Evergreen Immortal - Chapter 246

c246 The Heavenly Gate begins to show its power

“Yes.”

Li Rui nodded.

Since he was going to help Dao Mo to suppress the horse bandits, he would inevitably have to enter the territory of Wu State.

Wang Fu was a little worried, but he didn’t shy away from it: “Lord Li, Wu State has been restless recently.”

He had also heard about the horse bandits attacking the caravan.

In his opinion.

It’s not as simple as horse bandits.

Li Rui glanced at Dao Mo’s embarrassed face and smiled slightly: “Thank you for reminding me, General Wang. It’s my duty to defend against the enemy from outside. Personal matters are small, but national matters are big.”

Hearing this, Wang Fu’s face suddenly became solemn.

If these words were heard by officials in the capital, they would only be regarded as a joke.

But for a general like Wang Fu who guards the border, the meaning is very different.

Li Rui is really taking his life to fulfill his promise.

Do you really think that as those officials in the capital think, it will be a gentle breeze and drizzle outside the Yu State?

Wrong.

It’s a battlefield!

As long as it’s a battlefield, people will die, and it is destined to be cruel.

“Lieutenant Li is righteous.”

Li Rui laughed.

National righteousness does not exist.

As he said, it is just his duty. Since he has become the lieutenant of Simao and has gained benefits, there are risks.

Looking at the big men in the court, none of them is surnamed Li.

That is to say, he, who was born in the mud, has to rely on himself for everything.

He can get to where he is now by being able to get along with everyone?

In fact, it is to do things seriously.

This is the real way to last long. Simply flattering is ultimately a castle in the air.

Appropriate sophistication is indispensable, but if a mud-legged person wants to climb up, he must first have strong abilities.

The lieutenant of Simao is responsible for maintaining trade stability.

Although the chaos is now in the territory of Wu State, it is hard to guarantee that those horse thieves will not cross the Ten Thousand Mountains and enter the territory of Yu State to cause chaos.

It is better to take action in advance than to wait for something to happen and then solve it.

To save trouble.

It will only make things bigger and finally reach a point where it cannot be resolved.

If you want to be a good official, you can’t be lazy.

Sometimes you can’t be afraid of death.

Fear of death makes you more likely to die.

The truth is simple, but out of instinctive resistance, many people will choose to be ostriches.

Dao Mo was overjoyed when he heard Li Rui’s words.

‘I was right about Brother Li. ‘

He coughed lightly: “General Wang, don’t worry. As long as I, Dao Mo, am alive, I will not let Lord Li get into trouble.”

As soon as he finished speaking.

Wang Fu’s face instantly became strange.

Why did this sound more and more wrong.

Li Rui decided to end the conversation: “There is no time to lose, General Wang, let’s talk about it another day.”

Wang Fu nodded: “Take care, Lord Li.”

After a while.

The group crossed the Yu Kingdom checkpoint, crossed the Wu Kingdom checkpoint, and completely entered the Wu Kingdom.

Tan Hu and his friends came to Wu Kingdom for the first time.

Curious.

He looked left and right along the way, just like a curious baby.

He walked about ten miles.

Dao Mo took Li Rui and his men to a depression in Shiwan Mountain, where they could see more than a dozen tents from afar.

It was the Wu Kingdom camp that was encircling the horse thieves.

Dao Mo lifted the curtain of the largest tent in the middle, and the furnishings inside were extremely simple, with only a table and two beds.

As a temporary military tent, it was not gorgeous, but it was practical.

Dao Mo went straight to the point: “Brother Li, those horse thieves are very cunning, they kill people and run away, and sometimes they don’t even want the goods.”

Speaking of horse thieves.

Dao Mo was full of anger.

Those horse thieves were like loaches, specifically targeting them, and they ran away after robbing.

The enemy was in the dark, and we were in the light.

When they arrived, these horse thieves had already gone into Shiwan Mountain, and they couldn’t be found.

Li Rui groaned.

In fact, he and Dao Mo knew very well that they were not horse thieves at all, but the soldiers of the Wu Kingdom’s chaotic army.

Their discipline was not comparable to that of ordinary horse thieves, so of course they were not easy to deal with.

Li Rui showed a mysterious smile.

If it were anywhere else, he would definitely be helpless, but unfortunately this is Shiwan Mountain.

“I have my own way.”

A valley in Shiwan Mountain.

It was late at night.

From time to time, the chirping of unknown birds came to my ears, and the loud howl of a wild wolf broke the silence.

A group of strong men wearing animal skins sat quietly around the fire.

