The Steward's Office and the House of Internal Affairs are connected together, so Du Zhuo is equivalent to living in the office on weekdays.
Under the guidance of Xiaohuangmen, Yue Kuohai and his party saw Du Zhuo sitting on the chief table drinking tea.
After the usual greetings, the breakfast symposium carefully instigated by Du Zhuo officially started.
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As for why Chu Zongyang called himself his student when facing Du Zhuo, and when and under what circumstances he became the latter's disciple, this involves the content of their conversation in the latter half of the night.
Du Zhuo did not ask Chu Zongyang where his fictitious "Ten Thousand Mirrors Demonic Eradication Technique" came from, nor did he hold Chu Zongyang responsible for causing a bloody storm in the capital and even breaking into the Forbidden City tonight. After taking his seat, Du Zhuo just told Chu Zongyang the history of the development of "martial arts" in this world.
Chu Zongyang always thought that this small world was a low-level martial arts plane, but in fact, this understanding was not entirely correct.
(Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi also thought this way. It wasn't until they witnessed Lin He stepping out and flying three and a half meters up that they realized it was not that simple here.)
Through Du Zhuo's explanation, Chu Zongyang learned that this world has a certain degree of fantasy, so strictly speaking, this should be regarded as a martial arts universe with high martial arts and low mystery.
The highest achievement that warriors who embark on the journey of martial arts cultivation can achieve in their lifetime is probably just the top of the "Martial Arts Realm". At most, most people have only heard of it. There is a "Taoist Realm" above the Martial Realm, and the "Immortal Realm" above the Taoist Realm has not been mentioned by the world for hundreds of years.
Du Zhuo is a Taoist martial artist and the only Taoist martial artist in the entire Ming Dynasty. Although his existence is revered as a "Martial Immortal", it is just a nice way of saying it. Du Zhuo himself knows very well that he still has a long way to go before he is the legendary immortal-level warrior who can call the wind and rain, split rocks and open mountains. Some distance to go.
Although Du Zhuo is now the only remaining treasure in the martial arts world, as far as he knows, the martial arts world a hundred and eighty years ago also had a few Taoist realm martial arts cultivators during the same period; if time is pushed forward, as long as In the course of thousands of years, there must have been three or five immortal beings born.
But for unknown reasons, the martial arts in the Central Plains were gradually cut off, and the incomplete martial arts stumbled to this day. As a result, not to mention the immortal realm, even Tao-level warriors have been disconnected for more than half a century. Du Zhuo is that one. Du Miaomiao is a stubborn and unyielding person who saves a bit of dignity for the martial arts world.
In Du Zhuo's own words, the current state of martial arts is called "there are no tigers in the mountains, monkeys are kings", "the era of the end of the Dharma", "decline in inheritance, inheritance in decline" and so on. In short, Du Zhuo's attitude is relatively pessimistic about the future of martial arts, let alone the revival of ancient martial arts.
The secret books of ancient martial arts are divided into four levels according to the degree of depth and sophistication, namely, heaven, earth, black and yellow, and are arranged from high to low in difficulty. It’s not that the high-level martial arts secrets from ancient times have not been handed down, but most people who obtain or practice them either can’t learn them or can’t teach them. This has resulted in many modern martial arts techniques being deleted or simplified versions that are completely different from the original versions and are not as powerful as before.
The moves Du Zhuo used, such as Wei Tuo's Subduing Demon Palm, Nailing Flower Finger, Deafening, etc., all come from Xuanjie martial arts classics. For example, the entire book "Heaven and Earth Hongyin Jue" is a very orthodox Xuanjie Kung Fu method.
From Du Zhuo's point of view, all the major sects in the world are taking care of themselves.
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Even Chu Zongyang's Dragon-Tiger Opening Stele Palm and Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, which are recognized as "magic" levels in martial arts, were regarded by Du Zhuo as useless at best and not worth a penny. The divine soldier Xi Chen had roughly the same status in Du Zhuo's heart.
After explaining so much background knowledge, what does it have to do with Chu Zongyang? There really is, otherwise why would Du Zhuo waste his words?
"Zong Yang, do you know that your Ten Thousand Mirrors Demonic Eradication Technique is also a long-lost Xuan-level technique?"
"I'm ashamed to say that I didn't listen to Duke Ming's teachings until just now, and then I realized that warriors are different from immortals and mortals, and that their skills are divided into heaven, earth, black and yellow. How did I know that the Ten Thousand Mirrors Demonic Evolution Technique has such a great origin?"
"Yeah, too."
Chu Zongyang's words were all expected by Du Zhuo. He had never considered another possibility, that is, Chu Zongyang's ability to seize other people's martial arts had nothing to do with the Wanjing Demonic Evolution Skill. Of course, Chu Zongyang was happy with this mistake and would not explain anything at all.
"Your talent is not bad, you have some understanding, and your temperament is very suitable for our family. The most important thing is that you are lucky." Du Zhuo took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and continued: "Our family doesn't care where you come from. The Ten Thousand Mirrors Demonic Extraction Technique that you have obtained at least shows that you are somewhat destined to become an immortal in martial arts."
"Ming Gong, what does this mean?"
Chu Zongyang was not stupid. How could he not guess that there was something in Du Zhuo's words, but he needed to get confirmation from the other party. Because the benefits of this matter were so great, no less than pie in the sky, Chu Zongyang couldn't believe it.
