It was nearly noon when Shen Jing finally woke up.
After all the commotion last night, it was almost dawn before he went to sleep.
Waking up from that sleep, he immediately felt much more refreshed.
Looking at himself in the bronze mirror, Shen Jing couldn't help but sigh inwardly, thinking, 'Sure enough, sleep is the best beauty treatment!'
After a good night's sleep, his looks instantly returned to their peak state, like Daniel Wu!
When Chi Chi arrived, she saw Shen Jing sitting in front of the bronze mirror, admiring himself.
"Young Master, are you awake?"
Chi Chi poked her head in, her face full of smiles.
"Just woke up."
Shen Jing turned around and smiled, "Did something good happen? Your face looks like it's about to burst with joy!"
Chi Chi pouted slightly and said with a beaming smile, "Isn't Young Master asking the obvious?"
Why she was happy, didn't Young Master already know?
The Zhao family and the Song family committed the grave crime of treason!
Not even immortals could save them!
She hated the people of the Zhao and Song families the most.
Now, the downfall of the Zhao and Song families was inevitable; how could she not be happy?
She even wished she could beat gongs and drums in celebration!
"What are you so foolishly happy about!"
Shen Jing got up and walked over to Chi Chi, lightly tapping her head, "This time, I suffered heavy losses, and you're still foolishly happy!"
Chi Chi pulled her head back, her face still brimming with uncontrollable smiles, "Young Master, your schadenfreude is a bit too obvious."
"You silly girl, are you really that foolish!"
Shen Jing looked at Chi Chi with a smile, "I lost hundreds of thousands of silver taels!"
"Ah?"
Chi Chi was bewildered.
How did Young Master lose hundreds of thousands of silver taels?
Shen Jing helplessly patted his forehead and said with a bitter expression, "The Song family is now a rebel family, and next comes confiscation! All of the Song family's silver and property will be confiscated! Who will repay the five hundred thousand silver taels they owe me?"
"This..."
Chi Chi was speechless.
It seemed... that made sense!
The imperial court confiscated the Song family's property; they wouldn't use the confiscated assets to repay the Song family's debts, would they?
"In that case, Young Master does seem to have suffered heavy losses!"
Chi Chi tilted her head, thought for a moment, and then quickly smiled again, "However, Young Master is so amazing, this bit of silver is nothing to him! Moreover, Young Master exposed the conspiracy of treason by the Zhao and Song families, so the imperial court will definitely reward him!"
"I'm practically heartbroken, and it's nothing?"
Shen Jing was speechless, "As for the imperial court's reward, who can say! It might just be a verbal commendation!"
He did hope the imperial court would give him a generous reward.
Preferably, they would grant him a marquis title or something, allowing him to live a life of ease forever.
However, good things like being ennobled could only be dreamt of.
If the imperial court's reward could amount to a hundred thousand silver taels, that would probably be considered good.
Looking at Ye Li, he knew that her imperial father was most likely a stingy fellow.
"As long as there's a reward!"
Chi Chi sniffed, satisfied, "If the imperial court bestows a high official position upon Young Master, he will truly bring honor to his ancestors!"
This girl, always dreaming of good things!
Shen Jing looked at Chi Chi with amusement, "By the way, what's the situation now?"
When the current situation was mentioned, Chi Chi instantly became animated and quickly told Shen Jing all the news she knew.
Zhao Jianzhi had already been imprisoned, and she heard that some of their accomplices had escaped.
The soldiers were still extensively searching the city for accomplices of the Zhao and Song families, and the city gates had not been opened yet.
"What about the Song family?"
Shen Jing asked, "Were Song Jinshan and Song Lianxin burned to death?"
"This servant is not clear about that."
Chi Chi gently shook her head, "However, I heard from Madame that Song Rui has already been poisoned to death! The poisoned food given to Song Rui was even personally delivered by Song Jinshan and his daughter..."
Speaking of this, Chi Chi again made no effort to hide her schadenfreude.
