Nightwatcher

Since Xu Qi'an left the capital, Huai Qing never took the initiative to contact him.

Xu Xinian came to visit just now to discuss the omissions in the donation plan, and pointed out the shortcomings of the new king's lack of prestige to suppress the court officials.

"It would be great if the elder brother was in the capital!"

Xu Erlang was so emotional. .

It's a pity that Xu Qi'an has lost contact with the capital since he traveled the rivers and lakes, and has never sent a letter from his family.

Of course Huaiqing knew that if Xu Qi'an was in the capital, his appeal would be stronger, and, according to his past style of blocking the Meridian Gate, beheading the Duke, and killing the late emperor.

He raised his arms and shouted, there were not a few ministers who were willing to donate money, and no one wanted to mess with this guy.

But Huaiqing didn't do this, it's not because it's inconvenient to speak up, or because of lack of friendship. I just feel that if Dabong really reaches the point where everything needs to be handled by one person.

Then it really is exhausted.

"Did your dog slave send you a letter?" Huaiqing asked.

"Of course there is!"

Lin'an raised his snow-white chin and said proudly, "I'm much older."

"In a dream." Huaiqing mercilessly exposed it.

"You..." Lin'an glared at her.

Huaiqing picked up his teacup in a good mood and took a sip.

Lin'an left angrily, and returned to Shaoyin Palace sullenly.

"Your Highness, are you getting angry in Dexin Garden again?"

The close maid covered her mouth and smiled lightly.

Lin'an didn't speak, and his spirits faded.

She took the tea offered by the court lady, did not drink it, and held it in her hand to warm it.

After sitting for a while, Lin'an suddenly said:

"Sometimes I think I'm not important to him."

The personal maid naturally understood what she meant, and said softly: "Why do you think so, Your Highness?"

"I'm not as smart as Huaiqing, I have a bad temper, and I don't have cultivation base. When he was Yinluo, I was a princess and I was very confident."

"Confidently pinch his waist in front of him every day." The maid added in a low voice.

"But now the princess can't pinch her waist in front of him. I'm useless to him at all."

Lin'an had a rare sadness on his face.

She can only confide these thoughts to the court ladies who grew up with her.

The maid said: "My servant thinks that Xu Yinluo's liking for His Highness has nothing to do with whether His Highness is useful or not. If the premise of liking someone is that this person is "useful", then what's the point of such liking?

"Your Highness, just be yourself."

Lin'an was suddenly a little excited:

"Then why didn't he contact me?

"When investigating the case before, he only thought about Huaiqing, and only discussed everything with Huaiqing.

"Now that I've left the capital, I haven't heard from him anymore. I asked Si Tianjian to send him a letter a long time ago, but he never replied to me.

"Now the emperor's brother is in trouble, and the only one I can rely on is him, but I can't find him."

As she spoke, she lowered her voice, lowered her head, and looked lonely.

It was approaching dusk.

A pale golden light streaked across the sky above the capital and landed on the Sitianjian gossip platform.

When the golden light dissipated, it was Xu Qi'an and his party of seven.

The prisoner was sitting behind the case, with his back to the crowd, overlooking the capital.

Miao Youfang looked around nervously, his legs felt a little weak, this was his first time in the capital, the first time he climbed to the legendary Star Observation Tower, and it was the first time he saw the supervisor.

With white hair and white clothes, Miao Youfang is worthy of being a fairy. Looking at Jian Zheng's back, Miao Youfang felt emotional.

It was also Li Lingsu's first visit to the capital, and the first time he saw Jianzheng. Apart from being a bit cautious, he was generally calm.

Luo Yuheng waved his wide sleeves, shaking out the arhat who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed.

"Go on your own, I have something to talk to the prisoner."

Xu Qi'an glanced at everyone.

I really want to stay and listen, maybe I can hear the secrets of the high-level people, and I can guess Xu Qian's true identity. Li Lingsu's curiosity explodes in his heart, but since Senior Xu has spoken, he can only leave obediently.

Seeing off Li Miaozhen and others, and going downstairs along the steps, Xu Qi'an let out a sigh of relief, and finally stopped pretending to be an expert.

