Nightwatcher

[Two: You don't sleep in the middle of the night, why are you so noisy? 】

Across the "screen" of the book on the ground, one could also feel the dissatisfaction of the female heroine Feiyan. Now she must be wearing a robe, sitting at the table, looking at the biography with a little laziness and displeasure.

On the other side, Chu Yuanzhen instinctively felt that Li Miaozhen's attitude was a bit inappropriate. After all, the relationship between No. 3 Xu Cijiu and Li Miaozhen hadn't reached the point where he could laugh and curse and criticize at will.

Moreover, Li Miaozhen is still boarding in the Xu Mansion. However, Li Miaozhen is too full of quackery, and she is used to being willful, so it is inevitable that she lacks temper in dealing with the world.

[Four: Huh, Master Hengyuan didn't respond]

After waiting for a while, No. 6 Hengyuan still did not respond. With the foreshadowing that Hengyuan said that people were ambushing around the Yangshengtang, everyone immediately realized that something was wrong.

Xu Qi'an said in a biography: [An accident happened to Hengyuan. He was involved in a big case. Emperor Yuan Jing sent people to hunt him down, not only for revenge, but most likely to kill him. 】

Being involved in a major case, murdering people and silencing their mouths, is it related to Emperor Yuan Jing? !

Everyone in Tiandihui was taken aback, they didn't understand why No.3 made such a judgment and said such a thing.

Chu Yuanzhen sent a message: [No. 3, what's going on with Hengyuan? Did you discover something? 】

He asked everyone's doubts in the Tiandihui, but no one spoke. The impatient heroine, the foodie little black skin, the high-ranking No. 1, and the spying Taoist Jin Lian were all waiting for No. 3 to explain.

[Three: I can't explain clearly in a few words, the most important thing now is to go to the Yangshengtang in the outer city to check the situation. 】

[Two: Good! 】

Immediately, Xu Qi'an put down the book, grabbed a robe and put it on, saying: "I want to go out and lie down, you can go with me."

Zhong Li nodded, got up from the couch, wearing embroidered shoes as slippers, and followed him out.

The sound of rain was splashing, hitting the roof tiles, and dripping down along the corners of the eaves. When the lightning flashed, it was like a fluttering pearl curtain; enter.

A shallow layer of water had accumulated in the courtyard, and the violent raindrops fell, creating mist.

Facing the humid water vapor, Xu Qi'an saw Li Miaozhen standing quietly under the eaves in a feather robe on the other side of the courtyard.

The eyes of the two met without any extra words. Li Miaozhen threw the flying sword and hung it in the courtyard. The three of them jumped up and stepped on the flying sword.

The Saintess of Tianzong pinched the formula with one hand, and with a "swoosh" sound of the flying sword, it broke through the rain curtain and went straight into the sky.

Flying over the capital, for them, as long as the supervisor acquiesces, there will be no problem.

Soon, they flew over the inner city and came to the outer city. Li Miaozhen exerted force on her toes, pressed down with the tip of her sword, and stabbed obliquely towards the south city.

Li Miaozhen did not land recklessly, but hovered at low altitude for a while, asking: "How?"

"It's safe for now."

Xu Qi'an responded.

He didn't catch the hostility for the time being, or the people ambushing around controlled themselves well and didn't look up. Either have already left.

Li Miaozhen's serious analysis: "They are likely to hide themselves, and they may have already laid a net, waiting for us to arrive."

Xu Qi'an frowned: "We can't rule out this possibility. Emperor Yuan Jing knows that we and Hengyuan are accomplices, and we must guard against the strategy of surrounding the spot to fight for aid."

"Waiting for help?"

Li Miaozhen said with emotion: "The description is wonderful, as expected of you, then you will take the lead, your King Kong is undefeated, even the "intention" of a fourth-rank master is difficult to break."

Xu Qi'an nodded, expressing deep agreement: "You help me sweep the formation in the sky."

The two analyzed it and looked at each other with a smile.

At this time, they heard Zhong Li whisper: "There is no ambush below, no warriors"

Xu Qi'an and Li Miaozhen froze.

I almost forgot that Zhong Li was a sorcerer, and was proficient in qi-watching. Alas, it was all because of her usual weakness, which left a deep impression on me. Xu Qi said in peace.

Li Miaozhen thought the same way. She stopped hovering and landed in the rain. The street was uneven and in disrepair. The low houses on both sides looked dilapidated and dilapidated in the rain.

Health Hall, the door is closed.

Xu Qi'an narrowed his eyes and scanned the surroundings. Just as he was about to say "there are no traces of battle", Zhong Li and Li Miaozhen said in unison: "Someone died."

His heart sank.

The three jumped over the wall and entered the Yangsheng Hall.

