Nightwatcher

Wei Yuan went out and bowed, and said loudly: "When there is no war, the military households can be self-sufficient in farming military fields. Once the war starts, the imperial court needs to allocate food, grass, and military supplies. This makes sense."

Wang Shoufu squinted his eyes and looked at Wei Yuan deeply.

Chu Xianglong smiled when he heard this. In terms of war, this group of scholars who can only talk about it is not as good as Wei Yuan's one sentence if they say a hundred sentences.

To ask for food and military pay, half of his mission to return to Beijing was completed.

Zuodu Censor Yuan Xiong breathed a sigh of relief, he was a little surprised that Wei Yuan would support his plan, knowing that in this way, he would be able to avoid the turmoil of the imperial examination fraud case and stay out of it.

After thinking about it, this matter is in line with His Majesty's wishes. There are honorable nobles inside to help out, and the barbarian army "puts pressure" on the outside.

Unexpectedly, Wei Yuan changed the subject and said, "However, before that, I have something to tell Your Majesty."

Everyone followed the sound and looked over.

Wei Yuan's expression remained unchanged, and he ignored the prince's gaze.

Emperor Yuan Jing said: "Say."

"The gong under my hand found a group of Jianghu people fighting to death in the outskirts of the capital, and stepped forward to stop it. Who knew that the party with more people not only did not give up, but beheaded the beheaded and escaped."

Wei Yuan spoke loudly, as if the truth of the matter was what he said: "Before dying, the deceased shouted, "There are changes in the north."

Hearing Wei Yuan's words, the faces of all the princes present, including Emperor Yuan Jing, changed.

Chu Xianglong turned his head sharply, stared at Wei Yuan, and then looked away, not daring to offend, and said with a stiff neck:

"Naturally, there have been changes in the north. The barbarians plundered everywhere and provoked wars."

Wei Yuan's face was calm, "So, the barbarians have slaughtered three thousand miles in the north, and General Chu prevaricates them with a word of burning, killing and looting?"

This sentence shocked everyone present, Yuan Jingdi got up from the big chair and stared straight at the Tsing Yi under the hall:

"Wei Yuan, please speak clearly, what is blood slaughter for three thousand miles?!"

Chu Xianglong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is absolutely nothing"

"you shut up!"

Emperor Yuan Jing raised his hand to interrupt, gave him a cold look, then turned to Wei Yuan: "What evidence do you have?"

Wei Yuan reached into his bosom, took out the sachet, untied the red rope, a stream of green smoke floated out, twisted in mid-air and transformed into a man with a blurred face and dull eyes, muttering:

"Blood slaughter for three thousand miles, blood slaughter for three thousand miles, please send troops to crusade"

Wei Yuan continued: "This person's body has been brought by my minister, it's just outside the palace gate, His Majesty can send someone for an autopsy, this person is from the Northland!"

In the imperial study room, there was silence.

Emperor Yuan Jing got up slowly, with a gloomy face, and said word by word: "Autopsy!"

The old eunuch lowered his head and hurried back to deliver the order, as if he was running away, not daring to breathe.

Emperor Yuan Jing sat high on the dragon chair, his expression was gloomy, and he didn't say a word. The princes below exchanged glances silently, and Chu Xianglong also turned pale, staring at Wei Yuan from the corner of his eye.

After waiting agonizingly for a quarter of an hour, the old eunuch returned and whispered in Emperor Yuan Jing's ear.

Emperor Yuan Jing was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "I'm tired of having the sorcerer Si Tianjian come into the palace to ask questions. All my loves, please go to the side hall to rest for a while."

He stared at Chu Xianglong, and said in a deep voice, "You stay here."

After finishing speaking, he got up first and left the imperial study room.

Under the leadership of the eunuch, the princes went to the side hall to rest.

In the side hall.

Hubu Shangshu held the tea, took a sip, looked sideways at the expressionless Wei Yuan, and asked tentatively, "Duke Wei, is this serious?"

All the officials immediately looked at Wei Yuan, who looked serious, and returned a cold look to the Minister of the Household Department: "Master Zhao thinks, I am joking?"

"Dare not dare."

The Minister of the Household Department sighed: "Three thousand miles of bloody massacre, if this is true, how many people will die in the northern border? There are dark men all over the Yamen, why haven't we received any news?"

Wei Yuan did not respond to Hubu Shangshu's temptation.

Wang Shoufu narrowed his eyes and tapped his fingers on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.

After two sticks of incense passed, the old eunuch entered the side hall and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please return to the imperial study."

Next, the magician in white who was summoned by Si Tianjian questioned Chu Xianglong. The answer was as expected, and everything Chu Xianglong said was true.

