Nightwatcher

Emperor Yuan Jing choked for a moment, he didn't expect Xu Qi'an to reply like this.

Every time he made things difficult for him, he shouted "Chen begging for bones" is the style of old-fashioned officialdom. Unexpectedly, this little gong was even more straightforward and wanted to die.

Emperor Yuan Jing's face became gloomy, and the superiors liked to speak harsh words to show their majesty, from the emperor to the county magistrate, they all liked to say: "Give me (my official) what to do, otherwise I will tell you what to do."

This is nothing at all, after all there is a difference between honor and inferiority, the courtiers and servants can only accept it and accept orders obediently.

Unexpectedly, the gong was pushed back, and Emperor Yuan Jing felt uncomfortable for a while.

Especially looking at Xu Tongluo who had changed so much, Emperor Yuan Jing felt even more unhappy, and at the same time he felt that the Tubori Pill was indeed a panacea that was rare in a century.

It took only one Jiazi in Jianzheng to refine three grains.

Emperor Yuan Jing said sharply: "Xu Qi'an, do you think I won't kill you?"

Emperor Yuan Jing reigned for thirty-six years, the majesty of the emperor was extremely strong, the air in the imperial study room seemed to drop a little, several eunuchs immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look up at Long Yan.

In front of the emperor, only Wei Yuan can be calm and composed.

Of course Xu Qi'an would not continue to contradict him, he didn't panic, he changed his demeanor of punching and punching just now, and became submissive, saying:

"Your Majesty forgives the crime, I have a lowly position in Yunzhou to protect the governor, fight against the rebels, and behead 200 enemies.

The humble staff worked hard in Yunzhou to break the case of the political envoy Song Changfu's collusion with the witch god religion, and also ordered Yang Chuannan to be innocent.

"All of the above are insignificant, and I will never take credit for it. As for the Sangbo case and the case of Princess Pingyang, I have long forgotten about it, and I will never bring up the old story again.

"It's just that the vitality of the lowly position is severely injured, and the mind is exhausted. After waking up, I often suffer from headaches. I am really powerless to share the worries of Your Majesty."

Emperor Yuan Jing stared at him, but couldn't say anything cruel for a while.

This little Tonggong deliberately pulled up a lot of cases to highlight his own merits. He first consolidated his position as a hero, and then used physical discomfort as a prevarication. He has already mastered the skills of court officials.

Wei Yuan immediately said: "Your Majesty, Xu Qi'an is only a gong. No matter how strong his ability is, his energy and spirit are seriously depleted. Naturally, his life and death are not a pity. But delaying the case and preventing Concubine Fu from being able to get justice, that is the right thing to do." event."

After a pause, he looked at Xu Qi'an and said, "Go back and recuperate, Your Majesty will not send hungry soldiers."

The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers

Emperor Yuan Jing glanced at Wei Yuan, pondered for a while, and said, "Xu Qi'an, Si Tianjian has as many prescriptions as you need to nourish the gods. Lingbao Temple also has no shortage of panacea. If you are not feeling well, I can reward you with a few pills.

"Your contribution in Yunzhou, I remember in my heart, and I intend to make you a Viscount. The emperor's grace is so great, don't let me down."

In the end, Xu Qi'an was just a small person, not worthy of Emperor Yuan Jing's deliberate efforts to make things difficult for him. The cabinet proposed to revoke the title, and Emperor Yuan Jing followed suit.

But right now, Xu Qi'an is going to be used, and Emperor Yuan Jing doesn't mind giving him some benefits. But he was very upset, he knew that he had been put together.

"Thank you for your majesty's grace, your majesty is wise and mighty, an emperor through the ages." Xu Qi'an said loudly.

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded slightly: "I want to get the truth of the case as soon as possible."

"Dedicate yourself to a humble position, and die after death."

Seeing that the little Tongluo was so knowledgeable, Emperor Yuan Jing felt a little more comfortable, and said lightly: "Back off."