The courtyard full of weeds was pitch black, with raindrops splashing down, and in the hall to the east, there was a gloomy yellowness in the windows.

The three of them moved closer, and saw a simple wooden bed in the hall, and a corpse covered in a white cloth, with an emaciated body.

Xu Qi'an could tell at a glance that it wasn't Hengyuan, but this didn't make him feel at ease.

An old official was sitting next to the corpse, with his head bowed dejectedly, his old face was full of desolation and helplessness.

Xu Qi'an has been to Yangshengtang many times and knows him. This old official surnamed Li is also a widowed old man, but he is in good health and is assigned to work in Yangshengtang.

"Old Li, what happened?"

Xu Qi'an intentionally made loud footsteps to attract Lao Li's attention, but he was still startled, trembling obviously, as if he had just been frightened.

"Xu, Xu Yingong"

Seeing Xu Qi'an, the old official's cloudy eyes burst out with hope.

He suddenly became pleasantly surprised, stood up tremblingly, and said excitedly, "Why is Xu Yinluo here?"

Xu Qi'an held his hand and asked repeatedly: "What happened?"

Hearing this, the old official became excited again, and said: "In the afternoon, some neighbors came to tell us that someone outside was looking for Master Hengyuan and was holding his portrait.

"I asked Master Hengyuan to escape for a while. At dusk, a group of mysterious people broke into the Yangshengtang. They didn't catch Master Hengyuan. They asked me something about him, and then left.

"Who knows, after dark, they will come back again, and forcefully bring the elderly and children of the Yangsheng Hall to the door, threatening that if Master Hengyuan doesn't come back, they will kill someone every quarter of an hour."

When the old official said this, he burst into tears: "Old Zhang was unlucky, his neck was wiped by that gang, he was very uncomfortable when he died, he kept struggling on the ground, and blood sprayed all over the floor.

"Later Master Hengyuan came back. They arrested him and left without knowing where he went. I don't know if Master Hengyuan is dead or alive now."

Li Miaozhen's face turned ashen.

"Have you seen what those people look like?" Xu Qi'an asked.

"They wear black robes and masks, so they can't see their faces." The old official wailed.

King Huai's spies!

Xu Qi'an and Li Miaozhen looked at each other, because they had expected it, so they were not surprised, but more angry.

There is no doubt that if Heng Yuan does not show up, everyone in the Yangshengtang will be killed.

"We all underestimated the cruelty of King Huai's secret agents." Xu Qi'an said in a low voice.

A bunch of cold-blooded beasts.

No matter what, human life shouldn't be treated like a waste of time. And he's a lonely old man.

"I'm going to kill them all."

Li Miaozhen gritted her teeth: "My master said before that those who don't respect life don't need to be respected."

Xu Qi'an was silent for a moment, and said, "Are the others okay? Well, that kid in the backyard"

The old official nodded: "I was a little frightened, nothing happened, just take a nap and you'll be fine."

There will definitely be grief and heartbreak in the follow-up, but no one has ever cared about these feelings of widowhood and loneliness.

"We're going to rest here tonight. When you're old, go back and rest first."

Xu Qi'an sent the old official back to the house, and returned to the east hall. Zhong Li and Li Miaozhen stood in the hall, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was dead silent.

The situation is very bad now.

Hengyuan was taken away by Huaiwang's spies, and it was doomed to be more or less auspicious.

The treasure of the Dizong, the fragments of the Dizong fell into the hands of Emperor Yuan Jing, and Emperor Yuan Jing colluded with the Demon Dao of Dizong

They might even pry out the information of the members of the Tiandihui from Hengyuan's mouth. Of course, Hengyuan will not confess, but Dizong has a way to make him confess, such as killing people and summoning souls.

And once Xu Qi'an's identity as the holder of the Earth Book Fragment is exposed, the head of the Dizong Dao will realize that the mysterious strongman who appeared in Chuzhou is Xu Qi'an.

Emperor Yuan Jing would probably guess that the sealed artifact related to Buddhism under Sang Bo was on Xu Qi'an.

In an instant, the pressure surged.

Xu Qi'an wiped his face, and said in a deep voice: "Miaozhen, tell them that Hengyuan was taken away, and his life and death are unknown. The fragments of the Earth Book also fell into the hands of Emperor Yuan Jing."

Li Miaozhen nodded, took out the fragments of the book from the ground, and told everyone in the Tiandihui about the matter.

[Four: Things are indeed developing towards the worst side. 】

Chu Yuanzhen sent the letter with emotion.

[Five: So what should we do now? 】

Even Lina, who is not very smart, feels tricky.

No one answered her, and now they don't even know whether Hengyuan is dead or alive, and their opponent is the emperor.

In the Chuzhou massacre case, the opponent was also the emperor, but his "allies" included civil and military officials, a supervisor, and Zhao Shou from Yunlu Academy.

