Heaven rewards those who work hard: There is no bottleneck in my martial arts

The leader has a Chinese-character face and is not very old, only about 30 years old.

This person was none other than Ji Guofu, who was sent by Li Mu to inquire about the Yin Kingdom's background.

"You all remember. From now on, our identity is Zhao Guo merchants. We encountered robbers on the road and ended up here." Ji Guofu warned carefully.

The other five people nodded in agreement: "I understand."

"Keep going."

It's probably a hundred or two hundred miles from here to Luling. If you walk there on two legs, you don't know how long it will take.

Ji Guofu couldn't help but feel a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart.

He turned out to be from the Yan State, and came from the Shanshui Sect of the Yan State, a second-rate martial arts force.

Although his sect is not as good as other martial arts forces in terms of martial arts training, it has great insights into Feng Shui terrain.

The disciples who practice in the Shanshui Sect all know astronomy and geography, and are good at reading Qi.

It is because of this special skill that his sect was forced to be ranked second-rate in the Yan Kingdom.

In his practice, he was very partial to subjects. He was not proficient in everything like other brothers. He was only proficient in looking at Qi, and everything else he learned was superficial.

After several years of hard work in the Yan Kingdom, Ji Guofu gradually found that he could not survive in the Yan Kingdom and had no place to use himself.

Later, he accidentally killed his fellow disciple in a fight and completely lost the possibility of promotion in Yan Kingdom.

Forced by desperation, he fled to Zhao State.

When he arrived in the State of Zhao, Ji Guofu used his Qi-seeking skills to attach himself to a declining local martial arts force. Later, after several changes, he became Li Mu's subordinate.

At the beginning, he found that Li Mu was destined to be rich and powerful, so he followed him with peace of mind and worked hard without complaint.

Later, just as he expected, Li Mu did have a rainbow all the way.

However, he was not a direct descendant of Li Mu, and he was not a native of Zhao, so he could not be reused by Li Mu at all.

Even if Li Mu ascends, it will not be of great benefit to him.

Li Mu would think of him every time when he only had some dirty work, tiring work, and little credit.

This time, spying on Lu Ling's intelligence will yield no results for a while.

Not to mention that the information Li Mu wanted him to inquire about was about the Yin Dynasty, which had nothing to do with the attack on Ying County.

In other words, this is Li Mu's private matter.

Maybe by the time he finds out more about the Yin Kingdom, Li Mu has already led an army to attack, and even if he has any merit, he will have nothing to do with him anymore.

If anyone else were in his position, they would inevitably be filled with resentment.

A group of six people walked on the wilderness with the sun in their hands.

They didn't know how long they had been walking, but they finally saw wisps of green smoke ahead.

"Master Ji, look!"

"There should be a village ahead. We can rest there for a while."

Ji Guofu followed the gaze of his men and found that there was indeed a small village in front of him.

The border of Ying County is already desolate, and it is very rare to encounter a village.

"Let's all go there. It's just noon. Maybe we can get some food there."

The men wanted to take a rest after walking for a long time. When Ji Guofu said this, they were all happy. They immediately cheered and quickened their pace.

The village in front was not very far away. As they got closer to the village, they felt something was wrong.

The smoke that comes out looks dark and thick, and it doesn't look like the smoke produced by normal farmers when cooking.

It's more like the way the damp thatch looks like after being set on fire.

Ji Guofu whispered again: "Cheer up, if you encounter a situation, run away immediately if something goes wrong."

As he spoke, he took out the dagger and hid it in his sleeve, and walked cautiously toward the village.

After walking for about half a moment, they arrived outside the village.

When they got close, they heard a woman's scream coming from the village.

Ji Guofu and others walked into the village and found two soldiers dressed in Wei uniforms dragging a tall and thick-set woman out of the room.

Then in front of the three teenagers, he chopped off the woman's head with a knife.

A hut behind them had been set alight, and thick smoke was rising from the house they had set ablaze.

The corpses of many villagers were scattered on the ground.

One of the soldiers said with great dignity: "I just asked you to cook a meal, and you are just chatting. Common people like you have no right to refuse in front of us warriors. If you offend us, this evil woman will be your fate." "

The three teenagers dared not speak out in anger, and the eyes of the two younger ones were already red, as if they were about to spit fire.

