Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 109 The privilege of the deputy commander, the military exploits come in handy
"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Lu Fan took the imperial decree and put it away.

"Congratulations, Mr. Lu, from now on you will be on the rise."

Xiao Guizi smiled happily, and repeatedly bowed to Lu Fan.

"Eunuch Gui is polite."

Lu Fan knew that he was now a celebrity in front of the emperor, even Xiao Guizi, who was also a celebrity in front of the emperor, had to curry favor with him.

The deputy commander of the imperial guards is a second-rank official.

The prince Shaobao is also the second grade, and he has the opportunity to get close to the prince and become an important minister beside the prince.

The future is limitless.

"Lord Lu."

Xiao Guizi said with a smile: "The emperor specifically told me to tell you."

"After you become the deputy commander, you will no longer be subject to any restrictions. As long as you have enough combat achievements, you can exchange for any skills."

Speaking of this, Xiao Guizi cupped his hands again, "Master Lu, when you have accumulated enough military exploits and exchanged for the exercises you like, your strength will definitely go even further."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan was very pleasantly surprised, this was great news for him.

It even made him more happy than being promoted to a noble.

"Gui Gonggong, in this way, from now on, I can exchange my military achievements for human-level skills? Earth-level skills? Even heaven-level skills?"

"Of course!"

Xiao Guizi nodded slightly.

"it is good."

Lu Fan asked again: "I just don't know, how much combat merit is needed to exchange for human-level skills?"

"I asked you about this in advance."

Xiao Guizi stretched out two fingers and said, "The human-level exercises require 20 combat achievements."

"20?"

Lu Fan was a little surprised, he didn't expect there to be so many.

But after thinking about it, it is understandable. After all, human-level exercises are too rare, and the threshold must be raised to show the preciousness of human-level exercises.

It can also be used to motivate the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty to make more military exploits.

Although there is no war at the moment, there will always be some friction at the border. Coupled with enemy reconnaissance, intelligence, and various tasks in peacetime, more or less can still accumulate some military exploits.

However, ordinary soldiers don't have to think about it.

Even for high-ranking generals, it is difficult to accumulate enough military exploits of 20.

This kind of reward was originally prepared for the top group of people.

For example, Lu Fan.

He counted his military exploits, adding them up, it seems that there are more than 19?
With less than [-] combat achievements, you can exchange for a human-level exercise.

It's not too difficult.

Just do the mission again.

"Gui Gonggong, how much combat merit do you need for the earth-level exercises and the heaven-level exercises?"

Lu Fan was more interested in this.

If possible, he would like to accumulate more military exploits in exchange for a local or even a heavenly rank technique.

"Earth-level exercises require 50 combat achievements."

Xiao Guizi said: "As for the Heaven-level exercises, one million combat achievements are needed."

"okay, I get it."

Lu Fan nodded, as he expected.

While difficult, it's not entirely impossible.

It can be regarded as giving people a little hope and motivation, urging people to continue to work hard, and strive to accumulate enough military exploits in the future in exchange for earth-level or even heaven-level exercises.

The same is true for Lu Fan.

In addition to cultivation, he has a new goal, which is to make more military exploits in exchange for earth-level exercises, or even heaven-level exercises.

But it's not too urgent right now.

After all, he may still receive four copies of the ninth-level exercises, plus the Taoist scriptures he is currently practicing, and the Vientiane Divine Body Kung Fu, which is enough for him to practice for a long time.

When he has almost practiced these body training techniques, he may complete new tasks and get more combat rewards.

At that time, he will weigh it based on the combat achievements at hand, is it in exchange for human-level skills?Or a ground level technique?

Before that, you still have to continue to practice.

……

……

Wei Guo, the capital.

Palace, inside the main hall.

Wei Jing'an, the emperor of Wei State, had a gloomy face and said nothing.

Wei Lingtian, who was by his side, also had a slightly ugly face and remained silent.

After a long time, Wei Jing'an let out a long sigh, as if he wanted to vent the depression in his heart.

"I didn't expect that such a genius came out of Da Zhou!"

He frowned, and glanced at Wei Lingtian beside him, "It's not your fault, it's my lack of thoughtfulness that caused the plan to rescue Ling Ran to fall short."

