Nightwatcher Chapter 5: Hengyuan: No. 3, actually I already knew your true identity.
....... Emperor Yuan Jing choked, he did not expect Xu Qi'an to reply like this.
Every time he makes things difficult for him, he chants that "Chen Qi skeletal bones" is the style of the old fritters in the officialdom. Unexpectedly, this little gong is even more straightforward, begging to die.
Emperor Yuan Jing's face turned gloomy, and the superiors liked to speak heavy words to show their majesty. From the emperor to the county magistrate, they all liked to say: what to do to me (the official), otherwise what to do to you.
This book is nothing, after all, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority, and officials and subordinates can only accept and obediently accept orders.
Unexpectedly, the gong returned to Ding, and Emperor Yuan Jing at Ding felt uncomfortable.
Especially looking at Xu Tongluo, which has undergone tremendous changes, Emperor Yuan Jing felt even more unhappy. At the same time, he felt that the bodily pill was indeed a rare panacea in a century.
Jianzheng Yijiazi only produced three pills.
Emperor Yuan Jing said sharply: "Xu Qi'an, do you think I will not kill you?"
Emperor Yuan Jing reigned for thirty-six years, and the emperor's majesty was extremely majestic. The air in the imperial study room seemed to be lowered a little. Several eunuchs immediately bowed their heads and dared not look up at Longyan.
In front of the emperor, only Wei Yuan can be calm.
Of course, Xu Qi'an will not continue to contradict, and he doesn't panic. He has changed the style of punching and attacking just now, and has become only conscientious, saying:
"Your Majesty, forgive me, protect the governor in Yunzhou, fight against the rebels, and behead two enemies.
The humble post worked hard in Yunzhou, breaking the case of the chief ambassador Song Changfu colluding with the witch gods, and commanding envoy Yang Chuannan to innocence.
"All of the above are trivial, and the humble position will never be used to claim credit. As for the Sangbo case and the Pingyang County chief case, the humble position has long been forgotten and will never be mentioned again.
"It's just that the vigor of the humble duty is greatly injured, and the mentality is exhausted. After waking up, I often have headaches. I am really unable to share the worries for your majesty."
Emperor Yuan Jing stared at him, unable to say anything cruel for a while.
This little Tongluo deliberately pulled a lot of cases to highlight his own merits, first consolidating his position as a hero, and then using physical discomfort as a prevarication. He already knows the skills of Chaotang Mandarin.
Wei Yuan said immediately: "Your Majesty, Xu Qi'an is no more than a gong. No matter how strong he is, his energy and spirit will be severely depleted. His life and death are naturally not a pity, but it delayed the case and prevented the concubine Fu from being wronged. That's the big deal."
After a pause, he looked at Xu Qi'an and said: "Go back and heal your wounds with peace of mind. Your Majesty will not send hungry soldiers."
The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers...
Emperor Yuan Jing glanced at Wei Yuan, pondered, and said, "Xu Qi'an, how many prescriptions are needed for Sitianjian to nourish the gods. Lingbao Guan also has no shortage of panacea, you are not sick, I can reward you a few Pill.
"Your contribution to Yunzhou, I will remember in my heart, I intend to make you a viscount. The emperor's grace is mighty, so don't let it down."
In the final analysis, Xu Qi'an is just a small person, and it is not worthwhile for Emperor Yuanjing to make things difficult. The cabinet proposed to revoke the knighthood, and Emperor Yuanjing did so.
But now that Xu Qi'an is going to be used, Emperor Yuanjing doesn't mind giving any benefits. But he was very happy, he knew he had been placed one.
"Thanks your majesty Longen, your majesty is wise and martial, and one emperor through the ages." Xu Qi'an said loudly.
Emperor Yuan Jing nodded slightly: "I want to get the truth of the case as soon as possible."
"Having worked hard in my humble duty and died after death."
