"Feng Jiagui, the young minister of Taipu Temple, is a real big shot. Even though he is not a big official, given his reputation in the literary world, many officials with higher grades than him have to bow to him honestly."

When Xingyun learned that it was related to Feng Jiagui, his face became serious.

It is easy to investigate an ordinary bureaucrat, or even an ordinary nobleman, but it is extremely difficult to investigate a great scholar like Feng Jiagui.

Dongling Academy is known as the top of the four major academies in the world. It has many disciples and former officials. In the officialdom of Daqi, there are only a few people who have nothing to do with Dongling Academy.

Feng Jiagui is currently a top-ranked Confucian who is proficient in various Confucian classics. He writes books, teaches and educates people, and his elite disciples are all over the court and inside.

It is almost impossible to investigate such a person in a big way because his whole body can be affected by a single move.

Even another great scholar of the Feng family, Feng Yueheng, is not as famous as Feng Jiagui.

"Our goal is not to bring down Feng Jiagui, but to make him surrender." Zi Yan said calmly.

"To make such a great scholar surrender? It's too difficult. We can't torture him severely, nor can we use evil methods such as poisonous insects. How can we make him surrender?" Xingyun asked doubtfully.

"Human beings have weaknesses. As long as we find Feng Jiagui's life gate, all problems will be solved." Zi Yan said calmly.

"Where to start? I have no idea." Xingyun said, rubbing his head.

"It's very simple. Let's start with Feng Jiagui's wife and concubines. Come on, follow me to find Ning Feng tonight," Zi Yan said.

Xingyun didn't want to go at first, but now that Zi Yan was staring at him, he had no choice but to nod and say: "Okay, let's leave now."

"Wang Sa, after you have finished handling your own affairs, you will report back to the Marquis Mansion. You will find the right manpower and go to Wanhua Building to handle the matter."

Before leaving, Zi Yan gave another warning.

That night, there was a knock on the door of Ning Feng's house.

Ning Feng turned over and climbed up from the bed.

He went drinking at night, and the smell of alcohol has not dissipated yet. Who knows that someone will come and disturb him.

"Who is it? I'm not doing anything tonight!" Ning Feng narrowed his eyes and shouted loudly while yawning.

"It's me." A cold female voice came in from outside.

Ning Feng's instinct stirred, and most of the alcohol smell dissipated in an instant, and his groggy mind suddenly sobered up.

"Zi, Zi Yan... why are you back?" Ning Feng said hesitantly.

"Can't I come back?"

"Yes, of course I can, that's not what I meant..." Ning Feng hurriedly defended.

"Then what do you mean?" Zi Yan raised her eyebrows.

"What I mean is, has the emperor handed over another big case to us?" Ning Feng asked wisely.

"If there is no case, I will come to you?" Zi Yan opened the door and looked around with disgust.

Ning Feng is quite tall, but his appearance is not satisfactory.

But men also have dignity. Being stared at by a woman with such disgusting eyes, Ning Feng felt panicked.

"What case?"

But in the end, Ning Feng relented.

In the past, when Zi Yan first joined the Hidden Guard, he had secretly made a stumbling block and offended her.

Later, Ziyan didn't care about it openly, but she became less polite in her speech from now on.

"Is this case interesting to investigate Feng Jiagui?" Zi Yan turned around and sat down on the chair next to her.

"What? Investigate Feng Jiagui? This is a hot potato." Ning Feng poured a glass of water and took a big gulp. When he heard the name Feng Jiagui, his eyes suddenly widened.

"Whatever the Emperor wants us to do, no matter how difficult it is, we have to do it." Zi Yan said calmly.

"That's right, except the emperor, no one dares to deal with him, but..."

Ning Feng frowned and said: "This old guy has nothing to do with him. He is not easy to handle. Apart from having many wives and concubines, he has nothing else... I will look for the files for you."

He stepped towards the wall, slapped his palm on it, and the shelf next to it moved away, revealing a door.

"Zi Yan, the files are inside. You have to come in with me to take a look. According to the discipline of our hidden guards, the files cannot be taken back, not even by me."

Ning Feng said.

Ning Feng is now the commander of the Hidden Guard. Above him, there is only Eunuch Wang Yun who can control him, not even him. This is where the discipline of the Hidden Guard is strict.

There is only one person who truly has the power to dispose of these files, and that is Emperor Qi Xingyun.

Follow the stairs and enter the basement below.

The area is very wide, with many documents stored on rows of bookshelves.

Only the most important books and files will be stored here, and those below a certain level will not be placed here.

"Feng Jiagui's files should be in Room B." Ning Feng said.

There are four rooms here, named A, B, C and D according to their serial numbers.

Room A is the most secretive, as it contains secret documents related to the royal family, while Room B contains files of very important figures among princes and generals.

Feng Jiagui's level can barely reach the standard of Yizifang.

Ning Feng searched for them line by line. The secret volumes here were maintained by dedicated personnel in the palace and were arranged according to the order of strokes for easy searching.

"it's here."

Ning Feng stopped in front of one of the bookshelves and reached out to pull out a volume from a row of books.

After Zi Yan took it, she opened it and read it.

"In the second year of Tonghe, he married Lu, the daughter of the Lu family."

"In the third year of Tonghe, he married a concubine named Li."

"In the fourth year of Tonghe, I married Zhang's concubine."

"In the fifth year of Tonghe, I married the Wang family as a concubine."

"In the sixth year of Tonghe, he married the Yang family."

"In the seventh year of Tonghe, I married the Zhao family..."

"This old guy marries one person a year. Is this the so-called great scholar?" Zi Yan was dumbfounded.

In the past, the great Confucians in her eyes were people of high moral character and upright conduct.

Later, the image of many great Confucians gradually began to collapse.

In fact, apart from their status as great scholars, they are just a group of mortals, and in some aspects, they are even more vulgar than ordinary mortals.

"Great scholars like these tunes. I've seen it before. Don't think that Feng Jiagui is the only one. The other great scholars are not much better." Ning Feng curled his lips disdainfully.

"Where have all their moral articles gone?" Zi Yan said.

"Article morals... Those knowledge are used to gain fame and credit. Do you really think that the great Confucianists have understood the word fame and fortune? Except for a very few true Confucianists, the vast majority are lay people, and they are more vulgar than ordinary lay people."

"They have plenty of wine, sex, and wealth."

"Learning is just a bargaining chip used to make money... If scholars don't have any integrity and ideals, and only regard knowledge as a step to advance, then Daqi will not be well." Zi Yan sighed.

"There are still officials and scholars who truly regard the world as their own responsibility. For example, Mr. Zhang Tingyuge is the kind of scholar with strong bones. There are so few such people that they can only be regarded as a minority in the court."
Chapter completed!