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Chapter 21: The Variation of Artistic Conception

The Chu family’s family martial arts are very special. It is a martial art full of literati’s aura, called the Four-character Secret Book of Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon.

This martial arts is not a unique skill, because it does not have the foundation of the first to third rings, nor does it have the development potential of the seven to ninth rings in the later stages, but it is unique and practical and powerful in the fourth to sixth ring stages.

King Jin once told Mo Jiu that the first to third rings are the stage of laying the foundation, while the fourth to sixth rings are artistic conception. However, artistic conception is too abstract and relies too much on understanding and opportunity. If you have the chance to achieve the first to third rings, the fourth to sixth rings will be too vague. If you are too lucky, you may not be able to understand any artistic conception in your whole life.

However, the Chu family's martial arts can allow you to understand the specified artistic conception step by step. From this point of view, the Chu family's martial arts is quite terrible and can be compared with the unique skills that automatically generate magical powers in Izumo Mountain. After all, the derivative magical powers are still in the late stage, but the Chu family's martial arts are suitable for mid-stage efforts.

The so-called four-character secret describing refers to the four words "Flowers, Flowers, Snows and Moons", which are also four artistic conceptions, and the cultivation method is also very simple. When the Chu family was born, they took advantage of the first opportunity of heaven to bring a picture containing the four artistic conceptions of "Flowers, Snows and Moons" into the baby's mind. When the child grows up to be sensible, he can understand the four artistic conceptions by opening the pictures in his mind.

Don’t think that this is very simple. The body and brain of a baby are fragile. If the Chu family does not use the special method, it is easy to kill the baby. This is also the essence of the Chu family’s martial arts. Of course, human potential is limited. Generally speaking, only one can be understood. As for which one depends on personal preferences.

Chu Yu, the eldest son of the Chu family, was cold and had no interest in fighting for power and profit. In General Dingyuan's opinion, this lacked a little blood and energy. In addition, his calmness was very different from Chu Heng's habits. Therefore, General Dingyuan advised him to understand the artistic conception of the word "Snow", but this time General Dingyuan was misleading. People who could study medicine often had a passion deep in their hearts that ordinary people could not understand, which was not very consistent with the artistic conception of the word "Snow", so they were stuck in the third ring and could not be broken through.

Chu Heng, the second son of the Chu family, has been naughty since he was a child and his personality has become worse and worse as he grows older. With his prodigal habits, General Dingyuan originally suggested that he try to understand the artistic conception of the word "Feng" or "Flower", but who knew that this guy had chosen the artistic conception of the word "Moon" early on. In fact, General Dingyuan didn't care about his son's stubbornness. Anyway, there is no difference between strength and weakness of the four-character artistic conception, so if you like it, you should understand it. But this time General Dingyuan miscalculated again. Chu Heng chose the artistic conception of the word "Moon" because the full moon is full! Yes, it's that simple reason. But the problem is that everyone understands that the moon has its phases and waxing. Only by understanding this point can you fully understand the artistic conception of the word "Moon". It would be strange if you just stare at the full moon and understand that you can move forward. It is precisely because of this that Chu Heng, like his brother, has been stuck in the third ring and cannot make progress.

Chu Qingxue, the third lady of the Chu family, has been favored by General Dingyuan since she was born. According to past experience, any girl in the Chu family is often beautiful and cute when she practices the artistic conception of snow. Therefore, she added the word snow to her name, which is a blessing. General Dingyuan is very concerned about this young daughter. Although she is inevitably married, she has made a marriage with the Ningguo Duke's Mansion since she was a child after many choices. On the surface, it seems that she is not free, but this is actually what a father can do to his daughter.

The best love he gave. Moreover, when he saw that his daughter was really in harmony with Na Ninghuai, General Dingyuan was also very comforted. If there was any regret, it was a little helpless when he saw his daughter's deep love and was abandoned. However, General Dingyuan always felt that if a girl married well, she would be happy in the future. As for cultivation, there was no need to force it. Therefore, this led to the wasted Chu Qingxue's good qualifications, and even when making a choice, he chose one casually regardless of whether it was suitable or not.

