Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 124: The Four Divine Constables, the Four Divine Constables of the Great Heroes

"Cat~"

Xiaolongnu stared at the black cat in Xia Feng's arms with her eyes wide open.

"Come, let me give you a hug."

Xia Feng handed the black cat over, but the black cat struggled, fell to the ground, and ran away.

Xiaolongnu suddenly looked disappointed.

"This bad cat!"

Xia Feng was also very unhappy, and immediately said: "This cat is not very friendly, I will take you to catch another one."

in the garden.

A black shadow passed by in front of him. Zhou Ming's eyes fixed, and then he stretched out his hand to grab it. An inexplicable force grabbed the back of the black shadow's neck and brought it in front of him.

It was the black cat that escaped before.

"Meow~"

The black cat was caught in a weak spot and had no choice but to act coquettishly and give in.

Tie Shou said in amazement, "Capturing a dragon and controlling a crane? Young Master, you have such a fine technique!"

Zhou Ming held the black cat in his arms and said, "Please don't be so witty. I think besides thanking you, you must have other motives, right?"

"Young Master is right."

Wuqing smiled and said, "We are here today for other reasons. Does Mr. Zhou know what happened recently in Zhongnan Mountain?"

"Of course I know."

Wuqing said: "This matter is very strange. I am afraid that someone with ulterior motives is secretly manipulating it. On the surface, they are targeting the Ancient Tomb Sect, but in fact they are targeting the Quanzhen Sect!
The Divine Marquisate is quite concerned about this aspect, so we came here this time to learn some information about the Quanzhen Sect and the Ancient Tomb Sect from Master Zhou."

"Know the information? Why don't you just ask Granny Sun?"

"This..." Wuqing said, "In fact, in order to prevent her from worrying, we have been hiding this matter from her."

"I see... What do you want to ask?"

"Is there any connection between the Ancient Tomb Sect and Quanzhen?"

"Of course there is a connection. This matter has to start with the founders of the Quanzhen and Ancient Tomb sects."

The founder of the Quanzhen School is naturally Wang Chongyang, while the founder of the Ancient Tomb School is Lin Chaoying.

This woman was also a remarkable person of her generation, extremely talented, and she and Wang Chongyang were in love with each other.

But both of them had their own reasons and ultimately couldn't be together.

Wang Chongyang loved her in his heart, but he had a great desire to fight against foreign invaders, so he suppressed his feelings. Later, when the Ming and Song dynasties were established, he was injured too many times on the battlefield and suffered countless hidden injuries, which limited his lifespan and eventually he died young.

Lin Chaoying also loved him in her heart, but she didn't say it out loud, and hinted at him in various ways... Of course, considering the current trend of the times, there was nothing wrong with her doing so.

But as a master, Wang Chongyang knows his physical condition better than anyone else. Even if he can understand the hint, he will not agree.

In the end, their relationship ended regretfully.

Lin Chaoying was unable to get the love she wanted, and ended up guarding the ancient tomb. After her death, the maidservant beside her inherited the Ancient Tomb School.

"I didn't expect there was such a connection?"

Wuqing said: "In this case, the person behind the scenes must be very clear about the relationship between Quanzhen and the ancient tomb to have devised such a conspiracy.

Otherwise, what does the matter of the ancient tomb have to do with Quanzhen?"

Zhou Ming's expression changed, and his eyes wandered over the four people. He said, "So that's how it is. You are doubting me? No, you are doubting my adoptive father?"

The four people's expressions suddenly changed, obviously what they were thinking was revealed.

Zhou Ming couldn't help but find it funny.

But if you think about it carefully, this suspicion is really reasonable.

As the prime minister of a country, Pei Ju also held the power of two ministries. I don't know how many thorns in his eyes and bones he was.

Even if he was a good person, he would become a bad person, not to mention that Pei Ju was not a good person to begin with.

In the process of seizing power, many insidious means were used.

Such a person, in the eyes of the Divine Marquis Mansion, is naturally a solid villain.

I can't help but think too much about everything he does.

He sent his only adopted son to Quanzhen to learn martial arts, and he stayed there for ten years.

Even Zhou Ming himself couldn't help but think too much about this kind of behavior and guess the reasons behind it, let alone others?
Moreover, the Quanzhen faction is spread all over the world, and Chongyang Palace, as the ancestral temple, is very important. It is reasonable for Pei Ju to target Chongyang Palace.

Combined with the current situation, the conspiracy behind the rumors actually took advantage of the relationship between Quanzhen and the ancient tomb, but not many people knew about this relationship.

With this association, Pei Ju is indeed very suspicious.

But of course the Four Famous Constables could not act rashly in front of Pei Ju, so they could only test it in front of Zhou Ming.

Zhou Mingdao said, "I spent ten years in Zhongnan Mountain. Although I was learning martial arts within Quanzhen, the internal management of Quanzhen was chaotic, and the disciples were fighting for power. I never liked this, so my relationship with Quanzhen was relatively poor, while my relationship with the Ancient Tomb was relatively good.

Granny Sun is the elder who watched me grow up, Mo Chou is my confidante, and Long Er is the sister who grew up with me. I will never use them for any conspiracy or trickery.

