Chapter 445

Since Shi Chun was arranged by Song Qingming to Qinghe Market, he set up an industry in Qinghe Market and moved his home directly to the market.

Song Qingming came outside a mansion in the south of Qinghe Market and saw that the door was already covered with white cloth strips, and several mortal servants were greeting those who came to pay their respects. After Song Qingming asked a question, he walked in directly.

Coming to the main hall of the Shi mansion, several cultivators who were familiar with Shi Chun and came to pay their respects specifically were also surprised to see Song Qingming appear in person and stepped forward to salute.

After Song Qingming saw them, he just nodded slightly, ignored these people, and went directly into the mourning hall behind.

Song Qingming, who came to the mourning hall, saw many of Shi Chun's family members kneeling on the side and crying softly. Song Qingming first walked to the front of Shi Chun's spirit tablet to pay his respects, and then comforted Shi Chun's wife softly.

Since they met in the Fuyun Mountain Range back then, Song Qingming and Shi Chun had a friendship of nearly a hundred years. For the departure of this old friend, although Song Qingming had been prepared for a long time, he still felt a sense of inexplicable loneliness at this moment.

After paying his respects to Shi Chun, Song Qingming left the Shi mansion alone, found an empty place in a small alley on the side, covered his face, and came directly to a relatively remote small courtyard next to the Shi mansion.

This small courtyard was actually an industry purchased by Shi Chun, but because Shi Chun almost never came here, few people in the market knew about this.

After Song Qingming quietly entered the courtyard, he handed a token to a servant in the courtyard and was taken to a tiled house in the backyard.

After sitting in the room for a while, two middle-aged men with ordinary appearances came to Song Qingming, bowed and cupped their hands: "See the Clan Leader!"

After Song Qingming scanned the two, he tapped the table with one hand and said softly: "What are your names, and how long have you been following Shi Chun?"

"Reporting to the Clan Leader, I am Feng Wanli, and I have been following Elder Shi for twenty-five years. His name is Wang Fu, and he only moved in here nine years ago!"

The one speaking was a middle-aged man standing in front, with a peak sixth-level Qi Refining cultivation base. The other younger one had a lower cultivation base, only at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Both of these were cultivators that Shi Chun had secretly accepted in the market over the years to work for him for a long time.

Over the years in Qinghe Market, some things that were inconvenient for the Song family to come forward to handle were handled directly by Song Qingming through Shi Chun. This included secretly inquiring about some news, coming forward to find some rare spiritual items, and helping the Song family deal with Liufeng Hall when Feng He was still there, etc.

For these things, if the Song family's own cultivators came forward to do them, it would easily attract other people's attention. Therefore, for the sake of safety and not attracting attention, Shi Chun often hired some rogue cultivators in the market to help.

After a long time, some of those who were more reliable in doing things were left directly in his home by Shi Chun and became cultivators hired by the Song family for a long time. These cultivators who were not recognized on the surface of the Song family could also be considered the shadows of the family. Except for Song Qingming, the Clan Leader, and a few core elders of the family, no one else knew their identities.

Song Qingming occasionally came to Qinghe Market in the past and would also sit in Shi Chun's home. He had seen this Feng Wanli in front of him several times and knew that he was already considered Shi Chun's confidant. Many secret things here in Shi Chun's place had basically been handled secretly by Feng Wanli in recent years.

Song Qingming first let Wang Fu, who was standing on the side, go out first, and then asked Feng Wanli alone: "Have you heard any useful news this month?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Wanli pondered for a moment and said: "Reporting to the Clan Leader, this month the Huang family sent people to the cave dwelling of Senior Huang in the back mountain twice, but it seems they didn't see her. As for other things Elder Shi explained, I have already sent people to the Shi mansion at the beginning of the month."

Song Qingming nodded calmly and said: "Wanli, you have followed him for so long, so you know how to do the things in Elder Shi's hands. Next, the Shi mansion here will be handed over to you directly. Still the same as before, send a sound transmission to the mountain every half month.

You can rest assured, as long as you do things well, the salary that should be given to you, the Song family will definitely not be less for you. If you encounter any difficulties or any urgent matters, you send someone to send a letter to Xianfeng Building, and I will tell the people there to contact you. If there are any tasks or other arrangements, the family will also inform you by letter in time."

Hearing that Song Qingming wanted him to take over all of Shi Chun's affairs, a look of embarrassment immediately appeared on Feng Wanli's face. He paused and said: "Clan Leader, the Third Young Master and the Old Lady are still in the mansion. It might be somewhat inappropriate for me to take over Elder Shi's affairs, right!"

The Third Young Master in Feng Wanli's mouth was Shi Chun's own grandson, named Shi Long. Although this child's spirit root qualification was average, he was the only one among Shi Chun's seven or eight children and grandchildren who possessed a spirit root, and he was deeply loved by Shi Chun and his wife.

However, although Shi Long had always lived in the mansion following Shi Chun, Shi Chun did not let him participate in too many secret affairs he did for the Song family, but only arranged for him to help manage some businesses on the surface in the Song family's market.

