Chapter 499: Visitors from Bai Bai Yu Jing

The Martial Evaluation Division was a scene of busyness.

Officials were overwhelmed by the Martial Evaluation.

As the place where martial officials rose to prominence, on par with the Wenyuan Pavilion, the Martial Evaluation Division was not located in the Thousand-Step Corridor, but within the Imperial Palace, to show the Emperor's benevolence and thirst for talent toward the martial artists of the world.

It was extremely special.

The Director of the Martial Evaluation Division was even more of a prestigious official title, just like the Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion.

Li Rui walked into the Martial Evaluation Division.

The first thing that caught his eye was the dazzling array of weapons.

The Wenyuan Pavilion was originally a place for the royal family to store books, and the Martial Evaluation Division was the same, a place to store weapons, so it was normal to have many weapons.

It was unknown how many rare weapons of the world were stored within.

Even First-Rank immortal weapons were stored within.

"Lord Li."

A middle-aged strong man with a beard greeted him.

His face was full of smiles toward Li Rui.

This person was the current Director of the Martial Evaluation Division, who was a top martial graduate.

Li Rui looked at Director Wu Ping with a smile.

"Lord Wu, how is the Martial Evaluation going?"

He had received this task from Chief Councilor Zhang yesterday and had come to the Martial Evaluation Division to check the situation.

Wu Ping said respectfully: "Lord Li, the thirty people in the division are already organizing, but..."

Then he showed a difficult expression.

"My Lord, there are too many of those cultivators, and the information from all sides has been slow to arrive, I am afraid it will delay the time."

Li Rui looked at Wu Ping.

He was all too familiar with this rhetoric.

First say you are doing your best, then talk about difficulties, and then throw all the problems onto other government offices.

In this way, responsibility could be avoided.

Very old-fashioned.

But also very effective.

From the ninth rank down to the first rank in the court, it was tried and tested.

And to say that these people were purely shirking responsibility was wrong; doing things is difficult.

Of course.

To say that Wu Ping was purely shirking responsibility was also wronging him.

The Martial Evaluation Division had only thirty or so people.

They did civil work of organizing information.

The key lay in Great Yu's terrifying information network spread across the world.

If there was no information, even with heaven-reaching ability, one could not organize the Martial Evaluation.

The smile on Li Rui's lips faded: "Lord Wu, this is a matter designated by His Majesty, it must be done. You should know that if it cannot be done, you cannot bear the responsibility..."

Wu Ping was stunned.

Soon he returned to a smile: "Lord Li is right."

He was slightly surprised in his heart.

This Lord Li had a reputation as a good person in the capital and was the most approachable, but now it seemed that the rumors might be biased.

Just with that official authority, he could not be easy to deal with.

He was clearly an old hand in the officialdom.

Wu Ping dared not be negligent anymore.

Before he could speak, Li Rui continued: "The time cannot change. If there are any problems, organize them now. In a few days, I will be ordered by His Majesty to inspect the East Sea."

Inspect the East Sea?!

Hearing this.

Wu Ping's eyes widened.

He had been an official for many years and instantly understood that the opportunity to break the deadlock had come!

The so-called inspection.

In the folk, there was a louder name, called Imperial Envoy.

Holding the Shangfang Sword, officials below the third rank could be executed first and reported later, which was truly majestic.

Making local officials fear them like tigers.

It was just that Li Rui's inspection this time was a bit special.

Ordinary Imperial Envoys inspected the various departments of the world.

Li Rui was good, going to the East Sea.

What is in the East Sea?

Apart from the countless sea demons, of course, there were those overseas immortal sects.

The World Martial Evaluation followed the rules of the year.

Only evaluating the manifest sects, not the hidden sects.

The Great Yu territory had long been evaluated, and the most troublesome were the immortal sects on the immortal islands scattered like stars in the East Sea.

As long as Li Rui's inspection of the East Sea could bring back information on the major immortal sects.

The difficulty of the Martial Evaluation could be reduced by a large margin.

"Good, good, I will handle it, within three days, it will definitely be delivered to your hands, My Lord."

Wu Ping promised immediately.

With a good superior helping to solve the biggest problem, if he still shirked at this time, he would really be at the end of his seat as the Director of the Martial Evaluation Division.

He could not help but secretly rejoice in his heart.

Fortunately, the one presiding over the Martial Evaluation this time was Li Rui.

Compared to those officials who deceived their superiors and oppressed their subordinates, he was undoubtedly much stronger.

