32 The County (1/2)
”What have you guessed?”
Fang Yuan went up slowly with an apathetic face. His cold look caused Song San to feel the brink of death.
”Hold on a second….”
He shouted. ”You killed Song Yujie and Song Zhong will definitely not let you go. He is crazy and he wants everyone to die together with his son…. I can help you since I know that old man….”
He spoke halfway and was horrified after coughing out a mouthful of blood.
”I will settle that old man myself. You should be on your way now!”
Fang Yuan did not know anything else which could cure the Pearl Tail Snake's Poison other than the Yama's Order.
This martial artist should also be easily poisoned even though he was highly skilled like Fang Yuan.
Not long after, Song San became a corpse with a blue-black face.
”Unfortunately…. The poison is so effective that it killed Song San before I could get more information from him…. It seems like it is not worth to give him a pill of the spiritual medicine to let him survive a little longer….”
Fang Yuan felt a little regretful after watching Song San died. He waved and said, ”Flower Fox Ferret, go and patrol the area. Kill anyone who dares to come close to this area!”
”Keke!”
A bright white light flashed past and the Flower Fox Ferret was back not long after from its patrol. Its paws were clean and it shook its head.
”No one? So Song San came here on his own?”
Fang Yuan had a suspicion and sighed after looking at Song San's body. ”You are lucky!”
If Song San had given up, Fang Yuan would naturally send Zhou Wenwu out and end their relations. However, Song San had the intention to interfere on his own and got himself into trouble in the end. He was indeed unlucky.
Moreover, he was unconscious and did not know Fang Yuan's attitude and performance previously.
It would then be worth saving his life.
”Song Zhong must be really crazy to get the whole Zhou family killed. Luckily, I've saved Zhou Wenwu's life to allow him to find his sect for help. Any sects who know about his situation will definitely help him in any way!”
Once a faction consolidated its power, it would never allow its own men to kill each other. Otherwise, where would the cohesiveness among the men be?
If everyone from the Zhou family had been killed and there was no leader left, Song Zhong could find a few people as scapegoats and allow himself to be not traced as the murderer.
Now with Zhou Wenwu alive as the sole witness, Song Zhong would not be able to escape when others knew about this!
Hence, in Fang Yuan's eyes, Zhou Wenwu was worth saving as he was useful.
After all, Fang Yuan killed Song Yujie and he had to kill Song Zhong so that there would be no further threats.
...….
”Father….. Ah Fu….”
In his dream, he could faintly see Song Zhong struggling to stay alive.
Zhou Wenwu shouted and woke up from his dream feeling shocked.
He was previously injured in his chest but now he felt much better.
”Yes….Father fought against the enemies desperately so that my sister and I could escape through the secret pathway. Unfortunately, we were still being chased even though he was fighting the soldiers. In the end, we split…..”
He began to regain consciousness and took a look at his surroundings. ”Is this place….the secluded valley?”
”You have woken up?”
Fang Yuan served a bowl of medicine and showed concern for him.
”Thank you, Master, for saving my life!”
Zhou Wenwu wanted to get up to show his gratitude but was stopped by Fang Yuan. ”You are still injured. You should just stay in bed and rest…. What happened to the Zhou family?”
”The Zhou family….”
Once he mentioned this, Zhou Wenwu's eyes became teary. ”From today onwards, there will be no Zhou family in Qingye City!”
”How is this possible? Are Old Zhou and Miss Zhou alright?”
Fang Yuan sounded surprised and asked, ”Who is the murderer?”
”Song Zhong is definitely the mastermind of the murder!”
Zhou Wenwu bit his teeth tightly and said, ”Even though the murderer had concealed himself, I had seen him with my own eyes. I shouldn't be wrong!”
”Ssss….”
Fang Yuan inhaled and asked, ”How could it be?”
”That Song Zhong is a crazy man!”
Zhou Wenwu started to get up and said, ”My sister and I were separated. I'm not sure whether you have seen us. When the soldiers and Song San came chasing after me, I then knew it was difficult to defeat Song Zhong….”
”I didn't see them….”
Fang Yuan shook his head and said, ”Master Zhou, you are a good man. This place is very secluded and Song San probably would have been gone back….”
”I think so too!”
Zhou Wenwu couldn't believe what had happened, but when he thought about how Fang Yuan dealt with the situation, he understood what Fang Yuan meant and answered him.
”What plans do you have, Master Zhou?”
Fang Yuan cut to the chase by asking him that question.
”I will return to the sect, of course, and look for the leader for help!”
Zhou Wenwu's eyes were red. He clenched his fist and said, ”If I'm alive, he will have to be dead!”
He himself knew that he couldn't fight against Song Zhong on his own and he needed help from the sect.
Furthermore, Song Zhong was the one in the wrong and he was definitely going to be punished as long as they were able to expose him!
”With your current injuries, you shouldn't move about so much. Luckily Qinghe County is just nearby. I can only prescribe enough medicine for you to find your sect but not enough to for you to regain your martial arts skills!”