Nightwatcher

Since ancient times, the cities with their backs to the port have generally had a prosperous economy. The county town of Butter County is not large, but the streets are spacious and straight, full of pedestrians, and very lively.

Xu Qi'an stood at the pier, looking around, porters and coolies came and went, sweating.

With a sweeping gaze, he locked on to a foreman who was sitting in the shed drinking tea with a ledger in his hand. He walked over, pressed the knife with one hand, and looked down at the foreman.

The foreman stared fixedly at Xu Qi'an, and the silver and copper gong logos embroidered on the chests of the gangsters behind him, even though he didn't know the uniforms of the gangsters, but the prestige of the gangsters, even the common people in the market, was well known.

This, is this the legendary watchman? The foreman stood up while being puzzled, nodded and bowed: "My lords, what are your orders?"

While speaking, he took out a handful of broken silver from his pocket and offered it with both hands.

Xu Qi'an didn't look at it, and said straightforwardly: "Are you the foreman?"

The foreman continued to nod and bow, "Yes."

Xu Qi'an nodded slowly, looked at the busy porters, and asked, "Are there any refugees from the north recently?"

"refugee?"

The foreman thought for a while and shook his head: "No, but the villain has also heard that there is a war in the north, and the barbarians are burning, killing and looting everywhere. Fortunately, there is King Zhenbei guarding, otherwise Chuzhou might have been lost long ago. "

"You reverence King Zhenbei?" Xu Qi'an said without any emotional ups and downs.

"Of course, King Zhenbei is Dafeng's military god and the number one master of Dafeng. It is because of him that the north can be safe." The foreman showed a look of admiration.

When did the king of Zhenbei become the god of the army, and the god of the Dafeng army was obviously Duke Wei Xu Qi'an who left with the silver gongs and gongs.

In the arbor, the foreman looked at their leaving backs and wondered, "You don't even want money? Is there something wrong with your brain?"

After walking around the city for an hour, Xu Qi'an sat in a restaurant, sat in a goulan, and even took the initiative to strike up a conversation with a beggar. The accompanying watchmen realized that Xu Qi'an's trip this time had another purpose.

The so-called hook bar listening to music is just a pretense.

"Master Xu, what are you looking for?" A silver gong asked.

"Investigate the refugees."

Xu Qi'an stood by the street, pressed the knife with one hand, frowned and said: "There is something very strange, I wonder if you have noticed it."

An experienced silver gong thought for a while and replied:

"There are no refugees? This is not surprising. We have only just arrived in Jiangzhou, and we are still at least ten days away from Chuzhou. This is still by water. If you go by land, at least half a month. Refugees may not be able to get from Chuzhou escape here."

Xu Qi'an shook his head, glanced at him, and snorted, "Did you forget what case we came to investigate?"

The four silver gongs were startled, and immediately understood what Xu Qi'an meant.

Similar behaviors like the bloody massacre for three thousand miles usually take place on large-scale battlefields that last for a long time and involve a considerable number of troops.

And if a war of this scale occurs, it will definitely cause disaster victims. Even if Jiangzhou is far away from Chuzhou, there may not be no lucky ones among the refugees who escaped successfully.

but no

This case is more complicated than I imagined! Xu Qi'an's heart sank, and his emotions inevitably fell into a heavy mood. But he glanced at the colleagues around him, seeing their worried looks, he immediately said "heh", and said slowly in an extremely arrogant tone:

"It's interesting. This is the case I want to handle. It's too simple and boring."

Mr. Xu has rich experience. Although he has been in the job for a short time, the storms and waves he has experienced are things that no one else can experience in a lifetime. When people think back to the big cases that Xu Yinluo has experienced one after another, they suddenly feel calm and stable. a lot.

Before lunch, Xu Qi'an returned to the official ship with the food box and a few pieces of uncarved butter jade.

He put the butter jade in the room first, then carried the food box, went up to the third floor, came to a room in the corner, and knocked on the door.

"who?"

The old aunt's slightly irritable but weak voice came from the room.

"it's me."

Xu Qi'an laughed.

Hearing his voice, there was no movement inside, and the door was not opened, as if he was going to deal with it coldly.

"Fu Wenpei, open the door, I know you are at home, you have the ability to seduce a man, you have the ability to open the door."

Xu Qi'an is a bitch.

"kuang"

The door opened, and the old aunt, who was wearing a blue maid's dress, raised her willow eyebrows and said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

It's too much for this apprentice to say something to seduce a man in front of her door. Although she is just an ordinary maid now, but the maid is also famous.

No one heard Xu Qi'an hehe: "You are not Fu Wenpei, why are you angry?"

Seeing that the old aunt rolled her eyes and wanted to close the door again, Xu Qi'an hurriedly said, "I brought you lunch."

