Chapter 2412: Chapter 2315: Empty

Huo Sining watched helplessly as Fujiwara Seiho’s corpse dissipated into the wind, slowly coming to her senses.

With sharp eyes, she surveyed the entire ancient tomb, trying to find something she had overlooked.

Within the hidden room, the only people who had entered were herself, Gu Xu, Qibao, and the escaped Lu Huairu.

If someone indeed knew about Fujiwara Seiho’s death and removed his corpse, the only person aware of it was Lu Huairu.

But the hidden room was sealed; if Qibao hadn’t used the Rock Spirit Pearl to create a hole in the cliffside and brought them in, they wouldn’t have been able to access the room at all.

How did Lu Huairu manage to re-enter the hidden room after they sealed the entrance, remove Fujiwara Seiho’s corpse, and even place it inside the coffin?

Moreover, what was the purpose of such a supernatural and ghostly act? It couldn’t be just to scare her, Huo Sining, right?

And then, the ceremonial attire and jade crown inside the coffin should have belonged to the original tomb owner, Ge Hong, but now Fujiwara Seiho was wearing them. So where had Ge Hong gone?

A series of questions plagued Huo Sining; her mind spun with thoughts, yet her expression remained calm.

At this time, the special police unit stationed on Luofu Mountain had received news of the incident at the ancient tomb, and someone soon arrived.

The person in charge this time was Zhao Chengke, the director responsible for the archaeological team’s safety, a man around thirty years old.

It’s said he had continuously cracked several major cases; because of his high intelligence and professional competence, he’d been promoted beyond the norm.

Upon his arrival, Huo Sining couldn’t help but scrutinize the man thoroughly.

His eyes were starry and his gaze righteous, yet sharp and penetrating, conveying an indescribable presence and pressure akin to a relentless Bao Qingtian.

But inside, Huo Sining couldn’t help but scoff.

Not to mention a fake Bao Qingtian, she reckoned not even the real one could solve this case if he crawled out of the coffin lid.

It’s not that she doubted Zhao Chengke’s intelligence; the matter itself was simply too bizarre, beyond what normal imagination could fathom.

Indeed, as Huo Sining stood in the tomb for a while, she realized Zhao Chengke had a sharp mind. After he conducted routine inquiries with the staff, including Zhou Shitao, he quickly pinpointed the key questions.

"Is there only one entrance to this tomb?"

"Where were you all last night?"

"Have you seen the person inside this coffin before?"

"Are you sure no one had entered the main burial chamber before?"

"The coffin was opened by the three professors; was there anything unusual?"

"Was the coffin sealed before? How was it sealed?"

"Who approached this coffin, and why did they?"

"..."

By the time he questioned Huo Sining, she had already composed her emotions and answered naturally, not revealing her midnight excursion.

After all, she had snuck into the back mountain with Qibao using invisibility, ensuring no one could detect her presence. Thus, she wasn’t worried Zhao Chengke would suspect her.

Indeed, Zhao Chengke conducted routine inquiries with Huo Sining, even asking about Gu Xu’s sudden appearance on Luofu Mountain, but eventually let her go.

Because the corpse inside the coffin was already desiccated, the police faced difficulties in filing a case, as the identity of the corpse hadn’t been established, save for a video recorded by the archaeological team.

However, Zhao Chengke detected a hint of anomaly from the testimonies, bold yet meticulous. Without waiting to analyze in a meeting, he started tapping the stone wall with an archaeological wooden chisel.

At first, Huo Sining didn’t know what he was doing, but soon she caught on.

He tapped a section of the stone wall, paused as if startled, furrowed his brows, tapped again around the area, then smirked, whistling nonchalantly, and shouted to Zhou Shitao:

"Professor Zhou, kindly take a look; there seems to be a hollow inside here!"

Inwardly impressed, Huo Sining accompanied Zhou Shitao as they approached.

The stone wall Zhao Chengke tapped connected to the hidden room with Saiji imprisoned.

Zhou Shitao was also caught off guard by this turn of events. He walked over, picked up a stone, and tapped on the stone wall.

The muffled hollow sound confirmed there was indeed space behind the wall, surprising Zhou Shitao and the others greatly. They instinctively exchanged glances with Xie Daoyuan and Shi Qingyun.

The hollow behind might have a door to enter, but the staff felt around the stone wall and couldn’t find any hidden door or mechanism.

The group looked at each other, unable to figure out the situation.

"Break it open!"

Considering it involved a murder, Zhou Shitao didn’t dare make an arbitrary decision; what if something related to the culprit was hidden behind?

But since it was not an ordinary secret room murder case and involved archaeological work, Zhao Chengke refrained from acting rashly, following the advice of several professors to carve out a person-sized stone door slowly.

As the carved stone door fell, a dim space revealed itself to everyone.

Surprisingly, it was an entirely different world inside, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

Both Zhao Chengke and his team entered, with Zhou Shitao, Xie Daoyuan, and Shi Qingyun following, only to be stunned by what they saw.

Naturally, Huo Sining snuck in unnoticed, but her goal differed from theirs; she wanted to confirm if Fujiwara Seiho’s corpse was still there.

Despite the corpse in the coffin looking identical to Fujiwara Seiho, she feared some confusion might arise. What if the corpse was actually Ge Hong, and merely resembled Fujiwara Seiho?

Although the speculation seemed absurd, the preservation of thousand-year-old bodies at Mawangdui proves that Huaxia Country had such techniques, and it’s not impossible for Ge Hong’s remains to remain intact all these years.

However, upon entering the cave and seeing the dried-up pond where Fujiwara Seiho had been lying, now empty, Huo Sining could finally confirm that the desiccated corpse in the coffin was indeed Fujiwara Seiho!

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