Nightwatcher

Li Lingsu wanted to go out by herself, so she hurriedly chased after her, intending to leave the inn with Xu Qi'an.

"You look too ostentatious." Xu Qi'an raised his hand as a reminder. .

My damn charm. Li Lingsu muttered habitually in her heart, then suddenly choked, and looked at Xu Qian's back, a little frustrated.

"Senior, I haven't collected the materials for disguise yet."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Xu Qian throwing something over. After reaching out to take it, he found that it was a brocade bag embroidered with orchids.

The old Neptune twitched his nose, confirming that it was a woman's personal belongings.

"Storage artifact?"

Li Lingsu's eyes lit up and his face showed joy.

As the Son of Heavenly Sect, he originally had two artifacts for storage, one was a gift from his master, and the other was a fragment of the Book from the Earth.

The master's magic weapon was confiscated by the Dongfang sisters, and the fragments of the book from the ground were handed over to Li Miaozhen, a nosy junior sister.

"Thank you, senior."

Li Lingsu was overjoyed. You must know how important it is to have a magic weapon for storage when traveling in the rivers and lakes.

But the storage artifact is too expensive, even if it is the son of Tianzong, if he loses a storage artifact, he will have to hang it up.

Only warlocks can produce this stuff.

"There is a hood inside." Xu Qi'an said lightly.

Li Lingsu took out the veiled cap from the kit and put it on, took a look at Xu Qian's appearance, and moved in his heart:

Xu Qian, which one is his real face?

"Senior, this is not your true face." Li Lingsu tested with affirmative tone.

In the past, he actually realized that Xu Qian, who is good at disguise, his ordinary appearance may not be his true face.

But he has no proof, and the Son doesn't care about it.

Until the day before yesterday when he saw Luo Yuheng and saw the real face of Dafeng's number one beauty, Li Lingsu could no longer turn a blind eye to it. Now he was looking forward to Xu Qian's real face.

"Don't search for my identity, it won't do you any good." Xu Qi'an said calmly.

Is this a threat? Li Lingsu pouted: "Senior, I thought we were friends."

Just because we are friends, I don't want you to dig out two rooms and one living room with the soles of your feet in embarrassment after knowing my identity. Xu Qi'an murmured to himself.

Recalling the reverence of Shengzi as a junior along the way, and his posture with dark circles under his eyes when his kidney was weak, if his identity is exposed in the future, it must be Li Lingsu who died.

The two walked casually on the street. During the process, Xu Qi'an kept holding the fragments of the book from the ground and kept them in his sleeves.

Probing the surroundings, once a dragon energy host appeared nearby, he could immediately investigate.

Li Lingsu strolled around with her hands behind her back, obviously more confident than before.

This confidence does not come from charm, but from the recovery of cultivation.

Dajiaochang, the barracks of the former city defenders.

Ji Xuan ushered in a fourth-rank spy who was in charge of the fourth-rank spy in Yongzhou City.

"Your Excellency is really busy."

Holding the teacup, Ji Xuan blew lightly, examining the spy wrapped in a long robe and hooded.

Before that, they were approached by Zhangzhou's fourth-rank spies. The reason why they forced them to boast about their territory was that the Yongzhou spies were busy with affairs and couldn't spare time to deal with the affairs of Buddhism and Xu Qian.

The spy laughed, glanced at Xu Yuanshuang and Xu Yuanhuai on the other side, and said, "I am "Chen" among the thirteen fourth-rank spies.

"In fact, what I have recently investigated has something to do with Xu Qian."

Hearing this, the expressions of the siblings changed slightly, and Xu Yuanhuai ground his teeth.

A gleam flashed in Ji Xuan's eyes.

"Before Leizhou, Xu Qian came to Yongzhou. This matter has to start from the underground palace outside Yongzhou city."

Detective Chen told Ji Xuan and Xu's siblings about the turmoil in the underground palace that day in detail.

"Later, the Gongsun family and Dragon God Citadel sealed off the underground palace to prevent anyone from approaching. It is rumored that the Gongsun family and Dragon God Citadel jointly swallowed the treasure inside.

"I inquired a lot secretly, and found that a person named Xu Qian had appeared on the night when Gongsun's family explored the underground palace."

Ji Xuan narrowed his eyes, and said slowly: "The Gongsun family has known Xu Qian for a long time."

Xu Yuanhuai gritted his teeth and said, "He dares to trick us, Seventh Brother, I'll go to Gongsun's house right now."

Ji Xuan raised his hand, signaling to be safe and not to be impatient, and asked, "What's the matter with the underground palace?"

Agent Chen paused for a few seconds, with a slight fear in his voice:

"The reason why I came to see you now is because I am exploring the underground palace. It is an ancient tomb made of blue-grained stones, which is so old that it is unimaginable. There is an ancient corpse sealed inside."

Ancient corpse?

Ji Xuan frowned: "Very dangerous?"

