Nightwatcher

"Senior Xu?"

Seeing the orange cat sneaking into the house, Shengzi was taken aback for a moment, then beamed with joy, and said in a low voice, "Why are you here, senior? Didn't you say that you haven't seen each other for the past few days?"

The orange cat spit out words, and said: "I told you not to come to see me, I didn't say that I didn't see you."

After a pause, he wondered, "How did you recognize it was me..."

"Didn't senior say before that he controlled a cat to sneak into Chai's mansion with a heart gu and met Chai Xian?" Li Lingsu laughed.

Then, Shengzi found the orange cat frozen there, lost in thought.

Did I say something wrong? Li Lingsu's face was blank.

Damn it, I also fell into Daoist Jinlian's hobby without knowing it? ! No, I didn't, mainly because cats can fly over walls and come and go like the wind, but dogs can't sneak into Chaifu at all.

Even if he sneaked in, he might be slaughtered by a monk and made into a dog meat hot pot. Xu Qi'an muttered in a complicated mood.

Li Lingsu had a lot of questions that he wanted to consult, but when he saw the unpredictable senior, he suddenly started to think about life. He didn't want to disturb him, so he could only wait dryly.

After a while, Xu Qi'an regained his composure and said, "Pour a cup of tea, I'm a little thirsty."

It wasn't him who was thirsty, but the cat, but the feeling of hunger and thirst was simultaneously fed back to Xu Qi'an who was attached to it.

Li Lingsu immediately opened the upside-down teacup and filled it with warm water.

The orange cat came in and jumped onto the table. Instead of licking the tea immediately, it glanced at the messy bed.

A cat's sense of smell is dozens of times that of a human's, so he can easily smell sugar.

Xu Qi'an, who had endured the side effects of love gu, let out a "huh" and said, "I'm living a happy life."

Hearing this, Li Lingsu's face collapsed, frowning:

"Senior, when will you take out the love gu for me? Every time I see Xing'er now, I can't restrain my impulse. All I think about is her, and when she hooks her fingers, I can't control myself Pounce on it."

As he spoke, he put his arms around his waist.

It's old Versailles. Xu Qi'an was expressionless and said indifferently:

"When the matter is resolved, I will remove the sub-gu for you, and removing it now will scare the snake away and let Chai Xing'er find out."

It can only be the! Li Lingsu sighed, thinking about refining a batch of elixir another day to nourish the kidneys, then he remembered the cellar and said:

"Someone informed Myolie just now that someone broke into the cellar and Chai Jianyuan's body was dissected."

As he spoke, he lowered his voice: "Senior, did you do it?"

Xu Qi'an nodded.

As expected, Li Lingsu, who got the correct answer, quickly asked: "Have you found anything?"

"Chai Xian is most likely the illegitimate son of Chai Jianyuan." Xu Qi'an said.

Then he saw Li Lingsu's complexion changed drastically, his eyes widened, he looked shocked and unbelievable.

After a while, Li Lingsu lowered his voice: "Are you sure?"

"Chai Xian has six toes, and Chai Jianyuan also has six toes. It may be hereditary, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence."

Li Lingsu was silent for a while: "No wonder Chai Jianyuan insisted on marrying Chai Lan to the imperial family. He could not agree to the marriage between Chai Xian and Chai Lan."

He reacted abruptly, "Chai Xian doesn't know his identity!"

It is easy to infer that if he knew that he was an illegitimate child, he would not fall in love with Chai Lan.

"No, it's also possible that he knew, so he killed Chai Jianyuan in a fit of rage, buried the secret that he was an illegitimate child, and then monopolized Chai Lan." Li Lingsu's brain opened.

Punches must be taught, and reasoning must be logical. Xu Qi'an complained in his heart, and sneered:

"How do you conclude that Chai Xian knows his identity, and how do you conclude that Chai Xian knows that only Chai Jianyuan knows the identity of his illegitimate son in Chai's mansion? Although the six toes are secret, the closest people, the elders, probably know about it."

Li Lingsu's expression froze: "That's right."

Orange Cat Ann licked a few sips of tea, and continued: "In addition, Chai Jianyuan showed signs of poisoning before his death, so he was killed in the study. Most of the poisoners were close people."