From this perspective, General Dingyuan is also too difficult!

Of course, no matter what artistic conception you have learned, it is impossible for outsiders to know before entering the Fourth Ring Road, but now almost everyone in the city knows Chu Yu’s choice.

The reason is because of the snow before dawn!

Although the old guys were heartbroken when they were executed, they were not the Master Qingtian who devoted themselves to the country and the people. Everyone in Tiandu City knew that they were just a group of black and cruel politicians.

And when their IQ was crushed and badly beaten, they were all left with ruthlessness. So there was a scene of buying murderous people that was almost overturned.

If you just want to kill someone, you have to find the target location, right? The underworld just wants to kill someone and get money, but it won’t be accompanied by search services, so if you want to kill Chu Yu, you have to find his location first. Helplessly, Chu Yu has been making trouble in Tiandu City for so long, and these officials can’t find any clues about him.

It was fine before, but when they learned that Chu Yu was going to court the next day, these people could no longer wait. They set their sights on the only person in the entire Tiandu City who could know where Chu Yu was, that is, Chu Yu's fiancée, Qi Hong, the headmaster of the Ministry of Justice.

As the head of the Ministry of Justice, it was too easy for Qi Hong to arrest her. She could not escape the pursuit of the insiders of the Ministry of Justice. Facts have proved that those who are qualified to be villains are not bad. This time they have found the right target. Qi Hong does know where Chu Yu is hiding.

Unfortunately, these people did not receive any information about Chu Yu in the end. Qi Hong also set an unprecedented record. Since the founding of the Ministry of Justice, no one has ever been able to keep secrets under uninterrupted punishment. Qi Hong did it!

After about six hours, all the punishments of the Ministry of Justice were used several times on Qi Hong. Even the torture was replaced by three times, but Qi Hong still did not betray Chu Yu.

Those people had no choice but to assassinate Chu Yu on his way to court. This was an adventure and a helpless action. The final result was that the Wheel King was killed by He Yuan, guarding the Temple of War God.

When Chu Yu completely washed away his father's grievances and all the criminals were arrested one by one, he realized that Qi Hong was still imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. He did not have time to see Qi Hong for the last time. When he carried Qi Hong out of the Ministry of Justice, Qi Hong had been dead for more than half an hour.

From the Ministry of Justice to the Chu Mansion, it was about half a Tiandu City. Qi Hong, who had already been vague and unrecognizable, was carried back home by Chu Yu, and carved the spirit card as the Chuman Qi family. The people along the way were silent, and dazzling snowflakes suddenly floated on the clear sky.

It is not pure white snow, nor is it cold, it is the red snow that can render the sorrow the whole sky!

At this point, Chu Yu broke through to the Fourth Ring Road, understood the artistic conception and entered the ranks of cultivators. He broke through in front of all the people in Tiandu City.

Similarly, with the strength of power, white hair appeared one by one. Every step Chu Yu was like a person about to die, and every time he produced a white hair, it seemed like he was gradually forgotten by time.

At that moment, everyone had a common idea. Maybe it won’t take long before the man would leave, and he seemed to have no meaning of living.

In the end, no one knew what kind of belief was that supported Chu Yu not following Qi Hong. When Chu Heng and others arrived in Tiandu City, they saw such an image brother.

"This is the news I've found. What other inside information is not something that can be understood by those who can find out at the intersection of the street." Hai Shaoyu sighed and ended the report.

Chu Qingxue, who was at the same table, had already cried, and Chu Heng's fingers kept wrapping around the Liuhai between his forehead. He pulled off a thread of his hair without control. "So, my elder brother has four rings? Hongxue... His artistic conception has changed!"

Artistic conception changes! Those who don’t understand this word will only feel novel, but those who truly understand it will know what it represents.

None of the unique skills in the world are created for those who mutate their artistic conception. In other words, either they can obtain martial arts through the grace of heaven, or they can only rely on understanding themselves to blaze a way out.

