As the sun sets, a fiery red sun is reflected in the mountains to the west, and the orange-red afterglow renders half of the sky, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, over the mottled yellow mud walls, and hitting the stone tables in the courtyard.

So, the sunset and the sunset were poured into the jug and poured into the bowl.

"The man who killed the Tiger Gang leader Chongji Hu and the Wild Wolf Gang leader Duan Wolf and eliminated harm for the people, I admire it, I can't see each other, I salute this person with my own hands!"

Jiang Ping'an sighed regretfully.

"Yes, it must be a dashing and uninhibited, happy hero."

Fang Rui nodded approvingly, and raised the wine bowl: "Don't talk about this...... Come on, Brother Jiang, drink! ”

Bang!

He touched the bowl with Jiang Ping'an, and said secretly in his heart: "I'll give you a salute." ’

"Good wine!"

Jiang Ping'an drank it all, drank the sunset and sunset into his stomach together, exhaled a long breath, twisted a fennel bean, and chewed it slowly in his mouth.

He talked about the current situation in the city, and his expression was happy: "The rebels have raided a large family...... Grain relief ...... Fentian ...... Now the city has settled down! ”

'Brother Jiang is extremely interesting. Fang Rui thought secretly.

In the past, the government was rotten to the bones, Jiang Ping'an and Guang were the same dust, and they followed the trend to make extra money, oil and water, but they also had a bottom line in their hearts, and they did not do big evil things;

Taiping thieves besieged the city, the city was chaotic, the old and weak suffered, a child of the same age as his son Niu Dun died tragically, when Jiang Ping'an was drunk, he would point to his heart and say, 'Look at the heart';

Now that the rebel army is in control of Changshan City, and the people below are required to implement the 'good policy', Jiang Ping'an will also be energetic and fully cooperate with the implementation, preferring to suffer a little himself.

This is not a hero in the book, a moral saint, and not a villain, but in reality, a person who is alive and has his own moral bottom line.

It is precisely because of this truth that Fang Rui will regard him as a true friend because of his long-term relationship.

"yes!"

Fang Rui picked up the wine bowl, smacked the wine, and echoed: "These days, the city is a lot more stable. ”

This is very ironic, the so-called 'Taiping thief' is in charge, and it is even better than the previous Yu State government.

As for the Tiger Gang?

Those things, like shadows under the sun, cannot be eradicated at any time...... Don't talk about this world, let's talk about Fang Rui's previous life, isn't it?

Don't mention these things.

The two were chatting, and Fang Rui suddenly asked, "Brother Jiang, have you seen that Xuantong General, how is this person?" But as rumored outside, he is eight feet tall, five big and three thick? ”

"This ...... I haven't really seen it yet. ”

Jiang Ping'an shook his head: "If you are as fast as me, although you are out of the low-level service, you still don't have the qualifications to rely on a figure like General Xuantong, of course, it is not a problem to look at it from afar...... It's just that in recent days, General Xuantong hasn't appeared, and there is no news when I ask others......"

"It is said that at such a time, the general Xuantong should show up more often to stabilize the hearts of the people in the city...... But I didn't see anyone for a few days, which was a bit strange. Fang Rui frowned.

"yes, that's what I thought, it's better to come forward and stabilize people's hearts...... Also, the big family who copied the family, I thought that the Lin family would be the first. ”

"After all, if you kill monkeys and make an example of chickens, and take the Lin family to open the knife, other big families in the city will be honest ......"

"I didn't expect that,"

Jiang Ping'an's face was also surprised: "By now, other big families have almost copied it, but it is the Lin family, and it has been ...... well."

"It's weird."

Hearing this, Fang Rui's eyes narrowed, and the wine bowl that was brought to his lips was suddenly stunned: "What is the problem of that Xuantong General not appearing?" Or is it not in Changshan City at all?! ’

'Daddy also went on a secret mission, and he hid it so tightly that he couldn't even get a family member like me...... If it were in Tsuneyama Castle, it wouldn't be like this......

So, most of the time Daddy is out of town...... Did you leave with that Xuantong general?! ’

'But it's not in Changshan City, where can you go?' ’

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Fang Rui's mind: 'Isn't it, I went to other counties and cities?' ’

'Yes, it's possible!' ’

As soon as Fang Rui thought of this, his thoughts suddenly broadened: "It is not a problem for the Taiping thieves to break through Changshan City, get the seal of the county honor, and even collect a few demoted officials...... In this way, disguised as Changshan City, the defeated army asked for help, and deceived the city...... If you unite with the thief armies in other places, there is really a possibility of success! ’

'Even, taking advantage of the fact that the Yu State Government did not react, it is not impossible for the soldiers to be fast, so the skills are repeated, and the momentum is like a bamboo......