'I heard early on that this Lord Li was highly valued by His Majesty, and looking at it now, it is indeed so.'

He was well-versed in the ways of officialdom.

To get things done in the court, one's own cultivation is important, but the Emperor's value is even more important.

Li Rui possessed both.

Working under such a superior is a great fortune.

Li Rui looked at Wu Ping's active appearance.

He nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad."

He secretly praised in his heart.

If Wu Ping had received his promise and was still timid and shirking responsibility.

Then he would probably have to consider changing the head of the Martial Evaluation Division.

After finishing the matter.

Li Rui did not stay in the Martial Evaluation Division for too long.

Out of the Wu Gate.

He returned to the office of the Mountain-Seeking Division.

The Mountain-Seeking Division was as cold and clear as ever.

Walked into the office room.

Inside, a person was already sitting, it was He Qiannian.

"Senior He, kept you waiting."

"No matter, you do your business, being able to let me participate in the Martial Evaluation is already excellent."

He Qiannian did not mind.

Li Rui: "Already ordered properly, in seven days, we will set off for the East Sea."

He Qiannian nodded.

Not bad.

This inspection of the East Sea, Li Rui planned to take He Qiannian with him.

Li Rui invited He Qiannian to revise the Martial Evaluation, but it was impossible to let He Qiannian go directly into the Martial Evaluation Division.

Although He Qiannian had worked in the Dark Guard, he was now a loose person without official rank.

Entering and leaving the Imperial Palace required reporting to the Emperor to nod.

Although Li Rui asked himself that his impression in the Emperor's heart was not bad, he would not really treat the Imperial Palace as his own home, letting whoever he wanted enter, which was no different from entering the hall with a sword and shoes, and being granted the nine bestowments.

Those who dared to do so almost never had a good end.

He Qiannian: "Kid Li, this inspection of the East Sea will not be easy."

"Senior's reminder is correct."

Inspecting the various departments is majestic.

That is because the officials of the various departments are appointed by the imperial court, and imperial power is heaven's majesty, so naturally no one dares to provoke them.

But the East Sea is different.

Although according to the law, the East Sea is all Great Yu territory.

But in reality, apart from those fishermen, the Great Yu court had almost no influence in the East Sea.

Not to mention those immortal sects.

Li Rui's trip this time would definitely be full of difficulties.

But it must be done.

As the saying goes, when poor, cultivate oneself, when reaching, benefit the world.

Having reached today, no matter from which aspect, Li Rui could be counted as a person who has reached, and it was impossible to avoid everything.

There is something to be done, and something not to be done.

And whether it was the official position of Peace-Maintaining Commandant or the matter of presiding over the Martial Evaluation, he had to go to the East Sea.

It was better to borrow the momentum of the Imperial Envoy to get things done.

Now he was already a high-level official of Great Yu.

In the words of the previous life, it was participating in shares, a relationship of glory and loss.

Although Li Rui could not be completely tied down.

But his cultivation method required a stable environment, the more stable Great Yu was, the more comfortable his cultivation could be.

Naturally, it was better to do it if it could be done.

Dusk.

The setting sun dyed the clouds on the horizon a bright red.

The capital was as prosperous as ever.

It was just that there were many fewer pedestrians on the street than during the day.

A carriage slowly drove through the city gate.

The guards in front of the city gate had no intention of blocking it at all, because they all recognized that it was the carriage of the Imperial Observatory, and sitting inside was the Director of the Imperial Observatory, Gu Gu Changsheng.

Who dared to block it?

The carriage drove through street after street.

At this time.

A woman's voice rang out from inside the carriage: "Just stop here."

The one driving the carriage was Han Qin.

"Alright."

Han Qin gently tightened the reins, the demon horse snorted, sprayed rough air, and stopped.

Just about to jump off the carriage.

Turning his head, he saw the curtain being slowly lifted.

First was a man with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, and a tall posture, followed by a woman of stunning beauty, extraordinary and refined.

The two walked off the carriage.

Finally, it was an old man with the demeanor of an immortal.

Not bad.

The one sitting in the carriage was not Gu Gu Changsheng.

But Gu Gu Changsheng's "friend."

The old man looked at the golden-roofed Imperial City not far away and stroked his beard with a long laugh.

Han Qin stood behind the three somewhat reservedly, watching silently.

These three were exiled immortals who descended to the lower realm, Gu Gu Changsheng's distinguished guests.

From a few words, Han Qin heard that they seemed to all come from... Bai Bai Yu Jing.

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