Great Song, the Divine Marquis's Residence.
Zhuge Zhengwo sat in a chair, reading the intelligence reports his subordinates had delivered.
They covered not only court affairs, but also the Jianghu.
"Was there something else?" Zhuge Zhengwo asked without raising his head.
Standing before him was Tie Shou Tie Youxia, one of Great Song's Four Great Constables-his subordinate, younger kinsman, helper, and disciple.
"Uncle, the Imperial Preceptor of Great Ming has come to our Great Song."
Zhuge Zhengwo looked up. "Lin Lang? What has he come to Great Song for? Because the Sun Moon Holy Cult established a Branch Altar? Or does he intend to wipe out some Great Song sect?"
The Four Great Constables had long since established that Lin Lang, the Imperial Preceptor of Great Ming, was the Sun Moon Holy Cult's Right Envoy.
They also knew that the Five Immortals Sect had opened more than a dozen pharmacies in Great Song, clearly to gather Jianghu intelligence. Otherwise, why would the Sun Moon Holy Cult need that paltry money?
He could not see through Lin Lang either. All the intelligence clearly showed that Lin Lang had once been an ordinary Jinyiwei guard. How had he become Ren Woxing's disciple?
Ren Woxing had disappeared for twelve years, then resurfaced in Great Song. That meant he must have spent those twelve years in Great Song, so how had he taught Lin Lang?
Besides, to Zhuge Zhengwo, Ren Woxing's martial arts were nothing special, not much better than those of the Four Great Constables under him.
Although Ren Woxing could be considered proficient in sword techniques, he was certainly no supreme swordsman. Who had taught Lin Lang his sword techniques?
Like many others, he had once thought Lin Lang practiced the Evil-Warding Sword Technique. Yet every indication showed that Lin Lang had