Not following the expected path? Reborn and unexpectedly married to a demon.

That person was one of the assassins of the Canal Gang; she had seen him by the river when she was looking for medicinal herbs.

The Canal Gang and the Jin family inevitably share some inexplicable similarities, which is why she is familiar with this place; this must be a Canal Gang stronghold.

There was no need to investigate the stronghold of the Canal Gang for the time being. Chu Luo then turned to the house to the south, intending to go and investigate as a passerby. However, she saw Fei Zhiyou climbing over the wall from inside. She was so frightened that she quickly hid in the corner of the wall.

After he left, Chu Luo observed the guard at the door. He was dressed like an ordinary servant, but his military boots revealed his identity as a soldier.

To find out their identities, Chu Luo had to probe them. She looked around and saw a large dog tearing at a cat in the corner of an alley.

Chu Luo cracked the still-warm roasted egg and gently rolled it to the side of the guard. The fragrant egg quickly attracted the dog's attention, and it ran over quickly.

The guard drew his knife and peered towards the dog. After realizing it was a dog, he didn't turn back; his posture suggested he was about to kill it.

As the guard attacked the dog, the dog, whose eyes had turned bloodshot after eating the egg, instantly became frenzied and pounced on him. The guard's blows were vicious and deadly, and the dog's bites were equally powerful.

Hearing barking and fighting from inside the gate, several people came out. Judging from their formation and weapons, based on her memories from her previous life, Chu Luo quickly confirmed that these people should be related to Feng Zhe.

"Kill this vicious dog and make dog meat soup!" one of the bitten men said, raising his knife.

Unfortunately, this dog was already a vicious breed and had gone mad. They were hesitant to get too close, and instead of killing it, they were bitten several times.

After the dogs went wild, they took the opportunity to run away. The dog-eat-dog drama was truly captivating.

Suddenly, Chu Luo remembered something that made her heart skip a beat: Fei Zhiyou had been gone for some time.

It was all her fault for getting so excited that she forgot to go back, so she had to get up immediately and rush back to her place.

When Chu Luo rushed back anxiously, she found that the hair she had placed on Fei Zhiyou's door and window had not fallen off, which meant that he had not returned yet.

This little town of Mianshui is really interesting; the canal gang, Feng Zhe, and Doctor Fei are all quite interested in it.

The night's journey left Chu Luo exhausted, and she drifted off to sleep. In her dream, she saw the group of children kneeling before her, kowtowing to her.

Chu Luo asked them, "Where exactly are you? If you can't tell me the exact location, could you give me some directions?"

After handing Chu Luo a handful of small blue-purple flowers, they disappeared from her dream.

As soon as it was light, Chu Luo couldn't wait to wash up and then took Xingzhu with her to go out.

At the door, I saw Fei Zhiyou carrying things into the house, it looked like he had gotten up early to go out and buy food.

But Chu Luo noticed that he hadn't changed his clothes and his shoes were a little dirty. Fei Zhiyou, who was always very clean, would never allow himself to wear such shoes so early in the morning.

There's only one possibility: he didn't come home all night.

Although there were suspicious points about him, Chu Luo felt a little relieved to see him return safely.

"My beauty, I bought you some famous local snacks for breakfast," Fei Zhiyou said with a grin, holding up the steaming hot treats.

"I've already eaten, you can eat by yourself. I'm going to take Xingzhu out for some fun." With a smile, she pulled Xingzhu out the door, followed by two guards from the Cao Gang who were there to protect her.

"Then you must be careful. I also need to investigate a case with Scholar Xu today."

Fei Zhiyou genuinely thought she was just going out for fun and wouldn't encounter any danger.

Chu Luo took out the painting with the small blue-purple flowers and asked the locals where they could find such flowers, but many people said they had never seen them before.

Xingzhu picked up the flower and examined it closely before saying, "Miss, you said this is a local flower, so why haven't any locals seen it before? On the contrary, it looks familiar to me, an outsider."

"Familiar? How come this flower looks familiar? Think carefully about where you've seen it before." Chu Luo's disappointment was instantly rekindled with hope.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen this flower before. Where have I been recently? Let me think… let me think… hey, I remember now,” Xingzhu said happily.

"Quickly, tell me, where is it?"

"It was on the way to Shouyuan Village yesterday," Xingzhu said confidently.

Chu Luo recalled the route they took, but still couldn't find any flowers. "We didn't see any flowers along the way yesterday either. If we had, I would definitely remember."

Xingzhu pointed to the leaves and said, "They're not flowers, they're leaves that have lost their blossoms. If you don't look at the flowers, they really do look very similar."

Chu Luo and Xing Zhu had no choice but to go back to that road to investigate. There were many more hoofprints on that road, which meant that someone else had arrived at Shouyuan Village.

While searching for flowers, Xingzhu said, "Young Master Fei just mentioned that he and the top scholar, Lord Xu, are investigating a case. These must be their hoofprints."

“It shouldn’t just be Xu Zhuangyuan and his group; the horseshoe prints are different,” Chu Luo analyzed, looking at the horseshoe.

"Miss has been found! Come and see!" Xingzhu excitedly called her over to take a look.

The leaves are exactly the same, but there are no flowers, and this place doesn't look like a place where people can hide.

She praised Xingzhu for her keen observation, saying, "Xingzhu is amazing; she can really distinguish flowers and plants so well!"

Xingzhu was happy to continue searching for flowers, and before she knew it, she had arrived at a place not far from Shouyuan Village, which was now heavily guarded by government troops.

Chu Luo saw Wang Yao and his group, who were vomiting uncontrollably, so it seemed they had already gone inside.

Her guess was correct; the other hoofprints must have been theirs.

Following the trail of flowers, Xingzhu said, "If we want to find flowers, we might have to go into the woods next to Shouyuan Village. Shall we go?"

Chu Luo couldn't possibly give up on the clues.

The four walked into the woods, and soon the left guard protecting her reminded Chu Luo that someone was following them.

Chu Luo and Xing Zhu lowered their bamboo hats and veils to conceal their faces.

"Who are you, and why are you following us?" The right guard stopped Chen Shu and one of his companions.

"I must state that you saved our lives before, young lady. I saw you sightseeing here and wanted to warn you that this place may not be safe or clean, and that it would be better to leave as soon as possible."

The sincerity and worry in Chen Shu's eyes were undisguised, which momentarily captivated Chu Luo. She pinched herself to stop looking into his eyes, for she had once been bewitched by them.

"Thank you!" Chu Luo bowed slightly in thanks and then continued walking into the forest with Xing Zhu.

"Miss, you..."

Chen Shu hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Instead of turning away because Chu Luo didn't listen to him, he followed them at a distance.

"Young Master Chen, why are you following us?" Chu Luo stopped and asked.

"The forest is dense and the foliage is thick. Several murders have occurred in the nearby villages. We don't know if the murderer is nearby. It's not safe for you to stay in this forest."

Chen Shu didn't give up on the idea of ​​taking Chu Luo out and even thought about coming over to persuade her.

"Where did the young master who came with you go?"

Chu Luo was startled to find that the young master who had come with her was now gone, fearing that something might have really happened to him.

She already knew that what Chen Shu said was possible; those people were ruthless killers, but that was precisely why she was so anxious to find them.

For the sake of those children, she was willing to take some risks, but this was her decision and choice, and also the responsibility she had given herself after her rebirth.

These things were irrelevant to her, and she didn't want to involve the two scholars.