Nightwatcher Chapter 195: The missing living man
"What are you going to do in the case library?" Wang Shoufu frowned slightly.
"Check a person."
Xu Qi'an blew the tea foam, drank the tea, and said leisurely: "Don't worry, I won't make any moths, Master Shoufu don't need to worry."
Wang Shoufu nodded, what could be the case in the library, the worst case would be to burn the file, but this is not good for Xu Qi'an.
He was just curious about what Xu Qi'an wanted to do.
"I'm investigating the case." Xu Qi'an said.
Investigation? He has no official status, there is any case to investigate... Wang Shoufu's eyes flashed with curiosity and surprise, he pondered for a moment, and said lightly:
"Can I listen to the old man?"
"Of course, speaking of it, this matter is also related to Lord Shoufu." Xu Qi'an smiled.
Wang Shoufu was taken aback for a moment, his original relaxed posture quietly changed to a straight face, his face was slightly serious, and he seemed to be in a state of discussion.
Then, he saw a secret letter slipping out of Xu Qi'an's sleeve, and the palm of his palm was gently pressed, and the secret letter fell in front of him.
With a bewildered mood, Wang Shoufu began to read the letter. He was taken aback for a moment, then frowned, as if he was reminiscing about something, but finally he was confused.
Wang Shoufu put the letter on the table, looking at Xu Qi'an, "I don’t remember..."
Sure enough! Xu Qi'an groaned: "The Su Hang in the letter, Master Shoufu has an impression?"
"The old man has no impression of this person either."
Wang Shoufu shook his head, finished speaking, frowning for a few seconds, then looked at Xu Qi'an, his tone was solemn: "Master Xu, what case are you investigating? Is the content of this secret letter true?"
He doesn't remember having such cooperation with Cao Guogong back then, and he doubts the content of the letter.
Xu Qi'an thought for a while, and after weighing in his heart, decided to reveal some secrets a bit, and nodded:
"The content of the letter is accurate. As for why Lord Shoufu forgets it, it is because this matter involves a warlock and is obscured. So the relevant personnel will lose their memory."
Involving the warlock, the secret is erased... Wang Shoufu's face changed slightly, he realized the seriousness of the situation, and he leaned forward slightly:
"Can Mr. Xu say something more clearly?"
Immediately, Xu Qi'an recounted the old Su Hang case, saying only that he promised a friend to trace the truth about her father's beheading. Cao Guogong’s secret letter was discovered accidentally. Judging from the erased handwriting and past experience, the case was so involved that it required a high-grade sorcerer to take action and erase the secret.
After listening, Wang Shoufu leaned back in his chair, without speaking for a long time.
"Sitian Supervisor has the ability to hide secrets, only Supervisor Zheng." Wang Shoufu pinched his eyebrows, as if asking, or asking himself: "What is the purpose of Supervisor doing this?"
How do I know, isn't this checking.........Xu Qi'an shook his head.
"The old man will give you a handwritten script, you can use this to enter and leave the staff. Where you need help in the future, but it doesn't matter." Wang Shoufu stared at Xu Qi'an, and said:
"But the old man has a condition. If Mr. Xu can find out the truth, I hope to tell it. Well, I will also look into it secretly."
There was a major incident in the court that year, and that incident was shielded from the secrets of heaven. The person involved has no impression and has forgotten about it.
It is definitely a big deal to let the supervisor take the initiative to block the secret.
Xu Qi'an nodded and thanked him politely.
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After sending off Xu Qi'an, Wang Shoufu called to the housekeeper with a calm tone: "Xu Jiaerlang is still in the house?"
Yesterday, he told Wang Simu that he wanted to leave Xu Erlang for dinner at home.
"Yes, the old slave will call him over."
The butler immediately understood what the master meant, and bowed back.
Russian, wearing a white gown, with red lips and white teeth, Xu Erlang crosses the entry barrier, acting neither humble nor overbearing: "Master Shoufu."
Wang Shoufu was holding up his pen, writing on the spread rice paper, without raising his head, and said, "What is Erlang's ambition?"
The Jiro's call came naturally without any embarrassment.
"Huh?"
Wang Shoufu, who didn't wait for a reply, looked up and found Xu Erlang staring straight at him, staring at himself...
The corner of Wang Shoufu's mouth twitched: "Good ambition."
He put down his pen, looked at the words on the paper, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for your elder brother's righteous action, I'm afraid the old man would have been an official. In officialdom, the most important thing is to know how to advance and retreat.
"No matter how clever your power is and how many party members you have, the one sitting on the dragon chair can decide your life or death with one word. The former chief assistant can spend his old age peacefully, because he has learned the lessons of his predecessors." /
The former first assistant? The scum who only knows about embezzling silver and greet your majesty...... Xu Xinnianxin said.
