Zhongfu.
The family members of the Zhong family gathered in the outer courtyard and waited nervously. They were relieved to see Zhong Yan return intact.
On the ground next to her, Zhang Hongmei, the concubine of the Xue Mansion, fell sideways, with blood bleeding from the corners of her mouth, her beautiful face swollen, and clear fingerprints on both sides.
But when he was leaving the city, he was captured by Shi Lingzhen who was guarding the only gap in the west gate.
Zhong Yan glanced at it and raised his hand towards Shi Lingzhen, "Thank you, fellow Taoist Shi."
Shi Lingzhen nodded lightly and didn't take it seriously. She didn't know if she was jealous that Zhang Hongmei was prettier than her and deliberately slapped her face like this.
"I showed you the way, but you didn't grasp it."
Zhong Yan said something, waved his hand, and Yan Sandao, who had returned, picked up the man and went to the backyard.
Zhang Hongmei is a native of Qingyang City. She is in her early thirties and is talented in both martial arts and martial arts. She was forced to marry Xue Shanhu at the beginning, so she is not a die-hard loyalist.
If she leaves the Xue Mansion and joins Li Shangwen, it is not impossible for her to spare her life and stay in the Li Mansion to be a good helper in the future.
Since you choose to stay away, it's better to disappear completely.
Dongcao stepped forward and handed over a stack of banknotes.
"Husband, these 30,000 taels of silver notes and two land deeds were sent by disciples of the Xue Mansion. They said they were sent by Guo Qingxue to apologize... He has been killed by Mrs. Yang."
Zhong Yan nodded and waved his hand to invite Huo Donglai and the others into the main hall to have a drink and a banquet.
At three o'clock in the morning, the city gate was unsealed, and the "Qi State attack" was a false alarm.
At a quarter past noon, word spread throughout the city that Xue Mansion had been destroyed, causing an uproar throughout the city.
The reputation of 'Xiashan Tiger' was gone forever and was replaced by Zhongfu's 'Ferocious Ape'.
The news reached Feixian Pavilion in Fangshi. Ruoyun's heart dropped. His beautiful eyes were filled with sparkles. Narcissus smiled and teased him - "Look at you like that. I'm satisfied now. I guess your good friend will come to meet you in a few days." A celebration on the couch."
In the evening of that day, Ma Zhida, who had taken leave, hurried back to Fangshi.
Huo Donglai and Shi Lingzhen, who took over a nearby mission, went together.
Before leaving, Zhong Yan invited Huo Donglai to the training room and asked if he knew the purpose of Song Yunhui, the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, coming to Qingyang.
"Brother, why do you ask this?" Huo Donglai's expression changed on the spot.
Zhong Yan's heart moved, and he roughly told Song Yunhui about escorting him back to the city.
"I'm just curious. I didn't expect that Dongfang Tuo would also come out of isolation. Is there something big going on?"
Huo Donglai nodded, thought for a while and reminded: "It is indeed a big event. The news has spread throughout the sect. More than a year ago, an inner disciple named Xu Ding'an found a Tianlinggen somewhere. But he didn’t bring it back to the sect, and Xu Ding’an’s soul tablet shattered and died…”
After hearing the details, Zhong Yan couldn't complain in his heart. It's really not as good as God.
Xu Ding'an was afraid that others would take the credit midway, so he did not send a message back to the sect, so he left the case without any clues.
But this guy sent a family letter to his hometown. In the letter, he mentioned that he had picked up a heavenly spirit root, and wanted to bring the little girl with five spiritual roots into the Fire Cloud Sect.
As a result, Xu Ding'an's close friend from the same sect had free time last month and sent his relics to his hometown. He learned about the existence of Tianlinggen and reported it to the sect.
"The sect attaches great importance to this matter and will definitely get to the bottom of it. Not only is Elder Song here, there is also another elder who is leading the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall to investigate from Wangcheng City, and they are bound to find this Tianling root..."
As he said that, Huo Donglai stared at Zhong Yan and couldn't help but asked nervously: "Brother, this matter doesn't have anything to do with you, does it?"
