Chapter 34: Extreme Merit
Fu'an Marquis Mansion.

Before nightfall, Zhu Chengwu woke up shortly after Chunhua and Dr. Fan worked together to remove the feather arrow from his chest.

"My Lord, you are awake!"

Chunhua, who was serving nearby, was the first to notice Zhu Chengwu waking up.

Said in an excited tone.

"Chunhua, thank you for your hard work!

How long have I been unconscious?"

Zhu Chengwu opened his eyes and looked at Chunhua who was waiting beside him and asked.

"It's been about three hours, my Lord!"

Chunhua silently calculated the time it took Zhu Chengwu to return to the Marquis' Mansion and the time it took to get from the city gate of Xuzhou to the Marquis' Mansion in Fu'an, and replied.

"My arrow?"

Zhu Chengwu turned his head to look at his chest and asked again.

"it's me!
I pulled it out!

I pulled it out for you, Lord Hou, under the guidance of Doctor Fan!"

Chunhua replied quickly.

"Thanks a lot!
Well done! "

Zhu Chengwu nodded.

The interests of Chunhua and Dr. Fan are closely tied to Zhu Chengwu, and they are people Zhu Chengwu trusts the most.

"By the way, where is Doctor Fan?"

Zhu Chengwu asked again.

"Doctor Fan has gone to make medicine for you, my Lord!"

Chunhua explained where Dr. Fan was going.

"Send someone to call the general flag guarding the mansion, as well as Xia Yu, Doctor Fan and the others!"

Zhu Chengwu felt his physical condition and gave the order after feeling that he would not suddenly fall into a coma.

Zhu Chengwu wants to make some arrangements now as soon as possible.

"Yes! Mr. Hou!"

Chunhua responded.

Because there was no deliberate concealment, the news of Zhu Chengwu's awakening spread throughout the Marquis' Mansion in less than a quarter of an hour.

The people in the Marquis' Mansion suddenly felt more confident. They no longer looked worried, but regained their composure and smiled.

"Master Hou!"

"Master Hou!"

The general flag guarding the Marquis' Mansion, as well as Xia Yu, Doctor Fan and others soon received the news sent by Chunhua, and came to Zhu Chengwu's room one by one.

Doctor Fan was the first to arrive.

Because Doctor Fan was boiling medicine in the courtyard where Zhu Chengwu's room was located.

"strangeness!
strange!
My Lord, considering your injuries, you shouldn't wake up until at night!"

Doctor Fan looked at Zhu Chengwu, who was lying on the bed with his eyes open, with confusion on his face.

This completely went against Dr. Fan's judgment.

This is inconsistent with Dr. Fan’s decades of medical experience.

Faced with Dr. Fan's doubts, Zhu Chengwu just smiled and did not explain further.

Dr. Fan’s judgment was actually correct!
If it were an ordinary person, with Zhu Chengwu's injuries, he would indeed be unconscious for at least a day and a night.

Even for a top-notch expert, it is normal for him to be unconscious for 6 or 7 hours after being seriously injured.

It really is necessary to wake up at night!

But Zhu Chengwu is not an ordinary first-class master.

Zhu Chengwu is a top-notch master.

His Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu skills have reached the late first-class level.

Moreover, more importantly, the Boy's Exercise is all about nourishing Qi with lockwood, strengthening the inside and outside, and hiding it without revealing it.

The "Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu (Jade)" practiced by Zhu Chengwu is an optimization and improvement based on the original magical skill book "Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu", and it is specially optimized to consolidate the foundation and improve the root bone.

This resulted in Zhu Chengwu having a very solid foundation in martial arts.

After being injured, his recovery ability is naturally stronger than that of ordinary first-class masters.

Martial arts generally have their own focus.

Some martial arts focus on defense, such as the Vajra Indestructible Kung Fu.

Some martial arts focus on the rapid accumulation of internal strength, such as the power-absorbing technique.

Some martial arts pursue comprehensiveness, such as the Heavenly Demon Kung Fu.

