Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 112 Shareholders

Qinghe County.

More than half a month passed after Song Tianhu's death.

In half a month, Zhou Ping completed two more missions, and his life span was rewarded with another six years.

After Yan Yi knew Zhou Ping's eighth-grade cultivation, she invited him to go on a long-distance mission, but Zhou Ping refused because it was "too dangerous."

Zhou Ping is still very self-aware. His cultivation level is not enough for him to leave the Novice Village. The world outside is very dangerous.

Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi were playing Pai Gow, with Liu Ruyan and He Yunqing joining them.

Ever since he learned how to play Pai Gow, Fan Shiyi actually stopped going to the Jiaofangsi.

Xiaoqing said it was impossible.

"Zhou Ping, why is playing Pai Gow so attractive?" Fan Shiyi asked as he touched a card.

Zhou Ping thought for a moment, then said, "Huang is nothing compared to gambling."

Fan Shiyi nodded, agreeing with him, but she still couldn't figure out one thing: "I don't understand why it's so interesting."

"Kaos is ladder" Zhou Ping blurted out.

Fan Shiyi was slightly stunned: What the hell?
Zhou Ping hurriedly explained: "It's a southern language, which means chaos is the ladder to rise."

Fan Shiyi's eyes lit up: Chaos is the ladder to rise!

She is a Confucian and is well-versed in history books.

Ordinary people probably wouldn't know the weight of this sentence, but Fan Shiyi understood.

Why do some people like troubled times? Ordinary people also like the heroes in troubled times.

Because in the chaos, a person can quickly rise from the bottom to the top. The risks are great, but the benefits are even greater.

"I never thought that a small card like bridge could have such a profound meaning."

"I never expected that you could see through the meaning of bridge so quickly."

Fan Shiyi said quietly. The culture and knowledge Zhou Ping showed were just like those of a small escort.

Fan Shiyi found Zhou Ping more and more interesting. Zhou Ping was like an onion. No matter how you peel it, there is always another layer inside.

This guy is hiding very well, what secrets does he have? Fan Shiyi wanted to know more about Zhou Ping's secrets.

After playing cards for a whole night, Liu Ruyan couldn't bear it any longer, so they dispersed.

"Zhou Ping, wait a moment." He Yunqing took out a hundred taels of silver and gave it to Zhou Ping, "This is the monthly allowance for this month."

The so-called monthly money is protection money.

Ever since word spread that Zhou Ping was in charge of the He family's business, the He family's business has had a lot less trouble.

Wang Cheng has already told He Yunqing that the money will be given to Zhou Ping in the future.

He Yunqing was still quite willing to do so. It was really painful to give the money to the government, but giving it to Zhou Ping felt like she was giving from her left hand to her right hand.

"Forget about the money." Zhou Ping didn't want to take the money.

The mother and daughter were very nice to me, and they always thought of Zhou Ping first when they had something delicious.

Just for this reason, Zhou Ping felt embarrassed to accept the money.

Liu Ruyan smiled and said, "It's fine if you don't accept it. We are all family after all."

But He Yunqing still wanted to give the money to Liu Ruyan.

"The He family can earn between three thousand and four thousand taels a year."

"In the past, 30% was given to the government, 20% was used to bribe the black and white gangs, and the remaining 20% ​​was used to pay servants. The He family only got 30%."

"In the past, this money was given to the government, but from now on it will be given to you. You have three shares in the He's medicine shop."

He Yunqing introduced the He family's business to Zhou Ping.

He can only get 30% of the money the He family earns in a year!
After listening to He Yunqing's introduction, Zhou Ping secretly thought that it was not easy for her. She had been busy for the past year, and half of her money was used to manage various relationships.

"This money can be considered as my meal fee at your house." Zhou Ping declined politely. He was not short of money.

Fan Shiyi said sarcastically, "Zhou Ping, you are already a shareholder of the He family. One thousand taels more a year is really amazing."

Fan Shiyi looked down on this kind of behavior. What was the difference between this and a gang collecting protection fees?

"I don't want to get involved in this kind of trouble. Why don't you take the 30% of the silver and become a shareholder of the He family." Zhou Ping was not angry. Instead, he hoped that Fan Shiyi would protect He Yunqing's business.

Although Zhou Ping has some accomplishments, Fan Shiyi is more famous.

I guess no one dares to touch Fan Shiyi’s business.

He Yunqing was slightly stunned, and said: "Mr. Fan, if you are willing, it is also possible."

"Let Zhou Ping be the shareholder of the He family." Fan Shiyi put away his paper fan and pinched He Yunqing's chin with two elegant fingers.

"I would rather be your shareholder."

Qianzhou City, fifty miles southwest.

A man in a flying fish suit was being besieged by several people. Behind the man was a carriage with a beautiful pregnant woman in it.

The man was a yamen runner in Qianzhou City, his name was Zhang Ji. He was an eighth-rank warrior and a ninth-rank Taoist priest.

