The pattering cold rain transformed into the warm sun of midday. As the sun of the seventh day of the ninth month rose into the sky, Jiangning City had been clear for several days.

The heavens cooperated, temporarily improving the muddy road conditions in the city. The improvement in public order and the official opening of the Heroes' Convention brought many more pedestrians to the streets of Jiangning. Now, the closer one got to the center of Jiangning, the denser the crowds became… Many of the taverns and teahouses that had seemed tense before were now showing a scene of full houses and a constant stream of customers. Even though small-scale disturbances still occurred from time to time, large-scale chaos had temporarily ceased.

Around the hour of Chen (7-9 AM), Yan Yunzhi walked out of the inn where she was staying.

The assassin's daughter was dressed in relatively plain gray clothes, her long hair wrapped in a blue headscarf, holding a broad-sheathed long sword that was showing its age. At first glance, she looked like an unremarkable, rebellious young man just entering the martial world. Although her figure was somewhat short and thin, many people in this era were underfed.

The ribs that had been broken during the chaos at Golden Tower had been set for several days, and there was no major impediment to her daily activities, but she would still feel pain during strenuous exercise.

That chaotic night made her more clearly aware of the real gap between her and the masters of the Green Forest. But on the other hand, the experience between life and death had more firmly stripped away the initial impulsive emotions caused by anger in her heart, allowing her to feel the surrounding environment with a more calm and rational mind.

In the past few days, she had been walking in the nearby streets, and she no longer had the sharp aura that had been evident in her expression a few days ago. She was more like an ordinary person naturally integrated into the surroundings. If the Golden Tower incident were to happen again, it would not be possible to completely escape the observation of masters like Jin Yongsheng and Li Yanfeng, but at least the probability of hiding would increase by a few points.

She also had a deeper understanding of the many practice principles of the family's "Tan Gong Sword."

She bought several copies of the day's newspapers at a teahouse near the street corner, and then went to the teahouse next door to read the newspapers while eating breakfast.

At this time, the sun was warm, and the teahouse in the morning was noisy. There were many people from all walks of life looking at newspapers and talking loudly. Jiangning City's newspapers had only appeared half a year ago. For the past few months, they had rarely published anything serious. Most of the content was either hearsay gossip or vulgar novels from the Southwest. It was not until the Heroes' Convention was held in September that many articles turned to the life stories of the emerging heroes, which made the newspapers a little more focused.

This was a promotional technique learned from the Southwest last year, mostly paid for by one side of the Fairness Party. However, the inflammatory words and fabricated life stories, coupled with some ritualistic unique skill names like "Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms," could still make the city's enthusiasts boil with excitement.

In addition, the black list information at the end of some newspapers, which collected reward wanted information that could make money, was enough for the Green Forest people in the city to piece together a grand outline of the martial world.

The people at the tables next door were discussing these things.

"...Yesterday afternoon, this Wang Xiangfo who appeared on the Bing-Six arena, let me tell you, he is extraordinary. He had already made a name for himself in the Southwest last year... Elder Liutong specially commented on his martial arts back then..."

"...Yes, yes, this Wang Xiangfo is nicknamed 'Fist Maniac.' His martial arts are really amazing. He has already reached the Grandmaster realm... Wasn't there a 'Iron Fist' Ni Po from King Equality a few days ago, who claimed to have practiced his two fists to the realm of perfection and was originally a favorite to win the championship? But when he met Wang Xiangfo, he was beaten into a bloody mess... He couldn't stand up..."

"...The martial arts competition has just begun, and the list of masters has not been released yet, but the gambling tickets in the Mandarin Duck Workshop vaguely reveal that this Wang Xiangfo can be ranked in the top ten on the Grandmaster list. The black list that was listed a few days ago based on rewards also has roughly this position for the top name..."

"...Hey, hey, the black list may not be accurate. Now, the one at the top of the list is a murderer who killed someone under Liu Guangshi... Although the newspaper says his lightness skill is comparable to 'Cold Crow', but the specific name is not clear. How can you compare that... It's just empty talk..."

"...The second-ranked Lianshan Bandit is not empty, right? This person loves to slaughter families with a bloody saber. It is said in the Green Forest that his saber technique is implicitly chasing the Overlord Saber of the past... I think Wang Xiangfo may not be able to beat this Lianshan Bandit..."

