Nightwatcher

The sudden cry startled the women in the hall. My aunt stroked her chest and complained:

"Speak well, are you going to scare my old lady to death?"

The old lady Ji Baiqing glanced at her, but didn't speak.

The aunt didn't notice the gaze from the sister-in-law, looked at Xu Qi'an, and asked:

"Any questions."

Xu Lingyue looked at her eldest brother immediately, and her biological mother followed suit.

My woman has become an elder for no reason. Do you think there is any problem? Xu Qi'an laughed dryly:

"No problem, it's just that her identity is a bit inappropriate."

As soon as the words were finished, my aunt sighed:

"I know everything."

She had a pitiful expression on her face.

What do you already know? Xu Qi'an kept silent rationally, and waited to see what his aunt had to say.

Aunt said:

"I already know that my sister's husband has offended a treacherous, cunning, lustful villain, and that villain is someone he can't afford to offend.

"The villain killed my sister's husband in full view, and made her a widow. You and her husband have a deep friendship. After learning about this, you avenged her, took good care of her, and invited her to stay at your house for a while. A few days."

Mu Nanzhi showed a sad expression cooperatively.

Xu Qi'an was almost stunned when he heard that, thinking that the treacherous, cunning, lustful and carnal villain could not be me.

Aunt said again:

"The so-called widow's family has a lot of gossip. My sister can't live in the house for no reason. That's why I married Jinlan with her. You have to call her Aunt Mu in the future."

My aunt still firmly believes that Mu Nanzhi and her nephew are innocent.

Xu Lingyue, on the other hand, thought that Aunt Mu, whose identity was unknown but destined to be noble, secretly promised her elder brother after her husband's death, and wanted to make love with him—this was Xu Lingyue's own test.

But Xu Lingyue also firmly believed that this was Aunt Mu's unilateral affection.

Huashen won the trust of the Xu family by virtue of her "excellent" appearance.

Mu Nanzhi glanced at Xu Qi'an, smiled and said:

"I am fifteen years older than Ning Yan, so it's not too much to call me aunt."

The corners of Xu Qi'an's mouth twitched, and he called out with a half-smile:

"Aunt Mu."

Flower God nodded in satisfaction.

Ji Baiqing looked at him, hesitant to speak.

Xu Qian understood it, and said lightly:

"Tomorrow, I will bring Xu Yuanshuang and Xu Yuanhuai out. Auntie, I will trouble you to arrange the residence of my mother and those two juniors."

Xu's mansion was originally a compound with three entrances. Later, Second Uncle Xu bought the courtyard next door, opened up the fence, and expanded it to a larger size.

And because of the frailty of the Xu family, empty houses are everywhere.

However, Xu Qi'an's idea was that the biological mother could live in the inner courtyard of Xu's mansion, and Xu Yuanshuang and Xu Yuanhuai had to move to the newly purchased courtyard next door to make a proper division.

Otherwise, three strangers would live in suddenly, not only would the Xu family feel uncomfortable, but Xu Yuanshuang and Xu Yuanhuai might not feel comfortable either.

Of course, if the three of them wanted to move out, Xu Qi'an would not object, but he would not take the initiative to let them live outside.

He thought so, Ji Baiqing's affection for him was unadulterated, if she hadn't tried her best to escape back to the capital and give birth to "Xu Qi'an", he wouldn't be what he is now.

Therefore, as the eldest son, he will not shirk the responsibility of "supporting" the widowed mother.

Ji Baiqing breathed a sigh of relief, now that Xu Qi'an accepted her, and Yuan Shuang and Yuan Huai could still be by her side, she would have no regrets.

She really wanted to live in Xu's mansion, but it wasn't the kind of homeless refuge, because she didn't want to be too far away from the eldest son.

She thought about this son for twenty-one years, and finally reunited, unwilling to let go easily.

Fengqi Palace.

The queen mother fell into spring sleepiness, lying on her side limply, drowsy.

squeak~

She heard the sound of the outer door being pushed open, without opening her eyes, she frowned and said:

"I'm tired, don't chatter."

She thought it was a maid from the palace who came in.

The Empress Dowager was indifferent, and she was rarely angry or happy. The maids and eunuchs in Fengqi Palace did something wrong, and she didn't bother to reprimand them.

Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be some unruly court ladies and eunuchs.

Squeak~ The door then closed, and the sound of steady and slow footsteps approached.

The queen mother did not speak again, there was a silence of more than ten seconds, and then slowly opened her eyes.

During this process, her eyes did not directly look at the visitor, but looked at the boots first, then the robe, and finally landed on the visitor's face.

It's like a gambler who has nothing left, revealing the last hole card.

She was not disappointed, she saw the handsome facial features, slightly frosted sideburns, and gentle eyes full of vicissitudes.

The Queen Mother's eyes blurred instantly.

The man laughed and said:

"I'm here, it's not too late."

Tears burst out of the eyes instantly, the queen mother turned her face away, letting the tears roll down violently.

She waited for this sentence for half her life.

The lights are on.

