Nightwatcher

Haoqi Building.

Nangong Qianrou, who returned to the yamen, opened Kaitai and immediately entered the Haoqi Building. With the guidance of Nangong Qianrou, the adoptive son, there was no need for a pass, and she could go straight to the building to see Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan stood in front of a horizontally hung map, with his hands behind his back, squinting his eyes, and said nothing. He has maintained this posture for half an hour.

This is a bird's-eye view of the entire Northeast, which marks the headquarters of the Witch God Cult and the locations of the countries in the Northeast. This kind of map lacks precision and can only be seen from a macro perspective, so it is not precious.

A more accurate map is a confidential object that countries will snatch and protect even if they break the dog's brain.

Footsteps came from behind, followed by Nangong Qian's soft and open voice:

"Father."

"Duke Wei."

Wei Yuan didn't turn his head, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Qi'an's bones have been floating in the canal for more than a decade, so it shouldn't be left for a long time so that his relatives can be buried as soon as possible."

If you listen carefully, there is a hint of pain in the deep voice.

Nangong Qianrou knew very well why the adoptive father didn't take a look at Xu Qi'an's body. The adoptive father was a ruler and a strategist. His heart should be hard and ruthless. Only a ruthless person can be invincible.

Wei Yuan should be an invincible person who will not be swayed by emotion.

The watchmen in the yamen, and even the outside world, all hope that Wei Yuan is such a person.

"Father" Nangong Qianrou cleared her throat, and said, "Xu Qi'an, he's not dead yet."

Wei Yuan suddenly turned around, the movement was so large that the green robe swayed accordingly.

At this moment, the eunuch's expression was complicated, and his eyes were also complicated, astonished, puzzled, delighted, hoped that Nangong Qianrou had never seen such complicated emotions on the face of his adoptive father.

But only in an instant, the eunuch regained his composure, walked slowly to the desk and sat down, and asked in a somewhat stern tone:

"what happened?"

Nangong Qianrou then recounted what Xu Qi'an had said.

After Wei Yuan listened quietly, he immediately said, "Let him come to see me quickly."

Nangong Qianrou nodded, looked at the huge bird's-eye view of the northeast, "The thing about the spy"

Xu Qi'an came back from the dead, do you still want to fight the Witch God Cult?

"After the autumn harvest, we will fight the Witch God Cult. The plan remains unchanged." Wei Yuan's expression was cold, and his tone was full of strong confidence.

Nangong Qianruan and Zhang Kaitai resigned. The former planned to go to Xu's mansion again, but as soon as he left the Yamen, he ran into Xu Qi'an who was riding a horse.

"You're quite witty," Nangong Qianrou said, "Those who don't know think that foster father has taken in another moth."

Xu Qi'an sneered back and said, "You're an old hermaphrodite."

Nangong Qianrou was furious, mistakenly thinking that Xu Qi'an was mocking his male and female appearance, her brows were raised upside down: "Why didn't you die in Yunzhou?"

As soon as the voice fell, Xu Qi'an immediately captured a picture in his mind: Nangong Qianrou raised her right hand, swung her arm and slapped her hand

Xu Qi'an felt so blessed, his waist sank, his head lowered, he avoided Nangong Qianrou's slap by a hair, and fled into the yamen in a flash.

"I'm too lazy to share knowledge with you, I'm going to see Duke Wei."

In front of the fourth-grade golden gong, Xiu Yibo's operations were already at his limit, if he didn't slip away, he would be pushed to the ground and beaten.

Nangong Qianrou stared blankly at his back, then lowered her head, and looked at her hand to avoid it?

The God Refining Realm is extremely sensitive to danger, and can easily detect hostility and ambushes around them. Even if they are blindfolded, they can still fight in the chaos. When a warrior reaches the state of refining gods, his personal combat power will reach a small peak.

