Nightwatcher

Xu Qi'an was riding a horse, and the old manager was driving a carriage. In the carriage were Xu Lingyue, her aunt, and Xu Lingyin who poked her head out of the window excitedly.

Because Da Lang is with you, you don't need to bring maids and servants with you, because there are too many people in the way.

On the way, he bought some food for Xu Lingyue and Xu Lingyin, Xu Qi'an said to the car window, "Auntie, do you want it?"

My aunt refused.

When they got to the house, they got out of the car, and Xu Qi'an saw his aunt wiping the corners of her mouth.

"The location is not bad, not far from the downtown area, and there is a river next to it." The aunt was quite satisfied with the comment, standing at the door of the house, frowning and said:

"Why does it look a bit worn out?"

Can it not be dilapidated, this is a ghost house, Xu Qi said at ease, motioning for the old manager to open the door.

My aunt brought her two daughters into the house, and what she saw was a dilapidated and dilapidated scene, obviously desolate for many years, and no one managed it.

She frowned: "That's it?"

"This house has been unoccupied for many years, and there is no rent. The dental dealer thinks that it can be sold for four thousand taels. It's just that the owner disagrees."

Four thousand taels? The aunt narrowed her eyes and asked casually, "How much is the price of this house?"

"Five thousand taels." The old manager said.

The aunt didn't say a word, and took the daughters to start to visit the house, picking where they went. The old manager is also experienced, with a cheeky face, letting things go from east to west, from north to south.

Seeing this glamorous mature woman and the elegant and refined girl walking towards the inner courtyard, the old manager was startled, and hurriedly looked at Xu Qi'an.

"It's okay." Xu Qi'an said.

It should be fine in broad daylight. The old manager looked at the beautiful woman's back, her swaying ass was very attractive.

"Guest officer really want to buy this house?"

"Um."

Really not afraid of death. The old manager had exhausted his benevolence, stopped persuading him, and asked, "Who are these two?"

Xu Qi'an joked, "What do you think?"

These words made the old manager silent, and he was a little embarrassed for a while. Mother and sister? No, not that young. And there is no such thing as a loving mother and a filial son between them.

A married couple? Well, that girl may be the master's wife, and the beautiful woman is the mother-in-law. What about the girl in yellow skirt yesterday?

The old manager's vision is still sharp, but he can't figure out the relationship between the two parties.

"The older one is my aunt, and the two younger ones are my sisters." After Xu Qi'an finished speaking, seeing the old manager's expression of surprise, he smiled and said, "What's wrong."

The old manager shook his head, and said that he had never seen anyone who bought a house and brought his sister and aunt with him.

Because the aunt must be the uncle or uncle's wife, a member of the clan, not a family member. He has never seen the one who took his aunt and cousin to look at the house together.

Although Auntie spoke mean words and dismissed the house as useless, she was actually very satisfied in her heart. It is also a three-entry mansion, but the area is much larger than the Xu Mansion in the outer city, and the layout is not the same.

The structure of Xu's mansion is a civilian structure, not as high-end as it is here. If you have to distinguish it, it is probably a rural homestead and a high-end villa in the city.

Although they are all single-story buildings with several floors, they are of different grades.

It took an hour to look through the whole house in detail. Aunt and Xu Lingyue were very excited, and the latter even secretly finalized their own house.

My aunt tentatively said: "I'm afraid I can't buy this lot for five thousand taels."

She was picky to keep the price down. After shopping, she suddenly found that five thousand taels was too cheap, and her clever aunt noticed something was wrong.

Xu Qi'an pointed to the well not far away: "There have been ghosts in the well, um, there are really ghosts, and Miss Caiwei and I have verified it."

With two exclamations, Xu Lingyue and her aunt retreated behind Xu Qi'an in fright, the former's pair of small hands tightly grabbed her elder brother's sleeves.

ghost?

Xu Lingyin was also very scared, and ran to hide under the crotch of her elder brother on short legs, then looked at the mouth of the well, swallowing while being afraid.

Auntie's pretty face turned pale, and she didn't want to stay any longer: "I won't buy it, go back."

She held a daughter in each hand, and walked out of the house quickly, because she walked too fast, her figure swayed.

