From the fusion of Tongbei Quan to the Longevity Martial Saint

Li Laolai had stood up at some point and was now standing behind Li Zaotou.

Upon hearing Li Zaotou mention him, he quickly stepped forward and stood to Li Zaotou's right.

He cupped his hands in greeting towards Fang Lingsu and Guard Lin, saying:

"My lord, I noticed a few days ago that this young Fang Qing always acted furtively and suspiciously. So I had my son Li Meng keep an eye on him."

Unexpectedly, they discovered an insider in the saltworks who was colluding with salt bandits.

"After a thorough investigation, we finally caught this guy and his accomplices red-handed and apprehended them all."

"However, this boy possesses superhuman strength, and none of us can do anything to him."

"Just when we were about to risk our lives to get rid of this bastard for the saltworks, Lord Fang arrived unexpectedly."

Li Zaotou stroked his goatee and nodded in the direction of Li Laolai.

It must be said that although Li Laolai, this cheap father-in-law, usually acts arrogantly and domineeringly because of his reputation, he is still his biggest helper when it matters most.

Lin, the guard, heard Li Zaotou and Li Laolai speaking with absolute certainty.

A hint of disdain flashed in his eyes as he looked at Fang Qing.

"So that's why this kid had the courage to face the bear demon alone. Turns out he's a desperate fugitive."

"If we don't fight our way out of the bear demon, we'll be killed by the saltworks. That makes sense."

"He's just the son of a salt farmer. Relying on his innate superhuman strength, he actually colluded with salt bandits. This time, no one can protect him."

Fang Lingsu frowned even more.

Fang Lingsu is now in charge of this salt field.

In the future, the industries in these salt fields will also belong to her younger brother.

Therefore, Fang Lingsu had no choice but to take this seriously.

Seeing Li Zaotou and Li Laolai acting in concert, Fang Qing quickly stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said:

"Young Master Fang has something to say..."

But as soon as Fang Qing started speaking, Li Zaotou's face immediately turned cold:

"How dare you, the son of a salt farmer, interrupt when I'm speaking with Lord Fang?"

"Li Laolai, smash his mouth! Take him down immediately!"

Li Laolai snorted coldly and charged directly towards Fang Qing.

He reached out and slammed his hand hard into Fang Qing's chin.

The goal was to smash Fang Qing's jaw in one blow, preventing him from biting at will.

Last time, he and Fang Qing appeared to be evenly matched.

However, Li Laolai knew that his skill in body tempering was slightly higher than Fang Qing's.

Yang Zhi roared, trying to stop them, but before he could make any move, he heard a crisp cracking sound of bones breaking.

As Li Laolai rushed toward Fang Qing at top speed, he suddenly accelerated even faster, turning into a black shadow and flying off in the opposite direction.

Yang Zhi thought he had misread it and stood there stunned.

Li Laolai's son, Li Meng, immediately had his pupils shrink sharply.

Li Laolai had already fallen more than ten meters away, his ribs were caved in and several were broken.

He clutched his chest tightly, lying on the ground groaning.

While it won't be fatal, it's clear that he won't be able to get out of bed for several months.

Li Meng's pupils were wide open at this moment.

"I remember the day before yesterday, Fang Qing was fighting back and forth with my dad."

How come my father is no match for him in just a few days?

Li Zaotou naturally recognized Fang Qing's extraordinary qualities.

He originally thought he could easily control Fang Qing because he was at the second level of the Body Tempering Realm.

Even if she couldn't control him, she could easily find an opportunity to kill Fang Qing with a single slap.

But seeing Fang Qing's cultivation level at this moment gave him a direct reminder.

If Fang Qing hadn't been killed today, it's highly likely that he would have been raised to become a threat.

Thinking of this, Li Zaotou snorted coldly and raised his palm to strike Fang Qing's skull.

If this attack lands, Fang Qing will definitely die.

At this moment, Li Zaotou was no longer the relaxed and at ease he had been when chatting and laughing with Fang Qing.

While not quite scrambling or crawling, it was still rather rushed!

Just then, a sword sheath appeared out of thin air, blocking Li Zaotou's momentum as he charged forward.

Fang Lingsu simply raised her jade-like hand casually.

Without even drawing his sword, he easily neutralized Li Zaotou's attack.

When Li Zaotou saw that it was Fang Lingsu who had made the move, his pupils shrank sharply, but the next moment, he quickly cupped his hands and said:

"My lord, what do you mean?"

"Let him finish speaking."

Although Li Zaotou was extremely unwilling, he had no choice but to retreat the way he came.

Lin, the guard, also stepped forward and stood between Fang Qing and Li Zaotou.

Although Guard Lin was only at the fifth level of Body Tempering,

However, for Li Zaotou, who was only at the second level of Body Tempering, it seemed like an insurmountable barrier.

This completely thwarted Li Zaotou's original plan.

Fang Qing quickly cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards Fang Lingsu:

"Lord Fang, the 1500 catties of smuggled salt found at my residence is a complete frame-up."

Fang Lingsu parted her lips slightly, not wanting to waste a single word:

"evidence?"

Fang Qing quickly pulled a sheet of paper from his pocket.

He respectfully presented it to Fang Lingsu with both hands.

"During my thorough investigation over this period, I have discovered that these past attacks on the Jinsha Saltworks by salt bandits seem to follow a certain pattern:"

For example, the 385th year of the Qianyuan era.

On the ninth day of the eleventh lunar month, the salt field was attacked by salt bandits, who stole about 4000 catties of smuggled salt.

The 23rd of the 11th lunar month was the day the Fang family took stock, and the two were about half a month apart.

"The 386th year of the Qianyuan era."

On the seventeenth day of the eleventh lunar month, the salt field was attacked by salt bandits, who stole about 5000 catties of smuggled salt.

On the 30th of the month, which is the last day of the year, was the day the Fang family took stock. The two were about ten days apart.

The 387th year of the Qianyuan era, which is this year.

On the fifth day of the eleventh lunar month, the salt fields were attacked by salt bandits again. However, this time the Fang family was well prepared and dealt a heavy blow to the bandits, with only 3000 catties of smuggled salt being stolen.

"And Lord Fang's arrival today to take stock comes approximately ten days after the salt bandit attack."

Lin, the guard, stood beside Fang Qing with his hands at his sides. Upon hearing Fang Qing's words, he immediately frowned.

It was as if I had grasped something, but for the moment it wasn't quite clear.

"It seems like these salt bandits always time their raids on our salt fields precisely on the exact days of the year? We come to the salt fields for our year-end inventory, and they come early?"

Lin, the guard, finally caught something and looked in Fang Qing's direction with surprise.

Fang Qing cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Guard Lin.

The opponent is a master at the fifth level of Body Tempering.

With his meager skills, he probably wouldn't even last half a move against Guard Lin.

"Guard Lin is right. These salt bandits always seem to have a precise grasp of all the defenses in our salt fields."

I suspect someone is secretly informing them.

"At this moment, in addition to the dates of the salt bandits' looting of the salt fields and the inventory by the Fang family's people that I listed earlier in recent years, I have also traced back 10 years."

"I have discovered that over the past 10 years, these salt bandits have been coming to our salt fields at almost the exact times they arrive to loot them."

"Each time, they lose very few people, and each time they can easily take 4000 to 5000 catties of salt from our salt field."

"After careful analysis of this data, I made a significant discovery."

Fang Lingsu held the form that Fang Qing handed her.

She glanced at it, then frowned.

Her red lips parted slightly, uttering a few words:

"Go on..."

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