Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 111 Promoted to the second rank, the cultivation level has skyrocketed!
"Ok."

The woman was silent for a while, then said: "I listen to you."

"now it's right."

The man said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go to the store."

"Ah."

The woman agreed to come down, and the sound of footsteps followed.

Hearing this, Lu Fan knew that there would be no useful news for a while.

Then act!

It won't be too late to interrogate these two people after they are captured.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Lu Fan, who was hiding in the dark, suddenly appeared, and under the astonished eyes of the two, he restrained them.

With one person in each hand, he came to the courtyard, glanced at Qin Yu on the roof, and said, "Send the signal."

"it is good."

Qin Yu nodded, took out the firework signal, and lit it instantly.

The next moment, a firework rose into the sky.

"boom!"

As if in response, there was also the sound of fireworks in the distance.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The sound of fireworks sounded one after another.

Qin Yu jumped off the roof and said with a smile, "It seems that they have succeeded too."

"Well, let's go."

Lu Fan carried the two of them back to the tavern.

Qin Yu went to the back kitchen and took the other three people into his hands, and went to the counter with Lu Fan and put them down.

Lu Fan glanced at Song Yu and asked, "Are you all right?"

"fine."

Song Yu shook her head, "There were two groups of guests who came to eat, but I sent them away."

"Row."

Lu Fan went to open the store door, only to see a lot of people around outside, pointing at the tavern.

At this time, hurried footsteps sounded.

A group of soldiers came running from a distance. There were more than 20 people, all wearing military uniforms. The leading man was in his 30s and looked like an officer.

"What happened?"

"There's been a lot of movement today."

"What happened recently? Fengming Street always has accidents?"

While discussing, the common people moved their feet to make way for the soldiers.

After a while, the soldiers came to the tavern and rushed into the tavern without stopping.

"The next official, Ding Kun, was ordered by Master Su to come and escort the prisoner."

The leading officer took out his belt badge and handed it to Lu Fan.

"Take the prisoner away."

Lu Fan waved his hand.

"My lord, don't blame me."

Ding Kun cupped his hands, "The lower officials also want to find out the identity of your lord."

"As it should be."

Lu Fan took out his waist card and handed it out.

Ding Kun took a look at the belt badge, and immediately exclaimed, "So you are Commander Lu, sorry for your disrespect!"

"Okay, let's take people away."

Lu Fan retracted his waist badge and moved away.

"Yes."

Ding Kun shouted at his soldiers: "Take all the prisoners away."

"Yes."

All the soldiers stepped forward, helped the nine prisoners up, escorted them out.

When passing by Lu Fan, several people looked at Lu Fan with hatred.

Especially with that boss.

He glared at Lu Fan fiercely, with a ferocious expression on his face and viciousness in his eyes.

More and more people gathered around the entrance of the tavern. They were a little surprised to see the soldiers escorting the prisoner out and quickly recognized the prisoner's identity.

"Isn't this the tavern owner?"

"And the boss lady."

"The shopkeeper, the man, the chef, are they all arrested?"

"What did they do?"

"Who knows?"

"By the way, did you hear that? Just now the officer called that young man Commander Lu?"

"Seems to be."

"Such a young commander, and his surname is Lu, could it be Lu Fan?"

"That's right, it's Lu Fan."

"Since Lu Fan made the move, he must have caught the wrong person."

"Yes, maybe these people are the spies of Wei State."

"I feel so too."

The voices of common people's comments reached the ears of the nine prisoners, making their hearts suddenly sink and they became more and more uneasy.

Even utter despair.

They all knew who Lu Fan was, and they naturally knew what Lu Fan's action meant.

It means the Great Zhou Emperor.

Then no one can save them, and no one dares to save them.

Finished!

There is no hope.

I am afraid that I will die in Dazhou, and I will never be able to return to Wei State in this life.

What about their families?
Inside the pub.

Lu Fan glanced at Qin Yu and Song Yu beside him, and said, "You two search the store to see if you can find anything?"

"it is good."

Qin Yu and Song Yu nodded at the same time.

"I'm going to the backyard to see."

Lu Fan returned to the backyard, entered the house, and started searching.

From the moment I entered the door, I searched a little bit inside, not even letting go of a single corner.

After a long time, he finally found something.

