Although many things had happened to Jiang Feng’s succession ceremony, the result was still very satisfactory.

Although there was no Internet, TV, mobile phone, or the like in the Celestial Continent, there was a divine artifact like the Supreme Saint Token of Confucianism. The entire Celestial Continent learned of the existence of Ye Ye, the new Confucian sect’s ancestor, in a very short period of time.

Especially when the name “Ye Ye” appeared, it was bound to be accompanied by such peerless works as “University”, “The Mean”, “Caigen Tan”, and so on. This made Jiang Feng’s fame incomparable in the Celestial Continent for a time.

After Jiang Feng’s succession ceremony ended, the guests who came to watch the ceremony left one after another.

Emperor Wen Jiang Xuanhong and Wu Jianzhan Xuanjia also left, but the two of them left separately. Zhan Xuanjia had already entered the Sacred Realm after entering seclusion, so he directly used the Great Shift Technique to leave.

Jiang Feng had never seen Jiang Xuanhong in private at Chaohui Manor, and he rarely said anything to Jiang Xuanhong even in public.

Jiang Xuanhong also understood Jiang Feng’s intentions, so even though he really wanted to talk to Jiang Feng, he finally endured it.

Because the good news of Jiang Feng’s “preaching on a snowy night” had spread among all the Confucian students in the Celestial Continent, many of them were preparing to set off on a pilgrimage to the Hui Manor these past few days.

However, they did not know that Jiang Feng had left Chaohui Manor after the succession ceremony.

At this moment, Jiang Feng and Jiang Longji were sitting in the same carriage. The carriage was heading in the direction of the Xuangan Manor. Jiang Feng called out to Jiang Longji, who had always been absent-minded along the way.

“Long Ji.”

“Huh? Ah, Master, Master, what instructions do you have?”

At the end of the succession ceremony, Jiang Feng kept his promise and Kong Huangfei’s promise and publicly accepted Jiang Longji as his disciple. That was why Jiang Longji would address Jiang Feng as his master.

Jiang Feng looked at Jiang Longji and asked, “We are about to arrive at Xuangan Manor. Tell Master what you think about this matter in Xuangan Manor.”

“Master I” Jiang Longji hesitated, as if he didn’t know if he should tell Jiang Feng what he was thinking in his heart.

Jiang Feng also showed great patience and waited silently for Jiang Longji to continue.

For a long time.

Jiang Longji finally opened his mouth and said, “I actually felt very complicated in my heart. When I was very young, I knew that I actually had a big brother.”

The people around me are worried about my brother every day. They are worried that as soon as he appears, Father Emperor will pass on the throne of Emperor Wen to him.

At the beginning, I felt very unconvinced. The person who accompanied Father Emperor since childhood was me. Why would Father Emperor like my brother more?

But then I got to know my brother better and better. Even if I was reluctant, I had to admit that he was really stronger than me.

He took part in the Celestial Examination, and the articles he wrote were capable of expressing the will of the heavens. He had entered the Heavenly Human Forbidden Land and returned to the Heavenly Human Realm by himself, and it didn’t take him many months to reach the third stage of cultivation.

Originally, his cultivation at the Third Stage was already enough for me to look up to, but I later heard that he was one against five in Freedom Palace. Mortal Saint, Dharma Saint, Wen Saint, Dao Saint, and an ally of Sheng Meng were actually unable to do anything to him.

Master, can you understand that feeling?

You were born with your name tied to another person. People will compare you to the other person, whether you like it or not.

However, the other person is not something I can compare to. To me, he is like an insurmountable mountain.

I looked humble and insignificant in front of that name.

I know, even if he dies. Under the heavens, I don’t think I’m stronger than him, so I’m actually not willing to fight, I’m not willing to rob him.

I would rather learn Confucianism and Taoism from Master.

However, Master … this disciple had no choice. From the day this disciple was born, the path he would take in the future had already been determined.

“Even if I deliberately stay where I am, there are still countless people behind me who will push me forward.”

Jiang Longji’s words stunned Jiang Feng. Jiang Feng had never thought that Jiang Longji’s inner world would be so complicated, so conflicted, and so painful.

Compared to Jiang Feng, Jiang Longji had a lot of help from a young age. The help came from his mother, from his family. However, at the same time, he also lost a lot.

He lost his freedom, lost the hardship brought to him by hardship, lost the endless opportunities brought to him by the life and death struggle.

Jiang Feng looked at Jiang Longji and saw that he wanted to say something, but in the end, everything he wanted to say turned into a simple gesture.

Jiang Feng patted Jiang Longji on the shoulder. Jiang Longji’s eyes were red as he looked at Jiang Feng. All of a sudden, his entire body collapsed. He immediately plunged his head into Jiang Feng’s embrace and began to cry loudly and painfully.

Jiang Feng didn’t know why, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that Jiang Longji was a little pitiful.

He had been enjoying himself at Jiang Xuanhong’s knees since he was young, but Jiang Xuanhong was willing to die for Jiang Feng and his mother and son.

He had a mother of noble birth, but her mother had always used him as a tool in the struggle for power, and had never asked him whether he was willing to ascend to the throne of Emperor Wen.

Even now, Jiang Longji had a respected and trusted master.

But sadly, his “master” is actually his life and death enemy …

Even though Jiang Feng was still riding the same carriage as Jiang Longji at this moment, Jiang Feng would definitely fight with Kong Ziyou and the others with his life when he arrived at Xuangan Manor.

Xuan Qian Manor would undoubtedly become the place where Jiang Feng would settle all his grudges with Emperor Kong, Imperial Concubine Qingyang Longlin, and the others. Jiang Feng truly did not dare to imagine what kind of blow Jiang Longji would suffer when he found out the truth.

