Chapter 60: Liu Qin, Dead!

For the next few days, Li Si stayed at home, reading books, practicing martial arts, and occasionally teaching Cao Meng to read and write.

Today, someone came to visit.

“Is the gold hidden well?” Li Si took a sip of tea and asked the somewhat nervous Luo Ye.

Hearing Li Si’s question, Luo Ye shuddered and immediately said, “It’s all hidden well.”

After saying this, his face revealed a hesitant expression.

Li Si smiled, put down his teacup, and asked, “Is there anything troubling you?”

“Young Master Li, there’s too much gold…” Luo Ye said with a mournful face, his voice stammering.

Hearing Luo Ye say this, Li Si found it somewhat amusing. Others would probably become arrogant immediately upon getting this gold, but Luo Ye was afraid.

Li Si pondered briefly, then smiled and said, “As long as you hide this gold well and use it carefully in the future, there’s nothing else to fear. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can come to me.”

Hearing Li Si’s words, Luo Ye immediately felt relieved. With Young Master Li protecting him, there was no need to be too afraid. After all, Young Master Li was a powerful person who could kill a tiger spirit, and he was just keeping the gold for Young Master Li. As long as he didn’t misuse it, it would be fine.

Seeing Luo Ye’s apprehensive emotions subside, Li Si felt somewhat relieved. Having fear meant having caution. If a person didn’t even have fear, then that person would be very dangerous.

“By the way, Young Master Li, do you know about Liu Qin’s matter?” Luo Ye suddenly asked this question out of the blue after calming down.

“Liu Qin?” Li Si frowned slightly, remembering Liu Qin’s appearance when he came to find him before, and immediately had a premonition.

“Liu Qin is dead.”

“Dead?” Li Si was somewhat surprised, though it matched his premonition. But he still found it incredible. After all, Liu Qin was a magistrate’s advisor, with power ranking among the top in this county town. How could he just die like this?

Frowning slightly, Li Si pondered for a moment and asked, “How did he die?”

“He was killed by his wife,” Luo Ye said.

“His wife?” Li Si found this strange. In the original owner’s memories, he had never heard of Liu Qin having a bad relationship with his wife. How could she suddenly kill him? And wasn’t his wife just a weak woman? How could she kill Liu Qin?

Li Si felt something was amiss and continued to ask, “Then how did his wife kill him?”

“His wife got up in the middle of the night and smashed his head with a vase. Later, fearing he wasn’t dead, she used the broken pieces of the vase to slowly cut his neck until his head was severed. According to his wife’s confession, Liu Qin woke up once while she was cutting, but by that time his head was already severed.”

Hearing Luo Ye’s description, Li Si felt chilled to the bone. The act of literally cutting off someone’s head was done by a weak woman.

At the same time, Li Si felt something was even more wrong and asked Luo Ye, “Did she say why she killed Liu Qin?”

Luo Ye thought for a moment and said, “I was at the yamen when they interrogated her that day. Liu’s wife said Liu Qin had been quietly muttering to himself about killing her. He said it while eating, before sleeping, while walking – whenever they were together, Liu Qin would say he wanted to kill her. This went on for four or five days.”

“She had asked Liu Qin why he was saying such things, but Liu Qin always said he hadn’t. So she became suspicious and very afraid of being killed by Liu Qin, living in constant fear. Until the day before yesterday, she finally couldn’t bear it anymore and killed him in the middle of the night while he was sleeping.”

Hearing Luo Ye’s account of the incident, Li Si found it incredible. The whole affair seemed bizarre from beginning to end.

Could ghost creatures be involved in this? But wasn’t the City God always in the county town? How could there still be ghost creatures?

Should he get involved in this matter? Li Si’s fingers began to slowly tap on the table.

At the same time, he suddenly remembered that five or six days ago, hadn’t Liu Qin just come to see him? If so, this matter was likely related to the book Liu Qin had sold to him.

Then, if there really was a ghost involved in this matter, it might possibly come for him.

But if there really was a ghost creature, why didn’t the City God intervene?

Li Si was puzzled. Could this ghost be the City God? But that shouldn’t be the case either. If it really was the City God, there would be no need to play such tricks.

The pressure from the City God that day was still fresh in his memory.

“Young Master Li?” A voice suddenly interrupted Li Si’s thoughts. He was a bit dazed, then smiled bitterly, realizing he had been lost in thought for so long.

“There’s no need to talk about this matter anymore. It has nothing to do with us,” Li Si took a sip of tea, suppressing his doubts.

“But I heard from Cao Meng that Master Liu came to see you five days ago?” Luo Ye said in a lowered voice.

Li Si frowned, his tone somewhat displeased, “This matter has nothing to do with us. Don’t go around talking about it.”

“Alright, Young Master Li,” Luo Ye responded, then said, “Then I’ll be going.”

Seeing Luo Ye about to leave, Li Si called out to him, “Wait, take Cao Meng back with you when you go. He can’t keep living with me forever, can he?”

Seeing Li Si say this, Luo Ye also felt a bit awkward and immediately said, “I’ve been busy recently, I’ll take him back right away.”

Li Si nodded slightly and continued, “I have some matters to attend to these few days, so don’t let him come over.”

He estimated that things might not be peaceful at his home in the coming days, and having Cao Meng come would only cause trouble for him.

Hearing Li Si say this, Luo Ye was slightly stunned, but as if realizing something, he nodded seriously and said, “Alright, Young Master Li. Shall I go then?”

“Let’s end our chat here for today. I’ll trouble Brother Luo with Cao Meng,” Li Si said with a smile.

“It’s no trouble, no trouble at all,” Luo Ye said as he stood up to take his leave.

After Luo Ye left, Li Si released Xiao Duan and instructed, “Keep a good watch on whether there are any ghost creatures nearby. If there are, give me a warning.”

“Al… right,” Xiao Duan said dazedly.

Seeing Xiao Duan’s dazed appearance, Li Si felt a headache coming on, wondering if he could rely on Xiao Duan to keep watch.

But there was no other choice, as he had no other helpers available.

Then Li Si stopped thinking about it and began practicing the static method from the “Mystic Tortoise Record” in the courtyard. He had been practicing the static method these days, and his body’s injuries had improved a lot. The two blood marks on his upper body had healed, leaving two scars.

The blisters on his feet had also healed, and he could walk normally now.

As for his internal injuries, although there was occasional dull pain, Li Si felt it wouldn’t be long before they healed completely.

These changes made him realize that the qi cultivated from the “Mystic Tortoise Record” actually had a healing effect.