Seeing that the little Tong Gong is so interesting, Emperor Yuan Jing feels a little more comfortable, and said lightly: "Retreat."
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Leaving the Imperial Study Room side by side with Wei Yuan and walking on the empty square, Wei Yuan squinted his eyes and looked forward with a faint smile: "Have you learned?"
"I learned it." Xu Qi'an said.
He really learned it, not when the teacher stood at the podium and knocked on the blackboard when he was reading, and asked: Have you all learned.
He opened his eyes and said nonsense and replied loudly: Yes!
Wei Yuan's reason to tell him is very simple. The emperor is also a human. The emperor also has weaknesses and is bound by rules. He is not doing whatever he wants.
At the same time, the emperor is not omnipotent, and the emperor also has needs. As long as you have what he "needs", there is a lot of room for manipulation.
For example, this time, the Three Laws Division bucked up and down to delay the case. What can Emperor Yuanjing do? At most it is punishment, but it is impossible to dismiss from office or beheaded.
In this context, Xu Qi'an, who has solved several major cases and offended many officials, is an excellent candidate for investigation.
Since the emperor wants to use you, it is necessary to fight for his own interests reasonably.
Once he became a viscount, Xu Qi'an made some symbolic efforts, but failed to solve the case because of "insufficiency", which was reasonable.
After all, he is not a fairy.
At that time, the anger of Emperor Yuan Jing was predictable, but Xu Qi'an, who was already the Viscount, was punished at most, such as stick responsibility, fines, and even demoted.
However, the title does not mean that it is deprived of it. It is a means by the court to win over the hearts of the people, and it must be granted only by those who have made great contributions.
Correspondingly, the conditions for deprivation of title are also very strict. Otherwise, the title is too cheap, how to convince the public.
As for whether Emperor Yuanjing would fall back on his account, Xu Qi'an and Wei Yuan never thought that the monarch of a country would not be so rascal. Even if Emperor Yuan Jing wanted to fall back on the bill, Xu Qi'an could still drag the case.
There are strategies and countermeasures.
"Master Xu, please stay."
There was a shrill cry from behind.
Xu Qi'an and Wei Yuan stopped and looked back. They were the old eunuchs next to Emperor Yuan Jing, jogging to catch up, holding a gold medal in their hands.
"This is a gold medal bestowed by your majesty. Mr. Xu can enter the palace to investigate the case at any time, but he must be accompanied by a servant in the palace." The old **** gave the gold medal.
Xu Qi'an took it, and weighed it. The weight is plenty.
This gold medal is different from the gold medals he received before. The front of the gold medal has an additional word "内". It is a gold medal that can be walked in the palace and is of a higher level.
"I have troubled my father-in-law." Xu Qi'an arched his hands.
The old **** nodded, said nothing, and turned back.
"Father-in-law, wait a minute." Xu Qi'an called him again.
The old **** turned around and looked.
"Your Majesty Long En is mighty, this officer will start investigating the case today, please send me a servant." Xu Qi'an said.
The errand is the lowest eunuch...it is not accurate to use the word "eunuch". The **** is a kind of status and position.
The errand is the lowest level...the one who slashes the roots.
The old **** admired Xu Qi'an's positive work attitude, and his smile suddenly became a bit rich, and asked: "My family has a lot of talk, where do you plan to find out?"
Xu Qi'an grinned and said: "Check it out from Princess Lin'an."
The old **** returned to the imperial study room, and a young **** rushed out and saluted Wei Yuan and Xu Qi'an.
Xu Qi'an nodded and escorted Wei Yuan to the gate of the palace, and then, accompanied by the errand, turned to Lin'an Princess Shaoyinyuan.
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Shaoyin Court.
In the depressed back garden, Lin'an was sitting in the pavilion, staring at the condensed water in a daze.
The water in the pool froze last night. At this time, under the warm sun, it gradually melted, leaving only a few pieces of floating ice.
