Cultivating Immortality Begins with Acting as a Girl Chapter 062

Character name suggestions:

– : Jiang Changhe

– : Yujin

– : Jiang Yujin

– : Jiang Yanliang

– : Song Ling

– : Lu Yingzhen

– : Yuling

– : Lu Zhongheng

– : Qinghong Pavilion

– : Jiang Lirong

– : Yu Family

– : Prosperity-Decline Festival

– : Haiyun Hall

– : Commander Zhang

– : Zhang Zesheng

– : Jiang Yizhi

Just as everyone’s thoughts varied, Jiang Changhe spoke:

“Alright, Yujin has nothing to do with this matter. He has been with me all this time, so don’t make wild guesses.”

As soon as these words were spoken, all suspicion on Jiang Yujin completely vanished.

A hint of gloom flashed in Jiang Yanliang’s eyes.

At this moment, two beautiful figures walked into the hall entrance, Song Ling and Lu Yingzhen, arriving late.

“Yuling greets Grandfather.”

Song Ling bowed respectfully, and Lu Yingzhen also curtsied, “Lu Family’s legitimate daughter Lu Yingzhen greets Senior Jiang Changhe.”

“Yuling has arrived.”

Jiang Changhe first nodded slightly to Song Ling, then looked at Lu Yingzhen and said, “Lu Yingzhen… is your father Lu Zhongheng, that brat?”

Lu Yingzhen: “Exactly, my father.”

Jiang Changhe’s expression softened slightly, and he said, “Your father and I were considered bosom friends back then. I didn’t expect his daughter to be so grown up in the blink of an eye… Speaking of which, for what reason did you come to my Jiang Residence today?”

Lu Yingzhen gently explained:

“I came to find Sister Ling’er. After she attended the Southern Garden Elegant Gathering I hosted last time, we became friends at first sight. Later, I often came to find her. Today, we originally agreed to go to the Lantern Festival together, but I didn’t expect such a thing to happen at your residence…”

Seeing Lu Yingzhen, an outsider, being questioned, Song Ling quickly put on an act of defending her good sister and said:

“Grandfather, after Sister Yingzhen arrived at my Qinghong Pavilion in the evening, the two of us have been together all the time, not separated for a moment. Today’s matter has nothing to do with her.”

Rather than passively clarifying himself, it was better to actively testify for others.

Anyway, the effect was the same. He could get human testimony proving that he had no connection to this matter, and it would also make people subconsciously ignore his suspicion.

However, Song Ling was a bit too cautious on this point.

After all, in everyone’s eyes, although his martial arts talent was extraordinary, he was still only a second-rate martial artist not long ago. He could not be the opponent of Tu Qin, a first-rate master, let alone kill her decisively.

Sure enough, everyone had no special opinion on his statement, only thinking that his relationship with Lu Yingzhen was indeed good.

Jiang Yanliang’s mood, however, worsened. He originally wanted to make trouble by using the fact that Song Ling’s Qinghong Pavilion was relatively close to Jiang Lirong’s residence. Even if it didn’t cause any impact, it would at least disgust Jiang Yujin, but now he couldn’t speak either.

It was rare for such a big incident to happen, and it didn’t involve this brother and sister, which made him quite displeased.

As for the previous matter of letting the Yu Family cause trouble on the Prosperity-Decline Festival, it now seemed unfeasible. No one expected Jiang Yuling’s martial arts talent to be so monstrous, reaching the second-rate realm in such a short time…

Jiang Yanliang felt a strong sense of crisis.

If this continued, the position of Jiang Family’s heir would probably really fall into the hands of this brother and sister.

After a few irrelevant conversations, Song Ling led Lu Yingzhen to Jiang Yujin’s side.

Seeing the person she admired after a long time, Lu Yingzhen appeared slightly flustered. She tried to speak several times, but seeing Jiang Yujin’s indifferent expression, she held it back again.

Afterward, Jiang Changhe left Haiyun Hall to personally conduct the investigation and search, while everyone else was ordered to remain in Haiyun Hall, conducting internal self-investigation while awaiting the results of the external search.

One night passed, and it wasn’t until nearly dawn that Jiang Changhe returned to the hall.

