Nightwatcher

As soon as I came to Fuyang County, I met a little woman who committed suicide by diving into the water.

The embarrassment is that he and Mu Nanzhi haven't found an inn to stay in yet, so according to Xu Qi'an's plan, they will stay in the inn first and then settle the matter.

But will the little woman believe what a stranger says?

Thirty taels of silver was a huge amount of money in her eyes, but in fact, it was indeed a huge fortune. . If you don't come up with something practical, just make a verbal promise, and people won't believe it at all.

Looking back, I couldn't think about it, what to do if I jumped into the river again.

Therefore, giving her the money in advance is to reassure her that she will settle it when she finds the inn. This kind of small civil dispute has long been unable to create the slightest sense of urgency for Xu Qi'an, who is used to big winds and waves.

"Broken things are also things. I once made a great wish that there would be no injustice in the world. I can't control the things in the sky, but I can control the things in front of me."

Xu Qi'an took a sip of rice wine and said:

"Now I understand another truth. Doing good deeds can't change the world, just like being a doctor can't save the country. If you want less injustice in the world, you have to change the environment."

Mu Nanzhi rested his chin with one hand, his eyes sparkled with admiration, and said, "So, the great wish of Buddhism is related to the fruition?"

During this period of time, she has heard many things from Xu Qi'an, including the practice and differences of the major systems, and she listened to it purely as a story.

The first beauty of Dafeng is undoubtedly ice-snow smart, and she will keep it firmly in her heart.

"The bigger the ambition, the higher the fruit status, but correspondingly, the higher the difficulty."

Xu Qi'an was stunned suddenly, he thought of a question: What kind of ambition did Shenshu make back then?

To this day, he can barely see something special about Shenshu, both Chan and martial arts, and both of them have reached an extremely high level. Does Shenshu count as a Bodhisattva or an Arhat?

This is a question he has never thought about.

But whether it is an arhat or a bodhisattva, they are all supreme fruit status, so there will definitely be traces left. For example, an ascetic monk made a great wish:

There are tens of thousands of mansions in Ande, which shelters the underprivileged all over the world with joy!

Then, the ascetic monk must make corresponding measures, such as building houses crazily and developing the real estate industry.

In this case, it will leave obvious traces.

If one could know what kind of great wish Shenshu made back then, perhaps he could unlock the secrets of Shenshu and understand the inside story of his being divided and sealed.

"With a woman and a war horse? Are you sure it's a war horse?"

In the courtyard of Sanjin, Zhu Er's eyes suddenly brightened.

"That horse is very handsome, and it is much taller than ordinary horses. Its body curve is really unstoppable."

The subordinates in charge of inquiring were full of praise.

War horses are rare items, and even money can't buy them. With the war between the imperial court and the Witch God Sect this year, the Dafeng army suffered heavy casualties, and the horses suddenly became tighter.

In Zhu Er's eyes, the value is second to none, the key is that it is rare.

It is just right to send the county magistrate.

These days, nobody doesn't like horses, especially good ones.

Zhu Er pondered for a long time, then he had an idea: "Go, tell Butou Li to take some brothers to Shanyang Inn."

The rice wine from Fuyang County is really good, with an excellent taste. Xu Qi'an, who doesn't know how to make wine, can only guess that the reason is the water quality or the grain.

One side of water and soil supports one side of people, and one side of water and soil has the characteristics of one side of water and soil.

"When leaving Fuyang County, buy a few jars of wine to take with you"

Mu Nanzhi pursed her lips and said happily.

For her, the biggest advantage of traveling the rivers and lakes is that she can taste delicious food and wine from all over the world, and appreciate different customs and customs.

Although there will be negative and unhappy mood due to some bad experiences on the way, but that is also one of the experiences.

The two put down the jug and went out together to deal with the little lady's affairs.

Going up the stairs to the inn lobby, suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps, four fast hands, and a group of fierce men with brutal faces rushed into the inn.

The leading middle-aged man was wearing a headhunter uniform with a black base and red borders.

