Nightwatcher

There was an eerie silence on the deck.

The officials and guards of the third department were silent and did not dare to speak out to provoke Xu Qi'an. Especially the head arrester of the Ministry of Punishment, who said just now that Xu Qi'an wanted to talk about it was wishful thinking.

At this moment, I only felt that my cheeks were hot, and suddenly I understood the anger and helplessness of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. I hated this kid to the bone, but there was nothing I could do about him.

Of course, the most disgraced person was Chu Xianglong. As the deputy general of King Zhenbei, he held the real power at the border and returned to the capital, so he didn't need to look at people's faces.

Even if it is the princes of the court, he is not afraid, because the person who can control his life, death and future is the King of Zhenbei. No matter how powerful the princes are, they can't deal with him.

Gradually develop a domineering and flamboyant character, until now, he fell hard under Xu Qi'an's hands.

While admonishing himself to put the overall situation first, Chu Xianglong calmed down the aggrieved and anger in his heart, but he didn't have the face to stay on the deck, took a deep look at Xu Qi'an, and left without saying a word.

He only felt that everyone was looking at him with sarcasm, and he didn't want to stay for a moment.

On the deck and in the cabin, all eyes looked at Xu Qi'an, and their eyes changed quietly, from scrutiny and watching the show to awe.

Yinluo's official position is nothing, there are many officials in the mission higher than him, but the power controlled by Xu Yinluo and the imperial order on his shoulders make him well-deserved as the official in charge.

If there are people who dare to obey others, or use official positions to suppress them, Chu Xianglong's humiliation today is their example.

The princess was blocked by these little hooves, so she couldn't see the faces of everyone on the deck, but listening to the voice was enough.

At first glance, his behavior looks domineering and powerful, giving people the feeling of youthful vigor, but in fact, there are subtleties in the thick and thin. He had expected that the imperial guards would surround him no, no, I was confused by the outside, the reason why he was able to suppress Chu Xianglong, it is because he is doing things with no regrets in his heart, so he can be upright and upright. The so-called people who gain the Tao will help more than those who lose the Way. The princess must admit that this is a man with great courage and personality, but he is too lustful up.

With Chu Xianglong's resignation and departure, the turmoil came to an end.

Xu Yinluo appeased the imperial guards, and walked towards the cabin, the maidservants blocking the entrance dispersed one after another, looking at him with fear in their eyes.

When passing by the old aunt, Xu Qi'an winked at her, she immediately showed a disgusted expression, and turned her face away in disdain.

Sure enough, she is a womanizer, the princess murmured in her heart.

Her current appearance is indeed not comparable to a beauty, and her appearance is ordinary. But even so, the wretched and lustful Xu Qi'an still tried to hook up.

After entering the cabin and going up to the second floor, Xu Qi'an knocked on Yang Yan's door.

"Come in!"

Yang Jinluo, who disdained to participate in the dispute from the beginning to the end, said calmly.

Xu Qi'an pushed the door open and entered, and saw Yang Yan sitting cross-legged on the bed, with a pair of boots neatly arranged beside the bed.

Yang Yan is meticulous in doing things, but he is different from Brother Chun's obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Xu Qi'an closed the door, strolled to the table, poured himself a glass of water, drank it in one gulp, and said in a low voice, "What's the matter with those female relatives?"

"Chu Xianglong escorted the concubine to the northern border. In order to deceive others, he infiltrated into the mission. His Majesty greeted Duke Wei about this matter, but it was only a verbal order, and there was no document to prove it." Yang Yan said.

It's really a princess! Xu Qi'an frowned, he guessed right, the female family member escorted by Chu Xianglong was really Princess Zhenbei, because of this, he only threatened Chu Xianglong, but didn't really drive him out.

"Why is it so sneaky to escort the princess to the north?" Xu Qi'an asked.

Yang Yan shook his head.

Xu Qi'an lowered his voice and said, "Boss, tell me about this princess, she seems mysterious."

Yang Yan frowned slightly, this question was a bit embarrassing for him, after all, for a martial idiot whose warm haven in the world is not an abyss that men yearn for, but martial arts, gossip has no meaning at all.

"I don't know much. I only know that after the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the princess was given to Duke Huai by His Majesty. In the next twenty years, she never left the capital."

I know all these things, I even remember the poem describing the princess Xu Qi'an was extremely disappointed when he couldn't ask any gossip.

"You offended Chu Xianglong this time. After arriving in the northern border, you will inevitably be made things difficult, but you have also successfully established your prestige. Along the way, no one dares to compete with you."

Yang Yan continued: "The people in the third department cannot be trusted, they are not active in the case."

It can be seen that they will investigate the case when there is no danger. Once they are in danger, they must be timid and shrink back. After all, if the errands are not done well, at most they will be punished, which is better than losing their lives. Xu Qian nodded:

"I know, it's human nature."

Yang Yan didn't persuade anything, nodded, and looked at Xu Qi'an: "Is there anything else, go out if you have nothing to do, don't disturb my cultivation."

Boss, you have no meaning at all. You are the programmer in my previous life. When a woman takes off her pants in front of them, they will just yell: 404

Xu Qi'an left the room half teasing and half teasing.

