Chapter 710: Double Ninth Festival

  Delighted, Li Feng poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of him.

  Li Feng was deeply moved, holding the tea cup with sparkling water in his eyes. There were nearly a thousand beggars in Ye City, and Li Feng happened to be their leader, and it could be said that he was invincible. But he knew that all of this was given by the boy who was about the same size as him, giving himself a different, more colorful life, giving himself great power and dignity. Although in these few months, he had also seen the ups and downs of the world, and his hands had been stained with blood, but he was still just a thirteen-year-old boy.

  The scalding hot tea water calmed the turmoil in Lü Feng's heart, and with a smile on his face, he asked: "Lü Feng, tell me, how is the development of the Beggar Clan going?"

  "Yes." Li Feng replied respectfully, his waist straightened and his face solemn. Among the five brothers of Zhang Shun, Li Feng was the most quiet person, from the beginning of knowing him, he had never seen any change in his expression, extremely cold and stern.

  "Now, there are a thousand people who have joined the Beggar Gang in Ye City, with one hundred core disciples, that is, disciples above six bags. They all underwent strict examination by the subordinate and were extremely loyal to the gang. The subordinate followed the orders of the leader and taught them martial arts, but strictly required them not to reveal anything on ordinary days."

  According to the mission of assistance, under the command of one hundred core disciples, they infiltrated the homes of high-ranking officials in Ye City with all their might, but due to the short time, they did not approach the power center of each family.

  Delighted was listening carefully to Li Feng's report, nodding secretly. In just three months, he had been able to develop the Beggar Clan to such an extent that Delighted was already very satisfied. Li Feng was calm and composed in his work, and in this treacherous and unpredictable city of Ye, it was exactly what was needed, which was also why Delighted had sent him to Ye City.

  "Alright, good luck to you. Continue to pay attention to the movements of Ye City, but remember to hide your own movements. You are just an ordinary organization, only for making a living, not even comparable to the most inferior gangs in Ye City."

  "I understand," replied Lü Feng.

  "Today I came to you to ask for your help in sending two letters." He said with a smile, taking out two wax-sealed letters from the desk and handing them over to Lí Fēng.

  Li Feng respectfully accepted and scanned them carefully, finding that one was for Yuanguo Hou, the governor of Huai State, Gao Changgong, and the other was for Balin Wang, the governor of Yang State, Wang Lin.

  "Be sure to deliver these two letters into their hands, if there's any change, destroy them directly!" The excited voice was very low and carried a faint murderous aura, causing Lí Fēng's heart to tremble, elevating the task of delivering the messages to an extremely important position.

  "I swear to complete the task!" Lei Feng replied solemnly, his lips tightly pursed, his face serious and solemn as he carefully put the letter into his bosom.

  "And another thing, instruct the disciples in the sect to pay attention to all the intelligence about Drunken Moon Building, but don't arouse their attention." Gao Xing's face had a few more smiles, and he instructed in a light tone.

  Li Feng nodded and, seeing that Gao Xing had nothing more to say, stood up and bid farewell: "Master, I'm leaving!"

  "Alright, be careful and protect yourself well. Remember to let the monkey practice its martial arts diligently. I'll come to assess it after a while."

  "Yes!" Lei Feng bowed and then turned around and walked towards the door of the house.

  "Lifeng, let's work together, the long-awaited opportunity is near!" Just as Lifeng's body had just reached the door, a low and excited voice came over.

  Li Feng's body shook, a flush of heat flashed across his face, but it was fleeting. His figure quickly exited the door of Gao Xing's residence, treading quietly into the night. The Gao Xing estate once again returned to silence, as if nothing had happened.

  The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a traditional Chongyang Festival, also known as "Old Man's Festival". Because in the Book of Changes, "six" is defined as yin number and "nine" is defined as yang number. On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, both the sun and moon are yang, two nines overlap, so it is called Chongyang or Double Nine.

  The Double Ninth Festival originated in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and it has become a day when literati and poets gather to appreciate chrysanthemums and drink wine. They often engage in discussions about poetry and literature, showcasing their talents and seeking praise from others, especially from young ladies. Some even hope to gain fame and be recognized by the emperor, thus achieving overnight success.

  On the ninth day of September, Ye City was blessed with a good weather, thanks to the joyful atmosphere brought by the Double Ninth Festival, which made the sky clear and sunny, with gentle breeze blowing.