The old manager looked at Xu Qi'an with a sad face: "Are you entertaining me?"

Xu Qi'an waved his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, go to the dental office to pay the deposit."

He didn't say that he got rid of the female ghost, because he was afraid that the dental dealer would raise the price. Before the deed and land deed were obtained, this house was still a haunted house.

The carriage stopped outside the tooth shop, and there were aunt and two younger sisters in the car. Hearing that Xu Qi'an had gone to pay the deposit, aunt was very angry.

"I don't know how to live in it. Let him live in the haunted house alone. The little bastard just doesn't want us mother and daughter to take advantage of it." The aunt said angrily.

"Brother is not like that." Xu Lingyue shook her mother's arm.

Just as he was talking, Xu Qi'an came out, jumped onto the driver's seat, opened the curtain and poked half of his head in: "It's almost noon, let's go to Guiyue Tower for dinner."

Aunt turned her face away.

Xu Qi'an explained: "The female ghost in the house has been solved, you don't believe me, the magician of Si Tianjian always believes it?"

Xu Lingyue nodded sweetly.

My aunt was puzzled, staring at Xu Qi'an: "Really?"

"Why should I lie to my aunt?"

After driving to Guiyue Tower, Xu Qi'an took out a small jade mirror and passed on a letter: [No. 2, I remember you said that you are investigating the mastermind behind the banditry in Yunzhou. 】

After distributing the letter, he turned the mirror upside down on the table and lowered his head to eat the food. After a while, the message reminder came.

[Two: Yes, during the process of suppressing the bandits, I found that various villages had stored a lot of luggage. Bandits can't get these things, and I suspect that there are forces behind them to support them. 】

Xu Qi'an nodded slightly. The so-called luggage refers to military supplies, including equipment and equipment.

This topic aroused No. 4's interest. As a former Dafeng official, he was more concerned about the situation of Dafeng Dynasty.

[Four: You can try to start with the local government of Yunzhou. By the way, I remember that Yunzhou has a feudal king. 】

[Two: Your king is just a prince without real power. I have investigated him and there is no problem. 】

[Three: How did you investigate. 】

[Two: Send someone to monitor the palace. 】

You call this an investigation? It's too crude. Xu Qi'an complained in his heart, and passed on a letter: [I know the behind-the-scenes supporters of the banditry in Yunzhou. 】

"???"

A series of question marks flashed through the minds of Number Two and Number Four.

What information did No. 3 get? Why does No. 3 always get so much information. The news in the capital is nothing more than that, after all, it is his "turf", but Yunzhou has nothing to do with him for half a copper coin.

I have searched for so long and still have no clue, how could he know that No. 2, the behind-the-scenes supporter of the banditry in Yunzhou, knows that No. 3 is a man, and always thinks that he is a scholar with noble morals. Book:

[Two: What's going on, um, on the third, you tell me the inside information and treat it as if I owe you a favor. 】

[Three: Oh, no need, I admire your personality, this news is free. 】

When the relationship is not deep, it is necessary to negotiate a deal and put an end to prostitution. After the first time is raw and the second time is mature, it is necessary to develop feelings and reduce mutual interest transactions.

Free is the most expensive, because the thing that replaces the transaction is emotion. When the friendship between each other is getting deeper and deeper, the thing of free prostitution will appear. No, how can it be called free prostitution between friends, it is helping each other.

The news that No. 2 prostituted him for nothing this time, tomorrow he can prostitute No. 2 for nothing.

[Three: It is the Witch God Sect in the Northeast, and the Witch God Sect is the driving force behind the banditry in Yunzhou. Well, my news is not necessarily accurate, you can use it as a reference on the 2nd. 】

Even if the Sorcerer Sect is not the supporter behind the banditry in Yunzhou, most likely it is inseparable. This matter was disclosed to No. 2, and Xu Qi'an originally wanted No. 2 to investigate.

Is the witch god religion the driving force behind the banditry in Yunzhou? No. 2 stared at the text message in the small jade mirror, and was silent for a long time: [How did you know, from what channel? Well, I'm not trying to test you, but I want to know the authenticity of the news. 】

[Three: It’s okay, the watchmen discovered a stronghold of the Witch God in the capital last night, and they have close contacts with the Minister of the Ministry of Industry]

He briefly explained the matter without going into too much detail. After all, he was a student of Yunlu Academy, not a watchman involved in the case. The focus is on the Minister of the Ministry of Industry providing artillery, equipment and other military supplies to the Witch God Cult.