Zhong Yan looked at each other calmly, "What's the use of having a Heavenly Spiritual Root? I can't give it away in exchange for benefits."
After a pause, he added: "The retainer mage who came to Qingyang before was intercepted and killed. I participated. I thought Song Yunhui came here for this matter."
Huo Dong came to understand and said, "That doesn't matter, Master Mage. If you want to investigate, it will be done in the capital. Disciples with strong connections will not come to a small place like Qingyang, and it has nothing to do with the Law Enforcement Hall..."
After sending the three people out of the city, Zhong Yan carefully considered it several times on the way back and determined that the probability of involving him was extremely small, so he didn't take it to heart.
After arriving at home and entering the study, his wife Jiang Ping, accompanied by Xiaohuan, came to her and handed her a cloth bag.
"Husband, Master Huo Xian has asked me to hand this concubine over to you."
Zhong Yan glanced at it with his consciousness, opened it, shook his head and smiled.
He gave 300 spirit stones as a reward for coming to Qingyang to help. As a result, Huo Donglai changed hands and gave them back to Jiang Ping, leaving fifty more, as well as two bottles of Qi Condensing Pill and Qi Gathering Pill.
evening.
Zhong Yan and Yan Sandao, who had not seen each other for many days, had a series of battles in the training room, which was very exciting.
[Ding~ You and your concubine have worked hard to practice together once, and you will gain +10 skill comprehension, +30 Talisman experience, and +10 cultivation progress]
[Ding~ You and your concubine have worked hard to practice together once, and you will gain +10 skill comprehension, +30 Talisman experience, and +10 cultivation progress]
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Five days later.
Li Shangwen, Zhong Xiaozhong and other talents have finished searching the huge Xue Mansion and cleaning it up.
Gold, silver and silver notes amount to more than 6 million taels. For the huge Xue family, this amount of cash is relatively small. The Xue family's property is more of business and property in and outside the city, which is used by the water transportation gang and tens of thousands of people. The church took it away and divided it up.
There are also a large number of jewelry, calligraphy and painting collections, magic weapons, precious medicinal materials, land titles, etc., whose value is inestimable.
The land deed includes the Xue Mansion, covering an area of more than a thousand acres, and the house without formations was built by the Xue Mansion itself. You only need to register with the City Lord's Mansion to take ownership.
However, these are all mortal things.
For Zhong Yan, it was barely the icing on the cake for the intangible benefits brought about by eradicating the Xue Mansion.
Then there are the things found in various secret rooms.
Some drawings for manufacturing weapons for mortals.
There are three big boxes of secret information about various families in the city!
There are various important figures in the city lord's palace and the army, such as Qin Ben's background, analysis of martial arts combat power, etc.
There are also clues about whether the concubine of a certain aristocratic family is the son of a servant in the house.
There are also some stories about people from the Immortal Cultivation Family, Yang Mansion, Li Mansion, and Bai Mansion.
Zhong Yan even found his own, but it was relatively simple and only recorded basic information such as realm and talisman master. It was obvious that he had not been here for a long time and had not yet investigated deeply.
In Zhong Yan's eyes, these materials are countless times more important than money.
also.
Two hundred and twenty-one low-grade spiritual stones.
There are one hundred and thirty-one special talismans used by mortals.
There are hundreds of low-level pills such as Qi Condensing Pill and Poison Expelling Pill.
Xue Shanhu had killed a monk, but he didn't have a single magical weapon. He probably sold it.
The resources used by these monks and the entire family combined are not worth the wealth of a casual cultivator in the late stage of Qi refining, which is better than nothing.
There are as many as forty-six kinds of martial arts secret books collected, but many of them are fragments. There are only nine truly complete books, including the "Tiger Divine Kung Fu" learned by Xue Shanhu.
There is also a dual cultivation technique for mortals called "Fangzhongshu". After secretly comparing it, Zhong Yan felt that it should be much better than the so-called "Secret Book of the Royal Court" - "The Imperial Girl's Heart" bought from the market. many.
…
The lanterns are on.
Hall of No. 10 Courtyard of Zhongfu.