"...One uses fists and the other uses a saber. Of course, the one who uses the saber looks fiercer..."

"...The black list is just something you pay to get on. You people are just bored... Evil deeds depend on ruthlessness. A martial arts master's reward may not be high. For example, if you kill the Southwest Heart Demon's son, who has no strength to tie a chicken, it won't take much effort, right? Your reward will definitely be number one in the world. And this black list only lists bad people in Jiangnan. It's not objective..."

"...Yes, yes, if you talk about it in terms of reward, do you know Zou Xu? General Liu Guangshi has spent so much effort and money to please the Southwest in the past two years, buying countless military supplies, spending no less than tens of millions of taels. The Southwest side told him that if you kill Zou Xu, two-tenths of this money will be returned to you. I... Just think about how much Zou Xu is worth? Can you say that Zou Xu is the number one in the world on the black list? Can he fight Cult Leader Lin?"

"...Hey, I have something to say about this. If you really want to talk about paying to get on the black list, then the number one on the black list is actually very convincing... Think about it, who is more hated than Mr. Ning of the Southwest? He killed the emperor. Back then, the Central Plains sent a million-strong army to reward him. Now, do you see, Heart Demon and Cult Leader, can they be compared? 'Iron Arm' Zhou Tong was a close friend of Heart Demon, and it is said that they had a three-fist agreement at their first meeting. Both sides went all out and used their strongest three fists. After three fists, no one could do anything to the other; later, 'Fierce Yama' Lu Tuo, who was so arrogant, also met Heart Demon and was directly killed by a move called 'Sky Flipping Seal'..."

"...Heart Demon and Cult Leader, they are indeed comparable in martial arts, but Mr. Ning has been in charge of government affairs in the Southwest for many years and has not made many moves. It is inevitable that he has regressed a bit..."

"...Let me say something fair... Heart Demon is just a special case. The ones below are indeed piled up with money. It just depends on how much money the enemy has. The black list is just about who is hated... Look at the two in the top ten or so, Five-Foot Fiend and Four-Foot Fiend, they are not very old, but the things they do are despicable. They pick flowers, use some sleeping pills, and sneak into rooms at night. How high can their martial arts be..."

"...That's not how you say it. These Five-Foot and Four-Foot Fiends are not ordinary perverts. Their sect is very powerful—"

"...Don't talk nonsense. Where in the world would there be a sect of perverts."

"...You don't understand this... If there were no Big Perverts, how could Little Perverts be born!?"

"...Hahahahahahahahahahaha..."

People were chattering and showing off their wit, and the teahouse was filled with an atmosphere of joy. In this atmosphere, Yan Yunzhi roughly read the newspapers and calmly covered the papers with the smell of ink after seeing the rewards for the two Fiends.

She couldn't get too much serious news from these newspapers, but as long as the reward was still there, it might prove that that strange guy was still alive.

After a while, the Han Ping and Han Yun brothers, whom she had arranged to meet earlier, came up from downstairs. They were also people with their own missions in Jiangning City. Recently, the three of them had been meeting every day or two, which also brought Yan Yunzhi some relatively reliable sources of information.

However, since King Equality He Wen entered the city at the end of August, there had not been many bizarre changes in the official information in Jiangning City. On the first day of September, He Wen put forward several key issues at the internal conference of the Fairness Party. By the third day, at the second meeting, various forces began to successively put forward their own demands, and then the various parties began to negotiate and collude privately.

In the general direction, the basic demand to gather together, seek common ground while reserving differences, and twist all forces into one rope still existed. The solution, of course, was to refer to the experience of the Southwest and form a representative assembly where all parties "discuss and come to a consensus." The demands of the five parties were all retreated a bit, and they discussed a basic gameplay that everyone could tolerate. This was the common practice of officials, and it was also the most likely thing to happen next.

Once passed, the cohesiveness of the Fairness Party would further increase. The forces of the five parties or even more parties that had fought independently in the past would temporarily be attributed to a unified regime. They might truly become one of the strongest forces in the world. In terms of numbers, they might even vaguely be superior to the Huaxia regime in the Southwest, and their combat power was not weak either.

Some unexpected undercurrents also existed naturally.

