Death Wipes the Debt Clean

The sounds of their fight and the strong smell of blood were carried out without any attempt to conceal them. When Madam Song and the Household Head Song's sons rushed over, they found corpses scattered all over the ground, and the most gruesome death belonged to the Household Head Song.

The youngest son of the Household Head Song cried out "Father" repeatedly and rushed frantically to the Household Head Song's mutilated body, but the Household Head Song's head had already disappeared.

"Who are you? Why did you kill my father?!" The boy stared at the disheveled man in front of him, his eyes bloodshot.

The man looked down at him, shaking the blood-dripping bundle he was carrying. "Do you know how your father made his fortune? Do you know who this house originally belonged to?"

The boy didn't understand what he meant, but he realized that what the man was holding was his father's head.

"I don't know any of that, I only want to ask you why you killed my father!" The boy clenched his fist and was about to punch the Wuming, but his two older brothers stepped in time to stop him.

The most powerful person in the Song Household right now is the Household Head Song. This person was able to kill so many people in such a short time and easily get rid of their own father. He must be no pushover.

Unlike the children's anger, Madam Song, who was standing far to the side, already understood when Wuming asked those two questions.

She was dressed in thin clothes, and in her hand were some worn-out Buddhist prayer beads.

She twirled the prayer beads in her hand a few times, then finally stepped forward to block her sons' path. "Young Master Chu..."

Wuming neither responded nor refuted.

Seeing this, Madam Song knew she had probably guessed correctly. "We will not pursue today's matter, but I wonder if Young Master Chu would spare my children? If Song Xiong alone is not enough to quell your anger, you may take my life."

As she spoke, she closed her eyes, stretched her neck, and made a gesture as if she were offering her neck to be slaughtered.

Her youngest son became even angrier upon seeing this. He grabbed his mother's hand, trying to pull her back, while demanding, "Mother, what are you doing? He killed Father! Why aren't you investigating? I want him dead! I want him to pay with his life!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Song slapped her youngest son hard across the face, knocking him to the ground instantly. His face immediately swelled up, and he seemed somewhat dazed.

"Pay with your life? If it really comes down to paying with your life, even if our entire family died at his hands, it wouldn't be enough to atone for all the evil deeds your father committed!" Madam Song said coldly.

At this moment, not only the youngest son, but the rest of the Song Household also widened their eyes in surprise.

The youngest son, his face red and swollen, asked in confusion, "Mother, what are you talking about? How could Father do such a bad thing?" Their Song Household was a renowned family of philanthropists in Spring Returns City, sending countless good things to the poor every year. How could his father, a man praised by everyone, do such a bad thing?

Madam Song closed her eyes briefly, suppressing her nausea. "You'll find out about this later."

After saying that, she stopped looking at her sons' bewildered and helpless expressions, turned to Wuming, and said, "Young Master Chu, you may proceed."

She offered her neck to the Wuming man.

But Wuming retreated once more. "I only kill the ringleaders. Song Xiong eliminated everyone who knew the truth back then, so my only enemy is Song Xiong. Song Xiong is dead, I won't kill you. But I want you to spread what happened back then, I want Song Xiong's reputation to be completely ruined!"

Madam Song was somewhat surprised upon hearing this, but she immediately agreed.

The fact that the other party refused to take her life was already a great blessing for her. Over the years, she and Song Xiong had been constantly arguing because of what happened back then, and she had long since come to hate Song Xiong, and Song Xiong had come to hate her in return. If it weren't for her children, she probably would have left this place long ago and gone to become a Buddhist nun.

"From now on, you'd better watch yourselves." With those words, Wuming left, carrying Song Xiong's head.

Behind him, from the Song mansion, came the boy's fierce roar. He shouted that he would definitely avenge his father and Curse Wuming to die a horrible death.

For some reason, Wuming seemed to see his former self at that moment.

However, at that time, he was far more disheveled than the boy in the Song family.

The night passed, and the news of the Household Head Song's murder spread like wildfire the next day.