However, with Nangong Qianrou's fourth-rank cultivation base, even though she had some reservations about her shots, it should have been a breeze to hit the target with a slap before a god-level warrior sensed the danger and avoided it.

"How is it possible?" Nangong Qianrou frowned slightly.

Xu Qi'an received countless surprised looks along the way, whether it was a watchman or an official, they all looked at him dumbfounded.

The news of Tonggong Xu Qi'an's death in the line of duty had already spread throughout the Yamen. In the past few days, everyone's conversations after dinner, if you use the title of the previous life:

#Shock! Tong Gong Xu Qi'an returned, Wei Gong was stunned#

#前远无数的铜钢What did he do in Yunzhou, it ruined his life#

But now, seeing Xu Qi'an, who had been dead for half a month, appear in the yamen alive and well, and even waved his hands enthusiastically to greet everyone, asking questions that filled people's minds.

"In broad daylight, ghosts can also enter our yamen? How can a person become so handsome after death?"

"What should we do, this is Xu Ningyan's ghost, we can't make a move, right? It's not good if the soul is gone."

"Are you blind? Ghosts have shadows? That might be Xu Ningyan's younger brother. How can Xu Ningyan have such a good-looking talent?"

Xu Qi'an came to the Haoqi Building amidst the discussions, and the guards looked at him dumbfounded.

"I want to see Duke Wei, go and report."

The guard entered the building stepping back and forth, and came down after a while, "Wei Gongyou, Mr. Xu, you are not, are you not?"

Xu Qi'an touched his face, and replied with a mellow voice: "I am Xu Qi'an's younger brother, and I am ordered by Duke Wei to take over my elder brother's position."

"So that's the case, Mr. Xu's name is Gao?"

"Xu Qian."

The guard thought, why does it sound like a girl's name.

On the surface, he said respectfully, "Please come in."

After entering Haoqi Building and climbing to the tea room on the seventh floor, Xu Qi'an saw Wei Yuan, whom he hadn't seen for more than a month. He was still wearing a gorgeous green robe, with gray temples, and light crow's feet around his eyes. Good old handsome guy.

With my current appearance, when I grow old in the future, I will definitely be no worse than Wei Yuan. Xu Qi'an clasped his fists and said loudly: "See Duke Wei for a humble job."

Wei Yuan was in a daze, and said gently, "Sit down."

For the first time, Wei Yuan personally poured him a cup of hot tea, and said leisurely, "Talk about Yunzhou."

This matter is a long story, Xu Qi'an told Wei Yuan the history of Yunzhou in detail, including the identity of Li Miaozhen No. 2 and the identity of Tianzong Saintess.

Except for the important relationship between the monk Shenshu, he has no reservations about the rest.

The main reason is that Wei Yuan is too smart, and if he conceals too much, he will be noticed. Furthermore, the eunuch really valued him and cultivated him. Xu Qi'an reciprocated and trusted Wei Yuan.

Sure enough, Wei Yuan took a sip of tea and said, "Yang Qianhuan has been following you."

Xu Qi'an was stunned for a moment, a little stunned, he was not stupid, he immediately realized something, and asked: "Why did Senior Brother Yang follow me?"

"Of course he won't follow you for no reason. According to my understanding of this person, he doesn't care about other things except that he likes to do weird things." Wei Yuan smiled unpredictablely, "But if it's the supervisor What do you mean?"

If the supervisor knows my secret, it is reasonable if he instigated it.

Xu Qi'an looked at Wei Yuan calmly. Could Wei Yuan, who is as wise as a monster, have noticed some clues?

Wei Yuan was not obsessed with this topic, and continued: "As for the third-rank warlock, let's treat him as a third-rank warlock for now, I don't think he is Sun Xuanji of Si Tianjian.

"However, this incident reminded me of something else."

Xu Qi'an lifted his spirits: "Please ask Mr. Wei to clarify."

