Wufeng shook his head and said nothing, turned around and said, "Tianxiong!"

"I'm here!"

"Do you understand this Bashan Gu family?" Wu Feng pondered for a moment.

"I know a little bit." Song Tianxiong nodded and said

"Let me tell me." The horse under Wufeng's crotch slowed down faster and slowed down.

"The Gu family in Bashan has a history of nearly a hundred years in the imperial martial arts world. At first, Gu Jingzhong, the founder of the Gu family, was originally a wanderer in the martial arts world. However, this person is studious by nature and has a very high understanding of martial arts. When he was young, he swept across the seven villages of the Jiangnan River with a cold cloud sword and killed the seven chiefs of the rivers, and became famous. However, he was just a master in the martial arts world. He traveled around in middle age and learned from the Yunshan School of the Great Sword in the martial arts world at that time and the Yamen, which is famous for his fist and light skills, and he blended his own unique skills and innovated. He finally achieved great success and became a generation of martial arts master. He retired to Bashan in his later years, laying the foundation for the Gu family." Song Tianxiong slowly told the origin of the Gu family's starting lineage with careful words.

"Well, what's going on later?" Wu Feng nodded slightly.

"Although Gu Jingzhong founded the name of the Gu family, the Gu family at that time was just an ordinary member of the imperial martial arts world, and it was nothing in the huge imperial martial arts world. The main members of the sect were also limited to the Gu family. The second head of the Gu family was relatively conservative and self-confessed. Although his martial arts were quite extraordinary, he seemed helpless in expanding the influence and power of the Gu family. The Gu family's strength and influence in the imperial martial arts world had declined.

Later, after the third generation head of the family, the younger brother of the second generation head of the family, took over, he drastically reformed the old customs and habits in the original faction and vigorously absorbed fresh blood from other surnames who were not Gu and entered the Gu family, which made the Gu family's power make great progress in the more than ten years of his leadership of the corps, and the influence of the power gradually expanded. By the time the fourth head of the family, Gu Jingzhong's father, took over, the Gu family had become a little famous in the Guanxi martial arts world." Song Tianxiong said while thinking.

"After Gu Jingzhong's father Gu Kaiming took over as the head of the family, he continued the strategy of the previous head of the family, continued to vigorously absorb talents from other families, and vigorously enriched the economic strength of the sect. In the later stage of his tenure as head of the family, the Gu family changed the original pattern of relying on bodyguards as the only source of economic resources. The Gu family's economic income gradually changed to planting and making tea and operating salt as the main source, and the economic strength also increased significantly. In the later stage, Gu Kaiming gradually began to make friends with local governments, vigorously participated in various public welfare activities, and worked hard to improve the image of the sect, achieving good results. By the time Gu Jingzhong took over as head of the Gu family, the Gu family had become one of the important martial arts sects in the Guanxi martial arts world." Song Tianxiong introduced the situation of the Gu family in one breath.

"So, does the Gu family have considerable influence in the Guansai area?" Wu Feng's face was filled with thoughtful expression.

"It can be said that, but there are still some problems in it." Song Tianxiong hesitated for a moment.

"Oh? Tell me." Wufeng nodded with interest. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but his master has never talked to him about anything in the imperial world. Obviously, he didn't want him to pay attention to this aspect. Later, he left the empire and traveled around the mainland. When he returned to the empire, he joined the army and did not know much about this side of the imperial society. It was not until the housekeeper's Liuhe Sect, the snow-capped mountains in the northwest, the Huanfeng Sect in the Western Regions appeared and intervened in the affairs under his jurisdiction that he had learned something, but he did not expect that the existence of a sect would experience so many ups and downs.

"The current head of the Gu family, Gu Jingzhong, is the old man just now. His martial arts have reached its peak. Even if he can rank in the entire imperial martial arts world, he is extremely enthusiastic and wants to make the Gu family an influential sect in the imperial world. Therefore, in the first ten years of his ascension, the Gu family's power and influence have also expanded. However, in the past few years, they have encountered trouble. To be precise, their situation is very bad, and their power and influence have been greatly weakened." Song Tianxiong glanced at Guan Yingying beside Wufeng, and saw that the lady was also listening to her introduction attentively, so he had to bite the bullet and talk down.

"What trouble?" Guan Yingying couldn't wait to ask Wufeng.

"About seven or eight years ago, the Gu family's Bashan Prefecture City guard Yiren, was founded by Xie Wuyong, the current city guard, who was born in the city guard. This person graduated from Imperial University and was born in Jiangnan. He was conservative by nature and was stubborn. He especially felt disgusted by people in the martial arts world. He believed that the hero violated the ban with martial arts is the root of the instability of local public security. Moreover, Bashan Prefecture borders Tiannan County and is also a place where multiple ethnic groups live together. Therefore, he vigorously rectified social security and carried out a large-scale sanction of the Jianghu forces in his jurisdiction. Several local sects were collapsed by him using local security forces and no longer existed."

"The Gu family has always had a good reputation in the local area, so it has not been included in the list of sanctions and has not been affected. However, the living environment is already quite bad. Xie Wuyong deliberately restricted people who have connections with the Jianghu sects to enter the local military and political circles. He has already entered and was eliminated and excluded by him using various excuses. He also restricted the scale of the industries in the economic field of the Jianghu sects, which made the Jianghu sects in his jurisdiction in a difficult situation, and the Gu family is no exception. It turns out that the efforts made by the previous generations of the Gu family have now been greatly weakened, but the Gu family's status and influence in the imperial martial arts world have not been greatly affected." Song Tianxiong saw that he had mastered the situation one by one.

