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Ye Xiao pondered, wondering what other purpose Ye Xiao could have for going to such a place on a dark and windy night besides killing or burying people.

Bury...?

Ye Xiao was taken aback, as if she had suddenly realized something.

The merman was brought by that couple. The merman will be auctioned at the island's cave auction, and the 600,000 gold coins raised will definitely belong to them. After deducting the auction house's cut, they will get at least 500,000, if not 550,000.

Where could they possibly put a full 500,000 gold coins?

Everyone in the auction house knew about this, and as the saying goes, "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime." If someone had their eye on the mermaids, someone else would certainly have their eye on the gold coins in the couple's possession.

Although auction houses certainly have confidentiality measures in place for sellers, the place is a mixed bag, and it's hard to guarantee that the couple's information won't be discovered by those with ulterior motives.

They were just two ordinary people. How they obtained this hard-won wealth was one thing, but how they took it away safely was another.

Clearly, the couple's plan was to hide it on this mountain first.

Ye Xiao began to get a clue: the murderer's purpose was likely also robbery.

Ella flipped through the files, which clearly didn't mention 600,000 gold coins. Either they were robbed, or they had already hidden in those desolate mountains...

No, they should have already hidden in the mountains by then.

Ye Xiao recalled the unusual condition of the corpses: one had been killed with a single blow, and the other had multiple stab wounds.

Ye Xiao had initially thought there were two different perpetrators with different styles, but now he realized that the one with multiple stab wounds was likely interrogated and asked to reveal the location of the hidden gold coins.

The knife wounds to the thigh and chest were not fatal, not due to the perpetrator's mistake, but rather to intentional torture.

Ye Xiao could roughly imagine the scene: the victim was being strangled, a knife tip pressed against his throat, and stabbed every three seconds until he opened his mouth and revealed the location of the hidden gold coins.

Ye Xiao rubbed his chin. He had figured out the motive, so now there was only one last question left.

Why did these two people go into the bushes when they were walking along the road?

If he were an ordinary person who couldn't even kill a chicken, after hiding a large sum of money, he would definitely want to get back to a safe place as soon as possible. He would never go into the bushes if he encountered anything on the road in the middle of the night.

What is blocking their way, and they need to run away to the side?

It doesn't seem likely. The case file mentions that the extent and scope of the flattened grass were relatively minor, which doesn't suggest a hasty escape.

If it's not about running for one's life... then it must be attraction?

Been caught in an illusion? A mental spell? ...

There are many strange and unusual methods in this world, and Ye Xiao can't be too rigid in his thinking.

He scanned the grass with his eyes, and suddenly, with his sharp eyes, he noticed a small, round, tubular object half-buried in the soil.

"this is……?"

Ye Xiao squatted down, gently brushed away the soil with his fingers, and picked up something that looked like a miniature bamboo tube.

The guards did not find this object during their on-site investigation; its edges were charred black and carbon-colored, as if it had been roasted by flames.

...Decoy firecrackers?

Having gained experience from his previous life, Ye Xiao was quite knowledgeable and could even recognize some items that were not part of his profession.

This is a common tool used by assassins. The couple were clearly not assassins, otherwise they wouldn't have been so helpless when they were attacked.

This was clearly left by the murderer, and the people on this small island are assassins...

Ella continued to peruse the files and found records of the guards questioning some of the tavern's guests, eventually focusing her attention on a particular name.

Effie...

Ye Xiao frowned. Was this child the kind of person who would do something like this?

Chapter Sixty-Eight Heresy

A tavern in an island town.

The second floor is located in the guest rooms at the end of the corridor.

Ifi stared blankly at her wardrobe, her eyes filled with astonishment.

"dong dong dong"

A knock suddenly sounded at the door, and a loud female voice rang out, "Get ready to leave, Effie! Are you still changing?"

"Ah! I, I'll be done soon, Sister Xiaowei!"

"Hurry up, my brother and I are going downstairs to wait for you!"

"it is good!"

After replying, Ifi stared blankly back at the wardrobe, swallowing hard with a pale face.

At that moment, inside the open, old cabinet door lay a heavy sack of gold coins, the dazzling light so bright it hurt her eyes.

The opening of the burlap sack was stained with some black residue; it was unclear whether it was blood or something else.

Even though Ifi had been living here for several days, she had absolutely no recollection of where the gold coins came from.

If she hadn't opened the bottom of her wardrobe to tidy up her things before setting sail today, she probably wouldn't have known there was a bag of gold coins there.

But she clearly used the bottom of the wardrobe when she checked in five days ago, and these things weren't there then, right?

Where did these gold coins come from?

Iphie felt inexplicably afraid. Although everyone dreams of unexpected wealth, this one was a bit too bizarre and beyond comprehension.

Moreover, she didn't know what she should do.

Bringing all these gold coins? Such a big sack, Sister Wei and Brother Duojian will definitely ask her where she got them from, and she has no way to explain it.

If I don't bring it... so much money... are I just going to leave it here like this?

The stains on that bag are clearly bloodstains. Even if you just leave it here, does that mean nothing happened?

Or should I hand these over to the state?

Ifi was very confused. She even wondered if someone had used her soul to get a loan from the Grim Reaper. Could it be that she had encountered some new type of scam in another world?

