Chapter 336

Out of the Noon Gate.

The large piece of blue bricks behind the Chengtian Gate is where the government offices of the imperial court such as the Six Ministries and Five Temples are located.

There is a saying among the people called the "Thousand-Step Corridor."

Civil in the east, martial in the west.

The Dark Guard's government office is in an inconspicuous corner on the west side of the Thousand-Step Corridor, just separated by a wall from the Censorate; there is no archway above, which makes people unable to find the way.

"Lord Li, this is the Dark Guard."

Eunuch Zheng smiled, and while crossing the door of the Dark Guard, he introduced: "The world only knows the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and very few know the Dark Guard; this Dark Guard was first established by the Emperor and only obeys the Emperor alone; the number of people is not large, only thirty-six."

"This Dark Guard is managed by Commander Yang Bing, and Gu Jianzheng manages it concurrently."

Li Rui nodded secretly.

Shouting that this money is worth it.

Along the way.

This Eunuch Zheng told him a lot, basically figuring out the context of this Dark Guard.

No matter when, information is crucial.

With a bottom in his heart, Li Rui won't be blacked out and calculated by others.

While talking.

The two arrived in front of the main hall of the Dark Guard.

Originally, when they arrived here, Eunuch Zheng should stop and leave; perhaps because that bag of tokens worked, he walked into the main hall with Li Rui.

In the main hall.

A big man with a full beard and tiger-backed and bear-waisted was sitting squarely, saying in a thick voice:

"Eunuch Zheng, why are you here?"

No need to think, this person is the Dark Guard Commander, Yang Bing.

Eunuch Zheng said with a smile: "Commander Yang, I am here to send someone to you under the Emperor's order; this person is Li Rui."

Yang Bing raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Li Rui a few more times:

"You are Li Rui?"

Li Rui nodded, cupped his hands and saluted: "The subordinate is Li Rui from Yunzhou."

Yang Bing gave a faint hmm.

Eunuch Zheng then said goodbye and left; when he left, he nodded to Li Rui.

Li Rui knew it well.

This sentence of Eunuch Zheng's "under the Emperor's order" helped him a lot.

With this endorsement from the Emperor, he can be much more convenient in the Dark Guard.

Although it was indeed the Emperor's instruction, if a big eunuch like Eunuch Zheng, who is by the Emperor's side, comes forward, the weight here in Yang Bing is a world of difference.

Eunuch Zheng walked out of the Dark Guard government office.

Yang Bing lifted his lips and looked at Li Rui: "Alright, sit down."

Eunuch Zheng's appearance is already taking effect.

According to what Eunuch Zheng just said, this Dark Guard has been established for less than thirty years; Yang Bing was a sect master of a large sect before, and only became the Dark Guard Commander after retiring; his strength is at least above the Third Rank.

And he is his direct superior.

Letting Li Rui sit down and talk at the first meeting is already the biggest face.

Li Rui sat down slowly.

His attitude was humble and respectful, without any arrogance because of the Emperor's support.

Seeing such an attitude, Yang Bing nodded with satisfaction.

What he is best at is training the unruly.

Originally, he thought that this little old man who was led by Eunuch Zheng would at least jump a few times, but he didn't expect to be so docile that he couldn't catch any handle.

Yang Bing suddenly asked:

"Are you Jiang Linxian's person?"

Li Rui was a little surprised, but answered almost without hesitation: "I am a member of the Dark Guard, and Lord Jiang did have the merit of recommending me."

But heard Yang Bing wave his hand indifferently:

"You don't need to learn party strife; I don't eat that set here; Jiang Linxian is the South Zhenshan Envoy, and your name was written by him, even I don't know; if you are not his person, whose person are you."

"The south is all under his jurisdiction, I never ask."

What a hands-off shopkeeper.

Li Rui's eyebrows lifted slightly.

However, Yang Bing's approach is actually very wise; officials must learn to delegate power.

He keenly captured a word.

Mountain.

Jiang Linxian's official position is the unheard-of Zhenshan Envoy.

What is this mountain?

Yang Bing seemed to see Li Rui's confusion, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly: "It seems that Jiang Linxian didn't tell you what the Dark Guard does."

Li Rui's eyes flickered.

Seeing that it is just as he thought, the Dark Guard is indeed not simple.

Otherwise, why is there no archway at the door.

Even the Embroidered Uniform Guard has a huge government office.

Yang Bing: "The Dark Guard is the Dark Guard, and there is no other name; this is designated by the Emperor, and members of the Dark Guard do not need to be filed in the Ministry of Personnel."

"Twenty Mountain-Seeking Envoys, ten Mountain-Fixing Envoys, four Zhenshan Envoys, seven guests."

"You are one of the twenty Mountain-Seeking Envoys."

Li Rui's heart moved slightly.

Eunuch Zheng had said just now that the Dark Guard had thirty-six people in total.

Obviously, the last two are Commander Yang Bing and the Regional Commander, Gu Changsheng.

Gu Changsheng is concurrent, so the affairs of the Dark Guard are all managed by Yang Bing; as for the guests, they are not counted in the thirty-six people.

Dark Guard, focus on a dark word.

But Li Rui never expected that it would form its own system, and even didn't need to be filed in the Ministry of Personnel.

You know, even the Embroidered Uniform Guard that shakes the world cannot be an exception, but the Dark Guard actually did it.

