Evergreen Immortal

"Master Li, this dagger has been refurbished and needs to be struck again before it can be used."

Liu Tiezhu didn't notice the change in Li Rui's expression and continued to talk to himself.

"Melt it."

Hearing Li Rui's words.

He was stunned for a moment, then turned his head. Seeing that Li Rui was not joking, he couldn't help but confirm: "Master Li, this is a good weapon."

Li Rui chuckled: "If you don't like it, just melt it."

"oh."

When Liu Tiezhu heard this, he secretly sighed at the luxury of the rich. Such a fine dagger would be willing to turn into molten iron.

The blower whirred loudly when you stepped on it.

The flames burst into flames.

After a while, the shadow of the dagger was no longer visible, only a pool of molten iron remained, which turned into a ball after cooling.

Liu Tiezhu found a container to put the cooled molten iron in and handed it to Li Rui.

Li Rui took back the "dagger".

Looking at Liu Tiezhu with satisfaction: "Yes, I did not misjudge you."

He had previously thought that Liu Tiezhu was a fool who was talented in forging soldiers. The key was to be willing to work hard and understand not only the craft but also the theory.

It can be seen from the last time I learned about the four systems of swords.

Let's try our luck.

I didn't expect it to be really rewarding.

From the moment he saw the man in the hat, Li Rui had already noticed the weapons hidden in the soles of his shoes.

It's not that it's not hidden well.

But the spiritual substance of this dagger is very special.

Since he gained the ability to see spiritual matter clearly, Li Rui gradually summarized his experience as he observed more:

‘Although they are all spiritual substances, there are great differences between individuals. ’

For example, on this dagger, he had never seen a spiritual substance mixed with blood ice crystals, and it might be the breakthrough point.

Only then did he think of the man in the blacksmith shop.

Liu Tiezhu smiled sheepishly: "It's an honor for me to serve Mr. Li."

Li Rui patted Liu Tiezhu and said, "Are you interested in coming to Anning Guard?"

"What?"

Liu Tiezhu only thought that he heard wrongly.

Li Rui repeated it again.

He, a little blacksmith, was actually valued by an official and wanted to transfer him to Anning Guard.

This is a great thing.

Then he immediately shook his head, no, no, no, such a pie would not fall on his head.

My mind is foggy.

Li Rui chuckled: "Don't worry, if you want to come someday, just go to Anning Guard and find me."

Say it.

Liu Tiezhu was left with eyes wide open and an expression of disbelief on his face.

He turned and walked out of the blacksmith shop.

Liu Tiezhu is a talent. Since he is a talent, of course it is better to be under his own hands.

The blacksmith shop is closely related to An Ningwei.

He is patrolling from the sixth level, and if he wants to recruit a blacksmith, it is just a matter of words.

Get out on the street.

Li Rui was thinking:

"Nanliang. Banker"

Then think of the previous Zhuang County magistrate who took the initiative to befriend Qu Chengfeng.

He had already asked the madam that Qu Chengfeng spent a lot of money on Chunyan Tower, all of which were paid for by people working for Magistrate Zhuang.

Otherwise, Qu Chengfeng's little wealth would not be enough to sleep for one night.

"Although the evidence cannot form a chain, it is no longer important."

Li Rui looked at the iron block in his arms.

He didn't even plan to give this thing to Ning Zhongtian or Jiang Linxian.

It's about the county magistrate.

Moreover, Zhuang Renhe was not notified to the county, but was an official of the fifth rank, on the same level as Jiang Linxian and Cao Wei.

He was originally someone sent by the imperial court to check and balance An Ningwei.

"With this little evidence, we can't defeat him."

Unless some charges of treason or the like could be found, it would be difficult for even Jiang Linxian to bring down Zhuang Renhe by instructing his subordinates to frame An Ningwei officials.

It makes no sense at all to disgust Zhuang Renhe.

He will also alert others.

Instead, you will bring trouble upon yourself.

Li Rui would never do such meaningless things.

Now that we know who the person behind the scenes is, we can just be more careful in the future.

"Just bear with it, who told me that my official position is two levels higher?"

Five days later.

In the night.

County government office, inner courtyard.

"Sir, the people guarding Chunyan Tower have withdrawn."

Xiang Ting said.

"Withdrawn?"

Zhuang Renhe smiled, it seemed that his plan had worked.

A few days ago, he invited Cao Wei to his house for a drink. The two had the same interests and reached a tacit understanding during the dinner.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

He was responsible for convicting An of corruption and bending the law.

Cao Wei is responsible for taking people.

Naturally, the county government has its own way of dealing with people. If you can't find a solution from within An Ningwei, then you have to look to the outside.

Among officials, how many of you have clean bottoms?

There are a total of 7,635 laws in Yu State, which have regulations on all aspects. Even littering will be punished by "tattooing".

It's just that some laws even the emperor himself found ridiculous.

Due to the rules set by our ancestors, deletion was impossible, so I chose to turn a blind eye.

Most of the governments in various places do this, especially officials. As long as they are not too bad, they usually just give a few words of advice and the matter will be resolved.

But if you are determined, you can make big things out of small things.

Most of those Ning Zhongtian who were taken to the law enforcement camp were in this situation.

The crimes were all real, Cao Wei was sure to investigate, and Jiang Linxian couldn't stop him.

If you really encounter an upright official, you will throw dirty water on him.

For things like throwing dirty water, it doesn't matter whether the person on the receiving end is dirty or not.

It's just as dirty if it's splashed on.

