Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Chapter 502 A big gift

Although the blockade has been lifted, the streets are still a little deserted. Most people are still waiting and watching, and many shops are closed. This is undoubtedly a huge loss for Sifang City.

But there is no way around it. The impact of Feng Xiao’s death is too great.

It is not difficult to understand why a Jindan cultivator would get involved. If it continues to drag on, the impact and losses will only be greater.

Song Changsheng knew more information than the others. In his opinion, the performance of the City Lord's Mansion was unsatisfactory. They reacted quickly, but with such tremendous power in hand, they didn't find a single person before the Jindan cultivator took action personally. In his opinion, this was really inappropriate.

Perhaps they have been living in comfort for too long and have lost something.

While he was thinking about this, Song Changsheng had already entered the inner city.

Compared to the depression of the outer city, the inner city is still as prosperous as ever. As the core of the core of the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce, those who dare to cause trouble here will have their graves destroyed. The inner city represents absolute safety in Gusu and even in several surrounding cultivation realms.

In front of the attic, Qingluan and Hongluan were standing guard at the door, one on each side. When Qingluan saw Song Changsheng, a friendly smile suddenly appeared on her face: "Elder Song."

"Fellow Daoist Qingluan, is the young lady free now?"

"The young lady has just returned from the City Lord's Mansion. She should be free now. I'll go and inform her."

"Thank you, Daoist Brother Qingluan."

Watching Qingluan walk into the attic, Song Changsheng glanced at Hongluan. After being scolded by Peng Siying, she was indeed a lot quieter. Although she was still indifferent to him, at least she was not as annoying as before.

"Elder Song, Miss, please come in."

Qingluan moved very quickly.

"Thank you."

He stepped into the attic. He had been here more often than he had been back to the inn. He was already familiar with the place and soon arrived at Peng Siying's room.

"Fellow Daoist, you are really quick. You came here just after the notice was issued." Peng Siying raised her hand and poured a cup of tea for Song Changsheng. Her face was full of joy, and it could be seen that she was in a good mood at the moment.

"I almost became a suspect, so I have to pay more attention to the progress of the case, so that I can clear myself of suspicion, right?"

Peng Siying smiled and said, "Then you can rest assured. The murderer has been arrested."

"You used the [Soul-Seeking Technique]?"

"Yes, after you told me your theory that day, I told you about it with the idea of ​​giving it a try. The City Lord's Mansion conducted an investigation in this direction and unexpectedly found some clues.

After gradually narrowing the scope, the Lord of Sifang City used the [Soul-Seeking Technique] and finally locked onto the snake soul that was parasitic on the cultivator in Pingyifang.

You should know what happened later. The City Lord's Mansion gathered its forces and raided Pingyifang. After a fierce battle, they not only captured the snake soul, but also found the snake woman who had escaped.

The interrogation has been going on for the past two days, and I just got the results back from the City Lord's Mansion."

"The results are out. Would you mind revealing them?" Song Changsheng asked hurriedly. Everyone is curious, and he is no exception.

"In principle, no."

Peng Siying refused at first, then changed the subject and said, "But I never abide by principles. Besides, you are the hero in solving the case. I would have told you even if you didn't ask me."

Song Changsheng immediately pretended to listen attentively.

"The course of this incident is actually pretty much the same as you speculated. At most, I improved on some of the details. Of course, there were also some unexpected gains.

Just as you guessed, the murderer did come for the snake-man woman. They were siblings. The murderer's name was Mo Lin and the woman's name was Mo Ji.

They were born in a small snake tribe and entered the Gusu cultivation world by accident. Due to an accident, they inadvertently entered the habitat of the ancient witch clan and were attacked by them.

Mo Lin was very powerful and fought his way out, but Mo Ji was captured alive. A month ago, Mo Ji was sent to Sifang City, which caused quite a stir at the time.

After Mo Lin knew about it, he planned to come to the rescue, but the snake people were not like the ancient witches. There was still a big difference between them and the human cultivators. Although they could change their shape, their true form would be exposed once they were looked at by the magic mirror.

So he abandoned his physical body and attached his snake soul to a casual cultivator, thus deceiving the magic mirror and successfully sneaking in."