"Effie! Still not done?"

Xiao Wei's voice came again.

"Almost there! Soon!"

What should I do?! What should I do?!

Iphie held her head, scratching her ears and cheeks.

She seemed to be caught in a dilemma: whether to care about the bag of gold coins or not.

"Hello!!?"

"Oh, Sister Xiaowei, I'll be out soon!"

Ifi thought Xiaowei was urging her again, so she quickly responded.

"Who are you people?! Hey!..."

Unexpectedly, the next thing that reached Iphie's ears was this.

"Open the doors! The Holy Tribunal!"

"boom"

Immediately afterwards, the door was kicked open, and Templar Knights clad in white armor poured into the room.

Fortunately, Iphie had already snapped shut the wardrobe just before the door was forced open, preventing the other person from seeing the bag of gleaming gold coins.

She saw Xiao Wei being held at the door by two knights with their shields, and a man in a white trench coat walked into the house. It was Orfino, the man Ye Xiao had met before.

He looked down at the short girl, his voice icy, "Are you Miss Iphie?"

“Ah… I, I…”

Ifi's voice trembled with nervousness, but she still nodded honestly and admitted her identity.

"Very good, take him away."

Orfindo waved his hand, and two Templar Knights immediately stepped forward to grab Iphi's arm.

Despite her nervousness, the petite girl was certainly unwilling to surrender so easily. She immediately jumped back to avoid the two knights' large hands and drew a short knife from the thigh straps under her cloak.

"What are you going to do!?"

Iphie swallowed hard, the blade in her hand gleaming coldly.

"Ouch."

Looking at the girl who had huddled in the corner like a frightened kitten, Orfino's eyes narrowed slightly. "The heretics have chosen to rebel... So, in accordance with the laws of the Holy See, we will impose a divine judgment on you, and in the name of our Lord's light, purify your defiled soul."

"Sinners, accept the judgment of the Holy Light!"

At Orfindo's command, the two Templars who had been trying to capture Effie with their bare hands immediately drew their swords with a "clang".

"Huh??? I'm innocent! I'm not a cult member!! I didn't do anything!!!"

Ifi was dumbfounded. How could she suddenly become a heretic?!

But the Templar Knight paid no heed to her words. He took a step, donned his Holy Light Armor, and aimed his sword at Iphi's head.

This was clearly meant to kill her. Iphie didn't want to die, so she hurriedly dodged the powerful sword strike. But in the cramped guest room, how could one assassin possibly face off against two Templar Knights, who were known for their brute force?

She was quickly cornered, and it seemed she was about to be beheaded by the sword blade enveloped in holy light.

A thick cloud of water vapor suddenly rushed into the room.

In an instant, everyone's vision was obscured, and all that could be heard was a man's loud shout from outside the guest room.

"Evie, run!!!"

Du Jian Ge!!

Iphie's eyes welled up with tears, and a flash of light appeared in the hazy distance, knocking the Templar Knight's figure in the mist who was blocking her way to the side.

It was Xiaowei's musket that gave her two companions an excellent opportunity to escape.

Effie was reluctant to abandon her two companions, but she also knew very well that this brief respite might be her last chance to escape.

With a leap, she sprang to life, her small figure darting away from the knight's arm, whose body had been knocked askew by the musket fire.

The thick fog obstructed the knights' vision, so much so that another knight was stunned for a moment before realizing that the girl had already brushed past him. He quickly turned around and slashed at her with his sword.

The sword's edge brushed against Iphie's hood, causing her shoulder-length black hair to fall loosely.

If Effie were five centimeters taller, it might not have been her hood that got cut off, but her head.

But after this most dangerous blow, the room window was now within reach.

Her assassin-like agility was on full display at this moment. She leaped up and smashed through the window, her small body bouncing off the second floor of the tavern amidst flying glass shards.

The vendors on the street below heard a muffled thud as the dark green tarpaulin overhead was suddenly crushed by a heavy object, flattening their fruit stalls and sending coconuts and pineapples tumbling to the ground.

"Wow, f***ing!!?"

"sorry Sorry!"

Ifi gritted her teeth, rolled off the ground to her feet, and immediately took two short steps and ran towards the alley across the street.

Then the two Templar Knights followed closely behind, vaulting out of the second-floor window of the tavern.

However, compared to the petite Effie, these two cans fell from the sky like lumps of iron. They were wearing enchanted light armor that allowed for easy movement, and they still managed to smash the ground into a spiderweb-like pattern of cracks.

As for the unlucky stall owner, he was even more devastated. He hadn't even managed to pick up two coconuts before the two knights trampled the rest to pieces.

Inside the room, Orfindo waved away the thinning mist, walked to the broken window, glanced at Iphie's disappearing figure at the alleyway, and his face darkened.

He turned around and saw that Xiaowei and Duojian were already pinned to the floor by the other Templar Knights, unable to move.

“Those who assist their heretics in following the sacred law can also be considered sinners.”

"Tell me, what should I do with you?"

Chapter Sixty-Nine Interception

Xiao Wei gritted her teeth, her face pressed against the floor.

A large, thick hand gripped the back of her neck, pinning her to the ground and binding her hands with special chains that shimmered with runic light, rendering her completely immobile.