Nightwatcher

"After Duke Huai died, I took advantage of the chaos to take away the soul pill, brought it back to the capital, and gave it to Your Majesty," Que Yongxiu answered honestly.

No wonder Yang Yan said that during the blood sacrifice to the common people, the blood essence floated up and turned into blood pills, and the soul went into the ground, but there was no trace afterwards. It turned out that Que Yongxiu took advantage of the chaos to steal it away.

Xu Qi'an suddenly realized that he thought that the Soul Pill was taken away by the Daoist of the Dizong, but he did not expect it to enter the pocket of Emperor Yuan Jing.

"So, the Daoist of the Dizong participated in this matter for the so-called "evil". Well, King Zhenbei and the Daoist of the Dizong have a certain degree of cooperation. I wonder if Emperor Yuan Jing will also flirt with the Daoist of the Dizong?

"This is not good. If this is the case, then I have to pay attention to my identity. During the 1v5 that day, the chief priest of the Dizong sensed that I had the aura of fragments of the Earth Book.

"He knows that the mysterious master in Chuzhou is the holder of the Earth Book Fragment, so when guarding the Nine-color Golden Lotus, I will erase all traces of "Xu Qi'an".

"Xu Qi'an is in Chuzhou, and a mysterious master appeared in Chuzhou with the aura of fragments of the underground book. This doesn't explain anything. But what if Xu Qi'an is also the holder of the fragments of the underground book? This is too tricky."

Thinking of this, Xu Qi'an asked again: "Is there any secret collusion between Emperor Yuan Jing and the head of the Dizong?"

Que Yongxiu replied blankly: "I don't know."

"What does Emperor Yuan Jing refine soul pills for?"

"have no idea"

I don’t know this, I don’t know that, what’s the use of you? Xu Qi'an was a little angry, pondered for a long time, and asked very seriously:

"Do you have any unknown property, or silver?"

Que Yongxiu confessed honestly: "No."

Although the Duke Huguo's mansion is in the capital, Que Yongxiu has been operating in Chuzhou for many years, and even if he has private money, it is still in Chuzhou.

Well, Duke Huguo's mansion must be ransacked, otherwise I won't be able to give you an explanation, but unfortunately I'm not a police officer now, so I can't participate in the house raiding activities, otherwise I will get rich Xu Qi'an felt a pain in his heart.

"Cao Guogong, what unknown property do you have?" Xu Qi'an looked at Cao Guogong again.

"I have thirteen private residences in the capital, where foreign affairs and luan children are raised. Three of them are idle, and one of the three idle is used by me to store some rare antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and silver taels."

Treasures and antiques are not stored at home, but stored outside. These things are not visible, right? What a hateful corrupt official! Xu Qi'an was surprised and criticized at the same time.

"Where are the land and house deeds of those private houses?" Xu Qi'an asked again.

"The house I used to store antiques and treasures, the land deed and house deed are all in the house, and the rest are in the Duke's mansion." Cao Guogong replied.

Damn it, twelve private houses left me Xu Qi'an's heart sank, filled with unspeakable sadness.

At the same time, he became more and more curious about the private house used to collect treasures and antiques. The house deed and land deed were kept in the private house instead of in the Duke's mansion, which meant that Duke Cao had completely separated the private house from himself and the Duke's mansion.

No matter which side goes wrong, there will be no connection between the two sides.

After the questioning, in order to preserve some expectation, he didn't ask Cao Guogong what treasures are in the private house.

Putting the two souls back into the sachet, Xu Qi'an walked out of the secret room to visit the three companions of the Tiandihui, who belonged to different rooms.

Xu Qi'an came to Li Miaozhen's room first, and knocked on the door.

The door opened, revealing a beautiful face, that was Xu Qi'an's wife made of paper.

"Snapped!"

She immediately closed the door again.

A few minutes later, the door opened again, and Li Miaozhen was sitting at the table neatly dressed, while Chu Caiwei was packing ointments, gauze, medicine pots and other items.

