Nightwatcher Chapter 130: Xu 7’an’s interception plan

A month ago...Sanhuang County is located on the edge of Chuzhou. The investigation is so rigorous, who are you looking for, or who are you besieging?

In the past few days, I went to the deep mountains and old forest drills, and I didn't pay attention to whether the official road also set up checkpoints.

No matter who you're looking for, it's definitely not looking for me...Is it because I think too much? Do not rule out the possibility of adding me to the "blacklist" in the near future.

Anyway, looking for one person is looking for, and looking for two people is also looking for.

Xu Qi'an taps his finger on the desktop, analyzes and sets short-term goals:

"I will leave for Xikou County tomorrow. If there is a real problem there, it is very likely that it will be the place where the blood massacre Sanqianli was committed. In this way, there may be danger. Should I bring the princess?

"Well, when you are near Xikou County, you can put her in a safe inn nearby. Princess Wang is a good chess piece. Maybe it can save my life and not lose it."

Seeing Xu Qi'an groaning silently, Cai'er sat aside and did not speak.

As time passed, Xu Qi'an finally recovered from his contemplation, and ordered: "Help me make a pot of tea."

Cai'er was overjoyed and responded happily, which meant that Xu Yinluo would stay here tonight.

Sure enough, after she was making tea, she heard Xu Yinluo's instructions again: "Change the sheets and bedding."

Cai'er became soft with excitement, and quickly changed the sheets and bedding.

After drinking a pot of tea, it was late at night, and Xu Qi'an finished soaking her feet under Cai'er's service, and then lay on the bed, stretching her waist comfortably.

Recently, I have stayed overnight in the wilderness and ridge. I have a very poor sleep experience. I haven't enjoyed a soft bed for a long time.

"Master Xu, the slave family is here to serve you." Cai'er sat on the edge of the bed with enthusiasm, taking off her clothes while talking.

"Cai'er," Xu Qi'an was lying on the bed looking at her, and suddenly said, "Do you think your bed is too soft and it is not comfortable to fall asleep."

"Master Xu is reasonable. I heard that sleeping on a hard slatted bed is better for your body. The bed is too soft and you get tired easily." Cai'er laughed, and said that she had studied the bed with others, and Master Xu was really romantic. man of.

Xu Qi'an nodded and said with a serious expression: "So for the sake of your body, I will sleep in bed tonight when you sleep."

Cai'er: "???"

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The next day, when the sky was overwhelmingly bright, Xu Qi'an finished washing and left the Yayin Tower in Cai'er's small eyes.

It is late spring, the weather is warm, and it is even a little hot at noon, otherwise you can see the pictures of the clients shivering in the cold wind.

Xu Qi'an walked leisurely in the direction of the inn along the street.

Suddenly, a line of armored soldiers appeared in front of him. The leader was not the armored general, but a man wrapped in a black robe and wearing a mask.

His eyes only stayed on the black robe man for a few seconds, Xu Qi'an calmly moved his eyes away, and brushed past him.

"Wait!"

Behind him came the voice of the black-robed man, and the sound of reining his horse.

So keen? Xu Qi'an turned around, naturally with a certain alertness and respect on his face, and said, "My lord, do you call me?"

The black-robed man turned his horse's head, condescendingly looked at Xu Qi'an, and asked: "Where are you from? Can you give me a guide?"

"Yes."

Xu Qi'an said his false identity again.

The black-robed man asked again: "Practicing martial arts?"

Xu Qi'an lowered his eyebrows, and replied: "The villain has martial arts talents, and he is already at the peak of refinement at the age of nineteen. It is just that it is really difficult to practice Qi, and coupled with the attractiveness of the female character, he should start a family. At the age of..."

He appropriately expressed a bit of pride but regret.

The black-robed man looked at his face for a moment, didn't say anything, turned the horse's head, and continued with the army.

"Hoo........"

Looking at the back of this army drifting away, Xu Qi'an was relieved and withdrew the power of "Slashing Heaven and Earth", which would make his breath collapse and shrink inward.

"Hey, there is a saying, people who only have waste, don't have waste skills. I perfectly solved Wufu's weakness in hiding his own weakness. The disadvantage is that he is ready to go, and finally he can't send it out. , Very uncomfortable........."

Men know how uncomfortable.

"This guy is wearing weird clothes. It should be what the information says. Zhenbei King's spy? Zhenbei King's spy appeared in Sanhuang County, huh..."

They are looking for someone, they may be looking for me, they may be looking for someone else.

Actually, the watchmen were also spies, the secret agents of Emperor Yuanjing, so the watchmen had the establishment and were paid by the court. The secret agents of the Zhenbei King belonged to the "private soldiers" of the Zhenbei King.

They were out of the north, and they were nothing. But here, even the imperial court has to give three points.

Because they only represent Zhenbei King.

"As the confidant of Zhenbei King, I must know a lot of inside stories. Why should I go blindly on my own? This case is different from the Yunzhou case and the Sangbo case. There is no need to shed a cocoon. There is a very clear goal: Find out the truth about the Three Thousand Miles of Blood.

