The Record of Righteousness

For a time, the people in the land south of the Yangtze River were notorious, powerful and unchecked. The people were in dire straits and miserable.

Soon, people gathered to make trouble at the Tax Envoy Yamen.

The mine tax eunuch Wan Qing was so mad that he sent "Er Biao" and hawks and dogs to suppress them, killing nearly a hundred people in front of the government office and injuring countless others. He also sent factory guards to arrest a dozen leaders who incited the people. The literati were tortured to death.

Rivers of blood flowed and the people wailed.

After this incident, Wanqing became angry and oppressed the people more and more, stealing money from the people. Cruel methods emerged one after another. There were many bankrupts in Jiangnan, both rich households and poor farmers. It was not uncommon for people in Huguang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Xijiang to sell their sons and daughters.

Even the prefect Cai Qingming couldn't stand it any longer and immediately impeached this person for his evil deeds.

Unexpectedly, Wan Qing was the first to defeat Cai Qingming and made slanderous remarks. The Holy Emperor issued an edict to remove Cai Qingming from his official position. He was soon demoted or exiled.

There are only a few officials like Cai Qingming who don't know how to promote and use their arms like chariots. Most local officials are very respectful to people like Wan Gonggong. They obey Wan Gonggong's orders and step up their efforts to collect people's wealth and support, all of which are used to show filial piety. Eunuch Wan, I just want him to say a few nice words in front of Eunuch Cao, the admiral of Dongchang, so that he can soar to the sky just around the corner.

As for the four great civil servants, they dare not speak out when they see how much suffering the people are suffering, so naturally they will not sit still and wait for death.

Except for Fan Qihong, Xia Yan, Xu Zheng, and Zhang Qingcang set up lecture halls, calling on scholars to speak out for the people, asking the court to remove Wan Qing from his official position, and to restore peace to the people.

After Wan Qing got the news, these three people were quickly arrested by Long Shuo and Leng Tiancun. Due to the fact that these people were so famous, especially Xia Yan, who was once the chief minister of the imperial cabinet, they could not do it anyway. He could not be killed at will, and he was only put under house arrest in prison without being tortured.

Jiangnan, under Wanqing's brutal suppression, temporarily stopped, but it is likely to return.

But it is said that Shen Tulan, the elder of the Qingcheng sect, was sent back to the sect by Hua Jianchou and barely managed to save his life. However, his martial arts skills were completely useless, and his disciple Ling Wandu even lost an arm.

The three major factions lost all face, and the Qingcheng faction chose to settle the matter.

Without the support of Shen Sancai, in order not to lose face, and to prevent their momentum from being suppressed by Wan Qing, they had to pay for the martial arts test competition with their own money.

Only the Xiaoyao sect did not send anyone, and the acting head said perfunctorily that the head Xiaoyaozi had traveled around the world, causing inconvenience to the sect, and he hoped that the other two sects would forgive him.

On that day, the elders of the Qingcheng Sect and the Wuhua Palace gathered together, the people were crowded, and the martial artists all appeared on the stage. The two people were inseparable from each other on the martial arts stage.

At this time, I saw a one-armed guest arriving late. His brows spoke of loneliness and fierceness.

Hua Ling'er hurriedly came forward, her face full of worry and distress: "Brother Ling, your injury"

"snort."

Ling Wandu seemed to have not seen her and walked forward expressionlessly.

Hua Ling'er looked confused and hurriedly ran to Ling Wandu to stop him.

"Brother Ling, I know you are angry with my father, but that eunuch's martial arts at that time was so powerful."

"I'm not angry with a timid person who doesn't agree with others. You can leave."

Ling Wandu had no expression on his face, pushed the beauty in front of him away, and walked to the Qingcheng faction's seat without looking back.

"Leave me alone and get going!"

Meng Zhizhou glanced at the heartbroken Hua Ling'er, clicked his tongue, and hurriedly approached Ling Wandu and asked quietly:

"Eh? Senior brother, why are you ignoring her? I remember you had a very good relationship with her before."

"The daughter of a coward is nothing more than a coward."

Ling Wandu saw Meng Zhizhou's distressed look on his face and said dissatisfiedly:

"If you want to feel bad, just go to her!"

"No, no, senior brother, wait for me."

At this time, the third duel has already begun, with the life-saving sword Murong Shan facing off against Wudang disciple Gao Jie.

Gao Jie is a registered disciple of the Wudang Sect. He uses Wudang martial arts with great proficiency. After seeing it, the martial artists in the audience were all excited. "Tai Chi Sword Technique", "Tai Chi Boxing" and so on emerged one after another.

In just thirty moves, Gao Jie defeated Murong Shan.

A girl far away in the distinguished seat pursed her lips and said:

"The world-famous Life-Sacrificing Sword is nothing more than this. He was defeated so easily by my brother?!"

A middle-aged man next to him shook his head speechlessly after hearing this.

"Shu'er, all the methods I taught you to recognize the enemy were in vain. Then why is Murong Shan called the Life-Sacrificing Sword? It's just a powerful, fast, and ruthless sword. His martial arts training is not from a great school. Your brother just won a narrow victory. As a teacher, these thirty moves are still too much. If you learn them well enough, ten moves are enough to deal with Murong Shan."

Gao Shu frowned and asked:

"Didn't you say that my brother's talent in martial arts is not good enough?"

"Haha, where is your brother now? He wanted to be a teacher back then."

But at this moment, a group of people entered the scene in a chaotic manner, followed by a burst of women's screams.

Everyone heard the sound and ran away, but it turned out that a group of ruffians were there to rob civilian girls.

A big man among the group of warriors roared when he saw injustice.

"Who dares to rob a civilian girl in broad daylight? You are a thief! I will give you a knife!"

The gangsters were confident, and their leader remained calm in the face of danger. He scolded them with a wave of his hand, swaggering and raising his eyebrows very proudly.