Were you changing the medicine just now? Xu Qi'an glanced at Li Miaozhen calmly, and asked with concern: "Is there any serious problem?"

After Li Miaozhen nodded, he said: "Emperor Yuan Jing issued an edict to sin against himself, and promised not to embarrass you, so you don't have to leave Beijing too early."

In fact, even if he does not forgive you, you are not afraid. The Taoist head of Tianzong is at the same level as Jianzheng.

Give Emperor Yuan Jing ten guts, and he wouldn't dare to really kill you.

It's good to have the support of "father" Xu Qi'an felt emotional in his heart.

No wonder when he used to read novels, those villains with backers always liked to jump up and down, arrogant and arrogant. If it weren't for the unlucky encounter with the protagonist, ordinary people would really have nothing to do with them.

"Is there anything else?" Li Miaozhen asked with a frown.

Why do you look like you want to drive me away? Is it okay for me to influence you three parties? Xu Qi'an complained in his heart, and said with a smile:

"Soul Pill, I want to know what the Soul Pill is for."

Hearing this, Li Miaozhen looked at him with a puzzled expression, as if saying: Didn't Priest Jinlian tell you?

Xu Qi'an lowered his voice, "I channeled Que Yongxiu's soul just now, and I learned from him that the one who needs the soul pill is not the Daoist of the Dizong, but Emperor Yuan Jing."

Li Miaozhen's pupils seemed to shrink.

Xu Qi'an continued: "According to Daoist Jin Lian, it seems that the Soul Pill is not enough to make him do such insane things, but it is indeed the case, so I guess the Soul Pill may have other, unknown uses .”

Li Miaozhen pondered for a long time, then slowly shook her head.

At this time, Chu Caiwei asked curiously: "Is it the kind of soul pill refined from the soul?"

Xu Qi'an turned to look at her, and asked with questioning eyes and tone, "You know?"

This is not like Chu Caiwei, the big-eyed cute girl is not like a studious person who reads books in other fields besides medical skills.

Chu Caiwei said: "Brother Song said when he was doing research a few days ago, he said that the soul pill might allow him to fuse the body and soul he refined, but it was just a guess, after all, the soul pill is too precious and the refining conditions are harsh.

"It's impossible for him to kill people and make alchemy. Master Jianzheng will be the first to kill him. Well, I heard from Senior Brother Song that there is a record about Soul Pill in the library pavilion on the eighth floor of Guanxing Building."

Xu Qi'an and Li Miaozhen immediately said, "Take us there."

"this"

Chu Caiwei showed a look of embarrassment: "Zangshuge is the forbidden place of Sitianjian. Only the disciples of the sect can enter, and they must first obtain the consent of Teacher Jianzheng or Brother Yang. I can't take you in, otherwise you will be punished."

Li Miaozhen was a little discouraged.

Xu Qi'an stepped forward and patted Caiwei's fragrant shoulders: "Whatever you want to eat these days, just tell your brother to satisfy you."

Chu Caiwei smiled openly: "I'll take you there right now."

Li Miaozhen was stunned: "Aren't you afraid of being punished?"

"Oh, it's all small things."

""

Three people and one ghost entered the library, but Chu Caiwei couldn't remember the name of the book that recorded the soul pill, and where it was placed.

Rows of bookshelves fill the huge space, and trying to find relevant records from it is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

"I, I'll ask Senior Brother Song." Chu Caiwei stuck out the tip of her tongue and jumped away.

Li Miaozhen and Xu Qian searched aimlessly with dark faces.

Suddenly, Xu Qi'an was attracted by an ancient book: "Kyushu Strange Beast Chapter Volume 1".

It is recorded in the book that the alien beasts are descendants of ancient gods and demons, and how many types of ancient demon gods there are. Based on the alien beasts of later generations, one can spy one or two.

The one with the largest number and the most widespread reproduction is "Jiao". It is mentioned in the book that the distant ancestor of Jiao is a kind of god and demon called "dragon".