For example, the forces of "King Yama" Zhou Shang, who killed people like hemp and acted most extreme, were also the most thorny in the performance of these meetings. After He Wen put forward several basic issues of the Fairness Party at the meeting on the first day, the other three mostly had ulterior motives and used lip service to smooth things over, but in retrospect, they all put forward their own demands and vaguely had the attitude of concession and negotiation. Only Zhou Shang's faction directly said at the meeting that "correction must be overcorrected," and even said that the attitude of the other families was not good enough and that they were not doing things purely enough.

In the days that followed, the "King Yama" faction repeated this point of view, and it was said that the attitude shown in private was also quite tough. Some even said "If we want to merge, we must do it according to our method," becoming the most unpopular party among the five major factions.

In the past, people criticized the extreme nature of King Yama, but there were also unpopular rumors circulating in private that Zhou Shang himself paid close attention to Mr. Ning's ideas in the Southwest. After careful consideration, he believed that He Wen and Ning Yi were too pedantic and did not understand human nature enough, and would inevitably fail, so he chose such an extreme means of action. At this time, it really had such a possibility.

Of course, the most important consideration for ideas on a practical level is whether they work. Zhou Shang's extremism brought the "King Yama" faction a first deduction of points. On the seventh day of September, after the three rounds of the Jiangning City conference, people believed that the most likely development next was for the five parties to compromise with each other and then form a regime. If they couldn't, it might be that the four parties of He Wen, Gao Chang, Xu Zhaonan, and Shi Baofeng would divide up Zhou Shang's side, eliminate the thorn, and then combine again.

Because of this speculation, some small forces that had originally taken refuge in Zhou Shang had been wooed by other parties for several consecutive days, but Zhou Shang remained unmoved. Some people even firmly believed that once the war started, his people would become more and more numerous.

Relatively speaking, King Equality He Wen's side, who had various rumors before entering the city, had a steady style. In addition to being slightly tougher when throwing out questions, he had been carefully listening to the views of all parties and saying some words that were deeply in line with the essence of alliance. This behavior gave all parties a great sense of stability. As long as King Equality himself didn't court death, the overall situation of the Fairness Party's alliance could always be maintained. Even if there was a thorn like Zhou Shang, the worst case was just to kill him, but if King Equality himself really had some rebellious ideas, the entire Fairness Party banner would fall apart, which was a truly possible bad result.

"...However, King Equality has not yet thrown out his overall plan. Everyone thinks that he may have to wait until everyone's attitude is clear before throwing out a less offensive method for everyone to discuss..."

Among the "brothers" two, Yue Yinping, who was disguised as Han Ping, ate breakfast while clearly and logically telling Yan Yunzhi these messages.

"...As for your family's situation, we also specially inquired about it. Yan Tie and Yan Erxia have participated in the second conference of the Fairness Party through the introduction of Shi Baofeng... In this case, whether for the sake of face or substance, I don't think Shi Baofeng will let the Yan family suffer too much. As long as Miss Yan doesn't show up, their Shi family is the party at fault, so you don't have to worry too much about your family. Just watch this good show in peace."

After the chaos at Golden Tower that night, Yan Yunzhi's mentality had undergone some changes.

She was only seventeen years old this year and had experienced some things in the past. Coming out of Yan Family Fort all the way, her heart was naturally proud on the whole. However, the changes in Tongshan, coupled with the numerous discussions after entering the city, made her very uncomfortable. Then, the frivolousness shown by Shi Weiyang, who might marry her as a husband, made her unbearable. In a fit of anger, she ran away and wanted to do something to avenge Li Yanfeng or Long Aotian and solve these two culprits who put her in an embarrassing situation.

But the battle at Golden Tower finally made her see the gap between fantasy and reality. Li Yanfeng just hit her with a stick, and her ribs were broken, making it almost impossible to escape. The baleful aura shown by the boy named Long Aotian in the battle with Li Yanfeng, and even the various postures shown by the masters on the long street, were things she could not touch in a short time. She finally realized where she was at the moment.

In the past, when practicing "Tan Gong Sword Technique" at home, her fathers often said that the way of assassination was to defeat the strong with the weak. As long as you find the opportunity and observe keenly, even a martial arts grandmaster can be killed if caught off guard. She used to think of her martial arts in this way, but in that chaotic and violent situation, she truly realized that with her current knowledge and cultivation, even if she wanted to defeat the strong with the weak, she could not seize that kind of experienced timing.

