Nightwatcher

In an instant, the princes and princesses all turned their heads to look at the eldest princess. Princess Lin'an, who was holding Emperor Yuan Jing's arm, couldn't help but look over.

The prince glanced at the eldest princess from the corner of his eye.

A thought came to their minds at the same time: Huaiqing wanted to promote his own people.

There are two ways for princes and princesses to expand their power. One: win over courtiers and make them their supporters. Two: Promote confidantes.

The former, because of Emperor Yuan Jing's strong desire to control and the emperor's mind is so perfect, the rest of the princes including the prince did not dare to blatantly form a party.

The latter is their usual means.

But it also depends on the timing. The princes and princesses feel that this is not a good time because the task is too difficult.

Emperor Yuan Jing narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Who is Huaiqing to choose?"

The eldest princess replied: "Xu Qi'an, the gong that beats the watchman's yamen."

The second princess suddenly realized, "Yeah" and said innocently: "It's the Tonggong who showed great admiration for my sister on the day of the ancestor worship? My sister was talking and laughing with him."

These words are vicious!

In front of Emperor Yuan Jing, he secretly poked at the eldest princess.

You know, the eldest princess is not married yet, even though Emperor Yuan Jing has been obsessed with cultivating Taoism in recent years, he doesn't care about the marriage of his son and daughter. But what's the matter with the dignified princess always attracting bees and butterflies like this.

The eldest princess continued: "Father should have heard about this person, he is the nephew of Xu Pingzhi, who was implicated in the tax and bank case."

Emperor Yuan Jing finally became interested: "I remember that there was such a person who refined fake silver. If it weren't for the inconvenience of storing fake silver and the huge salt consumption, I would have asked Si Tianjian to refine a large amount."

The material of counterfeit silver is salt, and salt is too expensive. After listening to the report of the sorcerer Si Tianjian, Emperor Yuan Jing gave up the idea of ​​mass production of counterfeit silver.

"More than that, this person performed well when he was on duty in Changle County, and repeatedly solved murder cases." The eldest princess added fire.

Emperor Yuan Jing said with a smile: "Since this is the case, you don't need to do anything extra."

The eldest princess bowed her head and was convinced: "Father and emperor, just yesterday, the bronze gong Xu Qi'an clashed with a silver gong in the yamen, and he was severely injured with a single knife. The following offenders, according to the law, shall be cut in half.

Now that the person is locked up in the dungeon, the son-in-law can ask the father to allow him to make atonement. "

The eldest princess did not explain the reason for the conflict, nor did she defend Xu Qi'an, because she knew that these were not important.

Father doesn't care who is right and who is wrong, father only cares about who is useful and who can do things.

Sure enough, Emperor Yuan Jing didn't even hesitate or think, nodded and said: "Okay, since Huaiqing pleaded for him, I will allow him to make up for his mistakes and cooperate with the case. If we can't catch the real culprit who destroyed the Taizu Temple within half a month, I will kill him immediately." he."

"Thank you, father."

The princes and princesses left the imperial study and joined their respective guards. The eldest princess took her sword from the chief guard.

The second princess held the arm of her elder brother, His Highness the Crown Prince, and whispered: "Oh, Huaiqing gave me the first step."

The crown prince shook his head: "It may not be a good thing. Even Wei Yuan found this case tricky, so Huaiqing just took a leisurely move. It is a surprise that the gong can really solve the case. If it fails, Huaiqing has no loss, and he will be cut in half." of."

"Hmph, Huaiqing's heart is really dark." The second princess wrinkled her small nose and asked, "Brother, what happened to Yongzhen Shanhe Temple?"

Talking while walking, the prince looked around and said in a low voice: "This case is not simple, otherwise Wei Yuan wouldn't be so sad. I'm afraid only the emperor knows the secret."

Of course, in the future, I will also know that he silently added something in his heart. At the same time, the face of the female national teacher who is not stained with dust appears in his mind, and his heart is full of resentment.

"Lin'an!"

