Nightwatcher

"Are you playing with me?"

"Ice" climbed onto Chen Guifei's face little by little, her expression, her eyes, and her tone were all cold.

"Look," Xu Qi'an shrugged and said with a sneer: "No matter how nice the person who draws the cake is, as long as he has made a real contribution, he will immediately turn his face."

It's a good thing you didn't agree, otherwise I would rather Lin'an be sad than ruin you.

Concubine Chen Guifei took a sip from her teacup, and when she put it down, her complexion returned to normal, "The biggest flaw in this palace is Lang'er, as long as she is gone, there will be nothing to prove.

"As for the high-rise Fengqi Palace, it will collapse in a blink of an eye. The so-called good bird chooses a tree to live in. Mr. Xu is a smart person. You know how to choose."

Xu Qi'an nodded in agreement: "The prince is still the prince, but the empress is about to change positions, and the empress promised to marry Lin'an to me, so I choose Duke Wei."

Concubine Chen Guifei's face froze, and she exerted a little force on the hand holding the teacup, and it took a long time to resist the urge to splash the scalding tea on the kid's face, or to throw the cup.

"So, Master Xu is going to take Lang'er away from Jingxiu Palace, and is going to put me to death?"

Chen Guifei stared at Xu Qi'an with her beautiful eyes, the atmosphere in the room dropped to freezing point, and an invisible murderous intent enveloped Xu Qi'an.

Xu Baijiao, who was in the God Realm, didn't capture the scene of the enemy's attack, but the instinct of the seventh-rank warrior was instilling a signal in him: danger!

If she insists on taking Lang'er away, she will die with Concubine Chen Guifei. In this way, she will jump the wall in a hurry, and no longer care that this is the harem. If she takes action against me, my life cannot be guaranteed. But Xu Qi'an, my last trump card, sneered, straightened his back, with disdain in his eyes:

"I, Xu Qi'an, faced tens of thousands of rebels that day, fought alone, beheaded thousands of enemies, and survived to death. The empress thinks that I will be afraid of mere threats?

"I am not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of death?"

The minister is not afraid of death, but Chen Guifei, who is afraid of death, has obvious surprise in her eyes, she nodded slowly, "Well said, Mr. Xu is indeed a hero, and he fell into your hands."

The imperial concubine gripped the teacup in her hand tightly, as if she was about to throw the cup as a sign.

Suddenly, Xu Qi'an said loudly: "But I am sincere to Lin'an, and I don't want to see her sad. I can pretend that what happened today didn't happen."

Even if I want to expose the imperial concubine, I have to be able to get out of Jingxiu Palace, Xu Qi'an thought regretfully.

Concubine Chen Gui stared at him for a moment, put down the teacup, and nodded with satisfaction: "You are not lying, it seems that you are really sincere to Lin'an. If that is the case, why is Master Xu unwilling to take refuge?"

Do you think I'm a fool, I'm dead if I rely on you, Wei Yuan is the only one I can rely on in the capital, Huaiqing can only be counted as half, as for Lin'an, she is a powerless princess, she can't protect her I.

"Your Majesty, fostering a priest is not about making empty promises, but relying on actual actions. I am humble and loyal to Duke Wei because Duke Wei treats me with sincerity, and I trust him."

After finishing speaking, Xu Qi'an turned sideways, glanced at the little father-in-law outside the courtyard, and said: "I have nothing to do with the empress, but I'm thinking that the empress can't do anything to me."

Once there is no longer the idea of ​​burning jade and stone together, it is impossible for Concubine Chen Gui to embarrass him anymore.

Although the little eunuch is an idiot, he is now the eyes of Emperor Yuan Jing and can be regarded as surveillance. Everything that happened here would be conveyed to Emperor Yuan Jing verbatim.

Unless Concubine Chen Guifei directly killed him, otherwise, any plots and tricks to frame him would be useless, the little eunuch could testify for Xu Qi'an.

This is why Xu Qi'an insisted on keeping the little eunuch.

Concubine Chen Guifei took a deep look at him, her beautiful eyes slightly closed, "This palace is exhausted, please step back. The gate of Jingxiu Palace will always be open for you."

"Resignation from humble position."

Xu Qi'an cupped his hands and left the room.

Seeing him coming out, the little father-in-law in the yard greeted him immediately, and asked, "Master Xu, what did the imperial concubine and empress say to you?"

"Don't ask, if you ask, you will lose your life." Xu Qi'an said angrily.

The little father-in-law's face changed slightly.

Walking to the outer courtyard, Lin'an sat in the gazebo, resting his chin on one hand and playing with the teacup with the other, feeling bored.

There are two maids standing beside her.

Seeing Xu Qi'an, a smile bloomed on her round face, her eyebrows were curved, her peach-blossom pupils became lively, she beckoned, and said softly:

"Dog slave, come here quickly."

The dog slave shouted without any momentum, it sounded like a spoiled child.

Xu Qi'an took a deep breath, suppressed the turbulent emotions, and smiled nonchalantly: "Your Highness, the humble job has come out."

