Nightwatcher

"Master Xu, where are we going?" Min Shan asked.

"Catch the criminal!" Leaving the meeting room, Xu Qi'an didn't have any worries, and explained directly.

Yang Feng and other Tongluo looked at Xu Qi'an in surprise, Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng had some thoughts in their minds, whether it was the case of the saltpeter mine or the case of the small flag officer, both of them were involved and knew more about it than others.

If Li Yuchun was here, he would probably be able to clear his mind, but he went to invite Chu Caiwei from Si Tianjian.

"Why hasn't the boss come back yet? Do you want to hire someone all morning?" Xu Qi'an frowned and said, "Is there any trouble?"

Leaving the gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, as soon as he got on his horse, he saw two yellow horses coming at a fast speed. They were Li Yuchun and Chu Caiwei in a light yellow dress.

Li Yuchun explained: "Miss Caiwei is not in Sitianjian, she has gone into the palace. I waited for a long time at the gate of the imperial city before she came out."

I went to eat at the eldest princess again. Sooner or later, this foodie will let her eat my grandson's stick. Xu Qi'an smiled warmly: "Miss Caiwei, I haven't seen you for a long time, and she is getting more and more beautiful."

Chu Caiwei had a round oval face with a sweet smile on her face. Just as she was about to say something, she remembered her identity and the watchmen next to her, so she said "hmm" with a straight face.

The matter was urgent, Xu Qi'an said shortly: "Min Yinluo, take my gold medal to the east gate of the imperial city and arrest Zhou Chixiong and Zhou Baihu.

"The others follow me to the Zhou Mansion to get people."

Because I don't know if Zhou Baihu is on duty today, the soldiers are divided into two groups.

Xu Qi'an's arrangement made sense, the imperial city was at the foot of the emperor, there would be no conflicts, and no one dared to do so, but it's not easy to just take someone, you have to have a waist card to open the way.

So go to a silver gong on it.

If he went directly to Zhou Baihu's house to arrest him, he would probably jump over the wall in a hurry. Xu Qi'an had just finished performing Heaven and Earth Slash, and his combat power had declined seriously, so he needed two silver gongs to accompany him.

On the other side, Lu Qing was reporting the situation.

"Eunuch Liu, my lords, if it doesn't go as expected, there is a very high possibility that there is a demon clan involved behind this matter."

These words changed the faces of the officials present, and Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment also frowned.

An official from the Ministry of Punishment didn't quite believe it, and asked, "What basis do you have?"

"A few days ago, Beizhi and Mr. Xu jointly investigated the case of a monster swallowing gray households in Taikang County."

"Monsters devour gray households?" Eunuch Liu frowned.

"Yes, in the middle of the year, a monster came from the river at the foot of the Great Yellow Mountain and devoured hundreds of local gray households. Beizhi and Mr. Xu jointly handled the case, and discovered a clean saltpeter mine in the Great Yellow Mountain."

Lu Qing explained the case of the saltpeter mine in Dahuangshan in detail and clearly to the adults present.

This is a very good way to delay time, because the words are not empty words, and the adults listened very carefully without urging.

"That's why when I communicated with Mr. Xu just now, I analyzed layer by layer and found that the gunpowder may not come from the Ministry of Industry, but is related to the saltpeter mine in Dahuangshan." Lu Qing said.

The officials of the Ministry of Punishment and the government government looked serious. The case actually involved the demon tribe. There are two camps of the demon tribe in Kyushu: the tribes of the demon tribe in the northwest; the Wanyao Kingdom in the southern border.

The Wanyao Kingdom in the southern border has long been destroyed in Jiazi's demon slaying, and the remaining evils linger on.

The monster clan in the northwest formed an alliance with the tribes in the north to fight against Dafeng and the countries of the Western Regions.

Which demon clan force is behind the saltpeter mine?

Eunuch Liu glanced at Chen Fu Yin, who gave an "oh" and endorsed his subordinates: "This is indeed the case, and the government office just accepted the case a few days ago, and it was Lu Butou who was in charge of handling it. "

Eunuch Liu looked gloomy: "If the saltpeter mine could have been discovered earlier, the Sangbo case might not have happened. Why has the monster swallowing case that appeared in the middle of the year been suppressed until now?"

Lu Qinggang wanted to sue the magistrate of Taikang for dereliction of duty and disregarding the lives of gray households, but was stopped by Chen Fuyin with a look.

Old Chen sighed: "The monster is powerful, and the county magistrate of Taikang is also difficult to deal with."

Eunuch Liu snorted coldly: "Our family will report the matter to His Majesty."

Sun Shangshu opened his mouth and glanced at Lu Qing: "What is Xu Qi'an going to do?"