"Senior suspects that."

Xu Qi'an met Li Lingqin's questioning gaze, and nodded his cat's head:

"That's right, I suspect it's Chai Xing'er. That kind of poison is not something that ordinary people can refine. Unless it's a poison Gu master himself. Didn't Chai Xing'er go to the southern border, and even begged for love Gu."

Li Lingsu's face turned ugly.

He thinks he is still very picky about women, but any confidante who has ever been in love has a unique temperament and personality, and his appearance and figure must be outstanding.

Secondly, in terms of personality, you must not be a villain or a villain, otherwise the three views will conflict and you will not be able to talk about love.

Even the Dongfang sisters are not bloodthirsty. Although they had many conflicts with Xu Qian in Leizhou, they had different positions and fighting was inevitable.

In his understanding, Chai Xing'er is scheming, ambitious and cunning, her temperament is like a lilac flower with sorrow, she is pitiful, she is not a simple woman in essence.

But Chai Xing'er is by no means a morally bankrupt person.

But during this period of time, with the in-depth investigation of the case, he gradually became suspicious of it.

"I didn't come here to chat with you."

The orange cat raised its paw and patted the table, interrupting Li Lingsu's divergent thinking.

"Senior, please tell me."

Li Lingsu said in a low voice.

"Why did Chai Jianyuan conceal Chai Xian's identity, have you ever thought about it?"

Li Lingsu was taken aback for a moment, and it took a few seconds to understand what Xu Qian meant. For the patriarch of a certain power, an illegitimate child is not something that should be shamed.

But why has Chai Xian been raised in Chai Mansion as a adopted son for so many years?

Li Lingsu pondered: "If it's not because of Chai Jianyuan, then the problem is because of Chai Xian. Is there a secret about his life experience?"

Orange cat An chuckled: "Before the answer is revealed, any hypothesis is possible, but remember to verify it. I remember that the Yin God of Taoism acted as the city god in ancient times, and he only seduces people's souls."

Li Lingsu said "hmm":

"In ancient times, there were two sets of rules, one was the law of the yang world, and the other was the karmic retribution of the underworld, and Taoism controlled the yin law. But later this set of yin law gradually weakened until it was abolished.

"Yes, I read this history in the ancient books of Tianzong, but I have never thought about it thoroughly. Does the senior know?"

An old monster like Xu Qian must know many secrets that others don't.

Orange Cat An pondered for a moment, combined with the secrets he had obtained from the ancient corpse, and said:

"In ancient times, there were only two methods of practice, one was martial arts, and the other was "Tao", the way of Taoism. The Taoist system is more complete and earlier than the Wufu system.

"In other words, in ancient times, it was the world of Taoism. This is the environment in which Yin law exists and prevails.

"But gradually, martial arts began to prosper. The human race in southern Xinjiang figured out the Gu art, the Buddha proved the Tao, and the witch god was born. No matter how difficult Taoism is to dominate the world, the yin method will naturally disappear."

As for Confucianism and sorcerers, they only appeared in modern times. Confucian saints were figures more than 2,000 years ago, and sorcerers were at the same age as the country for 600 years.

In ancient times, there were only martial arts and Taoism. This can understand the emergence of yin methods. Later, the major systems were born, and it was no longer Daoism that had the final say. Xu Qian is really an old monster, knowing so many secrets.

Li Lingsu said with emotion: "My Taoist school was very prosperous back then, but now it has weakened to only three schools of Taoism."

While talking, he looked at Xu Qian, trying to find out some secrets.

Xu Qi'an ignored him, and said calmly: "Come back to business, the dream magic of the Taoist sect may be like a dream witch, interrogating in a dream?"

Li Lingsu frowned and pondered:

"You can't absolutely dominate the dream world like a dream witch, and you can only seduce mortals, or weak people whose grades are greatly different from your own. For interrogation, if the other party is a mortal, you can also do it.

"Senior, if you want me to interrogate Xing'er, don't say that my cultivation base has not been unsealed, even if I am in full bloom, I'm afraid I can't do it. Xing'er is a fifth-grade energy, unless it is a fourth-grade dream witch."

