Zongwu: The Rise of the Little People

Today is a good day for Zhao Xu.

After expressing his love to Jin Meiniang, the two of them stayed together for a while, and time passed until noon.

Served by servants and maids, Zhao Xu and Jin Meiniang enjoyed a sweet lunch together.

All I can say is that a woman like Jin Meiniang is ice cold on the outside but honey on the inside.

Once you get the heart of such a woman, she will give you all the goodness in her.

Just like now, Jin Meiniang asked the maids to serve Zhao Xu as if they were serving the male master.

This also allowed Zhao Xu to enjoy the life of a wealthy landlord for a while. Such a beautiful woman made him feel like he had found a treasure.

Zhao Xu certainly understood that the land of pleasure is the home of heroes. Besides, the two of them were not ordinary people and did not indulge in it.

After lunch, Zhao Xu and Jin Meiniang went to the accounting office to check the progress of the verification work of both parties.

As a leader, you may not be responsible for specific work, but you must appear from time to time to show your importance to the work, so as to stabilize the morale of the troops.

After meeting Jin Meiniang in the accounting office, Zhao Xu began to deal with the most difficult matter - how to deal with the captured Zhuyiwei.

There is the Zhuyi Guard in An State and the Liudao Hall in Wu State, both of which are responsible for gathering intelligence and carrying out assassinations.

Although both are official agencies under state management, their situations are completely different.

It is also a knife in the hands of the superior. Entering the Zhuyi Guard is the nightmare of countless women, but entering the Liudaotang can bring a good future.

In particular, the Taoists of the Six Paths Hall and the Three Paths of Goodness are called Tiqi, and the Tiandao among them are responsible for guarding the royal family and nobles.

You should know that in ancient times, the job of guarding royal relatives was exclusive to the children of nobles, which shows the status of the members of Tiandao.

In contrast, the Zhuyiwei suffered much more.

There are more women than men in the Zhuyi Guards, and the status of women is already low. The lives of the Zhuyi Guards are treated as worthless by those in power.

The members of the Zhuyiwei were not only looked down upon by their enemies, but even their own people disliked them. It could be said that everyone wanted them to be killed.

This also resulted in the fact that the Zhuyi Guards, whether they were at the lower or higher levels, generally did not live past the age of thirty.

The attitude of those in higher positions also influenced the management culture of Zhuyiwei.

Compared to the scene where even if Ning Yuanzhou left Liudaotang, there were still people willing to follow him with just a call.

Although he once held a high position, Ren Xin, the left entrustor of the Zhuyi Guard, was much more pitiful when he fell into trouble. He had only one loyal confidant, Lin Lang (Jin Meiniang), by his side.

Among the Zhuyi Guards, there was a chief commander, and under him were two left and right commanders.

Jia Ling, who was captured last night, holds the high position of Right Envoy. He can be said to be second only to the first person in the Red Uniform Guard.

After capturing Jia Ling, a bold idea popped up in Zhao Xu's mind, but he had to wait until he met Jia Ling before making a decision.

As the right-hand man of the Zhuyi Guard, Jia Ling was naturally imprisoned in a different place from that of ordinary people.

She was not imprisoned in the secret cell of the Jinsha Gang, but was held solitary in a secret courtyard not far from Tianranju - the "Green Bamboo Cage".

This small courtyard is located in the same green bamboo forest as the natural residence. It was specially built by the old leader of the Sha Gang to "entertain" important opponents. It is usually used and managed by the Shadow Killer Group.

Zhao Xu wanted to see Jia Ling. Although Jin Meiniang agreed, she was still a little worried.

Zhao Xu saw Jin Meiniang's worry.

"Mei Niang, don't worry. He's just a right-hand man of the Red Uniform Guard. I don't take him seriously." Having said that, Zhao Xu blinked at Jin Mei Niang again.

"Besides, I have prepared a secret magic weapon to deal with the Zhuyi Guards. It will arrive in two days, and I will give you a surprise then."

Seeing Zhao Xu so confident, Jin Meiniang felt relieved, but was then aroused by Zhao Xu's "secret magic weapon".

