Nightwatcher Chapter 96: The identity of the body

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"Smelly man, is this child in your family, is there a brain disease?"

Su Su ran into the study, and the feeling of thorns on the back disappeared. It was strange that she was stared at by a five or six-year-old child uncomfortable.

"You are sick. Your whole family is sick. Oh, forget that your whole family has been hacked."

Xu Qi'an replied mercilessly. He had forgotten a joke from his aunt, thinking that Su Su was burying Xiaodouding.

"Squeak......."

Xu Qi'an closed the door of the study and wanted to pour a cup of tea for Li Miaozhen. Considering that an autopsy might be required next, it was not the time to drink tea, so he didn't offer tea to the guests.

Li Miaozhen didn't talk nonsense, took out the fragments of the book, and shook it lightly. A black shadow fell, "Patter" on the floor of the study room.

Xu Qi'an, with five keen senses, smelled a strong smell of blood.

He stared at the headless corpse for a moment, and asked, "Where is his soul?"

Only a headless corpse can't explain much. Since Li Miaozhen said it was a major event, he must have summoned the soul by means of Taoism.

Li Miaozhen slapped the sachet, a wisp of blue smoke curled up and turned into a dull-eyed middle-aged man in mid-air, muttering: "Three thousand miles of blood, three thousand miles of blood, please The court sent troops to crusade........."

The Saintess of Heavenly Sect has a heavy face, "His soul is damaged. I want to know the follow-up content, only to cultivate the soul. According to the degree of the incompleteness of the soul, it will take at least two months."

Xu Qi'an glanced at her and said: "Two months later, the day lily is cold."

Li Miaozhen stared: "Then what do you say should be done."

She really doesn't know what to do, there is only such a clue, no head and no tail, how to find out the truth?

Su Su's beautiful black-and-white eyes, staring at each other, knew that Xu Qi'an's ability to solve crimes would definitely not be as confused as the master.

In this regard, Su Su was looking forward and curious, wondering what angle he would analyze.

Xu Qi'an meditated for a while, leaned over to remove the clothes on the corpse, and after examination, he said: "No accident, he should be a northerner."

Li Miaozhen's eyes lit up instantly, and he asked: "What is the basis?"

She watched the shameless number three inspecting the corpse, but did not come to the same conclusion as him.

"One side raises the other side. From the appearance and skin, you can tell who the deceased is. Without the head, the ghost's face is too blurred...so I want to determine whether this headless corpse is Wherever you are, you have to verify from the details of your body."

Xu Qi'an raised the right hand of the corpse and said: "Look, besides the calluses on the palm, this person also has a thick callus on the index finger, so that neither the knife nor the sword will have such a callus."

Susu and Li Miaozhen looked intently, and it was so.

The stunning female ghost blinked her beautiful eyes and said softly: "What kind of weapon is that used, don't sell it."

Li Miaozhen showed a sudden look: "It's a bow."

As expected of the female general who is waiting in the military camp, she reacted quickly.........Xu Qi'an nodded: "Yes, this person is good at shooting."

Su Su tilted his head and retorted: "How do you tell that he is a northerner? I feel like you are ridiculous. There are many people who shoot well, so you can't be in the army?"

Li Miaozhen nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Miss Susu is right. For example, there is a shooter beside you who is not an army."

Xu Qi'an winked his eyebrows, and kept moving his hands, separating the legs of the headless corpse, and said:

"Look carefully, he doesn't have a cocoon on the base of his thigh. If he is a long-term army soldier, he will definitely have a cocoon on his thigh. He is not a member of the army, and he is good at shooting. This is in line with the characteristics of a northerner. Big People from all over the world are not good at making bows."

Northerners are good at bows and arrows, even ordinary adult men can open bows. According to Xu Qi'an, the standard equipment for people from the rivers and lakes in several northern states is a knife and a bow.

Sometimes, you can even use daggers and broken blades without a knife, but you can't live without a bow.

At this time, Su Su came up with another retort, saying: "Or, it's an archer."

Xu Qi'an sneered: "Who would send an archer to pass the message? If you guessed it correctly, this person is mostly from the northern rivers and lakes. As for what he meant to convey, who was appointed by him, and by whom Bad hand, I don’t know anymore."

