Nightwatcher

"When I was drinking tea just now, I observed it. The soldiers guarding the city were particularly concerned about adult men walking alone. They not only checked the road guides, but also touched their faces." Xu Qi'an said.

"Touch your face?" The princess was stunned for a moment, and then she came to her senses, lowering her voice furtively: "Check if there is any disguise?"

Isn't that stupid? Xu Qi'an nodded, "This is definitely not looking for you, because those who are taken away by the barbarians will never walk alone."

No wonder he suddenly proposed to drink tea in the shed, and the princess who rested her feet suddenly realized.

Moreover, an area like Sanhuang County, which is next to Jiangzhou, would not normally be a target of barbarians, so such a strict investigation is unreasonable in itself.

"In addition, from this matter, it can be seen that the three thousand miles of blood slaughter is definitely not an empty talk. Otherwise, the people of King Zhenbei would not treat it so cautiously." Xu Qi'an sneered.

If he had no ghosts in his heart, he would not be so afraid of the legendary master of solving crimes, Xu Yinluo, who is as powerful as a prison.

The two found an inn in the city, and asked for a superior room. As soon as the door was closed, the obedient princess who was acting outside became furious, and said angrily:

"You just want to take advantage of me, just like the lechers in the script. You only open one room on purpose."

If you look at the name, Xu Qi'an sneered and said, "If you are willing to take off the bracelet, I am happy to spend the spring with you, Wangfei. As for your current appearance."

He pointed to the dressing table by the window, and teased, "Look in the mirror first."

The princess gritted her teeth angrily, gave him a hard look, sneered and retorted: "Okay, then you will sleep on the bed tonight and I will sleep on the bed. If you touch me, you will be a beast.

"Okay, I'm going to take a shower, please go out."

After so many days, she is actually not as guarded against Xu Qi'an as before, knowing that there is a high probability that he will not touch her. But her arrogant personality and habit of quarreling made it difficult for her to get along peacefully with Xu Ningyan.

"I'm not coming back tonight, go to bed early at night." Xu Qi'an waved his hand, turned and walked to the door.

"Where are you going?" The princess' face changed slightly.

Although she didn't want to admit it, this guy did give her a sense of security for a long time. She was a little uncomfortable when he left suddenly, and she didn't know what to do.

"Come to Sanhuang County, I want to find out if there is any Sanhuang Chicken." Xu Qi'an replied.

When the princess heard this, she immediately smiled, "I'm going too, I want to eat too."

Xu Qi'an said angrily, "I'm going to a brothel!"

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The princess sat on the edge of the bed, turned sideways angrily, turned her head away, and gave him a back of the head.

In the alley across the street from the inn, Xu Qi'an watched the inn for half an hour, but he didn't see any suspicious person following him, nor did he see the princess sneaking away.

"He didn't escape, is this princess mentally ill?"

This result surprised Xu Qi'an, in his opinion, this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to escape. From then on, the sky is high and the birds are flying, and the sea is wide and the fish are leaping.

Get rid of the status of princess, and don't have to worry about becoming a "medicinal material" anymore.

Is she unwilling to give up the glory and wealth brought by the status of princess? Um, through the past few days of getting along, she is actually more like a girl who has not experienced much in the world, arrogant and self-willed, with no romantic atmosphere on her body.

Besides, how important is life to wealth and wealth?

Judging from her usual tone when referring to Duke Huai, she has no feelings for that titular husband. Well, she would sometimes be in a daze at night, showing a negative and pessimistic attitude. Is she desperate for an irresistible fate? What a miserable woman.

Xu Qi'an set out on the road in the dark, wandering around the city for a long time, and finally stopped at the entrance of a brothel called "Yayinlou".

As mentioned earlier (Chapter 21), the specifications of brothels can be judged by their suffixes.

Third- and fourth-class brothels are mostly named after "lou, class, shop".

"Yayinlou" can only be regarded as a medium-low brothel, but in a small county like Sanhuang County, it is probably the highest-standard brothel.