In half a decade, Lin'an Qing has lost a lot, and the round and oval face looks a little thin. The peach blossom eyes were originally watery and slightly misty. Everyone is glamorous.
Some look is missing now.
Since childhood, except for being beaten by Huai Qing, she has been carefree and smooth.
Because Emperor Yuanjing cultivated Taoism early, although there were many children, but not many, the intrigue between the prince and the prince was not so great.
Plus the elder brother is the prince, he will act like a baby, and the **** is so cute and likable, so it has been smooth.
In the past few days, the continuous bad news has made her feel depressed and shocked.
I just cried with my mother and concubine today. The mother and daughter were worried about the future of the prince. After returning, Lin'an sat in the pavilion thinking about things.
If it is Huaiqing, she must be extremely strong. She is the kind of woman who will not be defeated by anything....The prince brother will definitely not do such a thing, but who will frame him.. ..... The Fourth Prince, the brother of Huaiqing?
This thought suddenly flashed through Lin'an's mind.
She is not as clever as Huaiqing, poor in reading, and memorizing scriptures. She has to use a bamboo stick to threaten her, so she is willing to memorize some aggrieved articles with tears.
But she is not stupid. On the premise that the prince's brother is wronged, just use your brain to think about the prince's brother who is deposed, who will benefit the most,
The suspicious person immediately surfaced.
As soon as I thought of this, Lin'an's eyes became a little clever, actively using his brain, and thinking of many questions.
For example, how did the four princes secretly murder the concubine Fu and blame the prince brother. For example, who is his party, the queen? Huaiqing?
Wait.
Then, the more I thought about it, the more confused it became, the more I thought about it, the more confused it became, and I slapped my head in frustration.
"It would be fine if he was still there, he would definitely solve the case by "instigating" it." Lin'an stamped his foot and said angrily.
But the next moment, her face suddenly collapsed, her eyebrows were raised, and she lost her energy.
But... he is no longer there.
"Your Highness, Your Highness."
A guard with a saber came hurriedly, stopped in the pavilion, clasped his fist and said: "Tong Gong Xu Qi'an, please see you...waiting in the front yard."
Lin'an's reaction was like being struck by someone and stunned. For about three or four seconds, she suddenly got up and walked quickly to the guards, her beautiful eyes staring:
"What did you say?"
"Tong Gong Xu Qi'an, please see me." The guard repeated.
The blood rushed to the front door, Lin'an was furious like never before, struggling to pull out the guard's saber, gritted his teeth and said:
"Dog stuff, even do you dare to play with the palace? The prince has not been abolished yet."
The real reason for her anger was that the guard took Xu Qi'an to open.
The guard retreated quickly. If this was cut, it would be too wrong. He retreated and explained: "It's really Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu is here. He is in the front yard. Your Highness will see it."
Lin'an didn't lose the knife in his hand, and hurried to the front courtyard.
Far away, Xu Qi'an first spotted the red-clothed mounting frame, and when she saw her carrying the knife into battle, her aggressive posture was shocked.
Xin said I finally broke through the ghost gate, grandma, are you going to send me back?
He immediately put away the gadgets that please Lin'an and hid behind the rockery.
"Where is Xu Qi'an, where is Xu Qi'an?"
Lin'an was holding the knife and looking around in the front yard. She didn't see the familiar figure at all. Her bright eyes gradually dimmed.
"His Royal Highness, Mr. Xu, behind the rockery." The **** on duty whispered.
Lin'an's peach eyes lit up instantly, and Yin Yin walked behind the rockery looking forward to seeing that... Xu Qi'an?
She froze for a moment. The person in front of her was masculine and handsome, with flying eyebrows, bright and energetic eyes, a tall nose and sharp lips.
Immediately afterwards, Lin'an was attracted by the two string dolls in Xu Qi'an's hands.
It was a man and a woman. The woman was dressed as a lady, and the man was an armored military general.
Xu Qi'an coughed, manipulating General Yingwu, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the humble post is back from Korea's plastic surgery."
