curse

Chapter 34

The footsteps of two people sounded in the corridor, and the sound echoed in the dark corridor, giving people a special association.Wen Haogu was also imagining what he would see?But Ye Xiao's stern expression and words couldn't make him guess anything more, so he could only speed up his pace and keep up with Ye Xiao's pace.Ye Xiao, who was walking in front, stopped suddenly. He turned his head and looked at Wen Haogu. After a moment of silence, he opened a door next to him and said in a low voice, "Please come in."

Wen Haogu followed Ye Xiao into that room, and as soon as he entered the door, he felt a chill, especially the coldness under his feet, which made him immediately think of the warehouse of their archaeological research institute.He looked around subconsciously, and saw metal cabinets or drawers on the surrounding walls, each of which was large, with keyholes, and seemed to be sealed.Wen Haogu immediately understood what this place was, and also understood Ye Xiao's intention for bringing him here. Immediately, he couldn't help but tremble a little.

Ye Xiao opened one of the cabinets, which was more like a big drawer. He pulled the big drawer out, and inside lay a person shrouded in air-conditioning, to be precise, a corpse.

Wen Haogu was already mentally prepared, and he looked calm again, looking at the corpse in the freezer.He saw it at the first glance, and he felt as if something was split in his heart.He nodded, and slowly said to Ye Xiao: "He is Lin Zisu."

Wen Haogu glanced at the person lying in the freezer again. Lin Zisu's face was distorted and deformed, and seemed to be a little swollen, his body was swollen and pale, and some body parts were rotten to the point of horror.He didn't want to look any further, so he turned his face away, Ye Xiao nodded, then stuffed Lin Zisu's body back, and closed the refrigerator door tightly.

"Let's go out." Ye Xiao led Wen Haogu out of the corpse freezer.

Back in the corridor, Wen Haogu took several deep breaths, feeling as if he had walked out of the ancient tomb.He turned his head and said to Ye Xiao: "Thank you for discovering his body, he finally received the punishment he deserved."

"What punishment did you say?"

"A few days ago, Lin Zisu disappeared from the Institute of Archaeology. He disappeared along with some precious cultural relics. His family did not know his whereabouts. The only explanation is that he absconded by stealing cultural relics from the country. Yes. I was notified by you just as I was about to report the incident to the police."

"Director Wen, actually I invite you here, not to identify the dead, but to count cultural relics." Ye Xiao said coldly, "Please come with me."

They left the corridor and went to the stairs of another building. As they walked, Wen Haogu asked, "Officer Ye, how did you find him?"

"Yesterday morning, someone reported that a boat ran aground near the beach. The local police found that the boat was actually a stowaway boat. There was a man's body in the cabin. When the body was found, the dead man's face Wearing a golden mask."

"Golden mask?"

Ye Xiao nodded and said: "Yes, a golden mask, my colleagues took a lot of effort to remove this mask from the face of the deceased. So, after knowing this news from the bureau's information database , I immediately thought of what happened in your archaeological institute recently. I checked the body and found that the deceased was indeed Lin Zisu. We opened the lockbox he carried with him, of course, using our special technical means. We found the lockbox There are a large number of ancient documents in it, so I notified you immediately. Also, we interrogated the captain and crew of the stowaway boat that was captured on the spot, and found out that Lin Zisu spent 1 yuan to hire them to drive him to smuggle him from the sea out of the country."

"Maybe he has already contacted the international cultural relics trafficking gang." Wen Haogu was no longer gentle and said in an angry tone.

"Director Wen, are you saying that Lin Zisu's smuggling of cultural relics out of the country is an organized crime?"

"It's just my guess, but in recent years, too many such things have happened, and countless precious unearthed cultural relics have been lost overseas in this way. What's even more regrettable is that the sinking of the ship caused the cultural relics to be buried forever in the seabed. Lin Zisu brought these precious cultural relics After leaving the country, once he got there and got rid of the cultural relics, he might become a millionaire, so he was willing to take the risk, but luckily God didn’t let him succeed.”

"Director Wen, listen to me. According to the confession of the crew of the stowaway boat, they went out to sea at dusk, but they deviated from the course not long after they went out to sea because of the captain's wrong command. On the coast of the mainland, it was discovered after running aground on the tidal flats. The captain of the stowaway boat was puzzled by his mistake. He said that he had never deviated from the course, but this time he sailed in a big circle and turned back. "Ye Xiao said while observing the changes in Wen Haogu's expression.

Wen Haogu suddenly asked him cautiously: "Then, has the cause of Lin Zisu's death been found out?"

"The autopsy has been done, and the cause of death is the same as that of Jiang He and the others."

"The cause of death is unknown again?"

Ye Xiao nodded.While speaking, they had already arrived in a room, Ye Xiao opened the safe, and took out a golden mask and a portable combination box.

"Director Wen, please identify and count, is it a cultural relic lost by your institute?"

Wen Haogu only glanced at the golden mask, nodded and said, "Thank you, I can dream of these lost cultural relics even in my dreams."

Then, Ye Xiao opened the unsealed lockbox. Wen Haogu put on gloves and counted the ancient documents in the lockbox. While lighting it, his body trembled a little.

"Director Wen, are you feeling unwell?" Ye Xiao asked from the side.

Wen Haogu raised his head and replied: "No, I'm a little excited. I thought that these cultural relics would be gone forever after Lin Zisu took them away, but now I didn't expect them to be lost again. These documents are recorded in ancient Many of the Buddhist scriptures written in the Khalu language are the only copies of Buddhist scriptures that have been lost for a long time, and they are of high value."

It took Wen Haogu a long time to count everything, nodded and said: "All the lost cultural relics are here, thank you."

"You're welcome, Director Wen. I want to ask you a question. What is the use of this golden mask? Why did Lin Zisu wear this mask on his face?" Ye Xiao looked at the golden mask , imagining in my mind that people found Lin Zisu lying in the cabin wearing a golden mask.

"This golden mask was found in an ancient tomb, and it was being worn on the face of the owner of the tomb when it was discovered."

"Is it worn on the face of a mummy? Just like the golden mask of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh?" Ye Xiao asked suddenly.

"Yes, maybe it has the same function. The owner of the tomb hoped that he could maintain his dignified appearance after death, so he put the mask on his face. Officer Ye, are you also interested in ancient Egypt?"

"No, just ask. Then why did Lin Zisu wear this golden mask?"

"I don't know. In fact, for those who do archaeology, his behavior is very taboo. No one would wear the mask of a mummy dug out of the grave like him. I think He's crazy."

Ye Xiao said lightly: "I hope there are other reasons. Alright, Director Wen, you have already counted the cultural relics. Take the cultural relics back quickly, keep them well, and don't lose them again. I will accompany you to do it first." A registration procedure to retrieve the lost cultural relics, and then I will drive you and the cultural relics back."

They put the golden mask and ancient Buddhist scriptures into a new combination box and sealed it. After completing the retrieval procedures, Ye Xiao drove to the Archaeological Research Institute with Wen Haogu and the cultural relics.Along the way, they didn't say a word, Wen Haogu held the password box containing the cultural relics, looked at the autumn scenery outside the window, and in a trance, he seemed to see Lin Zisu's face floating on the car window.

Lin Zisu was wearing a golden mask.

Wen Haogu panicked for a while, he rolled down the window glass, and what he saw disappeared again, and it turned out that it was just an illusion.He lowered his head weakly, and a gust of autumn wind blew through the open window, allowing the car to drive him forward.

(End of this chapter)