Chapter 229: Blood Contract Demon Union, Follow the Clues (Two in One)

"Ten fifth-grade pills, are they enough compensation?"

Li Rui sneezed, thinking.

"Not enough, definitely not enough."

Soul Pill is almost the best pill in the world.

He found out.

Xia Xiaotang's favor is definitely not repayable, or to be more precise, it should be unrepayable.

Li Rui doesn't like to owe favors.

Not to mention that he, an old man, cheated Xia Xiaotang, a 16- or 17-year-old girl who is ignorant of the world.

But.

The old man blushed.

"Just think of it as a lesson to know the treacherous nature of human heart."

This favor can only be remembered for now, and will be repaid when you have more ability in the future.

In a blink of an eye.

Ten days passed.

The Municipal Trade Bureau gradually got on the right track, and every day there would be caravans from the Wu Kingdom coming from outside the city. The people of Qinghe were not surprised by these Wu people riding monsters.

Of course.

In fact, caravans equipped with monsters were a minority in the Wu Kingdom.

If everyone in Wu Country could drive monsters, then Yu Country would probably have ceased to exist long ago, and the world would have been swept by the monster army of Wu Country.

In fact, most of them are no different from ordinary Yu Country caravans, and not all of them are wearing beast robes, which is a huge difference.

"Wu Country is divided into Southern Wu and Northern Wu."

"Northern Wu was influenced by the escape of Xuan Dynasty to the south, and is closer to the people of Yu Country, while Southern Wu has maintained the tradition left by the beast god."

Dao Meng and Li Rui sat in a large house near the city and talked about it.

The official office of the Municipal Trade Department has been completed. This is the office residence arranged by the Municipal Trade Department for the Wu Country delegation.

Not only the Wu Country delegation, but Li Rui also has a large house.

However, most of the time, Tan Hu and Tang Hai took the soldiers of the Tiger Riders to take care of daily affairs, and he was almost always strolling outside.

As the chief officer, it is undoubtedly quite unwise to limit yourself to specific affairs. Not only can you not do things well, but you will also be stretched when you encounter problems and have no way to solve them.

Li Rui was the lieutenant of the Ministry of Commerce. In the Ministry of Commerce, apart from the officials of the Ministry of Commerce, the most important group was the Wu Kingdom envoys.

‘Southern Wu, Northern Wu.’

Li Rui listened.

He had also heard about the Qi family’s escape to the south in the previous dynasty. At that time, Emperor Taizu of Yu State rode his horse across the world. After the military god of Xuan State, the first Duke of Wei, accepted the surrender, Xuan State was broken, and most of the royal family members of the Qi family fled to Wu State.

As for why Wu State and Yu State joined forces at that time, but accepted the remnants of Xuan State, it is unknown.

Obviously, the escape of the Xuan Dynasty to the south had a great impact on Wu State.

When mentioning the Xuan Dynasty, Dao Meng said fiercely:

“People with the surname Qi are not good things. The previous emperor must have been killed by the woman with the surname Qi.”

“Oh?”

Li Rui raised his eyebrows slightly.

These news about the royal family of Wu State, he didn’t know anything at all.

Because of their friendship of sharing hardships and life and death, Dao Meng said bluntly: "The evil concubine of the Qi family not only killed your majesty, but also tried to control the government. Fortunately, the great witch saw through her trick and put things right."

Li Rui understood.

In short, the former emperor of Wu State married a woman of the Qi family as his concubine.

Later, the imperial concubine Qi tried to seize the throne of Wu State with the prince she gave birth to. In this way, the Qi family realized their dream of restoring the country in disguise.

"What a roundabout way to save the country!"

Who said women are useless.

This is as good as thousands of troops.

According to Dao Meng, if it weren't for the great witch of Southern Xinjiang, he might have succeeded. Most of the wars in Wu State were caused by this woman or Qi family.

Dao Meng slapped his head.

Then he remembered something: "Lord Li, Brother Mo sent a letter saying that it has been found out that the people who took action that day were from the Qi family, and they also colluded with the Ghost Cult."

Li Rui nodded:

"Sure enough."

This matter is not difficult to guess, and it can even be said that the answer is on the surface of the riddle.

The key is not to investigate, but to catch, and to catch the person red-handed.

That's why Cao Wei didn't care about this matter.

To put it bluntly, the robbery and murder that day was the internal affairs of the Wu Kingdom, and the An Ning Guard was just affected, so there was no need to force the head.

A family moved to Liutiao Lane in Qinghe City.

A talented man and a beautiful woman.

There are more than a dozen servants in the mansion. I heard that they moved from other states to do business in Southern Xinjiang.

In the main hall.

A man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes was talking to a gentle and moving woman.

"Yan Zhongxing is an old fox, too difficult to deal with."

Qi Yu's eyes were gloomy.

After the operation failed, he and Liu Jiaoniang disguised themselves as merchants from the State of Yu and became the insiders in Qinghe.

Originally, he wanted to bribe the chief official of the Municipal Trade Department with gold and silver, but he didn't expect Yan Zhongxing to take the money but didn't do anything. Qi Yu was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Liu Jiaoniang looked at Qi Yu and sneered in her heart.

