Chapter 183 The ultimate mastermind was actually her father?
Several times, the light swept past the edge of the Buddhist shrine where Gu Beichen was hiding, and at the closest point, it could even make out the patterns on his military boots.
Gu Beichen's heartbeat remained steady and normal; he was like a lifeless stone, blending into the darkness.
Chu Yanran's gaze fell on the broken copper lock that had fallen to the ground, and her expression changed instantly.
But she seemed more convinced that it was a prank by some thugs who had climbed over the wall.
She cursed under her breath, but her eyes revealed an undisguised fear, and she dared not venture deeper into the Buddhist hall.
"A bunch of ill-mannered bastards!"
She only dared to stand at the doorway, shining her flashlight haphazardly, before hurriedly urging the servants, "Call the police first thing tomorrow morning! What bad luck! What terrible luck!"
After saying that, she turned and walked away quickly, as if something was chasing her.
The footsteps faded into the distance.
The crisis is over.
Gu Beichen stepped out of the shadows, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.
He has no time to waste.
According to Cui'er's diary, the man was smashed to death in front of the Buddha statue.
His gaze immediately locked onto the base of the enormous Buddha statue.
He stepped forward, bent his finger, and gently tapped the dark stone base.
"Thump...thump..."
It is solid.
He changed his position again.
"Knock...knock..."
The sound is wrong!
It's hollow here!
Gu Beichen immediately squatted down and, using the faint moonlight coming in from the window, carefully explored the carved patterns on the base.
Soon, his fingertips touched an extremely tiny bump.
He pressed down hard!
“Clatter.”
With a slight click of a mechanism, a hidden compartment on one side of the Buddha statue's base silently popped open!
Gu Beichen's breath hitched slightly, and he immediately reached inside.
However, the cold metal box he had expected was not inside.
His fingertips touched only something wrapped in oilcloth.
He took it out and spread the oilcloth out by the moonlight.
It was a small, palm-sized red wooden plaque, warm to the touch and of exceptional quality.
On the front of the wooden plaque, two characters were neatly written in cinnabar.
Huo Lang.
Gu Beichen's pupils suddenly contracted!
He turned the wooden plaque over, and on the back was an extremely beautiful line of small characters engraved in delicate, ornate calligraphy.
The handwriting was delicate, yet it exuded a deep-seated resentment.
"If we cannot share a bed in life, we shall share a grave in death."
This is not evidence!
This was actually a "ghost marriage tablet" that Chu Yanran, that crazy woman, personally set up for Su Yue's father!
A wave of nausea mixed with rage surged straight to the top of my head!
Just as Gu Beichen was about to crush the filthy thing, he suddenly felt a strange sensation under his feet.
He subconsciously looked down.
The slight looseness of the bluestone paving stone under his feet instantly heightened Gu Beichen's senses to the extreme.
This is an instinct honed on the battlefield.
Without the slightest hesitation, he pulled a sharp military dagger from the side of his boot and carefully pried open the edge of the floor tiles with the tip of the blade.
Not a single extra sound was made.
As the floor tiles were slowly lifted, a smell mixed with soil and aged wax wafted out from the small space underground.
Beneath the floor tiles was a small pit, just big enough to hold a metal box.
Inside the pit, an iron box, completely and airtightly wrapped in yellow wax, lay quietly.
Gu Beichen's breathing stopped for a moment.
Found it!
This is it!
The iron box mentioned in Cui'er's diary that contained the real list of traitors!
An indescribable surge of ecstasy mixed with chilling killing intent instantly rushed to his head.
He carefully took out the iron box, which felt heavy in his hand, bearing the weight of twenty-three years of blood feud and endless injustice.
He tucked the iron box into his pocket, then bent down and picked up the memorial tablet on the ground that read "Huo Lang" inscribed on it.
Looking at the malice revealed in those delicate handwriting, Gu Beichen's eyes were so cold they could drop ice shards.
He did not destroy it.
This filthy thing is still useful.
After perfectly restoring the floor tiles to their original state, Gu Beichen's figure once again blended into the darkness, leaving the sinful mansion silently, just as he had come.
...
Gu Family Study.
When Gu Beichen pushed open the door, bringing with him the chill of the night dew, all eyes turned to him.
Su Yue stood up from the sofa and looked at him nervously.
Gu Beichen didn't speak, but walked to the table and gently placed the wax-sealed iron box and the red wooden plaque he was carrying on the table.
"Bang."
Two things, a soft sound, and the air in the entire study seemed to freeze.
Su Yue's gaze was fixed on the metal box, her heart pounding violently in her chest.
That's it!
That's it!
Gu Beichen drew his military knife without hesitation, and sliced the edge of the wax seal with the tip of the knife.
"Crack".
The wax layer cracked, revealing a rusty iron box inside.
He used the tip of his knife to pry open the lock, and with a "creak," the secret that had been sealed for twenty-three years was finally revealed.
However, inside the tin box, there were only a few blank sheets of paper.
Gu Beifeng exclaimed, "Huh?" with a look of disappointment: "Empty? All that work for nothing?"
“No, that’s not right.” Su Yue stepped forward, picked up a piece of paper, looked at it under the light, and then brought it to her nose to smell it.
"It smells like chemicals. This isn't blank paper; it's written on with a special solution."
Her words lifted everyone's spirits.
Gu Zhengfeng immediately made a phone call, and in less than half an hour, an expert from the military region's technical department arrived with a briefcase.
Under a special ultraviolet light, the black names on those originally blank sheets of paper appeared menacingly, like demons crawling out of hell!
The leader was that traitor codenamed "Peregrine"!
This was followed by a series of code names, real names, and positions held in the military at the time!
Every name represents a piece of evidence of betrayal, stained with the blood of the "Lone Eagle" team members!
In the study, everyone held their breath, with only Gu Beichen's deep and cold voice reading out the names of the sinners one by one.
His voice abruptly faded as he read the last name.
The entire study was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
All eyes were on the end of the list.
There, a name was clearly written—Chu Huai'an!
Following the name, there is a clear note: Provide intelligence network, assist in destroying evidence, and handle follow-up traces.
Chu Huai'an!
Chu Yanran's father! The previous head of the Chu family!
"boom!"
This name exploded like a nuclear bomb in the minds of everyone in the Gu family!
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