Chapter 138 Xuguzi

The Taoist looked at Zhao Ji tremblingly, his throat rolling with difficulty, and he didn't want to speak.

But with the sword at his neck, he dared not remain silent.

"My two heroes, we are the inner guards under the Imperial Master Wang Zhiyuan. We were originally ordered to take care of his teacher Xuguzi here."

"National Master Wang Zhiyuan? Xuguzi?" Li Yuanfang's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this.

Zhao Ji also frowned, looked at the Taoist priest, and asked in a cold voice: "Take care? Send the internal guards to take care of him?"

The Taoist priest quickly corrected himself: "Half care, half surveillance."

Zhao didn't comment, and then asked, "How many inner guards are there in this Taoist temple?"

The Taoist priest quickly replied: "There are eight people in the temple, except Xuguzi, all of them are internal guards."

"Really?" Zhao Ji's eyes were full of doubt. He gently shook the sword in his hand, and the sword tip left a shallow mark on the Taoist's neck.

However, before the Taoist priest could reply, six people dressed as Taoist priests, holding weapons, surrounded him.

Without any nonsense, Li Yuanfang and Zhao Ji each drew their swords, rushed forward, easily knocked down their weapons, and knocked these men to the ground one by one.

The six guards fell to the ground like dead dogs, unable to struggle anymore.

The Taoist priest who had confessed before was stunned by this scene and stood there in a daze.

Zhao Ji returned to the Taoist priest and continued to ask as if nothing had happened: "Okay, now you can continue asking. Where is Xuguzi's room?"

The Taoist priest finally came to his senses, swallowed his saliva and said, "My dear, please follow me."

So Zhao Ji followed the Taoist priest to the most exquisite wing room, and Li Yuanfang found some ropes and tied up all the guards.

The Taoist pointed at the door and said, "Xuguzi is inside."

Zhao Ji nodded and gently pushed open the door. A very pungent smell of medicine hit him in the face.

In the room, an old Taoist priest with white hair and beard, wearing a dark yellow Taoist robe, was meditating on a cushion. It was unknown whether he was asleep or not.

Probably because of his age, Xuguzi looks like an immortal, much better than his disciple Wang Zhiyuan.

There was an alchemy furnace in the room, and on the table were many containers filled with elixirs and some medicinal materials.

There is another room inside the wing, which also contains medicinal herbs.

Zhao Ji observed for a long time and planned to wake up Xuguzi.

Just as Zhao Ji was about to speak, Xuguzi spoke up himself: "Is it my time to die? That traitor Wang Zhiyuan won't even see me one last time?"

Zhao Ji was stunned when he heard this, it seemed that the relationship between the master and disciple was not very good.

"I'm not Wang Zhiyuan's subordinate." Zhao Ji still opened his mouth to explain.

Xuguzi suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Who are you?"

Zhao Ji did not answer: "Please ask the Taoist priest to come with me and you will know the answer."

Xuguzi glanced at the Taoist inner guard beside Zhao Ji, as if to hint to Zhao Ji that his personal freedom was restricted.

Zhao Ji understood what Xuguzi meant and explained with a smile: "Master, don't worry, these people have been captured." Xuguzi was surprised: "You are also an inner guard?"

Zhao didn't waste any more words, and said in a stiff tone, "Master, come with me and you will know."

Xuguzi was speechless, took a deep breath, and nodded helplessly.
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In Enji Village, Di Renjie and Zeng Tai were holding a science conference on the existence of ghosts for the villagers.

Hasnul's disguise was stripped off, revealing his true face. Jiang Xiaolang was also there to accompany him. All the villagers in Enjizhuang gathered at the entrance of the village to watch the fun.

Di Renjie was talking happily with the villagers when suddenly the Qianniu Guards brought news about Zhao Ji and Li Yuanfang.

"Lord, General Zhao and General Li are back. Please go back."

"Okay, I understand." Di Renjie nodded.

So Di Renjie quickly returned to the house where he was staying. Zhao Ji, Li Yuanfang and Xuguzi were sitting in the room waiting for him.

When Di Renjie saw Xuguzi, he couldn't help but ask, "Chengyuan, who is this Taoist priest?"

Zhao Ji replied, "Sir, he is Xuguzi, the teacher of Wang Zhiyuan, the national teacher. He is also the Taoist priest that Jiang Xiaolang invited to spread rumors decades ago, Xuguzi."

"Yuan Fang and I followed Hun Qing'er all the way to Qingyun Temple. There were many internal guards in the temple, and one of them confessed. Xuguzi, the teacher of the national teacher Wang Zhiyuan, was also among them. So I invited him over."

When Xuguzi came to Enji Manor and saw so many Qianniu Guards in the manor, he felt that Zhao Ji and others were of extraordinary identities. Now, when he heard Zhao Ji point out what happened to Jiang Xiaolang decades ago, he was even more shocked.

"Who are you? Why do you know what happened decades ago?" Xuguzi asked with a pale and trembling face.

Di Renjie looked at Xuguzi with complicated eyes. He never expected that Zhao Ji actually brought Xuguzi here.

"I am Di Renjie, and I have been ordered to investigate the Bleeding Eagle case in Yongchang County."

"Ah!" Xuguzi was surprised again, and quickly stood up and bowed, "Greetings, Lord Di."

Di Renjie asked coldly, "Forget it. Are you Xuguzi who fabricated the story of evil spirits killing people together with Jiang Xiaolang decades ago?"

Xuguzi slowly stood up and said slowly: "Yes, I am that Xuguzi."

"So decades later, you told this story again and helped He Yun plan the current Bleeding Eagle case?" Di Renjie asked in a bad tone.

Xuguzi quickly clarified: "No, I don't know any He Yun, let alone the Bloody Eagle case, and I didn't participate in the planning. It's just that my apprentice Wang Zhiyuan asked me something about the Jiangjiazhuang bloody case decades ago."

"Oh? National Master Wang Zhiyuan is your apprentice?" Di Renjie asked again.

Xuguzi nodded and sighed, "Yes, he is my disciple. If there really is a vampire eagle case, it is most likely done by him."

Zhao Ji heard Xuguzi talking like this, and couldn't help but interrupt, "Before at Qingyun Temple, you mistakenly thought that I was the inner guard sent by Wang Zhiyuan to kill you. It seems that the relationship between you two, master and disciple, is not good."

Xuguzi nodded again and said, "Wang Zhiyuan is cruel and ruthless. If I were not still useful to him, he would have killed me long ago to silence me."

Di Renjie and Zhao Ji looked at each other, both very curious about the relationship between the master and the disciple.

Before Di Renjie could ask, Xuguzi told him all the grievances between the master and his disciple: "It is because I did not know people well and my moral character was lacking that I taught a disciple with a beastly heart in human form, which led to his current situation."

"Wang Zhiyuan was very respectful to me, but I was good at making medicine and wanted him to inherit my legacy, but he was only interested in studying heavenly thunder. So we had a very unpleasant argument and parted ways."

"By chance, he met Princess Taiping, who recommended him to the emperor. He was a man who was good at scheming, so he was favored and appointed as the imperial teacher. From then on, he no longer took me seriously."

(End of this chapter)