Nightwatcher Chapter 10: County government homicide case
The night sky is like washing, dotted with stars.
Dafeng, the tallest building in the capital, Guanxing Building, is the office of the Sitianjian.
The girl in the yellow skirt climbed up lightly. When she passed the seventh floor, she heard a loud noise from the Dan room.
A group of alchemists in white, quarreling blush.
"Why did it fail again? It's obviously such a simple step."
"I said, it must be the wrong dose of salt."
"No, I think it's water."
"It's fire? Just now I saw Brother Wan boil the salt."
"It's too difficult, the alchemy of changing salt to silver is too difficult, I can't."
The girl in the yellow dress named Caiwei twitched her mouth, and muttered: "These people are still making fake silver."
Two days ago, she took the story of turning salt into silver back to Sitian Supervisor, and the seniors began to believe it.
Can salt become silver?
The three-year-old kid didn't believe it.
But soon, the tax and silver case was solved. His Majesty felt that the counterfeit silver was so powerful that it was quite magical, and ordered Qintian Supervisor to refine the counterfeit silver.
So, the alchemists of the Qin Tianjian started the work of blasting the liver, and devoted themselves to the blessing of 996 day and night.
From two days ago, until now, he has been defeated and defeated repeatedly.
"Cai Wei, it's Junior Sister Cai Wei." Someone shouted excitedly.
In an instant, the haggard faces turned around, and the eyes suddenly lit up.
"Sister Caiwei, how did you make this fake silver?"
"Sister Caiwei, come and help me see if there is a problem with the steps? You are the only one who has successfully refined fake silver."
surrounded the girls in the yellow skirt.
Chu Caiwei had to enter the alchemy room to watch the process of refining fake silver by the seniors.
"Failed again!" a white-clothed alchemist who operated on site lamented.
"Sister Caiwei, where is the problem?" Zhong Baiyi put on a humbly asking for advice.
There is no problem. I did it in the same way. Chu Caiwei pondered: "This is the alchemy passed down in ancient times. It is profound and obscure. It does not mean that you can learn it. It requires profound and simple teaching before it can be deeply rooted. . I will teach you a mantra, please remember."
The brothers put on a listening posture.
"Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, and phosphorus!" Chu Caiwei was lucky to Dantian, and uttered this amazing formula word by word.
"Is this reconciliation?" The brothers are not aware of their strength, and they understand every word, and they are confused when they are combined.
I don't know what this is... Chu Caiwei pretended to smile deeply.
"Wizard, wizard, the person who wrote this formula is really a wizard of alchemy." A white-clothed senior said with emotion.
Where is the wizard, brother, don’t think about it! Chu Caiwei's smile remained unchanged.
"Junior Sister Caiwei, who told you this formula. Did Junior Sister meet an expert in alchemy and get some advice?"
Chu Caiwei said heartily, good question! Throwing the pot out lightly.
"The man's name is Xu Qi'an, the nephew of Xu Pingzhi in the seventh grade green robe of Yudaoying. You are looking for him."
At first I heard it was a martial artist, and the white clothes were unhappy.
"Joke, I have a lot of talents, and I have a lot of talents. I want to find outsiders for refining fake silver?"
"And I'm still a martial artist."
"Isn't it a joke to spread it out."
According to different practice systems, several very interesting chains of contempt have been formed.
Domen look down on Buddhism, but Buddhism despise it.
The warlock looked down on the wizard, the wizard looked down on the Gu Master, and the Gu Master looked down on the Warlock.
Then, the Taoist wizard, the wizard and the Gu master, looked down on the martial artist together.
As for Confucianism, I'm sorry, and with all due respect, everyone here is rubbish.
But modern Confucianism has weakened.
"Sister Caiwei, come and guide us."
Caiwei ‘huh’: "Next time!"
She squeezed out from the group of seniors in white clothes and continued to climb up the steps.
Actually, she doesn't understand either.
Last time at the government office, I made fake silver in one go. Afterwards, Cai Wei tried again in private, but failed.
completely copied the previous process, but it failed, and she didn't know why.
The roof of the Guanxing Building is not a normal eaves roof, but an octagonal platform, which is in harmony with gossip.
is therefore called Baguatai.
On the edge of Bagua Terrace, an old man in white, lying in front of the case, holding a wine glass in his hand and his head in the other, looking drunk but not drunk, looking at the capital below.
The girl in the yellow skirt didn't bother me with interest. Master doesn't do business on weekdays, so she likes to sit at the gossip table and drink and watch the scenery.
I don’t like being interrupted yet.
squinted his eyes and said to concentrate on the world.
"Is plucking coming?" The old man in white smiled.
"Master." The girl in the yellow skirt smiled, trotting over, standing on the edge of the gossip, her skirt flying up.
"What reward does the emperor Laoer have?"
"A few hundred taels of silver, a few satin pieces." The girl in the yellow skirt said: "Master, what is fake silver?"
"I don't know how to be a teacher."
"There are still things in the world that Master doesn't know?"
"Too much, too much." The white-clothed old man smiled and said: "Master doesn't know where the thieves went 19 years ago."
"You always say that the little thieves 19 years ago are hateful, but you don't tell me who they are and what they stole."
The white-clothed old man got up, stood on the edge of the octagonal platform, and sighed: "What you stole is incredible."
"Do you know who made the fake silver." Sitianjian is the birthplace of the sorcerer system. Alchemists in the world, even if they are not from the Sitianjian, must have a connection with the Sitianjian.