On this day, after dinner, in the dark night, Xu Qi'an, Chen Xiao, and a group of forbidden soldiers sat on the deck bragging and chatting.

Xu Qi'an told them about the tax and bank cases he solved, the Sangbo case, the Pingyang princess case, etc., and the imperial guards who listened to them sincerely admired them, thinking that Xu Qi'an was simply a god.

As the imperial guards in the capital, it was not the first time they heard about these cases, but they knew nothing about the details. Now I finally know how Xu Yinluo solved the case.

For example, in the tax and bank case, Xu Ningyan, who was still a fast hand in Changle County at the time, was calm and said to the governor: Do you want to solve the case?

Fu Yin replied: Yes.

Xu Ningyan said lightly: Come on.

So the dossier was delivered, and he just glanced at it, and then he solved the tax and bank case that was battered by the watchman and the government.

Another example is the intricate and complicated Sangbo case, which is destined to be recorded in the annals of history. Xu Yinluo, oh no, it was still Xu Tongluo at that time, holding the imperial gold medal in his hand, and said to the Ministry of Punishment and the government office:

I, Xu Qi'an, will handle cases that the Ministry of Criminal Justice cannot handle, and Xu Qi'an will handle things that the Ministry of Criminal Justice does not dare to do.

The useless members of the Ministry of Punishment lowered their heads in shame.

Xu Yinluo is really amazing! The imperial guards admired him more and more and worshiped him.

"Actually, these are nothing. The most proud deed in my life is the Yunzhou case."

Holding the flagon in his hand, Xu Qi'an glanced at the thin faces, and said proudly: "That day when the Yunzhou rebels captured the chief envoy, the lives of the governor and all his colleagues were hanging by a thread.

"At this time, I stood in front of eight thousand rebels one by one, and none of them could get in. I hacked for an entire hour, and I hacked dozens of knives, and my body was full of arrows, and none of them could get in. "

"Eight thousand?" Centurion Chen Xiao was stunned, scratched his head and said, "How did I hear that it was ten thousand rebels?"

"I heard fifteen thousand."

"No, no, no, I heard from my brothers in the imperial army that there are a total of 20,000 rebels."

The soldiers argued.

This, this is too bragging, I feel embarrassed. Xu Qi'an coughed, attracting everyone's attention, and said:

"No, no, those are just rumors. Based on my number, there are only 8,000 rebels."

Eight thousand is what Xu Qi'an thinks is a more reasonable number, over ten thousand would be too exaggerated. Sometimes he himself will be at a loss, how many rebels I killed in the first place.

"It turned out to be eight thousand rebels."

The imperial guards suddenly realized, and firmly believed that this was the real data, after all, Xu Yinluo said it himself.

During the chat, when it was time to come out for a briefing, Xu Qi'an clapped his hands and said:

"Arrive in Jiangzhou tomorrow, and further north is the border of Chuzhou. Let's rest for a day at the Jiangzhou station to replenish supplies. I will give everyone a half-day vacation tomorrow."

Mr. Xu is so glad that the big soldiers went back to the bilge happily.

In the past few days, they don't have to be bored in the bilge, and they clean the toilet frequently. The environment has been greatly improved, and their complexion has improved a lot.

The deck, which was bustling one moment before, becomes deserted the next moment. The frosty moonlight shines on the boat, on people's faces, and on the river surface, sparkling with moonlight.

"fraud!"

Xu Qi'an, who was carrying the jug, heard someone scolding him beside him.

He smiled shamelessly: "You are just jealous of my excellence, how do you know that I am a liar, and you are not in Yunzhou."

The old aunt had sharp teeth and snorted, "How do you know I'm talking about the Yunzhou case?"

Xu Qi'an choked on her, and said angrily: "There is still something to do, just get out."

The old aunt said angrily: "I won't roll, it's not your boat."

She has a delicate body and can't stand the shaking of the ship. She hasn't been able to sleep well for the past few days, her eyes are puffed out, and she is very haggard. So she has developed the habit of coming to the deck to blow some air before going to bed.

Just happened to see him chatting and farting with a group of chief soldiers on the deck, so she could only hide and eavesdrop, and she dared not come out until the chief soldiers left.

Xu Qi'an ignored her, and she ignored Xu Qi'an, one of them looked down at the shimmering river, and the other looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

When the old aunt is silent, there is a quiet beauty, like a crabapple flower under the moonlight, blooming alone.

The moonlight shone on her plain face, but her eyes were hidden in the shadows cast by the eyelashes, as deep as the sea, and like the purest black gemstones.

Xu Qi'an took a sip of wine, looked away from looking at her, raised his head and said with emotion: "I am very popular in poetry, I wrote a poem, you are lucky, you can take my poem to show your holiness in front of people in the future."

She sneered, her face full of disdain, but her ears perked up honestly.

Although she really wanted to hit or laugh at this man who always made her angry, but in terms of poetry, he was recognized by the Confucian scholars, and his rude words would only make her appear stupid.