Lin'an immediately asked: "What did my concubine tell you?"

"The empress said that His Highness is about to leave the cabinet, and asked if there are any suitable candidates for the humble position, and recommend some young talents to her. She will help His Highness find a future husband."

Lin'an was stunned for a moment, Hongxia quietly climbed onto her face, and asked suspiciously: "Mother concubine will tell you this?"

Hey, why don't you get caught up, when did you become smart, I want to recommend myself next time. Xu Qi'an had no choice but to say:

"You're just kidding."

Framed framed willow eyebrows upside down: "You dog slave, you dare to molested me."

He pinched his waist and stared at him.

"Humble job is still a child, I don't know what molesting is."

Zhan Zhan let out a "bah", and felt that Xu Qi'an's words were very interesting, so he giggled like a little hen.

Her smile is pure and charming, like a beautiful scenery.

Xu Qi'an laughed along, and sighed inwardly.

Previously, his idea was to pretend he didn't know, leave Jingxiu Palace first, and then tell Wei Yuan what he found, so that Wei Yuan could catch Lang'er quickly and catch Concubine Chen Guifei by surprise.

But because of Lin'an's relationship, he inevitably hesitated for a while. Although he calmed down, he would still expose Chen Guifei without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Chen's rank is not low. It can be predicted that Lang'er will die of illness as soon as he walks on the front foot. In this way, Concubine Chen Gui will have no flaws.

"Chen Guifei can be regarded as a qualified concubine. For such a stupid girl like Lin'an, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse to grow up in the inner courtyard of the palace wall."

Recalling Concubine Chen Gui's operation just now, she was indeed astute, no matter what happened, she called him over to test it out first. In the end, she really found out the clue.

The follow-up frank words seemed to be heart-wrenching, but in fact she was confident, because she knew that as long as Lang'er was eliminated, she would have no openings, and Xu Qi'an couldn't take Lang'er away unless she didn't want to live.

Now that I have been discovered, just say it generously, you can also win my trust and throw a beautiful girl as bait. If I was a womanizer, I might have been hooked at that time

I was covered by the monk Shenshu, so I might not die on the spot, but I also exposed myself, the bastard Emperor Yuan Jing would definitely seal me in Sangbo, the ending remained the same, and I died together.

After leaving Jingxiu Palace, Xu Qi'an said that he still had to deal with important matters, and declined the invitation to play backgammon.

"Little eunuch, I have already dealt with the affairs in the palace. Later, when you report to His Majesty, there are some things you can say and some things you can't say. I'm here to remind you a few words." Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the little eunuch put on a serious posture, "Master Xu, please speak."

"You have to tell the emperor everything about Jingxiu Palace. You have to say this: After asking Lang'er, the maid of Jingxiu Palace, Mr. Xu's face was extremely ugly. It seemed that he didn't want to stay any longer, and he didn't even drink tea. .

"Maybe Master Xu hadn't left Jingxiu Palace, but was suddenly kept by the imperial concubine, and asked to go to the backyard, the imperial concubine, to retreat everyone, and talked with Master Xu for a long time in the room. The servant was left in the courtyard and was not allowed to enter. , although I could see the two in the house, I couldn't hear what they were saying.

"After the conversation, Mr. Xu left the palace with a lot of worries."

After Xu Qi'an finished speaking, he took out five taels of silver notes from his bosom, and the five taels stolen from the eunuch at the gate of Jingxiu Palace, a total of ten taels, and handed them to the little eunuch without fuss.

The little eunuch opened his arms and waved his hands: "Master Xu, you can't do it."

After collecting the money, he recalled Xu Qi'an's words carefully, and felt that there was no big problem, so he nodded: "Okay, the slave will definitely do it."

Xu Qi'an immediately left the palace, and Huaiqing, who was brought by Yu Linwei, borrowed his steed, and rushed back to the Daganren Yamen with whips.

After being informed by the guards, he entered the Haoqi Building and came to the tea room on the seventh floor.

Wei Yuan was not in the tea room, but on the watchtower connected to the tea room. He was sitting on a big chair with loose hair, and a black-clothed official was holding a comb and combing his hair.

Wei Yuan beckoned, "Come here, comb my hair."

The official in black tactfully handed the comb to Xu Qi'an, turned around and left the tea room.

"Why is Wei Gong combing his hair at this time?"

Xu Qi'an combed her hair from head to bottom without any knots, and when she combed to the end, she thought it was quite elegant.

"Hair is in Buddhism, which means troubles." Wei Yuan was bathed in the sun, squinting his eyes, with a gentle voice:

"Brush your hair, and the past will be wiped away."

What's the meaning?

Today's Wei Yuan is a bit strange, what does it mean to write off the past?

"It's not interesting to comb your hair, let's give Duke Wei a pat on the head." Xu Qi'an said.

Wei Yuan smiled: "Try!"

Xu Qi'an put the comb in his arms, spread his five fingers, pressed Wei Yuan's head, and gently pinched the acupuncture points.