Next, he changed into a shrill voice and manipulated the woman: "Where is South Korea."
General Yingwu: "Oh, it's Yunzhou, the humble job is wrong."
Woman: "Didn't you die in Yunzhou."
General Yingwu: "It was originally dead, but the humble heart was thinking of Her Royal Highness, and he was moved by Lord Yan, so he came back."
Woman: "Oh, you hate it."
Lin'an thought it was funny, he chuckled, and suddenly felt cold on his face. Unconsciously, tears flowed down his cheeks silently.
She felt embarrassed, turned around and explained in shame: "Today's wind is a bit strong, and the sand is fascinated by the sand."
As a lively, squeaky, and coquettish girl, she actually likes this. Because of the lack of emotional experience and the poor level of recognizing scumbags, there is an aura of scumming all over his body.
Of course, Xu Qi'an is definitely not a scumbag.
Xu Qi'an smiled and said: "It's weird, why does Sand only fascinate the princess' eyes? Is it because the princess is beautiful?"
The debunked Lin'an said angrily: "Dog minion."
"The humble job is not a dog minion."
"You are a dog minion, and the dog minion Xu Qi'an."
"Lin'an in Dog Day."
"Dog, dog what?" Princess Lin'an didn't know that "day" was a verb.
"It's nothing." Xu Qi'an bullied her that she couldn't understand the native dialect.
"Are you scolding my palace just now?" Lin'an sternly.
"No, that is my deepest expectation for the princess." Xu Qi'an answered solemnly.
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Coming out from behind the rockery, mounted the knife back to the guard, and took Xu Qi'an into the hall. The servant followed behind him and looked at the second princess with strange eyes.
The second princess's beautiful and smart eyes were red and swollen, and she had obviously just cried.
Being seated, the maid offered tea and snacks. Xu Qi'an waved his hand and said: "Little father-in-law, you should withdraw first. The official and the princess have a secret business."
"This..." The little **** hesitated.
"Boom!" Mounted willow with upside-down eyebrows, and scolded: "My palace and Mrs. Xu have something to say, it's your turn to listen? Believe it or not, I will drag you out for a hundred."
The **** has no choice but to retire.
"Why did he follow you? Why did you come back alive? Didn't Huaiqing say that you were dead."
Biaobi watched the little eunuch's back step out of the threshold and disappeared. He turned his gaze to Xu Qi'an, smiling on his pretty face.
"He is here to monitor the humble job." Xu Qi'an drank a sip of hot tea, ate cakes, waited for more than an hour in the Imperial Study Room, and missed lunch.
"As for how to live, this is a long story..."
He told the story of the Yunzhou case to Lin'an Princess, and made a slight adaptation. Of course, the adaptation is not a random one, so Xu Qi'an just beautifies and highlights his own role and reduces the sense of existence of others.
Lin'an likes listening to books the most. She started to enjoy it, and gradually became immersed. Hearing Xu Qi'an staying up all night to solve the mystery left by Zhou Min, she patted the table with her little hand and shouted aloud.
She leaned forward, resting her cheek, listening intently.
Xu Qi'an glanced calmly at the princess's chest, inevitably a little disappointed. Compared with her eldest sister, Lin'an was still a little different.
Women who can't put pressure on the table are not good women.
Hearing that a female ghost came to confuse Xu Qi'an and others, the two colleagues were miserably confused, and Xu Qi'an was unmoved by his own firm will. He expressed his appreciation for mounting and praised: I am worthy of being a person who is valued by this palace. , When I first saw you, I knew you were not in the pool.
Xu Qi'an said that he thanked the princess for her wise eyes and beaded beads, and he complained in his heart. Didn't you forcibly recruit me just to be jealous with Huaiqing?
Finally, Xu Qi'an began to tell that he faced thousands of troops and horses alone, was besieged by thousands of people, faced the plight of arrows like rain, guns like forest, half-step not retreating, cut the enemy by two hundred, and finally survived until the arrival of reinforcements. .
