lovenovelstory Chapter 31 Things Have Gone Wrong
Chapter 31 Things Have Gone Wrong
Huge gains!
Chang Yuan did not unlock the safe, nor did he forcibly dismantle it. Instead, he used the gourd space to directly take away all the items inside the safe.
This includes gold ingots, silver bars, silver dollars, as well as house deeds, land deeds, shop shares, a large number of IOUs and even more usurious loan certificates, and the most numerous adoption contracts.
Among them was an internal ledger and a martial arts manual called "Advancing Step Two-Pound Fist".
Once the internal accounts are exposed, Master Zhang is basically doomed.
Because too many officials would be implicated, they all wanted to kill him to silence him.
Some officials might try to wipe out his entire family, using the threat of their deaths to deter other wealthy families from acting recklessly.
Martial arts manuals are even more precious, many times more valuable than gold, silver, or cash.
In the Ming Dynasty, truly powerful martial arts manuals have a chance to grant someone extraordinary strength.
Therefore, the spread of martial arts was controlled by the Ming Dynasty court.
If a trainee fails the qualification review, no matter how much money he wants to offer, the imperial court will not allow him to purchase the ticket.
Restrictions on buying and selling limit the reach of information dissemination.
Unless it is a lineage from ancient schools such as Tai Chi Chuan, Taizu Changquan, or Baguazhang, which carries the added weight of historical heritage.
Otherwise, martial arts practitioners would have to go to great lengths to attract people.
The most direct way is to mess with the name of the cheat code.
There was a time when all martial arts manuals were fancy and invariably contained words like "tiger," "dragon," "leopard," and "god."
As time went on, similar names aroused public resentment and were all considered trash.
Therefore, the newly developed powerful martial arts manuals are actually manuals like "Advancing Step Two-Strike Fist," which directly points out the essentials of the fist technique and highlights its own characteristics.
The correct punctuation for "进错步两栖拳" is: 进、错步，两栖、拳!
The core principles include two footwork techniques: advancing and staggered steps, as well as the power generation method of two waves of impact.
Chang Yuan was very satisfied with his results and kept his promise, killing only Master Zhang.
Then he put all the bullets, shell casings, and the two bodies that had been shot into his gourd space, completely eliminating any clues that could expose his identity.
Chang Yuan then searched the entire Zhang residence and found traces left by the extraordinary person on whom Master Zhang had placed his hopes, confirming that he had left and that there was no way he could see him.
Finally, he followed his plan and quickly withdrew from Zhangde City, disappearing into the vast night.
The next day, after the city gates opened, Chang Yuan returned to the city feeling refreshed and calmly stepped into the Changhui Martial Arts School.
Because the killing last night brought a sense of clarity, the gains were unexpectedly great.
The corpse of the Sun and Moon Disciple that was taken away eventually gave him 8 points of spiritual energy, bringing his total spiritual energy to 180 points.
Chang Yuan was in a great mood.
When people are happy, they are in high spirits and can instantly enter a state of tranquility while practicing martial arts, thus maximizing the efficiency of their training.
In just three hours, Chang Yuan exhausted his physical strength, greatly pushing his physical limits and triggering the eruption of spiritual heat.
In the afternoon, every second of Chang Yuan's training was a sprint to the limit.
Two hours earlier, he exhausted himself for the second time.
Chang Yuan did not continue practicing. Instead, he went to drink the medicinal soup alone, enjoyed a piece of Kun meat every day, and a sumptuous dinner.
Finally, take a bath to relieve the fatigue of the day.
After comparing the experiences, Chang Yuan adjusted the order of his meals and baths, which resulted in a better recovery for him personally.
After taking a bath, Chang Yuan went to the martial arts academy to learn martial arts techniques and theories, and listened to the instructors give lectures.
With the help of the personal training experience imparted by the coaches, he was able to absorb the martial arts knowledge instilled in the entry "Xingyiquan" more quickly.
Finally, I returned to my dorm, went to bed, and fell into a deep sleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
While Chang Yuan was enjoying a fulfilling and fruitful day, the Henan Provincial Governor's Office was in an uproar.
The Zhangde Prefecture received the report in the morning that Master Zhang Duanxu had been murdered. His two brothers, four sons, and three nephews were terrified and all ran to the prefectural government office for protection, fearing that their entire family would be wiped out.
But the constables soon realized something was wrong.
