Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 13: Zhu Family Second Master
The new year is approaching.

The heavy snow seemed to have no intention of stopping. It continued for a whole day and a night, diluting the festive atmosphere of the New Year.

There were few pedestrians on the road, but the number of patrolling officers was several times more than usual.

"The Magic Weapon Talisman Jiang Linxian, Jiang Linxian, she is actually Jiang Linxian's daughter, otherwise how could she have the Magic Weapon Talisman."

In a long-abandoned courtyard in Qinghe City, Xu Hua was no longer as handsome and unrestrained as before, with several bloodstains on his face. The most eye-catching thing was his empty left hand, with the sleeve still dangling in the wind.

Extremely embarrassed.

Although the magic weapon talisman failed to kill him, it still cut off one of his arms.

If the people from the Ghost Cult had not intervened, he would probably have died under Han Qin's Luoying Sword.

He glanced coldly at the Zhu family not far away.

"You dare to touch my things!"

Xu Hua had already been to the deserted temple before. The secret method he brought out from Huaqing Sect and hidden in the Buddhist hall had long disappeared.

He returned to Qinghe City.

It's about taking back what belongs to you.

"Then I'll find them one by one!"

Li Rui's life returned to normal.

Practicing martial arts and raising horses, that's all.

The eldest young master of the Zhu family didn't even stay until New Year's Day. He followed Han Qin and the other two back to Huaqing Sect that day without any reluctance to leave.

It is said that not long after they left Qinghe, the masters of Huaqing Sect arrived in Qinghe and met with the county magistrate. Now patrolling officials can be seen everywhere on the streets.

But all this has nothing to do with him anymore.

What can a seventy-year-old man do?

Without Jiang Yan's peeping, Li Rui felt much more at ease.

Compared with achievement and life, it is self-evident which is more important.

"Xiao Zhao, if you feel tired, just go back and rest. It's okay."

Li Rui looked at Wang Zhao with concern.

He had two disciples in total. Ma Yang had already died. If Wang Zhao also died of illness, he would definitely be labeled as a lonely star with bad luck.

We must protect this only seedling well.

Wang Zhao is an honest child, and he was brought up by him. He had truly treated this apprentice as his own son, and of course he didn't want anything to happen to Wang Zhao.

"Master, I can still do a lot of things."

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Li Rui always felt that his disciple's answers were irrelevant to the question.

Wang Zhao glanced at the dark spot at the roots of Li Rui's silver-white hair.

If Li Rui’s age was not mentioned, most people would certainly think that he was only in his early fifties. Others who did not spend much time with Li Rui might not notice it, but Wang Zhao actually saw with his own eyes Li Rui’s “rejuvenation”.

"The master was eaten by a monster. Is the master in front of me now a monster?"

An absurd idea appeared in Wang Zhao's mind.

In short, the master is abnormal!

In the end, it was Li Rui who gave an order and Wang Zhao finally left the stable.

He was alone.

Li Rui skillfully scooped up the hay and poured it into the trough.

"The Dayuan horses are still more gluttonous."

As an old horseman who had raised horses all his life, he always felt itchy when he thought of the four Arabian horses.

As he scooped up the fodder—

A shadow appeared under his feet.

"Did you kill Ma Yang?"

It was an unexpected sentence, but Li Rui paused the shovel in his hand at the right time, and then turned around in panic: "Second Master, don't joke, Yang Wazi died of illness, many people saw it."

"Besides, I treat Yangwazi like my own son, so how could I do such a thing as patricide?"

The man who appeared in the stable was the second master of the Zhu family, Zhu Lie, the younger brother of the head of the family, Zhu Ping.

If Zhu Ping was a smiling tiger, then Zhu Lie was a wolf. None of the servants in the Zhu family were not afraid of him, especially Zhu Lie, who had a foot-long scar on his face, which was extremely scary.

There is a saying that has been circulating in the Zhu family.

"I'm not afraid of the little ghost crying, I'm afraid of the second master laughing."

When Zhu Lie laughed, his scar trembled, and he was more terrifying than the evil spirits in purgatory.

Zhu Lie looked at Li Rui with a fake smile: "It'd better not be."

Li Rui played the role of cautious and careful to perfection. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Second Master, you have to trust me."

Life is like a play.

At this time, showing appropriate panic is the most natural reaction of human beings, not being calm and neither humble nor arrogant.

Zhu Lie snorted coldly: "Bring the horse to me."

Li Rui looked embarrassed: "Second Master, you also know the rules of the stable. You must have a letter from the master before you can take the horses away from the stable."

"Old thing!"

Zhu Lie was furious and was about to explode, but he held himself back.

He didn't know what was wrong with his elder brother, but he had been paying close attention to the old groom these days, often asking about his well-being, so it was difficult for him to do anything.

"waste!"

He cursed in his heart.

What they were cursing about was naturally that Ma Yang died at the wrong time, and why the old groom was not killed first.

Of course, Zhu Lie was just trying to trick Li Rui in order to shock him so that he could get the horse. However, he didn't expect that Li Rui would not be moved by his tricks. As for saying that it was Li Rui who killed Ma Yang.

Even he doesn't believe it himself.

A seventy-year-old man who is almost half buried in the ground has difficulty in peeing, let alone killing someone.

"I want to see how long Big Brother can protect you!"

Zhu Lie glared at Li Rui fiercely, said something harsh to him and left.

Li Rui shook his head.

Every family has its cupboard.

Even though the Zhu family was thriving and their business had expanded to An Ning Mansion, there was never peace in this house.

In the early years, the Zhu family was not so big. The two brothers of the Zhu family made their fortunes by doing shady business. Later, the eldest master Zhu Ping wanted to clean himself up, but Zhu Lie disagreed, and the two brothers had a disagreement.

Until now, Zhu Lie still has close relations with those people in Hengmen.

Hengmen is also called bandits in some places. Since they are bandits, of course they must have horses.

Zhu Lie wanted the horse, of course, in order to do something shameful.

Over the years, Li Rui has offended Zhu Lie many times because of this matter, but even if he has offended him, he must not lend the horse, otherwise if something happens to Zhu Lie, he will definitely be implicated.

Just trying to survive in the cracks.

The reason why Ma Yang dared to attack him before was not only because of his weak character, but also because of Zhu Lie's instigation.

"This account will be settled sooner or later."

Li Rui's progress in sword training is improving by leaps and bounds.

However, in just ten days, he had already understood a little bit of the essence of the White Ape Sword. If the Huaqing Sect master who created this sword was still alive, he might have accepted him as his last disciple.

If age doesn't matter.
"carefree!"

Li Rui's long sword swept up snowflakes, and the sword intent was released, and the depression in his heart was swept away.

Finished sword practice.

He did not take the knife back to his residence, but buried it in the snow. It was the twelfth lunar month now, so he had no reason to worry about the snow melting.

Leaving a knife in the room is bound to be seen by others and cause trouble.

It will also implicate Yang Yong.

After burying the knife securely, Li Rui walked back to his room in Zhu's house.

But just as he reached the door, he saw Yang Yong circling anxiously in front of the house. He had just seen Li Rui.

"Old Li, something bad has happened. Wang Zhao has been beaten."

(End of this chapter)