Chapter 146

Government office, inner courtyard.

Zhuang Zhu Renhe sat alone in the room, saying nothing, only the bulging veins on his forehead indicated that he was not as calm as he looked on the surface.

"Trash!"

"Trash!"

He cursed repeatedly in his heart.

This morning, he received news from the Peace Guard that Qi Cheng was beheaded by Ning Ning Zhongtian.

Good news: he hasn't been exposed yet.

Bad news: Qi Cheng was a royal of the previous dynasty, and this matter certainly won't end like this.

"Must cut off the clues as soon as possible."

Zhuang Zhu Renhe could no longer care about what the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao would do; what he had to do now was to distance himself from this matter cleanly.

Otherwise, he and the Zhuang family would definitely be exterminated to the ninth generation, no, the tenth generation.

Zhuang Zhu Renhe only felt upset.

A flash of determination flashed in his eyes.

"Li Lao, haven't you heard? A house in the new city caught fire and burned for a whole night; in the end, only some broken walls remained. Fortunately, it was an empty house and no one lived there."

Yang Yong said when eating.

"Empty house?"

Li Rui's chopsticks paused.

After asking carefully.

It was exactly the place where the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao demon had hidden before.

"It seems the matter is not simple; someone is afraid of exposure and took action in advance to destroy the evidence."

Li Rui thought in his heart.

However, he had no intention of finding out the mastermind behind the scenes one step ahead.

The Ghost Gui Ming Jiao demon was dead, and the smoke had returned to an almost pure white color.

That is to say, the goal of the mastermind behind the scenes was not him, and they didn't even know of his existence, so there was no need to expose himself in advance.

Making merits is good.

But one must have a life to spend them.

The Ghost Gui Ming Jiao is not stupid; if he does too much, they will sooner or later set their sights on him, and then it will be impossible to keep a low profile.

Knowing when to stop is a skill.

After eating.

Li Rui didn't rush back to the room to practice, but chatted with Yang Yong for a while.

Since Yang Yong came to the Peace Guard.

He liked to go out for a stroll more and more, chatting about family matters with people he knew before at tea stalls and porridge shops.

When people get old, they are all like this.

In the past, he scoffed at the trivial matters of the world, but now he analyzes them word by word.

Most of them are trivial matters.

But Li Rui could still hear some useful news from them.

Although Yang Yong's channels for obtaining news were low-level, it didn't mean they were useless; on the contrary, although Li Rui's status was higher now, his ways of obtaining information were more, but he couldn't get in touch with the news in the market.

Chatting just happened to make up for his deficiency in this area.

"You remember Cuihua, right? The one who sold bean curd in the south of the city."

Li Rui was reminded by Yang Yong and suddenly realized:

"What's wrong?"

Yang Yong: "I heard she was taken a fancy to by a rich master and was actually taken as a concubine."

"Hiss~"

Li Rui calculated seriously; he didn't know until he calculated, and he was shocked: "Cuihua is already forty-five, can she still be taken a fancy to?"

"Isn't it."

Yang Yong was also shocked.

This is not a problem of being half-old, the taste of rich people is really different from ordinary people.

"Should be that her skills are powerful."

"Hmm, possible."

The two old men chatted.

Wang Zhao felt that he, a single young man, was not suitable to continue chatting, so he prepared to slip into the kitchen by washing the bowls.

But was called by Li Rui: "Little Zhao, you are also twenty now, right?"

"Master, I will be twenty next year."

Li Rui nodded: "Hmm, the age is not small."

Being said by Li Rui, Wang Zhao's heart tightened suddenly:

"Master thinks I'm old and wants to drive me away?"

The days in the Li Residence were the most comfortable times of his life, and he didn't want to leave from the bottom of his heart.

Li Rui said: "You are not young anymore, it's time to find a wife. If you fancy any girl, just tell me. You sold yourself, and your relationship with your parents is broken. Since I am your master, this matter still has to be handled."

"Marry a wife?!"

Wang Zhao jumped up suddenly.

"Me?"

Li Rui scolded with a smile: "Nonsense, you are the only young man in this courtyard. If not you, could it be me, or Old Yang?"

Wang Zhao blushed suddenly: "Master, I..."

But his heart warmed; Master even thought about his marriage, which was something he never dared to dream of.

His wish was very simple: to live, to have something to eat, and not to endure hunger.

These had all been realized since following Li Rui, and he just wanted to serve Master well.

He also knew that he wasn't the material for practicing martial arts, tried it and didn't have that fate, so he settled down to do some manual labor he could do.

Li Rui waved his hand: "Alright, but remember, young people should restrain themselves, don't..."

He didn't continue.

Wang Zhao should understand.

After chatting, the sky was completely dark.

Li Rui returned to the room.

And practiced qi again.

Since he could run seventy-two large heavenly circuits in one breath, the speed of nourishing qi was more than twice as fast as before.

Efficiency greatly increased.

After practicing, Li Rui slept peacefully.

Early the next morning.

Li Rui ate breakfast and walked to the Galloping Tiger Cavalry with his hands behind his back.

"Brother Li!"

Seeing Li Rui come, Tan Hu ran with his small tower-like body, and the ground thumped.

The tiger general in the storybook is probably like Tan Hu. "Brother Tan."

Li Rui laughed.

After getting along for a period of time, he found that Tan Hu was actually not as reckless as he looked, but actually bold and careful.

Otherwise, having offended so many sects before, he would have been hung up and beaten long ago.