Two bodies were missing from the murder scene, including the body of Mr. Zhang himself.
What's even more strange is that among the corpses and battle traces left at the scene, not only were there clues about superhumans, but also the corpses of disciples of the Sun Moon Holy Cult were discovered.
Upon hearing the name "Sun and Moon Holy Sect," the prefect felt his legs go weak and immediately reported it to the governor's office.
The governor was extremely agitated upon receiving the report.
Master Zhang Duanxu may have connections to a cult, which is a difficult situation to handle.
Despite being only a Juren (a successful candidate in the imperial examinations), Zhang Duanxu was able to become an official and rise all the way to the position of prefect, precisely because he was a branch of the Zhang family of Jiangling.
The Zhang family of Jiangling produced Zhang Juzheng, the most powerful chief minister, two hundred years ago, and has now developed into a prestigious and top-tier family.
The killing of members of the Zhang family was already a huge problem with significant influence.
His death was also linked to a cult, which made things even more complicated.
If the reputation of the Zhang family of Jiangling is affected, even as the governor, he will find it difficult to withstand the Zhang family's retaliation.
But these are all future troubles. What's giving the governor a headache right now is that the perpetrators scattered the Zhang family's account books, loan shark contracts, and other documents on the streets of Zhangde Prefecture.
In Zhangde Prefecture and the Governor's Office alone, hundreds of people were implicated and became guilty officials who accepted bribes.
What's even more deadly are those more than a thousand adoption contracts.
The governor could tell at a glance that Master Zhang was using the guise of adopting sons to amass slaves, and on an exceptionally large scale.
At the same time, the mass grave outside the Zhang family workshop was also dug up, exposing the remains of hundreds of children to the light of day, causing a huge uproar.
Combined with the clues about the disciples of the Sun Moon Holy Sect, this is no longer a public security incident; it has become a political incident!
The governor was extremely troubled by this, while the officials in the governor's office were gripped by fear.
They all wanted to cover up the case, at least by setting a fire to burn down the warehouse and destroy those damned internal ledgers.
But the Northern Garrison of the Embroidered Uniform Guard did not give them a chance.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards learned of the matter early in the morning, and by noon, the commander of the Northern Garrison had sent the evidence to the capital via telegram.
In the afternoon, the emperor's edict and the cabinet's instructions were simultaneously transmitted to the Northern Garrison and the Eastern Garrison.
The Northern Garrison Command was responsible for investigating Zhang's illegal activities, holding accountable the spies who had previously concealed the truth, and supervising the investigation of officials involved in the case by the governor's office and the provincial judicial commissioner.
The Eastern Garrison is responsible for investigating the murderer, the murdered disciples of the Sun Moon Holy Sect, and the connection between the burial of the body in Gongfang Town.
Although the killer may be considered to be acting chivalrously, his act of vigilante justice by overstepping the imperial court and killing a dismissed official severely damaged the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, the fact that the perpetrator committed murder in the city, right next to the government office, and then escaped without leaving a single trace, suggests that the killer must be an extraordinary individual.
How could the Embroidered Uniform Guard tolerate such extraordinary individuals acting recklessly?
The primary task of the Eastern Garrison Command was to find this person, either arrest or kill him, to eliminate the threat to the imperial court.
Of course, it would be best to capture them alive.
Then they recruited him into the Embroidered Uniform Guard to strengthen the power of the imperial court.
Secondly, a thorough investigation must be conducted into the details of burying the child's body.
First, a priest with an evil god's creation jade statue appeared in Gongfang Town, and then there was Liu Yuan, a monster who was a fake god descended.
There was also a large-scale burial of bodies related to the case of the disciples of the Sun Moon Holy Sect.
It was hard for the Imperial Guards of the Eastern Garrison not to associate this with the preparation of an evil ritual, a prelude to a major incident in Zhangde Prefecture orchestrated by several cults.
The most terrifying event, of course, is the divine intervention that often occurs in wild and untamed regions.
Every true divine descent takes the lives of hundreds of thousands upon arrival.
The circular uninhabited areas in South Asia (Africa) today are remnants left by divine intervention.
Therefore, we must thoroughly investigate the entire Zhangde Prefecture and trace all traces of the two cults.
The Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty were the sharpest weapon to uphold imperial power and protect the Ming Dynasty.
Divine intervention must never be allowed to occur on the mainland of the Ming Dynasty!