Gao's house, the council chamber.

Gao Xingkong looked at his son Gao Zhen standing in front of him, and smiled: "Do you know what I'm looking for you for?"

"Back to the father, the child does not know. ”

"Hahaha, nothing, just came to talk to you. Come with me. Looking at his hazy son, he smiled.

Despite this, those who served him understood that he had not spoken a word to his son, let alone laughed, for a year and a half. And a year and a half ago, it was the day when the closure and destruction case that shocked Dongzhou happened.

In indifference, Gao Xingkong pulled out a book in front of the bookshelf. The bookshelves then parted, revealing a secret room. He lit a few candles, clapped his hands again, and a family member emerged from the darkness at some point and stood bent over.

"Ready?" Gao Xingkong asked suddenly.

"Yes. The family handed out three bundles of scrolls and left silently.

This is obviously not a chat, Gao Zhen knew it in his heart, but he didn't say it.

Taking care of himself, Gao Xingkong opened the first bundle of scrolls.

This is a map of Dongzhou.

He pointed to the city and asked, "Where is this?"

Gao Zhen's face was not good, and he replied: "Canglong Dongzhou, Jiaosu City...... The former site of the Guan family. ”

Gao Xingkong's finger pointed downward, and along an official road, he clicked on a blank space: "Where is this?"

"The forest farm of the Guan family, the forest is said to be suppressed—is it ...... Father, it's too dangerous!"

"Yes, probably, probably!" Gao Xingkong was obviously anxious, but these were nonsense when there was no evidence.

So he opened the second bundle of scrolls.

Here are some bills and reports, and they are all running accounts, but since they appear here, they must be unusual information:

"On September 12, the Guan family was wiped out, and the body was not found. There were no obvious signs of destruction or fighting in the house, and bloodstains were found. ”

"On September 13, ten miles south of Jiaosu City, a caravan passed by, a group of eight people, all wearing hats, dressed in a messy manner, and the origin could not be inferred. There are five cars, ten horses, and sundries are placed on horseback. Slow walking. The goods transported are like stinky fish sprouts, and the smell is incomparable. ”

"On September 16, three miles east of Xinsu City, a caravan passed by, a group of eight people, all wearing hats, dressed in a messy manner, and the origin could not be inferred. There are five cars, ten horses, and sundries are placed on horseback. Travel fast. There is no peculiar smell in the goods transported. ”

"On September 17, in the west of Kangsu City, a caravan passed by, a group of eight people, all wearing hats, dressed in a messy manner, and the origin could not be inferred. There are five cars, ten horses, and sundries are placed on horseback. The road is urgent. Dogs barked everywhere they went. ”

"On the twenty-eighth day of September, in Suzaku Harbor, Ojuku City, there was a caravan passing by, a group of eight people, all wearing hats, dressed in a messy manner, and the origin could not be inferred. There are five cars, ten horses, and sundries are placed on horseback. Get on the boat and head south. ”

The last was a piece of paper wrapped in the innermost layer of the scroll, and at the end was an unfinished scribbled handwriting, apparently sent in a hurry:

"On October 15, in the city of Vermilion Bird Nanzhou, there was a caravan passing by, a group of eight people, all wearing hats, dressed in disorderly clothes, and the origin could not be inferred. There are five cars, ten horses, and sundries are placed on horseback. Entourage hundred

It came to an abrupt end.

"Son, do you see anything?"

"It's obviously the same caravan, but the rest, hopefully ......"

"It's okay, look at this ...... again"

Gao Xingkong drew a few lines on the map with his hands: "Jiaosu Castle, Kangsu Castle, Heart Castle, Osu Castle, Suzaku Harbor, Zhenshu Castle ......"

Gao Zhenhu's body suddenly shook: "This is ...... A coherent line!"

"There's no hurry. Gao Xingkong nodded between Jiaosu City and Xinsu City again, "What is this?"

"Guanjia Forest Farm?" Gao Zhen was puzzled, did this have anything to do with it?

"If I kill someone, his body will rot and stink after about three days, and three days is the time for a normal caravan to travel from Kakujuku City to Xinjuku City. Isn't it strange that this caravan full of stinky fish set off from Kakusu City, passed through the Guanjia Forest Farm, and then appeared in Xinsu City, and then lost its taste?"

"Is it ......?"

"That's right, that's what they wanted to throw away. This caravan is not buying fish. Child, you say, what else can stink except stinky fish, stinky meat, feces and urine?"

"Corpses. ”

"Five cars, fifty corpses, it's really neat. Gao Xingkong sneered, his voice full of anger and self-deprecation.

He opened the third bundle of scrolls, which was the road map for all the caravans and caravans in Dongzhou.

His hands were shaking, and he didn't want to see that, but he looked around the woodyard anyway. His gaze changed suddenly, and it was an indescribable look, one of disappointment, relief, fear, and determination.

Next to the forest farm, there is a trade road, which is marked with a sentence and two lines:

Shipments are shipped twice a year.

Departure from the first to the third day of the first month of March and arrival from April 15 to 17.

Departs from the first to the third day of September and arrives from October 15 to 17.

And the report reads:

The caravan arrived at the Guanjia Forest Farm outside the city of Xinsu on September 14.

On September 16, Jiang Gang was killed, and the murderer was a double snake assassin; On the same day, the double snake assassin was killed, the murderer is unknown, and his appearance resembles the young master of the Lin family, so that the spear and the head of the spear have a gilded beast statue. The murderer was accompanied by a young man with a long sword, which resembled the appearance of the late young master of the Guan family, and there was a gilded beast statue on the gauntlet.

......

He suddenly coughed violently, and then shouted to his subordinates to come over: "Take the four treasures of the study! I have something important to write to the head of the Feng family! Also, bring the Tianma gun!"

He turned his head and looked at Gao Zhen: "From today onwards, you will be the head of the family! If I die on the street within seven days, then find the person who killed me, give him the Tianma gun and another letter, and then lead the Gao family to follow that person, he will calm the rivers and lakes, and finally hope!"