Return to your place coming from the director's office."
Li Hao looked at the calendar on the table, July 12, 1730.
"Almost a year!"
He whispered softly.
In front of me, Chen Na curiously asked, "Why has it been almost a year?"
Li Hao smiled and explained, "I said it's been almost a year since I joined the Inspection Department."
"Oh, you have such a good memory."
Chen Na didn't pay much attention anymore. Who would remember that? It doesn't mean anything.
Li Hao didn't speak much.
He remembers!
I remember very clearly!
On August 1, 1729, he joined the Inspection Department.
A few days ago, on July 23, a day after the incident, Li Hao decided to drop out of school, and soon Li Hao joined the Inspection Department.
On July 22, 1729, self-immolation occurred in the Ancient Courtyard of Yincheng.
Zhang Yuan, a second-level student from Guyuan, set himself on fire outside his dormitory and burned to death.
To avoid tarnishing the reputation of the Ancient Academy of Yincheng, and after the inspection by the Inspection Department, it was indeed caused by an accident, the news of the matter was blocked, and very few people knew that a student from the Ancient Academy of Yincheng had died.
Of course, one thing that prevented the matter from becoming serious was that Zhang Yuan's parents were dead, and he had no relatives or victims at home, so the matter was quickly suppressed.
After that, Li Hao dropped out of school, and his tutor also speculated that this was related to Zhang Yuan. It is said that Li Hao and Zhang Yuan had a good relationship.
"Zhangyuan!"
I silently thought in my heart, it has been almost a year since Xiaoyuan died.
The scene of that day came to mind again.
The red shadow of blood seemed to grasp Xiaoyuan's soul, and the blood-red flame burned Xiaoyuan's soul. The pain, the struggle, the collapse, and various emotions were not seen by others, but Li Hao seemed to see them clearly.
He wanted to take a step forward to stop him, but at that moment, Xiaoyuan's mouth kept opening and closing. In so much pain and unable to make any sound, his mouth kept moving.
Others might think it was a wail, but only Li Hao knew it wasn't.
"Escape!"
Yes, that's letting oneself escape.
Li Hao knows Zhang Yuan very well!
Stay away, stay away.
Zhang Yuan didn't die in the dormitory. When he died, he was only wearing underwear. He looked ridiculous, but Li Hao never found it ridiculous.
When Zhang Yuan died, he should have been ready to sleep, but he escaped from the dormitory in extremely painful circumstances. The direction he was heading was Li Hao's dormitory!
He couldn't make any sound, so he broke a tile with almost the greatest perseverance. Only then, in the middle of the night, did he cause a lot of commotion. Many people went out to check, including Li Hao.
Zhang Yuan is asking for help?
People outside think that's the case, but Li Hao thinks... no.
He was warning himself. Zhang Yuan escaped from the dormitory, made a noise, and attracted Li Hao. Finally, he silently said "escape." This wasn't asking Li Hao for help, but letting him escape.
"14 years."
Li Hao murmured again in his heart.
He and Zhang Yuan have known each other for 14 years. They are not just classmates for two years as others imagined. They have known each other for 14 years. They have been classmates since childhood, or should they be best friends?
It's just that both of them are taciturn, and male friendship doesn't need to be discussed all the time.
Just like Zhang Yuan, in the moment before his death, he struggled to escape with extremely strong willpower, just to convey a message to Li Hao and escape!
The case of Zhang Yuan's self-immolation was finally suppressed and silenced.
Naturally, few people would investigate Li Hao, a close friend.
"Xiaoyuan asked me to escape, was it because of something he saw or heard, or out of pure fear? Or... did Xiaoyuan know that Xueying's next target would be me?"
This is also a question Li Hao has been pondering for a year.
He couldn't imagine how much pain Zhang Yuan endured. At that moment, he still warned himself. Li Hao felt it wasn't simple. Maybe... Xueying's next target would be him!
"Seven people, plus me, maybe seven people. What do we have in common?"
"This extends for ten years, and time is getting faster. If you include me, there are seven people, except for me and Zhang Yuan, there is nothing relevant."
Li Hao rubbed his forehead gently and examined the documents in front of him. They were all files of six people and also some clues he collected through various channels in the past year.
Ten years have passed since the first person died. There may or may not have been something before that. Li Hao has no way of knowing.
The time span covers ten years, and many things are really hard to look up.
"Gender? Age? Occupation? Identity? Common contacts?"
Li Hao examined the documents in front of him many times. Li Hao never found commonalities in the conventional sense. These are some completely independent people.
"Why did Blood Shadow kill them? Did they threaten Blood Shadow or had other purposes?"
Countless doubts filled Li Hao's mind.
Of course, if you keep pursuing this, there is one more thing... revenge!
No one would care if Zhang Yuan died, but Li Hao did.
The night watch side is full of uncertainties. If he hadn't been able to get effective clues or hadn't had a good way to deal with a blood shadow that no one could see, Li Hao wouldn't have expected the night watch to kill the blood shadow. Ying, he wished he could kill that guy!
"Li Hao, look at the information of these people again?"
On the other side, Chen Na couldn't help but ask when she saw Li Hao opening the familiar document again.
During the past year, she had seen this many times. Li Hao was reading this document, and the document was getting thicker and thicker, and Li Hao could almost see the edges.
But every time she wanted to take a look, Li Hao closed it quickly.
I only saw it vaguely; they are some personal information of some people.
Li Hao raised his head and showed a pure smile, "Sister Na, take a look."
"Cut!"
Chen Na dismissed and glanced casually: Can you watch it for almost a year?
This guy is not honest sometimes.
"I've been watching for so long, Li Hao, what do you want to check? There are so many veteran inspectors here." Why don't you show me, maybe I can give you some advice, don't worry, I won't leak."
Chen Na smiled and said, "How about it, show me?"
Very curious!
Li Hao didn't want people to know that he was investigating this before, and he was also worried about attracting Hongying's attention. But now he didn't find anything, and the case was reported to