Volume 3: Evil Ghosts Eat People Chapter 167: Special Team
Two days later, it snowed heavily.
Xinye County, Zhaoye Temple.
The tall Huo Anu, wearing a white cloak and holding a brand new iron umbrella, hurried into Zhaoye Temple.
"how so?"
When she came in, she found the gate of Zhaoye Temple was open, so she went straight into the temple.
However, after searching the temple, she found that the entire temple was empty. Not only was there no one, but even the items were gone.
"Why?"
Huo Anu looked around in confusion. The temple in the snow was desolate.
"Miss..." Huo Anu hurriedly ran across the yard looking around, murmuring Shen Qian's name.
Unexpectedly, when she found the last courtyard, she suddenly saw a person standing in the snow!
This person is none other than——Xu Zun!!!
"ah?"
Huo Anu felt it was incredible and quickly came to Xu Zun, but saw that Xu Zun's brocade robe was covered with snowflakes, and it was obvious that he had been here for a long time.
"Master Xu," Huo Anu was puzzled, "Why are you here? Didn't you say you would wait for me in Changqing City?"
Xu Zun stood still, looking at the snow-covered yard, and actually recited the poem "Linjiangxian":
["The rain falls on the leaves of the phoenix tree.]
【Who will listen to my sorrow and separation ? 】
【In the shadow of the lonely wild goose, I feel pity for the lonely wild goose. 】
【The long night is empty of the past,】
【I heard the cock crowing.】
【Tianya suddenly felt her heart breaking,】
[Who understands the love in this life? 】
【One thought leads to sorrow from spring to winter.】
【I borrow your unfulfilled wish,】
[Send me your love for the next life…]
"Sir...you..." Huo Anu noticed that Xu Zun's expression was not right, and his face became even more confused.
"Anu," after saying this, Xu Zun stared at Huo Anu and shouted, "You are also responsible for killing Lord Shen, right?!"
"What?" Huo Anu suddenly felt that something was wrong with the conversation, and he put on a fighting stance and said, "What do you mean?"
"You still don't want to admit it?" Xu Zun said sternly, "In the Xinye County Office in the past, the fake Qiu Yongnian's chain would not have hit Mr. Shen. Someone pushed him, which led to his death by the chain!"
"Ah!?" Huo Anu was shocked. "No... Impossible? I was there at the time, too. Who was it? Who pushed the master?"
"You are suspicious because you were there too!" Xu Zun shouted tremblingly, "Your iron umbrella can even hold up an iron coffin, and it fought with Wei Beihui for hundreds of rounds without breaking!
"But why did the fake Qiu Yongnian fall apart with just one claw?"
"My Lord!" Huo Anu defended himself with great grievance, "I told you that the iron umbrella has a dead end. The fake Qiu Yongnian's claws just grabbed the dead end, so it fell apart!"
"Then tell me," Xu Zun asked again, "Why are you here! ?"
"Here? What's going on here?" Huo Anu explained in confusion, "I came to visit the young lady? Why is she not here? Where did everyone go?"
"Really?" Xu Zun glared at her fiercely.
"ah?"
Huo Anu finally realized that Xu Zun was not joking, and immediately knelt on one knee and explained hurriedly:
"Sir...you...you can't doubt me!" In a hurry, tears welled up in her eyes and she said excitedly, "I...I am loyal to you..."
"Shen Qian left a letter for you," Xu Zun asked loudly again before Huo Anu finished speaking, "What did the letter say?"
"My lady asked me to obey your orders and protect you," Huo Anu shouted, "Sir, if any of what I said above is false, I am willing to be pecked by an eagle!"
The eagle-pecking punishment is a cruel punishment in Huo Anu's hometown. The condemned prisoners are smeared with blood and placed outdoors in a rainstorm, where they are pecked to death by eagles.
"Anu..." Xu Zun's voice trembled slightly. After hesitating for a long time, he turned his head and said, "Get up!"
"This..." Huo Anu was confused.
"You have to know," Xu Zun held Huo Anu up with both hands and said meaningfully, "The reason I did this is because you are my closest person, and I really don't want you to get involved!"
"This..." Huo Anu asked doubtfully, "Sir, what happened? Wasn't Mr. Shen beaten to death by that fake Qiu Yongnian? Why do you say that someone pushed him?"
"Anu..." Xu Zun said solemnly, "Only you and I know what I'm going to say next. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Huo Anu nodded in agreement.
"When the iron chain came down," Xu Zun said, "someone did give Lord Shen a push, otherwise, Lord Shen would not have died!"
"No... Impossible?" Huo Anu shook his head. "Didn't the young lady say that Mr. Shen was hit by the chain in order to protect her... Um... Ah!?"
Finally, Huo Anu guessed what Xu Zun meant, and was stunned as if struck by lightning.
"I now understand a little... why Shen Qian felt so guilty that she wanted to become a nun," Xu Zun said, pointing at the empty temple, "but now... I'm confused again!"
"No... Impossible... Impossible..." Huo Anu's tears finally burst out, "Sir, you can't talk nonsense, how could Miss Shen do that, do you have any evidence?
"Besides, why would she do this? Mr. Shen is the master!"
"Anu, you know me well. If there is no real evidence, why would I make up a rumor?" Xu Zun said, "Recall carefully, where was Mr. Shen at that time?"
"This..." Huo Anu tried to recall carefully and shook his head repeatedly, "How could I remember? It was a matter of life and death at that time, and my attention was all on that fake Qiu Yongnian!"
"Um……"
Xu Zun pondered for a moment, and finally told Huo Anu an even more shocking piece of information, which was Mr. Shen’s last words and Ku Niang’s identity.
"Ah!?" Huo Anu completely collapsed and fell to the ground, muttering to himself, "How...how could this happen?"
…
Half an hour later, Xu Zun and Huo Anu came out of Zhaoye Temple. Due to the steep mountain, the guards and carriages were waiting at the foot of the mountain.
Xu Zun and the other man walked side by side, and saw layers of snow covering the mountains as far as the eye could see, as if the whole world was white.
In Zhaoye Temple, Xu Zun told Huo Anu some secrets about the iron coffin.
Huo Anu is not as smooth and flexible as Zhao Yu. After knowing such a complicated secret, Huo Anu always looks worried.
Looking at the foreign girl who was full of worries, Xu Zun was also full of worries.
In fact, Xu Zun followed Huo Anu all the way to Xinye County and already knew where Huo Anu had been and who he had met.
Through her performance, Xu Zun had already known that there was indeed nothing wrong with Huo Anu, and she was not Shen Qian's subordinate.
This visit to Zhaoye Temple was just to visit Shen Qian, not to tip off anyone.
But even so, he still questioned Huo Anu harshly in Zhaoye Temple to make sure that he had not made a mistake.
After all, it was a bit of a coincidence that I had just found out that there was something wrong with Shen Qian and then the Zhaoye Temple was deserted.
Now, Xu Zun finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he said himself, what he least wanted to see was that even Huo Anu was not one of his own!
Before this, Xu Zun had expressed his feelings about his team many times. If one thinks carefully, it seems that only the thief Liu Dong and his daughter Xiwa are the people he trusts the most.
Zhao Yu has a special identity. He is the son of Zhao Shengong and may also be an internal guard.
Not to mention Ku Niang, the thing that came out of the iron coffin, we don’t even know if she is a human being or not?
There is no doubt that Timur Ani is a high-ranking figure in the Xuanmen rebel party. She needs to be guarded against at all times and taught earnestly.
Fortunately, Huo Anu was fine. If she was in cahoots with Shen Qian, then my team would be really weird...
