Nightwatcher

"Master, everything is packed."

Wearing a white layered and complicated Luo skirt, with exquisite makeup, the alluring Susu said softly.

Li Miaozhen nodded slightly, opened the sachet tied around her waist, a whirlpool of suction gushed out, and more than a dozen ghosts in the general's tent were sucked into it.

"It's a pity, you still haven't been able to break through to the fourth-rank realm." Susu sighed and said:

"Otherwise, at the level of a Renzong disciple, there will be no opponent for you."

"How can Yuan Ying be so easily cultivated?" Li Miaozhen sighed helplessly.

She has been stuck in the Golden Core Realm for two full years.

The banditry in Yunzhou has been wiped out. Li Miaozhen cooperated with the Yunzhou local army and the two Jin Luos to attack the Shanbazhai, leveling the largest villages and dozens of small villages.

Of course, the bandits in Yunzhou are like tarsal maggots, which have multiplied and survived in this land for hundreds of years.

After a few years, it will revive and take root.

The current results are the limit that the local army can achieve. Yunzhou will be stable for many years, and Li Miaozhen is very satisfied with the result.

Next, she's going to do her own thing - the battle between man and nature!

Tianzong and Renzong have to discuss the Dao every sixty years. Before that, the outstanding disciples of the two younger generations took the lead in colliding to warm up the battle between heaven and man.

Li Miaozhen is one of the most outstanding figures among the disciples of this generation of Tianzong. The other is senior brother Li Miaozhen, who is also a member of the Tiandihui, and holds the fragment of Book No. 7.

But that guy is in the Northeast, so he lost contact with whoring.

"It's a pity that that annoying stinky egg has died, otherwise you can help me investigate the case of killing the Su family." Susu said suddenly.

Li Miaozhen looked at Mei who grew up with him, and his heart moved. In fact, Susu's home is not in the capital. Even if that guy wants to investigate, he can't leave the capital and travel thousands of miles to investigate an old case.

Susu herself understands this truth, but she always talks about it from time to time, seemingly regretting the murder case, but actually regretting that stinky and shameless man.

Therefore, you have to be too forgetful, Li Miao sincerely sighed.

When relatives and friends die, grief is unbearable. Lovers change their minds, resentment and hatred are intertwined. The seven emotions and six desires in the world are all karma, or how can we say that love is deep and lifeless.

Only ruthlessness can last forever.

Leading Susu out of the military tent, more than 400 Feiyan troops gathered in the square, waiting quietly.

All four hundred soldiers disarmed.

Li Miaozhen slowly swept over the soldiers. At this time, some of them had changed into plain clothes, some were dressed in coarse linen, some were dressed like a rich man, and some were shabby like beggars. This was their original appearance.

The Flying Swallow Army is a miscellaneous army with members from all corners of the country. Among them are disciples of the Beggar Gang;

They were all gathered in Yunzhou and organized into an army because of one person, and that person was Feiyan Nvxia.

Now that Li Miaozhen was leaving, the army would naturally disband.

After the bandits were suppressed, Yang Chuannan approached Li Miaozhen privately, intending to incorporate the Feiyan Army into the regular army and train them to become the ace army of Yunzhou. I hope she can persuade the soldiers of the Feiyan Army to stay in Yunzhou.

But no one wants to stay.

"For more than a year, we have fought side by side, uprooted hundreds of strongholds, large and small, and beheaded thousands of bandits. Wherever we went, the people were able to recuperate without fear of banditry. Wherever we went, merchants were able to trade and support their families. .Wherever we pass, the light of justice shines down

"Li Miaozhen, thank you brothers for your unwavering company. However, there is no feast that never ends. The trip to Yunzhou has come to an end, and I will continue on. You should also go home and reunite with your relatives and friends.

"The road of life is long, whether it is bumpy or smooth, or bitter or sad. I hope everyone will remember the time in Yunzhou and never forget the original heart."

Speaking of this, Li Miaozhen looked at the four hundred soldiers, clasped his fists, and said in a sonorous and forceful voice: "But do good deeds, don't ask about the future."

Four hundred soldiers clasped their fists, and the sound was like a frenzy:

"Doing good deeds without asking for reward."

This is the Lady Feiyan they are willing to pledge allegiance to and follow.

Southern Xinjiang.

The reason why the Gu people are called barbarians is not that they drink blood, but that they are based on Gu, and their cultivation system and living habits are in line with Gu insects.

Only in this way can Gu worms be cultivated and assimilated with Gu.

To describe it in more appropriate words, the development of the Gu clan is based on the "Gu standard", so the level of civilization cannot be compared with the "human-oriented" Dafeng, Western Regions, and Northeast countries.

