Nightwatcher

A month ago, Sanhuang County was located on the edge of Chuzhou. The investigation was so strict. Who were they looking for or besieging?

In the past few days, I just went to the deep mountains and old forests, and didn't pay attention to whether the official road has also set up checkpoints.

No matter who you are looking for, it must not be me, but I am thinking too much? The possibility of adding me to the "blacklist" in the near future is not ruled out.

Anyway, looking for one person is looking for, and looking for two people is also looking for.

Xu Qi'an tapped his finger on the table, analyzing and formulating short-term goals:

"I'm going to Xikou County tomorrow. If there is a problem there, it is very likely that it is the place where the bloody massacre took place. In this way, there may be danger. Do you want to take the princess with you?

"Well, when we are close to Xikou County, we can put her in a safe inn nearby. The princess is a good chess piece, and it may save my life, so I can't lose it."

Seeing Xu Qi'an groaning silently, Cai'er obediently sat aside and did not speak.

Time passed by, Xu Qi'an finally recovered from his contemplation, and ordered: "Make me a pot of tea."

Cai'er was overjoyed and responded happily, which meant that Xu Yinluo would stay here tonight.

Sure enough, after she made tea, she heard Xu Yinluo order again: "Change the sheets and quilts."

Cai'er was so excited that her whole body went limp, and she quickly changed the sheets and bedding.

After drinking a pot of tea, it was late at night, Xu Qi'an finished soaking his feet under Cai'er's service, and then lay down on the bed, stretching comfortably.

Recently, I have been staying overnight in the wilderness, and my sleep experience is extremely poor. I haven't enjoyed a soft bed for a long time.

"Master Xu, I'm here to serve you." Cai'er sat on the edge of the bed happily, taking off her clothes while talking.

"Cai'er," Xu Qi'an lay on the bed and looked at her, and suddenly said, "Do you feel that your bed is too soft, making it uncomfortable to sleep on?"

"Master Xu is right. I heard that sleeping on a hard bed is better for your body. If the bed is too soft, you will get tired easily." Cai'er laughed, thinking that she will discuss the bed with others. Master Xu is indeed a flirtatious person.

Xu Qi'an nodded, and said with a serious expression: "So for the sake of your body, you will sleep on the bed tonight and I will sleep on the bed."

Cai'er: "???"

The next day, when it was daylight, Xu Qi'an finished washing, and with Cai'er's resentful little eyes, he left Yayin Building.

It's late spring now, the weather is warm, and it's even a little hot at noon, otherwise you can see the pictures of clients shivering in the cold wind at this moment.

Xu Qi'an walked leisurely along the street towards the inn.

Suddenly, a line of armored soldiers appeared in front of them. The leader was not the Armored General, but a man wrapped in a black robe and mask.

His eyes only stayed on the black-robed man for a few seconds, Xu Qi'an moved his eyes away calmly, and passed him by.

"wait!"

The voice of the man in black robe and the sound of reining in the horse came from behind.

so sharp? Xu Qi'an turned around, naturally with a bit of vigilance and a bit of respect on his face, he bowed and said, "My lord, are you calling me?"

The black-robed man turned his horse's head, looked down at Xu Qi'an, and asked, "Where are you from, can you guide me?"

"some."

Xu Qi'an told her false identity again.

The man in black robe asked again: "Have you practiced martial arts?"

Xu Qi'an replied with a low-browed and pleasing attitude: "The villain is extremely talented in martial arts. He was already at the peak of refining at the age of nineteen, but it's just that it is really difficult to practice Qi, and coupled with the attractiveness of women, he is the age to start a family. At once"

He appropriately showed a little pride, but also regret.

The black-robed man looked at his face for a moment, said nothing, turned his horse's head, and led the army forward.

"call"

Seeing the back of this army drifting away, Xu Qi'an felt relieved, and withdrew the power stored in "Sword of Heaven and Earth", which would make his aura collapse and shrink inward.

"Hehe, there is a saying, there are only useless people, but no useless skills. I perfectly solved the weakness of Wufu who is not good at hiding his own weaknesses. The disadvantage is that he is ready to go, but in the end he can't use it, which is very uncomfortable. "

All men understand the pain.

"This guy is dressed strangely. It should be the agent of Zhenbei King according to the information? The agent of Zhenbei King appeared in Sanhuang County, huh"

They were indeed looking for someone, maybe they were looking for me, maybe they were looking for someone else.

In fact, the watchmen were also spies, the secret agents of Emperor Yuan Jing, so the watchmen were well-organized and received the imperial salary. The secret agents of King Zhenbei belong to the "private soldiers" of King Zhenbei.

They're out of the North and they're nothing. But here, even if it is an imperial envoy, it has to give up three points.

Because they only represent King Zhenbei.

"As the confidant of the king of Zhenbei, I must know a lot of inside information. Why should I be figuring it out by myself? This case is different from the Yunzhou case and the Sangbo case. There is no need to dig out cocoons. There is a very clear goal: to find out the blood. The truth about Tu Sanqianli.