Compared with this, the eradication of the Lin family in Changshan City is indeed not so urgently needed.

'What a calculation! ’

The more Fang Rui thought about it, the more he felt that it was like this.

In his previous life, he experienced the explosion of information, his imagination was wild, he was not confined to one city or one place, and he dared to think and guess anything.

In this way, it is sometimes more likely to touch the truth.

"What's wrong with Brother Fang, what do you think?" Jiang Ping'an saw that Fang Rui was stunned, and couldn't help asking.

"Nope."

Fang Rui came back to his senses, those thoughts flashed through his mind, the reality was only a moment, and he hurriedly took a sip of wine to cover up the past.

It's not that he is stingy with telling Jiang Ping'an his guesses, but: These news are said to be a blessing rather than a blessing to Jiang Ping'an, but a trouble.

Jiang Ping'an didn't care, and continued: "However, I think that in the past two days, the righteous army and the Xia family are afraid that they are going to do something against the Lin family!" ”

"This is also thanks to the good man who killed the Tiger Gang leader Chong Jihu and the Wild Wolf Gang leader Duan Wolf,"

He gloated: "As soon as these two people die, the contradictions between the Lin and Xia families will intensify, and they will be on the bright side, and the Xia family will not be able to do it if they want to...... Otherwise, others thought that the Xia family was afraid! ”

"And as long as the Xia family agitates and says that they are willing to take on the main force, most of the rebels will not refuse, after all, the huge wealth of the Lin family makes the rebels greedy from top to bottom."

"yes!"

Fang Rui shook his head, thinking about whether there was anything he could operate with.

'Li Xuantong is not here, the four products in the city, the old man of the Lin family and the Xia family, the two of them are a pair again...... My five products seem to be enough to influence the situation in the city and make the wind and rain? ’

'Calm down! Calm! ’

Fang Rui forced himself to calm down: 'What are you doing with the wind and rain?' Low-key, or low-key! ’

"Well, I won't mix in the main battlefield, let them fight to the death, stay on the periphery and knock on the stick, fish in troubled waters, get some benefits and get a piece of the pie, and by the way, let's see if I can kill a few Lin family members and take revenge, it's always no problem, right?" ’

The two drank wine and chatted, from the situation in the city, the two families, to the trivial matters of each family.

“…… Brother Fang, you are in the yard of Tianshuijing Hutong, next door to Sun Laohan's house, remember? The eldest son of the family, Sun Sheng, was defeated by the rebels, but soon after he returned, he disappeared......"

Jiang Ping'an sighed: "Old Man Sun has become a desperate family, and his family has been broken in the past two days!" ”

"Oh, really?"

Fang Rui's face showed just the right amount of surprise, without the slightest abnormality, but he sighed secretly in his heart: "The end of Sun Sheng's matter is completely over." ’

He thought of himself, and his face couldn't help but show a look of embarrassment: 'If something happens to me outside, my mother, my third sister, Nannan, and Ling'er, even if I can call someone to help me come out in the cellar, I will become a desperate ......

Even if Brother Jiang helps, I'm afraid I will be sad, and I can barely support it for a while, but after a long time, sooner or later I will be eaten by others. ’

Thinking of this, Fang Rui secretly reminded himself: Be careful, be careful, be careful!

……

The two drank for a while, and when it was not yet dark, Jiang Ping'an said goodbye and left, saying that he had cooked at home, and he had business at night, so he didn't leave dinner here.

Jiang Ping'an had just left not long ago.

Outside, the sound of soldiers suddenly sounded.

"It's ...... Go in the direction of the Lin family?! ”

Fang Rui stood in front of the window, looking at the Taiping army outside wearing a red scarf, wearing a stubborn and stubborn head, like a long snake, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Sure enough, I killed the Tiger Gang leader Chongji Hu and the Wild Wolf Gang leader Duan Wolf, which intensified the conflict between the Lin and Xia families, the righteous army and the Xia family, this is going to do something to the Lin family in advance?" ”

'I am afraid that the choice of the night is also to minimize panic and disturb the people...... he thought secretly.

After another moment.

There are righteous army officials, who come from house to house and inform: 'Don't be afraid when you hear shouts of killing at night, it's a big dog jumping off the wall in a hurry, don't pay attention to it, just close the door and don't go out.' ’

"This is undisguised, and you are going to do it to the Lin family? Yes, sending troops to surround the Lin family is already a complete tear in the face. ”

At this time, it can be said that the dagger is poor, so why hide it? Can't hide it! ”

Fang Rui thought for a while, and told Fang Ling and Nannan, the two little girls, to go to the yard to play, and entered the back room by themselves.

……

Squeak!

Fang Rui closed the door and sat cross-legged on the bed: "The Lin and Xia families, in addition to the old lady of the Xia family and the head of the Lin family, there should be five or six fifth-grade martial artists......"

