Chapter 433: Chapter 433: His Father!
Reverse calculating the birth date and time!
After Wu Liuxian listened, he immediately gave a thumbs up.
As an expert in grave robbing.
Wu Liuxian is sensitive to things like metaphysics.
So Chen Xiao’s suggestion immediately earned his approval.
And ever since Chen Xiao had a calendar, he liked to study the old almanac whenever he had time.
Moreover, his memory now allowed him to remember a lot of things.
But no matter how good the memory, one couldn’t recall every day from over a decade ago.
Wu Liuxian tried hard to recall for a while and said:
"If I remember correctly, June 8th, 11th, and 13th of 1995 seemed like special days."
Chen Xiao nodded: "The 14th, 16th, and 20th also seemed like taboo days."
Wu Liuxian kept calculating in his mind and continued: "Hmm, on the 13th of June, several hours were quite special. If a girl was born during the time periods of Mao, Si, Shen, or Hai, her fate would be... ."
As he spoke, Wu Liuxian suddenly widened his eyes.
"Brother Chen Xiao, are you implying... a sacrifice?"
Chen Xiao stared directly at Wu Liuxian, speaking in a low voice:
"Whether it’s a sacrifice, or if a child born during a specific hour that day is suitable for sacrifice, it depends on your expert judgment, Wu Liuxian."
After Chen Xiao spoke, Wu Liuxian already stood up, exclaiming:
"Crazy, those people are really crazy! They actually believe such ignorant legends!"
"Legend?"
"Yes! My father once mentioned it to me, but even he never witnessed it himself, only saw some records in ancient books. And these so-called sacrificial methods are very similar to an idiom—’casting a stone to find the way!’
"The real practice involves asking which way to enter the tomb, but what is cast is not a stone, but human life, the life of a newborn!"
Under the power of construction, Chen Xiao became suspicious of Ah Yu’s existence being a sacrifice after structuring a dialogue with Jiang Pinggui.
Even, in Chen Xiao’s view, Jiang Pinggui and his group might be a real grave-robbing team using human lives for bomb disposal.
And now, with Wu Liuxian, a professional, drawing the same connections to their line of work, this nearly convinced Chen Xiao that Ah Yu’s existence might indeed be a sacrifice!
However, if it is a sacrifice, why is Ah Yu still alive?
The entire grave-robbing operation should have involved first sacrificing an infant, only then proceeding with the tomb raid.
Thinking about it, Chen Xiao asked:
"The sacrificial method you know of, does it require execution by only one person? Is the process prohibited from having any onlookers?"
While Chen Xiao asked, Wu Liuxian didn’t respond.
He seemed trapped in his own thoughts, unable to escape!
Chen Xiao looked at him and couldn’t help asking: "Brother, what’s wrong?"
"It can’t be. My father told me about this a long time ago, and he always taught me that these were crooked and heretical methods, the products of lunatics driven mad by failure."
"But now, even I can see these things clearly, why didn’t he say anything back then?"
Hearing Wu Liuxian’s words, Chen Xiao frowned and said: "Maybe he didn’t react at the time, or perhaps he didn’t think it necessary to tell you then."
"Impossible, I know my father. He wanted me to inherit everything from him. He could risk danger to bring me here, so he would definitely tell me something like this that could teach me a lesson!"
Chen Xiao wasn’t Wu Liuxian.
At least he felt he couldn’t understand Wu Liuxian’s feelings at that moment.
Or perhaps Chen Xiao didn’t know Wu Liuxian’s father well enough.
Looking at Wu Liuxian’s defeated look, Chen Xiao couldn’t help but think:
"Maybe things aren’t as simple as he says!"
Chen Xiao didn’t plan to press further, and Wu Liuxian quickly regained his composure after a brief emotional upheaval.
"Sorry for wasting your time, Brother Chen Xiao."
Chen Xiao shook his head with a smile, but he could see that Wu Liuxian’s mind was elsewhere.
"It’s fine, it’s already dark now, and it gets really cold in the woods at night. Why don’t we head out first?"
Wu Liuxian nodded silently, turning to walk out.
Chen Xiao said nothing more, leaving the tomb with him.
As they walked, Chen Xiao continued to think.
The investigation still felt like it was stuck in a quagmire, even though he had found the connection between Jiang Pinggui and Ye Jiadong, even though he now felt there was something suspicious about Jiang Pinggui’s death.
But identifying the perpetrator still had a long way to go.
When Chen Xiao and Wu Liuxian reached the entrance of the ancient tomb, Liu Dayou returned.
Seeing the two of them, Liu Dayou was a bit puzzled: "Brother Chen, why are you two... ."
Before Liu Dayou could finish his sentence, Chen Xiao motioned for him not to ask more questions.
Liu Dayou swallowed his words, then whispered in Chen Xiao’s ear: "I’ve asked my sister-in-law to look into the matter you mentioned."
"Hmm, let’s go rest for now."
Chen Xiao said plainly, but even Liu Dayou could tell something was off with Wu Liuxian, and he asked quietly:
"Brother Chen, what’s wrong with Brother Liuxian? Why does he look so lost?"
Chen Xiao wasn’t sure, but he replied: "He looks like some kind of realization shattered him, but I’m not sure why."
Liu Dayou responded with a simple oh.
At that moment, Chen Xiao’s phone suddenly rang.
The call was from Lin Xi, which surprised Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao and Lin Xi weren’t far apart.
And Liu Dayou just passed her a message, so logically, there shouldn’t be any developments so soon.
Could it be an emergency?
Without thinking much, Chen Xiao answered the phone:
"What’s up, sweetheart?"
Lin Xi’s voice was strange as she asked: "Hubby, what’s Wu Liuxian’s father’s name? Is his father also Sixth Finger?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao couldn’t help but frown:
"Yes, their family inherits the sixth finger, but why are you suddenly asking about this?"
"Then Wu Liuxian’s father should be in the Provincial City."
Hearing this, Chen Xiao’s eyes widened.
Wu Liuxian’s father is in the Provincial City?
How could that be!
Wu Liuxian’s father had left for elsewhere many years ago and was never heard from again.
And from Wu Liuxian’s stories, his father disappeared trying to save an old friend!
If he was in the Provincial City, why didn’t he find Wu Liuxian?
This eventually led Wu Liuxian to live in Dongzhou, where he became a security guard!
Chen Xiao was puzzled.
But soon, another possibility came to his mind.
"His father... is gone, right?"
"Yes, we just received news from the Provincial City’s archeological department. They discovered an unidentified male body during an archeological action and have not found any next of kin yet. The body was of a man around fifty years old, with a right hand of six fingers!"
Hearing this, a visage appeared in Chen Xiao’s mind:
"What a Professor Qu Ruogu!"