This outfit was so familiar that Xu Qi'an felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

The middle-aged headhunter glanced at the waiter at the inn, and said in a deep voice, "Is there any stranger staying in the inn today?"

The waiter immediately looked at Xu Qi'an and Mu Nanzhi: "Master, they are."

The middle-aged arrester looked at Xu Qi'an, and said: "Someone accuses you of raping a civilian girl, come with us to the yamen."

I? Rape women? Xu Qi'an felt that he had been greatly slandered. If the dignified Xu Yinluo wanted to sleep with any girl, the girls would be so happy that they couldn't close their legs.

Why rape.

Rape women? In the inn, diners looked over one after another.

The diners immediately showed hostile expressions when they heard that foreigners raped local good families.

"Whoever sues me, do you have a ticket?"

Xu Qi'an is very clear about the process of recruiting people in the yamen. While speaking, he naturally looked at the group of sturdy men, and at one of them was a well-dressed, fat and strong man.

In Xu Qi'an's line of sight, this person was surrounded by a faint golden light, and there was a faint dragon shadow wandering around.

This made him both happy and regretful. He was happy because he had been out for so long and finally met a dragon aura host. The regret was that the host's dragon aura was of the fine-scattered type.

Not the nine key dragon qi.

The well-dressed middle-aged man let out a hey and said:

"My name is Zhu Er, and I am the one who sued you to the yamen. Today you rescued a woman who fell into the water by the river, is there such a thing?"

Xu Qi'an nodded.

Zhu Er said sadly and angrily: "You took her to the house of a widowed old man on the grounds of changing clothes, and took the opportunity to rape her. After returning home, you cried and told me about it."

As he said that, he looked at the middle-aged Catcher, and said, "Butou Li, you have to be the master for the grassroots."

Xu Qi'an was stunned, and stared at him with a stern expression:

"It turns out that you are Zhu Er, who set up a trap to ruin Zhang Laizi's family and property, and then took over his wife and forced her to jump into the river to commit suicide. I saw that she was pitiful, so I rescued her and gave her thirty taels of silver to pay off the debt. Why, did you spoil your good deed?

"Well, is Lame Zhang's wife with you?"

A clear understanding arose in his heart. With the combined effect of dragon energy and luck, he would meet those dragon energy hosts sooner or later along the way, but the time scale could not be controlled.

It may take a year, it may take two years, or even longer.

Hearing this, the diners in the hall immediately understood.

Although this is a foreigner, none of the people in the county know what Zhu Er is like, and no one knows that he has a relationship with the county master.

Compared with his words, everyone is more willing to believe what foreigners say.

Li Butou had a business-like attitude: "Stop talking nonsense, and come back to the yamen with us. The county master knows every detail and never wrongs anyone."

Suddenly, there was a high-pitched neighing sound, accompanied by screams.

Everyone rushed out of the inn, and saw that on the spacious street, several men were trying their best to subdue a steed, two men were responsible for pulling the reins, and another man was trying to ride on it.

But after being kicked by the filly with a beautiful spin, it flew out and lay on the ground dying, with blood oozing from its mouth and nose.

Zhu Er was both surprised and delighted. This horse was more spiritual than he imagined. His heart was full of greed, and he said loudly:

"Captain Li, he rode his horse to commit murder, and the crime is aggravated."

Hearing this, Mu Nanzhi pinched her waist and said with a sneer, "If you don't provoke it, it will hurt people? Obviously you want to steal the horse."

Mu Nanzhi was ignored by everyone because of her poor looks.

Li Butou put on a straight face: "This horse is also an accomplice, and they all have to be taken away. Just now he blew the whistle and manipulated the horse to commit murder. The crime is aggravated."

Zhu Er immediately showed a smile: "Catcher Li solves cases like a god, do you think so?"

The men behind him laughed.

Pedestrians on the street gathered around, pointing and whispering.

"Zhu Er is going to collude with these filthy officials to blackmail whom?"

"It seems to be a stranger."

"Oh, stranger, that's out of luck for him."

