Chapter 25

Chapter 24: The Embarrassed Roof-Dweller

Song Qingshu finally stopped in front of a grand mansion.

"Have I heard that the Wan family is a major household in Jingzhou? What are we doing here, Uncle?" Hu Furen withdrew her hand without showing any emotion and asked Song Qingshu.

"Sister-in-law, tonight we are going to investigate the Wan family's residence," Song Qingshu's eyes sparkled, thinking to himself that if he could find out whether Qi Fang had become the young lady of the Wan family, everything would be clear.

"It's not right to sneak into someone's house in the middle of the night." At this moment, Hu Furen was gripping Song Qingshu's shoulder, both of them crouched on the beam of a bedroom. Hu Furen said somewhat awkwardly.

"This Wan, I know him well. His martial arts are not great, but he is full of cunning. Now they are in the open, and we are in the dark. If we visit them openly, it would be the opposite, and the feeling of being constantly outwitted by them would be unbearable." Song Qingshu said with a straight face, feeling no psychological pressure, but his body was subtly leaning towards the beauty.

Hu Furen extended a slender finger and lightly touched Song Qingshu's waist, stopping him from moving any further: "Be quiet, someone is coming."

Song Qingshu also looked down and saw a man and a woman enter. The man was handsome, with a mustache that added a mature aura, and the woman was dressed as a young lady, a delicate and beautiful young woman! Song Qingshu secretly admired her, but in fact, she was agile and not necessarily weak, just her delicate and timid demeanor made people subconsciously think she was weak.

The long-standing doubt was finally resolved. Song Qingshu sighed inwardly, it seemed that Qi Fang had already married Wan Gui, and Di Yun was probably suffering in prison with Ding Dian.

The next scene made both of them extremely embarrassed. It turned out that as soon as the young couple returned to their room, Wan Gui started to touch and grope her...

Hu Furen spat in disgust, turned her head, and saw that Song Qingshu was watching with great interest, which made her even more angry. She wanted to take Song Qingshu away, but it would certainly alarm the two people below, leaving her in a dilemma.

Song Qingshu felt a pain in his waist and turned to see Hu Furen looking at him with a stern expression, her lips forming a warning: "No looking!" He reluctantly turned his head away.

For a moment, the room was quiet, with only the sounds of the two people below. Hu Furen and Song Qingshu were even more awkward on the beam, thinking about being in a room with another man listening to a couple's private matters, Hu Furen regretted it deeply.

Song Qingshu, however, was different. Although he couldn't watch the live show below, watching the beauty beside him with a slight frown and a blush on her cheeks was truly a delightful experience.

"Wan Zhen Shan, come out!" Unfortunately, the sky did not favor them, and suddenly the sound of intense fighting came from outside. Wan Gui and Qi Fang also stopped their intimacy, hurriedly dressed, and ran out.

Hu Furen secretly sighed with relief and took the opportunity to grab Song Qingshu and fly away.

"Wait, let's see who the hero is who came to challenge Wan Zhen Shan. Perhaps they are a potential ally..." Hu Furen couldn't resist him and had to wrap her arm around Song Qingshu's waist, leaping a few times to crouch on the wall and observe the commotion at the Wan residence.

The soft and full feeling near his ribs made Song Qingshu start, changing his previous chatter to a somewhat red face.

Hu Furen didn't notice that she was holding Song Qingshu's waist, causing him to take advantage. Her attention was entirely on the ragged man in the courtyard.

Dozens of people from the Wan family surrounded him, but they couldn't hurt him at all. Instead, he punched and kicked, knocking down a large number of them.

Wan Zhen Shan couldn't sit still any longer and drew his sword to attack.

"Is this the Lian Cheng Sword Technique?" The man coldly smiled, snatched a sword, and countered with the same technique.

"Wait!" After a few rounds, Wan Zhen Shan quickly jumped out of the fight, "Who are you, and why do you know our sect's secret technique?" He was secretly afraid, as he realized after a few moves that the man's martial arts were much higher than his own, and he also knew the Lian Cheng Sword Technique. Could it be that the great secret he had been trying to solve all his life was beyond his reach?

"I am the senior brother of Mei Niansheng. Who do you think I am?" The man suddenly sneered.

"Wu Liucheng, the Divine Beggar of the Snow!" Wan Zhen Shan finally remembered that his master had mentioned a junior brother before, and he was shocked, clasping his hands together, "Greetings, Junior Uncle. What are you all standing around for? Put away your weapons, this is your Great Junior Uncle."

Wu Liucheng frowned, raised his hand to stop them, "Enough, I am here to investigate my senior brother's murder. The rumor in the martial world is that you three disciples betrayed your master, killed him, and stole his treasures. Yan Daping and Qi Changfa have mysterious movements, so I decided to start with you."

"Innocent!" Wan Zhen Shan looked incredulous, seeing the loopholes in Wu Liucheng's words, he thought it would be better to take a chance, "Junior Uncle, you just saw my martial arts. Our three brothers are evenly matched. Do you think we have the ability to harm our master even a little?"

"Senior Brother's martial arts were unparalleled, and he had mastered the Shen Zhao Jing. It makes no sense for him to be harmed by you." Wu Liucheng was also puzzled. He didn't know the truth, only that Mei Niansheng had been killed by his three disciples, so he came to investigate. Seeing Wan Zhen Shan's poor martial arts, he began to doubt, "Then how did your master die?"

