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Chapter 386 Taking the Bait (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The Ghost Gate Village will constantly lure people from outside the village to come in.

In a sense, "Ghost Gate Village" is like a whole evil spirit.

Luring people in is tantamount to devouring them.

Therefore, although Lu Renxing and Jia Luojing were outside the village, they could see and hear everything inside.

The village headman gathered all the villagers together and shouted at the top of his lungs again. Jia Luojing heard him clearly and became smug again: "Isn't this all they're looking for? The young man's home?"

This is the solution to the case that I just provided.

Jia Luojing then said loudly to Lu Renxing, "This Xu Yuan put on the airs of a master, giving me a long lecture, but in the end he still wants to follow my advice. Hmph."

Lu Renxing nodded in agreement: "In my opinion, this man is all talk and no action; he's all talk and no action..."

Zhu Zhanmei couldn't stand it anymore and spurred her horse to leave with her two men.

Jia Luojing immediately asked, "Where is Inspector Zhu going?"

Zhu Zhanmei said calmly, "Xu Yuan is working hard to find clues in the village, and we're just going to stand by and watch? This inspector will take a walk around the village, just in case we find something."

Zhu Zhanmei's words were soft yet firm.

Are you all just sitting quietly outside the village, waiting for Xu Yuan to solve the case?

Should we also start some kind of classes?

Lu Renxing was completely unaware that he was not good at handling strange cases.

But Jia Luojing blushed, feeling a bit dissatisfied with Zhu Zhanmei, and secretly thought to himself: This pair of adulterers must be having an affair!

I only gave Xu Yuan a few mild criticisms, and this woman is already trying to argue with me. She's even going so far as to try and help Xu Yuan!

How could there be such a traitor in our Shanhe Division?

It's a good thing Miao Yu didn't come. If Lord Miao had come, he would have shown Jia Luojing what it truly means to be a traitor.

……

After Xu Yuan issued the reward, he waited a while and, seeing that no one had come out, instructed the old village head: "Alright, disperse."

Old Li said righteously, "Sir, please wait a moment..."

Xu Yuan waved his hand: "No need."

Then Xu Yuan got up and went back to the ancestral hall.

The old village head had no choice but to dismiss the crowd, complaining incessantly, "The magistrate gave you a chance! Think carefully, I'm old and my memory isn't what it used to be, otherwise I would have definitely taken these five hundred taels of silver!"

The villagers also wore expressions of regret.

After everyone left, the old village head also returned to the ancestral hall.

Xu Yuan said to him, "Old man, please wait outside the ancestral hall. In a little while, some villagers will come and ask you if the reward of five hundred taels of silver is still valid. Just tell them that I am a man of my word and will never renege on my promise."

The old man was puzzled: "Will someone come?"

He quickly realized it and slapped his forehead: "It has to be you, sir! Alright, this old man will go wait outside right now."

He waited in the ancestral hall for about half an hour, when he saw a villager in his thirties sneaking in.

He kept looking around as if afraid of being seen by the villagers.

The old man spoke a few words to him and then led the man in.

He secretly gave the adult a thumbs up: "You're incredibly insightful!"

Xu Yuan didn't say much, but first took out five hundred taels of silver notes and placed them on the table: "Speak."

The villager glanced greedily at the silver notes and then said, "That family originally lived above the dry well in the east of the village."

Xu Yuan pushed the silver note to him, then stood up and said, "Go take a look."

The villager stuffed the banknotes into his pocket and left quickly.

It was as if someone was trying to steal his money.

Xu Yuan led his men out of the ancestral hall, but turned his head to the side and whispered to Lang Xiaoba, "Switch with me."

"Yes."

The captains moved swiftly, forming a circle around the two men and blocking the view of outsiders.

After they dispersed, Xu Yuan had changed into the clothes of an ordinary captain, pulled his hat brim low, and left the group with his head down. Lang Xiaoba, now disguised as Lord Xu, led the group towards the well.

……

Xu Yuan knew that Lang Xiaoba would most likely make some discoveries on this trip.

But Master Xu still felt that the evil spirit in this "Strange Village" might not actually be the young man's family.

Jia Luojing thought that Lord Xu was still handling the case according to his own ideas, but that was not the case at all.

Xu Yuan deliberately sought out the residence of that family from back then, giving the evil spirit in the shadows an "opportunity".

Even the village head couldn't remember where that family lived, and it was unlikely that anyone else in the village would know the exact location.

The one who knows is most likely that evil spirit!
The evil spirit would be happy to share this clue in order to mislead the people of the Exorcism Division.

After leaving the group, Xu Yuan found a secluded spot, exhaled a breath of "Dragon Spits Mirage," and instantly blended into the surrounding environment.

Then he stealthily followed the villager.

The villager kept his head down and quickly returned home. After closing the gate, he took out the silver notes from his pocket and beamed with joy.

Then he went into the house and eagerly hugged his wife inside: "Hehehe, that official actually kept his word and gave me five hundred taels of silver."

He hugged his wife and kissed her several times, then said, "Wife, you're not from our village, how would you know about that well?"

The villagers have known about this dry well in the village since they can remember.

Little did they know that the place was originally the home of the family that suffered the tragedy.

His wife mumbled, "I can't quite explain it, but it seems... I just know."

The five hundred taels of silver made the two extremely happy, and they couldn't help but hug each other in broad daylight, and the sounds of moaning and groaning soon began.

Xu Yuan frowned and moved a little further away.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the house fell silent again. Xu Yuan quietly slipped into the courtyard and glanced at his wife with his "Wangming" gaze.

Like the other villagers, his life was shrouded in a wisp of yin energy.

When Xu Yuan gathered all the villagers together, he had already used the "Looking at Fate" method to assess their fate once.

Xu Yuan was not surprised when he found nothing upon further inspection.

If it's not those two, then... it could be something else in this yard.

Xu Yuan looked at them one by one.

Even after staring at it until his eyes ached, Lord Xu still couldn't find anything unusual.

Xu Yuan thought for a moment, then simply went into the room.

Under the cover of the "dragon spitting out a mirage," the two people inside the house were completely unaware.

Xu Yuan then examined each item in the room one by one.

This family wasn't wealthy either; they didn't have many things in the house.

Lord Xu quickly looked through them all, but still found nothing.

"Strange..." Xu Yuan thought to himself, then looked around the room again, suddenly remembering something and looked up:
The beams are shown above.

Farmers often like to hang things from the roof beams.

But this room is where we sleep.

Nothing was hanging from the roof beam, but a rope was tied directly above the two beds.

The rope was old and covered in dust. I don't know when it got tangled up there.

I'm afraid the owner of this house has forgotten.

But the problem lies precisely with this rope.

Xu Yuan withdrew without making a sound.

The villager and his wife lay side by side on the bed, with the rope pointing towards the wife's head.

If you want your wife to know something, this position is perfect for "entering her dream".

(End of this chapter)