Chapter 177

Hour of the Pig.

The bright moon hung high, and the red lanterns of the Drunken Immortal Tower were hung high.

In the private room on the top floor.

Gao Zhen and Zhuang Renhe sat opposite each other across the table.

"Brother Gao, I thought you would choose the Chunyan Tower or the Music Bureau."

Zhuang Renhe smiled.

He might be the only person in Qinghe City who knows Gao Zhen's identity; he is well aware of Gao Zhen's recent absurd actions.

Gao Zhen changed his usual playboy appearance, looking like a weak scholar, and said seriously:

"It's all a task arranged by the Xueying Laozu."

"Task?"

Zhuang Renhe became interested.

He felt from the beginning that Gao Zhen coming to the Anning Guard definitely wouldn't be this simple.

Gao Zhen nodded: "Yes, the master asked me to kill a few people; if Magistrate Zhuang is convenient, please help me."

Saying this.

He dipped his finger in the wine in the cup and wrote names on the table one by one.

"Lü Yi, Taoxin, Tan Hu, Li Rui, Ning Zhongtian."

When Zhuang Renhe saw Ning Zhongtian, his brow furrowed into a "chuan" shape.

"Ning Zhongtian?"

This list can be said to have no connection at all; first, it listed more than a dozen brothel women from the Chunyan Tower, and then it was the officials and soldiers of the Anning Guard.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

The list of brothel women his subordinates sent him a few days ago appeared in his mind.

The names mostly matched what Gao Zhen wrote.

"Good depth!"

That list was exactly the women played to death by Gao Zhen; obviously, Gao Zhen looked absurd on the surface, but in reality, it was all done on purpose.

Using the name of lust to complete the task arranged by the Xueying Laozu.

Even Zhuang Renhe was almost deceived.

"This Ning Zhongtian is a Garrison Commander of the Anning Guard; if we force a move, the involvement will be too big."

Zhuang Renhe pondered.

Gao Zhen chuckled: "Brother Zhuang is joking; I am just a person who has just entered the Dragon Gate, and I can't beat Magistrate Ning even if I fight."

"Then how does Brother Gao want to handle it?"

He heard that Gao Zhen had another way.

Gao Zhen raised his wine glass, took a sip, and grinned: "I can't kill, but someone can."

"Oh?"

"Cao Wei is a person of the Xuan faction; as far as I know, Jiang Linxian has a very good relationship with the Immortal-Asking Tower, and the Immortal-Asking Tower Master is now the Director of the Imperial Observatory..."

He didn't continue.

Zhuang Renhe narrowed his eyes and spat out two words: "Factional strife?"

Gao Zhen smiled and nodded.

In officialdom, to kill someone, it doesn't necessarily mean you have to use blades and guns.

It's about learning to borrow power.

Two factions fighting, it's normal for some ants to die, right?

A flash of surprise crossed Zhuang Renhe's eyes; he knew this Garrison Commander Gao quite well, heard he was only accepted as a disciple by the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu a few years ago, and before that, he was always a well-behaved clansman of the Gao clan, never having entered the martial world or officialdom.

Thought he was a white rabbit.

Didn't expect him to have such scheming.

"This child is a natural bad seed."

Evaluating in his heart, but saying: "Brother Gao is resourceful, brother admires you, but there is one thing I don't understand: why does the Xueying Laozu want these people?"

Gao Zhong said with a smile: "Immortal Venerable..."

"Immortal Venerable?!"

Zhuang Renhe's pupils shrank suddenly.

"Immortal Venerable said he doesn't like the karma of Qinghe."

"Tiezhu, you entered the rank??"

Li Rui looked at the honest-looking Liu Tiezhu in disbelief.

How long has it been since he practiced martial arts?

Three months?

How did he enter the rank?

Liang He also widened his eyes, looking at Liu Tiezhu as if looking at a monster.

"You entered the rank so simply, then what am I?!"

Liang He wasn't jealous, only envious.

He spent several years before entering the rank under Li Rui's guidance; Liu Tiezhu was good, becoming a ninth-rank martial artist in a daze.

Li Rui bent down and looked for a long time before straightening his waist.

"Natural Jin Gang is really extraordinary."

Ninth-rank Stone Skin is just a realm for forging the body; as long as the body is strong enough, one can enter the rank without practicing martial arts.

He had long seen in books that those who are natural Diamonds progress extremely fast in the first three ranks.

Tan Hu is an excellent example.

Ning Zhongtian is already a genius, but he is still nearly thirty-five or thirty-six, and only then did he break through to Willow Sinew with the resources of the Annan Army.

But Tan Hu was in the Northwest Border Army, likely relying on pure fighting to become Willow Sinew as a matter of course.

Extremely terrifying.

"However, even Brother Tan seemed to have used a full half-year."

Li Rui asked Liu Tiezhu in detail about his practice situation during this period, and finally determined.

It was caused by the Great Henglian Art and the Immortal Xuan Qi injected into Liu Tiezhu's body.

"Long Henglian, long spring, one tree rises, all things grow..."

Li Rui muttered.

It seemed he had realized something in his heart.

One person doesn't count as spring, all things grow!

Even he didn't expect that the Great Henglian Art he created had the effect of helping others practice.

Liu Tiezhu broke through, and the Immortal Xuan Qi nourished in his body also received nourishment from Qi and blood; as time goes by, Li Rui can also benefit.

Perhaps this is the true meaning of Henglian.

"Wonderful, wonderful."

Li Rui nodded with a smile.

He seemed to see the door to a new world.

One person attains the Dao, and the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

His Great Henglian Art has the effect of helping others practice, and after helping, it can feed back to himself, very wonderful!

"Tiezhu, come on, practice well, you will surely have a future."