The civilization gap is reflected in various aspects, the most obvious of which is culture and architecture.

The Gu people still use the hieroglyphs of ancient times. The buildings are mainly yellow mud houses and thatched houses, and pottery is used instead of porcelain.

However, the clothes they wear are not much different from those of Dafeng people. The Gu people in southern Xinjiang are good at growing mulberry and raising silkworms, and the quality of the silk they collect is several times higher than that of Dafeng.

But they are not good at weaving, so they are often purchased by Dafeng merchants at low prices for high-quality silk, or they use ready-made fabrics in exchange for goods.

Boshan is hundreds of miles long and rich in products.

There are birds and animals in the mountains, and there are countless herbs and wild fruits. At the foot of the mountain is a piece of fertile soil, densely covered with rivers, where the headquarters of the Li Gu Department is located.

The Li Gu Department has reclaimed thousands of hectares in this plain, some of the tribesmen are farming, some of them are hunting, and they barter with each other to have enough food and clothing.

Mosang carried a horn bow and returned from hunting with a team of sons. Some carried wild boars weighing hundreds of catties, and some carried colorful golden pheasants.

In the field at the foot of the mountain, Mosang saw his younger sister, Lina, who was picking vegetables with the women.

Lina wore a simple commoner dress, showing two slender and well-proportioned calves. The climate in southern Xinjiang is hot, and Dabong's skirt and long sleeves cannot be worn here, so the Gu people will cut and modify Dabong's clothes.

The hem of the skirt came only to the knee, and the sleeves were short to the elbow.

"Lina!"

Mo Sang yelled, and when his sister raised his head, he continued: "The Heavenly Gu mother-in-law sent Xue Ying a message yesterday, asking you to meet her today, why are you still dawdling here?"

Lina was obviously taken aback, then patted her head: "Oh, I forgot, Mosang, why didn't you remind me earlier."

Mo Sang heard the men behind him laughing, and the women in the field also laughed.

The air was full of joy for a while, but Mosang felt a little ashamed, and turned around and scolded the men: "What are you laughing at?"

On the other side, Lina, who was wearing soft cloth boots, washed her hands by the stream, planning to go to the Tiangu tribe a hundred miles away.

Seeing this, Mo Sang quickly shouted: "The dam of the Heavenly Gu Department is missing a hole, please remember to help repair it."

"Got it!" Lina replied crisply and ran away.

Compared with the Li Gu Department, the Tian Gu Department is more like a county town of the Great Feng Dynasty. Although it is a bit crude, it has got rid of thatched houses and mainly consists of yellow mud houses and brick houses.

The Tiangu Department was built at the foot of Luoxia Mountain. From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, terraced fields lined up one after another. There was a dam on the mountain, which burst suddenly yesterday and washed away the terraced fields.

Lina, who often played in various departments when she was young, climbed up Luoxia Mountain with ease, trekking for a long time in the mountains, and saw the collapsed dam mouth.

He saw dozens of people from the Heavenly Gu Division standing on the edge of the reservoir, and the leader was the white-haired Heavenly Gu Granny.

Lina glanced past them and looked at the reservoir. There was a corpse of a monster floating on the water. The monster was more than ten feet long, covered with black scales, with a pointed head, long and thin neck, and thin film claws.

Grandma Tian Gu noticed Lina and waved to her.

Lina jumped lightly between the rocks, came to the Heavenly Gu Granny, and said softly: "Grandma, what kind of monster is that?"

"Jiao!"

Grandma Tiangu showed a kind smile: "I don't know where it came from, it destroyed the dam, and the newly planted seedlings in the tribe were all washed away."

"oh."

It was Lina's first time seeing jiao, but she had heard that this kind of monster lived in the densely criss-crossed waters of southern Xinjiang, running around along underground rivers.

One of Lina's uncles was said to have been eaten by Jiao while playing in the water.

"You help collect some stones and plug the gap as soon as possible." Grandma Heavenly Gu said.

"Okay!"

Lina, the coolie, was the best, so she ran away immediately, and within a quarter of an hour, everyone heard dull footsteps, and followed the prestige, and saw a "rock mountain" moving slowly.

This stone mountain is more than 20 feet high (60 to 70 meters), and throwing it into the reservoir can set off turbulent waves.

The stone mountain was not moved by herself, but was carried by Lina, but compared with the twenty-foot boulder, she was as small as an ant.

The faces of the people in the Heavenly Gu Department did not change, as if they had long been used to it.

Among the seven tribes of the Gu tribe, the Ligu tribe is famous for its strange power. Lina's father, Longtu, is the one who really moved mountains. When he was fighting with Dafeng, he carried a mountain and threw an army, killing thousands of people.

The boulder moved slowly near the dam, then with a bang, Lina lowered it.