The orange cat Ann shook her cat's head:

"It's not her, it's Chai Jianyuan's son. You pick the weakest one to interrogate. Ask him about Chai Xian. Chai Xian was brought back to Chai Mansion when he was young and grew up with Chai Jianyuan's children. No one knows better than them Chai Xian."

Li Lingsu nodded, indicating that there is no problem, and seemed to think of something, and said:

"By the way, senior, last night, I found that Xing'er left for a long time late at night, and came back about two quarters of an hour. I followed her out of my body, and found her going deep into the south courtyard.

"Wufu's intuition is too keen, I didn't dare to get too close, so I don't know where she went to the South Courtyard."

Orange Mao'an's cat face revealed a solemn look: "What time is it?"

Li Lingsu said: "It's about midnight."

Ah, you scumbag with a kidney deficiency, and it’s so late again, if you don’t have a kidney deficiency, who has a kidney deficiency?

"I see."

According to his experience of talking about life late at night with the oirans of Jiaofang, after each talk, the oirans were sweating profusely, extremely exhausted, and fell asleep immediately.

Chai Xing'er didn't sleep most of the night, and left the room, which was not normal.

In the evening, I summoned the snakes, insects, rats and ants of the Chai Mansion to investigate carefully. Xu Qi said with peace of mind.

He gradually fell in love with Qijue Gu, which has many methods, strong abilities, quirky and changeable, easy to use, and very compelling!

Unlike Wu Fu, when encountering problems, he is straightforward and easy to scare the snake.

at night.

Sanshui Town is a large town located twenty-six miles north of Xiangzhou City. The town has a population of 8,000. Sanshui Town is backed by high mountains, and there are many medicinal materials in the mountains. Therefore, most of the people in the town live by collecting and growing medicines.

The biggest drug dealer in the town is an organization called "Medicine Gang".

During the Demon Slaying Conference, the Medicine Gang also participated, actively responding to the call of the government and the big forces, sending 30 members of the gang to join the militia and patrol all night.

In addition to the militia organized by the government and members of the medicine gang, there was also a Buddhist monk in the patrol team.

It was the monk Jingyuan who shined brilliantly at the Demon Slaying Conference that day.

The patrol team has a total of sixty people, and ten people form a team, holding torches, patrolling all over the town at night.

Chen Er is the little deacon of the medicine gang, who is in charge of No. 10 people. In the medicine gang, the deacon is the middle-level and the most tiring leader, who specializes in handling some trivial matters.

If you encounter something that cannot be resolved or cannot be decided, report it to the gang's senior management.

"Master, thanks to you joining, the brothers are more at ease, and the courage to patrol at night has doubled."

Holding the torch, Chen Er looked sideways at the monk beside him.

The Western Region monk with three-dimensional features and deep eyes said flatly, "It's just that it's easier to evacuate here."

Chen Er didn't understand, when he asked again, the young monk kept silent and ignored him.

Is it easier to evacuate here? What do you mean, the monks in the Western Regions are really weird. Chen Er muttered a few words in his heart, and said with a dry smile:

"So it is, so it is."

Jing Yuan clasped his hands together, walked steadily, and walked ahead.

There is a small river in the north of the town, which runs through the small half of the town. Along the river are residential houses, and the cold wind blows in. After patrolling for a quarter of an hour, the team crossed the stone bridge and came to the wine shop by the river.

This is the property of the Yaobang, where hot pot is stewed and the wine is warmed, and it is only used for the patrol team to rest their feet.

The team is full of masters in martial arts, but except for the deacon Chen Er who is at the refinement level, the others have no rank. Therefore, such a wine shop is needed to rest and drink to warm up the body, otherwise it is easy to get cold.

"This damn weather, it's already so cold in early winter."

Chen Er entered the wine shop cursingly, took a few sips of the medicinal wine, and greeted him, "Brothers, come in for a drink, and continue patrolling after half a stick of incense."

The team members took their seats one after another, chomping down on the pig's offal, drinking the medicinal wine unique to Sanshui Town, and complaining about the damn weather.