Li Miaozhen breathed out a sigh of relief silently, and said with satisfaction: "Then he will be handed over to you. As the silver gong of the watchman, you should handle these matters."

Susu also followed with a sigh of relief, feeling that although this stinky man was lustful and annoying, he was really good at it.

She was convinced after the analysis was reasonable.

He and the owner were at a loss, and didn't know how to check it down, but after handing them to this man, they immediately had clues.

Although Susu often complains about Li Miaozhen's nosy, even though she likes to absorb the spirit of men, she knows that she is a kind-hearted female ghost.

If the headless body matter cannot be handled properly, both she and Li Miaozhen will have a psychological burden.

So, this highlights Xu Qi'an's goodness and can bring such a sense of security.

...........

Arranged guest rooms for Li Miaozhen and Su Su, and then ordered the cook to prepare some snacks, Xu Qi'an returned to the study, put the corpse into the book fragments, begged for the remnant soul, and rode a little mare to the Yamen.

"I remember that Wei Gong said that there were frequent wars in the north, and Dafeng had defeated one after another. The civil servant sent a letter to impeach the king of Zhenbei, but was forcibly dumped by Emperor Yuanjing to Wei Yuan, and he took the hat of Zuodu Yushi.

"The blood slaughtered three thousand miles, I dare not imagine, this kind of major event...Why haven't I heard of it before? It's a matter of great importance, so I must report it to Wei Yuan in time."

The little mare rushed to the Yamen, Xu Qi'an handed the horse rein to the staff on duty at the door and hurried to Haoqilou.

"Xu Yinluo, Wei Gonggang ordered a carriage to enter the palace." The guard downstairs replied.

I want to enter the palace... Entering the palace is also a waste of time with Emperor Yuanjing and the civil servants... Xu Qi'an sternly said: "Don't talk nonsense, go in ."

"Yes..." The guard ran into the building wisely.

After getting a definite reply from the guard, Xu Qi'an pressed the knife with one hand and climbed the steps. He saw Wei Yuanduan sitting at the table, his eyes washed out by the years, and looked at him gently and calmly.

He still wore a blue shirt, but with intricate moiré embroidered on it, and a blue dragon on his chest.

This is the court clothes that Wei Yuan wore when he was in dynasty or when he entered the palace.

"You only have time for a cup of tea, so please tell me if you have something to do." Wei Yuan spoke with his confidant, his tone of voice not very polite.

"Since Wei Gong is in such a hurry, I will make a long story short." Xu Qi'an was not good at heart, so he directly took out the jade fragment and shook it lightly.

Papa...The headless body fell on the clean tea room, polluting the clean floor.

Wei Yuan was a little surprised, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and he said solemnly: "What's going on."

"Li Miaozhen arrived in the capital today and is currently staying in my house." Xu Qi'an said.

"Hmm!"

Wei Yuan nodded and didn't care about it. He stared at the headless corpse and said lightly: "But what does it have to do with this corpse?"

Xu Qi'an grinned: "It's a big deal. She found this corpse eighty miles away from the capital, and was cut to the head with a single knife. It's simply neat.

"This man Li Miaozhen is so nosy, so he summons the remnants of the dead and asks about the situation. Who knows..."

He paused deliberately and wanted to sell it, but seeing that Wei Yuan's face was not so good, he felt a sudden, fearing that his salary for the next month would be deducted because he left his foot before going out, and said immediately. :

"The soul said a word, um, Wei Gong, please see for yourself."

He took off the sachet that Li Miaozhen gave you, opened the red string, and a plume of blue smoke appeared in the air, turning into a man with a fuzzy face and a dull-eyed man in mid-air, murmured and repeated:

"The blood slaughtered three thousand li, the blood slaughtered three thousand li, please the court to send troops to crusade..."

Wei Yuan's pupils shrank suddenly, staring at the remnant soul, his eyes sharp.

He was silent for a few seconds and said: "Do you have any clues."

This is not an interrogative sentence, but an affirmative sentence. It seems certain that Xu Qi'an must have discovered something.

Sure enough, the little silver gong he admired never let him down. Xu Qi'anhui reported: "The humble post preliminarily concluded that he was a northerner and was killed on the way to Beijing to report the letter."

Explained my guess in detail.

"There has been no war in Dafeng recently. Except for the north and Wei Gong, the situation in the north is probably worse than we thought. But the court did not receive the corresponding report?"