He seemed to see that Lu Qing was delaying time secretly, and asked the question directly, not wanting to make her beep more.

When Eunuch Liu heard the words, he murmured, "Even if the demon clan has gunpowder, how can they smuggle the gunpowder into Sangbo without the knowledge of the Dafeng Imperial Army and the guards guarding the city?"

"This involves another case." Lu Qing replied.

"Another case?" Everyone was surprised. So many incidents were involved in the Sangbo bombing?

Lu Qingdao: "The day before your Majesty worshiped the ancestors, Liu Han, a small flag officer of the Jinwu Guard, died at home for no reason. I also dealt with Mr. Xu. At that time, Mr. Xu speculated that he was silenced, but this has nothing to do with the case of the saltpeter mine. There's no crossover, we didn't think of that."

The small banner officer of the Jinwu Guard was smuggled into Sangpo with gunpowder, and all those present here are smart people, and there is no doubt about it.

"The one surnamed Xu just now..." The officials of the Ministry of Punishment and some government officials stood up abruptly from their chairs.

"Master Xu thought of this just now, and he suddenly understood, so he left in a hurry." Lu Qing said.

Sun Shangshu said in a deep voice: "Order to arrest all 100 households of the Jinwu Guard, hurry up!"

With a crash, everyone stood up, scrambling to rush out of the meeting room, even knocking over the chairs.

At this point in the analysis of the case, it is already very clear that seizing the dish inside the Jinwu Guard is tantamount to making a first contribution.

Lu Qing let out a breath slowly and tried his best.

If it was just a fair competition, Lu Qing wouldn't help Xu Qi'an like this, but the other party's situation is worrying, and this case is his only hope of atonement.

Lu Qing felt that out of friendship, he would help if he could.

She left the meeting hall with her colleagues in the government office.

Only Eunuch Liu and the eunuch he brought, Sun Shangshu, and Chen Fuyin were left in the huge meeting hall.

Eunuch Liu stretched out his hand, and the eunuch often followed the eunuch to dry the ink and handed the booklet to him.

Eunuch Liu carefully read the content, the first two were case discussions between the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the government office, which were mainly debates and relatively dry.

It wasn't until Xu Qi'an joined that the case began to be clarified, and the suspect was locked within a stick of incense.

Eunuch Liu was surprised that the progress of the case was so fast. According to the normal procedure, it would take two or three days to connect the two cases of the saltpeter mine in Dahuangshan and Xiaoqiguan.

From this point of view, His Majesty's appointment of Xu Qi'an as the chief officer of the watchman's yamen has deep meaning. Eunuch Liu suddenly realized.

"Little Yunzi, from today onwards you will stay in the watchmen's yamen, be responsible for urging them to handle the case, and send me the news in time."

Mr. Liu is fair.

"Yes!" The little eunuch who took the notes took the order.

In the Zhou Mansion, the black lacquered door was closed tightly.

Under Xu Qi'an's signal, Song Tingfeng stepped up the steps to the door and slapped him.

"Open the door! Call the watchman to handle the case."

An old voice came from the door: "Master Baihu is sick and sees no customers, please go back."

Song Tingfeng knocked on the door again, pretending to be dead and not responding.

Be an old man?

Song Tingfeng sneered, and kicked on the door. With a loud "bang", the solid wood door fell apart, and pieces of wood shot randomly.

An old man in blue cloth was hiding in the distance tremblingly, staring at the uninvited guests with fear.

"Leave two people to guard the gate, and the others go in with Li Yinluo and Yang Yinluo." Xu Qi'an waved his big hand and ordered the gongs to charge, while he and Chu Caiwei stayed behind.

"You are the host, why don't you rush?" Chu Caiwei tilted her head and glanced at him.

"During the national war in Shanhaiguan, did you see His Majesty charge into battle?" Xu Qi'an glanced back at her.

Chu Caiwei was speechless, knowing that what he said was unreasonable, but her not-so-smart mind couldn't think of a rebuttal for the time being.

"I wanted to give you a Dali pill, forget it." She had a straight face.

"Strong pill?"

"It's just a good time to mend your body, and your blood is so depleted." Chu Caiwei said.

As a feng shui master of the sorcerer system, Xu Qi'an was still rolling stone locks in the yard when she was curing illnesses and saving lives.

Just by looking at Xu Qi'an's expression, one can tell that he is suffering a lot.

"Give me one, and I'll treat you to dinner tonight." Xu Qi'an poked her with his elbow.

Chu Caiwei took a few steps back in disgust, took out the porcelain bottle from the buckskin bag and threw it over: "It's enough for you for a while."

