With their own hearts, the two of them have no intention of tasting wontons.

Rongqingzhai's signature delicacy, the cow chewing the peony is also like swallowing.

Waiting for the lobby on the second floor to become lively with the arrival of other interviewers, Zhou Ze couldn't help but want to report the situation to the editor-in-chief on the third floor first, which was considered to be reported in advance.

On the one hand, this is indeed a sudden hot spot, and if you really make a decent report at that time, you have to let the top know who the heroes are.

On the other hand, it is to apply for funds for the event, which is a matter of investigation, and they cannot afford miscellaneous expenses such as tea and transportation expenses.

Lu Jiu didn't mean to stop this, he now has a silver coin and a few hundred Wen on his body, and it is of course a good thing that he can be reimbursed.

What's more, he was expecting a chance to temporarily support Zhou Ze.

"Wait for my good news!"

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

When his figure disappeared at the staircase, Lu Jiu immediately put down his pen and began to rummage through the file bags piled up on the table and the drawers underneath.

At present, it is certain that during the period when the predecessor left the Yunling Newspaper Office, he took away his notebook, backpack, and probably a large amount of savings as an interviewer.

If the target location is only in Qingding City, there is no need to take a full five-day vacation and bring so much money.

Therefore, what the predecessor had to do not only required leaving Qingding City, but also had to spend a lot of time and money, plus he brought a notepad, which was obviously not a pastime.

Drawers and document bags are like this, based on the known information above, make further inferences, and then look for them after you have a clear goal, which will undoubtedly get twice the result with half the effort.

Just as Lu Jiu thought, he quickly found what he wanted.

An auction document published at the end of April came from an official bank in Qingding City.

Lu Jiu looked through it and found that one of the pages had folded corners, and after opening it, he found that the items to be auctioned on it were the Lu family's ancestral house in Qingding City, a two-story house, and the price was 3 gold leaves, that 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 stands to reason that this matter has nothing to do with the predecessor, after all, he has only worked for less than a year, and he can't earn a gold leaf without eating, drinking, or earning a gold leaf, but in the memory left by the predecessor, it can be said that it is the wish of their family to reclaim the ancestral house.

Originally, the predecessor's father was about to succeed, but because of an accident, it was completely in vain, so this can be said to be his last wish to some extent, and it has also become the obsession of the predecessor.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jiu found a very wrinkled and text-only wanted warrant issued by the Yamen of Zhiyuan Mansion in the drawer in the lower right corner, as if it had been crumpled and re-opened.

The strange thing is that there is no portrait of the wanted man on the wanted warrant, nor a description of his appearance or posture, nor even a rough description of his characteristics, and the only thing that clearly mentions that this wanted man is keen on killing people and taking hearts......

'Those who provide clues about the heart-slashing ghost, once verified, can go to any official office in Zhiyuan Mansion to receive 30 silver dollars. ’

'Those who provide clues to the hiding place of the heart-stealing ghost, once verified, can go to any official office in the Zhiyuan Mansion to receive 2 gold leaves. ’

'Those who are arrested and brought to justice, whether dead or alive, once verified, can go to any official office in Zhiyuan Mansion to receive 10 gold leaves. ’

At the end of the wanted notice are these three pieces of information.

An ordinary murderer, even if he is caught alive, is only 1 gold leaf, but the clues that this heart-gouging ghost only provided a hiding place have been opened to the reward of 2 gold leaves, which shows how much attention he is paid to the Yamen of Zhiyuan Mansion.

What's more, Lu Jiu found that the second item on the wanted warrant was specially circled with a pencil, plus a thick stack of newspapers in the drawer that had reported on the murder of the heart-gouging ghost, and the location and time of the crime on it were also marked with pencils.

As hard as it was to be believed, Lu Jiu had to start thinking about the possibility that his predecessor had left Qingding City to track down the Heart-Snatching Ghost.

In order to prevent the ancestral house from being auctioned, try to find the heart-ripping ghost and receive the bounty with it, not to mention the arrest and arrest, as long as you can complete the second one, get two gold leaves, and the remaining one can always be pieced together by relying on your own savings plus loans.

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

The heart that is always silent...... Maybe it's not that it doesn't jump, but that it's not in place at all?

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Jiu couldn't help but wonder, how could he have the confidence and courage to dare to go to this murderer arrested by the government with a lot of money just by relying on the outdated information on a few newspapers and a wanted warrant with vague information.

By mistake, by luck?

Besides, if the scar in the heart is really the work of the heart-gouging ghost, the ending of the predecessor is undoubtedly to die on the spot.

