I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 292: In Name Only
When Liu Qi returned to his residence on Changle Street from Wanli Money House, it was already dark.

Liu Shijiu stood at the door holding a knife in his arms, waiting until he saw Liu Qi walking towards him. He couldn't help but pursed his lips: "You are finally back."

Liu Qi walked towards the mansion without stopping and asked casually, "What are you doing here?"

Liu Nineteen replied unhappily: "Of course we are waiting for you. Now everyone is waiting in the main hall, just in case you never come back!"

"Did anyone come to visit us today?" Liu Qi asked as they walked.

Liu Nineteen responded, "Not long after you left, the Jiangnan Governor's Office sent someone to deliver an invitation. Then, around 3 p.m., Zhang Song, the chief constable of the Six Gates South Court, came to visit in person. He stayed in the study with your uncle for less than an hour before leaving."

The reason why Uncle Xu Yongyuan followed Liu Qi to Jiangnan this time was because he had accepted the invitation of Chief Constable Lin Shengchuan to come to Jiangnan to take up a post in the South Yamen of the Six Gates.

Zhang Song was Xu Yongyuan's immediate superior, but Xu Yongyuan had not yet taken office, yet this immediate superior personally visited his future subordinate, which showed that he was not just coming for Xu Yongyuan himself.

As expected, after becoming famous, these trivial matters gradually increased.

After Liu Qi stepped into the main hall, he saw that most of the people in the hall breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, especially Xu Yongding and his wife, and the siblings Tao Zhili and Tao Zhiyan who were standing behind them.

Tao Zhiyan wanted to go up and ask Liu Qi where he had been today, but before she could take a step, she was stopped by Tao Zhili who had predicted her behavior in advance.

Tao Zhili gave Tao Zhiyan a look, signaling her not to act rashly.

In Tao Zhili's opinion, the people or things that Liu Qi came into contact with were obviously not on the same level as them. With the limited skills of the two brothers and sisters, once they were involved in it, it would be like hitting a rock with an egg.

Moreover, Tao Zhili also vaguely realized that his cousin, who was a martial arts master, was definitely not a hesitant person. If one day the brother and sister were kidnapped and used to threaten his cousin, it would be very likely that his cousin would not show mercy!
Thinking of this, Tao Zhili glanced sideways at his aunt Tao who had already walked to Liu Qi's side. Seeing his aunt's face full of worry and distress, Tao Zhili couldn't help but sigh.

Because he had a strong premonition that if the brother and sister in the above context were replaced by their aunt and uncle, his cousin would probably make the same choice.

Liu Qi, who was casually replying to Tao, felt the prying eyes and immediately raised his eyes to look at Tao Zhili.

Tao Zhili was startled for a moment, then looked away guiltily.

Uncle Xu Yongyuan found an opportunity to talk to Liu Qi alone and told him about the two waves of guests who visited today.

After learning that Liu Shijiu had already informed Liu Qi of the identities of the two groups of people who would visit today, Xu Yongyuan took out an invitation from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Qi.

"This was sent by someone from the Governor's Office, saying it was an invitation written by Sun Jiyun himself."

Liu Qi opened the invitation and took a quick look at it before handing it back to Xu Yongyuan. He then walked over to the chair and sat down, saying, "Decline it."

After Xu Yongyuan put the invitation into his sleeve, he nodded slightly, obviously he had no objection to Liu Qi's decision. He said with a smile: "Today, Chief Constable Zhang specially reminded us that the Governor of Jiangnan, Sun Jiyun, will go to Beijing to take up his post soon. Maybe we will call him Prime Minister Sun in the future!"

Liu Qi recalled the handwriting on the invitation card, which was so powerful that it could be seen through the paper, and couldn't help asking, "Does this person know martial arts?"

Xu Yongyuan smiled and nodded: "Since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, officials in the court have always had the tradition of practicing martial arts. It is said that this is a custom passed down from the time of Emperor Taizu."

"Moreover, the Sun family that Sun Jiyun comes from, like our Xu family, has dabbled in both the martial arts world and the imperial court. Their ancestors also produced some famous masters, and the family swordsmanship is said to be quite exquisite."

"Sun Jiyun later studied at Sihai Academy and stayed with the former academy principal, Mr. Ouyang, for a while. I don't know if Mr. Ouyang taught him martial arts."

Sihai Academy and Sihai Villa are two sides of the same coin.

An academy is a place where scholars study. Most of the teachers in an academy are ordinary Confucian scholars who do not know martial arts. Liu Xiangxiang and Fang Ruolan studied at Sihai Academy.

The Sihai Villa is a complete martial arts sect and the orthodox inheritance of Confucian martial arts.

Zhu Weitong, one of the Seven Stars and known as "Youlong Dianmo", is the principal of Sihai Academy and the owner of Sihai Villa.

