Nightwatcher

Xu Qi'an went back to the small courtyard to change out of his official clothes, took a shower, and just put on his regular clothes when he saw the gatekeeper Lao Zhang come in.

"Da Lang, a guest has arrived, and the master calls you over." Old Zhang with a goatee said loudly.

"Understood, close the courtyard door and come in." Xu Qi'an responded.

Lao Zhang was taken aback for a moment, and then showed a look of guard.

Don't you want to go to the main house? If people don't leave, the door is still closed, and I will be allowed to enter the house.

what you up to?

Lao Zhang ignored him and left the small courtyard calmly.

The last time the servant was called into the bathroom and fainted inexplicably, Lao Zhang still remembered it in his heart.

Xu Qi'an walked out of the house, and saw that Lao Zhang was gone.

He also wanted to carry Lao Zhang over the wall, saving him a detour back.

Jumping over the high wall and walking towards the front hall, the second uncle ordered someone to call him, explaining that the guest who came to the mansion was probably related to him.

When I came to the front hall, a yellow dress appeared in my sight. It was Chu Caiwei who hadn't seen her for a long time.

Light yellow dress, fluffy hair.

There is a small buckskin bag tied around the waist, and an octagonal feng shui plate is hung, and the almond eyes are clear and bright.

"Why did you come to my house?" Xu Qi'an asked in surprise.

Chu Caiwei sat in the main seat, accompanied by her second uncle. She was eating a large bag of Guiyuelou's top-quality pastries, took a sip of tea, swallowed the food, and said:

"If you don't go to Sitianjian again, Senior Brother Song will come next time."

Xu Qi'an suddenly realized that he had not fulfilled his promise.

Zhou Li's matter has been resolved, and the agreed periodic table has not been sent to Si Tianjian yet.

The main reason is that at the beginning, I was concerned about Zhou Shilang's downfall, and later he was called by the beaters to go to the Yamen for public execution.

Then he became a glorious gong and started a life of social animals with black and white reversed.

Forget about the matter of Si Tianjian, Xu Qi'an swears to the sky, it is definitely not his habit of whoring for nothing.

"Another day, I'll go another day." Xu Qi'an said.

"You're not unprepared, are you?" Chu Caiwei questioned.

"I'm sure I'm ready."

Chu Caiwei's Kazilan's eyes flashed brightly: "You are lying."

""

"Senior Brother Song said that you have been in arrears for so long, and you have to pay back the principal with interest. The alchemy knowledge you wrote in the blue book is a bit profound, and the alchemists of Si Tianjian can't figure it out for a while." Chu Caiwei ate a piece of pastry :

"It's the end of the year. Brother Song hopes that you will go to Sitianjian and give lectures to the alchemists of the sixth rank and the warlocks below the sixth rank."

"Okay!" Xu Qi'an nodded, repaying the debt as a matter of course: "But I need to prepare for half an hour."

Chu Caiwei smiled openly: "I will supervise you."

After finishing speaking, she was in a good mood and said to Xu Lingyin who was standing aside, her big eyes were full of longing, "Little sister, do you want to eat sister's cake?"

Xu Lingyin pecked her head.

"Then I'll give you something to eat." Chu Caiwei jumped up and down, following Xu Qi'an with her skirt fluttering.

This child has been coveting her cakes all the time, she is ambitious, Chu Caiwei didn't want to give her to eat, but Xu Qi'an agreed so happily, she was in a good mood, anyway, a small child can't eat much.

The two came to Xu Qi'an's small courtyard, Chu Caiwei supported the door, raised one leg, and looked around the kitchen.

"You said that day, you want to give me delicious food."

"Next time." Xu Qian said, what the hell do you still remember?

Chu Caiwei was upset, her cheeks puffed out, her already sweet and lovely oval face, like a steamed bun, was very cute.

It doesn't matter if it's the supervisor's disciple or not. I can do this girl. Xu Qi'an is a little surprised.

Among the beauties he has seen, each has its own characteristics, the plump and beautiful aunt, the elegant and refined girl, the oiran who looks like a lady but is actually charming and passionate inside, and Chu Caiwei is the cutest and sweetest girl.

"When I make a low-grade version of chicken essence, I'll give it to you." Xu Qi'an said.

Half an hour later, Xu Qi'an finished writing the manuscript and returned to the front hall of the main house together with the big-eyed beauty.

Xu Lingyin sat in the chair that Chu Caiwei sat on just now, her two short legs were hanging limply in the air, and her belly was round.

"" Chu Caiwei slowly opened her mouth, staring at the empty table.

Where's my pastry? What about the cakes I bought for two taels of silver?

And what about a big bag of pastries!

There were tears in Chu Caiwei's eyes.

"Thank you sister, the cakes are delicious." Xu Lingyin hiccupped and thanked very politely.

The dumb beauty with big eyes ate Coptis chinensis, stared at Little Belly with hatred, followed Xu Qi'an and left with a grievance on her face.

The horse's hooves rattled, Xu Qi'an turned his head to look at Chu Caiwei who was bouncing on the horse's back with puffy pink cheeks.

"Aren't you ashamed, my sister just eats some of your cakes and is so angry." Xu Qi'an sneered.