Wan Zhen Shan's face brightened, he looked around, and hurriedly put on a difficult expression, "Junior Uncle, this is not a place for many people and much talk. Why don't we go inside to talk?"

Wu Liucheng, confident in his skills, was not afraid of any tricks, and nodded.

"Let's follow them!" Song Qingshu said instinctively. Hu Furen gave him a glare, thinking he was treating her like a servant, but she still took him around to the back of the house to listen.

"Stop with the tea, speak quickly. How did my senior brother die?" Wu Liucheng impatiently waved away the servants.

"Ah, ah, ah~" Wan Zhen Shan sighed three times, seeing Wu Liucheng about to lose his temper, he quickly said, "Junior Uncle, do you know about the Lian Cheng Jue?"

Wu Liucheng looked at him warily, "I've heard Senior Brother mention it. Isn't it the secret technique of the Lian Cheng Sword Technique? What does this have to do with it?"

"Exactly!" Wan Zhen Shan slapped his thigh, "The secret of the Lian Cheng Jue, which contains a treasure, was somehow discovered by the Prefect of Jingzhou. After much scheming, my master finally fell victim to his plot." As he spoke, he squeezed out a few tears.

"Prefect of Jingzhou, Ling Tuisi?" Wu Liucheng was shocked. He was a powerful figure... However, Wu Liucheng didn't fully believe Wan Zhen Shan's words and asked, "Although Ling Tuisi has many soldiers and generals, with Senior Brother's martial arts, even if he couldn't defeat him, he wouldn't be unable to escape. How did he die?"

"Have you heard of the Jin Bosun flower?" Wan Zhen Shan carefully watched Wu Liucheng's reaction.

"The Jin Bosun flower, which is said to have no antidote?" Wu Liucheng, an experienced martial artist, had heard of some rare poisons.

"Exactly!" Wan Zhen Shan sighed deeply, "That day, Ling Tuisi invited my master to a banquet. My master was careless and was poisoned. His abilities were reduced by seventy to eighty percent, and he was finally captured. However, he refused to reveal the secret of the Lian Cheng Jue, and in a fit of rage, Ling Tuisi killed him..."

"Nonsense!" Wu Liucheng slammed the table, "If you weren't there, how would you know these details? If you were there, how could Ling Tuisi have let you live?"

Wan Zhen Shan was sweating, thinking that this junior uncle, though young, was not much older than Gui, but had such rich martial world experience. However, he had already prepared his story, "We three brothers went to the banquet with our master, but unfortunately, our martial arts were too weak to save him. After Ling Tuisi killed our master, he thought we might know the secret of the Lian Cheng Jue, so he kept us alive and spread rumors in the martial world that we three brothers had killed our master and stolen the Lian Cheng Jue, causing martial artists to constantly trouble us. He has been hiding behind the scenes, waiting to reap the benefits."

Wu Liucheng found his story reasonable, and the idea of disciples killing their master was too shocking, so he subconsciously believed Wan Zhen Shan to a large extent. He coldly snorted, "Don't reveal today's matter. Whether what you said is true or not, I will investigate at the Prefect's office." With that, he stood up and left.

Watching his back, Wan Zhen Shan smiled coldly, "Jingzhou has ten thousand soldiers. As Prefect, Ling Tuisi's residence is not easy to enter, and even harder to leave."

"Is that the great hero Wu Liucheng that Uncle mentioned before?" Hu Furen asked curiously.

"Um~" Song Qingshu thought to himself that Wu Liucheng had clearly been deceived by the cunning Wan Zhen Shan, but exposing him now would not benefit him. He might still need Wu Liucheng's help to deal with Ling Tuisi.

The next morning, at a roadside food stall, Hu Furen suddenly said to Song Qingshu, "Uncle, we have been thinking about breaking into the prison to save someone, but we have no clue. I just thought, if brute force doesn't work, can we try a softer approach?"

"How can we do that?" Song Qingshu felt a flash of inspiration but couldn't grasp the specific idea.

"According to what Uncle said, there is a prisoner in the prison who knows the Shen Zhao Gong. We actually only need to contact him. Why do we need to save him?" Hu Furen smiled faintly.

Song Qingshu suddenly saw the light and wished he could hug and kiss the beauty in front of him, "Sister-in-law, you are truly a wise woman." Indeed, if he couldn't get out, it didn't mean he couldn't go in.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. The two of them went to a secluded place to refine their plan.

That noon, a handsome young man appeared in front of the Prefect's office, presenting a visiting card and requesting to see Ling Tuisi. The gatekeeper, seeing his noble appearance and encouraged by silver, went in to report.

Soon, Song Qingshu was welcomed inside.

"What brings you to my office, Master Song?" Ling Tuisi looked at Song Qingshu with some annoyance. He couldn't help but be annoyed, as the front lines in Xiangyang were not going well, and as a parent official in the rear, he was under great pressure. Moreover, the prisoner in the jail refused to reveal the secret of the Lian Cheng Jue...

"I am here to resolve a matter of concern for you, Sir." Song Qingshu smiled mysteriously.

These scholars always like to play this game, Ling Tuisi immediately disliked it. If it weren't for the fact that he had almost finished his official business for the day, he would have already driven this person away.