Chapter 107: Gangsters
After Zhuang Ren watched these people leave, he suddenly shook his head and sighed softly.
"I'm afraid the Xu family is going to suffer a lot. I just hope it won't disrupt the order of the city."
"Sir, are you talking about that Senior Liu?" Song Changming also heard what Liu Dingsheng said before, and undoubtedly did not want the matter to go away.
"Yeah." Zhuang Ren nodded.
"Why not stop him?" Song Changming asked.
"Not to mention that Brother Liu himself is a long-established master in the world. Even if he wants to wash his hands in a golden basin, his martial arts strength will not disappear. He offended so many big families and powerful people in the past, but he still can't He was helpless.
Even though I am old now, I am not even remotely sure that I can stop him.
Not to mention that he also has a very wide network of contacts. Many powerful people today or powerful people have received his favor in the early years.
As long as he speaks, I am afraid that many people will help him deal with the Xu family in this county, and he does not even need to take action himself.
It would be best for us not to interfere in this matter. If you want to blame the Xu family themselves, their lax family tradition has offended such ruthless people. " Zhuang Ren explained.
In fact, including himself, he also received favor from Liu Dingsheng in his early years.
He was unwilling to let him deal with Liu Dingsheng.
Jianghu is not only about fighting and killing, but also has many human connections.
In this regard, he is the same in officialdom.
That night, at Xu's house, some masked people quietly left through a side door in the courtyard.
Went to a large house with three entrances on Jinxiu Street.
This house was originally the ancestral home of a local family, but because it failed to survive the turmoil of the Xiao family, it was confiscated and became an empty house idle by the government.
Until recently, Liu Dingsheng returned to Donglai County and fell in love with this large mansion.
From then on, this place became Liuzhai.
This group of people climbed over the wall quietly and entered. Before they could do anything, several people with strong martial arts suddenly rushed out of the side room of the courtyard and quickly subdued the masked men who had sneaked in.
The torches were lit in the courtyard, and Liu Dingsheng, dressed in plain clothes, slowly walked out of the main room.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Liu Dingsheng asked unhurriedly, his expression calm and composed.
"Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings. We are from out of town and have a grudge against the original Liu family here." The masked man explained quickly.
Liu Dingsheng didn't believe a word he said. He didn't even wait for the masked men to finish speaking before he said, "Pry their mouths open as quickly as possible."
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu, I'm very good at it." One of them smiled.
It didn't take long for Liu Dingsheng to get what he wanted to know.
"The Xu family is really tired of life, Mr. Liu, I'm going to kill them tonight!" one person said.
Liu Dingsheng didn't refuse, he just chuckled and said, "I wasn't so anxious at first, but I didn't expect that someone else would be anxious first."
"Then I'll trouble you all."
As soon as these words came out, the seven or eight martial arts masters in the courtyard responded one after another.
"Master Liu, do you want to bring that father and son to your place?" someone asked at this time.
"No need." Liu Dingsheng looked in the direction of another courtyard.
"Don't disturb my granddaughter's rest."
Early the next morning, Jinxiu Street, Xu House.
Song Changming received the news and rushed over with his patrol team.
In the huge Xu residence, no one could be seen overnight.
From the direct descendants of the head of the Xu family to the maids and servants, they all disappeared.
If it weren't for the fact that all the decorations in Xu's house were still there, and even the warehouse was locked and the contents were intact, Song Changming would have thought that the whole Xu family ran away overnight.
"There are signs of fighting in some courtyard rooms." After a search, Liang Zhaolong reported to Song Changminghui.
"Where are the people? Is it true that no one can be found?" Song Changming asked.
"Yes, everyone is gone." Liang Zhaolong confirmed after searching again and again.
"Let people interrogate other residents on this street as to what happened last night. We also send people to search nearby alleys to see if we can find any other clues." Song Changming ordered.
Liang Zhaolong responded and left in a hurry.
"This act of revenge is too fast. Can't revenge take place overnight?" Song Changming walked alone in the courtyard of Xu House, muttering to himself.
Looking around, the entire Xu House could not be more silent. There is still a faint smell of blood in the air, and occasionally you can find some knife marks, sword marks, and signs of broken floor tiles.
Combined with what happened yesterday, it was difficult for him not to think about the fact that the Xu family's disappearance overnight had nothing to do with the thief Liu Dingsheng.
To be able to achieve this step in just one night, this old man's methods are too powerful.
Not long after, Zhuang Ren also got the news and went straight to Xu's house without even having time to go to the chief executive.