"That's a matter of time sooner or later. Without the economic and social foundation, the so-called status in the martial arts world is nothing more than a castle in the air. Isn't it possible that I can't even eat enough to eat and still have the intention to practice martial arts and fight?" Wu Feng shook his head and said, "However, since Gu Jingzhong is the head of a family, he shouldn't be a mediocre person. Didn't he think of other ways to change this unfavorable situation?"

"The adults don't know. According to the subordinates, the Gu family has not been unable to find a way, but they have also tried their best to please and make friends with Xie Wuyong, but it has no effect. Although Xie Wuyong is a literati, he is very stubborn and it is difficult to change his opinion on something. Moreover, he does not have a good impression of all the people in the martial arts world. Therefore, although the Gu family tried every means, it did not have much effect. However, given that the Gu family has always had a good reputation, Xie Wuyong did not make it too difficult for the Gu family. Of course, it would be difficult to make any changes." Song Tianxiong seemed to know these situations.

"This Xie Wuyong is abominable. Are all the people in the martial arts world bad people? How can they kill everyone in one go?" Guan Yingying said angrily.

"This is just that everyone has different views on things, so it cannot be blamed entirely. This sect in the world is difficult to distinguish between good and bad. It is a method based on the principle of preventing problems and preventing them from gradual progress." Although Wufeng does not fully agree with this method, he also thinks that this is just that there are differences in the methods of ruling each other.

"Then isn't the Gu family going hard in the past few years?" Wufeng asked again.

"It should be so. If the sects in the empire do not have the support or approval of the government, which one can survive well? Winning the support of local governments and even powerful people from the empire center has always been the goal that the sects in the rivers and lakes have tried to achieve. In the past few hundred years, many of the rise and fall of many sects in the empire are actually the result of the changes in the government forces they rely on, although not all. The Shahe sects in the Bashan Prefecture are also considered to be a sect of a certain amount in the Guanxi martial arts world. Isn't it because Xie Wuyong used his disciples to bully the market and purify them and ended up in a slump. His lips were dead and his teeth were cold, and the Gu family might also feel cold." Song Tianxiong also had a helpless smile on his lips.

"Well, Tianxiong, I think you know a lot about the situation in the imperial martial arts world, but you don't seem to be a disciple of any sect, right?" Wufeng was a little surprised that his subordinates had such extensive knowledge in this area.

"My Lord, I am not from the world, but the master who has worked hard can be considered half a person from the world. He is a lay disciple of Daxiangguo Temple. My martial arts also originated from the Daxiangguo Temple sect, but I did not become a disciple of Daxiangguo Temple. During my time in art, I also heard the master talk about some anecdotes about the world, but the most important thing was that I learned through Lord Tong from the Security Bureau after being the master of the Great Guard." Song Tianxiong scratched his head and replied.

"Oh, I heard that Daxiangguo Temple is one of the top sects in the northern martial arts world of the Empire, as famous as the White Horse Temple in Zhongzhou of the imperial capital." Wufeng had also heard of the name of Daxiangguo Temple, "Why are you suddenly interested in these Jianghu sects?"

"This, Tianxiong is deeply responsible for the position of Chief of Guards. He has a great responsibility. Since the Lord has handed over his own safety and danger to Tianxiong, how dare Tianxiong slack off? Now that the situation in the empire is ups and downs, more and more people in the world are involved in the forces they depend on, and even the forces far away in the Western Regions have been wrapped in. In order to prevent accidents, Tianxiong felt that understanding of these various factions of the world and their important figures would help to better complete this important task, so he specifically asked Lord Tong, who had been in the world for many years, and benefited a lot." Song Tianxiong's face turned red, but he still told the whole story.

"Well, it's good, it's great that you have this intention." Although Wu Feng didn't say much, he was full of praise. His subordinates were so dedicated to doing things that Wu Feng felt deeply that he had not seen the wrong person.

"In your opinion, what are the intentions of this Gu family to get to know us so enthusiastically?" Wu Feng asked this question thoughtfully again.

"This, although the Gu family is a martial arts sect, it has a good reputation. It is also in the martial arts lineage with the butler where Miss Yingying is located. The subordinates do not understand the situation and dare not speak nonsense." Song Tianxiong saves time and tries his time. Although he has doubts, he is unwilling to make a conclusion about the matter involving the butler, so he simply keeps silent.

"What can they do? It's just that I'm just seeing my father's name and doing my best to be a landlord. Brother Feng, don't think things are so complicated, okay? They don't even know who you are yet!" Guan Yingying was a little unhappy.

Wufeng and Song Tianxiong exchanged a wink and stopped talking.

The group soon arrived at the market town in front of them. The Gu family had already booked the most famous mountain delicacies restaurant in the town. This is a big restaurant that integrates restaurants and inns, and looks a bit grand.

When Hua Yumei and her party arrived, Wufeng's entourage immediately filled the entire restaurant. After inviting Wufengfeng and others to the table, they saw the rest of them either standing solemnly downstairs or guarding around the restaurant. Even Song Tianxiong stood behind Wufeng with expressionless expression. Only Qin Shuangying took the seat next to Guan Hua and the other girl under Wufeng's signal. This scene made Gu Jingzhong and the others even feel that Wufeng's identity was extraordinary, but they couldn't think of who could have such a mighty power in the northwest.

During the meal, the Gu family members took turns to toasting, and Wufeng tried it casually, always maintaining the calm appearance. He also answered ambiguously to the indirect questions of several people, making the Gu family members unable to understand the details. In fact, Wufeng had no intention of hiding his identity for how long, but Wufeng considered that this restaurant was a place with many people, so he deliberately vaguely.
Chapter completed!