It is truly mysterious.

Li Rui is even more curious, just heard Yang Bing say: "Zhenshan Envoys are listed in all directions, and Jiang Linxian is the South Zhenshan Envoy."

"Do you know why the Emperor established the Dark Guard?"

Li Rui shook his head in support:

"I don't know."

He really doesn't know. Yang Bing smiled more: "Then do you know the Fallen Immortal?"

Fallen Immortal?!

Hearing these three words, Li Rui's pupils shrank suddenly.

Is there really an immortal in this world?

Yang Bing looked at Li Rui meaningfully: "The immortals of the ancient immortal court ascended to the upper realm, and the spiritual energy dissipated, but in the last five hundred years, the Imperial Observatory has observed signs of the recovery of heaven and earth spiritual energy, and there are even upper-realm immortals walking in the world."

"These Fallen Immortals all used the means of borrowing a corpse to return to the soul."

"The previous emperor died because of the Fallen Immortal, so the Emperor drifted among the people."

"After the Emperor ascended the throne, he revitalized the court and did not like those Fallen Immortals to interfere, so he established the Dark Guard, using mountains instead of immortals; Zhenshan is Town Immortal."

Town Immortal!

Li Rui sucked in a cold breath.

Not a single line, not a single word, not a single content, look at it one by one!

What a great spirit.

Under the whole world, is it not the king's land; on the shore of the rate soil, is it not the king's minister.

The immortals are the same when they come.

If the immortals do not respect, suppress them together!

Yang Bing: "Our duty as Dark Guards is to search for Fallen Immortals in the world and restrain them."

"Restrain immortals."

Li Rui vibrated.

As his status rises, he finally begins to come into contact with the secrets of this world.

Sure enough, it is not as simple as it looks.

What the world sees is just what the imperial court wants the world to see; the undercurrents suppressed below are only known to a few people.

There is a saying in the previous life.

Where is the quiet time, but someone is carrying the weight for you.

The strength of the Fallen Immortal must be extremely powerful; the existence of this kind of mastery of extraordinary power can cause the collapse of order on one side with every move.

The imperial court of the Yu Kingdom must have spent great effort for this.

According to Yang Bing, the Fallen Immortal has been born for five hundred years; the previous emperor's sudden death and the Emperor's drifting among the people should have a lot to do with the Fallen Immortal.

This water is not generally deep.

Yang Bing seemed to have finished saying what he wanted to say, waved his hand casually: "Alright, everything that should be said has been said, and our Dark Guard has no rules, just keep looking for Fallen Immortals; in a few days, you will return to Yunzhou."

He explained another sentence:

"Everyone in the Dark Guard has their own identity."

"Except me."

Li Rui suddenly realized.

No wonder there has always been a saying about the imperial Dark Guard in the world, but no one has ever seen the Dark Guard.

"So it is."

But once he thought that the opponent was those Fallen Immortals walking in the world, then no amount of caution would be too much.

"By the way, as an old man of the Dark Guard, I have two well-intentioned reminders."

"One, we only need to find disobedient Fallen Immortals, do not directly conflict."

"Two, once a Fallen Immortal does not follow the rules, spray the tip of the tongue blood on this jade talisman, and naturally there will be guests to deal with it."

"Alright, go."

After speaking.

Yang Bing threw out a jade talisman at will, and then showed a look of sending guests away.

Li Rui stood up.

Cupped his hands and saluted, and then walked out of the hall.

After walking out of the Thousand-Step Corridor, he rubbed his eyebrows.

"Brother Jiang, you have found me a big job."

He had a guess.

His becoming a Dark Guard is inseparable from Jiang Linxian; as for whether it is a blessing or a curse, it is hard to say for the time being, but one thing to be glad about is that the Dark Guard seems to have no constraints.

"Guest..."

Li Rui read it low once.

He found that Yang Bing just said "we," not "you," which means it also includes Yang Bing himself.

Translated.

Even the status of his Dark Guard Commander is below those seven guests.

What kind of existence should that be?

In other words, the thirty-six people of the Dark Guard are acting as eyes and ears for those seven guests; those seven are the key to the Dark Guard.

He looked at the Dark Guard jade talisman in his hand, and his heart was happy.

This is a good thing to save his life.

Putting the jade talisman into his arms, he walked toward the Guest Reception Office with big strides.

Tan Hu and Ge Hong kept turning around in the courtyard, their hearts as if they had been crawled by thousands of ants, itchy and uncomfortable.

Seeing Li Rui appear.

The two quickly stepped forward, pulling Li Rui and asking: "Big Brother, how is the palace, is it paved with red gold?"

"I heard that the little ladies in the palace are all beautiful as immortals?"

"Big Brother, did you get promoted?"

"No, it's a title."

The two said a lot of things.

Li Rui rolled his eyes: "Just ate a hot pot."

He knew that the Dark Guard matter was too important, so he didn't tell the two.

"Cut."

Tan Hu and Ge Hong suddenly lost interest.

"Why is this Emperor so stingy."

"It is extremely, it is extremely."

That is, there is only Li Rui here, otherwise it is at least a crime of discussing the Holy Lord.

Just as the two were talking.

A woman's voice rang outside the Guest Reception Office:

"Excuse me, is Senior Li here?"

(End of chapter)