"The Star Moon Sect has the Seven Star Halls—Tian Shu, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Tian Quan, Yuheng, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang. Each Star Hall has four heads and numerous swordsmen."
"Huang Yifu is a swordsman of Yuheng Hall, one of the Seven Star Halls!"
Wu Zhan gave a simple explanation.
Yang Zhengshan slightly nodded. He knew of the Star Moon Sect, and he also knew of the Seven Star Halls.
The Star Moon Sect was divided into inner and outer branches. Within, there were the Four Moon Flags; without, there were the Seven Star Halls. The Four Moon Flags were the New Moon Flag, First Quarter Flag, Full Moon Flag, and Last Quarter Flag, while the Seven Star Halls were the ones Wu Zhan had mentioned.
All right, that was all he knew. Anything more detailed than that, and he did not know much.
"So what does swordsman mean?"
"Uh, in plain terms, a swordsman is basically a thug of the Seven Star Halls. They usually have a group of men entrenched in the mountain forests."
Yang Zhengshan nodded. "So it was this whatever Jade Balance Swordsman who robbed our cotton cloth!"
"Mm. Huang Yifu has been entrenched on Qingfu Mountain all this time, with more than two hundred mountain bandits under him. On ordinary days, he lives by collecting toll money from passing merchants."
"Under normal circumstances, they won't rob merchant caravans. For some reason, this time they actually robbed our cotton cloth!"
Wu Zhan said.
Qingfu Mountain was located in the southern part of Jing'an Prefecture. It was an offshoot of Changqing Mountain—mm, the very Changqing Mountain where Yang Family Village was located.
The official road beneath Qingfu Mountain was one of the important routes leading to Jing'an Prefecture City. Huang Yifu made his living off that