That's the head of the Song Household family, a figure comparable to the Min Household!

Even though the Song Household's rise in Spring Returns City was relatively recent, it couldn't compete with the Min Household's years of cultivation. However, the large sums of Spirit Stone distributed by the Song Household allowed them to occupy a significant position in Spring Returns City.

As soon as the news spread, it alarmed the city lord of Spring Returns City. The city lord personally went to inquire about it and expressed his determination to find the real culprit for the Household Head Song.

However, the Household Head Song's wife refused outright, stating that she would not hold a funeral for the Household Head Song, but would simply find a place, put him in a coffin, and bury him.

These words caused another stir in the city. Many people began to suspect that Household Head Song had killed the Madam Song; otherwise, why wouldn't she allow anyone to find the murderer or hold a funeral for her husband?

This rumor gained widespread acceptance, and some people who had received favors from the Song Household even threw rotten eggs at Madam Song when she left the house.

However, the city lord quickly intervened to suppress such actions, and Madam Song found a suitable day to reveal everything.

Before the Song Household rose to prominence, the Chu Household should have been considered one of the two great families of Spring Returns, alongside the Min Household. However, the Chu Household was unlucky; the Household Head Chu was unfortunately afflicted with Curse, and the red markings spread rapidly, putting him on the verge of death.

At that time, the eldest son of the Household Head Chu was away on a training trip with his dao companion, and the only people at home were his wife and young, inexperienced son, along with some servants.

At that time, Song Xiong, the Household Head Song, was still a small-time hoodlum with some influence in the city. Upon hearing this news, he planned to break into the Chu Household and steal some valuable items.

He deliberately approached the young master of the Chu Household, and when the time was right, he began to inquire about the family's layout. The young master was young and had been too well protected by his family in the past, so he had never experienced the wickedness of human nature and was easily deceived by Song Xiong.

Song Xiong managed to extract the layout of the Chu Household mansion and learn the names of the servants guarding the front and back gates. He then went to the servants and used a combination of threats and inducements to persuade them to open the Song Xiong.

Song Xiong and his henchmen successfully entered the Chu Household, but their search for treasures alerted the Chu Household. To save his life, he unleashed an unprecedented power.

So, that night, the Chu Household's corpses littered the ground. The bloodthirsty Song Xiong spared no one alive, including the servant who opened the door for him.

Fortunately, the eldest son of the Chu Household returned in time, but outnumbered, he could only hastily rescue his younger brother, and then escape from Spring Returns City with his dao companion and younger brother.

By the time they recovered from their injuries and wanted to return, Song Xiong had already taken the Chu Household's enormous wealth, changed his identity, and become another major force in Spring Returns City.

He hired many guards to protect his newly purchased mansion. He lived a carefree life for more than ten years until one night he encountered the Chu Household boy who came seeking revenge.

Everything we do leaves a trace. The Chu Household was no small family in the past. Only a little over ten years have passed, yet many people still remember these events.

Even the Min Household came forward to admit that the massacre of the Chu Household was very strange, and that when they went to help collect the remains, all of the Chu Household's treasures were looted.

Madam Song then publicly produced several magical treasures bearing the Chu Household's mark—items that had disappeared during the massacre of her entire family.

The truth is self-evident.

After this news spread, the previous rumors vanished immediately. Those who had come to throw rotten eggs at Madam Song also slunk away.

Even the boy, blinded by hatred and determined to seek revenge on the Wuming one, fell silent.

Once the door was closed again and only a few of them remained inside, the boy finally looked up and asked his mother, "Mother, did my father really do those things?"

Madam Song turned to look at him, her eyes filled with sorrow. "It's true, when he killed Madam Chu, she was already six months pregnant."

At that moment, she clearly saw the light in her son's eyes slowly shatter.

The boy remained silent for a long time before softly saying, "Let's move out. Let's hand over everything in the mansion. Mother, I won't seek revenge."

How can the love, hatred, and grudges of this world be so easily explained? Since it's all a murky mess, let's just stay murky.