Artistic variation is not common, and it can even be said to be very rare. It requires the integration of certain special emotions or external factors while understanding the artistic conception. Human emotions are too complicated, and no one's emotions are exactly the same for different individuals.

From the perspective of future development, this is a very troublesome issue, but in the short term, it may become a huge bargaining chip to protect Chu Yu's safety. Because although the mutated artistic conception is not necessarily stronger than the normal artistic conception, it often has special effects. No one dares to attack Chu Yu rashly before he understands it thoroughly. Otherwise, even those with a cultivation level exceeding Chu Yu may be counter-killed.

What's more, the range of influence of the artistic conception of newcomers who break through the Fourth Ring Road is only a distance of more than ten meters, but Chu Yu has influenced half of the Tiandu City! This strength is a bit shocking.

This is obviously a sad topic. Mo Jiu is too young and doesn't understand what love is. The environment in which she grows makes her less sentimental. But she still knows that Chu Yu is very pitiful and needs some comfort.

"That... you don't have to worry about Chu Yu's future. Although there are no martial arts created specifically for artistic conception mutants, you can still choose some martial arts according to the artistic conception. Take the eldest son as an example. Well, Hongxue is also snow, you can... you can learn the Ice Soul Talisman Sutra of Ice Mountain!"

Mo Jiu smiled silly, but he teased Chu Qingxue so much that he laughed, and glared at her with anger, "You think Izumo Mountain's unique skills are so easy to learn, and I have never heard of any Ice Soul Talisman."

Wen Bo and Hai Shaoyu naturally knew that Mo Jiu was trying to relieve his sadness, so he also criticized him and made jokes. However, the listener was interested, but Chu Heng immediately started to consult Guihai Yihuan.

Gui Hai Yihuan is also just fine, so he recited the entire Ice Soul Talisman Sutra to Chu Heng. At the same time, his heart trembled. This girl wouldn't know that I existed, she was a little scared!

The uncontroversial relationship between Mo Jiu and Gui Hai Yihuan solved a worry in Chu Heng's heart. He just looked up at the people gathered together, and suddenly became a little confused. What should we do?

I believe this is also what everyone feels. I am nervous all the way. Now I am safe, but I don’t know how to live. Of course, this is only temporary, and it will probably not take long to return to dullness.

Chu Heng is still the second young master, Chu Qingxue is still the young lady, Uncle Wen replaced Uncle Zhong as the housekeeper, Hai Shaoyu became a guard, probably outside the lady's door will be very safe in the future, and Mo Jiu has become a maid in the future, so there will definitely be many maids to be sent by under his command. It's quite interesting to think about it.

The only change is perhaps that the big tree protecting the Chu Mansion has changed from Chu to Chu Yu!

"Where is the eldest brother?" Chu Heng said with a long breath.

Chu Qingxue wiped her tears and replied, "I didn't see you after I came back from the execution ground yesterday. I seemed to be back very late at night, and then I went to court in the morning. It seemed that the emperor had a reward."

Chu Heng nodded after hearing this, thought for a while and asked, "How much does it cost?"

Chu Qingxue was stunned for a moment and looked at Mo Jiu. Mo Jiu blinked and looked at Wen Bo. Wen Bo shook his head funny. It is rare to see such a carefree young master and lady envoy.

Generally, wealthy families will be managed by their mistresses or the backyard family. There is no one who is also a caring female envoy to control the property. After all, women have some innate financial advantages. Unlike the Chu family, if they say that Wen Bo is the housekeeper, they will throw the small treasury directly, but it is easy to deal with. Of course, this trust makes people wonder what to say.

"There is not much cash anymore. Whether it is the eldest son or ours, we need money during the escape period, but the Chu family has a lot of industries, and it only takes a walk to take back a lot." Wen Bo said while taking out many land deeds and various transaction contracts for shops from a small wooden box. In fact, General Dingyuan was afraid that the emperor was afraid that there were not many industries in Tiandu City. It was a bit difficult to raise too many people by relying on these industries, but it would not be difficult to raise these limited ones.

