Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 153 Various Actions, Time Travel

royal palace.

A row of houses in a remote corner is the residence of the eunuchs in the palace. Usually several people live in one house, and the houses are very simple.

But one of them has a very luxurious interior decoration.

There are fine mahogany tables, huanghuali chairs, and beds covered with gauze and the finest silk.

The teapot on the table is from the finest official kiln.

The aroma of tea wafting out is worth ten taels of silver.

Such luxurious decoration is totally incompatible with the residence of this young eunuch.

It’s just because the people living here have very special identities.

He is the former supervisor of the East Factory, now a ninth-rank eunuch.

Cao Zhengchun!
With a creak, Liu Xi, dressed in luxurious red and purple official uniform, walked in.

Cao Zhengchun glanced at him and said, "Isn't this Liu Xi, the governor of the East Factory?"

Liu Xi fell to his knees and said, "Master, how can I be qualified to be the Master of the East Factory? You are the eternal Master of our East Factory!"

"Don't, I'm just a ninth-rank eunuch."

"Hey hey!"

Liu Xi said, "The emperor was young and ignorant, but are we also ignorant? The East Factory will always be under your supervision! Even if you are temporarily demoted now, it is just a change in the way you lead our East Factory!"

"Haha...you have such a big mouth!"

Cao Zhengchun then smiled happily and said, "Tell me, what brings you here this time?"

"Master," Liu Xi said, "Ye Gucheng has already decided on the location for the decisive battle."

"where?"

"Top of the Forbidden City."

"where?!"

Cao Zhengchun suddenly sat up straight.

Liu Xi thought he didn't hear clearly, so he repeated it again.

But in fact, it was at this moment that Cao Zhengchun suddenly understood everything.

What happened in the capital recently seemed to be natural, but a shrewd man like Cao Zhengchun had long seen that someone was secretly pushing it.

But he didn't know the other party's purpose.

It was not until this moment, when he heard the words "Top of the Forbidden City", that Cao Zhengchun instantly understood.

"What a conspiracy! They've tied everyone in the capital to a gambling game, and then announced the Forbidden City as the location for the final battle. It's absolutely impossible for anyone, not even that little emperor, to stop it!"

Although Cao Zhengchun was dismissed, he still firmly controlled most of the power of the East Factory.

All kinds of intelligence information will be sent directly to him.

So he knew how many dignitaries in the capital had participated in the gambling, and how many people had staked their entire fortunes!
Not to mention the distant past, most of the people in the East Factory were involved.

Even Liu Xi, who was standing in front of him at this moment, was the same!
After all, the palace is lonely, and as a eunuch, he will not have offspring, so naturally he can only enjoy himself while he is alive.

Gambling is the most common way to have fun.

"Then, Lord Governor, do you think you should report this news to His Majesty?"

"Um……"

Cao Zhengchun frowned and thought.

Things have come to this point, and the emperor cannot stop the decisive battle.

He couldn't stop it either.

Even so, a gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall, let alone an emperor.

If the emperor had been informed in advance, he could have avoided the danger first. Then, no matter what the people behind the scenes planned, the emperor would have been safe.

Moreover, considering his current situation, it is high time for him to do more meritorious deeds to atone for his sins.

but……

Can this one achievement alone allow him to return to the position of the head of the East Factory?
I'm afraid not.

That being the case...

Cao Zhengchun's eyes turned cold and he said, "Your Majesty is busy with many things every day. There's no need to bother him with such a small matter."

"Yes."

Liu Xi was delighted.

He had already participated in the gambling game, but he was not betting with others. Instead, he was the banker!
No matter who wins or loses, he can make a lot of money!
But if the gambling game is over, haha, he, the banker, will naturally not make any money at all.

However, this is the duty of the East Factory. If His Majesty blames him later, he, the newly promoted head of the East Factory, will not be able to withstand His Majesty's wrath.

Now that Cao Zhengchun has spoken, that is naturally the best.

Lu Xiaofeng did a good job.

At the same time, many dignitaries in the capital knew the location of the decisive battle.

While everyone was surprised at Ye Gucheng's audacity, their first thought was... they must let this duel continue!
Even the emperor can't stop it!

Inside the palace, the four masters responsible for protecting the palace's security held a small meeting in secret, and the news was blocked.

The young emperor, who was about to go to court, knew nothing about this!
Hulong Villa.

"Haitang, take care on your journey."

"I will take good care of myself," Shangguan Haitang said, "Foster father, take care of yourself too. If you're too busy to go anywhere else... you can always go directly to Big Brother."