A woman in a colored dress and a skirt greeted them at the door, smiling and smiling.

Anzi, who beat the watchman, was a seafood merchant in Yayinlou, and his nickname was Cai'er.

There are secret agents all over Dafeng, from three religions and nine streams, from all professions, so that we can collect intelligence in all directions.

Before leaving the capital, Wei Yuan gave Xu Qi'an a list, which contained the contact information, names, and information of Anzi from all over Chuzhou.

"Yo, my lord, please invite me here."

As soon as Fang stepped into the hall, an old bustard came up to greet him. With vicious eyes, he searched Xu Qi'an all over. He was dressed in ordinary clothes, but his appearance was unmistakably handsome.

The appearance is second, the most important thing is the bulging purse around the waist, high-quality customers!

The procuress was enthusiastic on the surface, but in fact he was a little cautious. Because he didn't know the rank of the other party, he was a little uncertain about the level of enthusiasm, and was afraid of accidentally annoying the guests.

At this time, he saw Xu Qi'an opened his arms.

In the brothel, this is a signal to the bustard to hug her arm to show her closeness.

At first glance, the old lady criticized the old bustard with a smile on her face with heavy makeup, as if she saw her family, she eagerly took Xu Qi'an's arm, and said delicately:

"Officer, you sit here first, have some tea, and I will pick some pretty girls for you."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Qi'an waved his hand to interrupt, saying: "I'm here to find Cai'er."

"Oh, it's not a coincidence that you came here, Cai'er has a guest, why don't you see other girls?" The old bustard's smile didn't change.

"I only want Cai'er." Xu Qi'an took off the purse and threw it to the old bustard.

"this"

The bustard looked embarrassed and led Xu Qi'an up to the second floor, but his heart was full of smiles. Compared with the white money, what are the rules?

In the brothel, there are too many examples of fighting for a girl. Fighting is not a big deal, the big deal is to expel the troublemakers. Of course, those who are bombarded are those who pay little money or have no background.

The two came to the door of a room, and there were voices of men and women doing business, and the sound of "creaking" from the bed.

Xu Qi'an kicked the door open, startling the men and women in the room, and saw a fat middle-aged man pressing on a delicate and beautiful woman on the bed.

The man looked at the door in horror, and then he looked furious to kill, and shouted: "Get out."

It was the gorgeous woman whose eyes lit up sharply when she saw the handsome young man.

Don't be angry, okay, a man would be furious about this kind of thing. Xu Qi'an strode forward, put on the posture of a dandy who is jealous, lifted the man off the bed, and beat him up.

"Brother, brother, speak up if you have something to say"

After being punched and kicked twice, the man sensed the strength of the opponent and knew that he was not the opponent, so he begged for mercy.

"Put on your clothes and get out." Xu Qi'an cursed.

The man quickly put on his underwear, then grabbed his coat and pants, and fled in a panic.

The bustard standing at the door of the room cast a questioning look at Cai'er who was on the bed, and the latter shook her head slightly.

She didn't know this handsome man.

The old bustard was too lazy to take care of it, with a smile on his face, he said: "Don't disturb the two of you spending the spring evening together, Cai'er, take good care of your guests."

After all, close the door.

Xu Qi'an sat down at the round table, amplified his hearing, and heard the sound of the bustard's footsteps going away, and then the sound of stepping on the wooden stairs

Cai'er sat up, exposing her white upper body, her face was still flushed, and said with a smile, "Little Master, what are you waiting for, my servant is waiting anxiously on the bed."

While speaking, she looked at this handsome and strange man.

For her, changing the man on her body from an old man with a pot belly to a handsome guy with top-notch appearance is a good thing.

Xu Qi'an, who had already confirmed that there were no abnormalities around, stared at Cai'er, and said leisurely: "A servant in Tsing Yi."

