In the following days, the Song family hung up Bai Ling...
Mr. Song later moved to Heyang County. Apart from his business 'friends', he had no relatives here. After the death of his only son, the Song family only had Pei Xueyan, a daughter-in-law with a foreign surname, as a filial daughter.
Choosing a cemetery, setting up a mourning hall, holding a funeral banquet and other mundane chores all fell on Pei Xueyan. It would be no exaggeration to say that he was extremely busy.
Although the Song family has no heirs, the Song family has many servants, shopkeepers, and clerks, and there is no shortage of manpower. An 'outsider' like Liu Shen is not even qualified to wear maternity leave, let alone help with decision-making.
After Pei Hongyu heard that Mr. Song had passed away, he laughed from ear to ear in the gambling house, thinking that the old immortal was finally dead...
He seemed to have seen the scene where after the funeral, under the 'persuasion' of his parents, his sister brought the Song family's property back to the Pei family...
He would still pretend to be sad in front of Pei Xueyan, but behaved more and more wantonly outside.
People are in high spirits when happy events happen, especially since he has been very lucky in recent days. He has won money successively in gambling houses and made several local 'friends'. Not to mention how happy he is...
With the compliments of those 'friends', he became more and more wealthy in the gambling house. After winning a lot of money, he became more and more sure that he was lucky recently...
The money he won, the compliments from his friends, the admiration from the people around him, and even the adulation from his opponents, every feedback was like a turbulent wave. His blood was racing, his heart was relaxed and happy, and he was so happy that he almost couldn't recognize who he was. Already...
The seventh day of the Song family's wake.
It is also the funeral banquet on the last day...
Because it symbolizes the last farewell to the deceased, the funeral banquet on this last day is also the most solemn. Relatives, friends, neighbors, no matter how close they are, will be there to bid the last farewell.
Liu Shen was also among the people attending the banquet...
He went to the mourning hall to pay homage to Mr. Song. He saw that Pei Xueyan was obviously much more haggard after keeping watch for a few days. He saw it and felt pain in his heart.
But the mourning hall is no different from other places. There are other people who want to worship, and as a family member, Pei Xueyan has to kowtow with the guests in the mourning hall all the time, so he can't say much.
The two of them just looked at each other in the air, and they both understood each other's thoughts...
Take a seat in the courtyard.
Most of the people sitting at the table were local merchants or people who had business dealings with the Song family's industry. They were chatting about family affairs, anecdotes about the world, or lamenting the death of Mr. Song.
Liu Shen sat aside, no one paid attention to him, and he was enjoying himself.
"Have you heard about what happened a few days ago?"
"What's going on with the Chishui Gang?"
"The Chishui Gang is finished. Zhang Wannian's son has been chopped into pieces. Now we in Heyang County are dominated by the Qingsha Gang."
"I've also heard about this. It's said that it was done by a laborer at the dock. He seemed to be named Liu or something. He killed his son in front of Zhang Wannian. It is said that after the killing, he chopped dozens more With the knife, Zhang Wannian’s son was chopped into pieces.”
"Liu Shen! That dock worker's name is Liu Shen!"
"Yes, yes, I also heard that Liu Shenchang, with his green face, fangs and big arms and round waist, is the reincarnation of the Demon King, who comes down to earth to collect scum like Zhang Shichen."
"..."
When Liu Shen saw a group of people at the same table chatting about anecdotes about the world, it somehow got involved in him, and he felt a little funny in his heart.
He had experienced the ability of the people at the bottom to spread rumors at the dock...
He originally thought that it was outrageous enough that he had slashed Zhang Shichen three times and was said to be a "martial arts genius" at the dock, "slashed Zhang Shichen eighteen times in a row", "the sword energy shocked Zhang Wannian", etc.
I never thought that this matter would spread even more outrageously among people who didn’t know the truth...
Hearing that the people around him almost said that he was a demon who ate boys and girls for training, what made Liu Shen embarrassed was that the toes in his shoes were dug together.