The old aunt sneered, "Are you so kind?"

"Looking at your complexion this morning, I knew you didn't sleep well yesterday, you must have been seasick. You must have missed lunch, so I bought you some food."

Xu Qi'an entered the house on his own, and took a look, the house was clean and tidy, it looked like it was cleaned every day.

Put the food box on the table, open the lid, and the dishes are laid out one by one.

The old aunt took a few glances, and found that they were all dishes she had never seen before, so she couldn't help asking: "What dish is this dish?"

"Liu Lifei, it's quite delicious. It's one of the signature dishes of the best restaurant in Youyou County. I'll buy other signature dishes for you too." Xu Qi'an said.

"I do not want to eat."

The old aunt said lightly.

She is unwell and has no appetite. Besides, she has been pampered and raised in the palace all these years. What delicious food hasn't she eaten? For her, the delicacies of mountains and seas that ordinary people can't wait for are just waiting for nothing.

"But you definitely like this bowl." Xu Qi'an put a bowl of soup on the table.

The old aunt saw that it was dark and poor-looking, she immediately frowned in disgust, and said: "What is your purpose of being courteous for nothing, just tell me."

Just waiting for your words Xu Qi'an sat at the table, coughed, and said: "Your concubine is here too?"

Hearing the word "Princess", her eyebrows twitched slightly, and she nodded calmly, "En."

"Why is the princess in the team? But I, the host, didn't know in advance." Xu Qi'an asked with a smile.

"Do you think I'll know?" The old aunt said unhappily, as if she didn't want to talk more, and urged: "It's okay, get out, I'm going to sleep."

Xu Qi'an had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.

After the disgusting smelly man left, she closed the door again. She was about to put the food back into the food box, but suddenly she smelled a hot and sour smell. This smell seemed to be an invisible hand, grabbing her stomach.

The taste is exactly that bowl of soup that looks terrible.

It seems that the taste is not bad. She sat at the table, took a spoonful with a porcelain spoon, and took a sip.

The sour and spicy taste instantly opened up her taste buds and whetted her appetite, "gurgling", she swallowed unconsciously in her throat, and took several sips in a row.

After she finished the soup, she finally felt hungry, and looked at the food on the table, it looked very attractive.

"Boom boom."

There was a knock on the door, and then Chu Xianglong's voice came: "It's me."

"The door is unlocked, come in by yourself." The old aunt replied in a cold and calm voice.

Chu Xianglong opened the door and entered, and saw the princess sitting at the table, eating with relish.

Deputy General Chu frowned, and said via voice transmission: "What is your relationship with him, just nod and shake your head."

He knew that these foods were sent by Xu Qi'an just now.

The princess shook her head.

Chu Xianglong's eyes became sharper, "It's okay, he brought you lunch?"

The princess still shook her head.

Chu Xianglong stared at her for a moment, reluctantly accepted the answer, and felt that the princess was so charming that men couldn't help but approach and understand her.

"Princess, please remember your identity, and don't associate too closely with idlers." He warned through sound transmission, and exited the room.

There was no sound during the whole process.

There are not only golden gongs, Yang Yan, but also other warriors on board. Warriors have sharp eyes and ears, and the saying that walls have ears is most appropriate.

"I don't know anything, it's also a kind of information. I guessed right, it seems that it is not that simple for Princess Zhenbei to go to the north

"Traveling in secret, even I, the organizer, didn't know about it in advance. Moreover, the number of guards was abnormal, too small. This can be understood as a low-key, um, traveling with the mission, which is low-key and has sufficient guards.

"The question is, why?"

Xu Qi'an returned to the room, sat at the table, frowning and thinking.

"Why did the concubine go to the north and make it so mysterious? Is it because the title of the most beautiful woman in the world is too ostentatious? This is obviously not the case. In Dafeng, who would dare to take the idea of ​​Zhenbei Wang's wife? Even if I am a lifelong libertine and love freedom, Haven't even thought about it.

"According to the intention of behavior analysis, Emperor Yuan Jing didn't want the news of the princess leaving the capital to be widely known. But this is not scientific. A mere princess, going to see her husband, what is there to hide?

"Unless this princess is not simple and involves some secrets? In this way, there are two reasons for secretly traveling with the mission: one, it involves some kind of secret plan, so it must be kept secret. Two, it may be accompanied by danger, So you need the power of the mission to guard?"

Thinking of this, Xu Qi'an's pupils shrank slightly, and his eyes became sharper.

PS: The WeChat leader group has been sending out red envelopes, and I don’t care about the code words. I blame them and affect my code words, so this chapter is a bit shorter.

PS: Thanks to the leader "Niu Colu, Jianbo" for the reward. Jianbo is an old acquaintance, and he was mine in "Sister".