King Zhenbei defeated the barbarians in the north, but the guerrilla tactics of the northern barbarians did bring huge troubles to King Zhenbei and exhausted the northern frontier army.

The barbarian army was kept out of the border, and the bloody three thousand miles would naturally cease to exist.

In the imperial study room, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and everyone let out a sigh of relief.

"snort!"

Chu Xianglong snorted coldly: "I don't know where Duke Wei got the news, it almost made His Majesty and the princes misunderstand the prince. The general thought about it, the prince didn't offend Duke Wei either."

Wei Yuan ignored him, stepped out, and said loudly: "This matter is very important, what this person said may be true, but it doesn't mean that the situation in the north is really like this."

Chu Xianglong raised his brows and was about to refute, but Wang Shoufu came out to agree:

"Your Majesty, I feel that Wei Gong's words are justified. The matter is of great importance and cannot be neglected. It must be thoroughly investigated."

Driven by Wang Shoufu and Wei Yuan, the princes responded one after another.

Emperor Yuan Jing pondered: "What do you think, how do you investigate this matter?"

Wang Shoufu said: "Your Majesty can continue to collect food, grass, and military pay, and transport them to Chuzhou. At the same time, send a team of imperial envoys to go to the northern border to thoroughly investigate the case."

Wei Yuan said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded: "That's it."

Xu Mansion.

Susu sat on the eaves with a red umbrella to block the sun, watching Xiao Douding walking in the yard.

In the hall next door, Li Miaozhen was talking to the mistress and miss of the Xu family.

When my aunt and Xu Lingyue heard that there was another guest staying at home, they were in a very unhappy mood.

The former thinks that if things go on like this, the family will become a philanthropic hall. The latter felt that this woman was too beautiful and threatened him.

Except for the woman in Taoist robes, the woman in white clothes like snow outside made Xu Lingyue feel like she had no chance of winning based on her appearance alone, and she was even slightly inferior.

The woman holding the red umbrella has an unspeakable charm, which is very attractive.

However, after hearing that Li Miao was really Xu Qi'an's savior, my aunt and Xu Lingyue immediately changed their attitudes, showing a little more gratitude and welcome from the bottom of their hearts.

"The Xu family is worthy of being a family of warriors. I think that young lady is still young, and she is about to start practicing martial arts." Li Miaozhen is still very understanding of the world, and he did not forget to flatter her while chatting.

My aunt was very sad when she heard this, and said helplessly: "I hope she can study for a few years, not to mention that she is proficient in everything, but at least she must be knowledgeable. It's a pity that she is an idiot."

Although that child is quite naive, how could he be an idiot? Xu Qi'an's cousin is a student of Yunlu Academy, so he doesn't teach his younger sister to read? Li Miaozhen thought about it and said:

"Miaozhen stays at the Xu residence, and in her spare time, she can help enlighten the young lady."

Her idea was that Xu Xinian had a heavy academic load and had no intention of teaching his younger sister to study, while Xu Qi'an and Xu Pingzhi were martial arts masters, and they preferred to let the young ladies of the Xu family practice martial arts.

Anyway, it is to teach children for a period of time without delaying things.

My aunt was taken aback, and was about to refuse, but Xu Lingyue agreed first, with a subtle smile: "Thank you, Daoist Li, for that."

Li Miaozhen had a good impression of this beautiful girl with a gentle smile, and said with a smile, "It's a little effort."

After finishing speaking, she found that the mistress of the Xu family looked at her with a little more pity and sympathy.

"Sister, sister, are you really a ghost?"

Xu Lingyin strode forward, her stubby calves trembling slightly, she raised her head and looked at Susu on the eaves.

"Yes, I can eat people, aren't you afraid?" Susu threatened.

"Scared!" Xu Lingyin showed a scared expression.

Susu chuckled, a little smug, humming a little song, staring at the blue sky in a daze.

After an unknown amount of time, the two girls, one big and one small, in the yard disappeared.

"Sister, sister"

Shouts came from below, Susu looked down, the little girl was standing under the eaves, raised her head, staring at her with black and white eyes.

"Can you come down?" said the little girl.

Susu fell lightly into the courtyard, looked down at the hair on Xu Lingyue's head, and said angrily, "What are you doing?"

Xu Lingyin didn't speak, but waved furtively, motioning for her to follow.

With doubts, Susu followed and walked all the way to the kitchen. Fireworks were blowing in his face. Xiao Douding tried his best to cross the threshold, turned around and said:

"Sister, come here."

In the kitchen, the little Heipi from Nanjiang was burning a fire, and the hot oil was boiling in the pot. Xu Lingyin pulled Susu to the side of the pot, raised her face, and said expectantly:

"Sister, can you climb in by yourself?"

