Chapter 445

No, is this old bastard really that unscrupulous?

Wang Ping'an looked at Wei Yuan's frightened expression, instinctively glanced at Lü Tu, his face full of oddness.

He naturally understood why Wei Yuan had suddenly been frightened like this—who let Lü Tu hand Wei Yuan a storage bag that held a corpse, Tang Anzhi's corpse? For an official like Wei Yuan who lives in ease, he would hardly ever see a corpse nine times out of ten.

He opened Lü Tu's storage bag with great curiosity, without even having time to prepare, and saw Tang Anzhi's corpse inside. Not to mention being scared into this sorry state; even not fainting from fright would be praiseworthy of Wei Yuan's courage.

Seeing Lü Tu not answer, Zhang Chengze couldn't help but worry: "Magistrate Wei, are you alright?"

He is the head of this household; if anything were to happen to Wei Yuan in their home...

He needn't worry; he won't end up suffering for it. He is no longer who he used to be—he has a father who is a mountain god. As long as any misfortune befalling Wei Yuan has nothing to do with him...

He need not fear retaliation at all!

However.

It would be best if their family remained unharmed!

After a long while, Wei Yuan finally calmed his inner fear, ignoring the worried Zhang Chengze. If he didn't have a father who is a mountain god, he wouldn't even have the right to speak in his presence; he glared angrily at Lü Tu.

He might never forget that, when faced with his question, Lü Tu didn't answer but instead produced a storage bag and handed it to him. He was full of curiosity, preparing to check what was inside the bag—whether it was a gift—cough, cough—whether it was Lü Tu's answer to his question.

He never expected that.

Inside the storage bag was actually a corpse, and what frightened him most was that the corpse's owner was Tang Anzhi, who had slipped away secretly.

At that moment, upon seeing the corpse for the first time, he was already frightened; when he realized the corpse belonged to Tang Anzhi, he nearly lost his courage.

How could he not be angry now?

Wei Yuan wanted to burst out cursing, but thinking of Lü Tu's status and the possibility of evil cultivators lurking nearby, he knew that if he dared insult Lü Tu, even if Lü Tu didn't bother with him, he could use evil cultivators to take his life. So he swallowed the curse rising to his throat.

"Lü Qianhu, what do you mean by putting Tang the Attendant's corpse in a storage bag and handing it to me? What is your purpose?"

Wei Yuan suppressed the fury burning like fire in his chest and spoke harshly: "Are you trying to scare me to death, or are you telling me you ruthlessly killed Tang the Attendant?"

"Tang the Attendant's corpse?"

Zhang Chengze was also startled; he never expected that this fine cloth bag would contain Tang Anzhi's corpse.

He instinctively took a close look, then another.

He was very curious: how could such a tiny cloth bag hold a corpse?

Regarding Tang Anzhi's death, he was somewhat surprised but didn't care much; upon learning that Tang Anzhi was the former Immortal Official of Qingyang County, he had already lost any respect for him.

He could not forget what his ancestors said: when the lion ridge was first occupied by a monster, not only did hunters from their Zhang Family Village die, but even those from the surrounding villages lost their lives to the lion ridge.

They had all gone to the county seat to beg for help, but to no avail.

Besides going to the county office, they also sought the Immortal Official of Qingyang County—namely this former Immortal Official Tang Anzhi—but they never even got past his gate.

Not long ago, he even saw that Tang Anzhi intended to kill the innocent to claim merit.

Although he was curious, he wondered whether the fox demon following his younger aunt's family to their home was truly protecting them in secret, and whether it had taken a liking to his younger aunt's newborn son, wanting him to become the son-in-law of the Nine-Headed Mountain Fox Clan.

This matter.

True or false!

Just that.

Without any evidence, Tang Anzhi concluded that the fox demon secretly following his younger aunt's family and hiding outside their door intended to harm them.

If Tang Anzhi then merely had the attitude of 'better to mistakenly kill three thousand than let one slip,' he wouldn't have said much more; but since Tang Anzhi clearly revealed his intention to kill the innocent to claim merit, how could he possibly take a liking to Tang Anzhi?

Now that he has heard of Tang Anzhi's death, he instead feels it is deeply satisfying.

Otherwise.

Otherwise, letting Tang Anzhi live, who knows what heinous acts he might commit that would arouse heaven's wrath and people's resentment.

This novel you have reached.

"Magistrate Wei, what do you mean by these words? You just asked why I suddenly left just now; I handed you this storage bag—isn't that telling you the answer?"

Lü Tu snorted coldly, as the saying goes: 'Birds of a feather flock together.' Tang Anzhi was an attendant in Wei Yuan's mansion, serving for many years; what kind of person Tang Anzhi was, Wei Yuan could not possibly be unaware, yet he did not dismiss him, showing that Wei Yuan himself is hardly a virtuous person. Moreover, from the information he received, he roughly understood that Wei Yuan is not a good official.

"Lü Qianhu, you didn't even tell me that this storage bag contains Tang the Attendant's corpse, and you just handed it to me so casually—don't you know that scaring someone can frighten them to death?"

Wei Yuan's inner anger flared again; although he wished Tang Anzhi that beast would die, having taken his money for years as an attendant in his mansion, yet at the crucial moment when he needed protection, Tang Anzhi took no action—now, more than anything, he is dissatisfied with Lü Tu, and he said:

"Furthermore, forgive my dullness, I don't understand—Lü Qianhu, you give me Tang the Attendant's corpse; what sort of answer is that?!"

"Magistrate Wei, I've heard you're smart as an official, so why have you suddenly become stupid at this time?"

Lü Tu said with a tone of sarcasm: "Alright, since Magistrate Wei doesn't know, let me tell you—I suddenly left just now because I noticed a battle deep in Lion Ridge and rushed over immediately."

But by the time I arrived, I saw the corpse of this attendant of your mansion; isn't this for fear that he would be left exposed in the wilderness?

I handed his corpse to you; after all, he is an attendant of your mansion, so you ought to find a auspicious burial spot for him, right?

Wei Yuan said: "So that's how it is; I misunderstood you, Lü Qianhu. Do you know who killed Tang the Attendant?"

What he actually wanted to ask was whether Lü Tu had killed Tang Anzhi, given Lü Tu's importance to the Wang family's newborn child, knowing that Tang Anzhi had improper designs on the child, wanting to strike first to eradicate the root and avoid future trouble—this would be completely normal.

He has seen this countless times!

Even if Yu Die was present at the time, seeing Yu Die expose Tang Anzhi's thoughts, perhaps Yu Die herself could be an accomplice.

Just that.

Even if his head were caught in a door, he wouldn't have the courage to say those words.

(End of chapter)