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206　　"Now that Zheng Chuan is dead, Lao Zhou is actually no longer a threat."

　　"oh."

　　"But you killed him anyway."

　　"Um."

　　"Can you say two more words to me?"

　　Sixi shouted.

　　"I'm leaving."

　　After that, Fa Cai entered Feng Xuan's large mansion. Si Xi looked at the moon and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Yeah, he is just an insignificant person, why would he care?"

　　Fa Cai entered the compound and soon came to Feng Xuan's bedroom and knocked on the door.

　　"Come in."

　　Feng Xuan had already received the news of Zheng Chuan's life or death, and he was in a very good mood. Everything was going according to the plan he had arranged.

　　Now that Zheng Chuan is dead, I have lost a strong competitor. Isn't this worth being happy about?

　　He was in a very good mood.

　　At this time, I heard a knock on the door and called out to come in.

　　Fa Cai walked in and said, "Master, the mission is accomplished."

　　After hearing this, Feng Xuan became even happier. The tail was cleaned up. So now no matter who investigated, they would only know that it was the second brother who did it and the case was solved by the fifth brother. It had nothing to do with him.

　　Thinking of this, he was very happy. He was really successful in using a knife to kill someone and concealing the truth.

　　"Okay, go down."

　　Feng Xuan tried hard to suppress his joy, let the fortune go, then covered his head with the quilt and laughed loudly. Success, success, the one who succeeded in the end was still me, hahahaha... still me!

　　He laughed very happily.

　　Outside Feng Xuan Mansion, on top of the courtyard wall.

　　"Hello."

　　Si Xi was drinking when he looked up and saw Fa Cai standing on the courtyard wall with a sword in his hand.

　　Si Xi asked, "What for?"

　　"drink wine."

　　"Come down."

　　Si Xi waved his hand and Fa Cai flew down. Si Xi handed him a jar of wine.

　　Fa Cai took a sip and said, "Are you in a bad mood?"

　　"It's not bad, it's just a little uncomfortable."

　　Si Xi took a sip of wine, and Fa Cai took a sip with him and said, "Why do you feel so bad?"

　　"Old Zhou, Old Zhou could have stayed out of this mess. At that time, his wife had just given birth to Xiaodouzi, and he went undercover to be with Zheng Chuan just for me."

　　"For five years, he passed by the house several times but didn't dare to go in. One time, he saw Xiao Douzi on the street. The child just looked at Lao Zhou. Maybe he thought the uncle looked very friendly, so he went over to Lao Zhou and asked: Uncle, are you looking for someone?"

　　"Lao Zhou didn't dare to answer and just said he was just passing by."

　　"Xiao Douzi was very disappointed at the time, and looked at Lao Zhou and said: I thought you were here to look for someone. Mom said that my father would look for me in the future. I thought you were my father, and you came to look for me~"

　　Si Xi said bitterly: "When Lao Zhou told me this, he burst into tears. I could feel his despair and pain. His biological son was in front of him, but he didn't dare to recognize him or even say a few words. How painful it was for him."

　　"Do you understand this feeling?"

　　Si Xi looked at Fa Cai, who had a blank expression on his face and just took a sip of wine.

　　"You definitely don't understand. You're just a cold-blooded block of wood."

　　Fa Cai still has no expression.

　　Si Xi continued, "I saw Lao Zhou for the last time a few days ago. Lao Zhou said that he could finally close the net. After completing this mission, he would take his wife and children to hide in the countryside, build three large tiled houses, plant an acre of vegetable garden, and plant fruit trees along the courtyard wall. In the summer, when the branches and leaves are lush, he would move two rattan chairs, one large and one small, and he and his son would lie there to enjoy the cool air and tell him stories. It would be such a wonderful thing."

　　"I also told him that I would definitely ask him for some fruit when the time comes, so he shouldn't be stingy!"

　　"But the mission has been completed. Why did you kill him? Why? I don't understand. I don't understand!"

　　"He knows too many secrets."

　　Fa Cai spoke.

　　"But he has already prepared to retire to the countryside. He can hide away."

　　"Then there is also the risk of discovery. If it is a risk, it must be eliminated."

　　Fa Cai said lightly, as if life was nothing in front of him.

　　After hearing this, Si Xi looked at him and said, "Then you and I also know too many secrets, shouldn't we die too?"

　　Upon hearing this, Fa Cai glanced at Si Xi with a very surprised expression, but he quickly returned to his usual calmness and said, "If necessary, damn it!"

　　Um?

　　Si Xi looked at Fa Cai and said, "For him alone, everyone can be sacrificed, right?"

　　Upon hearing this, Fa Cai looked at Si Xi and said, "Si Xi, you must remember that you and I were both picked up by me from the refugee pile. Without me, we would have died long ago. We can only be where we are today because of my cultivation, so you and I should die for me."

