Qiaojia Dart Bureau occupies a whole street in Jinan, the vermilion lacquer gate is five zhang wide, the white marble lion is one zhang high, the style is extraordinary, even the common people say that the Jinan prefect Yamen is not so magnificent; Mingshan Jianmen relies on the snow mountain moat, covers an area of 40 hectares, refines the defense, the sect manages similar to the army, and the plain also practices the offensive and defensive formations, as if he regards himself as a prince who occupies an area as the king, and is completely not subject to local control. And the Phantom Fist Mansion is even better than these two places. The original name of this place was "Quancheng", and it was later renamed "Boxing City". The people of the boxing city do not worship the Jade Emperor, Rulai, Guanyin, there is only a boxing temple, built in the Chixia Mountain outside the city, covering an area of 40 hectares, worshipping the first and second generations of boxing gods, the incense is extremely prosperous all day long. Although there are still subordinate governors sent by the imperial court, it is really unimaginable that the subordinate prefectures should act according to the face of the Phantom Fist Mansion. You must know that the boxing city has been controlled by the Phantom Fist Mansion for more than a hundred years, and if the newly appointed magistrate does not get the approval of the Phantom Fist Mansion, he will not be able to sit down for even a day. And the last three subordinate states are the people of the Yang family of the Phantom Fist Mansion, which has completely replaced the local state capital and is in charge of the management of the fist city and the affiliated states and counties. The power of the Phantom Fist Mansion can be seen from this.

Yu Yan came to Boxing City for the first time, and several subordinates of the Qiao family, including Liude, Jianbo, and Qiao's family, accompanied him. When he arrived at the boxing city, Yu Yan saw it with his own eyes, and he had to sigh that if it wasn't for the fact that Liude came, it would be impossible for him to visit the Shadowless Fist God through normal channels. Unlike Qiao's dart bureau, Phantom Fist Mansion is built on the most prosperous street in Jinan, with a wide gate and a huge stone lion, which is very eye-catching. Because the Phantom Fist City is almost the "private property" of the Phantom Fist Mansion, there is no "mansion" in the strict sense of the Phantom Fist Mansion, and many buildings in the Phantom Fist Mansion are scattered in the Fist City, and it is impossible for ordinary people to know where the Shadowless Fist God lives. And since the people of Boxing City have an almost pathological worship of the Shadowless Fist God, it is not difficult for outsiders to learn about the deeds of the Shadowless Fist God or the Phantom Fist Mansion from them, but it is impossible to get an objective conclusion.

There are guards guarding the four gates of the boxing city, and only one city gate is usually opened. In addition to the guards, there are also disciples of the Phantom Fist Mansion who defend the city. The ranking of the disciples of the Phantom Fist Mansion is in the order of "generation". The current Shadowless Fist God is the third-generation descendant of the Phantom Fist Mansion, his three sons are the fourth-generation disciples, and the aforementioned He Kairui is the fifth-generation disciple of the Phantom Fist Mansion. Each generation of disciples has a chief disciple. The chief disciple of the fourth generation is Yang Tianen, the eldest son of the Shadowless Fist God, and the chief disciple of the fifth generation is He Kairui. The reason for this was mentioned earlier, the three sons of the God of Boxing, Tian'en, Huai'en, and Du'en, had seven daughters but none of them, and the Yang family did not have a male son when they reached the fifth generation, which was a thing that worried the Yang family. Now, the Yang family's plan is to recruit He Kairui and other outstanding disciples into the Yang family, and after giving birth to children, they will all be surnamed Yang, so as to continue the Yang family's incense. One side of the martial arts family, what is worried about is the continuation of the clan, which can't help but make people sigh. But this is also common sense, wanting to continue their incense is the idea of the vast majority of people, not to mention a wealthy family like the Yang family of the Phantom Fist Mansion, who wants something, can find a family of their own blood to inherit their own inheritance, such an idea is too common.