It was a piece of paper with a few short lines written on it, but he couldn't read it.

He knew every word on the paper, but he didn't understand the meaning of connecting them together.

Not only can't make a sentence, it's even difficult to form a word.

Is it a secret language?
Lu Fan frowned and looked at it for a while, but couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he had to give up.

He searched the house again, but found nothing.

After leaving the backyard, he returned to the tavern, found Qin Yu and Song Yu, and asked, "Did you find anything?"

"No."

Qin Yu and Song Yu shook their heads at the same time.

"Let's go then."

Lu Fan walked out while talking, "Enter the palace to face the saint!"

"it is good."

The two followed Lu Fan and left the tavern.

The people outside had all dispersed, and the Bing Ma Si soldiers who escorted the prisoners had long since disappeared.

The three of Lu Fan rushed back to the palace as quickly as possible, and came outside the imperial study.

After Xiao Guizi went in to report, he came out and said, "Lord Lu, Your Majesty invites you in."

"it is good."

Lu Fan entered the Imperial Study Room, and after saluting, he handed the piece of paper to Li Tianrun, and explained the process of his trip in detail.

Including when he heard the conversation between the two men and women, he did not hide anything and told the truth.

"You did a great job!"

Li Tianrun praised and said, "I will arrange for someone to crack this letter, maybe we will find important clues."

"There are still those prisoners who will be handed over to Bingmasi for interrogation. Using Bingmasi's methods, they will always get some useful information."

"Wait for a while, gather all the clues, and then decide on the follow-up action."

Speaking of this, Li Tianrun raised his head and glanced at Lu Fan, "Your participation will be indispensable at that time."

"Yes."

Lu Fan agreed and reminded: "Your Majesty, although this operation is very successful, after all, there is no way to catch all the spies. I am worried that some people will notice something and may evacuate Da Zhou early."

"It's okay."

Li Tianrun said with a smile: "I have thought of it a long time ago, and I have already laid out the plan in advance, and implemented surveillance on some suspicious targets."

"If there is any change in them, I will know immediately and respond."

"Besides, it doesn't matter even if there are fish that slip through the net."

"As long as we can drive all the spies of Great Wei out of Great Zhou, it will be considered a success."

"It will be much more difficult for them to rebuild new intelligence points."

"So, they may not leave."

"After all, they have worked hard in my Great Zhou for many years, and some of them have even held high positions in the Great Zhou, and they will not give up easily."

After a short pause, Li Tianrun continued: "No matter what, the current situation is beneficial to us. As long as we persist in the investigation, we will definitely gain a lot."

"Yes."

Lu Fan nodded slightly.

"Okay, you go first."

Li Tianrun waved his hand, "After a while, I have a new mission, and I will call you into the palace again."

"Yes."

Lu Fan resigned and left.

Walking out of the imperial study, he saw a few acquaintances.

Yan Qing, Zhu Jingtian, Mu Yan, Sui Yang, Meng Yu.

They are all masters of the Dragon Shadow Guards of the Royal Forest Army, and now, like Lu Fan, they are both serving in the palace and serving as imperial guards.

It seems that it is Yan Qing's helper for this mission.

After greeting everyone, Lu Fan left first.

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In the blink of an eye, another twenty days passed.

This day is September NO.13, morning.

Lu Fan woke up from his trance and opened the attribute panel.

Name: Lu Fan

Lifespan: 17/1560
Power: 245.31
Agility: 83.75
Mental Power: 82.94
Physical strength: 306.43
Cultivation level: third grade

Cultivation method: Vientiane town magic power is complete, the eighth level of the Taoist scriptures (11245/20000)

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, and the completion of the meridians
Assignable Attribute Points: 200.11
In more than 20 days, Lu Fan practiced the Hundred Meridians to perfection, his strength increased by 15 points, his agility increased by 4 points, his mental strength increased by 4 points, and his physical strength increased by 30 points.

Coupled with the usual increase in attribute points, his strength has been greatly improved.

The meridians in his whole body, after being tempered, are several times stronger than before in terms of strength and toughness.

Moreover, as the meridian is broadened, he can better display his power.

The same sword technique or spear technique, compared to before, the power can be increased by at least [-]%.

This made Lu Fan's strength a step further.