Song Changsheng couldn't help but be slightly shocked when he heard this. This man was indeed a ruthless person. He gave up his physical body without hesitation. It was just that the soul of the snake people was special. If it were a Purple Mansion cultivator, doing this would be no different from suicide.

"After entering the city, Mo Lin has been trying to find out the whereabouts of Mo Ji, but there has been no news until the seventh day, the day you entered the city. Mo Ji was sold on the street. When Mo Lin got the news and rushed over, Feng Xiao had already bought Mo Ji.

From that time on, Feng Xiao had actually been targeted, and the subsequent murders were actually coincidences.

At that time, the second body that Mo Lin was staying in had begun to lose its activity. In order not to expose his identity, he began to look for a new candidate. The young man from Dengtianfang was the host he chose.

However, he happened to be spotted by a casual cultivator when he was parasitizing others. He had no choice but to kill the witness to silence him, and then he played the thief who cries "stop thief" to attract everyone's attention and create conditions for him to escape.

Unfortunately, he didn't expect the City Lord's Mansion to react so quickly. Before he could leave, Dengtianfang was blocked and he was taken away for questioning.

He was the first eyewitness and also the first suspect. In order to divert suspicion from himself, he handed over the piece of cloth with ancient witch writing on it, which he actually obtained by chance during his previous fight with the ancient witch.

He knew that there was an ancient witch in Sifang City, and he wanted to frame her.

But he overlooked one point. The ancient witch in the city was not the same person he had fought before. The City Lord's Mansion used the secret tracing method but found nothing.

Without new suspects, he could not clear himself of suspicion, so he killed the escort and parasitized another person.

But the person he was parasitizing was not the missing escort, but a casual cultivator who happened to be passing by. He had kept the body of the missing escort in his storage bag. "

"No wonder we couldn't find anyone. It turns out we went in the wrong direction." Song Changsheng suddenly realized.

“In fact, the people in the City Lord’s Mansion were also influenced by the murderer’s previous behavior. The murderer left behind corpses the first two times. They thought that the murderer wanted to cause a riot, but who knew that it was also to mislead them.

After Mo Lin escaped, he found Feng Xiao's residence. However, since he and Feng Wujin always went in and out together, he never had the chance to take action.

It was not until the day of the trade fair that Feng Wujin went to visit a friend and Feng Xiao returned to his residence alone, which gave him the opportunity.

That night he sneaked into the inn and killed Feng Xiao.

Feng Xiao deserved to be put to death. When Mo Lin sneaked in, he was doing something shameful with Mo Ji. Not only did he not have the treasure for self-defense given to him by Feng Wujin, he didn't even have the most basic vigilance and was directly killed by Mo Lin.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have died so quietly with all the self-defense treasures on him. "As she spoke, Peng Siying's eyes revealed deep disgust and contempt. Her words did clear up some of Song Changsheng's doubts.

He was thinking at that time, with how much Feng Wujin doted on Feng Xiao, it would be impossible for him not to give him a treasure for self-defense. How could he be killed so easily? There was no sign of a fight at the scene. So this was what happened.

I really died because of my own stupidity.

In fact, for Song Changsheng, Ziyun Pavilion should really thank Mo Lin and set up a tablet to worship him.

If such a fool were allowed to take power, Ziyun Pavilion would be doomed in a short time. Mo Lin directly solved a potential hidden danger for them, and he did it without asking for anything in return. Where can you find such a good person?
Speaking of Ziyun Pavilion, Song Changsheng remembered that he still had two hidden dangers to solve, and hurriedly asked: "According to what you said just now, the one who sold the snake man before was Gu Wu?"

"Yes, it has been confirmed."

"Caught?"

Peng Siying shook her head slightly and said, "We haven't found them yet, but even if we do, the most we can do is monitor them or expel them from the city."

"why?"

"Because he didn't kill anyone and didn't do anything against the rules, the City Lord's Mansion has no reason to take action against him. I know there is a grudge between you and the Ancient Witch Clan, but I'm sorry, I can't help you with this matter." There was a hint of apology in Peng Siying's eyes.

It is true that everyone wants to kill the Ancient Witch Clan, but the Bandung Chamber of Commerce and Sifang City are both neutral forces and businessmen. It is not their obligation to maintain peace. As long as the Ancient Witch Clan does not take the initiative to provoke them, they are willing to coexist peacefully with them.

After all, there is no benefit for them in going to war with the ancient witch clan.

