When I returned to Jinling Castle with Wu Saburo, it was the middle of August, three months after I left Jinling.

In just three months, Jiangnan martial arts has undergone earth-shaking changes. This crusade against the Netherworld God Sect, Xiaosheng's claims on the rivers and lakes were boiling, but in fact, the power of the Martial Arts Alliance was damaged to a certain extent.

In particular, Xie Shiting went to the capital to take up the post of head of the household department, and the original situation of the martial arts league, Wang, and Xie was a three-legged leader, but there were subtle changes. In the past three months, the Jinling Xie family has sprung up, gradually becoming the leader of the Jiangnan martial arts, and vaguely becoming the first martial arts family in the south of the Yangtze River.

As the saying goes, there are people in the court who are easy to do, and if one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven. Originally, some wall-riding factions in the city took refuge in the Xie family in Jinling, which made the Wulin League and the Wang family very uncomfortable.

Xiaosheng Jianghu updated some rankings, among which among the three sons of martial arts, Xie Junfan, the head of the Xie family, came from behind and ranked first. Sword idiot Aoki and Zhao Qiansun's only son Zhao Yu followed, while Huang Tianba, the golden dart, was removed from the three sons.

Thousands of miles away in the capital, the former governor and governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Hu Zongxian, arrived in the capital and was dismissed from the post of military department.

Hu Zongxian's charges against him have not been confirmed, he has a great reputation among the government and the opposition, and he is suspected of being a meritorious master, even if Zhu Runze wants to repair him, he can't be in a hurry. After all, Jiangnan is chaotic, if Hu Zongxian is done at this moment, it is inevitable that there will be suspicions of rabbits and dead dogs cooking and birds hiding their bows.

Hu Zongxian knew the news of the emperor, and this matter had been boiling in his brain recently, and the emperor deliberately handled the matter coldly. However, he secretly ordered the three secret agencies of Jinyiwei, Dengwenyuan, and Liumen to carry out an investigation. After Lu Zhongyuan, the head of the six gates, entered the palace to face the saint, the newly rebuilt seven doors were responsible for investigating the matter. It is said that the Thirteen Taibao had already left Beijing and were sent to two capitals and thirteen provinces to secretly investigate the matter.

However, it is not without good news. It is said that in the autumn of this year, Li Muge, who came from the Jiangnan School Palace, became famous in one fell swoop, and was hand-picked by the emperor to explore the flowers. Emperor Lingzong is the father of today's son Zhu Runze and the name of the former emperor Zhu Wuneng.

Although folk legend has it that Zhu Wuneng is still alive, and Zhu Runze also secretly sent people to investigate, according to the imperial court, the former emperor Zhu Runze had already died 30 years ago.

According to the Ming Dynasty system, the finishing of the living notes should be completed within three years after the death of the first emperor, but the living notes of Emperor Lingzong were delayed by Zhu Runze, and this work was not started until he returned to Beijing from his trip to Jiangnan this year.

These are all things that Zhang Youqian told me, since this kid recognized Taoist Liu Qingfeng as his master, his martial arts have advanced by leaps and bounds in three months, and he is vaguely about to break through the realm of knowledge. In order to achieve this realm, he made a bloody investment, what kind of genius treasure, panacea, like cabbage into the stomach, but I am in a dangerous situation, just breaking through the realm of knowledge.

As soon as I thought of this, I was very envious, and I even wrote a manuscript "On the Importance of Practicing Martial Arts and Having a Good Father" and submitted it to "Bagua Weekly", but it was ruthlessly rejected by Zhang Youqian.

On this day, I competed with Zhang Youqian, and his martial arts entered the country quickly, but after all, he lacked actual combat experience, so I subdued him after 30 moves. He was still not convinced, and said that if my cheap master had guided me for a few more days, you would definitely not be my opponent.

I wondered, why didn't I see the sword idiot Aoki and your master?

Zhang Youqian stretched out five fingers and said fifty thousand taels.

What do you mean?

Zhang Youqian said that the old guy spent 50,000 taels of silver on me this month, and when he saw that my private money was gone, he used the excuse of going back to Wudang Mountain to ask for elixir for me, and patted my cheap senior brother on the ass and left. I said it's not bad, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, and no one will suffer.

With my arrangement with Zhang Youqian, Wu Saburo quickly completed the procedures for joining the six doors, but the official document went to Zhuge to use the seal, but it was stuck, and the reason was to carry out a background check on Wu Saburo.

I know that there must be a cat in it, after we entered Jinling, Luo Youdao, the prefect of Songjiang, sent someone to send a letter to Feng Linggan of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and Zhuge Baked Cake and Feng Linggan have always been very close, so it is very likely that Feng Linggan is making trouble in it.

Wu Saburo was very angry about this and asked why he didn't hand over the report letter.

I have also discussed this matter with Zhang Youqian, just with a report letter, it will definitely not be able to bring down Feng Linggan, after all, he is a young eunuch, subordinate to the inner palace, and is responsible for collecting money for the inner court.

This report letter, even if it has to be handed in, who will submit it is also a science. At least we can't report it, choose to choose, there are two most suitable people, one is the new governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zhao Zhenji, and the second is Jinling Tongzhi Min Qiuye.

The former is a feudal official, and if he reports this report letter to the capital, this will naturally be full of weight. However, Zhao Zhenji is in a high position and is a newcomer, so he will not act rashly until he has completely taken me.

As for Min Qiuye, he is upright and jealous, so he should be the best candidate.

