There is no sunshine here all year round, and the atmosphere is cold and damp. Although it is not as cold as the wind on the ground, the still and solid chill is more like the fear of silent erosion, making every pore of the body suddenly alert.

Shen Renjie couldn't help but tighten his grip on the gun.

But the tide still seeps out from the palm of my hand.

He began to secretly regret it.

In the concession, there is a well-known rule that the wages and benefits of foreign police officers and Chinese police officers are different. Naturally, the status of the two sides is also completely different. Sometimes, the salary of Chinese police officers is even lower than that of Indian police officers.

When it comes to difficult things, the Chinese arresters go first. When it comes to easy tasks, the foreign arresters are usually in front. Even when arresting prisoners, the other party may resist when they see the foreign arrests. Although in recent years, the industrial and commercial enterprises that have controlled the power of the concession have The Ministry of Finance increased the number of Chinese board seats, but that did not help the Chinese arresters at the grassroots level.

Just like Shen Renjie, although he has been in the police station for several years, he is still an ordinary patrolman and it is difficult to be promoted unless there is someone behind him or someone to support him.

Yue Dingtang was the thigh in his eyes.

This man had returned from studying abroad and had a wide network of contacts and great energy. Even a man like Smith, who usually had a higher level of vision, was polite to Yue Dingtang.

Shen Renjie also heard that Yue Dingtang's family had a stronger background, and his two brothers had good relations with all parties. Both the political and business worlds were right and wrong. With such a big man, there would be no shop in this village. I don't want to hug him at this time. When will it be more?

It was a rare opportunity to come out to investigate the case, and even if he was afraid, he would grit his teeth and keep an eye on it, but now, Shen Renjie was really feeling a little chilly.

The kerosene lamp in his hand did not give him any more courage, but instead gave him fear from the outside in.

He rummaged around in his pocket and pulled out a flashlight.

There was a thin sound behind him, which was extremely clear in the darkness.

Shen Renjie was so startled that he almost jumped up. It took him half a second to realize that the person behind him turned on the flashlight, and he couldn't help but curse himself secretly.

With a few flashlights, my whole body was much brighter, and I was finally relieved of some of my fear.

The old butler didn't have a light in his hand, so he just walked forward. His pace was not like Shen Renjie's and others' stop-and-go, looking at the surroundings. He just walked in front, walking faster and faster. Shen Renjie didn't notice for a moment and stretched out his hand. I caught an opportunity and actually lost the other party.

"Butler! Lao Bai!"

Shen Renjie shouted several times, but received no response from the old housekeeper.

"Mr. Yue, what should I do? Is the old housekeeper hiding on purpose?"

No matter how hard Shen Renjie tried to calm down, he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over the floor.

Given the old age of the housekeeper, there was nowhere he could hide. What he was more afraid of was that someone was hiding in the darkness and pulled the old housekeeper away.

The enemy is in darkness and we are in the dark, Shen Renjie doesn't even know whether the other party is a human or a ghost.

Humans and ghosts are not necessarily scary, what is scary is the constant guessing and imagining of the unknown.

Yue Dingtang didn't say anything, which made Shen Renjie even more panicked.

He was afraid that the two people behind him would suddenly disappear, so he hurriedly looked back from time to time.

"Mr. Yue, how about I go find him?"

"I'm looking for the entrance. It's obviously here, but why is it missing..."

The old housekeeper's movement finally came from the other side.

There is a jar in the middle and no one can be seen.

But Shen Renjie finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"take it easy."

Yue Dingtang's voice also sounded at the right time. He was bending down to look at the jars piled in the cellar.

There are many such jars, piled up in every corner and in the central space of the cellar, stacked one on top of another, like a hill.

Where the flashlight shone, they could see a winding path left between the jars for people to walk on. This was to make it easier to get the pickles. Otherwise, if

Ling Shu let out a sigh.

Shen Renjie's heart suddenly jumped up!

Now he has become a bit like a warrior.

The next moment he knew he had made a false alarm.

Because Ling Shu was squatting in the corner and looking at the jar in front of him, no gods or ghosts appeared.

Due to the presence of Yue Dingtang, Shen Renjie did not dare to curse, but he could not help but give Ling Shu a hard roll of his eyes on the back.

Before he could finish rolling his eyes, Ling Shu turned his head.

Shen Renjie was startled again.

But he soon realized that Ling Shu couldn't see his expression at all because it was too dark here.

"Come and take a look." Ling Shu waved.

Shen Renjie walked over dubiously.

He thought he would see a horrifying scene, such as severed hands and feet, or blood flowing from a jar.

But it didn't.

The jar Ling Shu showed them was at the bottom, no different from other places.

"The traces around the jar, as well as the jar itself."

Before Shen Renjie could ask, Ling Shu took the initiative to give the answer.

"This jar is so clean. When you touch it, there is almost no dust. It is obviously different from the ones next to it."

Ling Shu used a flashlight to shake the jars on top of it: "There are still fingerprints on the jars above, which means someone has moved them. Let's move the jars on top first."

Yue Dingtang said: "Old Shen, go and help."

Shen Renjie:......

He accepted his fate and walked over and moved the jars away one by one.

Ling Shu was able to take out the bottom one.

He punctured the paper above.

"There is no sealing mud."

There is no sealing mud, which means that the stuff inside is not pickled vegetables.

And when they first came in, they discovered that the smell of the pickles here was not strong, it could even be said to be almost non-existent, only the smell of damp, cold dust.

This means that at least in the past few months, or even going forward, Alan may have stopped making pickles.

As for what she was doing in this cellar, whether she had already discovered the entrance to the secret vault was one of the goals of their exploration.

Ling Shu picked up the jar and shook it.

The tinkling clang.

Lots of bits and pieces shaking inside.

Shen Renjie's heart suddenly moved, secretly wondering if it was gold and silver treasures?

Ling Shu directly knocked over the jar and smashed it into pieces, scattering the contents all over the floor.

When the flashlight shined, Shen Renjie was stunned.

It's all women's cosmetics.

Lipstick, lipstick, rouge, eye shadow.

There are some domestic brands and some imported ones, but they are all famous brands.

Even three grown men can recognize Chanel and Dan Qi inside.

But here comes the problem.

Each piece of cosmetics like this is expensive. It might be OK for Alan to buy one or two. There are at least dozens or hundreds of pieces here, all of them are brand new, and most of them have not been opened. She would spend half her life savings to buy them. Sorry.

Where did she get the money?

Or, who gave it to her?

Is it Hong Xiaoguang?

He used this method to deceive Alan's heart, and then pursued Du Yunning in two different ways?

Did Hong Xiaoguang know about the existence of the secret vault a long time ago, so he deliberately planned to get close to these two women? Maybe the key in Du Yunning's hand had been taken away by him a long time ago?

In addition to cosmetics, there are also several letters in the jar.

Ling Shu did not recognize these as letters at first.

Because they are all folded and rolled into a cylinder shape and stuffed into small boxes.

After opening the box with the cream on the outside, the letters fell out.

Ling Shu knew within two lines that these were love letters.

Basically, they are excerpts of love poems from foreign poets, with Shakespeare accounting for the majority.

To be precise, it was a love poem written by Hong Xiaoguang to Alan.

Because the handwriting on it was exactly the same as what they found in Hong Xiaoguang's temporary residence.
To be continued...