Wang Shoufu continued: "Two hundred years ago, the Yunlu Academy retired from the court after fighting for the country’s foundation. Cheng Sheng erected a stele in the academy and wrote the retribution of justice to the emperor. These are all showing the same thing to future generations.
"The emperor is the emperor, and the minister is the minister. Only by holding this measure can you make progress in the court."
Xu Erlang frowned and asked: "What if I don't want it?"
Wang Shoufu laughed loudly: "No, then what kind of official are you."
Xu Erlang said: "Students understand."
He was full of history books, and he could easily understand what Wang Shoufu said. There were countless officials in all dynasties. But if the emperor wants to move him, no matter how powerful he is, the best fate is to be an official.
Wang Shoufu suddenly sighed: "Your eldest brother's personality and character are admirable, but he is not suitable for the court, so don't learn from him."
My eldest brother has often asked me for advice recently. Why should I learn from him? Xu Erlang raised his chin somewhat proudly, and said, "Students know."
Wang Shoufu nodded: "Stay for dinner tonight."
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The official department, the case library.
Xu Qi'an, who is Yi Rongcheng Xu Xinnian, moved out of Yuanjing's 10-year list of new graduates with the help of officials.
Unexpectedly, the champion in Yuanjing's 10th year turned out to be the first assistant Wang Zhenwen.
The second place in the ranking is Lu An.
Tanghua is blank and has no signature.
I found him.........Xu Qi'an stared at the blank space for a long time without saying a word.
"The living man whose name was erased was Yuanjing's 10-year-old Tanhua, a jinshi, who is he and why was he shielded? Is this person alive or dead? Since he is an official in the court, Then it can't be the first generation supervisor.
"It can only be done by the contemporary supervisor, but why did the supervisor do this? What does the unnamed living man have to do with Su Hang? Su Hang’s name has not been erased, which means he is not the living Lang, but definitely related."
Based on the clues at hand, he made a simple assumption:
There was a party in the court, Su Hang was one of the core members of this party, and the living man whose name was erased was probably the leader of the party.
This party is very powerful, it has been under siege from all parties, and it ended dismal. Su Hang's fate is proof.
But what Xu Qi'an can't figure out is, if it's just an ordinary party fight, why should Jianzheng erase the name of the living man? Why should we block Tianji?
There must be a deeper secret inside.
"Intuition tells me that this old past is very important. Uh, this is nonsense. Of course it is important. Otherwise, how could the supervisor take the initiative to block it. Alas, I hate investigating old cases. No, I hate warlocks. Zhong. Li and Caiwei are not counted as cute."
Xu Qi'an left the staff and rode his beloved little mare on the street.
The little mare is very considerate and maintains an unpleasant speed, so that Xu Qi'an can take the opportunity to think about things without focusing on driving.
"When the Sangbo case was investigated, the initial supervision was also involved. There is no record in historical data. Finally, it was Bingxue’s smart Huaiqing. Through the decline of the Buddhist temple five hundred years ago, he locked the clues to the Qinglong Temple and let me Realizing that the gods are related to Buddhism, and that Buddhism flourished in the Central Plains five hundred years ago.
"Huaiqing's method can also be used on this living man. I can check some major events of the year and look for clues."
After finalizing his thoughts, he went on to think about Emperor Yuan Jing.
He wanted to investigate Emperor Yuanjing before, just out of the old detective's sense of smell. He believed that it was just for the soul pill, and that it was not enough for Emperor Yuanjing to take such a big risk and unite the king of the north to massacre the city.
After all, the soul pill is not a kidney treasure. Three mouthfuls will be immortal and will not kill the city at all.
After a trip to Jianzhou, he became more and more sure that Emperor Yuanjing had a problem, and those who were lucky could not live forever, so what was the old emperor still tossing about?
As the king of a country, it is impossible for him not to know this secret. Gaozu and Wuzong are examples.
"Now I can only look for clues from the living records, and it must be the living records of the first emperor. If Emperor Yuanjing really has a secret, he will definitely deal with it.
"But he can't completely erase the traces. For example, there may be some important clues hidden in the first emperor, but they are inconspicuous, or others can't find them. You must be someone who has certain information to read it to understand.
"If there is no clue from Emperor Xian, I will have to look for auntie. Auntie has taught Emperor Yuanjing to practice the Tao for so many years, it is impossible to see the clue at all, right?"
"Then, it’s the first generation of Jianzheng’s troubles. I have to find out the place in Xuzhou first. Well, Wei Gong and Erlang will help find it. By the way, when we date with Biaobi tomorrow, let her Help send a message to Huaiqing and ask her to help check Xuzhou.
