Zongwu: Saving Wu Meiniang at the beginning

Wu Zhao snorted lightly and acted like a little girl. She would always behave like this every time she was with Wu Ming. At this moment, she was not the queen, but a little woman who had let go of everything.

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Chapter 83: Mission

In the seventh year of Yonghui, which was 656 AD, Wu Zhao, who had worked hard all night with Wu Ming, received the first good news of the new year.

Li Zhi will bring her to the ancestral temple, and posthumously confer the title of Si Tu on her father Wu Shigui, and also confer the title of Lady of Dai on her mother Yang.

This means that her position as queen is now secure.

At the same time, Wu Ming was summoned to the palace by the emperor.

"Mr. Wu, the Hua family in Jiangnan, in gratitude for the court's kindness, raised a million strings of cash to reward the three armies. However, part of the bounty sent to the front line mysteriously disappeared during the transfer process and its whereabouts remain unknown to this day."

"I want you to rush to Jiangnan immediately and take full charge of this matter. Within three months, you must recover the lost money and severely punish the offender."

"I respect your order!" Wu Ming bowed to receive the order, then took a secret order from the fat eunuch and left the palace without stopping.

There is an order within an order. It looks like we are in big trouble this time.

After leaving the palace, Wu Ming opened the secret order in his hand. After reading it, he complained speechlessly.

The content of the secret order has nothing to do with the lost reward, but involves some forces in Jiangnan. Wu Ming's task is to investigate some forces and then find an excuse to eliminate some of them.

And these forces, without exception, are more or less involved with Changsun Wuji.

It seems that Li Zhi has reached the point where he can no longer tolerate Zhangsun Wuji. It is no wonder that the old man has been so quiet during this period of time, with a knife hanging over his neck.

It seems that he also realized the danger and began to consciously play ostrich.

But he wanted to be an ostrich, and Li Zhi would not let him go.

This kind of thing should have been done by the Six Gates and the Bad People, but now it fell on Wu Ming's head, simply because the Internal Guards were just established not long ago, their members are still very clean, and they can act more secretly.

Therefore, this time's mission, to retrieve the lost military rewards, was only Wu Ming's superficial job; privately weakening Changsun Wuji's power was the hard task.

No wonder three months was given for one case. Wu Ming suspected that Li Zhi would have given half a year if a longer time would not have attracted the attention of someone with ulterior motives.

Three months is a very ambiguous period of time. To the outside world, it can be completely explained that the internal guards were inexperienced and the emperor did not want to put pressure on his beloved minister, so he gave enough time.

The intrigues in the court are very interesting just thinking about it.

An evil light flashed in Wu Ming's eyes. During the previous period of time, it was not so much that the emperor did not want him to be idle, but rather that he himself did not like being idle. The Dao Heart Demon Seeding Method required continuous fighting to stimulate the demon seed after it matured.

According to the description of the Great Method of Planting Demons in the Dao Heart, this is a method of nurturing and stimulating demons. It requires the practitioner to constantly experience life-and-death battles and fight with others. Only in this way can the dormant Dao Heart be revitalized again and the fusion of the Dao Heart and the Demon Seed be accelerated.

Wu Ming had been eager to take action against this. Before this, he actually didn't like fighting, but after he became a demon, he had to fight.

"Sir, it's New Year's Day. The emperor won't give you a mission at this time, right?"

"Of course not. Not only was I given a task, but it was a big one."

"Go and inform Jingwei and the others that this mission is very important. The focus of the inner guards during this period must be on this. Go down and pack up, take everything you need, and this time you have to go south to the Jiangnan area."

"Jiangnan? Jiangnan is great. The scenery there is very nice."

"Master, we want to go too. Let me and Sister Azhu accompany you, and we can serve you on the way." A Bi came over obediently and looked at Wu Ming with expectation in her eyes.

"A-Bi, stop messing around. The young master is going to do some serious business. If we go there with such a short time, we will cause trouble for him." A-Zhu was also following, and after hearing what A-Bi said, he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled A-Bi up.

Compared to Ah Zhu, Ah Bi is always purer. After she makes up her mind, her sweet and innocent personality comes out. When she is with Wu Ming, she is always more natural and less considerate than Ah Zhu.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Ah Zhu is a bad person. On the contrary, when it comes to being thoughtful in handling things, Ah Zhu is much better than Ah Bi. When it comes to being a maid, Ah Zhu is undoubtedly more qualified.

