Evergreen Immortal.

Several young soldiers came towards me.

"General Cao is very capable. He planned to surround and kill more than ten masters of Guiming Sect last night. It's really refreshing."

"It's just that we don't go looking for them. These thieves actually dare to attack us."

"Deserves to be killed!"

Several people were discussing excitedly as they walked.

Suddenly.

A young man inadvertently turned to an old man and saluted quickly: "Master Li."

The other people were reminded and they all bowed in unison.

Li Rui waved his hand: "What were you talking about just now?"

"Reporting to your lord, General Cao killed more than ten demons from the Ghost Sect lurking around Qinghe last night."

"This is a great thing!"

Li Rui was seen smiling.

Several soldiers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Who in the Anning Guard didn't know that Mr. Li in front of him was a member of Jiang Shenjun, but he had done many beautiful errands. However, Jiang Linxian and Cao Wei did not deal with him. They were afraid that hearing that Cao Wei had made meritorious deeds would turn his anger on them.

"Go ahead."

Li Rui waved his hand.

anger?

He is not so narrow-minded.

Cao Wei's battle severely dampened the spirit of the Guiming Sect and could at least ensure peace in Qinghe for a year.

Of course he would be happy to see such a good thing.

If Jiang Linxian and Cao Wei don't deal with each other, it's a matter of stance and position.

Cao Wei is working hard to deal with the Guiming Sect, and it is impossible for Jiang Linxian to make Jianzi or jealous because of this.

This is their duty.

Li Rui is even more impossible.

After a while.

He came to the school grounds of Benhuqi.

They saw Tan Hu training and forming formations, and there was no trace of the young disciples of Huaqing Sect.

Since returning from Qingfeng Villa.

Han Qin and others received Jiang Linxian's order and left Benhuqi.

It seems that Jiang Linxian was very satisfied with Li Rui's experience, so he recalled these Huaqing Sect disciples in advance.

After sending away the princelings, Li Rui was also happy and at ease.

Standing aside and watching the training.

Tan Hu came over in sweat and said, "Brother Li, have you heard that General Cao killed many demons from the Guiming Sect? It's really a pleasure!"

Li Rui nodded: "I just heard about it on the way here."

"This guy named Cao looks like a girl, and he's quite ruthless."

Li Rui's scalp felt numb: "Brother Tan, you can just say this in front of me, but never say it in front of others in the future."

This is the Peace Guard, but there are hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at it.

As the chief officer, it was easy for Cao Wei to kill someone.

It can be seen from the thunderous methods this time.

This Wailang, a member of the Ministry of War, who came from the capital, is not a good person, and he will not show mercy when he kills people.

Tan Hu also realized that these words might bring disaster to him, and scratched his head in embarrassment:

"Brother Li is right."

After getting along with Li Rui, he was also impressed that he was no longer as impulsive and reckless as before.

"Okay, let's tidy up and come out with me."

Li Rui said calmly.

"Are you alive again?"

Unlike others, Tan Hu is a master who can't take any time off. Otherwise, he wouldn't be pulling Liang He and the others to train every day.

He wished there would be more trouble and it would relieve his boredom.

Seeing Tan Hu's excited look, Li Rui shook his head: "Brother Tan, please don't cause any more trouble."

Tan Hu slapped his chest loudly:

"Everything depends on Brother Li's eyes."

Li Rui then continued: "There are mountain people missing in Liushu Village. It is suspected to be caused by monsters. Lord Ning asked us to go and have a look."

In addition to monitoring the Jianghu, the Anning Guard's other important task is to suppress demon chaos.

"Go, go, go."

When Tan Hu heard that it was a monster, he became even more enthusiastic and called to the Benhu Camp soldiers behind him: "You guys, come to me if you have any work. Let's go with me."

A group of people collapsed on the ground from exhaustion.

After hearing Tan Hu's words, there was a burst of mourning. Not everyone is as naturally gifted with supernatural powers as Tan Hu.

They are very tired, okay!

In the end, Li Rui was considerate and suggested setting off at noon.

Anyway, the demonic chaos was reported three days ago, and it wasn't just Benhu Camp that was dealt with, so it wouldn't matter if it was delayed for a while.

It's past noon.

Li Rui took the people from Benhu Camp and rode straight to Liushu Village outside the city.

Lived for decades.

He was very familiar with the villages around Qinghe. Li Rui took the lead and arrived at Liushu Village twenty miles away in half an hour.

Looking at the familiar village.

Li Rui's heart was touched.

When he was still working as a groom in the Zhu family, he often came to this village, mainly because it was cheaper to buy fodder here.

"drive!"

With a slight scolding, the group slowed down and slowly entered the village.

Some children playing at the entrance of the village looked curious when they saw this scene.

Children are ignorant.

The adults in the village shrank in fear when they saw Li Rui and others. They didn't know the specific identities of Li Rui and others, but they couldn't afford to offend them as long as they were officials.

Li Rui just glanced at it lightly.

Put it three years ago.

He is the same as these people, and even shrinks even more unnoticed.

After a while.

Everyone came to the middle of the village.

Tan Hu's eyes lit up, he jumped off his horse and shouted: "Brother Ge, why are you here too?"