She was just a young woman, just a servant!
She just wanted to enjoy their misfortune!
Retribution, this was the retribution of the Song family members!
They still wanted to climb high, and now they had sacrificed the lives of their entire clan, thoroughly climbing high, hadn't they?
She even hoped that Song Jinshan and Song Lianxin had not been burned to death, so they could personally witness their current fate and see if they regretted it!
Just as they were speaking, Su Yourong gracefully approached.
Seeing Shen Jing, Su Yourong couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
She had truly never seen anyone with such good luck!
He had originally only intended to trick the Song family, but by a strange coincidence, he had exposed a major treason case!
This was an enormous merit!
If nothing unexpected happened, he should be able to become an official without even taking the imperial examinations.
Of course, even if the imperial court granted him an official position, it would most likely be a ceremonial one without real power.
But even a ceremonial official was still an official!
After this matter spread, he would probably be envied and jealous again.
While sighing, Su Yourong came before Shen Jing, "One good news, one bad news, which do you want to hear first?"
"Not..."
Shen Jing was speechless, "Why do you also like this kind of phrasing? Alright, tell me the good news first!"
Su Yourong's lips curved into a smile as she replied, "The good news is, Song Lianxin should not be dead."
"Not dead?"
Shen Jing and Chi Chi both showed surprise at the same time.
Such a big fire, and it didn't burn Song Lianxin to death?
Her life was too tenacious, wasn't it?
However, this didn't really count as good news, did it?
Of course, if they wanted to specifically go to Song Lianxin's presence to see her dishevelled state, perhaps that would be considered good news.
Su Yourong glanced at Shen Jing and continued, "The officials only found one charred body in the warehouse, which should be Song Jinshan's! Also, the officials found a small hole in a corner of the warehouse ruins, with bloodstains on the bricks next to it. Song Lianxin should have dug a hole there and escaped..."
Shen Jing was astonished.
Damn!
Song Lianxin's life was so tough, she was almost as resilient as he was!
She actually managed to escape even from that?
Amidst his surprise, a look of realization flashed across Shen Jing's face, "So, the bad news is that the officials haven't found Song Lianxin?"
Song Lianxin undoubtedly hated him to the bone.
If Song Lianxin wasn't dead, she would definitely try every means to retaliate against him.
Perhaps this was why Su Yourong defined it as bad news?
"Yes!"
Su Yourong nodded with a slight smile, "Currently, the officials are intensifying their search for Song Lianxin."
"If she's not found, then she's not found!"
Shen Jing said indifferently, "The entire city is sealed off, and she's injured, so she shouldn't be able to escape."
He still hoped Song Lianxin would be caught.
After all, if you don't cut the grass at its roots, it will grow back with the spring breeze!
Of course, if Song Lianxin could still escape under these circumstances, either the officials were too incompetent, or it was fate.
"That's true."
Su Yourong nodded in agreement, then asked curiously, "If Song Lianxin is caught, do you want to go and laugh at her?"
"Do I look like someone so petty?"
Shen Jing pouted, "At most, I'll just go to her and rub some salt in her wounds."
Upon hearing this, Su Yourong's face immediately darkened.
Alright!
She admitted, she had thought too highly of Shen Jing!
"Oh, and one more thing."
Su Yourong sat down, "Wang Zan is dead."
"Dead?"
Shen Jing looked surprised, "How could Wang Zan die?"
"What do you think?"
Su Yourong gave him an amused look, "You two fed Wang Zan so many potent aphrodisiacs and then locked him in a room; did you expect him to live?"
Speaking of this, Su Yourong couldn't help but feel a chill.
It was truly amazing they could come up with such a wicked trick!
Meeting him and Du Heng, Wang Zan was simply unlucky.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Shen Jing realized, "It was all Du Heng's doing; it has nothing to do with me!"
Damn!
Wang Zan's body was too weak!
The Iron Warrior took too many drugs and exploded to death?