Xu Xin's second encounter with Wugensheng took place two and a half years later. At that time, he was once again on an assassination mission assigned by the Tang Sect. It was during this very trip that he first encountered Dong Yan, who was traveling alongside Wugensheng.
The person who had paid the Tang Sect to carry out the hit was Zhang Lin, a captain and battalion commander in the Changsha garrison at the time. According to him, a merchant named Wang Tong had secretly defected to the Japanese, exploiting a business venture as a cover to develop a mine shaft within Hunan Province.
In reality, however, this mine shaft concealed an ancient tomb dating back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The so-called mining operation was merely a ruse to deceive the public.
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