Nightwatcher

In the night, with the cold wind blowing, the pool full of red lotus swayed like a surging sea of ​​fire, truly beautiful.

Xu Qi'an took a deep breath silently and smelled the fragrant fragrance.

"There are many mountains in Yunzhou, but it's not as dense and dense as southern Xinjiang. The mountains are rich in herbs and products." Ziyang layman looked at the red lotus in the pond, and continued:

"Yunzhou also has fertile fields and plenty of water. Although the rice grain produced each year is not as good as Yuzhou and Zhangzhou, which are known as the big granaries, the annual rice grain in Yunzhou is more than enough to support the people of the two states. "

It sounds like Yunzhou should be hilly. Xu Qi'an nodded suddenly.

Among the basic landforms of the five continents, hills are the most fertile and richest in products. The so-called land of fish and rice in his previous life was in the hills of the south of the Yangtze River.

The two Dafeng granaries in Yuzhou and Zhangzhou belong to the plains, while the southern border is a mountainous terrain, with high mountains everywhere and few fertile fields.

Layman Ziyang said in a deep voice: "Yunzhou also has a geographical advantage. It is close to the South China Sea, so there is no need to worry about being attacked by enemies. Taking a step back, if it is really not possible, you can also sail.

"The friction between the Witch God Sect and Dafeng is becoming more and more serious at the border. If they want to create civil strife and make Dafeng too busy to take care of themselves, it is a wise move to choose Yunzhou."

With what you said, why do I feel that this trip to Yunzhou is a trip to destroy the group? Bah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

"Don't worry." As if seeing through Xu Qi'an's worries, Layman Ziyang said with a smile: "Although Dafeng's problem is very serious, it is generally calm and the majesty of the court is still there.

"Even if the Sorcerer Sect is planning to make a living in Yunzhou, they only dare to hide in the dark and will not show it. During this period of time, I have nothing to do, and I have a few eagles. I will send you one later. If something unexpected happens in Yunzhou Under the circumstances, you can use the eagle to pass the letter. It is faster than taking the post road."

But no matter how fast it is, it will take days to go back and forth. Sure enough, a world without mobile phones is insecure. It would be great if everyone had a piece of book fragments. Xu Qi'an said gratefully: "Thank you for your kindness, Teacher."

After a pause, he asked, "What should I do when I go to Yunzhou?"

"Investigate the case well and protect Zhang Xingying. As for the communication in the officialdom, you don't have to worry about it." Layman Ziyang said with a smile:

"Since Wei Yuan appointed Zhang Xingying as the governor, this person will naturally not be an ordinary person."

Xu Qi'an nodded.

After finishing the business, Layman Ziyang pondered for a moment, and said: "Jinyan and I often exchange letters, and you are often mentioned in the letters. You are also half a student of Yunlu Academy. I heard that the academy was so good a few months ago?"

Sincerely who? Oh, it's Erlang's teacher, because the great Confucian Zhang Shen is not used to addressing him, it took Xu Qi'an a few seconds to realize who "Jin Yan" was.

What does Layman Ziyang mean by this? Yunlu Academy didn't tell him the truth? Or did he know that I did it, and he said this to give me a hint, but there is no need for a hint? Because the correspondence cannot be kept secret, so the great Confucians of Yunlu Academy only mentioned it in the letter, but did not tell the truth?

He considered it carefully: "This matter seems to be listed as the top secret by the academy, and the Yasheng Academy is still banned, and no one is allowed to enter."

Speaking of this, Xu Qi'an couldn't help but think of Yasheng who treated a deer like a horse. He was really a great man, because he always stood behind his wife.

Layman Ziyang nodded slightly, and didn't ask any more questions.

On the contrary, Xu Qi'an wanted to ask this great Confucian scholar something. After thinking about it, he planned to ask the first question first:

"Teacher, some time ago because of the Sangbo case, I challenged night reading and looked through the history books, and found that before the first assistant of our lineage exterminated the Buddha, he shouted the slogan "Buddhism is not destroyed, the world is a Buddha".

"Subsequently, the chief assistant was promoted to Liming Realm. The student thought, even though Buddhism has all kinds of disadvantages, it is still a famous orthodox school. Is it too extreme if Buddhism is not destroyed, and the world is full of Buddhas?"

