Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1379 631: Demon (Part 3)

"Is it Li Qi?"

Boss Lu nodded, "It's him, came in from the bookstore in the Outside Provinces."

"Li Qi came at this time?" Yu Yaoming couldn't understand, and neither did Boss Lu.

Boss Lu went downstairs, circling the third row of bookshelves twice.

Logically, after passing the bookshelves, Boss Lu should have reached the shop outside the provinces, but looking at the situation outside, he found himself still in Greenwater City.

This kind of situation is quite normal; in the territory of Puluo State, as long as there's a Lu Family Bookstore, Boss Lu can go wherever he wants.

But if he leaves the Puluo State range, it depends on the state of the Three-Head Fork.

Now the state of the Three-Head Fork is very special, not a single gap on the boundary line, Boss Lu couldn't pass through, he had to use some special means.

He took out two secret documents from beneath the counter, stamped them with the jade seal, carried one document with him, and placed the other outside the store door.

He returned to the first row of shelves, stood for a moment, circled the third row of shelves twice again, and when he emerged from between the two rows of shelves, Boss Lu had already arrived at the shop outside the provinces, where Li Qi was standing beside the bookshelf at the door.

"Seventh Master, pardon the lack of hospitality!" Boss Lu cupped his hands.

Li Qi returned the gesture and said directly, "I have something I want to ask you about, originally wanted to find a suitable day, but after checking the calendar, today seems quite fitting."

Boss Lu pondered for a moment, and turned back to look at the calendar.

Indeed, today's date is quite good!

The two sat down in the hall, Boss Lu prepared the wine and tea, Li Banfeng said, "I heard from Old Luo that you went to Flower Fairy Mansion, what was it for?"

Boss Lu stared at Li Qi for a moment, then straightforwardly counter-questioned, "You don't know about this?"

Li Banfeng shook his head, "If I knew, I wouldn't have come to ask you."

Boss Lu was silent for a moment, he planned to use indirect probing and repeated testing to find out the clues.

Right now, a few words seemed to explain the matter clearly.

Back when they were discussing writing, Li Qi had once advised Boss Lu, a good piece should have fewer twists and turns.

To avoid misunderstandings, it's better to be straightforward: "I have a little feud with Du Wenming, I left a mark on him, don't know who helped Du Wenming remove the mark and buried it in Flower Fairy Mansion."

"What kind of mark?"

Boss Lu glanced at the bloody character "Zhou".

Li Banfeng shook his head, "I've never seen this mark, neither have my men seen Du Wenming recently, but since the mark appeared in Flower Fairy Mansion, it proves this matter is directed at me, I will pay extra attention."

While speaking, Boss Lu kept watching Li Banfeng's expression.

Li Banfeng didn't offer further explanation and got up to say goodbye.

Boss Lu reminded him, "Du Wenming's cultivation level has greatly improved, Seventh Master, you must be careful."

Li Banfeng thanked him and left the bookstore.

Boss Lu circled the second row of shelves twice, looked out the window, still in the Outside Provinces, the boundary of Three-Head Fork still couldn't be crossed.

"I thought I could save a document." He took out the remaining document from his pocket, placed it outside the door, circled the second row of shelves twice, and returned to Greenwater City.

After going upstairs, Boss Lu told Yu Yaoming, "You guessed right, this matter has nothing to do with Li Qi."

Yu Yaoming said, "Li Qi didn't come to warn you?"

Boss Lu shook his head, "If he secretly helped Du Wenming, he wouldn't leave the document at Flower Fairy Mansion,

If he intended to openly threaten me, he wouldn't deny it,

At present, it seems that this matter wasn't done by him, who actually did it?"

Ding ding~

The bell rang, someone entered the bookstore.

Boss Lu picked up the magazine on the shelf, flipping through it page by page.

Flipping to the last page, Boss Lu saw the situation in the lobby downstairs, "Turns out a guest has come to buy books!"

Yu Yaoming paused for a moment, "I've heard the bell downstairs a long time ago, you were flipping for so long, seems like you just wanted to read the magazine!"

If it were usual people, Boss Lu might not have cared, but today this guest is somewhat important, Ling Miaosheng from Beautiful Voice Record Player Shop.

Boss Lu went downstairs, walked straight to the counter, smiling, "Boss Ling, you're here to buy music scores?"

Ling Miaosheng nodded and picked several scores, both Western and traditional music.

According to Boss Lu's impression, Ling Miaosheng usually doesn't delve into national music, "Boss Ling, liking our ancestors' good stuff now."

Ling Miaosheng nodded, "The ancestors' things are indeed good, I've recently made friends with two people, well-versed in all instruments except the huqin, I'm buying some scores to study with them..."

Halfway through his words, Ling Miaosheng suddenly felt dizzy.

Boss Lu quickly supported Ling Miaosheng to sit down, "Boss Ling, are you unwell?"

Ling Miaosheng shook his head, "Not sure what's wrong, maybe caught a cold recently with the cold weather."

Boss Lu said nothing, Ling Miaosheng's condition didn't seem like a cold, more like an internal injury.

After sitting for a while, Ling Miaosheng recovered, took the music scores, and returned to the phonograph shop.

He entered his room, put on a record, listening quietly.

This was a record sent from Amikan Country, a total of over a dozen records, each with different music, holding his memories in Amikan Country, he even told Li Qi, once the records arrived, the memories would return, yet Ling Miaosheng listened repeatedly dozens of times, nothing came back.

After listening to two pieces, as Ling Miaosheng was about to play the third record, the clerk reported that Mr. Yang Shaofeng and Mr. Cai Weiming had arrived.

Yang Shaofeng and Cai Weiming are the aliases of Bai He and Bai Wusong and their follower Bai Xinseng, Ling Miaosheng was waiting for these two people, he promptly instructed the clerk to invite them in.