"Jianzheng, the national teacher and I captured the love-saving Arhat in Yongzhou."

Xu Qi'an bowed to the supervisor.

The supervisor didn't seem to hear it, his back was facing him and Luo Yuheng, and he remained motionless.

Could it be that he died? Xu Qi'an slandered in his heart, and heard Luo Yuheng say:

"He's out of his body."

ha?

Xu Qi'an couldn't hide his surprise, not that he was surprised that Jian Zheng's soul would come out of his body.

He is also considered a frequent visitor of Si Tianjian, and he has been on the gossip stage quite a few times. Every time someone comes, the supervisor will confirm and wait.

What surprised Xu Qi'an was what happened to Jianzheng? As a result, "guests" came to the house, but they still did not return in time.

"It's rare to come to Sitianjian, I'll show you two around."

Li Miaozhen took everyone downstairs with ease, and after walking for a long time, he saw a magician in white, holding a soft pen and rice paper, passing by.

"Senior brother, where is Junior Sister Caiwei?"

Li Miaozhen called him to stop.

The warlock in white replied: "Junior Sister Caiwei is reading in the library."

Li Miaozhen was taken aback, "Chu Caiwei is reading?"

My heart said, has the sun come out from the west?

"Junior Sister Caiwei will be able to act as a teacher next year, and now she is hiding in the library every day." The white-clothed warlock explained and left in a hurry.

Li Miaozhen originally wanted to find Chu Caiwei as a guide, but seeing that she was so busy, she gave up.

Anyway, she and Chu Yuanzhen had come to Sitianjian several times, so they were no strangers.

As the group continued walking, Li Lingsu and Miao Youfang looked left and right, looking curiously at the legendary Si Tianjian.

This is a place where warlocks gather, and only here can you see large-scale groups of warlocks.

Miao Youfang asked Li Lingsu in a low voice: "Why do all the warlocks in Sitianjian carry pens, ink and paper with them?"

Along the way, they found that the white-clothed warlocks carried paper and soft pens with them, as if they would capitalize any disagreement.

Li Lingsu pondered for a moment: "Warlocks are more eager to learn."

Miao Youfang suddenly realized: "I see, this is really embarrassing, I can only write my own name, young master."

While talking, they came to the seventh floor.

Li Miaozhen introduced: "This floor is where alchemists gather, and Si Tianjian's alchemy room is here. Let's leave quickly."

Li Lingsu saw that his junior sister was quite afraid, and asked curiously:

"Is this the forbidden place of Si Tianjian?"

He said, showing a look of sudden surprise: "The craftsmanship is kept secret?"

"No!"

Chu Yuanzhen said indifferently: "It's because the alchemists on this floor are all stunned people. If you don't know anything about alchemy, they will look at you with their nostrils and mock you for not being smart enough."

"It's so lonely." Li Lingsu asked: "If you have the same understanding of alchemy, will you be regarded as a guest of honor?"

"No!"

Master Hengyuan said in a deep voice:

"If you show interest in alchemy, they will recommend some weird foods for you to taste. For example, melons and fruits with eyes, roast chicken with two heads, etc. They will even encourage you to try human body exercises into a test.

"In the entire capital, the only ones who can suppress them are Jian Zheng and Mr. Xu."

"Master Xu?" Li Lingsu didn't react.

"Xu Qi'an!" Heng Yuan said.

"Xu Qi'an," Li Lingsu suddenly realized, "I've heard about the name earlier, but I haven't had the chance to see him. This time I'm in the capital, I have to pay a visit."

The three book fragment holders glanced at him with indescribable expressions.

"What does it mean to refine the human body?" Miao Youfang took the opportunity to interject.

"Like crossbreeding you with a pig."

Miao Youfang and Li Lingsu shrank their heads at the same time and quickened their pace.

The group quickly left the seventh floor and met a group of white-clothed warlocks on the sixth floor.

"Li Daochang."

A white-clothed warlock eagerly greeted them, then turned around, looked at them with the back of his head, and walked away.

"Chu Zhuangyuan."

Another sorcerer in white recognized Chu Yuanzhen and greeted them with a smile, then suddenly turned his head and gave them the back of the head.

