Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 175: The Dragon Circling the Body, Breaking the Rocks and Opening the Mountains

The Azure Dragon twisted slowly, and its eyes, which were condensed with mysterious and pure energy, seemed to flash with thundering power. No one dared to look directly at it.

bang
Faintly, one could hear the sound of thunder.

Dragon roar!

"It is said that the dragon can move clouds and rain, and is a divine beast that controls the nine heavens' thunder. The dragon's roar is like thunder, steady and deep."

Li Rui looked at the dragon head that was almost touching his cheek.

A thought came to my mind.

The Azure Dragon turned into wisps of smoke and merged into his body again.

“It’s really amazing!”

A master at the Willow Tendon Formation stage can use Qi to condense a form and release the Qi to fight the enemy.

Just like his dragon form.

You can release the Azure Dragon and attach it to your fist or weapon to greatly increase its power.

When fighting, it's like a flying dragon, so majestic.

of course.

Li Rui would not do anything that was too high-profile and ostentatious. If he wanted to fight, he would just fight. There was no need to use special effects.

The next day.

He left An Ning Wei early, and went directly to the official road from the west gate, walking all the way into the mountains and forests.

Not long after.

They found a huge rock that was more than ten feet high and big enough for four or five people to hug.

Li Rui stood opposite the boulder, only one foot away, and shouted:
"rise!"

The next moment, the blue dragon reappeared and wrapped around his arms.

His eyes narrowed.

A fist like a flying dragon smashed into the boulder.

boom!
dusty!

The stone was so huge that almost the moment the fist touched the stone, dense cracks like spider webs appeared all over the stone.

Break rocks and open mountains!
Li Rui looked at the rubble on the ground and nodded with satisfaction:
"Who is stronger, me or the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms?"

With just this one palm strike, the hero in the previous life would be useless even if he held the speakers.

When the dragon form is fully developed, the power is greatly increased.

According to legend, Yinglong is the ancestor god of heaven and has infinite power. The dragon itself is a symbol of power.

This day.

Li Rui was flipping through a book in the room.

There was a loud bang like thunder at the door.

He put down the book in his hand and walked slowly towards the door.

Without even seeing the person, I knew it must be Tan Hu. No one else would knock on the door like this.

open the door.

"really."

"Brother Tan, what's the matter?"

Tan Hu rubbed his palms together, his eyes full of excitement: "Brother Li, it's time for a big job."

"Big job?"

Li Rui raised his eyebrows.

"It's Emperor Guangzong of Ming Dynasty. His family will be confiscated and exterminated!"

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Li Rui glanced at Tan Hu. Why was he so excited when others' houses were searched?

However, when one thinks of Tan Hu's nature of wishing for unrest in the world, it becomes clear, not to mention that his previous feud with Emperor Guangzong of the Ming Dynasty could only be suppressed, not resolved.

"What happened?"

Tan Hu scratched his head: "Captain Ning didn't say anything specific, he just told us to pack up and get ready to leave. Ming Guangzong's branch in Qinghe has been surrounded by the soldiers of the Wu Camp and the Jia Camp!"

Looking at Tan Hu's eyes as big as copper bells, they were twinkling with little stars.

I knew it wasn't as simple as being surrounded.

Most likely, the men were exiled to the frontier, and the women were sent to the Music Bureau. Even worse, there might not be anyone left alive in the house.

"Could it be that Emperor Guangzong of Ming Dynasty is plotting a rebellion?"

Li Rui muttered to himself.

He called Liang He and headed straight for the gate of An Ning Wei camp.

After a while.

When Li Rui arrived, there were already more than 500 people standing there.

In other words, half of the An Ning Guards were dispatched.

Not only that, Cao Wei also led the troops personally.

This kind of scene is the first time we have seen it since the establishment of An Ning Guard.

soon.

Li Rui found Ge Hong and Wei Ming.