Zhang Ji's family had been serving as yamen runners in Qianzhou City for generations. His ancestors had once been wealthy and had many martial arts skills passed down from generation to generation.

What’s even more rare is that Zhang Ji’s family is a family of both martial arts masters.

Zhang Ji was known as a chivalrous man at a young age and solved many cases. He was also not as corrupt as other yamen runners and clerks, so he had a very good reputation.

He is good at martial arts, handsome, and kind-hearted!

Zhang Ji wielded the knife with his left hand and made hand gestures with his right hand.

Under Zhang Ji's control, the leaves around him passed over the necks of several people and killed them instantly.

After killing the man, Zhang Ji hurried to see the woman in the carriage.

"Brother Zhang, I am a burden to you. If Song Tianlong hadn't taken a fancy to me, I wouldn't have let you abandon your official position and run away." The woman had a sad look on her face.

Zhang Ji comforted her, "If I can't even protect my own woman, what kind of man am I? The world is so big, I plan to take you to the Miao area to find a place to stay."

As the two were talking, a figure suddenly jumped out.

The figure was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye he swung his sword towards the carriage. His target was the pregnant woman in the carriage.

Zhang Ji hastily held his sword to block the figure. However, the figure was too fast and too strong, and Zhang Ji was caught off guard so he didn't use his strength.

The figure's sword cut the carriage in half.

The horse got scared and ran away, throwing the pregnant woman off the cart. Zhang Ji dropped his knife and rushed to save the woman. However, although he saved the woman, he was slashed on the back by the figure.

On the back, there is a scar where the ribs are visible.

"Song Tianlong!" Zhang Ji gritted his teeth in hatred.

His wife was so beautiful that she was actually favored by Song Tianhu. In order to get Zhang Ji's wife, Song Long framed Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji wanted to seek justice from the county magistrate, but the county magistrate and Song Tianlong were birds of a feather, so the county magistrate also found Zhang Ji guilty.

Zhang Ji had no choice but to flee with his wife, but was still caught by Song Tianlong. Seeing that Zhang Ji was seriously injured, the woman's eyes flashed with determination, and then she suddenly picked up the long knife on the ground and slid it towards her neck: "Brother Zhang, I will repay your kindness in the next life."

In order not to drag down Zhang Ji, the woman suddenly committed suicide by slitting her throat. She felt that it was because of her suspicion that Zhang Ji was harmed.

Zhang Ji could have been a minor official in peace and security.

"Yan'er, Yan'er!" Zhang Ji hugged the woman's body and cried bitterly to the sky.

Song Tianlong looked at the woman's body and said sarcastically, "You actually treat a thing that has been ridden by thousands of people and slept with by tens of thousands of people as a treasure."

Zhang Ji's wife was once the top performer in the Jiaofangsi. Later, the two met and fell in love. Zhang Ji sold his property and added his wife's income from the Jiaofangsi to successfully redeem her.

However, before this good life lasted a year, Zhang Ji's wife was targeted by Song Tianlong.

"Song Tianlong, you deserve to die!" Zhang Ji's eyes were red. The pain of losing his wife and Song Tianlong's insulting words deeply irritated Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji slapped his eyebrows, and a hint of gloom appeared in his eyes. Then, the scar on the back of his body healed strangely.

"The Taoist art of exchanging life can exchange one's own lifespan for the healing of wounds and the improvement of strength." Song Tianlong's eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

He wants to take Zhang Ji to sharpen the knife.

Song Tianhu had already entered the seventh rank, but he had never made a breakthrough. He needed to find someone with the same level of cultivation to hone himself. Although Zhang Ji was an eighth rank, he was a ninth rank Taoist, and his strength was no different from that of a seventh rank.

The two men fought each other, and sand and rocks flew all over the ground.

Although Zhang Ji's martial arts skills were not as good as Song Tianhu's, he still had Taoist skills. With these skills, Zhang Ji and Song Tianhu were on equal terms.

About an hour later, the wounds on Song Tianhu's body gradually increased, but his eyes became brighter, and he felt that he was just one step away from a breakthrough.

However, Zhang Ji's aura was getting weaker and weaker. He sacrificed his lifespan to improve his cultivation, but this improvement only lasted for one hour.

As time went by, Zhang Ji's fighting power became weaker and weaker.

However, Song Tianhu didn't want Zhang Ji to become weaker like this, he still needed Zhang Ji to sharpen his knife.

"Zhang Ji, do you really think that I have taken a fancy to your woman?" In order to force Zhang Ji to use his last bit of strength, Song Tianhu began to tell the truth of the matter.

Song Tianhu caused trouble for Zhang Ji not because he had a crush on his woman, but because Zhang Ji had offended the county magistrate.

"I don't like your woman at all. I like girls. No, not girls, but girls younger than girls."

"They are much more tender. I don't like things that have been used by others."