"Your Majesty, the responsibility lies with me."

Wei Lingtian sighed: "I underestimated Lu Fan's tracking ability. Originally, I thought that as long as I held him for one night, there would be enough time for His Highness to escape from Dazhou and come to the border of Xia Kingdom."

"such a pity."

"It was only one step away, His Highness failed to enter the city of Shenlin."

"It's all Yin Song's fault. If the city gate had been opened earlier, wouldn't His Highness have already returned to our Great Wei?"

Speaking of this, Wei Lingtian got a little angry, "Yin Song, a coward, doesn't even dare to send someone to chase after him. Letting Lu Fan go for nothing is equivalent to letting go of our most powerful enemy."

"Forget it, now is not the time to blame yourself."

Wei Jingan pondered for a moment, then said, "But this Lu Fan is indeed a threat, we must find a way to get rid of him."

"Yes."

Wei Lingtian agreed very much, "This person must not stay!"

Only by experiencing it himself can he know how terrifying Lu Fan is.

The longer the time dragged on, the greater the threat Lu Fan would be to Wei.

"Can you do anything?"

Wei Jingan looked at Wei Lingtian and asked.

"No."

Wei Lingtian shook his head lightly, "These days, I've been thinking about this problem every day, but I still can't think of a good solution."

"Let me think."

Wei Jingan fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he raised his head and said, "It's better to use countermeasures!"

"Oh?"

Wei Lingtian was stunned: "But Li Tianrun has a lot of trust in Lu Fan, and Lu Fan has made many military exploits, how could Li Tianrun be suspicious of Lu Fan?"

"Nothing is impossible."

Wei Jing'an was confident, "People's hearts are the most unpredictable in this world."

"The change of an idea is often in an instant."

"Even if the two people who were extremely trustworthy before may lose trust because of a trivial matter, or even turn against each other."

"Instances like this abound."

Wei Jing'an said: "Even Li Tianrun may not be able to avoid the vulgarity."

"But I heard that Li Tianrun has always been wise and smart."

However, Wei Lingtian was still a little worried, "If we want to implement countermeasures, we will inevitably expose our power in Dazhou. If we don't do it, the opponent will strip us of our cocoons and expose our hidden power in Dazhou. The loss outweighs the gain."

"It's okay."

Wei Jingan waved his hand, "I have other means, and I don't even go through our Dawei. Besides, Li Tianrun is smart, but this person is extremely suspicious. As long as we use a little trick, he will be fooled."

"Oh?"

A flash of inspiration flashed in Wei Lingtian's mind, "Could it be with the help of Xia Guo's power?"

"Exactly."

Wei Jing'an said: "After all, Lu Fan just killed many of us. If we, Da Wei, carry out countermeasures against him, I'm afraid no one will believe it."

"But Xia Guo is different."

"Lu Fan can return safely from God's Lincheng, which is doubtful."

"Shenlin City has many generals and masters like clouds, but they didn't send troops to chase after them. Lu Fan was allowed to return to Dazhou safely. If there is an agreement between Lu Fan and Yin Song, some people will believe it."

"Of course, Li Tianrun may not believe it."

"We don't need Thaksin either."

"As long as we can leave a seed of suspicion in Li Tianrun's heart, it will naturally take root and germinate slowly, and it will explode completely on a certain day in the future."

"I'm afraid it's hard for me to imagine the destructive power that will be generated at that time."

Speaking of this, Wei Jingan smiled, "Maybe Lu Fan can really turn against Li Tianrun in the future, then we will just sit back and reap the benefits."

"good idea!"

Wei Lingtian followed Wei Jingan's train of thought, and his mind gradually became clear, "So, you don't need to use too much force, maybe just a letter is enough."

"Ah."

Wei Jing'an nodded, "And the content of the letter doesn't need to be too explicit, it's better not to say anything, just express Yin Song's friendship."

"Yes."

Wei Lingtian also laughed, "In this way, it will arouse Li Tianrun's suspicion even more."

"Since you agree, then it's settled."

Wei Jingan said: "Go to Shenlin City now, find Yin Song, ask him to write a letter to Lu Fan, and send someone to Dazhou."

