Chapter 181 The Empty Coffin Trick, The Blood-Red Diary!

The coffin was empty.

There wasn't even a hair or a scrap of clothing, let alone any remains.

The woman who should have been lying here, bearing the shocking secret from over twenty years ago, vanished into thin air right before everyone's eyes!

The two plainclothes officers following behind gasped in shock, their scalps tingling.

This is even more eerie than seeing a ghost in broad daylight!

Gu Beichen's pupils suddenly shrank to the most dangerous pinpoints.

He showed no shock or astonishment; instead, his unfathomable eyes churned with a chilling killing intent that seemed capable of devouring anyone.

We're too late!

Someone beat them to it, got there first, and destroyed the evidence!

"Second brother, don't be impulsive."

Gu Beihan's voice was frighteningly calm. He grabbed his brother, who was about to go berserk, and put on a pair of white gloves that he pulled out from somewhere. Without hesitation, he jumped into the half-person-high grave pit.

He crouched down, approached the thin-skinned coffin that exuded a strange medicinal smell, and like a meticulous craftsman, began to carefully examine every corner of the coffin.

"There was a chemical residue smell; it was a very professional technique."

Gu Beihan gently ran his fingertips across the bottom of the coffin, picked up some almost invisible white powder, and smelled it under his nose.

"It's a potent bone-dissolving agent, a military-grade controlled substance that's hard to find even on the black market."

His gaze then fell on several extremely fine scratches on the inner wall of the coffin.

"Look here, there are still a few broken metal wires. After the other party dissolved the bones with a drug, they used a special metal net to scoop up all the residue."

Gu Beihan stood up, looked at Gu Beichen, and his voice was devoid of any warmth.

"Their methods were clean, efficient, and ruthless. They were no ordinary tomb raiders; they were professionally trained."

Gu Beichen's fists clenched so tightly they cracked, and the veins on the back of his hands bulged out like coiled, angry dragons.

He practically gritted his teeth as he squeezed out a few words.

"The Chu family!"

It must have been that rat Zhao Laonian who leaked the news!

Or perhaps it was Cui'er's gambling-addicted father who wasn't satisfied with the hush money he received back then, and went to the capital to extort money from her, which resulted in Cui'er's hiding place being exposed!

The Chu family, these viperous snakes, upon learning that the only surviving witness still existed, immediately sent someone ahead of them to use this vicious method of eliminating all traces of the weeds to make Cui'er completely disappear from this world!

Good, very good!

Just when everyone thought the clues had completely dried up and they were in despair, Gu Beihan's eyes suddenly lit up.

He found a very small pry mark at the seam of a wooden plank at the bottom of the coffin.

He stretched out his finger and pressed it hard on the wooden board.

“Clatter.”

With a soft click, the wooden board popped up a corner, revealing a hollowed-out interlayer!

Inside the interlayer, a small tin box lay quietly, wrapped tightly in oil paper.

Gu Beihan carefully took out the iron box and handed it to Gu Beichen.

The two brothers exchanged a glance, both seeing suppressed excitement in each other's eyes.

This was left by Cui'er!

She knew she would die sooner or later, so she used this method to hide her final secret in advance!

Gu Family Study.

When Gu Beichen and Gu Beihan returned, dusty and weary from their journey, carrying the rusty iron box, Su Yue was sitting on the sofa, holding a glass of warm water, her eyes fixed on the doorway.

Seeing them, she finally felt a little relieved.

When she saw the iron box in Gu Beichen's hand, her eyes lit up instantly.

The tin box was opened, revealing a palm-sized diary. The paper was damp and yellowed, and most of the writing was blurred, as if it had been soaked in water.

Gu Zhengfeng immediately contacted the top document repair expert in the military region's technical department.

The wait of a day and a night felt like an eternity.

Finally, the expert entered the Gu family study with several pages of paper that had been treated with special technology.

"I have successfully completed the task and have managed to revise several pages of the most crucial content."

The study was brightly lit, but the atmosphere was so heavy it seemed to drip water.

Gu Beichen took the few thin sheets of paper, which were written in Cui'er's crooked pencil handwriting, recording the most terrifying memories of a young maid.

His deep voice echoed in the quiet study, each word carrying a chilling edge.

"The fifteenth of August is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Miss threw a tantrum in the Buddhist hall again. She was arguing with a man, and they were arguing fiercely..."

“I don’t know that man. He begged the young lady to hand over an iron box so he could turn himself in… He said he didn’t want to carry the burden of a guilty conscience for the rest of his life…”

At this point, Gu Beichen paused, looked up, and met Su Yue's gaze.

They both realized something.

He continued reading, his voice growing colder.

"The young lady went mad. She screamed like a madwoman, saying that no one could destroy her! Suddenly, she grabbed the bronze incense burner in front of the Buddha statue and smashed it down on the man's head... Blood, so much blood... It splattered on my face..."

Su Yue gripped the cup tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force.

Gu Beichen's voice sounded like it came from hell, carrying a heavy, bloody smell.

"The man was lying on the ground, his head was bleeding, he looked at me, blood was still flowing from his mouth, he said... he said..."

"Captain Huo has been framed! The real list of traitors is right here! I'm going to expose you!"

"boom!"

These words, like a black lightning bolt, struck everyone hard on the top of their heads!

The study was deathly quiet.

The tip of the iceberg of the truth was suddenly revealed in the bloodiest and cruelest way!

The Chu family!

They not only framed loyal and virtuous people, but also destroyed evidence!

Their hands are still stained with the blood of those who knew the truth!

"ah--"

Su Yue suddenly let out a suppressed cry of pain. She clutched her lower abdomen, and cold sweat instantly beaded on her forehead.

The two little ones in her womb seemed to sense her overwhelming hatred and grief, and began to churn violently inside her, each movement causing her excruciating pain.

"Yueyue!"

Gu Beichen instantly dropped the diary in his hand, grabbed her tightly in his arms, placed his large hand on her lower abdomen, and spoke with unprecedented panic and self-blame.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here, I'm here..."

He kept kissing her forehead, but the murderous intent in his eyes reached its peak at that moment.

He will make the Chu family pay for their blood debt!

A terrifying cloud hung over the faces of all the men in the Gu family.

Gu Zhengfeng slammed his fist on the table. This high-ranking deputy commander only wanted to kill the vicious mother and daughter with his own hands at this moment!

Su Yue gasped for breath in Gu Beichen's arms. After the excruciating pain subsided, the overwhelming hatred made her mind clearer than ever before.

Physical evidence!

The "iron box" mentioned in Cui'er's diary!

That iron box containing the real list of traitors!