He remembered that Tan Hu had said before that it was Ge Hong's Wu Camp that surrounded the Qinghe branch of Ming Guangzong.

Tan Hu was only interested in fighting and knew very little about other things, so it was useless to ask.

"Brother Ge, Brother Wei, what kind of heinous thing did Emperor Guangzong of Ming do?"

Wei Ming grinned: "Not only is this a complete loss of conscience, it's also treason!"

"!!"

Li Rui was shocked.

What you wish for will come true. Emperor Guangzong of the Ming Dynasty really rebelled.

Ge Hong interrupted, "That's right. The imperial edict has been sent to General Xue. I followed Ning Tou-er to the Ming Guangzong Qinghe branch last night. We killed people all night. Our swords were blunt. We didn't spare a single person. It was a tragic scene."

Killing so many people is rare in Qinghe, or even in the entire Yunzhou.

The laws of the State of Yu were strict, but their enforcement was lenient.

This matter can be traced back to the time of Emperor Taizu.

Emperor Taizu was a man of strong character and hated evil. With a single wave of his hand, he established more than 7,000 iron laws.

Just say one.

Children who pick up their chopsticks before their parents eat will be given ten strokes of the cane.

Too harsh.

If this law were really enforced, parents wouldn't have to worry about picking up their chopsticks because they wouldn't have any children.

There was almost no possibility of practical operation, so the management was very strict at the beginning, but there were signs of slackness when Emperor Taizu was still in power.

In later generations, even the three judicial officials did not care about the specific provisions of Dayu laws.

It has completely become a tool for party struggles.

Only when you offend someone you shouldn't offend, you will know that there is such a rule in the Yu State Law.

Later emperors also discovered this problem and reduced it again and again.

However, the State of Yu respected their ancestral system and believed that the ancestral system could not be abolished. Emperor Taizu alone set 7,000 rules, and no matter how they were reduced, the effect was minimal.

Therefore, people who commit crimes are generally given lenient punishment.

The confiscation of property and extermination of a clan are even rarer.

Unless it is something extremely bad like treason.

Ming Guangzong was very lucky and chose the most difficult path.

After about an incense stick of time, the last T-shaped camp arrived.

Cao Wei then shouted loudly: "March!"

The army did not pass through the city, but went out of the city directly from the other direction of the military camp and got on the official road.

Jiang Linxian did not show up throughout the whole process.

Generally speaking, one of the soldiers and the lieutenant general must stay behind.

Although the military officer also led troops, his duties were more focused on supervising the internal affairs of the garrison. In principle, matters such as going out to fight against rebels were the responsibility of the lieutenant general.

This time three of the five defenders came.

Both of them were Cao Wei's men. Only Ning Zhongtian came from Jiang Linxian's faction, while Lu Jun stayed in the camp.

Of course Ning Zhongtian had to follow Cao Wei's orders, but he also had to take into account Jiang Linxian's supervisory responsibilities.

Following Cao Wei's order, Ning Zhongtian and Feng Yu each led their men to ride fast horses at night.

Find out the situation of Emperor Guangzong of Ming in advance.

Everyone in the Benhu Riders had a horse, and they marched quickly all day.

That night, they arrived at Ming Guangzong's place.

The horses had been tied up in a ravine two miles away and were guarded by four soldiers.

Ning Zhongtian personally took Li Rui, Tan Hu and other Benhu knights to lurk in the mountains and forests outside Ming Guangzong to spy on the situation.

Ming Guangzong was the head of Anning Prefecture.

He alone built a city in a valley a hundred miles outside Anning City.

The move is quite significant.

The city is one hundred acres in size, and is home to more than a thousand core elders and disciples of the Ming Guang Sect.

The trees swayed.

Tan Hu's big head popped out from behind the bushes and looked at Ming Guangzong standing majestically in the mountains and forests.

"Ningtou'er, what on earth did Emperor Guangzong of Ming Dynasty do to offend someone he shouldn't have offended?"

