Chapter 34 - 24: Return to the Grindstone Copy
During Xu Qing's retreat, there was no shortage of customers coming to the Funeral Shop to ask about geomancy, feng shui, and funeral services. These were all minor tasks for him. When they couldn't find the shopkeeper, they naturally went elsewhere.
The only noteworthy visitor was a coroner from the government office who suddenly came to visit.
"I thought Liu Youdao had left Linhe, but I didn't expect someone to still come looking for him."
"I just don't know what kind of old acquaintance this so-called friend is..."
After sending Wu Yaohua away, Xu Qing returned to the shop and began to ponder and deduce the events of the past few days.
The coroner from the patrol office, an old acquaintance of his mentor, had no connection with him, but Xu Qing wasn't worried.
When he inherited the Funeral Shop, he had already prepared his story. It's hard for people to lie convincingly, but if there's seven parts truth and three parts lies, even ghosts and gods would be hard-pressed to distinguish.
His apprenticeship was false, but his learning was real. As long as he had the corpse driving skills taught by the 'master,' who would doubt him if he claimed to be Liu Youdao's disciple?
Moreover, Liu Youdao was indeed killed by the evil people of the Celestial Heart Sect. Even on the surface, he would have an irreconcilable enmity with the Celestial Heart Sect!
Because this would be the expected reaction and mindset of a disciple who lost his mentor.
Only after thoroughly thinking through all possible issues and crafting corresponding solutions did Xu Qing set the matter aside.