The great hero, from nine to five

When the new year arrives, lanterns are hung high, beaming with joy and prosperity.

At this time, not to mention ordinary people and wealthy households, even the Ji family, which is usually as quiet as a stone, will be prosperous and happy.

In the ancestral land of the Ji family, there is a huge stone sculpture, which is said to be the statue of the stolen saint Ji Ling, but because of the war, time, and wind and frost, it has long lived up to the handsomeness of the past, leaving only a vague human appearance , can't tell the difference.

Before the new year, the Ji family will gather here, except for those who have missions and are not at home, they will worship their ancestors here.

The Ji family is said to be a family, but overall it is not particularly large. There are only about twenty households in total, and there are more than a dozen of them who do not live in the family residence, but live their lives in other places. Gathering, more than a dozen households, seventy or eighty people, is also very lively.

As the representative, Ji Lian'er has just completed a year of challenges, and has gained a lot of fame in the world. She suddenly became the object of curiosity and discussion among the young people of the Ji family. Later, even Ji Lian'er The three or four-year-old nephew knew about her crisis, and rushed over to look at her curiously.

Out of family tradition and her own character, Ji Lian'er made a lot of faces with them, frightened them, made up many ghost stories, and frightened them for a moment.

After finishing the work, Ji Lian'er couldn't help laughing, thinking that bullying children is really interesting...

However, in this process, it was not all smooth sailing. Occasionally, a sister or brother who was leading the child would murmur in her ear thoughtfully, "Little Lian'er should also find a partner." "Little Lian'er Have you met any boys in the Jianghu?" "Are there any young people of the same age in the government?"

It made Ji Lian'er look embarrassed.

Although it is very normal for Ji Lian'er to marry and have children at this age in today's era, according to the tradition of their Ji family, it is not too late for a woman to get married in her 20s. How can there be any reason to keep asking her about little girls who can't reach a single one?

These bastards must be talking nonsense according to grandpa's wishes.

Of course, even if there are some things that make her unhappy, overall, she is still very happy.

It's just that when she was eating with her grandfather, she couldn't help but really thought of Xun Wu, and sighed faintly.

What kind of character Ji Shuangshi is, let alone a sigh, even if he raises his hand, he can find physical defects, details, and problems in martial arts training. Naturally, Ji Lian'er's sigh can be accurately grasped immediately. , while the others were watching the fireworks and eating, they asked in a low voice what was wrong.

Ji Lian'er was a little embarrassed, and said, "Does Grandpa know [Heavenly Court]?"

"Heavenly Court?" Ji Shuangshi was slightly taken aback.

He naturally knows this thing.

"That kid Ye Chengtian asked me to investigate before. I searched the rivers and lakes for two years, and I did meet some [Heavenly Court] people, but their daily behaviors do not reveal their identities at all, and even the few members of the Heavenly Court that I discovered , is also a genuinely kind person, I will naturally not go to investigate..

What's wrong? "

Their Ji family also has a lot of professional rules. Otherwise, how could such a family, which is almost every generation of the strongest assassin-type fighters in the contemporary era, be tolerated by those in power?

Under normal circumstances, other Ji Shuangshi would not specifically investigate matters in the Central Plains, but would only focus on foreign races.

For example... Hilda, and the two Europas who secretly protected Hilda, were all within his surveillance range, and he didn't take care of them until he confirmed that there were no problems with them.

Ji Lian'er had a headache and told the mission that Xun Wu had accepted.

"Grandson Ye Chengtian..." Ji Shuangshi scolded on the spot.

If other people hear this, they will be shocked, and maybe they will label Ji Shuangshi as "rebellious", but Ji Shuangshi has scolded in front of Emperor Shengwu on the battlefield before, so he doesn't care at all Such little things.

Send a young police officer to investigate 【Heavenly Court】?Thankfully he figured it out.

"It's not so easy to meet people in the Heavenly Court, and even if you do, it's hard to find them. Even if you find them, there's nothing you can do about them... All of them are truly law-abiding people, yours Opponent, I'm afraid I'm going to miss this time."

Ji Lian'er gently poked the pork knuckle in front of her with her chopsticks, her mind was a little wandering, and before she knew it, she poked the meat in her bowl into a ants' nest.

How much she wanted to investigate such interesting things with Xun Wu!

After poking for a while, it seemed that when the meat was about to be poked into mud, her movements became a lot stiffer, and she seemed to rekindle her fighting spirit: "Hmph, it's impossible, Xun Wu will definitely find out the result , he is my recognized opponent!"

