ninety thousand miles

Chapter 389 Old Horse
The old man's house was in the southwest of Qiaojiatang. It was already past noon when Li Chuan and the others arrived. They planned to eat something first before visiting, so they found a restaurant in the market, sat down and ordered a few dishes.

Just when they were about to use their chopsticks, a man came to their table, "Dr. Li, Master Wu Kong, Blacksmith Cen," the man called out their names one by one and said, "Why are you here too?"

Li Chuan looked up and recognized it, it was Liu Canjun. He was also surprised and said, "Liu Canjun, why are you here too?"

"Are you here to express condolences to Sun Tianxi?" Liu Canjun asked.

"Yes, let's give Senior Sun a ride." Blacksmith Cen said.

"Are you here to express your condolences too?" Li Chuan asked, "Have you eaten? Sit down quickly and let's have something together."

"I've eaten." Liu Canjun sat down, shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said, "Suddenly there are so many strangely dressed people coming to the county. I must take a look and stare at them." He complained: "Next After the Lin Cun case, everything related to these, regardless of whether they are true or false, has all come to my side. "What else can I do?"

He added: "This Sun Tianxi moved here ten years ago. He told his neighbors that he used to be in the lumber business. Now that he is old and wants to settle down, he bought a house here. He was usually very kind and kind, but I didn’t expect that so many people would come here after he died, and none of them looked easy to deal with.”

Blacksmith Cen sounded dissatisfied and said, "If it weren't for Senior Sun, you might not be able to sit here with peace of mind."

"What do you say?" Liu Canjun didn't lose his temper, but asked instead.

"Do you know King Baoxing of Lanshan Pavilion?" Blacksmith Cen asked.

"I know." Liu Canjun said.

"If Senior Sun hadn't teamed up with more than a dozen demon hunters more than 20 years ago to severely injure King Baoxing, how could the monkey demon not come out to cause chaos and eat people for so many years?" Blacksmith Cen told Sun Tianxi's deeds. , said: "There are indeed many scum among the demon hunters. But Senior Sun is different. At least... he is kind to the people of Chao Bing County."

"I was frivolous," Liu Canjun apologized to Blacksmith Cen, and said, "I'll go there with you later, and I'll also burn a stick of incense to send this old man off."

Seeing what Liu Canjun said, Cen Tiejiang was a little embarrassed. He said: "After the old man retired, he didn't mention the previous things. I don't know, it's normal. These people gather here, it is indeed easy to cause trouble. I guess In a few days, they will be gone."

Liu Canjun said, "It's better if the wife is peaceful." Then he asked Li Chuan, "Aren't you in the capital? When did you come back?"

"I came back the day before yesterday," Li Chuan said.

"Is there official business, or are you just coming back for a visit?" Liu Canjun asked.

"No business." Li Chuan said.

Liu Canjun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I heard from people that there have been a lot of moves in Qintian Prison recently. I thought there was something wrong with you coming back."

"The county governor won't be inspecting the county town again these days, right?" Li Chuan asked.

"No, no," Liu Canjun laughed and said, "You want to see the county governor? I will take you there later?"

This time Li Chuan waved his hand and said, "No, no, let's not hurt each other."

He suddenly remembered what Zhang Xintong said and couldn't help but raise his head and glance at Liu Canjun again. The young, powerful and experienced official might not be Commander Wu, but Liu Canjun.

Liu Canjun noticed it and asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Chuan said, "I just thought it would be nice if there were no monsters in Bing County when we were there." "That's right," Liu Canjun agreed very much. He said, "The Black-horned King in Xuanshui Mountain was gone the year before last. Most of the fields have been re-cultivated, and the mineral veins have been steadily mined since last year. Those who became refugees due to the demon disaster and those who fled from other places have a place to go. "

Li Chuan didn't know this, so he said, "It's great."

"Yeah, so, sometimes when I can't sleep, I think, if the monkey demon in Lanshan Pavilion and the scorpion spirit in Ziyun Cave are gone, then... But I don't dare to think about it. Disaster, one village after another," Liu Canjun pursed his lips and shook his head, "It's so miserable."

Li Chuan understood his attitude.

After the four of them had eaten, they walked out of the restaurant and walked to Senior Sun's house. When I walked to the gate, I saw many people gathered there in twos and threes. Some of them recognized Blacksmith Cen and came up to greet him. Blacksmith Cen just nodded and didn't say much to them.

The house was filled with fireworks, and from time to time there were cries that drowned out the sound of chanting sutras.

Following the instructions, they went to the mourning hall and lit incense sticks. Blacksmith Cen then asked the stewards in the house a few questions, then took them around to the back and found Aunt Zhu in the dining hall.

Aunt Zhu was sitting with another female monster hunter and talking. She was very surprised to see Blacksmith Cen and the others coming. When they arrived, she asked, "What are you doing here?"

The female monster hunter understood, got up and left.

After she walked away, Tiejiang Cen looked around and said softly: "Something happened to Brother Jiang. Last time you said he might have gone to Yuanjiao Forest. Do you know anything else?"

"What happened?" Aunt Zhu asked.

"Missing." Blacksmith Cen said.

Aunt Zhu thought for a while and said, "I thought I saw Brother Ma just now. He said he was going to go." After that, she stood up and said, "I'll call him over. You guys wait a moment."

Liu Canjun realized that this was the purpose of Li Chuan and others coming here. He lowered his voice and asked, "Brother Jiang? Is he the same one I saw last time? Didn't he say that he is a monk of the Qing Sect?"

"That's him." Li Chuan said.

"Yuanjiao Forest is under Shanping County," Liu Canjun thought for a while and said, "I happen to have a fellow countryman who is serving as the county magistrate in Ren County. Do you want me to write a letter to ask?"

"Don't be hasty, let's find out first before talking." Li Chuan said.

While talking, Aunt Zhu came over with a thin, middle-aged man with gray hair and a dark complexion wearing a blue Confucian robe.

Li Chuan understood that he was the old Ma Ge mentioned by Sister-in-law Zhu.

Blacksmith Cen stood up and said, "Brother Ma."

Old Ma's eyes turned to Li Chuanwu and Liu Canjun, and stopped for a while. After making a gesture to Blacksmith Cen to sit down together, he asked: "Do you want to ask about the python in Yuanjiao Forest?"

"You didn't go?" Blacksmith Cen asked.

Old Ma said: "I took the deposit and entered the forest. There were seven of us, me, a young monk, a couple, and three brothers. After entering the forest, I found that the couple and the three brothers were talking to each other. They knew each other, but they just pretended not to know each other, and there was obviously something wrong with them, so halfway through, I found an opportunity and ran away. "

(End of this chapter)