Xuan Qian Manor. This place was located to the west of Tiandu, and it was the intersection of the west, north, and south of Tiandu. Ever since the founding of the Heavenly Dynasty, this place had always been a place for warriors to contend for.

Jiang Xuanhong followed Jiang Feng’s advice when he left Tiandu this time. He did not bring many troops with him, but only Cao Liang, Shi Zhenxiang, and Qian Yinglou.

Of course, apart from the three of them.

Shi Zhenxiang still arranged for many experts from the expert factories to secretly protect them, otherwise, it would be too obvious that the enemy’s weak intentions were exposed.

Jiang Xuanhong did not stay in the temporary palace arranged by Bai Lizhuan, the head of the Xuanqian Manor, in the future. At the same time, he also rejected the request of the Xuanqian Manor Governor General to bring troops to protect Liu Xianjun.

Jiang Xuanhong directly brought Cao Liang, Shi Zhenxiang, and Qian Yinglou to the Seven-colored Flower Guilin area of Xuangan Manor.

This seven-colored flower Guilin is the most famous scenic spot in the Xuangan Manor. It grows beside the Guixiang River in the Xuangan Manor. Its trees are about a hundred meters tall and are as big as a circular water tank. The trunk was pale red, but the crown of the tree had seven-colored osmanthus flowers. From afar, it looked like a rainbow-woven colored cloth floating in the sky.

Seven-colored cinnamon blossoms in spring and falls in winter.

So whenever you come here in winter, you will see rainbow cinnamon falling from the top of the tree to the bottom of the crystal clear river of cinnamon.

The seven-colored flower cinnamon that filled the river slowly drifted along with the current. There was nothing more immortal like this.

Jiang Xuanhong chose to build a thatched cottage by the river after arriving here. He spent two days fishing on the Guixiang River in the daytime and resting in the thatched cottage in the evening. He looked at ease.

However, Cao Liang, Shi Zhenxiang, and Qian Yinglou weren’t as relaxed as Jiang Xuanhong.

Cao Liang stood not far behind Jiang Xuanhong. He looked at Jiang Xuanhong as he was fishing while drinking wine. He asked Shi Zhenxiang in a low voice, “How is it? Is there any news from the main hall?”

“Yes.” Shi Zhenxiang nodded. “The main hall and the second prince entered the city in the same carriage last night. Qingyang Longlin, Long Qingtian, Kong Fangquan and the others gathered all the troops they could mobilize into the Xuangan Manor in batches. In addition, I also found that many experts from unknown origins have gathered in the Xuangan Manor recently. They probably came for us as well.”

“Isn’t it very dangerous for you to say that? Can the main hall handle so many people?” Cao Liang said worriedly.

“Put your heart at ease. My spies in the Kong Clan Inner Palace reported that the Great Hall crippled the cultivation of Lu Hanwei in the Kong Clan Inner Palace’s Wen Sheng Palace, and even caused the Dao Saint Sovereign’s ears to suffer a huge loss.

Therefore, no matter how many people Kong Huangfei and the others brought, as long as they didn’t invite the saints to attack, one person under the hall would be able to deal with all of them.

“If that’s the case, then I’m relieved.” Cao Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Feng’s words were divided into two parts.

After Jiang Feng and Jiang Longji entered the Xuangan Manor together, there were basically no ordinary people traveling in the streets and alleys of the Xuangan Manor. All the streets were guarded by soldiers. In addition, the government troops in the government were also helping to defend the streets.

Evidently, Bai Lizhuan, the head of the Xuanqian Manor, and the commander of the Xuanqian Manor’s Governor-General’s Manor, Liu Xianjun, had long been bribed by Kong Huangfei and the others.

In other words, the entire Xuanqian Manor was now under the control of Kong Huangfei and the others. The reason why Imperial Concubine Kong and the others hadn’t attacked yet was simply because Jiang Xuanhong had no intention of leaving.

After Jiang Feng and Jiang Longji’s carriage entered the Xuangan Manor, they were led directly to the Governor’s Manor by the soldiers of the Manor.

The entrance to the Governor’s Mansion was open, and the entrance was filled with heavily armored soldiers.

As Jiang Feng and Jiang Longji jumped out of the carriage, Qingyang Longlin’s hearty laughter came from the Governor’s Mansion. “Aiya … Ye Sheng’s arrival and Little Wang Qingyang Longlin’s failure to welcome him from afar is truly a sin.”

“Kong Fangquan, the fifth generation direct descendant of the Kong Clan, greets Ye Sheng.”

“Student Long Qingtian, greet Ye Sheng.”

Qingyang Longlin, Kong Fangquan, and Long Qingtian bowed respectfully to Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng smiled and returned the greeting, “You three are too polite. Everyone is one of us. There is no need to be so polite. Let’s go. Let’s talk in our mansion.”

“Yes, Ye Sheng, please follow me.”

The three of them respectfully led Jiang Feng into the Governor’s Mansion.

Since Jiang Feng was able to investigate the incident of Lu Hanwei wounding Jun’er in the Temple of Literature, Kong Fangquan and the others naturally knew more about it.

Therefore, at this moment, Qingyang Longlin and the others knew that Jiang Feng was an expert whose cultivation was no weaker than Jun’er’s.

Jiang Feng followed Qingyang Longlin and the others into the main hall of the Governor’s Mansion. In the main hall stood a black-robed old man with his hands behind his back, his back facing Jiang Feng.

Only when Jiang Feng stepped into the main hall of the Governor’s Mansion did the black-robed old man ask faintly, “You … are that Ye Ye?”