A bowl of white porridge soaked with fried dough sticks, a stack of pickled cucumbers, and two pieces of fermented tofu.

Lu Jiu sat next to his desk, lowered his head, opened his mouth and blew twice at the porridge surface, and then pursed the bowl and made a "rumble~" sound of drinking porridge.

His mind was still recalling the three choices Hu Sanniang gave last night.

After leaving the White Fish Porcelain Store last night, Lu Jiu went straight to the Ganoderma Hall.

Unfortunately, the result was not satisfactory.

Through the shopkeeper in the Ganoderma Hall, Lu Jiu once again confirmed that he could hold a gun legally by becoming a demon hunter. However, as he thought before, the demon hunter profession involves special creatures such as monsters, and has certain privileges. Therefore, in order to prevent some people from filling in the numbers and only taking their identities and not doing practical things, although local governments need their help, they are not at the point of issuing identity certificates at will, and often require a series of assessments.

The "some people" here obviously refer to people like Lu Jiu.

A legal gun license should not be obtained in a short period of time, but you still have to find an opportunity to buy a shotgun. At worst, you can just use it secretly in the future.

As for what Lu Jiu really cares about, even if he expressed his willingness to pay a high price, the shopkeeper of Lingzhitang only agreed to help him ask the pharmacist in Qingding City and there is no guarantee that he would receive a positive response.

None of the three roads went smoothly, which made Lu Jiu a little depressed. Even the pickled cucumber in his mouth lost a little crispy fragrance.

But not far away from him, Zhou Ze, who was holding two dark circles of eyes, was very excited.

"Lao Lu, have you finished eating soon? I can't wait to share with you what I learned from my father yesterday."

Zhou Ze kept talking, looking up the documents and materials piled up on the table with one hand, holding a charcoal pen in the other hand, constantly copying some of the information onto his notepad.

"You said it's all, I listen, the porridge is so hot that I can't finish it all at once."

Put the fermented tofu into the porridge, stir it with chopsticks twice, and wait until the fermented bean curd is mixed into the porridge, Lu Jiu looked up and replied.

"Zhengzhu, the bandit organization I told you yesterday was called this name. Tsk, the court punished prisoners by the court, but they just took this name... The people inside also called themselves the Seven Criminals, which looked like in the novel book. Those who didn't know thought they were heroes who robbed the rich and helped the poor."

Zhou Ze opened his notepad to Lu Jiu, recording the information he asked from his father.

Jianzhu, a gang of robbers composed of seven bandits wanted by the imperial court, committed several major cases in various places in Anqing and Ningdong provinces a few years ago.

"It is said that these seven people have demonic means, and once they are attacked, they will often be broken into pieces... Are you sure this was not excerpted from the novel book?"

Putting down the spoon in his hand, Lu Jiu read Zhou Ze's father's oral content word by word, but he soon discovered that most of the descriptions actually have the elements of "art processing". After all, Zhou Ze's father also heard it from others, and he didn't know how many versions he had passed on, and some personal subjective ideas were inevitably added.

These contents can undoubtedly attract many people's attention when used in the report, but they are useless information for Lu Jiu who wants to explore the truth behind it.

However, as the paper turned the pages and saw more and more content, Lu Jiu still discovered three important messages from it.

First of all, this gang called the Criminal Prison had died in name only three years ago.

According to Zhou Ze's father, in order to eliminate these bandits, the court dispatched a large number of men at that time. Not only were elite soldiers, but also gathered a group of strange people from the people. The Yulianfeng Mountains set up an ambush to intercept and kill these evil bandits. Within a few days, news came out that all the bandits were given heads.

That's right, the last place where the people from the Zhengzhou Prison appeared was the Lianfeng Mountains in Zhiyuan Mansion, but the so-called "everything is given to the head" is obviously false news, at least the heart-wrenching ghost is still alive.

Secondly, there have been rumors that the heart-wrenching ghosts were wandering around Zhiyuan Mansion, with the purpose of coming back to take away the gold, silver and treasures obtained by the prison and robbing and killing the wealthy businessmen in the prison. When passing by Changyi, they accidentally exposed their whereabouts, which led to a large number of bandits gathering in Zhiyuan Mansion.

Finally, there was a secret rumor that Zhou Ze’s father, who was recorded at the end of the notebook, accidentally learned about it. It was something that Lu Jiu cared about, and even choked and coughed because of this by the white porridge he had just drunk.

Three years ago, the prison, which had already made a great reputation in the world and had a huge wealth, broke into Zhiyuan Mansion for some reason. It neither looked for rich businessmen nor money houses, but instead went straight to a mountain town and created a horrifying massacre.

The specific situation at that time was blocked by the government news, and very few people knew about it. Even Zhou Ze's father, who had been traveling around the two provinces all year round, only occasionally heard some words. It is said that because of this massacre, the court spared no effort to kill this bandit organization.

What really surprised Lu Jiu was the rumored name of the town.

Shexiang Town!

It was the portrait he had been hung on the first floor of the family that had been destroyed when he followed Hu Sanniang yesterday. It was the town where it was used as the background!

The moment when I saw this name in Zhou Ze's notes, Lu Jiu felt like electricity was numb.

He was stunned in place, with mixed thoughts wandering in his mind until the noisy sound behind him woke him up.

It turned out that the interviewer from the newspaper bought the official newspaper, and the information recorded on it caused a clamor.

"The visiting clerk of this club has received the exact information that Chen Lide, who is currently the vice president of Qingdingcheng Higher Education Public School, and his wife and daughter were killed at home. The case has been handed over to a special person in the county government office to handle it. Mr. Chen was a high school scholar in the third year of Shenglong, and later devoted himself to Zhiyuanfu education..."

The visiting clerks gathered together, and one of them reads the official newspaper he just bought. Everyone around them sighed. Some people who had been taught by Chen Lide in the Qingdingcheng Higher Education Public School in the past were red and sobbing softly.

Outside the crowd, the fermented bean curd in the bowl had been stirred up by the chopsticks in Lu Jiu's hand. Listening to the interviewees discussing the situation of "Mr. Chen" every word, most of them were admiration and memories of his past deeds.

The more I know, the chill that surged in Lu Jiu's heart became more and more terrifying.

As the vice president of the Qing Dingcheng Higher Education Public School and a juren from the Zhiyuan Prefecture Provincial Examination, Chen Lide has a status of no doubt. It can be said that most of the senior intellectuals in the Qing Dingcheng have been taught by him. It is no wonder that he would cause such a big response after the accident.

Since the murderer chose this person as his target, he must also know how serious the consequences of killing Chen Lide were, but not only did he do it, he still used such terrifying and decisive means.

There is only one explanation: the murderer has something that must be obtained from Chen Lide, and even does not hesitate to face the entire Zhiyuan Mansion for this!

Could that be a coincidence?

A painting, a past event, the connection between them seems to be inseparable.

However, judging from the perspective of identity relationship, is it possible that Chen Lide's family may be the survivor of Shexiang Town back then?

If this is the case, will the murderer come to them be related to what happened back then...

Going further, is it possible that the murderer is a heart-wrenching ghost or a subordinate he sent?
Chapter completed!