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

"The Master's intuition is always accurate. If the Master feels uneasy, how about letting Xiaobao watch over here while the Master returns to the Capital City to oversee things..."

"Xiaobao really understands what I'm thinking."

As he spoke, Liao Jinzhong reached out to take Zheng Chunbao's hand and patted it gently, his admiration evident.

Zheng Chunbao immediately knelt on one knee, like a lamb kneeling to drink milk, looking at Liao Jinzhong with eager eyes. To avoid offense, he glanced up, then quickly lowered his head again.

"Serving the Master is Xiaobao's fortune and blessing; in Xiaobao's heart, the Master is..."

Zheng Chunbao suddenly raised his head, a word stuck in his throat, too afraid to say it.

"Do not speak nonsense! Slap your face!"

Zheng Chunbao did not hesitate for a moment, raising his hand and slapping himself once, then a second time, and a third...

As long as the Master didn't call for a stop, he wouldn't stop.

However, as Zheng Chunbao was about to give himself a third slap, he was stopped by Liao Jinzhong: "This is an exception, learn well from me in the future, don't end up like Xiao Wu, not even knowing how he died."

"Thank you for the guidance, Master. I will always keep it in mind and never dare to forget!"

Hearing Liao Jinzhong associate him with the late godson, Lou Xiaowu, Zheng Chunbao was overjoyed, ignoring his now swollen cheeks.

When Feng Erye and others boarded the ship, they happened to hear the sound of slapping coming from the cabin, everyone looked at each other, completely unaware of what had happened.

Shortly, a eunuch with swollen cheeks and palm marks walked out of the cabin, displaying one demeanor in public, another in private. As he came before people, his indifferent gaze swept over them, and Xie Yunyan couldn't hold back a chuckle, which led Zheng Chunbao to take him into the cabin as an example.

Once inside the cabin, Xie Yunyan hadn't had time to examine his surroundings when he saw an old eunuch by the Eight Immortals Table, smiling and gesturing him over.

Xie Shaozhu chuckled lightly and sat down leisurely opposite the table.

However, the old eunuch soon spoke, detailing how he seduced the enemy's women and used his charm to poison his foes.

Xie Yunyan's smile faded, and Liao Jinzhong spoke again: "Little Master wouldn't want the family business passed down from your ancestors to be ruined in your hands, would you?"

"What exactly do you want?"

"What I want, doesn't the Young Master already know?" Liao Jinzhong, now over fifty, surveyed the handsome Xie Shaozhu, whose hair stood on end under his gaze.

"Please don't jest with me, Sir. Other than escorting caravans, I have no other skills!"

"That's not quite true." Liao Jinzhong put away his smile and suddenly asked, "Back when the Jinmen Gang was destroyed, and the people from the Celestial Master's Mansion's spiritual child were killed, the Young Master should be familiar with that, right?"

Xie Yunyan frowned and said, "The Jinmen Gang disrupted my business, and I held a grudge against them, but I don't know those who destroyed the Jin Sect. The Government Office might know more than I do. Moreover, when my brothers and I arrived, only the gang leader of the Jinmen Gang was left, and even he didn't know which enemy ruined his estate."

Liao Jinzhong used both soft and hard tactics, but Xie Yunyan's answers were flawless.

After escorting the Young Master out of the cabin, Liao Jinzhong asked the tardy Eunuch Xu, "In your opinion, was there any falsehood in what he said?"

"Doesn't seem like a lie, I just inquired with other Escort Masters from Taian Escort Agency, and there were no discrepancies in their statements."

Liao Jinzhong waved his hand, and shortly after, several brokers underwent a round of questioning.

Next was Kong Laoda from Jinmen Shipping, who was even more naive. Upon boarding the ship, before Liao Gonggong could speak, he handed over a stack of silver notes.

"Sir, I'm a simple man, and inevitably do things clumsily. I hope you understand."

"Of course, of course." Smiling, Liao Jinzhong took a noticeably more agreeable stance toward Kong Laoda compared to the others before: "Kong Gangsou, let me ask you, back when the Jinmen Gang..."

Kong Laoda detailed, "I paid special attention to this. The person who destroyed the Jinmen Gang was not an ordinary character, even in Jianghu; this was an extraordinary figure. But I heard from the surviving women on the ship that this person used evil techniques, seemed like a witch!"

Upon hearing Kong Laoda recount the paperman rumors again, Liao Jinzhong was thoughtful.

As Feng Dehai said, it's improbable for two unknown masters to emerge from one place; if there are, it's likely the work of the same person.

It's worth noting that when Lou Xiaowu died, his body was also taken by a paperman, leaving not even a strand of Corpse Hair behind.

"This person's carefulness reaches the point of eradicating all traces once they act; if so, it's no easy task to catch them."

Again tardy, Eunuch Xu spoke: "Reporting to the Master, Feng Erye from the Flower and Bird Market remains outside. His real name is Feng Junbao, originally from the Capital City. After his family faced disasters caused by malevolent spirits, he gave up his family business and fled alone. Later, with guidance from a shamaness, he raised a rooster and became a Galloping Immortal, settling in Jinmen."

"Feng Erye frequently travels between the Capital and Jinmen. It's said his information on Galloping Immortals is the most well-informed. If the Master carefully questions him, maybe something useful can be extracted."

"Galloping Immortal?"

"Yes, mad ones raising little ghosts or snakes; anyone wanting a long life wouldn't learn such life-shortening techniques."

"So these are the things not fit for the stage."

"Master should not underestimate them. These madmen and women's chickens and snakes have some special abilities. In my humble opinion, perhaps skilled men and sages from the office should be brought in to question on our behalf."