Chapter 528: Old guy, can you shut your mouth?

"Sending something, what is it?"

Luo Taiqing's face was full of doubt; he didn't believe Luo Liang would deceive him, and he asked, startled, "Why haven't I heard Luo Liang mention it?"

Although he had many grievances against Luo Liang, the main‑branch scion of the Luo family in the county town, Luo Liang still possessed a virtue that satisfied him and the entire elite families of Qingyang County.

That virtue was integrity—business integrity. As long as a corresponding price could be paid, no matter what was asked of Luo Liang, he would comply.

He used an expensive treasure to inquire Luo Liang about the background of the Wang Family child; after Luo Liang took the treasure, he explained from start to finish, in full detail, everything about Wang Ping'an.

He even once, together with Luo Quan, secretly took Wang Ping'an from the Wang Family, and discovered that Wang Ping'an was not a Primordial Sword Body, but that he had a Sword Apparatus inside him, which had led both him and Luo Quan to mistake Wang Ping'an for a Primordial Sword Body; at that time Luo Quan thought the Sword Apparatus inside Wang Ping'an was a Symbiotic Spirit Artifact.

He intends to commit murder and smuggle goods!

Or rather, he reminded that the Sword Apparatus inside Wang Ping'an is not a Symbiotic Spirit Artifact, but Sword Qi injected by the Great Swordsman Dong Qing into Wang Ping'an's body, which for unknown reasons transformed into a Sword Apparatus.

Of course.

This may be related to something strange about the child Wang Ping'an, or it may be due to the Great Swordsman Dong Qing's extraordinary sword Dao cultivation—no, not merely extraordinary, but terrifying; he can not only inject Sword Qi into an infant's body, but also let the Sword Qi grow into a Sword Apparatus!

He didn't believe that Luo Liang would still be concealing anything else.

Liu Dongzhu glanced at Xuanqing Daozhang, saw him nod, and then began to answer, "Lord Luo, that's the situation…"

Very quickly.

Liu Dongzhu recounted all the precious items that Luo Quan had sent to their home during this period, fearing Luo Taiqing wouldn't believe, and even produced the talisman case she wore around her neck to prove it to Luo Taiqing.

"Damn it, I beg you not to speak; can't you just be a fool?"

Wang Ping'an looked at Luo Taiqing, wanting to cry but without tears.

He used Luo Quan's name to send items to the house, so that inexplicably some treasures wouldn't appear and frighten his family.

As long as Luo Quan didn't personally come forward to deny it, he believed there would be no problem, and it wouldn't cause his family or his master to think of the wrong people.

Would Luo Quan step forward to deny it?

Think so.

Probably not.

Luo Quan himself doesn't know about this matter, so even if his family or Xuanqing Daozhang tried to seek verification from Luo Quan, it would be difficult.

He knows clearly that Luo Quan, having given up the idea of taking him as a disciple, will no longer deal with their family, and that Luo Quan will probably never appear in Hutou Gou again in his lifetime.

Moreover, he hasn't forgotten that Luo Quan is a member of the Demon Suppression Office; given that, who knows whether Luo Quan might meet his end in the Yellow Springs during a campaign against rampaging demons and monsters?

This secret, along with Luo Quan's history, will forever remain unknowable.

If he weren't still kind‑hearted and compassionate, how much he would want to find a chance to kill Luo Quan, so that this secret would have no lingering danger.

Who would have known.

Who would have thought that this old thing, Luo Taiqing, would step forward to question it, causing his lie to lift a mysterious veil.

"Madam Wang, you may be mistaken; that precious talisman case of yours is very likely not sent by Luo Quan!"

Luo Taiqing glanced at the talisman case in Liu Dongzhu's hand, shook his head and denied.

"How could that be? I still have the letters he left…" Liu Dongzhu instinctively said, and when Luo Taiqing shook his head again, about to deny, she, upon reaching the house door, hurried to speak:

"Lord Luo, wait a moment; I'll go back to the room and bring out the letters he left for you to see!"

Luo Taiqing watched Liu Dongzhu's departing back, his face full of oddity.

Xuanqing Daozhang's face and eyes were full of startled doubt, and he asked, "Lord Luo, how can you be sure these items weren't sent by Luo Quan?"

"Daozhang, to be frank, I don't know much about this Luo Quan; after all, he has always lived in the county town and never came to Qingyang County, and I have never had any interaction with him!"

At this point, Luo Taiqing's words faltered, his face full of complex emotions; he had once been proud of his branch of the Luo family in the county town, but after encountering Luo Liang, he realized that as a collateral branch scion, he was worth less than a fart compared to the main line, and he said:

"However, when I asked Luo Liang to verify Luo Quan's intention to take the child Ping'an as a disciple, Luo Liang gave me a detailed introduction to Luo Quan's situation."

"According to Luo Liang, Luo Quan is a person who never acts without profit; even if the benefit hasn't been secured, and even if it has, he is reluctant to share the gains with others."

"Moreover, he relies on being a Luo family scion and has always looked down on members of smaller families!"

There was another sentence he kept unsaid, fearing it would anger the Wang family: in Luo Quan's eyes, ordinary families are not even ants; he wouldn't even glance at them, lest he dirtied his eyes.

Perhaps.

This novel you…

If Wang Ping'an truly is a Primordial Sword Body, Luo Quan would interact with the Wang family, but he still could not dispel his underlying resentment toward them; he might give Wang Ping'an some treasures because he can reap tenfold or even a hundredfold returns from Wang Ping'an, but he would never give treasures to the Wang family.

At most.

That is, only some money for the Wang family!

Not long after.

Liu Dongzhu left and returned, took out a letter, handed it to Luo Taiqing, and said seriously, "Lord Luo, look, this is the letter he left when he secretly sent items to our home!"

Luo Taiqing took the letter Liu Dongzhu handed him in one hand, and before speaking, Wang Ping'an looked at him anxiously; if he weren't kind, if there weren't other people around…

He didn't want to be exposed; he truly wished he could cut this old thing with a single sword, as his secret was being gradually revealed by this old thing.

"This is clearly not Luo Quan's letter!"

Luo Taiqing shook his head, casually handed the letter to Xuanqing Daozhang, and said, "Xuanqing Daozhang, can't you see the problem with this letter?"

"Problem?"

Xuanqing Daozhang took the letter Luo Taiqing handed him, examined it carefully, found no problem, and shook his head.

Luo Taiqing chuckled, "Xuanqing Daozhang, don't you think the handwriting in this letter looks like that of a beginner?"

"Beginner?"

Not only Xuanqing Daozhang, but even Liu Dongzhu's complexion changed upon hearing this, and countless tangled thoughts surfaced in her mind.

"Our Luo family—no, the county town Luo family—though a Daoist cultivation clan, its members have studied literature since childhood; I have never dealt with Luo Quan!"

Luo Taiqing's words faltered, he looked up at the letter in Xuanqing Daozhang's hand, claimed to be from Luo Quan, and said:

"But I believe he could not have written such an ugly letter!"

(End of Chapter)