Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 56: Miraculous Herb Soup, Villain's Nest
Qianjin Pavilion.

Two stew pots were bubbling.

Zhou Ming held a kitchen knife in one hand, cut something casually, and put it into the two stew pots in front of him.

His movements were effortless and anyone who just watched his movements would never have guessed that the things he casually cut were actually thousand-year-old ginseng and hundred-year-old snow lotus.

Of course, it’s just a projection!
Zhou Ming has conducted projection experiments on all the items in his personal space.

Facts have proven that even if the projection of the medicine is eaten, it will not have any medicinal effect and cannot even fill the stomach.

But the strange thing is that although it has no medicinal effect, it has a taste!

And it tastes like authentic thousand-year-old ginseng and hundred-year-old snow lotus!
More importantly, this taste can actually react with other foods.

And this is what Zhou Ming is doing now.

Thousand-year-old ginseng chicken soup!
Hundred-year-old snow lotus fish soup!
In other words, there is no stock in his personal space now, otherwise he would have to take out a few blood bodhi seeds and fry some eggs to try.

"You cook for yourself?"

Pei Ju had arrived at the pavilion at some point and asked, "Can I eat it?"

Zhou Ming didn't say anything, but just lifted the lid of the soup pot, and immediately an enticing aroma wafted out.

Pei Ju looked at him in surprise and said, "Give me a bowl."

Zhou Ming took a golden bowl from the table behind him and filled it with soup.

In addition to the golden bowl, there are also golden chopsticks, golden spoons and other golden tableware.

In reality, they are all projections.

Because Zhou Ming discovered that after using this kind of projection tableware, he could just throw it into the trash and then cancel the projection, and he wouldn't even have to wash the dishes.

It’s just that ordinary ceramic bowls are not very strong, and the projection only has 20% of its mass, making it even weaker.

Therefore, these gold tableware were specially made.

Pei Ju was not surprised by this. He took the chicken soup, tasted it, and said, "Not bad."

Zhou Mingdao said, "No one comes to visit you for no reason. Normally, when you have something to do, you would just ask me to come to you. But now you come to me. I'm afraid it's something really big!"

Pei Ju said, "It's not a big deal, it just concerns you. I'm transferring the three teams that were previously assigned to you."

Zhou Mingdao said, "I was originally your subordinate. I am just temporarily here to take orders from me. You can transfer me away if you want."

It’s different in the past.

Now Zhou Ming has a rich boss and Blackstone under his command, and if things don’t work out, he still has Projector.

I don't care about those few subordinates.

Furthermore, the three teams said they would obey his orders, but in fact they were loyal to Pei Ju.

No matter what happens, it will be reported to Pei Ju.

What's the use?

Seeing that he didn't care at all, Pei Ju couldn't help but sigh and said, "It seems that you really have no interest in this area..."

Zhou Ming poured himself a bowl of fish soup and savored the delicious taste of the hundred-year-old snow lotus and fish. The only pity was... the fish was not from the lake, but bought outside.

In fact, Zhou Ming was still a little envious of the Qinglong Society under Pei Ju.

He also knew that Pei Ju had deliberately wanted to train him before.

But of course, it is impossible to hand over the Qinglong Society to him directly. Instead, he has to start from the bottom... uh, the middle level, and move up step by step.

How could Zhou Ming have the leisure time for that?

"Last time you said you would release a Shangshu position, what was the result?"

"Cao Zhengchun took over the Ministry of War, and the Emperor took over the Ministry of Justice. As for Zhu Wusi, he got nothing!"

"Huh? Cao Zhengchun actually has civil servants under him?"

"Maybe he's hiding deep down, or maybe he just came here recently."

Although the East Factory has always been despised by people, it is not difficult to understand if someone would defect to it just for the position of a minister.

Pei Ju asked, "Are you more interested in the court?"

Zhou Ming shook his head: "I'm still more interested in the martial arts world."

"I knew it."

Pei Ju said, "Since you're interested in the martial arts world, then you should delve into it. Quanzhen martial arts are certainly useful for laying the foundation. But after all, there aren't many masters, and Wang Chongyang died young. So, I plan to find you a master on Mount Wudang."

"Who is it? Could it be Master Zhang?"