The situation is different. At that time, it can be said that we followed the general trend. Emperor Yuan Jing was against the general trend, so he lost.

This time, only heaven and earth will.

In the frustrating silence, Daoist Jin Lian suddenly sent a letter: [Pindao sensed, and found that the fragments of Hengyuan's Book of Earth are near you. 】

Xu Qi'an's eyes suddenly lit up.

Daoist Jin Lian didn't say who "you" were referring to, but Xu Qi'an knew that it was them.

That's right, I was confused and underestimated Master Hengyuan. Since he is determined to exchange himself for the lives of the people in the Yangshengtang, it is definitely impossible for him to carry the fragments of the book with him. Xu Qi'an quickly looked at the saint of Tianzong:

"Miaozhen!"

Li Miaozhen opened the sachet at his waist, releasing streams of green smoke, which scattered gracefully, radiating out with the Yangshengtang as the core, looking for fragments of the book from the ground.

After a stick of incense, a cloud of green smoke wrapped around a mirror returned and was gently placed on the table. The green smoke floated in front of Li Miaozhen, twisting it as if asking for credit.

"I will give you double the yin energy tomorrow."

Li Miaozhen made a promise, then opened the sachet, opened her mouth, and let out a silent scream.

In a short while, streams of green smoke were summoned, rushed back in a surge, and got into the sachet.

"Hengyuan left the ground book fragments in the weeds by the side of the road, not far from the Yangshengtang." The Tianzong saint said, and passed the letter to other fragment holders.

Dao Jinlian said in a long biography: [very good. Ladies and gentlemen, Pindao feels that we should have a good discussion next. 】

[One: That's exactly what I mean. 】

No. 1 replied quickly, obviously, he (she) has been paying attention to the development of the situation.

Chu Yuanzhen then sent a letter: [No. 3, you discovered this matter, what is the specific situation, should you tell us. 】

Xu Qi'an spoke for a moment, using his fingers as a substitute, and passed on the letter: [Do you still remember that Master Hengyuan once broke into Uncle Pingyuan's mansion and killed Uncle Pingyuan? At that time, I saved him. 】

This incident happened last year, before the Sangbo case, so of course everyone remembers it.

[Four: Emperor Yuan Jing's dealing with Hengyuan this time is related to this matter? 】

Li Miaozhen raised her head in astonishment, and glanced at Xu Qi'an.

[Three: I learned something from a secret channel. The Yazi organization controlled by Uncle Ping Yuan is really loyal to Emperor Yuan Jing. 】

[One: Impossible! 】

No. 1 directly refuted his words, just three words, with a firm attitude.

[Four: Well, although I don't like Emperor Yuan Jing, I don't think he will be the real culprit behind the manipulation of the Yazi organization and human trafficking, because there is no need for it. 】

Who is the emperor?

The person at the pinnacle of power in the entire imperial court, who else is more powerful than him? No more, Jianzheng is stronger than him, but in terms of power, I have to admit that the emperor holds the greatest power.

Not to mention common people, even princes and nobles, the emperor has the power to dictate their life and death.

The majestic Ninth Five-Year Master needs to traffic people?

I know this is unbelievable, just like Ma Yun needs to steal battery cars to maintain a decent life Xu Qian complained in his heart.

He continued to pass on the letter: [Brother Chu, you are a scholar, but your thinking is still not sharp enough. Emperor Yuan Jing must have a reason for doing this. 】

[Nine: What reason? 】

This time, Daoist Jin Lian was the first to ask the question, and he seemed quite curious.

[Three: I don't know the details, but I know that the Yazi organization will regularly send a group of living people into the palace. How long this process has lasted is temporarily unknown, but it must be many, many years. 】

He didn't pause, and continued to pass on the letter:

[Uncle Ping Yuan thought he had the handle of Emperor Yuan Jing, his ambitions swelled, and he wanted to gain more power and status. He cooperated with the Liang party and killed Princess Pingyang.

【In this case, Emperor Yuan Jing knew everything, but he chose to shield Uncle Ping Yuan. Until Uncle Pingyuan didn't know how to restrain himself, which provoked Wei Yuan's idea. In order to prevent the matter from being exposed, Emperor Yuan Jing thought of a way. He used the case of Princess Pingyang to kill Ping Yuan Bo to silence him. 】

Li Miaozhen raised her head sharply, her beautiful eyes widened, and the extremely shocked expression on her face indicated that she had guessed the follow-up.

[One: You mean that Hengyuan became a tool in the hands of His Majesty to kill Uncle Pingyuan. 】

Except for Lina, the IQs of Tiandihui members are above the level.

Of course, Lina's fighting strength is also above the horizontal line, the little overlord of the southern border, she is as powerful as a mountain.

