Chapter 250: Renewal of Incidents
While Song Qingyu was still in seclusion to stabilize his cultivation, his sixth uncle Song Changfeng sent Song Qingming another unexpected message. The letter sent by Lu Yuanfeng invited Song Qingming to Qinghefang to discuss matters urgently.
Song Qingming had hardly left Funiushan in the past six months because of Song Qingyu's foundation building, and he didn't know what happened in Qinghefang that made Lu Yuanfeng send such a letter.
Although Song Qingming didn't know yet, since he had received Lu Yuanfeng's letter, he naturally didn't dare to delay. After explaining it to Song Changfeng, he set off alone to Qinghefang. Now that Song Qingyu has successfully built his foundation, he doesn't have to worry too much about consolidating his cultivation in seclusion.
After arriving at the Qinghefang meeting hall, Song Qingming realized that this matter seemed a little complicated. Not only him, but also Lu Xingde, the head of the Lu family, and Huang Shengyue of the Huang family had arrived here before him.
"Fellow Daoist Song, come and sit down. Fellow Daoist Lu just left. We probably have to wait for him for a while." Seeing Song Qingming coming here, Huang Shengyue, who was close to him, hurried forward to greet him.
Song Qingming bowed to the two of them and said, "Fellow Daoists, what happened? Why did Brother Lu call us here in such a hurry?"
"Two monks from the Fangshi Guard were killed outside Qinghefang a few days ago. After investigating for a few days, I guess Fellow Daoist Lu should have some clues, so he called us here to discuss the matter."
The speaker was Lu Xingde. I don't know if it was because the Gao family monks hadn't arrived yet, but this guy's attitude towards Song Qingming was much more enthusiastic for some reason.
"Who is so bold that he dared to attack the Fangshi Guard around Qinghefang? The dead are not from Xiaoyao Sect, right?" Hearing the news of the killing of the Fangshi Guard, Song Qingming's face changed. He didn't expect that someone would dare to kill the Fangshi Guard.
"They are two people who were born as independent cultivators. They have been the captains of the guards for some years. We should be thankful that the dead were not from the Xiaoyao Sect, otherwise Brother Lu would not have invited only us to discuss matters today."
After hearing what Lu Xingde said, Song Qingming nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. If it was really someone from the Xiaoyao Sect who died, I'm afraid this matter would have become a big deal, and the business of the entire Qinghefang might have been greatly affected during this period of time.
The guards of Qinghefang mainly consist of three parts. One part is the disciples of Lu Yuanfeng. These people are all authentic Xiaoyao Sect disciples. They are like Lu Yuanfeng, they are sent by the Xiaoyao Sect to guard here.
The second part is the cultivators who are on duty in rotation from the four major foundation-building families. Because the Lu family has been on duty in recent years, there are still many Lu family cultivators in the guards of the market.
The last part, which is also the largest in number, was hired from the casual cultivators when the Fangshi Guard was short of manpower. These people were generally not fixed, but their existence also represented the dignity of the Fangshi. Being killed outside the Fangshi for no reason was also a slap in the face of Qinghefang. No matter what, as the beneficiaries of the Fangshi, the four foundation-building families in Qinghe County have the obligation to seek justice for them.
While the few people were talking, Gao Yubai of the Gao family also walked in. As soon as he entered the door and saw Song Qingming and Huang Shengyue, Gao Yubai's eyes immediately flashed with disgust.
In the battle of Duanliu Mountain, he was besieged by Song Qingming and Huang Shengyue and almost died in their hands. Even now, when he sees the two of them, he can't help but remember this matter.
After Gao Yubai came in, he heard Song Qingming and others discussing this matter, and naturally he immediately knew the purpose of Lu Yuanfeng's gathering of everyone, but this guy didn't respond, his face was always cold, and it was hard to tell what his attitude was.
The four families had been together for a while, and Lu Yuanfeng finally returned to the meeting room.
"Fellow Daoists, I invited you here today because of a major incident that happened in Qinghefang recently. Someone robbed and killed two monks from my Qinghefang guard team outside the market." After entering the door, Lu Yuanfeng did not exchange pleasantries with everyone. He said the purpose of summoning everyone here with a heavy face.
"Brother Lu, has this matter been investigated? Who did it?" Before everyone could speak, Huang Shengyue had already asked the most important question at the moment.
Lu Yuanfeng nodded and said with a headache: "It's still the biggest scourge around our Qinghefang. We haven't beaten them for a few years, and it seems that they are starting to get restless again."
"Is it Eagle Nest Ridge that did it again?" When Lu Xingde heard Lu Yuanfeng say that it was a scourge around Qinghefang, he instantly thought of the answer and blurted it out.
"Yes, it has been investigated. The ones who did it were the Feng brothers who joined Eagle Nest Ridge a few years ago." Now the two have disappeared, and it is possible that they have already hidden back in Eagle Nest Ridge.
We let them off last time, but they didn't learn their lesson and dared to come to Qinghefang to cause trouble again. They really don't take us seriously. "
"You're right, Brother Lu. This time, Yingchaoling has slapped our Qinghefang in the face. If we don't respond, who will dare to come to our Qinghefang in the future?" Huang Shengyue also echoed.
Song Qingming also nodded and said, "Brother Lu, just make a decision on what to do, and we will definitely cooperate."
Song Qingming naturally didn't like the words "Eagle Nest Ridge". He had almost died in their hands when he had just come down from the mountain. Now he had a chance to take revenge, so he was naturally very happy.
Although Gao Yubai hadn't spoken yet, he was the representative of the Gao family after all. This matter concerned the entire Qinghefang and the common interests of the four major families in Qinghe County. No matter what conflicts there were before, everyone must now be united against the outside world.
Seeing that everyone had reached a consensus and was going to teach Eagle Nest Ridge a lesson, Lu Yuanfeng paused and said:
"I have heard some useful information in the past few days. The reason why Eagle Nest Ridge has been so arrogant recently is that their strength has expanded a lot in recent years. Now there are already hundreds of bandit cultivators on Eagle Nest Ridge, as well as two foundation-building cultivators. In addition, they also have a second-level mountain protection formation. If we, the few foundation-building cultivators, go there alone, I am afraid that we will not be able to break through their mountain protection formation, and it will be a waste of effort.
If we dispatch too many cultivators, the noise will be too loud, and we may be discovered and evacuated before we reach Eagle Nest Ridge. I think this time we should simply gather the cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining and organize a group of elite cultivators to follow us. In addition, I can also borrow two sets of second-level formations to give to them. As long as everyone is willing to spend some time, we can definitely break through Eagle Nest Ridge and completely solve this disaster."