"It's okay. Go if you want to. If you stay with me, then there's no need for you to do anything. Even if I don't do anything, you still have so many powerful sisters."

Wu Ming pointed at Yue Ji, who became eager to try after hearing the mission. Speaking of which, these women who practiced martial arts were all violent and would never hesitate if they had the chance to take action!

"Okay, sir. We'll go down and prepare now." Ah Zhu was very happy to hear that Wu Ming was willing to take them. She immediately pulled Ah Bi, who was still excited, and rushed to the backyard.

"Abi, don't always come to the young master and ask for things. We are just servants and we need to understand the rules of being servants. If the young master wants to take us with him, he will naturally tell us. If he doesn't want to take us with him, then you are embarrassing him by asking for things."

"I understand, Sister Ah Zhu. I just feel that the young master is different from Murong Fu. He doesn't really treat us as servants, so he can't help but act a little more presumptuous."

"I know what you're thinking, but the young master is kind to us and we can't forget our roots. We still have to have the right attitude. If you behave like this, the young master will think you're being spoiled, and if he gets upset with you, you'll regret it." Ah Zhu warned again.

"Okay, Sister Ah Zhu, Ah Bi knows she was wrong and will never do it again. Let's go and help the young master pack his things. We are going so far this time and need to bring a lot of things. We can't make it inconvenient for the young master."

A-Bi made a face at A-Zhu, knowing that her sister was serious and it was all for her own good, so she was not annoyed at all. In fact, she also noticed this and warned herself several times.

It’s just that Wu Ming usually treats her very well, and she always relaxes easily in front of him.

Moreover, when she went to Jiangnan this time, she had another idea, which was to build a cenotaph for her parents, which would fulfill her duty as a daughter.

Although she was abducted by the Murong family when she was young and had never lived with her parents, the grace of being raised was still there, and this could not be easily abandoned.

While Azhu and Abi were busy, Yue Ji and the others also started packing their things. In the past, when they traveled around the world, they always carried only one bag with them, but after following Wu Ming, they started to dress up intentionally, just to make Wu Ming feel more comfortable seeing them.

Wu Ming never asked for these things, but when a few women get together and imitate each other, these behaviors are not surprising.

As for Wu Ming, after explaining things to a few people, he remembered that he still had to go to Zilanxuan. He did not report it when he left last time, but he suffered a lot. This time, he had to inform them no matter what.

The whole day, the people in Wu Mansion were busy preparing for the journey. The next day, which was the second day of the New Year, two specially made carriages left Chang'an City and headed straight for Luoyang.

The plan is to go to Luoyang first, and then take the water route to the south of the Yangtze River.

The canal was actually a great thing done by Yang Guang, but he chose the wrong time, which cost the people a lot of money and effort, and damaged the fortune of the Sui Dynasty.

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Chapter 84: Flower Arrangement

The journey from Chang'an to Luoyang is not far, not to mention with this special carriage, Wu Ming arrived in Luoyang City in just two days.

Luoyang was the divine capital. It wouldn't be long before Li Zhi would move the capital here from Chang'an. After Wu Zhao ascended the throne, Luoyang continued to serve as the capital.

Wu Ming and others did not stay in Luoyang for long, but rushed to Yingu Ferry without stopping. They set off from here and landed in Xuyi County, with Jiangsu next to them.

The whole journey is about 3000 kilometers. According to real history, it would take at least ninety days to reach the destination. But this world is a world where martial arts exist, and at least it can be said to be a world of medium martial arts.

With advanced mechanical technology and skilled shipwrights, this time can be shortened indefinitely.

Fifteen days later, Wu Ming got off the boat at the Xuyi ferry, but at this time, there were only two maids, Azhu and Abi, left by his side.

Jingwei and others who came with them got off the boat halfway because they had other tasks to do.

No one knew when they left. Even the boatman had no impression of them. After learning the Xuantian Baolu bestowed by Wu Ming, Tang Chou's methods of poisoning became more and more cunning.

In terms of single-target killing power, Jingwei is the strongest among Wu Ming's subordinates, but in terms of group killing power, Tang Chou is undoubtedly the first.

