Others don't know, but Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun know very well that the lord of this Okura City, the hall master of "Wanjin Hall", Sima Zhufeng, who is alias "Ma Feng", has already died in Nanquanzhuang in Guangdong, and the person who killed him is Cao Duyun.

After a moment of silence, Hua Bushi said, "Thank you Brother Zang for coming up with the idea for us, but I heard that Sima City Lord had left Okura Island a few months ago, and now he is not in the city, how can we find him to be the master?"

Zang Dong let out an "oh" and said, "Young Master Hua didn't say that I forgot, but I forgot, Sima City Lord is indeed not here now." But it doesn't matter, there are several elders in the 'Wanjin Hall', and the deputy hall master Xiong Bailing is also in the city. The law and order in Okura Castle has always been controlled by them, and the 'Bright Moon Society' has taken it so forcibly, they can't ignore it. ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ things in this world are sometimes a lot of strange coincidences.

On the same day, through the Luyuan Grand Canyon, on the way to Nanao Town, Sima Zhufeng's martial arts were lost, and he was chased and killed by many people, and he had to rely on the protection of the four major sects of Baidao in the Guangdong Realm, and he was thrilling every step of the way, and finally he could not escape the misfortune of being stabbed and died under the sword of Cao Duyun.

And now, in the Okura Castle built by Sima Chafeng, Cao Duyun is facing the same fate, and his martial arts are completely lost, but he needs to be protected by the Sima City Lord who was killed by him.

Sima Zhufeng is dead, and of course he can't protect anyone, but the "Wanjintang" he founded is still there, controlling everything in Okura City.

There is no official yamen in the city, and the "Wanjintang" is the official mansion. When Sima built Okura Castle in the wind, he had already set up a city rule, and all the shops and storefronts opened by merchants in Okura Castle had to report to the "Wanjintang", and at the end of each year, they had to pay profits and taxes according to their profits, ranging from a few taels to hundreds of taels of silver.

Although the "Vedic Tower" has not yet had time to pay taxes and silver, when it officially opened a few days ago, it had also reported to the city lord's mansion, so it should also be protected by the "Wanjintang". Now that the "Bright Moon Society" has deceived the door and forcibly demanded money, it is reasonable and reasonable, and "Wanjintang" should not ignore it.

After listening to Zang Dong's words, Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun also agreed that they should go to the City Lord's Mansion, and if they could get the help of the "Wanjin Hall", the matter would naturally be solved.

The castle lord's mansion, also known as the main altar of Mankindo, is located in the center of Okura Castle, at the intersection of Cross Street, and is a large and magnificent building. The blue bricks and blue tiles, the vermilion gate, if you talk about the scale and magnificence, it is by no means half a point worse than the palace of the prince in the imperial city of Beijing.

Outside the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, there stood a row of more than a dozen sturdy guards, all wearing dark yellow uniforms, wearing leather armor on their shoulders, and carrying long swords around their waists, much more majestic than the guards outside the yamen of the ordinary official mansion.

The doorman stopped Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun, who came to see him, and passed them in. After a long time, a steward who claimed to be surnamed Xu came out and led the two to the side hall.

This Xu steward is in his thirties, and judging by his dress, his status in the "Wanjintang" is not very high. After asking about his intentions, Steward Xu said that he had no right to deal with this matter, and that he had to invite the deacons and elders in the door to come, so he asked Hua Cao and the others to sit down in the hall for a while, and then walked into the inner hall to find someone.

This side hall is not very large, and the furnishings in the room are very simple, although it is not shabby, but it is obviously not the place to welcome distinguished guests. Only on the wall, a five-zhang long cursive ink treasure hanging, but it is still quite imposing.

There are four words written on the Mobao, "Ten Thousand Gold Returns", the handwriting is vigorous and powerful, the pen is arrogant like a sharp sword, and on the cinnabar imprint in the lower left corner of this word, the small character of the inscription is written "Jiangnan Sima".

It turns out that this handwriting was actually written by Sima Zhufeng himself! I think that after this Jiangnan swordsman obtained the treasure buried by the ancient pirate king Tuoba Qingtian on Whale Swallowing Island, he did not settle for pleasure, but determined to build a city, and spent a full fifteen years and exhausted the treasures worth ten thousand gold, and established a big city of this scale on this overseas desert island.

Since the port mall on the ocean has been built, it has become a transit hub for the ocean trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Western countries, and every year millions of silver taels worth goods are transported from the mainland and sold and traded here, and the "Wanjintang" led by Sima Zhufeng has also obtained a lot of wealth from it. The four words of "the return of ten thousand gold" contain the ambition and career of the city lord Sima Chafeng's life.

Seeing this painting, Hua Bushi remembered the scene of getting acquainted with Mr. Ma Da along the way on the journey to Nanao Town, and couldn't help but feel that things were dying in his heart.