It was good that Yan Zhongxing didn't drive him out directly when he came to the door with his things in broad daylight.

Qi Yu just relied on his good cousin to act arrogantly.

She was arranged by her master, the Blood Shadow Ancestor, to disguise herself as Qi Yu's wife and be responsible for collecting intelligence in the city.

Now Qinghe has become a port, and its status is extraordinary.

To some extent, it is even more important than An Ning Mansion, and the top leaders of the Ghost Nether Sect have to pay attention to it.

She is good at disguise.

Isn't she the most suitable candidate.

Qi Yu's cursing voice was automatically blocked by her.

She has seen many useless men.

Her eyes narrowed slightly.

If she had to say who in Qinghe City interested her the most, it would be the official named Li Rui.

"Li Rui."

"He Shan?"

Li Rui, who was sitting in the yamen of the Trade Department, looked at the bearded man in front of him with some surprise.

Although his face changed drastically, he could still recognize him at a glance.

It was He Shan.

Li Rui said in surprise: "Brother He, why are you back?"

He remembered that after the death of He Shan's charming slave wife, he left An Ningwei, saying that he was going to be a swordsman and find the murderer of his wife.

A row of snow-white teeth peeked out from the black stubble.

"Brother Li."

He Shan's condition was better than Li Rui imagined, and he was full of energy.

Li Rui asked He Shan to sit down.

Made a pot of tea.

Only then did he ask about He Shan's current situation.

He Shan's eyes sparkled: "Brother Li, God has paid off. I finally found the murderer of Xiaolan!"

"?!"

Li Rui was surprised: "Who is it?"

He Shan licked his lips: "It's the Thousand-faced Rakshasa Liu Jiao Niang, one of the twelve blood disciples of the Gui Ming Sect!"

Li Rui was even more shocked.

Of course he knew that the person who killed Helan was Liu Jiaoniang, but he didn't expect that He Shan could also find out.

He Shan: "I heard that Liu Jiaoniang has come to Qinghe and should be in Qinghe City now."

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

Is Liu Jiaoniang coming to Qinghe?

Thinking back to what Dao Meng told him today, the Qi clan in southern Xinjiang and the Guiming Sect had joined forces, and Liu Jiaoniang should have been the one who robbed and killed them on the official road that day.

Otherwise, there is no reason for a vampire to come to Qinghe so often.

His heart moved slightly.

I heard He Shan say with extremely firm eyes: "I must kill her!"

Li Rui looked at He Shan and frowned slightly.

Suddenly.

His right hand grabbed He Shan's wrist like an iron clamp.

He Shan instinctively wanted to struggle, but no matter what, he couldn't break free, and finally gave up with a wry smile.

Li Rui felt it carefully, stared at He Shan, and said word by word:

"Did you use the blood-breaking technique?"

He Shan nodded calmly: "Liu Jiaoniang is a sixth-grade master. I can't kill her without the blood-breaking technique."

Li Rui let go of He Shan's wrist and sighed softly.

The so-called blood-breaking technique is a secret technique widely spread among swordsmen.

This technique is not very clever.

To put it bluntly, it means consuming energy and blood in advance and gaining power far beyond one's control.

Consuming qi and blood is a euphemism, but it actually means burning life span.

No wonder he felt that something was wrong with He Shan's whole person.

There is another way of saying this situation, it is a reflection of light.

"Hey brother, why bother."

He Shan didn't take it seriously: "Anyway, I'm going to die. If I can kill my enemies with my own hands, I will die without regrets."

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"stop."

Li Rui sighed.

At this point, the blood-breaking method was irreversible, and there was nothing he could do about it.

He Shan: "Brother Li, don't think too much. I came here just to meet you. After all, I don't have many acquaintances in Qinghe. If there is anything inconvenient for you, you can just call me. It doesn't matter." It’s a waste of time.”

An open-minded look on his face.

There is no awareness that life is approaching.

Li Rui estimated that He Shan might only have three years to live at most.

"You."

He shook his head: "If there is no place to live, I still have a house in Tiandi League. You can live there. Just say that I asked you to live there."

He Shan groaned.

When he left Qinghe, he never thought about coming back.

Instead of going to an inn in the city, it would be better to stay in Li Rui's house and feel comfortable.

Since using the blood-breaking technique, his whole body has become much more transparent.

"Then I won't be polite, brother."

"We are all brothers, why are you so polite?"

Li Rui solemnly warned: "Brother He, if you find the Thousand-faced Rakshasa, you must tell me and don't take action without permission. I can mobilize troops to assist."

"Thank you, Brother Li."

But looking at He Shan's appearance, it was obvious that he would not tell him.

Li Rui really didn't expect He Shan to take revenge.

He Shan himself is at the seventh level. Even if he uses the blood-breaking technique to temporarily have a combat power comparable to that of the sixth level, it is still extremely difficult to kill Liu Jiaoniang.

He arranged He Shan to join the Heaven and Earth Alliance just to take care of him.

