Evergreen Immortal

The summer sun is scorching, the green willows are refreshing.

The sounds of boys and girls playing could be heard from time to time.

What a bright scene.

"Young man."

Li Rui rode in front, listening to the laughter in his ears, and shook his head slightly.

"It's so noisy!"

Tan Hu glanced at the boys and girls of the Huaqing Sect behind him and muttered.

Li Rui smiled: "Brother Tan, if you were sixteen or seventeen years old, you would be like this."

Tan Hu said angrily: "When I was sixteen or seventeen years old, I cut off the head of Beiyuan Barbarian and kicked it as a ball."

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Li Rui felt that he should not mention this.

Tan Hu's experience is very different from that of most teenagers. These boys and girls from the Huaqing Sect are almost all from big families and are the proud sons of heaven, so their experiences will only be simpler.

"Almost there."

Li Rui looked at the official road shaded by willow trees. Although he had never been to Qingfeng Villa, there was a map in the Anning Guard arsenal that ordinary people could not see, but it could be used to manage food.

He regarded it as a treasure and looked at it every day.

He had long memorized the topography of the Anning Guard area, including Qingfeng Villa.

get lost?

It doesn't exist. That's what young people often do. Old people always bring maps with them when they go out.

Walk another ten miles.

We arrived at the boundary of Anning City. Qingfeng Villa is in the valley thirty miles east of Anning City. Of course, Shanzhuang Villa is on the mountain.

As one of the top ten most powerful sects in the Anning Mansion, Qingfeng Villa’s strength goes without saying.

Of course, it was still far behind the Huaqing Sect.

This is the difference between a perfect score and a score of ninety-nine.

Qingfeng Villa is ranked tenth, so it can only be tenth, and even ninth is not acceptable, but Huaqing Sect is number one, because the highest one can only be number one.

In terms of strength alone, compared to some large sects in Yunzhou, the Huaqing Sect is no less generous.

Li Rui and his party were here for the headquarters of Qingfeng Villa, not the branch in Qinghe, just for a routine inspection.

Translated, it means a business trip.

Everyone knows this, it is a public trip, and when they come out, they represent Anningwei, and even Annan Town. Of course, Qingfeng Villa will treat them well.

Otherwise, if they say bad things about Qingfeng Villa in their report, Qingfeng Villa will definitely not be able to bear it.

However, Li Rui came to Qingfeng Villa to return favors, but his real purpose was to avoid disaster.

He glanced at the dimming smoke.

"really!"

The farther away from Qinghe River, the lighter the color of the smoke becomes.

Although it is still light red, it is much better than Qinghe.

After the demon body of Guiming Cult died, it did turn pure white for a period of time, but then gradually turned red.

In other words, the danger is not directed at Li Rui, but it is a threat to the entire An Ning Guard.

Li Rui has always adhered to the philosophy that a gentleman should not build dangerous walls.

That's why I took on this job.

He guessed that Jiang Linxian also had this intention.

This place is very close to the Huaqing Sect and is the safest.

Did you hear that?

Several boys and girls from the Huaqing Sect are already discussing returning to the Huaqing Sect.

"As long as you tell Senior Li, going back will definitely not be a problem."

"that is."

"Senior Li is reasonable and will definitely agree."

Chirping said in a low voice.

The corners of Li Rui's mouth raised slightly, and the voices of several people were already very low. However, since he developed Xuan Qing Qi, his five senses have become more and more sensitive, and he heard the conversation clearly.

Of course he had no reason not to let go.

It’s not like he’s a mean and vicious boss.

Just two days off.

Besides, if these Huaqing Sect disciples are not under his control and they don’t take his money, there is no reason not to let them go.

As a seventy-three-year-old, you still need to have this kind of broad-mindedness.

I rode for about an hour.

Approaching Anning City, more and more people were coming and going on the official road.

Tan Hu rode his horse and rode alongside Li Rui. He clicked his tongue and said, "Brother Li, the people in this city are just different. They all look at people by their nostrils."

No.

Some local caravans from An Ning City raised their heads when they saw that they were not locals.

Although Tan Hu couldn't figure out why he looked like a foreigner.

Another group of caravans passed them, with familiar nostrils.

What's Tan Hu's temperament?

That was a ruthless man who was killed by the frontier army in the north. How could he have ever been so angry?

He unceremoniously pulled out the knife and howled: "An Ningwei is doing business, and everyone else is waiting to get out of the way!"

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone who had been unruly before suddenly became well-behaved.

One by one, they got out of the way in fear.

Everyone in the Anning Mansion knew about the establishment of the Anning Guards by the Annan Army. When they heard that they were members of the Anning Guards, how could they dare to offend them.

Many caravans stopped directly, waiting for Li Rui and his party to leave first.

Tan Hu grinned proudly, tightened the reins with his head held high, and deliberately slowed down.

The official way is to serve the march.

Before, the group wore regular clothes and no one recognized them. Now that they were announcing their homes, of course they all gave way.

Although Tan Hu's move was high-profile, it did not violate the rules.

Li Rui chuckled and shook his head.

But he didn't blame Tan Hu for being too showy.

Outside, when An Ningwei acts, why should he care about other people's opinions? He has become an An Ningwei from six ranks and hundreds of households. What's wrong with his louder voice?

Li Rui even felt that he and Tan Hu were much more low-key than those magistrates.

Tan Hu's voice is still very effective.

