Chapter 86: Mid-Autumn Festival

  Everyone is willing to advance and retreat together, this is the best result for Hualang.

  If it were really Huā Láng himself alone, he truly wouldn't dare to take on this matter. As a scholar with no martial arts skills, how could he possibly contend with the people of Wolf Valley?

  Many times, many things, can't be solved just by being clever, but also need strength.

  After everyone discussed it, Hua Wanyou suddenly shouted: "Today is already July 14th, tomorrow will be the Zhongyuan Festival, what should we do?"

  When everyone realized this problem, they suddenly panicked. It's already late today and tomorrow is the Zhongyuan Festival. Can they find Luo Wu within a day?

  Even if they find Luo Wu, it's not necessarily that they can find the murderer. Three days have passed and only two days are left, will they be able to crack the case?

  Time passed minute by minute, and Huā Lang sat in the living room for a long time. He was thinking about what to do next. Time was pressing, if he waited until tomorrow to look again, it would probably be too late. Going out at night was even more impossible.

  If Luo Wu wants to pay respects to his deceased wife, what would he do?

  Xiang Nalou Wu is a rivers and lakes person, who has a high self-esteem, should not bury his deceased wife with others, but if so, where would he bury his deceased wife?

  Thinking of this, Hua Lang felt a bit annoyed. If he knew how Luo Wu's late wife had died or where they liked to go before her death, then he might have been able to guess where Luo Wu would bury his wife. But none of these things did he know.

  After sitting for a long time, Hualang suddenly stood up from his chair. Simply waiting or thinking couldn't solve the problem. He had to tell Bao Qing about what he knew today and borrow the power of the government to find Luo Wu.

  Without time to think more, Hu Lang couldn't help but bid farewell to Wen Meng and several others, and hurriedly rushed towards the county government office.

  It took only a short while to reach the county government office. When Hua Lang arrived, Bao Zheng and Gong Sun Ce were worried as one day had already passed in the three-day time limit. What should they do?

  When the yamen runner reported to Bao Gong and others that Hualang had arrived, they were somewhat surprised. So late, what did Hualang come for?

  After Flower Gentleman arrived in the living room, Bao Zheng asked immediately: "Brother Hua came to visit at midnight, did you find any clues?"

  Hualang nodded, then told Bao Zheng and Gong Sunce about the things that Wen Yidao had said. After they finished listening, they were very surprised. Then, Gong Sunce asked: "Brother Hua, since you know the origin of the person in the painting, do you have any idea how to find him?"

  Hualang shook his head: "No, tomorrow is the Zhongyuan Festival, and it's probably not easy to find Luo Wu's tomb."

  After listening to Hua Lang's words, Gong Sun Ce smiled faintly: "Brother Hua has no way, but I have one, I don't know if it's feasible or not!"

  The two men heard Gong Sun Ce say he had a plan and simultaneously asked: "What plan?"

  Gongsun Ce smiled slightly and said, "The Zhongyuan Festival is also known as the Ghost Festival or the Lost Souls' Festival. On this day, every family that has lost a loved one will offer sacrifices to their ancestors. Since it's a sacrificial ritual, they'll definitely need things for the sacrifice. If we send people to monitor every place selling paper money and paper effigies tomorrow, I'm sure we can find Luo Wu."

  Hualang and Bao Zheng listened to Gong Sun's words, suddenly enlightened, Luo Wu loved his wife very much, so he must have made good offerings, if the shops selling the goods needed for the offerings were monitored, then finding Luo Wu was not a problem.

  After this was settled, Bao Zheng immediately sent someone to count how many shops in Tianchang County were selling funeral goods. After the count was finished, he again dispatched people to secretly monitor and distribute them. By then, the sky had already lightened slightly.

  Around the time of Chen, Wen Meng and others got up to find that Hualang was not there. When they were anxious, Hualang walked in from outside with a tired pace. Wen Meng and others went forward to ask him about it. After Hualang told them what happened last night, he said: "Now everything is ready, only waiting for Luo Wu's east wind. I'll go rest first, I'm too tired from last night."

  Wen Meng supported Huahua Lang back to his room to rest, and afterwards came out to discuss with Yin Wuchuo: "Since we can know this secret, the people of Wolf Valley must also know it. If we want to catch the murderer, I'm afraid a big battle is inevitable."

  Yin has no mistake and is well aware that Langgu is not someone these jianghu youngsters can afford to provoke casually, so they must make sufficient preparations.

  About an hour later, Hualang woke up and told Wenmeng about the worries she and Yiwu had. After listening to it, Hualang praised her repeatedly, then said: "If the people of Langgu have found Luowu's wife's grave, they will definitely ambush there waiting for Luowu to take the bait. If we follow Luowu to the tomb, we will also be attacked. I think it's better not to let him go to the tomb first, and intercept him before he reaches the tomb."

  Everyone thought it was feasible, so the four of them rushed to the county government office together and told Bao Zheng about this.

  Bao Zheng agreed and then it was just a matter of waiting for news. Throughout Tianchang County, wherever there were vendors selling sacrificial goods, they had people stationed there. As soon as any news came in, someone would immediately come to report it.

  But they waited for an entire morning without getting any news at all.

  Just as everyone was getting impatient, a yamen runner came to report that Luo Wu's trail had been discovered.

  Having seen Luo Wu's whereabouts, Bao Zheng didn't say much and immediately led his men to follow him.

  At this time, Tianchang County was a bit lively, with many families rushing to the suburbs. Some people even brought iron shovels to add soil to the graves. Luo Wu blended in with the crowd, but as soon as he left the city gate, he quickly dodged to one side and separated himself from the bustling commoners.

  Bao Zheng saw this and immediately sent someone to follow him, and according to the result of his discussion with Hualang Gong Sun Ce and others, he must be caught before Luo Wu arrived at his late wife's grave.

  Luo Wuyue walked further and further into the wilderness, as if deliberately creating an opportunity for Bao Zheng and his men. When they arrived at a small path surrounded by trees, Hualang felt that the time was ripe, so he suddenly shouted loudly from behind: "Ah!"

  Everyone saw that Huā Láng shouted "aiya" and thought it was very strange, but Huā Láng didn't mind. His purpose was just to attract Luó Wǔ and make him stay.

  But Luo Wu heard a cry of "aiya" and thought someone had fallen or something unexpected had happened, so he stopped. But as soon as he stopped, Bao Zheng and others suddenly rushed up and surrounded him.

  Luo Wu was somewhat shocked, the wine in his hand shaking as he looked at Bao Zhen and others and asked: "Looking at your attire, you seem to be from the government office. I haven't committed any crime, why are you surrounding me?"

  At this time, Hua Lang stood out and smiled lightly: "Luo Wu?"