Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 147: The Old Man Travels the World
The scorching summer sun, the green willows and the gentle breeze.

The sounds of boys and girls playing could be heard from time to time.

What a bright and beautiful scene.

"Young man."

Li Rui rode in front on horseback, listened to the laughter around him, and shook his head slightly.

"It's so noisy!"

Tan Hu glanced at the boys and girls from the Huaqing Sect behind him and muttered.

Li Rui smiled and said, "Brother Tan, if you were sixteen or seventeen years old, you would be like this too."

Tan Hu said in a muffled voice: "When I was 16 or 17 years old, I chopped off the heads of the Northern Plains barbarians and kicked them like balls."

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Li Rui felt that he shouldn't have brought this up.

Tan Hu's experience is very different from that of most young people. These boys and girls of Huaqing Sect are almost all from large families and are the pride of heaven, so their experiences will be even simpler.

"Coming."

Li Rui looked at the official road shaded by willow trees. Although he had never been to Qingfeng Villa, there was a map in the An Ningwei armory. Ordinary people could not see it, but they could use it to manage food.

He treated it as a treasure and looked at it every day.

He had long memorized the terrain of the Anningwei area, which of course included Qingfeng Villa.

get lost?

That doesn't exist. That's something young people often do. Older people always carry maps when they go out.

Walk another ten miles.

We have arrived at the territory of Anning Prefecture. Qingfeng Villa is located in a valley thirty miles east of Anning City. Of course, the villa is on a mountain.

As one of the top ten most powerful sects in Anning Prefecture, Qingfeng Villa’s strength is self-evident.

Of course, it is still far inferior to the Huaqing Sect.

This is the difference between a perfect score and a score of 99.

Qingfeng Villa ranks tenth, and it can only be tenth. Ninth is not even acceptable. But Huaqing Sect is first, because the highest ranking can only be first.

In terms of strength alone, Huaqing Sect is not inferior to some major sects in Yunzhou.

Li Rui and his team went to the headquarters of Qingfeng Villa, not the branch in Qinghe, for a routine inspection.

Translated, it means a business trip.

Everyone knows this. It's a publicly funded tour. When they come out, they represent An Ning Wei, or even An Nan Town. Qing Feng Villa will of course treat them well.

Otherwise, if they say something bad about Qingfeng Villa in their report, Qingfeng Villa will not be able to bear it.

However, Li Rui came to Qingfeng Villa to repay a favor, but his real purpose was to avoid disaster.

He looked at the lighter smoke.

"really!"

The farther away from Qinghe, the lighter the color of the smoke becomes.

Although it is still light red, it is much better than Qinghe.

After the death of the demon from the Ghost Sect, his body did turn into pure white for a while, but then gradually turned into red.

In other words, the danger is not directed at Li Rui, but is a threat to the entire An Ning Guard.

Li Rui has always adhered to the idea that a gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall.

Only then did he accept the task.

He guessed that Jiang Linxian might have had the same idea.

This place is very close to Huaqing Sect and is the safest.

Did you hear that?

Several young men and women from Huaqing Sect were already discussing returning to Huaqing Sect.

"As long as we tell Senior Li, going back won't be a problem."

"Yes."

"Senior Li is a reasonable person and will definitely agree."

Chirping in a low voice.

Li Rui's mouth corners slightly raised. The voices of several people were already very low, but since he cultivated the Xuanqing Qi, his five senses have become more and more sensitive, and he heard the conversation clearly.

He certainly had no reason not to let go.

It's not like he's a mean, vicious boss.

Just two days off.

Besides, these Huaqing Sect disciples were not under his jurisdiction and did not take his money, so there was no reason for him not to let them go.

You are seventy-three years old, and you should still have this kind of broad mind.

I rode for about an hour.

As we got closer to Anning City, more and more people came and went on the official road.

Tan Hu rode his horse parallel to Li Rui. He said, "Brother Li, the people in this city are different. They all look down on others."

Not really.

Some local caravans from Anning City raised their heads when they saw that they were not locals.

Although Tan Hu couldn't understand why he looked like a foreigner.

Another caravan passed them, with familiar faces.

What kind of person is Tan Hu?

He was a ruthless man who had fought his way out of the northern border army. He had never suffered such humiliation before.

He unceremoniously drew his knife and howled, "The Anning Guards are doing their job, outsiders, please get out of the way!"

As soon as these words came out.

The people who had been unruly before suddenly became well-behaved.

Everyone avoided it in fear.

Everyone in Anning Prefecture knew that the Annan Army had established the Anning Guard. When they heard that they were from the Anning Guard, no one dared to offend them.

Many caravans even stopped and waited for Li Rui and his group to leave first.

Tan Hu grinned proudly, held his head high, pulled the reins, and deliberately slowed down.

Official roads are originally designed to serve the military.

Previously, the group was wearing casual clothes and no one recognized them. Now that they introduced themselves, of course everyone gave way to them.

Although Tan Hu's move was high-profile, it did not violate the rules.

Li Rui chuckled and shook his head.

But he did not blame Tan Hu for being too loud. Outside, An Ning Guards should not care about other people's opinions. He was already a sixth-rank centurion of An Ning Guards, so what was wrong with being louder?
Li Rui even felt that he and Tan Hu were much more low-key than those county magistrates.

Tan Hu's voice was quite effective.