That’s all I have to say, whether you believe it or not!
see a visitor out! "

The four of them looked uncertain.

But even if they had great courage, they did not dare to act rashly in the Pei Mansion, so they had to leave honestly.

After leaving the house, Tie Shou said, "I didn't expect this person to be so perceptive. Our attempts were almost fruitless, as he saw through them.

This time, I didn’t get much information…”

Zhui Ming said, "I actually think that this rumor has nothing to do with him."

Wuqing nodded: "I think so too. However, just because it has nothing to do with him doesn't mean it has nothing to do with Pei Ju."

The four of them returned to the Shenhou Mansion and met Zhuge Zhengwo, telling him what had happened today in detail.

Zhuge Zhengwo frowned. "It seems that it's impossible to get information from here. I hope everything goes well for Hero Guo Ju."

In the past, Guo Juxia and Zhuge Zhengwo were both officials of the Ministry of Justice, serving in the Six Gates.

Both of them have apprentices. Zhuge Zhengwo has four famous detectives under his command.

Some gossipers called several of Guo Juxia's more outstanding disciples the Four Great Constables. It was just a joke at first, but later the late emperor promoted Guo Juxia to the Dali Temple and made the Shenhou Mansion independent of the Six Gates. Although the two were in different departments, their functions overlapped to a considerable extent.

The Four Famous Detectives and the Four Divine Detectives were gradually established.

It involves the power struggle between two departments, the unwillingness of eight young people to admit defeat, the instigation of busybodies in the underworld, and the promotion of people with ulterior motives in the dark. It is very complicated.

However, the relationship between the two families is not as bad as people imagine.

At least in business, the two companies have the same goals.

After rumors spread, both families realized that something was amiss, but when they investigated further, they discovered that the other party was also investigating.

As mentioned before, when the earthquake hit the capital, a large number of fugitives escaped from the Ministry of Justice prison. Most of them were caught, but a small number are still at large.

As a result, a large amount of manpower was involved in the Ministry of Justice.

When both parties found that they were investigating the same thing, in order to avoid wasting manpower and have more people to hunt down the fugitives, after discussion, they decided to entrust the matter entirely to Guo Juxia's side.

Because of this incident, it is indeed possible that Pei Ju was secretly plotting.

But in fact, they also guessed the possibility that the Yuan Dynasty was pushing it behind the scenes.

In addition, this incident happened in the border area, not far away from Xiangyang City, and the hero Guo in the city was the cousin of Guo Juxia.

If it is handled by Guo Juxia, then you can directly ask Guo Daxia to send someone to help.

So, the world of martial arts is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and worldly wisdom!

At this moment, the four great detectives under Guo Juxia had already split into two teams and rushed to Zhongnan Mountain Chongyang Palace and Xiangyang City respectively. However, after learning that Zhou Ming had returned, Guo Juxia asked Zhuge Zhengwo to send his four great detectives to test him.

After all, from their perspective, Pei Ju might also do such a thing.

But Pei Ju was cunning and it was a daydream to try to find out information from him, so he wanted to start from Zhou Ming.

It just so happened that Wuqing was dealing with the matter of Xiaolongnu, so he could go to her house without arousing suspicion.

But who would have thought that Zhou Ming, despite his young age, was also extremely perceptive. He saw through them after just a few words.

Wuqing smiled bitterly and said, "This time, I have offended both Master Zhou and my two sisters. If it weren't for him... I would have been completely humiliated."

Zhuge Zhengwo said, "In that case, tomorrow I will take you to apologize and ask for his forgiveness. I think Master Zhou will give me some face."

Wuqing was helpless and said, "This is the only way..."

Afterwards, Zhuge Zhengwo passed the information to Guo Juxia.

After reading it, Guo Juxia asked, "Brother Zhuge, do you think this was planned by the Yuan Dynasty or the Prime Minister?"

Zhuge Zhengwo smiled and said, "I dare not say for sure, but my two disciples have seen the Prime Minister's son with their own eyes and believe that this matter should have nothing to do with him. As for whether the Prime Minister himself has planned this, I dare not say."

Guo Juxia thought for a moment and said, "The Ancient Tomb Sect is a hidden sect, and its relationship with Quanzhen is even lesser known. If this matter has nothing to do with the Prime Minister, then how did the Yuan Kingdom know about this relationship and use it to plot this?"

Zhuge Zhengwo: "There are only three people from the Tomb Clan, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"The problem is... Quan Zhen?"

"Hehe..." Zhuge Zhengwo smiled faintly and did not respond.

Guo Juxia shook his head and immediately sent a letter by carrier pigeon to Xiangyang City.

Xiangyang was originally an ordinary city on the border of the Song Dynasty, close to the Ming Dynasty. However, after the Yuan Dynasty continuously invaded the Jin Dynasty and occupied its territory, the Yuan Dynasty expanded its territory, and Xiangyang City became the main route that the Yuan Dynasty had to take to attack the Song Dynasty.

If the Yuan Dynasty wanted to attack the Song Dynasty, it would be impossible to bypass Xiangyang City. If it went from the west, it would have to pass through Ming territory, and if it went from the east, it would have to pass through Jin territory.

