Nightwatcher

After eating the buns, Xu Qi'an asked Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng to inform the rest of the team to gather in the front yard.

Xu Qi'an's current team: Jin Yutang, Zhenxietang, Chunfengtang, Sitian Supervisor Chu Caiwei, and six police officers from the government office.

There are 24 people in total.

Min Shan and Yang Feng are responsible for verifying the records of the Ministry of Industry's gunpowder production and use, which is a tedious and time-consuming job.

Xu Qi'an believed in his heart that the gunpowder did not come from the Ministry of Industry, but out of caution, he still did not stop investigating the Ministry of Industry.

He was leaving Beijing today. Knowing that so many forces were involved in the Sangbo case, Xu Qi'an followed his heart's wish and brought as many people as possible.

He went to the imperial city first, and the others were stopped outside the imperial city. The only one who could go hand in hand with him was foodie Chu Caiwei.

This girl is a frequent visitor to the imperial city, she wants to come and go, her status is very unusual.

"Did the eldest princess give you a jade pendant?" Xu Qi'an asked.

Chu Caiwei nodded.

"I have it too." Xu Qi'an took out the waist jade gifted by Princess Lin'an, and proudly showed it off.

"It looks familiar, Princess Lin'an?" Chu Caiwei called out coquettishly.

"Now I belong to Princess Lin'an, and she appreciates me. Seeing that the eldest princess didn't give me a jade pendant, she quickly gave one to show that she values ​​me more than the eldest princess, and is more worthy of refuge." Xu Qi'an told the elder sister what happened yesterday. The eye girl listens.

"She's so stupid." Chu Caiwei giggled, mocking Lin'an.

Eldest brother Mo Xiao and second brother, where do you have the confidence to laugh at Xu Qi'an and echoed: "Yes, not every woman is as smart as Miss Caiwei."

Chu Caiwei's swan-faced smile became sweeter and sweeter.

Not long after, he finally came to Prince Huai's mansion. The title of King Zhenbei is King Huai, and he is also the younger brother of Emperor Yuan Jing, so the name of the mansion is Prince Huai Mansion.

There are two white jade lions in front of the gate, the middle gate is two feet high, and the golden door nails are arranged in an orderly manner. The door knockers of Jiaotu are larger than the mansions of ordinary princes and nobles.

Apart from being high-end and elegant, Xu Qi'an couldn't think of any other adjectives.

A row of sharp armored soldiers stood at the door with solemn expressions.

"My officer, Xu Qi'an, is the officer in charge of the Sangbo case handpicked by His Majesty. If you have something to meet with the princess, please pass it on quickly." Xu Qi'an showed the gold medal.

A soldier glanced at Xu Qi'an, and said in a deep voice: "Wangfei doesn't see anyone, please go back."

Xu Qi'an raised his eyebrows, and was about to reprimand him, when the soldier added with a sneer: "This is also His Majesty's order, even if the eldest princess wants to see the princess, it depends on the mood of our princess.

"Get out quickly, don't use chicken feathers as arrows."

Xu Qi'an suddenly realized "Oh", and said with a smile: "It turns out that the gold medal bestowed by His Majesty is a chicken feather. This person has desecrated His Majesty and committed a crime of disrespect."

He pressed the handle of the knife behind his waist with one hand, and grinned grinningly: "This officer wants to arrest criminals now, whoever dares to obstruct him will be killed!"

Clang!

The black gold long knife was out of its sheath for half an inch, and the energy fluctuations came out.

The guard who ridiculed Xu Qi'an knew that he had said something wrong, and his face turned slightly pale.

The head of the guard glared at the unrestrained subordinate, and walked towards Xu Qi'an, the armor clattered as he walked.

"My lord, the princess is not in the mansion."

"Where did you go?" Xu Qi'an sat on the horseback, staring at him.

"The humble job is just a gatekeeper. How can I know the whereabouts of the princess. But she is indeed not in the mansion. She just left the city this morning, and it is only half an hour away from you." The head of the guard said kindly.

Xu Qi'an nodded slightly, and said with a firm attitude: "I want to arrest the criminal now. If you don't want to be sentenced to cover up your colleagues, help me arrest this person."

He pointed at the soldier who sneered.

"My lord!" The head of the guard was in a hurry, he was very angry, but he didn't dare to get angry, and said sincerely: "The concubine is indeed not in the mansion."

The guards of the majestic prince's mansion can not show face when the princes and nobles come.

But the other party held the gold medal in his hand and caught the handle of his subordinates, so the head guard could only value peace.

Only then did Xu Qi'an believe it, turned his horse's head, and took Chu Caiwei away.

"Our concubine is a bit interesting, even the eldest princess can't see it." Xu Qi'an tested with a smile.

