Chapter 179: Hou Mansion News

He tried many methods, but every time he got close to the Yang Lei Zhen Yan, his spiritual sense told Zhu Chengwu that if he took any forceful action, the Yang Lei Zhen Yan would definitely be damaged.

This spiritual warning forced Zhu Chengwu to stop all his tentative actions.

"Let's try it. Does this work?"

Finally, after a long while, Zhu Chengwu's thoughts were spinning rapidly, and he kept brainstorming before he finally thought of a possible way to move the Yang Lei Zhen Yan.

Drink～～

Zhu Chengwu shouted softly in his heart, mobilizing the high-level rare essence of the Earth Core Fire Lotus that had been completely digested, mixed with the master's true qi, and slowly and tentatively contacted the Yang Thunder True Flame again.

As Zhu Chengwu's Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu mixed with the essence of the Earth Core Fire Lotus approached, the Yang Lei Zhenyan suddenly trembled.

"There's a show!"

Seeing Yang Lei Zhenyan's reaction, Zhu Chengwu was delighted.

Yang Lei Zhen Yan's reaction now is much better than before when Zhu Chengwu was in contact with him alone with his master's true qi.

It seems that the essence of high-level treasures of heaven and earth does have an effect on things that are also high-level treasures of heaven and earth. It can stabilize the high-level treasures of heaven and earth that are in the making and make them no longer so resistant to the approach of other things.

There is an inexplicable and vague connection between the essences of high-level treasures of heaven and earth. No wonder Narcissus could discover that high-level treasures of heaven and earth were being nurtured here.

I just don’t know how long ago it was that Narcissus discovered that this place was nurturing high-level treasures of heaven and earth!
So much so that when Narcissus discovered it, it was still in the early stages of gestation, and she didn't even know what the high-level rare treasure of heaven and earth she was gestating was. Now, the Yang Lei Zhen Yan has already been gestated to a half-finished product.

When Zhu Chengwu thought of this, he couldn't help but be shocked, but at the same time he also felt lucky about his own luck.

It is fortunate that such a place without any cover has not attracted anyone who truly appreciates its value, so the Yang Lei Zhen Yan has been preserved until now.

"no!"

Zhu Chengwu, who was using the master's true qi mixed with the essence of the Earth Core Fire Lotus to wrap the moving Yang Lei Zhen Yan, suddenly cried out inwardly that something was wrong. He released the Yang Lei Zhen Yan that had been moved some distance, and at the same time withdrew all the master's true qi that he had stretched out.

The Tiangang Boy's Qi mixed with the essence of the Earth Core Fire Lotus can indeed move the Yang Lei Zhen Yan away from the place of birth, but the gestation process of the Yang Lei Zhen Yan will be interrupted if it leaves the place of birth.

Although it will not die immediately, if Zhu Chengwu cannot place Yang Lei Zhen Yan in another place suitable for its growth within a short period of time, it will be inevitable that Yang Lei Zhen Yan's gestation process will be interrupted and he will die.

Although Zhu Chengwu knew about places with similar terrain to this place where thunder and fire from heaven occurred, they were quite far away from here.

Moreover, those places are all well-known in the local area and cannot serve the purpose of concealment at all.

The fundamental reason why Zhu Chengwu wanted to move the Yang Lei Zhen Yan away from the place in front of him was to conceal it.

Prevent Narcissus, Xue Jingling, Dai Qian and others from disturbing the gestation process of Yang Lei Zhen Yan, or leaking information, so that some forces and strong people who do not want to see Zhu Chengwu make another breakthrough will besiege Zhu Chengwu.

If Zhu Chengwu moves away from Yang Lei Zhen Yan and the place he chooses is still a place that cannot serve as a concealment, then what is the point and benefit of Zhu Chengwu taking the risk to move Yang Lei Zhen Yan?
It would be better to leave the Yang Lei Zhen Yan here and wait for it to be fully nurtured?
After all, this is a place that has not been disturbed by outsiders for decades.

As long as Narcissus, Xue Jingling and Dai Qian don't reveal it, this place is far better than those places with heavenly thunder and fire that are famous locally.

But will Narcissus, Xue Jingling, Dai Qian and others keep the secret for Zhu Chengwu and not reveal the relevant information?
Zhu Chengwu thinks it is impossible!

It is necessary to move Yang Lei Zhen Yan away from the place known to Narcissus and others.

But Zhu Chengwu still needs to think about where to move.

High-level treasures of heaven and earth are too rare and unique.

If something unexpected happens to the Yang Lei Zhen Yan this time.

Even though Zhu Chengwu is still young, the Grandmaster realm can allow Zhu Chengwu to live longer than ordinary people, but Zhu Chengwu may not be able to wait until the second appearance of the Yang Lei Zhenyan and have a second chance to obtain the Yang Lei Zhenyan.

"This may be my only chance in this life!" Zhu Chengwu must have this mentality when dealing with Yang Lei Zhenyan in front of him.

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Just as Zhu Chengwu was thinking about the relocation of Yang Lei Zhen Yan, the Fu'an Marquis Mansion far away in Xuzhou City was also affected by the aftermath of Zhu Chengwu's trip to Nanzhu Kingdom.