There were only sporadic sparks in the fire, no smoke, and almost no open flames, but it could maintain the temperature.

Experienced mountain people could tell at a glance.

This fire was lit during the day, and then pine wood was added in small amounts many times to achieve this effect.

In short.

Everything was obviously premeditated.

These strong men were silent, and their silence was terrible, which was not the style of horse thieves at all.

At this time.

The sound of footsteps gently crushing dead leaves sounded in the woods.

An old man slowly stood up and looked in the direction of the footsteps.

“Yuan Gao.”

A figure walked out of the darkness, revealing his true face. Yuan Gao raised his mouth slightly: “Qi Rui.”

This “horse thief” is naturally a disguised army of the Qi family in southern Xinjiang.

In order to disrupt the trade between the two countries, they even let the fifth-grade master Qi Rui lead the team personally.

This kind of lineup is certainly not something the caravan can deal with.

No wonder Dao Mo has been unable to succeed.

Qi Rui said expressionlessly: “So what do you want from me?”

Yuan Gao: “Catch someone.”

“Catch who?”

“Jiang Linxian.”

“.”

Qi Rui’s veins bulged, he felt that Yuan Gao was deliberately teasing him.

Jiang Linxian, and he has to be captured alive, at least a fourth-rank person is needed to make it possible.

Even if Yuan Gao is added, the possibility is not great.

People should know themselves.

They are all fifth-rank, but the difference in combat power should not be too big.

Yuan Gao smiled and said, “Don’t worry, the ancestor has discussed this matter with your uncle, and will soon send a master to help, but just let you know first.”

Qi Rui nodded: “Okay.”

At this time, Yuan Gao suddenly remembered something: “By the way, I heard that an official from the Yu Kingdom named Li Rui came to the Wu Kingdom. If you meet him, you should also capture him alive, so that the ancestor can use him.”

“Li Rui?”

Qi Rui frowned slightly.

He didn’t understand what the purpose of Yuan Gao’s capture of the official named Li Rui was.

Qi Rui: “What rank?”

“Sixth rank.”

“Okay.”

Hearing that it was only the sixth rank, Qi Rui didn’t care too much. Can a sixth-rank warrior still turn the world upside down?

It’s a handy thing.

“Brother Rui, goodbye then.”

After that, Yuan Gao disappeared into the darkness again, as if he had never appeared.

Two days later.

“Old Rui, Dao Mo is still not giving up. It seems that he has brought an official named Li Rui from Yu State.”

A Qi clan member said.

“Li Rui.”

Qi Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

What a familiar name.

By the way, isn’t that the person Yuan Gao wanted to capture alive two days ago?

He really came to Wu State.

A cold light flashed in his eyes.

He and Dao Mo can be said to be old rivals. One wants to protect the business road, and the other wants to destroy the business road. They are natural opposites, but Qi Rui can succeed repeatedly with the advantage of being in the dark.

In addition, the Qi clan also planted an insider in Dao Mo’s army.

Otherwise, how could they evacuate accurately before Dao Mo arrived every time?

Qi Rui has a clear grasp of the situation in the Wu State army.

“I know.”

Qi Rui waved his hand, thinking.

Two figures walked among the forests of Shiwan Mountain.

Shiwan Mountain, it is true that you walk through the mountain, and there are still mountains.

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The forest is endless.

I don’t know how many refugees from Wu Kingdom and Yu Kingdom live here, as well as countless monsters.

“Brother Li, can we really find it?”

Dao Mo looked at the increasingly dense thorns, and asked suspiciously while swinging his knife to cut off the thorns.

These days.

Li Rui brought him to Shiwan Mountain every day.

He said he was looking for clues.

Is there such a way to find clues?

The reason why Shiwan Mountain is called Shiwan Mountain is that there are so many mountains and they are really big. A person walking into Shiwan Mountain is no different from an ant.

It is impossible to find it if you run around like a headless fly like now.

If you can find it, he would have found it long ago with his troops.

One hundred people can’t find it, and now it’s even more impossible with only Li Rui and the two of them.

Unless you get lucky.

Li Rui smiled slightly: “Maybe we’ll find it.”

“I believe it.”

Dao Mo continued to chop thorns.

Li Rui stopped talking, just walked quietly, or more accurately, he was listening.

“Look, look, there are two humans!”

“That man looks so fierce.”

“Yes, yes.”

The sound of chattering came to his ears.

Li Rui’s mouth slightly raised.

He glanced at the sparrows standing on the treetops nearby, they were chatting happily.

They didn’t notice Li Rui, the eavesdropper.

