Nightwatcher

Haoqi Building.

Sitting by the desk, Jiang Lvzhong held the tea brought by the officials, took a breath of hot air, sipped it, and said with emotion:

"I remember drinking tea at Duke Wei's place last year. It was refreshing, and the fragrance lingered on my lips and teeth. It lasted for three hours."

Standing in front of the bookshelf looking for books, Wei Yuan turned his back to him and said calmly, "That's the tribute tea from the palace. It only produces three catties in three years. Your Majesty is usually not willing to drink it."

No wonder Jiang Lvzhong suddenly realized and asked curiously, "Where does such a miraculous tea come from?"

"Made in the capital."

"There is such a good tea in the capital? How come I have never heard of it."

"A woman planted it, and she is in the capital, so this tea is produced in the capital." Wei Yuan's voice was gentle and mellow.

Jiang Lvzhong nodded and didn't ask any further questions. Although the tea is good, but he is a martial artist, so he is not very keen on tea. He has a clear and definite purpose for coming to Haoqi Building this time.

"I heard Ning Yan talk about something today. There is a reason why he is like a fish in water in the Jiaofang Division and is deeply loved by the oirans." Jiang Lvzhong said.

"Beauties love poetry, especially prostitutes." Wei Yuan smiled.

"No," Jiang Lvzhong shook his head: "In addition to poetry, there are two secrets, namely "communicate in a shallow way" and "in the end, will it work?" I have studied for a long time and found nothing. Of course, it does not mean that I want to be a People like that are just curious.

"Duke Wei is erudite and talented. He knows astronomy above all and geography at bottom. Therefore, he came here to ask for advice from a lowly position. He must be well aware of Duke Wei's knowledge."

After speaking, Jiang Lvzhong saw Wei Gong turned around and stared at him quietly.

After staring at it for more than ten seconds, Wei Yuan withdrew his gaze and said casually, "Lu Zhong, you have been with me for ten years."

"yes."

"In the past ten years, you have fulfilled your duties and worked hard, and I have seen it in my eyes, and I am very pleased." Wei Yuan took out a book and said:

"Okay, I want to continue reading, so you step back."

Jiang Lvzhong left in a daze and returned to his hall.

Before his butt was hot, an official came in, bowed and said, "Jiang Jinluo, Mr. Wei has orders."

Didn't this just drive me away? Jiang Luzhong asked, "What's the matter?"

"Wei Gong said that Jiang Jinluo is dedicated and conscientious, and should continue to maintain it. In the next month, I will entrust you with the work of being on duty at night."

After a pause, the official continued: "Wei Gong also said that he hoped that Jiang Jinluo would pack up and move to the yamen. Don't go back at home for now."

"???"

Is this an order for a dedicated and conscientious subordinate? Is this human? Being on duty all night for a month, doesn't that mean that in the next month, not only will I not be able to go to the Jiaofang Secretary, but I will not even be able to touch women? !

Jiang Luzhong was dumbfounded.

Xu Qi'an waited for an hour, a whole hour.

Fortunately, I didn't drink too much water when I came here, otherwise it would be embarrassing. The sun is not strong enough, and it can't bring out my sadness at all. He waited patiently without complaining or rushing.

However, Xu Qi'an noticed that every quarter of an hour, there would be a court lady standing furtively in the courtyard and looking towards the door.

Xu Qi'an pretended not to notice.

The sun is shining and the spring breeze is warm. After spring, the back garden of Shaoyinyuan began to wake up, gradually revealing its gorgeous and charming side.

The second princess Lin'an, who also has peach blossom eyes and a charming and affectionate temperament, sat in the pavilion in a puffy manner, directing two close-fitting maids to play backgammon.

Playing a lot of chess, she began to like teaching people how to play chess.

The two court ladies have no game experience at all, but they dare not disobey the angry second princess.

"Princess, Master Xu is still waiting outside." The little palace maid came to report regularly.

Lin'an gave a reserved "hmm" and there was no follow-up.

The little maid stepped back.

After a quarter of an hour, she went over to check the situation again, and she was a little moved when she saw that Xu Qi'an was still there.