Ji Shuangshi was eating bread, and he was really dumbfounded when he heard her say that.

Hmm... As expected of Little Lian'er, this thought is really the same as before.

But to be honest, he is not very optimistic.

At the same time, Ouchi Imperial Palace.

After a period of repairs, the palace has returned to its former appearance, especially during the Spring Festival, it is even more magnificent and looks extremely luxurious.

During this festive season, all the princes and princesses brought their families to the palace for a dinner. Except for a few who were beaten to the cold palace, such as the third prince and the eldest grandson of the emperor, most of the orthodox Ye family royal family came to the palace to celebrate the new year.

But... when it was approaching, there was still one person who was not present.

This person is none other than Emperor Shengwu, Ye Chengtian.

It's not that Emperor Shengwu deliberately left his children alone, in fact, he had already arranged for his concubines, empress, and a group of chief eunuchs to hold a New Year's dinner, but he really couldn't get away.

As the time approached, the new year was approaching, and the new year was coming soon. Emperor Shengwu was still in his study, still watching the reports from various places in Shengjin, and dealing with government affairs that would never be finished.

As a workaholic who worked ten hours a day for several months, Emperor Shengwu didn't have to work at this time, but many things in the next year were very important, and there was no room for mistakes, so he was naturally extra careful.

"Huh? The magistrate of Kangzhou was kidnapped? Or is he going in the direction of the capital? He said he wanted to ask me to judge him?" Emperor Shengwu pondered for a while and came to a conclusion.

This thing can be written down.

He thought about it again, and suddenly said: "According to the time, Xun Wu should have cleaned up that bastard from the public servant's house by this time, right?"

Eunuch Wei on the side did not dare to speak.

"Hehehe...Wei Wei, do you think Xun Wu can find out about [Heavenly Court]?"

As soon as Eunuch Wei heard Emperor Shengwu's question, he quickly turned his head and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, our family thinks that it shouldn't be a problem to discover Heaven with Xun Wu's ability."

"and then?"

"Then... our family can't tell anything." Eunuch Wei said very truthfully, "I heard that His Majesty even asked General Man to go out to investigate before, but he returned without success. After all, Xun Wu is still young..."

"Yeah, he's too young." Emperor Shengwu chuckled, "That's why I let him go on purpose.

At Xun Wu's current age, he has faintly surpassed Zhao Wumian and Bai Yupan. If it takes a few more years, maybe even Xiao Man can't compare to him. "

but...

Young people, it's okay not to suffer some setbacks, or you may suffer a big loss in the future.

"To ask Xun Wu to investigate this time, on the one hand, it will give him a new target, and on the other hand, it will also make him suffer a little bit.

This boy Xun Wu has quite the vigor of my youth and works very hard.But he is the kind of person who doesn't give up until he reaches his goal, and is obsessed with the truth. He must study the truth thoroughly, make it clear, and smash everything to pieces..."

Naturally, Emperor Shengwu would not hold grudges.

But Emperor Shengwu will remember things.

In front of him, he said that he must make the matter of his son public to the public, so that the whole world would know the truth. This alone left a deep impression on him.

"This kind of troublesome temperament is naturally good for me, but if you are too rigid, it will be easy to break. If he keeps like this in the future and doesn't hit the south wall and doesn't look back, it's not a solution."

"I asked him to investigate the [Heavenly Court], but he must have never imagined that there is no arrangement of the Heavenly Court in the Xuanji Building!

Xiaoman gave me the exact news last year, saying that [Heavenly Court] seems to be preparing some special strange things inside, lurking deeper than before... Although the Xuanji Building is good, it has also been abandoned by Heavenly Court. Come back with success.If he reports the bastard from the rideshare family to me as someone from heaven... then, I will have to make a good joke of him. "

"Your Majesty, wow! This move..." Eunuch Wei flattered quickly, but then he hesitated and said, "But Your Majesty, if this is the case, with Xun Wu's temperament... I'm afraid something will go wrong.

What if he commits suicide in front of you? "

"This is indeed a problem." Emperor Shengwu nodded lightly, "In my opinion, with Xun Wu's intelligence, he may not be able to do such a thing, but just in case, I am naturally prepared.

When the time comes, you just take this imperial decree and read it in front of him. "

Emperor Shengwu took out a volume of imperial edicts that had been written and prepared a long time ago, and handed it to Eunuch Wei. Eunuch Wei quickly took it with a half-bow, and then opened it for a look.