The eldest princess suddenly called out, calling to stop the brothers and sisters.

The crown prince and the second princess turned their heads together, and Princess Lin'an replied fiercely: "What are you doing!"

Taking advantage of the situation, he hugged the prince's brother's arm tightly.

The eldest princess held the sword and came over, saying: "It's nothing."

In the relaxed expressions of the brothers and sisters at the same time, suddenly a sword hit the second princess's upturned buttocks.

In the severe pain, the second princess turned pale at first, and then cried "Wow" after a few seconds, pointing at the eldest princess and screaming: "Huaiqing, I want to kill you."

The royal brothers and sisters hypocritically came to persuade and act as peacemakers.

The prince said with a serious face, "Huaiqing, you are going too far."

"It's just to test Lin'an's martial arts. If Lin'an is not convinced, he can also test the school's capital." The eldest princess turned around lightly, and the black hair "brushed" unfolded, agile and beautiful.

The second princess looked at her back, cried and shouted: "I want to sue, go to the father to sue."

The prince said helplessly: "Let's wait for another day, father and emperor don't have the heart to talk to you now."

If there were conflicts or fights between the princes, Emperor Yuan Jing would definitely take care of them, and he would strictly control them and punish them severely.

When there is a fight between the princesses, everyone will take a calm attitude.

The main reason is that most of the princes have practiced martial arts, and they will be injured in fights. Among the few imperial daughters, only the eldest princess practiced martial arts, and if the other imperial daughters fought, they would slap their ears more gracefully, and when they got angry, they would grab their hair and try to bite.

If it hurts the face of the royal family, they are unwilling to go online, and usually solve it in private.

Princess Lin'an gritted her silver teeth and cursed: "You wait for me, I will grab all your things."

The next day, early morning.

Wei Yuan, who had just finished meditating, received an oral order from the palace.

"Your Majesty's dictation has been brought here, Duke Wei, go to the dungeon and ask for that gong." The little eunuch who conveyed the dictation humbly said:

"Your Majesty didn't eat a few bites this morning, and he was very worried. I hope Duke Wei can solve the case as soon as possible."

Sending someone to send the eunuch away, Wei Yuan smiled.

Yang Yan, who came to accompany his adoptive father to have breakfast, heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "It seems that the adoptive father does not need to bother to save him."

Nangong Qianrou let out a "huh" and laughed at Yang Yan as a fool who practiced martial arts and trained his brain to be stupid, saying:

"Why do you think the adoptive father said that to the eldest princess last night?"

Yang Yan thought for a while, and realized it belatedly.

Yesterday the eldest princess sent someone to investigate the conflict between Xu Qi'an and Zhu Chengzhu, presumably she was more interested in him.

The adoptive father specially hinted at the eldest princess last night, and out of the tacit understanding of smart people, the eldest princess took the opportunity to recommend Xu Qi'an to His Majesty, and let him take the crime and make meritorious service.

In this way, Xu Qi'an can be justified and exonerated, and no one can say anything.

Yang Yan had long expected that his adoptive father would rescue Xu Qi'an, put him in the dungeon, and sentenced him to be cut in half after seven days, all for the people in the yamen to see.

The greater the power, the less you can do whatever you want.

He frowned: "But what if Xu Qi'an hasn't solved the case after half a month?"

Wei Yuan smiled: "Then he can only die, and then enter the rivers and lakes. A man like Xu Qi'an has changed his game from open to dark."

The adoptive father actually valued him so much. Nangong Qianrou and Yang Yan straightened their faces.

Wei Yuan seemed to think of something, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Send someone to inform Li Yuchun that His Majesty has specially allowed Qi'an to perform crimes and perform meritorious service, and he, Li Yuchun, will be reinstated."

After a pause, Wei Yuan had a half-smile on his face: "Be more grand."

Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao, led by the jailers, came to the dungeon with joyful faces, and picked up their colleagues from prison.