"Zhu Er is used to running rampant, and no one can cure him. At the beginning of the year, the shopkeeper Zhao of the silk shop was blackmailed by Zhu Er for two hundred taels. He was not convinced and went to the yamen to file a complaint, but the magistrate and Zhu Er wore a pair of trousers. Shopkeeper Zhao I ran to Yongzhou City to sue, but I was beaten and sent back, and the shop was later occupied by Zhu Er."

"Keep your voice down, don't be overheard, you will be unlucky."

"Hmph, we don't have Xu Yinluo in Fuyang County, otherwise a bully like Zhu Er would have been beheaded long ago."

This is the disaster of the subordinate officials. In a small place, it is completely possible to control the common people and dominate the people. Xu Qi'an's ear is very strong, listening to the people's discussion, he thinks of Wei Yuan who once wanted to punish the subordinate officials for no reason.

Li Butou snorted, "What are you doing in a daze, and cover the horse's eyes."

Blindfolded, the horse will follow the person.

A police officer immediately took off his uniform, shook his hands, and ran to the filly.

The filly retreated again and again, but the reins were held tightly by two men, unable to break free.

It neighed.

"What is it called, and I will chop you up again."

While threatening, the Kuaishou put his clothes on the filly's head.

He failed, however, because a grain of silver splinter came and shattered his kneecap.

Kuaishou immediately lost his balance, staggered to his knees, and screamed while holding his bloodied knee.

He was also a lame in the future.

There was a sudden commotion all around, and the passers-by on the street did not expect this stranger to be so staunch that he would seriously injure Yamen Kuaishou with his shots.

"How dare you commit murder and hurt people!"

Li Butou frowned, and drew out his standard saber.

"Captain Li, we are here to help you."

Zhu Er sneered again and again, and pulled out a forearm-long narrow knife from the back of his waist. His subordinates followed suit and drew out the same style of knife.

It should be Xu Qi'an's slap just now that made Li Butou and the others realize that he has some abilities, so they didn't immediately surround him, but held the knife, slowly circled around him, and moved closer in small steps.

When the distance between the two sides was less than ten feet, Catcher Li roared angrily, and slashed out his saber with all his might.

He had some cultivation base, and when he slashed down with a knife, there was a burst of wind howling.

Others rushed forward.

Xu Qi'an raised his hand, snatched Li Butou's knife casually, put his backhand on the opponent's neck, and said:

"Collude with bullies, fish and meat common people, behead!"

The blade passed by, and a human head rolled down, his eyes widened.

Blood is like a fountain.

The two Kuaishou, Zhu Er and the others looked terrified. The outlander's moves just now were mediocre, and he only had two movements of grabbing the knife and beheading.

At this time, Zhu Er saw the stranger turn around and look at him.

At this moment, the emotion of fear exploded in his heart, his heart twitched fiercely, and he said sharply:

"You dare to kill the yamen to arrest the head, this is a capital crime."

Xu Qi'an ignored it, and steadily leaned towards Zhu Er with the blood-stained saber in his hand.

Zhu Er backed up again and again in horror, his hand holding the narrow knife trembled slightly, the next moment, the tension in his heart broke, he turned and ran away.

puff!

Another shattered silver shot out, shattering his kneecap.

Due to inertia, Zhu Er fell heavily to the ground, and then he saw a pair of black boots standing in front of him.

Looking up, the foreigner was also looking down indifferently, "Bullying men and women, behead!"

Another head rolled down.

On Zhu Er's body, a shallow little golden dragon swims out, riding the clouds and fog, as if about to ride the wind and go away.

Xu Qi'an took out the fragments of the book from the ground, pointed the mirror at the little golden dragon, and silently recited the formula.

The little golden dragon turned into fine golden light and was sucked into the mirror.

All this cannot be seen by the naked eye.

The two Kuaishou, as well as Zhu Er's subordinates, were trembling, their faces were pale, and the narrow-edged knife in their hands fell to the ground with a "dang".

Xu Qi'an looked back, "Being a minion for a tiger, cut off your hand."