If she wanted revenge and justice, she needed higher martial arts. This kind of martial arts cultivation could not be increased by a little imagination in her mind.

After realizing these things, she adjusted her goals for this trip to Jiangning City. She did not plan to rush to assassinate Li Yanfeng. As for Long Aotian from the Southwest, she wanted to find an opportunity to question him, but she also understood that she could not kill him in the short term. She left home because of that breath and no longer fulfilled the marriage contract with Shi Weiyang. This choice was correct, but what she would face next was probably a longer journey in the martial world. Someday in the future, she would get these justices back one by one.

After thinking clearly about these things, she thanked the two brothers Tan Ping and Tan Yun and apologized for her immaturity in going to Golden Tower to watch the excitement.

On the other side, Yinping originally only helped this rescued girl out of a sense of chivalry. Her actions on the long street outside Golden Tower were just a help within her ability. But after seeing her change of heart, she became more appreciative of her.

At this moment, Yinping, who was nearly twenty years old, had spent her entire girlhood in the turbulent military life like Yue Yun. Women's minds matured earlier. She had experienced the killing on the battlefield and was also responsible for handling many military affairs. In martial arts, as the orthodox heir to Zhou Tong's Five-Step Thirteen Spears, she was rarely defeated by young people. The statement that Yue Yun had joked about sending her into the palace to become a "princess" was originally because her mind and knowledge made her the most suitable person to become Junwu's personal guard.

Of course, firstly, because a trusted general like Yue Fei needed to avoid suspicion, and secondly, because Junwu, who had become stable, was unwilling to ruin a girl's life in this way, this idea was not implemented. But compared to her younger brother Yue Yun, who was born with divine power and a brain full of muscles, this sister was truly a heroine with both literary and martial talents and outstanding knowledge.

For her, a girl showing some impulse or courage because of a momentary impulse was not something that could make her look at her with new eyes. The possibility that impulse and courage would lead to death was much greater than the possibility of making people mature.

But after this courage and impulse, being able to calm down again and carefully think about and measure the true side of this world meant that her future had the possibility of truly accomplishing something. So at this point, Yinping's attitude towards Yan Yunzhi had changed from the past bystander to more appreciation.

She and Yue Yun came with Zuo Xiuquan, and of course, they also had the task of forming alliances on the surface. Yesterday, while inquiring about news, she inquired about the Yan family's information. She said it at this time to reassure Yan Yunzhi slightly. Then, the three of them talked about some rumors outside the big picture. Among them, there were extreme remarks about the "Reading Society" and some actions of emerging factions such as the "Big Dragon Head" outside the five major factions. Then, Yue Yun also talked about a rumor that had a certain relationship with Yan Yunzhi.

"...The news I heard last night, I can't say whether it's true or false right now, said that yesterday afternoon, Meng Zhuotao and that Monkey King Li Yanfeng had a fierce fight on King Reincarnation's side."

"Meng Zhuotao..." Yan Yunzhi frowned and thought, "He and Li Yanfeng... why did they fight?"

"It is said that Gu Anhe, the envoy of Liu Guangshi, was assassinated at Golden Tower that night. Several of Meng Zhuotao's junior brothers and sisters participated in it. Later, when they couldn't catch the murderer, Li Yanfeng, as the deputy envoy, made things difficult for Meng Zhuotao on the pretext. 'King Reincarnation' Xu Zhaonan promised a lot of benefits to make Li Yanfeng shut up. Li Yanfeng took advantage of everything, and various parties have been wooing him recently, so his momentum is very high. On the other hand, Meng Zhuotao has not handed over several junior brothers and sisters, and there has been a lot of discussion in private. Li Yanfeng is young and energetic, and may have been a little carried away. Yesterday, he may have said a few wrong words, so Meng Zhuotao directly opened his mouth to ask for advice on Li Yanfeng's White Ape Tongbi."

"'Measuring Ruler' specializes in weapons, and Li Yanfeng's own strength is his hand skills." Yan Yunzhi said, "Then what happened later?"