However, one of the leaders was a little older and was able to keep calm. He knelt on the ground and said in a calm tone: "It's all because of the stupid mother in the family who doesn't know the truth and bumped into several military masters. I will go and defend these military masters right now." Prepare meals.”

"No need. I'm so angry, why bother eating your pig food? Get on your horse and leave."

"Old Chen, there is someone in front!"

The Wei soldiers looked up in the direction pointed and found a group of people standing at the entrance of the village.

He wiped the blood on his sword, sheathed it again, then walked over with the sword in hand, glanced at them up and down and said, "Where did it come from?"

Ji Guofu lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "We are businessmen from the State of Zhao to the State of Wei. We encountered robbers on the way and ended up here."

The soldiers of Wei State sneered: "Xing Shang, I think you are clearly spies from Zhao State."

After saying that, he drew his sword.

Ji Guofu didn't expect that the other party was so direct, that he was actually a soldier and a bandit, and he would attack directly when he came up.

However, Ji Guofu is not a vegetarian after all. He has an eighth level of cultivation, which is much better than ordinary martial arts.

Just when the soldier took action, Ji Guofu reacted very quickly.

He stepped directly across and rushed in front of the Wei soldier, with a flash of cold light.

With lightning speed, he thrust the dagger into the soldier's throat.

Ji Guofu yelled: "Do it!"

Others also reacted and rushed forward.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the remaining Wei soldier rushed forward and tried his best to resist.

The five people Ji Guofu led were more or less martial artists, and they all had some level of cultivation.

After all, the only remaining Wei soldier was weak and was beaten to death by their random punches.

Seeing this scene, the three teenagers on the side had forgotten their sadness and anger, and looked at Ji Guofu and others blankly.

The older boy immediately knelt in front of Ji Guofu with his fists clasped and said gratefully, "Thank you, sir, for avenging the villain."

Ji Guofu put away the dagger and sighed helplessly.

He just wanted to go on his way in peace, and he didn't expect that it would cause so many problems.

"Do you have anything to eat? Prepare some food. We have been traveling for a long time and we are indeed a little tired."

"Yes, yes. Please wait a moment, sir."

The older boy and the other two brothers risked their lives and rushed into the fire.

At this time, one of his subordinates was surprised and said: "Master Ji, there is a horse."

Ji Guofu walked over and found two horses, each tied under a jujube tree.

"These people can actually ride out on military horses, as if they are going out to perform a mission." Ji Guofu said, "Quickly search them."

Several people groped up and down the two dead Wei soldiers for a while, and then said after a while: "There is a letter."

"Show me."

Ji Guofu took the letter, opened it and looked through it carefully. His expression suddenly changed.

These two Wei soldiers turned out to be from the Eastern Army!This letter was also written by Lu Zonghui, the general of the Eastern Army, to Li Mu.

He actually wanted to collude with Li Mu and plan to betray King Zhao Hongming for personal gain.

Others were not very literate and asked curiously: "Mr. Ji, what does this letter say?"

Ji Guofu calmed his expression and said, "It's nothing."

He put the letter back and said, "We need to change our itinerary. We will go to Hexi City first, and then rush to Luling."

The other five people saw that Ji Guofu suddenly changed his plan. Although they did not elaborate on the reason, they all knew without thinking that it was closely related to this letter.

Their status in Li Mu's army was not high, and they worked purely for the sake of military pay.

Since Ji Guofu didn't want to say anything, they simply stopped asking.

"You guys pack up now and we'll leave right away so we can get to Hexi at dawn."

"Ah? Don't you want to rest again?"

"Let's make do with the dry food you brought. Let's go." As soon as Ji Guofu finished speaking, he walked up to the two Dongjun soldiers, cut off their heads respectively, wrapped them in clothes and tied them around his waist.

Then he started walking out of the village without stopping.

"Master Ji, what should I do with these two horses?"

"Leave it to those three teenagers."

"what……"

Some people were a little reluctant to leave, but when they saw that Ji Guofu had already walked away, they could only sigh and follow him with curses.

After a while, the three teenagers took turns rushing into the house and snatched out some valuable items such as bedding and food.

The older boy took out a small cloth bag filled with fried rice and was about to give it to Ji Guofu and others.

But when he looked around, he found that there was no trace of them in the village.

There were only two army horses snoring under the date trees.