Leaving the imperial study room side by side with Wei Yuan, walking in the empty square, Wei Yuan squinted his eyes, looked ahead, and smiled lightly: "Have you learned anything?"

"Understood." Xu Qi'an said.

He really learned it, instead of when the teacher stood on the podium and tapped the blackboard when he was studying, asking: Have you all learned it?

He opened his eyes and said nonsense loudly: Yes!

The reason why Wei Yuan wants to hand him over to him is very simple, the emperor is also a human being, the emperor also has weaknesses, and is also bound by rules, he does not do whatever he wants and recklessly.

At the same time, the emperor is not omnipotent, and the emperor also has needs. As long as you have what he "needs", there is a lot of room for manipulation.

For example, this time, the San Judiciary pushed back and forth and delayed the case. What can Emperor Yuan Jing do? At most it is punishment, but it is impossible to really dismiss from office or beheaded.

Under such a background, Xu Qi'an, who has solved several major cases and offended many officials, is an excellent candidate for investigation.

Since the emperor wants to use you, it is necessary to fight for his own interests reasonably.

And once he became a viscount, Xu Qi'an made some symbolic efforts, but it was reasonable to fail to solve the case due to "insufficient ability".

After all, he is not a fairy.

At that time, Emperor Yuan Jing's anger was predictable, but Xu Qi'an, who was already a Viscount at that time, would at most receive some punishment, such as being reprimanded, fined, or even demoted.

But titles are not meant to be deprived, they are a means for the imperial court to win people's hearts, and they must be awarded to those who have made great contributions.

Correspondingly, the conditions for deprivation of the title are also very strict, and it is by no means deprived of the emperor's deprivation. Otherwise, the title is too cheap, how to convince the public.

As for whether Emperor Yuan Jing would renege on his debts, Xu Qi'an and Wei Yuan never thought that the majestic king of a country would not be such a rascal. Even if Emperor Yuan Jing wanted to renege on his debts, Xu Qi'an could delay the case.

There are strategies above and countermeasures below.

"Master Xu, please stay."

A shrill cry came from behind.

Xu Qi'an and Wei Yuan stopped and looked back, it was the old eunuch beside Emperor Yuan Jing, trotting to catch up, holding a gold medal in his hand.

"This is the gold medal bestowed by His Majesty. Mr. Xu can enter the palace to investigate cases at any time, but he must be accompanied by the servants of the palace." The old eunuch presented the gold medal.

Xu Qi'an took it and weighed it, it's quite heavy.

This gold medal is different from the gold medals he received before. The front of the gold medal has an extra word "inner". It is a gold medal that can walk in the palace, and it has a higher level.

"Excuse me, father-in-law." Xu Qi'an cupped his hands.

The old eunuch nodded and turned back without saying anything.

"Eunuch, wait a moment." Xu Qi'an called to stop him again.

The old eunuch looked back.

"Your Majesty is so gracious, I'm going to start investigating the case today, please send me a servant." Xu Qi'an said.

An errand is the lowest-level eunuch. The word "eunuch" is not accurate. Eunuch is a kind of status and position.

The errand is the lowest-ranked person who cuts grass and roots.

The old eunuch admired Xu Qi'an's positive attitude towards work, and the smile on his face suddenly became brighter, and he asked: "Let's ask a lot, where does Master Xu plan to start?"

Xu Qi'an grinned and said, "Start with Princess Lin'an."

The old eunuch returned to the imperial study, a young eunuch rushed out and saluted Wei Yuan and Xu Qi'an.

Xu Qi'an nodded, sent Wei Yuan to the gate of the palace city, and then, accompanied by the servants, went to the Shaoyin Garden of Princess Lin'an.

Shaoyin Court.

In the bleak back garden, Lin'an sat in the pavilion, staring at the still pond water in a daze.

The water in the pool was frozen last night, but now under the warm sun, it gradually melted, leaving only a few pieces of floating ice left.

In half a day, Lin'an's clearness has decreased a lot, and his round oval face looks a little thin, and the peach blossom eyes are originally watery, slightly hazy, and everyone is charming like silk.