Another example is the strange beast that appeared in the legend of Yunzhou. It came from overseas, and the wind and thunder were blowing in the breath, and the torrential rain was raging.

Xu Qi'an flipped through the pages, and was surprised to find an "old friend", Linglong.

What is the distant ancestor of the spirit dragon?

Riding the wind and breaking the waves is one of the overlords in the water.

"That's not right, just the attitude of that dog-licking dragon doesn't look like an overlord in the water at all," Xu Qi'an complained in his heart.

Confused, he continued to look down, and he saw some different information.

Huaiqing told him that the spirit dragon likes to eat purple energy, so he chased the royal family and became the companion spirit beast of the royal family. For the royal family, it is also a symbol of orthodoxy in the world.

But according to the book, Linglong also has another ability, which is to absorb the vitality of the dynasty and make the dynasty's state more protracted.

It is God's will that everything prospers and declines. When a dynasty's qi is like a fire cooking oil, it will inevitably decline, and the spirit dragon can swallow the qi, and if the qi is too strong, it will swallow it. spit out.

Let the dynasty's fate always have a gentle degree.

Air balancer? !

This word flashed through Xu Qi'an's mind.

This, when I first traveled here, I doubted the dynastic vitality of this world, and it did not match the "Three Hundred Years Law" I studied in my street stall literature.

At that time, I thought it was the existence of extraordinary power, but now it seems that it is the existence of Linglong?

Just as she was thinking, Chu Caiwei bounced back, and said crisply: "That book is called "Qidanlu", it's in the second place, the third shelf, and the second shelf. I'll get it for you."

Xu Qi'an restrained his thoughts, followed behind Chu Caiwei, and watched her pull out a book from the second shelf of the third shelf in the second place: "Qidanlu".

The result was disappointing. Daoist Jin Lian had basically summed up the effect of the Soul Pill, and nothing was omitted.

Daoist Jin Lian, as an old Taoist, cannot miss the function of the soul pill, that is to say, either the soul pill is just a cover, or one of the functions of the soul pill is very important, but we didn't realize that Xu Qi'an was thinking secretly.

He decided that if he had the opportunity to ask Luo Yuheng for advice, he should at least tell Luo Yuheng about this and let her keep an eye on Emperor Yuan Jing.

Of course, before that, he had to ask Priest Jinlian first.

"My kind little aunt doesn't know me well, whether she can believe it or not depends on Daoist Jin Lian to check," Xu Qian said with confidence.

Well, tomorrow I will go to Cao Guogong’s private house first, and the day after tomorrow I will go to Yunlu Academy to pick up my second uncle and aunt, and then I will contact Daoist Jinlian and ask my aunt if she can believe it.

Also, the wife and concubine have to be brought back, and she can't be left outside forever, tsk, there are so many messes

night.

The moonlight is like frost, coating the lake with a shallow layer of soft brilliance.

Linglong lay on the shore, looking listless, sometimes snorting, sometimes flapping its tail, stirring up water waves and jagged waves.

A figure came from the darkness and stopped in front of Linglong.

He leaned over, stroked Linglong's thick mane, and sighed: "The case of King Huai's city massacre has finally been made public. I haven't been able to change the ending, and I haven't been able to save the royal family's face."

Linglong snorted lazily as a response to the man.

He continued: "The royal family loses face, which means that they have lost their hearts, and losing their hearts means that part of their luck has been dissipated. I really want to dissipate my luck, but this is beyond the limit I can bear.

"I, like you, are working hard to maintain the balance, nothing more, nothing less. But those people outside are too ignorant, Wei Yuan is even more ignorant, and have repeatedly disobeyed me."

He stopped stroking, and pressed his palm between Linglong's eyebrows, his voice was gentle and indifferent: "Give me back some of the luck I saved with you."

Loathing and resistance flashed in Linglong's cute big black button-like eyes, but he did nothing after all, allowing him to seize luck.

The next day, early morning.

