Nightwatcher

The national teacher actually came here, and he came in person? Daoist Jinlian has such a big face! Xu Qi'an felt that Daoist Jinlian had a lot of face, and at the same time saluted him a little flattered.

"Meet the national teacher."

When he looked at Luo Yuheng again, he found something different. The Luo Yuheng he saw in the Lingbao Temple was beautiful, but he was still made of flesh and blood.

And the female national teacher he saw in front of him exuded a shimmer of holiness, if he had to describe it, it was probably the best interpretation of "ice muscle and jade bone".

Luo Yuheng glanced at him, and said calmly, "This is the Yang God."

The Yang God of the third rank of the Yang God Dao Sect? The legendary Yang God who is not afraid of wind and thunder and roams the void? Xu Qi'an was surprised, like watching a giant panda, unable to move his eyes away.

Luo Yuheng frowned slightly, his clear eyes flashed sullenly, and he said lightly, "What are you calling me for?"

Realizing that his gaze offended the national teacher inadvertently, Xu Qi'an quickly sat up straight without looking sideways, and said in a deep voice: "There is something I want to tell the national teacher."

After a pause, he deliberated: "In the case of massacring the city in Chuzhou, Emperor Yuan Jing and King Huai conspired, one person refined the blood pill, and the other refined the soul pill. The purpose of King Huai's refining blood pill was to attack the third-rank Dzogchen, and then devoured it. Princess spirit."

Now that he has turned his face, he will stop pretending to call him "Your Majesty". As for the secret of the princess, Xu Qi'an didn't believe that the dignified second-rank Taoist leader would not know that the princess had hidden spirits.

"What I want to know is, what is the purpose of Emperor Yuan Jing's refining soul pills?"

Hearing this, Luo Yuheng frowned, pondered for a few seconds, and said slowly: "Yuan Jing has been cultivating Taoism for twenty years, and he can reach the sixth-rank Yinshen realm. There is no end in sight for the formation of alchemy."

Well, this 20 years of cultivating Taoism is still a sixth rank, I don't know how to complain, the resources of the power of the whole country, even if it is a pig, it should be alchemy! !

Emperor Yuan Jing's talent for cultivating Taoism is the same as Xu Lingyin's talent for reading?

Xu Qi'an collected his thoughts and said, "Could it be a disguise?"

Luo Yuheng glanced at him, but said nothing.

Xu Qi'an bowed again and again to express his apology.

Such doubts are disrespectful to a Taoist second-rank powerhouse.

Luo Yuheng continued: "Yuanjing's soul is born weak, which is the reason for his poor cultivation qualifications."

Daoist Jin Lian said that soul pills can strengthen the primordial spirit. Could it be that Emperor Yuanjing was trying to make up for congenital defects? Xu Qi'an was thinking in his heart, and Luo Yuheng frowned and said:

"But there are many ways to strengthen the soul, meditation and bait can be used, and there is no need to refine the soul pill."

Xu Qi'an nodded: "In other words, the Soul Pill has another effect."

From a psychological point of view, only a lunatic has no scruples, but Emperor Yuan Jing is not a lunatic, on the contrary, he is a scheming king.

Before he does something, he will definitely weigh the consequences, and he will only do it if the benefits are rich enough. If Soul Pill is only to stabilize the foundation of the sixth rank, it is unlikely that he will take the initiative to plan to slaughter the city, and the price will be too high.

At most, it was acquiescing to Duke Huai.

Luo Yuheng asked back: "What do you think?"

Xu Qi'an smiled bitterly and said: "Lack of clues, I can't guess. I will try to investigate this matter. As for the national teacher, just do it in your heart."

He believed that with the wisdom of a second-rank expert, he didn't need to explain and exhort too much, just a reminder was enough.

Luo Yuheng gave a "hmm" and asked, "Princess, she was really taken away by the barbarians, and there is no news after that?"

Xu Qi'an sighed sadly: "Yes, it's a pity that Dafeng's number one beauty is dead, and the princess is probably dead too."

He appropriately expressed some regrets, fully expressing a normal man's regret for the tragic misfortune of the stunning beauty.

Luo Yuheng glanced at him calmly, remained silent for a moment, and asked inadvertently, "I heard from Jin Lian that you once discovered the art of the ancient house in the ancient tomb of the underground palace outside Yongzhou City?"

Why are you asking this? Xu Qi'an froze for a moment, and replied truthfully: "Yes."

"Do you have a thorough understanding?"

When asking questions, Luo Yuheng's beautiful eyes stared at him intently.