"I heard that Xu Zhaonan did not stop it, and Lin Zongwu did not express his opinion. Everyone comes out to do things, and it's originally a matter of showing the truth with their hands. So even if Meng Zhuotao was making things difficult, Li Yanfeng also nodded and agreed. As a result... the two sides fought empty-handed, and 'Monkey King' Li Yanfeng vomited blood and fell to the ground. He was defeated miserably."

Yue Yun smiled hehe here, and Yan Yunzhi widened her eyes. She remembered Meng Zhuotao she saw outside Golden Tower that night. The other party was injured on his shoulder. Although she could see his power, he had been relatively passive in the subsequent battles. Because of this, Yan Yunzhi had not felt the threat and pressure from that person like Li Yanfeng, but she really did not expect that even without the long ruler in his hand, he could still beat Li Yanfeng, who was famous for his monkey fist, to the point of vomiting blood.

How high was this person's kung fu?

"This matter only happened last night." Yue Yun said, "Right now, I can't completely determine whether this news is true or false, but if it's true, it should spread in the city this afternoon... Hey, at Golden Tower that night, he first killed Monk Tanji, and later seriously injured a junior brother. Afterwards, I always felt that he was a little perfunctory. If I have the opportunity, I should have a good fight with him..."

Yue Yun was young and energetic, and had been practicing boxing for many years. He was full of energy. These days, he had met a master and couldn't wait to single him out. It was a pity that he came here with a mission this time, and he was also Yue Fei's son, so his identity was sensitive, and he couldn't act willfully. Right now, he could only satisfy his desire in various discussions. Yan Yunzhi listened carefully on the side.

He commented on Li Yanfeng and then commented on Meng Zhuotao. After a while, the topic expanded and he talked about the master named Wang Xiangfo in the martial arts competition, saying: "This person's martial arts are not bad." He babbled and fantasized about how to fight him and showed his profound martial arts cultivation. Yan Yunzhi listened carefully on the side.

In this way, the sun was higher, and the atmosphere inside and outside the teahouse was noisy. Jiangning City was another day of the martial arts competition being held lively. At this time, the actions of all parties in the city were restrained. The contradictions and infighting in August seemed to have disappeared. The people of the Fairness Party were waiting for this conference to achieve a smooth result and then gather greater strength. Only in the hearts of certain people in the upper echelons of the Fairness Party at this moment, certain uneasiness and anxiety were slowly brewing.

Near noon on this day, an inconspicuous clue was slowly extending forward in a place that was almost forgotten.

……

"Damn... Get out! Get out—"

The sun was about to rise to midday. A courtyard in Juxian Residence in Zhong'an Square heard the violent voice of a young man.

As two women who had hurriedly dressed themselves fled in a panic, Shi Weiyang's empty, lonely, and angry face was revealed in the room of the courtyard.

Far and near, this entire courtyard seemed quite quiet at this moment.

After He Wen entered the city, the various parties ended the early stage of building momentum and attracting people and entered a new, more intense, and more cautious game stage. And on the surface, the main venue of the martial arts competition in the city had begun to fight. Every day, whether to watch the excitement or to build relationships and collude, people's stage had gathered to more lively public areas. Similar collusion dramas inside Juxian Residence had temporarily come to an end.

Because of this, as the sun rose, the various people who had originally stayed here and feasted every day had now gone to various lively places in the city, mainly the main venue of the competition - they naturally chose to get in touch with King Equality, connect and ally, and learn more about each other when they came to Jiangning.

After this basic foundation was stabilized, in the next step, people would naturally not mind knowing more heroes and heroes in a larger world. Maybe someone would offer a higher price or some business would be more suitable to join. Anyway, at worst, they could return to King Equality's side, so they would not lose money anyway.

But on the other side, Shi Weiyang had been locked at home for several days since He Wen entered the city.

Because of the group fight incident at the Five Lakes Inn, Shi Baofeng was furious and scolded Shi Weiyang in front of everyone. Then, under the guise of venting his anger for King Equality, he executed military law on him and gave him twenty solid strokes with the board. He said to the outside that his buttocks were bruised and he couldn't get out of bed, but in reality, it was just a small injury and he was locked at home, forbidding him to cause trouble again.