This poison can kill a whole city if used properly.

"Master Wu, thank you for your hard work."

Soon after Wu Ming got off the boat, several people came up to greet him. Leading the group was none other than Hua Manlou, the seventh son of the Hua family. He had a modest and gentlemanly demeanor. Wu Ming took a quick look and was about to start a conversation, but the next moment he noticed something unusual about the other party.

Hua Man Lou? When did she become a woman?

Men are yang and women are yin. The Dao Heart Planting Demon Technique can see through the fluctuations of all things. If a man disguised himself, he might be able to deceive Wu Ming, but the person in front of him is obviously a woman.

Wu Ming used the Purple Demon Pupil, and the illusion that was hiding the woman's figure suddenly disappeared, and what came into view was a pretty and charming woman.

The woman was wearing a long purple embroidered dress. Her waist was so slender that it seemed impossible to hold it with one hand. Her figure was curvaceous and her legs as white as jade were revealed from the slit of her skirt. She had a charming temperament, and there was a cunning look in her eyes, as well as a little pride.

I think she is very confident in her disguise skills, and she enjoys the feeling of using disguise skills to trick others.

"Brother Hua, long time no see." Wu Ming retracted his pupil technique and walked up to him with a normal expression. He first hugged Hua Manlou tightly in his arms, and then, while the other party was in a daze, he clenched his fist and hit him twice on the chest.

His punches were not heavy. The interesting thing was that after two punches, both the touch and the empty bangs in his ears sounded as if he had hit the man. However, in Wu Ming's sight, his two punches clearly hit the other's proud snow-covered body.

All I can say is that the other party's disguise technique is very mature and magical. If Wu Ming's Purple Demon Pupil had not already reached the realm of breaking delusion, even if he knew that the person in front of him was a woman, he would not be able to see any clues.

This is because the woman's disguise technique has taken into account the five senses of human beings, namely vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch. The only way to break through it is to cultivate the five senses to a level different from that of ordinary people. This is possible.

For example, Wu Ming's cultivation of the Purple Demon Pupil falls into the category of super-vision, while his cultivation of the Dao Heart Planting Demon Technique falls into the category of spiritual perception.

Of course, it is also because Wu Ming has not yet entered the realm of earthly immortals. If he were a land immortal, he should be able to see through this woman's disguise with his spiritual consciousness.

"Thank you, Brother Hua, for coming to pick me up. What are our plans next?"

Perhaps because of Wu Ming's two precise punches, the woman fell into a brief daze. Wu Ming, who was eager to watch the show, had no choice but to take the initiative to remind her.

"Oh... go... go to Fengzhuang. Fengzhuang is where the money was stolen."

"Let's go, what are you waiting for?" Wu Ming smiled and put his arm around Hua Manlou's shoulders, acting very affectionate.

Ah Zhu and Ah Bi behind them looked at each other with confusion in their eyes. They knew their young master's personality very well after being together for so long.

It can be said that I have never seen the young master so close to that man. This playboy does give people a very friendly temperament, but even so, it shouldn’t be...!

The two men were confused, but Hua Changdao, who was being hugged by Wu Ming on the shoulders, was in a mixed state of shame and confusion. The shame and anger naturally came from the fact that Wu Ming had hit Xue Zi. Her disguise technique was inherited by chance and it was an extremely advanced illusion technique. Changing her appearance was a piece of cake for her.

She is nicknamed the Thousand-Faced Fox in the underworld, but few people know that she also has another name, Hua Nongying. She is the eighth daughter of the Hua family, the richest family in Jiangnan, and the younger sister of Hua Manlou.

The whole building is filled with the fragrance of flowers, and shadows are cast under the moon. Old Man Hua loves both of them equally.

Hua Manlou is a man, but his eyes were injured by a villain when he was young. Grandpa Hua has always felt guilty for neglecting to protect him.

As for Hua Nongying, she was the only daughter of Mr. Hua, and he loved her deeply. This also cultivated her slightly unruly character.

This time, he was helping the family investigate a stolen money case together with Hua Manlou. After knowing that Wu Ming was coming, in order to see if the Lord Wu, whom his brother praised so much, was really that powerful, he knocked Hua Manlou unconscious and disguised himself as his brother to pick him up.