At this time, Xu Qi'an was pouring out his inflated bladder, holding the wall with one hand, he was startled by his colleagues and jailers rushing in suddenly, his little hands trembled

"Damn it..." Xu Qi'an cursed and wiped his hands on the prison uniform.

"Ning Yan, Ning Yan, you don't have to die!" After the jailer took out the key to open the door, Song Tingfeng laughed and said:

"Your Majesty allows you to make up for your mistakes and make up for your crimes."

His Majesty?

Xu Qi'an was taken aback for a moment, his first thought was: Fuck, the number one is His Majesty? !

He then denied his guess, patted Song Tingfeng's shoulder calmly, and said in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

Song Tingfeng was in a hurry to share his joy, but he didn't realize that he was plotted against, so he told Xu Qi'an what happened in detail.

There was an explosion in Sangpo, the Shanhe Temple in Yongzhen collapsed, Xu Qi'an's pupils shrank, and instantly thought of the strange cry for help he heard when he worshiped his ancestors.

In other words, the previous guess was not wrong.

The cry for help was not aimed at him, he just heard the call for help because of some special reason.

So, who is the cry for help coming from Sangboli?

"Where is the divine sword enshrined in the temple?" Xu Qi'an asked after pondering for a long time.

Song Tingfeng shook his head, expressing that he didn't know much, and said: "Because of you, the boss was dismissed. After you were imprisoned in the dungeon, he ran downstairs to Haoqi, scolded the yamen, and slapped Duke Wei in the face in public."

This is indeed something that Brother Chun can do. Xu Qi'an was a little moved.

Retrieving the uniform, waist badge and saber from the head of the prison, Xu Qi'an was relieved when he was told that the small jade mirror had been taken away by his cousin.

As expected, Wei Yuan did not intend to kill him. Even if there is no amnesty from His Majesty, Dad Wei will definitely save him with a reasonable excuse.

After leaving the dungeon, the two walked towards the outside of the yamen, and when they approached the gate, they suddenly heard a gong beating.

Li Yuchun entered the Yamen surrounded by several gongs. The leader of the gong beat the ordinary gong and shouted:

"Officer Li Yinluo Reinstated"

Officials and watchmen came out to watch, pointing at Li Yuchun.

Brother Chun blushed, bowed his head and hurried away.

Not far away, the three younger brothers looked at each other, and Xu Qi'an suggested: "Congratulations, the chief officer has returned to his post. Let's not bother."

Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao nodded, and the three reached an agreement.

Brother Chun was punished by Wei Yuan, yesterday you slapped him in the face in public, today he slapped you in the face with drums and gongs Xu Qi'an decided in his heart that he would not easily offend Wei Yuan in the future.

Xu Qi'an was smelly all over, and was anxious to go home to announce the good news, so he didn't stop at the yamen, but rode on his beloved filly, and rushed home in a hurry.

After more than half an hour, he returned to Xu Mansion.

The gatekeeper Lao Zhang almost cried with joy, Xu Qi'an threw the reins to him and went into the yard, intending to announce the good news to his family first.

At this point, the family had already had breakfast, and the second uncle was on duty, leaving Xu New Year alone at home, talking with his mother in the back hall.

Seeing Xu Qi'an's return, her aunt's beautiful eyes lit up, she immediately suppressed her joy, and gave her nephew a habitual look of disgust.

Xu Xinian was pleasantly surprised: "The eldest princess made a move so soon?"

Xu Qi'an was stunned, and suddenly cleared his mind. No wonder Emperor Yuan Jing would know his little man, which is unreasonable.

It was the eldest princess who recommended herself in front of Emperor Yuan Jing. Well, it is not ruled out that Wei Yuan seized the opportunity and created a chance for him to redeem his merits.

"Don't be too optimistic, something happened." Xu Qi'an glanced at his aunt and paused: "Let's talk later, I've made my aunt worry so much these past two days, I'm ashamed and ashamed. I heard the old saying that my aunt stayed up all night because of me. .”