"You must make reasonable use of the schoolmasters to do things for me. By the way, the progress of comprehension of "meaning" can't be slowed down, although I don't have any clues. I will give myself a vacation tomorrow and listen to the music. I miss the fragrance..."
There are so many things.........Xu Qi'an rides on the little mare, undulating rhythmically.
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Back to Xu Mansion, I saw Su Su sitting on the roof ridge from a distance, holding a red umbrella, like a beautiful ghost in the mountains, tempting the mountain roaders.
No, she is a ghost.
They are back...Xu Qi'an leaped up to the roof and sat beside the female ghost.
"What are you doing!" Su Su cast him angrily.
Xu Qi'an poked her in the chest, only to hear a "poof" and it broke.
He was suddenly disappointed: "You should also go to the Sitian Supervisor to find Song Qing for a physical body, right?"
"Bah, as a disciple!"
Su Su lowered his head, glanced at his chest, sipped at him, and hummed:
"I'm not going to ask for a physical body, the master said, now I want a physical body, and you will be dragged into the room to sleep. I think what she said makes sense, so wait for you to find out about me someday The truth about my father's case, I will go and ask for the flesh."
"Your master is purely slandering me."
"Really?" Su Su looked at her suspiciously.
"Really, I can sleep with you here too, who said I have to drag it into the room."
"Go go." Su Su gave him a spat.
Xu Qi'an jumped off the roof and walked across the yard. He saw the kitchen lady killing the geese outside the room. Xu Lingyin, who was wearing two buns like buns, squatted and watched eagerly.
Her master, Xiao Hei Pi from southern Xinjiang, also squatted and watched.
One big and one small, with sharp contrast.
"Ring tone, brother is back." Xu Qi'an shouted.
Xiaodouding ignored him, watching the goose being killed and plucking the feathers...
Is she wondering where to start eating? This stupid kid only had food in his eyes.......... Xu Qi'an complained inwardly and entered the inner hall.
Li Miaozhen and his aunt were sitting in the hall and talking, with a few remaining crystal clear pastries on the table.
When my aunt saw her nephew come back, she raised her sharp chin and motioned: "The pastry on the table is reserved for you by Ringtone. She is afraid that she will stay here. Watching the pastry, she can’t help eating. I ran outside."
Xu Qi'an turned his head fiercely, looked out the door, and laughed.
"Where's Erlang, I'm Xiamu today, why didn't he come back when you went out together." The aunt asked, looking outside.
"The Wang Shoufu hosted a banquet for him. I don't expect to be back today." Xu Qi'an smiled.
After dusk, the gate of the imperial city was closed, and Xu Erlang could not come back today.
"Master Shoufu hosted a banquet for him..." Auntie was taken aback.
Although Da Lang ruthlessly exposed the "private affair" between Er Lang and Miss Wang's not long ago, his aunt did not expect the progress to be so fast.
Neither did I expect that Wang Shoufu would even host a banquet for Erlang~IndoMTL.com~ This is not the right householder, oh, it's really..." Auntie was a little annoyed and a little helpless: "Marry one The daughter of Shoufu's family, isn't this just marrying a Bodhisattva? "
"Auntie, you are the mistress of the house, this daughter-in-law enters the door, and it's up to you to train." Xu Qi'an arched the fire.
With Wang Simu's temperament and skill, I will enter the door in the future and bully my aunt every day. It will be interesting..........Xu Qi'an is a little looking forward to the future life.
The aunt straightened her chest, Gu Pan Zixiong, said: "That's natural, even if she is the daughter of the first assistant, enter the door of Xu's family, she has to listen to me obediently."
Li Miaozhen glanced at her and said nothing.
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At dusk, Jiaofang Division.
The master bedroom of Yingmei Xiaoge heard a violent coughing sound.
The maid sat under the eaves, guarding the small stove, listening to the lady's coughing from inside.
Ms. Fuxiang was ill for a while. More than half a month ago, Yingmei Xiaoge stopped playing tea enclosures. From that moment on, the lady was sick in bed and became increasingly emaciated.
My mother invited a lot of doctors to see Lady Fuxiang, but they all got better. Slowly, my mother stopped asking doctors.
From the beginning, the eldest daughter was short and the eldest daughter became indifferent. In the end, she didn't come to visit at all, and even transferred the beautiful maids and guardians from the courtyard.
There is no need for them to guard a sick seed with only half a breath left.
"The lady used to be so beautiful, Jiaofang's first card, the first oiran, Xu Yinluo's friend. Now she is down and no one comes to see her. Xu Yinluo has no news, and hasn't come to teach for a long time. Fangsi."
"Hmph, some **** must be the paper man who pierced my lady." The maid sat by the fire, wiping tears and thinking angrily.