　　After hearing this, Si Xi said, "Zheng Chuan and I were picked up by the Hall Master from among the refugees. Why would Zheng Chuan disobey the Hall Master's orders?"

　　Fa Cai said: "He didn't. He was just selling ironware privately from the beginning to the end. He didn't do anything to offend the hall master. Moreover, he sold the ironware only to raise money to win favor."

　　"As for the master, he has never been unfaithful to the hall master! He has always treated the hall master like a king and a father."

　　Si Xi looked at Fa Cai and said, "You can actually say so many words in one breath, hahahaha..."

　　Fa Cai looked at him and said, "Boring~"

　　Si Xi looked at the bright moon and sparse stars in the sky and said, "You are like a father to me, you are like a father to me!"

　　After saying this, he hugged the wine jar, leaned against the stone lion of Feng Mansion and fell asleep.

　　Looking at the sleeping Si Xi, Fa Cai reached out and lifted him up: "You have no tolerance, and you force yourself to drink."

　　…

　　"Cough cough… cough cough…"

　　"Master, you can't drink anymore, you can't."

　　Peng Shizhong stood in the yard, holding a jar of wine in his hand, looking at Zheng Chuan's body and drinking in big gulps.

　　Peng Fu had already returned. Seeing this scene, he immediately tried to snatch the jar of wine from Peng Shizhong's hand.

　　But Peng Shizhong didn't give it to him at all.

　　Peng Fu had no choice but to step aside. Peng Shizhong said, "Ah Fu, do you remember the first time we met this guy?"

　　Peng Fu was stunned and looked at Peng Shizhong. Peng Shizhong said, "This kid is actually trying to snatch a meat bun from a wild dog."

　　"Yeah, he was very wild back then. When he saw us coming, he thought we were going to steal his buns. Sigh... in the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed."

　　Peng Fu added.

　　"This kid is very smart. At that time, Feng Xuan had already started learning martial arts, and he also clamored to learn martial arts, and he was very hardworking. If Feng Xuan practiced for five hours, he would practice for six hours. If Feng Xuan practiced for six hours, he would practice for seven hours, and he even didn't sleep."

　　Peng Fu said: "Yes, the Second Master did work very hard at that time."

　　"Later, he helped the gang and was always at the forefront of every battle. He received twelve knife wounds from the White Tiger Hall, three of which were less than an inch away from vital points."

　　Peng Fu said: "Second Master did shed blood for the White Tiger Hall."

　　"But, but why is he so confused? Who can bear the charge of colluding with Zoroastrianism? Why would he do such a thing as reselling ironware?"

　　Peng Shizhong was heartbroken, but Peng Fu said nothing.

　　Peng Shizhong asked, "Have you read all the evidence submitted by Jiu Si?"

　　Peng Fu said, "I've seen it all. It's confirmed that Second Master did all these things, but... but it seems that someone is pushing this matter behind the scenes. Fifth Master said that if the person behind the scenes hadn't deliberately pushed him to solve the case, maybe Second Master wouldn't have been caught so quickly."

　　Upon hearing this, Peng Shizhong took a sip of wine and said, "The man behind the scenes, hehe... cough cough cough..."

　　"Master, you can't drink anymore, otherwise your injury will be difficult to heal."

　　Peng Shizhong waved his hand and said, "I'm fine. That's enough. Let's just leave it at that. As for the mastermind behind this, just pretend it doesn't exist and don't investigate it any further."

　　"Yes, sir, I understand."

　　Peng Shizhong said, "Peng Fu, go to the funeral shop and order a better coffin. The second son has paid his debt. Set up a mourning hall for him tomorrow and bury him with the fourth son the day after tomorrow."

　　Peng Fu heard this and said, "Yes."

　　"By the way, sir, where is the Darughachi?"

　　Peng Shizhong said: "Haha, they are very quick-witted. I guess they should know it by now."

　　Peng Fudao: ...

　　…

　　Darughachi Prefecture:

　　Qimuge held a piece of paper in his hand and looked at it and said, "Dead?"

　　The person next to him asked, "What's dead?"

　　"The guy from the White Tiger Hall who colluded with the Zoroastrians and resold ironware."

　　"Is it the same person we have in our hands?"

　　Qimuge said: "Yes, that's right. Feng Xuan also told us about this Zheng Chuan. It seems that Peng Shizhong really wants to sacrifice his own relatives for the sake of justice."

　　"Okay, I'll go tell the adults and see how they want to deal with this matter."

　　After saying this, he ran straight to inform Lord Darughachi.

　　"Well, since Peng Shizhong has already sacrificed his own family for the greater good, then let it be."

　　"Sir, are we going to let him go so easily?"

　　"Qimuge, I don't want to let him go easily, but Peng Shizhong is very important. His existence can check and balance the fishing gang and the canal gang. If he leans towards either side, the balance will be broken, and I have to re-establish the balance, which is very troublesome."

　　The voice of Darughachi was heard.