It's still Wei Gong who is reliable, the old silver coin of Daoist Jinlian, who speaks and hides it. And Wei Yuan has almost no reservations about me.

"You are familiar with Chu Caiwei of Si Tianjian, and Song Qing, do you know their respective identities?"

"Jianzheng's direct disciple?" Xu Qi'an asked back with uncertainty.

Not all the white-clothed Sitianjian are disciples of the supervisor, just like the great Confucianists in Yunlu Academy who often give lectures, but there are very few real direct disciples.

Song Qing, Chu Caiwei, and Yang Qianhuan are the direct disciples of Jian Zheng.

"Yang Qianhuan is the third disciple of Jianzheng, Song Qing is the fourth disciple, and Chu Caiwei is the sixth disciple. The white-clothed warlocks call her Junior Sister." Wei Yuan said.

What's wrong with this? Xu Qi'an didn't understand.

"However, there are only five direct disciples in Jianzheng." Wei Yuan said quietly.

Xu Qi'an's pupils shrank slightly, and he finally understood what Wei Yuan meant. There were only five disciples in the prison, but Chu Caiwei had six disciples, so how about one of them?

Where did that one go?

Yang Qianhuan is the third disciple, Song Qing is the fourth disciple, and Chu Caiwei is the sixth disciple. I don't know which number Sun Xuanji is.

"Sun Xuanji is the second disciple." Wei Yuan said.

"Then, the first disciple and the fifth disciple are not known yet." Xu Qi'an said.

For a while, the two did not continue their conversation, and the tea room fell into a brief silence.

After a cup of tea had bottomed out, Wei Yuan continued, "You woke up at the wrong time."

"Why did Duke Wei say that?" Xu Qi'an didn't understand.

"Zhang Xingying wrote a letter, please play. I hope that the imperial court will grant you the title. After discussing with the princes, His Majesty will seal you as the son of Changle County. In a few days, the imperial decree will come down."

Wei Yuan said helplessly: "Since you are alive, the cabinet will most likely reject the imperial decree, and His Majesty will most likely accept it with pleasure."

"What's the matter, as long as there is a lot of money to be rewarded, I will do it." Xu Qi'an shrugged indifferently.

The son of Changle County should be a viscount. It sounds like a younger brother title... no, a son title.

Later, when I met an official of household registration in Changle County, everyone introduced each other, and the other party said: Ning Hao, I am xxx from Changle County

Xu Qi'an said: I'm from Changle County.

Those who don't know how to do it think I am someone else's son.

Wei Yuan glanced at him: "Silver is just something outside of the body, how can it be compared to silver as a symbol of title? Even if you become a silver gong and have power in your hands, your status is still not on the table.

"Only the title of title is the proof that you have completely broken away from your citizenship and become a dignitary of the dynasty. If you are knighted, the Xu family is not an ordinary family, but a dignitary.

"When you get a wife in the future, commoner girls are not qualified to marry you. You must be a wealthy daughter to be a good match for you."

"Can you marry the princess?" Xu Qi'an asked in a low voice.

Wei Yuan nodded: "Theoretically yes."

It is impossible for a princess to marry a commoner. The future husband must be a powerful man. Although the viscount is not high, it is still a title.

"I don't know why, His Majesty doesn't like you. If he doesn't want to, no one can do anything." After Wei Yuan finished speaking, he laughed:

"Fortunately, you are not a worthless person, and you still have room for maneuver."

"Duke Wei taught me."

"A few days ago, a major incident happened in the palace. Concubine Fu died unexpectedly and fell from the attic with disheveled clothes. At that time, there was only the prince in the house, and he was drunk. This case is very difficult. It concerns the face of the royal family and involves The three courts are unwilling to get involved in the abolition of the crown prince, so they must handle the case passively."

My mother, the prince insulted the emperor's concubine?

Xu Qi'an quickly shook his head: "Wei Gong, aren't you hurting me? I can intervene in royal scandals."

