Daily News: You promised yourself to be a fisherman, but you've become a martial arts god?

"Master, I'm currently holding a position in the Yi family. Should I go to the government office to report this?"

Li Nian spoke up.

Liu Qinyun waved his hand and said:

"You're back from your day off, so get some rest. You don't need to get involved in this!"

"Yes."

Seeing Liu Qinyun's resolute attitude, Li Nian said no more.

After receiving the order, Meng Suxi hurriedly left.

After a moment's thought, Li Nian spoke:

"Master, I believe that the beggar case in the county some time ago and today's incident were probably done by the same group of people, and that they are probably backed by powerful and influential families."

"To be honest, Master, my little niece was once targeted by someone, perhaps it was that family who did it."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qinyun frowned and said:

Whose house is it?

Li Nian truthfully told Liu Qinyun about Zhang Tianqi's earlier attempt to take away her niece, Duoduo.

He could not tell Liu Qinyun the whole story about the system intelligence.

Even my most beloved sister-in-law and niece are not allowed!

Liu Qinyun treated him well, so he wanted to use this opportunity to warn the other party to be wary of the Zhang family.

After listening to his words, Liu Qinyun frowned, paced back and forth for a moment, and said:

"Based on what you've said, the Zhang family is indeed highly suspicious."

"However, this alone is not enough to prove that the Zhang family did it."

As she spoke, she looked at Li Nian with a serious expression and gave him some instructions:

"The Zhang family has a deep-rooted influence in Qianhu County, and even the Yi family's government office can hardly contend with them. You must not mention your suspicions to outsiders, lest you bring trouble upon yourself."

"Regarding the matter of the 'flower shooter,' it has now reached my martial arts school. I will investigate this matter; you just need to do what you are supposed to do!"

"Disciple understands!"

Li Nian clasped her hands in response.

Liu Qinyun waved his hand.

Li Nian wisely withdrew.

He knew that he couldn't convince Liu Qinyun with just empty words that the Zhang family was behind the beggar case in the county.

However, after he mentioned it, Liu Qinyun would definitely be wary of the Zhang family.

That's enough for him!

It was nearly dusk when I left the martial arts school.

Li Nian went to the market to buy groceries.

Since I'm rarely back home, I should buy some good food and cook some delicious dishes for my sister-in-law and niece.

During his absence, his sister-in-law and niece lived very frugally on their three meals a day.

Having received a reward of five hundred taels of silver, you should treat your family better!

Upon arriving at the market, I encountered several men dressed in tight-fitting clothes, each holding a knife in one hand and a portrait in the other. They were shouting menacingly at passersby, causing panic among them.

"People from Haoran Martial Arts School!"

Li Nian recognized the people at a glance, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

Just now, a child went missing from the home of a disciple of Qinyun Martial Arts School. Could it be that the same thing happened at Haoran Martial Arts School?

Just then, a disciple from Haoran Martial Arts School, holding a portrait, strode over aggressively and roared:

"Hey kid! Have you seen the person in the portrait? If you dare to hide it, I'll chop you up!"

Li Nian's eyes flashed with murderous intent as he looked at the gleaming steel knife in the newcomer's hand.

Seeing that the other party was a minor figure, Li Nian didn't bother to argue and looked at the portrait in the newcomer's hand.

The person in the painting is dressed in black night clothes, with a black cloth covering their face, revealing only their eyes.

The eyes are depicted very realistically, as if I've seen them somewhere before.

He wasn't sure; after all, it's too difficult to recognize a person with just a pair of eyes drawn with pen and paper.

Even if he recognized them, he wouldn't tell the people at Haoran Martial Arts School!

"You people from Haoran Martial Arts Academy are really funny. Who can recognize this thing?"

After looking at it for a moment, Li Nian sneered.

Upon hearing this, the visitor flew into a rage and said:

"Your mom..."

"Shut up! This person is Li Nian, an inner disciple of the Qin Yun Martial Arts School. Let's go!"

"Is your mother forcing you to get married?"

Just as the man was about to swear, one of his companions recognized Li Nian and rushed forward to stop him in a panic.

The man, his face filled with fear and embarrassment, uttered a remark that wasn't actually an insult, and slunk away.

He had heard of Li Nian's name. The martial artist who knocked on the Blood Gate half a month ago was not someone a martial artist like him, who couldn't even sense blood energy, could afford to offend!

Li Nian was too lazy to bother with these nobodies and stepped into the market.

Meanwhile, as the people from Haoran Martial Arts School left, people in the market began to discuss the matter.

"What happened at Haoran Martial Arts Academy? How dare these people come to Qinyun Martial Arts Academy's territory to conduct a search?"

"I just came from the east of the city. You don't know, but two hours ago, after the headmaster Jiang Chongyan and his mother-in-law He Youchan left, someone broke into the Haoran Martial Arts School and almost killed Su Jingheng!"

"An hour ago, Jiang Chongyan and He Youchan returned to the martial arts school and were furious upon learning of this. They ordered the east side of the city to be sealed off and sent disciples to search for the culprit throughout the city!"

"He even took down Su Jingheng, one of the Four Heroes of the Thousand Lakes. That guy is ruthless!"

"I also heard that the Haoran Martial Arts Academy has a hidden dungeon where the thousand-year-old lecherous demon has been rescued!"

"Ergaizi, is this news reliable?"

"Even more precious than pearls!"

Haoran Martial Arts School...

Dungeon...

Kidnapping?

Li Nian lowered her brows, a piece of intelligence flashing through her mind.

Jiang Chongyan, the head of Haoran Martial Arts School, was the live-in son-in-law of the former head, Yu Deren. He was heartless and lecherous, and had an affair with Yu Deren's second wife, He Youchan. To prevent the affair from being exposed, he poisoned Yu Deren and then murdered his first wife, Yu Feifeng.

Jiang Chongyan and He Youchan imprisoned Yu Deren's first wife, Hua Mingzhu (his mother-in-law), and her son, Yu Hongfei, in a dungeon, interrogating them about the whereabouts of the "Haoran Fist Technique."

Jiang Chongyan coveted Hua Mingzhu's beauty and secretly forced her to submit, intending to kill both his mother-in-law and his wife.

Hua Mingzhu and Yu Hongfei, both surnamed Hua...

A familiar figure flashed through Li Nian's mind, reminding her of the familiar eyes in the portrait just now.

The flowers never fall!

...

outer city.

In the old house on the back mountain of the Hua family's territory.

A man was wrapped in white cloth, like a mummy. Crimson blood was constantly seeping from the white cloth, and through the blood-soaked white cloth, one could vaguely see scratches like fish scales.

The area covering the hands and feet lacks the outline of fingers.

On his head, blood was seeping from his scalp, as if someone had forcibly plucked all his hair.

Its face looked as if it had been slashed by a knife; it had no nose, no lips, only a pair of blood-red eyes and a toothless, bloody mouth.

At this moment, the man seemed to have gone mad, his fingerless hands pounding the ground as if he felt no pain, his eyes filled with venom, and he roared with incoherent words:

"Jiang Chongyan!"

"He Youchan!"

"Adulterous couple!"

"I, Yu Hongfei, will repay the pain you have caused me a hundredfold... a thousandfold... ten thousandfold!"

"Wash your bodies clean and wait, I'll show you what true cruelty is, ahahaha—"