Why would I be at home after waking up, not to mention the wound healing, and the body has undergone strange changes.

And who left the bamboo tube filled with strange blood?

"Lao Lu, it's done!"

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

"How much?"

Adjusting his emotions, he asked back with a smile.

"Five hundred articles, the editor-in-chief also said that if this report can be done well, there will be a bonus in the follow-up!"

Putting a few banknotes on the table, Zhou Ze was undoubtedly quite satisfied with the result.

You must know that the newspaper has never said that the tea fee is recovered, which means that the money is theirs now, and when the report is completed, they will dispose of the rest.

Provided, of course, that the reporting must be completed.

There was still some time before noon, so Lu Jiu asked Zhou Ze to be in charge of writing the manuscript, and he was helping him to screen out some important information from the Qingxi Daily report, which would save them the time to conduct a second investigation.

Maybe it was because he personally experienced that special state last night, Lu Jiu thought that this matter was by no means as simple as hysteria.

Someone went crazy with hysteria, but it is too much of a coincidence to say that so many people developed hysteria one after another at a similar time period.

Different stances naturally lead to different perspectives and feedback on information.

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

First of all, the time when everyone has hysteria is concentrated in the middle of the night or early in the morning, early or late, but when most people are already asleep, they suddenly have hysteria, even if someone notices, few people are willing to get up at night to check.

Secondly, without exception, the people with hysteria are all young adults, and they seem very irritable at the onset of the disease, Lu Jiu has personally felt it, and has also asked Uncle Zhao, who said that he only feels that there is a fire in his heart, and his mind is full of destruction and killing desires.

How can hysteria vulgaris cause such symptoms?

Finally, when people with hysteria go berserk, they often attack their close ones as soon as possible, and after killing them, they all choose to commit suicide without exception.

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

This reason sounds reasonable at first glance, but from another point of view, it's more like killing people, isn't it?

Without the confession of the person concerned, even if the government wants to investigate, who can it go to, let alone the relatives of the deceased or the family members living elsewhere who have suddenly suffered bad news and are too late to grieve, how can they think of reporting to the police to examine the bodies of their children at this moment?

What if these seemingly coincidental details hide a homicide......

Involuntarily recalled the crow cries he heard twice last night and his own emotional changes, Lu Jiu was terrified.

His intuition told him that the crux of the problem was probably there!

Of course, it is obviously impossible to make a conclusion based on conjecture alone, and Lu Jiu needs more intuitive evidence to verify his conjecture.

Putting the newspaper back on the table, Lu Jiu curled his fingers, knocked on the table, attracted the attention of Zhou Ze on the other side, and then asked: "Old Zhou, let's go our separate ways later, you go to the neighbors near the victim's residence in this newspaper, and ask them if they have heard any strange noises or seen strange people 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." ”

"What do you think of this time...... Not just hysteria?"

As an interviewer who needs to deal with people often, Zhou Ze immediately guessed the meaning of Lu Jiu's words.

"It's just a certain possibility, anyway, we've already got the activity funds, hysteria alone, Qingxi Daily has already reported it, isn't it, let's dig something deeper to attract attention!"

If it was said that helping Uncle Zhao's family before was purely because of the friendship between his predecessor and them, then now Lu Jiu has selfish intentions.

If you want to survive in this world and find out what is wrong with your body, it is undoubtedly wishful thinking to rely on the savings that are less than 2 silver dollars in hand.

Not to mention that he also wants to cure the strange diseases of his body......

How do interviewers make money in a short period of time?

Naturally, there is only one big news!

Zhou Ze did not object to Lu Jiu's idea, doing their job, digging deep into the information of the incident is the basic quality, and there is no point in following the trend and reporting.

The two hit it off, first agreed on a place to meet later, and waited until noon, Lu Jiu returned to Mingdefang in the north of the city, while Zhou Ze rushed to the nearest residence of the deceased with hysteria.

Leaving the bus stop and crossing the street, Lu Jiu pushed open the door of the apartment building while thinking about what questions to start with later.

Trot up the stairs.

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

However, just as Lu Jiu stepped up the last step with his left foot, and was about to open his mouth to 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 pressed against the wall of the corridor on one side by a thick arm.

The wall ash was scattered on both sides of his cheeks due to the vibration, Lu Jiu felt the soreness in his chest, and was suddenly attacked, and when he came back to his senses, he subconsciously mobilized the strength in his body, clenched his fists and prepared to attack his attackers.

It's just that the arm just lifted up and immediately slackened.

The reason is simple.

Two oddly shaped guns were aimed at his head in front of him!