The route that originally took half an hour to complete was completed by a few people in two quarters of an hour.

The group did not enter the city.

Instead, he headed towards another branch of the road heading east.

Soon.

The green and delicate hills appeared in front of Li Rui like ink paintings.

The wooden buildings are looming, blending in with the surrounding mountain scenery.

"As expected of Qingfeng Villa."

Li Rui secretly praised in his heart.

"It is said that the first owner of Qingfeng Villa was a failed scholar. Later, by chance, he was taught by an expert and practiced amazing swordsmanship. Later, he built a hut in the valley outside Anning Mansion and lived in seclusion. He recruited fourteen disciples and experienced three It took hundreds of years to develop into what it is today.”

This gives future generations an extremely important experience.

If you want to establish a sect, you don't just have to be strong, the key is your ability to recruit disciples.

After a while.

They walked out of the official road and walked onto a road paved with bluestone bricks.

In terms of cost, it is even higher than Guan Dao.

Just because Qingfeng Villa spent its own money to build this road, it is a good one, so of course it cannot be bad.

Just rode out of Baizhang.

I saw a few people standing at the corner of the road.

Among them, the middle-aged, chubby man who was obviously the leader saw Li Rui and others appearing and took two quick steps to greet them: "Are you the adults of An Ningwei?"

"Elder He has written to us and told us that he is here to welcome you."

It is still five miles away from Qingfeng Villa.

Welcoming each other from five miles away is enough to save face.

Of course, it's all for Anning Guard or Annan Army's sake. Li Rui and Tan Hu don't have such a big face.

But it is certainly impossible to say that Li Rui did nothing in it.

The reason why Li Rui didn't agree to Jiang Yan's immediate departure was to reorganize the situation for three days.

This rectification is not aimed at the soldiers of Benhuqi, but various matters that need to be dealt with.

On the second day, he went to Qingfeng Villa's stronghold in Qinghe and told the New Year that he and his party were ordered to inspect Qingfeng Villa.

I had sent my disciples back to the villa two days in advance to celebrate the New Year, and the arrangements had been made clearly.

This led to today's scene.

someone will ask.

Since Li Rui and his party were here for inspection, if they had been informed in advance, they wouldn't have been able to find anything.

This is the knowledge of dealing with Jianghu sects.

Li Rui came here for inspection, but he didn't really want to kill Qingfeng Villa.

On the one hand, I wanted to inform Qingfeng Villa to make the stay more comfortable for myself and my party. On the other hand, I wanted to tell Qingfeng Villa to get rid of those shameful things.

As long as Qingfeng Villa knows how to restrain itself, it means that it is still surrendering to the court, and naturally it will be good for you and me.

But if everyone got the news and still didn't know how to stop, then it would be no wonder that Li Rui was there.

That's the rule.

"Elder Dong, thank you for your hard work."

The chubby man smiled and looked at Li Rui in surprise: "Do you know me, sir?"

Li Rui smiled slightly:

"Elder Dong's Qingfeng Mingyue Sword is famous in An Ning, but the old man's ears are numb when he hears it."

Dong Shen, the elder of Qingfeng Villa, felt even more embarrassed when he heard that the old man in front of him knew his whereabouts.

He didn't even know Li Rui's name, but the other party could tell him his situation.

Make a judgment.

As soon as they met, Dong Shen took a liking to Li Ruigao.

"You still don't know your name?"

"An Ning Guards Baihu, Tan Hu, patrol guard, Li Rui."

Li Rui did not introduce himself first, but first introduced Tan Hu, who was half a level older than him, and then introduced himself.

Internally.

It doesn't matter if you close the door in Benhu Cavalry and call yourself brother or brother, but when you go out, you have to use your official position. Otherwise, others will think that Benhu Camp is a piece of loose sand and will be looked down upon.

"It turns out to be Mr. Tan, Mr. Li, please come in!"

Although Dong Shen didn't know Li Rui and Tan Hu.

But he is very familiar with the official position of An Ningwei.

Tan Hu, who is a member of hundreds of households in the sixth rank, actually obeys Li Rui, a seventh-rank man, which shows how powerful Li Rui is.

He didn't dare to look down upon it.

He politely led Li Rui all the way to Qingfeng Villa, introducing the mountain scenery and allusions of Qingfeng Villa while walking. The service was extremely attentive.

Several people from the Huaqing Sect were secretly frightened when they saw it.

Although Qingfeng Villa is not as good as Huaqing Sect, it is still a prestigious sect.

To be treated with such courtesy by an elder is already beyond the norm.

They asked themselves that if they came here, although they would be treated politely, they would definitely not be treated like Li Rui.

"As expected of an old Jianghu!"

Li Rui had a conversation with the elder Dong Shen.

Soon we entered Qingfeng Villa.

Dong Shen finally led Li Rui and others to a large house with five entrances that could accommodate ten families. The environment was clean and beautiful, and you could even see a flowing water pavilion through the circular arch.

In the past, Anning Guards were not the ones who would not accept someone who did not come to spend the night.

A dozen people live in a two-entry house, and four people sleep in one room.

It's a world of difference compared to today's treatment.

Dong Shen said politely: "This humble house is simple and crude, not as good as the Annan Military Guards Station. Please stay here for a few days."

Even Qin Hua and others who were accustomed to luxury in Huaqing Sect had to admit it.

This is no compromise at all!