It has been more than half a month since the end of the last business war, and the court has gradually become accustomed to the rivalry between the two princes of Liao and Yu, and Xu Rui seems to have gradually faded out of people's field of vision under his deliberate marginalization.

On this day, he finally found time to inspect the expansion work of Tianqiwei.

It has been nearly two months since I returned from the grassland, and the progress of the expansion work is quite gratifying because of the proper arrangement and investment in place.

Zhang Zuofeng had already targeted the leaders in the Northwest Frontier Army, and as soon as Emperor Hongwei issued a holy decree to expand the organization, he immediately went to the Northwest Army in person and pulled his favorite troops back to Changxing in an organized manner.

On the other hand, all of Galaxy's factories are producing new equipment at full capacity, the Reaper musket has basically replaced the repeating crossbow, and the land artillery has also been upgraded.

In addition, the addition of submachine guns, sniper rifles, mortars, and new mines has greatly enriched the tactics of the Apocalypse and enhanced its combat effectiveness.

At present, Cao Siyuan is presiding over the training tasks of the whole army, and is trying to enhance the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the army through a large number of live-ammunition training and the necessary battlefield environment and real confrontation.

Xu Rui spent a day with the fighters at the shooting range today, the training was very hard, but there were no shortcuts, the expanded Apocalypse Guard was completing the fusion, but there was still a big gap from his requirements.

According to Cao Siyuan's calculations, in order to truly satisfy Xu Rui, the army must maintain high-intensity training for at least half a year.

This time is already very fast, but Xu Rui still feels that it is not enough, because he doesn't know how long Emperor Hongwei's body can last, once Emperor Hongwei's body changes, then Tianqiwei must shoulder the responsibility of the pillar.

In recent days, Xu Rui has been a little restless, I don't know if it is simply nervous, or if he has some feelings about some major events that will happen.

After sunset, Xu Rui returned to the princess's mansion, and in the study, Mr. Changpo, who had always been obsessed with medicine, had been waiting here for a long time.

As soon as Xu Rui entered the study, he didn't even have time to take a sip of tea, so he couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. entered the palace today to diagnose the saint, what is the result?" ”

Mr. Changpo put down the medicine box, shook his head and said, "As you and I expected, the virus is still slowly devouring the life of the saint, according to the old man's judgment, it will be half a year at most, or two or three months at the least, and the time limit will come." ”

Xu Rui's heart sank when he heard this: "Is there really no way to save it?" ”

Mr. Changpo shook his head and said, "Unless you can develop a virus inhibitor within this time, there is no possibility. ”

"There is another possibility!"

Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "Since someone can make the virus in the saint's body temporarily dormant, it means that they have something to suppress the virus in their hands, as long as I can find out who is behind the scenes, I can save the saint's life!" ”

Mr. Changpo shook his head: "You have been checking for so long, and there is still not much breakthrough, I think that the mastermind behind the scenes is not so easy for you to find out."

What's more, even if you really find out, virus dormancy and killing the virus are two different things, and you can only help the old emperor fight for his life for a year or two at most. ”

Xu Rui sighed, and wanted to say with emotion, "Do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven." ”

However, before he could speak, Xu Rui's ears suddenly moved, and his eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.

"What's going on?"

Seeing Xu Rui's appearance, Mr. Changpo immediately sensed that something was wrong and asked with concern.

Xu Rui waved his hand and motioned to Mr. Changpo not to speak first, and then he listened carefully for a moment, and said to Mr. Changpo: "Someone has broken in, you stay here, don't go out." ”

Mr. Changpo nodded when he heard this, and Xu Rui lifted the broken front, pushed open the door and walked out.

The strange sound outside was clearer, as if someone was stepping on the tiles all the way inside.

Xu Rui cautiously followed the sound to the main hall, and found that the intruder was on the roof, he sneered and was about to jump out and block the visitor, but a black shadow fell from the roof first and crashed into Xu Rui's arms.

"How are you?"

Xu Rui stopped the figure, only to find out that it was the shadow maid who had not been seen for months.

At this moment, the shadow maid was covered in blood, her breath was weak, and she seemed to have been injured a lot.

Seeing her like this, Xu Rui's heart suddenly became angry, and he blamed him for not being able to take care of the shadow maid.

