Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

To use the words of Yang Ling's generation, this was like a social phobia meeting a social expert. The situation was extremely awkward and no one could resolve it.

Duanmu Yu could sense Ziying's discomfort, but he hadn't asked what he wanted to know yet, so he naturally couldn't let him go easily.

"Brother Chu Ying, I asked you to come back so late because I have something to ask you. I apologize in advance if I have disturbed you!" After saying that, Duanmu Yu stood up and bowed to Ziying.

Ziying frowned slightly. He wanted to urge Duanmu Yu to get down to business quickly as he had to go back and rest, but his social phobia prevented him from speaking.

“Brother Chu Ying, it seems that you were captured by people from the county governor’s office before entering the city. Later, I asked the county governor’s office to investigate your case carefully and thoroughly so that they would not wrongly accuse you. This matter…” Duanmu Yu looked up at Ziying before he finished speaking, waiting for him to answer.

Duanmu Yu's question seemed to be an inquiry into Ziying's personal affairs, but if Ziying said it himself, it would become his concern for his new friend, which was completely different in nature.

Ziying also understood this. Although he did not show it, he did not want to offend Duanmu Yu at this time, so he nodded and responded: "So it was Young Master Duanmu who mediated. No wonder I was released so quickly!"

Duanmu Yu did mention this matter, and his personal attendant also went to the county magistrate's office to put pressure on him. However, Ziying's release was completed before the attendant went.

But then again, the governor of the Southern Xinjiang County Governor's Mansion was originally a member of the Duanmu family. Naturally, he released the criminals arrested by the evil officials that the young master met on the road out of consideration for Duanmu Yu's face.

In this case, Ziying was able to be released so quickly thanks to Duanmu Yu's power.

Hearing Ziying's words, Duanmu Yu waved his hand quickly and said with a smile: "Brother Chu Ying is innocent, otherwise even my face may not be of any use."

The meaning of his words was obvious. He was hinting that Ziying should quickly tell him everything that happened that day so that he could understand more details.

Ziying had no intention of staying for long, so he naturally would not delay. Moreover, since Duanmu Yu wanted to know, he was happy to share. After all, the matter would eventually be known by the County Magistrate's Office, and the County Magistrate's Office was under the jurisdiction of the Duanmu family. Whether he said it now or not, Duanmu Yu would know the whole truth sooner or later.

Because of this, Ziying told the story of that day without reservation.

After hearing this, Duanmu Yu could not help but frown, with a flash of anger in his eyes, and angrily shouted: "This group of incompetent officials!"

Ziying remained silent. He had already told Yang Ling about this matter. From that moment on, he felt much more at ease.

Although Ziying didn't know much about Duanmu Yu and the way the Duanmu family managed their family and subordinates, he had witnessed the results with his own eyes - the county governor's office had the same bad officials he encountered when he first entered the city. Therefore, he didn't have much trust in the Duanmu family.

If he had not met Yang Ling today, or if he had not told him about this even if he had met him, Ziying would never have revealed this to Duanmu Yu.

Based on the bad behavior of officials he had seen in southern Xinjiang, no one in the Duanmu family was worthy of his trust. If he revealed this to Duanmu Yu before conducting an investigation, he was worried that Duanmu Yu would send people out of the city to deal with the old man in order to cover up the truth.

However, everything changed after Yang Ling knew about this. Although Ziying still didn't know Yang Ling's true identity, he instinctively wanted to believe Yang Ling. As long as Yang Ling knew, any means of the Duanmu family would be useless.

In fact, after Su Can learned about this, he had the same concerns as Ziying. Therefore, he covered the entire Duanmu Mansion with his spiritual sense, and all the people who entered and left the Duanmu family today were under his surveillance.

Yang Ling was also aware of the conversation between Duanmu Yu and Ziying in the room. However, since Duanmu Yu had not taken any action yet, he did not intend to intervene.

Not long after Ziying left, Duanmu Yu indeed sent people out of the city to investigate the matter, but it was just an investigation and he had no intention of covering up the truth.

Despite this, Su Can still sent Xu Fu to follow them out to monitor the actions of those people and record their every move and report to him.

Xu Fu had not received any tasks from Su Can for a long time. Now that he finally had the opportunity to go out and do some work, he was naturally very excited.