Chu Heng rubbed his chin and thought for a while, and ordered, "Brother Wen will prepare for it later, take Xiaojiu to find someone to have a tooth and buy some servants and maids."

"Well? It's illegal to buy and sell slaves now. I'll kill Lingchi. You're going to cause trouble just after you come to Tiandu City?" Mo Jiu widened his eyes, thinking in his mind that my master's pressure on the world had weakened not long after he left?

Chu Heng shook his head, "All servants and maids are bought in the form of employment contracts. Even if the government asks for punishment, it is just a crime of ignorance. At best, it is a fine. This is also a way for human teeth to dispel the buyer's concerns. As for human teeth, it just needs not to be caught."

Mo Jiu curled his lips. There were so many small moves. "Then you don't have to buy them from others. Isn't there a Jiaofangsi?"

The Jiaofangsi of Hua Kingdom once under the intervention of Emperor Jin. In the past, the Jiaofangsi was an official female branch office, which was filled with female family members implicated in the family raid and extermination, and was specially used for royal nobles to enjoy and have fun. Later, it became an official training organization. Although the family members of the sinners were still trained, they no longer engaged in business such as selling their bodies, and they were just servants.

However, the guilty body has not changed and he cannot operate any independent industry itself. In other words, he can only be a servant for the rest of his life. Unless he makes great contributions to the country and is personally recognized by the official can he get rid of his inferior status.

Huh? By the way, with her master's personality, how could she care about such other people's business? Well, if you have time, you have to check it out.

Chu Heng did not expect that Mo Jiu's thoughts had gone astray, but said, "The danger is not over. The elder brother's trouble will probably be afraid of the emperor. If we do not take the initiative to expose some problems, it is not good to always let the emperor pay so carefully. Moreover, it is better to find someone to buy servants and maids to make it easier for all forces to stuff people into this family!"

Everyone understood as soon as they said this. After all, without General Dingyuan, the family had actually been defeated. Chu Yu had never entered the officialdom before, nor had he participated in any imperial examinations. In other words, he could not inherit the position of General Dingyuan without fame. Although he had a title and a salary, he had no real power.

Now, no matter whether the emperor is for compensation or other purposes, the elder brother will definitely take on an official position when he comes back from court. But even if he thinks with his head, he will definitely not have much power. If he is an ordinary scholar, it would be fine, but the elder brother has the ability to uproar the entire Tiandu City when he is a commoner. Once he has an official position, even if he is very young, he will not be despised by the government and the people. Then all forces will inevitably think about putting some spies into this yard.

If the three brothers and sisters of the Chu family are strictly guarding each other, it will be suspicious. Now that the Chu family has just experienced a major change, they should not be the first to be noticed.

Mo Jiu curled his lips, his thoughts were like a maze, "Okay, let's go when the eldest son comes back. By the way, do you have any requirements?"

Chu Heng said without any worries: "Anyway, they are mostly spies from other forces, so try to find something useful, which saves us the procedures we train ourselves. By the way, we have to suppress the price! Humph!"

Mo Jiu and Wen Bo were happy to look at each other and left when the price was high! Anyway, we were not begging them to come undercover, so we were not in a hurry.

As he was speaking, a creaking sound sounded from the gate. Chu Heng raised his eyebrows and stood up to greet him.

"Second brother, come and find some oil later. This door shaft needs some lubrication." Chu Yu shook the door, and his face was still a harmless smile, but his gray hair was extremely dazzling.

Chu Heng was stunned for a moment and nodded in agreement. If it weren't for the report from Hai Shaoyu just now, how could he have thought that his elder brother had experienced so much during that period.

"Come with me, I'll tell you some things." Chu Yu entered the front hall first, and there seemed to be no intention of telling someone secretly.

