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“That was originally Father’s plan to deal with the Ba people,” Chu Yan said in a low voice. “When Father and the Great Wizard Long Yang sealed the evil self in Yang Zheng’s heart, they had already thought that Yang Zheng could be used as a weapon to deal with the Ba people. When the Ba people awaken the demon sleeping deep in his heart, then that demon will kill them.”

"Did Han Shan already know about Father's plan?" Ma Nan asked.

Chu Yan nodded: "My father died on Peach Blossom Mountain, and the plan to use Yang Zheng to deal with the Ba people never got a chance to be implemented. After his death, Han Shan started the plan. He forged my father's will, claiming that only by awakening the evil self in Yang Zheng's heart could the whereabouts of the Ba people's sacred object be found."

“The person who secretly helped us was actually Han Shan,” Ma Nan sighed. “He did this simply to use the police to clean up his mess, because he believed that we had no way of knowing who he was.”

"Wait a minute." Qin Ge suddenly turned to Chu Yan and said, "You just said that the three of you would split the treasure equally. Besides you and Han Shan, who else is there?"

Chu Yan paused, hesitant, her gaze softening as she looked at Ma Nan. But Ma Nan was also staring at her with a searching look. Finally, she sighed and uttered a name.

— Yangmei (Chinese bayberry).

"How did she get involved in this?" Ma Nan and Qin Ge were both shocked.

“Because she was originally Han Shan’s girlfriend,” Chu Yan said.

"Isn't the person she likes Yang Zheng? Could Yang Zheng be Han Shan? Isn't Yang Zheng already dead?" Qin Ge shouted.

Chu Yan sighed again: "What you saw was just a smokescreen set up by Han Shan. If he hadn't come here to search for treasure and died here, I think you would never have known who he was."

"Who is he?" Ma Nan and Qin Ge asked in unison, this was the biggest question in their minds.

Chu Yan turned her head, a hint of sadness creeping onto her brow: "Even now, can't you figure it out?"

Qin Ge was stunned, and Ma Nan's expression suddenly changed, clearly having figured something out.

"Could it be him?"

Chu Yan nodded silently.

Now, Ma Nan knows who Han Shan is. After luring Ba Qi into the scheme, Ma Nan, having ingested the poisonous herbs of the Ba tribe, dared not harm Ba Qi until he obtained the antidote. His opportunity to obtain the Fuxi Ram Horn Pillar was to use the moment when Ba Qi used the pillar to awaken the sleeping demon within Yang Zheng at the Eight-Pointed Star Altar, while he had the bribed shaman kill the other two Ba tribesmen and seize the pillar amidst the chaos. And the key figure in this plan was Yang Zheng.

Therefore, he arranged for his girlfriend to enter Yang Zheng's life so that he could keep track of Yang Zheng's situation at any time.

Later, in order to awaken the sleeping demon within Yang Zheng, he used Yang Mei to blackmail Yang Zheng into killing Luo Bin.

So when Qin Ge later asked Yang Mei about being raped in the gossip room, she vehemently denied it—because the person who raped her was actually her boyfriend.

Only he had the opportunity to kill Wu Zhen.

—Han Shan is Ge Hua, the household registration police officer.

Ge Hua resigned from the police station three days ago so he could come to Tianxiang Street to search for treasure. Yang Mei left the city around the same time. Their final destination was the Huang family compound on Tianxiang Street.

Ma Nan and Qin Ge stayed on Tianxiang Street for two days. The cleanup of the Huang Family Compound ruins was completed, but they did not find the secret passage, nor did they find the bodies of Ge Hua and Yang Mei.

On the third day, they embarked on their journey home together with Chu Yan.

The train slowly started moving, and a man emerged from behind a pillar on the platform. He had a smile on his face, as if the train's departure was something that made him very happy.

Then, he turned and left. His retreating figure looked remarkably like someone else's. If Ma Nan or Qin Ge had seen him then, perhaps many things would have been different.

The train whistled and quickly sped off into the distance.

At that moment, Ma Nan and Qin Ge missed their chance. In the future, they may pay a heavy price for it. The sacred artifact of the Ba people has not yet appeared, and the story will continue. However, none of us know what kind of legendary experiences await Ma Nan and Qin Ge in the future.