Chu Caiwei is strong and strong, Xu Qi'an likes such a girl with backbone, as he walked in, he dumped the porcelain bottle and ate a brown ball.

The meatball had a strange smell, and after chewing a few times, it became spicy.

Xu Qi'an swallowed it whole, and a few seconds later, he felt warm in his stomach, very comfortable, and the feeling of exhaustion also recovered a lot.

"I declare in advance that this is a negative effect brought about by my unique learning, and it does not mean that I am Ruan Xiaoer."

"What is Ruan Xiaoer?"

"Not a good thing."

Talking while walking, came to the inner courtyard.

Li Yuchun and Yang Feng came up to meet them, shaking their heads: "The person is gone."

The latter added: "All the valuable things in the mansion have been removed."

Song Tingfeng immediately grabbed the old concierge over, put the knife on his neck, and shouted, "Where's Zhou Chixiong?"

"Master Baihu, he took his wife, young masters and ladies out of the city to visit relatives."

"Then why do you say he's sick?"

"Master Baihu explained so, villain, villain, so I will say it." The old concierge looked terrified, his legs were trembling, and he didn't seem to be lying.

Xu Qi'an asked: "When did you leave?"

"On the day the ancestor worship ceremony ended." The concierge swallowed his saliva and begged, "Bai, what crime did Master Baihu commit? The villain doesn't know, he doesn't know."

Xu Qi'an waved his hand, signaling Song Tingfeng to let him go.

He led the people back into the house and searched room by room. Except for some of the more precious antiques, calligraphy and paintings being taken away, all the furnishings in the mansion are intact.

"Zhou Baihu escaped!" Li Yuchun said in a deep voice.

"It's too early to say these things." Xu Qi'an glanced at Chu Caiwei.

The beauty with the oval face unexpectedly got what he wanted by mistake, leaped up to the roof, opened her clear eyes, and scanned every corner of the Zhou mansion.

She wasn't looking for someone, she was searching for something else. The focus is on gardens and stone wells.

After a while, Chu Caiwei jumped off the roof and shook her head: "There is no corpse hidden in the house, and no one has died here recently. Well, it may have been covered up by special means. You can dig three feet and search for it."

"It's unnecessary." Xu Qi'an sighed: "Whether it's death or escape, this clue is broken."

However, 80% of them ran away, because the people in the house saw Zhou Baihu and his family leave with their own eyes.

Leading people out of the gate of the Zhou Mansion, Min Shan rushed over with a few gongs, and before he had time to rein in his horse, he shouted: "After the ancestor worship ceremony, Zhou Baihu took a long vacation."

Seeing the gloomy faces of his colleagues, his heart sank.

"Escaped." Yang Feng let out a foul breath.

As soon as Xu Qi'an led his people away, the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the government office rode their horses to the Zhou Mansion, seeing the collapsed gate, they felt a chill in their hearts.

People from all over the house were invited to interrogate, and they learned that Zhou Baihu had fled the capital a long time ago when the watchmen had just escaped.

The people in the two yamen were inexplicably complicated, and they didn't know whether to be lucky or regretful.

dusk!

Eunuch Liu hurried back to the palace before the city gate closed. Under the service of his sons, he changed into casual clothes, took a bath, and was drinking pre-dinner tea.

A little eunuch hurried in and said softly, "Godfather, Your Majesty sent someone to invite you."

Eunuch Liu pinched the center of his brows, and said angrily, "Got it!"

He took a sip of water, asked his son to change his clothes, and put on the python robe. Just as he stepped out of the threshold, he suddenly thought of something.

"Bring us the file, the one that our family brought back today."

The little eunuch went back to the house to fetch it.

All the way to the Jingxin Hall, after passing the transmission, he was led into the hall, and saw Emperor Yuan Jing who was wearing a Taoist robe and a long beard.

Emperor Yuan Jing didn't meditate, and didn't work. He held a scroll in his hand, but his thoughts were not in the book.

"Liu Rong, I sent someone to supervise the case. It's been a day, what's the harvest?" Emperor Yuan Jing said in a flat tone.

Eunuch Liu's heart trembled, he had served in the palace for decades, and even with Emperor Yuan Jing's temper, the more he behaved like this, the more depressed he felt.

Asking whether the case is false, His Majesty is going to lose his temper.

Eunuch Liu was afraid for a while, and then rejoiced. He said in his heart that fortunately, he was prepared, and fortunately, he really gained something today.

"Your Majesty, this is the summary of today's case, and this servant is about to show it to you." Eunuch Liu took out a thin booklet from his sleeve.

PS: There is something during the day, the update is late, change first, then change, old rules, typo, see you in this chapter.