Our princess always loses her temper. Isn't this to drive a hero like Master Xu to Princess Huaiqing? The thought flashed through her. She saw Master Xu suddenly swayed, fell straight to the ground, and passed out.

"oops"

The little maid was in a hurry, and rushed over to check the situation, only to see Xu Qi'an's face turned pale, frowning in pain.

"Master Xu, Master Xu?" The little maid anxiously pushed him, looking like she was about to cry.

Xu Qi'an "youyou" woke up, he covered his chest, coughed a few times, waved his hands and said: "It's okay, I'm fine, it's just that I was injured too much during the martial arts fight. I stood for too long just now, and the injury recurred. Rest for a while and it will be fine."

The little maid felt distressed and moved, and persuaded: "Master Xu, you should go back first, the second princess is in a fit of anger and won't see you."

"Your Highness is angry?"

Xu Qi'an was taken aback, and asked: "What's wrong with Your Highness, who is not good-looking who made His Highness angry?"

The little maid was at a loss for words for a moment, thinking that the person who offended His Highness was you.

She whispered: "The guards of Shaoyin Court saw Master Xu enter the palace and went to Dexin Court."

Xu Qi'an was silent.

Seeing that he didn't explain, the little palace lady was a little disappointed, and said: "Master Xu, go back, and come back when His Highness is angry."

After finishing speaking, she left Xu Qi'an and entered the yard.

Walking all the way to the gazebo in the inner courtyard, he said in a hurried tone: "Your Highness, Master Xu fainted just now."

Lin'an suddenly raised his head, a surprised and nervous expression flashed across his face, then suppressed it, and said lightly: "Coma?"

"Master Xu said that he stood for too long, and the injury he suffered from yesterday's fighting has recurred." The little maid lowered her head and said.

"I didn't tell him to wait until he couldn't play chess, you two idiots."

Lin'an scolded irritably, then turned to the little maid and said, "If you haven't left, please invite him in."

Xu Qi'an was taken to the side hall, took a sip of hot tea, and waited for a long time before he saw the man dressed in red come in, with a round face, beautiful features, a cold face, and those charming eyes forced to pretend to be indifferent.

"Didn't I say that I don't see any visitors? Why did you let him in?"

Lin'an reprimanded Wuyin three hundred taels, and then his eyes fell on Xu Qi'an. After sizing it up, he seemed relieved, and ordered:

"Master Xu contributes to the imperial court, and I won't hurt you in vain. Hong'er, move the things in."

The big court lady who was slapped by Xu Qi'an withdrew, and soon she came in with the servants from the garden, holding some elixirs and nourishing medicinal materials.

"These medicinal materials and elixir were brought by the palace from the imperial pharmacy, Master Xu should take them away." Lin'an said reservedly.

"It was His Highness who begged for a long time, and His Majesty reluctantly gave up." Hong'er added.

"I want you to talk too much!" Zhuan Zhuan Liu brows upside down, took a deep breath: "Hong'er, see off the guests."

Xu Qi'an did not leave.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and Xu Baiyou said cheekily, "I have studied backgammon for a long time, and I have come up with a set of secrets to kill invincible players all over the world. Do you dare to fight, Your Highness?"

Mounting and mounting really won the set, nodding to challenge.

So she asked the servant girl to bring the chessboard and chess pieces, and she and Xu Qi'an fought in the living room for 300 rounds, Xu Qi'an lost three times and had no choice but to admit defeat.

"Your Highness is indeed extremely intelligent, and I admire my humble position." Xu Qi'an took advantage of the opportunity to flatter him.

Zhan Zhan raised his chin slightly, gave a very reserved "Yeah", suddenly remembered that this is an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf, and hummed again:

"The chess game is over, I won't leave Mr. Xu here."

"Don't worry, I thought of a new way to play. If Your Highness is interested, I can teach His Highness." Xu Qi'an's routine is that the old sow wears a bra.

The quiet Shaoyin Garden suddenly became bustling, Xiang Xiang directed the guards in the garden to cut wood, and Xu Qi'an chopped the wood into sections.