Wei Yuan's breathing gradually slowed down, and the warm sunlight shone on the two of them. The scenery here was beautiful from the top, and Xu Qi'an squinted his eyes to look at it, feeling that he had returned to the world, far away from the intrigue in the palace.

"Not bad." Wei Yuan smiled.

For sure, this is the magic skill of the barber shop. I will make you a shampoo chair later Xu Qi'an coughed and said, "I have something to report to the humble job."

"explain."

"The humble job has already found out who is behind the scenes."

Wei Yuan opened his eyes and didn't speak for a long time.

"It's Concubine Chen!" Xu Qi'an said in a low voice, "I went to Jingxiu Palace to investigate the case today, and found that the maid Lang'er beside her is the one who tore up the booklet of the imperial pharmacy."

Immediately, he told Wei Yuan about his discovery and Concubine Chen's solicitation.

Wei Yuan patted his hand, signaled him to stop, got up and walked to the edge of the watchtower, pressed his hands on the guardrail, and looked into the distance, "Who do you think is behind Chen Guifei?"

How do I know that Xu Qi'an shook his head: "It may be related to Si Tianjian."

This is what he deduced from the existence of the qi technique.

"It's not Si Tianjian." Wei Yuan shook his head with a firm tone.

It wasn't Si Tianjian Xu Qi'an who reacted after a few seconds, and said in astonishment: "Wei Gong, do you know that Chen Guifei is plotting against the queen and you?"

"At first, I didn't expect that she was cruel. After handing over the case of dragging the crown prince to you, I didn't continue to pay attention. Until this morning when I found out that the queen had pleaded guilty, and after hearing you tell the whole story of the case, I guessed it was Concubine Chen."

Xu Qi'an stared at his back for a long time. He used to think that Wei Yuan and Daoist Jinlian were old silver coins, but now he found that Daoist Jinlian was quite pure and kind, not as deep as Wei Yuan.

If it wasn't Si Tianjian, then how could Concubine Chen be able to perform Wang Qi Art? Besides Si Tian Jian, who else could use Wang Qi Art?

Xu Qi'an's heart moved, "Wei Gong, I remembered something."

"The third-grade warlock that appeared in the Yunzhou case?" Wei Yuan asked back.

"Duke Wei is extremely wise," Xu Qi'an obeyed.

"I checked this person too, but I couldn't find him. Do you know the name of the third-rank warlock in Si Tianjian?" Wei Yuan asked.

"Tianji Master." Xu Qi'an heard Bi Wang say it.

"Tianjishi can block the secrets and erase his own existence and traces left behind. His parents will forget him, his wife and children will forget him, and all the written records he left will disappear. This is Tianjishi.

"Besides, Tianjishi can also tamper with other people's impression of him, leaving a vague memory in his heart, but he can't recall it completely."

Wei Yuan looked around and said, "During the Sangbo case, you have checked the information of the first supervisor, but there is no record in any historical materials, not even a few words. You know, Emperor Wuzong can change history, but he can't stop the mouths of future generations. Can't stop unofficial history.

"It was Jianzheng who erased all the information about the original Jianzheng, as if he had never existed. Even I often mistakenly think that Jianzheng is the founder of Sitianjian, the creator of the warlock system.

"Afterwards, because of the separation caused by the vacancy in history, I suddenly remembered that there was another first-generation supervisor."

"How do you check this?" Xu Qi'an was stunned.

He once again realized how terrifying the top powerhouses in this world are.

"If you want to investigate, you have to rely on the supervisor." Wei Yuan said.

It makes sense, only magic can defeat magic, Dad Wei's thinking is correct Xu Qi'an nodded secretly.

"But the supervisor refused." Wei Yuan sighed.

This is really an expected answer. Si Tianjian has many secrets, and the supervisor is like an old man who keeps secrets. Xu Qi'an pursed his lips and asked in a curious tone:

"Does Wei Gong know what the first and second ranks of warlocks are called?"

Wei Yuan shook his head, "Jianzheng and I have always been at odds. Dafeng is like a game of chess. He is a chess player, and I am also a chess player. We often have conflicts due to different thinking."

This is the first time that Wei Yuan talked about such "high-end" content with Xu Qi'an.

Perhaps in Wei Yuan's heart, the supervisor is his biggest political enemy? Xu Qi'an tentatively said: "How does Duke Wei plan to save the queen?"

"Pushing the uncle to take the blame, whether it will be successful or not, still needs to be considered. Your majesty likes checks and balances, and you will also think that if the queen is abolished, the prince will have no opponents. However, your majesty remembered some unhappy things, so he may not have such a calm mind. , unless it can make him doubt Concubine Chen

"The queen's heart is still too soft. When she took this step, she didn't discuss it with me in advance." Wei Yuan's voice was full of helplessness.

Wei Gong, your subtext is: Queen, are you a pig teammate?

Xu Qi'an's eyes lit up, knowing that his foreshadowing before leaving the palace was not in vain, or maybe he had done meritorious service.

"Duke Wei, it's a crime to hold a humble position, you just made up your own mind."

Wei Yuan turned around and frowned: "What's the matter?"