Needless to say, the Ming Dynasty could not defeat the enemy in the west.

Although the Jin Kingdom in the east can be defeated, many foreign countries have alliances and cannot go to war at will.

Therefore, Xiangyang became a thorn in the side of the Yuan Dynasty.

In order to resist the Yuan army, countless righteous men from the Ming and Song dynasties gathered here.

The most famous and prestigious among them is naturally the hero Guo Jing who commands Xiangyang!
The Guo family was once somewhat famous, but later when foreign tribes moved south, the Guo family split up to avoid disaster, with one group going to the Ming Dynasty and the other to the Song Dynasty.

This branch of the Ming Dynasty is relatively stable.

The Song branch gradually declined, and in the end only Guo Jing's father Guo Xiaotian was left. After his wife became pregnant, she encountered a disaster and fled to the Yuan Kingdom, where she gave birth to Guo Jing.

Guo Jing was extraordinary since childhood. He had made great contributions to the Yuan Dynasty and had old ties with the Yuan Dynasty's high-level officials. Even Genghis Khan admired him very much. But after he became an adult, he returned to the Song Dynasty and after many things, he finally became a great hero.

After a period of time, he married and had children, and lived in seclusion on Peach Blossom Island.

However, after being defeated by the Ming Dynasty many times in a row, the Yuan Dynasty turned to attack the Jin Dynasty, seized a large area of ​​Jin's territory, and made its own territory border with the Song Dynasty, intending to attack the Song Dynasty from here and then attack the Ming Dynasty.

Guo Jing saw this intention and decided to garrison Xiangyang and resist the Yuan army.

The Ming Kingdom also noticed this and sent many experts and a large amount of supplies to help, including Guo Juxia.

When the two met and started chatting, they found out that they were a family several generations ago, and their relationship became better.

Another day.

Xiangyang, Guo Mansion.

"Dad, there's another carrier pigeon message."

Guo Fu walked in holding a pigeon.

Guo Jing asked, "Where did it come from?"

"Over in Ming Country, it seems to be a letter from my uncle."

"Oh?"

Two young men stood up and asked, "Is this the letter from Master?"

These two are two of the four great detectives taught by Guo Juxia.

The third one chases the wind.

The fourth one is Leng Yu.

Leng Yu took two quick steps, took the pigeon, and said, "It is indeed Master's pigeon."

Zhuifeng said hurriedly: "Why don't we take a look and see what news there is about the private server attack?"

Leng Yu said: "Third Brother, please pay attention to your accent."

"Oh, sorry." Zhuifeng apologized quickly.

Leng Yu took the note off the pigeon's leg, looked at it, and said, "This incident is most likely a plot by the Yuan Dynasty. Master asked us to rush to Zhongnan Mountain Chongyang Palace immediately to stop it."

As he said this, he put the note into his arms.

Huang Rong, who was standing next to him, frowned slightly when she saw this.

Guo Jing had no doubts and said, "In that case, I will go with you."

Leng Yu said, "No, Uncle Guo, if this is really a Yuan Dynasty plot, then we are not sure whether their goal is really to target the Quanzhen Sect or Xiangyang City.

To be on the safe side, you should stay in Xiangyang City. That way, if the Yuan army attacks, you can command them calmly without having to rush back from Zhongnan Mountain."

"This..." Guo Jing hesitated.

He has a close relationship with Quanzhen Sect.

In recent years, every time the Yuan army invaded, Quanzhen would often send people to support.

The Quanzhen Sect might be in trouble now, and he would feel uneasy if he didn't go.

Leng Yu said: "This time, the four of us are going to Chongyang Palace. There are still many masters and heroes in the martial arts world who can be won over and persuaded. It will definitely be foolproof!

But Xiangyang City can't survive without you, Uncle Guo!"

The city of Xiangyang is said to be in the State of Song.

However, the State of Song valued culture over military power and had a weak military force. Its ability to resist the Yuan State relied heavily on the many martial arts masters in the city.

And these martial arts masters often obey Guo Jing's orders.

In addition, Guo Jing himself is well versed in military strategy.

Therefore, anyone can be missing from this city except Guo Jing.

"Yes, Brother Jing." Huang Rong also advised: "If this is really the Yuan Kingdom's attempt to lure the tiger away from the mountain, we must not fall into its trap!"

"……All right."

Guo Jing was persuaded and said, "In that case, I'll let Fu'er, Guo'er, Dunru, and Xiuwen go together. Fu'er, go and call them all over."

"Okay, Dad." Guo Fu nodded and left.

Leng Yu said: "Uncle Guo, let's go pack our gifts as well."

"Ah."

After leaving the hall and entering the guest room, he saw no one around. He asked, "What else did Father Xi say?"

Leng Yu handed him the note in her arms. Zhui Feng took a look and asked, "Father Xi suspects there's a traitor in Chongyang Palace?"

"That's right," Leng Yu nodded. "Uncle Guo has a close relationship with several masters of Chongyang Palace. We must not let him know about this. When we arrive at Chongyang Palace, we must not make it public. After informing our eldest and second senior brothers, we can observe secretly."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)