When the aunt heard it, the frying pan was fried, and she slashed at her son who was speechless, and raised her snow-white and sharp chin: "Huh~"

Xu Nian continued: "Father went to Sitianjian yesterday, and wanted to ask the magicians in white to intercede, but got bad news."

He hesitated for a moment: "Jianzheng is sick."

"What?" Xu Qi'an questioned, "Is the prisoner sick?"

Grade 1 warlock, sick!

Moreover, he is also a warlock of the practice system that starts with saving lives and healing the wounded.

Veteran detective Xu Qi'an immediately began to think about whether it might be related to Sangbo's mutation. It's impossible for Mr. Jianzheng to lock himself in the gossip table, watch the world, watch and watch, let the wind catch a cold.

"I don't know the specifics." Xu Xinnian said, "I'll go to the Yudaowei camp to find my father right away, so that he can rest assured."

The mother, who groaned and groaned at her cousin all day long, stayed up all night worrying. One can imagine how uncomfortable my father was.

"Okay!" Xu Qi'an said: "I'll go see Lingyue and Lingyin first, I have something to do later, I have to go back to the yamen."

Let's talk about Sangbo's matter later, don't rush it for a while.

"By the way, I left that mirror in the study. Brother, go get it yourself later. The monk you asked me to find has already left, saying that he has a clue about the younger brother." Xu Xinian said.

Let me just say, how could No. 1 be the emperor, No. 1 didn't know about it at all, it's my father Wei and the eldest princess who are reliable.

When Xu Qi'an came to the backyard, he saw Xu Lingyin sitting under the eaves with his head downcast, a small one.

No one played with her, and no one was in the mood to talk to her.

The stupid kid also knew that something happened to his elder brother, so he was not happy to play with the little goose. He lowered his head and scribbled on the ground with a branch.

"Hey, who's stupid kid is this?" Xu Qi'an stopped not far away, and smiled.

Xu Lingyin raised her head abruptly and stared at him blankly. After a few seconds, her little face was filled with a bright smile.

"Brother!"

She stood up suddenly, with short legs, opened her hands, and rushed towards Xu Qi'an.

Xu Qi'an also went up to meet her. Under Xu Lingyin's smiling face, she turned around and hugged her sister behind her.

Xu Lingyin turned around in a daze.

"Brother woo woo woo"

Xu Lingyue hugged Xu Qi'an's waist with both hands, and buried her soft body in her cousin's arms, crying hard.

The younger sister's waist was tightly grasped, her hair exuded a delicate fragrance, and her body also smelled of rouge and gouache.

Xu Qi pacified her back and comforted her: "It's all right, big brother is back."

Xu Lingyue didn't care, she twisted her slender waist and cried even harder.

Xu Lingyue was already very sad when her elder brother was imprisoned in the yamen of the Ministry of Justice last time, but that time it was a conflict with the yamen, which was ultimately a personal grudge.

But this time, the watchman who came to the mansion to summon him said that the elder brother would be cut in half in seven days in the vegetable market.

The nature is completely different.

Of course, Xu Lingyue's concern was also related to the rapid improvement of her relationship with her cousin during this period of time.

"Ah, it's better to be a younger sister of this era, soft and cute." Xu Qi'an hugged her delicate body, feeling emotional in his heart.

In his previous life, he didn't have a younger sister, but he had a cousin who didn't know how to act coquettishly, who didn't know how to show weakness by crying, and would only sneer at you with disdain: Oh, what a shame.

"Big brother, big brother" Xu Lingyin jumped up and down twice, and said happily: "I'm going to tell mother, mother certainly doesn't know you're back."

Xu Qi'an wanted to tell her that he walked in through the door, not came back over the wall. After thinking about it, I felt that there was no need to explain.

Nodded: "Go!"

"By the way," he called Xu Lingyin again, and said, "You are so happy, is it because you can eat three bowls of rice at night?"

Xu Lingyin was taken aback. She didn't expect her elder brother to know what she was thinking. The elder brother is really amazing.

She ran away in fear.

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