Chapter 445 The Shadow of the Family

Since Shi Chun was arranged by Song Qingming to live in Qinghefang, he bought a piece of property in Qinghefang and moved his family directly to the market.

Song Qingming came to a house located in the south of Qinghefang and saw that the door was already full of white cloth strips, and several mortal servants were greeting people who came to pay tribute. Song Qingming asked a question and then walked in directly.

When they came to the hall of Shi Mansion, several monks who were familiar with Shi Chun and came to pay tribute were surprised when they saw Song Qingming appear in person, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

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

When Song Qingming came to the mourning hall, he saw many of Shi Chun's family members kneeling and crying softly. Song Qingming first walked to the front of Shi Chun's spirit tablet and paid tribute, and then whispered a few words to comfort Shi Chun's wife.

Song Qingming and Shi Chun have known each other for nearly a hundred years since they met in the Floating Cloud Mountains. Although Song Qingming was prepared for the departure of this old friend, he still felt a sense of inexplicable loneliness at this moment.

After paying tribute to Shi Chun, Song Qingming left the Shi Mansion alone, found a deserted place in a small alley nearby, covered his face, and went directly to a relatively remote small courtyard next to the Shi Mansion.

This small courtyard was actually Shi Chun's purchased property, but because Shi Chun had almost never been here, few people in the market knew about it.

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

After sitting in the room for a while, two middle-aged men with ordinary looks came to Song Qingming, leaned forward and bowed, saying: "Meet the clan leader!"

After Song Qingming glanced at the two men, he knocked on the table with one hand and whispered: "What are your names, and how long have you followed Shi Chun?"

"Reporting to the clan leader, I am Feng Wanli, and I have followed Elder Shi for 25 years. His name is Wang Fu and he just moved in here nine years ago!"

The speaker was a middle-aged man standing in front, with a peak cultivation level of the sixth level of Qi Refining, and the other younger man had a lower cultivation level, only the fourth level of Qi Refining. These two people were cultivators that Shi Chun secretly accepted in the market to do things for him for a long time.

In recent years in Qinghefang, Song Qingming directly handed over some things that the Song family was not convenient to do in person to Shi Chun. Including secretly inquiring about some information, looking for some rare spiritual objects, and helping the Song family deal with Liufengtang when Fenghe was still there, etc.

If the monks of the Song family were to do these things, it would easily attract other people's attention. Therefore, in order to be safe and not attract attention, Shi Chun would often hire some casual monks in the market to help.

After a long time, some of them who were more reliable were directly kept by Shi Chun in his home and became monks hired by the Song family for a long time. These monks who were not openly recognized by the Song family were also the shadow of the family. In the Song family, except for the patriarch Song Qingming, only a few core elders of the family knew their identities.

Song Qingming used to come to Qinghefang occasionally and would also sit at Shi Chun's house. He had seen Feng Wanli in front of him several times and knew that he was now Shi Chun's confidant. Many of Shi Chun's secrets were basically handled by Feng Wanli in secret in recent years.

Song Qingming first asked Wang Fu, who was standing aside, to go out first, and then asked Feng Wanli alone: ​​"Have you found out any useful information this month?"

Feng Wanli thought for a moment and said: "Reporting to the clan leader, the Huang family sent people to the cave of Senior Huang in the back mountain twice this month, but it seems that she was not seen. I have sent people to the Shi Mansion to deliver the other things that Elder Shi told me at the beginning of the month."

Song Qingming nodded calmly and said: "Wanli, you have been with Elder Shi for so long and you know how to do it. From now on, the Shi Mansion will be handed over to you directly. Just like before, send a message to the mountain every half a month.

Don't worry, as long as you do your job well, the Song family will not miss out on your salary. If you encounter any difficulties or emergencies, send someone to send a letter to Xianfeng Tower. I will tell the people there to contact you. If there are any tasks or other arrangements, the family will also inform you in time. "

Hearing that Song Qingming wanted him to take over all of Shi Chun's affairs, Feng Wanli's face immediately showed a trace of embarrassment. After a pause, he said: "Patriarch, the third young master and the old lady are still in the mansion. I am afraid it is not appropriate for me to take over Elder Shi's affairs!"