"Madam, there are more and more foreign warriors in Xuzhou City!"

At the high-level plenary meeting in the Marquis of Fu'an's Mansion where Zhu Chengwu was absent, Gao Yao reported this to Cui Shuyun.

"Do you know the whereabouts of the Marquis after he left Nanzhu Country?"

Cui Shuyun ignored Gao Yao's statement and asked another question.

This question is the crux of the matter.

"Madam, no! Since the Marquis left the mansion alone, only Yan Xiaoer and Zuo Bensan from Nanzhu Country have seen the Marquis. No one else has seen the Marquis! The Marquis is too powerful. If the Marquis does not show up, our intelligence personnel will find that they have no idea where the Marquis is."

Gao Yao and Zhao Xinghan looked at each other and no one responded. Finally, Qiuyue discovered that Gao Yao, the chief steward in charge of the factory security, did not answer Cui Shuyun's question, and she spoke up to resolve Cui Shuyun's embarrassment.

As the Fu'an Marquis Mansion grew stronger, the upper echelons of the Fu'an Marquis Mansion began to form alliances and numerous factions emerged.

After Cui Shujun returned from the capital, for some reason or another, or perhaps because of her brother Cui Ronghe's affairs, she also started to join the power struggle among the top leaders of Fu'an Marquis' Mansion, which made the already complicated relationships among the top leaders of Fu'an Marquis' Mansion even more complicated.

After discovering that Cui Shuyun had the intention of taking power, the alliance, hostility and competition among the top leaders of Fu'an Marquis' Mansion underwent new changes.

Originally, Cui Shuyun was not in power. She was the greatest common denominator among the senior officials of the Marquis' Mansion. All the senior officials of the Marquis' Mansion would respect Cui Shuyun, the mascot who had the title of the Marquis' Mansion's official wife.

But once Cui Shuyun wants to take real power, many high-ranking officials in the Marquis' Mansion who only want to be under Zhu Chengwu can no longer treat Cui Shuyun with the same attitude as before.

Because if their attitude does not change and they continue as before, Cui Shuyun is likely to quickly transform from the mascot of the Marquis' Mansion to the legitimate wife of the Marquis' Mansion, the second most important person in the Marquis' Mansion besides Zhu Chengwu, the head of the Marquis' Mansion when Zhu Chengwu is away, and the leader of everyone in the Marquis' Mansion except Zhu Chengwu.

This is unacceptable to many high-ranking officials in the marquisate!
They believed that they had worked hard for the Fu'an Marquisate for many years to achieve its current power and status, and they did not want a woman who had made no contribution before to climb over their heads just because of a marriage.

Even if that woman is nominally the wife of the marquis.

Of course, the reason they can have such ideas and courage is that most of the senior officials in the Marquis' Mansion understand the relationship between Zhu Chengwu and Cui Shuyun.

Just a collaborator!
Therefore, at today's plenary meeting of the high-level officials of the Marquis' Mansion, Gao Yao directly raised the issue of the increasing number of warriors in Xuzhou City, but did not propose any solutions or countermeasures.

All this was Gao Yao's way of intimidating Cui Shuyun.

Let Cui Shuyun give up! It's not easy to be in charge of Fu'an Marquis's Mansion. Isn't it good to be a mascot with the title of the Marquis's wife?
Don't fight for power beyond your capabilities.

However, Cui Shuyun is indeed a woman with great political talent. She reacted the moment she heard Gao Yao's words and understood Gao Yao's purpose.

Therefore, Cui Shuyun did not directly respond to Gao Yao's words, but instead raised another question that was the responsibility of the Internal Affairs Department, but one that Gao Yao was sure he would not be able to answer.

This is Cui Shuyun's counterattack.

But Gao Yao is not an easy person to deal with!
He and Zhao Xinghan formed a temporary alliance the moment Cui Shuyun began to show her desire to seize real power in Fu'an Marquis' Mansion.

Although there was competition between Gao Yao and Zhao Xinghan, the fundamental purpose of their competition was the position of the number one person under Zhu Chengwu and greater voice in the Fu'an Marquis' Mansion.

Now that Cui Shuyun suddenly appeared, they didn’t want to make things difficult for her.

It is natural for them to form a temporary alliance tacitly.

However, Gao Yao and Zhao Xinghan did not expect that Qiuyue, one of the four close attendants, had actually sided with Cui Shuyun.

As one of the first four attendants and one of the current four attendants, Qiuyue has a special status and symbolic significance in the Fu'an Marquis Mansion.

As Zhu Chengwu's close attendants, the four close attendants' words and deeds are often over-interpreted as Zhu Chengwu's attitude and intentions.

In particular, although Qiuyue was not promoted together with Dongxue and Xiayu because she did not have first-class achievements, she was appointed by Zhu Chengwu as the temporary director of Fu'an Marquis Mansion in Xuzhou City when the large group of Fu'an Marquis Mansion left Xuzhou City and tried to enter the capital.