"You get the dye and you get the carving knife"

After directing the guards, she began to direct the maid again, with a smile on her eyes and brows, full of energy.

The two court ladies took the order to leave, and exchanged ideas as they walked:

"Not long ago, His Highness threw the glass in anger, and his eyes were red with anger. You said that Mr. Xu is really capable, and he didn't even say anything good, but His Highness actually forgave him."

"Your Highness just lost his temper, and he didn't really hate Master Xu. Let me tell you, His Highness will be really sad if he leaves."

"Ahem!"

The man's deep cough came from behind, the two court ladies were startled, they jumped like frightened deer, looked back, it turned out to be Xu Qi'an.

"Master Xu is too much, he scared the slaves." Hong'er complained.

Xu Qi'an casually flirted with the two handsome maids, and then cut to the point:

"I want to ask you one thing. Those pills are priceless. When did His Highness prepare them?"

"Those elixirs were taken by His Majesty himself, to invigorate qi and nourish essence. It is said that there are only twenty-four elixir in a furnace, and only 24 furnaces are successful in one furnace. Yesterday, His Highness had a long fight with His Majesty, and His Majesty couldn't bear it." , I was rewarded with one grain." He'er said.

"Then I immediately sent someone to invite Master Xu this morning, who would have thought that," another court lady added.

"Go!"

Xu Qi'an slapped them on the buttocks and drove the two maids away.

He returned as if nothing had happened, doing the work at hand, carving the joints of wood into a flat original shape, and then engraved on it.

During the process, Lin'an was also helping to sculpt. She had read books and practiced martial arts. Although she was not proficient in literature and martial arts, she still had a solid foundation.

Carving wood into a flat shape is no problem.

Unknowingly, the sun moved westward, and Xu Qi'an's new chess game was ready—chess!

Looking at the two sets of chess made by myself and the dog servant, Xiang Xiang showed a sincere smile, all the flowers paled in an instant, and only the charming smile of the beauty was in his eyes.

"It's getting late, I'll tell His Highness the rules, and it's almost time to leave the palace." After Xu Qi'an finished speaking, he waved the maid back.

Zhuangxiang glanced at the sun, her smile gradually faded, and she hummed.

Xu Qi'an explained the chess rules seriously, but she listened absent-mindedly. She was very angry today, so she had to admit that the reason to win over Xu Qi'an was purely to snatch Huaiqing's things.

But slowly, she fell in love with this dog slave more and more. She gave him money in different ways, treated him wholeheartedly, and never asked him to do anything for her. happy.

But she has always had a thorn in her heart, that is, Xu Qi'an and Huai Qing have always maintained an "improper" relationship.

Obviously agreeing to work for her, getting rid of Huaiqing, but still dealing with Huaiqing in private, isn't it an improper relationship.

She pretended not to see, once, twice and thrice until today she finally broke out. In order to ask for the elixir, she was scolded and scolded by her father, so she bravely resisted. The next day, he sent someone to invite Xu Qi'an, and waited happily.

What waited was a word from the guard: He went to Dexin Garden.

For a moment, Zan Zang felt that his dignity was lost, and he felt that he was sloppy, but Xu Qi'an didn't take her seriously at all, no, he treated her like a fool.

I want to cry when I am sad.

"well!"

Suddenly, Xu Qi'an let out a long sigh, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I went to Dexin Garden first."

Xiang Zhan's complexion instantly sank, and he turned his face away: "I don't know what Dexin Garden is, you came here after you entered the palace."

"No, I just went to see Princess Huaiqing first."

"Xu Qi'an!"

Mounted shouted, turned around, his eyes were reddish, is he going to expose my self-deception, can't he consider my feelings?

Xu Qi'an sighed again, looking at the sun hanging in the west, his eyes became deep and meaningful, as if hiding countless stories and life experiences.

Word by word, slowly said: "Your Highness, I wonder if you have heard a sentence?"

Framed silently.

"Life will encounter many scenery and many people, but the choice you make in the end is what you want most in your heart."

Zhan Zhan was taken aback for a moment, then stared at him blankly.