It's a little lackluster now.

Since childhood, except for being beaten by Huaiqing, she has been carefree and smooth sailing.

Because Emperor Yuan Jing practiced Taoism early, although he had many children, they were not many, and the intrigue between princes and princesses was not that strong.

In addition, my brother is a prince, and he can act like a baby himself, and he is very likable in a bitch, so it has been smooth sailing.

But the continuous bad news in the past few days made her feel depressed and hit hard.

Today, I just cried at the concubine's place. The mother and daughter were worried about the future of the prince. After returning, Lin'an sat in the pavilion thinking about things.

If it's Huaiqing, she must be extremely strong, she is the kind of woman who will not be defeated by anything, the prince brother will definitely not do such a thing, but who will frame him? The fourth prince, Huaiqing's brother?

This thought suddenly flashed in Lin'an's mind.

She was not as smart as Huaiqing, she was poor at reading, and she had to be threatened by her master hitting the board with a bamboo stick to memorize the scriptures before she would memorize a few chapters with tears in her eyes.

But she is not stupid. On the premise that the prince's brother is wronged, as long as she uses her brain and thinks about who will benefit the most if the prince's brother is abolished,

Suspicious characters immediately surfaced.

Thinking of this, Lin'an's eyes lightened a little, he actively used his brain, and thought of many problems.

For example, how did the fourth prince secretly kill Concubine Fu and blame the prince's elder brother. Like, who is his party, the Queen? Huaiqing?

etc.

Then, the more he thought about it, the more confused he became, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became, and he slapped his head in frustration.

"It would have been great if he was still around, and the case would definitely be solved with a little 'instigation'." Lin'an stomped his feet and said angrily.

But the next moment, her face suddenly collapsed, her eyebrows raised, and she lost her energy.

But he is no longer there.

"Your Highness, Your Highness."

A guard with a saber came hurriedly, stomped his feet in the pavilion, clasped his fists and said, "Tonggong Xu Qi'an is waiting in the front yard."

Lin'an's reaction was like being hit with a stick, and she was stunned. After about three or four seconds, she got up abruptly, walked quickly to the guards, her beautiful eyes stared intently:

"What did you say?"

"Tonggong Xu Qi'an begs to see you." The guard repeated.

Blood rushed to the front door at once, Lin'an was furious like never before, he pulled out the guard's saber with all his might, gritted his teeth and said:

"Dog, even you dare to play tricks on me? The prince hasn't been deposed yet."

The real reason for her rage was that the guards took Xu Qi'an away.

The guard hurriedly backed away. If it was chopped off, it would be too wronged. He backed up and explained: "It's really Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu is here, and he is in the front yard. Your Highness will know it at a glance."

Lin'an didn't lose the knife in his hand, and rushed to the front yard in a hurry.

From a distance, Xu Qi'an first spotted the red-clothed framed frame, and when he saw her aggressive posture with a knife in hand, he was startled.

I said in my heart that I finally broke out of the gate of hell, aunt, are you going to send me back?

He immediately put away the gadgets that pleased Lin'an, and hid behind the rockery.

"Where is Xu Qi'an, where is Xu Qi'an?"

Holding the knife, Lin An looked left and right in the front yard, but did not see that familiar figure at all, her bright eyes gradually dimmed.

"Your Highness, Mr. Xu, it's behind the rockery." The eunuch on duty whispered.

Lin'an's peach blossom eyes lit up instantly, and he walked to the back of the rockery expectantly, and saw that Xu Qi'an?

She froze for a moment, the man in front of her was masculine and handsome, with raised eyebrows, bright eyes, high nose, and sharp lips.

Immediately afterwards, Lin'an was attracted by the two string puppets in Xu Qi'an's hands.

It was a man and a woman, the woman was dressed like a lady, and the man was a heroic general wearing armor.

Xu Qi'an coughed, manipulated the Great General Yingwu, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, I have returned from plastic surgery in Korea."

