Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 179 A Big Tree Provides Shade

The next morning.

A few unknown birds were chirping on the treetops in front of the door.

Liang He was practicing swordplay in the yard.

Liu Tiezhu was practicing hammering in the backyard.

Li Rui pushed open the door and smiled with satisfaction when he saw his two disciples were so enthusiastic.

"Come and have some porridge."

Call the two disciples together.

The five people in the yard all came from poor backgrounds and were not that particular. They sat around a small wooden table and drank with relish.

Finished the porridge.

Only then did Li Rui push the door and walk out of the house.

To go to Benhuqi, one had to pass by the house of the garrison commander Gao Zhen. Only after he was far away did he glance at the fairy stone in his sleeve inconspicuously.

Nothing changes.

"It seems that there is a way to hide the immortal traces."

My heart moved slightly.

"Who will it be?"

Li Rui pondered.

Logically speaking, the most likely person is of course Gao Zhen himself. After all, Gao Zhen comes from a prominent family and has a profound background.

But it does not rule out the possibility that an insignificant person in the Gao mansion got a chance.

Although this kind of thing is rare, it is not impossible. If he can have a fortuitous encounter, so can others.

If someone can find the trace of immortal, he is a great immortal.

He would give up without hesitation.

No matter how good the fairyland is, you have to be alive to get it.

In addition to being a sixth-rank garrison commander, Gao Zhen is also a sixth-rank Dragon Gate realm expert.

Li Rui didn't think that the situation where Gao Zhen suddenly had an accident and was left with little health, and then automatically ran in front of him and was killed would happen to him.

To covet those who are stronger than yourself is the way to death.

But if it is someone else, then there is a lot to say.

"Confirm who it is first."

His only advantage now is that he has the Immortal-Seeking Stone. Once that person shows his whereabouts again, the Immortal-Seeking Stone will be able to sense it.

As long as you have enough patience, you can always set your goal.

Li Rui no longer looked at Gao's house.

Walk straight towards the direction of the Benhu Cavalry.

Just walked into the camp.

Then he heard Tan Hu's loud laughter: "It's so refreshing. It's so fucking refreshing."

The other members of the Benhu Cavalry also had happy expressions on their faces.

Seeing Li Rui coming, everyone surrounded him happily.

Li Rui chuckled:
"What happy event is this?"

Tan Hu's mouth was almost stretched to his ears. "It was Gao Zhen. His subordinate, a man named Ma from the Shen Camp, was found smuggling weapons to the barbarians in the northern border. He was killed on the spot by the order of Lord Jiang."

Li Rui raised his eyebrows.

Ning Zhongtian's lobbying skills are really strong, and he can even get Jiang Linxian to support him.

Although the smuggling of weapons is rare, it definitely exists in the military.

Compared with smuggling salt and weapons, and selling them to the barbarians in the north, in the eyes of the emperor, it is almost the same as treason.

Therefore, people who do this are usually extremely secretive.

Obviously, General Ma of the Shen Camp had a bad luck this year.

Ning Zhongtian wanted to deal with Gao Zhen and happened to find evidence of his crime.

If handled properly, the incident could have been avoided, but now someone has lost their life.

Tan Hu continued, "That Ma had just had a drink with Gao Zhen a few days ago, probably to show his loyalty, but within two days he died at the hands of Lord Jiang. It was really refreshing."

Li Rui smiled slightly and reminded:
"Huzi, from now on in the barracks, you must address me as Lord Gao."

Don't get carried away when you are successful.

When you are in the military camp, you should abide by the rules of the military camp.

People with strong character will fight each other to the death behind the scenes, but in public they will address others as "sir", and even speak louder when drinking and holding the cup.

Of course, Li Rui didn't expect Tan Hu to really become a cunning person.

That may not be a good thing for Tan Hu. Only by keeping a pure heart can he maximize the advantages of his natural diamond.

People are different and take different paths.

Tan Hu looked at Li Rui, who was not surprised by the joy or sadness, and admired him even more: "Touer Ning told me that the reason why he was able to persuade Lord Jiang to take action was because of a word from Brother Li."

"Oh?"

"What?"

"Give up your illusions and prepare to fight."

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Li Rui was speechless.

Tan Hu: "After this lesson, Gao should be more restrained."

The other members of the Benhu Cavalry also nodded repeatedly.

"I don't see Guan going out today."

Li Rui's mouth corners slightly raised.

This is the effect he wanted.

If you can open the door with one punch, you can avoid a hundred punches.

If you want to gain peace, you must let your opponent know that if you take action, you will pay a heavy price.

The reason why he urged Ning Zhongtian to take the initiative was not only because this action itself was the only solution, but also because there was someone who could share the pressure.

If Ning Zhongtian does not take action, all of Gao Zhen's methods will fall on Li Rui and others.

With his old waist, even if he could hold on, it would certainly be uncomfortable.

The best way, of course, is to find a taller top.

Ning Zhongtian is the best candidate.

Guessing that Ning Zhongtian had the same idea, he repeated Li Rui's words to Jiang Linxian exactly as they were said.

So much better.

Li Rui has always felt.

The best way to face the wind and rain is not to be determined, but to hold an umbrella, preferably a big one.

Jiang Linxian's umbrella is big enough.

High House.

"Are you saying that Ma Feng was killed by Jiang Linxian himself?"

Gao Zhen narrowed his eyes and looked at the general Guan Peng.

Guan Peng nodded repeatedly with a bitter look on his face.