Chen Mitan nodded: "I have already reported it to the Palace Master, and his reply was not to meddle in other people's business. Besides, the Palace Master said that this solved a doubt for him."

As for the doubts, the spy didn't say, because he didn't know either.

The clever Xu Yuanshuang frowned slightly: "The behavior of the Gongsun family and Dragon God Castle is not reasonable."

With the style of the Jianghu forces, this kind of thing must be pushed to the government, instead of spending a lot of manpower to block the mountain range where the underground palace is located.

In the entire Dafeng Jianghu, only the Wulin League in Jianzhou is keen on maintaining order and being a law enforcement officer in the Jianghu.

"According to what I found out, Xu Qian asked them to do this."

"Xu Qian?!" Xu Yuanhuai raised his eyebrows.

The spy nodded without further explanation.

He knew Xu Qian's real identity, but he didn't intend to tell the siblings. Although the Palace Master did not express any attitude towards this matter.

The reason why the secret agents tacitly kept silent was mainly due to two concerns. One: If the siblings had a good impression of the eldest brother and were dissatisfied with the behavior of their father Hudu Shizi, then telling them would only get in the way.

Two: If the siblings harbor hostility towards Xu Qi'an, with that Xu Yinluo's character, they should be beheaded or beheaded. And once the siblings were in an accident, the spies could hardly escape the blame.

Xu Yuanhuai immediately said: "I'll go to Gongsun's house first."

"No need!"

Ji Xuan waved his hand to stop Xu Yuanhuai's impulsive behavior, and analyzed: "Perhaps, this is Xu Qian's temptation. If we go to Gongsun's house, he can judge a lot of information based on the feedback of this matter."

"The most important thing is, unless you can get the eminent Buddhist monks to go with you, you are going to die. Don't forget, there are third-rank warlocks by his side. It's not worth taking this risk for a Gongsun family."

Just as he was talking, Liu Hongmian walked in with his waist twisted, with wide eyes, and said: "The Gongsun family sent someone to inform that they found that kid in Liubo Gambling House."

"That kid" is what the team used to describe the Dragon Qi host in Qingzhou.

Ji Xuan, sent by the Gongsun family, asked, "Do you have more detailed information?"

"No."

"Go and collect it immediately."

Agent Chen immediately said: "Leave it to me, Yongzhou City is my site."

On the archway of Gongsun Villa, a sparrow stood quietly, looking in the direction of the mountain road, motionless.

On the other side, a certain teahouse by the downtown.

Xu Qi'an and Li Lingsu sat at the table, the former ordered a pot of wolfberry tea, and the latter was a serious Maojian.

But looking at Xu Qi'an's wolfberry tea, Li Lingsu felt sour in his heart.

The two walked aimlessly for an hour, but without any results, Xu Qi'an found a teahouse to rest and read the letters sent by the fish in the pond.

Without special selection, he picked up the first letter on the outermost layer, signed by Lin'an.

"Dog minion:

"Brother Prince has succeeded to the throne. I'm so happy. After years of hard work, he finally ascended to the Dragon Throne. He is full of energy. He said he wanted to sweep away his illness and restore Dafeng to the peak he was twenty years ago.

"Mother and concubine are not very happy, because the elder brother of the crown prince disagrees with the abolition of the queen mother, because Wei Yuan's party members are still there, and the elder brother of the prince still needs them to do things. Moreover, Wang Shoufu does not agree with the abolition of the queen mother, at least in recent years."

She finished talking about the situation in the court with a few words, and then chattered about her own living situation.

"I can walk sideways in the palace now, and I can leave the palace if I want to. Before, it was difficult for me to sneak out of the palace to meet you. Now there is no restriction, but you are no longer in the capital.

"Simu is engaged to Xu Erlang, I really envy her."

The hint is very obvious.

"When are you going back to the capital? It's very cold this winter. Remember to wear more clothes. When you see something interesting, remember to buy it for me. Put it away first and give it to me when you return to the capital. Damn dog slave, it's been so long. No letter was sent to me.

"The fourth prince has lost a lot, he has no hope anymore, hehe. Huaiqing is still the same as before, but her official position was taken away by the prince brother. Well, she used to be like, like... I can't remember what she is It's an official, anyway, it's history.

"I can bully her hard now, but she doesn't dare to fight back."

Xu Qi'an was smiling, with gentle eyebrows and eyes. In his mind, the charming and affectionate beauty with an oval face in a red skirt disappeared in a flash.

He then opened the second letter, which was from Huaiqing.

The letter from the eldest daughter of the emperor was much simpler. It started with a polite greeting, and then mentioned some court situations.

For the prince, oh no, Emperor Yongxing's evaluation is: monkey.

Emperor Yongxing was being played like a monkey by the ministers. Although he was full of enthusiasm, he tried to eliminate the long-standing abuses in the officialdom and make Dafeng flourish. However, his rank was not enough. Without the help of Wang Shoufu and the few loyal people, Dafeng might be It got worse.

