Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 222 I, Lao Li, always keep my word

"Master Li."

Dao Mo and Xu Wen in the yard saw Li Rui leading a team of An Ningwei soldiers into the Municipal Trade Bureau.

His eyes lit up.

"So how many people did he bring with him?"

Just when Dao Mo was hopeful, he found that the number of people was less than he expected, and the expression on his face gradually stiffened.

After a while.

All the soldiers of Anning Guard gathered in the courtyard of the Municipal Trade Bureau.

Twelve people in a row.

There are ten rows in total.

In other words, this time An Ning Wei dispatched a total of 120 people.

Dao Mo's eyes dimmed.

Although there are twenty more people than the initial one hundred, the difference is still too big compared to the two hundred people that he had imagined.

"That's all."

Dao Mo cheered up again.

Now that things have come to this, it is better to rely on oneself than on others. I can only be more careful and cautious during the escort process.

He was about to speak.

Then Li Rui said, "Sorry, it took me a little longer to direct those guys out of the city."

"Little ones?"

Dao Mo and Xu Wen were stunned.

Li Rui explained with a smile: "Two hundred people would be too conspicuous, so I asked eighty soldiers to leave the city first and lurk in the woods beside the official road to check the situation in advance."

"Two hundred people!"

Dao Mo was immediately overjoyed.

He didn't expect that Li Rui actually moved two hundred soldiers from Anningwei.

You know, there are four battalions.

A garrison commander only has this many men under his command.

He took a deep breath and bowed to Li Rui: "Master Li, thank you."

Li Rui turned sideways, avoiding Dao Mo's bow, and said, "This is my job."

Dao Mo doesn't think so.

It is the duty of An Ning Wei to send troops, but whether to send twenty or two hundred is quite a question.

The reason why An Ning Wei agreed to mobilize an army of 200 people this time was only because the commander of the Sixao Commandery was Li Rui.

He saw clearly.

So my favorable impression of Li Rui suddenly increased.

The eyes of the other Wu people when they looked at Li Rui also became much softer.

Xu Wen looked at Li Rui in surprise: "Master Li, did you really mobilize 200 people?"

Li Rui nodded: "Although it was a bit troublesome, it was done."

Xu Wen immediately took a breath of cold air.

Compared with the people from the Wu Kingdom, he knew more about the operating rules of An Ning Wei. If he wanted to mobilize 200 people out of the city, he not only needed the consent of Jiang Linxian and Cao Wei, but also needed to report to Annan Town.

The whole process is extremely cumbersome.

Moreover, the two chief officers of An Ning Guard must bear responsibility for this.

Just think about how difficult it is.

So when Dao Mo made the request for two hundred people, he didn't expect Li Rui to agree.

Unexpectedly, Li Rui actually accomplished it.

"admire."

Xu Wen said this sincerely, and asked himself if he were to do it, he would definitely not be able to do it.

Li Rui smiled slightly.

For this matter.

Of course he worried a lot, but worrying alone was useless. The key was the favor that Jiang Linxian owed him.

Otherwise, how could he have the nerve to mobilize two hundred people at once.

The reason why it takes so much effort.

But it’s not just because of Dao Mo’s words, more importantly, it’s the smoke in Hui’s eyes.

Almost two days after Dao Mo finished speaking, the smoke turned deep red.

Li Rui understood that escorting a caravan was not as simple as he had imagined, and there was a high probability that something would go wrong and they would encounter disasters.

Moreover, as the captain of Simao, he had to go, as it was his duty.

Change the time of the trade or temporarily cancel the trade?
That's even more impossible.

The time was set by the emperor, and he never jokes. Even the emperor cannot change it easily.

Once any change is made, there will definitely be punishment, ranging from demotion at the very least to dismissal from office at the worst.

As for sending stronger masters to take charge?

It’s a good idea, but it’s difficult to implement.

If he is stronger than Li Rui, then he is already at the level of Jiang Linxian and Cao Wei. The chief officer of An Ning Guard must have enough reasons to invite these two people.

You can't say that Li Rui has a keen eye and can see the crisis, right?
Officials have always been particular about making small things big and big things small.

The mutual trade between the two countries is the business of the imperial court. Li Rui has done his best now. Even if something goes wrong, he will not be the one to bear the consequences. But if his keen eyes are exposed and he is targeted by someone with ulterior motives, he will have to bear all the consequences himself.

Of course, all of this was based on the assumption that the color of the smoke had not completely turned black and red, which meant that it was still within the range that he could handle.

He is not one of those hermits who has left the world and is not affected by cause and effect. It is impossible for him to choose to escape when encountering problems.

Li Rui said:

"Master Dao, Master Xu, let's get going without further delay."

It is June.

Willow trees sway on both sides of the official road, creating a vibrant scene.

Apart from the caravan that was trading between the two countries and the escorting An Ning Guards, no other caravans were to be seen on the road.

This is of course because the county government had blocked the official road in advance.

Carriages loaded with heavy cargo were moving along, and the wooden wheels were squeaking under the pressure.

This shows how much cargo there is.

The convoy moved very slowly.

You don't even need to ride a horse, walking is enough to keep up with the caravan.

From time to time, you can hear footsteps coming from the woods nearby. Those are the An Ning Guard soldiers lurking in the dark.

Dao Mo looked at the human head that appeared and disappeared in the distance.