Ji Guofu glanced at the sky, then discerned some directions, and couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Hexi City is not very far from Hedong, and it can basically be reached in half a day.

After they crossed the river, they walked in the other direction for a long time. If they wanted to go back, it wasn't very far.

After walking fast for nearly two hours, we arrived near Hexi City at the end of Weishi and the beginning of Shenshi.

"Lord Ji, look, Wei's troops have already entered Hexi City."

Ji Guofu looked from a distance and found a huge flag with the word "武" flying on the top of Hexi City.

He recognized that this was the unit that defeated their 18 Zhao army head-on.

This army was very unfamiliar. He only knew that this army was called Wei Wuzu, belonged to His Highness King Wu, and was commanded by Wu Qi.

As for the rest, he didn't know much about it.

There was a commotion outside the city.

A luxurious motorcade was rushing from afar.

Flag hunting, the big flag rushing in front also has the word "武" embroidered in a large size.

See the six-passenger frame at the front.

Needless to say, the person sitting in the carriage must be His Highness King Wu.

Ji Guofu's mind moved and he began to use his mental methods.

The true energy in the whole body circulates and pours into the eyes one after another.

An imperceptible light flashed in his eyes.

This is their Shanshui Sect's Qi-Watching Martial Arts, which is inherited from the ancient Immortal Way. When the practice is still shallow, it can predict a person's luck.

If you practice to a deep level, it is said that you can expect the fortune of a country.

At present, Ji Guofu is still at the level of looking at people.

After he performed his kung fu, he looked at the King Wu's carriage in the distance and opened his eyes unconsciously: "I actually saw a dragon aura in him, a warrior's purple aura... and a golden royal aura..."

Ji Guofu was completely shocked.

He had never seen anything like this with anyone else.

Every qi in it is enough to shock the world in any person.

You must know that even Li Mu only has a warrior's purple energy.

Ji Guofu took a single look, and suddenly his eyes stung, causing him to shout in pain: "Ah, my eyes, my eyes!"

"Sir, what's the matter with you?"

Ji Guofu closed his eyes tightly, and it took him a while to calm down.

At this time, his tears couldn't stop flowing down, and his eyes were already red.

As Wu Wang Zhao Hongming got closer and closer, these "qi" suddenly became radiant in his eyes, almost blinding him.

If he hadn't collected his power in time, these eyes would have been destroyed.

Even so, his eyes were still damaged and he would be unable to use energy or energy for at least several months.

"I am fine."

The other five people felt that something was wrong with Ji Guofu's state and asked, "Master Ji, now that we have arrived in Hexi City, what should we do next?"

Seeing King Wu's carriage getting closer to them, Ji Guofu suddenly made a very bold decision.

"I suggest that we seek refuge with His Highness King Wu!"

"what?"

Ji Guofu's mind is extremely clear now.

Under Li Mu, he has never been reused.

In those hard and tiring jobs, you won't get any rewards if you do well, and you'll get a lot of scolding if you don't do well.

He had long been dissatisfied.

This time I had to do all the hard work again, and my dissatisfaction was even worse.

So after learning that Eastern Army General Lu Zonghui secretly communicated with the song, he had an idea.

Now I see all kinds of strange phenomena in King Wu of Wei, which proves that he is a man of great luck. Such a person will not lose his life easily.

Judging from this, General Li Mu might be in trouble later.

Ji Guofu remembered that Li Mu said that if they were defeated again, they would kill themselves to apologize.

As a general, Li Mu always said what he said and threw water, and there was absolutely no possibility of taking it back.

When the time comes, his direct descendants will definitely have other people protecting them from committing suicide.

It's hard to say for him.

Maybe it would become an example for Li Mu to set a warning for others.

After comprehensive consideration, Ji Guofu made up his mind to use the incident of Lu Zonghui of the Eastern Army as a certificate of surrender to surrender to His Highness King Wu.

He didn't wait for his men to react, rushed to Zhao Hongming's carriage, and shouted: "Your Highness, King Wu, I am Li Mu's subordinate Ji Guofu, and I have something important to report to Your Highness."

"Applause!!!"

The convoy came to an emergency stop, and the leading imperial guards quickly stepped forward to surround them.

"Ahead, who is making any noise?"

In the carriage, Zhao Hongming's voice came out. (End of chapter)