Chen Er did not forget to flatter and say: "Master, this is the medicinal wine brewed with our unique secret recipe in Sanshui Town. You will warm your stomach."

Jing Yuan nodded, drinking and eating meat in silence, as a monk, how could he eat without meat.

After taking a few sips of wine, he closed his eyes, concentrated on sensing his surroundings, and found nothing unusual.

Jingyuan has been patrolling Sanshui Town for two nights. The reason why it was chosen here is because it is backed by the vast mountains and there is a river outside the town.

Great for retreating, escaping.

Of course, it was not Jingyuan who escaped, but the one who committed crimes escaped.

"This person has been refining corpses for a long time. I'm afraid he has reached a bottleneck. He will definitely not let your vajra body go. Stay at ease, and that person will come."

This is what Jing Xin said.

Jingyuan agrees with senior brother Jingxin's decision, and also believes that this is the fastest way to lead out the people behind the scenes.

"Walking corpses don't have breathing and heartbeat, and there is no killing intent or malice, but as long as "they" act on a large scale, there will be movement, such as footsteps."

Joyo didn't notice anything unusual and opened his eyes.

"This winter is hard to endure. I don't know how many people will freeze to death."

A man took a sip of his wine and shook his head with emotion.

"Hey, you Zhang Niuzi is still a hero for the country and the people, why don't you donate your family wealth to the government for disaster relief."

"Donate to the government? Then it's better to just throw money on the street, at least the folks can grab a few coins. If you donate to the government, the folks can't get the money. Instead, there is another young man in the official's mansion." concubine."

Everyone laughed.

"That's right, why don't Zhang Niuzi donate to me, I haven't got a wife yet."

The man who spoke was a thin, somewhat mouse-like man.

Zhang Niuzi cursed a slang term and said:

"You, Li Er, can't afford a daughter-in-law, but you can sleep with your own sister-in-law, tsk tsk, and save money on marrying a daughter-in-law. How can a daughter-in-law be better than a sister-in-law? As the old saying goes, dumplings are delicious, what's the fun?"

"It's more fun than sister-in-law!" Someone answered.

Everyone laughed, and the restaurant immediately became lively.

Li Er's eldest brother, like most of the townspeople, made a living by collecting herbs and growing them. One time he went up the mountain to collect herbs and fell off a cliff.

There is no working man in the family, and the quality of life has dropped sharply. Li Er's aunt is a somewhat attractive woman.

Within half a year, he and Li Er had sex.

Chen Er heard his subordinates laughing and cursing each other, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jing Yuan put down his wine glass and looked sideways.

The monk's voice came to my ears: "Is Xiangzhou so cold in winter?"

Chen Er quickly turned around to show respect, and replied respectfully:

"How can it be? If it's like this every winter, how will the people of Xiangzhou survive? This year is extremely cold. It's not long before winter begins, and the night wind blows like bones. In half a decade, there will be ice under the eaves. "

As he spoke, Chen Er drank a toast: "I don't know how many people will freeze to death this winter, but when will no one die in winter? That's the way this world is, it's good to have something to eat."

"Hey, Chai Xian, who received a thousand knives, caused everyone to come out to patrol in the cold. I think he has already slipped away. How dare he stay in Xiangzhou."

Chen Er chattered endlessly, half a stick of incense time passed quickly, he grabbed the short knife and yelled:

"Don't drink, don't drink, get up and let me patrol the streets."

"Ah, is this just half a stick of incense? I feel like I just sat down."

"Drink another half stick of incense. On such a cold day, that stupid Chai Xian might be happy in some woman's bed, and he won't come out to make trouble."

Patrol members complained in one go.

At this time, Jingyuan's pinna moved and heard a slight, unusual sound of water flowing.

"Shut up!"

Jing Yuan shouted.

The noise in the whole hall fell silent, no one dared to speak, and they all looked at him blankly.

Jing Yuan ignored them, closed his eyes, and amplified his hearing to the extreme.

The sound of "cracking" water came to the ears, which was different from the normal sound of water flow, more like an undercurrent, dozens of undercurrents.

No, it's not an undercurrent, but something is swimming towards this side along the small river outside the restaurant.

PS: I went to bed early yesterday.