Maybe this is the same person but different destiny.
Having said this, Lei Chongxiao looked at the sky.
"I have to go to court quickly and report what happened last night and the death of Thousand Households Commander Ouyang. I will also ask for credit for you. You are waiting for news in Pacification Office. If anything happens, just send someone to find me."
Su Fei nodded.
"Lord Lei Don't worry, I'm keeping an eye on you."
Lei Chongxiao nodded, said no more, quickly walked out of the Southern Commandery Investigation Department, got on his horse, and galloped away in the direction of the palace.
Su Fei stood in the corridor, watching his leaving figure, thinking of those Imperial Guard and Thousand Households Commander Ouyang who were killed last night.
Those Imperial Guard are of average strength, mostly Body Tempering Realm True Qi Realm warriors, and have little power to resist when in danger.
Thousand Households Commander Ouyang is not weak in strength. He has already reached the level of Grandmaster Realm Seventh Layer. He is considered a strong person.
I don't know how many times stronger than those ordinary Imperial Guard.
But when he met the stronger Yuan Tianzu, he was killed by Yuan Tianzu.
There wasn't even a chance to ask for help.
Then Yuan Tianzu met me and I was stronger than him, so he was killed by me.
He kills you, you kill him.
To put it bluntly, in this world of high martial arts, strength is ultimately the most important thing.
Su Fei is thankful that he has the system in hand and is strong enough. If he had no strength and was just good at solving crimes, and encountered the furious Yuan Tianzu, his end would probably not be much better than Thousand Households Commander Ouyang.
In the evening, the sky is dark, waiting for the departure time to arrive.
Lei Chongxiao took Su Fei, Thousand Households Commander Zeng, Thousand Households Commander Hong Thousand Households Commander Cheng, Thousand Households Commander Qiu, Thousand Households Commander Shi to express condolences at Thousand Households Commander Ouyang's home.
Thousand Households Commander Ouyang's house is hung with plain white flags.
Su Fei followed Lei Chongxiao and others into the courtyard gate, and the funeral hall was brightly lit with candles.
The black and white portrait of Thousand Households Commander Ouyang is hung in the middle of the wall. There are three sticks of incense in the incense burner in front of the portrait, and the smoke is rising.
Lei Chongxiao walked into the mourning hall first, and first bowed to the portrait of Thousand Households Commander Ouyang.
Then he sighed, took out a stack of Silver Notes from his arms, and placed it gently on the tray next to the altar table with a low voice.
"This is a little thought from me. Take it and take care of Ouyang's funeral affairs, so that your life will be easier in the future."
Other thousands of households also came forward one after another, Thousand Households Commander Hong, Thousand Households Commander Cheng, Thousand Households Commander Qiu, Thousand Households Commander Shi Su Fei, each handing over one thousand taels or two thousand taels of Silver Notes.
Thousand Households Commander Ouyang's wife was wearing mourning clothes. When she took Silver Notes, her hands kept shaking and her tears fell like broken beads. She pulled her two young sons to kneel on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Thank you, my lords. Thank you, my lords."
When it was the turn of the last Thousand Households Commander Zeng, he took out a thick envelope from his arms and handed it over.
Madam Ouyang opened it and saw that there was a stack of Silver Notes inside. After counting, it added up to thirty thousand taels. She was stunned for a moment, and it took her a while to react. She pulled her two sons and kowtowed heavily, with red marks on their foreheads.
"Thousand Households Commander Zeng, the three of us will remember your great kindness and kindness for the rest of our lives. We will repay you by working as cows and horses in the next life."
Thousand Households Commander Zeng quickly supported her and asked her to stop kowtowing, and said in a hoarse voice.
"Sister-in-law, there's no need for this. This is what I should do."
He looked at the portrait of Thousand Households Commander Ouyang, with an indescribable strange look on his face.
The funeral banquet was held in the courtyard of Thousand Households Commander Ouyang's home.