"Today, His Highness and Princess Huaiqing invited me at the same time. I went to see Princess Huaiqing without any hesitation. Why? It's not that she is far superior to His Highness in my heart."

Xu Qi'an stood up with an excited expression: "If I came to Shaoyin Garden first, I would definitely not be able to stay long, and I would leave after a few words and go to Dexin Garden to meet her. Heh, can I turn a blind eye to Princess Huaiqing's invitation?

"But if I go to Dexin Garden first, I can stay here with His Highness until the palace gate closes. Isn't it obvious that His Highness and Huaiqing are more important to me?"

Mounted's eyes gradually softened, and his expression changed from cold to gentle.

Xu Qi'an sat down again, stared deeply at Lin'an with the meaningful gaze that he had just watched the sunset, and said softly: "Because I know that what Your Highness needs is company."

This sentence hits the softest part of Xiangxiang's heart, yes, she is lonely, lonely.

After the prince's elder brother was confined, the mother and concubine cried to her all day long, instilling in her the queen's ulterior motives. The attitude of the brothers and sisters has also become increasingly indifferent.

The father is still the father, but Lin'an is no longer the former Lin'an. At least she realized that the reason why the father dotes on her is because she is harmless to humans and animals.

A charming and proud princess on the outside, but a lonely girl lives in her heart.

Xu Qi'an glanced around and confirmed that the retreating maid was not nearby, then boldly held Lin'an's soft little hand, and said sincerely:

"Your Highness, I will always be with you."

The temperature from the back of his hand was a little hot, Lin An's cheeks were blushing, and a warm current seemed to melt in his heart.

Time slipped away quietly, Xu Qi'an held her hand and did not let go, an ambiguous atmosphere fermented and brewed between the two of them.

"Your Highness, it's getting late, I should go back first. If you want to see me every day, you can move to Lin'an Mansion instead of living in the palace." Xu Qi'an whispered.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Xu Qi'an led the little mare and walked rattlingly in the imperial city.

"Little mare, according to my many years of experience in picking up girls, if you can hold Lin'an's hand this time, you will be able to hold her girl next time. You just want to chase her. If you don't chase her, it's not yours.

"I heard a joke before, a certain scumbag said to his girlfriend: Your parents treat you well because you are their daughter. Only when I treat you well can I really love you and love you.

"Although it's a fallacy, I think it's also a fallacy. Lin'an treats me well, if it's true, it's good to me, without too much use and benefit. Of course, the latter may be the world of adults.

"Although she is a bit stupid, she is a beautiful vase, but this vase has emptied itself to do you a favor.

"If you want to say who is the most suitable daughter-in-law, it's Chu Caiwei. Her soft rice tastes the most delicious and has no after-effects. Lin'an and Huaiqing are too dangerous.

"Actually, in my current position, I have no requirements for women. I only hope that they will be strict with themselves."

At this point, the filly gave him a headbutt and snorted twice.

"You want me to make a request for you?"

Xu Qi'an thought for a while, and said: "What you say, um, don't take it for granted!"

In the palace, Wang Zhenwen, who was back home from work, had dinner and went to the study to read the booklets as usual. At his age, women are no longer necessary.

Perhaps it was stimulated by Emperor Yuan Jing's turning from white hair to black hair, the princes in the court were not very close to women, and they paid great attention to health preservation.

However, Emperor Yuan Jing had someone to guide his practice, and someone to make alchemy for him. This is the treatment that the princes of the court cannot enjoy.

Wang Simu came in with nourishing and beautifying soup, and then used the excuse of tidying up the desk to peek at his father's notebooks and annotations. Sometimes he asks questions outrageously.

"I heard from people in the house that today's Wenhui, the Huiyuan from Yunlu Academy is here?" Wang Zhenwen asked.

"Well, there was also a conflict with Sun Shangshu's niece."

Wang Simu relayed the whole story to his father, and snorted:

"Father, I saw that Xu Huiyuan was a talent, so I invited him. Who wants to be an emotional guy, who doesn't know how to endure, and is a mediocre person. Father, you have to teach him a good lesson and vent your anger for Sister Yan'er."

