Chapter 136

"Jiachen Year, Yihai Month, Wuyin Day, disciples of the Mingguang Sect bullied men and women in broad daylight; Company Commander Tan led troops to teach the fops a lesson and castrated them."

"Jiachen Year, Yihai Month, Gengyin Day, the Blood Tiger Gang was trafficking people; Company Commander Tan led troops to escort them to the government office."

"Jiachen Year, Yihai Month, Wuxu Day, it was reported that the Qingfeng Shanzhuang was colluding with the Salt Gang; Company Commander Tan led troops to investigate."

Li Rui flipped through the patrol log.

The more he read, the more shocked he became.

Tan Hu is worthy of being a fierce general; he has broken into every dragon's den and tiger's lair in Qinghe City.

And he actually hasn't died yet!

Either he is bold and careful, or Ning Zhongtian has been cleaning up his messes.

Li Rui suddenly understood why Ning Zhongtian wanted to arrange him in the Galloping Tiger Cavalry.

If Tan Hu keeps playing like this, who knows when he will poke a huge hole in something.

There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in Qinghe City; there are some people that even Ning Zhongtian cannot afford to offend.

Although the imperial court is powerful, it is the court that is powerful.

Who is the imperial court?

No one is the imperial court.

Therefore, when it comes to individuals, most officials still need to maintain a good relationship with the Jianghu.

Even the Annan Army has frequent dealings with the Jianghu forces in its jurisdiction.

The 'An' in Annan Town means to pacify; it is to have these Jianghu forces honestly do things for the imperial court, not to kill them all.

Therefore, dealing with Jianghu sects requires great learning.

One cannot be too distant, but one cannot be coerced by them either.

This degree needs to be mastered very well.

Li Rui closed the patrol log and rubbed his temples with a headache.

"Reckless."

"Truly disregarding the rules!"

Mingguang Sect disciples bullying men and women—is this a matter?

It counts as one.

But can you just castrate people directly? If you really wanted to castrate them, couldn't you find a place with no one around? You had to slap the Mingguang Sect in the face in public.

The Mingguang Sect had no step to step down from, so they naturally turned hostile.

I heard the Mingguang Sect has a Sixth-Rank Vice Sect Master sitting in Qinghe; it must have been Ning Zhongtian who went to settle it.

As for the Qingfeng Shanzhuang colluding with the Salt Gang.

If you really want to manage it, just take people and wipe out the Salt Gang; why must you make things unpleasant for the Qingfeng Shanzhuang?

Don't you know the Young Shanzhuang Master of the Qingfeng Shanzhuang placed third in the imperial examination and is now a scholar in the Hanlin Academy in the capital? When he comes out, he will be a high official.

As for the Blood Tiger Gang—they deserve to die!

Li Rui quickly categorized the messes Tan Hu had poked before.

Roughly, they fall into two categories: those that need to be repaired and those that don't.

The standard for categorization is even simpler.

That is, the two categories of whether Tan Hu can beat them or not.

Like the Mingguang Sect and the Qingfeng Shanzhuang, they naturally belong to the latter.

With such a classification, things became much easier. Therefore, Li Rui discovered that although Tan Hu is reckless, he is truly capable of fighting; there really aren't many Seventh-Rankers who are his opponents.

This is thanks to his natural Diamond constitution.

As long as they aren't Willow Sinew experts who have condensed Qi into form, they are almost all destined to be crushed by Tan Hu.

It's no wonder Tan Hu has caused so much trouble, yet Ning Zhongtian still treats him as a treasure.

Such a person is hard to come by; if used well, he is a rare fierce general.

After finishing processing.

He looked up.

It was already late at night.

Li Rui put down the pen in his hand and clarified his thoughts; the following matters would be much easier to handle.

"Little He, go and rest; come out with me tomorrow."

"Yes!"

Liang He had been grinding ink for Li Rui the whole time.

Li Rui suddenly thought of something else: "By the way, don't tell General Tan about this matter yet."

Liang He, who had already reached the door, turned around again: "Yes, Hall Master."

Li Rui stepped into the residence and saw Yang Yong and Wang Zhao chatting under a tree.

Seeing Li Rui return.

Yang Yong stood up: "The food hasn't gone cold yet; if you didn't come, Little Zhao and I would have eaten first."

While smiling, he trotted into the room.

Before long, he brought out four dishes.

They were still warm.

Li Rui felt a warmth in his heart: "In the future, if I don't return by the hour of the Rooster, you two eat first."

Wang Zhao smiled honestly: "Master, it doesn't matter; we aren't hungry."

Li Rui invited the two to sit down.

After eating.

He returned to his room, first practiced a set of punches to digest the food in his stomach, and then sat cross-legged on the cushion to begin circulating Qi.

Having lived for so many years.

Li Rui felt that the most important thing is habit.

Details determine success or failure, and can also determine lifespan.

Just extended his right index finger, exerted a little force, and a faint green light appeared on his fingertip.

When young, he only felt that the old people's rules were tedious and boring; only when he grew old did he understand the principles behind them.

An hour later.

Li Rui finished thirty-six cycles according to the Dragon Roaming Nine Heavens Chart.

Only then did he cover himself and go to sleep.

The next morning.

Li Rui got up early and practiced in the courtyard.

He held a wooden saber in his hand.

His figure roamed the courtyard like a Jiao dragon; his steps were light, his saber followed his body, making him impossible to defend against.

After creating the Long Chun Gong, his saber technique also underwent a huge change.

Li Rui switched from a heavy saber back to a light saber.

It can be considered returning to simplicity.

As for the legendary theories of light swords, heavy swords, and wooden swords, using all things as tools, Li Rui still couldn't reach that realm yet.

"It's time to change to a new saber."

He glanced at the heavy saber leaning in the corner.

