Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 168 Send you on your way
"Master Li, this dagger has been sent back to the furnace. It needs to be forged again before it can be used."

Liu Tiezhu did not notice the change in Li Rui's expression and continued talking to himself.

"It's melted."

Hearing Li Rui's words.

He was stunned at first, then turned his head and saw that Li Rui was not joking. He couldn't help but confirm: "Master Li, this is a good weapon."

Li Rui chuckled: "If you don't like it, just melt it."

"Oh."

When Liu Tiezhu heard this, he secretly sighed at the extravagance of the rich, who were willing to melt such a fine dagger into molten iron.

The foot-operated blower whirred loudly.

The flames suddenly burst into flames.

After a while, there was no trace of the dagger anymore, only a pool of molten iron remained, which turned into a ball after cooling.

Liu Tiezhu found a container to collect the cooled molten iron and handed it to Li Rui.

Li Rui took back the "dagger".

He looked at Liu Tiezhu with satisfaction: "Yes, I was right about you."

He had always thought that Liu Tiezhu was a fool. He had a talent for weapon forging, but the key was that he was willing to put in the effort. He not only understood the craft, but also the theory.

This can be seen from the last time we learned about the four systems of the sword.

I'm just trying my luck.

Unexpectedly, I gained a lot.

Ever since he saw the man in the bamboo hat, Li Rui had noticed the weapon hidden under his shoe.

It's not that it's not hidden well.

But the spiritual material of this dagger is very special.

Since he had the ability to see spiritual matter clearly, Li Rui gradually summed up his experience as he observed more and more:
'Although they are all spiritual substances, there are great differences between individuals.'

For example, this dagger, he had never seen spiritual substances mixed with blood ice crystals before, and perhaps it was the breakthrough point.

Only then did he remember the man in the blacksmith shop.

Liu Tiezhu smiled a little embarrassedly: "It is my honor to work for Master Li."

Li Rui patted Liu Tiezhu and asked, "Are you interested in coming to Anningwei?"

"What?"

Liu Tiezhu just thought he had heard it wrong.

Li Rui repeated it again.

He, a small blacksmith, was actually valued by the officials and wanted to transfer him to An Ning Guard.

This is a great thing.

Then he immediately shook his head and said, no, no, no, such a pie would not fall from the sky on his head.

My mind is completely foggy.

Li Rui laughed and said, "Don't worry. If you want to come someday, just go to An Ning Wei to find me."

Say it.

Leaving behind was Liu Tiezhu, whose eyes were still wide open with a look of disbelief on his face.

He turned and walked out of the blacksmith shop.

Liu Tiezhu is a talented person. Since he is a talented person, it would be better for him to be under my command.

The blacksmith shop has always had a close relationship with An Ning Wei.

For him, a sixth-rank patrol officer, if he wanted to transfer a blacksmith, it would only take a word.

Go out into the street.

Li Rui thought in his heart:

"Southern Liang. Banker"

Then I think of the previous County Magistrate Zhuang who took the initiative to make friends with Qu Chengfeng.

He had already asked the madam, and found out that all the money Qu Chengfeng spent lavishly at Chunyan Tower was paid by the people under Magistrate Zhuang.

Otherwise, with Qu Chengfeng's financial resources, it wouldn't even be enough for a night's sleep.

"Although the evidence cannot form a chain, it is no longer important."

Li Rui looked at the piece of iron in his arms.

He didn't even plan to give this thing to Ning Zhongtian or Jiang Linxian.

It concerns the county magistrate.

Moreover, Zhuang Renhe was not just an ordinary county magistrate, but an official of the fifth rank, on the same level as Jiang Linxian and Cao Wei.

He was originally sent by the imperial court to check and balance the An Ning Guards.

"With just this little evidence, it's impossible to overturn it."

Unless some charges such as treason can be found, it would be difficult even for Jiang Linxian to bring down Zhuang Renhe by instructing his men to frame officials of Anning Guard.

There is no point in disgusting Zhuang Renhe.

It will also alert the enemy.

Instead, you will bring trouble upon yourself.

Li Rui would never do such meaningless things.

Now that we know who is behind the scenes, the worst that can happen is that we just have to be more careful in the future.

"Just bear with it. He is two levels higher than the other officials."

Five days later.

In the night.

County government office, inner courtyard.

"Sir, the people guarding Chunyan Tower have already withdrawn."

Said to the court.

"Withdrawn?"

A smile appeared on Zhuang Renhe's lips. It seemed that his plan had worked.

A few days ago, he invited Cao Wei to his house for a drink. The two had common interests and reached a tacit understanding during the meal.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend.

He was responsible for accusing An of corruption and abuse of power.

Cao Wei is responsible for arresting people.

The county government naturally has its own ways to deal with people. If they can't find a solution from within An Ning Wei, then they will look for help from outside.

How many officials have clean bottoms?
The laws of the State of Yu totaled 7,635 articles, covering all aspects of life. Even littering would result in the punishment of tattooing.

It’s just that some of the laws seemed absurd even to the emperor himself.

Since it is a rule set by our ancestors, it is impossible to delete it, so we just choose to turn a blind eye.

Most local governments also do this, especially officials. As long as the incident is not too bad, they will generally just give him a warning and let the matter go, turning a big incident into a small one and a small incident into nothing.

But, if you have the will, you can make small things big.

Most of the people like Ning Zhongtian who were taken to the law enforcement camp were in this situation.

The crimes were all true, Cao Wei was determined to investigate, and Jiang Linxian couldn't stop him.

If you really meet an honest official, then throw dirty water on him.