"And such mass killings cannot be concealed, which means I don’t have to look for clues a little bit like in previous cases. Just catch him directly and torture him. If the other party is a villain, then Just kill the soul..."

Returning to the inn where they were staying, the early risers had already had breakfast in the lobby on the first floor, and the guests who didn’t want to go downstairs asked Xiao Er to bring breakfast to the room.

Of course, this does not include the cowardly princess. Before Xu Qian came back, she would not take the initiative to let any man into the room, nor would she go out.

After so many days of getting along, Xu Qi'an can confirm this.

She is a very insecure woman, probably caused by the experience of the first half of her life.

Xu Qi'an instructed Xiao Er to deliver breakfast upstairs in a quarter of an hour, and then followed the stairs to the door of the princess's room. When her ears moved, she caught the slight breathing in the room.

Still sleeping........ With his palm pressed against the door, he opened the door by operating the door bolt with a gas engine.

On the bed, the princess leaned sideways, sleeping in a dignified posture and a quiet face.

At this time, she has the appearance of a princess.

Xu Qi'an opened the window and let the fresh air into the room. He sat in front of the dressing table and reviewed the case in his mind.

[Three Thousand Miles of Blood Slaughter Case]

Location: Xikou County (suspected).

Murder: Unknown.

Purpose: Unknown.

[The Assault on the Princess]

Location: On the way north.

Murder: Northern Barbarian, Northern Monster.

Purpose: To prevent the Zhenbei King from being promoted to the second rank and to greet the princess body (lingyun).

"At present, there is no substantial connection between the two cases. Maybe the barbarian knew that the king of Zhenbei was going to be promoted to the second rank, so he took the opportunity to harass and attract attention, so that the king of Zhenbei did not dare to leave Chuzhou at will. Send someone to ambush secretly and take away the princess.

"The king of Zhenbei is the general soldier of Chuzhou. He holds the military power of the whole Chuzhou. He cannot return to Beijing without summoning. However, Emperor Yuan Jing seems to approve of the promotion of the younger brother of the first mother to the second rank. It is not difficult to recall him back to Beijing. So the motives of the barbarians invading the border can be explained.

"The case of Sanqianli of the Blood Slaughter was also committed at this time? However, the four fourth-rank masters and tribal leaders did not know about this. What's more interesting is that Chu Xianglong, a deputy general, did not know about this. .

"Well, it is not ruled out that a certain man from the Manchu nationality did it, but it did not leak out. The mystery warlock was also involved. What is he planning?"

Just as he was thinking, through the bronze mirror, he saw the princess rubbing her eyes and sitting up.

"Wake up?" Xu Qi'an smiled.

The princess yawned, ignored him, fetched washing utensils, and squatted by the bed to wash her face and brush her teeth.

After washing, she said with a look of disgust: "It smells so bad, it smells like powder, some people will die on the belly of a woman sooner or later."

The way you look right now is like a resentful wife who can't control her husband who goes out for prostitution... Xu Qi'an is slanderous, of course, this is just a complaint in his heart.

The princess definitely doesn't care if he does whoring. What she cares about is that she left her out last night to fool around, leaving her alone in the inn for a long time.

"Would you like to sleep for a while?" Xu Qi'an suggested: "After an hour, we set off and headed west to Xikou County."

"Are you out of business?" The princess was surprised.

"Everything is done in the brothel." Xu Qi'an showed a serious smile.

The dark child who beats the guard is a secret and cannot be disclosed. Even the harmless princess, Xu Qi'an cannot tell her. Otherwise it is disrespect for Anzi.

However, it is precisely because the princess is harmless that he is not afraid to disclose these small details. I want to come to the princess's superficial plan, but I don't expect it.

Bah........ The princess blushed and took a sip.

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Beijing, Jiaofang Division.

Get up lazily with a fragrant attitude, wash and change clothes under the service of a maid, and after dressing in the mirror, she suddenly presses her heart and frowns.

The next moment, his face returned to normal, he whispered softly: "You go out first, I want to sleep for a while."

The personal maid was a little strange, but she didn't say anything, and left the room obediently.

Waiting for people to walk away, Floating Fragrance took out a fox head incense burner from the bottom of the bed, and a dark incense. She cut a lock of her hair and wrapped it around the dark incense, then lit the incense and inserted it into the incense burner.

Floating incense respectfully placed the incense burner on the table, kneeled on both knees, muttering to himself.

The pitch-black incense burned out at a very fast speed, and the ashes lightly fell on the table, gathering with confidence to form a short line of small characters:

It's going to be in the north, so you may return to your family.

Looking at this line of words, Fuxiang's face was inexplicably excited, and there was a kind of joy at the end of the hard days. But in the eyes, there is a trace of nostalgia and reluctance.

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Chuzhou City.

After three days of rushing, the delegation arrived at Chuzhou City under the **** of a 500-man army sent by the Zhenbei King.