Song Changming gave a rough explanation of the situation here, and Zhuang Ren immediately concluded that this must be the work of his old acquaintance, Liu Dingsheng!
"Looking at the entire county, if so many family members could disappear overnight without anyone noticing, all I can think of is him." Zhuang Ren frowned.
Song Changming didn't seem that surprised when he saw Zhuang Ren, as if he had been mentally prepared before. He even breathed a sigh of relief after hearing his report, and seemed quite satisfied with the result.
After all, apart from the disappearance of the Xu family, Liu Dingsheng did not cause much commotion in the city as he said.
"Apart from the fact that no one is there, everything inside and outside the house is still there, including the money and silver in the Xu family's warehouse." Song Changming said, and handed the warehouse keychain he found to Zhuang Ren.
The impact of this matter was not small. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhuang Ren did not touch many of the things in the house before he came.
"Brother Liu deliberately left this behind, which shows that he only wants people. All the money and materials of the Xu family have been handed over to us, which can be regarded as a benefit for our government." Zhuang Ren said.
The total assets of the entire Xu family must not be a small amount. It is equivalent to being used by the other party to bribe the government, so that the government will turn a blind eye to the matter and let it go.
"Recently, the county governor has been struggling with the financial deficit caused by filling military expenses. This money is quite useful. I think this incident will become smaller in the future."
Zhuang Ren predicted the reaction of the county magistrate's office. With this benefit, they would probably accept this tacit deal.
In Song Changming's view, Liu Dingsheng and the government were like two tigers and wolves, tearing away what they needed in a tacit understanding.
As for the Xu family, we can only say that they will not die unless they seek death.
"Sir, we found a lot of servants and maids from the Xu family in the city. It seems that they were the only ones who escaped last night." Liang Zhaolong said.
"Take them all back for interrogation. In addition, everyone in the Xu family should make a list of everything as soon as possible. I will ask my personal guards to come over and help." Zhuang Ren ordered.
Song Changming nodded in agreement.
For such a large Xu family, just counting and moving all the items is a big and cumbersome project.
It took nearly two days for the patrol guards to complete the inventory, and then they shipped boxes of them to the county governor's house.
Afterwards, Song Changming and other patrol guards were asked to keep this matter in their stomachs and not let any outside news spread.
And this time, all of their patrols also received quite generous hush money.
During the process, even though Song Changming didn't do anything, he just maintained the scene and got a full five hundred silver!
Song Changming didn’t know how much profit his chief director made from it, and he thought he made a lot of money.
From the patrol guards to the county guards, everyone is quite satisfied with this wave of wealth.
Song Changming was no exception. This five hundred silver income was like a timely rain for him.
In the past year or so, behind his rapid improvement in body training was the fact that a large amount of his savings had been squandered.
Just to buy wild ginseng and chalcedony from the fishing market, he spent more than thousands of dollars!
Even if Song’s father’s profit gradually increased, it would still be difficult to meet the financial expenses he needed for body training.
There is no other way. To practice the four body-refining skills at full speed requires martial arts resources that far exceed those of a body-refining warrior who specializes in one.
In addition, he is now at the highest level of body refining in the sixth realm, and the effects of ordinary quality medicinal materials are getting worse and worse for him.
Take the wild ginseng that grows once a month as an example. Even making do with it requires a quality of at least forty years.
If you want to pursue body refining efficiency, the best wild ginseng is the sixty-eighties. Each plant on the market sells for at least one hundred silver, and the eighty-year-old wild ginseng is more than three hundred silver. market price.
Not to mention century-old mountain ginseng, an absolutely rare martial arts material. Song Changming was lucky enough to experience it once before, but he never tried it again.
The thing was good, but a thousand-yin plant made it difficult for him to survive.
The same principle holds true for the other three body-refining techniques. The higher the level, the more powerful and high-quality medicinal materials are needed to maintain the efficiency of body-refining.
Therefore, even if he gets the five hundred silver, it can barely sustain him for three or two months of martial arts training.
In fact, he is not the only one who suffers from insufficient financial resources.
Looking around, there are too many martial artists in the entire martial arts world who are like this.
Even though he had good innate training qualifications, the shortage of training materials delayed his martial arts practice, resulting in a wasted life. In the end, he failed to go further in the martial arts and gain more achievements.
Such regrets abound.
In comparison, Song Changming's current situation is actually pretty good. Although he was born into a grassroots farmer, his starting point is really not high.
But fortunately, he seized the opportunity, and now he at least still has an official status, is backed by the government, eats official food, and has a stable source of income, which is much better than most warriors who wander around the world.
(End of chapter)