Everyone stood on the dam and looked down, only to see Lina sinking her waist slowly, steadied her horse, and brewed for a few breaths. Suddenly, she roared "Hey thick", and punched her fist on the surface of the boulder.

Amidst the cracking sound, spider web-like cracks appeared on the surface of the boulder, and spread rapidly, disintegrating in an instant, turning into pieces of rubble.

Now, the materials for repairing the dam are available, and the people from the Heavenly Gu Department do not need to collect them hard, which greatly saves time and labor.

Leaving the tribal people to repair the dam, Grandma Tiangu took Lina down the mountain and returned to her residence, a courtyard house with a patio.

The daughter-in-law of the Heavenly Gu mother-in-law is drying the corpses of the Gu worms used as medicine in the yard, while her son is raising the Gu worms in the backyard.

Grandma Tiangu took Lina straight into the house, took out a wooden box from the cabinet, opened it with a "pata", and inside lay a white jade-like worm, shaped like a scorpion, with six arthropods.

The two black eyes on the top of the head look a little cute.

"This is the Qijue Gu made by my mother-in-law's wife. Before he left, this Gu was only half-refined. My mother-in-law used it for twenty years and finally finished it." The Heavenly Gu mother-in-law pushed the box to Lina and said:

"It's in your custody now."

"For me?" Lina was a little surprised.

"It's not for you, it's for your safekeeping, and you will give it to someone who is destined in the future."

A series of question marks flashed in Lina's mind.

She didn't understand the direction of the matter at all, and was suddenly given the Qijue Gu, and asked her to hand it over to someone with predestined relationship.

The Heavenly Gu Granny closed the box and said, "Do you still remember the story of the two thieves that Grandma told you?"

Lina nodded vigorously: "I remember."

At the same time, she thought of No. 3. Speaking of which, No. 3 hadn't sent a book for a long time, and the Dishu chat group returned to its previous calm.

"There is a legend in the Heavenly Gu Department that on the day the Gu God recovers, the entire southern border and even the Kyushu will be transformed into a Gu world. Although the Gu clan survives by raising Gu and refining Gu, Gu is just a tool, and we are still human."

The Heavenly Gu mother-in-law's eyes showed a complex look: "This is not a legend, it is the end of the day that the Heavenly Gu Department has staged for generations. In order to get a glimpse of this future, many seniors have suffered the backlash of heaven.

"In order to keep the Gu God in a deep sleep, twenty years ago, the old man thought of a way, he was going to steal something, use it to suppress the Gu God, and let it sleep for generations.

"So he left Southern Border, and there was no news since then. Not long after, the natal Gu he left in the tribe withered, and I knew he was dead."

"What was the stolen thing?" Lina hugged the wooden box, her eyes as blue as the sea sparkled with curiosity.

The Heavenly Gu Granny shook her head, patted the back of Lina's hand, and said in a kind voice, "Grandma is getting old, and she can't stand the backlash of heaven's secrets."

How else can it be said that the secrets of the sky cannot be leaked.

"Last night, I got a glimpse of the change of fate. That thing is about to be born, Lina, you are also involved in it." Grandma Tiangu stared at her with burning eyes.

"I?"

Lina blinked her blue eyes, wondering how she, an ordinary child, would appear in the "story" of Grandma Tiangu.

"Let's go to the capital, your cultivation base is enough, but you lack experience, just take this opportunity to go for a walk in the human world." Grandma Tiangu added:

"I discussed this matter with your father, and he agreed."

Going to the capital, Lina looked at the wooden box in her hand and found that she was not too resistant to such things. The first thing that came to her mind was No. 3, No. 1, and Daoist Jinlian.

At noon, the warm sunshine hung in the sky, and the Xu Mansion was filled with laughter and laughter.

Tables of banquets were set up in the compound, the tables on the left were members of the Xu clan, and the tables on the right were colleagues and former friends of Xu Pingzhi and Xu Qi'an.

The county magistrate of Changle County and the fast hands of the arresting squad were also among them, and of course, there was Lu Qing, the chief arrester of the government office.

It's a pity that Li Yuchun, Song Tingfeng and others were in Yunzhou and could not attend the banquet.

Xu Pingzhi brought Xu Qi'an to the table to toast. Xu Qi'an was just coping with the matter, but when he heard everyone congratulating and shouting at the Viscount, he suddenly fell in love with this feeling.

Arriving at the table of County Magistrate Zhu, the chubby county magistrate said with emotion: "I have a niece who is twenty-eight years old and quite handsome. She originally wanted to marry Ning Yan, but now it seems that it is not possible. gone."

Zhu County Magistrate's daughter is already married, otherwise she could barely match Xu Qi'an. The niece is not enough, the identity is not enough.