Zaza

In the sound of the stone door opening slowly, Xu Qi'an turned to the dark underground and shouted: "Senior Sister Zhong, I'm here to pick you up."

Not long after, Zhong Li, wrapped in a commoner robe and with disheveled hair, slowly climbed the stone steps.

She held her head up, and in her messy hair, those watery eyes were beating with joy.

It has been a month and a half since Xu Qi'an went north.

"Your cultivation base has improved again." Zhong Li said in a low voice.

"You are still the same." Xu Qi'an pressed his palm on her head.

Zhong Li slapped it away.

He pressed it again.

Zhong Li patted away again.

"Then you go back." Xu Qi'an said angrily.

Zhong Li gave in and let this man who called him Senior Sister touch her head.

He took Zhong Li, Li Miaozhen, the paper man's wife, and Chu Yuanzhen with him. The two groups of people stepped on the flying swords, rushed up from the Eight Diagrams platform, and flew towards Yunlu Academy.

"Why do you want to meddle?" Xu Qi'an said indignantly to Chu Yuanzhen.

"Four people with one sword, how crowded, why don't I take you for a ride?"

Chu Yuanzhen innocently explained, does this person have no conscience? Before he recovered from his injuries, he acted as a "driver" and took him to Yunlu Academy.

Instead of thanking him, he blamed himself.

Sensing Chu Yuanzhen's displeasure, Xu Qi'an sighed, not wanting to show his wretched thoughts too nakedly, and said helplessly:

"I just want to reminisce about the feeling of squeezing the subway, I really miss it."

"What is Brother Tie?"

"You don't need to know this"

Gentlemen of Yunlu Academy, the past two days have been very unhappy, even impetuous.

Because there is always a couple who don't know how to flatter them, and when they catch them, they say: teach the children.

Teach your mother! ! !

The gentlemen roared in the same way.

They knew that child, the little girl of Xu's family, Xu Ningyan and Xu Cijiu's younger sister, were very good at annoying people.

Unexpectedly, she came to the academy to study again.

There are more than a dozen well-educated gentlemen in the academy, who teach the art of war, classics, etc. It stands to reason that teaching a child to enlightenment is easy to do?

But some people are always gifted, and they think differently from ordinary people. What works for ordinary people doesn't work for them.

Xu Lingyin is that kind of gifted child.

Taking advantage of the wind, the green hills under his feet are like daisy, and the official road is far away. It only took two quarters of an hour for Xu Qi'an to arrive at Qingyun Mountain.

He glanced down and saw a child lying in the dry grass beside the gazebo near the academy, with his hair tied like a bun.

"I saw Xu Lingyin, go down."

According to Chu Yuanzhen's words, he lowered the flying sword and landed beside the gazebo.

Xu Lingyin lay on the ground, sound asleep, covered in broken leaves and grass clippings.

Xu Qi'an went up to shake her awake, and said angrily, "If you lie here and sleep again, I'll call your mother to beat you."

"It's a big pot"

Xu Lingyin bravely maintained a splayed posture, ignoring her elder brother's threat.

"Master and I went out to hunt wild game, but the master disappeared after hunting. I was tired, so I slept for a while." Xu Lingyin explained clearly.

Then, with a raised brow, he added: "I'm not afraid of my mother beating me."

Xu Qi'an sneered and said: "You are not afraid of your mother beating you, are you also afraid of your father whipping you with a bamboo stick?"

Xu Lingyin widened her eyes, covered her little butt with her hands, and said in shock, "Daguo, my picture seems to be starting to hurt."

"What is Tu'er?" Xu Qi'an picked her up like a chicken, and walked towards the top of the mountain.

"Tu'er is a butt, my new character." Xiao Douding finally found a chance to educate his elder brother, "Did you know that?"

"That's a butt."

"Tuer."

"Butt!!"

"Picture." Xiao Douding read it over, is there any problem?

PS: I'm in a bad state today, I can't write anything while sitting there, it's not that I don't have anything to write, there are still a lot of plots. But my own mind is confused and I can't write fast. Feel sorry.

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