At that time, the county government will have a reason to eliminate evil for the people. With Cao Wei's help, it will be easy to cut off Ning Zhongtian's wings.

Zhuang Renhe is a scholar.

The great scholars in the court are not the only ones who like to use this trick.

kill without spilling blood.

I don't know how many times more sinister than a real sword or a real gun.

Ning Zhongtian's men are all too busy taking care of themselves. Where can they find the time to investigate the affairs of Chunyan Tower?

He bowed to Ting and said:

"Sir, there is one more thing. Ah Liu is missing. He is probably being targeted. It's more dangerous than good."

Ah Liu, the man in the bamboo hat, was sent to deal with Ge Hong.

Zhuang Renhe frowned slightly: "It's been dealt with."

He doesn't care about the life or death of a dead soldier at all. If he dies, he will die, but he can't bring trouble to him.

Xiang Ting: "Ah Liu has been trained not to leak information."

Ah Liu is the dead man he trained.

What is a dead soldier?

Not only did he carry out the mission with a certain death intention, but once discovered by the enemy, he would immediately take poison and commit suicide without leaving any clues to the enemy.

He is very confident about this.

Even if the detective came, it would be impossible to trace Ah Liu to Zhuang Zhixian.

Zhuang Renhe nodded with satisfaction: "If you die, you will die. If you add another person, you can't leave Ning Zhongtian free."

"yes."

Xiang Ting said in a deep voice.

Just as he was about to turn around and go out, Zhuang Renhe stopped him again: "By the way, what was the name of the person who saw through the succubus at Chunyan Tower last time?"

Xiang Ting replied: "Li Rui."

"How is he now?"

Xiang Ting understood that of course Zhuang Renhe could not care about the health of a security guard: "I have sent someone to keep an eye on him, but he is cautious and has rarely gone out recently. He has not found an opportunity to take action."

Zhuang Renhe was dissatisfied: "If a small patrol can't handle it, what use do you have? Deal with this person quickly!"

"Yes, yes."

Xiang Ting couldn't help but nod.

Don't dare to complain at all.

Zhuang Renhe snorted coldly and waved his hand: "Go ahead."

After Xiang Ting got the order, he dared to exit the room step by step.

Go out of the county government office.

Xiang Ting rubbed his eyebrows.

Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and serving Zhuang Renhe is actually the same. He has been with Zhuang Renhe for more than ten years, and he has never been able to figure out the thoughts of this genius of the banker.

But the more elusive he is, the more he can make his subordinates obey.

"Li Rui."

Didn't he know that the first person Zhuang Renhe wanted to kill was Ning Zhongtian, and then Li Rui.

It's just that Li Rui is a patrolman of Anning Guard after all.

Could it be that he could kill him if he wanted to?

He sent his soldiers to watch others, but Li Rui was always watched by him himself.

But life and death can't find any flaws.

They are not even given a chance to throw dirty water. The worst thing they can do is visit a brothel.

I'm afraid Cao Wei himself wouldn't be able to make a fuss about finding a brothel girl.

"It's difficult!"

This was the first time Xiang Ting encountered such a difficult opponent.

"If it doesn't work, kill him by force!"

There was a flash of killing intent in his eyes.

Li Rui was on patrol, and sooner or later when he left the city, he would ask the Ghost Sect to send out masters to ambush him.

I still can’t believe that I can’t kill this 70-year-old man.

At that time, everything was done by Guiming Sect and had nothing to do with the county government.

It's not like I've never done this before.

If only one or two people died, An Ningwei's reaction would not be too violent.

Anyway, this is not the first time that the Gui Ming Sect has killed soldiers of An Ning Guard.

Xiang Ting has already made a decision in his heart.

"Since you are so cautious and afraid of death, I want you to die!"

The rest of Ning Zhongtian's men had lost their official status at most, but Li Rui and Xiang Ting wanted to be killed.

"The smarter a person is, the more he deserves to be killed!"

Xiang Ting's eyes contained murderous intent.

After a while, he returned to his house in Qinghe.

The house was empty.

There were neither domestic servants nor maidservants.

He has a wife and children, but they are all in Nanliang, right at the banker's house. Zhuang Renhe said it was convenient to take care of him, but he knew in his heart that he was actually a hostage.

That's fair to think about.

He always does shady things for Zhuang Renhe. Once he betrays, Zhuang Renhe will face great trouble.

Therefore, you must have the handle in hand to feel at ease.

For this reason, Xiang Ting has always been alone in Qinghe.

He was afraid that the secret would be revealed and Zhuang Renhe would be angry with his wife and children.

He pushed open the door, not bothering to light a candle, so he took off his coat in the dark and planned to go to sleep.

I had just taken off my coat halfway.

His whole body suddenly froze and his pupils dilated.

There are other people in the house!

"Who is it?!"

Xiang Ting's muscles tensed instantly, and his right hand was already on the handle of the knife at his waist.

In the shadow of the corner.

A man in black clothes, black shoes, and a black scarf slowly walked out.

He said coldly with a deliberately changed voice:

"The people who came to kill you."

Xiang Ting's eyes were sharp, staring at the man in black in front of him, and he was secretly shocked: "He is a master!"

He took a deep breath and asked:

"Who sent you to kill me?"

The man in black sneered: "After doing so many things for Mr. Zhuang, you still don't know who wants to kill you when you are dying. It's really ridiculous."

Raise the knife.

"Then I'll let you know clearly."

"If you're to blame, it's because you know too many things. Mr. Zhuang is worried and asked me to send you on your way!"