He is now confident that he can defeat any innate first-level powerhouse.

J.

He is not afraid even if the other party has a heavenly technique.

But this is far from enough.

The border is very unstable recently, and the flames of war may ignite at any time.

Once a war starts, the flames of war will surely spread, and the whole world will be plunged into chaos.

As a soldier, he will definitely go to the battlefield at that time.

The stronger his strength, the more calm he is on the battlefield.

When he has accumulated enough military exploits, he can exchange for a book of heavenly exercises.

At that time, he might become the top powerhouse in the world, and he will no longer be controlled by others.

Do whatever you want, whatever you want.

For this purpose, continue!
add a bit!

Lu Fan thought it over and planned to further improve his strength.

It just so happened that he had accumulated enough distributable attributes.

Dao Jing can be upgraded completely.

He did the math, and he was still short of 8755 experience points before he could upgrade the Taoism scriptures.

That is, 87.55 assignable attributes are required.

With a thought, Lu Fan added 87.55 assignable attributes to the Taoist scriptures.

Dao Jing has been upgraded to the ninth level!

"boom!"

The majestic spiritual power crazily poured into his body, filling his dantian in an instant, and there was a surplus to hit the next level.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Fan opened his eyes, feeling the spiritual energy in his body, and a smile appeared on his face.

Made the cut!
Second rank cultivation base!

Open the properties panel.

Lu Fan was delighted to find that after being promoted, all his attributes have been greatly improved.

His strength increased by 24 points, physical strength increased by 12 points, agility increased by 8 points, and mental strength increased by 6 points.

According to his estimate, his current real strength should be about the same as that of the newly promoted Innate Second Realm.

One step closer to the top powerhouse.

Continue, in exchange for a ninth-level body training technique.

There are two left.

Lu Fan got up and got out of bed, called Zhiqing to help him put on his official uniform, then went out and walked towards the palace.

After a while, he entered the palace and came to the Library Pavilion.

"Are you here in exchange for a new exercise?"

Seeing Lu Fan, Li Ruoqiu stood up with a smile, and greeted him, "This time is still body training?"

"Yes."

Lu Fan took out the Hundred Meridians and handed it to Li Ruoqiu, "Return it to you."

"it is good."

Li Ruoqiu held the Hundred Meridians Classic in her hand, said with a smile: "Come with me."

"Ah."

The two came to the tenth floor of Zangshu Pavilion one by one.

Lu Fan was too familiar with this floor, before Li Ruoqiu could speak, he took the initiative to find the row of bookshelves, and searched for the exercises on the bookshelves.

There are not many remaining ninth-level body training techniques.

"The Sutra of Yijin and Marrow Washing"?
It's it!
Lu Fan quickly selected a new body training technique and handed it to Li Ruoqiu, "I'll practice this one first."

"Row."

Li Ruoqiu nodded, turned around and walked in front.

She was a little curious, "Will the effects of this ninth-level body training technique become weaker and weaker after you have practiced so many?"

"So far so good."

Lu Fan actually thought of it, and said: "But the more you practice, the greater the chance of being affected. So, when I practice another ninth-level body training book, I will stop and accumulate more combat achievements in exchange for human-level or earth-level body training skills, and then I will practice again."

"The human-level body training technique is not bad, there seems to be a few books in the library."

Li Ruoqiu frowned, "But there really isn't an earth-level body training technique, even if you accumulate enough combat achievements, it's useless, you can't change it."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan was stunned: "What about the first-level body training technique?"

"No."

Li Ruoqiu shook his head lightly, "Heaven-level body training is even rarer, not to mention the library in the palace, even if you want to find a book of heaven-level body training in the entire Zhou Dynasty, it may be difficult."

"That's it."

Lu Fan wasn't too disappointed. His first choice was the heavenly exercises, and the body training technique can be put later.

Anyway, his current physical body is already very strong, let's talk about it after he completes the remaining two body training techniques and see the effect.

The two of them were talking, and came to the lobby on the first floor. After seeing Lu Fan signed and put his handprint on it, Li Ruoqiu handed him the "Yi Jin Xie Sui Jing", "Here, you can put it away."

"Ah."

Lu Fan put the "Yi Jin Xie Sui Jing" into his arms, and turned to leave.

"You wait first."