After Zhu Chengwu was seriously injured in a battle with the four great masters of Shaolin Temple, the first person he came into contact with was Qiuyue.

Afterwards, Qiuyue's father, who couldn't even be the deputy leader of the Xiaodao Gang, was entrusted with important tasks by Zhu Chengwu, the Marquis of Fu'an, and was eventually promoted to the Imperial Guard.

Zhu Chengwu's trust and regard for Qiuyue and Qiuyue's family is visible to the naked eye.

Now, Qiuyue directly chose to stand on Cui Shuyun's side in front of her immediate superior Gao Yao, but many people would wonder whether Qiuyue had discovered the emotional bias of Zhu Chengwu, the Marquis of Fu'an.

After all, only the emotional inclination of Zhu Chengwu, the Marquis of Fu'an, could make Qiuyue, an important attendant in the Marquis of Fu'an's mansion and the daughter of a noble family with a great reputation in Xuzhou City, change her ways.

As for why Qiuyue, as a close attendant and not a member of the Factory Guard or the Internal Affairs Department, could answer Cui Shuyun's question which was obviously the responsibility of the Factory Guard and the Internal Affairs Department, it was naturally because as an old man who was one of the four close attendants, he gave Qiuyue the authority to share intelligence from the Internal Affairs Department, the Foreign Affairs Department and other departments before Zhu Chengwu went into seclusion to recuperate.

Zhu Chengwu initially gave Chunhua and Qiuyue such authority just to allow Chunhua and Qiuyue to better grasp the situation of Fu'an Marquis Mansion and the outside world, and to allow Zhu Chengwu to quickly and briefly understand the situation in the outside world from the mouths of their servants during his retreat.

Unexpectedly, this authority was finally used by Qiuyue in such a scenario.

“Because of what happened in Nanzhu Country, all the major forces and experts are now looking for the whereabouts of the Marquis. The Marquis may be moving around in order to avoid their eyes and ears.

Although the Marquis is very powerful, two fists cannot beat four hands. I think we should find the Marquis first and reinforce him!

As long as the Marquis appears, the increasing number of warriors and spies in Xuzhou City will naturally be a problem!"

Cui Shuyun continued Qiuyue's words.

To be honest, Qiuyue's conversation was beyond Cui Shuyun's expectations.

Cui Shuyun never expected that Qiuyue would suddenly stand on her side.

However, her father Cui Zongyan and Princess Min'an Zhu Min'an, who she thought would help her and stand with her, seemed a little quiet.

As I said, Cui Shuyun does not hold real power, so she is naturally the greatest common denominator of the Fu'an Marquisate when Zhu Chengwu is away.

But once Cui Shuyun wanted to take real power, the situation would immediately become completely different.

Even Cui Shuyun's father Cui Zongyan and Cui Shuyun's sister-in-law Zhu Xiumin, who has a "close" relationship with Cui Shuyun, share the same view as others on this point.

"Madam, I don't think so! The reason why the Marquis's whereabouts are erratic is because he doesn't want outsiders to know his whereabouts.

If we go out and try our best to look for the Marquis, it is very likely to go against his ideas!

Instead, the Marquis will not know whether he should show up and contact us, which will ruin the Marquis's plan!"

Xia Yu suddenly spoke out against Cui Shuyun's suggestion.

After hearing Xia Yu's words, many high-ranking officials of the marquis' mansion present immediately had some ideas.

They felt that Chunyu's remarks this time were purely directed at Cui Shuyun, but it was also possible that he had hit the nail on the head on what Zhu Chengwu, the Marquis of Fu'an, was thinking.

Given Zhu Chengwu's strength, it is very likely that the reason he has not shown up is because he does not want to show up.

Before this, Zhu Chengwu suddenly left the retreat without telling anyone in the Marquis of Fu'an's Mansion, and did not tell any of the senior officials in the Marquis of Fu'an's Mansion that he was going to the Nanzhu Kingdom.

This fact has already made the senior officials of Fu'an Marquis' Mansion present feel that Zhu Chengwu has become dissatisfied and distrustful of them.

If Zhu Chengwu’s plan is disrupted again this time.

Then they felt that their future in Fu'an Marquis Mansion had come to an end!

Even death is not impossible!

"Xia Yu is right! The Marquis probably didn't want to show up, so he didn't show up to contact us!

But we still have to look for what we should look for!

When you can't figure out the direction and can't see the road ahead, following the conventional route is often the best option!

This way, we can deal with the increasing number of malicious spies in the city without disturbing the Marquis!"

When she said this, Cui Shujun's eyes moved and she looked at Xia Yu and said, "Xia Yu, you don't really think that if we do our best to search, we can influence the decision of whether the Marquis will show up or not, right?
If the Marquis was so easily influenced, he would not be our support and become a martial arts legend of the Ming Dynasty!"

Cui Shuyun's tone was firm.

Everyone present was unwilling, but they had to admit that what Cui Shuyun said made sense.

With Zhu Chengwu's current strength, he is the only one who can influence others, and no one else can influence him.

Just like Zhu Chengwu left Fu'an Marquis Mansion privately without telling anyone in the mansion.

(End of this chapter)