The Zhong and Li families were all smiling and talking in low voices.
Zhong Yangao sat up high, raised his hand to signal for silence, and spoke aloud.
"One careless move and everything will be lost."
"If we fail, not only will the Zhong Mansion be in danger, but others will also be implicated."
"This matter started because of Yan Sandao. You took the lead in going to sea, but it is difficult to overtake the merit. There is no reward. I will charge you to open and operate a martial arts gym in the West District starting tomorrow and make achievements."
Yan Sandao came out and bowed down, "Thank you for your favor, I took the risk to save my life. I will definitely remember the lesson, learn from it, and complete the task assigned by my master."
Zhong Yan waved his hand and looked at the woman in the blue dress in the hall. He couldn't help but secretly praise her beauty and impeccable figure.
In order to avoid any problems when the 'Tianling Root' was released in the future, Li Henian spent a lot of money to buy it from Wangxi City for Lin Xuelan.
"Sister-in-law Yun Ning helps us go to sea together, and we both have the first merit. You can choose Xue Mansion's exercises, and we will pay you another one million taels. If you have any other requirements, you can raise them now."
This is too much, I just took a boat out to sea for a while... Zhou Yunning blinked, leaned forward, and lightly opened her red lips: "The Zhong and Li families are on good terms, so I should do my best and don't dare to take credit. "
Zhong Yan smiled and said: "Look back for Dongcao Leader. The brothers who are traveling with us can't be in vain."
Zhou Yunning glanced at Mr. Li Yang, bowed and said, "I would like to thank my uncle on behalf of all the brothers!"
Zhong Yan looked at Li Shangwen again, "What about you, you performed well this time, what do you want?"
Li Shangwen looked excited, clasped his fists and said, "My nephew only hopes to study with his uncle for more time!"
Zhong Yan: "Then you also copy a skill, and then receive five thousand taels of silver to pay off your gambling debt."
Li Shangwen was stunned: "..."
I'm just being polite, how can I treat you differently? The gap is too big!
Zhong Yan was amused, "Why do you need so much money? Improve your martial arts realm."
Li Shangwen turned bitter and said, "Yes, my nephew thanked his uncle!"
Mrs. Li Qiu on the side couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled when she saw her son's expression.
Zhong Yan looked at Li Yang, but he hadn't spoken yet.
Li Yang then smiled and said: "Uncle, don't ask for any more rewards. The Li family is just running errands. Yun Ning has already accepted such a generous gift. If he takes it again, my master will not scold me and other women for being ignorant when he comes back! This person is coming here today." Congratulate your uncle and ask for a drink!"
"But you also took risks."
Zhong Yan said something and gave direct orders to Dongcao: "Dongcao, please transfer the two yards in the North District and the fertile land in Baigang Village to the Li Mansion."
"Yes, sir."
Li Yang said 'Hey', smiled and bowed to thank you, "Thank you, uncle."
"Xiao Zhong, tomorrow you will send the weapon manufacturing blueprints to the city lord's palace."
"Yes, sir."
"Xiaohuan, everyone is scared this time. Everyone in the house will receive a reward of three hundred taels. From now on, the monthly payment will be doubled."
"Yes, thank you for the reward, Master!"
…
There was a banquet, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves. It was not until Haishi that everyone in the Li family left.
After solving a problem and establishing a certain foundation in Qingyang City, Zhong Yan was in a good mood. He couldn't help but get aroused late at night and had a party for seven people and six concubines.
The pregnant Jiang Ping originally wanted to talk to Dongcao, but she learned from the gatekeeper Xiao Qingkou that many sisters were inside, and secretly murmured: Can your husband bear it?
"Xiao Huan, make a hundred treasure blood pigeon soup for the master tomorrow morning!"
"Yes, ma'am."
Xiaohuan carefully supported his mistress, blinked and asked, "Madam, are you jealous?"
Jiang Ping glared at her and laughed angrily: "How can I be jealous! If I hadn't been pregnant, I would have been the first in line."
Xiaohuan covered her mouth and smiled, "That's right! I love you the most, madam!"
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