The Tang Football Association's Football League Ranking Tournament was in full swing. Those rich young masters and ladies who were usually empty and lonely had recently had their fill of watching the matches. They no longer felt that their days were boring!
However, the attendance of the two football stadiums was dropping again and again. Overall, the enthusiasm of the people to watch the matches was not as good as before. There were no more full stadiums after that!
Aside from the uneven quality of the matches, there was another important reason, and that was the economy. Not everyone was as rich as those rich young masters and young ladies. If they wanted to watch every match, they would have to have a gold mine at home!
In addition, without the guidance of a modern person like Li Zexuan, football betting in modern society had quietly been born recently!
Some rich young masters did not come to the football stadiums purely to watch the matches, but to bet with two or three of their friends. Under normal circumstances, it was a small private bet, but some of the bets were not small at all. There were even bets of thousands of strings!
Of course, where there was money, there would be corruption! And football betting was the easiest way to breed corruption in football.
In order to win the bet, some rich young masters privately bribed a team to fix the matches. The Tang Football Association had investigated at least five or six such cases in recent days. Those teams that fixed the matches were first removed from the Football Association, then everyone in the team, including the team owner, was blacklisted by the Football Association. They would not be able to participate in any football-related activities for life!
As for those rich young masters who spent money to fix the matches, the Tang Football Association had already submitted the relevant evidence to the Supreme Court. If the victims wanted to pursue the matter, they could go to the Supreme Court to report. With the evidence provided by the Football Association, not only could they recover the losses, they could also punish the other party!
There was always darkness under the sun. Although the Tang Football Association could not dig out all the darkness, the Football Association could use a strict punishment system to punish the chickens to the monkeys, as a warning to others! In this way, before those teams wanted to fix the matches in the future, they would have to carefully consider it!
Compared to watching football matches, which was a "high-cost" form of entertainment, ordinary people were more willing to watch the "gossip" news on the Datang Daily. For example, a certain assistant minister's concubine eloped with a servant, a certain rich young master spent a lot of money on a certain singer in a brothel, and so on. These were more or less the topics of conversation after meals!
Of course, there were even more commoners who liked to read the novels in the "Talking About Martial World" section. Compared to football matches and news, novels were a better way to kill time!
However, there seemed to be something wrong with the "Bragging World" section in March. There were no new novels, and those that were still being serialized were all novels that had been published in the past and hadn't ended yet!
In the beginning, the readers did not notice this phenomenon. But now, it was already the middle of March, and "Big Words Martial World" was still the same few novels that were being updated tepidly. It was like a pool of stagnant water, making people feel lifeless!
Everyone was looking forward to the addition of fresh water to this stagnant pool!
"Eh? No! Didn't Leather Knight say that they would release a new book in March? It's already the middle of March. Why hasn't he started writing yet? "
In the vast sea of people, there were always some people with good memories.
In a teahouse, three or four friends were having a small gathering. One of them suddenly shouted.
"Yeah! F * ck! He had almost forgotten about it while watching the football match! What about the new Leather Knight novel? This guy had just finished writing his last book, and now he was resting for several months! It had been almost half a year! How was it? Did the newspaper publish his short story? I want to see it! "
"Publish my ass! It's all his previous novels! Speaking of which, he couldn't have forgotten about releasing a new book in March, right? "
"F * ck! You don't say, it's really possible! If we can forget that he is releasing a new novel because we are watching the football match, then it's very likely that he will forget to write a new novel because he is busy watching the match! "
"Ah ~? You're saying that Leather Knight also likes to watch football matches ~? "
"Isn't that obvious? Football matches are so interesting. As long as you have money, who wouldn't like to watch it? And Leather Knight definitely doesn't lack money. This guy might be watching football matches every day! "
"Yes, yes, yes! Let's go find him! Let him quickly write a new book! "
"Hey ~! Brother Yang, wait! We have never seen Leather Knight before. Even if he is really watching football matches, we won't know which one is him! "
"Oh! Brother Wu, you're right! Then how do we find Leather Knight ~? "
"… Let's go to Datang Daily's editorial office. There must be someone there who knows Leather Knight's true identity! Ask them to pressure Leather Knight and get him to release a new book quickly ~! "
"Eh? That's right! Let's go to Datang Daily's editorial office! But with just the few of us, I'm afraid we are a little weak ~? "
"Haha! What are you afraid of? I'll go to the Imperial College and the Hongwen Library later and call some friends. There will be at least 20 to 30 people in total. Let's go together! "
"Okay! Then let's go now! "
"Let's go!"
The young people were in high spirits and sometimes left as soon as they said they would. The group of people left the teahouse and headed straight for the Imperial College!
Half an hour later, more than 50 young people walked together on Vermillion Bird Avenue. They shouted, "March is already here, why hasn't Leather Knight released a new book yet?" as they marched toward the Eastern City of Chang 'an!
Speaking of which, the young man who took the lead to "cause trouble" had only planned to bring 20 to 30 friends to boost his momentum. He never expected that after the others heard the news, they would rather "skip class" and follow along! What was even more unexpected was that the size of their group grew as they walked. Before they reached the Eastern City Gate, there were already more than 100 people!
After all, they were not the only ones who had been "waiting" for Leather Knight's new book for the past six months ~!
"Young Master! Young Master! There are so many scholars outside who are clamoring to cause trouble at the Datang Daily's editorial office. It's so lively ~! "
South of Chang 'an City, Lin Family Mansion.
Maid Xiao Shi hurried to the backyard and reported to Lin Hao, who was immersed in his studies.
"Cause trouble? What trouble are they causing ~? "
After half a year of studying wholeheartedly, Lin Hao's temperament had changed a lot. He was less of a "wastrel" and more of a positive and energetic person!
At this moment, he raised his head and looked at his little maid as he asked calmly.
"Young Master! They said they want to go to the Datang Daily's editorial office and ask Leather Knight to quickly publish the next book! "
Xiao Shi bowed and said.
"Gosh! I almost forgot about that! "
The cultured and refined Lin Hao, who had the demeanor of a scholar, instantly regained his original temperament. This fellow's eyes lit up, and he roared: "No! I have to go too! Xiao Shi, don't tell my parents! Eh? Dad! Mom! Why are you here? Take a seat first. I have an urgent matter to attend to and need to go out! "
It was no wonder that he was so excited. He was a hardcore fan of "A Legend of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality"! Now that March had arrived and Leather Knight had yet to release a new book, how could he not be anxious?
"Unfilial son! Stop right there ~! "
Lin Wenyuan's angry roar came from the backyard of the Lin Family Mansion. But to Lin Hao, this was not important!
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