"It doesn't matter." Wei Yuan waved his hand: "All the civil and military officials know about this matter, and there is no more than you. It's best if you can find out, if you can't find out, just push it away.

"If you are not capable enough, you will be punished at most. Even if His Majesty doesn't like you, and if you haven't made any serious mistakes, the Viscount will not be killed at will. The honorable group will not agree."

I understand, what Duke Wei means is that if the emperor revokes the imperial decree of ennobling me and asks me to do business in the future, I will pretend to be dead and refuse to accept it. First coax Emperor Yuan Jing to give me the title.

Then, if he retreated with the excuse of lack of ability, he would at most be punished and earn a title for nothing.

Wei Gong is really resourceful (old silver coin).

"The prince is Lin'an's elder brother." Xu Qi'an suddenly remembered the charming and affectionate little fish he raised.

The little queen of the nightclub must be sad and helpless right now.

"You have nothing to do with Princess Lin'an, right?" Wei Yuan narrowed his eyes and examined him.

"No." Xu Qi'an shook his head hastily.

Wei Yuan nodded reassuringly.

The next day, the Royal Study Room.

"The three-day period has passed, and the answer you gave me is "the case is complicated and has many doubts, please allow a few more days"?"

Emperor Yuan Jing slammed several copies on the three ministers.

The notes submitted by Dali Siqing, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Wei Yuan are surprisingly consistent, as if copying each other's homework, and they still copied wrong answers.

Emperor Yuan Jing patted the table angrily.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishments said shamelessly: "Your Majesty, there are many doubts and fog in this case. I have tried my best. Please allow me a few more days."

The Minister of Dali Temple said: "The humble minister is not capable enough, so I request to return to my hometown."

"You..." Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand, and swept all the notebooks, pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table to the ground, trembling with anger:

"I'm going to kill you."

The three ministers immediately fell to their knees and shouted: "It is not a pity for me to die, Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body."

Is this the right line?

Emperor Yuan Jing was furious.

The ministers on both sides watched their noses and noses, and those who always liked to argue with Wei Yuan stopped talking.

Of course, this case still needs to be dealt with, but the opinions of all parties have not yet been unified, and the prince's faction is thinking about how to exonerate the crown prince.

The rest of the factions are thinking about which of the princes will be the future prince if the prince is abolished.

Ideas are different, but there is one thing that everyone agrees to, which is to delay things first. Concubine Fu's death is not important, what is important is the national dispute involved in this case.

That would be a bloodbath no less than Jingcha.

All parties need to take time to consider, stand in line, and make arrangements.

In such a situation where the purpose of the court is the same, even Emperor Yuan Jing can only be incompetent and furious, unless he does not want the truth, and the prince is abolished on the spot, but most of them will be rejected by the cabinet.

"Your Majesty, please be safe and don't be impatient. I have something to report." Wang Shoufu came out and dismissed the case of Concubine Fu lightly, saying:

"As far as I know, Xu Qi'an, the gong who beat the watchman's yamen, did not die in the line of duty. He was revived yesterday strangely. Your Majesty, please withdraw the matter of being knighted."

In the imperial study room, the whispers of the ministers sounded.

That Tonggong surnamed Xu is still alive? The Minister of Dali Temple and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice have mixed feelings.

Emperor Yuan Jing froze for a moment, restrained his anger, looked at Wei Yuan, and said in a deep voice, "Wei Qing, is the statement of the chief assistant true?"

"It's true." Wei Yuan bowed.

Immediately, one of them stepped forward and said loudly: "Zhang Xingying lied about the case and deceived His Majesty, please punish him."

Emperor Yuan Jing ignored him, looked at Wei Yuan, and continued to ask, "Why?"

"Xu Qi'an didn't die. Before the battle with the rebels, he took Si Tianjian's bodiless pills. After being exhausted, he entered a state of suspended animation and didn't wake up until yesterday. Zhang Xingying mistakenly thought that Xu Qi'an died in the line of duty. It's not his fault," Wei Yuan explained. .