Compared with Yuan Jing and Joan of Arc, this new king is still too young.

In addition to despising Emperor Yongxing, Huaiqing was extremely worried about Dafeng's future, and even said outrageously:

Within two years, Dafenghui will face the test of life and death.

In addition, Xiaoxiao complained about Lin'an's ignorance of current affairs and always picked on her, but she suppressed her forcefully every time.

Happily.

So Huaiqing and Lin'an, who lied? Xu Qi'an muttered: "My poor little nightclub queen."

"Huaiqing's political sense is as sharp and terrifying as ever." He thought to himself.

The third letter was sent by Chu Caiwei. The letter was divided into two parts. The first part was Chu Caiwei talking nonsense with him, and asking about some delicacies from all over the world.

It should be that I plan to collect information in advance, and if I travel in the future, I will follow the list of recipes.

Then there is the matter of complaining about a few strange brothers. For example, Song Qing invented some terrible creations every now and then, and was suppressed by Teacher Jianzheng.

For example, Yang Qianhuan came up with bold ideas every now and then, and was suppressed by the supervisor.

Another example is that Senior Brother Sun, who has been wandering abroad, finally came back, but everyone doesn't like to talk to him, and they don't like to listen to him.

During the days when Senior Brother Sun was in Sitianjian, the senior brothers carried pens, ink, paper and inkstones with them, and when they saw Senior Brother Sun, they handed them the pens and papers without further ado.

One time she went to talk to Teacher Jianzheng, and found that there was an extra set of pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the gossip table.

In the end, she said that she would teach mentors and younger students next year, and she was very excited and nervous.

But there is one thing that is very unhappy. The warlocks of the Sitianjian secretly named her future juniors: Chidang.

The second half is about Zhong Li's content, expressing concisely that he is fine and asking if he is safe.

"If you are well, it will be sunny, but Fifth Senior Sister, as soon as you leave the Sitianjian, it will be stormy, lightning and thunder."

Xu Qi'an was filled with emotion when he thought of the senior sister who was wearing a plain robe and always bowed her head when she walked.

Immediately, he thought of Xu Yuanshuang again.

"If she also wants to advance, I'm afraid she will face the same experience as Senior Sister Zhong."

The fourth letter was sent by Xu Lingyue.

She said that she has become an outer disciple of Renzong, but she doesn't want to practice, so she almost never goes to Lingbao Temple.

The letters are full of commonplace words.

"Since Dad became a thousand householder, he has to buy some green oranges from time to time. I know there must be something hidden in it, but Mother still doesn't take it seriously as always. Do you know the reason?"

Girl, are you testing me? Second Uncle is just entertaining, don't think too much about it. By the way, please pay attention to whether Erlang often buys oranges. If he is the same as Uncle Er, I suggest you tell Wang Simu secretly

"Chu Caiwei came to the house to eat and drink a while ago, and gave mother a batch of Zhuyan Pill. After eating for half a day, mother became more and more young and beautiful. But later, Lingyin and Lina ate it all.

"Mother doesn't plan to have a daughter anymore, she is chasing Lina and Lingyin with a broom"

Aunt, they are just hungry. Xu Qi'an silently covered his face.

"The day before yesterday, Mrs. Wang invited me and Lingyin to the house as guests. The women of the Wang family think highly of themselves, which made me extremely uneasy and afraid. You know, big brother. I have never known the intrigues of wealthy families.

"That's right, Lingyin went to study at the Wang family's private school. Within a few days, I heard that the teacher who taught at the Wang family fell ill. Lingyin said that from then on, the husband ignored her.

"However, Mr. Wang's family recommended her to go to the palace as an accompanying student, and listen to the Taifu's teachings with the princes and princesses."

Does that gentleman have a grudge against the Taifu? This thought flashed across Xu Qi'an's mind.

The prince and daughter refer to the nephews and nieces of Huaiqing and Lin'an.

The nine princes of Emperor Yuan Jing have all married and established businesses with children. Among the princesses, the third princess has married and had children, and the other three have not yet left the cabinet.

At the end of the letter, Xu Lingyue euphemistically expressed her miss for her elder brother.

The last letter was from Xu Erlang.

The letter mentioned his daily work in the court, complained about the officialdom atmosphere, and worried about the emptiness of the national treasury.

Xu Erlang said that he wrote to Emperor Yongxing, hoping that he could make a donation so that the dignitaries would spit out some money to help the people.

But it was rejected by Emperor Yongxing.

What's the use of donating money? In the end, it's not the common people's money that gets split up, but the rich gentry's money is returned in full! Xu Qi said with peace of mind.

"Recently, when I went to the palace again, I found that the Wang family's attitude towards me had changed greatly. Thinking about it carefully, it was only after Lingyue went to the Wang's house that the change occurred. I think this is because Lingyue touched me with her tenderness. Everyone in the Wang family. Brother, do you think so?"

Erlang, what you said seems eccentric!

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