"Of course, this letter will be intercepted by Da Zhou's intelligence in advance."

"It's impossible to really fall into Lu Fan's hands."

"Even Lu Fan doesn't know about it at all, and will always be kept in the dark."

While talking, Wei Jingan stood up and looked at Wei Lingtian, "It's not too late, you should leave immediately."

"Yes."

……

……

July 28st.

morning.

Lu Fan was practicing in the yard when he suddenly heard familiar footsteps.

He received his merit and waited in place.

Not long after, Liu Zhi and Wu Lingzhao walked side by side.

Seeing Lu Fan, Liu Zhi walked a few steps quickly, came to him, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Lu Fan, now you are Commander Lu."

"You're pretty well informed."

Lu Fan turned around with a smile, "Please."

"it is good."

Liu Zhi and Lu Fan walked in front, and Wu Lingzhao silently followed behind them, as if he had something on his mind.

The three entered the living room, and Ye Wuchen was also there.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhiqing poured tea for them.

"Lu Fan, I came to see you today. Apart from congratulating you, I was actually entrusted by someone."

While talking, Liu Zhi pointed at Wu Lingzhao, "She was too embarrassed to come to you by herself and insisted on dragging me to accompany her. Don't blame me for being troublesome."

"how come?"

Lu Fan turned his gaze to Wu Lingzhao, "What do you need from me?"

"It's nothing."

Wu Lingzhao stood up suddenly, faced Lu Fan, and said, "You saved me last time. To express my gratitude, I came to the door today and gave you some gifts."

"It's just a little effort, you don't need to take it to heart."

Lu Fan waved his hand, "What's more, you also helped me by pointing me in the direction where Wei Lingran escaped, otherwise I might not have been able to catch him."

"For you, it's a piece of cake, but for me, it's a life-saving grace."

With a sincere face, Wu Lingzhao bowed his head slightly to Lu Fan, "I don't say thank you for your kindness, I won't say any polite words, this is my heart."

While talking, she took out a piece of paper and handed it to Lu Fan, "This is the gift list, please have a look at it."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan took a look and saw various gifts written on it.

There are gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, as well as antique calligraphy and paintings, rare treasures.

Plus fine wine and tea, as well as food and livestock, and so on.

Wrote a sheet of paper.

"I know these gifts are nothing, not enough to express my heart."

Wu Lingzhao continued: "So, I want to make a promise to you. If you have something to do in the future, I will never refuse. No matter whether I can do it or not, I will do my best."

Lu Fan could feel the sincerity of the other party, and nodded slightly, "Okay, then I will accept it."

"Ah."

Wu Lingzhao breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to the door, and said, "The carriage is parked outside your house, I'll arrange for someone to bring you the gift."

"Row."

Lu Fan glanced at Zhiqing who was behind him, and said, "Zhiqing, go and have a look with Ms. Wu."

"Yes, son."

Zhiqing agreed, and followed Wu Lingzhao out of the living room.

When the two of them walked away, Liu Zhi smiled and said: "You are really good, even Wu Lingzhao is obedient to you, this is the first time I have seen her so obedient."

"Stop teasing me."

Lu Fan glared at Liu Zhi, "She is your unmarried wife."

"Since you haven't passed the door, it doesn't count."

Liu Zhi said: "Anyway, this marriage will end sooner or later."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan was stunned: "Do you have a solution?"

"Not yet."

Liu Zhi suddenly smiled mysteriously, "However, Wu Lingzhao will work with me to find a way, and she doesn't want to marry me now either."

"Why are you so happy?"

Lu Fan asked, "Shouldn't you be frustrated?"

"I don't want to marry her, of course I'm happy."

Liu Zhi curled her lips, "And I know that she doesn't like me at all. She didn't have a good choice before, but now, she wishes I could break off the engagement sooner."

"Oh."

Lu Fan couldn't say anything more.

Ye Wuchen at the side heard some tricks and frowned.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Zhiqing came in and said, "My lord, Miss Wu said she went back first, let me tell you, if you need her in the future, you can go to her anytime."

"okay, I get it."