"No."

Wei Yuan shook his head, frowning slightly: "Do you suspect that Zhenbei King lied about the military situation?"

Xu Qi'an glanced at Wei Yuan, "This is not surprising. The strange thing about the humble position is that if the king of Zhenbei lied about the military situation, why did the Yamen not receive the information?"

The hidden children who beat the guards are all over Kyushu, and how can there be no news about such a major event as the blood massacre?

"At the beginning of the year, I deployed most of the myanzi to the northeast. Very few remained in the north, and the news would inevitably be blocked." Wei Yuan said helplessly.

Anzi has been transferred to the northeast? What does Wei Gong want to do, do you fight the witch gods... Xu Qi'an suddenly, no longer asks, "Then Wei Gong thinks, how to deal with this matter?"

Wei Yuan glanced at the water leak placed in the corner of the house, and said: "I'm going to the temple saint, and the body and soul will be taken away by me. You don't need to pay attention to this matter."

When Xu Qi'an nodded, he said again: "Since Li Miaozhen has come to the capital, the covenant between heaven and man will end soon, and the security in the capital will be much better.

"I don't know how many spies came in during this period. Fortunately, there are supervisors who are staring at them, and they can't overcome any storms.

"You ask Li Miaozhen to pay more attention. Don't leave the city at will, don't cause trouble, and beware of possible dangers."

"The possible danger?" Xu Qi'an asked rhetorically.

Wei Yuan glanced at the water leak again, and said very quickly: "I only tell you the dangers she may encounter: First, the danger comes from the court. Second, the danger comes from spies from other countries. The reason is that you think, I must go to the palace."

He split his hand and grabbed the sachet in Xu Qi'an's hand, hurriedly left the tea room, and walked and told the staff: "Bring the corpse and enter the palace with me."

............

The Imperial Study Room.

In addition to Emperor Yuan Jing, the first assistant Wang Zhenwen, Hubu Shangshu, and the other three-ranks, the Duke and the Lords, and Duqishi, a total of 16 people gathered.

The pale Chu Xianglong stood among the officials, bowed his head slightly, and said nothing.

He took the pills given by Sitianjian Warlock and was soon able to get out of bed and walk, but the internal injuries with broken meridians could not recover in a short time. However, as long as you don't use pneumatic martial arts, you can recover after a month.

Emperor Yuan Jing frowned and said, "Wei Yuan hasn't come yet, so don't wait!"

After that, he swept over all the gongs and said: "The King of Zhenbei asked the court for 300,000 military salaries, grain, grass, and fodder 250,000 shi. What do you mean by Aiqing?"

The Hubu Shangshu was the first to oppose it, saying: "In the 36th year of Yuanjing, Jiangzhou was flooded; Jingzhou was severely affected by drought; the state was plagued by locusts, and the court allocated food for disaster relief several times.

"There is not much left in the two big granaries in Yuzhou and Zhangzhou, so I can't make up."

Emperor Yuan Jing said in deep thought: "It is deployed from all states."

Hube Shangshu replied: "Even if there is water transportation, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to collect grain and grass from various states. When it is transported to the border of Chuzhou, I am afraid that there will be no less than half. This is not a good strategy."

While speaking, the **** stopped at the entrance of the Imperial Study Room.

Emperor Yuan Jing raised his hand, interrupted the Hubu Shangshu, and looked at the **** at the door: "What's the matter."

"Wei Gong is here." The **** said.

Emperor Yuan Jing was happy and angry, "Let him in."

The **** retired. Ten seconds later, Wei Yuan stepped into the imperial study room and stood in his place as usual without making a sound.

Emperor Yuan Jing said displeased: "This won't work, that won't work either. Will the officials only refute me?"

Yuan Xiong, the Yushi of Zuodu, moved in his heart, seized the opportunity, stepped out, and said: "The minister has a policy."

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded: "Yuan Aiqing, please say."

Yuan Xiong said: "The imperial court can temporarily add a corvee called a grain transport service. Order the people to **** the grain and grass."

Emperor Yuan Jing's eyes shimmered slightly, which is indeed a second strategy.

The so-called corvee is a labor activity carried out by the court free of charge to recruit people from all walks of life. If the people are responsible for the **** of grain and grass and the supervision of officers and soldiers, then the court only needs to bear the rations of the officers and soldiers, and the people’s rations will be settled by themselves.