Then, he changed into a high-pitched voice, manipulating the woman: "Where is South Korea?"

General Yingwu: "Oh, it's Yunzhou, I was wrong about the humble position."

Woman: "Didn't you die in Yunzhou?"

General Yingwu: "I was originally dead, but I was thinking of Her Royal Highness, and moved Lord Yan, so I came back."

Woman: "Oh, you hate it to death."

Lin'an thought it was funny, so he chuckled, suddenly felt his face was cold, and before he knew it, tears flowed down his cheeks silently.

She felt ashamed, turned around hastily, and explained angrily: "The wind is a bit strong today, and the sand is blowing up my eyes."

As a lively, squeamish, and coquettish girl, she actually likes it. And because of the lack of emotional experience, the level of identifying scumbags is poor, so the whole body is full of scumbags.

Of course, Xu Qi'an is definitely not a scumbag.

Xu Qi'an smiled and said: "It's strange, why does the sand only captivate the eyes of the princess? Could it be because the princess is born beautiful?"

Lin'an, who was exposed, said angrily: "You dog slave."

"A humble job is not a dog slave."

"You are the dog slave, the dog slave Xu Qi'an."

"Lin'an in dog days."

"Dog, dog what?" Princess Lin'an didn't know that "day" was a verb.

"It's nothing." Xu Qi'an bullied her for not being able to understand her hometown dialect.

"You scolded me just now, right?" Lin'an said with a straight face.

"No, that's my deepest expectation for the princess." Xu Qi'an replied solemnly.

Coming out from behind the rockery, Zhuan Zhuan returned the knife to the guard, and led Xu Qi'an into the hall, the servant followed behind, looking at the second princess with strange eyes.

The second princess's beautiful and lively eyes were red and swollen, obviously she had just cried.

After being seated, the court lady brought tea and snacks, Xu Qi'an waved his hand and said, "Little eunuch, you step back first, I have a secret matter to discuss with the princess."

"This..." the little eunuch hesitated.

"Get out!" Mounted Willow's brows were upside down, and she scolded coquettishly, "I have something to say with Mr. Xu, and it's your turn to listen? Believe it or not, I will drag you out and punish you a hundred times."

The little eunuch had no choice but to resign.

"Why did he follow you? How did you come back alive? Didn't Huaiqing say you were dead?"

Mounting looked at the back of the little eunuch stepping out of the threshold and disappearing, then shifted his gaze to Xu Qi'an, a smile appeared on his pretty face.

"He's here to monitor the humble officials." Xu Qi'an sipped hot tea and ate cakes, and waited in the imperial study for more than an hour, missing lunch.

"As for how to live, this is a long story."

He told the story of the Yunzhou case to Princess Lin'an, and made a little adaptation. Of course, the adaptation was not random, so Xu Qi'an just beautified and highlighted his own role, reducing the sense of existence of others.

Lin'an liked listening to books the most, and she began to relish them, and gradually immersed herself in the scene. When she heard Xu Qi'an solve the puzzle left by Anzi Zhou Min all night without sleep, she slapped the table with her little hand and applauded loudly.

She leaned forward, rested her chin, and listened intently.

Xu Qi'an calmly glanced at the chest of Her Highness the Princess, she was inevitably a little disappointed, Lin'an was still far behind her elder sister.

A woman who cannot put pressure on the table is not a good woman.

Hearing that a female ghost came to confuse Xu Qi'an and others, the two colleagues were deceived miserably, but Xu Qi'an relied on his own firm will and remained unmoved. When I first saw you, I knew you were not a thing in the pool.

Xu Qi'an thanked Her Royal Highness for her insightful eyes, and complained in her heart, didn't you forcefully recruit me just to compete with Huaiqing.

In the end, Xu Qi'an began to tell the story of himself facing thousands of troops, surrounded by thousands of people, facing the plight of rain of arrows and spears of spears, he did not retreat half a step, killed two hundred enemies, and finally survived until the arrival of reinforcements.