He couldn't help but feel grief over Ma Feng's death. Ma Feng deserved to be killed for smuggling weapons to the barbarians, but didn't he do anything that was punishable by the law?
Of course there will be no less. Once discovered, they may be beheaded on the spot.

"Gaotou'er, why don't we stop now?"

Guan Peng asked tentatively.

If it was just Ning Zhongtian, he would still dare to provoke him, but since Jiang Linxian took action personally, the situation was different. Even if he had a hundred courages, he would not dare to do it again.

To his surprise.

This time, Gao Zhen was more considerate than ever before and nodded:

"Okay, let's stop for now."

Guan Peng was overjoyed:

"Yes, yes, Gaotou'er."

After losing one of his men, Gao Zhen's mood did not change at all. He waved his hand casually and said, "Go down."

Guan Peng left the room.

Gao Zhen's mouth corners slightly raised:

"Ning Zhongtian, I underestimated you."

He didn't expect that Ning Zhongtian could actually ask Jiang Linxian to take action.

"It seems that we can only think of other ways."

With a great god like Jiang Linxian around, all tricks will seem useless.

Jiang Linxian was originally a military officer, in charge of the military discipline and criminal law of An Ning Wei. According to the rules, even if Cao Wei wanted to deal with the soldiers of An Ning Wei, he needed Jiang Linxian's consent.

If Gao Zhen acted rashly, he would definitely be punished by Jiang Linxian.

He asked himself if he could even finish it.

It would be the same even with Cao Wei's support.

This is the subtlety of the court's art of checks and balances: one person controls the military, and one person controls punishments.

If Jiang Linxian did not have Cao Wei's order, she would not be able to command any soldier of An Ning Guard, but she could have the power to reward and punish.

The same goes for Cao Wei. Without Jiang Linxian's document, it would be a serious crime for him to punish the soldiers of Anning Guard privately, but he holds the power to lead the troops.

The two sides check and balance each other, and no one can completely control the An Ning Guard.

If Jiang Linxian insisted on killing Gao Zhen.

Cao Wei really couldn't stop them. The most he could do was wait until Gao Zhen died, and then use his power to command the soldiers of Jiang Linxian's faction to go to the most dangerous place.

Just hurting each other.

Gao Zhen wanted to take advantage of the situation to kill the person that the Blood Shadow Ancestor had entrusted, but he didn't want to be drawn into the vortex of power and kill himself.

So clearly, enough is enough.

Originally, he wanted to use this to test Jiang Linxian's bottom line, but he didn't expect to face Jiang Linxian's thundering counterattack on his first try.

Kill Ma Feng.

One purpose was to rectify military discipline, but more importantly it was to intimidate Gao Zhen and even Cao Wei.

Gao Zhen smiled slightly and didn't take it to heart at all.

If this way doesn’t work, try another one.

Anyway, those who died were all soldiers of An Ning Wei, so he didn't feel sad at all.

And except for Ning Zhongtian, the others on the list are actually not that difficult to kill.

He was quite sure of this.

At this time.

A gray dove flew into the room from the window outside and landed obediently on the edge of the table.

There was a piece of paper tied to its right leg; it was a carrier pigeon.

Mobile phones had not yet been invented in this world, so the only ways to transmit information were post stations and carrier pigeons.

Gao Zhen's mouth corners are more curved.

He removed the note from the pigeon's foot.

There are a few crooked words written on it, and ordinary people can't make out what they mean.

It is the secret code of the Ghost Cult.

Only those who have mastered the art of decryption can understand the text on it.

Looking at the words on the note, Gao Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly:

"Brother, have you come to Qinghe?"

"Brother, what do you think of this knife?"

yard.

Liu Tiezhu and Liang He put their heads together, studying the long sword in Liu Tiezhu's hand that was flashing with a faint cold light.

"very good!"

Liang He's eyes lit up.

He knew that his junior fellow apprentice was good at forging weapons, so he asked Liu Tiezhu to make him a weapon that would suit his needs.

Unexpectedly, Liu Tiezhu's craftsmanship was even better than he had expected.

Hearing Liang He's affirmation, Liu Tiezhu was overjoyed.

In the past, when I was working in a blacksmith shop, I was just completing a task. Although I was serious about it, it lacked soul.

The knife in his hand was the product of a lot of effort, and the previous swords were simply incomparable.

"Master's knife is better in terms of materials, but in terms of craftsmanship, my brother's knife is better."

This is also related to the fact that his strength increased greatly after he entered the realm of cultivation.

If you have enough strength, you can forge iron with ease and turn theory into practice.

Just finished speaking.

Li Rui's laughter and scolding could be heard from behind: "Good boy, you are using inferior goods for your master, right?"

Liu Tiezhu turned his head.

He knew that Li Rui was joking, but he still said seriously: "I am afraid that my hands are not so good, so I will practice with my senior brother's knife first, and then forge a new knife for Master."

"It's true."

As a master, he naturally accepted the disciple's kindness.

By accepting Liu Tiezhu, he not only gained a talented apprentice, but also saved the labor costs of forging weapons.

Kill two birds with one stone.

The number of highly skilled weaponsmiths is much rarer than that of warriors. Not only must one have high weaponsmithing skills, but one's martial arts attainments must also be good.

When the two are combined, the number will of course be even smaller.

"I heard that Xiaozhao performed quite well in the Majian Hall."

Maybe after a few years, there will be an extra horse trainer in the house.

There are really a lot of talents.

Li Rui is very satisfied with his disciples, and the key is that they all have good character.

He was just about to make another joke.

His expression suddenly froze.

The red color of the wisdom eye's smoke deepened a little.

(End of this chapter)