When I returned to the inn where I was temporarily staying, it was already night.

Lu Jiu did not rush back to the room, but found a table on the first floor near the window and a gas chandelier, and asked the waiter to serve a few side dishes.

First, I took out the newspaper I left in the newspaper workbench drawer from my shoulder bag, and then took out a map of Anqing Province that I bought from my backpack after leaving the train station.

Use a charcoal pen to indicate the starting point and the end point, and then mark the entire line on the map based on the midway stop recorded on the notepad.

‘In the 23rd year of Shenglong, on April 26, the heart-wrenching ghost robbed and killed several people outside Changyi City, but later disappeared.’

After looking back and forth through the newspaper, Lu Jiu was able to confirm that this information should be the closest stay area of ​​the Heart-Grapping Ghost that his predecessor could obtain at that time, and the place name and information involved in the newspaper were indeed marked with pencils.

The line of sight turned to the map, and as expected, the train's route did pass through Changyi City.

"Your food is here."

The waiter put down a plate of Kung Pao chicken and filled Lu Jiu's cup with tea. He glanced at it and continued,

"Customer, you are sitting here to watch the celebrating of the Peony Tower. Do you want to help you open all the windows?"

"Um."

Lu Jiu responded casually without raising his head. His attention was still on the map. He raised his chopsticks and picked up a piece of chicken dice and put it in his mouth. The sweet and spicy taste was quite good.

I was thinking about things in my mind, but I didn't take out the chopsticks anymore, but subconsciously chewed them with my teeth.

Until now, Lu Jiu is still confused about his predecessor's behavior of looking for a heart-wrenching ghost.

If you say that you are trying to buy your ancestral home back, you have to be sure to do it. You can’t use this as the goal just because you see the wanted order marked with a high reward.

If you find out about Changyi City by newspaper alone, you dare to take five days off with most of your savings to find a murderer who is full of evil deeds?

This behavior is to pick up a pan and rush four people to guard the house.

Is it to arrest people or to deliver "express" at home?

Moreover, through the past memories of his predecessor, Lu Jiu believes that his personality is actually more conservative and does not look like someone who can do such things.

Rearing backwards on the seat, Lu Jiu couldn't help but wonder if it was possible that he had thought the wrong direction from the beginning?

Soon, Lu Jiu realized that there might be another possibility.

The key information comes from the note that the treasure information was known from the mouth of the raven.

Sanya once personally admitted that part of the reason why he wanted to kill Lu Jiu was for that note, and Lu Jiu did not think that he had the need to lie deliberately about this matter.

Just like the disappeared backpack, Lu Jiu did not find the note in his home, and this part of the content did not exist in his memory. He had every reason to believe that his predecessor was carrying the note that recorded the information of the treasure.

Compared to the heart-wrenching ghost whose whereabouts are difficult to determine, the information on the note is undoubtedly more direct.

Besides, the night before he returned to his residence, the crow couldn't wait to do it, which means that he had been waiting nearby for a long time. His predecessor should have received a note containing the treasure information before going out, otherwise he would have been killed by the crow long ago.

By this calculation, time is consistent.

More importantly, Lu Jiu is indeed in a foreign object now, and the dark golden heart image appears again and again in his mind. Lu Jiu will not foolishly think that it is just his imagination.

With this in mind, Lu Jiu became troubled again. If he left for treasure hunting, how should he explain the scar on his chest and his always silent chest? Moreover, the Changyi City he knew now was related to the heart-cutting ghost, and his predecessor did not leave any information about the location of the treasure hunt.

The note is most likely to be inside the missing backpack, and it is unknown where the backpack is now.

On the one hand, the destination is in front of you, but the motivation is insufficient. On the other hand, the motivation is obvious, but the destination is unclear. Both possibilities have evidence to support the establishment, but there is a lack of the most critical puzzle among them, which makes Lu Jiu quite bored for a moment.

Ding ~

The sudden crisp ringtone woke Lu Jiu from his thoughts, and his ears suddenly became lively, with the crowded voices outside the window.

As his eyes turned subconsciously to the source of the sound, Lu Jiu's eyes suddenly lit up.

On the long street, two rows of beautifully dressed girls carrying flower baskets, splashing petals in front, and behind was a tall float slowly moving forward. The chassis was several times larger than that of an ordinary vehicle, and the body also changed from an iron box to a layered and decorated platform.

More than a dozen musicians each held musical instruments and played melodious music in the white mist sprayed from the mechanical pipes at the four corners of the platform. At the top of the stage among them, a beautiful woman in tulle stood, holding up her pipa and playing it lightly under the moonlight. The colorful ribbons wrapped around her arms drifted with the night wind, like a fairy in the clouds.

Of course, this is only for passers-by on the street. As a person who came from the information explosion era in his previous life, Lu Jiu was just as stunning as he first saw it. Compared to the beauty under the moon who couldn't see clearly, he was more interested in the music played by the musicians.

Humph in the tune a few times, relax your tense spirit, and adjust your own state.

Suddenly sniffed, Lu Jiu looked at the float, then retracted, rubbed his thumb over his nose, frowned in confusion, and looked at the crowd on the street outside the window. When the float and the crowd passed through the window, Lu Jiu's gaze turned back to the food on the table.

After just watching a performance, my mood couldn't help but feel much lighter. Lu Jiu temporarily turned the negative emotions in his mind into appetite, ate the food in big mouthfuls, and began to sort out his thoughts.

There may not be any results in the current order based on speculation, so further investigation must be conducted.

In order to verify my guess, I still have to go to Changyi City, but not now.

It’s not because of my own work. After all, resigning is just a trivial matter compared to finding out your own situation.

What really made Lu Jiu care about was his slight understanding of his own state. The sudden situation in the station just now almost lost control, not to mention that even the blood supplying energy to the body cannot be solved.

If you really want to go to Changyi City at all costs, what if you have other physical problems halfway through?

Things are prioritized.

Only by ensuring that you can continue to survive can you take the next step of action.

After finishing this supper, Lu Jiu also clarified his goals for the next period of time:
Chapter completed!