Xu Yongyuan seemed to remember something and said quickly, "Oh, by the way, I heard from Chief Constable Zhang that Sun Jiyun and Jiang Jiyu have a very close relationship. It was Sun Jiyun who acted as a matchmaker that led to the cooperation between Jiang Jiyu and Fu Qingshu."

Liu Qi narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this, and then said softly: "It seems that this Chief Constable Zhang knows a lot!"

Xu Yongyuan nodded and said, "'Iron Palm Supporting the Sky' Zhang Song was also a local hero in his time. He used his pair of iron palms to stop the Changle Gang from moving south. During its heyday, the Iron Palm Gang was a first-rate force with over 10,000 members."

Xu Yongyuan shook his head and sighed, "Later, the court issued an order to abolish the martial arts, and Zhang Song disbanded the Iron Palm Gang and took a group of core disciples to join the court. After Chief Constable Lin went to Beijing, Zhang Song took over as Chief Constable of the Southern Court, which was what everyone expected."

In its heyday, it could compete with the Changle Gang.

"Iron Palm Supporting the Sky" Zhang Song... Liu Qi silently memorized the name.

……

Early the next morning.

Zhang Song pushed away the soft and fragrant body beside him, sat up from the bed, and as the quilt slipped off, his muscular chest was exposed.

"Sir, please sleep a little longer!" The woman next to him also woke up, and her soft and boneless hands slowly climbed up Zhang Song's naked chest and gently stroked it.

Zhang Song's face turned slightly cold, and he pushed the woman's hand away. Then he turned over and got up. While putting on his clothes, he said coldly: "It seems that I have spoiled you too much."

Hearing the coldness in Zhang Song's tone, the charming smile on the woman's face froze instantly.

"Wuwuwu..." Amid the woman's soft sobbing, Zhang Song indifferently pushed open the door and walked out.

Since he took over as the chief constable of the Southern Yamen, he moved directly from his mansion in the city to the yamen. For this reason, the beautiful concubines in his family often complained to him.

Zhang Song has always scoffed at this.

In the eyes of ordinary people, a shabby government office is certainly not as good as a mansion that costs millions of gold!
But only Zhang Song himself knew that after he moved into the yamen, he seemed to have finally regained a feeling that he had lost for more than ten years... the feeling of holding power!

I miss you so much!

Zhang Song licked his lips, as if he had returned to being the leader of the Iron Palm Gang who was above everyone else.

Ok?
Just as he was passing by the parade ground of the yamen, he suddenly stopped, then looked sideways, and saw a beautiful figure standing on the parade ground.

Even though she was facing away from him, her graceful figure still made Zhang Song's heart flutter.

Could it be the family of someone in the government?
Zhang Song thought about the woman on the bed in his room at this moment. Wasn't she the one he snatched from one of his constables? And it seemed that she was the constable's childhood sweetheart.

The more Zhang Song thought about it, the more he felt a burning sensation in his lower abdomen. Then a sharp gleam flashed across his eyes, and he turned around and walked towards the training ground.

Liu Qi was standing in front of the weapon rack, stroking the steel knife on it. When he heard heavy footsteps behind him, he knew that his target was coming. So he put his hand behind his back and said softly:

"But Zhang Song?"

As Zhang Song got closer, the graceful figure became clearer and clearer.

Zhang Song looked at the white and slender neck with clear veins on it, and suddenly felt a little dry in the mouth, thinking that this woman's skin must be so attractive to touch. When he was less than ten steps away from the haunting figure, he suddenly heard Liu Qi's calm voice. Zhang Song instantly felt like a basin of cold water was poured over his head, and the hot flame in his heart was extinguished.

call--

Zhang Song's ears trembled slightly as he heard the sound of the strong wind in front of him. He immediately raised his arms in front of him, and the ten fingers of both hands were put together to form a palm gesture, which he then pushed out together!
boom!
boom!
Zhang Song only had time to see clearly a white, slender jade hand, which touched his outstretched palms repeatedly at an extremely fast speed, like a dragonfly skimming the water.

Then Zhang Song felt two huge forces surging into his palms one after another. As this terrifying force broke through the barrier formed by his true energy and poured into the tendons and veins of his arms, Zhang Song showed a look of horror.

puff--

Zhang Song spat out a mouthful of blood mist, and then his body couldn't stop sliding backwards, his feet rubbing against the hard stone slabs, making a "sizzling" sound.

Zhang Song slid all the way to the edge of the parade ground. He gritted his teeth but couldn't stop. In the end, he could only let his body shoot out from the edge of the parade ground like an arrow, and finally staggered to a stop on the bluestone path twenty steps away from the parade ground.

Click!

After Zhang Song stood still, he heard a crisp sound coming from under his feet. He couldn't help but look down, only to see that the bluestone slab under his feet had already cracked.