Li Ruoqiu stopped him, and when he was about to speak, he frowned suddenly.

"what happened?"

Lu Fan was stunned for a moment, and then heard a burst of hurried footsteps, from far to near.

Not long after, Xiao Guizi came running out of breath, and shouted at him from afar: "Lord Lu, the emperor is waiting to see you."

"Oh."

Lu Fan greeted Li Ruoqiu, "Farewell."

Then he walked towards Xiao Guizi, "Eunuch Gui, where is the emperor?"

"Heart Nourishing Hall."

Xiao Guizi turned around and walked in front, "Master Lu, please follow me."

"Ah."

The two walked one after the other, and soon came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Without stopping, Xiao Guizi led Lu Fan directly into the hall, "Your Majesty, Mr. Lu has arrived."

Li Tianrun waved his hand, "Go down."

"Yes."

Xiao Guizi stepped back.

Lu Fan stepped forward to salute, "See Your Majesty!"

"Exemption."

Li Tianrun stopped him and said with a smile, "Come and sit."

"Yes."

Lu Fan sat down under Li Tianrun, and he was the only one in the hall at this time.

"I came to you today, it's the last time."

Li Tianrun said: "The eight people you arrested in the tavern were very stubborn and refused to say anything. The only clue you got now is on that piece of paper."

"The content of the secret language has been deciphered."

While talking, Li Tianrun handed a piece of paper to Lu Fan, "Look at it."

"Yes."

Lu Fan took it over and saw that there were still only a few lines of writing, but the content was quite different.

He read it line by line, and saw that it said: "Buy Wu An, put eyeliner beside Wu Lingzhao."

"Think of a way to arrange people to sneak into the Gu family and get close to Gu Chen."

"Mei Qingzhu, the second young master of the Mei family, is good at wine. Find a few jars of fine wine and ask someone to deliver them to the Mei family. I will take this opportunity to build a good relationship with Mei Qingzhu. Maybe I can use him in the future."

Seeing this, Lu Fan understood.

This is someone giving a task to the tavern owner.

The task should not be completed, or the task has just been issued.

Therefore, the piece of paper with the secret language written on it has not had time to be destroyed.

"What do you think?"

Li Tianrun asked.

Lu Fan said what he was thinking just now.

"Ah."

Li Tianrun nodded, "That's right, this is just the latest mission, and it's just one of the intelligence points. It can be seen that Wei Guo's spies have infiltrated my Great Zhou."

While speaking, Li Tianrun looked at Lu Fan, "We must find a way to dig out these people to completely prevent future troubles."

"Yes."

Lu Fan continued: "One more thing, the person who gave the order should be hidden in the capital. He may be the person in charge of Wei's intelligence organization in Dazhou."

"If he can be found and captured, even if he doesn't say anything, all intelligence points in Wei will be temporarily paralyzed."

"Of course, it would be even better if he could pry his mouth open."

After a short pause, Lu Fan continued: "We can take this opportunity to find out all the intelligence points in Wei State and eradicate them."

"Yes."

Li Tianrun said: "This is also the purpose of my coming to you this time, find this person for me!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best."

Lu Fan thought to himself, this is a very difficult task, if it can be completed, it will definitely be a great achievement!
The military rewards he obtained must be indispensable.

"You, Yan Qing, Ye Wuchen, and Su Yushan will all participate in this mission."

Li Tianrun picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "But it will be divided into four lines, which will be carried out simultaneously without interfering with each other. You will rely on these clues in your hand and the eight spies you captured last time."

"If you have a way to get those few people to speak, the task will naturally be completed quickly."

"Similarly, Yan Qing and the others found some clues when they arrested people last time. They will follow their own clues and the prisoners they captured to complete this task."

"Starting today, the four of you will carry out this task at the same time. No matter who it is, as long as you can find and capture that person, I will definitely reward you!"

Speaking of this, Li Tianrun glanced at Lu Fan, "You can find helpers on your own, but you must definitely find someone you trust. Don't leak the news, so as not to startle the snake."

"Ah."

Lu Fan nodded slightly, "I understand."

From this moment on, he, Yan Qing, and Ye Wuchen became rivals again.

Just like the last big contest, let's see who can win this competition in the end.

This is also a contest in disguise.

It's just that the content of the ratio is more complicated this time.