"Although such a major combat force, the two will also watch each other and fight each other, and most of them will not appear on the periphery, but, for the sake of safety, it still needs to be improved again!"

What Fang Rui wants to improve is naturally not the technique - the robbery point is far from enough, but the martial art: "Deadly Sword Technique".

It just so happened that his Pu Dao had already been brought over when Jiang Ping'an came over to drink before.

Close your eyes.

Fang Rui consciously silenced the light point in the upper left corner, opened the panel, and looked at the "Deadly Sword Technique" in the skill column: "I didn't improve it before, because the realm is the heaviest, and in addition, I have a certain number of luck points for backup, and I can also prevent accidents......"

For example: the sudden appearance of the plague, or the sudden acute illness of Fang Xue's family, Sanniangzi, Nannan, and Fang Ling, and the lack of medical skills can be temporarily improved.

"And now, there are already a lot of robbery points, after improving the Deadly Sword Technique to a certain extent, there is still a balance to spare, don't worry about this anymore!"

[Raid Point: 591].

Yes! Although it has only been three or four days since the last breakthrough of the fifth grade, the number of robbery points has increased from more than 250 points last time to nearly 600 points.

This was the feedback brought by Fang Rui's killing of the Tiger Gang leader Chongji Hu and the Wild Wolf Gang leader Duan Wolf, as well as intensifying the situation in the city and aggravating the Lin family's downfall.

"Let's start, improve the Deadly Knife Technique!"

Fang Rui's mind was on the '+' after the "Killing Knife Technique".

As the luck points on the panel quickly decreased, the familiar cool air flow reappeared.

Just like the last time I improved "Fang's Medical Technique", those cool air currents did not swim all over the body like when I broke through the realm, but lingered in my mind.

Quick as a wink.

Fang Rui felt as if his thinking had been stretched and accelerated, and the words of the "Killing Sword Technique" flashed in his mind, and he entered a state of epiphany.

Moreover.

There seems to be a villain in front of him, practicing the "Deadly Knife Technique" over and over again, from rusty to beginner.

The only fly in the ointment was that after only a few breaths, this state was interrupted, making Fang Rui tremble and wake up.

"20 Fortune Points, Entry!"

Fang Rui muttered, lifting the Pu knife in front of him, feeling that after the robbery point was upgraded to the 'entry', he learned some skills without a teacher and learned to use this Pu knife.

- It's no longer the same as before, just relying on physical attributes, straight to the point.

"Go on!"

The '+' of "Deadly Knife Technique" did not dim, and his mind poured into it, a little more.

Robbery point -50, "Deadly Knife Technique" is proficient!

……

"Go on!"

Luck point -100, proficient in "Deadly Knife Technique"!

……

"Go on!"

Robbery point -200, "Deadly Knife Method" Xiaocheng!

……

Swish!

Fang Rui opened his eyes and looked at the panel.

[Name: Fang Rui]

[Robbery: 221]

[Exercises: Self-cultivation (Reaching the Peak)]

[Realm: Five Grades (Washing the Pulp)]

[Skill: Fang's Medical Technique (proficient) (+), Animal Taming (Not Started) (+), Feng Shui (Not Started) (+), Killing Knife (Xiaocheng)]

[Divine Power: Immortality (Gray)]

……

At this time, in the skill column, the '+' after the "Deadly Knife Technique" has disappeared, but the '+' after the other three skills is still there.

Obviously, the remaining robbery points are enough to prevent accidents.

"The first Xiaocheng-level skill!"

Fang Rui closed the panel and grabbed the Pu knife in front of him, unlike in the past, this time, the Pu knife in his hand felt like an arm.

This knife, as if it was a part of his body, or rather, an extension of his body, held it, and instinctively knew how to use this simple knife to make moves and deal with it......

Even, muscle memory has been formed, so that in the shortest possible time, use their own strength to kill people.

Don't think that's an exaggeration.

What is Xiaocheng called? A small achievement!

In this era, it is not the level of a cat or a dog, and it dares to be called 'successful' - Xiaocheng, which is also successful.

If the 'proficient' level is considered a master in the amateur, then 'Xiaocheng' has entered the professional field.

A bandit who licks blood from the knife edge, a killer with killing skills, in terms of knife skills, it is generally at this level!

Dacheng?

That is already above the professional level, the master level, without top talent, understanding, and hard work, it is impossible to achieve.

"Of course, this is just a knife technique, don't look too magical, no matter what, this is also a skill, you can use it, but you can't rely on it too much!"

As Fang Rui expected, the so-called martial arts are an amplifier of strength, but it is almost difficult to cross the realm.