Wang Shoufu didn't see things so superficially, and pondered: "Students from Yunlu Academy have left the Confucian practice system, and their temperament is not much worse.

"As a student of Yunlu Academy, it is indeed a rare talent to win the prize. As for the conflict between you juniors, it is out of the question."

The corner of Ms. Wang's mouth twitched, and she immediately said: "It seems that my daughter's thoughts coincide with father's. Does father think it is possible to win him over?"

"Win him? Why do you want to win him over? Even if he is talented, there is no need for him. It is unwise to offend the civil servants who came from the Imperial Academy. Besides, your father and I are the chief assistant of the dynasty, and the civil servants set an example." Wang Shoufu shook his head. .

"Because Dad is an example of a civil servant, so you come forward to win him over, and the resistance is the least. My daughter thinks that if you can recruit him, you can not only blow the arrogance of Yunlu Academy, but also get a good general. The best of both worlds."

Ms. Wang looked like "I'm analyzing the situation for my father's sake".

"There is no special reason, so recruiting this person does more harm than good." Wang Zhenwen shook his head.

Miss Wang wanted to say a few more words, but her father glanced at her and immediately dismissed her thoughts.

Click to finish.

There is no special reason, Wang Simu thought happily, I also want to observe him for a while.

Nancheng, Yangshengtang.

In the firewood room, the golden light slowly extinguished, and the monk Jingchen comforted the "black dog" and let him fall into a sweet dream.

"Amitabha!"

The middle-aged monk with thick earlobes showed compassion on his face, and said in a deep voice, "It's a miracle that this child has survived to this day."

"The sorcerer of the Sitianjian cured his illness, yes, it's because of Mr. Xu's relationship." Heng Yuan said beside him.

"These years of traveling in the world of mortals, I have seen countless sorrows and joys, and all living beings are suffering. The poor monk often wonders why there are thousands of Buddha lamps, but they still can't see through the darkness of the world.

"Until I realized the Mahayana Dharma yesterday, I realized that the pursuit of grades, the pursuit of arhats and bodhisattva fruits is to save oneself and the Hinayana. To save the common people is the Mahayana Dharma. If everyone has compassion, does the world still need Buddha lamps? No more. "

Monk Jingchen sighed.

Heng Yuan nodded, clasped his hands together: "Master Xu is really a god-man."

Monk Jingchen clasped his hands together: "He is an innate Buddhist son, a gift bestowed by God to Buddhism. The poor monk believes that one day, he will be enlightened and escape into Buddhism."

"The poor monk is looking forward to that day." Heng Yuan's heart was burning.

Monk Jingchen nodded, and continued: "This child is physically weak and mentally impaired, and he will not be able to return to normal in a short period of time. He can't stand the fatigue of traveling, so the poor monk's suggestion is to send him to Qinglong Temple. As for you, Time to go west.

"You also know that after the eighth rank is the third rank, and the third rank is called the Vajra. If you don't practice the Vajra Divine Art, you will never be able to become a Vajra."

Hengyuan hesitated for a long time, then slowly shook his head: "Uncle Shi, you said just now that saving oneself is the Hinayana, and saving all sentient beings is the Mahayana."

Jing Chen was stunned, bowed his head and folded his hands together in shame: "Master Uncle is right, you really have more roots of wisdom. No matter, no matter."

Although I have realized Mahayana Buddhism, saving myself has been a habit of thinking for decades, and it is not so easy to change.

This is the difference between epiphany and no epiphany. Duer Luohan has epiphany, and he will no longer have similar mental inertia.

"Tomorrow Master Uncle will take us back to the Western Regions," Monk Jingchen said.

"So fast? Don't pursue the matter of the evil thing?"

"The evil has been out of trouble for several months, and there is no rush. Master and uncle want to go back to the Western Regions first to promote Mahayana Buddhism." Monk Jingchen explained.

After seeing off Monk Jingchen, Heng Yuan was about to turn around when he suddenly saw an old Taoist standing in the darkness of the yard, looking at him with a smile.

"Daoist Jinlian?"

Xu Mansion.

There is only one corner of the setting sun in the west, and the red Wanxia is magnificent and colorful.

