With their own thoughts, the two of them lost the intention of tasting wontons.

Rong Qingzhai’s signature delicacies, like a cow chews peonies, swallows them whole.

When the lobby on the second floor gradually became lively with the arrival of other visitors, Zhou Ze couldn't help but want to report the situation here to the editor-in-chief on the third floor first, so as to report in advance.

On the one hand, this is indeed a sudden hot topic. If you really make a decent report, you will have to let the superiors know who is the hero.

On the other hand, in order to apply for activity funds, they must investigate this matter. They cannot bear the miscellaneous expenses such as tea and water fees, transportation fees, etc.

Lu Jiu had no intention of stopping this. He now only had a silver coin and a few hundred texts on his body. It would be a good thing to be reimbursed.

What's more, he is hoping to have a chance to temporarily save Zhou Ze.

"Waiting for my good news!"

Patting Lu Jiu's shoulder, Zhou Ze quickly left.

When his figure disappeared at the stairs, Lu Jiu immediately put down his pen and began to search for the file bags piled on the table and the drawers underneath.

What is certain at present is that during the time when my predecessor left Yunling Newspaper, he took away his notepad and backpack as a visitor, and probably had a lot of savings.

If the target location is only in Qingding City, there is no need to invite a full five-day holiday, bringing so much money.

Therefore, what the predecessor had to do not only required leaving Qingding City, but also took a lot of time and money. In addition, he specially brought a notepad, which was obviously not a entertainment.

There are only one drawers and file bags. Based on the known information above, make further inferences and find them after you have a clear goal. You will undoubtedly achieve twice the result with half the effort.

As Lu Jiu thought, he quickly found what he wanted.

An auction document published in late April comes from the official bank in Qingding City.

There are all industries that are going to be sold in the near future because of insolvency. After Lu Jiu looked through it, he found that one of the pages had corners. After opening it, he found that the items to be auctioned on it were the Lu family’s ancestral home in Qingding City, a two-story house with a price of 3 gold leaves, which is 300 silver dollars.

Although the housing prices in this era have not yet been speculated, 3 gold leaves are still an unattainable price for ordinary people.

It is logical that this matter has nothing to do with his predecessor. After all, he has only been working for less than a year, and he can't earn a golden leaf even if he doesn't eat or drink. However, in the memories left by his predecessor, taking back his ancestral home can be said to be the wish of their family.

Originally, the father of the predecessor was about to succeed, but it was completely lost due to an accident. So to some extent, this can be said to be his last wish, and it also became the obsession of the predecessor. Once the ancestral home is auctioned, it is even more difficult to take it back!

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jiu found a very wrinkled wanted order in the drawer in the lower right corner, which was crumpled into a ball and then spread out again.

The wanted criminal is a man with a nickname "Heart-cutting Ghost". He has committed crimes in Zhiyuan Mansion in the past six months. What's strange is that there is neither a portrait of the wanted criminal, nor a description of his appearance or posture, nor even a rough expression of his characteristics. The only thing that clearly mentions is that this wanted criminal is keen on killing people and attracting his heart...

‘Anyone who provides clues about the heart-cutting ghost can obtain 30 silver dollars from any official in Zhiyuan Mansion after verification.’

'If you provide clues to the hiding place of the heart-cutting ghost, once verified, you can go to any official in Zhiyuan Mansion to receive 2 gold leaves.'

‘If the person arrested him, no matter whether he was alive or dead, once verified, he could get 10 gold leaves from any official in Zhiyuan Mansion.’

The last of the wanted order is these three messages.

An ordinary murderer, even if he was arrested alive, was only one golden leaf. However, the clues that the heart-cutting ghost only provided hiding place were opened to the reward of 2 golden leaves, which shows how much he received in the Zhiyuan Prefecture Office.

More importantly, Lu Jiu found that the second line on the wanted order was specially circled with a pencil, and a thick stack of newspapers in the drawer that reported the murder case of the Heart-Grapping Ghost. The location and time of the crime were also marked with pencils.

Although unbelievable, Lu Jiu had to start considering the possibility that his predecessor left Qingding City to track the heart-cutting ghost.

In order to prevent the ancestral home from being auctioned, I tried to find the Heart-Grapping Ghost and receive a bounty with it. Not to mention the arrest, as long as I can complete the second item and get two golden leaves, the remaining one can always be pieced together with my own savings and loans.

Suddenly I remembered that he took off his clothes and checked his body when he was in the bathroom last night, and there was a scar on his heart!

The always silent heart...maybe it is not that it doesn't jump, but that it is not in its original position at all?

With this in mind, Lu Jiu couldn't help but feel confused. His former ordinary newspaper interviewer, who had just rely on a few outdated information in the newspaper and a wanted warrant with blurred information, did he get the confidence and courage to find this murderer who was arrested by the government for a lot of money?

By chance, by luck?

Besides, if the scar on the heart is really a heart-piercing ghost, the previous life will undoubtedly end up dead on the spot.

Why do I feel at home after waking up? Not only will the wound heal, but my body will undergo strange changes?