As soon as Yu Yan and Liude and the others arrived at the city gate, they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the city. Presumably their outfits don't look like locals. Liude stepped forward, glanced at the disciples of the Phantom Fist Mansion next to the soldiers—they were standing guard like the soldiers, but they were wearing the disciple uniforms of the Phantom Fist Mansion—and said, "We are from Jinan, and we want to meet Lao Yang of the Fist Mansion, so please let the little brother go in and report it." ”

There was a disciple who looked like a steward came over, looked up and down, and said, "There are more people called 'Lao Yang' here, are you looking for Lao Yang from Dinghai Gate, Lao Yang from Bingwu Gate, or Lao Yang from Wushen Gate, or are you looking for Lao Yang from No. 2 Yinzhuang or Lao Yang along the canal?"

As soon as Yu Yan heard this, he really had many disciples in this Phantom Fist Mansion. You must know that the "doors" that this person said just now are all marked by the heavenly stems and earthly branches, and there can be sixty combinations of the ten heavenly stems and the twelve earthly branches, which means that there are at least sixty branches under the Phantom Fist Mansion. Coupled with the institutions below that maintain the operation of the sect, such as the silver village, iron shops, water canals, and grain depots, the number of people in the entire Phantom Fist Mansion will be a huge number.

Liude said: "We are looking for Lao Yang in the steward's room. ”

The man was stunned for a moment and said, "Are you looking for the chief steward Yang Hu?"

Liude nodded and said, "Yes, we want to see Yang Hu." ”

As Yu Yan introduced before, the daily affairs of the Phantom Fist Mansion are handled by the steward's room, and only relatively large matters are reported to the old man of the Shadowless Fist God and the three future heirs of Yang Tianen, Yang Huaien, and Yang Duen. The Yang family has been operating in the local area for more than 100 years, and there are many clansmen, most of whom are attached to the Phantom Boxing Mansion, either practicing boxing or running a business. The old Yang that Liude is looking for, called Yang Hu, is the same generation as the Shadowless Boxing God, he worked in the steward's room when he was young, and now he has become one of the chief stewards, mainly responsible for the daily schedule of the boxing god and others. If you want to see the Shadowless Fist God, you must meet Yang Hu first, which is something that only those who know about the Phantom Fist Mansion know.

Yang Hu is an important steward in the Phantom Fist Mansion, and this gatekeeper disciple does not dare to accept it. He took the name of Liude, and said in his heart that these people must not be ordinary people, and said politely: "A few people, please go to the room to rest for a while, and I will report now." The room he was referring to was a small inn beside the main road inside the city gate, a place for people to rest and wait.

Liude knew that there were many levels within the Phantom Fist Mansion, and this briefing was estimated to take some time, so he said to Yu Yan: "Young Master Yu, let's go over there and wait first." Yu Yan also knew that this time could not be short, looking at the situation just now.

At this moment, a large group of men and horses galloped from a distance, and the soldiers guarding the gate recognized these horses and quickly flashed to both sides, looking respectful. The group seemed to have urgent matters to report, and did not seem to intend to stop at the gates, but galloped through them. Riding on the first horse was a young man, and when he crossed the city gate, he nodded at the disciples of the Phantom Fist Mansion who were guarding the gate on both sides, and he didn't expect to see Yu Yan and Liude. Yu Yan has seen these people from afar, they are all in the costumes of the Phantom Fist Mansion, and then looking at the number of people, it should be the team of Phantom Fist Mansion disciples who went to Jinan to worship Brother Qiao before. After seeing it, he naturally recognized the young man who was the leader, and this He Kairui, as the chief disciple of the fifth generation, attended Qiao Yisheng's funeral on behalf of the Phantom Fist Mansion, and Liude, as the principal, had contact with them.