Xu Qi'an rode the filly back to the mansion, threw the reins to the servants at the gate, stepped into the mansion, the timing was very accurate, it was time for dinner.

At the dinner table, Xu Nian talked about his participation in the literary conference today, and briefly mentioned that no one pushed Lingyue into the sink.

"What? Lingyue fell into the water?"

Xu Qi'an looked at the girl carefully, and asked warmly: "How is your body? Do you have a headache and brain fever, and will you catch a cold?"

Xu Lingyue said softly, "No, brother, don't worry. I've taken medicine after returning home, so I won't catch the cold."

"What's going on?" Xu Qi'an waited for Xu Erlang: "How do you take care of my sister? You can fall into the water even if you participate in an essay meeting, what use are you for."

Xu Erlang glanced at Xu Lingyue, who hurriedly said, "I don't blame the second brother, the second brother can't keep an eye on me all the time, and after falling into the water, the second brother rescued me as soon as possible.

"The person who pushed me into the water is the niece of Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and she has already apologized and compensated."

Xu Qi'an, the niece of the Minister of Criminal Justice, raised her eyebrows and said with a sneer, "Okay, I'll send someone to stay in Sun's mansion later, and when her niece comes out, I'll drive a car into her and kill her."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Lingyue with guilt on her face: "Sister, it's elder brother who got you down."

Xu Lingyue bulged her cheeks, and said displeasedly: "What are you talking about, the whole family is still so far away."

This girl is so nice!

After dinner, Xu Qi'an started a long journey of practice, breathing out, contemplating, comprehending the sword of the heart, comprehending the mind, and comprehending the invincible magic of the Vajra.

This made him feel like he was back in the era of studying, and the schoolwork was heavy.

Suddenly, clouds and mist filled his eyes, and he saw layers of mist, and came to the world of monk Shenshu.

Through the mist, I came to a dilapidated temple, and saw a handsome monk sitting cross-legged.

Monk Shenshu looked at him gently, and said, "I'm about to fall into a deep sleep, and I won't be able to wake up in a short time, so I won't care about your life and death. I will give you another drop of blood essence to practice Vajra Invincibility."

Can his blood practice Vajra Invincible? Xu Qi'an was taken aback.

Monk Shenshu smiled and said: "You should understand what is the foundation of my immortal body. For others, this skill is difficult to practice and the progress is slow, but for you, you can reach a high level in a short period of time. In this way, you have enough self-protection ability."

After finishing speaking, he ejected a drop of blood, which hit Xu Qi'an's eyebrows.

Immediately afterwards, he was ejected from the foggy world and opened his eyes in the room.

"Ka Ka Ka"

Amidst the loud noise of his body exploding, muscles and veins protruded from the surface of his skin, and then, they were all stained with a layer of golden paint, which was scorching and eye-catching under the candlelight.

A big "Fuck!" flashed through Xu Qi'an's mind

Vajra magic has already entered the room, now, let him fight with Monk Jing Si, who will win is not sure.

Of course, this matter cannot be exposed in the eyes of Buddhism.

Xu Qi'an left Vajra Bubai, sitting at the table, holding a teacup, lost in thought.

Monk Shenshu is a Buddhist, an immortal existence, so he must have also practiced Vajra Invincible, and Jianzheng agreed with Buddhism, and asked me to participate on behalf of Sitianjian

Why did the supervisor pave the way for me? Still doing it so obviously? No, why do I feel like he is raising leeks?

At this time, the door was knocked lightly.

"who?"

Xu Qi'an got up and opened the door. In the night, there was an old gray-haired Taoist priest with a whisk in his hand and a smile on his face.

Behind him is Chu Yuanzhen, a blue-clothed swordsman, and Lu Zhishen, a tall and tall man.

"you"

Xu Qi'an was stunned, why did they suddenly come to my house.

"One of my little friends has an accident, and I want to ask Mr. Xu for help." Daoist Jin Lian said.

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290,000 words were updated last month, on average, 9,400 words a day. not bad. At the same time, the quality has stabilized, not only did not collapse, but also increased a lot. Overall quite satisfied.