In order to prevent the rumors from getting more outrageous, he interjected sarcastically: "Actually, Liu Shen is just an ordinary person. He is just like everyone else. He is not as evil as the rumors say."
"What?"
Seeing him retort, the people at the table raised their eyebrows and asked, "Little brother, do you know Liu Shen?"
"I……"
Liu Shen saw a group of people staring at him with bright eyes. He quickly swallowed the words "I am Liu Shen" and changed his words: "My surname is also Liu. I was lucky enough to meet him once at the dock."
"Ha ha ha ha…"
Everyone at the table laughed when they heard this and joked: "Listening to what you said, I thought you were Liu Shen."
Liu Shen just smiled, and before he could say anything, he saw Pei Hongyu walking into the Song family's mansion...
At this time, Pei Hongyu seemed to have been drained of his energy. Even when he walked, his feet were a little swaying. His face was full of worry and anxiety, and he completely lost the high spirits of the previous days.
Seeing his dejected state, Liu Shen realized that it was Qian Yousheng who had started to "sharpen the knife to kill the pig".
After all, the purpose of raising pigs is to kill them. After raising them to eat and drink well for so many days, it’s time to go under the knife...
'A fat little piggy~'
Liu Shen smiled knowingly, and felt that his appetite was better for some reason, and the food tasted delicious...
Not long after Pei Hongyu walked into the inner house, Hu Qiang, who was guarding the door of the Qianzhuang Hall that day, also walked into the Song family's house.
He searched for a while at the banquet, and when he saw Liu Shen, he ran over with a smile, leaned next to him and whispered: "Hall Master Liu, Hall Master Qian asked me to come here to find you, saying that he had been cut off today. The boy will definitely not be willing to accept the three thousand kilograms. He will definitely want to fish it out in the afternoon, and it will probably be cut by the evening..."
"Hall Master Qian is determined..."
Liu Shen smiled and nodded, pointed to the direction of the mourning hall and said: "You're here, go kowtow, have a meal at the table and then go back."
"Okay~"
Hu Qiang also looked happy when he heard this, and hurriedly ran to the mourning hall in the inner house to kowtow.
After he came back from kowtow, he looked a little strange, as if he had something to say but didn't know whether to say it...
After hesitating for a while, he leaned close to Liu Shen and whispered softly: "Palace Master Liu, I was just kowtowing in the mourning hall when I saw someone who seemed to be pestering the young lady of the Song family."
"Um?"
Liu Shen was slightly startled when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "Someone is pestering the young lady of the Song family in the mourning hall?"
"Seems to be…"
Hu Qiang nodded matter-of-factly and explained: "We are guarding the door at the entrance of the hall. We don't have any other skills. We only know how to observe people's words and expressions. I don't think that guy with oily hair and pink face looks like a good person."
His voice paused, and he continued: "Also, the young lady of the Song family is obviously impatient with him, but that guy is still staying in the mourning hall shamelessly, so he probably has no good intentions."
"How courageous a dog!!"
Liu Shen's face turned cold when he heard this, he dropped his chopsticks, stood up, and went to the inner house...
Hu Qiang who was on the side couldn't help but trembled when he saw the unconcealed anger in Hall Master Liu's expression and hurriedly followed him.
Mr. Song is gone, and now the Song family's fortune is in the hands of Pei Xueyan alone...
There is no old man above, no young man below, a wealthy widow with such a huge fortune in her hands, this is no longer something that can be described as sweet and sour food...
Therefore, Liu Shen could predict that after Mr. Song left, the lonely Pei Xueyan would be coveted by interested people. The Pei family who came to 'visit relatives' and 'help' was an example!
But he really didn’t expect…
Mr. Song has not yet passed his first seven years, and the Pei family, who call themselves "their own family", have not even stretched out their hands, yet someone else dares to stretch out their claws in the mourning hall!
What a fucking coward!