Chu Caiwei lived up to everyone's expectations, completely unaware of Xu Qi'an's temptation, and answered honestly: "The status of the princess is very special."

"How special?"

"It's a secret." Chu Caiwei grinned: "You don't ask about these things, it's not good for you."

After finishing speaking, she put on a straight face and warned, "Don't bribe me with food."

"Why?"

"Because I'm afraid I can't help it," she said aggrievedly.

There are three missions today. The investigation into the death of magistrate zhao already had relatively accurate results last night. Of the remaining two tasks, Jian Wangfei has not been completed.

Xu Qi'an, who had a bad start, felt very embarrassed!

He is a person who treats his work rigorously and seriously, and his bad mood is definitely not because he is greedy for the beauty of the princess and wants to see her beauty.

Princess is special? This special is definitely not the appearance, but something else. Since she is so special, why did Emperor Yuan Jing give the great beauty to the king of Zhenbei?

Xu Qi'an thought about it for a moment, then forgot about the princess.

The case is already so difficult, you can't waste your brain cells with these insignificant trifles.

There is a Baifeng Mountain in the western suburbs of Dafeng, which can be reached in more than half an hour from the west gate.

The name of Baifeng Mountain comes from the fact that there is a white wild bird inhabiting the mountain. Its tail feathers are very long, like a phoenix, so it got its name.

But now the white phoenix on the mountain is almost extinct, and it is still Si Tianjian's fault.

In a certain month of a certain year, a doctor from Sitianjian went to Baifeng Mountain to collect medicine, and caught a few white phoenixes. After taking them home for research, he found that the flesh of the white phoenixes can strengthen yang.

At the foot of Baifeng Mountain, the well-informed Lu Qing talked about it with a smile.

Song Tingfeng's heart moved, he hesitated and said: "Boss, I have a friend who is not in good health, I want to give him some white phoenixes."

Min Shan and Min Yinluo stared and said: "When is it, you still want to hunt wild game? The business is important. If the case is delayed, who will be responsible?"

Li Yuchun frowned and didn't answer.

Xu Qi'an smiled and said: "This time I came to Baifeng Mountain mainly to learn about an old story, it's not very urgent, Ting Feng, please remember to go and come back quickly."

When Min Shan heard this, he said shyly, "Master Xu, why don't you let me go with Song Tongluo, so that I can take care of you."

Hit a bird and take care of each other? Xu Qi'an glanced at him: "You also have a friend?"

Min Shan felt that all the men were staring at him with strange eyes.

Min Yinluo was a little anxious, and choked out a sentence for a long time: "It doesn't matter whether it is strong or not, the main thing is that I want to taste what a bird that is about to become extinct is like."

Everyone burst into laughter, Xu Qi'an finished laughing, and said with a straight face: "I was just joking, the background of the Sangbo case is very complicated, I don't care where you go in the capital, if you leave the capital, don't leave the team."

The winding mountain steps run through to the depths of the forest. At the foot of the mountain there is a huge archway with a plaque of "Qinglong Temple" hanging on it.

Qinglong Temple does not say that there are many pilgrims, but it is not a depression. You can occasionally see nearby people going up the mountain to burn incense along the way.

A luxurious carriage was parked beside the archway, guarded by more than a dozen armored soldiers.

Xu Qi'an looked familiar with this car, it was made of golden nanmu, and the details of the body were wrapped with jade pieces and gold leaf. It was the carriage he met when he went to Jiaofangsi.

The owner of the carriage also asked Xu Qi'an to cast a pot, and exchanged four hundred taels of gold for the bodhi bracelet.

"By the way, Daoist Jin Lian said, who is the woman in the carriage who has a relationship with me? The golden nanmu is for the royal family. The carriages of the eldest princess and the second princess are not like this. A certain princess in the clan ? Or, the emperor's concubine?"

"No, no, it's definitely not a concubine, don't scare yourself."

Even if she is a concubine, she has to be a beautiful woman of aunt's level, he added in his heart.

The horse was tied to the wooden stake beside the archway, and a Kuaishou from the government office and a bronze gong were left to watch the horse, and Xu Qi'an led the watchman to climb the mountain.

After walking a few steps, Xu Qi'an's feet softened and stepped on a sachet.

Instead of picking up money today, pick up sachets instead?

He naturally bent down to pick it up, held it in his palm and looked at it, the sachet was embroidered with complicated cloud patterns, the workmanship was fine, and the materials were expensive, which was definitely beyond the reach of ordinary wealthy daughters.

One side of the sachet is embroidered with the word "South" in gold, and the other side is embroidered with the word "Zhi". The golden tassels are tied with beautiful thousands of knots.