With the change in realm, the weapons used naturally need to be constantly updated.

It's just that Li Rui's realm grew too fast, so the speed of changing weapons also accelerated.

Otherwise, this saber forged in the official shop would have been no problem for an ordinary person to use for ten years. After finishing his saber practice.

Yang Yong and Wang Zhao walked out of the room.

"Li Lao, the porridge is already stewed; we can eat right away."

Yang Yong was now used to Li Rui practicing punches and saber every day; he said while running into the kitchen.

Before long.

A bowl of steaming meat porridge was brought out.

It was also sprinkled with a large handful of green onions, looking exceptionally pleasing.

Li Rui didn't eat big fish and meat because of his change in status; he still wanted to eat some porridge in the morning.

Eating is, firstly, for satiety, and secondly, for health.

Things aren't better just because they are precious; if you eat seafood every meal, your stomach won't get better, you'll just get gout; it's not as comfortable as something home-cooked.

Therefore, besides adding more meat, there was nothing too extravagant about the food at the Li residence.

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Although eating meat every meal is already the ultimate enjoyment in the eyes of ordinary families.

After finishing the porridge.

Li Rui picked up a standard long saber of the Annan Army, wore it at his waist, and went out.

As for why he didn't bring the heavy saber.

It was mainly because the person he was meeting today would find it improper to go carrying a heavy saber; but if he hung the heavy saber at his waist, he didn't have pants that could bear such weight, and holding it in his hand was even worse—people would think he was there to pick a fight.

The Galloping Tiger Cavalry camp was further away than the Armory.

But it was only a cup of tea's walking distance.

Li Rui arrived at the camp before long.

He happened to see Tan Hu training a few soldiers of the Galloping Tiger Battalion.

Military training is different from martial arts training; it is more about training how to cooperate and form formations to achieve a combined effect, with power multiplied—it is far from as simple as adding up the number of people.

In the drill ground.

Tan Hu was in front, holding a snake-spear about eight feet long, as tall as a person, with thirteen Galloping Tiger Cavalry soldiers lined up behind him.

The formation changed constantly.

Sometimes a long snake, sometimes circling into a ring.

But every change was natural and incomparably smooth.

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

"The key to the formation lies in the formation eye, which is Tan Hu. Tan Hu is a martial artist who has cultivated Qi; using true qi to lead, he combines everyone's strength into one, circulating mutually."

In the end.

The reason the formation is mysterious lies in the person who is the formation eye.

At the very least, they must be an expert above the Willow Sinew realm for the formation to be effective; otherwise, it is just an ordinary army with stricter training.

But like the one before his eyes, with Tan Hu as the formation eye, true qi circulates through everyone, and the speed is extremely fast.

As long as the speed is fast enough, the feeling given to the enemy is that everyone has been enhanced.

When necessary.

Tan Hu can also condense everyone's blood and Qi to raise his own combat power to the strongest.

In short, there are many wonderful uses.

Li Rui wasn't in a hurry; he just stood to one side and watched quietly.

Tan Hu has many shortcomings.

He acts recklessly and impulsively.

But his advantages are also obvious; not to mention his personal bravery, this skill of leading troops and forming formations is also first-class in the Anning Guard.

It's not that Li Rui hasn't seen formations before.

But ones as smooth as the Galloping Tiger Cavalry before his eyes are very few.

Half an hour later.

Tan Hu finished training; he turned his head and looked at Li Rui: "Brother Li, want to come and practice?"

Li Rui shook his head: "Forget it, Brother Tan, I'm going out today, so I'll be taking Little He."

"Easy."

Tan Hu grinned: "Little He, you just go out with Brother Li."

Upon hearing the order, Liang He happily ran toward Li Rui's direction.

Soon.

Li Rui took Liang He out of the military camp.

Walking onto the street.

It was another scene.

Now Qinghe has expanded more than five times compared to before; the original Qinghe has directly become a corner, and the newly built streets are much wider than before, not inferior to the prefecture city.

It can be called grand.

Establishing the Guard, building a new city—many people from Anning Prefecture and even Yunzhou have been attracted to the city.

The population has also increased by more than four times.

Pedestrians come and go on the street, carriages and horses are like a stream, a scene of a prosperous age; I heard the government's tax revenue has risen a lot.

Li Rui took Liang He and walked along the newly built Zhu Que Avenue.

This Zhu Que Avenue is the main thoroughfare of the new Qinghe city, running straight north and south.

Those who can set up storefronts and mansions on Zhu Que Avenue are all top-tier wealthy families.

Li Rui finally stopped in front of a grand mansion.

Blue bricks and green tiles are descriptions for old mansions; the mansions in the new city are mostly pleasing bright gray, elegant and atmospheric.

He raised his head.

A huge plaque hung over the door.

"Qingfeng Shanzhuang".

Li Rui leisurely took Liang He and ascended the seven-level stone steps.

"Stop, who goes there!"

At this time, two young men wearing green short-sleeved tight shirts appeared behind the gate.

Li Rui chuckled: "Anning Guard Patrol Guard, Li Rui."

Those who can be gatekeepers are all clever people with good judgment.

When the young men heard that Li Rui was an official of the Anning Guard, they immediately put on a smiling face.

"So it is Lord Patrol Guard, please come in, please come in."

Li Rui and Liang He were politely led into a hall courtyard.

A small courtyard filled with green bamboo, quiet yet bright; although not wealthy, one can see thought everywhere.

"Qingfeng Shanzhuang is worthy of being a famous big family in Anning Prefecture."

Especially compared to some families in Qinghe, the depth of their foundation is even more obvious.

This is the reason why the 'old money' of Li Rui's previous life looked down on 'new money'.

Li Rui had just sat down.

A man's voice came: "Lord Li, congratulations, congratulations."

(End of chapter)