In this way, not only can it be ensured that the grain and grass will not be consumed when transported to the border, but also a large amount of grain transportation costs can be saved.

"This is a good strategy!" Emperor Yuan Jing smiled.

Yuan Xiong breathed a sigh of relief. As long as His Majesty adopts his strategy, Long Xin Dayue, the sequelae of the imperial examination fraud case will be minimized.

After the palace test, once Xu Xinnian achieves good results, it is conceivable that the counterattack of Dongge University scholar Zhao Tingfang will inevitably be ushered in, and Wei Yuan's fall will be a disaster.

His position as Zuodu Yushi hasn't stabilized yet, maybe he will be pushed down and saved himself.

Wang Shoufu stepped out and said: "This plan will harm the country and the people, and Yuan Xiong should be blamed!

"Your Majesty, it's time for spring plowing. When the people are busy with farming, no additional corvee can be added. Since ancient times, people have relied on food as their heaven. Nothing can disturb the people during spring plowing.

"In addition, last year there were a series of natural disasters, and the people did not have much surplus food. This plan is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire and driving people to death."

Yuan Xiong's brows jumped, and he was about to refute, he heard Chu Xianglong sneer and said: "The king's chief loves the people like a son, and he admires him. But, are the people everywhere in Chuzhou not the people of Dafeng?

"Wang Shoufu ignored their lives and deaths."

Wang Shoufu said indifferently: "The imperial court stationed 86,000 households in the North, and each household gave six acres of land to the army, and the army land was up to 5,000 hectares. Every year..."

"There has been no war in the border for a long time. The weather in all parts of Chuzhou has been smooth over the years. Even if there is no grain collection, according to the grain reserves of Chuzhou, it can last for several months. Why suddenly there is a shortage of money and food.

"I'm afraid that those military fields have been taken over by some people."

Chuzhou is the northernmost state of Dafeng, next to the territory of the northern barbarians.

Chu Xianglong relied on the prince to support him, without fear, and snorted coldly: "Aside from being a scholar, have you ever fought a war or led a soldier? You waited to enjoy it in the capital, but didn't know how hard it was for the soldiers at the border.

"Your Majesty, this time the barbarians are coming on fiercely. As early as the end of last year, there have been several battles. The prince is brave and has won many battles. If it is because of the shortage of food and grass, the logistics can not be supplied~IndoMTL.com~The fighters are delayed. The consequences are unimaginable."

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded: "Duke Huai is brave, I know it naturally. What about the war in the north now?"

Chu Xianglong clasped his fist and said: "The prince is like a **** and is brave. After several defeats, the barbarians dare not confront our army.

"We can only rely on the cavalry to quickly and looting everywhere. Although our army has the advantage, it is exhausted. Please give out the army's salary and grass, so that the soldiers will know that the court has not forgotten their merits."

Wang Shoufu frowned.

Since the impeachment of Zhenbei King at the end of last year that he was not able to defend the city, the Tang News sent from the north indeed stated that Zhenbei King had repeatedly won the battle and that the barbarian aggression against the border had been checked.

Cao Guogong immediately said: "The king of Zhenbei has worked so hard, and I can't hold him back. Your Majesty, transporting grain and fighting is the best of both worlds. Furthermore, if the army cannot be paid, it may cause a mutiny in the army, due to small mistakes. Big.

"Even if there is something wrong, it should be calculated after the fall. Grain, grass and military pay should not be seized in this matter."

Several honourable men agreed.

On the battlefield, they are experts and have more say than civil servants.

Wang Shoufu said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this matter must be discussed in the long term."

Emperor Yuan Jing ignored him and said: "What do you think of Aiqing?"

Seeing this, the princes all let go and replied: "You should fully support Zhenbei King."

Your Majesty’s tendency is obvious, and they say it is useless.

Several cadres of the royal party quietly winked at the head of the king and asked him to say that how much his Majesty trusts in the king of Zhenbei is obvious to all in the court.

Otherwise, the national treasure sword of Zhenbei Wangzhen would not be given back then.

Emperor Yuan Jing looked at Wei Yuan: "Wei Aiqing, you are a master of military law, what do you think?"

Wang Shoufu looked at Wei Yuan immediately.

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PS: I checked the information, the update was late.