Hang Baiqiu was stunned, looked straight at Chai Yan, and asked in astonishment: "You... what did you just... say?"
Mainly because Chai Yan's tone and expression were understated, as if this incident didn't happen to them at all.
Chai Yan stopped yawning, put on a slightly serious face and said: "I said, that bastard wanted to seek wealth and murder, but I kicked him to death!"
"How could it be possible... He doesn't look like a bad person..." Hang Baiqiu couldn't believe that this was the case.
Chai Yan secretly rolled his eyes. He didn't look like a bad guy. Would a bad guy still write the word "bad guy" on his forehead?
Chai Yan said: "Don't you believe what I say? If I hadn't been more careful last night, the two of us would have been killed by his sword by now! Alas, do you understand that you know a person's face but not his heart?"
Of course, Hang Baiqiu believed what Chai Yan said. She got out of bed silently, got up and walked to the yard to take a look, and she saw that Chen Bian's body was lying there.
Chai Yan has been following Hang Baiqiu. Seeing that she is no longer as lame as she walked yesterday, he said: "It seems that walking is not a big problem, but I don't know if I can ride a horse..."
After a night's rest, Hang Baiqiu's fever subsided, and the injuries on his feet also recovered a lot.
"It should be okay..."
Hang Baiqiu kicked his legs and felt that there should be no big problem in riding a horse.
Hang Baiqiu suddenly thought of a question: "Did he add something to the rabbit meat, so I slept like that?"
But she immediately denied it: "No, you also ate rabbit meat yesterday, why are you not like me?"
Chai Yan shook his head and said: "There's nothing wrong with the rabbit meat, it's the incense of ecstasy! This bastard secretly filled our house with incense of ecstasy last night. Unfortunately, I found out..."
"Ecstasy?" Hang Baiqiu was quite surprised that this mountain hunter actually had Ecstasy in his hands.
"This bastard is very skilled. It's definitely not the first time he has done such an immoral thing..."
Then, Chai Yan told Hang Baiqiu what happened last night in detail.
Hang Baiqiu felt cold sweat break out behind his back. He thought to himself that if Chai Yan fell into the incense and was killed by Chen Bian, he would... Thinking of this, Hang Baiqiu did not dare to think any further.
Chai Yan looked at the clear sky and said: "Let's hurry up..."
Hang Baiqiu nodded and went back to the house to pack his things.
In the next quarter of an hour, Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu packed up everything. They led their horses to the yard one after another, and prepared to continue driving towards Suzhou.
Chai Yan asked Hang Baiqiu to get on the horse and try it out. He felt that the injury did not affect riding, so he agreed to let her ride alone.
When the two of them got on their horses and were about to leave, Hang Baiqiu suddenly hesitated. She turned to look at Chai Yan and said, "How about we bury him before leaving..."
Seeing the body exposed like this, Hang Baiqiu couldn't bear it.
Chai Yan said angrily: "Humph! It's not that I didn't give him a chance to live yesterday, it's because he didn't want it! He's bringing it upon himself to be like this now!"
Hang Baiqiu understood, but still said: "I know... But everyone is dead. Let's bury him and let him rest in peace. Let's consider it as a good deed..."
Chai Yan had no choice but to say: "Okay, I will listen to you!"
After nearly an hour, the two finally buried the body, then left the hut on horseback and re-entered the official road.
Three days later, Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu passed through Suzhou City and arrived at their destination, Mishan County, a small county in the northernmost part of Suzhou.
Mishan County is located to the south of the peaks of Mishan Mountain. Crossing Mishan Mountain from Mishan County to the north is the border of Liangzhou. It is said that the two lions escaped into Mishan Mountain.
Mishan County has a population of less than 5,000. It is not only a small county, but also a poor county. The people assigned to be officials here are all without background.
Around evening, the two entered Mishan County.
As soon as they entered the county town, Hang Baiqiu and Chai Yan went straight to the county government office. The two lions ran away in Mishan County, and the local officials must have been involved. Di Chu, Pu Junxiong and his party had already arrived here first.
It is impossible for the county government not to know their whereabouts.
As soon as the two of them led their horses outside the county government office, Chai Yan saw a tall and burly figure walking out of the government office.
"Sun Xingba?" Chai Yan was greatly surprised.
Sun Xingba was also very surprised: "Chai Yan?"
Then Sun Xingba saw that Hang Baiqiu was also there, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and said politely: "I have seen Secretary Hang!"
Sun Xingba saluted and wondered why Hang Baiqiu and Chai Yan were both here...
Chai Yan came to Sun Xingba in a few steps and asked softly: "Sun Xingba, why are you here too?"
Chai Yan thought to himself: Shouldn't you be in the capital asking for news about those people from the Western Regions?
Sun Xingba looked helpless and explained: "No... I don't want to come either, but the Disciple said that Suan Ni is a ferocious beast, and to catch them one needs to be tall and strong, what do you think?
Can you run away like this?"
Chai Yan thought about it, no one would find fault with you, a big fool like you.
Sun Xingba asked curiously: "By the way, why are you here too?"
Before Chai Yan had time to answer, Hang Baiqiu had already followed. She looked at the two of them with strange eyes and asked, "When did you two become friends?"
Hang Baiqiu is curious. The two of them started fighting each other as soon as they met in the capital, but now they are chatting together.
Chai Yan smiled and said: "Sir Hang, we haven't known each other since we didn't fight, so it wouldn't be strange to make friends or something...right, Sun Xingba..."
Sun Xingba nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, it's not surprising..."
Hang Baiqiu couldn't figure out what the situation was between the two of them, but it was better to be at each other's throats now than before.
So Hang Baiqiu didn't bother to ask them the reason, so he changed his question and asked: "Where are Sun Xingba, Di Si Envoy, and Pu Si Envoy?"
Sun Xingba immediately pointed to the end of the street and said: "The inn in front...oh, it's called Wangji Inn."
"Wang Ji Inn?" Hang Baiqiu was puzzled: "Why not stay at the inn?"
Sun Xingba replied: "Sir Hang, you don't know that the post station in Mishan County is too small. There is no room for dozens of us brothers..."
Sun Xingba told the two of them that Mishan County is small, so the inn is also small. Di Chu and Pu Junxiong and their party came with the 28th person. The small inn could not accommodate them at all, so they had to rent a room in the county.
A big enough inn.
Hang Baiqiu felt relieved after hearing this, and then asked, "What are you doing at the county government office?"
Sun Xingba answered truthfully: "Shishi Di and Shishi Pu asked me to come to the county office and ask how many hunters we have found who are willing to enter the mountains in the past few days..."
Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu knew without asking that the hunters who came into the mountains must have asked them to act as guides.
"How many have been found?" Hang Baiqiu asked hurriedly.
Sun Xingba immediately shook his head in disappointment and said: "Not one..."