"Miss, before leaving, the master told you to eat some of it no matter what..."

At the entrance of a bedroom on the second floor of the Tang family's house, two maids each held a plate of meals with food, and gently persuaded Tang Luozhi, who had been locked up in the house for a night.

At the stairs not far away, the Tang family's butler pinched a folded note in his hand and walked quickly.

"You guys retreat first."

Waving his hand to hold back the maid on both sides, the butler pressed the paper strips in his hand along the crease, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"Miss, a young man who claimed to be your classmate asked me to hand over this note to you, saying that it was necessary to let you see... I'll stuff it in through the crack of the door."

He held his waist and half kneeled on the ground, stuffed the paper into the bottom crack, and did not leave after getting up, but just listened to the movement behind the door.

Not long after it was stuffed in, a slow pace rang out in the house.

Click!

The old butler quickly stood up and wanted to take this opportunity to comfort him, but before he could speak, the door was opened from inside.

......

On the back street of the Tang family mansion, Lu Jiu leaned against the car door, put his hands on his chest, and looked up at the smoke floating above the city.

"Do you think she will come out?"

Zhou Ze, who had been walking back and forth on the side for a few rounds, couldn't help but ask.

"Didn't you say that Tang Luozhi is different from other girls? If Tang Luozhi is really as rational as you said, then she will definitely meet us when she sees the content on the note... Of course, if she thinks that our guesses are nonsense, then there is nothing to say."

Zhou Ze told a lot about this female scholar along the way, and Lu Jiu naturally looked forward to the other party providing more information about Shexiang Town.

However, the two waited for about ten minutes, but they still couldn't see anyone coming out of the back door of the Tang family's mansion.

"Count the time, it has been almost twenty minutes since we handed the note to the butler. The note must have been delivered long ago. It seems that people don't want to see us."

He sighed with disappointment. Lu Jiu thought if there was any other way to learn about Shexiang Town, and was about to call Zhou Ze to leave.

Unexpectedly, I just turned my head and saw Zhou Ze staring at the two people coming from the other side of the street.

One of them was the old housekeeper I had just met, and the one walking in front of him was a "youth" wearing a plain light shirt and only had a hair tied with a hairband.

The handsome face without makeup was very haggard, but it showed a bit of a sick and weak beauty.

"Here, it's her."

Zhou Ze had seen Tang Luozhi before, so he naturally recognized her at a glance. Lu Jiu did not answer, but just turned his eyes to him.

The two sides were closer, and the butler stopped first, waiting at a suitable distance, with his hands hanging beside him, and nodding to Lu Jiu with a pleasant look.

"Zhou Ze?"

While Lu Jiu and the others were looking at Tang Luozhi, the latter was also observing them. Lu Jiu didn't know him, so he had some impression of Zhou Ze. He didn't say much when he arrived in front of him. He picked up the note written by Lu Jiu just now and asked directly.

"I have received the note you handed over. You may know the cause of Uncle Chen's family's death. Is it true or false?"

Even though he was in a state of depressed condition after staying up all night, when talking about Chen Lide's family, the persistence in Tang Luozhi's eyes still made Zhou Ze open his mouth but was at a loss for a moment.

He stepped back and gave up Lu Jiu behind him.

"To be honest, we came here this time just to verify whether our guess is accurate through Miss Tang."

He glanced at Zhou Ze in anger, and Lu Jiu stood up and first explained the recent gathering of bandits in Zhiyuan Mansion that they knew through Zhou Ze's father, and then put forward his own guess.

Lu Jiu did not deliberately mention the heart-wrenching ghost, but tried to make Tang Luozhi understand that the extraordinary people who killed Chen Lide's family were most likely the bandits gathered in Zhiyuan Mansion.

"Do you mean that foreign bandits attack Uncle Chen in order to find the treasure left by Xingzhuo in Zhiyuan Mansion?"