A dozen arms fell down.

More than a dozen men clutched their arms, screaming incessantly.

After finishing all this, he took the little mare and took Mu Nanzhi to the end of the long street.

After a while, someone said in a trembling voice, "Zhu Er is dead."

He suddenly became excited and cried out:

"Zhu Er is dead!"

The silence was broken and the crowd erupted.

It was obviously a bloody scene, but the pedestrians on the street clapped their hands and applauded, excited.

"The dog thief is finally dead."

"Hey, you deserve it! You must have met someone you can't afford to offend."

"There is more than guilt in death, there is more than guilt in death."

"The outsider is a hero who is a hero."

Outside the city, after rescuing the little woman, Xu Qi'an rode a filly and galloped along the official road.

Mu Nanzhi leaned in his arms, bouncing up and down, saying intermittently:

"Slow down, slow down, you're too fast

"Are we running away?"

Xu Qi'an focused on galloping, and said: "Otherwise? Stay in the inn and wait for the county magistrate to send troops to encircle and suppress, and then kill them all? We are people from the Jianghu now, and we are doing Jianghu affairs."

Mu Nanzhi panted heavily: "What about Jianghu?"

"To kill a person in ten steps, you will not stay behind for thousands of miles. When the matter is over, brush off your clothes and hide your body and name deeply."

If you want to be kind and enmity, when you see injustice on the road, you will draw your sword and chop people.

This is the rivers and lakes.

After finishing speaking, he ignored the first beauty of Dafeng, a ray of soul was immersed in the fragments of the earth book, and in the gray space inside the mirror, a slender golden dragon was quietly frozen in midair.

It seems to be sealed by the fragments of the underground book, and it seems to be sleeping.

"My sensing range for dragon aura has not changed, but I can increase this range with fragments of books from the ground. The more dragon aura I collect in the future, the wider the range will be.

"In addition, I am also equivalent to being accompanied by dragon energy now, my luck will improve, and the good time of picking up silver every day feels like it will come back again.

"The luck in my body has completely recovered, and I have already left the scope of picking up money, so I have to use the means of the Heavenly Gu Department to block it."

Even though it was just a tiny streak of dragon energy, Xu Qi'an was still extremely excited. The cultivation of the Qijue Gu was considered a success, and he had also collected two pieces of materials for the summoning bell, and now he had also successfully collected one piece of dragon energy.

The task is progressing smoothly.

Four days later, the two came to a land called Pingzhou.

Xu Qi'an led the filly and walked on the official road. The sun was shining today, and Xu Qi'an was in a bright mood.

Sitting on the back of the horse, Mu Nanzhi flipped through "Dafeng Geography", and said solemnly:

"Pingzhou is a good place, rich in minerals and rich in porcelain"

Looking at it, her face collapsed: "Unfortunately, there is no delicious food."

There's nothing delicious... Xu Qi'an suddenly felt dull.

"However, the women in Pingzhou are especially juicy, gorgeous and not vulgar, and affectionate."

Mu Nanzhi then added.

Passionate, whether it describes a man or a woman, means that it is easy to hook up and go to bed...

Xu Qi'an's eyes lit up, and Goulan and brothels flashed in his mind.

What a place!

"Look, look, if I say something casually, you will be excited!"

Mu Nanzhi pointed at him and said loudly.

ah? It's a lie...Xu Qi'an suddenly felt dull.

When lunch was approaching, the two finally entered the city. Xu Qi'an stared at the little ladies on the side of the road and found that most of them were plain-looking. Mu Nanzhi came here as if he had returned home.

Suddenly, the two heard the sound of suona, playing rhythmic music. Accompanied by bursts of dull, but equally rhythmic drums.

Looking back, I saw a group of people approaching slowly, holding a banner in front: East China Sea Dragon Palace!

In the center of the team is a sedan chair, which has no roof and is replaced by curtains.

On the big chair covered with animal skins and soft pillows, sat two women and one man: Xi.

Through the thin curtains, the young man's superb appearance with sword eyebrows and stars is clearly visible. He is holding a woman in each hand, and there is a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth.

