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Xiaoxiang Pavilion has two major rules.

First, you have to pay an entrance fee to enter Xiaoxiang Pavilion. As long as you enter the door of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, you have to pay one or two taels of silver. If you go out for something in the middle, you have to pay one or two taels of silver when you come in again. Everyone must abide by this.

Second, it is specially for receiving warriors, not ordinary people. Even if your father is a first-rank official, a prince, a general, or even the current emperor, you cannot enter the Xiaoxiang Pavilion if you are not a warrior.

Many people opposed this rule at first, thinking that Xiaoxiang Pavilion was arrogant, but later the voices gradually disappeared.

Because people are doing business, it's consensual. If you feel that this rule is inappropriate, you don't have to come. You can go somewhere else, even to the Jiaofangsi.

Secondly, the Ming Dynasty was founded on military power, and Taizu conquered the world on horseback. He stipulated that the successor must be a warrior, not a weak scholar.

Most of the officials in the court are proficient in martial arts, and even the civil servants have to be in the early stage of the Dengtang realm.

If your aptitude is indeed poor, but you have amazing literary talent, the imperial court will also spend a lot of effort to help you gain enlightenment and become a warrior!

Therefore, martial arts became a trend in the Ming Dynasty, and the country even published basic martial arts techniques and moves for free, so almost everyone knew a few moves.

Of course, no matter how much everyone practices martial arts, aptitude is still very important. Some people cannot even get started in their entire lives and cannot reach the master level.

But even so, after decades of accumulation, countless people have entered the realm of Dengtang.

Especially in the capital, there are handsome men, abundant spiritual energy, and many rich people. Once elixirs are thrown around, the number of warriors will naturally increase.

So, gradually, the voices of opposition became fewer, and the rule that non-warriors were prohibited from entering Xiaoxiang Pavilion was established.

"Well, this Xiaoxiang Pavilion is nice. Let's ask Duan Tianya to meet at Xiaoxiang Pavilion tomorrow at noon." Wang Hao said to Li Bai.

"Yes, Master, please wait a moment, I will have someone do it right away."

Li Bai walked away for a while, and in less than a minute, he came back.

"Is it done?" Wang Hao said.

"Master, it's done." Li Bai said respectfully.

"Well, let's go to the inn and rest for a night. I remember Tongfu Inn is our Wan family's property, right? Let's go there."

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The next day.

Noon.

Wang Hao and Li Bai were walking on the street, heading towards Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Seeing the casino next to him, Wang Hao seemed to have thought of something and asked in a low voice.

"Little Li, I remember the last time I came to Beijing, I asked you to investigate a person who was causing trouble. Did you find him?"

"Master, we found out that our people are monitoring this kid." Li Bai said respectfully.

After listening to this, Wang Hao pondered for a while, and then said: "Find an opportunity to put him in a desperate situation, and then you arrange for him to receive training from our Shadow Guards. This kid is a martial arts genius."

Of course, this martial arts genius was deceiving Li Bai. The reason why Cheng Shifei was so strong in his previous life was entirely because of Gu Santong's cleansing of the meridians and marrow and his enlightenment.

But Wang Hao also had a glimmer of hope. After all, Cheng Shifei was Gu Santong's son, and he must have inherited his extraordinary talent, but he just hadn't discovered it.

As long as Cheng Fei's potential is unleashed, even if he cannot become like Gu Santong, it should be no problem to train him into a top master of Hua Jin.

Moreover, he is loyal.

"Yes, young master." Li Bai replied respectfully.

At this time, a team of patrol detectives came before Wang Hao.

There are five people in a group, two are in the late stage of entering the hall, two are in the early stage of entering the room, and the leader is in the middle stage of entering the room, and he seems to be a team leader.

They were wearing standard police uniforms, holding scimitars in their hands and with sharp eyes.

Wang Hao and the others stepped aside, and Li Bai explained to Wang Hao after they left.

"Master, this is the constable of the Beijing government office, responsible for patrolling. There are five people in a team, and the team leader must be at least in the middle stage of housebreaking. Five teams form a squadron, which is responsible for a specific area, and the squadron leader is at the peak of housebreaking."

"And the five squadrons formed a brigade, responsible for the security of one-quarter of Beijing. The brigade leader is a master of Hua Jin."

"I heard that the chief constable in the government office is at the peak of Hua Jin, and there is even a grandmaster."

After listening to Li Bai's introduction, Wang Hao thought, no wonder the public security in Beijing is so good.

You have to know that among the local constables, the chief constable has only reached the intermediate level in martial arts skills.

Therefore, the local arrest capabilities are relatively poor.

Most of the people in the martial arts world are active on the ground. They use force to break the law and the police cannot catch them at all.

Therefore, local government offices could only report to the imperial court on matters beyond their capabilities.

The Ming Dynasty encouraged martial arts, and even the title of martial arts champion was more valuable than that of literary champion.

However, as the number of martial artists increased and more and more people disobeyed discipline, people in the martial arts world would fight each other over a disagreement, breaking the law and saying that this was the business of the martial arts world.

Where did the law stand? The court was very troubled.

This has led to a very contradictory situation now: it is impossible to completely ban weapons, but some people are violating the ban by using weapons.

Therefore, the imperial court specially established a wanted list, also known as a reward list. For those who the local detectives could not handle, the masters of the Jinyiwei were specially assigned to arrest them.

The most famous case is the Gu Santong case seventeen years ago. He was the number one man in the world at that time, but he caused chaos in the martial arts world and killed innocent people indiscriminately. The Jinyiwei were helpless against him. It was only after the Tiedan Shenhou stepped in to quell the turmoil.

Wang Hao felt a little strange. Where did Cao Zhengchun go at that time?

As the head of the two major forces, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, why didn't he arrest Gu Santong?

Wang Hao suppressed his doubts for the time being and continued walking forward with Li Bai.

Li Bai continued to introduce Xiaoxiang Pavilion to Wang Hao.

Li Bai told Wang Hao that he had already booked a private room on the second floor of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, named Tingyuxuan.

Duan Tianya was also notified to meet at Tingyuxuan.

I heard it from Li Bai.

Xiaoxiang Pavilion is not only a place where many people from all walks of life like to spend money, but also officials from the imperial court like to come here.

Here, they can release their nature and do something unknown.

The most important thing is that this is a privately owned business and the imperial court is not aware of it.

It would be inconvenient if it were in the Jiaofangsi. Many women of officials, although their families are in misfortune, still have numerous connections with them. How can you let officials in the officialdom go to the Jiaofangsi to seek pleasure?

So, basically everyone came to Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Xiaoxiang Pavilion has a very strong background, so strong that even the authorities dare not touch it or investigate it.

Many people live a life of drunkenness and debauchery here, spending money like water, and the consumption is extremely high.

However, it's not without reason that his place is expensive.

The chefs hired by Xiaoxiang Pavilion are all retired from the palace, and the wine and drinks they serve are also the best.

The living environment is also very luxurious, with all casino facilities and various gambling equipment.

There is not only traditional gambling on the card table, but also beast fighting and even human fighting, where two warriors fight on the stage and the people below place bets.