"Wonderful!" He repeatedly exclaimed, "As expected of His Majesty, you really have foresight!"

The content of the imperial decree is very simple, that is, although Xun Wu failed this time, Emperor Shengwu couldn't bear it because of Xun Wu's hard work, and was willing to tell the world about the prince, so that Xun Wu should not be sad and grieved , Just keep working hard in the next work.

"In this way, Xun Wu will be more diligent and contribute to my prosperity!" Eunuch Wei exclaimed.

Emperor Shengwu nodded slowly, then continued to look at other things.

Tomorrow, he will follow the whole process of the martial arts, and the remnants of the Demon Cult must be subdued and wiped out.

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore and sleep! ?

However, as Suicune said.

The criticisms of that year are only useful in that year.

Today is not yesterday.

Emperor Shengwu believed in Man Jianghong's judgment, and also believed in the result of his own judgment, but it was the result of [without Xun Wu's influence].

Because of Xun Wu's existence, this world is completely different from their original ideas.

Although there seems to be no difference on the whole, what they want to do is to follow the original path.

But because of Xun Wu, many things were affected.

For example, Zhuo Yuzi didn't want to let the students go to the Xuanji Building to waste time, but after listening to Shui Jun, the world has changed, and he immediately realized that if he followed his previous ideas, he might suffer a loss, so he sent someone again Go to the Xuanji Building.

It was because of Xun Wu's own efforts that Emperor Shengwu wanted Xun Wu to investigate the Heavenly Court, beat Xun Wu, and go to see the Xuanji Building that he was not interested in.

It was precisely because of Xun Wu's own existence that Zhuoyuzi had a new idea, thinking that only the great ones would come out, so he asked his students to see the Xuanji Building with their own eyes.

Although Xun Wu didn't seem to have made any huge moves towards the world, in fact, the whole world and the two masters had new ideas because of his existence, and because of him, they made different, But it is completely in line with their judgment.

However, although there has been a change, even if these two people are really made aware of such details, I am afraid it will not change their minds.

At this moment.

It's New Year's Eve.

After Xun Wu and the others finished their meal, they received an invitation from the Spirit Snake Sect.

Visit "Tiangong Kaiwu"!

On the occasion of the new year, at such a time, visiting such wonderful things in institutions is also a very good New Year gift for Xun Wu and his party.

Not long after, Xun Wu, Bao Yuan, Hilda, Boss Jin, Huang Dachuan, and Shopkeeper Mo started walking to the lower floor together with a mechanism master.

Just as Xun Wu deduced based on intelligence, the access to the underground floor of Xuanji Building is indeed not inside the stairs and elevators of Xuanji Building, but outside.

On the third floor, there is a small room leading to the second floor. After opening the mechanism from this room, you can enter the [ring] of the Xuanji Building from the inside of the Xuanji Building. Inside the ring, walk from the third floor to the second floor. A twisting mechanism can be found in the hollow on the second floor.

But just twisting is not easy to use. You must say the corresponding "spell" to open the elevator outside the Xuanji Building.

Just like what the bus yelled at the shore before, only the corresponding voice can activate the mechanism here.

While driving, the leading organ master explained to Xun Wu and others: "Actually, the reason why the public servants were able to produce a hand crossbow just by shouting that day was because these things were carefully calculated and prepared in advance.

The number of the hand crossbow is 33, that is to say, it is the No. 30 No. [-] artifact that Xuanji Building was prepared to display to the guests outside the Xuanji Building.

In order to look more magical, we carefully designed the pop-up time and speed of each mechanism material, and tried to complete the assembly in the air.After many trials and the loss of a hundred materials for the handle crossbow, it was finally set up once, just waiting to be shown to fellow Jianghu... The result was completely wasted. "

This organ master is the successor of [Momen]. Of course, this Momen is not the same as the "Mohist", but a Jianghu sect with the Mohist as its ancestor in name, and it has nothing to do with the Mohist itself.

It could be heard that there was resentment in his heart.

This is also normal, after all, because of the public transport, they wasted an unknown amount of materials, which is even more shameful for a small sect like him.

The public servants disliked that their talents were not good enough, and others thought that their families did not have the money to learn so many things.

And just after Xun Wu and his party left.

In front of the room where the public servants were held, there was a soft sound of wheels sliding.