"There are more than just four of you spies in Hulong Villa..." Zhu Wusi said with a smile, "Since Tianya has retired from the martial arts world, it's better not to disturb him casually."

"Father..."

Shangguan Haitang nodded with a heavy heart: "I will bring Cheng Shifei back!"

At the beginning of the year, Cheng Shifei inherited Gu Santong's skills, rescued the Queen Mother, and made great contributions. The Queen Mother recommended him to become the only missing "Huang" spy among the four secret agents of "Tian Di Xuan Huang" in the Huolong Villa.

However, Zhu Wusi asked to test Cheng Shifei, and in the process he deliberately misled others, made deceptions and many excessive actions, which made Cheng Shifei angry and embarrassed, and he simply left the capital.

Afterwards, Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang went to the Giant Whale Gang to investigate its collusion with Japan, and met an old friend of Duan Tianya's from when he was studying in Japan.

Duan Tianya fought a decisive battle with Yagyu Tajima-no-kami and knocked him off a cliff.

Although Yagyu Tadama no Kami did not die, he took this opportunity to hide behind the scenes and control the ronin forces, but Duan Tianya did not know it at the time.

In the original story, he fell in love with Liu Sheng Piaoxu at this time and decided to retire from the world.

In this world, Yagyu Piaoxu was sent to lurk beside Zhou Ming, and then rebelled, but Yagyu Tajima no Kami... or rather, the person behind Yagyu Tajima no Kami, Zhu Wusi, still used the beauty trap and created a female disciple of Yagyu Tajima no Kami.

As the adoptive father who adopted Duan Tianya since childhood, Zhu Wusi probably knows him better than Duan Tianya.

So this beauty easily captured Duan Tianya.

Now the two of them are living in seclusion on an island in the sea.

Then, turmoil arose in the north.

Gui Hai Yidao, the number one spy on the ground, was ordered to go to the north to establish a force with the purpose of going undercover in the mysterious winery organization.

Therefore, at present, of the four secret agents of Tiandi Xuanhuang in Huolong Villa, only the number one secret agent Shangguan Haitang is left.

For a time, there was a serious shortage of staff.

So, just yesterday, Zhu Wusi also assigned a task to Shangguan Haitang.

That is to find Cheng Shifei and bring him back to Hulong Villa.

Shangguan Haitang is now about to set out to carry out this mission.

Zhu Wusi said: "If we really can't find it in three months, then that's fine."

Shangguan Haitang said, "With the intelligence from Hulong Villa, we can find it."

Then he clasped his fists and said, "Foster father, I'm leaving!"

"Ah."

Turning around, Shangguan Haitang mounted a fast horse and rode away.

Zhu Wusi rarely showed a kind look. He watched Shangguan Haitang's figure disappear before turning around and returning to the villa.

"Shen Hou, the latest information is that Ye Gucheng has decided that the location of the final battle will be the top of the Forbidden City!" A man in black delivered the information in the villa.

"Well, let's go down."

Zhu Wusi took the information, crushed it without even looking at it, and sat high on the golden throne in the main hall of Hulong Villa, like an emperor overlooking his world.

Pei Mansion.

"Zhu Wusi actually sent all his spies out?"

Zhou Ming smiled and said, "It seems that he really knows these three spies under his command very well!"

The three secret agents of Tiandixuan were all trained by Zhu Wusi.

Although Zhu Wusi had treasonous intentions and wanted to usurp the throne, he always disguised himself very well. On the surface, he looked like a loyal minister who was devoted to the country.

So much so that the three major spies of Tiandi Xuan were deceived by him, and completely took Zhu Wusheng as their role model, who was devoted to the country and extremely loyal.

So in the original novel, after Zhu Wusi revealed his true identity, the three spies were in disbelief, but still stood against Zhu Wusi.

Zhu Wusi himself knew that if Shangguan Haitang knew what was going to happen next, she would definitely dissuade him from notifying the emperor.

In this case, it would be better to send him out of the capital in advance to avoid any delays.

"The closer we get to the final battle, the more things will happen."

Cao Zhengchun.

The four great masters of the palace.

Zhu ignored it.

King of Nanping.

Lu Xiaofeng.

Everyone was moving, and Zhou Ming was a little overwhelmed.

"what?!"

Suddenly, Zhou Ming felt a strange fluctuation, not far away, probably in a courtyard in the city.

What is strange is that this fluctuation is neither internal energy nor the power of heaven and earth.

But he felt very familiar.

"This seems to be... space fluctuation?"