However, there is only one key point in Zhu Chengwu's "Tiangang Tongzi Gong (Jade)", and that is the foundation.

In terms of value, for ordinary people in the martial arts world, Zhu Chengwu's "Tian Gang Tong Zi Gong (Jade)" is far inferior to "Tian Mo Gong".

But in terms of foundation building, Zhu Chengwu's "Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu (Jade)" is stronger than the "Tianmo Kung Fu" which has been continuously improved by successive masters of the Yinkui Sect for thousands of years.

It is because Zhu Chengwu's "Tian Gang Tong Zi Gong (Jade)" only cares about the foundation, so when he was just sealed, Zhu Chengwu, who knew the magic skill manual, could not beat many mediocre masters who only knew superior skills in competitions.

That is why Zhu Chengwu specially created three unique martial arts, namely the "A World Away", the "Fire Palm" for attack and the "Innate Gang Qi" for defense, to cooperate with the "Tian Gang Boy's Kung Fu" in order to improve his actual combat ability.

Reality is not a game!

It can continuously absorb and accommodate various elements, making a martial art strong in all aspects and sophisticated in all matters.

In the real world, if you want to get something, you have to give up something!
Just like Zhu Chengwu’s previous life, students cannot expect to have fun and get good grades at the same time!
Of course there are geniuses too.

But for geniuses of the same level, a genius who concentrates on studying will definitely perform better than a genius who studies while playing!
This is undeniable!
The same goes for the martial arts in this world.

The weaknesses of a magical code may be stronger than the strengths of a non-magical code.

But they are all magical books. A specialized magical book will definitely be far superior to other magical books that are not specialized in that aspect.

As for how much more?

That depends on how specialized it is.

Zhu Chengwu's "Tiangang Tongzi Gong (Jade)" has taken specialization to the extreme.

After deduction and optimization from the Jade Book, the internal force cultivated by the Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu (Jade) is extremely refined, pure, strong and masculine. In terms of shaping the foundation, Zhu Chengwu believes that he has achieved the pinnacle of the magic power book, and is in no way inferior to any other magic power book.

Even those top-notch magical skills that have been continuously improved by masters of successive generations for thousands of years!
Afterwards, Zhu Chengwu made several fine-tunings to the "Tiangang Tongzi Gong (Jade)" according to his own characteristics.

It can be said that the current "Tiangang Tongzi Gong (Jade)" is the most suitable magical book for Zhu Chengwu.

However, it is precisely because the "Tiangang Tongzi Gong (Jade)" deduced and optimized by the Jade Book has taken the foundation to the extreme that its effectiveness in other aspects has been weakened.

For example, its attack and defense can be said to be the weakest in the collection of magical skills. Not only is it weaker than the original "Tiangang Tongzi Kung Fu", it is even inferior to some superior skills.

If there can only be one magical book, Zhu Chengwu's choice would naturally be counterproductive and undesirable.

But Zhu Chengwu had the jade edict in his mind, so he could completely deduce other unique martial arts to complement the internal strength cultivated by "Tiangang Tongzi Gong (Jade)".

This is also Zhu Chengwu’s choice.

The reason why Zhu Chengwu is so extreme.

This is because Grandmaster has never been the limit of Zhu Chengwu’s plan.

As a reincarnated person who did not drink Meng Po soup, he still has the Jade Edict in his mind.

If the grandmaster level that has been achieved by predecessors is the highest goal.

Zhu Chengwu even looks down on himself.

Zhu Chengwu’s goal is to be above the Grandmaster.

Above the true Grand Master is not the so-called "Grand Grand Master"!
In Zhu Chengwu's eyes, the so-called "Grand Master" is nothing more than a respectful title given to the top masters by many people in the world.

Grand Masters and ordinary Grand Masters are essentially at the same level.

But in this world, in the martial arts world, there is no martial arts method that is capable of being practiced to the level of a grandmaster.

At least Zhu Chengwu didn't find out.

That's why Zhu Chengwu went to extremes.

