Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 107: Jianghu Boss
After watching these people leave, Zhuang Ren suddenly shook his head and sighed.

"I'm afraid the Xu family is going to suffer a great loss. I just hope that this won't disrupt the order in the city."

"Are you talking about Senior Liu?" Song Changming also heard what Liu Dingsheng had said before, and undoubtedly did not want to let the matter go.

"Yeah." Zhuang Ren nodded.

"Why not stop him?" Song Changming asked.

“Not to mention that Brother Liu himself is a well-known master in the martial arts world. Even if he wants to retire, his martial arts strength will not disappear. He offended so many big families and powerful people in the past, but they couldn’t do anything to him.

Even though I'm old now, I'm not sure I can stop him.

Not to mention that his network of contacts is extremely wide. Many of today's powerful people or strong men have received his favors in their early years.

As long as he gives the order, I'm afraid many people will help him deal with the Xu family in the county town, and he won't even need to take any action himself.

It is best for us not to interfere in this matter. If anyone is to blame, blame the Xu family themselves. They did not have strict family traditions and offended such a ruthless person. "Zhuang Ren explained.

In fact, including himself, he had also benefited from Liu Dingsheng in his early years.

He was also unwilling to deal with Liu Dingsheng.

The world of martial arts is not only about fighting and killing, but also about many human relationships.

The same applies to him when he is in officialdom.

That night, at Xu's house, some masked men quietly left through a side door in the yard.

We went to a large mansion with three courtyards on Jinxiu Street.

This house was originally the ancestral land of a local wealthy family, but as it could not survive the turmoil of the Xiao family, its property was ransacked and it became an empty house left idle by the government.

It was not until recently that Liu Dingsheng returned to Donglai County and fell in love with this big mansion.

From then on, this place became Liu's residence.

This group of people quietly climbed over the wall and entered. Before they could make any move, several people with great martial arts skills suddenly rushed out from the side room in the courtyard and quickly subdued the masked men who had sneaked in.

Torches were lit in the yard, and Liu Dingsheng, dressed in plain clothes, slowly walked out of the main room.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Liu Dingsheng asked slowly, looking calm.

"It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. We are from other places and have a grudge with the Liu family who originally lived here." The masked man hurriedly explained.

Liu Dingsheng didn't believe a word they said. Before the masked men even finished speaking, he shouted, "Pry their mouths open as quickly as possible."

"Don't worry, Master Liu, I'm very good at it." One of them said with a smile.

In fact, it didn't take long for Liu Dingsheng to get what he wanted to know.

"The Xu family is really tired of living. Master Liu, I'm going to kill them tonight!" someone said.

Liu Dingsheng did not refuse, but just chuckled and said, "I was not so anxious at first, but I didn't expect others to be anxious first."

"Then I'll trouble you all."

As soon as these words were spoken, seven or eight martial arts masters in the courtyard responded one after another.

"Master Liu, do you want to bring the father and son to you?" someone asked at this time.

"No need." Liu Dingsheng looked in the direction of another courtyard.

"Don't disturb my granddaughter's rest."

Early the next morning, Jinxiu Street, Xu's house.

Song Changming received the news and rushed over with his patrol team.

In the huge Xu residence, not a single person was seen overnight.

From the direct descendants of the Xu family head to the maids and servants, all disappeared.

If the decorations in Xu's house were not still there, and even the storeroom was locked, with the things inside intact, Song Changming would have thought that the entire Xu family had fled overnight.

"There are signs of fighting in some of the courtyard rooms." After a search, Liang Zhaolong reported to Song Changming.

"Where are the people? Can't you really find any of them?" Song Changming asked.

"Yes, everyone is missing." Liang Zhaolong confirmed after searching again and again.

"Send someone to interrogate other residents on this street to find out what happened last night. Also send people to search the nearby alleys to see if they can find other clues." Song Changming ordered.

Liang Zhaolong agreed and left in a hurry.

"This revenge is too quick. Shouldn't revenge be taken overnight?" Song Changming muttered to himself as he walked alone in the courtyard of Xu's house.

Looking around, the entire Xu residence was as quiet as it could be. There was a faint smell of blood in the air, and occasionally some knife marks and sword marks could be found, as well as traces of broken floor tiles.

Combined with what happened yesterday, it was hard for him not to think that the Xu family's disappearance overnight had nothing to do with the chivalrous thief Liu Dingsheng.

To be able to achieve this in just one night, the methods of this old martial arts master are truly too powerful.

Not long after, Zhuang Ren also got the news, and went straight to Xu's house without even having time to visit the general manager.

Song Changming gave a general explanation of the situation here, and after listening to it, Zhuang Ren immediately concluded that this must be the work of his old acquaintance, Liu Dingsheng!

