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Chapter 69: The coach’s past, the Daxuan government, the wine shop, and the great county magistrate Zhao!
An Ning, the inner street of the martial arts hall.

It stretches ten miles from north to south, with dozens of boxing gyms and martial arts schools of all sizes neatly arranged.

And at the end of the ten-mile-long street, the alley ends.

There are four large mansions with the characters "fist", "gun", "knife" and "sword" as their logos, which are hung on plaques on the beams.

Divine Fist Sect, Overlord Spear, Whale-Slaying Knife, Black Bird Sword!

They represent the most powerful martial arts masters in the 500-li Anning County.

No matter whether it is the Fire Kiln and Firewood Market, or the Tiger and Leopard Pavilion, or the Lion Hall, they are ultimately just forces that roam around the outer city, or even in the mountain roads and fields.

His natural foundation is not as good as these gold-inlaid plaques that came down from Jiangyin Prefecture by taking advantage of the situation!
Nowadays, anyone who can make it in the capital city, even if he is inconspicuous outside, can reach Anning County from the dock after crossing the mighty Dongcang Sea and going through a bumpy journey.

That means from a small shrimp, he suddenly became a dragon crossing the river!

A well-known Qigong master in Jiangyin Prefecture, who has reached the pinnacle of external training and has mastered the power barrier to become a domineering person.

Where can we find it in Anning County, which has a radius of 500 miles and is nestled between the mountains and the sea, has no human connections with the prefecture and county, and can only be connected to the outside world through sea transportation at the dock?
Therefore, these four were given the title of coaches. In addition to opening schools to teach students and making money, they were also hired by the county government to take charge of the armored county soldiers.

Moreover, most of the county soldiers were from the four major academies, as well as the county lord’s own confidants and disciples.

No matter what happens outside, in this small piece of land, the soldiers are the boss!

"Old Liao, how did you get so wounded a few days ago? Why did you bite your teeth so tightly?"

He Shouyi, the leader of the Shenquan Sect, accompanied by his trusted disciples, went from street to street and came to the Zhanjing Hall. Seeing Liao Yuanhua still with bruises on his face, he felt curious.

"I heard that it's because Fengyun Club has a good seedling with golden muscles and jade meridians, and you want to take him in as your disciple before their president Jiang Fengyun notices him."

"You are really well-informed, old man. This kind of talent might be appreciated by the master of your jade shop and offered to the government, thus earning a bright future."

"But, you went to the Tiger and Leopard Pavilion and came back without saying a word. Where are those good seedlings?"

Looking at Liao Yuanhua sitting there without saying a word, he just shook his head.

He Shouyi frowned:
"It can't be that Yang Daohan intercepted it, right?"

"What kind of person is he? His training in standing practice and bone tempering are both inferior, and he only knows some rudimentary martial arts. You are at least a martial artist who has tempered silver bones and learned some subtle techniques of 'nurturing power'. It would be easy for you to control him, wouldn't it?"

"If it's really him, I'll settle this for you!"

Liao Yuanhua opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but his eyes were full of complexity:

"Old He, there are some things that you are better off not knowing."

This made He Shouyi even more curious. He wanted to ask more questions, but suddenly a disciple came to the door and reported:

"Master Liao, Yang Yan, the heir of the Tiger and Leopard Gang, was beaten to death in the street."

Yang Yan?

Beaten to death in the street
Liao Yuanhua stood up and frowned:

"Who is so unruly?"

"In the county, even if you are a warrior, you can't fight and kill people in the streets. That would cause chaos. If the people below are panicked, how can they make a living?"

"Is the person who killed Yang Yan a fierce swordsman roaming in the mountains, or did he sneak over from Jiangyin?"

"Why is it that when it's my turn on duty, I'm making such a fuss?"

"Go and inform your third senior brother and ask him to bring a dozen county soldiers, wearing armor and holding crossbows. I will go there myself to see who is the most daring one!"

"This rule has lasted for so long, and it is maintained by successive county lords and martial arts masters."

"Even the three leaders, the three chairs of Fengyun Society, cannot be touched. Anyone who violates this rule will be sent to prison!"

Upon hearing this, the disciple lowered his head and spoke:
"I heard that he was killed because he offended Ji Xiu, the head of the Fengyun Society's Medicine Hall, and was trapped in the gambling house!"

"And I don't know where the rumor came from, saying that this Hall Master Ji's sword and skills were all learned from a broken-armed warrior named Duan Chenzhou in Jiangyin Prefecture."

"Master, what is this sunken boat?"

pat.

Liao Yuanhua, who had stood up and was about to raise his sword and put it on his shoulder, immediately changed from the state of "can I still eat at the age of 90" to "an old man with blurry eyes" when he heard the name.

