ninety thousand miles

Chapter 348 Good Days

Li Chuan looked at Chang Rimu's appearance again. He had a thick face, thick eyebrows, and bright eyes. He looked like he was in his early forties.

Then he noticed Zou Jingping's appearance. He was much thinner than the last time he saw him, and his face had a weathered look.

Chang Rimu seemed very happy to see them. As he led them in, he said, "I haven't had guests at home for a long time. Please forgive me if I didn't entertain you well."

After entering the door, Li Chuan felt a sense of luxury rushing towards his face. Carved railings, jade inlays, exotic flowers and plants, and all kinds of exquisite objects were all piled there, and I felt that my whole body was wrapped in wealth.

After Li Chuan roughly estimated the prices of several items of furnishings, he gave up the calculation.

Wen Guying was also a little surprised when he saw the situation in the general's mansion.

Neither of them spoke, and followed Chang Rimu through the corridor and into a two-story building. The interior is very elegantly decorated, but the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls and the books placed on the bookshelves all have extraordinary origins.

It is estimated that when Chang Xiao came back to visit him in Sanyi Hutong for the first time, he got the ancient calligraphy and painting books from here.

After Chang Rimu asked them to sit down and waited for the servants to serve tea, he said, "My son told me about what happened in Xiushan County and Wochi. I should have come to thank you, but the situation in the capital is complicated at the moment, and there are too many rumors. I am afraid that I will cause trouble for you."

Wen Guying asked: "Did you find anything?"

Then, Chang Rimu looked at Wen Guying and asked, "Taoist Wen, do you recognize Taoist Qian Xinnongqian? He is also a monk from the Four Gods Palace."

When Li Chuan heard this description, he thought of Shuangyemen.

"He has passed away." Wen Guying said.

Li Chuan said: "Without Mr. Chang showing us the way, it would not have gone so smoothly."

Chang Rimu was lost for a while before he spoke again and said, "How could it be? We also made an agreement that when I get through my secular relationship, we will cultivate immortality with him and ask..."

Chang Rimu was shocked and said: "How could it be? How did he die?"

Wen Guying said: "Junior Brother Qian will be very happy if he knows that there are still people who remember him."

Li Chuan said quickly: "Mr. Zou, you are so humble. You have been busy for so many months just for a word from us. It's really... hard work."

"Okay." Zou Jingping sat upright and said, "I have indeed found a lot of unusual places in the past few months. But I don't dare to judge whether this information is useful and whether some of the guesses are correct. So I I will tell you everything I have learned along the way. If I am too verbose or say too many useless things, please forgive me, Mr. Li and Daoist Wen."

Wen Guying asked: "Junior Brother Qian, do you recognize him?"

After chatting for a while, they finally got to the point. Chang Rimu said: "After you came to see me last time, I asked Mr. Zou to go to Yashan County and didn't come back until half a month ago."

Perhaps fearing that Li Chuan and Wen Guying would misunderstand, he explained: "Although Mr. Zou has no official position, everyone under me obeys him."

Wen Guying said: "He left the Four Gods Palace twenty or thirty years ago, went to another sect, and passed away when that sect was in turmoil."

Chang Rimu said: "It was almost forty years ago. At that time, His Majesty ordered the python to be killed in the Yanzi River. He took the initiative to find me, informed me of the python's weaknesses, and even saved my life. Is he okay now?" "

"Mr. Zou, tell me." Chang Rimu said to Zou Jingping.

Wen Guying also said: "This matter involves the two races of gods and demons. Even Xuanmen monks are not sure of finding out anything. If you think it is worth talking about, tell it in detail. Maybe you can find the truth from it. "

Chang Rimu said: "Mr. Zou, Mr. Li and Daoist Wen are all our own people, just say so."

So Zou Jingping began his narrative. La said: "After I arrived in Yashan County, I did not go directly to the military camp. Instead, I pretended to be a doctor. Starting from Longquan County, I treated patients all the way to Qingtan County. Prince Su's residence is in Qingtan County." Listening to Zou Jingping's narration, Li Chuan somehow thought of Lao and laughed.

Zou Jingping said: "Prince Su was under house arrest in the palace in the winter of the year before last. When I arrived in Heyuan Town to suppress the demons, it was already the autumn of the second year. So by the time I arrived in Yashan County, Prince Su was already close to One year, no longer in the fiefdom.”

"But I walked all the way and found that Yashan County is still relatively stable. I thought at that time that if I wanted to find the relics of gods and demons, it would be difficult to find clues just by asking local officials and people in Prince Su's house. Heyuan Town Demon Suppression In the end, most of the key people and objects were probably taken away, and the remaining people were either unaware or willing to hide these secrets with their lives. "

"So, when I walked along this way, I often went to places where there were rumors of monsters or other abnormalities. I did encounter a few little monsters, but they were all near misses and I didn't get much information. I almost reached Qingtan County. When I was young, I stayed in a hunter's house in a barren mountain and heard something..."

Zou Jingping suddenly stopped.

Just as Li Chuan was about to speak, he saw Chang Rimu stand up and walk out the door. There was a man dressed as a steward standing outside the door.

After Chang Rimu whispered a few words to the steward, he came back. He apologized to Li Chuan and Wen Guying and said, "Your Majesty summoned me to the palace. I don't know why."

Li Chuan said: "General Chang, go quickly."

Chang Rimu nodded, and told Chang Xiao a few words to entertain them well, and then said to Li Chuan and Wen Guying: "I will go and come back quickly. I will definitely be back before dinner. You guys treat this place as your home, everything random."

Then he walked out again and soon disappeared between the stairs.

After the room was quiet for a while, Chang Xiao said, "Uncle Zou, please continue."

"Okay." Zou Jingping spoke again. He said, "The hunter knew that I was a doctor from out of town, so he asked me if I knew how to cure apathy. I asked him who the patient was and what his symptoms were. After saying a few words, I asked him to take me to see the patient, but he hesitated. "

Hearing the word "lost soul", Li Chuan and Wen Gu exchanged glances, and Chang Xiao's expression became serious.

Zou Jingping continued: "I knew there was something fishy, ​​so I didn't ask any more questions at that time, but told me a few methods..."

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside, and then, several sharp female voices came in, and the words "rebellion" and "get out of the way" were vaguely heard.

The expressions of Chang Xiao and Zou Jingping changed. When Chang Xiao was about to stand up, Zou Jingping stood up first and said, "Master, let me go."

Chang Xiao hesitated, nodded and said, "Okay."

After Zou Jingping walked out, Chang Xiao explained: "Aunt Jiu made trouble again. During this period, Uncle Zou was not at home, so she had the final say in everything at home. Now that Uncle Zou is back...she probably thought her father was here. ,so……"

Li Chuan didn't want to get involved in Chang Xiao's family affairs, so he said: "There's no rush, it's just right... there are many books here, many of them seem to be unique, so it's just right to read them."

Chang Xiao said: "Which book Mr. Li likes, just take it back."

"No, I... I just have a look..." Li Chuan said.

The three of Li Chuan chatted for a while and admired the general's collection. The noise outside stopped, but Zou Jingping never came back.

After drinking another round of tea, Chang Xiao couldn't sit still anymore. He said, "I'm going to check on the situation. Mr. Li, Taoist Wen, please wait for me."

"Go." Li Chuan said.

After Chang Xiao's figure disappeared from sight, Li Chuan looked at Wen Guying and said, "Director Wen, did you calculate the date correctly?"

(End of this chapter)