  As students of the Northern Qi imperial aristocratic school, the future successors of the country, Gao A Junfeng, Wang Yan and others were especially looking forward to the arrival of this day. This is not to say that they have a elegant interest in chrysanthemum appreciation, but rather because on this day, many ladies from respectable families will go out for autumn outings. Men and women are always the eternal and unchanging melody of the world and society. For these carefree young masters, what can compare to the smile of a beautiful woman? Therefore, all the students were enthusiastic about the Double Ninth Festival.

  Wang Yun had been racking his brains for three days, trying to come up with a masterpiece that would move the beauty's heart and, at the very least, give Gao Xing a good scolding, making him pay a price for his mockery. As a result, Wang Yun, who was originally inseparable from Gao Xing, had not appeared for three days.

  "Xingdi, Xingdi, are you ready?" Early in the morning, Gaoxing was dressing with the help of his loyal servant, Fenhe, when Wang Yun rushed in, shouting and yelling, and directly entered Gaoxing's bedroom.

  "Please sit down for a moment, little brother will be fine." He smiled and asked Wang Yun to sit down. But in his heart, he was shaking his head, very suspicious of the correctness of rewarding and guiding Wang Yun's behavior. Since that day when Wang Yun opened up, he became even more arrogant. In front of Gao Xing, he almost regarded etiquette as nothing. That heroic posture made Gao Xing feel like he had encountered a new century cultural hooligan, evil, extremely evil.

  "Little sister Fenhe, you're too lazy! I've already had breakfast, and you haven't even served your young master yet! Did you dream of my brother Xing last night and overslept? Wang Yan sat in the chair with his legs crossed, a playful smile on his face as he looked at Fenhe."

  "Prince Wang, you...you..." Fen He was startled, her face suddenly turned bright red. Wang Yan's guess was correct, last night she indeed had a wonderful dream, and the prince even gently hugged her.

  Watching the lotus, Wang Yun burst out laughing. After being in contact with excitement for a while, he teased the girls from both families who were born to be quite bold, and now even Gao Xing admired him very much.

  Lotus's face turned bright red with shame, afraid that her own young master would look down on her because of this. For a moment, her eyes were filled with ripples of water, almost shedding tears.

  With a helpless smile, he glared at Wang Yun and gently patted Fenhe's shoulder, sighing: "Fenhe, this brother of mine really lets out some stinky farts, just look, you're already tearful from the smell. If we sent him to the front lines, who knows, maybe the 100,000-strong Chen army would instantly collapse!"

  "Heh", Fen He burst out laughing, wiping away two handfuls of tears, and carefully tidied up her joyful clothes.

  Wang Yun heard the enthusiastic evaluation, and involuntarily put on a wronged and heartbroken look, gazing at Gao Xing with a resentful expression, like an abandoned concubine, making Gao Xing feel a chill.

  "Big Brother Wang, Miss Zhao Jing will also go to the high place today, you don't have to go!" Excitedly, Chunfen smiled and then turned around and went out the door.

  "Wait for me!" Seeing Gao Xing hastily leaving, Wang Yun immediately jumped up from the chair and rushed out of the house. His anxious appearance made Fen He burst into a fit of giggles.

  When Gaoxing and Wang Yan arrived at the north gate of Ye City, there were already many people standing outside the city gate, including men and women, all in their prime youth, full of energy. The men were dressed neatly, although not as handsome as Gaoxing, but also with regular features, except for Gao Aojun. The women were dressed up beautifully, lovely and charming. At that time, due to the fusion of nationalities, the social atmosphere was relatively open, and men and women could talk freely among themselves.

  Gao Xing and Wang Yan had just left the city gate when they were spotted by Wang Yan's arch-nemesis, Gao Junfeng.

  "Hey, Wang Yan, you're really putting on airs, making Miss Zhao Jing and all of us wait for you!" Gao Aijun said with a sarcastic tone, pushing Wang Yan to the opposing side of the crowd with just one sentence.

  Wang Yun glared at Gao A Junfeng, then turned to the crowd and bowed, saying: "Sorry everyone, I was rude."

  Seeing Wang Yun's apology, Gao A Junfeng's face burst into a smile like a blooming flower. However, his pride had not yet warmed up when Wang Yun's next sentence directly made him fall from pride to madness.