After Qi Si pried open the door on the second floor of the inn, it remained half-closed. It opened with a single push.
Tang Yu and Lin Chen entered Luo Haihua and her husband's room one after the other. After reading the pages covered in writing on the bedside table, neither of them looked good.
Qi Si stood calmly to one side and knowingly asked, "Tang Yu, Lin Ya, have you figured anything out?"
Tang Yu said, "Based on what's written here, the clues from the two military letters and the travelogue that first existed in our room have been connected."
He paused, recalling, "An invading foreign race forced the army to retreat to Poplar Blossom Town. After the town fell, they drove out the civilians and burned the town's supplies.
"The obsessions of the wronged souls became the town's illusion, turning it into something like a Peach Blossom Spring that could steal people's souls. This is probably the background setting of this Instance."
He trailed off, and Lin Chen continued, "Master Meng of Poplar Blossom Town now should be the General Meng who defended the city back then...
"He burned down the town while he was alive, accidentally harmed its residents, and still ruled over them after death. He was consorting with tigers—I have a feeling he wasn't a good person."
After voicing his opinion, he pointed to a line on the paper and asked what he did not understand. "By the way, Brother Tang, this person communicating with Teacher Luo and the others claimed to be you. What exactly is going on?"
"This is indeed my handwriting, and the way it's phrased is consistent with my habits." Tang Yu stared at the place Lin Chen was pointing at, his brows tightly furrowed. "If I didn't lack any memory