The third young master mentioned by Feng Wanli is a grandson of Shi Chun named Shi Long. Although this child's spiritual root aptitude is average, he is the only one among Shi Chun's seven or eight children and grandchildren who has spiritual roots, and is deeply loved by Shi Chun and his wife.

However, although Shi Long had been living with Shi Chun in the mansion, Shi Chun did not let him participate in too many of the secret affairs he did for the Song family. He only arranged him to help manage some of the open businesses in the Song family market.

Therefore, Shi Long, like other Shi Chun family members in the Shi Mansion, only knew that his grandfather was a guest elder of the Song family and helped manage part of the Song family's industry in Qinghefang. He was not aware of what Shi Chun had done secretly for the Song family.

Hearing Feng Wanli 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 Funiu Mountain.

As long as you can help the family with things here in the market, you will become the new guest elder of the Song family in the future, Wanli, do you understand?" After Song Qingming finished speaking, he looked at Feng Wanli meaningfully.

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

At the beginning, Song Qingming arranged Shi Chun to Qinghefang, mainly to let him help do some things that he was not convenient to do in person, and to find out some intelligence information about other families in the market.

Like Shi Chun, who is responsible for doing some secret things and gathering intelligence for the Song family, in fact, there are some cultivators arranged in the major foundation-building immortal clans in Qinghe County who are specifically responsible for these things.

Especially in the aspect of gathering information and intelligence, the Taiyuanshan Huang family, with its profound background, is the leader in Qinghe County. Nowadays, it is almost difficult to hide the big and small things happening in Qinghe County from the eyes of the Huang family.

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

When Shi Chun was still there, these things were handed over to him. There really weren't any major mistakes in these years. Song Qingming has always been very relieved.

Now that Shi Chun is gone, the Song family also lacks a suitable person to take charge of this matter in Qinghefang. Song Qingming can only try to hand these things over to Feng Wanli. This person has been with Shi Chun for more than 20 years, and his ability is naturally sufficient.

The only thing that worries Song Qingming is that now that Shi Chun is gone, there is no one watching him. I don't know if Feng Wanli will be as loyal to the Song family as before.

Although it is a bit risky to use a non-family cultivator like Feng Wanli, their identities as independent cultivators in the market do not have any relationship with the Song family, which makes things much easier. This is actually a matter of both advantages and disadvantages.

After explaining to Feng Wanli, Song Qingming quietly left the courtyard and came to the Xianfeng Building of the Song family.

After entering the store, Song Qingming did not go to eat first as usual, but asked the waiter to call Song Xintang, who had been greeting guests in the lobby.

"Uncle Qi, Auntie has been in seclusion in the back mountain these days and is not in the store. I just sent her a sound transmission talisman. She should receive the message in a while!"

Song Qingming, who was sitting in the private room, nodded slightly and said, "Xinhu, I came to you today because I have something to discuss with you. You also know that Shi Chun passed away a few days ago. I want you to take over some of his affairs first."

"Elder Shi, hasn't he been retired at home for a long time? What else is he doing now?"

Hearing Song Xinhu's doubtful voice, Song Qingming did not answer immediately, but first set up a soundproof ban beside the two of them, and then slowly told Song Xinhu about some of the things Shi Chun had secretly handled for the family over the years.

The Xianfenglou shop has been managed by Song Xinhu and his wife for many years. Now that the boss Huang Siyuan is back, Song Xinhu is naturally not as busy as before.

After thinking about it, Song Qingming simply handed over the matter of contacting the family with Feng Wanli and others to Song Xinhu, and waited until the family found other suitable candidates.

"Xinhu, in addition to paying them salaries on time, you must also keep an eye on them. If you find anything unusual about Feng Wanli, you must report it to the family in time.

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

"Got it! Uncle Qi, don't worry, I have been in the market for so many years, and I still understand these things."

After hearing Song Qingming tell him about the relationship between Feng Wanli and the Song family, Song Xinhu's face was not surprised. In recent years, Shi Chun would occasionally take the initiative to find Song Xinhu for help when he was doing things in the market. Although he didn't know what Shi Chun had done for the Song family, he still had some guesses in his heart.

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

No system headmaster flow. With nothing, starting from scratch, starting a business with hard work, and rebuilding the mountain gate. The protagonist is good at planning, smart and decisive. The supporting roles have their own characteristics and full characters. The plot flows smoothly, without any clutter or lowering of the intelligence.