"Looking at the entire county town, he is the only one I can think of who could make the Xu family disappear overnight without anyone noticing." Zhuang Ren frowned.

Song Changming saw that Zhuang Ren didn't seem that surprised, as if he had been mentally prepared beforehand. He even breathed a sigh of relief after hearing his report, and seemed to be quite satisfied with the result.

After all, apart from the disappearance of the Xu family, Liu Dingsheng did as he said and did not cause much trouble in the city.

"Except for the missing people, all the items inside and outside the house are still there, including the money in the Xu family's warehouse." Song Changming said, and handed the warehouse key chain he had searched out to Zhuang Ren.

This matter had a significant impact. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he did not touch anything in Xu's house before Zhuang Ren arrived.

"This was left intentionally by Brother Liu, indicating that he only wanted people. All the money and materials of the Xu family were handed over to us, which can be regarded as benefits left for our government." Zhuang Ren said.

The total assets of the entire Xu family must be not a small amount, which is equivalent to using all of them to bribe the government, so that the government will turn a blind eye to the matter and let it go.

"The county governor has been struggling recently because of the fiscal deficit caused by filling the military expenses. This money is still quite useful. I think this incident will be resolved in the future."

Zhuang Ren predicted the reaction of the county governor's office. After receiving this benefit, they would most likely accept this tacit deal.

In Song Changming's view, Liu Dingsheng and the government were like two tigers and wolves, working in tacit understanding to take away what each of them needed.

As for the Xu family, all I can say is that if they don’t seek death, they won’t die.

"Sir, we found Xu family's servants and maids in the city. There are quite a lot of them. It seems that they are the only ones who escaped last night." Liang Zhaolong said.

"Take them all back for interrogation. Also, make a list of all the belongings of the Xu family as soon as possible. I will ask my personal guards to come and help." Zhuang Ren ordered.

Song Changming nodded in agreement.

For a family as big as Xu's, just counting and moving all the items was a huge and tedious task.

It took the patrol guards nearly two days to complete the inventory, and then they transported the boxes to the county magistrate's office.

Afterwards, Song Changming and other patrol guards were asked to keep the matter to themselves and not spread it outside.

This time, all the patrol guards received a generous amount of hush money.

During the process, even though Song Changming did not contribute much and just maintained the scene, he received a full 500 silver coins!
Song Changming didn't know how much profit his director general made from it, but he thought he made a fortune.

From the patrol guards to the county magistrate, everyone was quite satisfied with this wave of wealth from heaven.

Song Changming was no exception. The 500 silver coins he received were like a timely rain for him.

While his physical cultivation had made rapid progress over the past year or so, a large amount of his savings had been squandered.

Just buying wild ginseng and chalcedony from the fishing market, he spent more than thousands of silver coins!
Even if the profits from Song's father's green water silkworms gradually increased, it would still be difficult to cover the financial expenses he needed for his body training.

There is no other way. The martial arts resources required to practice the four body-building exercises at full speed far exceed those of a body-building warrior who specializes in one.

In addition, he has now reached the sixth level of body refining, and the effects of ordinary quality medicinal materials on him are becoming increasingly poor.

Take the wild ginseng that we buy once a month, for example. Even to make do with it, it needs to be at least 40 years old.

If one wants to pursue the efficiency of body refining, the best one would be wild ginseng that is sixty or eighty years old. The price of each plant on the market is at least over one hundred silver coins, and the market price of eighty-year-old ginseng is over three hundred silver coins.

Not to mention the hundred-year-old mountain ginseng, which is an absolutely rare martial arts material. Song Changming had the honor of experiencing it once before, and never tried it again.

The stuff was good, but one plant cost a thousand silver coins, which made it hard for him to make ends meet.

The same principle applies to the other three body-refining exercises. The higher the level, the more powerful and high-quality medicinal materials are needed to maintain the efficiency of body refining.

Therefore, even if he got the five hundred silvers, it could only barely sustain his martial arts training for three or two months.

In fact, he is not the only one who suffers from insufficient financial resources.

Looking around, there are too many warriors like this in the entire martial arts world.

Even though they clearly had good innate aptitude for cultivation, they were delayed in their martial arts practice due to a shortage of cultivation materials, which led to a wasted life. Ultimately, they were unable to go further in martial arts and achieve more.

Such regrets are everywhere.

In comparison, Song Changming's current situation is actually quite good. Although he was born into a grassroots farmer's family, his starting point is really not high.

But fortunately, he seized the opportunity. Now at least he still has an official position, with the support of the government, eating official food and having a stable source of income. This is much better than most martial artists in the world.

(End of this chapter)