Behind the tax and silver case, there was an alchemist who participated in it, and he made this kind of strange thing, which is by no means an ordinary generation.
"Being a teacher naturally knows."
.......
small courtyard, main house.
Xu Qi'an was lying on the bed, staring at the criss-cross beams with the bright moon coming through the window.
He was worried about his future, a little horrified, and a little excited.
With the high-quality products produced by my nine-year compulsory education, all the knowledge in my mind is hanging.
can easily stand out in the backward monarchy society and become the most beautiful flower.
However, a society with the supremacy of imperial power often means that human rights cannot be guaranteed. Today, the clubhouse will be young and the army will be exiled tomorrow.
This is a phenomenon that makes any modern person feel sad.
thinking about it, Xu Qi'an fell asleep, and when it was bright when he woke up, he wore a black business suit, fastened his belt, tied his long hair, and then hung the Pudao around his waist.
The figure is straight, masculine and handsome.
I have to admit that ancient clothing has a bonus to appearance and temperament, but it is too troublesome to go to the toilet.
went over the wall and went to the second uncle's house for breakfast. The two uncles and nephews went out to work together, and Xu Pingzhi resumed his post, and everything went as usual.
Changle County Ya is the Fuguo County of the capital. The Yamen is in the city, six or seven miles away from the Xu’s house. Xu Qi’an has no horses or carriages, so he had to take the No. 11 bus and arrived in two quarters of an hour. County office.
Changle County Government sits north and south, and at the door there are two stone lions of the same height. On both sides of the red-brown painted door, there are drums with peeling paint.
The structure of county government is worth talking about. The biggest is of course the magistrate, called the chief official. He has two deputies, one is the county chief and the other is the chief official.
These three are high-ranking imperial order officers, and they were established in Xu Qi'an's time.
Under the three imperial officials, there are Dian Shi, also known as chief officials.
but there is no grade and no flow.
Then there are three classes and six rooms: the third class is the soap class, the fast class, and the strong class, responsible for honors, public security, arrests, and the like; and the six rooms correspond to the court six.
Xu Qi'an is the guard in the fast class, and he is called the fast catcher.
entered the yamen, and it happened to be at Dianmao. Standing in front of the hall, Li Dianshi saw Xu Qi'an with a simple knife in the waist and was taken aback.
The expression is like seeing a ghost in the sky.
The servants noticed that the leader's look was wrong, and they turned their heads to look at them, and then they also had the same **** expressions.
"Xu, Xu Qi'an, are you a human or a ghost?!" someone trembled.
Li Dianshi noticed the shadow cast by Xu Qi'an on the ground, his heart was slightly relaxed, and his tone was calm: "What nonsense is being said in the courtroom, do ghosts have shadows?"
Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief when everyone heard the words.
Xu Qi'an thought for a while, then said: "It can't be a walking dead."
Li Dianshi was shocked, and all the government officials were nervous.
Xu Qi'an hurriedly clasped his fists: "Just kidding, I have seen Master Dianshi, colleagues, I am out of prison."
Li Dianshi asked: "What's the matter?"
The Xu family was in jail because of the tax and silver case, they had heard about it.
"Naturally, it is to redeem merits, wear sins and perform meritorious services, and tolerate the sage, and pardon the guilt of the Xu family." Xu Qi'an immediately repeated the matter, but passed the credit to the second uncle, and took out the Jingzhao Mansion government office. certificate.
At the same time, I also know in my heart. Although the tax bank has been found, the judgment has not yet been finalized. That is to say, the case of missing tax bank has not been settled. After all, it has to go through the process, not so fast.
Therefore, the bureaucrats in Changle County did not know about this.
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"Ningyan, you can treat yourself to a drink."
In this era, when you call your friends, you use words and no names. When introducing yourself, use names without words.
"Yes, there must be a blessing if you survive a catastrophe, you have to treat yourself."
"I heard that the Goulan in Linshui Street bought a new batch of cleansers, Ning Yan, go with us tonight?"
It’s okay to treat and drink. The sleeping woman wants me to ask. It’s too much... Xu Qi'an just wanted to shirk and said that he had no money, when suddenly he stepped on a hard bump under his feet, and looked down, it turned out to be a grain of silver.
Is it true that there must be a blessing if you survive a catastrophe? He immediately stepped on, calmly, pretending to look at the scenery everywhere.
and the others walked a few steps forward, Xu Qi'an quickly lowered his head and picked up the money bag with his face unchanged.
walked across the promenade and sat in the side hall on the west side for a few minutes. Li Dianshi came in with a gloomy face and looked at Wang Catch's head: "Pharaoh, the magistrate, let us go to the inner hall."
Wang Catchou's expression turned bitter, and he went out without a word.
Xu Qi'an watched Wang Cattou disappear from the back, and asked: "What's the matter, the boss's face is not pretty."
"You have been in prison for the past few days. There was a murder case in Kangping Street. The man who died was a wealthy merchant. The county magistrate was furious. Every day he caught Wang Shu and cursed him."
"It's just that a merchant has died, the county magistrate doesn't need to be furious." Xu Qi'an nibble on the seeds.
Since ancient times, life has been a major case, but as the magistrate of Fuguo County, the fifth grade, it is not like this.
"Oh, the merchant has a relationship with an adult in the matter. I think it is the pressure from there." The yaman said, "Moreover, this year is the Year of the Boxer."
"Gengzi Year?" Xu Qi'an didn't respond.
"Beijing Cha!" The yamen pointed out.