So it was so, so it was so No. 2 clenched his fist excitedly, and passed the letter: [This news is very important to me, it verified a guess I had before, thank you very much. I was suddenly annoyed that Daoist Jinlian didn't pull you into the Tiandihui earlier. 】

[Nine: Talk about business, just talk about business, don't be private. 】

After a pause, Daoist Jin Lian sent a letter: [Nine: However, the Witch God Sect secretly supports the banditry in Yunzhou, so it doesn't mean much to them. 】

[Four: Yes, Yunzhou is in the southeast, and the territory of the Witch God Sect is in the northeast. The two places are thousands of miles apart. 】

Whether it is a military alliance or a trade exchange, it is unrealistic.

This is exactly my doubt. Xu Qi'an wrote: [No. 2, you can try to check it out. I believe that with your ability, you will be able to find out the truth. 】

At this time, No. 1, who likes to spy on the screen, jumped out: [The matter of the minister of the Ministry of Industry reminds me of a detail in the Sangbo case.

[The gunpowder was quietly buried in the Shanhe Temple in Yongzhen by the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites through Zhou Baihu and his position in arranging the ancestor worship ceremony. So who lit the fire? 】

[Two: Forbidden army? 】

[Three: It's not the forbidden army. If it was the forbidden army, the watchman would have found it out long ago. All those who were patrolled that night were sacrificed, and those who were not on patrol also had witnesses who were not present. Moreover, the Minister of Rites could not command the imperial army. 】

[Two: Why? 】

[One: This is a court secret. 】

Whether the court is secret or not, isn't it that Emperor Yuan Jing asks the warlock Si Tianjian to ask the imperial army once a month? Xu Qi'an complained in his heart.

With a thought in his heart, some clues suddenly opened up, as if he had opened up the two veins of Ren and Du: [No. 1 means that the people of the Witch God Cult ignited the explosives in the Shanhe Temple in Yongzhen? 】

[One: Yes. 】

[Nine: It's a paper man, right? 】

[One: The Taoist priest is so sure? 】

[Nine: Heh, the paper puppet art is still spread by the Taoist sect, I naturally know it. Paper figurines have low abilities, so they are stronger than ants, and can hide the perception of warriors. It is not difficult to sneak into Yongzhen Shanhe Temple silently. But paper dolls can be used as a medium to ignite gunpowder. 】

[One: That is to say, in the Sangbo case, there are both monster races and witch gods involved. So Qi Dang must also know about this? 】

[Three: No, Qi Dang and the Witch God Cult are just a cooperative relationship, and they are not subordinates. It is impossible for the Witch God Cult to tell Qi Dang everything. 】

[One: But one thing can be confirmed, the Witch God Cult has an affair with the Yaozu. 】

The Yaozu blew up Sangbo for the purpose of sealing the item, so what is the purpose of the Witch God Cult? It shouldn't be the severed hand of the monk Shenshu, otherwise there would be a conflict of interest, and the two sides would fight. Xu Qi'an was thinking, while stretching out his chopsticks to pick up vegetables, but it ended up empty.

The dishes, which were not too many, had already been eaten up by the mother and daughter, and Xiao Douding's face was flushed red.

"Do the same thing as Chu Caiwei." Xu Qi'an cursed and called for Xiao Er to add more dishes.

After eating and leaving Guiyue Tower, my aunt and Lingyue got into the carriage first. Xu Lingyin saw a seller of maltose on the opposite side, tugged on her elder brother's trousers, and pitifully asked her elder brother to buy it for herself.

Xu Qi'an led her to buy it, with a knife in his mouth and a bean curd heart, threatening: "The maltose is too hard, be careful not to damage your teeth."

Xiao Douding is an expert in the field of eating, and raised his brows: "Sugar becomes soft when you put it in your mouth. Brother doesn't understand this."

PS: I know some people stayed up until midnight waiting for an update, sorry to make you wait so long. But I've been pissed off till now. I have been coding and have not broken my promise.