False evidence

Chapter 157 Don't Tell the Truth
The priceless Mao Zangjin birdcage was buried with the old cat Chou Dan.

I believe that anyone who knows the story of this old cat would not even consider taking the birdcage.

Otherwise, they would truly be worse than animals and truly deserve to die.

Before he died, Stinky Egg gave me a hint to open another hidden compartment in the birdcage, where a piece of leather, about the size of a laptop and with an irregular shape, was stored.

The only people who know about this are me, Pidan, and Xiao Shensan.

Because of Stinky Egg's death, no one was in the mood to look at that thing closely.

Now that the rotten egg has been buried, I took out the leather, and the three of us gathered around to look at it.

I only glanced at it briefly and realized that it seemed to be a map.

When I unfolded the leather again and glanced at it once more, I suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable.

Pidan tried to reach out and unfold the folded edges of the leather, but I instinctively pushed his hand away.

"What are you doing?"

Even though it was the second morning after we shared a bed, Pidan didn't act like a shy new bride. He punched me in the chest and took his revenge on the spot.

Xiao Shen glanced at me and said to her, "Your man loves you, but you'd better not touch this stuff."

"Why can't I touch it?" Pidan was still indignant.

Xiao Shen didn't answer her, but instead asked me, "What do you think this is?"

"It's a map, and it's also a tattoo."

I say this because I can see that the red lines on the leather are not just drawn on the surface, but have completely penetrated into it.

Because of the wolf head mark on my back, I deliberately searched online for tattoos and various totems, so the first thing that came to mind when I discovered this was tattoos.

Xiao Shen then turned to Pi Dan: "What kind of animal gets tattoos?"

I whispered, "It can't be the blue stamp on pork."

With prompting from me and Shen San, Pidan finally realized what was happening and exclaimed in horror, "Don't tell me this is human skin?!"

Shen San and I both avoided answering.

Shen San examined the patterns carefully, gestured for a while, and pointed to two architectural shapes, saying to me, "Take a picture of them, just these two points."

I understood what he meant, so I took out my phone, adjusted the macro mode, took pictures of the two locations he pointed to, and then took a picture of the whole area.

Shen San stared at the map, grinned, and said, "It's still not safe."

He ran into the house, got some white paper and a pencil, covered the leather with the paper, dipped his finger in water and moistened the two spots he had just pointed to, and then used the pencil to trace the two rather strange-looking buildings.

"What should we do with this piece of leather?" I asked, my voice slightly off-key.

That's because, after carefully observing the pores and texture of the leather itself, it can be confirmed that this is a piece of human skin.

Shen San immediately said, "This is a gift from Chou Dan to you. You can decide what to do with it, but it's best to keep it for a while. If you're going to destroy it, you'll have to wait for the right time and destroy it in front of the right person." I nodded and put the leather away.

Pidan finally breathed a sigh of relief. "What should we do now? Find the things according to the map?"

"You're going to look for it? Do you even know where it is?" Xiao Shen said, spitting on the ground as he spoke.

This seems to be his habit. Although he didn't actually spit, I reminded him for the nth time that this habit is really bad.

Xiao Shen held two drawings in each hand and said, "I haven't been here for many days, but I have a local map on the wall of my room. Part of the original human skin map has several similarities to the local map."

Assuming the map depicts this area, we need to find these two houses, because most of the items are hidden in one of them. You're the locals, who knows where these two houses are?

When Pidan saw me looking at her, she shook her head and said, "Don't ask me anymore, I'm a little confused right now. Also, a few years ago, large areas were demolished and rebuilt, and all the original old buildings were gone. I was quite young then, and I can't remember where this is at all."

Xiao Shen put down the blueprints, glanced at me sideways, and said, "I just remembered you're from out of town and have always been poor. You probably don't know any better!"

After our conversation last night, I really disliked his arrogant and condescending attitude, which stemmed from our familiarity with each other. I snatched the blueprints away and said, "I do recognize this place, but I'm certain that these two buildings have been demolished! If the item was really hidden in one of them, then... then it would probably have been found long ago."

Seeing Shen San staring at me without saying a word, I turned to Pidan: "How old were you during the big demolition around here?"

Pidan thought for a moment and said, "He's probably only six or seven years old at most."

"In elementary school." I nodded, then asked, "Was your deskmate a boy or a girl back then?"

"Women!" Pidan said without hesitation. "Men are all so annoying. They got pricked by the thumbtacks I hid in their seats and are now afraid to sit next to me. My dad was still alive back then."

I nodded: "We're quite alike in this respect. I used foreign nails back then, and I also stabbed a boy, all in order to get a female deskmate."

Pidan finally realized what was happening: "Why are you asking this?"

"Just asking casually, and incidentally getting to know each other better."

I turned to Shen San and said, “I think the person who got this map tattoo wanted others to just see it as a tattoo, so apart from a few iconic parts, the rest is all abstract and has no proportions at all.”

Xiao Shen blinked and said, "The house definitely existed. I believe you if you say it was demolished. But the things might not be gone. I think the things are still there."

"Why should they?" Pidan asked. "You haven't seen how ruthless the demolition office is. My mother said that in the old days, especially when demolishing old houses, they would dig up the ground three feet deep, just to dig up silver coins or something that wealthy families had buried underground."

Xiao Shen chuckled mischievously and pointed at me: "How much is your silly boy worth for that old cat's burial? He told me last night that Kou Yun is also a tomb raider, and he has some sense."

The cat belonged to Kou Yun. How could Kou Yun not know about this map? He spent his entire fortune. Guess if he traded it for a birdcage or a map? If he's that rich, that guy is definitely not stupid. If he wasn't confident and thought the item was gone, would he do a losing deal?
Let me tell you, Pidan, I'll take the liberty of calling you my granddaughter-in-law. And let me tell you, you need to use your brain more. You have to think about why rich people are rich. You have to admit, rich people are smarter than poor people!

Who are you calling a grandson?

At this moment, I completely lost respect for this thirteen-year-old Master Shen. I shoved him aside, took out my phone, thought for a moment, and was about to dial when someone called first.

After seeing the caller ID, I answered the call.

As soon as I brought the phone to my ear, a hurried voice came through the receiver: "Don't tell the truth!"

(End of this chapter)