Here's one thing to illustrate. Qiao Yisheng had known the Shadowless Boxing God, the third-generation head of the Phantom Fist Mansion, for decades, and had an excellent personal relationship. When the Shadowless Fist God practiced in his early years, he had a disorder of internal breathing, lost sensation in his lower limbs, and sat in a wheelchair and relied on his disciples to push him around, so he rarely went out. But even so, he has also gone to Jinan many times to find Qiao Yisheng to catch up, and the relationship between the two can be seen. Even the butler Liude is very familiar with the Shadowless Fist God and the Phantom Fist Mansion because of this. After Qiao Daxia was killed this time, the Phantom Fist Mansion sent a large number of people led by the chief disciples of the fifth generation to worship Qiao Yisheng, which seemed normal, but there was a pimple in Liude's heart. You must know that such a big thing happened to the Qiao family, with Qiao Yisheng's personal relationship with the Shadowless Fist God, it is normal for the Shadowless Fist God to come to Jinan in person to worship his old friends. Even if the Shadowless Fist God is really cold, then his three sons, the fourth-generation disciples of the Fist Mansion, and the future heirs of the Phantom Fist Mansion, Yang Tianen, Yang Huaien, and Yang Duen should also come to Jinan on behalf of the Phantom Fist Mansion for their father. However, now the Phantom Fist Mansion only sent five generations of disciple He Kairui as a representative to attend Qiao Yisheng's funeral, which was lower than expected by Liude before. In particular, Yu Yan also judged that the murderer of his brother-in-law had someone from the Phantom Fist Mansion, which made people even more suspicious of the role played by the Phantom Fist Mansion in the murder of Qiao Daxia. Rao is like this, Liude still received He Kairui and others with the highest standard, and it was expected that he didn't get any valuable news from He Kairui, but I heard that He Kairui would go to Minjiang later to celebrate the birthday of Qin Yugang, the Taiji dragon stick. The Qiao family does not have a deep friendship with Minjiang's Tai Chi Dragon Stick, and this time it happened to be such a big change, so naturally they didn't have the heart to go to Minjiang to participate in such an event.

When Yu De and Yu Yan saw He Kairui and the others, they just nodded slightly, but He Kairui was different, he was so shocked that he almost fell off the horse. I saw him hurriedly rein in the horse, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly to the front of Liude and Yuyan. The same gate behind him was about to rush through the city gate one by one, and when he saw He Kairui, who was the leader, suddenly stopped, he naturally hurried to rein in his horse, but the horses could not stop immediately, and the people behind hit the people in front of them, and the horse team was in a mess in front of the city gate for a while.

Yang Wanqiu is the second person to follow He Kairui, she has been following He Kairui closely in the horse team, and He Kairui turned the saddle and dismounted at will, she was the first to react. Yang Wanqiu knew Liude, and she hesitated in her heart, why did Liude, the housekeeper of the Qiao Family Dart Bureau, appear here now, you must know that now Liude should be the most unlikely person to go out in the entire Qiao Family Dart Bureau.

He Kairui didn't have the time to look at the same door behind him, he only had Yu Yan, the new top ten masters, and the head of the Qiao Family Dart Bureau. At the banquet of Minjiang Qin Yugang, when he heard that Yu Yan succeeded Qiao Yisheng as one of the top ten masters, he regretted that he missed meeting Yu Yan in Jinan, but now Yu Yan and Liude actually appeared in the boxing city, which he never expected. Of course, at this time, the people who entered and exited at the gate of the Fist City never expected that He Kairui, the leader of the five generations of disciples of the Phantom Fist Mansion, changed his usual calm and sophistication, and rushed to a team of strange strangers in a panic, and they saw what was impossible to happen in ordinary times.