It would be fine if they were all killed, but it would be troublesome if some escaped. The horror of voodoo is well known to everyone. If a few of them sneaked into Sifang City and spread poison everywhere, it would be a lot of trouble.

This kind of thankless task is open to anyone who wants to do it. For the Bandung Chamber of Commerce, foreigners are also potential customers, and making money through harmony is more important than anything else.

This was a joint decision made by all the top leaders of the Bandung Chamber of Commerce. Even if Peng Siying was to be the future leader, it was impossible for her to go against all the top leaders of the Chamber of Commerce. Moreover, the relationship between her and Song Changsheng was far from that level.

"I understand." Song Changsheng nodded slightly. Peng Siying had no obligation to help him, so it was already very good that she could tell him these things.

The two looked at each other and tacitly skipped the topic.

"Now that the murderer has been brought to justice, Feng Wujin should be restless, right?"

"That's right. He came to the City Lord's Mansion right after the announcement was made, demanding that the two snakemen be handed over to him for processing."

"He has a good idea." Song Changsheng sneered.

"Such a major case hasn't happened in Sifang City for hundreds of years. How could we hand the murderer over to him? He refused on the spot. I saw that his face looked a little ugly. You should be careful recently."

Song Changsheng said in surprise: "The murderer has been caught, he can't put the blame on me, right?"

"Don't you know what you did before? Don't tell me you didn't deliberately conflict with them on the day of the trade fair." Peng Siying rolled her eyes and said unhappily.

Being exposed on the spot, even Song Changsheng felt a little embarrassed, and nodded hurriedly, "I will pay attention."

After thinking for a while, Peng Siying lowered her voice and reminded him, "He has been quite active recently. I suggest you return to Da Qi as soon as possible. Feng Wuji has good relationships with people. If he has any bad intentions, you will be in a passive position."

Hearing this, Song Changsheng felt warm in his heart and nodded, "I understand, thank you."

"You're welcome."

"By the way, do you remember what I said before, if it is really as you guessed, I will give you a big gift. You can guess what it is first." Peng Siying said with a playful wink.

Song Changsheng thought about it for a while, then asked tentatively: "Could it be a shop?"

"clever!"

“After you told me before, I have been keeping an eye out for you. You are lucky that there happened to be a store for sale in the south of the city, so I asked someone to grab it for you.

Although it is not located in a bustling area, it has a large flow of people and is still very popular. It is quite suitable for you.

I originally wanted to give you a 50% discount on the rent, but you are the hero in solving the case this time, so we naturally cannot treat you unfairly. The City Lord's Mansion has decided to give the store directly to you as a reward for your clues.

Of course, you only have the right to use the shop, not the right to transfer, sell or rent it out. Please understand that shops in Sifang City are only rented and not sold."

"So does this shop belong to me personally or..."

"Of course it belongs to you, so you have to practice hard and strive to live longer, otherwise this shop will be taken back." Peng Siying said with a smile on her face.

Song Changsheng calculated in his heart that even if he could not break through to the Golden Core stage in this lifetime, at least he could use this shop for free for four hundred years, which was already a great profit. The same would apply if he renewed the lease after the lease "expired".

Four hundred years, as long as the business is managed properly, is enough for the Song family to make a fortune.

Peng Siying really gave him a big gift.

You know, the annual rent of any shop in Sifang City is no less than 100,000 spirit stones, which means one million in ten years.

I don’t know how many spirit stones I can save on rent alone.

Seeing how happy he was, Peng Siying had to remind him: "Although it's not considered rent, you still have to pay taxes."

"this is necessary."

He had heard Peng Siying mention this before. He had to pay about 10% a year, which was not much, after all, he had to accept the protection of Sifang City.

But if the rent is added, it is indeed a considerable amount, but Song Changsheng does not have any worries in this regard.

“Well, when are you free? I’ll let Qingluan take you to handle the formalities. If you want to take a look first, that’s fine, but even if you’re not satisfied, you can’t change it. You know, the shops in the city are always in high demand.

The original owner of this shop had rented it for decades, but his family encountered a sudden change and he had no choice but to give up the lease, so you got a bargain."

Song Changsheng was also very happy in his heart. Hearing this, he thought for a while and said, "I have to go back first. How about tomorrow?"

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(End of this chapter)