As I was listening, my nose was red with tears.
"Your Majesty, you didn't see the scene at the time, and the humble screamed, the scared liver and gall of the thousands of rebels were brazenly fighting with me. If it wasn't for my state at the time, none of them Live."
The mounter nodded vigorously, believing it.
After all, Xu Qi'an's deeds, she had heard from the emperor's brother before. Everyone said that Xu Qi'an was a hero who died in the line of duty, and saved the governor and the golden gong of the government.
After boasting, Xu Qi'an remembered the business, and said: "By the way, I entered the palace this time, and I came to investigate the Fu concubine case thoroughly by your majesty’s will."
The mounting eyes suddenly brightened, and she said with joy: "My palace knows that you will be fine when you come back. When you come back, you will be able to wash away your grievances for the prince brother."
"I will always work for the princess and be a cow and a horse." Xu Qi'an said sincerely.
A wave of Lin'an's favorability.
"I have a few questions to ask the princess, how is the Fu concubine?"
"Nature is extremely beautiful."
Emperor Yuan Jing is really violent...Xu Qi'an felt emotionally, and asked: "Prince, are you lustful?"
"Of course it's not good." Lin'an rejected it, saying: "In addition to the crown prince, the prince's brother's concubines, concubines, concubines, etc., add up to 16 people."
"..."
Xu Qi'an said in heart, I really am a good man, a good man is me, I am Xu Qi'an!
"Are there any precedents for drunken trouble?"
"No."
"What wine are you drinking?"
"Hundred Days Spring, a wine that nourishes the kidney and yang. The queen sent it to my mother and concubine. Did you say she framed it?" Lin'an whispered.
Xu Qi'an pondered for a moment and said: "I understand."
Lin'an was overjoyed and said softly: "What do you understand? Xu Ningyan, have you solved the case."
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Xu Mansion.
The exhausted Xu Erlang did not return to the academy immediately. Today is February 10th, and it will be Chun Wei in five days. There is no need to return to the academy at all.
Stay at home at ease these days, waiting for the imperial examination to come.
After lunch, I helped my father Xu Pingzhi to send away the Xu clan. The exhausted Xu Erlang didn't want to read at all, just wanted to go back to the room and sleep a long time.
But the concierge Lao Zhang rushed in and said: "Erlang, there is a monk outside the door. He calls himself Hengyuan and wants to see you."
"Hengyuan?" Xu Erlang frowned, feeling a bit familiar, but couldn't remember.
He is a Confucian disciple who does not believe in Buddhism and has no intersection with Buddhism.
"He also said that he is an acquaintance with you." Concierge Lao Zhang added.
Xu Erlang gave a "heh" and looked at Xu Pingzhi: "Father, Xu came to do things when he saw that there was a fuss in our family. Please prepare some coins to pass it away. I'm going back to my room to rest."
Lao Zhang, the concierge, took a piece of silver, walked out of the gate, and handed the silver to the burly middle-aged monk, saying:
"Master, there is no need to do anything in the house, please go back."
Master Hengyuan waved his hand: "The poor monk is not here for alms~IndoMTL.com~ While honestly accepting the money, he said: "The second son of the mansion, is there really no poor monk? "
What happened to number three?
Although I have never met, but the kindness of repeated help and the affection of his cousin Xu Qi'an, no matter what, you should see yourself and let yourself go in to see the last time of Lord Xu.
Well, he may feel that his identity is still a secret, and that the poor monk has not realized his true identity, so he pretends to be ignorant?
Heh, really underestimate the wisdom of the poor monk.
Monk Hengyuan folded his hands together, bowed, then walked to the side, took out the fragments of the earth book from his arms, used the pen to refer to the pen, and preached: "Dao Master Jinlian, can you shield the rest for me, I have something to say I want to say to number three."
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