However, Hua Bushi didn't have much heart to do it, and soon became anxious. He and Cao Duyun didn't come to the City Lord's Mansion to appreciate Mobao, but to seek the help of the "Wanjin Hall". The steward had led them into the hall, and he had gone away, and the pillar of incense in the censer had been burned, but he had not yet returned.

More anxious than Hua Bushi is Cao Duyun, now that time is pressing, Luo Gen and the "Bright Moon Society" will come to the door in three days, and the "Barking Sky Tower" will be occupied by them, and now it is not a way to spend half a day in this city lord's mansion.

Cao Duyun got up from the chair, walked to the door, and said to a member of the City Lord's Mansion who was guarding the door: "Why didn't Steward Xu come in to find someone, we have been waiting for a long time, how about you go to the inner hall to find him?"

The family said: "I'm sorry, the rules of the city lord's mansion, our subordinates can't enter the inner hall, probably because the person you want to see is busy, I think you are still waiting in the house." ”

Cao Duyun frowned, he couldn't imagine that although this city lord's mansion was not an official mansion, it was bigger than the shelf of the official mansion's yamen, and it was so difficult to see an elder. In fact, in the various yamen of the Ming Dynasty, those officials of all sizes played official tones and procrastinated their actions by ten times, but Cao Duyun's status was noble, and no one dared to play official in front of him.

And Hua Bushi stepped forward, but he was full of smiles, and said: "This little brother, we are waiting here in a hurry, you have nothing to do here anyway, why don't you go in and help us take a look, just go and ask if the manager Xu has found anyone, come back and tell us, and we will all accept your affection." ”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of broken silver weighing two taels from his pocket and stuffed it into the hand of the man.

After taking the silver, the family suddenly smiled, and said: "Don't worry, the two sons should stay here for a while, and I will go to the back hall to take a look." ”

Just now he also said that it was the rule of the city lord's mansion that people could not enter the inner hall, and in a moment this rule had been left behind by him, and his attitude towards Hua Bushi was also very different.

The Ding happily left the side hall and walked through the cloister into the back hall, and after a short time he came out again, but his face was full of gloom.

"This little brother, can the steward be in the back hall?" asked Hua Bushi.

"Hey, don't Tila! Steward Xu is inside, but the deacons and elders of the church are very busy and don't have time to come out to meet you, if the two sons are in a hurry, go back first, otherwise they should wait patiently!" said the family.

If the affairs of the elders of the "Wanjin Hall" were really busy and there was no time to meet customers, it would have been normal. It's just that Hua Bushi saw that the servant's face was depressed, and he didn't look angry at all, so he thought that he went in and was reprimanded, but his heart moved.

This Ding was just asked by the guest to go in and take a look, this is a normal thing, why is it so gloomy, and when he came out, he was perfunctory and refused to explain the reason, thinking that things are not so simple. According to the judgment of this eldest young master, it was most likely that the elder of the "Wanjin Hall" deliberately refused to come out to meet him, so he scolded the servant who ran in and had an affair.

Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun glanced at each other, and they already knew that each other was such a conjecture. He took out another piece of broken silver weighing two or three taels, handed it to the hand of the family, and said, "Little brother has worked hard, this bit of silver is not a tribute, so give it to the little brother as tea money!"

Although the family was greedy for money, he hesitated at this time and refused to answer, and said: "Don't be embarrassed, Childe, I won't go in to find someone again!"

Hua Bushi said: "Little brother, don't worry, I will only ask you a few words to inquire about the news, and I will not let you go in and scold again." ”

When the family heard this, he took the silver taels, but he snorted: "How did the son know that the little one went in and scolded him just now?"

Hua Bushi didn't answer, but asked, "Little brother went in just now, did you see the deacons and elders of your sect inside?"

The family said: "Yes, Steward Xu and Elder Deng Ran Deng are both inside, talking about things. Hey, if I knew that the two sons were here to sue the 'Mingyue Society' He Sanye, I would definitely advise you to go back as soon as possible, and I wouldn't have to help you go in to find someone, so I wouldn't have to scold Elder Deng for nothing. ”

Hua Bushi said: "Oh, could it be that the He Xilou of the 'Bright Moon Society' is so powerful that even the elders of your hall are afraid of him?"

That family Ding said: "I'm not afraid of him, do you know what the relationship between Third Master He and Elder Deng is?"

Hua Bushi asked, "What does it matter?"

The family Ding leaned his mouth closer and whispered, "He is Elder Deng's sworn brother! Not only Elder Deng, but also Xiong Bailing, the deputy hall master of our 'Wanjin Hall', is also a brother who worships with them!"

Hearing this, Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun were taken aback.

The "Bright Moon Society" is rampant and domineering in Okura City, and dares to blatantly blackmail, it must be relied on, and Hua Bushi did not think about it before this. But he didn't expect that the backstage of He Xilou turned out to be Deng Ran, the deacon elder of the "Wanjin Hall", and Xiong Bailing, the deputy hall master.