Susu's face froze suddenly.

Xu Qi'an went back to his home after a break, and introduced Li Miaozhen to Second Uncle Xu. Second Uncle Xu thought he was his nephew's friend, so he nodded as if he were an elder.

He said calmly: "Where is Li Daochang practicing?"

"She is the saint of Tianzong, one of the protagonists in the battle between heaven and man." Xu Qi'an added.

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Xu Pingzhi almost got up to salute, shouting: I have seen Your Excellency the Holy Maiden.

"She and I met when we were in Yunzhou," Xu Qi'an simply explained.

Xu Pingzhi nodded blankly, his heart was very restless and his thoughts were fluctuating.

Da Lang even knows the Saintess of Tianzong, his network is getting wider and wider, and his strength is getting higher and higher, and I have just broken through to the realm of refining gods, which is really promising.

Second Uncle Xu thought happily, but also felt that the gap between himself and his nephew was getting bigger and bigger, and he felt a sense of loss in his heart.

Looking at his son again, after this kid took part in the palace examination, he became a serious court official. Although his progress was not as exaggerated as Ning Yan's, he had reached the sky in one step, and he was a dragon and a phoenix among others.

I am worthy of my ancestors, but it is a pity that my eldest brother died early, and I did not see his son and nephew being so promising

At this time, Xu Xinian said in a deep voice, "Brother, Miss Wang invited me to swim in the lake again."

Does Miss Wang like my Erlang? Xu Qi'an's heart moved, and he became more and more sure of his guess.

During the imperial examination fraud case, Miss Wang's family "tipped off the news" to him, and the content was true, which is very unusual.

At this moment, with two invitations to visit the lake, it can almost be concluded that the young lady of the Wang family is interested in Erlang, and she is very aggressive.

Thinking of this, Xu Qi'an smiled and said, "Then do you agree?"

Xu Nian let out a "huh" and said, "I declined on the grounds that the imperial examination is coming soon."

"You did a great job, Erlang." Xu Qi'an patted him on the shoulder and praised him, "I'm a role model."

Dalang mocked Erlang in a strange way.

My role model? Improper use of words, heh, the uneducated elder brother Erlang also mocked Dalang in his heart.

After finishing the dinner, Xu Qi'an came to Li Miaozhen's room and was about to knock on the door when he heard Susu's voice from inside:

"Master, the children in this family are so scary. She, she wants to eat me, and even heated up a pot of oil."

"Children's words are not taboo, and actions are the same, don't worry about it." Li Miaozhen casually perfunctory.

"No, I can feel that she is not joking, those burning eyes." Susu said a few words, seeing Li Miaozhen's lack of interest, she snorted angrily, and shouted:

"Smelly man, your sister wants to eat me."

As soon as the words were finished, the door opened automatically. Susu pinched her waist, puffed her cheeks, and stared at him angrily.

Ah, I remembered this, my aunt told her that the fried ghost fried is delicious, this stupid kid not only took it seriously, but also remembered it for so long?

Therefore, this memory is more than enough to recite English words, why can't I even recite the Three Character Classic?

Xu Qi'an complained in his heart, while changing the topic: "Susu, I remember you said that if I agree to your two requests, you will be my concubine for three years."

Li Miaozhen glared at Susu after hearing this.

Talking about the charm of women, the beautiful ghost, who is more charming and attractive than the master, pinched his waist and said, "Yes! You help me reshape my body, and then help me find out why my father beheaded back then.

"Not only will I be your concubine for three years, I will also give birth to a son for you."

In fact, it doesn't matter if you are a concubine or not. Xu Qi'an agreed to her at the beginning because he felt a little sorry for bullying a female ghost.

Now that Li Miaozhen has come to the capital, he will not forget the original agreement.

Of course, if Su Sufei wanted to repay her, she could also be a concubine.

I must let Song Qing shape a 36D body. I don't care about it, but no matter how hard it is, I can't suffer. He said silently, and looked at Li Miaozhen:

"Tell me everything you know."

The expressions of the master and the servant became serious, and Li Miaozhen said: "Susu was born in Jiangzhou, and his father was the magistrate of Jiangzhou. Yuanjing was convicted and beheaded in 15 years. Originally, the female family members of the family would be filled into the Jiaofang Secretary.

"His mother had a strong personality and was unwilling to become a prostitute in Jiaofang. She poisoned all the female relatives, including Susu, with a cup of poisoned wine. But she had a young brother who was studying abroad at the time, and she narrowly escaped.

"This trip to Beijing, I took Susu to Jiangzhou on a detour, wanting to check the past. I didn't expect to find a strange thing."

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