down, and his eyes were full of concern and anxiety.

"You...... How long have you been doing this? ”

...... "I was stunned that he hadn't spoken to me so softly for a long time, and my heart was inexplicably touched, and I realized that I was too excited before." Dad, I'm fine, don't worry. ”

Xiao Lianshan's expression became more and more anxious, he walked to my side, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said to me very gently.

"Rong Yan, you and I have a father and son, Dad has always loved you, you should be a father and beg you once, go back with me, as long as you are willing to promise me everything will be fine."

"Dad......" The corners of my mouth squirmed, his eyes were full of expectant pleading, and even through exhausted helplessness, at that moment I was really a little shaken, after all, in front of me was the person who had nurtured me, he was no longer as young as I remembered, twilight and old age were written on his face, I never questioned his love for me, but I finally sighed silently. Dad, human life is at stake, I can't go like this, I must find out the truth, and the murderer must also be punished. ”

"Your mother told you that there are many rights and wrongs in this world that can be distinguished from right and wrong alone, the truth ...... Sometimes the truth is not revealed, but hidden forever. Xiao Lianshan looked at me lovingly, rubbed his red eyes, and said in a trembling voice. The closer you are to the truth, the more people will die. ”

"Nope! You raised me, I have the same stubbornness as you, and I won't let the murderer go unpunished no matter what. ”

Xiao Lianshan's raised hand was supposed to touch my eyes, but when I said it, his hand hovered in mid-air and then slowly fell, and then he slowly sat back in the chair with his hand on the table and said in a cold voice.

"It seems that you will be very busy during this time, don't come if you have nothing to do, only four people have died now, I believe there will be more murders waiting for you to deal with soon......"