[Four: So, Emperor Huai's secret agents targeted Hengyuan this time because Emperor Yuan Jing wanted to kill people to silence him? No, if you wanted to kill people to silence them, you would have killed them long ago. Why wait until now? 】

[Three: No, you are wrong. Killing and silence also depends on the timing and whether it is necessary. Just imagine, who is Hengyuan? It's nothing more than a monk in Qinglong Temple. He is just a pawn in the case of Princess Pingyang, insignificant. A pawn who doesn't know the inside story, is it necessary to kill people? 】

[Four: But now, Emperor Yuan Jing feels that it is necessary to kill people to silence them. 】Chu Yuanzhen passed on the letter.

[Three: That's right, what made Yuan Jingdi decide to kill people to silence him? Think about it, everyone, what Master Hengyuan has done recently. 】

Stop the forbidden army in the palace and guard Lianzi in Jianzhou!

The members of the Tiandihui were startled.

[Three: Master Hengyuan is too close to you, too close to my elder brother, who is my elder brother? He is Wei Yuan's confidant, there is no case in the world that he cannot solve.

[In the Chuzhou city massacre case, Emperor Yuan Jing actually exposed a lot of things. At this time, he discovered that Master Hengyuan was mixing with you.

[As for the reason why he murdered and silenced, I guess that Master Hengyuan knew some important clues when he traced the whereabouts of his junior brother Henghui. He may not have realized it himself, but Emperor Yuan Jing was afraid that he would reveal it. 】

[One: What you said makes sense, but I still have two doubts. First, why did His Majesty secretly plunder the people in the city. Second, the guards in the palace are strictly guarded, and all transactions are recorded. The forces in the palace are intricate, there are various parties, there are supervisors, there are national teachers, there are Wei Yuan, and there are various parties.

[It is definitely not something His Majesty can send in if he wants to, let alone a certain number of people. 】

To put it bluntly, the transportation channel is unreasonable Xu Qi'an frowned.

At this time, Lina sent a letter and said: [This is not easy, just dig the secret path. 】

This stupid girl got it right

The book chat group fell silent.

If it is a secret way, Uncle Pingyuan must know, but Uncle Pingyuan is dead, who else would know? The little boss in the Yazi organization? If this is the case, Wei Gong, Wei Gong, you are too scary Well, not necessarily, the secret way must be extremely secret, how could Uncle Ping Yuan let his subordinates know?

【What we have to consider now is not the secret of Emperor Yuan Jing, but what about Master Hengyuan? 】

No one answered him, because everyone felt that there was no solution.

In the silent atmosphere, Daoist Jin Lian wrote: [Find out where he is first, as for his safety, you don't have to worry too much. Hengyuan will not die. 】

Why are you so sure?

Everyone in the Book of the Earth chat group questioned in their hearts at the same time.

[Nine: This involves a secret of Hengyuan, and I cannot reveal it without his permission. But I can tell you that that's why I chose him as the holder of the Book of the Earth fragment.

[Of course, you should still look for him. If you are fine now, it doesn't mean you will be fine in the future. 】

If this is the case, then I don't worry about my identity being exposed in the short term, so I don't have to take my family away from Beijing. Xu Qi'an breathed a sigh of relief, and he passed on a letter:

[Leave this to my elder brother. The watchmen are in charge of patrolling the streets. The records of today's entry and exit can be found by King Huai's spies. 】

Daoist Jin Lian added: [Think of a way to lure out Huaiwang's spies, kill them outside the city, and let Miaozhen summon the soul for interrogation. 】

After a few more discussions, the Tiandihui ended this long discussion.

After dawn, Li Miaozhen and Xu Qi'an returned to the inner city, and the latter went to the watchman's yamen, entrusting Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao to check the entry and exit records of the inner city and the imperial city yesterday.

He also made an appointment to go to Goulan to listen to the music tomorrow, and then he left the beater's yamen.

Xu Qi'an rode his beloved filly back to the mansion, and then left alone. After changing his clothes and appearance in the Goulan, he left.

Knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered.

After knocking for a long time, footsteps were finally heard in the yard.

"squeak!"

The courtyard door opened, and the princess was standing on the threshold with her face up to the sky, her hair disheveled and sleepy.

"Knock on the door so late, is there an adulterer in the yard?" Xu Qi'an hummed.

The princess gave him a blank look.

Xu Qi'an stepped into the gate of the courtyard, and was suddenly attracted by a faint aura. He looked at the water tank in the courtyard in astonishment.

The water in the tank is clear, and there is shallow silt. A small section of lotus root is half buried in the silt, and fine roots grow out.

It really came alive.

PS: Going to work tomorrow, going to sleep, this chapter has more than 5,000 words, which can be regarded as making up for the shortness of the previous chapter.