In the thirteen continents of Dafeng, the core state city is usually located in the center of the region. The exception is Chuzhou, which is close to the border and faces the barbarians and monsters in the north.

People in the north often say that it is precisely because of the Zhenbei King who sits in the city of Chuzhou that it can stand against the intrusion of northern barbarians for decades.

In history, Chuzhou City has been broken twice, and there have been two **** massacres.

But in the generation of the Zhenbei King, the weather around Chuzhou City was smooth and the barbarian cavalry did not dare to disturb Chuzhou City for hundreds of miles, because this area was stationed with the most elite troops in the north.

Dali Temple Cheng opened the curtains of the carriage and looked out over the towering city walls. The walls between them were engraved with many retro and weird patterns, which spread all over every corner of the city wall.

On the female wall, there are weapons of great lethality, such as artillery and bed crossbow developed by Si Tianjian.

""Dafeng Geography Chronicles·Chuzhou Chronicles" stated that the walls of Chuzhou City were engraved with formations. The walls were sturdy and could resist the attacks of the third-rank masters. It's really better to see than once." Dali Temple Cheng said with emotion. .

The major cities on the border of Dafeng have all portrayed similar formations to strengthen their defenses. Every hundred years, the Sitian Supervisor will summon all the sorcerers to repair and supplement the formation.

"The King of Zhenbei will be in charge again, and the city of Chuzhou will be solid." Liu Yushi echoed.

When the mission arrived at the gate of the city, it saw that a dozen officials had been waiting for a long time. The leader was a man wearing a scarlet gown, with a long beard to the chest, a clear face, showing the elegance of a scholar and the spirit of a frontier official .

Zheng Xinghuai, Chief Minister of Jiangzhou.

"Master Zheng, it's been three years since I'm parting in the capital." Liu Yushi laughed forward and looked quite familiar with Zheng Xinghuai.

The Chief Minister Zheng nodded slightly, squeezing a little smile on his unsmiling face, and after some greetings, he led everyone to the largest post in Chuzhou.

After they settled down, Yang Yan and others sat in the hall to discuss matters with Chief Minister Zheng.

"Master Zheng, Your Majesty and the princes heard about the "Three Thousand Miles of Blood Slaughter" case in Chuzhou. They were both frightened and angry. They sent me to investigate the matter. I hope Master Zheng will help." Liu Yu Shi Gongshou Road.

Zheng Xinghuai, who has already known about this matter, nodded slightly and asked: "How many adults would like this officer to help?"

Yang Yan said bluntly: "I need the records of the Chuzhou frontier army and the official document exchanges between the yamen in Chuzhou."

President Zheng did not answer, looked around everyone, and said casually: "I heard that the organizer Xu Yinluo returned to Beijing due to injury?"

Liu Yushi sighed: "I encountered an ambush on the way..."

President Zheng frowned, his tone of business affairs:

"Without the organizer, this right to do things cheaply...Of course, the official can give a few adults a look at the official document exchanges between various yamen, but the record of the frontier army’s camp, I’m afraid only The organizer has the right to intervene. The official will report to Duke Huai, but does not guarantee that Duke Huai will be accommodating."

Liu Yushi and others were not angry, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Zheng, and Mr. Zheng."

After the talk~IndoMTL.com~ Chief Minister Zheng left because of his busy schedule.

Dali Temple Cheng glanced at Liu Yushi and shook his head: "Unfortunately, the two yushis are still yushi. If they are governors, tsk tsk..."

Yushi was Yushi when he was in the capital. Once ordered to inspect a place, that is the governor.

The power of the governor directly overwhelms the three top leaders: the commander, the chief, and the prosecutor.

However, it was precisely because of the power of the governor that Xu Qi'an was appointed as the organizer. Emperor Yuan Jing's attitude was very obvious and he could not let the mission check and balance King Huai.

Yang Yan said indifferently: "How about this Zheng Chief Minister?"

Liu Yushi hurriedly said: "I have some friendship with him. This person is a clean official and has a very good reputation."

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Sanhuang County.

Outside the city, in the pergola by the official road, the mediocre princess and the handsome and picturesque Xu Qi'an are sitting at the table, drinking low-quality tea.

This place is not far from the gate of the city. A pot of tea costs two cents, which is very cheap. In addition, the location is well chosen. Under a big banyan tree, when the wind blows, it is cool and comfortable. Along the way, people who enter or leave the city stop here and drink tea.

Xu Qi'an held the teacup, thinking about his "interception" plan.

If you want to get information from the secret agent of Zhenbei King, you must not be in the city. Not only will it affect innocent people, but you can also be killed.

The best way is to wait for the other person to leave the city.

Since it is a search for people, I will definitely not stay in a small county for too long. There are countless counties in the north, and it is unlikely that every city or town will have staff.

So, the spy must be mobile.

He just has to wait and see.

At this moment, he noticed that the men next door behaved a little abnormally.

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