A strange smile curled Li Qing's lips. "Someone really is holding a ritual in White Qu County."
A thoughtful look appeared in his eyes. After collating the information, an incident in White Qu County that appeared to involve a ritual surfaced.
On every full-moon night, a mysterious Ghost Bride appeared in White Qu County.
The Ghost Bride would randomly choose an unmarried man and leave behind a bride price. That man would then vanish, never to be seen again.
This was an event widely circulated throughout White Qu County. The legend of the Ghost Bride had persisted for twelve years, appearing once every month.
Tomorrow happened to be the day the Ghost Bride would appear this month, as well as the final time in the twelfth year.
People in the teahouse were already discussing who would be chosen tomorrow.
The Jade Tablet reconstructed the information on every missing person, and he discovered their primary connection.
They were all only sons and old bachelors, with no parents or siblings—utterly alone in the world.
He instantly understood the reason.
"Heh, it seems this woman isn't very powerful. She can only deal with people who have no family, and she knows every one of them very well."
"They're all lechers. With the slightest temptation, they'll fall straight into the trap."
"Whether through poison or some other method, getting rid of them would be easy."
"That narrows down the possible targets considerably."
Li Qing intended to find the woman playing the Ghost Bride. He left the teahouse and began wandering through the county town, observing every person and every building, gathering every scrap of information he could.
House after house, person after person, entered his sight.
Way of Changes swiftly constructed an information repository for White Qu County.
From the town's layout to information