When Emperor Tuotai Wan Yuan Jing heard it, he was ashamed as if he had eaten a fly.

At the beginning, he asked the supervisor for this medicine, but the supervisor refused to give it, reasoning that it was gone.

But now, a mere Tonggong actually got the panacea he couldn't ask for.

"How did he get this medicine?" Emperor Yuan Jing's mouth twitched.

"Gift from Chu Caiwei of Si Tianjian." Wei Yuan replied.

Emperor Yuan Jing pondered for a few seconds, then nodded slowly: "The matter of conferring titles has been withdrawn. Also, Xu Qi'an with the gong, come and see me quickly."

Wei Yuan nodded calmly, bowed and said, "Yes."

Xu Qi'an received the summons and rushed to the palace before noon. The guards of the Yubayashi checked that he was behind him and let him enter the palace.

Inside the city gate, Da Qingyi stood with his hands behind his back, waiting for a long time, and Nangong Qianrou stood beside him.

Xu Qi'an hurried forward to meet him, and shouted: "Duke Wei."

Wei Yuan nodded: "Your Majesty summoned you for the case of Concubine Fu." After a pause, he said meaningfully: "The matter of the title has been withdrawn."

It's really withdrawn, this news has been sent out for three days, it can also be withdrawn, Xu Qi'an complained in his heart if he didn't follow the rules, saying:

"I see."

As Wei Yuan came to the imperial study room, Emperor Yuan Jing was not there. The old eunuch in a python robe said, "Your Majesty is in Lingbao Temple, meditating with the national teacher, and will come back in the afternoon, just wait."

This wait is an hour.

After finishing meditation in Lingbao Temple, the energetic Emperor Yuan Jing opened his eyes and sighed, "National teacher, when will I be able to form a golden elixir?"

Under the Taoist robe, Luo Yuheng, whose plump figure could not be concealed, had an overpowering appearance, closed his eyes, and said in a melodious voice, "When will His Majesty put down government affairs and devote himself to cultivating Taoism, the golden core is just around the corner."

Emperor Yuan Jing stared at the beautiful Taoist nun in front of him. She had gorgeous features and a charming charm, and the little cinnabar between her brows made her look like a fairy.

A fairy who can be profane.

Emperor Yuan Jing sighed again, in fact, he only needed to practice double cultivation, and he could go one step further. It's just that even if he is the king of a country, he can't force the head of Renzong.

Not to mention that the other party is a second-rank master, even if force can be suppressed, the matter of dual cultivation requires the cooperation of the two minds, and cannot be forced.

"When will the national teacher be able to enter the first rank?" Emperor Yuan Jing asked.

Luo Yuheng shook his head slightly.

"Sigh, I am becoming more and more unable to see through Jian Zheng's thoughts. Back then I asked him for a bodiless pill, but he refused to give it. Who would have thought that I would find out today that even a small gong can enjoy this panacea."

Luo Yuheng opened his eyes and asked curiously, "Tonggong?"

Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand: "This person is not worth mentioning. I will go back to the palace first, and I will come to meditate with the national teacher tomorrow to enlighten the Tao."

He drove back to the palace and received the news that Xu Qi'an was waiting in the imperial study, but he still didn't go there immediately. After a delicate bath, he finally came late.

In the royal study.

Xu Qi'an said loudly: "I pay homage to Your Majesty."

Emperor Yuan Jing stared at him sharply, did not mention the Tuotai pill, did not praise the contribution of the gong in Yunzhou, and said straightforwardly:

"A few days ago, Concubine Fu fell into the pavilion and died. There is another hidden story behind this case. I will give you three days to investigate this case. Otherwise, you will be punished severely."

Xu Qi'an bowed immediately, bowed at 90 degrees, and shouted: "Your Majesty, please grant me death."

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