However, he has not had a good time recently, he has taken office as a new official, and he has done things a little arbitrarily, and even arrogated Song Haiquan to make a lot of reports that have crossed the level, which has aroused the dissatisfaction and exclusion of the old prefect Song Haiquan. At this time, if you go to him again, with his character, he will definitely not refuse, but it is difficult to say what the effect will be. So after much consideration, we decided to stay put.

It's August 15th.

According to custom, we should visit the yamen before the Mid-Autumn Festival and walk around the boss's house. However, I am not very interested in this kind of officialdom etiquette, as for Zhang Youqian, he will not do these gift-giving things, Jiang Nan, Liu Yishou and others came to give us gifts, but we were also turned away.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the August Festival in Jinling, there has always been the custom of walking the moon, appreciating the lanterns, touching the autumn, fighting incense, at night, the girls and women who are not out of the door have also come out to enjoy the lanterns, especially popular in the area of Confucius Temple.

On this day, the yamen was also on duty early, and I and Zhang Youqian, a foreign wanderer, were rarely idle, so we made an appointment to have a reunion dinner together, and then went to the Confucius Temple to enjoy the moon and go shopping. When we were ready to set off, there was a humane at the door, may I ask where Su Zhutou and Zhang Zhutou are?

I saw that the person who came was white-faced and beardless, wearing a camel-colored eunuch uniform, and looked very respectful. I said that we are, I don't know who this father-in-law is?

The eunuch said respectfully, our family was sent by Feng Linggan, the young supervisor of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and Feng Gonggong said that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the two headcatchers have no relatives in Jinling City, so they want to invite the two to a small gathering, and they are willing to enjoy the light.

After that, I handed over two gilt invitations, which were written "Six Doors Jianghu Si Su is still here/Zhang Youqian Taiqi", and inside were some polite words inviting to the banquet. I said in my heart that this Feng Linggan is also interesting, he is a young eunuch of the inner court, from the fourth grade, his position is five or six levels higher than me and Zhang Youqian, and he actually uses the word "Taiqi" to invite him as an equal, which is somewhat unexpected for the two of us.

Zhang Youqian said impatiently, tonight we made an appointment to go to the Qinhuai River to visit the painting boat, so we won't bother Gonggong Feng.

The eunuch said, what a coincidence, Gonggong Feng chartered the largest painting boat on the Qinhuai River tonight, and invited the most famous official in Jinling City, if he didn't go, wouldn't it be a pity.

Zhang Youqian said that if you people who have no eggs go to prostitution, and they won't make people laugh when they spread the word? Lao Tzu is not short of your money.

This was a little unpleasant, but the eunuch did not move at all, and only took out a dagger from his bosom.

Seeing this, Zhang Youqian even said What are you doing, do you still want to do it?

The eunuch shook his head and smiled, Gonggong Feng said, this invitation is to discuss with the two of you about the future of the martial warrior of the six gates, if you can't invite the two of you, let me go back to see him with my head.

This is an understatement, as if it were a trivial matter. This eunuch is not chaotic in the face of danger, and he is neither humble nor arrogant, I can't help but be impressed, and asked, I don't know what my father-in-law is called?

The eunuch bowed slightly, our family was originally a hard-working child, originally surnamed Wu, and swept the floor in the Forbidden City of Jinling, and then Feng's father-in-law gave him the surname Feng, a single name treasure. I nodded and said Grandpa Feng, please lead the way.

Zhang Youqian was puzzled, what is there to say about eating with a group of eunuchs.

I saw Feng Bao waiting outside the door very interestingly, and then he said: Feng Linggan knows that we have evidence against him in our hands, and today's meal, I'm afraid it's not that simple. Zhang Youqian said that we should not go.

I shook my head and said, "No, no." He was afraid that we did not hand over the report letter, so he wanted to use this opportunity to make peace with us. If you don't enter the tiger's den, we have to go and see what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of this dead eunuch.

When I came to the Qinhuai River, it was already the time to hold the lamp. After nightfall, the streets gradually became more and more crowded. Three or five women meet in groups to visit the Confucius Temple at night and walk the streets and alleys. When passing by the Jianzi Bridge, many people stood on the bridge, smashed the clay pot under the bridge, and fell into the river.

Zhang Youqian asked, what kind of custom is this?

I shook my head, saying that I didn't know, but Feng Bao saw it, and said lightly: On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, after the Jinling people visited the Confucius Temple at night, they came to the Jianzi Bridge and smashed the clay pot, which means "seeing the son", which is also a custom.

I praised, Grandpa Feng knows so much.

Feng Bao said that Su Zhutou praised it falsely, but he just heard his family say it when he was a child.

Although the words were light, there was a sadness on his face. These people were poor when they were young, they were sold into the palace by their parents, and they became eunuchs, and since then they have cut off their heirs, and they are also considered unfilial people in the clan.

Turning the Champion Bridge, I listened to a large painting boat by the river. The dragon and phoenix are carved on the painting boat, the lights are bright, and the sound of silk and bamboo faintly comes, it is the largest painting boat in Jinling City. This butterfly boat is very famous in Jinling City, and it is said to be the shelter of Liu Jingrong, the head of the four Yans of Qinhuai.

We got on the painting boat, but saw Feng Linggan standing at the bow of the boat, and when he saw us coming, he smiled and said, "Two heads, don't come unharmed."

I sent a box of moon cakes bought from Daoxiang Village, and Zhang Youqian took out a box from his arms, saying Father-in-law Feng, the first time we met, there was nothing to bring, this is the inspiration moment of the new model of the Jieshi Gang this year, just in response to your name, a little meaning, not a tribute.

Feng Linggan's face turned pale.