He walked over, deliberately not touching anything. The burning book was hurriedly removed from the fire, but fortunately the damage was not too serious.

Ji Ran observed carefully and found that the book cover and the inner pages were burned separately. Several pages were also torn open to help burn.

After studying the wreckage, he looked around the hall.

Unfortunately, he didn't find anything.

Ji Ran still looked around the room curiously, and in the empty room, only his footsteps echoed.

He went into the garden to look for Xie Yubing, dragging his feet on the dead leaves on the ground. Ji Ran saw her staring intently at the sky not far away, and raised her head when she heard the sound of nearby footsteps.

Ji Ran took a deep breath, faced the girl and said:

"How do you know someone is going to grab a book!"

The girl's gaze never took off the sky, but she shook her head slightly, without any rudeness or displeasure, on the contrary, the movements of her chin and the corners of her mouth seemed so sweet and focused.

"It's time for us to go. She said in a small voice that Ji Ran could barely hear, "Go to Mrs. Du!"

"Answer me!"

Xie Yubing shook his head quietly. Ji Ran touched his nose and looked at her.

"I know that Scarface!"

"Scarface?"

"Who is he?" Halfway through the words, Ji Ran seemed to think of something, "Isn't he a person with gold and jade?"

The girl shook her head again, her eyes still fixed on the sky.

"Not really!"

"And whose man is he?"

"Liu Yiyi!" the girl said indifferently.

But these words were beyond Ji Ran's expectations.

"Liu Yiyi, is she also playing with the idea of treasure?"

Ji Ran stared at the tips of his shoes, rubbing his cold hands, but felt that the taste of the air was extremely bitter.

"I see!"

The fog that hangs over all of this seems to have dissipated somewhat.

"No wonder I feel like I'm being stalked all the time. Ji Ran added.

Xie Yubing was still silent. In the end, Ji Ran took out the water bladder hanging on his waist and took a big sip by himself, without asking her if she wanted it. And then look back at her:

"Could it be that the senior brother died at the hands of Liu Yiyi?"

She replied after a moment, her eyes still focused on the distant land. She finally pointed to the sky with her chin and said:

"God knows, you're going to have to investigate it yourself!"

Ji Ran looked in the direction she was pointing. In the sky, under the water of the little cherub with a broken arm with a hollow eye, an indistinct figure floated between duckweed and dead leaves.

He didn't want to check anything anymore.

I don't want to stay in this hellish place anymore.

But when he turned around and was about to leave, Xie Yubing disappeared again.

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The sun is shining softly.

A feeling of warmth enveloped the whole body.

When Ji Ran saw Xie Yubing again.

The other party was already waiting for him in the room of the Xingqing Inn.

He sat on his huge Taishi chair.

"Someone is scheming against me. Ji Ran looked at Xie Yubing and said in a loud voice. Then he glanced at it secretly, waiting to see her reaction, Ji Ran thought that Xie Yubing would be surprised. But she closed her eyes motionlessly, as if she was really asleep or didn't hear him. He felt strangely silent about her, so he turned to the side and shook his head. Then he heard her sigh and say with sleepiness:

"Of course someone is scheming on you. Her eyes were still closed, "Even a fool can see it." ”

"What the hell is going on, and what do I have to be calculated?"

"I don't know," she said after a while, "maybe it's the treasure of the Sword Demon." ”

"Damn, no one knows if this thing is real or fake!

She shook her head slowly and looked out the window. Her dark, slender, neatly cut nails, unpolished fingers caressed the armrests. She stopped, as if she had tripped over something invisible.

"Is the treasure real?"

Ji Ran crooked his mouth, as if he wanted to laugh.

"Who knows!. ”

The girl shrugged, looking like it wasn't her business.

Ji Ran continued to insist:

"What's your role in this play?"

"I've already said it, take care of you!"

"Who sent you?"

"Palm. ”

She turned her head to look out the window at the view. But Ji Ran's body warmed up involuntarily and made him feel uncomfortable. He felt like a fugitive, even if everything was so ridiculous, he didn't even run voluntarily, but forcedly.

He looked at the girl and began to pause and think about all that had happened. Maybe he's not running away from danger, but moving towards something more dangerous. There are many mysterious things going on around him, including this strange devil's Bible.

Xie Yubing slowly stood up and walked past him with a smile, Ji Ran stared at her blankly, lost in his own concoction. How he wished that the ins and outs of all this event would be clearly written somewhere for him to know, or that he himself would be in charge of the whole scene.

So he didn't say anything more to Xie Yubing.

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It was late at night.

Although he couldn't sort out the facts yet, Ji Ran had already finished identifying the charred book.

He stretched and yawned.

Ji Ran found that all the fragments of the Devil's Bible happened to have text, and there was no trace of the title page and the nine engravings. This represents two possibilities: one is that they were all burned out in the furnace, and the other is more convincing, that someone threw the book in front of the furnace and took away the pages. It doesn't matter who this person is, whether it's him or her, he must think he's smart.

Was the clue that Ji Ran discovered an oversight on the part of the enemy, or a trap? In any case, it was planned by Jinxin.

Still thinking about the trap, the door rang again. Ji Ran immediately cautiously kicked the two books in his arms.

Although he knew that it was Xie Yubing who came in.

"Is there a catch?"

She continued to stand in the hallway, not entering, her hands folded over her chest, frowning, waiting for news.

"Yes, a major discovery!" Ji Ran smiled and poured two cups of tea.

This made her immediately relieved and smiled.

"What discovery?"

"They took the nine prints. Ji Ran pointed to the second painting with the hand holding the wine glass, "And then burned the remnants so as not to be discovered." That's why the entire book was not completely burned, but the pages were deliberately left undamaged. In this way, the murderer's purpose is hidden. ”

She tilted her head and stared at him.

"You're smart. ”

"Of course! That's why I'm involved in these events!"

Xie Yubing walked a few steps in his room, and Ji Ran looked at her, leaning against the side of the bed. She looked intently at the burnt pages.