Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 2 The Fisherman and the Traveler

"Hey! Did you get the Plum Blossom Thief's files?"

"Don't worry, it's only been three days. There are so many files in the Ministry of Justice. I have to search slowly."

……

"Hey, hey, hey! It's been seven days, where's the file?"

"Don't worry, it's not easy to deal with the Ministry of Justice. I'll give it to you in a few days."

……

"A few days later, a few days later. It's already been seven or eight days. Where's the file you promised me?"

"Look, you're anxious again! Am I busy? I blame you for not helping me persuade Hua Manlou before, so the important supporting character in the novel I wrote had to change his character design..."

"Then you should change it for me!"

Lu Xiaofeng snatched the fishing rod from Zhou Ming's hand and threw it to the ground, angrily saying, "The first time I came to see you, you were fishing. The second time I came to see you, you were still fishing. Today I came to see you for the third time, and you're still fishing. Can't you do something useful every day?"

"Don't be angry..."

Zhou Ming picked up the bait and slowly put it on, saying, "It's not like I haven't changed it. It's just that every time you come, I'm always fishing. Oh, it's freezing cold out here, and it's not easy to change it. My hands are frozen! It's all Hua Manlou's fault! If he had agreed before, wouldn't all this trouble have been avoided?"

"There's no way Old Hua would agree to this! Wealth shouldn't be flaunted! The Hua family has been a bit ostentatious in recent years. And the characters in your book often flaunt their wealth, so it's only natural he wouldn't agree."

Lu Xiaofeng said, "Come to think of it, I've finished reading your novel. The character you assigned to Hua Manlou only appears a few times. Does it really take so long to revise it?"

"You're only reading the first few chapters. There's a lot more to come later!"

"Alright, I'll trust you again. But honestly, although your writing is a bit rough, the design of the case mystery is quite ingenious. I didn't expect you to be so ingenious."

"Haha, Brother Lu, you think too highly of me. Those mysteries of the cases were not actually my own ideas. I found them in the criminal case files... I have the right not to use them, and they will become invalid after the expiration date, you know."

"Boiled!"

Lu Xiaofeng moved his lips, perhaps wanting to curse, but considering that this was someone else's home and it would be quite impolite to curse the host, he let it go.

It had nothing to do with the middle-aged man standing like an iron tower next to him, or the vague sense of danger emanating from the four beautiful maids around him.

"Forget it. I'm leaving in two days anyway. Do whatever you want."

"Go? Where?"

"Plum Blossom Thief! I'll go investigate!"

Zhou Ming swung his club and turned around to say, "As far as I know, the Plum Blossom Bandit hasn't been seen in months. There's no clue at all. How are you going to investigate? Where are you going to investigate?"

"Your information is out of date. In recent months, the martial arts world has been in turmoil. Especially recently, Li Xunhuan, the Flying Dagger who disappeared for ten years, has returned to the Central Plains for unknown reasons. Many people now believe that the so-called Plum Blossom Bandit is actually Li Xunhuan. Isn't this a clue?"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "I've already decided. I'm going out the day after tomorrow to join in the fun."

"alright."

Zhou Ming nodded: "Have a good trip."

Lu Xiaofeng left.

Zhou Ming put his fishing rod aside and watched the turbulent water in the lake. He thought to himself, "Li Xunhuan is back. Now, the story of Little Li's Flying Dagger should begin..."

Zhou Ming, whose courtesy name is Changping, is twenty years old. He is the adopted son of Pei Ju, the chief minister of the cabinet. He has been a disciple of Quanzhen Sect since he was young and is now a warrior in the realm of innate true qi.

At the same time, he is a time traveler.

In his previous life, he was just an ordinary person with no other hobbies except fishing. One day, while fishing by the river, he got lucky and traveled to this seemingly real martial arts world.

In this world, King Wu defeated King Zhou and founded the Zhou Dynasty, enfeoffing the princes. A thousand years have passed since then. Now the emperor is weak and the various kingdoms are rising up.

Among the various schools of thought in the Qin State, the Sword Saint Gai Nie was famous throughout the world.

The Sui Dynasty was at its peak, and the three great masters were famous.

The Beggars' Sect and Shaolin in the Song Dynasty, with Qiao Feng in the north and Murong in the south, are all very famous.

And the Ming Dynasty where he was...