Lei Chongxiao and several Qianhu were seated at the main table. The atmosphere was a bit depressing, no one spoke, everyone was eating their food with their heads down.
Thousand Households Commander Zeng picked up the jug, filled himself a glass, drank it all in one gulp, without eating the food, then immediately filled up the second glass of wine, then the third glass... After drinking seven or eight glasses in a row, Thousand Households Commander Zeng's face turned red, and tears suddenly mixed with the wine and flowed down.
He slammed the cup on the ground, looked at Lei Chongxiao, his voice was crying.
"Boss, let me ask you something... If you asked me to guard the warehouse and Ouyang to deliver the prisoners, would I be the one who died? He and I are both Grandmaster Realm Seventh Layer, and we are both about the same strength."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere on the table instantly became quiet.
Lei Chongxiao's hand holding the wine glass tightened, and his Adam's apple rolled, but he didn't say a word.
Because he couldn't answer this question, the task arrangement was originally random. Thousand Households Commander Zeng was asked to deliver the prisoners because he had a calmer temperament.
Let Ouyang guard the warehouse because the warehouse needs someone to guard it, but who would have thought that Yuan Tianzu would go to the warehouse first and kill Thousand Households Commander Ouyang.
Thousand Households Commander Hong sighed and patted Thousand Households Commander Zeng on the shoulder.
"Old Zeng, don't say that. It's not your fault, nor Lord Lei's fault. It's Yuan Tianzu that was too insidious. Heavenly Origin Pavilion was wiped out. Who would have thought that he didn't run away, but instead sneaked into our Southern Commandery Investigation Department to ambush us."
Thousand Households Commander Cheng also lowered his head, his voice dull.
"Old Zeng, Ouyang brother has a spirit in heaven, and I don't want to see you torture yourself like this."
Thousand Households Commander Qiu filled another glass of wine for Thousand Households Commander Zeng and handed it over.
"Don't think about Lao Zeng. After drinking this glass of wine, we can look after his family more and be worthy of brother Ouyang."
Su Fei sat aside and looked at the scene in front of him, feeling somewhat heavy in his heart.
Thousand Households Commander Zeng survived because he was lucky.
But this luck, in Thousand Households Commander Zeng's heart, turned into a heavy guilt.
Thousand Households Commander Zeng took the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, tears flowing faster.
"I know, I know it's no one's fault, but as soon as I closed my eyes, I remembered the way Ouyang was drinking with me. He also said that after this case is settled, he would teach his eldest son to practice martial arts and take his younger son to hunt outside the city."
Lei Chongxiao opening.
"Don't worry, Old Zeng. I will personally arrange Ouyang's funeral. For his two sons, I will ask my husband to teach them how to read. If they want to practice martial arts in the future, I will also find a famous teacher for guidance."
"To support their family, Pacification Office will provide money every month and will never let the three of them suffer any injustice."
Thousand Households Commander Zeng felt a little better after hearing this and gradually stopped crying.
In the next few days, the news that Su Fei killed Martial Saint Realm First Layer Yuan Tianzu with Grandmaster Realm Ninth Level Peak spread like wings.
It first exploded in Great Xuan Imperial City, then spread to various state capitals along official roads and trade routes, and finally spread to the border areas, setting off a heated discussion about martial arts in various places.
In the Imperial City Drunken Immortal Tower, almost every table was discussing this matter. At a table by the window, several martial artists were banging the table and arguing.
"You guys are telling me whether this Thousand Households Commander Su thing is true. Grandmaster killed Martial Saint. That's a huge difference. Martial Saint Realm. For an ordinary Grandmaster Realm Ninth Layer warrior, if he can withstand a few moves from Martial Saint without dying, he is considered powerful.
"Why is this Thousand Households Commander Su so powerful? It can actually kill Yuan Tianzu of the Martial Saint Realm."
An old man in a green shirt next to him took a sip of wine and said calmly.