He opened his eyes slightly, then his face turned red and he spat out another mouthful of blood.

"Iron Palm Supporting the Sky... Zhang Song."

A voice came to Zhang Song's ears, and the other party seemed to intentionally lengthen the tone when saying his name.

He raised his head and saw that the woman who was in the center of the training ground just now had reached the edge at some point and was looking down at him with indifference in her eyes.

"Liu...Qi." Zhang Song looked at the woman's nearly perfect face, but although he had always been fond of beauty, he did not have any evil thoughts in his heart at this moment, because he had already guessed the identity of this woman!

Overlord, Liu Qi!
Zhang Song almost bit his back teeth to pieces before he dropped his shaking arms to his sides. He then looked at Liu Qi standing with his hands behind his back at the edge of the training ground and managed a smile: "I don't know how I have offended you. I hope you will tell me. I will definitely correct my mistakes!"

"You are very flexible, no wonder you have made a name for yourself in both the martial arts world and the imperial court." Liu Qi said indifferently, "But I am not here today because you have offended me. I just want to test your martial arts."

Liu Qi lowered his eyes slightly, looked at his fair right hand, and then shook his head silently.

Even though he had used 90% of his strength in that palm strike just now, Zhang Song was unable to take even one strike.

"Iron Palm Supporting the Sky" is just an empty name!

Liu Qi lost interest instantly, then turned around, tapped his feet, and flew away.

Zhang Song wanted to say something, but in the blink of an eye Liu Qi disappeared from his sight. His face turned from blue to white, and finally an abnormal blush appeared on his face. Then he leaned over and spat out a mouthful of blood.

……

The six-door government office.

Xu Yongyuan, wearing the uniform of a constable, was walking back and forth in the lobby of the yamen. He had been waiting here for nearly an hour. Zhang Song should have come to the yamen long ago, but he had not shown up until now.

The other captains of the police in the yamen were also curious about this, wondering when the chief captain had ever been late for work in the yamen. Even when it was windy, rainy or snowing, he would still go to work as usual.

Today is strange.

"Captain Xu, I'll send someone to check it out right away. Maybe something delayed them on the way here."

"Thank you very much." Xu Yongyuan bowed and thanked.

As a result, before the person sent out left the lobby, Zhang Song stepped over the threshold and walked in.

"Chief Constable!" All the constables in the yamen saluted.

Xu Yongyuan also saluted with his fists clasped, but when he looked up, he found that Zhang Song was staring at him intently.

and……

Just as Xu Yongyuan frowned and realized something was wrong, the captain beside him also noticed the difference on Zhang Song's face and immediately asked with concern: "Captain, why are you so pale?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Song's face turned even paler. He then waved at everyone and said, "Everyone, get out."

"Captain Xu, please... stay for a moment and talk." Zhang Song stopped Xu Yongyuan.

When only Zhang Song and Xu Yongyuan were left in the hall, Zhang Song let out a sigh of relief, then pointed to a chair beside him and said, "Captain Xu, please sit down and talk."

Xu Yongyuan felt more and more strange. When Zhang Song came to visit him yesterday, he was not so polite!
Seeing Xu Yongyuan's bewildered expression, Zhang Song took back his words, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then sighed softly, "Brother Xu, may I ask what you said to that person yesterday?"

Xu Yongyuan was confused.

Who is it?
Zhang Song saw that Xu Yongyuan's face was becoming more and more confused, so he reminded him, "Your niece!"

Xu Yongyuan suddenly realized that it was Fang Fu!

But...he didn't say anything.

"Cough cough..."

Just as Xu Yongyuan frowned and recalled what he had said to Liu Qi last night, Zhang Song couldn't help but stroke his chest and coughed twice, then said with a wry smile: "Your niece has come to see me today."

"Ah?" Xu Yongyuan looked up in surprise, just in time to see Zhang Song wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He suddenly came to his senses and asked in a deep voice, "Did Fang Fu hurt you?"

Zhang Song nodded, then said self-deprecatingly: "I didn't expect that with my little Taoist skills, I could attract the Overlord to come. This is a great honor!"

Zhang Song began to suspect that Xu Yongyuan wanted his position as chief constable, so he instigated his notorious niece to attack him.

At this time, Xu Yongyuan looked at Zhang Song's complicated expression and finally understood.

No wonder Zhang Song looked at me with complicated eyes as soon as he entered the door. After all, it turned out that Fang Fu attacked him.

Xu Yongyuan immediately bowed helplessly and said, "Captain Zhang, Fang Fu probably heard that you are a great martial artist and wanted to see it for herself, so she came to visit. She has always been obsessed with martial arts and ignored worldly affairs. I hope Captain Zhang will not take issue with her."

The corners of Zhang Song's mouth twitched slightly, and his arms hidden under his sleeves still ached slightly.

Haha...who dares to challenge her?

(End of this chapter)