"I've never practiced this before. I heard Taoist Master Jinlian say that this technique must be practiced by men and women who are proficient in intercourse techniques. It's not that you can practice both by finding a woman."

Xu Qi'an is also an old fritter, and it is still a bit embarrassing to talk about such an intimate matter with a stunning beauty.

Luo Yuheng nodded slightly.

Xu Qi'an saw a trace of satisfaction in her eyes?

"The Chuzhou city massacre case has come to an end for the time being. Yuan Jing can't wait for this matter to end immediately, and will never retaliate against you in a short period of time." Luo Yuheng pointed out:

"As for the follow-up, you have to be more prepared. Once you find that he shows signs of revenge, immediately ask your family members to resign and recover later."

Xu Qi'an nodded, this is the price of offending an emperor.

There is no sign of the black hand behind the scenes for the time being, so it is a long-term worry, but Emperor Yuan Jing is a near-term worry.

I have to improve my cultivation very quickly so that I can protect myself

"Keep away this talisman sword. In times of crisis, it will be activated with energy. Let it count as one blow for me. If you need to contact, just pour in your divine thoughts."

Luo Yuheng's Yang God turned into golden light and fled away.

Xu Qi'an put away the talisman sword, and pinched his brows: "The short-term goal is to be promoted to the fifth rank. Then check Emperor Yuan Jing, hey, I never thought that I would also check the emperor one day."

"Clock Glass Clock Glass"

Xu Qi'an left the house and looked around.

"I'm here." Zhong Li hugged his knees, sat by the window, and replied weakly.

Xu Qi'an breathed a sigh of relief.

He took Zhong Li by the side of Xu Erlang's study, and looked through the window, Xu Erlang and Chu Yuanzhen were chatting happily while the scholar was talking empty-handed, and it was still going on.

Well, with Brother Chu's sophistication and know-how that Erlang "doesn't want to reveal his identity", he wouldn't rashly mention the fragments of the Earth Book.

Erlang was able to chat with Chu Yuanzhen for so long, he is indeed Chunwei Huiyuan, a second-class Jinshi, and his level is not bad.

All the way to the door of Li Miaozhen's room, I heard Susu say crisply inside: "Father, hey, daddy, hey"

It's like a repeater, over and over again, looking overjoyed.

"Have you started practicing how to call me daddy? Don't call me daddy, call me daddy." Xu Qi'an pushed open the door and entered the room.

Susu wore a beautiful and complicated white dress, giggled and said: "None of your business, your stupid kid is really interesting, the master taught you how to read and wrote "Daddy", the master said: Daddy.

"That stupid kid in your family said: Hey!"

The soles of Susu Xiao's feet slipped, and she lay on the table, the flowers and branches trembling wildly.

Xu Qi'an: ""

No wonder Li Miaozhen looked skeptical about life at the time.

Then why was Chu Yuanzhen so furious? He thought about it, and refrained from asking, not wanting to expose his companion's scars.

"I want to go out for a while. If you have nothing to do, why don't you walk with me?" Xu Qi'an looked at the saint of Tianzong.

The saint's little face was filled with the words "unhappy", and she said angrily, "Just tell me if you have something to do, and don't disturb my cultivation."

The tone is a bit aggressive, don't take Xiaodouding's anger on me, Xu Qi'an explained:

"I know a private house of Cao Guogong, and there is something amazing hidden in it. Let's explore together?"

As soon as you said that, I became interested. Li Miaozhen laughed: "Okay."

Cao Guogong's private house is a few miles away from the imperial city, in a small courtyard near the lake.

It is said to be a small courtyard, but it is actually not that small. Two people enter, the courtyard door is locked, and no one has lived in it for a long time.

Li Miaozhen narrowed her eyes, looked at the house, and said with a cold snort: "Such a private house is not far from the imperial city, the location is good, and it is quiet, at least eight thousand taels of silver.

"And Cao Guogong has more than a dozen private houses like this, which are used to hide and pamper the outer rooms. They are simply hateful and can be killed."

I'm sorry, in a short time, I'll become a man who buys a private house and raises an outside room. Xu Qi'an quietly teased, looking around, the martial artist's instinct for danger didn't give any feedback.

There was no ambush around, Cao Guogong's private house was indeed hidden.

Seeing no one around, Xu Qi'an, Li Miaozhen and Zhong Li jumped over the high wall and landed lightly in the courtyard.

The moment his feet landed on the ground, Xu Qi'an suddenly turned around and opened his arms. The next moment, Zhong Li, whose toes were pulled when he climbed over the wall, plunged into his arms.

Senior Sister Zhong's delicate body is soft, and she can still feel the elasticity of her skin through the cloth robe.

