Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

A hearty laugh was heard from afar, "Come riding the wind and the sword to slay the demons between heaven and earth. Xiao Ling'er, if we are father and daughter, we will meet again!"

Watching the streak of light disappear in the sky, Zhong Ling felt a little lost. If it weren't for the silk scroll containing the Bei Ming Divine Art and Ling Bo Wei Bu still hidden in her arms, she would have thought she was dreaming.

What happened in the past two days was really too surreal.

She met a sword-master uncle and called him dad. This mysterious old man gave her a great fortune. These things were simply too mysterious. Even in her dreams, she would not have dared to do this before.

"No, we have to go home quickly!"

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Zhong Ling's mind, and she wanted to go home urgently. There were some things she needed to ask her mother.

She was young, but not stupid. She had basically guessed that her father, Zhong Wanchou, might not really be her biological father.

Thinking of this, she felt a little ashamed.

My father Zhong Wanchou raised me with great difficulty, but as soon as I left home, I found another father. I am such an unfilial daughter!

She staggered and practiced the Lingbo Weibu, coordinating it with the Beiming Divine Art. After a day, she actually looked somewhat like a normal person. Although she could not compare with Song Xuan's ability to transform into dozens of afterimages in an instant, her speed was much faster than before.

When it was dark, Zhong Ling returned to Wanjie Valley.

At the entrance of the valley, her father, Zhong Wanchou, was standing at the door. When he saw her come back, the anxiety on his face disappeared.

"Daddy, I'm sorry!"

Looking at this father who had loved her so much since she was a child, Zhong Ling felt extremely guilty.

She is not a good daughter. Even though she is so old, she still wants to go out and play all day long, which makes her father worry.

She hadn't felt anything in the past, but this time, feeling guilty, she looked at her old father's kind eyes and tears suddenly flowed down her face.

Her father had suffered so much injustice, but she didn't dare to speak it out, otherwise the family would break up immediately.

"Just come back, just come back!"

Seeing his precious daughter crying, Zhong Wanchou felt distressed. "Did you get wronged outside? Tell Dad and I'll get you back!"

"No, no." Zhong Ling quickly wiped away her tears, "Dad, where is my mom?"

"Your mother..."

Before Zhong Wanchou could finish his words, he heard the sound of jade pendants colliding in the valley, and then a woman came from a distance.

The woman was wearing a light green silk shirt. She was about thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, with a pretty face and eyes that vaguely resembled Zhong Ling. She was none other than Gan Baobao, the mistress of Wanjie Valley.

"mother!"

Zhong Ling glanced at her mother with a complicated expression. In the past, she was somewhat afraid of her mother. People always say that mothers are kind and fathers are strict, but she was just the opposite, a kind father and a strict mother.

Since I was a child, I was often beaten by my mother because I didn’t study and practice martial arts seriously!

But at this moment, she no longer had the fear she had before towards this usually strict mother, but instead felt a bit more resentful.

This emotion was very complicated, and for a moment, she couldn't tell the reason.

"You still know how to come back!"

Seeing Zhong Ling, Gan Baobao sneered, "You are not young anymore, and I don't want to fight with you anymore. Come with me into the house, and let's have a good talk today."

As she spoke, she glanced at Zhong Wanchou with a hint of impatience in her eyes, "Don't stand here and get in the way. My daughter is back, hurry up and prepare dinner!"

"Okay, I'll listen to you in everything!"

Zhong Wanchou grinned. He was ugly, but he married a beautiful wife and had been treating her like a goddess over the years.

In this Wanjie Valley, as long as the word "Duan" is not mentioned, he will be happy to do whatever his wife asks him to do.

Even if he was scolded or beaten, he would still feel very happy.

After Zhong Wanchou left, Gan Baobao led Zhong Ling to the inner hall. After closing the door, he looked at his daughter calmly.

"You have something on your mind, you can hide it from your father, but you can't hide it from me. Tell me, what exactly happened when you went out this time!"

Zhong Ling was silent, staring at her mother's face which was very similar to her own. She tried to hold back, but finally couldn't.