These four simple words caused the woman on the bed to change her expression greatly. She threw off the quilt and got out of bed in a panic, knelt down on the ground, and said in a low voice, "A hundred deaths without regrets."

The password is correct. The portrait also nodded to Xu Qi'an, and said in a deep voice: "Put on your clothes, I have something to ask you."

Cai'er restrained her coquettish attitude, picked up the Luo skirt on the ground and put it on her body, then began to put on her small clothes, and after a while, she was neatly dressed.

On the surface, she was a prostitute, but in fact she was Cai'er, who was a secret agent. She saluted generously, stared at Xu Qi'an, and said, "My lord, can I have a look at your waist card?"

"Can."

Xu Qi'an took out his unique waist card and put it on the table. The waist card was silver-plated, with a security pattern on the back and a word "Xu" engraved on the front.

Cai'er pursed her lips, shifted her gaze from the belt badge to Xu Qi'an, looked at him with admiration, and asked, "You, you are Xu Qi'an and Xu Yinluo?"

Xu Qi'an smiled: "You know me?"

"Of course I know. If you don't even know that there is a young genius like you in the yamen, then the slave family's ability to collect information is too low."

Cai'er looked excited, and said: "I know everything about you, you are the chief poet, you can solve cases like a god, in the year of Jingcha, the capital city was in turmoil, and it was all up to you to turn the tide, which calmed down the storm.

"I also know that you defeated Buddhist arhats in the capital; and when you were in Yunzhou, you alone blocked tens of thousands of rebels, and you were famous."

Xu Qi'an's smile froze.

Really, who the hell is blowing me? Has it already spread to the northern border? In the eyes of truly knowledgeable experts, I have completely become a laughing stock, right?

"Ahem!"

He coughed and said, "Stop talking nonsense, let me ask you how the northern border has been doing recently. Has there been a large-scale war?"

Cai'er shook her head: "Although the barbarians have invaded the border, they are all small groups of cavalry looting, looting from east to west for a while. If there is a large-scale war, the people will flee south, and they will definitely pass through Sanhuang County. The slave family will not I don't know."

Xu Qi'an nodded, and asked again: "Are there any strange phenomena in various places, for example, a large number of people suddenly disappeared."

Cai'er frowned, thought for a moment, and said: "The slave family did not collect any relevant information, but after your reminder, the slave family remembered something, which is very strange."

Xu Qi'an raised his eyebrows and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"

"A while ago, the slave's house received a guest. He was a master with his own caravan. He sold goods all year round in Chuzhou. He drank too much that time, and he complained that Xikou County and the three counties under its jurisdiction did not know Why was it blocked by officers and soldiers, and the official road was completely sealed.

"He had to make a trip in vain. People ate horse chews all the way, and lost hundreds of taels of silver."

Xu Qi'an tapped his finger on the table, "Where is Xikou County?"

Cai'er saluted: "Just a moment."

She took out the box from under the bed, the bottom layer was a map, took it out, spread it out on the table, pointed to a certain place and said: "This is Xikou County."

Xikou County is in the westernmost part of Chuzhou, and it is next to the Buddhist land of the Western Regions. After Xikou County, it is the boundary of the Western Regions, so it got its name.

Xikou County does not border on the north.

"It's impossible to fight there, unless the northern barbarians make a detour, but the Buddhist kingdom in the Western Regions will not make excuses. In this case, why blockade Xikou County?"

A bold guess emerged in Xu Qi'an's mind.

He nodded calmly and said, "Do you have anything to add?"

Cai'er said: "I don't know about it outside, but the defense force of Sanhuang County has been strengthened a lot. In the past, there was no need for guidance, but now the investigation is extremely strict."

Xu Qi'an smiled: "Is it something that happened in the past few days?"

Who knew that Cai'er shook her head and said, "It was like this a month ago."

Hearing this, Xu Qi'an frowned immediately.

PS: Change first and then change, remember to correct errors.

This chapter is a bit short and weak, less than 4,000 words.