"And this kind of mass killing cannot be hidden, which means that I don't have to search for clues little by little like in previous cases. Just catch him and torture him. If the other party is a villain, then kill him." spiritualism"

Returning to the inn where we stayed, the guests who got up early had already had breakfast in the lobby on the first floor, and those who didn't want to go downstairs ordered the waiter to deliver the breakfast to the room.

This naturally does not include the cowardly princess, before Xu Qi'an comes back, she will not take the initiative to let any man into the room, nor will she go out.

After getting along for so many days, Xu Qi'an was able to confirm this.

She is a very insecure woman, probably caused by the experience of the first half of her life.

Xu Qi'an ordered the clerk to bring the breakfast upstairs in a quarter of an hour, and then walked up the stairs to the door of the princess' room. Her ears moved, and she caught the slight sound of breathing in the room.

Still sleeping, he put his palm against the door, operated the latch with an air machine, and opened the door.

On the bed, the princess was lying sideways, with a dignified sleeping posture and a quiet face.

At this time, she only had the appearance of a princess.

Xu Qi'an opened the window to let fresh air into the room. He sat in front of the dressing table and reviewed the case in his mind.

【Three Thousand Miles of Blood Massacre】

Location: Xiguchi County (suspected).

Murderer: Unknown.

Purpose: Unknown.

【The Assault on the Princess】

Location: On the way to the north.

Murderers: northern barbarians, northern monsters.

Purpose: To prevent the king of Zhenbei from being promoted to the second rank, and the body of the greedy princess (spiritual cloud).

"At present, these two cases are not actually related. Maybe the barbarians knew that King Zhenbei was going to be promoted to the second rank, so they took the opportunity to harass and attract attention so that King Zhenbei would not dare to leave Chuzhou at will, and then secretly sent people to Ambush and take away the princess.

"The king of Zhenbei is the commander-in-chief of Chuzhou. He holds the military power of the entire Chuzhou. He cannot return to Beijing without a summons. However, Emperor Yuan Jing seemed to agree with the promotion of this younger brother of a compatriot from the same mother to the second rank, so he called him back. Beijing is not difficult. Therefore, the motivation of the barbarians to invade the border can be explained.

"The case of blood slaughtering three thousand miles was also committed at this time? However, the four fourth-rank masters, the leaders of the tribe, didn't know about it. What's more interesting is that Chu Xianglong, who is the deputy general, didn't know about it either.

"Well, it can't be ruled out that a strong man from the barbarian tribe did it, but it didn't leak out. Mystic warlocks are also involved, so what is he planning?"

Just as he was thinking, he saw Wang Hao rubbing her eyes and sitting up through the bronze mirror.

"Are you awake?" Xu Qi'an smiled.

The princess yawned, ignored him, fetched the toiletries, squatted beside the bed, washed her face and brushed her teeth.

After washing, she said with disgust on her face: "It smells so bad, it smells like powder all over the body, some people, sooner or later they will die in a woman's belly."

The way you look now is like Xu Qi'an, a resentful woman who can't control her husband who goes out whores. Of course, this is just a complaint in his heart.

The concubine definitely doesn't care if he goes whoring or not, what she cares about is that she left her to fool around last night, leaving her alone in the inn for a long time in fear.

"Do you want to sleep longer?" Xu Qi'an suggested, "After an hour, we will set off, head west, to Xikou County."

"You're not doing anything?" Wang Hao was taken aback.

"Everything is done in the brothel." Xu Qi'an showed an unscrupulous smile.

The secret of beating the watchman is a secret and cannot be revealed, even if it is a harmless princess, Xu Qi'an cannot tell her. Otherwise, it would be disrespect for Anzi.

However, it is precisely because the princess is harmless that she is not afraid to disclose these small details if necessary, and the concubine's superficial scheming is unexpected.

The princess blushed and spat.

Capital, Jiaofang Division.

Fuxiang got up lazily, washed and changed under the service of the maid, and after facing the mirror to do her makeup, she suddenly pressed her heart and frowned.

The next moment, his face returned to normal, and he said softly: "You go out first, I want to sleep for a while."

The personal servant girl was a little strange, but she didn't say anything, and left the room obediently.

When the person walked away, Fuxiang took out a fox-head incense burner from the bottom of the bed, a pitch-black incense, she cut off a lock of hair and wrapped it around the pitch-black incense, then lit the incense and inserted it into the incense burner.

Fu Xiang respectfully placed the censer on the table, knelt down on her knees, and muttered to herself.

The pitch-black incense burned out at an extremely fast speed, and the ashes fell lightly on the table, gathering by themselves, forming a short line of small characters:

Something is wrong with the northern border, and you are allowed to return to the clan.

Looking at this line of words, Fu Xiang's face was inexplicably excited, and there was a kind of joy at the end of the hard days. But in the eyes, there is a trace of nostalgia and reluctance.

Chuzhou City.

After three days of rushing, the mission arrived in Chuzhou City under the escort of 500 troops sent by King Zhenbei.