"Thank you..." Zhong Li was a little overjoyed. Originally, her face fell to the ground first.

"You're welcome, practice makes perfect." Xu Qi'an smiled.

"" Li Miaozhen opened her mouth and sighed pitifully.

Warlock rank five, fortune teller, I don't know how many favored sons of heaven have been stuck to death.

This courtyard has not been lived in for a long time, but it does not appear to be down and out. It is presumably that Cao Guogong sent someone to maintain and clean it regularly.

Passing through the courtyard and entering the inner hall, the three of them groped around, and found that this was a normal house, unused, with nothing too precious.

"There should be a dark room." Li Miaozhen analyzed.

"It's not a darkroom, it's a cellar."

Xu Qi'an met the surprised eyes of the Tianzong Saintess and explained: "The structure of the house and the size of the room are not enough to hide a secret room."

Suddenly, Li Miaozhen unwrapped the sachet and patted it lightly, wisps of green smoke came out and went into the ground.

After a while, a wisp of green smoke returned, speaking ghost words in Li Miaozhen's ear.

Li Miaozhen listened for a moment and said, "Follow me."

She took Xu Qi'an and Zhong Li to the study room connected to the master bedroom, pushed away the big chair behind the desk, and stepped hard.

"Boom"

The floor tiles shattered, collapsing into a dark hole. Steep stone steps lead to the cellar.

The three entered the cellar along the stone steps, and their footsteps echoed in the dull air.

The cellar is not deep, just like the cellars used by ordinary wealthy people to store ice cubes and vegetables, except that Cao Guogong used it to store rare antiques.

Li Miaozhen lit the oil lamps embedded in the wall, one after another, bringing fire to the dark cellar.

There are rows and rows of antique racks in the cellar, filled with all kinds of antiques, porcelain vases, jade wares, bronze beasts, night pearls and so on.

Those who watched were dazzled.

There is no lack of beauty in the world, but the lack of eyes to discover beauty Xu Qi'an thought of this famous saying spontaneously.

Then, he heard Li Miaozhen say: "Every item here is of great value. If you take it out and exchange it for silver, you can save many homeless and hungry refugees."

When she said these words, her eyes shone with excitement.

"?"

Xu Qi'an stiffened her neck and slowly turned to look at her.

Is that why I brought you here? Believe it or not, I'll kill someone to silence him!" He coughed:

"It is true. However, charity must be done according to one's ability. It is a fool's job to lose one's family and property to charity."

"Aren't these ill-gotten gains?" Li Miaozhen squinted at him.

Are you sure you are Taishang Wangqing Li Miaozhen?

"At that time, I will draw 30% to do good deeds for you." Xu Qi'an waved his hands, unwilling to talk more, and said instead:

"These things are either obtained through corruption and bribery, or through other shady channels."

Zhong Li stretched out her small hand and picked up a blue ice bead. It was clear in texture, like a hidden blue ocean, reflecting a thrilling light in the light of the oil lamp.

"This is the shark pearl that is abundant in the South China Sea. It is very precious and is a tribute." As a disciple of Si Tianjian, Zhong Li's understanding of luxury goods far exceeds that of Xu Baipro and the saint of Tianzong.

Embezzling tributes? !

Xu Qi'an understood, no wonder Cao Guogong wanted to buy a private house to house these things.

Next, he took out the fragments of the book on the ground, and put these precious things into the mirror world one by one. For example, those that are easy to break, such as porcelain, are more headaches.

"There is a box here, put it in the box." Li Miaozhen pointed to a corner deep in the cellar.

With a snap, the box opened.

Xu Qi'an was a little disappointed that there was no intoxicating golden light or silver light shining.

There were stacks of secret letters in the box, Xu Qi'an opened them and read a few, and his breathing suddenly became short of breath.

He flipped through the past one by one and quickly browsed. These secret letters were recorded by Cao Guogong, a record of corruption and perversion of the law.

Some of them can even be traced back more than ten or twenty years ago. Among the people who embezzled tribute, embezzled money for disaster relief, and occupied military fields to collude with them were civil servants, nobles, and royal family members.

If these secret letters are exposed, it will definitely cause turmoil in the court, and countless people will be affected.

"To Duke Wei, give these secret letters to Duke Wei"

Xu Qi'an's subconscious and instinctive reaction was to hand it over to Wei Yuan, let him grasp the information and increase Wei Yuan's political capital.

After a few seconds, he calmed down.

Don't worry, even if you want to give it to Duke Wei, don't rush it for a while. No, we can't give it all to Wei Yuan, we have to keep some for Erlang, he also needs political capital.