He seems to enjoy the feeling of hugging left and right, and sometimes bows his head and whispers with them.

The most eye-catching are the two women who are lightly dressed and have a plump figure looming.

They are the most attractive young women's age, with bright eyes like stars, beautiful eyebrows like daisy, and exquisite facial features.

They looked almost the same, but one was as cold as ice, and the other was lazy and charming. They were half leaning in the man's arms, showing sweet expressions.

Pick out any of these two ripe peaches, they are all top-notch beauties.

Once in a pair, the meaning is different.

Xu Qi'an calmly withdrew his gaze, he was keenly aware of the envy and jealousy of the surrounding pedestrians, of course, he could sense this emotion, and had nothing to do with his own envy, jealousy and hatred.

What kind of power is the East China Sea Dragon Palace? The twin sister Hua Xu Qi'an murmured, couldn't bear to look any further, led the little mare, and hurried away.

After asking all the way, the two came to the largest inn in Pingzhou.

Pingzhou is very wealthy, relying on rich iron ore and porcelain, coupled with the water transport terminal outside the city, the business is prosperous.

After reading "Dafeng Geography", Mu Nanzhi felt that there was nothing delicious here. In fact, there are various shops in the downtown area, selling all kinds of specialties and snacks.

As the largest "Caiyuan Inn" in the city, it has a magnificent three-storey main building.

There are also a few elegant courtyards in the back, which are provided for customers with strong financial resources, such as Xu Qi'an.

This inn also has a great feature, when guests staying in the elegant courtyard, when they check in, the waiter will present a portrait of the girl in the largest brothel in the city, "Celadon Pavilion".

The guest chooses one, and the inn will call that girl for you.

"Oh, the owner of the inn and the owner of the Celadon Pavilion are the same person."

Xu Qi'an suddenly realized, and then, under Mu Nanzhi's cold gaze, he reluctantly threw the portrait back to Xiaoer, saying:

"No, she's average in appearance, I don't like her."

The waiter in the inn hurriedly held the portraits, stacked them thinly, and took advantage of the situation to look at Mu Nanzhi after hearing the words.

"The guest officer is free to do so. If you need anything, just ask. There are always people waiting outside the yard."

He turned around with a smile on his face, curling his lips.

As far as this old aunt's beauty is concerned, which girl in the Celadon Pavilion is not ten or a hundred times stronger than her?

This guest officer looks young, even though he looks plain but spends a lot of money, why did he take a fancy to a girl who is older and not attractive?

Could it be that he has a strange habit

Of course, it’s not surprising to have any kind of hobbies. The waiter at the inn has also met the uncle who likes the miserable green boy. When he was guarding outside the courtyard at night, he heard the heart-piercing screams of the miserable green boy. It really is a chrysanthemum. a tight.

Xu Qi'an and Dafeng No. 1 beauty sat in the yard drinking rice wine and having lunch, with a small stove at their feet, warming rice wine soaked in shredded ginger and spices.

"At this time, it would be good to have another local egg, knock it into rice wine and cook together"

Xu Qi'an suddenly remembered how his father drank rice wine in his previous life.

At this moment, a woman in a long indigo dress pushed open the courtyard door without consent.

She glanced around, and said lightly: "This brother, my master lives in this yard, and I hope you can give up your love."

She had an arrogant demeanor, but she acted reasonably, and took out a gold ingot from her sleeve:

"This is my master's compensation to you."

Xu Qi'an recognized the clothes on her body, it was the team holding the banner of "Donghai Dragon Palace" that she met on the street not long ago.

The man suspected to be the owner of the Dragon Palace hugged a pair of twin sisters on the left and right.

PS: I'm sorry, I've had a physical problem recently, I'm a little overwhelmed, and I feel like I'm going to fall ill at any time. When the physical condition is poor to a certain extent, I can vaguely perceive the omen. Mental state is also very depressed.

I will continue to update, but if I call in sick one day, it may take a long time to rest. I'm sorry, I tried my best.