Nightwatcher

"In order to show my "identity", I secretly took a piece of material from the Queen's Palace." At this point, Uncle Guo glanced at the yellow silk cloth.

Xu Qi'an understood, that's how the yellow silk on Huang Xiaorou's body came from.

However, there should be quite a few concubines in the palace who have this kind of material, and it is difficult to use a single piece of material as evidence to Xu Qi'an. Thinking of this, he suddenly heard Huaiqing say calmly:

"My lord Xu can follow the clues to find Uncle Guo based on the results of the autopsy, let alone the mastermind who already knows the inside story.

"If the mother doesn't admit it, then there will naturally be evidence to help Mr. Xu find out about Uncle Guo. What's more, with our Uncle Guo's iron bones, he will be imprisoned overnight, and everything will be recruited."

The corner of Huaiqing's mouth drew a cold arc.

What she said makes sense, it's because my thinking has become inertial, I'm afraid there are still many tricks for such a dude, the crux of the problem is not how many tricks he has, but the queen's choice

Although he is a dou who cannot be supported, he is the only younger brother after all. If Erlang bullies men and women all day long and political opponents use him to attack me, can I save Erlang?

In Xu Qi'an's mind, Xu Xinian led a group of followers, surrounded by girls from good families, and Xu Erlang went up to him with a lewd smile on his face.

"The picture is so beautiful, it gave me goosebumps. Well, with Erlang's good looks, he doesn't need to use force. There are many women from good families who are greedy for his body," Xu Qi'an muttered to himself.

"I want to see the queen, I want to see the queen" Uncle Guo rushed to Huaiqing excitedly, like a child who has made a mistake but is eager for someone to explain to him:

"Your Majesty, if you want to abolish the empress, you can abolish him. Anyway, she doesn't love your majesty, and the posthumous position is dispensable to her. But Huaiqing, I'm the only uncle you have."

"shut up!"

Huaiqing was very angry, and said harshly: "The relationship between father and mother is not allowed to be slandered by you."

What a fucking talent! Rather than being bold, it would be better to describe him as stupid. He does things regardless of his head and tail, always thinking that someone will wipe his ass. This is the same as a hot-blooded boy with a mental deficiency.

In my time, it was a giant baby, Xu Qi'an who lacked society beat Xu Qi'an twice in his heart.

The most important thing is that it is indeed exciting to put a hat on the emperor, but the one who really dares to put it into action is this uncle of the country who is the only one in the shit of a scorpion.

Whether it is the empress being abolished or the country's uncle being punished, it is the emperor's family matter and has little to do with him.

So his mentality is very relaxed, at most he feels sorry for Huaiqing, but with Huaiqing's dislike for Guojiu, even if Guojiu is beheaded, the eldest wife will not be sad.

Suddenly, Xu Qi'an had a flash of inspiration, the queen is the uncle's sister and can't really do anything to him, but how could Duke Wei tolerate such a pig teammate?

Even though the two families are family friends, it is absolutely easy for Wei Gong to beat a dude and make him behave honestly.

"Does Duke Wei know about this?" Xu Qi'an asked.

Hearing this, Huaiqing immediately looked at him thoughtfully.

"Wei Yuan?"

Uncle Guo, who was panicked and helpless a moment ago, suddenly became vicious and angry, and said with a sneer, "Yes, Wei Yuan must have designed all of this, it must be him.

"He killed my father, and now he is going to kill me again. He is a wolf-hearted thing, and he deserves to die."

Big doubts flashed in Xu Qi'an's little mind. Before entering the mansion, Huaiqing told him that the Wei family and the Shangguan family were family friends.

But judging from Uncle Guo's attitude, it's more like a family feud than a family friend.

Thinking of this, Xu Qi'an immediately looked at Huaiqing, she frowned, as if she didn't understand the inside story, and was also confused by what Uncle Guo said.

Xu Qi'an cleared his throat, and took the initiative to ask: "What do you mean, why did Wei Yuan want to harm you?"

Uncle Guo glanced at him and smiled coldly: "I dare to say, do you dare to listen? You know that Wei Yuan was in the past..."

"Snapped!"

In the middle of speaking, Xu Qi'an slapped him across the face and interrupted Uncle Guo.

"Okay, I don't want to hear it. I just want to bring you back to the Dageng Yamen." When Xu Qi'an was speaking, he turned to Huaiqing to ask for her opinion.

Princess Huaiqing said: "Take it away."

"Huaiqing, Huaiqing, you can't treat me like this. I'm the only son of the Shangguan family. Your mother won't allow you to do this."

The uncle Guo was carried out of the mansion by Xu Qi'an, according to Huai Qing's order, his uncle Guo was handed over to several guards, and they escorted him to the prisoner's yamen.

Xu Qi'an got on the horse, and the eldest princess who had just entered the carriage opened the window, and said in a cold voice, "Master Xu, why don't you take the same carriage with me."

Oh, this is not good, how can a single man and a widow share a carriage, my sister and aunt and I have never built a carriage Xu Qi'an quickly jumped off the horse and got into the luxurious carriage made of golden nanmu.