Lu Fan nodded slightly, thinking that Wu Lingzhao was also sensible.

He actually didn't want Wu Lingzhao to stay.

It is best to leave voluntarily.

With this kind of young lady, he doesn't want to make friends, let alone have any extravagant thoughts.

So far, no woman has been able to tempt him.

He devoted all his attention to training and becoming stronger.

As for the others, he didn't want to think about it for now.

No matter who the other party is.

……

……

night.

Lu Fan and Ye Wuchen sat opposite each other across a table.

The table is full of wine and food.

The wine glasses in front of both of them were filled.

"Come on, let me toast you."

Ye Wuchen picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "You have made great contributions this time and successfully promoted to deputy commander. You can be regarded as my immediate superior. I will respect you in the future."

Knowing that the other party was joking, Lu Fan raised his glass with a smile, "Okay, I'm serious."

"cheers!"

The two clinked glasses and drank the wine in the glass.

Putting down his wine glass and taking a few mouthfuls of food, Ye Wuchen said seriously: "You have everything now, and it's time to start a family. Do you have a girl you like? If you are embarrassed to ask, I can help you to mention it."

"You better take care of yourself."

Lu Fan shook his head, "I don't want to get married so early. After all, my current strength is far from enough. I have to continue to practice hard. I don't want to get involved in other things."

"You're so hard on yourself."

Ye Wuchen sighed softly and said, "Then when do you want to get married?"

"Let's talk about it, I haven't thought about it."

Lu Fan asked Ye Wuchen back, "Aren't you the same? I don't think you have any intention of getting married either?"

"I……"

Ye Wuchen was really caught by the question, he raised his glass again, "Come and drink."

"cheers."

After the two clinked glasses, they drank another glass of wine.

"Do you know why I don't want to get married?"

Ye Wuchen was touched, and said: "It's because I don't want to be bound by anything, and I devote all my mind to martial arts. I want to constantly break through myself and try to make myself stronger, so that I can better protect the Ye family and my family."

"Although our Ye family is an aristocratic family, we look beautiful on the surface, but in fact we also have our hardships."

"In this world, as long as you can't be the strongest, you will be controlled by others."

"There's no way to do whatever you want."

"We must carefully handle all aspects of the relationship, and try not to stand on the wrong team."

"In case of being on the wrong team, when disaster strikes in the future, even our Ye family will not be spared."

Ye Wuchen sighed: "There are many such examples."

"I know."

Isn't Lu Fan himself like this?
Even though he is now the commander of the imperial guards, and his strength is not weaker than that of the peak of the first rank, he still lacks a sense of security.

Because these were given to him by the Great Zhou Emperor.

If one day he made a mistake, it would be easy for Li Tianrun to deal with him.

In other words, his fate is still in the hands of others.

That's why he didn't dare to relax, and desperately improved his strength, just so that one day, he could control his own destiny.

Stop working hard for others, but truly live for yourself.

Before reaching that strength, he could only use the power of the Great Zhou Emperor to continuously make himself stronger.

Presumably Ye Wuchen had the same idea.

Although Ye Wuchen either sleeps or drinks tea every day, and seems to be living a leisurely life, he may not be working hard.

It's just that the way of trying is different.

Speaking of which, they are the same kind of people.

Unwilling to live under others!

The slight difference is that Ye Wuchen is more for the Ye family.

And Lu Fan is for himself.

Indeed, as Ye Wuchen said, no matter how strong the Ye family is, it is impossible to do whatever they want.

The same is true of the Liu family.

Because the imperial power is above.

For thousands of years, there have been too many aristocratic families whose families have been wiped out and their homes confiscated.

But the royal family has always stood firm.

In the final analysis, the Li family of the royal family is the first family of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

No matter which aristocratic family or sect, it all depends on the royal family's wink.

If there is a conflict with the interests of the royal family, especially be careful.

……

……

More than 20 days have passed in a blink of an eye.

This day is August NO.19, morning.

After breakfast, Lu Fan casually opened the attribute panel.