"Yes, Master."

Liu Tiezhu scratched his head.

He didn't come out until noon.

Li Rui and Liang He found something wrong and rushed into the room to ask.

Only then did he tell them with a big laugh that he had entered the rank.

Liang He was happy for Liu Tiezhu from the bottom of his heart: "Junior Martial Brother, congratulations, congratulations; don't forget your Senior Martial Brother when you make it big in the future."

Don't know why.

Liu Tiezhu's eyes instantly turned red. Liang He was a bit at a loss for a moment; as the Senior Martial Brother, of course, he had to care for this only junior martial brother for now.

"Junior Martial Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Tiezhu, a man, was choked to the point of being unable to speak.

Why?

Moved.

No lie, the Yu Kingdom implements a household registration system, which is not just simply registering people in the book, but conducting strict division.

Low status is low status, generations are low status; the descendants of craftsmen are also craftsmen, and the descendants of noble status are naturally wealthy.

His father was a blacksmith, so he was naturally a blacksmith.

In the blacksmith shop, if you got benefits, you wouldn't get praise, only jealousy from the foreman; you were happy at the time, but later you had to spit everything out, and even suffer beatings.

Where is there such warmth now?

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Master and Senior Martial Brother are both sincerely blessing him.

Li Rui sighed.

Liu Tiezhu is a craftsman, he is even more miserable, he is a low-status person, of course he understands the cold and warmth.

He patted Liu Tiezhu's thick shoulder: "Since you've left the register, you have to change your way of living and make a clean break with the past."

"Yes, Master."

Liu Tiezhu's snot hung down, and as he nodded, it fell onto his shoe.

"Alright, a big man, don't do this in the future."

Li Rui chuckled.

Don't look at Liu Tiezhu as a natural Jin Gang and a blacksmith, he is actually delicate in thought and is an emotional man.

With his hands behind his back, he strolled out.

If the disciple makes progress, the master can also save more worry.

Whether martial arts are good or not is secondary; if the character is good, then it won't be bad.

In the military camp.

A circle of people surrounded, discussing noisily.

"What happened to this person?"

"Heard he violated military discipline and was caught by Magistrate Gao, who cut off one of his arms."

"Magistrate Gao?"

"The new Garrison Commander, you idiot."

In the middle.

A young man in armor lay in a pool of blood, his right arm had been cut off, and Gao Zhong stood with his hands behind his back, smiling.

"Disregarding military discipline, stealing weapons, should be beheaded!"

Gao Zhong's eyes instantly became sharp, looking righteous and selfless.

At this time.

A sturdy man like a small tower rushed into the crowd.

His eyes were like a fierce tiger wanting to devour people: "You surnamed Gao, what do you mean?"

The person injured was exactly a soldier of the Galloping Tiger Cavalry.

Gao Zhen smiled slightly: "This person stole weapons, caught red-handed, according to military law, should be beheaded; this blade is the evidence."

Tan Hu looked at the direction Gao Zhen pointed with red eyes.

A standard long blade was soaked in blood.

"A blade, can determine it's stealing weapons?"

Tan Hu clearly knew the habits of every soldier under his command, so he firmly believed that they wouldn't do things like stealing weapons.

Gao Zhen showed displeasure on his face: "I saw it with my own eyes, so what?"

"Platoon Leader Tan doesn't even believe my words."

Obviously.

This is using official power to suppress people; Tan Hu is only a platoon leader, half a rank lower, so he has no qualification to question Gao Zhen.

"You..."

Tan Hu rose in anger, the veins on his face bulging.

He can allow his soldiers to die on the battlefield, but he absolutely cannot allow them to be cut in the military camp for no reason.

Turned his head to look at the pale Tang Hai.

Tang Hai shook his head desperately, trying to prove that he was wronged.

Tan Hu nodded toward Tang Hai.

"I know."

Just about to break out.

Li Rui's voice sounded behind him: "This matter hasn't been investigated clearly yet, don't be rude to Magistrate Gao."

Tan Hu turned his head.

He saw Li Rui had already appeared behind him.

"Brother Li, this matter..."

Li Rui interrupted Tan Hu's words and looked at Gao Zhen: "Magistrate Gao, even if this person deserves to die, he should be handed over to the Law Enforcement Hall for processing."

Gao Zhen snorted coldly:

"What?"

"The Law Enforcement Hall can kill, but I, a Garrison Commander, cannot?"

Tan Hu's face was colder.

Can he kill?

Theoretically, no.

But as everyone knows, theoretically no means yes, and depending on the situation means must.

A Garrison Commander killing a soldier belongs to acting first and reporting later, at most causing criticism.

The army is not the government office and won't pay attention to evidence.

Sometimes it's common to practice to death a few people in daily training; the Annan Army is okay, but if it were the border army, a word from an officer decides the life and death of a soldier, and it wouldn't even have any impact.

Li Rui didn't answer.

Instead, he stepped aside.

He saw Ning Zhongtian appear in the crowd; Ning Zhongtian looked at Tang Hai in the pool of blood, then looked at Gao Zhen, and snorted coldly:

"Magistrate Gao, since the soldier under my command made a mistake, I will naturally handle it, so don't bother."

"Take him down."

Tan Hu was anxious when he heard this, but was stopped by Ning Zhongtian's eyes.

Had to forcibly take Tang Hai away.

Seeing Ning Zhongtian, Gao Zhen chuckled: "So it was a soldier under Magistrate Ning; since that's the case, I won't do anything extra."

After saying this.

He decisively turned and walked out of the crowd.

He knew that with Ning Zhongtian appearing, it was already impossible to kill Tang Hai today.

Secretly said in his heart:

"Pity, one more person could have been removed from the list."

(End of chapter)