"Mom, who is my real father?"

"What!?"

Gan Baobao, who had originally had a calm and superior attitude, now looked obviously flustered and subconsciously looked towards the door.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Did you hear some rumors outside?"

Zhong Ling ignored her and continued to herself, "I met a man yesterday in Wuliang Mountain. He was handsome and looked very young, but he didn't give me the feeling of a young man.

His aura and authority are far more powerful than that of my father, the Valley Master."

Gan Baobao's heart tightened, as if he had thought of something.

Zhong Ling continued, "When he heard that I was the daughter of the Master of Wanjie Valley, he looked a little strange, and then he asked me a question."

"What did he ask you?"

Gan Baobao spoke eagerly, looking very anxious.

Zhong Ling puffed out her cheeks and snorted angrily, "He asked me what I would do if Zhong Wanchou wasn't my biological father!"

"Also, he wants me to call him daddy!"

Gan Baobao plopped down on the bed, his heart pounding. He looked at his daughter tremblingly, "Did he ever tell me his name?"

Zhong Ling shook her head, "No, I forgot to ask."

Gan Baobao frowned, "That man is very handsome?"

Zhong Ling nodded.

"Is he very skilled in martial arts?"

Zhong Ling nodded again, "Very tall, at least much taller than my father!"

Gan Baobao asked anxiously again, "He has an extraordinary bearing. It's obvious that he is a powerful and influential person in a high position."

Zhong Ling hummed, "Yes, I didn't know what it meant to be in a high position, but the moment I saw him, I naturally knew it.

Even if there's no one around in the wilderness, as long as he stands there, he has a special demeanor that looks down on the world and holds great power! "

Gan Baobao sighed with regret, her face seemed to be mixed with joy and sadness, and also a bit of anger. At this moment, she did not look like a woman in her forties, but more like a young girl in love.

A red cloud flew up on her cheeks, and her eyes were blurred as if she was reminiscing. After a while, she slowly withdrew her thoughts and looked at Zhong Ling embarrassedly.

"Ling'er, if nothing unexpected happens, the person you saw should be your biological father!"

Chapter 311 Dong Tianbao, people should know themselves!

Although she was mentally prepared, when she heard her mother admit it herself, Zhong Ling's heart felt as cold as if it were filled with ice chips.

If it were someone else, she would definitely scold him for being unfaithful, but this person happened to be her mother. What should she do?

Seeing Zhong Ling's expression constantly changing, Gan Baobao hurriedly said, "Ling'er, it's not what you think. Since I married your father, I haven't done anything to let him down."

Without waiting for Zhong Ling to speak, she sighed softly and said, "At that time, I was still young and had achieved some success in martial arts. After leaving my master, I was full of passion and wanted to venture into the martial arts world.

Then, I met him, your biological father.

Just as you said before, he was handsome, skilled in martial arts, and held a high position of power. I fell in love with him at first sight, and later became pregnant with you.

But unfortunately, due to some special reasons, he can't marry me.

I was already pregnant at the time, so I had no choice but to marry your father, Zhong Wanchou."

Zhong Ling's mind flashed with the image of Song Xuan. She never expected that this man who was so kind to her had actually done such a thing when he was young.

Gan Baobao continued, "Don't blame him, he also has his own difficulties.

His status was too special, and his family had already chosen a wife for him. That woman was too powerful, and the power behind her was extremely terrifying. As a young man at the time, he had no way of resisting the family's arrangement.

Zhong Ling was a little annoyed. "Mother, you were already pregnant at the time. Even if he couldn't be his wife, if he was a man, he could have taken you into his house as a concubine, right?"

Gan Baobao shook his head. "Let's not talk about other obstacles for now. If he really took me into his mansion, with the methods of his powerful wife, I'm afraid both you and I wouldn't even be able to survive!"

"Is that woman so scary?"

Gan Baobao nodded and said, "I have a master behind me. If there is an opportunity, unless the gap in strength is too big, why wouldn't I fight for it?"