Xu Qi'an didn't know the difference between the Buddhism in this world and the Buddhism in the previous life. There is no Buddha in this world, only one Buddha.

But no matter what, Buddhism is not a cult.

"This matter is about secrets, and I don't know about it." Layman Ziyang said.

You don't know, so how do you know about secrets? Xu Qi'an forcibly endured this remark.

Layman Ziyang let out a "heh": "The principal knows."

Xu Qi'an's second question was why there are stone sculptures of Confucian saints in the Southern Border Jiyuan, but he gave up the idea of ​​asking again.

Xu Qi'an, who was in the capital, shouldn't know that there are sculptures of Confucian saints under the abyss, even the excuse "I have a friend" is not enough.

It's impossible for even the watchman to know about this.

Back at the inn, Xu Qi'an took a cold shower, then went back to the room to sit cross-legged and breathe, and observe the Faxiang diagram.

Qingzhou is adjacent to Yunzhou. Starting from here, if you hurry up, you can reach Yunzhou in three to five days. Even considering Governor Zhang's weak body, you can reach the border of Qingzhou in about a week.

"It's just a good time to use this time to hit the realm of refining the gods. Isn't it just ten days without sleep? When I was an ordinary person, I achieved the achievement of 72 hours of liver explosion in an Internet cafe."

The next day, Chief Minister Yang Gong summoned masons and carved four lines of poems to warn officials on the steles in the front yards of various yamen in Qingzhou.

From the prefect of Qingzhou to the ordinary officials, they can see these four lines of poems when they go in and out of the Yamen every day.

"What's written on it?"

"You eat and you eat, and the people are fat and the people are anointed. The people are easy to abuse, but the heavens are hard to bully."

"Good poems. I haven't read the book, so I can only say one thing: Mother, it's really well written. It must have been written by our chief political envoy. Your lord is really an upright official."

"It's not the chief political envoy, but a man named Xu Qi'an, um, there is a small word beside it: Teacher Yang Gong. Oh, he is a student of our chief political envoy."

This poem was written by Xu Qi'an, so it was written by him, but Layman Ziyang had a trick, so he asked someone to carve three small characters on the left side of Xu Qi'an's name: Shi Yang Gong.

If the three great Confucian scholars of Yunlu Academy were present, they would vomit blood and growl: Shameless old thief, can this be done?

Many clean and honest officials were applauded because of this poem. Silently remembered the character Xu Qi'an.

Xu Qi'an's name spread rapidly in the Qingzhou official circles, and then many students and officials suddenly discovered that the person who mentioned the poems in the inscription was the great talent who wrote those poems that were said to be the light of the literary world two hundred years ago.

The most jaw-dropping thing is that he is not a scholar, but a watchman.

But no matter whether they are Qingzhou officials or students, they are convinced by Xu Qi'an, admire his poetic talent, and even more admire the spirit expressed in his poems.

When the girls from Jiaofang Division heard the news, their chests were filled with excitement and excitement. All of them wished to burn incense and worship Buddha, praying that Xu Dacai would be lucky to them, and leave a poem or two.

Tell them to post back and they are all willing.

Outside Qingzhou city.

Layman Ziyang and a group of high-ranking officials from Qingzhou personally sent the governor's team out of the city.

"After this farewell, I don't know when and what month we will meet again. Teacher, take care." Xu Qi'an saluted as a disciple.

Layman Ziyang nodded slightly, a little embarrassed, just recognized a student, and was about to leave before his bosom warmed up.

"This time I'm going to Yunzhou, handle the case well, always keep in mind, serve the court, and serve the people of the world." Yang Gong said solemnly.

For the sake of the people of the world, Xu Qi'an repeated it silently in his heart.

A few days later, at the border of Qingzhou, the post station.

At two o'clock in the morning, after finishing breathing and visualizing, Xu Qi'an, who had not slept for seven days, walked out of the room with a candle.

It was late at night, and the interior of the inn was quiet. He walked along the corridor to the end, and then went downstairs along the stairs.

Beside the counter in the hall, an oil lamp was silently burning, and the postman was sleeping soundly on the table, with crystal liquid dripping from the corner of his mouth.

The government-run inn is open 24 hours a day, and some officials will travel overnight because of urgent business, and it is uncertain when they will stay in the inn.

bang bang

Xu Qi'an lightly tapped the counter twice, making a dull sound.