The intention is to use extreme and the strongest point to impact the realm above the Grandmaster. Of course, these are the ambitions and expectations in Zhu Chengwu's heart that he has never told anyone else.

It is precisely because of the "Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu (Jade)" which focuses on basics and breaks conventions that Zhu Chengwu can repeatedly exceed Doctor Fan's expectations.

"Maybe it's because I have deeper skills and better luck!"

In response to Dr. Fan's question, Zhu Chengwu smiled and explained.

“But, I have already calculated this based on the physique of a top-notch expert!
strange!
It’s really strange!”

Doctor Fan was obviously dissatisfied with Zhu Chengwu's explanation.

But Dr. Fan could not find any other reasonable explanation.

In the end, I had no choice but to reluctantly accept Zhu Chengwu's explanation.

After all, apart from these two reasons, Dr. Fan couldn't think of any other reasons.

"My Lord, with your physique and recovery ability, it looks like you'll be able to get out of bed and walk around in a few days!

It means the wedding night may have to be postponed!"

After Dr. Fan gave Zhu Chengwu a full body examination, he gave a more optimistic diagnosis.

Finally, I made a little joke.

“Don’t worry about the bridal chamber!
Thank you, Dr. Fan!"

Zhu Chengwu didn't mind Dr. Fan's joke and said with a smile.

After all, Dr. Fan’s judgment was correct this time!

The auspicious date chosen by the Fu'an Marquis's Mansion was only three days later. In such a short time, no matter how strong Zhu Chengwu's recovery ability was, it would be impossible for him to recover to the physical condition for the bridal chamber.

Moreover, even if he had not been injured, Zhu Chengwu would not have been able to have the wedding night.

Zhu Chengwu is practicing the Boy's Kung Fu!
Moreover, Zhu Chengwu had no idea or plan to change to other martial arts or waste his skills in the Boy's Kung Fu.

In fact, Zhu Chengwu also had a rough assessment of his body.

The reason why we called Dr. Fan here was just to have a professional to confirm it again.

"Have you sent people to search the wall at the city gate?

What did you find? "

After finishing Dr. Fan's examination, Zhu Chengwu began to discuss business.

"Return to the Lord!

We sent people to check the government office and the county office, but there was no one there. Only the standard long sword you threw when you fought back was still stuck in the city wall!"

Xia Yu reported back.

Zhu Chengwu knew which standard long sword Xia Yu was talking about.

It was the long sword of the guard that Zhu Chengwu picked up when he was attacked and used it to fight back and attract the assassin's attention.

"After receiving the news, did the government and county governments take any other actions?"

Zhu Chengwu continued to ask.

He wanted to know the specific actions of the Xuzhou prefectural government and county government.

In this way, the attitude and position of the prefectural and county governments can be determined!
After all, the assassin acted in broad daylight, on the city wall at the gate of Xuzhou City.

Such boldness made Zhu Chengwu have some doubts about the Xuzhou government and the county government.

Xuzhou City is a big city and also the capital of Xuzhou Prefecture.

Therefore, there is a government office in Xuzhou City.

The government office manages all counties and does not directly deal with the grassroots, so there is also the Xuzhou County Office in Xuzhou City.

Just like in some urban areas in Zhu Chengwu’s previous life, the city government and the county government were on the same street.

"After receiving the news that the Marquis had been assassinated, the government and county offices immediately closed the city gates and conducted a massive search for suspicious persons, but no news has been received so far!"

Xia Yu continued to report.

Zhu Chengwu was not surprised by the actions of the prefectural and county governments.

After all, it was the legitimate son of the Ming king and the current marquis who was assassinated. Even if it was just a superficial attitude, the government and county governments had to do it.

"Nothing was discovered? No suspects?"

Zhu Chengwu frowned.

It is difficult to find the murderer. After all, it is not an ordinary person who dares to plot against the current marquis at the gate of Xuzhou city. How could he be discovered so easily?

But it is not difficult to identify a few suspicious candidates. The Ming Dynasty had strict household registration management, and many people would never leave their hometowns in their entire lives.