Who left the bamboo tube filled with strange blood?

"Old Lu, it's done!"

Zhou Ze's voice sounded behind him, and Lu Jiu hurriedly stuffed the things on the table into his shoulder bag.

"How many?"

He adjusted his emotions and turned back with a smile.

"Five hundred articles, the editor also said that if this report can be done well, there will be bonuses in the future!"

After putting a few pieces of paper money on the desktop, Zhou Ze was undoubtedly quite satisfied with the result.

You should know that the newspaper has never recycled tea and water fees, which means that the money is theirs now. When the report is completed, they will deal with the remaining amount.

Of course, the premise is that the report must be completed.

There is still some time before noon. Lu Jiu asked Zhou Ze to write the manuscript, and he helped him screen out some important information from the reports of Qingxi Daily. This will save them time for conducting a second investigation.

Perhaps because he experienced that special state last night, Lu Jiu believed that this matter was not as simple as hysteria.

Some people are crazy about hysteria, but it is too coincidental to say that so many people have hysteria one after another in similar periods of time.

Different positions, the perspectives of viewing things and the information feedback obtained are naturally different.

Qingxi Daily saw the symptoms of hysteria and its social impact, while Lu Jiu had a different mindset, but he saw the common characteristics of the victims.

First of all, everyone's hysteria is concentrated in the middle of the night or early morning, and it does not occur early or late. However, it suddenly develops hysteria during the period when most people are already asleep. Even if someone notices it, few people are willing to get up at night to check it out.

Secondly, without exception, those who have hysteria are young and middle-aged people, and they seem very irritable when they are on the disease. Lu Jiu has experienced it personally and asked Uncle Zhao, who said that he only felt a fire in his heart and his mind was full of desire for destruction and killing.

How can ordinary hysteria cause this symptom?

Finally, when a hysterical person goes crazy, he often attacks the person close to him as soon as possible, and after killing others, he chooses to commit suicide without exception.

The explanation for this in Qingxi Daily is that the injured person collapsed due to a huge mental impact, so he chose to break himself up.

This reason sounds reasonable at first glance, but from another perspective, it is more like killing someone to silence him, right?

Without the confession of the parties involved, even if the government wants to investigate, who can the government go to? Not to mention that the relatives of the deceased or the family members living in other places suddenly suffered bad news and were too late to be sad. How could it be that at this moment that the officials could report to the officials to examine the body of their children?

If these seemingly coincidental details are really a murder case...

Lu Jiu was frightened when he recalled the crows he heard twice last night and his own emotional changes.

Intuition tells him that the key to the problem is probably here!

Of course, it is obviously impossible to draw conclusions based on guesses alone. Lu Jiu needs more intuitive evidence to verify his conjectures.

Putting the newspaper back on the table, Lu Jiuqu raised his finger and knocked on the table, attracted the attention of Zhou Ze on the opposite side and asked: "Old Zhou, let's take action separately later. Go and find the neighbors near the victim's residence in this newspaper, and ask them if they have heard any strange sounds or seen people with strange whereabouts on the night of the accident. I will go to Uncle Zhao's house to see the situation first, and then come to meet you."

"Do you think this time... is not just hysteria?"

As a visitor who needs to deal with people frequently, Zhou Ze immediately guessed what Lu Jiu said.

"It's just a certain possibility. Anyway, we have already obtained the activity funding. It's just hysteria. Qingxi Daily has reported it, right? We have to dig something deeper to attract attention!"

If the help of Uncle Zhao's family was purely because of the friendship between the predecessor and them, then Lu Jiu now has selfish thoughts.

If you want to survive in this world and find out what is wrong with your body, relying on the savings of less than 2 silver dollars on hand is undoubtedly a delusion.

Not to mention that he also wants to cure the strange disease in his body...

How can a clerk make money in a short period of time?

Of course, there is only one big news!

Zhou Ze did not object to Lu Jiu's idea. It is a basic quality to do their business and dig deep into the information of the incident, and it is meaningless to follow the trend to report.

The two hit it off and agreed to a place to meet. At noon, Lu Jiu returned to Mingdefang in the north of the city, while Zhou Ze rushed to the nearest residence of the hysterical deceased.

Leaving the bus stop and passing through the street, Lu Jiu thought about what questions to start later, while pushing open the door of the apartment building.

Run up the stairs.

In the quiet corridor, the sound of "thump~" is particularly clear.

However, just as Lu Jiu stepped on the last step with his left foot and was about to open his mouth and ask Aunt Zhao to open the door for him, a strong wind surged from the corridor leading to the roof on the right.

Before he could react, his body was pushed against the wall of the corridor on one side by a thick arm.

The wall ash scattered on both sides of his cheeks due to vibration. Lu Jiu felt the sourness in his chest and was suddenly attacked. When he came to his senses, he subconsciously mobilized his strength in his body, clenched his fists and prepared to ruthlessly for the person who attacked him.

But the arm just lifted up but immediately loosened.

The reason is very simple.
Chapter completed!