ninety thousand miles

Chapter 467 Yang Shan
"Okay," Li Chuan stood up and saw that his pants had a big hole in them. He said, "Wait, I'll change my clothes."

"Go." Wen Guying said.

Hunter Yang Shan was placed with Tang Su.

After a simple tidying up, they walked straight along the alley and after turning two corners, they arrived at Tang Su's residence, which was also the temporary office of the Demon Hunting Bureau in Yashan County.

Two guards in Demon Hunting Division uniforms stood at the door. When they saw Li Chuan and Wen Gu coming over, one of them stepped forward and said, "Dr. Li, Lord Tang and Taoist Master Yao are waiting for you in the east wing."

Li Chuan nodded.

Then the guard led them to the side room. There were three people sitting inside, Tang Su, Zou Jingping, and Yao Shuang. When they saw Li Chuan and Wen Guying coming in, they all stood up and exchanged a few words. Li Chuan asked, "Where is the hunter?"

Tang Su pointed to the inner room and said, "He's in there, he hasn't woken up yet."

Then they walked together into the inner room.

The hunter lay on the bed with his hands folded on his chest, his expression very peaceful.

This time, Li Chuan saw that the little finger of his right hand was indeed bent outward.

Tang Su said: "He has three broken ribs, his left leg is broken, and his body is covered with scratches, but none of them are fatal. The injuries have been treated. When he wakes up, he will just need a few months to recover."

Hearing this, Li Chuan looked at Wen Guying and said, "Master Wen, wake him up."

He had too many questions in his mind to ask the hunter.

"Okay." Wen Guying raised his hand and brushed it across the hunter's face. After a moment, the hunter opened his eyes. He was blank at first. After a while, he sat up and retreated to the corner of the bed. He looked at Li Chuan and the others warily and asked, "Who are you? What are you going to do?"

Just as Li Chuan was about to speak, Zou Jingping bypassed him, walked up to the hunter, and said, "Yang Shan, it's me."

"Doctor Zou? You..." Yang Shan looked around and then looked Zou Jingping up and down. His expression changed several times before he asked, "You, you saved me?"

"It was Dr. Li and these two Taoist priests who saved you." Zou Jingping said, moving aside a little to let the hunter see Li Chuan, Wen Guying and Yao Shuang clearly.

Yang Shan glanced at them and then looked at Zou Jingping again and asked, "Are you the general's man?"

"Yes." Zou Jingping admitted.

"Did you send someone to follow me?" Yang Shan asked again.

"Yes." Zou Jingping also admitted it and said, "I was afraid that you would be unwilling to get involved in these things again. Sure enough, you are back again." The hunter shook his head and said nothing.

Zou Jingping poured a bowl of water and handed it to the hunter, then sat down beside the bed and said, "It seems that you have learned something from other places during this period of time. Would you like to tell us about it?"

Yang Shan was silent.

Zou Jingping turned his head and glanced at Tang Su.

Tang Su understood and whispered in Li Chuan's ear: "Let's go outside first."

Li Chuan nodded.

The four people walked out in silence.

After sitting down in the outer room, Li Chuan listened to the noises coming from the inner room for a while. He could only hear two people talking, but he couldn't make out clearly what they were saying.

...In the inner room, Zou Jingping said to Yang Shan frankly: "I am indeed the general's man. The last time I came to Yashan County, I was entrusted by the general to investigate the root cause of all the strange things in Qingtan County. It was not my intention to hide anything from you."

"I know that the monk is Prince Su's man. All of them were killed by Prince Su...my sister, the people in the palace, and the people in the village around the nunnery." Yang Shan said.

Zou Jingping did not ask him how he knew this, but said, "The two Taoist priests you just met are Taoist Priest Wen from the Four Gods Palace and Taoist Priest Yao from the Xuanyue Sect. Have you heard of the names of these two sects?"

Yang Shan shook his head.

Zou Jingping said: "The Four Gods Palace and Xuanyue Sect are currently the two most powerful sects in the Xuan Sect. These two Taoist priests are the best in the sect. They came here, first, to look for someone, and second, to investigate what happened here."

"The two Taoist priests are proficient in magic and can call the wind and rain. They will definitely be able to drive away the evil spirits in Qingtan County and even Yashan County."

Yang Shan was silent for a while, then asked, "Who is that Dr. Li?"

"He is a doctor of astronomy from the Imperial Observatory. He has a wide circle of friends and many friends in the Taoist community," Zou Jingping replied.

"I understand." Yang Shan seemed to have figured something out and said, "Doctor Zou, no matter what, you saved my life. If it weren't for you, I would have become a wandering ghost."

Before Zou Jingping could speak, he continued, "But I have to avenge my sister first. No matter what they ask me to do, as long as it can avenge me, I am willing to do it."

"Just think it through," Zou Jingping then reminded him, "Most of the people in the Xuanmen are arrogant, and some of them behave strangely. So when they ask you something, just tell them. Don't be too smart and annoy them."

……

Wen Guying listened to their conversation and raised his eyebrows.

Then, footsteps were heard from the inner room, and Yang Shan came out supported by Zou Jingping.

When he saw Li Chuan and the other two, he immediately knelt down in front of them and said, "Thank you very much for saving my life."

Li Chuan hurriedly went to help him up and said, "No need to do this, get up and talk..."

Yang Shan did not move. He broke free from Li Chuan's hand, kowtowed three times to them, and then said, "Whatever you want to know, just ask. There is nothing I cannot tell you."

Li Chuan looked at Wen Guying, who said gently, "I heard from Mr. Zou that you left Yashan County to collect evidence of the general's crimes. Why are you back here?"

Yang Shan said: "I do..."

"Stand up and speak," Wen Guying said.

Yang Shan felt a force lifting him up. He quickly stood up and said, "After I left Yashan County, I did want to find evidence of the general's crime, but I didn't know where to start, and... and I didn't have much money, so I went to an escort agency and stayed there for a while."

"The escort agency provides food and accommodation, but there is not much money. So after two escort trips, a caravan manager approached me privately and I went," said Yang Shan.

"I followed the caravan for a while and encountered robbers several times and a monster once. When I encountered the monster, I was injured and couldn't walk, so the caravan left some money for me. It was also that time that I found someone following me." Yang Shan said, glancing at Zou Jingping.

Zou Jingping said: "He will only take action when your life is in danger."

"I know. I tried it a few times and I realized he was protecting me," said Yang Shan.

"What happens next?" Li Chuan asked.

Yang Shan said, "After I recovered from my injury, I didn't have much money left. I thought I should go into the mountains to hunt some game and sell it at the market, so I did it. When I was selling at the market, I heard someone in the crowd mention the general, so I leaned over to listen, and then..." His expression changed, and he said, "There was an old man among them who claimed to be from the Yunzhong Army. He said that the people of Yashan County were ungrateful and had let down the general."

(End of this chapter)