"Asking knowingly."
Du Zhuo still had a scary smile on his face, but his tone was very cordial: "I make the decision. From today on, you will have a place in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"From now on, let's learn from our family."
To put it simply, Chu Zongyang was valued by Du Zhuo and became the latter's cultivation target. From the beginning to the end, Du Zhuo never asked Chu Zongyang about his wishes and directly arranged the rest of his life according to his own wishes.
Of course, Chu Zongyang would not refuse. Like Yun Ming, he was also looking for ways to become stronger.
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Time returns to the present, and the brief breakfast symposium at the Ministry of Internal Affairs has ended.
Du Zhuo only said or announced two things during the banquet: First, the boy you met at your door just now is the mastermind of several cases; second, that boy is now following me, Du Zhuohun, and will become yours. Colleagues, let the past be let go.
You can imagine the image of Du Zhuo when he said these words: "After I have finished speaking, who agrees and who opposes?"
The four Ouchi masters naturally had no objections, and they had nothing to lose. As for Yue Kuohai, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, he did not get to the bottom of things and asked Du Zhuo what he wanted to do. Firstly, he didn't dare, and secondly, what Du Zhuo said did make sense - Chu Zongyang did not do anything "irreversible" or "excessive loss".
Let’s not talk about the Beggar Gang and Zou Yi, they have nothing to do with the imperial court; the losses caused by the two murder cases of Jinyiwei and Dongchang were not bad, they were just middle and lower-level personnel who could be replaced at any time. Among the several cases, the only deceased person with relatively high value was Eunuch Hao Yan, but his godfather, Mr. Du, was sitting here to speak. The family members of the deceased all expressed that they were emotionally stable and put things past the past, so Jin Yiwei should not get involved. Presumably the stalls in Dongchang would also deal with it in the same way as Yue Kuohai.
By the way, as for the seven members of the family who were innocently killed in Jiqingfang, and the layman Wharton who was beheaded by Chu Zongyang before,
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No one mentioned it at the dinner table...
After Yue Kuohai left the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he thought of his friends and ran to hunt down Yun Ming and Qi Xianke, the Ming Dynasty's catcher.
"Forget it, since the murderer has been "caught", the case has been solved. Qi Xianke and Zhuo Jing will come back if they can't find any useful clues." Yue Kuohai thought this way.
I don't know whether Du Zhuo did it deliberately or not, but when he told the top five people, he used vague quantifiers such as "several cases" and "many murders". Yue Kuohai, who was influenced by his preconceptions, was completely unaware that Lin He's disappearance was not caused by Chu Zongyang.
At the symposium, Yue Kuohai did not dare to complain to Du Zhuo about the loss of contact with his deputy commander of the Imperial Guard. Du Zhuo suggested that Chu Zongyang's crimes should be written off without asking anything about Lin He. Yue Kuohai only thought that Du Zhuo was beating up Jin Yiwei, so he did not refute.
Due to various misunderstandings, a very strange situation formed: Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi, the two people who committed the first case, unexpectedly completed the "hitchhiking" murder, and Chu Zongyang was hit by a hitchhiker. Nothing is known about this yet.
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The seventh day of May is the third and last day that Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi stayed in the Book of Self-Redemption.
At the same time, it was the most relaxing day for the two of them.
The construction of the Jietang Village stronghold was a great success on the first day, and Qi Xianke and his gang were eliminated. This was no external threat; the addition of the Jianghu Ke trio was equivalent to Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi having found three people for themselves. A powerful bodyguard and helper, there is no internal worry. Under the influence of the two phases, the Puche attendant was able to sleep peacefully until noon.
When Pu Che Shi woke up and found Yun Ming in the next room, he found that the latter was holding the "Jinghong Sword Manual" and studying it carefully.
"Yun Ming, what time is it?"
"Yeah, wake up. You, a person who knows how to read a sundial, actually asked me the time?"
"Oh, it's really troublesome." The Pu carriage attendant walked to the window and looked out: "Looking at the sun, it should be past twelve o'clock."
"It's dinner time, let's go downstairs and let the shopkeeper serve the food."
"Uh...then what should they do?" Pu Cheshi pointed towards the wall.
Next to the wall is a row of six policemen and chiefs. They have been tied up for more than ten hours, hungry, thirsty, and have other physiological activities to deal with. Qi Xianke and Zhuo Jing were detained separately elsewhere, with Xue Yuxin in charge.
Yun Ming closed the sword book, stood up and said calmly: "Untie them in batches. Let three or four people go to eat and use the toilet at a time. The first wave of people will come back and tie them up before letting down the next wave."
"Good idea, I'm here to help."
After the two of them had "served" the dozen or so prisoners and finished their lunch, it was already around one o'clock in the afternoon when they returned to the room. Yun Ming estimated the time, and there was a hint of sadness in his voice: "Yes, I can only sleep for less than two hours during the nap."
The Puche attendant heard this and complained: "This is already very long, okay."
"But I am just catching up on my sleep, and two hours is not enough."
"You can go to sleep. We won't return to the real world until eight o'clock tonight, so there's plenty of time."
Yun Ming shook his head: "No, we can't wait here until eight o'clock in the evening."
"What do you mean, where do you want to go?" Pu Che Shi asked in surprise.
"Leave at three in the afternoon. We'll ride back to the capital."
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