Chu Heng followed Chu Yu to the front hall to sit down. The two brothers were silent and no one said anything. After a while, Chu Yu looked up and down Chu Heng and smiled and said, "It's hard for you all the way. My brother was in a bad environment at that time, but he couldn't take care of you anymore."

"Brother, you know me. Usually I am the only one who bullies me. How can anyone cheat me?" Chu Heng said as he crossed his legs carelessly, his proud look as if he had not heard of the bad news just now.

Chu Yu chuckled and glanced at his thighs that kept stumbled, "You must pay attention to your image in the future, after all, you will be the marquis in the future."

"Um?"

Chu Heng did not expect that General Dingyuan Chu Chan guarded one side and also had hereditary titles, so it is not wrong to call him Dingyuan Marquis. However, this is the name only among the nobles of Tiandu City, and in the army and local areas, everyone still recognizes the name General Dingyuan more.

"Brother, don't you inherit the title?"

Chu Yu shook his head, "I accepted the official position arranged by the emperor, and then asked for a change of title and heir to be yours, which can be regarded as giving you a guarantee."

"Is it guaranteed? So, the revenge between my father and sister-in-law has not been avenged yet!" Chu Heng sighed leisurely, rubbing his eyebrows, probably some people will be busy in the future.

Chu Yu denied, "It's over, the beheaded officials are the second prince, and the second prince has now been demoted to a corner of the banned palace for common people. The second prince's mother, Concubine Mei, was given three feet of white silk. All his relatives and family were exiled to the army or were incorporated into the Jiafangsi. The officials of the Ministry of Justice who were in charge of arresting your sister-in-law committed suicide last night, and the cruel official in charge of torture was also handed over by the Ministry of Justice for beheading for dereliction of duty. All those who can report it have been reported!"

Chu Heng was silent. What does it mean to report all those who can report? Then there are still those who cannot report!

Chu Heng and Chu Yu looked at each other coldly, and suddenly felt a little wanting to cry. The eyes were still as warm as before, but they were too calm and too dull, like a pool of stagnant water...

"I haven't said what official position the emperor gave you, what rank? Is it powerful?" Chu Heng couldn't stand the atmosphere and asked with a laugh.

"Censor of the Censorate."

Chu Heng suddenly smiled and said, "I really don't have any power, haha!"

The Censorate of Hua Kingdom is actually the one who gives advice to the emperor. It is the most verbal group among civil officials. Their purpose is to make the emperor become a better, better, and better emperor. If this emperor can achieve unprecedented success, it will be their honor. Of course, this is also the place where the emperor reserves talents. Often, some people who are capable but have no chance to make meritorious contributions are here. When the emperor asks you to do your business well, they will be directly transferred to important departments such as the Ministry of Revenue and Personnel and the Ministry of War. Often, when the emperor chooses the imperial envoy, he will also choose from the Censorate.

If you want to talk about power, the people in the Censorate really don’t have any specific rights. But if you don’t think it’s important, it’s not. There are talented men in it, and they may make their mark at any time. So it can be said that the emperor valued him when he lets Chu Yu enter the Censorate.

But, it must be a very different story from General Dingyuan before!

"The emperor has given 30 servants and maids, and it will probably be here in a while. Please ask Wen Bo to arrange it. After all, it is from the palace. Don't let them be responsible for the hard work." Chu Yu continued.

Chu Heng nodded, "Don't worry, I have asked Xiaojiu to go find someone to buy a servant, and someone will be scrambling to do heavy work."

Chu Yu looked at Chu Heng with a little smile and thought for a while and said, "There is a word to tell you, but you have to remember that after leaving my mouth and entering your ears, you will never know the third person."

Chu Heng sat upright and saw Chu Yu look at the sky outside, and a dark cloud slowly blocking the sun.

"Our emperor... is very ungrateful!"

Chu Heng blinked and stood up and walked out, "I'll go and see if the palace maids are coming. I heard that the women in the palace are all very beautiful!"

Chu Yu looked at Chu Heng's lively figure and left with a hint of relief in his eyes, "Dad, I said it a long time ago, you don't have to worry about the second brother."
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