……

After Ziying returned to his residence, he did not sleep all night. Early the next morning, he came to the gate of Duanmu Mansion, intending to wait for Su Can to come out and go with him to see the old man's condition.

Su Can had actually noticed Ziying's arrival a long time ago, but he was not in a hurry to show up. Instead, he waited until the sun was high in the sky and Duanmu Yu came to find him, then he slowly walked out of the room.

In order to meet Ziying, Yang Ling asked Duanmu Yu to take him out of the main gate of Duanmu's house. As expected, Ziying was waiting there.

Seeing Yang Ling and Duanmu Yu walk out together, Ziying immediately went up to them and said with a smile: "You are indeed a person who can be trusted!"

"It's you who really makes me worried!" Su Can glanced at Ziying and said calmly, "Didn't we agree yesterday that you won't interfere in this matter?"

According to Ziying's previous description, the old man outside the main city of Southern Xinjiang is likely to be related to Rong'er. In order to prevent too many people from being involved in Rong'er's affairs, Su Can promised Ziying that he would personally investigate the matter.

"I won't interfere, but I'm really curious. Please let me go with you and take a look!" Ziying is usually a taciturn person, and he only says a few more words in front of Yang Ling.

Yang Ling could see that Ziying had no intention of interfering further, but his curiosity was just an excuse. His real purpose was to monitor them and see if he would take this matter seriously.

After all, they had only known each other for less than two days, so it was understandable that Ziying lacked trust in them.

Thinking of this, Su Can decided to take Ziying with him.

On the way to the main city outside the city, Duanmu Yu did not forget to take care of Ziying while serving Su Can, and her attitude towards him was friendlier than ever before.

Duanmu Yu's enthusiasm made Ziying feel a little uncomfortable. He felt that today's Young Master Duanmu was completely different from the one he met at the gate of Duanmu Mansion yesterday afternoon.

Duanmu Yu did this simply to prevent Ziying from telling him that he had come to see her yesterday. Yang Ling naturally saw through their interaction and Duanmu Yu's thoughts, but he was too lazy to expose them.

The people who followed them this time were all people with cultivation, and even if they were walking, their speed was much faster than that of ordinary people. Therefore, they arrived at their destination very quickly.

"I told you not to move, so you can't move! Who do you think you are? Get out of here..."

When they approached the thatched hut, they heard Xu Fu's voice coming from inside.

Duanmu Yu and Ziying looked at Yang Ling in surprise. They didn't expect Xu Fu to arrive here before them.

Yang Ling's face was still as calm as water, and he looked very indifferent.

Seeing his expression, Duanmu Yu immediately understood - Xu Fu came here early on Yang Ling's orders.

However, it was precisely because he understood this that Duanmu Yu became a little worried. He subconsciously glanced at Ziying, but found that Ziying still looked confused.

Although Ziying didn't understand what was going on, he was more curious about what they were arguing about.

So he took the lead and walked over.

Seeing Ziying's actions and Su Can's calmness, Duanmu Yu felt relieved. But he still chose to stand aside and did nothing, because he always felt that everything he did was under Yang Ling's control.

As Ziying approached, the quarrel in the thatched hut stopped abruptly. When the people inside noticed someone approaching, they all walked out.

After seeing the people outside the house, Xu Fu immediately walked up to Su Can and said respectfully: "Master, they are going to move the body away!"

Following Xu Fu out of the thatched hut were several servants who had quietly left Duanmu Mansion last night. When they saw Xu Fu speaking, they all turned their eyes to Duanmu Yu.

They didn't know Xu Fu was from the Duanmu family at first, so the two groups clashed when they met. Although they were numerous and strong, they were no match for Xu Fu, so the stalemate has lasted until now.

In fact, Xu Fu was not from the Duanmu family. The conflict between them was inevitable. It was just that the servants of the Duanmu family did not know Xu Fu's true identity yet, so they mistakenly thought that they had misunderstood their own family.

After hearing Xu Fu's words, Yang Ling did not respond immediately. Instead, he looked at Duanmu Yu standing beside him and asked, "Master Duanmu, are these people from the Duanmu family?"

Yang Ling could naturally tell that these people were from the Duanmu family. Even though there were no obvious features to prove their identities, he had personally witnessed Duanmu Yu sending these people out of the mansion last night.