The postman woke up startled, and stood up while wiping the corners of his mouth, "My lord, what are your orders?"

"Give me a few envelopes and letter paper, I want to write a letter." Xu Qi'an asked.

The postman immediately took out a piece of letter paper and an envelope from the cabinet, Xu Qi'an shook his head: "Not enough."

"how much do you need?"

"Seven envelopes, the more paper the better."

It was the first time for the postman to see someone writing seven letters in one go. He muttered silently, and obediently handed over seven envelopes and letter paper.

After receiving the envelope and letter paper, Xu Qi'an turned and went upstairs and returned to the room.

He put the envelopes on the desk, took out the red lotus petals from the small jade mirror, pressed five petals on the five envelopes, then spread out the paper, pressed the paperweight, and ground the letters.

first letter.

"Princess Huaiqing:

"When I wrote this letter, I had arrived at the border of Qingzhou and was about to enter Yunzhou. When I left Beijing, I wanted to discuss with His Highness and hear His Highness's opinion.

"But I don't want to offend His Highness somehow because of my humble position, so that His Highness is so cruel, so I don't see you behind closed doors.

"Passing through Yuzhou, a low-level official investigated and solved a corruption case. From this case, it can be seen that the Witch God Sect has eroded the imperial court for a long time, and secretly cultivated many spies. The so-called "thousands of miles" collapsed in the ant's nest, so we have to guard against it. I hope His Highness can advise His Majesty , Make every effort to govern and revive the Chao Gang.

"By the way, there is a kind of flower in Qingzhou, called red lotus, which blooms in mid-winter. The character of red lotus is not stained by silt, clean and clear but not demonic, straight in the middle and straight in the outside without spreading or branching. The fragrance is far away and the pavilion is clean and planted , can be seen from a distance but not played with.

"This reminds me of His Highness. Sorry, I know that this remark is disrespectful to His Highness. However, His Highness is so magnificent that I have only seen it in my life. You are like a red lotus, you come out of the mud without being stained, and you are clean and not demonic." .

"Humble job picked a lotus petal and sent it to His Highness together with a letter to express my heart."

second letter.

"Princess Lin'an:

"The night is long, I don't want to sleep, His Highness's voice and smile are in front of my eyes, ringing in my ears, I haven't seen him for half a month, I miss him very much.

"The trip to Yunzhou was not lonely. Many interesting and strange things happened on the way. It turned out that there were water ghosts in the canal. On the way, a tiger guard boarded the deck at night. He heard the call of his dead mother, so he jumped into the water by accident. .

"The water ghost grabbed his ankles desperately, trying to drag him into the bottom of the river. Fortunately, the humble officer noticed it in time and jumped into the river without hesitation. He fought fiercely with the water ghost for 300 rounds and beat the turbid waves before saving the poor Huben. guard.

"On the way from Qingzhou to Yunzhou, I passed a village. A strange thing happened in the village. The daughter-in-law of a certain family turned into a corpse after she died. just bite

"Fortunately, I was passing by, and I saw at a glance that there must be a reason for the woman's dead body. After a thorough investigation, the truth was revealed. It turned out that the husband had an affair with the widow of the village. He wanted to divorce his wife and marry another, but the wife refused, so he brutally killed her.

"The wife died with resentment, and her ghost lingered, and that's when the corpse changed.

"By the way, there is a flower in Qingzhou called red lotus, which is as coquettish as fire, and always reminds me of His Highness's peerless demeanor in a red dress.

"It's as bitch as a princess (strike out) it is so bright like the wind and light like an arrow, but when a gust of wind blows, it bows its head shyly, and a word comes to my mind: the one who bows its head most Gentle, like a water lotus that cannot withstand the cool breeze.

"The humble official is rude, I don't intend to offend the princess, but the beauty of the princess is the only thing I have seen in my life."

third letter.

"Miss Caiwei:

"Not seeing each other every day is like three autumns. Counting with fingers, we haven't seen each other for half a month. How is the chicken essence refining? Can you be promoted to an alchemist smoothly?

"There is a delicacy in Yuzhou called ham with yellow sprouts. Ham is a unique delicacy in the south, and it is hard to find in the north.