Li Rui kept receiving the “talking sounds” coming from all directions in the mountains and forests.

Who is the real owner of Shiwan Mountain?

It’s not the Wu people, nor the Yu people, but the endless beasts and birds are the real masters here.

After opening the West Heaven Gate.

Li Rui has the ability to hear beast language.

In Qinghe, at most he was bored and eavesdropped on some interesting gossips, which was of no use.

But when he came to Shiwan Mountain, this ability became extraordinary.

That group of bandits could deceive Dao Mo, but they could never deceive the beasts and birds all over the mountains.

Now.

All the beasts and birds in Shiwan Mountain are Li Rui’s eyes and ears.

This is why Li Rui dared to go out.

Otherwise, with his cautious nature, how could he take risks casually? In fact, he had already thought of a countermeasure when Qinghe Dao Mo found him to explain the situation.

“Brother Dao, it seems that things are not stable recently.”

Li Rui glanced at a place in the forest.

Dao Mo followed Li Rui’s gaze.

He saw an old woman digging vegetable roots with a seven or eight-year-old child.

The distance was very far.

The two were warriors with extraordinary five senses, so they could see that the old woman and the child did not find them.

Dao Mo sighed lightly.

Just by looking at their dress, you can tell that they must be refugees from the Wu Kingdom who fled into the Shiwan Mountain.

The Wu Kingdom was initially established, and the new emperor ascended the throne.

But the war in the country did not end because of this.

The Qi family’s demon concubine claimed that the previous emperor left an oral order to make the seventh prince, that is, her son, the emperor, and the current new emperor was not legally justified.

The two sides fought fiercely over this.

When the gods fight, mortals suffer.

In order to avoid the war, some people had to hide in the mountains and barely survive, becoming refugees.

If they couldn’t survive, who would be willing to live in the Ten Thousand Mountains surrounded by demons and beasts?

Isn’t it true that people outside are more dangerous than demons and beasts?

Dao Mo forced a smile: “Excuse me for calling Brother Li.”

He was naturally powerless to do anything about it.

It was good enough for Dao Mo to pretend not to see it. Most Wu officials would either kill or take these refugees back to serve.

The two talked.

A cry suddenly sounded in the forest.

Li Rui and Dao Mo turned back at the same time.

They saw a half-man-high worm with a bloody mouth, forcing the old woman and the child to retreat again and again, and they might die at any time.

Dao Mo frowned slightly.

He was thinking about whether to kill the grandmother and the grandson.

Then he heard a whoosh.

A small stone shot out from his side, like a sharp arrow, and with a puff, a hole was shot in the bulging belly of the worm, and blood poured in.

“What a great skill.”

Dao Mo’s eyes lit up, and when he looked at Li Rui’s finger that had not been retracted, he knew that the stone was just done by Li Rui.

A finger flick turned into an arrow.

It was a novelty.

The big insect felt the pain, roared, turned around and went into the forest.

Li Rui’s expression changed slightly: “Master Dao, I’m going to chase the big insect, you wait for me here for a moment.”

After that.

He leaped into the forest like a hawk and disappeared from Dao Mo’s sight.

A moment later.

The big insect’s way was blocked by Li Rui.

The injured big insect saw Li Rui and instinctively felt fear.

The human in front of him slowly said: “Who was the person who hurt you before, and where is he?”

Instantly.

A human-like expression of fear appeared on the big insect’s face.

I saw a monster.

This tiger has lived for more than ten years, and this is the first time I understand human speech.

“You, don’t come over!”

The big insect retreated again and again, and even ignored the severe pain in his stomach until he hit a big tree and stopped.

Li Rui’s face turned cold:

The reason why he chased this big insect was because this big insect just said, “I was beaten again.”

In these 100,000 mountains.

There are not many people who can beat the big insect, and it is most likely that they are from the group of horse thieves.

“Speak!”

“If you don’t speak, I will kill you now, and then chop you into minced meat and feed the tigress.”

Facing Li Rui’s threat, the big insect was even more terrified.

“You ask, I will tell you everything.”

Dao Mo had nothing to do, and when he asked the old woman, he found out that she lived not far away, so he simply sent the old and the young back.

Unlike some officials of the Wu Kingdom.

He had suffered hardships in his early years, and he could understand these poor people better.

When he returned to the original place.

It happened that Li Rui also came back.

Dao Mo asked: “Is the big insect dead?”

He didn’t expect that Li Rui was still a kind-hearted person. He saved people and got rid of the disaster.

Li Rui did not answer, but slowly said:

“Brother Dao, there is a ghost.”