Not only contests of force, but also brains, means, and even personal connections.

For example, Lu Fan himself knew both Wu Lingzhao and Gu Chen in the clues, so he had some advantages invisibly.

"and also."

Li Tianrun said: "Don't limit yourself to the person who issued the task. Maybe there is a higher-level person behind that person. If you can dig out the higher-level person, the credit will be even greater."

"Yes."

Lu Fan responded loudly.

"During the process of your investigation, you may find officials from the Great Zhou Dynasty, descendants of aristocratic families, and even sect disciples. Some of them must have been bribed by the State of Wei to help the State of Wei."

Li Tianrun instructed: "You just do what you want, no matter who it is, as long as the evidence is convincing, you can arrest them, and if anyone dares to resist, shoot them to death!"

"understand!"

With Li Tianrun's words, Lu Fan became more confident.

"Even if there is no evidence, as long as there is suspicion, you can conduct cross-examination, even control the person, lock him up, and conduct interrogation."

While talking, Li Tianrun took out a golden token and handed it to Lu Fan, "You take this token, you can take it out at critical times, I believe no one will dare to embarrass you."

"The minister obeys the order."

Lu Fan took the token and looked at it, only to see four large characters written on it: "If I come in person!"

He naturally knew the function of this token.

No matter who it is, seeing this token is like seeing the emperor.

In other words, with the token in his hand, Lu Fan was exercising power on behalf of the emperor.

Have the power of life and death!

It shows Li Tianrun's trust in him.

"Okay, let's go."

Li Tianrun waved his hand, "I have to summon other people."

"Yes."

Lu Fan put away the token, resigned and left.

When he came outside the main hall, he happened to meet Yan Qing who was rushing over, and said hello, "You're here."

"Ah."

Yan Qing smiled and said, "The emperor summoned you just now?"

"Yes."

Lu Fan nodded, "Go in quickly."

"What is it?"

Yan Qing asked in a low voice.

"Good thing."

After Lu Fan finished speaking, he said goodbye and left, "I'm leaving."

He was right, it was indeed a good thing.

No matter for him, or for Yan Qing and Ye Wuchen, it is an excellent opportunity.

If this task can be successfully completed, it is inevitable that he will be promoted to a noble.

You will also get a considerable amount of rewards for combat achievements.

"See you."

Yan Qing clasped her fists at Lu Fan, adjusted her official uniform, and stepped into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Lu Fan was not in a hurry to go home, but shuttled around the palace.

He needs help first.

Qin Yu and Song Yu.

Both of them should be on duty in the palace today.

Lu Fan easily found out where the two were, Shenwumen.

Both Qin Yu and Song Yu were just ordinary sixth-rank guards with swords, and their duty positions were not fixed every day.

Today I am guarding the gate of Shenwumen.

This is the north gate of the imperial palace, Qin Yu and Song Yu happened to be together.

Lu Fan saw the two from a distance and waved to them.

"I have seen the commander-in-chief."

Several guards including Qin Yu and Song Yu saluted Lu Fan at the same time.

"Don't be too polite."

Lu Fan raised his hand slightly.

Then he called Qin Yu and Song Yu aside and asked, "Are you two busy this afternoon?"

"No."

Both shook their heads.

"Well, I want to borrow you for a while, and follow me to participate in new tasks."

Lu Fan looked at the two and asked, "I wonder if you two would like it?"

"Of course I would."

"Do you still need to ask?"

Song Yu smiled and said, "That's because you gave us a chance, so we have a good relationship with you, and others can't get it."

"Okay."

Lu Fan nodded, "I'll tell Commander Gao later, let the two of you follow me in the future."

"Row."

"That's daring."

Both Qin Yu and Song Yu had happy faces.

They all know what that means.

In the future, there will be no need to guard the goal like today.

Moreover, following Lu Fan has the opportunity to make military exploits.

Maybe it will be promoted in the future.

The difference is huge.

It's still Lu Fan who values ​​friendship and thinks of them when there are good things.

Otherwise, when will you be able to make it through just by guarding the gate in the palace?
It seems that choosing to go to Zhennan Army was the right choice.

Fortunately, I met Lu Fan, so that they can follow Lu Fan in the future to have a good future.

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(End of this chapter)