However, the person was picked up, but he was very different from what my brother described. Wasn't he described as very aloof? Why did he hug and cuddle when they met? He didn't seem like the mysterious leader of the inner guards, but more like my brother's weird friend.

Moreover, my brother is a gentleman, and he is blind. When greeting people, he always keeps a certain distance. How could he be so... so intimate with a man he is not familiar with?

Hua Changdao probably had ten thousand questions and ten thousand things he couldn't figure out in his heart.

However, she soon stopped being confused and soon discovered that the man's arm had changed from being around her shoulders to being around her neck, causing his forearm to dangle in front of her chest.

As I walked, I don't know whether intentionally or unintentionally, I kept rubbing my snow-capped peaks. To be honest, in just a short while, the snow on my head was rubbed upright.

"Master Wu, I am not used to your action." Hua Changdao suppressed his strangeness for a long time, and finally made up his mind to change the current situation.

It's so shameful.

"Eh... a real man shouldn't be fussy about trifles. Brother Hua has always been straightforward before, but why is it that this time when we meet, you act like a sissy? You and I are both men, and it's just a touch of the neck. What's there to be uncomfortable about?" Wu Ming said while shaking his head. Not only did he not take his hand away, he grabbed it even more vigorously.

"Master Wu..." Hua Changdao blushed and jumped away from Wu Ming like a rabbit.

"Okay, okay...after all, we haven't seen each other for a long time, and our relationship has faded!"

Wu Ming suppressed his smile and spoke with a look of disappointment on his face.

Chapter 85: Feng Manor

"Let's leave quickly. His Majesty is furious. The most urgent thing to do is to investigate the case." Wu Ming cried out to the sky, as if he was really sad. Hua Changdao really couldn't figure out the relationship between his brother and this man. If the stalemate continued, he would be exposed. So he had to find an excuse and hurried on.

At this point, she already regretted doing this. Although her brother was drugged, he lost his innocence.

Well, it does mean that her innocence is at stake. After all, the dress she was wearing had a very low neckline and was sexy. Wu Ming had his arms hanging and his palms scraped his flesh several times.

Behind him, Wu Ming hugged Azhu and Abi who were chasing after him, and followed slowly behind the woman disguised as Hua Manlou, while at this time he was also guessing the other party's specific identity in his mind.

First of all, the other party must be very familiar with Hua Manlou, otherwise he would not have disguised himself so similarly, and even his temperament was exactly the same. The most important point is that if he was not someone close to Hua Manlou, the other party would not know the specific time of his disembarkation.

So the question is, who is this woman?

The reason why Wu Ming couldn't guess the other party's identity was actually very simple, because the existence of Hua Changdao was a very secret matter, and this news was deliberately concealed by Grandpa Hua.

Mr. Hua is a smart man. For a family like the Hua family, it is easy for a good thing to turn into a bad thing if they have a daughter. The simplest reason is that the Hua family is an imperial merchant. If the emperor knew that the Hua family had a daughter, he would not only find a marriage for her, but also randomly marry her to any prince, which is not what Mr. Hua wants to see.

The Hua family's status is already very high. They can ensure the continuation of the family by following the rules. However, getting involved in royal struggles at will is a real way to end one's life.

The old man of the Hua family has indeed had his own unique ways to run the family to this point, and he really loves his daughter. He hopes that his daughter can have a husband that she is satisfied with, rather than being forced to marry someone she doesn't like.

"This is Feng Manor. The money that was shipped to the front line was stolen from Feng Manor. The old owner of the Feng family, Feng Jiutian, was once a soldier. Later, he became rich and did many good deeds."

"The Feng family also contributed to the collection of military funds this time. The Feng family is located in Xuyi County. In order to facilitate transportation, my father and his family temporarily deposited the military funds in Fengzhuang."

"Perhaps because the news leaked out, the criminals targeted them, which led to the annihilation of the entire Fengzhuang family overnight, and the whereabouts of the military pay are unknown."

Hua Changdao imitated his brother's tone and led Wu Ming and the other two into Fengzhuang while introducing the general situation.

"Playboy, who is this?"

"This is Lord Wu who was sent by the court to investigate the case."

"My name is Yan Tiexin, nice to meet you, Master Wu."

"Yan Tiexin?"