Zhong Ling said "oh" dejectedly. She did not feel any resentment towards the uncle who was suspected to be her biological father. Instead, she felt a little more sympathy for him.

With a tigress at home, he must have had a unhappy life these years, right?

It is really hard to imagine that the free and easy sword master uncle who rides the wind and controls the sword actually has such a sad history that he cannot bear to look back on.

......

Song Xuan didn't know that he just asked someone to call him dad out of bad taste, but Zhong Ling had already imagined a sad and tragic love story for him.

He didn't even know that Yao Yue, who hadn't even entered the sect yet, had already become the most terrifying tigress in the world in the mouths of the mother and daughter.

At this time, he had already returned to the Sichuan-Chongqing Prefecture Qianhu Office and was looking at the various files presented by Dong Tianbao.

"Sir, although the money and items confiscated this time have not yet been fully counted, their total value is undoubtedly hundreds of millions of taels of silver. If you transport such a huge fortune to the imperial capital and present it to the emperor, you will surely be promoted and given a higher rank, and your future will be limitless."

Song Xuan, who was reviewing the files, stopped writing and looked at Dong Tianbao, who was flattering him with a humble smile on his face.

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Uh?

Dong Tianbao was stunned.

What happened? Did you flatter the horse's leg instead of the one you flattered?

"Please forgive my sins!"

Although he was a little confused, he instinctively knelt on the ground and said, "Humble official, humble official..."

He hesitated for a long time, but didn't know what to say, because he still didn't understand what was wrong with what he had just said.

The dirty deeds between the emperor and the high-ranking officials of the Xuanyi Guard were not something that a small local official like him could understand.

In the eyes of the world, the Xuanyiwei are the emperor's personal army. No matter how powerful the Xuanyiwei are, they are still the sword in the emperor's hand.

In Dong Tianbao's opinion, if Song Xuan wants to take further control of the Xuanyiwei, he naturally has to please the emperor. Sending hundreds of millions of taels of silver to the emperor, isn't this an opportunity to rise to fame overnight?

Is there something wrong with what he just said?

Or is it that Lord Song is actually a money-loving person and is reluctant to present this huge fortune to the emperor?

"Dong Tianbao!"

Song Xuan sat on the chair without emitting any aura, but his calm voice sounded like thunder in Dong Tianbao's ears, making his head buzz.

"You are ambitious and capable, you know what you want, and you are willing to work ten times harder for it.

This is something I really appreciate.

But, you have to remember this.

Just do what is appropriate for your position, and don't do anything that is not your responsibility!

What you need to consider is how to fulfill your job diligently and conscientiously and do the tasks assigned to you by me, rather than thinking about how I can save face in front of the emperor!

My face has never been given by anyone, not even the emperor!

Do you understand what this sentence means?"

"Humble official, humble official understands!"

Dong Tianbao swallowed his saliva, his body trembling. At this moment, he finally understood why his flattery had made the adults angry.

After all this time, it turns out that the emperor, who was supreme in his own eyes and controlled the entire Zhou Dynasty, was not as important as he had imagined in the eyes of adults.

The master's words just now were almost explicit - 'The emperor is nothing in front of me! If I give him face, he is the emperor. If I don't give him face, I will send him to the ground!'

This is what the Lord said when he treated the prefects of Sichuan and Chongqing. Although he said it in a subtle way this time, Dong Tianbao had automatically translated it into words that he could understand.

It's ridiculous. I just tried to persuade you on how to take credit in front of the emperor. It's really ridiculous.

"Get up!"

Song Xuan said calmly, "I still admire your abilities, but people should know their limitations.

"You are not in a position to govern. If you are not of sufficient stature, vision, or strength, and you rashly interfere in areas that are beyond your reach at your level, you are courting death!"

After casually annotating the few remaining case files on the table, Song Xuan stood up and walked to the door, saying, "Sell all the confiscated items for cash, and take out 10% as a reward to the brothers below.

How to reward will be determined based on the subsequent achievements in combating crime and eliminating evil. You should come up with a plan as soon as possible.