He showed a satisfied smile. "Master Li, I, Dao Mo, owe you a favor."

He said this while looking at Li Rui who was riding side by side with him.

"Then I won't be polite."

Li Rui laughed.

He used Jiang Linxian's favor and ended up getting another favor from a fifth-rank person. Although he lost money, it didn't seem that bad.

Dao Mo is a fifth-rank sea-watching expert, and he has the help of monsters, so he is very powerful.

Read it.

Li Rui looked at the nine-horned silver lizard under Dao Mo's crotch.

He had killed a nine-horned silver lizard before, but it was no match for Dao Mo's.

Rumor has it that the warriors of the Wu Kingdom often practice joint attack techniques with monsters, and when they fight, they cooperate well with each other, which often achieves a cumulative and multiplying effect.

"Master Li seems to be very interested in monsters."

Dao Mo said with a smile.

He noticed that Li Rui's eyes fell on the nine-horned silver lizard under his crotch many times.
Right.

Taming monsters is a rare thing in the State of Yu.

Li Rui nodded: "The monster is fierce, it's rare to see one so well behaved."

"This is the technique of my tribe to tame monsters."

"The art of demon taming?"

Dao Mo nodded:
"In fact, it's not as mysterious as it sounds to outsiders. It's nothing more than a specific technique plus medicine. However, some medicines are unique to Southern Xinjiang, so there are many medicine trainers in Wu Country, but they are rare in other places."

Li Rui found it interesting.

Not only him, but even the An Ning Wei soldiers walking nearby and the officials from the Municipal Trade Bureau all pricked up their ears.

It’s because the Wu Kingdom has too little information for them and is too mysterious.

Dao Mo didn't care either.

What he talked about were all common sense about taming monsters, which was no different from the basic explanations of martial arts in the State of Yu. There was no need to hide anything. It was just that the people of the State of Yu knew too little information about the State of Witches that they found it strange.

Besides, speaking some common sense can help you get closer to Li Rui, so why not do it?

In Qinghe, it is not easy to find an official like Li Rui who is willing to do good.

"The martial arts of Wu Nation are different from those of Yu Nation. They often use visualization of monsters to practice martial arts. There is no specific set of moves. Generally speaking, they focus on the companion monsters."

Companion monster?
Li Rui was more interested.

"When we are born, we usually take a drop of blood from our fingertips and feed it to a demon beast cub using secret methods. The two are connected by blood and are called companion beasts."

"Generally speaking, warriors will imitate half-beasts to strengthen their bodies and gain strength."

Li Rui said it was an eye-opener.

He didn't expect that Wuguo would take a path in the martial arts system that he had never imagined.

Dao Mo continued:

"Some great witches can even merge with their companion beasts to become great demons. They are extremely powerful and one punch can have a force of tens of millions of pounds, breaking the limits of the human body."

"Big Demon"

The evil god's magic suddenly sounded in Li Rui's mind.

The two seem to have the same purpose.

They all train themselves to be both human and demon.

"It seems that Xuan Nation's evil god method and demon-feeding method are both derived from the witch clan's skills."

"It's just that one advocates nature and emphasizes cultivation."

"And the other one pursues to use the power of nature for his own benefit. The true method has been turned into an evil method."

Li Rui's inner evaluation.

However, there is no difference between Xuan Kingdom's evil god method and Wu Kingdom's demon taming method. They are just different paths.

Both roads have been walked to great lengths.

"We can try to get a book on how to tame monsters. Maybe it will give us some inspiration."

The border between the Wu Kingdom and the Yu Kingdom is a vast forest with no end in sight.

The mountain people nearby call this place Shiwan Mountains.

What it means is that the mountains here are deep enough, dense enough, and there are enough monsters.

It is a restricted area for humans.

No matter how experienced the mountain dwellers are, they dare not go deep into the Shiwan Mountains.

There is a winding road among the mountains.

It is the road from Wu State to Yu State.

There are only five such roads in total, all of which are naturally formed and later widened and paved to become roads. They will soon become trade routes leading from the Wu State to the five major ports of the Yu State.

Two towering castles stood facing each other, dividing the road.

This is the checkpoint between the two countries.

at this time.

In the deep forest more than ten miles away from the checkpoint, Qi Yu was still wearing a bamboo hat and black clothes as before, and there were seven other people dressed like him.

They were all Xuan people who migrated south to Wu Kingdom that year.

Even though they have lived in the Wu Kingdom for a thousand years, they still retain the clothing of the Xuan Kingdom.

Not used to wearing animal robes.

In fact, not everyone in the Wu Kingdom wore animal skins and ate raw meat and drank blood.

Qi Yu handed a piece of paper with densely written small words to the person next to him:

"This is the defense map of An Ning's guards. In three days, the merchant caravan from Yu will arrive. We need to prepare an ambush in advance."

Qi Ze finally gave him the defense map.

"Yes!"

The man took the defense map.

There was joy in his eyes.

With this defense map, you can avoid the most heavily defended areas and attack the enemy where they are weak.

Anyway, their target this time is not the soldiers of An Ning Wei.

As long as all the merchants from the Wu Kingdom are killed, the mission will be considered accomplished. All the people who participated in the first trade will die, so who will dare to do this business in the future?

Just as several people were planning.

There were faint sounds of footsteps in the woods nearby.

next moment.

A lazy female voice sounded:

"I really don't like fighting and killing."

(End of this chapter)