Therefore, like other family members of Shi Chun in the Shi mansion, Shi Long only knew that his grandfather was a guest elder of the Song family and helped manage a part of the Song family's industries in Qinghe Market, and did not know what Shi Chun had done secretly for the Song family.

Hearing Feng Wanli in front of him mention Shi Long, Song Qingming said calmly: "After Shi Chun's funeral is over, I will arrange for the Shi family to leave the market and move to Mount Funiu.

As long as you can help the family do things here in the market with peace of mind, you will also become a new guest elder of the Song family in the future. Wanli, do you understand?" After Song Qingming finished speaking, his eyes looked at Feng Wanli with deep meaning.

"Please rest assured, Clan Leader, I know what to do!" After getting Song Qingming's promise, Feng Wanli was immediately excited and knelt on the ground.

When Song Qingming arranged for Shi Chun to go to Qinghe Market, his main purpose was to let him help secretly do some things that were inconvenient for him to come forward to do, plus inquire about some intelligence news of other families in the market.

Cultivators who are responsible for these things like Shi Chun, who is responsible for secretly doing some things for the Song family and inquiring about intelligence, are actually arranged by several major Foundation Establishment immortal clans in Qinghe County, who are specifically responsible for these things.

Especially in terms of inquiring about news and intelligence, the Huang family of Mount Taiyuan, which has a profound foundation, is the leader in Qinghe County. Nowadays, almost all the big and small things that happen in Qinghe County are hard to hide from the eyes of the Huang family.

Those who can do these things must be flexible people. They all have to do things that cannot see the light. They cannot openly go out to do things under the banner of the family, and sometimes they even need to hide their identities and can only become a shadow of the family.

When Shi Chun was still there, handing these things to him, there had indeed been no big mistakes over the years, and Song Qingming had always been very relieved.

Now that Shi Chun is gone, the Song family also lacks a suitable candidate to take charge of this matter in Qinghe Market. Song Qingming can only try to hand these things to Feng Wanli first. This person has followed Shi Chun for more than twenty years, and his ability is naturally sufficient.

The only thing that makes Song Qingming somewhat worried is that now that Shi Chun is gone, there is no one staring on the side, and he doesn't know whether Feng Wanli will still be as loyal to the Song family as before.

Although reusing foreign-surnamed cultivators like Feng Wanli is a somewhat risky thing, the identity of these rogue cultivators in the market has nothing to do with the Song family on the surface, and it is indeed much more convenient to do things. This is actually a thing with advantages and disadvantages.

After instructing Feng Wanli, Song Qingming quietly left this small courtyard and came to the Song family's Xianfeng Building.

Walking into the shop, Song Qingming did not go to eat as usual, but called the waiter to call Song Xintang, who had been greeting guests in the main hall.

"Seventh Uncle, Aunt has been in closed-door cultivation in the back mountain these days and is not in the shop. I have already sent her a sound transmission talisman, and she should receive the news in a while!"

Song Qingming, sitting in the private room, nodded slightly and said: "Xinhu, I came to find you today because there are some things I want to discuss with you. You also know that Shi Chun left a few days ago. I want you to take over some of the things in his hands first."

"Elder Shi, hasn't he been retiring at home for a long time? What else is in his hands now?"

Hearing Song Xinhu's puzzled voice, Song Qingming did not answer immediately, but after setting up a soundproofing restriction beside the two, he slowly told Song Xinhu about some things Shi Chun had secretly handled for the family over the years.

This small shop, Xianfeng Building, has been managed by Song Xinhu and his wife for these years. Now that Huang Siyuan, the boss, has returned, Song Xinhu is naturally not as busy as before.

After thinking about it, Song Qingming simply handed over the matter of the family contacting Feng Wanli and the others to Song Xinhu to be responsible for, and wait until the family finds other suitable candidates.

"Xinhu, from now on, besides paying them their salaries on time, you also need to pay attention to them. If you find anything unusual about Feng Wanli, you must report it to the family in time.

But you must not directly interfere in their affairs, so as not to let people see your relationship. Remember, try not to meet them directly. If there is anything, send people below to do it."

"Got it! Seventh Uncle, rest assured, I have been in the market for so many years, and I still understand these things."

Hearing Song Qingming tell him about the relationship between Feng Wanli and the others and the Song family, Song Xinhu was not surprised. When Shi Chun was doing things in the market over the years, he would occasionally take the initiative to find Song Xinhu for help. Although he didn't know what specific things Shi Chun had done for the Song family, he had guessed some in his heart.

Just as the two were talking, someone outside suddenly pushed open the door of the private room and walked in.

No system sect leader flow. Having nothing, starting from scratch, working hard, re-establishing the sect. The protagonist is good at planning, quick-witted and decisive. The supporting characters have their own characteristics, and the characters are full. The plot is smooth, no nesting dolls, no lowering of intelligence.

(End of this chapter)