Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 49: The assassin organization Blackstone, the four secret agents
Black Stone.

A killer organization hidden in the dark.

There are countless similar organizations in the world, and the assassination industry is also seriously involuntarily.

However, Heishi found a path that was unique to him, which was to assassinate officials.

In this regard, they are always successful.

What really made Heishi famous was that they assassinated the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Personnel, and the Minister of War three years ago.

He also subsequently assassinated the successors of the two Ministers of Punishment and the Minister of Personnel.

In total, they assassinated seven ministers!
This feat was something that even the most feared assassin organization in the Ming Dynasty, the 'Qing Yi Lou', could not accomplish.

As a result, Black Stone became famous and had the reputation of being the number one killer organization in the Ming Dynasty.

There is even a rumor that "If you want to be an official, worship Black Stone."

This means that officials can only take office smoothly if they obtain Blackstone's approval, otherwise they will die before taking office.

As for how to get recognition, that is naturally to pay money.

Who is behind the Blackstone organization is also a big mystery.

It is said in the underworld that the person secretly controlling Black Stone is most likely the chief minister of the cabinet, Pei Ju.

Because cabinet officials cannot concurrently serve as ministers of six ministries, let alone the chief minister of the cabinet.

Pei Ju was able to serve as the chief minister of the cabinet while also serving as the minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel because Heishi assassinated these two ministers and their successors in succession, which frightened the court officials and made them dare not take over.

Pei Ju was able to use this as an excuse to concurrently serve as the Minister of two ministries.

Therefore, the person behind Blackstone is actually Pei Ju.

However, this is just vulgar folk talk.

Anyone who truly understands the situation in the court should understand that Pei Ju was already the head of a major force in the court three years ago, otherwise he would not have been promoted by the late emperor to become the chief minister of the cabinet.

The Minister of Punishment and the Minister of Personnel were both official positions he had held.

When he leaves office, he has the power to submit a list of candidates to the emperor.

With Pei Ju's ability, the people on the list he submitted were naturally his followers.

In other words, even if Pei Ju could not hold both positions, the power of these two departments would still be firmly in his hands.

The people who took over after he was assassinated were also his followers.

Pei Ju must be crazy to assassinate his own people so crazily.

As for who is the mastermind behind this, it is probably those who want these two powers but cannot get their hands on them.

Only through such dirty means can the people on the seats make room for their people.

But what they didn't expect was that Pei Ju actually chose to hold the two ministerial positions concurrently.

What’s even more outrageous is that the late emperor agreed.

Helpless, they could only give up.

As for whether that person is Cao Zhengchun or Zhu Wusi... both are possible.

The key to this matter is that Pei Ju will definitely retaliate against Heishi afterwards.

However, three years later, Blackstone is still there.

Wherever there is the underworld, there is the Qinglong Society.

But Black Stone couldn't even destroy the Qinglong Society.

One can't help but sigh at the power of this black stone.

However, Zhou Ming understood the plot and naturally knew that the reason why the Black Stone could not be discovered by the Qinglong Society was because its leader was not in the martial arts world, but outside it.

To be precise, in the palace!
Not the emperor, not the prince, and not any woman in the palace.

But, a eunuch!
He was not even a famous or prestigious eunuch, but just a ninth-rank eunuch of the lowest rank!

The tentacles of the Qinglong Society reach every corner of the martial arts world, and even some kings and ministers in the court may be members of the Qinglong Society.

But only in this palace can the Qinglong Society not reach out.

Even if they reached in, they probably wouldn't have thought that the famous Black Stone Leader was actually just a eunuch of the lowest rank! Unfortunately, Zhou Ming had never entered the palace.

Therefore, there are very few people in the palace who have the mark.

Therefore, although he knew that Heishitou was a eunuch in the palace, he did not know which one it was.

Fortunately, Zhou Ming's imprinting ability has now awakened a new function, which can be transmitted through sound as a medium.

It would probably take a while before the palace would be filled with people with the mark.

By then, finding the Black Stone leader would be easy.

"Perhaps, I can take advantage of that opportunity to speed up..." Zhou Ming thought.

A few days later, Yang Yuxuan's entire family was exiled and left the capital.

Logically speaking, he was the Minister of War, and even if the evidence was conclusive, it was impossible for him to be exiled so quickly.

But Cao Zhengchun hated this man so much that he accelerated the process so that it would be easier for the East Factory to take action after his family left the capital.

Following them in leaving were the East Factory's most elite Black Arrow Team.

Almost at the same time, Hulong Villa took action.

Shangguan Hai, the owner of the world's number one manor, is even more active.

Zhou Ming asked one of his three teams to stay behind to continue keeping an eye on Shangguan Hai, while the other two teams left and were only to monitor secretly and were not allowed to take any action.

As for Zhou Ming himself... of course he is resting well at home!
Does he have to do it himself?

How can it be!

He is Pei Ju's adopted son and the future young master of the Qinglong Society. He is not a piece of cattle or horses, right?
For something like this, of course I would stay at home and make the plans. How could I possibly do it myself?
Besides, why would it be worth it for him to make a personal trip when he already knew the answer?
A few days later, the two teams came back with the results.

Zhou Ming took the results and went to find Pei Ju.

The whole process was very simple. The Black Arrow Team of the East Factory took action, and then two heroes suddenly appeared and dealt with them, saving Yang Yuxuan's family.

However, although Huolong Villa was able to save them, it could not change their fate of exile.

Therefore, I can only go back and find a way to redress their grievances.

Pei Ju looked at the intelligence: "Black Arrow Team? Cao Zhengchun is willing to give it up! And the people who took action from the Dragon Guard Villa are two people... Duan Tianya and Gui Hai Yidao?"

Zhou Ming was surprised: "Godfather, do you know them?"

"Of course. Zhu Wusi and I didn't marry or have children, so we adopted two sons and a daughter. These three have been helping Zhu Wusi share his worries since he was a teenager. They are very capable!"

"..."

He always felt that his adoptive father's words were referring to someone, but Zhou Ming didn't ask.

Pei Ju put down the intelligence and said, "I didn't expect Zhu Wusi to let his two adopted sons take action instead of sending the four secret agents. In this case, if I want to find out the identities of the four secret agents, I'm afraid I'll have to find another opportunity."

Zhou Mingdao: "Godfather, do you think it's possible... I mean it's possible that Zhu Wusi's three adopted sons and daughters are actually three of the four great spies."

"Ok?"

Pei Ju was stunned for a moment, then a look of sudden realization crossed his face. "So that's how it is! This is really possible! If so, then Shangguan Hai, the owner of the No. 1 Manor in the World, is actually Zhu Wusi's adopted daughter, Shangguan Haitang? Haha, a woman disguised as a man!"

This world is different from the original plot.

In the original novel, the Hulong Villa has been open for more than ten years, and Duan Tianya and the other three have been working as spies for many years. Therefore, many people know who the four major spies of the Hulong Villa are.

But in this world, the preparations for the establishment of Hulong Villa only began three years ago.

Excluding the preparation time, the time when work actually begins is the first Kun year.

As for the four major spies, they only took office gradually a year and a half ago, so few people know the identities of these four people.

It is said that the more you do, the more clues you will get.

Even if it hadn't happened this time, Pei Ju would have discovered the identities of these four spies after they made a few more moves.

"However, if that's the case, these three are only three of the four great spies. Who could there be another one?"

Pei Ju frowned.

(End of this chapter)