After waiting for a while, he still couldn't see him reciting poems. The old aunt who was waiting for a masterpiece couldn't help but look back and met a pair of playful eyes.

She turned around angrily again.

Then, the guy's half-sighing and half-chanting voice came to my ears: "People today don't see the moon in ancient times, but this month once illuminated the ancients."

People today don't see the moon in ancient times, but this month once looked at the ancients. Her eyes gradually widened, and she muttered indiscriminately, her amazement was beyond words.

"I finally understand why those scholars in the capital love your poems so much." She sighed softly.

They're not flattering me, I don't produce poems, I'm just a porter of poems Xu Qi'an said with a smile:

"Wonderful and rewarding, poetic talent is born, I was born with the feeling that my mind is full of masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, and I can pick them up at my fingertips."

This time, the eccentric old aunt did not fight or refute, and asked: "What about the follow-up?"

I don't remember the follow-up. Xu Qi'an spread his hands: "I only made this sentence, and the rest is gone."

She gritted her teeth and said, "I finally understand why so many people hate you."

There was another silence.

The old aunt was lying on the guardrail, looking at the rippling river. This posture made her buttocks inevitably slightly raised, and under the thin spring clothes, two round buttocks were highlighted.

"It's very big and round, but I can't tell if it's a peach or a full moon." Xu Qi'an habitually commented in his heart, and then looked away.

You can't keep looking at it, it seems that he is very wretched.

"I heard that you are going to the northern border to investigate the case of the massacre of thousands of miles?" She asked suddenly.

"En." Xu Qi'an nodded, speaking concisely.

"What case is it?" she asked again.

"I don't know for now, but I guess the barbarians invaded the border, burned and looted wantonly, slaughtered thousands of miles, and the king of Zhenbei defended the city." Xu Qi'an gave his guess.

"oh!"

She nodded and said, "If that's the case, aren't you afraid of offending King Zhenbei?"

"Afraid."

Xu Qi'an said helplessly: "If the case didn't fall on me, I would turn a blind eye and close my eyes, and take care of the things around me. But it happened to fall on me.

"Thinking about it may be God's will. Since it is God's will, then I will go and have a look."

She didn't speak, she squinted her eyes, enjoying the cool wind on the river.

Xu Qi'an rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "When I went to Yunzhou by boat last year, some strange things happened on the way."

She suddenly became interested and tilted her head.

"On the way, a soldier came to the deck at night, lying on the railing in the same posture as you, staring at the water, and then, then"

Xu Qi'an stared at the river with a frightened expression.

She also stared nervously at the river, concentrating on it.

"Then a water ghost sprang out of the river!" Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice.

"Nonsense, nonsense"

The old aunt's face turned pale, she was a little frightened, and insisted, "You just want to scare me."

Plop!

Suddenly, there was a sound on the surface of the water, splashing water.

She screamed and sat down on the ground in fright, holding her head and shivering.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Xu Qi'an laughed loudly, pointing at the old aunt's embarrassed posture, and mockingly said: "You'll be scared like this by a jug."

The old aunt got up silently, her face was covered with frost, and she left without saying a word.

Angry? Xu Qi'an looked at her back and shouted: "Hey, hey, come back and chat for a while, little auntie."

At dawn, the official ship slowly berthed at the pier in Youyou County. As one of the few counties in Jiangzhou with a pier, the economic development of Youyou County is not bad.

This place is rich in a kind of yellow-orange orange, crystal clear jade, the color is like butter, named butter jade.

The official ship will be moored at the pier for a day, Xu Qi'an sent people to disembark to prepare supplies, and at the same time divide the imperial army into two groups, one group stays on the official ship, and the other enters the city. Half a day later, switch to another dial.

"When you have time, go to the city after lunch to look for Goulan, and play with your crewmates. As for Yang Yan, let him stay on the boat."

In the morning light, Xu Qi'an was thinking in his heart, when he suddenly heard the sound of vomiting from the corner of the deck.

Turning her head to look, she saw Gunyuan who didn't know if it was a peach or a full moon. The old aunt was lying on the side of the boat, vomiting non-stop.

"Little aunt, are you pregnant?" Xu Qi'an teased, taking out the handkerchief and handing it over.

She ignored it, took out a xiu handkerchief and wiped her mouth, her face was haggard, her eyes were bloodshot, she seemed to have not slept all night.

"I saw that you looked bad yesterday, what's the matter?" Xu Qi'an asked.

The little aunt glared at him, shook her hips and went back to the cabin.

She was so scared that she didn't sleep all night last night. She always felt that there were terrible eyes staring at the flying curtain of the bed, or whether a hand would stick out from the bottom of the bed, or whether there would be a hand hanging from the paper window. a head

With the quilt rolled up and head covered, I dare not sleep, and I have to poke my head out to look at the room from time to time.

After not sleeping all night, coupled with the bumping of the ship, the exhaustion accumulated in the past few days broke out suddenly, with headaches, vomiting, and uncomfortable tightness.

It's all this kid's fault.

It's fine to ignore me, I'm afraid you'll delay me listening to the music, Xu Qi'an murmured, calling for friends and getting off the boat.

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