Xu Qi'an smelled a pleasant smell, like perfume, like sandalwood, and like a woman's unique body fragrance.

"Those in front, wait!" A crisp voice came from behind the crowd.

A girl in a light blue gown chased after her. She was not afraid to see the policeman's uniform. She pointed to the sachet in Xu Qi'an's hand and said with a sigh of relief, "This is from our mother."

She combed her maid's hair in a bun, but the material she wore was better than that of ordinary rich daughters.

Xu Qi'an subconsciously looked at the luxurious carriage at the foot of the mountain: "Your mother?"

"Don't ask too many questions, return the sachet quickly." The girl's tone was very aggressive.

"What sachet?" Xu Qi'an put the sachet into his arms.

"You..." the girl gave him a fierce look, "you wait for me."

Holding the hem of the thick skirt, he ran down the stone steps. Xu Qi'an didn't leave, but stayed where he was, watching her approach the carriage and talking by the window.

"Ning Yan, don't cause trouble, it's a carriage dedicated to the royal family." Li Yuchun frowned.

Xu Qi'an is only investigating the case according to the order, and in Brother Chun's heart, he is still his subordinate. Brother Chun didn't want Xu Qi'an to cause too many troubles during the investigation, so that even if he committed crimes and meritorious service in the future, he would offend people who shouldn't be offended, and his current efforts would be in vain.

You don't understand, that woman is destined for me!

Xu Qi'an shook his head, did not explain, and still paid attention to the movement on the side of the carriage.

The ending disappointed Xu Qi'an, he vaguely saw a gap in the car window, and the people inside seemed to be examining him.

It was too far away, but he couldn't see the dimly lit interior of the carriage.

The windows were closed quickly and perfectly. A few seconds later, the carriage moved slowly and drifted away.

It seems that the fate has not come to Xu Qi'an let out a sigh of relief: "Let's go, go see the host of Qinglong Temple."

A group of watchmen in official uniforms poured into the temple, and immediately attracted a deacon to receive them.

The deacon is a fat monk with a round face, benevolent brows and kind eyes, in his early forties, clasped his hands together: "The poor monk is the supervisor of Qinglong Temple, his dharma name is Hengqing, please come from several adults."

He led Xu Qi'an and others into the temple, enthusiastically introduced the history of Qinglong Temple, claiming to be the orthodox inheritance of the West, the Mahayana Buddhism was practiced in the temple, and the Buddha was enshrined.

Xu Qi'an glanced across the magnificent palaces and waved his hands: "Call your abbot to come out, I have something to ask."

Qinglong Temple is the only temple in the capital of Dafeng that practice Buddhism. As the deacon said, it is inherited from the Mahayana Buddhism in the West.

Xu Qi'an had done his homework before coming here, the abbot of Qinglong Temple is a fifth-grade Lutheran, better than any of them.

But Xu Qi'an didn't hesitate at all, because in the early stage of the Buddhist system, he was not good at fighting, except for eighth-rank monks.

The ninth grade of Buddhism is called a novice. This realm is very interesting. The core secret is to keep the precepts. If you don't break the precepts within three years, you can be promoted. It seems simple at first glance, but it is not.

The Buddhist precepts are strict and complicated, and one may violate them unintentionally.

The eighth rank is a monk, not much different from a warrior, and he can fight very well.

The seventh-rank mages and sixth-rank Zen masters in the back are not very good at fighting, and it is only when they reach the fifth-rank lawyer that there has been a qualitative change.

It is worth mentioning that when Xu Qi'an looked up the information in the archives of the yamen, he found a very interesting point, the next level of the ninth-rank novice is the mage.

Skip the eighth-rank monk directly.

The reason was not written in the information, time was pressing, and Xu Qi'an was too lazy to spend time studying the Buddhist system, he only guessed that there might be two completely different paths in the Buddhist system.

"The abbot is meditating, so please don't disturb me. Sir, what can you tell me?" Heng Qing led the crowd into the tea room and ordered the novice to serve tea.

"Is there a magic weapon in the temple to block Si Tianjian's qi technique?" Xu Qi'an sat cross-legged on the futon and asked straightforwardly.

"What do you mean by your lord's words?" Heng Qing clasped his hands together and shook his head: "There is no magic weapon like this in the temple."

"Master, monks don't tell lies." Xu Qi'an's eyes were sharp.

Heng Qing bowed his head, not looking at Xu Qi'an, and said: "Everything said by the poor monk is true."

"Is it possible to lie unscrupulously after passing through the ninth-rank novice?" Xu Qi'an smiled.

Hengqing bowed his head and ignored the cold gazes of the watchmen around him. He didn't care and ignored them.

Nonviolent noncooperation? Xu Qi'an was a little angry.

PS: The next chapter is at night.