"The method is also very simple. Use a good ham to peel off the skin, remove the oil and save the meat. First use chicken broth to simmer the skin until crispy, then simmer the meat crispy, put the heart of yellow sprouts, cut the root into sections, about two inches long; add Honey, fermented wine and water, simmer for half a day. The taste is sweet and fresh, meat and vegetables are all melted, and the root and heart of the cabbage are not scattered. The soup is also delicious.

"There are several kinds of delicacies in Qingzhou, let me share them one by one

"By the way, there is a kind of flower in Qingzhou called red lotus. This flower is bright and lively. It blooms in the wind. When it sways in the wind, it looks like bright smiling faces. It reminds me of the girl Caiwei.

"You are such a heartless (strike out) you are such a happy girl, carefree, innocent, with a pair of clear and bright eyes, forgetting the world."

Fourth letter.

"Floating Fragrance Girl:

"I haven't seen you in half a month, I miss you so much. Miss your smile, your coat, your white socks and the smell of you (strike out)

"I haven't seen you in half a month. I miss you very much. At this time, I have arrived at the border of Qingzhou, and I will arrive in Yunzhou tomorrow. Along the way, my colleagues also invited me to the Jiaofang Division, but I refused because there is no Jiaofang for you." Secretary, is so boring.

"I can't help but think of the lingering past between you and me, those were our wonderful times.

"The trip to Yunzhou was more time-consuming and labor-intensive than I imagined. We will meet very far away. I know you are crazy about me. When you are in love, please remember to get a manicure.

"By the way, there is a flower in Qingzhou called red lotus. This flower is burning like fire, and it is as passionate as you, which makes people linger and forget to return."

After Xu Qi'an finished writing the letter to the spare tires, he dried the ink and sighed helplessly as he looked at the scribbled letter paper.

Handwriting is like this. When writing, you will make typos or write something that should not be written. When he was writing essays when he was young, he had already made such mistakes.

It doesn't matter, these are women who know him well, and they won't be disgusted by his ugly handwriting.

I am very satisfied with the content, and write different content according to the different personalities of the spare tires. For example, Huaiqing likes current affairs, so he writes cases.

Lin'an likes to listen to stories, so he writes about strange anecdotes along the way.

Chu Caiwei is a foodie, so I chatted with her about food.

As for Fuxiang, writing letters is more like flirting, that's enough.

What followed was a letter to his family, Xu Qi'an kept it until the end, after careful consideration, he dipped his ink in the pen and picked up the pen.

Fifth letter.

"Sister Lingyue:

"Brother Wei is very good outside, but I miss you a little bit. Since I was a child, Brother Wei has never left you for more than three days. Of course, I have never left my second uncle and aunt.

"Can you still adapt to life in the inner city? The prices in the inner city are not as expensive as in the outer city, but don't feel bad about yourself, go out more often, and visit silk shops and jewelry shops.

"When I left, I left three hundred taels of silver for my aunt, which was enough for the family to spend for a period of time. Well, the eldest brother is not at home, and Erlang is in the academy. You should remember to make up your own mind on some things, and don't listen to your stupid mother for everything. .

"If my aunt proposes to let you marry again, you can ask her to return the three hundred taels of silver to me, and ask her to return me the silk and satin. Brother doesn't want to find out that you are engaged after returning home.

"By the way, there is a flower in Qingzhou called red lotus, which is as elegant and refined as you, gentle and beautiful."

Sixth letter.

"Aunt:

"Please take care of Suzune, over!"

Seventh letter.

"Second Uncle:

"I'm fine outside. When I wrote this letter, I just arrived at the border of Qingzhou. What will happen in Yunzhou is temporarily unknown.

"Don't worry, men always have to go through some twists and turns. You and my father were fought on the battlefield.

"I'm currently trying to reach the realm of refining the gods. I hope that when I return to Beijing, you, the second uncle, will also be promoted to the realm of refining the gods. By then, my Xu family will be a double god, and it will sound very impressive.

"Oh, and, I suddenly remembered that you don't know much Chinese characters, so why didn't you write a letter to Ci Jiu? I always thought that as a father, you naturally miss your son, so you didn't write to him to tell him we're moving. That's all, half a month has passed anyway, by now I should know where my family has moved.

"I hope I'm worrying too much."

After writing the letter, Xu Qi'an folded the letter paper and put the red lotus petals into the envelope one by one.

PS: Asking for a monthly pass, this chapter has nearly 5,000 words.