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#543 - Letter from an old friend

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Lu Jing originally thought that the case investigation would take at least a week or two, but he didn't expect to receive a message from a messenger on the third day after he turned himself in. Read

At that time, Lu Jing was still playing hide-and-seek with Ah Hua.

This dead monkey had been his sparring partner for the past two days, but today it shirked its responsibilities again, refusing to go with him no matter what. Even Ye Gongmei couldn't command it.

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As soon as it saw Lu Jing from afar, it would immediately disappear using earth遁, like a frightened bird, unwilling to stay for even a moment.

So Lu Jing had to borrow a treasure weapon from Xiaoyao Villa from Lü Ping, intending to go to the back mountain to fish, no, to fish for monkeys.

As a result, he saw a jet-black nightingale landing in front of him.

Lu Jing looked at the nightingale and found that the nightingale was also looking at him. Then Lu Jing looked around and saw that there was no one else before he stepped forward and untied the note tied to the nightingale's leg.

After unfolding it, he found that there were only three words on it: "Lingyang County."

Besides that, there was nothing else. Lu Jing turned the note over and looked at it, but there was no other content on the back. In short, there was no signature or context.

Looking back, the messenger nightingale had also disappeared.

Coupled with its all-black feathers, it was like a ghost, appearing and disappearing without a trace.

Lu Jing hesitated for a moment, then took the note to Huang Jianyuan.

The latter was practicing calligraphy in his residence at the moment. After hearing Lu Jing talk about the note, he put down his pen and asked, "What did you say the messenger looked like?"

"Uh, it was all black. When I first saw it, I thought it was a crow."

"It's not directed at you, mainly because dealing with strange objects is something that cannot be taken lightly from beginning to end. In the past, supervisors and supervisors partnered with each other, knowing each other's roots and cooperating tacitly. Now that the department is planning to let supervisors bring disciples from the academy, many supervisors have some complaints about this.

"So before, when you asked me which supervisor would partner with you, I said I didn't know, because the department hadn't decided on a candidate at that time," Huang Jianyuan explained.

"Okay." Lu Jing stopped asking when he heard this. As long as it was proven that the messenger did come from a supervisor of the Sitianjian, and that no one was just fishing, then the rest would be known when he met the messenger's master.

So Lu Jing packed up a little bit, and then came to Lingyang County through the [Well].

Lingyang is a small county in the southwest of Huizhou, and it is also the county farthest from the seat of government. Except for the production of ya pears and aged vinegar, it basically has no sense of existence.

However, now that the world is in chaos, Lingyang has benefited from misfortune. Because it is too ordinary, it has never been targeted by anyone with ulterior motives from beginning to end.

In addition, although a group of officials in the county town cannot be called incorruptible, they are still considered capable, and they manage the county town in an orderly manner, so there have been no major problems so far.

It's just that this year's ya pears are really not selling well. Seeing that the situation in the world is collapsing day by day, the common people have also tightened their wallets. Naturally, fewer people are eating non-essential consumer goods like pears.

In addition, transportation in many places has now been interrupted, and transportation costs have risen steadily, making it even more difficult for ya pears to move out.

They can only be sold around Lingyang, and the price is particularly cheap. Three large ya pears can be bought for one penny, which is almost like getting them for free.

Lu Jing bought two catties of pears after walking out of the Sitianjian's residence in Lingyang, and ate them while walking.

He had actually guessed from Huang Jianyuan's previous words who the supervisor who partnered with him this time was. After all, he didn't know many supervisors, and most of them were like Ye Gongmei who had already retired, so the answer was not difficult to guess.

And with that person's character, Lu Jing believed that she only wrote a location on the note earlier, not to be mysterious, there must be her reason.

What Lu Jing has to do now is to wait for her next instructions.

However, he then thought of Huang Jianyuan's instructions. It could be seen that Huang Jianyuan still attached great importance to his case investigation this time, and also revealed some of the obstacles encountered during the period.

The result of Lu Jing's handling of the case this time will likely affect the implementation of the Sitianjian's new plan to a certain extent.

So he decided to be a little more active, just as an apology for losing [Gui Zi Lu Shi Liu]. So Lu Jing then recalled the content he learned in class.

He began to inquire about the strange things that had recently occurred in Lingyang County in the market.

Lu Jing chose the most lively teahouse in the city, spent twenty cents, found the oldest tea shopkeeper inside, and started chatting with him.

An incense stick later, he left the teahouse with a stomach full of messy gossip, and changed to a restaurant. He still paved the way with money, found a waiter to accompany him to chat, and continued to inquire about the strange stories in the city.

However, Lu Jing still didn't have much clue after listening.

Although he repeatedly emphasized that he wanted to hear something fresh and interesting, preferably local anecdotes related to ghosts and monsters, the final feeling he got was the same as approaching science, full of gimmicks, but in fact it was just a misunderstanding due to lack of common sense or coincidence.

In order to verify this, Lu Jing reluctantly found a brothel and chatted with a qing倌 person there. Most of the time, he listened to her complaining that business was not good recently, especially for her who only sold art and not her body.

There was no way, the world was collapsing and music was collapsing. There were fewer and fewer people willing to simply talk about literature and music. If this continued, she estimated that she could only learn from several predecessors and go to the sea.

Anyway, her experience was heartbreaking to those who heard it, and the more they listened, the more miserable it became.

Of course, this may also be a common strategy of this brothel. After all, men always like this kind of drama of falling into the red dust, especially when they pull up their pants, the feeling of saving the world in their hearts often becomes particularly rampant, and they are more willing to spend money than usual.

Fortunately, Lu Jing finally got what he wanted, and suppressed the impulse to persuade people to be good.

Afterwards, he put the statements of the three people together, compared them, and eliminated those that were obviously someone pretending to be a ghost, or simply a normal natural phenomenon.

Finally, he picked out three things that might be related to strange objects.