He Kairui walked up to Yu Yan and Liude, and he first said to Yu Yan: "He Kairui, a disciple of the fifth generation of the Phantom Fist Mansion, is here to say hello to the top ten masters, Yu Yan Yu Hero. Then he said to Liude: "He Kairui, a disciple of the fifth generation of the Phantom Fist Mansion, is here to say hello to Uncle Liu. Yu Yan and Liao De glanced at each other, and Yu De spoke first: "He Shaoxia, this is just coming back from Minjiang?" At this time, Yang Wanqiu also walked in front of a few people, she bowed slightly, and said, "Uncle Liu, hello", she had seen Yu Yan, but she had never spoken, and she didn't know that Yu Yan was already among the top ten masters, so she just bowed slightly at Yu Yan. Yu Yan didn't speak, nodded his head, and still replied, "Hello Miss Yang." ”

He Kairui hurriedly replied: "Uncle Liu may not know that after we attended the birthday banquet of the Taiji Dragon Stick Qin Leader, we also participated in the funeral of the Qin Boss. ”

His words surprised both Yuyan and Liude. You must know that He Kairui returned to his master after Qin Yugang's "first seven", and they worked hard day and night, and the news they brought back was the earliest. Moreover, Minjiang does not have a semicolon of the Qiao family's dart bureau, so everything that happened in Minjiang must be slower for the Qiao family to know.

Qiao's family made a living by walking darts, Qiao Yisheng did not take darts easily during his lifetime, and only a very few darts could work him personally. The business in the game is more done by the dart masters. Qiao Yisheng is among the top ten masters, and there are many customers who come to Qiao's dart bureau to dart, and Liude has opened a lot of semicolons in various places. Some of them are soldiers who followed Qiao Yisheng at the beginning, some of them are masters who joined the dart game in the name of Mu Qiao Yisheng, and some are the children of the dart game, just like the sword wave, he has been practicing martial arts with Qiao Yisheng since he was a child, and he naturally became a backbone of the dart game when he grew up. These people supported the Qiao Family Dart Bureau, which not only made the Qiao Family Dart Game the largest dart game in the whole territory, but also made the Qiao Family Dart Game an important force in the rivers and lakes. And these semicolons are like the bunkers and sentry posts that the Qiaojia Dart Bureau has planted all over the territory, using their influence in the local area to continuously deliver all kinds of information to the Qiaojia Dart Bureau.

But this place in Minjiang is a bit special, it is one of the few areas that does not have a branch of Qiaojia Dart Bureau. Most of the reasons are because of the existence of "no one in ten arms", and a small part of the reason is because Minjiang is rich in products, the people live in peace, and there are basically no poor people. The caravan hired a dart bureau to escort the darts, mainly because the road was unsafe, and it cost some bodyguards to protect the safety, but the caravan passing through the Minjiang River did not have to worry. Although there are many contradictions between the "ten without one martial arts", they all claim to be chivalrous and righteous people, and take it as their responsibility to maintain the peace of the people of Minjiang, so the public security situation in Minjiang is very good. If the caravan wants to find a bodyguard, "Ten Warriors" can also take on such a business. For example, Cui Shizhuang and Ji Gudan both took their disciples to press darts and silver, and earned subsidies for the sect. And like Qin Yugang, his other identity is a big businessman who does the silk business of medicinal materials, and when he transports goods, the disciples of his own sect are enough, if he invites outsiders to escort the darts, won't he make Minjiang Wulin laugh off his big teeth. For such a relatively stable region, it is very difficult for foreign forces to enter. The Qiao Family Dart Bureau has never entered the Minjiang River, so it will naturally be slower to get the news here.

He Kairui knew that it was impossible to explain the Minjiang Rebellion in just a few sentences here, and he had not yet returned to his master, so it was inconvenient to immediately tell Yuyan, Liude and Pan the information he had. Besides, they had just met Yu Yan and Liude not long ago, and if there was anything, they would naturally tell themselves, but they were able to come to the boxing city in person, which must be for a more important matter, so the matter of Minjiang can be put on the go again. So he asked, "I wonder what happened to Yu Daxia and Uncle Liu coming to the boxing city?