Miao Youfang and Li Lingsu were stunned for a moment, and looked at Li Miaozhen blankly.

"For this group of people, looking at you from the back of their head is a sign of respect." Li Miaozhen said indifferently.

She seemed unwilling to explain further.

Miao Youfang and Li Lingsu nodded, expressing their understanding.

But he thought in his heart, Si Tianjian's rules are really strange.

After visiting the sixth floor, they went down the stairs to the fifth floor.

Three white-clothed warlocks walked in the corridor, and Miao Youfang and Li Lingsu took the initiative to greet them.

"Several brothers are polite."

The three white-clothed warlocks didn't know these two people, but they knew Li Miaozhen and Chu Yuanzhen, and were about to salute back, when they suddenly saw these two guys turn around and point the back of their heads at them.

The faces of the three white-clothed warlocks instantly turned red, feeling the great humiliation, and said with a flick of their sleeves:

"Who do you look down on!"

Angrily left in a hurry.

"???"

Miao Youfang and Li Lingsu looked at Li Miaozhen with blank faces.

Li Miaozhen had a smile in her eyes: "I said, it's for that group of people."

Li Lingsu's expression was stiff: "Is there a difference?"

Chu Yuanzhen beside him suddenly sighed with emotion: "In a few years, when Si Tianjian's disciples greet each other, they might hand each other fruits and pastries."

The poor supervisor, Li Miaozhen, Chu Yuanzhen and Heng Yuan thought at the same time.

Li Lingsu and Miao You looked at each other in blank dismay, not understanding why the faces of the three of them were so complicated.

Li Miaozhen said: "Chu Yuanzhen, Master Hengyuan and I plan to go underground to meet a friend. The guest room is on the fourth floor. You can ask the brothers of Si Tianjian to take you there."

Miao Youfang was a little surprised: "Don't you need to accept cross-examination? Brother Li and I are here for the first time."

"Need not!"

Li Miaozhen waved his hand: "They are too lazy to interrogate. There is a prison guard sitting in the guard, so they are afraid that someone will make trouble?"

Li Lingsu said: "Under the Star Tower? Miao Youfang and I will accompany you there."

Li Miaozhen hesitated for a moment, then said: "Alright."

A group of people came to the lobby on the first floor, opened the iron door in the hall, and entered the ground along the steep steps.

Oil lamps are embedded on the stone walls underground to dispel the darkness.

"The underground of the Sitianjian is used to detain prisoners, but there are no prisoners worthy of long-term imprisonment throughout the year, so this is usually the "guest room" of the two disciples of the prison, and they often live there."

Li Miaozhen did not forget to introduce.

Why do Jianzheng's disciples live in such a dark and humid place? Li Lingsu wondered to himself.

In the hallway where the halo was swaying, the footsteps of everyone echoed.

Suddenly, a deep voice came from a certain door:

"What are you doing here?"

Everyone stopped in front of that door, and Chu Yuanzhen responded:

"Senior Brother Yang, let's go back to Beijing to see you and Junior Sister Zhong. Afterwards, we will disperse in the rivers and lakes and travel separately. We won't be able to return to Beijing for a long time."

Li Miaozhen said: "What did Senior Brother Yang do?"

As long as Yang Qianhuan is underground, it means that he has been imprisoned again.

Yang Qianhuan was silent for a few seconds, and said in a muffled voice:

"It's not a big deal. This winter is extremely cold, and the people in Beijing are short of charcoal and cotton. I want to clear the yellow and white things in Si Tianjian's treasury to help the victims. Teacher Jianzheng disagrees and locks me up here.

"Mr. Supervisor. The teacher always misses me."

Miao Youfang listened and opened his eyes wide.

Si Tianjian has such a chivalrous thing, I am not alone.

"Your Excellency, you have a high moral character!"

Li Lingsu praised it, and looked in through the small window of the iron door, and saw a figure standing alone in the room from the back.

Superior demeanor!

At this time, he heard the tall man from behind asking in a very tangled tone:

"I've lived in Sitianjian for a long time, so I can't find out what's going on outside. Xu Qi'an, that bastard, has been away from Beijing for more than a month. Is there any news?"

After a long time, Xu Qi'an heard the supervisor let out a long breath, and knew that he had returned.