Since that day, the situation in Jiangning City had changed rapidly, and the excitement of all parties had increased day by day. Others could go out and talk about the excitement outside when they came back, the competition on the arena, or some underground disputes, and they were very excited. But Shi Er Gongzi, who had always been in the center of the storm, only felt that he had been abandoned. Even if some flatterers occasionally came over to praise his bravery and fearlessness, Shi Weiyang always felt that the other party was mocking him secretly.

After staying at home for several days, he finally couldn't bear it on the seventh day of September.

He drove away the two women who didn't know why he was suddenly angry. Shi Weiyang, in a state of post-coital clarity, felt the emptiness of the surrounding courtyard and felt a burst of sadness in his heart. Then he called his personal follower: "Have these people gone out... Is the martial arts competition outside so good?"

Such a life-threatening question was naturally not easy to answer. Fortunately, the follower had been with him for a long time. After a slight hesitation, he said: "Actually, Gongzi Wu is still here. For some reason, he hasn't gone out these days."

"Oh?" Shi Weiyang frowned slightly, "Chen Nan... has a lot of friends on weekdays. Why hasn't he gone out? Is he sick?"

"That's not the case. He looks fine."

At this time of war and broken order, the entertainment life of all parties in society was relatively poor. Even as a Gongzi of the second generation of the high-level Fairness Party, the basic mode of entertainment was to call friends and gather together to have fun. This was partly because the atmosphere was good, and partly because in this chaotic world, the weak were prey to the strong. If they encountered any tough nuts to crack while having fun, everyone could gather together and take care of each other.

Wu Chennan, whom Shi Weiyang mentioned, was a friend he had known for many years. They played together a lot when they were young. In the past two years, Shi Baofeng had taken advantage of the Fairness Party's opportunity to jump from a middle-level merchant to a top leader in the world. Shi Weiyang's status had also risen, and there were many people around him who flattered him. He spent less time playing with Wu Chennan.

At this time, learning that the other party was still staying here, Shi Weiyang hurriedly asked his follower to invite him over.

After a while, a young man with a handsome and delicate appearance came over. This person had a smile on his face and an outstanding scholarly aura, which was somewhat different from the various playmates who had been around Shi Weiyang recently.

"Weiyang."

"Chennan."

Wu Chennan cupped his hands in salute, and Shi Weiyang trotted over and held the other party's hands, saying: "The city is lively. Why didn't Chennan go out to play?"

"Brother Shi is still under house arrest. What's the fun of Chennan going out alone?"

"Chennan..."

Shi Weiyang was immediately moved. In the past few months, his status had risen sharply, and there were more and more friends around him. He had almost forgotten about his introverted former companion Wu Chennan. At this time, he felt great guilt.

"I shouldn't have been like this in the past few days. Looking back, I haven't even met Chennan a few times..."

"Hey, you can't say that. Shi Gong has high hopes for you. When you arrived in Jiangning, you originally had many serious matters to handle and interacted with various people, which is your cultivation. We are brothers, so why say this?"

"Chennan." Shi Weiyang grasped Wu Chennan's hand and then sighed, "Alas, what high hopes? My dad is completely disappointed in me. Look, I can't even go out now..."

Wu Chennan smiled: "Actually... could it be that you really can't go out? Look, there is no one guarding the door, and everyone can come and go freely. No one is stopping Gongzi from doing anything, is there?"

The two walked hand in hand into the room and sat down on the stool. Shi Weiyang sighed: "Alas, that's because my dad has too many things to do recently and forgot to arrange it, but he clearly said that if I dare to go out and cause trouble again, he will break my legs... I think, from now on, my Er Gongzi will have no status at home, and everything will belong to my stupid brother..."

"Gongzi is wrong." Wu Chennan smiled, "Actually, Gongzi has not been able to understand Shi Gong's meaning. As long as it is a large family, who wouldn't experience some things? Who wouldn't cause some trouble when going out to handle affairs? No great man in history is afraid of causing trouble. What they are afraid of is not being able to turn trouble into a good thing. Gongzi has indeed been a little stunned in the past few times..."

The sunlight near noon came in from outside the door. Wu Chennan's scholar temperament, in Shi Weiyang's eyes, had the bearing of a strategist waving a feather fan and pointing out the country for a while. He was slightly stunned and couldn't help saying, touched in the heart: "Chennan, teach me."

"Chennan dares to ask Gongzi, what happened when you went out last time?"

