"If you hadn't reminded us in time, we might have been surrounded now."

At an alleyway entrance in the street behind Yuelai Inn, Lu Jing's gaze fell on the flashing figure on the second floor through the rain curtain. He held a short arrow wrapped around the tip of the cloth in his hand, frowned and looked at Fu Ju beside him.

"Forgive me... How do you know that those officials came to us? Xu Zhuo and I arrived at Qihuang Island late last night. Today, in addition to visiting you, we sent our ship to the shipyard for repair. How could we suddenly be targeted by the officials here?"

No matter how grateful he was, Lu Jing's confusion did not decrease or even increase because he successfully avoided the official position.

Regardless of the above questions, why do these officials know that they are in Yuelai Inn?

There are no surveillance cameras in this era!

"At first, when I saw the official officer on the street corner, I didn't think their target was the soul-sending puppet, until I saw the butler of the Shangguan family beside them... Your whereabouts were exposed, and the Nightmare Ghost Pirates knew that you were on Qihuang Island!"

Fu Ju seemed to have expected Lu Jing's question and responded directly,

"After that, your luck is pretty good. The room you chose happened to have a window facing the street, and you happened to appear in the window, otherwise I would like to inform you that you will not be able to find the target."

"The Nightmare Ghost Pirates knew our whereabouts, and the Shangguan family came forward to ask the official to search for us... What do you mean is that these two families have collusion?"

When he first heard this news, both Lu Jing and Xu Zhuo were shocked.

"Who do you think the special item of the Soul-Submitting Puppet was created? Do you think the Nightmare Ghost Pirates? They don't have the ability at all!"

Fu Ju pursed her lips and thought for a while, then said,

"Leave here first and go to my house. This place is not suitable for details."

"Wait first, Xu Zhuo, you follow Fu Ju, I have to rush to the shipyard immediately!"

Xiliuhao is something that Lu Jing must keep no matter what, and that is his retreat with Xu Zhuo.

"They are working here, and it is hard to guarantee that no one has been sent to find our ship. Maybe someone is waiting for the rabbit."

Xu Zhuo was a little worried that Lu Jing was now heading to the port and was surrounded by the other party.

"No, it's not that fast. Don't forget that the information we left at the management office when we boarded the ship was fake. The Shangguan family is not the Qihuang Island government. They cannot block all the ports, let alone you get up early this morning and drove it into the shipyard. Their private port is so easy to block... Yes, it was the guy who collected money from the port that exposed our whereabouts!"

Halfway through, Lu Jing suddenly realized that if their whereabouts were exposed, the only possibility was that the person he met at the port last night recognized them. He knew when the two of them got ashore, and there was only one bus stop outside the port, so he could naturally infer which bus they were taking. In addition, there were fewer passengers at night, so it was not too easy to recognize them, not to mention that Lu Jing also specifically told the driver to find a station with an inn for them to stop!

Of course, now is not the time to worry about these things. Lu Jing knows that even if he goes back to find that guy, it will be meaningless.

"You are planning to escape from Qihuang Island?"

Fu Ju, who was listening to the conversation between the two, thought they were going to leave Qihuang Island immediately, and couldn't help but ask.

You risk being discovered and notify them not to cooperate with two people who want to run away when they meet!

"run?"

Lu Jing, who had just walked to the entrance of the alley, turned around and held the hilt of the knife around his waist with his right hand.

"This is just the beginning!"

Everyone was asked to come to the door, so Lu Jing naturally had to let them know that such impolite behavior as visiting the door without bringing gifts would have to pay!

......

It was already late at night when Lu Jing returned to Fu Ju's house. He didn't walk through the main entrance, so he chose to jump in from outside the courtyard wall.

At first glance, I saw Xu Zhuo sitting under the eaves and Liuli squatting beside him. Fu Ju in the room was knocking and beating on the workbench. The rhythmic sound responded and the sound of rain outside the room, which made people feel relieved.

"How is the situation?"

Seeing Lu Jing returning intact, Xu Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

"Fortunately you got up early today. The Shangguan family set up a checkpoint at the port through the government on the pretext that the treasures heirloom were stolen, but they only blocked the official port. The dock of the private shipyard has not been affected yet. The only problem is that the Xiliu number has not been completely repaired... I drove it far away from the port and hid it on the sea cliff on the other side of Qihuang Island, so it took a lot of time to come back."

He pointed to the mud on his feet, and at the same time handed over the two notices on his waist to Xu Zhuo. The latter spread them out. On top was a portrait that was 70 to 80% similar to the two. There was also annotation below: Lu Jing, the captain of Xiliu, offered a bounty of 5 gold leaves, and Xu Zhu, a crew member of Xiliu, offered a bounty of 2 gold leaves!

"The wanted order was issued so soon. It would be impossible to print the picture through the waiter in the inn and then print it so quickly. I think it was something provided by the Nightmare Ghost Pirates... Humph, being wanted by the Pirates using official forces is really underestimating the ability of those guys!"

These two wanted orders were discovered by Lu Jing accidentally on the way back. While surprised by the efficiency of those guys, he also saw some things worth noting. However, since he dared to come back, he was naturally prepared. He turned his eyes to Fu Ju, who had put down his tools and walked out of the house at this time, and said,

"Now we are barely considered grasshoppers on a rope. Now you should be willing to talk to us about what this soul-sending puppet is, right?"

The three of them sat around the workbench in the house. Fu Ju, who had already made up his mind, no longer covered him. He took out a black and white photo from his pocket and put it on the table, and pushed it to Lu Jing.

In the photo, Fu Ju took a photo of a man who was somewhat similar to her standing in front of a garden on Qihuang Island.

"I don't know the inside story of the collusion between the Nightmare Ghost Pirates and the Shangguan family. In fact, the person who was acquainted with the Nightmare Ghost Pirates was also discovered by me accidentally when I was looking for my missing brother some time ago... After this period of investigation, I have reason to believe that the Shangguan family kidnapped my brother, stole the soul-sending puppet technology that originally belonged to our Fu family and transformed it into an inappropriate and sinister trick!"

At this point, Fu Ju didn't intend to hide it. The facts proved that Lu Jing's previous guess was correct.

The original intention of the soul-submitting puppet was not a trick to torture or even imprison the soul. Its real origin was actually an artificial strange thing created by the ancestors of the Fu family based on an unknown strange thing, specifically used to save those who were on the verge of collapse due to contact with some unknown and indescribable existences on the boundless sea.

It is precisely because of it that the Fu family became a well-known existence in Qihuang Island and even the entire Taining Mansion!
Chapter completed!