I didn't see the return of the primordial spirit at all. Xu Qi'an couldn't help asking curiously:

"Where did Jian Zhengfang go?"

"There was a fight with Jialuoshu at the border of Leizhou."

The prisoner grabbed his wine glass and took a sip.

He didn't say whether he won or lost, nor did he say the motive for the fight. He put down his wine glass and looked sideways at the Arhat who was sitting cross-legged.

The prisoner had a fight with Jia Luoshu at the border of Leizhou? Is it because of me or something else

When Xu Qi'an was thinking in his heart, the prisoner turned around, took a look at him, then looked at the Arhat who saved love, and praised:

"Know another way."

Xu Qi'an knew that he was referring to the matter of capturing the top master of Buddhism and pulling out the magic nail, so he took advantage of the situation and said:

"Although the national teacher has captured Arhat, it is difficult to order him to do things. Therefore, we took him back to the capital and handed him over to you, the supervisor."

Jianzheng put his finger into the wine glass, dipped a drop of wine, and popped it lightly.

Snapped!

This drop of wine bounced between the eyebrows of the Arhat of Love, Xu Qi'an seemed to hear the deafening thunder, one can imagine what kind of experience it was to save the Arhat of Love.

The old monk with long hair hanging down his cheeks trembled and slowly opened his eyes, waking up as if from a dream.

He glanced at Jian Zheng, Luo Yuheng, and Xu Qi'an, clasped his hands together and said:

"Amitabha, I have seen the supervisor."

The supervisor said indifferently: "Remove the magic nail, and I will confine you at the bottom of the Star Observation Building for three years. Once the three-year period is over, you will be allowed to return to the Western Regions."

The love-saving Arhat pondered for a moment: "The poor monk has one more condition."

The old monk looked at Xu Qi'an: "Let go of the purification of heart and fate, and the poor monk will remove the three magic nails for you."

There was no coercion or temptation, and there was no death rather than submission. The moment he saw the prisoner, the Arhat who saved love gave in.

The supervisor also made appropriate concessions, so that the two parties reached an agreement.

"Three?"

Xu Qi'an emphasized.

The love-saving Arhat folded his palms together, lowered his eyes, and said lightly:

"The formula for unsealing each magic nail is different. The magic nail is a magic weapon refined by the Buddha, and the poor monk has mastered three formulas for unsealing.

"Buddhas want to untie it all, and the Bodhisattva needs to do it himself."

The Bodhisattva made the move himself. Xu Qi'an couldn't help pinching his brows.

The four great Bodhisattvas of Buddhism, Jialuoshu, Puxian, Faji, and Liuli, each is a peak figure, and each of them is greedy for his body.

It was wishful thinking to let them untie the magic nail. At that time, Xu Yinluo would pack him up and send him out. The Buddhism cheered and cheered and waited for the package to be unpacked. He complained silently.

"The magic nail is one of Xu Pingfeng's finishing arrangements. Its purpose is to crucify the god of death and crucify me to death. He is ready to fail. Even if he doesn't take back his luck, he will cripple me.

"So sealing the magic nail is hard to solve, but it is reasonable. Just grab an arhat and you will never suffer from future troubles. How can it be worthy of the layout of a dignified second-rank Qi practitioner?" Xu Qi'an could only comfort himself in this way.

"Which three?" Xu Qi'an asked.

"Two governor vessels, one Baihui." The love-saving Arhat said.

The magic nail at Baihui Point had already been pulled out by Shenshu, but luckily, only one was overlapped.

This result is still in line with expectations.

"Trouble master, I will keep my promise and release the pure heart and pure fate." Xu Qi'an put his hands together very politely.

Seeing that the deal was concluded, Luo Yuheng made a formula with one hand and recalled the iron sword.

In the pupils of Arhat who saved love, the golden Buddha's light flashed, and the aura rose steadily, majestic and vast.

Xu Qi'an walked up to Arhat Saving Love, and sat down cross-legged with his back to him.

Arhat who saved love paused for a moment, seeming to gather strength. Xu Qi'an could feel that the aura behind him had increased significantly, which was the same as when Shenshu broke his arm and pulled out the magic nail.