Liude can also think of what he thinks, and He Kairui is quite thoughtful, it seems that this chief disciple of the fifth generation is not simple. He thought that just now he asked the disciple of the Phantom Fist Mansion to send a message to find Lao Yang, thinking that the level of the disciple who could guard the door would not be too high, and it would be better to let He Kairui lead the way. So he said: "We met Yang Hu, the chief steward, and just now we have already asked someone to hand over the door sticker." ”

He Kairui thought to himself, looking for Yang Hu is looking for the god of boxing, if it is an ordinary person, it must be difficult to see Yang Hu, but the material is different, Yang Hu must be arranged, he might as well be a personal favor, so he hurriedly said: "This is to say that, Uncle Liu and Qiao Daxia still need to hand over the door sticker when they come to the Phantom Boxing Mansion, isn't this killing us." Come on, come on, I'll lead the way, let's go straight to the steward's room. ”

As soon as he waved his hand, a disciple hurriedly led his horse, He Kairui invited it, and saw that Yu Yan and Liude and other people from the Qiao Family Dart Bureau turned over and got on the horse. After getting on the horse, he whispered to Yang Wanqiu: "I'll take them to see Old Uncle Yang first, you go to see my master or Uncle Huai'en, and give him this letter." As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Yang Wanqiu. Yang Wanqiu pouted and said, "I'm not going to pass the word." He Kairui knew that this eldest lady had a strange temper, and hurriedly reassured: "Uncle Liu has a good relationship with our Phantom Fist Mansion, and it is estimated that I will have to talk more to Uncle Yang, I am for your good, seeing that you have been out for so long, let you hurry up to see your father." Yang Wanqiu took the letter, turned around and rode away.

Yu Yan thought to himself, this He Kairui is also clever enough, that letter is related to the Minjiang matter, I originally wanted to go to the Phantom Fist Mansion to see the Shadowless Fist God first, and then go to Minjiang to investigate Qin Yugang, but I didn't expect that Qin Yugang was dead, this matter is very strange. He Kairui didn't say anything about the specific situation, he must have wanted to report to the master first, and listen to the master's opinion, it seems that there seems to be something between the Phantom Fist Mansion and the Qin family.

He guessed correctly, this letter was really He Kairui's general description of what happened in Minjiang. He Kairui is a thoughtful person, after Qin Yugang was killed, he was worried that he would be dragged by the Qin family to help, so he hurriedly wrote down everything that happened, and planned to send someone back to the Phantom Fist Mansion to report the news first. I didn't expect that I and the others would be able to leave after Qin Yugang's "first seven" ended, so the letter was not sent back. Now it is just right for Yang Wanqiu to hand over the letter to Master Yang Tianen and Uncle Yang Huaien and Yang Duen first, which can be regarded as informing the news in advance and making them prepared. You must know that it is important for Liude and Yu Yan to come to the Phantom Boxing Mansion, and with their influence, they will definitely see the Shadowless Boxing God and the master and uncle as soon as possible, and they may be ranked behind them before they can report this trip to the Minjiang River - Regarding the trip to Jinan, He Kairui sent someone to send the book back to the Boxing City on the way to the Minjiang River - so that not only the Boxing Mansion may be passive, but his own merits may also be ignored.

Yu Yan glanced at Liude, and Liude shook his head helplessly. Liude said before that he came to see Lao Yang in the steward's room, so He Kairui did not take himself to see the three brothers of the Yang family, but led himself to the steward's room, which is naturally understandable. But through Lao Yang, I am afraid it will take some time to see the Shadowless Fist God again. I originally wanted to be thoughtful for a few weeks, but I went around in vain. Originally, it was the same, but now that there is more information about Minjiang, I don't know it, but the Phantom Fist Mansion may prepare calmly, and this circle is a little worthless. But then again, even if you open your mouth to meet the Shadowless Fist God or the three brothers of the Yang family with He Kairui, it may have to go around in circles, and He Kairui can completely push it to Lao Yang again and let the steward arrange it, after all, this is the rule of the Phantom Fist Mansion. In the boxing city, you can't help yourself.