Tan Hu rubbed his hands excitedly: "Brother Li, when will you show us the Thirty-Six Stratagems again?"

Li Rui was laughed at:

"Peace is a blessing. Now the water in Qinghe is getting deeper and deeper, be careful of drowning."

Ever since he told a story about crossing the sea in secret last time.

Tan Hu was convinced that Li Rui knew military strategy.

Knows a fart about military strategy.

Li Rui in his previous life just saw a few terms when reading novels, and couldn't even count the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

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It was just that he made up a few stories, which made Tan Hu listen with enthusiasm.

Things like the Overlord of Western Chu breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats.

Things like the Military Immortal ordering troops, the more the better.

Things like the Confucian scholar sitting in an empty city, scaring away one hundred thousand troops with a song.

Tan Hu, a rough man, was from the military, so where had he heard these? He just wanted to learn military strategy from Li Rui all day long.

Was that wanting to learn military strategy?

It was clearly wanting to listen to stories.

As for applying those stories in actual action... Li Rui had to dispel Tan Hu's terrible idea.

These stratagems sound amazing, but they are all last resorts.

Those who are good at fighting have no great merits, and those who are good at healing have no brilliant names.

Fighting without fighting is the highest realm.

Do you really think everyone is surnamed Han and can survive desperate situations every time?

You can win many times, but as long as you lose once, it is eternal damnation.

"Brother Tan, just practice your troops well, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"Oh."

Tan Hu responded in a muffled voice; if he remembered correctly, this was already the forty-fifth time Li Rui had promised him.

"Brother Li shouldn't be lying, right?"

He thought to himself.

Tan Hu's distracting thoughts came quickly and went quickly.

Turning around, he threw this matter behind his head and shouted at Liang He and the others: "Little brats, since everyone is here, then practice to death for me!"

Looking at Tan Hu who was full of vigor.

Several people's legs were shaking; they really couldn't hold on anymore.

Li Rui looked at Tan Hu who was immersed in training, and nodded secretly in his heart.

It's no wonder Ning Ning Zhongtian valued Tan Hu so much, protecting him even after making so many mistakes.

Tan Hu has a heart of a child, which is extremely compatible with his natural Vajra physique; he doesn't have any hesitation in doing things, and his thoughts are clear.

Precisely because of this, his advancement could be so fast.

Just as Li Rui was watching several people form a formation—

A figure appeared on the drill ground of the Galloping Tiger Cavalry.

"Girl Jiang?"

Li Rui turned his head and saw Jiang Yan coming to the drill ground alone; he opened his mouth: "Girl Jiang, you didn't come yesterday, so I didn't tell you. Ten days of holiday, no need to come later."

Getting close to Jiang Yan before was to eliminate danger.

Now that the danger is eliminated, there is naturally no need to deliberately get close.

Jiang Yan shook her head:

"Elder, I am not here for this today."

Li Rui was surprised: "Does Girl Jiang have other things?"

"My father ordered the Galloping Tiger Cavalry to patrol the Clear Wind Manor, and ordered us to accompany them."

Jiang Yan said with her mouth pursed.

As a branch of the Night Scout sequence, the Galloping Tiger Cavalry going out to patrol is the most normal thing.

The Peace Guard needs to monitor not only the forces in Qinghe City, but also the Peace Prefecture and the range of hundreds of miles around.

There are many sects here.

If it weren't for Tan Hu causing a big mess before, and Li Rui being busy cleaning up his mess, they would have gone out to patrol long ago.

But Jiang Yan was very confused.

Not confused about the task itself, but why her father bypassed Ning Ning Zhongtian and told Li Rui directly.

This is unreasonable.

She knew her father's style of doing things very well; although he didn't stick to one pattern, he was actually extremely observant of the rules.

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly:

"Since it is Lord Jiang's order, the Galloping Tiger Cavalry will go all out. I will discuss it with Hundred-Household Tan before setting off. What does Girl Jiang think?"

Jiang Yan nodded: "We are following for training, and everything will be arranged by the Elder."

Looking at Jiang Yan's back as she left.

Li Rui sighed in his heart.

"Human favors are the hardest to repay."

Whose favor did he owe?

Of course, it was Jiangjiang Linxian's favor.

He borrowed a knife to kill, and the one who invited the knife was Jiang Yan; Jiangjiang Linxian naturally wouldn't feel that his daughter was wrong, but Li Rui, who truly borrowed the knife, was certainly recorded by Jiangjiang Linxian.

Jiangjiang Linxian didn't dislike him for borrowing his power to kill the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao demon, because he wanted to kill him anyway.

But one thing is one thing.

Killing is killing.

Li Rui using Jiang Yan again is, in Jiangjiang Linxian's view, owing him a favor.

Then how to repay this favor?

Of course, it is to handle the affairs of the Peace Guard.

Besides this, Jiangjiang Linxian specifically let Jiang Yan tell Li Rui personally, which is to let Li Rui temper Jiang Yan more, until Jiang Yan discovers that she was sold by others and is still counting money for them.

Sometimes the conversation between two people doesn't need words, as long as they know the rules...

Jiang Yan is probably confused now.

Li Rui looked up at the dazzling sun.

"This old man is really a life of hard work, let's go."

Who told him to get the benefits.

Some people are an invisible protection just by standing there, even without taking action, which can be clearly felt from the Wisdom Eye smoke.

Not to mention that this time he also took action.

Li Rui has lived for so many years and has always recognized one principle.

If you owe a favor, you must repay it.

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