It's like an ant, no matter how well the grass stalk is, whether the Guan Ling lifts a weight like a light weight, or a light lift, a child, a hand presses down, and says to kill you, won't it kill you?

No matter how good the knife skills of ordinary people are, but the reaction speed is too slow, and they still can't hit, and a boulder of hundreds of catties is smashed over, and it is still dead!

As for what ordinary people, if they practice their sword skills to perfection and perfection, they can cut out the sword intent and sword qi or something?

Wash and sleep!

"I have gone through the history of my previous life, and I don't know how many people are amazing, but I have never heard ......of what kind of knife intent and knife qi can be cut."

Fang Rui knows one thing very well: the appearance in front of people requires the support of his own strength!

Therefore, martial arts are not useless, and they are still very useful between opponents of the same weight class.

It can cross the realm of one grade, just like two orders of magnitude difference in weightlifting-especially after reaching the middle grade, this trend is becoming more and more obvious!

Cut down below?

It's not completely impossible to do, but if you really want to cross the realm of a product, at least to achieve perfection, there is a certain possibility...... Moreover, it can't be a qualitative grade of seven to six, four to three!

""Deadly Knife Technique", although the quality of this breaking martial art is not good, but it is also Xiaocheng, and it has entered the professional level, even if it belongs to the middle and lower levels of the professional level, it is not difficult to beat other sword martial arts at the proficient level."

In this small Changshan City, not to mention the master level of 'Dacheng', even the people who have practiced martial arts to become 'Xiaocheng', I am afraid that there are only a handful.

And the five or six fifth-grade martial artists of the Lin and Xia families are pampered and rarely fight, and for them, the 'proficient' level martial arts are the limit.

"Therefore, my fifth-grade strength, coupled with Xiaocheng's "Deadly Sword Technique", the comprehensive strength, in the entire Changshan City, is probably only below those two fourth-grade martial artists."

"In addition, if I don't go deep, I will knock on the periphery, and by the way, I will take revenge, and the safety is still very guaranteed."

Fang Rui muttered, got up and stood with his hands in his hands, standing in front of the window, his eyes looked through the boundless and deep night, as if he was looking at the Lin family at this moment: "Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!" ”

At this time, outside the window, there was a sudden wind, blowing the grass and trees to shake violently and make a loud noise.

……

When night falls, the moon is on the top, and thousands of lights are lit up.

Under Fang Rui's special explanation, today, the Fang family's dinner was a little earlier than in the past.

Today's dinner: fried bean sprouts, egg custard, fried bacon, a large pot of white flour steamed buns, white noodles.

In the afternoon, Jiang Ping'an came to deliver the knife, and also brought a batch of purchased materials: five catties of eggs, ten catties of bacon, ten catties of soybeans, and a large bag of dried mushrooms......

——Nowadays, on the market, eggs, oil, meat and other in-demand goods are quite scarce, but it is a large purchase for martial artists, if it is like the Fang family, with money and connections, it is not difficult to buy enough materials for the lives of ordinary people.

It just so happened that because of the old medicine, the big medicine, and the medicinal diet supplement, Fang Rui's demand for ordinary food was greatly reduced, correspondingly, these 'good things' in Fang Xue's mouth, she, the third lady, and the two of them could eat more.

It can be said that now, the quality of life of the Fang family is not much different from the treatment of the children of the weaker big families in Changshan City.

"Mother, third sister, Ling'er, Nannan, sit down and eat!" Fang Rui greeted.

"Brother Rui, now our family's life is like a dream......"

Fang Xue's feeling was very unreal: "This kind of food, in previous years, could only be eaten during the Chinese New Year!" ”

"Yes, Brother Rui still has the ability." The third lady looked at Fang Rui's eyes full of admiration.

"Hey, what is this? The best days are ahead! ”

Fang Rui picked up vegetables for everyone, especially the two little girls, one with a big chopsticks and bacon: "Ling'er, Nannan, you are the time to grow your body, eat more!" ”

These days, because of the nutrition to keep up, the faces of the two little girls, Fang Ling and Nannan, have become white and red, more and more watery, and they don't have the yellowed and split hair like before.

"Wow, thank you, brother!"

"Thank you, Brother Ari!"

Feeling the two of them, as well as the happy emotions of Fang Xue and Sanniang, Fang Rui was also happy in his heart, and had a sense of accomplishment.

Isn't it just to protect these people in front of him and let the family live a good life?

A dinner ended in such a brisk atmosphere.

……

Meal.

As yesterday, let Fang Xue's family, Sanniangzi, Fang Ling, and Nan Nan enter the cellar.

Fang Rui Gebu was masked, carrying a simple knife, and went straight out of the door, speeding all the way, and went straight to Lin's house.

Just when there was still a mile or two away—

In the direction of the Lin family, there was a sudden loud shouting of killing.

……

(End of chapter)