Wang Butou smiled and continued: "Ning Yan is now a Viscount, and the only one who can match him is a lady from a wealthy family."

Everyone laughed.

Lu Qing, who was at the next table, heard it, feeling very uncomfortable and feeling melancholy.

Originally, in her capacity as chief arrester of the government office, it was more than enough to have a watchman. And it belongs to the same industry, which can be described as a match made in heaven.

But after Xu Qi'an was ennobled and joined the noble class, he definitely couldn't marry a female catcher as his main wife, because it was not in line with etiquette.

The banquet didn't end until two o'clock in the afternoon (1:30 in the afternoon), Xu Qi'an and Xu Ershu were in charge of seeing off the guests, and my aunt directed the servants to clean up the mess.

At 3:00 pm, Xu Erlang returned with his servants and maid.

As expected of her own mother, the aunt ordered the cook to heat up a table of leftovers for Erlang.

"Erlang should take a good rest after eating, and tomorrow he has to get up early to go to the Gongyuan for the exam." The aunt was solicitous to bring food to her son.

It's not time for meal yet, but Xu Erlang has to get up early tomorrow, so he has to eat early and go to bed early. If he doesn't sleep well, it will affect tomorrow's exam.

Xu Qi'an sat drinking tea, and suddenly said: "Erlang, who will be tested?"

While eating, Xu Erlang briefly introduced: "Policy questions, scriptures, and poems."

After a pause, he said: "Since the first emperor, poetry has been removed from the imperial examination. Until the eleventh year of Yuanjing, Wang Zhenwen entered the cabinet. Under his promotion, poetry returned to the imperial examination."

During the two hundred years of Confucian orthodoxy, the poetry circle has weakened, and it has reached the point where it has withdrawn from the imperial examination stage.

"If elder brother takes part in the imperial examination, among other things, at least he can revive the poetry world." Xu Erlang commented objectively. He took a sip of wine, turned to look at his father, and said quietly:

"Since the end of last year, elder brother has become famous in the poetry circle, and father has also gradually become famous."

Xu Lingyin was sitting on his lap, and Xu Pingzhi, who was teasing his daughter, was taken aback for a moment, then showed joy and laughed loudly:

"Actually, Da Lang himself is very talented, and he didn't cultivate it much as a father. Such a scholar just likes to make a big fuss. How can they praise me?"

The corner of Xu Xinian's mouth twitched: "Praise you for not being a son of man."

"???"

Xu Pingzhi slapped the table angrily: "It's unreasonable, why do they say that?"

Xu Erlang glanced at his elder brother, and laughed: "The more poems your elder brother writes, the more infamy you will get, Dad, maybe you will be famous in history in the future."

That night, Xu Pingzhi was so worried that he couldn't sleep.

The aunt scolded: "You are not dead yet, you are thinking about your reputation hundreds of years later, and worrying about it."

"A woman's opinion." Xu Pingzhi snorted, worried: "Erlang has the resources to be the chief assistant, and Dalang will also leave a mark in Qing History in the future. When future generations evaluate them, they will always praise them. But when they come to me, only four One word: not a son of man."

The aunt murmured: "Well, at least it's the name of Qingshi. Let me tell you something. What will happen if Erlang is sent abroad in the future? Can you find a way to keep him in the capital?"

"Don't even think about it, he is a student of Yunlu Academy, and assignment abroad is inevitable. I hope it won't be too far away." Xu Pingzhi said helplessly.

The students of Yunlu Academy basically have no access to the power center of the capital's officialdom. Most of them will be distributed to various states and places, and even if they stay in the capital, they will only be minor officials.

"Why don't you talk to Ning Yan, he is a watchman and knows the princess, so there must be a solution." Auntie sat on the bed with her legs bent, in the candlelight, her brows slightly frowned.

"This is a matter of the Ministry of Officials. What does it have to do with the watchmen?" Xu Pingzhi lowered his voice:

"Civilian officials are the most hated by the watchmen to monitor all officials. Ning Yan will only backfire if he comes forward."

My aunt lay down on the bed, hugging the pillow, frowning.

"Boom boom boom"

Xu Xinian, who was wearing white clothes and was about to fall asleep, heard a knock on the door and opened the door to see Xu Qi'an standing outside.

"Brother, why do you want me?"

Xu Qi'an looked at the handsome little brother with red lips and white teeth, and said with a grin, "Come here and guess the question."

PS: In the next chapter, I have to look up the information about Chunwei. Although I don’t focus on describing the exam, I still have to know it well.

For the sake of my rigorous attitude, how about voting for a few monthly tickets? If it doesn’t work, I can show it to you.

Change first and then change, continue to code the next chapter, and then correct the typo later.