Xiao Feng and the Beggar Society's Lost Trust

This flow traces the collapse of Xiao Feng's former community, from public accusation to his lasting estrangement from its members.

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A Chief Under Suspicion

Authority Challenged The old chief questioned The Beggar Society presents evidence about Qiao Feng's birth and treats his origins as grounds for suspicion. His leadership is challenged in front of the organization he once commanded. A public fracture The dispute converts private uncertainty into institutional conflict. Qiao Feng faces not a single enemy but a community whose confidence in him has been undermined.

Expulsion and Exile

A Leader Cast Out The verdict The Society expels Qiao Feng after his Khitan identity becomes public. Former subordinates treat him as a danger, and his name becomes associated with accusations he has not investigated. Loss beyond office The expulsion removes his place in the Central Plains and severs familiar ties. He continues to value individual friends even when the organization rejects him.

The Former Chief's Restraint

Fighting Former Comrades A gathering turns hostile Qiao Feng faces numerous martial artists, including people with whom he once shared the Jianghu. He fights to survive while seeking help for A'Zhu. A reputation transformed The battle becomes evidence used against him, though the circumstances are more complicated than later accounts admit. His former community remembers violence, not the pressures that produced it.

A Chief Not Replaced

The Vacancy Persists No accepted successor Beggar Society members struggle to agree on a new chief. Their search exposes the dependence they had placed on Qiao Feng's judgment and authority. Rivalry takes hold Quan Guanqing gains an opening, but the organization has no uncontested leader. The same political disputes that helped remove Qiao Feng continue to weaken the Society.

A Letter Against Rumor

The Society Faces a Correction Evidence arrives Duan Yu delivers a letter that disputes the accusations against Qiao Feng and corrects claims about Ma Dayuan and Bai Shijing. The institution finally receives information that complicates its settled story. No immediate reconciliation The message is not yet publicly assessed, and Quan Guanqing retains influence. The Society's fracture remains unresolved even as evidence begins to challenge it.

During the gathering at Apricot Forest

After the Apricot Forest confrontation

During the Juxian Manor confrontation

After Qiao Feng has left the Central Plains

During the gathering at Hall of Great Wisdom