At the dining table, Xu Nian was holding a bowl, eating with his head down, and occasionally looked up at Ji Baiqing.

This person's appearance caught him by surprise, but not by accident.

Suddenly there is an elder in the family, accidents are inevitable.

Not surprisingly, he knew that Nangong Qianrou led the army to take over Qianlong City, so it was normal to bring back a few "captives".

He thought it was pretty good. Since the eldest brother brought his biological mother back, the aunt must be fine.

After Xu Niannian and Xu Pingzhi returned home, especially the latter, the harmonious and harmonious atmosphere during the day suddenly became stiff and heavy.

Probably only the fox cubs couldn't detect the subtle change in the atmosphere. Bai Ji stood up on Mu Nanzhi's lap, with her two front paws on the edge of the dining table. If she wanted to eat roast chicken, she pointed with her small paws, The immature girl said:

"I want to eat this!"

If you want to eat braised pork, just raise your paw and point to the braised pork.

Mu Nanzhi will clip it.

After greeting his sister-in-law, Xu Pingzhi, who didn't speak any more, finally couldn't help asking after drinking a pot of wine:

"Ning Yan, where did Xu Pingfeng escape to?"

Hearing this, Xu New Year subconsciously looked at his elder brother.

The two brothers kept Xu Pingfeng's murder a secret and did not tell him.

Seeing his sister-in-law today, Second Uncle Xu finally couldn't help but speak.

Xu Qi'an chewed the rice, and said in a calm tone:

"Dead, I died the day I returned to the capital, I killed it myself."

Xu Pingzhi was silent for a while, then let out an expressionless "Oh", and continued to eat with his head down, grilling the rice much faster.

Not long after, he was the first to finish his meal and wiped the corners of his mouth, "I'm done."

Without giving everyone a chance to speak, they got up and left the inner hall, and walked towards the inner courtyard in the dark.

In just two or three minutes, everyone in the hall heard the faint sound of wailing coming from the inner courtyard.

No one spoke, pretended not to hear, and continued to eat.

Bai Ji's pointed ears trembled a few times, and she turned her head to look at Mu Nanzhi. Just as she was about to speak, a piece of meat was stuffed into her mouth.

Bai Ji happily ate meat.

"Ahem!"

When his father stopped crying, Xu Erlang cleared his throat, lifted his chin, and announced:

"I have been promoted to the sixth-rank Confucian student environment. You may not know that in the Confucian system, the sixth-rank is a watershed. Students who have reached this level are the real mainstay.

"Because Confucian scholars of the sixth grade have impressive combat power, they are among the best in the same realm of the major systems."

He used "mainstay" and "outstanding person" to imply to everyone that being able to reach this stage at his age is enough to show his outstanding talent.

Xu Qi'an nodded:

"Yes, Erlang's talent is indeed good."

Just as Xu Erlang was about to say a few words of modesty, he heard his eldest brother say:

"If you don't count aunt, Erlang's talent is stronger than that of second uncle, so he should rank fourth in the family."

What does the fourth mean? Big brother is not jealous of my talent, he is suppressing me, right? Xu Nian said lightly:

"Brother, don't be kidding, who is the second and third?"

Xu Qi'an pondered and said:

"Second and third is hard to say, but you are definitely fourth."

Xu Nian raised his eyebrows, and said angrily:

"Could it be that Lingyue's cultivation talent is better than mine?"

Xu Qi'an immediately looked at the beautiful and refined girl:

"What grade is Lingyue now?"

With his current cultivation base, he has long noticed that Xu Lingyue is secretly practicing Taoism.

Xu Lingyue said softly:

"Seven grades of food qi, I have asked the master of Lingbao Temple."

? ? A series of question marks flashed in Xu Erlang's mind.

Lingyue rank seven?

When did she start cultivating Taoism? It seems that after her elder brother traveled to the rivers and lakes, she had an apprenticeship with Lingbao Temple to learn the methods of Taoist cultivation.

It seems to be only four months ago?

Thinking of this, Xu Erlang was stunned.

What kind of talent is it to be promoted to the seventh rank in four months.

Xu Lingyue felt wronged and said:

"I don't know that this is the ability of Qipin Food Qi, because it's just me figuring it out and practicing indiscriminately."

As she spoke, she summoned a dish of food with her fingers and let it float in front of her.

Self-taught Qipin? ! Xu Nian opened his mouth little by little, and looked at his sister dumbfounded.

Dad, let's cry together. He turned his head sharply and looked towards the inner courtyard.

On the dark and dull seabed, the huge body of "Huang" drifted with the undercurrent. When he reached a certain abyss, in the abyss without light, five or six thick tentacles suddenly stretched out, blocking the way aggressively.

"It's unlucky to meet this thing here." Huang's voice was loud and ethereal.

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PS: Xu Qi'an only knows that "Huang" is a descendant of gods and demons, but he doesn't know that it is a gods and demons. The ones who know this are the witch gods and Salun Agu. There are quite a lot of details in this book, so sometimes I will keep emphasizing some details repeatedly, just because I am afraid that everyone will forget, and now I know that it is not water. ""