Those who were mounted and mounted were crying, and their noses were red from crying.

"Your Highness, you didn't see the scene at that time. When the humble officer roared, the thousand or so rebels were frightened and frightened, and they fought with me. If I wasn't in the right state at the time, none of them would have died."

Mount mounted nods vigorously, very convinced.

After all, she had heard about Xu Qi'an's deeds before, and everyone said that Xu Qi'an died heroically in the line of duty, saving the governor and the golden gong who beat up the yamen.

After bragging, Xu Qi'an remembered the business and said: "By the way, I entered the palace this time to follow His Majesty's order to thoroughly investigate the case of Concubine Fu."

Zhuang Zhan's eyes suddenly brightened, and he said happily: "I know it, it will be fine if you come back, and you will be able to wash away the grievances of the prince's brother."

"I will always serve the princess, and I will do my best." Xu Qi'an said sincerely.

Brushed up a wave of Lin'an's favorability.

"I have a few questions I want to ask the princess, how does Concubine Fu look like?"

"Nature is beautiful."

Emperor Yuan Jing was really reckless, Xu Qi'an felt emotional, and asked again: "Prince, are you lustful?"

"Of course you don't want to be lewd." Lin'an vetoed it, saying: "Besides the crown princess, there are only sixteen concubines, concubines, concubines, etc. of the elder brother of the crown prince."

""

Xu Qian said with confidence, I really am a good man, a good man is me, and I am Xu Qi'an!

"Is there any precedent for drunken riots?"

"No."

"What kind of wine are you drinking?"

"Hundred days of spring, a wine that invigorates the kidneys and strengthens the yang. The empress sent it to my mother and concubine. Do you think she framed it?" Lin'an said in a low voice.

Xu Qi'an pondered for a moment, then said: "I understand."

Lin'an was overjoyed, and said softly, "What do you understand? Xu Ningyan, have you solved the case yet?"

Xu Mansion.

Xu Erlang, who was exhausted physically and mentally, did not return to the academy immediately. Today is February 10th, and Chunwei will be five days later, so there is no need to return to the academy.

Stay at home these days with peace of mind, waiting for the imperial examination to come.

After lunch, Xu Erlang helped his father Xu Pingzhi see off the members of the Xu clan. Xu Erlang, who was physically and mentally exhausted, didn't want to study at all, he just wanted to go back to his room and have a good sleep.

But the gatekeeper, Old Zhang, hurried in and said, "Erlang, there is a monk outside the door, who calls himself Hengyuan, and wants to see you."

"Hengyuan?" Xu Erlang frowned, feeling familiar, but couldn't remember it.

He is a disciple of Confucianism, does not believe in Buddhism, and has no connection with Buddhism.

"He also said that he is an acquaintance with you." Old Zhang, the concierge, added.

Xu Erlang let out a "huh" and looked at Xu Pingzhi: "Father, Xu is here to do something because we have some errands in our family. Prepare some copper coins and send them away. I'm going back to my room to rest."

The gatekeeper Lao Zhang took a coin, walked out of the mansion, handed the silver to the burly middle-aged monk, and said:

"Master, the family doesn't need to do anything, please go back."

Master Hengyuan waved his hands: "The poor monk is not here for alms."

While taking the money honestly, he said: "Second Young Master, is it true that you don't see the poor monk?"

What happened to number three?

Although he has never met, but for the kindness of helping each other many times and the affection for his cousin Xu Qi'an, no matter what, he should see him once and let him go in to see Master Xu for the last time.

Well, he may feel that his identity is still a secret, that the poor monk has never realized his true identity, so he pretends not to know?

Oh, really underestimate the wisdom of the poor monk.

Monk Hengyuan clasped his hands together, saluted, then walked to the side, took out fragments of the book from his bosom, used it as a substitute for the pen, and said: "Master Jinlian, can you screen the rest of the people for me? I have something to say to the three No. said."

PS: Ask for a monthly pass, huh.

Change first and then change.