The coachman whipped his whip, and the two horses neighed and hoofed, and they drove away from the street outside Shangguan's ancestral house quickly and steadily, heading towards the imperial city.

In the compartment, there is a soft cashmere carpet, and the innermost part is a rug covered with cyan Kuilong cotton cushions, two large chairs and a nailed coffee table.

The eldest princess took out the tea leaves from the wooden cabinet under the tea table, lit the smokeless animal gold charcoal, and said while making the tea, "Master Xu, do you have any suggestions?"

This is the ancient version of the nanny carriage! This carriage is estimated to be worth several thousand taels of silver.

"Your Highness must have an idea in mind."

Huaiqing nodded slowly: "I have never liked Uncle Guo, this matter started because of him, and it should end because of him."

The subtext is: I am going to hand over Uncle Guo.

"But even so, the queen is still guilty of covering up." Xu Qi'an frowned.

This can be big or small, if Emperor Yuan Jing forgives magnanimously, then a small punishment is enough, and there is no need to abolish the empress. On the contrary, Emperor Yuan Jing can use this to abolish the empress, and the crime is enough.

Based on Xu Qi'an's understanding of Emperor Yuan Jing, this emperor has a strong desire for possession and power. This kind of person has deep thoughts, but he can't rub the sand in his eyes.

"Who said that the mother was covering up? It was the uncle of the country who knew about the case of Concubine Fu and knew that what he had done was about to be exposed, so he sent someone to plead with the queen. The mother thought of the love of blood, although she hated the uncle for making such a disaster for the palace. However, he still chose to bear the crime for Uncle Guo."

Princess Huaiqing's expression and tone were as steady as an old dog, as if "Yes, this is the truth" was written on her face.

Xu Qi'an sighed and said, "The princess is right."

Let me go, if this woman marries and returns home, it will be difficult for her to have an affair or cheat.

"I'm really curious about what Uncle Guo didn't finish, why did Master Xu interrupt?" the eldest princess said lightly.

Xu Qi'an calmly examined Huaiqing's exquisitely carved and beautiful facial features, "What did Uncle Guo want to say just now? I don't know about it. If His Highness wants to know, I will go back and interrogate for you."

He interrupted Uncle Guo on purpose just now, because Wei Yuan was involved in this matter.

For Xu Qi'an, there are two things that he needs to avoid. The first is the secrets of the palace, which needless to say.

The second is the secret related to Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan is his immediate boss and backer, if he wants to continue to mess around in the capital, he must maintain a good relationship with Wei Yuan.

Then, he shouldn't know some of Wei Yuan's secrets.

Unless Wei Yuan told him personally.

Huaiqing smiled, and then said: "Master Xu doesn't need to worry about the Queen's matter, Wei Guild will handle it. What you need to do is to find out who is behind the scenes. What do you think Master Xu thinks?"

Xu Qi'an frowned, looked at the purple clay pot whose bottom was licked by the blue-red flame, and didn't speak for a long time.

Hit the more people's Yamen, Haoqi Building.

The official in black entered the tea room and said respectfully, "Duke Wei, Princess Huaiqing's guards escorted the uncle to the yamen, and the uncle is clamoring to see you."

Wei Yuan looked down at the scriptures, without raising his head, he said flatly, "You don't need to see people who are about to die. Go and inform Nangong Jinluo to entertain Uncle Guo well."

After the black-clothed officials retreated, Wei Yuan closed the folder, walked slowly to the observation tower, and gazed at the palace with deep and vicissitudes of life.

Back at the palace, Huaiqing went straight to Fengqi Palace.

Xu Qi'an planned to continue to check the people on the list, so he called the little eunuch to cooperate.

Following the list, following the map to find out what to do, when I found the last person, I hit a snag.

That person is a maid from Jingxiu Palace.

"Sister Lang'er is serving the imperial concubine, Lord Xu, please come back later." The eunuch guarding the gate stopped Xu Qi'an.

Xu Qi'an glanced at the sky, and said kindly: "Then when should I come over?"

The eunuch said indifferently: "Who knows, come back tomorrow."

"The case is urgent, how can we delay so much, I just want to understand a little bit, it's just a matter of one sentence."

Xu Qi'an took out a bank note of five taels of silver, "Please trouble your father-in-law for accommodation."

The gatekeeper eunuch took the money, turned his head and went in, and never came back.

"Too much deceit!" The little eunuch was furious, and said unhappily, "Master Xu, that bastard is playing tricks on you."

"What would happen if I broke in like this?" Xu Qi'an remained expressionless.

"Oh, you can't." The little eunuch hurriedly stopped him, persuading him, "It is a serious crime to break into the concubine's bedroom."

Xu Qi'an nodded, turned around and left.

The little eunuch trotted up to follow, and said: "Forget it, it's getting late, sir, let's go back first."

"No, I want to seek reimbursement from His Royal Highness Lin'an."

PS: In order to update around two o'clock, the number of words in this chapter is shorter. Today is still 4D, and the next chapter will be longer. In fact, I can also update it on time at two o'clock, but it is too short, and I always want to write a longer chapter, readers love to read long chapters.