I saw Ge Hong chatting with an old man wearing a cane and probably not much younger than Li Rui.

Ge Hong turned his head.

When he saw Li Rui and Tan Hu, he was also happy: "I heard from Ning Tou'er that he would send someone to help, but I didn't expect it to be you."

Li Rui turned over and walked to Ge Hong's side in a few steps.

Ning Zhongtian didn't tell him when he said it, it was Ge Hong's Wuziying who came to deal with the demon chaos.

Ge Hong was delighted.

He was sent by Ning Zhongtian to deal with the monster chaos in the village two days ago, but after two days in a row, another person who went to collect medicine in the mountains died, and he didn't even see the shadow of the monster.

As soon as he got angry, he thought of searching the mountain.

But he only has a total of fifty people under one general banner.

Normally, this would be enough, but the ravine behind Sou Shanliu Shu Village covers a radius of more than a hundred miles, which is not enough to see.

That's why he asked Ning Zhongtian for help.

Unexpectedly, Li Rui was waiting here.

It stands to reason that Ye Bushou's responsibilities are close to those of a scout, and he has more dealings with sects. Each battalion is generally responsible for dealing with monster chaos.

It was probably because there had been so many things going on recently that Ning Zhongtian sent Benhuqi to support him.

Li Rui looked at the old man standing next to Ge Hong and said, "Old Zhao, do you still remember me?"

The old village chief named Zhao was a little confused.

I don’t understand why the old official in front of me calls him so affectionately.

His cloudy old eyes looked at Li Rui for a long time, and finally they overlapped with the figure of a groom in his mind. His eyes widened, and he pointed at Li Rui in disbelief:

"Are you the Zhu family's groom?"

After saying that, he regretted it.

If not, the official in front of him will be offended.

Just as he was about to find a way to make amends, Li Rui smiled and nodded: "Old Zhao, your memory is as good as ever."

"Really?!"

Village Chief Zhao was so shocked that he was speechless.

In his impression, a few years ago there was a horseman from the Zhu family who often came to Liushu Village to collect fodder. His name seemed to be Li. Li Rui?

"Old Li?"

He thought for a long time before speaking.

When Li Rui saw this old man who was four or five years younger than him, he chuckled and said, "Why don't you recognize me after I changed my clothes?"

Village Chief Zhao felt his heart pounding after confirming his identity.

The groom suddenly became a government official.

He had never heard of this story in his almost seventy years of life.

Seeing Lao Zhao was too shocked.

Li Rui coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Old Zhao, tell me first what happened in the village?"

He was really afraid that Old Zhao would get excited and die.

That is sin.

Previously, Ma Dianshi was eagerly waiting for the old Zhao to turn seventy so that he could go to the government office to report that there was a seventy-year-old village chief in his jurisdiction.

It's a pity that Ma Dianshi was transferred to another county. I heard that he was promoted to the position of chief clerk, but he will probably never see it again.

Village Chief Zhao also calmed down after hearing this.

He said in a trembling and hoarse voice: "Just a few days ago, the eldest son of Zhao San's family went to the mountain to collect medicine, but he didn't come back for four or five days in a row. I thought there was a problem, so I called a few young people. Go look for it in the mountains.”

"After searching, a body was found in the ditch, which was Zhao's third eldest son."

"It is common for someone to slip and fall to death while collecting herbs. I didn't take it seriously. But a few days later, Zhao Laoba died again. When he found out, his body was chewed up to the point where he was in disgrace. Only then did I realize something was wrong, so I reported him to the police. Official."

At this time.

Ge Hong took over: "I took Wu Zuo to see it. It was the work of a monster. But the monster was extremely cunning. As soon as I led people up the mountain, it got into the deep mountains."

Looking depressed.

For this matter, he has been staying in Willow Village for three or four days.

Li Rui groaned:

"It's really tricky."

Although the monster beasts are not very intelligent, their survival instinct is very strong. After entering the mountains and forests, they are much stronger than human warriors.

It is not that difficult to find monsters in the vast mountains.

Ge Hong looked at Li Rui hopefully: "Brother Li, is there any way?"

Li Rui shook his head.

He is not a god, nor does he know how to tell fortunes. This kind of thing is blinding.

"Brother Ge, I think even if we go to search the mountain, it will most likely be useless."

Ge Hong has a total of fifty people, and adding the fifteen of himself, there are only sixty-five people. It is really fanciful for such a small number of people to want to search the mountain.

"Brother Li, what do you think?"

Ge Hong was also at his wits end.

Li Rui said one word firmly: "Wait."

Ge Hong sighed, of course he knew this method, but it was not cost-effective to spend at least half a month in Liushu Village.

Li Rui understood Ge Hong's thoughts, and his tone became unusually insistent: "Brother Ge, since this is something arranged by Ning Ning'er, I have to spend more time on it."

Things either don't get done or they get done.

How can there be any saying of giving up halfway.

Li Rui doesn't pity the villagers of Liushu Village, but he just knows how to handle things according to the rules.

At seventy, follow your heart's desires without exceeding the rules.

That's because he unites knowledge and action, and no matter what he does, it is already within the rules.