When it comes to throwing dirty water, don’t worry about whether the person being attacked is dirty or not.

Being splashed is just as dirty. At that time, the county government will have a reason to eliminate evil for the people, and with Cao Wei's help, it will be easy to cut off Ning Zhongtian's wings.

Zhuang Renhe was a scholar.

Those great scholars in the court love to use this trick the most.

kill without spilling blood.

It is countless times more vicious than real swords and guns.

Ning Zhongtian's men are all busy with their own affairs, so how can they have the time to investigate the affairs of Chunyan Tower?
He bowed to the court and said:
"Sir, there is one more thing. Ah Liu is missing. I think he is being targeted by someone. He is in great danger."

The man in the bamboo hat, Ah Liu, was the one he sent to deal with Ge Hong.

Zhuang Renhe frowned slightly: "It's been cleaned up."

He didn't care about the life or death of a dead man at all. If he died, he died, but he couldn't be brought into trouble.

Xiang Ting: "A Liu has been trained not to leak information."

Ah Liu is the assassin he trained.

What is a death soldier?

Not only do they carry out their missions with the intention of dying, but once discovered by the enemy, they must immediately commit suicide by taking poison, leaving no clues for the enemy.

He is very confident about this.

Even if a detective came, it would be impossible to trace Magistrate Zhuang from Ah Liu.

Zhuang Renhe nodded with satisfaction: "If he dies, then we can just replace him with another one. We can't let Ning Zhongtian be idle."

"Yes."

Xiang Ting said in a deep voice.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Zhuang Renhe called him back, "By the way, what was the name of the person who saw through the demon in Chunyan Tower last time?"

Xiang Ting replied: "Li Rui."

"How is he now?"

Xiang Ting understood that Zhuang Renhe certainly wouldn't care about the health of a Ningwei patrolman: "I've sent someone to keep an eye on him, but he's very cautious and rarely goes out these days, so I haven't found an opportunity to take action yet."

Zhuang Renhe was dissatisfied: "If you can't even handle a small patrol, what use are you? Deal with this person quickly!"

"Yes Yes."

Xiang Ting kept nodding.

I dare not complain at all.

Zhuang Renhe snorted coldly and waved his hand: "Go."

Only after Xiang Ting received the order did he dare to leave the room step by step.

Walk out of the county government office.

Xiang Ting rubbed his eyebrows.

Serving the king is like serving a tiger, and serving Zhuang Renhe is actually the same. He has been with Zhuang Renhe for more than ten years, but has never figured out the mind of this genius of the Zhuang family.

But the more elusive one is, the more obedient his subordinates will be.

"Li Rui."

He knew very well that Zhuang Renhe wanted to kill Ning Zhongtian first, and then Li Rui.

But Li Rui is a patrol officer of An Ning Guard after all.

How could he kill anyone he wanted to?
He sent his assassins to keep an eye on others, but he always kept an eye on Li Rui personally.

But I just couldn't find the flaw.

They didn't even give him a chance to throw dirty water on him, and the worst thing he did was to visit a brothel.

I'm afraid even Cao Wei himself wouldn't be able to bring himself to find a prostitute to make a fuss about.

"It's difficult!"

It was the first time that Xiang Ting encountered such a difficult opponent.

"If it doesn't work, just kill him!"

There was a flash of killing intent in his eyes.

Li Rui is a patrol officer and he will have to leave the city sooner or later, so let the Ghost Sect send experts to ambush him.

I still don’t believe that I can’t kill this 70-year-old man.

By then, all the blame will be placed on the Ghost Cult, and it will have nothing to do with his county government.

This has been done before.

With only one or two people dead, An Ningwei's reaction would not be too extreme.

Anyway, this is not the first time that the Ghost Cult has killed soldiers from the An Ning Guard.

Xiang Ting had already made up his mind.

"Since you are so cautious and afraid of death, I will make you die!"

The other people under Ning Zhongtian's command at most lost their official positions, but Li Rui and Xiang Ting insisted on killing them.

"The smarter a person is, the more he should be killed!"

Xiang Ting's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

A moment later, he returned to his house in Qinghe.

The house was empty.

There were neither servants nor maids.

He has a wife and children, but they are all in Nanliang, at Zhuang's house. Zhuang Renhe said on the surface that it was convenient to take care of them, but he knew in his heart that they were actually hostages.

I can also be open-minded.

He always did shady things for Zhuang Renhe. Once he betrayed him, Zhuang Renhe would be in great trouble.

Therefore, you must have evidence in your hand to feel at ease.

It is also for this reason that Xiang Ting has always been a loner in Qinghe.

He was afraid that if the secret was leaked, Zhuang Renhe would be angry with his wife and children.

He opened the door and was too lazy to light a candle. He took off his coat in the dark and went to sleep.

I had just taken off half of my coat.

His whole body suddenly froze, his pupils dilated.

There are other people in the room!
"who is it?!"

Xiang Ting's muscles tensed instantly, and his right hand was already on the hilt of the knife at his waist.

In the shadow of the corner.

A man in black clothes, black shoes and a black scarf covering his face slowly walked out.

He said coldly with a deliberately changed voice:

"The people who came to kill you."

Xiang Ting stared at the man in black with sharp eyes, and was secretly surprised: "He is a master!"

He took a deep breath and asked:
"Who sent you to kill me?"

The man in black sneered, "You have done so many things for Master Zhuang San, but you still don't know who wants to kill you before you die. It's really ridiculous."

Raise the knife.

"Then you will die knowingly."

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for knowing too much. Mr. Zhuang was worried and asked me to send you off!"

(End of this chapter)