Chu Caiwei twisted her waist: "I'm going to keep it for when I listen to your lecture."

Xu Qi'an thought for a while: "Isn't it just a pastry, I'll buy it for you, how much is it?"

Chu Caiwei smiled: "Two taels of silver."

"Don't make Brother Song wait in a hurry, drive, drive"

Horse, you run so fast.

Chu Caiwei rolled her eyes and rode her horse to follow with a smile.

Si Tianjian.

As soon as Xu Qi'an stepped into the Star Observation Tower, he was warmly welcomed by the people in white clothes. He went up to the seventh floor in one breath, and met the alchemists led by Song Qing.

"You are finally here. If you don't come again, I will go to your house in person." Song Qing stared at the two dark circles under her eyes, with a look of excessive indulgence.

He was very dissatisfied with Xu Qi'an's delay.

I violated the principle of being "open and aboveboard" and did bad things for him. As a result, I waited and waited, but I couldn't wait.

"There have been a lot of things recently." Xu Qi'an took out the manuscript in his arms: "Isn't this coming? Senior Brother Song has recently studied grafting."

"Grafting vegetation will have to wait until the spring of next year. My main research direction is animals. You wait." Song Qing got excited when she said this, and hurried away, and came back with a manuscript after a while.

"This is my latest grafting idea. I heard that you have joined the watchmen. Help me find a death row prisoner."

Xu Qi'an saw that it was a centaur, and the painter was not bad.

He cupped his hands towards Song Qing: "Let's talk about this later, I'm going to redeem the promise now."

Xu Qi'an didn't want to be slapped to death by the prisoner.

"Senior Brother Song Qing's alchemy has gone awry. I have to use my profound knowledge of chemistry to straighten him."

The teaching place is chosen in the lobby on the seventh floor.

The white-clothed warlocks brought the case and sat upright like students. From the ninth rank to the sixth rank, there are a total of forty-six people, not including the white clothes who are in other places at this time.

Xu Qi'an knew that what they were greedy for was actually their knowledge of chemical theory. In terms of hands-on ability, every sixth-grade alchemist could beat him.

"I have a hunch that after this lecture is over, my status in Sitianjian will be improved again. When I copy poems to please the great Confucianists of Yunlu Academy and hold on to Papa Wei's thigh, will I be able to walk sideways in the capital in the near future? ?”

Xu Qi'an's heart suddenly became hot.

With the support of these three forces, as long as he doesn't do anything rebellious, he will be as stable as an old dog.

Erlang, elder brother still loves you, and has already paved the way for your first assistant.

But you are stingy and refuse to make a promise to your eldest brother.

Xu Qi'an glanced at the warlocks in white: "Everyone, what do you know about alchemy? Before the class starts, let's talk about alchemy."

Two luxurious carriages came and stopped outside the Observatory.

Yang Yan, who was the coachman, jumped out of the carriage, took out the small wooden stool, and came down to meet Wei Yuan in the carriage.

The feminine Nangong Qianrou stepped out of the carriage.

In another carriage made of golden nanmu, a woman in a gorgeous long dress stepped down. She was tall and beautiful, with cold eyes and a pretty face, like a peerless beauty who was independent from the world.

The breeze is blowing, and the posture of walking can only be understood but not described.

"Princess!" Wei Yuan saluted respectfully.

The two adoptive sons also saluted.

"Duke Wei also came to look for the supervisor?" The eldest princess smiled lightly, her nobility could not be concealed between her brows.

"Yes." Wei Yuan sighed: "In Taikang County, saltpeter mines were discovered, but they were all collected. It is suspected to be the work of the remnants of the Wan Yao Kingdom. I suspect that there are still monsters lurking in the capital, and I want to ask the prison to open the eyes of the sky. Search for ghosts and monsters."

As for the information about the Dizong and Dishu fragments, Wei Yuan did not intend to tell the eldest princess.

Those who are good at plotting will not make their foreshadowing public in advance.

But just the news of the remnants of the Wan Yao Kingdom made the eldest princess look serious, so there was a majesty in her cold beauty.

"Where is the eldest princess?" Wei Yuan asked.

"I'm here to find Caiwei." The eldest princess replied, she seemed to ask casually: "Wei Gong thinks, is Uncle Ping Yuan's death related to the Yaozu?"

Wei Yuan shook his head: "Uncle Ping Yuan has nothing to do with the Yaozu, he has no value."

The two parties went into the Star Observation Tower together, and were shocked to find that there was no one in the building, and no one came to greet them.

The same goes for the second and third floors.

The eldest princess frowned and said, "What happened to Si Tianjian?"

Wei Yuan fell silent.

Continuing to climb the stairs, to the fifth floor, I finally saw a busy man in white.

When the white-clothed man saw Wei Yuan and the eldest princess, he came over to salute unhurriedly.

The eldest princess asked: "I have come into the building since I entered the building. So far, I have only seen you. What happened to Si Tianjian?"

When Bai Yi heard this, he said angrily: "I don't want to see the eldest princess either, no, I also want to go to the seventh floor, but I still have things to do, and my seniors won't let me go, I'm so mad, I'm not a human being."

After complaining, he explained: "Young Master Xu held a lecture on the seventh floor, imparting the knowledge of alchemy, and all the brothers have attended the lecture."