Chapter 22 Murderous Intent
Houli Street, San Hutong, Song Zhai.
In the courtyard, the thick fallen leaves that had accumulated had been cleared away.
Stone slabs are laid out neatly, and there are two old locust trees on the four sides. They have stood upright for many years without being cared for, but they are still alive and well.
In addition, after some renovations, the courtyard walls, doors, courtyard pillars, corridors for enjoying the shade, and many cracked woods are all brand new.
The original old and dilapidated feeling has also been diluted a lot.
Although the renovation cost some money, Song Changming was generally quite satisfied.
It adds up to almost one hundred silver, and you can get such a big house, which is very profitable.
On this day, Song Changming placed a large water tank under a locust tree in the courtyard, filled it with water, and specially mixed it with some river water salvaged from the city river to make the water in the tank turbid.
"What is this doing?" Song's father asked puzzledly as he looked at the huge water tank, which was almost big enough for a child to swim in.
"I'm going to try raising water silkworms." Song Changming checked the water quality and said with a smile after feeling it was about the same.
By the way, I told my old father the method of raising green water silkworms that I got a while ago.
Father Song was very interested.
"This is somewhat similar to when I used to raise bugs for fun in the village when I was a kid. The bugs I raised were so big and powerful that other children in the village couldn't compete with your dad in bug-fighting."
Father Song told an interesting story about how he got the title of King of Children when he was a child.
"Then if I'm not here from now on, dad, please help me take care of him a little more." Seeing Song's father's interest, Song Changming couldn't help but suggested.
Song's father readily accepted it, and planned to learn more about his breeding method.
Now that he no longer has to worry about money and food at home, it would be good to find something to do to pass the time in his later years.
In the evening, Song Changming did not relax on himself and practiced his sword alone in the courtyard, striving to make further progress as soon as possible.
The Xiaocheng-level swordsmanship he now possesses is indeed very outstanding among the patrols, but if compared with those patrol chiefs, his swordsmanship has no advantage at all.
Even Lu Gang and others who are his deputies generally possess Xiaocheng level sword skills.
Therefore, if he wants to stand out, he must improve his sword skills.
[Soul-Breaking Knife: Xiao Cheng (222/2000)]
"After the physical training, the time for practicing swordsmanship every day has been compressed, and the efficiency is inevitably slower."
Song Changming looked at the sword skill experience bar that was just over one-tenth, but he was not anxious. As long as the experience bar could grow steadily and make progress every day, that would be enough.
It is extremely difficult to continue to improve your sword skills at the Xiaocheng level, and there is no need to rush.
According to the current efficiency of sword training, by this time next year, he will be able to accumulate enough sword skill experience bars and break through another major bottleneck.
For other warriors, this is already a flying speed of progress.
In comparison, his body refining progress is really slow.
[Powerful Bull Demonic Skill: The Power of a Bull (6/200)]
After practicing for three or four nights in a row, he might not be able to improve even a little bit. He estimated that it would take two or three years of repeated training to achieve a breakthrough for the seemingly small amount of 200 physical training experience bars.
The reason why it is so slow is, on the one hand, that is the nature of body refining.
Breaking through the limits and reborn, he is using a mortal body to try to evolve into a superhuman body, which is not easy if you think about it.
On the other hand, the body refining materials he could provide to him at the moment were not sufficient, which also greatly affected the efficiency of his body refining.
In this regard, he can only temporarily hope that the next annual reward will still include martial arts experience, which can speed up his body training process.
Early the next morning, Song Changming went to the Patrol Division as usual. Now that he lives on Houli Street, his home is not very far from the Patrol Division. He no longer has to get up early and go late at night to travel for more than an hour, which saves him a lot of time.
Sometimes when he gets up too early, he can even practice his sword for a while before going out.
"Something big has happened!" As soon as Song Changming walked into the patrol department today, he saw Lu Gang's face was solemn.
"What happened?" Song Changming asked. He glanced around and found that the other patrol guards also had different expressions.
"Sun Wenyan is dead!" Lu Gang said in a low voice without showing off.
Song Changming was shocked. Sun Wenyan, one of the patrol chiefs, died suddenly. This was indeed a big event in the patrol department.
"How did he die?" Song Changming was a little confused. Yesterday he saw the other party alive and well, but why did he suddenly die suddenly today?
"The body was found in an alley outside Chunfeng Garden last night. It is said that after drinking flower wine, he came out and was stabbed to death. What exactly happened needs further investigation to find out." Lu Gang shook his head and said.
Although Sun Wenyan didn't deal with their Liang Tou, he was the patrol chief of the Patrol Division.
To be killed without any explanation is really abominable.
The other party dared to kill the patrol chief tonight, let alone want to kill their group of patrols in the future.
This was enough to make them all feel shocked and angry.
"I'm afraid this matter will go to the top, and we'll be busy next time." Lu Gang said based on past experience.
And this is indeed the case.
Soon, the angry news from the director of the Patrol Department of Houli Street came down, and a group of patrol guards were dispatched one after another, vowing to arrest the criminals.
For a time, the entire Houli Street area was filled with tremors.
Chunfeng Garden has become the target of thorough investigation.
Song Changming held a knife on his waist and stood behind Liang Chuanshan, looking at the Yingying Yanyan standing in front of him.
This was his first time in this land of romance, and he never expected to come in in such a way.
"Master Liang, what's the matter? Just check it out slowly. Why are you in such a hurry?" The old woman in the building held her handkerchief and greeted the leader Liang Chuanshan in a high-pitched voice.
Judging by his tone, she not only recognized Liang Chuanshan, but she was also very familiar with him.
Liang Chuanshan coughed lightly, then straightened his face again and said, "I'm here to do business today, Liu Ma, be serious."
By the end, he had whispered a few words in the old woman's ear.
The old woman's face changed drastically, and then she stopped trying to attract customers and called all the shop assistants in the building to come over and cooperate.
"Mr. Liang, the death of Weichang Sun has nothing to do with girls like us. Chunfengyuan has been in business for so many years, and you still don't know our roots?" the old woman said in a panic, her voice bursting into tears.
"You only need to tell me everything you know. If it has nothing to do with it, I will certainly not accuse you unjustly." Liang Chuanshan said seriously.
"Yes, yes." The old woman agreed immediately.
If she were to die in an ordinary way, she would have weathered the weather for a long time and her beauty would not be discolored.
But this time it was the patrol chief of the Patrol Division who died, so the nature was completely different.
However, Chunfeng Yuan was still involved, so she couldn't help but worry.
If by accident, Chunfeng Yuan was seized and it was a minor matter, but she was arrested and sent to jail, that would be the end of the world.
With her old arms and legs, she probably wouldn't be able to last more than a few days in prison.
(End of chapter)