"You're dreaming! It's not easy for ordinary Grandmasters to accept disciples, let alone Master Zhang."

Pei Ju said: "However, although he is not a Grandmaster, he is also a Three Flower Grandmaster, Taoist Mu!"

clang!
The golden spoon in Zhou Ming's hand fell to the ground, and he looked at Pei Ju with a dull expression.

Not... who? Mu Dao Ren?!

Pei Ju said, "Master Mu is indeed the strongest person below the Grandmaster, but you don't have to be so shocked, right?"

Zhou Ming silently picked up the golden spoon and replaced it with another one.

Shocked...yes, he was indeed shocked.

But it was not because of Mu Dao Ren, but because of Pei Ju!

He now discovered that probably everyone in Pei Ju's circle of friends was a villain.

Yin Zhong is a villain.

Although Mu Dao Ren is hiding very deeply now, he is still a villain.

Plus Pei Ju’s own identity as a villain.

The Qinglong Society under his command is even more of a villain organization.

After all the calculations, the Quanzhen Sect is not considered a villain... Uh, that's not right. Although the Quanzhen Sect is considered a decent character in the part of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, when the plot develops to the part of The Return of the Condor Heroes, it is obvious that it has stood on the opposite side of the protagonist.

Naturally, he is also a villain.

Wow, all the villains!

But then again, my own background is quite complicated.

Biological father, adoptive father... If you can successfully become an apprentice, then you will probably also have a master.

They are all villains!
It turned out that I had really fallen into the villain's nest and there was no way to escape.

"What? Don't want to?"

Pei Ju asked.

Zhou Ming shook his head. If it was Mu Dao Ren, then it would actually be possible.

Although he is a villain.

But a villain means being capable, ambitious, powerful, and scheming.

Isn’t Pei Ju also a villain?
From a practical point of view, Zhou Ming joined the Quanzhen Sect since he was a child, practiced Taoist martial arts, and was good at swordsmanship.

Taoist Qia Qia Mu is a Taoist master who is also good at swordsmanship.

Below the Grand Master level, he is indeed one of the strongest people.

At least this was the case within the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Mu Dao Ren is from Wudang. If you become Mu Dao Ren's disciple, you will also become a disciple of Wudang!
Therefore, it is not a disadvantage to become a disciple of Master Mu.

"I was just thinking about my training experience in Quanzhen Sect. You don't want me to stay in the mountains for another ten years, do you?"

"Of course it's impossible."

Pei Ju said, "You've grown up and have already entered the Xiantian realm. You don't need to be like before. In fact, the most important thing is not for you to become a disciple of Mu Dao Ren, but to join the Wudang Sect."

"What the foster father meant is..."

Pei Ju put down the golden bowl and said, "The emperor has indeed grown up!"

Zhou Ming's eyes moved, and he remembered something Pei Ju had just said.

One of the two ministerial positions was taken by the emperor's men!

You should know that in the plan of killing three warriors with two peaches, the emperor's other two opponents were Cao Zhengchun and Zhu Wusi.

In other words, he had to defeat at least one of them in order to take the position of Minister of Justice.

Even if his approach might be to show weakness to the enemy so that the other two would ignore his fighting style.

But anyway, he won!
Moreover, the Ministry of Justice is also very crucial!

Under the Ministry of Justice, there are two departments that are nominally under its jurisdiction, the Six Gates and the Shenhou Mansion.

Regardless of whether the Ministry of Justice will eventually fall into the hands of Cao Zhengchun or Zhu Wusi, the people in these two departments will not be obedient.

This is why Pei Ju took out the Ministry of Justice to fight for them.

But it was the emperor who finally took down the Ministry of Justice!
The God of Constables from the Six Gates and Zhuge Zhengwo from the Divine Marquis's Mansion are both loyal people.

When serving the emperor, one would only obey and not disobey.

This means that the emperor can control a real Ministry of Justice.

The power of the Ministry of Justice, if fully unified, would be no less than that of any other department, and might even be stronger.

After all, this is a world with countless martial arts masters, strong men coming and going, one against a hundred, one against a thousand!
Whoever controls the Ministry of Justice also controls the martial arts masters within it.

Such advantages are unmatched by other departments.

(End of this chapter)