"Up, ...... above"

Seeing Xu Rui, the shadow maid's face suddenly relaxed, and she struggled to stretch out her finger to the roof, and said intermittently.

Xu Rui frowned, only to find that there was still a footstep on the roof, this person was a master of concealment, hiding his footsteps in the footsteps of the shadow maid, if you don't listen carefully, it will be difficult to find.

Thinking that the one who could track the shadow maid was the one who seriously injured the shadow maid, Xu Rui sneered in his heart when he thought of this, and said loudly: "Who is on it, roll down to Ben Hou!" ”

Xu Rui's voice immediately alarmed the guards of the princess's mansion, and Qin Fei, who had always been on high alert, immediately rushed out with a group of personal soldiers and surrounded the main hall.

When the people on the roof saw that they were exposed, they did not turn away, but jumped from it with a slight leap.

Xu Rui looked at it and saw that this person was a white-robed swordsman, about thirty years old, with extremely powerful qi, and he was indeed a master.

"Who are you?"

Xu Rui saw that this person was not dressed like the eagle dog of the King of Liao, and couldn't help frowning and asked.

This person did not have the slightest fear in the face of Xu Rui and the guards, but showed a little disdain, and said lightly: "If you don't change your name, you won't change your surname, but you are a disciple of the East China Sea Sword God, ranked ninth, Qianjue Sword Feng Tang!" ”

"Tokai Sword God ......"

Xu Rui's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, and he pointed at the shadow maid and said in a deep voice: "You hurt someone?" ”

Feng Tang sneered: "So what? ”

Xu Rui was furious in his heart, but because he heard for the first time that the East China Sea Sword God was involved in Changxing, he was afraid that there was some conspiracy behind it, so he suppressed his anger and asked, "Why did you hurt her?" Why did you break into my princess's mansion? ”

Feng Tang glanced at Xu Rui with a grin, only thinking that he was an ordinary colt, a soft bone that eats soft rice, and said indifferently: "If he kills my people in the East China Sea, he must die, and the reality is to hand over the people now, and I have the right to treat this incident as if this incident never happened." Otherwise......"

Xu Rui's eyes narrowed slightly: "Otherwise, what?" ”

Feng Tang sneered: "Otherwise, I don't care what kind of colt you are, as soon as my East China Sea Divine Sword comes out, I will want your entire mansion to die without a place to be buried!" ”

Xu Rui immediately laughed when he heard this: "What a big breath! ”

Without waiting for Xu Rui to speak, Qin Fei, who was already ready to stop, beckoned, and a group of guards immediately aimed at Feng Tang.

As a disciple of the Martial Saint, how could Feng Tang take a few guards who only knew three-legged cat kung fu in his eyes?

But he didn't know that these guards were all the personal soldiers of the Apocalypse Guard, and at this moment, what they were holding in their hands was the Grim Reaper rifle that terrified the Prairie Iron Horse!

"Kill him!"

Xu Rui said lightly.

Qin Fei immediately waved his hand.

The guards pulled the trigger without hesitation, and a burst of flames suddenly gushed out.

Feng Tang finally realized that something was wrong, and his playful face suddenly changed greatly, but it was too late.

A volley of more than a dozen rifles knocked him into a sieve almost instantly, and this first-class master with outstanding martial arts didn't even have time to react, so he whimpered in extreme aggrieved terms.

Feng Tang's corpse will be cleaned up, Xu Rui didn't look at it, his eyes fell on the shadow maid again, and he said distressedly: "How did you get it like this, what happened?" ”

The shadow maid barely stood still under Xu Rui's support, and said eagerly: "Young master, ...... quickly Hurry up and save the ...... He was ...... Surrounded by those people, the temple was broken outside the city...... Dangerous...... The stakes are ......"

"What? You say you're in danger of your life? ”

Xu Rui was shocked when he heard this, in his opinion, the martial arts that he wanted to leave, unless he met a real martial saint, there were really few people in the world who could get a bargain in his hands.

Could it be that the East China Sea Sword God sneaked into Changxing City?

Thinking of the little time left for Emperor Hongwei, and the situation where several princes sharpened their knives, his face suddenly changed.