Chapter 691 The Trick
“If you are worried, you can stay in the village for a couple more days. I am about to head to Nanlong, and you can get in touch with our company’s boss then.”
Chen Yang’s poverty alleviation project wasn’t just for the villagers but also for the company. Furthermore, if the company or the Heavenly Doctor Hall were to operate in the southwestern region in the future, it would provide a base of operations, rather than relying on the Southwest Prefecture or the Zhu family.
After bidding farewell to everyone, Chen Yang rushed back to Nanlong.
However, upon returning to the Zhu family, Chen Yang found everyone with faces etched with deep worry.
Could it be that the Zhou family had come looking for them?
With a hint of doubt, Chen Yang arrived at the Zhu courtyard and saw that several important figures of the Zhu family had gathered there.
Even Zhu Wenming was present.
Upon seeing Chen Yang, everyone immediately rose.
Zhu Que leaped down from the upper floor and landed beside Chen Yang, looking at him with concern. “Celestial Venerable, I heard you had a conflict. Are you injured?”
“No matter what, I am at the peak of Grandmaster. They wouldn't be able to injure me that easily,” Chen Yang replied as he ascended the stairs with Zhu Que.
No one inquired much about Chen Yang’s gains from his recent trip.
Chen Yang, on the other hand, learned about the predicament the Zhu family was currently facing.
It wasn't just that the Zhou family had come looking for them, but they had come with a marriage proposal.
“A marriage proposal? For whom?”
In response to Chen Yang’s question, no one spoke, but their gazes all fell upon Zhu Que.
Chen Yang immediately understood, and his eyes turned cold. “The Zhou family has quite the audacity!”
Zhu Que, however, did not take the matter seriously. To her, such a thing was utterly impossible. Seeing Chen Yang’s concerned expression, a faint smile even appeared on her face.
But when Zhu Wenyu produced the profile of the suitor, Chen Yang’s eyes widened in shock.
His shock was even mingled with a hint of fright.
Seeing Chen Yang’s expression, everyone was startled.
“What’s wrong, Chen Yang? Although that fellow is a Grandmaster, he was struck by my palm before, and his injuries might not have fully recovered. There’s no need to worry about him. What’s more important now are the other martial artists from the Zhou family behind him. The Zhou family has directly dispatched a martial artist at the peak of Grandmaster. It seems they want to take a substantial bite out of the Zhu family.”
Zhu Wenwu found it peculiar, as he knew Chen Yang’s true strength.
Chen Yang shouldn't be afraid of that opponent.
No one knew what Chen Yang was thinking at that moment, as a scene kept replaying in his mind.
The person proposing in the photograph was the Grandmaster from the Zhou family who had been stationed at the mine.
This person should have been dead, and Chen Yang had witnessed his death firsthand.
Chen Yang had personally examined his corpse, and after confirming that the man hadn't used any fake death techniques, he had directly disposed of the body in the spatial realm within the tree.
But now, this person had somehow come back to life?
“Zhou Zeyao? Have you seen this person? I mean, after I left!”
Facing Chen Yang’s strange inquiry, Zhu Wenyu sensed that something was amiss but still replied, “Yes, we have. This fellow came to the Zhu family the day before yesterday.”
“It was evident that he had sustained some injuries, but with the help of a Grandmaster at the peak from the Zhou family, he seems to have recovered somewhat.”
“Have you interacted with this person?”
Chen Yang did not reveal the secret in his heart and instead said, “Sort of!”
“Regarding the matter of the Zhou family’s mine, do not interfere for now. Is Jiang Luo at home?”
Jiang Luo was a strategist for the Southwest Prefecture, and he might have been involved in certain affairs of the prefecture.
Chen Yang felt it necessary to have a chat with him before taking any action.
A gleam flashed in Zhu Wenyu’s eyes. “Old Jiang? He’s here. He’s probably watching a play with the elder right now. Should I send someone to fetch him?”
“No need, I’ll go myself.”
Seeing Chen Yang and Zhu Que leave in a hurry, Zhu Wenyu narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought. kanδん
Jiang Luo’s identity was special, and the struggle between the Zhu and Zhou families had nothing to do with him. Why would Chen Yang suddenly want to find him?
Zhu Que, who had left the courtyard, also voiced this confusion.
A hint of solemnity appeared on Chen Yang’s face, and he said in a low voice, “Before I left Nanlong, didn't I go up the mountain to investigate the sinister energy on my cousin’s body?”
“I left in a hurry then, and there were some things I didn’t explain clearly to you. I not only encountered an envoy of the Holy Moon Divine Venerable there but also personally witnessed Zhou Zeyao’s death. I examined him myself, and he was beyond dead, with no lingering aura. Techniques of faking death were also impossible!”
“But this fellow is alive now. Don’t you find this matter very strange?”
Zhu Que was also shocked by Chen Yang’s words. If it were someone else investigating, she might have had some doubts. But who was Chen Yang?
He was the Medical Sage Celestial Venerable!
If Chen Yang had investigated, there would absolutely be no room for error.
Yet, Zhou Zeyao had indeed visited the Zhu family repeatedly, and Zhu Que had almost clashed with him.
“There is another possibility, that Zhou Zeyao is actually an imposter!”
Chen Yang shook his head at Zhu Que’s conjecture.
For the Zhou family, losing a Grandmaster was not an unbearable loss.
On the contrary, in this situation, if Zhou Zeyao were dead, it might even be a good thing for the Zhou family. They could legitimately seek trouble with the Zhu family, and even the Southwest Prefecture couldn’t say anything.
“After Hu Feng and that Black Crow were imprisoned, did you go to see them?”
Zhu Que immediately nodded. “Twice a day! The place where the Zhu family holds these two is very well-hidden, and many Grandmasters are assigned to guard them. There won’t be any problems!”
“Does the Celestial Venerable wish to interrogate them?”
The envoy of the Holy Moon Divine Venerable suddenly appearing in the southwest, and moreover at the mine, made Zhu Que a little worried about their intentions.
Chen Yang pondered, “Let’s find Jiang Luo first, then question Hu Feng and that Black Crow. If there are no clues, I’ll personally go to the mine. I want to see what trick the Zhu family is playing!”
At that moment, Jiang Luo was watching a play with Elder Zhu. Upon hearing that Chen Yang wanted to see him, he immediately rose and whispered a few words into Elder Zhu’s ear.
Elder Zhu also nodded faintly. “Go, if the Southwest Prefecture blames anyone, they can come find me.”
As soon as Jiang Luo exited the opera house, he saw Chen Yang and Zhu Que waiting for him.
The three entered a neighboring teahouse, where Jiang Luo looked at Chen Yang and said with a wry smile, “I truly never expected the Medical Sage Celestial Venerable of the Heavenly Doctor Hall to be so young.”
“Uncle Jiang is joking. The reputation of the Heavenly Doctor Hall was not built by me alone.”
Chen Yang didn’t waste time and directly inquired, “Regarding the Zhou family’s mine on the mountain, does the Southwest Prefecture know many secrets about it?”