"I last time..." Shi Weiyang hesitated for a moment, "It's just... I wanted to catch that... Five-Foot Pervert, and then the people in the inn stopped me, and then I happened to meet He Wen entering the city, and as a result... things got out of hand..."

"Then Chennan wants to ask Gongzi in detail, why did the people in the inn stop you."

Shi Weiyang thought for a moment and lowered his voice: "We later suspected... that the people in the inn had problems, but things got out of hand and we couldn't rush in... Later, I vaguely heard that it might be related to the lunatics in the Reading Society..."

"Then why couldn't Gongzi explain it clearly to Shi Gong?"

"Didn't we fail to rush in? We didn't grab any evidence..."

Wu Chennan looked at him quietly with a smile on his face. Shi Weiyang was looked at a little uncomfortably: "This thing, alas... it was originally me... alas..."

"Gongzi, is evidence important?" Wu Chennan said slowly.

The room was quiet for a moment, and then Wu Chennan spoke again: "Evidence, is important, and is not important. What is important is that it must exist. With evidence, Shi Gong can give everyone an explanation; it is not important in that it does not have to be true. Now that the Fairness Party is divided into five parties, whether people recognize the evidence you put forward is another matter. When it comes to the stage, all parties rely on their voice and strength, and never on justice. Gongzi, Shi Gong is not afraid of you causing trouble, he is afraid that you won't be able to settle the trouble you cause. Since you already know that the inn is related to the Reading Society, why not create some evidence? As long as Father can step down, he can take the evidence to question King Equality, so why bother to attack you..."

Wu Chennan said slowly to here, Shi Weiyang stared at his eyes, and suddenly slapped the back of Wu Chennan's hand: "Regret... I regret not bringing Chennan that day..."

Wu Chennan's mouth twitched: "Gongzi is mainly... too kind-hearted..."

Shi Weiyang stood up, put his hands on his waist, walked back and forth in the room several times, and then sat down in front of Wu Chennan, holding Wu Chennan's hands: "Now, now what should I do about this... I hope Chennan won't be afraid and teach me."

Wu Chennan looked at him: "What does Gongzi want to do?"

"I..." Shi Weiyang hesitated for a moment, stretched out his finger and pointed around, "Look at the current scene, I am anyway under house arrest, those helpers have recently been warned and are not coming anymore. I know the people in and out of the yard may just be watching that I, this Er Gongzi, am going to lose power, so they all went to curry favor with Da Gongzi. I... I am anyway like this, how can I save the situation, Chennan tell me, just tell me this..."

"Actually, things are not that serious. You, Er Gongzi, just temporarily made some mistakes. You are, after all, Shi Gong's own son. Even if some time passes, he will always be the person he trusts the most..."

"But I want to do things well. I don't want people to think I am so useless." Shi Weiyang said.

Wu Chennan looked at him again: "...Actually, the thing about power seems ethereal, but it is not without any basis. As Er Gongzi said, everyone's confidence in Er Gongzi has declined somewhat today because Gongzi has indeed fallen and everyone has lost confidence. If you want to pick it up, it's actually simple. It's just to get up again in the place where you fell, and tell everyone that you remember. If you fell in front, as long as you make up for it, then everyone will always remember it."

"Make up for it..."

Shi Weiyang stared, already thinking of something. On the opposite side, Wu Chennan had a calm smile on his face. He said calmly: "Go to that inn, arrest all the people who offended you, and make up all the evidence. Righteously, openly, then everyone will know that Er Gongzi, you, is not to be taken lightly, and that's all."

"...But, so many days have passed since the incident. If the people inside have already run away..."

"Can the monk run away, or can the temple run away? Moreover, even if the monk runs away, what's wrong with burning his temple first and then slowly catching him back?"

At this moment, the momentum shown by the weak scholar in front of him was soul-stirring. Shi Weiyang almost met this friend for the first time and was extremely moved. He picked up Wu Chennan's hand.

"Chennan, you are truly my Zifang!"

Wu Chennan also took his hand: "Let us carefully plan this matter."

They carefully planned the matter.

That afternoon, Shi Weiyang mobilized his men and went to the Five Lakes Inn again to pick up the face he had lost again.

The sky was getting darker.

A big fire was about to burn in this kind of sky.