I Only Want to Lie Flat But Am Forced to Cultivate Immortality

Zhang Jun heard and frowned: "How did the government office's official chair end up here with you?"

The eunuch, who had long been engaged in palace struggles, was used to chewing over and examining whatever he heard until he was sure there were no doubts or problems, only then would he comfortably swallow it down.

Xu Qing clearly did not believe this.

"You may not know, Mr. Zhang, the County Magistrate's cousin, the legitimate son of a wealthy merchant family from Qianxi, is an Iron Certificate member at my shop. He often loiters here aimlessly, and this chair was brought by him."

"Merchant family's son? Are you speaking of Shang Shaoyang, who sought trouble at the Mirror Directorate two months ago and got one of his legs broken by Master Liao, then thrown into the government office's jail?"

Broken a leg? Even Xu Qing was surprised upon hearing this.

Who dared to break the leg of a second-generation heir from a millennium-old noble family?

Nearby, Zhang Jun grinned and said, "That person is quite undignified. If not for the Directorate's informed news that revealed his identity early on, it could have brought major trouble to the Master."

"Why would breaking a leg occur even when his identity was known?" Xu Qing was more surprised.

"The Mirror Directorate was newly established, handling affairs for the first time in the Jin Sect, it was the moment to establish authority. At this juncture, someone came to make trouble at the Directorate's door. Could the Master ignore it?"

"Breaking a leg was necessary; fortunately, the Master is very intelligent, using something conferred by the Holy Ones as a token to settle the matter, thereby allowing each side to retreat one step."

Zhang Jun grinned gloomily, "That young master deliberately made trouble without revealing his true identity, his intention was to put the Master in a difficult position. The Master employed a taste of his own medicine, without revealing it face-to-face, and sent him a waist belt that was imperial conferred…"

"..."

Afterward, the matter was simple. Shang Shaoyang publicly broke the imperial conferred belt, and Liao Jinzhao, to maintain royal face, broke his leg as a warning.

This matter seemed severe, one aspect was the crime of offending the royal majesty and great disrespect, another was breaking the leg of the legitimate son from a merchant family, akin to slapping the family's face.

Fortunately, the imperial conferred belt that Liao took out helped; the eunuch broke the leg but still sent the conferred belt to Shang Shaoyang.

The Emperor Jingxing learned of this matter and criticized Liao Jinzhao for handling it without prudence, ordering a year's reduction in salary as a penalty.

The merchant family from Qianxi learned of it and reprimanded Shang Shaoyang for his inappropriate actions, losing the family's face, and declared they would leave it to the Emperor's disposal.

What could the disposition be then? In the end, each side received an authoritative rebuke; Shang Shaoyang was incarcerated in the government office, receiving good care, even a small elegant room was specially built there, with his injured leg attended by an Imperial Physician personally.

"If you are truly fond of this chair, Mr. Zhang, I can tell Master Shang another day…"

"No need!"

Zhang Jun instantly felt the Master's Chair was somewhat hot beneath him, so he stood up, only to find besides coffins, there was nowhere else to sit in Xu Qing's shop.

With no choice, Mr. Zhang had to stand awkwardly.

"Xu Qing, our house is here today to ask you important matters."

"Please ask, Mr. Zhang."

"Let me ask you if it's true that before the Jinmen Gang incident, there were goods detained that belonged to you?"

Xu Qing raised an eyebrow, without hesitating, said: "That is indeed true, but they were burial money; as you have seen, Mr. Zhang, I am in the funeral business, dealing with such items is inevitable, some customers prefer burial goods like five-zhu coins, hoof-shaped gold, and unicorn-shaped gold."

"Aside from these, I bought quite a bit of incense candles and coffins, as long as the customers wanted them and were willing to pay, it was not a problem."

"Is that really so?" Zhang Jun narrowed his eyes and asked.

"It is indeed so; I also have some burial money here, several coffins as well, if Mr. Zhang likes, I can offer them at a friends' discount, selling at eighty percent off to Mr. Zhang."

"..."

In the end, Zhang Jun did not purchase anything at Xu Qing's shop, but his last words before leaving aroused Xu Qing's attention.

"Just because we are fellow townsmen, I'll be honest with you, this time Master Liao is here to clear the Jinmen Gang case; back then, Master Feng's adopted son Long Engui died in Linjiang County, and Master Liao's adopted son Lou Xiaowu also died mysteriously in Wanshou County."

"The Master is very angry, if not for us knowing each other, if someone else came, regardless of their suspicions or not, they wouldn't escape without difficulty…"

After sending Zhang Jun away, Xu Qing pondered briefly, then decisively rose to head towards Flower and Bird Street.

Back then in the open conflict with the Jinmen Gang, it was not him but Master Feng of Flower and Bird Street, the young owner of Taian Escort Agency, and several major brokers who clashed sharply.

If Liao Jinzhao wanted to use this matter to make trouble, no one could predict what might happen next.

After all, that eunuch dared to break Shang Shaoyang's leg; what else wouldn't he dare to do?