Duanmu Yu knew that any explanation would be useless after such a thing was exposed. So he frankly admitted: "Sir, I was indeed a little anxious about this matter. I didn't want you to have a bad impression of the Duanmu family when you first came to Southern Xinjiang, so I found Brother Chu Ying in advance to understand what was happening outside the city, and sent my own servants to investigate..."

Duanmu Yu is indeed a smart man, and naturally he would not make a mistake in such a matter. He knows better than anyone that when things are exposed and cannot be changed, the best solution is to be honest. This not only shows one's sincerity, but also wins the favor of others.

Duanmu Yu's honesty had touched Ziying. At least, after hearing his explanation, Ziying felt it made sense. Regardless of Yang Ling's status, Duanmu Yu could go to such lengths to please him, which was considered extremely respectful in this world.

However, Ziying is not Yang Ling after all. He has experienced much more than Ziying, and has witnessed prosperity and vicissitudes that Ziying can never compare to in his life. Therefore, he will not be deceived by Duanmu Yu's little trick.

But then again, no matter what, what Duanmu Yu said now was the truth, and they really couldn't find any fault with it.

Yang Ling was too lazy to say anything more. He looked up at Xu Fu and asked, "You have been here for such a long time. Have you found anything?"

Since Yang Ling was questioning Xu Fu, the other people remained silent. But they came with Xu Fu and entered the crime scene earlier than Xu Fu, so they found more than Xu Fu.

Xu Fu glanced at the men and ignored them. Instead, he turned around, clasped his fists and replied to Yang Ling: "Master, this place has been moved by them. However, it can still be seen from the body that the old man was strangled to death with a rope. It's just that the exact time of death cannot be determined for the time being."

"The time of death cannot be determined because you have been obstructing it. If we can move the body and see if there are any livor mortises under the body, wouldn't we be able to roughly determine the time of death?"

After Xu Fu spoke, the servants of the Duanmu family who had remained silent showed dissatisfaction. The leader of them could not hold back and stood up to speak coldly.

Xu Fu was not polite to them because of their status. After all, this matter was of great importance. Moreover, their behavior was obviously not what ordinary people would do. "You are too presumptuous. Who gave you the courage to be so rude in front of the teacher?" he said sternly.

Before Xu Fu and Yang Ling could speak again, Duanmu Yu's face darkened. He glanced coldly at the servants and scolded, "You've gone too far!" Although the leading servant lowered his head slightly, his eyes were full of dissatisfaction. It was obvious that his dissatisfaction was directed at Xu Fu, not Duanmu Yu.

"How can corpse spots be seen on the neck? Are you blind or brainless? Why do you have to move the body?" Xu Fu was accused by these self-righteous people. He felt angry and retorted immediately.

The servants seemed to want to argue, but seeing Duanmu Yu was there, they did not dare to act rashly. Xu Fu was gently pulled back by Yang Ling. He looked at the servants calmly and said, "So, these 'experts' around Master Duanmu are all experienced!"

Duanmu Yu noticed that Yang Ling's attitude towards the servants was not friendly. If he really asked them to respond, he would probably get himself into trouble. But since Yang Ling asked, he couldn't stop him. "Our family has been coroners for generations, and the skills passed down in our family are naturally much better than that fake alchemist next to you!" After Duanmu Yu stepped aside, the servants behind him stood up one after another and looked at Xu Fu mockingly.

Although Xu Fu felt helpless, he always obeyed Yang Ling. Without Yang Ling's instructions, he would never say anything. In fact, Xu Fu also felt wronged, but he trusted his master. When the Kunlun Mountain secret realm exploded, his master was willing to sacrifice himself to protect him. In other matters, Yang Ling would never let him suffer any wrongs.

Xu Fu never doubted Yang Ling's willingness to protect those around him. Although Yang Ling did not want to be involved in disputes, he would stand up if someone bullied those around him.

Although those servants claimed to be from a family of coroners, they did not smell like corpses, and were obviously not people who had been dealing with corpses for many years. They were probably just inheriting the title from their ancestors.

"Since Master Duanmu has capable people around him, we won't interfere. Please..." Yang Ling took Xu Fu back two steps and said to Duanmu Yu indifferently. (End of this chapter)