The distance that would have taken half an hour to complete was completed in just fifteen minutes by a few people.

The group did not go into the city.

Instead, he headed towards another fork in the road heading east.

Soon.

Layers of green and graceful hills appeared before Li Rui's eyes like an ink painting.

The wooden buildings are looming, blending in with the surrounding mountain scenery.

"It's worthy of being Qingfeng Villa."

Li Rui secretly praised in his heart.

"It is said that the first owner of Qingfeng Mountain Villa was a failed scholar. Later, by chance, he was taught by a master and developed a set of amazing sword skills. He then lived in seclusion in a valley outside Anning Prefecture and accepted 14 disciples. After 300 years, he developed to the current level."

This provides an extremely important experience for future generations.

If you want to establish a sect, it is not enough to be powerful yourself. The key lies in your ability to recruit disciples.

After a while.

They left the official road and walked onto a road paved with bluestone bricks.

In terms of cost, it is higher than the official road.

This is because Qingfeng Villa built this road at their own expense, so it is a prestigious project, so of course it can’t be bad.

He had just ridden a hundred feet.

I saw a few people standing at the corner of the road.

The middle-aged fat man who was obviously the leader saw Li Rui and his men appear, and took two quick steps to greet them: "You are the masters of An Ning Guard, right?"

"Elder He has already informed us in a letter, so I came here to greet you."

This place is five miles away from Qingfeng Villa.

Greeting you from five miles away is a great honor.

Of course, this is all for the sake of An Ning Wei or An Nan Army. Li Rui and Tan Hu don’t have that much face.

However, it is of course impossible to say that Li Rui did nothing in this.

The reason why Li Rui did not agree to Jiang Yan's immediate departure was that he took three days to reorganize.

This reorganization is not aimed at the soldiers of the Benhu Cavalry, but at various matters that need to be taken care of.

The next day, he went to Qingfeng Villa's base in Qinghe and told Henian that he and his party had been ordered to inspect Qingfeng Villa.

He Nian had sent his disciples back to the villa two days in advance to inform them, and everything had been arranged clearly.

This is how we have today’s scene.

someone will ask.

Since Li Rui and his team were here for an inspection, if they had informed us in advance, they wouldn't have been unable to find anything.

This is the art of dealing with martial arts sects.

Li Rui came here for an inspection, not to really destroy Qingfeng Villa.

On the one hand, informing them of the New Year's greetings was to make their stay at Qingfeng Villa more comfortable, and on the other hand, it was also to tell Qingfeng Villa to stop doing those shameful things.

As long as Qingfeng Villa knows how to restrain itself, it means that it is still submitting to the imperial court, which is naturally a win-win for both of us.

But if they have received the news and still don't stop, then it's not Li Rui's fault.

That's the rule.

"Elder Dong, thank you for your hard work."

The fat man paused and looked at Li Rui in surprise: "My Lord, you know me?"

Li Rui smiled slightly:
"Elder Dong is famous for his Qingfeng Mingyue sword in An Ning. I have heard so many of his skills that my ears are covered with calluses."

Dong Shen, the elder of Qingfeng Villa, felt even more embarrassed when he heard that the old man in front of him even knew his background.

He didn't even know Li Rui's name, but the other party could tell him about his situation.

High judgment.

As soon as they met, Dong Shen had a higher opinion of Li Rui.

"You still don't know your master's name?"

"Captain of Anning Guard, Tan Hu, and Patrolman, Li Rui."

Li Rui did not introduce himself first, but introduced Tan Hu, who was half a grade older than him, and then introduced himself.

Internally.

In the Benhu Cavalry, it doesn't matter if you call each other brothers behind closed doors, but when you go out, you have to be judged by your official positions, otherwise others will think that the Benhu Camp is a group of loose sand and look down on you.

"It's Master Tan, Master Li, please come in!"

Although Dong Shen did not know Li Rui and Tan Hu.

But he was very familiar with the official position of An Ning Wei.

Tan Hu, a sixth-rank centurion, actually obeyed the orders of Li Rui, a seventh-rank officer. This shows how powerful Li Rui was.

He dared not underestimate it even more.

He politely took Li Rui all the way to Qingfeng Villa, introducing the mountain scenery and stories of Qingfeng Villa as they walked. His service was very thoughtful.

When the people from Huaqing Sect saw this, they were all secretly shocked.

Although Qingfeng Villa is not as powerful as Huaqing Sect, it is also a well-known and prestigious sect.

Being treated with such courtesy by an elder is already an extraordinary achievement.

They asked themselves that if they came here, they would be treated politely, but they would definitely not be treated like Li Rui.

"As expected of a veteran!"

Li Rui had a conversation with Elder Dong Shen.

Soon we entered Qingfeng Villa.

Finally, Dong Shen brought Li Rui and the others to a large house with five courtyards that could accommodate ten families. The environment was quiet and beautiful, and one could even see a pavilion with flowing water through the round archway.

It’s not that An Ningwei had never come to stay overnight before and refused to accept people.

A dozen people lived in a two-story house, with four people sleeping in one room.

Compared with today's treatment, it is a world of difference.

Dong Shen said politely, "My humble abode is simple and cannot compare to the Annan Army's garrison. Please make do with it for a few days."

Even Qin Hua and others who were used to luxury in Huaqing Sect had to admit it.

This is not a compromise at all!

(End of this chapter)