A short episode passed.

Li Rui's life returned to normal.

Although there are occasional twists and turns in the mutual trade between the two countries, it is generally stable.

There are not many things that need to alarm Li Rui, the captain of Simao School. Most of the time, Tan Hu and a few Benhu Cavalry soldiers can handle it.

Dazzling.

March passed.

"Nurture the demon with blood, the demon and the human will merge into each other, the blood will make the demon merge together, and the skill will be perfected"

Li Rui placed a yellowed ancient scroll.

These are miscellaneous notes that he borrowed from Dao Meng to record the Wu Clan's martial arts. Kung Fu is the foundation of a warrior. Even if he was familiar with Dao Meng, Dao Meng would never give it to him, but some miscellaneous notes would be fine.

Through these miscellaneous books, Li Rui had some understanding of the martial arts of the Wu Kingdom.

Mostly.

The warriors of the Wu Kingdom and the Yu Kingdom followed the same path, strengthening Qi and blood and warming and nourishing the Qi.

It's just that on this path, the Witch Kingdom has added the idea of ​​raising monsters, which can achieve the purpose of becoming stronger faster by connecting the energy and blood of the monsters. Moreover, after the monsters are tamed, they can also become an important fighting force.

However, warriors who can possess companion beasts are considered to be extremely talented beings in the Witch Kingdom.

Most of the monster beast mounts in the Witch Kingdom caravan are the same as tame horses. They can only complete some simple commands and are essentially different from companion beasts.

"According to legend, those who have mastered raising demons can fuse humans and demons to become demon immortals."

Li Rui murmured to himself.

Not only did he think of the methods used by Guiming to teach the evil gods, but he also became an evil fairy like the demon fairy in the scroll.

"According to records, although no demon immortal has been born, there are people who have lived for a terrifying thousand years by fusing demon beasts."

"It's no wonder that the Xuan Dynasty royal family wants to train themselves to look like humans or ghosts."

As a groom, he always wants to live longer.

Not to mention the Xuan Dynasty royal family who enjoyed all the glory and wealth in the world.

The temptation to live a few hundred more years is simply irresistible to them.

It's just a change in form.

When you become a fairy, the worst it can do is change the world's aesthetics.

An emperor can do this kind of thing, let alone become a god.

"Who in the world doesn't want to live as long as God?"

Even the Emperor is not exempt from vulgarity.

Li Rui sighed while flipping through the scroll.

Although this note is not a Kung Fu technique, and it is impossible to practice the Kung Fu technique of the Wu Kingdom after reading it, but with his understanding, it may be able to enlighten him and use it to improve Changchun Kung Fu.

Just when you are looking forward to it.

There was a knock on the courtyard door.

"Mr. Li, I would like to invite you to a meeting at the Trade Department."

Li Rui looked at the young servant in front of him.

This person is a domestic servant bought by the Wu Kingdom mission and is from Qinghe.

Otherwise, if a person from the Wu Kingdom often comes in and out of Anning Guard, he will definitely be criticized by others.

"good."

He nodded.

Follow the young servant all the way to the Trading Department, the residence of the Wu Kingdom Mission.

Just stepped through the courtyard gate.

Then I heard a familiar voice: "Brother Li, long time no see."

I saw Dao Mo walking out of the house.

Li Rui looked at Dao Mo with some surprise: "Master Dao?"

Dao Mo laughed loudly: "Brother Li, do you miss me, my brother?"

Then he explained: "After finishing the things over there, I just thought of coming to Qinghe for a visit. I should be able to stay in Qinghe for a longer time this time."

Li Rui looked at the room.

Xia Xiaotang was nowhere to be seen.

Dao Mo saw what Li Rui meant: "Xiaotang has something to do. I think she will be back in a while. She is the envoy and can't run away."

he joked.

Not many people in Qinghe knew Xia Xiaotang's identity.

Or rather.

Li Rui is a native of Yu.

It was Xia Xiaotang who said it himself. After he learned about it, he no longer had any worries. There was no need to continue to hide it and only add to the jokes.

Li Rui smiled: "That's it."

Just ask.

Then I realized that Dao Mo came back with a mission.

"We have information that the traitor Xia Zhou and his party went north, probably to Qinghe. I am afraid they are planning to do evil and harm the great cause of the two countries."

Xia Zhou is the ninth prince of Wu Kingdom.

To be precise, he is the former prince.

Since his eldest brother ascended the throne, he has become a gangster.

His mother is Concubine Qi.

To put it simply, this ninth prince is the emperor that the Qi family in southern Xinjiang wants to support.

Li Rui's eyes became solemn: "What are you going to do, Master Dao?"

There was a hint of cruelty on the corner of Dao Mo's mouth:

"Of course, find them and kill them all!"

If it hadn't been for Li Rui, he would have suffered a big fall at the hands of those people. He kept holding this breath in his heart.

"Brother Li, you have great powers. If you know the news about those bastards, you must tell me as soon as possible. You don't need to do anything, just give me a position."

Li Rui thought thoughtfully:

"OK."