Zhou Ming was shocked.

It feels a little impossible.

But if you feel it carefully, this fluctuation is indeed very similar to the spatial fluctuation that occurred when he used space adjustment!
"How could a spatial fluctuation suddenly appear in the capital?"

Zhou Ming instantly found the nearest mark and started to check it out.

It was a very clean and tidy yard.

It looked like it had been cleaned just two days ago.

But there was no one in the yard.

At this moment, a faint light enveloped the entire yard. Amidst the slight fluctuations, twenty-one figures suddenly appeared and stood in the yard.

Zhou Ming couldn't help but widen his eyes.

It turned out to be a mass space teleportation!
In the world of martial arts, who has such ability?
And isn't there something wrong with these people?

There were only twenty-one people in the yard, both men and women. The men generally had short hair and the women had long hair, but most of them had simple hairstyles.

The clothes I wear are baggy and mostly ill-fitting.

And everyone looked like they were not used to the clothes.

Especially their temperament is incompatible with the entire era.
Who are these people?

At this time, a young girl in the lead took out a small red flag and said, "Dear tourists, we are now on the day before the final battle at the Forbidden City. The location is in ancient Nanjing, also known as Jinling City..."

Zhou Ming's head exploded and four big words popped out.

Time! Travel!
Strange spatial fluctuations.

Mass space teleportation.

The group of people sent here seemed to be out of tune with the times.

The most important thing is what the little girl holding the red flag said.

If this isn't time travel, then what is?
Zhou Ming rubbed his head, actually he was carefully recalling the plot of the martial arts world in his mind.

In a serious martial arts world, there is definitely no such thing as time travel.

Even if there is, it should be extremely accidental.

But these people now are a regular time travel group.

They all come with a tour guide!
Then it can only be...Wulin Wai Zhuan!
As far as I can remember, there was indeed an episode of "Wulin Wai Zhuan" that involved elements of time travel.

It is said that in the future, time travel will be directly promoted to civilian use.

The decisive battle between Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuxue on the top of the Forbidden City has become a popular tourist attraction for the Time Travel Agency.

But there was one person in the tour group who was determined to commit suicide, so he ran away from the tour group and went to Tongfu Inn.

Mo Xiaobei, who is still just a little girl now, will become a famous villain in the martial arts world in the future. It is said that the number of people she has killed is enough to form a small country.

That person went to Mo Xiaobei to die.

In the end, the man gave up dying after being persuaded by everyone in the inn.

I never expected that in this world, I would actually witness the appearance of a time travel group with my own eyes.

Wait a moment……

Zhou Ming noticed that someone in the tour group left the yard quietly.

The tour guide was still explaining the key points of time travel, and everyone else was listening attentively, not noticing this person's departure at all.

"Is this guy the one who is seeking death?"

Zhou Ming changed his mark and kept following the man with his eyes.

"But... he doesn't look like he's seeking death, does he?"

This man looked to be in his early twenties, with an ordinary appearance, but his eyes revealed a firmness.

With such a look, it is obvious that he has a clear and definite goal in life.

It was completely different from what he remembered, a middle-aged man whose life was a mess and who wanted to commit suicide.

Moreover, Zhou Ming always felt that this person's face looked a little familiar.

"...Lu Xiaofeng?"

Zhou Ming murmured, his brows furrowed.

Although this person looks very different from Lu Xiaofeng, his overall appearance does seem to have some charm.

The man pulled open the sleeve of his left hand, revealing a silver-white watch with a very sci-fi feel.

Then he took out a strange mechanism from his arms and buckled it directly onto his wrist, completely covering the watch.

"This thing can only block space-time signals for three minutes. But it's enough."

The young man looked into the distance, his eyes revealing incomparable firmness and determination.

"According to history, the 'God Emperor' is currently only at the level of an innate cultivator, and his divine bloodline has not yet awakened. The only difficulty is protecting his Grandmaster... the Evil King Shi Zhixuan!

However, at this time, Shi Zhixuan should be attending court. Therefore, this is the best and only chance to kill the Divine Emperor! "

He moved and walked like a ghost.

But in an instant, he had covered a distance of a hundred meters, at a terrifying speed.

"For freedom! For a better future world! And also for... my Lu family's thousand-year-old wish!"

There seemed to be a fire burning in the young man's eyes.

The flames seemed to burn him to ashes.

But he didn't care, instead he became more determined.

"God Emperor... No, Zhou Ming! I, Lu Xiaofeng, am here to kill you!"

(End of this chapter)