From the fusion of Tongbei Quan to the Longevity Martial Saint

At Li Zaotou's residence...

It wasn't until nearly midnight that the servants, hearing no sound from inside, mustered their courage and called out a few times at the door.

When Li Laolai heard the servants' shouts and realized there had been no sound from inside, he had no choice but to muster his courage and lead his men inside.

Upon seeing Li Zaotou lying on the ground, already lifeless, they realized...

His face was completely disfigured, and the entire courtyard was thrown into chaos.

The next moment, Li Zaotou and Li Meng, along with their daughter, angrily rushed towards the cooking room.

Li Zaotou and Li Meng knelt directly in front of Fang Lingsu's carriage.

She tearfully recounted how Li Zaotou had been murdered.

It's been said, both openly and secretly, that the murderer must be Fang Qing from inside the Boiling Sea House.

Fang Lingsu lifted the carriage curtain and stepped out with a displeased expression.

He gave a barely perceptible glare in the direction of the seafood cooking room.

Upon seeing Fang Lingsu emerge, Li Laolai practically banged his head on the ground.

"Lord Fang, it must have been that brat inside who took advantage of the darkness to launch a sneak attack on Li Zaotou's room and kill him."

That kid shouldn't be that fast.

"Let's go into the seafood cooking room right now; maybe we can catch that kid red-handed."

Fang Lingsu listened intently and heard only one person breathing inside the cooking room, knowing that Fang Qing had not yet returned.

After thinking for a moment, he looked up in the direction of Li Laolai:

"This matter may not necessarily be related to Fang Qing. Take me to the scene at Li Zaotou's place first."

Li Laolai was so anxious that he scratched his head and cheeks.

Li Zaotou was his backer at the saltworks.

This powerful backer is very likely to collapse, and he will be implicated.

At this point, his only chance of landing safely was to grab onto Fang Qing as a shield.

He wanted Fang Lingsu to lead them into the cooking room first to confirm whether Fang Qing had returned, but the next moment Fang Lingsu gave him a cold snort, forcing him to swallow all his pleas.

Li Laolai had no choice but to obediently lead Fang Lingsu and the others towards Li Zaotou's direction.

However, as he walked, Li Laolai realized something was wrong:

"Lord Fang, this is the shortest route to Li Zao Tou's residence; your other route is a longer one."

Li Laolai was about to continue speaking when, in the next moment, Guard Lin simply snorted coldly:

"Old Li, the entire salt field is managed by our young lady. Who knows the way, you or her?"

"Stay put and behave, or I'll slap you!"

Upon seeing this, Li Laolai immediately wilted like a frostbitten eggplant, quickly lowering his head and daring not to utter any rebuttal.

Fang Lingsu deliberately led Li Laolai and the others on a long detour, intending to buy some time for Fang Qing.

After a thorough inspection of the scene at Li Zao Tou's location...

The next moment, Fang Lingsu slowly led the anxious and frustrated Li Laolai back to the direction of the Boiling Sea House by taking a long detour.

It wasn't until Fang Lingsu sensed two breaths coming from inside the cooking room that...

Fang Lingsu finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

After all, Li Zaotou held an official position.

If Fang Qing were caught red-handed being beaten and killed at will, the consequences would be unpredictable.

The Fang family cannot interfere arbitrarily.

At this moment, Fang Lingsu had bought Fang Qing enough time. She believed that Fang Qing had done a thorough job and would not have left any clues.

Upon arriving at this point, Fang Lingsu led her people directly towards the direction of the cooking room.

……

Under the cover of night, Fang Qing finally returned to the cooking room before the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Gently tap the stone slab blocking the ditch.

Yang Zhi was frantic when he heard the commotion outside.

Upon seeing that it was Fang Qing, he breathed a slight sigh of relief and quickly lifted the stone slab to let Fang Qing in.

Yang Zhi saw that Fang Qing's face and neck were covered in blood, but fortunately he was not injured.

However, both fists were covered in wounds, some so deep that the bone was visible.

Yang Zhi rushed over to help and pulled Fang Qing out of the ditch.

At this moment, Fang Qing quickly took off his night clothes and threw them into the stove to burn them.

After washing all the blood off his body with brine,

Yang Zhi had already dismantled the scarecrow that had been disguised as Fang Qing.

All the straw and rope were thrown into the stove and burned completely.

Seeing that everything was cleaned up, Fang Qing finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

However, when Fang Qing looked down at the wound on his fist, it was very obvious and could not be hidden at all!

Yang Zhi became anxious upon seeing this:

"What should we do?!"

Fang Qing frowned, then suddenly noticed the freshly crystallized salt and an idea struck him...

……

Li Laolai wished he could kick the door open and see if Fang Qing was actually inside the cooking room.

After Li Laolai, Li Meng, and the others followed Fang Lingsu into the seafood cooking room,

Through the steam that had not yet dissipated from the boiling room

Immediately, Fang Qing and Yang Zhi were seen busily working on the iron plate.

Yang Zhi kept scraping the crystallized salt layer by layer from the iron pan with a scraper.

Fang Qing, meanwhile, kept stirring the salt with both hands inside the basket, spreading the crystallized salt out to evaporate the moisture as quickly as possible.

Li Laolai saw Fang Qing acting as if nothing had happened, inside the seafood cooking room.

He was taken aback at first, then blurted out:

"What are you doing here, kid?"

"You clearly..."

He pointed in the direction of Li Zaotou's residence, unable to utter the rest of his words.

Fang Qing kept her hands in the salt basin, constantly stirring the salt that was waiting for the moisture to evaporate.

Upon hearing this, he said, bewildered:

"I'm doing something for Lord Fang, making refined salt. If I'm not in this sea salt production room, where would I be?"

"Li Laolai, you've been following Li Zaotou in committing all sorts of evil deeds, have you lost your mind too?"

Li Laolai was immediately speechless, pointing in Fang Qing's direction, not knowing what to say.

The next moment, Fang Qing looked in Fang Lingsu's direction as if nothing had happened.

"Lord Fang, how did you know that this refined salt was just produced?"

"Look, this is the refined salt we extract using my method from the brine produced during the day."

Fang Lingsu's gaze fell on Fang Qing's hands, which were still holding the salt.

He glanced at Fang Qing, who seemed completely unconcerned.

A fleeting look crossed his eyes!

Fang Qing's heart tightened immediately.

Fang Qing's fists were covered in wounds from his fight with Li Zaotou.

To conceal it, Fang Qing could only bury her hands in the salt.

At this moment, salt was soaking into Fang Qing's wound.

A sharp pain traveled along the nerves in his hand to Fang Qing's brain.

Fang Qing was practically gritting her teeth and enduring it.

Even though his hands were extremely painful from the salt, Fang Qing did not take them out of the salt.

Fang Qing was almost certain that the person who had just transmitted the message to him from afar was Fang Lingsu herself.

Even if Fang Lingsu is willing to help me,

Some crucial pieces of evidence still cannot be presented publicly.

The people from the Six Doors are not to be trifled with!

The next moment, Fang Qing forced a smile.

"Wasn't Lord Fang here to see the refined salt? Has something happened?"

Fang Qingming asked the question knowingly...

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