As long as you check the new faces that have recently come to Xuzhou City, there will always be some people who are worthy of suspicion.

Although it is highly likely that they are not the murderers who assassinated Zhu Chengwu.

But it is evidence that the prefectural and county governments are doing their best.

Under normal circumstances, the prefectural and county governments would use these suspected candidates to silence the Marquis of Fu'an and deal with the accountability of their superiors.

This is an old trick used by bureaucrats in this world.

"Captain Sun from the government office did propose two suspicious candidates!"

Xia Yu seemed hesitant when he reported back.

"Oh~ which two?"

Zhu Chengwu asked with a little curiosity.

When did Captain Sun become so efficient?
Moreover, he actually bypassed the chief constable Liu Zhengyi of the government office and privately reported two suspicious candidates to Xia Yu.

Don't ask how Zhu Chengwu knew that these two suspicious candidates were reported to Xia Yu privately by Constable Sun from the government office without going through Chief Constable Liu Zhengyi.

This is Xia Yu’s habit of reporting things!
If these two suspicious candidates were reported to Xia Yu with the consent of Liu Zhengyi, the chief constable of the government office, Xia Yu would not have singled out Constable Sun.

Xia Yu has been serving Zhu Chengwu for several years!
Zhu Chengwu still knew some of Xia Yu's habits.

"Captain Sun mentioned two suspicious candidates. One is the man from the Li Mansion, and the other is Commander Huang in the garrison outside the city."

Xia Yu lowered his head and reported in a low voice.

These two people are both important figures in Xuzhou City.

He and Zhu Chengwu are both first-class masters.

First class, first class!
What is first-class?
He is a master who is well-known in the world.

According to what Zhu Chengwu said in his previous life, first-rate masters are all people who can use their face to gain influence in the world.

There are no more than 30 such masters in the entire Xuzhou Prefecture.

In Xuzhou city, there are less than ten top-notch masters.

Among them, there were three Marquis of Fu'an.

Precisely because first-rate masters are so rare, when Zhu Chengwu was first enthroned, he was able to gain a foothold by forming a formation of 500 soldiers that could compete with first-rate soldiers.

It is precisely because of the strength of the first-rate masters that the Fu'an Marquis Mansion can rely on three first-rate masters, even if two of them have just broken through, to become an influential force in Xuzhou City.

Almost no one dared to openly oppose the Fu'an Marquis Mansion.

I say almost because there is an exception called the Li family!
In addition to Zhu Chengwu, Zhao Xinghan and Gao Yao from Fu'an Marquis' Mansion, the top-notch masters in Xuzhou City include the chief constable of the government office - Liu Zhengyi, the commander of the Xuzhou Prefecture garrison - Commander Huang, the old man of the Li family and his son, Master Wang of Datong Martial Arts School who returned to his roots after wandering around the world, and Chairman Wu Xuecai, the chairman of the Xuzhou Prefecture Martial Arts Association and a highly respected senior in the martial arts world.

In this martial arts world, the constables and captains in charge of public security and arrests have more power than the law enforcement agencies with the same responsibilities in Zhu Chengwu's previous life.

Because once warriors gain strength, they always unconsciously defy the law and do as they please!
Hero, break the law with force!

Without strength, how can the detectives and police chiefs manage public security and arrest criminals?

Therefore, the chief constables of each province, prefecture, and county in the Ming Dynasty were almost all top experts in the local area.

And once you have strength, power will naturally come.

As for the Martial Arts Association, it is a "specialty" of this world. Since martial arts is a prominent discipline in this world, it is natural for various interest organizations related to martial artists to emerge. The Martial Arts Association is one such product.

It is also the largest of all interest groups related to warriors.

Just like in Zhu Chengwu’s previous life, authors had the “Writers Association” and consumers had the “Consumers Association”.

The above are all the top masters in Xuzhou City.

No more, no less, exactly 9 digits.

Among these nine, only Li Jia Qilinzi and Huang Zhihuishi of the garrison had publicly demonstrated their superior archery skills.

(End of this chapter)