Gao De died just like that.

The gaping hole in his abdomen looked like it had been gnawed by a wild beast, with his internal organs completely missing. It was terrifying to think about it.

There was blood and flesh splattered all over the bedside cabinet, the table, the chair, the walls and the ceiling.

Lu Ban heard a knock on the door and a call from behind him, and he was about to reach out to open the door.

But suddenly, Lu Ban discovered that there was blood on the door handle, and even the bolt was stained with blood.

It was as if someone had emptied out Gode's internal organs with his bare hands, turned the doorknob with his dirty hands and left.

He let his right hand melt and unlocked the door.

Stone pushed the door open and walked in.

He was stunned when he saw Gao De's condition.

Then Stone glanced around the room, turned back to the corridor and called the servant.

While waiting for the old butler and others to come, Lu Ban and Stone began to check the house.

"The ashtray on the table was very clean, with no signs of having been swept. Gaode should have been a smoker, but he did not smoke in the house. What restricted him?"

"There are footprints on the carpet. The size of the shoes is different from Goder's. They are slightly smaller. This means there was someone else in the room. Was it a servant or someone else?"

"The door is locked from the inside. The windows of this room are also tightly closed and cannot be locked from the outside. The vents are intact. This is a secret room."

"The cabinet and drawers are intact, the handbag and money are still there, it doesn't look like he killed Gao De for money or something."

"Although Gao De seemed to have died from a ruptured abdomen and excessive blood loss, according to the conditions at the scene, his heart should have stopped beating before he was treated like this."

Stone made a quick check of the house, and while he was doing this, Lu Ban was rummaging through Gaode's cabinets and drawers.

In fact, Gao De was similar to them. He had just arrived here today. There were no signs of his personal life and few clothes to change into. This guest room was not used very often. Despite this, Lu Ban still made some discoveries.

"He had this in his luggage."

Lu Ban opened Gao De's suitcase, and found two books in addition to clothes and cigarettes.

One of them is Gu Du’s novel “Shadow of Horror” and the other is “Heming Bitan”.

"Heming Bi Tan?"

Stone frowned when he saw the words on the cover, but he didn't open it, mainly because he didn't know the level of pollution it contained.

Most of the things involving Taoist Heming are quite dangerous. Even second-hand records of his words and deeds may cause pollution. Stone must be very cautious.

Then, he saw Lu Ban directly open the thread-bound book.

"???"

Stone subconsciously took a few steps back and reached for his revolver, fearing that Lu Ban would suddenly go crazy and attack those around him indiscriminately.

Lu Ban didn't care and just quickly flipped through the contents.

According to his memory, this "Heming Bitan" was just an "excellent" quality product in the "Silent Department Store", and the degree of pollution was far from exceeding the standard.

This is indeed the case.

Lu Ban quickly finished reading the book. He felt that even if he memorized it, it would not cause his sanity to decrease.

Oh, I have lost my mind. That’s okay.

The contents of this book were not written by Taoist Heming himself, but were recorded by his descendants. To use something familiar to everyone as a metaphor, "Heming Bitan" is to Taoist Heming as "The Analects" is to Confucius.

In fact, it is not certain how many of these sentences were said by Taoist Heming.

For example, Lu Ban felt that sentences like "Early to bed and early to rise are the best way to maintain good health" were definitely not what the crazy guy would say.

Also, this book is a handwritten copy.

Handwritten copies were not uncommon in Feidu. Just like in Lu Ban's era, many people read pirated novels, or hand-typed pirated copies. In Feidu, handwritten copies were circulated unofficially among the people. Those who could read sometimes made extra money by copying a book and selling it.

Since it is a hand copy, there are bound to be mistakes. Typos, omissions, and corrections are very common. Sometimes the person who copied the book missed a few pages, or added a few comments when inspiration struck, or simply slipped his own personal thoughts into the book. It was originally a legendary adventure story, but suddenly it started to be a love story. It is also normal for a tear-jerking love novel to turn into a novel about leveling up and fighting monsters.

So, I don’t know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate that a lot of personal stuff has been added to this book, but some parts are missing, so the degree of pollution has been reduced a lot.

Lu Ban judged that even if he showed it to Qin Tiantian, it would not cause any serious problems.

Without pollution, there would naturally be no knowledge and power. According to Lu Ban, this book is actually a record of the idol's words and deeds compiled by fans.

[Brother Heming ate noodles this morning, but he said they were not tasty and did not finish them, leaving more than half a bowl. I knew that Brother Heming was sorry for the noodles and let them go. Brother Heming is so gentle, I cried my heart out!]

[Brother Heming spent ten minutes looking at the flowers outside the window today. He must have seen through the meaning of life and gained enlightenment from the blooming and withering of the flowers. When will I be able to have the same insights as him?]

[Brother Heming took his first step out of the door with his left foot today. Why was that? What was he trying to tell us? I pondered over it for three days. When I saw that he took his first step out of the door with his right foot today, I finally understood that he wanted to tell us that we should be flexible and not be too conventional! ]

Content like this is basically records of idols with a huge amount of fan filters added to them. Taoist Heming eating a cake can be understood as enlightenment, and visiting someone can be understood as a major breakthrough. These are even more so than the fan circles on Weibo.

I don’t know if it’s because Taoist Heming is proficient in this method of torturing fans to convert audiences, or if people of this era are less knowledgeable and so when they see extraordinary people, they will unconsciously be convinced.

Anyway, reading this book, Taoist Heming is an omnipotent god-like figure.

If Gao De understood Heming Taoist through this book, it would be basically the same as reading "The Struggle of **" to understand the Führer, and he would just become a brainless fan.

Lu Ban didn't know whether this former gang member was a die-hard fan of Heming Taoist. He only knew that Gao De was not here just to mourn his good friend as he seemed. He might know Heming Taoist much better than Browning's children.

Considering that Goder had previously acted as an agent to sell Stormy Hill Villa to Browning, maybe he really knew the Master Byron.

only……

Lu Ban turned his gaze to Gao De's empty belly.

Who killed him?