"It's not that I'm attracted to your woman, but you've offended the county governor, so you must die."

Song Tianhu laughed sinisterly and told the real reason.

A flash of lightning suddenly flashed through Zhang Ji's mind.

Zhang Ji was born in a family of a thousand households, so he was a bit aloof. Others were bullying the common people, but Zhang Ji was never willing to do that.

Zhang Ji remembered that once, the county magistrate took him and several other people to have dinner with a wealthy family.

A wealthy man raped a young girl and then killed her to silence her.

The rich businessman was a very high-ranking guest of the county magistrate, so the county magistrate personally handled the case.

In the end, the county magistrate ruled this case as a case where the girl wanted to do something bad to the wealthy businessman but was killed instead.

Although Zhang Ji was angry, he could do nothing about it. In today's world, it was not easy for Zhang Ji to stay out of trouble.

The rich businessman gave the yamen runners five hundred taels of silver each, but Zhang Ji did not accept it.

At that time, Zhang Ji felt that the county magistrate looked at him with some hostility.

"It turned out to be me, it turned out to be me, it turned out to be me who harmed Yan'er." Zhang Ji burst into tears. He did not expect that the cause of the incident was that he was unwilling to go along with others.

"I'm no longer blocking your path to wealth, but why are you still forcing me like this!" Zhang Ji instantly became furious, and his body was constantly exploding with anger.

At this moment, Zhang Ji wanted to live. He wanted to survive and seek revenge on the county magistrate.

"Come on, Zhang Ji, let's see whether you die or I live." Song Tianlong knew that his stimulation had worked.

The two men fought again, but Zhang Ji was injured first and sacrificed his own lifespan. He was already at the end of his strength and finally died under Song Tianlong's knife.

"Nothing more than that." Song Tianlong won the victory, but he was unhappy. He felt that he was only a little bit away from breaking through to the sixth level.

Retreat, retreat, as long as I retreat for another month, I will definitely gain something!

Song Tianlong knew that if he continued to retreat for a while, he would be able to break through from the seventh level to the sixth level.

"Boss, boss, something bad has happened." A young man knelt down in front of Song Tianlong and cried.

Song Tianlong looked at the boy and felt something was wrong. He had some impression of this boy, who was quite clever.

Song Tianlong remembered that he sent this young man to Qinghe County with his younger brother Song Tianhu.

There are magical weapons dropped by the Demon Lord in Qinghe County and Qingyuan County.

All of these magical instruments are priceless, and some can even enhance the practitioner's cultivation and strength.

"What's going on?" Song Tianlong grabbed the boy.

The boy is Gou Zi, Song Tianhu's follower.

That night, Gou Zi was arranged by Song Tianhu to find Monk Fayuan, so luckily he was not killed by Uncle Lame.

Gouzi went to find Monk Fayuan, but Monk Fayuan refused to pay and beat him up. Gouzi had no choice but to go back to find Song Tianhu, but Song Tianhu was killed.

After Song Tianhu was killed, Gou Zi hurried back to Qianzhou City to report the news.

"What, my brother was killed!" Song Tianhu grabbed Gou Zi's head and pressed it to the ground.

In an instant, all the dog's teeth were broken.

"Boss, this is what happened." Gou Zi told the whole story vaguely.

They went to Qingyuan County and searched for treasures for several days, but found nothing.

Song Tianhu wanted to go to Jinhua Temple to get some money to spend, and happened to meet Fayuan. Fayuan asked Song Tianhu to get the vajra back from Zhou Ping.

Song Tianhu originally just wanted to cheat some money to spend, and had no intention of looking for the vajra.

However, Fa Yuan was willing to hand over the skills of the Vajra Indestructible Body, which made Song Tianhu very excited.

Song Tianhu wanted to get this secret book of martial arts for Song Tianlong, so he and his group went to Qinghe County, but unexpectedly they all died in Qinghe County.

"Fa Yuan! Zhou Ping!" Song Tianlong said angrily, "Is this Zhou Ping the one who killed Tian Hu?"

Gouzi hurriedly explained: "According to Qinghe County, it was not Zhou Ping who killed my eldest brother. Although Zhou Ping is an eighth-rank cultivator, he is an eighth-rank cultivator in Buddhism, and his cultivation is all from initiation, so he couldn't kill my eldest brother."

"The captain of the Qinghe County police said that it was an outsider cultivator who killed my brother." Gou Zi explained.

Song Tianlong's teeth were almost broken. He didn't expect that his brother would be gone in just half a month.

Song Tianlong and Song Tianhu have been orphaned since childhood and have depended on each other. They relied on their fists and two swords to reach their current status, but they did not expect that the younger brother would die.

"what!"

Song Tianlong roared towards the sky, and huge dragon roars and tiger roars came from his body.

The dog closest to him was so shocked by the sound that it fell to the ground and died with blood coming out of all its orifices.

"Qinghe County, I will make your blood flow like a river!"

(End of this chapter)