In the world, in the martial arts world, one familiar name after another, one familiar story after another, once made Zhou Ming feel very complicated.

But now, he's used to it.

As a time traveler, Zhou Ming also has a plug-in, which is a spherical space that he has been born with and grows automatically over time.

Moreover, once the conditions of this space are met, new abilities will be awakened, or existing abilities will be upgraded.

But there are two problems now. First, he cannot control the awakening and upgrading of his abilities, which are completely random.

Second, he had no idea what these so-called conditions were.

Even though he had triggered the conditions three times by chance, he had a second-level ability and a first-level ability.

But I still have no idea what this condition is.

Half a year ago, after leaving Quanzhen Sect and returning to the capital, he has been conducting various experiments to try to find the triggering conditions of this plug-in.

The so-called Four Young Heroes of the Capital was an experiment he made based on the assumption of "reputation".

In addition to these possibilities, many experiments have also been conducted.

But, none of them triggered.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ming suddenly looked up and asked, "Uncle Qiang, are you done with what I asked you to do before?"

The towering man next to him responded, "Master, it's ready."

"Can't you tell it's fake?"

Uncle Qiang forced a smile, "Young Master, you're joking. This is from the Ministry of Justice, written with the Ministry of Justice's ink, and written by an official from the Ministry of Justice himself. It's stamped firmly with the Ministry of Justice's seal. How can you say it's fake?"

"That's good."

Zhou Ming nodded, thinking, "This forged dossier could change the plot. If I go there in person, I'll experience the plot firsthand... If neither of these two speculations can trigger the conditions, then I really can't think of any other possibilities at the moment..."

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

At the gate of the capital.

Lu Xiaofeng was riding on a fast horse and was about to whip it when he suddenly heard the sound of a carriage behind him. He turned around curiously and saw a very strange carriage. Not only were there two horses in the front, but the carriage at the back looked even more unusual.

The person driving the horse in front of the carriage was a woman who looked familiar.

If you think about it carefully, isn't this the maid that always follows that bastard Zhou Ming?

Is it...

He waited for a while, and the carriage caught up. Sure enough, Zhou Ming came out of it and threw a booklet over.

Lu Xiaofeng quickly took it and said with a smile, "Is this... the file of the Plum Blossom Thief?"

"nature!"

"Hahaha, if you want to deliver the files, just send someone else. Why bother delivering them in person?"

Zhou Ming got off the carriage and said, "I'm not here to see you off. I want to go with you to investigate the Plum Blossom Thief!"

Lu Xiaofeng was stunned and asked, "Are you interested in this kind of thing?"

Zhou Ming said, "The story of the Plum Blossom Thief has become quite popular. Perhaps I can use it as material for my novel. Besides, I also want to meet that Little Li Flying Dagger!"

"Oh?" Lu Xiaofeng said with a smile, "Are you interested in this famous hero?"

Zhou Ming sneered: "I just want to see what kind of beast is this person who casually transfers the family foundation to others, bringing shame to our ancestors!"

The smile on Lu Xiaofeng's face froze.

"Ahem! Well... you can just think about this in your heart, but don't say it out loud! Li Xunhuan killed a master of the Xiantian Perfection Realm ten years ago. His elder brother, Long Xiaoyun, is also a powerful Xiantian Gangqi Realm expert now. You are only at the Zhenqi Realm, so don't offend them rashly."

The three innate realms, true qi,罡气, and perfection!
Zhou Ming is only at the first level of true qi.

Long Xiaoyun is at the second level of Gangqi.

And Li Xunhuan, ten years ago, was able to kill the third level perfection.

"Don't worry, even though I can't do it, I brought four guards and maids with me. They are all innate strongmen. Together, they can fight against the Grandmaster!"

As he was speaking, four beautiful maids had gotten off the carriage and were guarding Zhou Ming.

"Mr. Lu." The four of them saluted.

"No! No! Just call me Lu Xiaofeng..."

Lu Xiaofeng waved his hands quickly, thinking that he was worthy of being the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. He thought he had some talent in martial arts, and now he was only at the Xiantian Gangqi realm. He did not expect that these four women looked no older than him, maybe even younger, but their cultivation was not inferior to his.

"By the way, I haven't asked for the names of these four yet."

Zhou Ming smiled and said, "Let me introduce them. This is Qinqin, this is Qinqin, and here are Qinqin and Qingqing."

(End of this chapter)