Thinking to himself, he pulled out another secret letter from the bottom and read it.

"In the 15th year of the Yuan Dynasty, Su Hang was eradicated together with Wang Dang, Yan Dang, Yu Wang and other family members and nobles, and the party was completely wiped out. 8,000 taels of bribes for each of the king's party"

Su Hang, this name is so familiar Xu Qi'an's thought flashed in his mind, and when Li Miaozhen's face turned pale, he blurted out: "Susu's father"

According to Xu Qi'an's fierce memory, Su Su's father was named Su Hang, a Jinshi in the 29th year of Joan of Arc, and in the 14th year of Yuanjing, for unknown reasons, he was demoted back to Jiangzhou as the magistrate, and was executed the next year for accepting bribes and corruption.

Did Susu's father die because of party disputes, or did so many parties join forces?

"It turns out that Susu's father was killed by them. Yan Dang, Wang Dang, and Yu Wang and other honorable relatives." Li Miaozhen said angrily.

"No, this letter is very problematic." Xu Qi'an pointed to a blank spot on the secret letter, frowned, and said, "Look, why is there a blank in front of the "Party", what kind of party should be completely eliminated?"

In front of the word Party, there is a blank space, which is exactly the width of a word.

"Could it be that there is some reason that Cao Guogong was afraid and didn't write that party?" Li Miaozhen guessed.

"If it's for this reason, he can't write it down, or use a code name instead. Besides, it's already cleared up, so what else do we need to worry about?" Xu Qi'an shook his head, denied Li Miaozhen's guess, pointed to the secret letter and said:

"It's more like writing here, as if it was erased by some force, leaving a blank space."

Li Miaozhen frowned and made a gesture of trying to analyze. After a long time, she erased the question mark from her mind, gave up thinking, and asked:

"What do you think?"

Since there is an experienced and capable reasoning expert by her side, why should she use her own brains.

"What can I think? This information is not enough for me to establish a hypothesis. Well, didn't you say that Susu's father's file cannot be found in Jiangzhou.

"Then let's find an opportunity to check with the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment, or Dali Temple. We'll wait until we find out more clues."

Xu Qi'an sighed: "But one thing is for sure, the death of Susu's father was not simple. It was definitely not a normal corruption and bribery. The party struggle involved and many people involved may be involved. I feel that following this line, maybe A lot can be unearthed."

Immediately, they put the porcelain into the box, and then put the box into the ground book fragments, and wiped out all the valuable things in this private house.

Of course, Xu Qi'an didn't forget to take the land deed and house deed with him.

He planned to sell this house, and then buy a small courtyard near Xu's mansion, and raise the princess there.

The three returned to Xu's mansion, Susu was sitting on the ridge looking at the scenery, holding a bright red paper umbrella.

In the yard, Xu Lingyin, who was full of food and drink, punched decently, to temper her blood, and she did not forget to dub herself: Hey, hey, hey!

Two shallow eyebrows raised up, making a fierce look.

Chu Caiwei and Lina chatted on the side, giving guidance by the way.

Susu was sitting on the ridge of the roof watching the excitement. The wind picked up her hair and blew up her skirt.

Li Miaozhen stood in the yard, raised her head, and waved: "Susu, come down, I have something to tell you."

"Okay!"

Su Su smiled sweetly and landed lightly.

Pointing at Susu, Xiao Douding said to Lina and Caiwei, "I want to learn this too."

"You can't, you are too fat." Lina and Caiwei refused.

Xiao Douding angrily ignored them, and ran to hug the elder brother's leg.

"Brother, am I fat?" Xu Lingyin tried to regain her confidence from her elder brother.

"You're not fat, you're a fatty liver." Xu Qi'an patted her head.

"Mother is my father's little heart, and I am my elder brother's fatty liver, right?" Xu Lingyin still remembers this conversation, which her elder brother told her before.

"Yeah."

Xiao Douding ran back to Lina and Chu Caiwei, and announced loudly: "Mother is my father's little liver, and I am my elder brother's fatty liver."

"Shut up!"

My aunt came out of the house, blushing with embarrassment, carrying a feather duster, chasing Xu Lingyin all over the yard, but she couldn't catch up

Auntie screamed angrily.

When Xu Qi'an and others entered the room, Li Miaozhen pressed Susu by the table and said with a serious expression: "We have found clues about your father's questioning and beheading."

Su Su's tender body visibly trembled, the corners of her mouth with a smile slowly smoothed, her lively eyes dimmed, and then sadness and bewilderment flashed through.

Her eyes were covered with mist, and she looked at Xu Qi'an in a daze: "Did you find out?"