After just a second, he put down the knife, stroked his forehead, and coughed softly:
"I spoke too hastily and choked. My body is getting old and I am feeling a bit uncomfortable." "You go down first. The county lord is in charge of a hundred county soldiers with powerful crossbows in his hands. He will make the decision. It is not my turn."

Whoosh!
However, just as Liao Yuanhua finished his words, He Shouyi, the leader of the Divine Fist Sect who was originally smiling, suddenly stopped laughing.

Duan Chenzhou.

As he chewed on the name, he suddenly remembered something that happened several years ago. He couldn't help but clench his fists, his muscles and bones trembled, and Liao Yuanhua's face changed slightly:
"Brother He, you..."

"No wonder you didn't tell me."

He Shouyi almost uttered the words through gritted teeth. As he spoke, his mind couldn't help but recall an incident related to this name.

That year.

He worked as a escort leader in one of the '36 lines' of the Jiangyin Prefecture, a post and courier business, and roamed around the eastern sea, escorting people back and forth, both by sea and by land, and was quite famous.

However, when I accepted an escort order from the Jade Company to transport convoys across the sea, back and forth between prefectures and counties.
He happened to run into a man in purple silk clothes, holding a crescent-shaped sword, standing on the bow of a sampan, able to create waves even without wind.

A man suddenly came and robbed the Cai family of jade and stone with a big order. He beat them so badly that he had no rivals on the whole ship and lost all his wealth!
It was him!

"Lao Liao, I know who beat you up."

"It just so happens that if I have made some progress recently and completed my skin refining, I would like to take a look."

"After losing an arm, does he still have the same prestige as before?"

"Qin Ming, bring your disciples and follow me!"

"First, pick up his disciple, then bring him to his door and settle the score!"

During Daxuan's reign, he only had jurisdiction over the prefectures.

Under a prefecture, a "county" where mountain towns and villages gathered was governed by the prefecture itself and appointed "county officials" to manage it.

This is different from the need to enter the orthodox "Martial Academy" of the Great Xuanzhou Prefecture, take the "Martial Examination", and gain fame, so that at least one can hold an official position.

In this 500-li Anning County, even the adults who are known as the "County Master"
Almost all of them were the big masters and masters of various businesses and sects in the prefecture, who used matchmaking and bribery to get jobs for their children from the prefecture officials.

Although it has the name of coordinating the household registration of a county.

But at most, he can only be regarded as a casual official under the "prefectural official", with a higher status than the county official, but that's all, and he is not included in the "Daxuan system".

Even so.

As long as there is a vacancy, it will still attract a lot of people to scramble for it.

But compared to the official who can wear official clothes and sit on equal footing with the masters of the "Thirty-Six Trades" and the masters of the Qiguan Taoist Temple, there is still a world of difference.

Officials from the prefecture, state, and nobles from Xuanjing!
In this martial arts world, even dojos, schools, and sects...
Faced with the order maintained by such a behemoth, you can only bow your head, unless you have a powerful fist that can reach the sky.

And this time the Anning County Lord.

It is the Zhao family from Jiangyinfu Liquor Store. They are of the same generation as this generation's head of the family and are ranked ninth.

Zhao Jiu, the lord of Anning County, was wearing a royal blue silk robe with a straight collar. The material was soft and warm, and he was wearing a plain crane cloak. He was holding a stove and looking at the memorials on the table. He yawned and rubbed his eyes:
"Uncle Liang, how come there are so many things going on in this remote and poor place?"

Beside him, an old servant with lowered eyebrows and eyes was standing with his hands in his sleeves, bending over and smiling:
"Master Jiu, there are many turtles in the shallow pond. After all, it is different from the environment in the prefectural city. The master has spent so much effort to fill this position of 'County Master' for you. It is already the pinnacle without taking the martial arts test."

"You've been wronged. Stay for another two or three years and make achievements."

"When the time comes, I will naturally be transferred to Jiangyin Prefecture to take care of trivial matters for my superiors. Although I am an official, many people from other families cannot get this position even if they beg for it, right?"

Zhao Jiu snorted after hearing this, and thinking of the people who were the same age as him, he couldn't help but feel smug:

"That's true. With the old masters from the four major museums, there won't be any big trouble."

"It's better than those people who have no qualifications to serve in the government, who idle around all day long, but can't take off their long gowns and give up their dignity to find jobs in their own industries."

"Brother still loves me!"

However, at this moment, a bailiff came forward, kowtowed and reported.

Zhao Jiu's eyelids immediately bulged:

"What? Someone was ripped off on the street? In a busy city?"

(End of this chapter)