Behind him, two Jiang Family guards carried a tattered, blood-soaked corpse and followed him in.

“Commander Zhang?!”

“What… what’s going on?!”

Everyone present recognized at a glance that this was one of the Jiang Family’s commanders responsible for guarding the central courtyard, named Zhang Zesheng. He had been immersed in the first-rate realm for many years and was a grand master who had cultivated all three first-rate martial arts techniques to perfection. Even among all the Jiang Family’s commanders, he was an outstanding existence.

Jiang Changhe returned to the main seat, flicked his sleeve, and said indifferently, “The murderer who killed Lirong is this person! According to other commanders, Zhang Zesheng usually had many complaints and dissatisfactions about Lirong, often speaking disrespectfully of the master, saying such outrageous things as Lirong would have died countless times if she weren’t a legitimate daughter of the Jiang Family. Tonight, he even barged into Lirong’s courtyard under the influence of alcohol, insulted Lirong relying on his strength, and after a quarrel, brutally murdered Lirong.”

After Jiang Changhe finished speaking, everyone else was too shocked to speak. Zhang Zesheng, as one of the commanders, had always been quite conscientious on weekdays and had never shown any overstepping behavior. It was unbelievable that he would do such a thing.

Some people’s expressions changed slightly, realizing that things might not be so simple, but since Jiang Changhe, the family head, had personally characterized the matter, they naturally wouldn’t jump out to deny it.

Song Ling looked at the bloody corpse of Commander Zhang, her heart cold.

This was the fate of being a dog for a big family.

Clearly, this Commander Zhang was chosen as a scapegoat. With all searches hitting a dead end and no progress, Jiang Changhe obviously couldn’t let the news that “a legitimate daughter of the Jiang Family was killed at home, and the murderer escaped” spread, otherwise the Jiang Family would truly become a joke.

So there had to be a murderer, and Zhang Zesheng was that unlucky person.

While everyone was astonished, Jiang Changhe spoke again: “Alright, the truth has come out. Everyone is tired, go back and rest. As for the subsequent matters and Lirong’s funeral… Yizhi, you are responsible for handling them.”

“Yes, Father.”

Jiang Yizhi bowed.

With the matter settled, everyone left.

Song Ling, Jiang Yujin, and Lu Yingzhen walked out together.

Lu Yingzhen lagged slightly behind by one body length, looking at Jiang Yujin’s figure nearby. Her heart was in a fierce struggle, and finally, she gritted her teeth and stepped forward to speak, “Young Master Yujin, please accept my condolences.”

“Condolences?”

Jiang Yujin paused, looking indifferently at Lu Yingzhen, “What condolences should I accept?”

Lu Yingzhen didn’t expect Jiang Yujin to react this way and was momentarily stunned, not knowing how to answer.

It was Song Ling who quickly came to the rescue:

“Brother, Sister Yingzhen doesn’t know about our family’s affairs, why are you so fierce to her?” Saying that, she leaned into Lu Yingzhen’s ear and quietly explained briefly the enmity between Jiang Lirong and them.

After listening, Lu Yingzhen suddenly understood and said with regret,

“I’m sorry, Young Master Yujin, I didn’t know…”

“No matter.”

Jiang Yujin continued to walk forward, not even interested in hearing her finish.

Lu Yingzhen’s face showed bitterness. She knew she had messed up.

Seeing this, Song Ling gently patted Lu Yingzhen’s hand to comfort her, then linked arms with her and quickly caught up with Jiang Yujin, whispering, “Brother, honestly, was tonight’s matter done by you?”

“I did consider it, but…” Jiang Yujin shook his head.

“Since it wasn’t Brother, then who was it? Was it really that Commander Zhang?” Song Ling’s eyes showed doubt, “I’ve seen that Commander Zhang a few times before, and he was very respectful to me, a newcomer to the family. He doesn’t look like someone who would kill his master.”

“This matter, Ling’er, you don’t need to delve into it further. Since Grandfather has personally spoken, then the truth is as it is. Anyway… it’s a good thing for us, isn’t it?” Jiang Yujin said indifferently.

“Brother, you’re right.”

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