Ning Zhongtian raised his eyebrows.

He didn't expect that a big and strong man like Tan Hu could actually discover the clues of this matter.

"It is true that those who keep company with vermilion become redder and those who keep company with ink become blacker. I have made progress!"

"Letting Brother Li go to the Tiger Cavalry, it really works."

He chuckled and praised Tan Hu.

Then his smile turned cold, and he looked at Emperor Guangzong of Ming not far away: "Rebellion?"

"Even if Emperor Guangzong of Ming had a hundred courages, they would not dare to rebel."

"The nephew of the Minister of Rites is the deputy leader of Emperor Guangzong of Ming Dynasty. A new director has come to the Imperial Observatory. Minister Liu of Rites has been promoted to the Three Judicial Departments."

Tan Hu scratched his head.

It's all some beginningless and endless stuff.

The nephew of the Minister of Rites, the new director of the Imperial Observatory, and the three judicial officials, what are they all? I have no idea.

Li Rui on the side narrowed his eyes slightly.

"No wonder."

There is usually only one situation in which one could be punished for such a serious crime, and that is party strife.

In recent years, as the power of the national teacher has grown, the Xuan Party has gradually tended to overwhelm the Lin Party.

Whatever Prime Minister Zhang, who was known as the "child prodigy", promoted, the Xuan Party opposed it.

I guess the emperor also saw something was going on and didn't want to let one side become more powerful.

This is how the new supervisor came into being.

It was no surprise that the new supervisor became one of the leaders of the Lin Party, and a counterattack was inevitable.

The Ministry of Rites is one of the foundations of the Xuan Party.

The Minister of Rites was targeted by the Three Judicial Departments. It went without saying that the Lin Party was behind the scenes fanning the flames.

Where is the Sanfasi?
The official who entered was a third-rank official. There was no doubt that solid evidence had been found.

Once Minister Liu of the Ministry of Rites falls, all the forces affiliated with him will be liquidated.

Ning Zhongtian continued, "I heard that this is the emperor's intention. It's all the higher-ups' business. We just need to do a good job."

Li Rui nodded.

Thinking too much will not do any good except causing yourself trouble.

Looking towards the city wall of Ming Guangzong.

The suppression of the rebellion was a secret. Qinghe had been sealed off. All the people in Ming Guangzong's Qinghe branch had died, and there was no one to pass on the message.

From the peaceful state of Emperor Guangzong of the Ming Dynasty, we knew that they were still kept in the dark and had no idea that a great disaster was about to come.

Ning Zhongtian chuckled.

He waved to Li Rui and others around him.

"Let's go, we've done our job."

Tan Hu said in a muffled voice: "Ning, why don't we go and get him?"

He had long been unhappy with Emperor Guangzong of the Ming Dynasty, and this time he came with the goal of defeating him.

Ning Zhongtian rolled his eyes:

"We are here just to make up the numbers. Do you really want to risk your life for Cao?"

Tan Hu said "oh".

He obediently followed Ning Zhongtian into the depths of the forest.

Inside Mingguangzong City.

A huge house covering an area of ​​ten acres.

"Master, there is news from the capital that my uncle has been taken to the Sanfasi and is in danger."

Liu Qian, deputy leader of Ming Guangzong, said in a deep voice.

His uncle was none other than Minister Liu of the Ministry of Rites.

Sect leader Lu Qiu's face was extremely gloomy.

"I see."

The backer behind Emperor Guangzong of the Ming Dynasty was this Minister Liu.

Bring the Three Judges.
Where is the Sanfasi?
They are the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Dali Temple. Two of the three are members of the Lin Party. It will be difficult for Minister Liu, a big figure of the Xuan Party, to get out of that place!
Liu Qian tried to calm Lu Qiu down first: "Don't worry, the State Master and Marquis Dingyuan will not sit idly by. Master, don't worry, we will be safe!"

Lu Qiu's eyes flickered, and he took a deep breath:

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)