"Lingzi! Come and see what we dug up!" Ling Xiao and Xie Yuhua were still talking when they heard Wu Xie calling for Ling Xiao to come over.

"Want to go take a look?" Xie Yuhua asked, stroking Ling Xiao's hair.

Ling Xiao nodded in Xie Yuhua's arms, indicating that he wanted to go.

Xie Yuhua helped Ling Xiao up, then turned around and faced away from him, saying, "Get on, I'll carry you over."

His tone was unquestionable, yet it didn't sound displeased at all. At least Ling Xiao wasn't. He pretended to hesitate for a moment, and just before Xie Yuhua turned her head, he climbed onto her back.

Ling Xiao obediently lay on Xie Yuhua's back, and asked on a whim, "If Wu Sansheng or Xie Lianhuan weren't in this tomb, would you regret getting involved in this mess?"

"No, even if we find them, it won't change anything. Besides an apology, I probably won't get anything in return. The most important thing now is to help you find what you need." Xie Yuhua's voice was tinged with a slight sob, but she still expressed her thoughts earnestly. How could he not care?

"We'll meet again," Ling Xiao said softly, stroking Xie Yuhua's hair.

"Mmm," Jieyuhua replied.

"Lingzi, come and see!" Wuxie waved to Lingxiao as he got closer and pointed to the monk who had passed away.

"Did you find something special about this monk? Hmm... a monk wearing a mask." Ling Xiao cooperated by carefully shining a flashlight on the monk.

Hei Xiazi pulled down the collar of the monk's clothes, and Ling Xiao could clearly see the stitched wound on the monk's neck. The stitches were not neat, and it was clear that the stitching was temporary.

"Black Glasses discovered this stitching by accident. Look at his skull here! His skull was cut off directly and then clay was used to fill the gap. It's different from the stitching method. The person who used the clay was very skilled. The inlay here is perfect."

When Wu Xie first discovered this place, he wondered if it was just a mannequin covered in leather. Unfortunately, Hei Xiazi confirmed that it was a corpse with its skull cut open and filled with clay.

"Lingzi, when you went down into the tomb before, did you see any clues about this monk?" Wuxie asked.

Ling Xiao shook his head, indicating that he had no clues.

"Can you determine what period it is from?" Jieyuhua asked.

"Judging from the style of the mask and the clothing, it is most likely from the Song Dynasty," Wu Xie sighed.

"Has this mask ever been taken off?" Ling Xiao asked.

"I tried to pick it off, but I couldn't. It's like it grew on." Wu Xie said with some regret. He couldn't find any clues in his grandmother's notes, and his grandfather's notes didn't describe anything about the tomb. If he wanted more clues, he could only ask Ling Xiao, but unfortunately, Ling Xiao didn't have any clues either.

"Then why not take off his clothes?" Ling Xiao suggested again.

"Take off your clothes?" Wu Xie had never thought of that. He just wanted to know who was hiding here, why he was sealed here, and why his body hadn't decomposed here.

“The child is right. We might find out if he really is a monk once he takes off his clothes.” Xie Yuhua turned her head to the other side, where the dim light illuminated two figures leaning against each other, one of whom nodded from time to time.

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