Zhao Xu did not tell Jin Meiniang what the "secret magic weapon" was, but asked Jin Meiniang to wait a few days and she would find out.

Dusk, the sun goes down.

The location of the "Green Bamboo Cage" is quite mysterious.

Apart from Jin Meiniang, Sha Xing is the only one in the entire Jinsha Gang who knows the exact location. Of course, one more person is needed now.

This was the first time Zhao Xu saw Sha Xing after being personally certified by Jin Meiniang as the male owner of this place.

It was obvious that his attitude towards me was different.

In the past, Sha Xing had some respect for Zhao Xu, but that was due to Zhao Xu's martial arts and sword skills.

Now Sha Xing seems to regard Zhao Xu as his master.

This made Zhao Xu sigh, in this feudal society, the word "identity" carries so much weight!

While Zhao Xu was sighing, he was also secretly happy. He still valued talents like Sha Xing.

Sha Xing's loyalty is impeccable. As a death warrior trained by Sha Huanjin, the orphan Sha Xing found a sense of belonging here.

In addition to practicing sword, Sha Xing's most important thing is to protect Sha Huanjin's interests. Of course, now it has shifted to Jin Meiniang.

Zhao Xu was very curious about where this "green bamboo cage" was.

In this bamboo forest, there are no other paths except the road leading outside Tianranju.

Jin Meiniang and Sha Xing brought Zhao Xu to the room where Sha Huanjin once lived.

At Jin Meiniang's signal, Sha Xing pushed the recliner that Sha Huanjin was using that day. As the recliner moved, a secret door appeared on the wall of the room.

Zhao Xu was stunned when he saw such a mechanism.

"The structure of this natural residence is quite special. The front and back are completely separated, and the wall in the middle is actually the entrance to the 'green bamboo cage'."

After Jin Mei Niang finished her introduction, she said to Sha Xing, "The Green Bamboo Cage is full of traps. Sha Xing, take good care of Xu Lang."

Hearing Jin Meiniang asking him to take good care of Zhao Xu, Sha Xing nodded.

"Master, shall we set off?"

Jin Meiniang nodded.

At this time, Zhao Xu hugged Jin Meiniang.

"Don't worry, Mei Niang, I'll be back soon."

I have to say that Sha Huanjin’s design for the “Green Bamboo Cage” is very clever.

If Zhao Xu had not walked through it himself, he would not have thought that the entrance was underground and the entrance was in this natural residence.

After entering the tunnel and walking for a quarter of an hour, Zhao Xu and Sha Xing finally came out of a stone door. Looking back, they saw that the stone door at the exit was located on a huge stone wall.

Next to the boulder is an ordinary farmyard.

Sha Xing looked at the courtyard and said to Zhao Xu, "This is the 'Green Bamboo Cage'. Master Xu, please don't go anywhere. The bamboo forests around here are full of traps and are very dangerous."

Zhao Xu was very curious after listening to Sha Xing's introduction.

"There are government offices all around, how do you get food in this small courtyard?"

Sha Xing listened to Zhao Xu's question without hesitation.

"Normally there are only two Shadow guards in the courtyard, and I am personally responsible for three meals a day. However, now there is a detention mission, so the guards have been increased to four."

After hearing Sha Xing's answer, Zhao Xu nodded.

The arrival of the two attracted the attention of the shadow guards in the courtyard.

Although the visitor was Sha Xing, the four of them did not leave their posts and just bowed in greeting.

Zhao Xu nodded when he saw how professional these Shadow members were. It seemed that Sha Xing was really a talent and these Shadows were pretty good.

Without much nonsense, under the guidance of Sha Xing, Zhao Xu went straight into the room where Jia Ling was imprisoned.

Sha Xing did not follow Zhao Xu all the time. After sending Zhao Xu to the door, he left, saying that he was going to check the situation of the surrounding defense agencies.

As a subordinate, Sha Xing knew that he had to avoid the situation when his leader had confidential information to discuss.

As a prisoner, the door of Jia Ling's room must be kept open at all times.

This also made it convenient for Zhao Xu, as he could walk straight in without knocking.