Name: Lu Fan

Lifespan: 17/1420
Power: 227.54
Agility: 79.67
Mental Power: 76.79
Physical strength: 274.23
Cultivation level: third grade

Cultivation method: Vientiane town magic power is complete, the eighth level of the Taoist scriptures (8365/20000)

Martial arts: the completion of the six imperial gods, the completion of thousands of exercises, the completion of the body training of gods and demons, the completion of the nine-turn golden body, the completion of the body of ten thousand exercises, the completion of the mind training, the completion of the Vajra Indestructible, the completion of the dragon and elephant body
Assignable Attribute Points: 149.71
After these days of painstaking training, Lu Fan has perfected the Dragon Elephant Physical Skill, increasing his strength by 15 points, his agility by 4 points, his mental strength by 4 points, and his physical strength by 30 points.

The various defenses of his body were greatly improved again.

Gongfa Daojing continued to improve steadily.

According to Lu Fan's own estimates, if he meets Wei Lingtian again, he will definitely be able to defeat him.

However, this is still not enough.

continue!

Lu Fan called out, "Zhiqing."

"Son."

Zhiqing trotted over.

"Bring me my official uniform, I will enter the palace later."

Lu Fan found out the two body training techniques and put them on his body in advance.

He wants to enter the palace in exchange for a new body training technique.

There are still three books left.

"Yes, son."

Zhiqing went to get Lu Fan's official uniform, helped him dress neatly, and said with a smile: "This outfit is really pretty."

It has been several months since she came to Lu Mansion. After Zhiqing got acquainted with Lu Fan, she found out Lu Fan's temperament. She was not as cautious as before, and sometimes she even joked with him.

"I am leaving."

Lu Fan smiled, turned and walked out.

When he came outside Lu's residence, he happened to see a carriage coming towards him.

It is the carriage of the palace.

Lu Fan sat down several times.

"Shut up!"

The carriage stopped, Xiao Guizi jumped out of the carriage, took a few quick steps, and came to Lu Fan, "Master Lu, you want to go out?"

"Yes."

Lu Fan nodded slightly, "I want to enter the palace."

"Then it's a coincidence that I came here."

Xiao Guizi smiled and said, "It happens that the emperor wants to see you, so he sent me to pick you up."

"Okay."

Lu Fan walked towards the carriage and asked, "I don't know what the emperor wants me for?"

"I don't know that."

Xiao Guizi shook her head lightly, "Maybe there is a new task for you?"

"Oh?"

Lu Fan regained his energy when he heard it.

It's good to have a new mission, then he will have a chance to gain more military exploits.

Work hard to save up, and try to exchange for a book of heavenly exercises.

……

……

Great Zhou Palace, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Li Tianrun was holding a letter in his hand, flipping through it carefully.

He frowned, as if he had encountered a problem.

Standing not far in front of him was a tall and strong middle-aged man who looked to be in his 40s with a serious expression on his face.

"Su Yushan, have you passed the interrogation?"

Li Tianrun didn't look up, looked at the letter and asked, "What did the sender say?"

"Back to the emperor, that man didn't say a word."

Su Yushan bowed and said, "It's the minister who is incompetent. He tried everything, but he couldn't get that person to speak."

"Don't blame yourself."

Li Tianrun waved his hand, "Have you compared the handwriting? Is it Yin Song's handwriting?"

"I have obtained Yin Song's handwriting before, and after repeated comparisons, I can be sure."

Su Yushan said: "It is undoubtedly Yin Song's handwriting."

"What do you think about this?"

Li Tianrun raised his head, glanced at Su Yushan, saw his hesitation, and encouraged him, "Speak boldly, it doesn't matter."

"Yes."

Su Yushan agreed, stood up straight, and said, "I think there is something strange about this matter."

"Oh?"

Li Tianrun was slightly surprised, "Let's hear it?"

"Yes."

Su Yushan said: "The main reason is that the appearance of this letter is too coincidental."

"Just after Lu Fan captured Wei Lingran, this letter appeared in my Dazhou, and it happened to be intercepted by our people."

"I think someone did it on purpose."

Speaking of this, Su Yushan gave Li Tianrun a careful look, "The purpose is to blame Lu Fan. Although it may not be effective, it will at least make the emperor suspicious of Lu Fan."

(End of this chapter)