Among the thirteen continents of Dafeng, the core state city is usually located in the center of the region, but Chuzhou is different. It is close to the border and directly faces the barbarians and monsters in the north.

People in the northern region often say that it is precisely because of the King of Zhenbei who sits in Chuzhou City that it can stand for decades despite the intrusion of northern barbarians.

In history, the city of Chuzhou was broken twice, and there were two bloody massacres.

But in the generation of King Zhenbei, the weather around Chuzhou City was smooth, and the barbarian cavalry did not dare to disturb Chuzhou City, which was a hundred miles away, because this area was stationed with the most elite troops in the north.

The Prime Minister of Dali Temple opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the majestic and tall city wall. He saw that the wall was engraved with complicated and strange array patterns, covering every corner of the city wall.

On the female wall, there are cannons and bed crossbows developed by Si Tianjian, which are extremely lethal instruments.

"It is said in "Dafeng Geographical Chronicles Chuzhou Chronicles" that the walls of Chuzhou City are engraved with formations, and the walls are strong enough to withstand the attacks of third-rank masters. It is really better to see once than to hear a hundred times." Dali Sicheng said with emotion.

The main cities on the Dafeng border have drawn similar formations to strengthen their defenses. Every hundred years, Si Tianjian would summon all the sorcerers to repair and supplement the formation.

"With the king of Zhenbei sitting in the town, the city of Chuzhou will be as solid as gold." Liu Yushi echoed.

When the mission arrived at the gate of the city, they saw a dozen officials had been waiting for a long time. The leader was a man wearing a crimson robe, with a long beard reaching his chest, and a pale face, showing the elegance of a scholar and the vigor of a frontier official.

Zheng Xinghuai, chief envoy of Chuzhou.

"Master Zheng, it has been three years since we left the capital." Liu Yushi laughed and stepped forward, looking quite familiar with Zheng Xinghuai.

Zheng Buzheng nodded slightly, and squeezed out a little smile on his serious face. After exchanging pleasantries, he led everyone to the largest post station in Chuzhou.

After settling down, Yang Yan and others sat in the hall to talk with Zheng Buzheng.

"Master Zheng, His Majesty and the princes heard that the "Three Thousand Miles of Blood Massacre" occurred in Chuzhou. They were shocked and angry. They sent me to investigate the matter. I hope Lord Zheng will help you with all your strength." Liu Yushi cupped his hands and said. .

Zheng Xinghuai, who had known about this for a long time, nodded slightly, and asked: "How do you want me to help you, my lords?"

Yang Yan said bluntly: "I need the camp records of the frontier troops in Chuzhou, as well as the official documents of the government offices in various places in Chuzhou."

Zheng Buzheng did not answer, looked around the crowd, and said casually: "I heard that Xu Yinluo, the host, returned to Beijing due to injury?"

Liu Yushi sighed, "I was ambushed on the way."

Zheng Buzheng frowned, and said in a businesslike tone:

"Without the host officer, the right to do things cheaply, of course, I can show several adults the official documents of the yamen in various places. Only the camp record of the frontier army, I am afraid that only the host officer has the right to intervene. I will report to Huai King, but there is no guarantee that Duke Huai will be accommodating."

Liu Yushi and others were not angry, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Zheng, thank you, Mr. Zheng."

After the talk, Zheng Buzheng took his leave on the grounds that he was busy with official duties.

The prime minister of Dali Temple glanced at Liu Yushi and shook his head: "Unfortunately, the two censors are still censors. If they are governors, tsk tsk."

The censor was the censor when he was in the capital. Once he is ordered to inspect a place, he will be the governor.

The power of the governor is so great that it directly overwhelms the three top leaders, the commander of the capital, the chief minister, and the procurator.

But it was precisely because of the power of the governor that Xu Qi'an was appointed as the host. Emperor Yuan Jing's attitude was obvious and he could not let the mission check and balance King Huai.

Yang Yan said indifferently: "This Zheng Buzheng envoy, how about being an official?"

Liu Yushi hurriedly said: "I have some friendship with him. He is a clean and honest official with an excellent reputation."

Sanhuang County.

Outside the city, in the shed beside the official road, the mediocre princess and the picturesque Xu Qian sat at the table, drinking low-quality tea.

This place is not far from the gate of the city, a pot of tea costs two cents, very cheap, and the location is well chosen, under a big banyan tree, when the wind blows, it is cool and comfortable. Along the way, people entering or leaving the city stop here to drink tea.

Holding the teacup, Xu Qi'an was thinking about his "interception" plan.

If you want to get information from Zhenbei King's spies, you must not be in the city. Not only will it affect innocent people, but you may even be killed.

The best way is to wait for the other party to go out of town.

Since they are looking for people, they will definitely not stay in a small county for too long. There are countless counties in the northern border, and it is impossible for every city and town to have staff.

Therefore, the agent must be mobile.

All he has to do is sit back and wait.

At this time, he noticed that the men next door were acting abnormally.

PS: Ask for a monthly pass at the beginning of the month. Something happened this afternoon, and the update was delayed.

Correct the typo in half an hour.