At first hearing Lu Jiu's analysis, Tang Luozhi felt it was a bit ridiculous and couldn't help but frown and said,

"How could Uncle Chen be linked to any treasure?"

"Mr. Chen may have nothing to do with Caibao, but if Caibao is related to Shexiang Town, I vaguely remember that Mr. Chen once mentioned that his father had a close relationship with Shexiang Town. This reminds me of what happened today. A bandit organization that ran rampant in two provinces suddenly ran to a remote town to start a massacre. There must be something strange about it. Even Zhou Ze and I can see that, and the bandits who are already in this industry can naturally detect it!"

My heart finally asked this trick, and Lu Jiu immediately raised the most critical question.

"Miss Tang, have you not heard your elders mention things about Shexiang Town over the years?"

"The remote town you just mentioned is Shexiang Town?"

"Miss Tang doesn't know what happened in Shexiang Town three years ago?"

Hearing Tang Luozhi's question, Lu Jiu looked back at Zhou Ze in surprise and asked with a gritted bullet.

"My family also has Uncle Chen's family who had moved to Qingding City nine years ago. Zihui's grandfather stayed in his ancestral home because he was the elder of the ancestral hall in Shexiang Town. However, he passed away a few years ago due to a plague that spreads the entire town."

This is Tang Luozhi's memory of Shexiang Town. Lu Jiu quickly realized that the so-called "plague" should be an explanation from Zhiyuan Prefecture after officially blocking Shexiang Town.

At the same time, Lu Jiu also understood why the Chen and Tang families survived.

Because they were not in Shexiang Town three years ago, and the only person among the two families who could know the inside story of Shexiang Town was Chen Lide's father, that is, the old man Chen Mao in the portrait.

No wonder the murderer chose Mr. Chen’s family among the two families!

At the moment, Tang Luozhi's parents obviously did not tell her the truth, or even they might have known nothing about what happened in Shexiang Town three years ago. After all, they had already left Shexiang Town nine years ago.

"I originally thought of doing my part to capture the murderer who killed Mr. Chen. It seems that we took the liberty... What happened in Shexiang Town three years ago, Miss Tang might be able to find an opportunity to ask the elders. Of course, if you think it is necessary, you can also mention the news we brought today. If you can help Mr. Chen's family, it would be better."

Since it was impossible to obtain clues about Shexiang Town's past from Tang Luozhi, it was meaningless to stay here, Lu Jiu winked at Zhou Ze and prepared to say goodbye.

"Thank you for your kindness."

Tang Luozhi bowed to thank him. Although she didn't quite understand what Zhou Ze and Lu Jiu wanted to say, she still planned to find an opportunity to mention this matter to her parents after she went back.

However, when she turned around, her eyes saw the "lively" scene on the street on the other side through the alley next to her house.

The steps suddenly stopped, and the expression on his face was a little dim again.

At this time, my father and mother should be dealing with Uncle Chen's family's affairs, and I'm afraid there is no time to take care of anything else. Now when I go back, I can only wait in the room...

Can't I do something for Zihui?

"etc."

Lu Jiu just opened the passenger's door, but Tang Luozhi's voice sounded again.

"Although I don't know the situation in Shexiang Town, the library of Qingding Public School contains county annals that record the historical events in Shexiang Town. If possible, I would like to ask you to take me over."

Zhou Ze, who had just inserted the key into the keyhole, looked at Lu Jiu with his head in his arms. After a brief silence, the latter took the initiative to open the door of the back seat.

For Lu Jiu, coming to Tang Luozhi this time was a try, and the latter proposed another path that might be able to find clues, so Lu Jiu naturally didn't mind trying it.

The vehicle started and drove towards Qingding Public School in a burst of rising smoke.

Not far away, the roof of a house.

A fist-sized bird rose from the man's right shoulder and flew to a street not far away.

"It's finally done."

The man stood up, lifted the telescope in his hand, muttering to himself.
Chapter completed!