Nightwatcher

"follow me!"

Xu Qi'an didn't pay attention to her sister's emotional changes, even if she did, she wouldn't take it to heart.

He took Xu Yuanshuang and Xu Yuanhuai into the gate of Xu Mansion, walked through the front yard and corridor, and went straight to the backyard where the family lived.

In the spacious inner hall, except for Xu Pingzhi who was on duty, the whole family was there.

Xu Erlang was also going to be on duty at the Imperial Academy, but because Xu Qi'an said yesterday that he would take his younger siblings home this morning, Erlang asked for leave and stayed at home to see his cousins.

The two seats in the first seat are the aunt and the biological mother.

In the guest seats on Auntie's side were Xu Xinnian, Xu Lingyue, and Mu Nanzhi.

The guest seat next to the birth mother Ji Baiqing was empty, and no one was seated yet.

Seeing Xu Qi'an leading the elder brother's siblings in, the aunt pursed her lips and tried not to roll her eyes.

She only allowed the two youngsters to enter the mansion for the sake of her nephew and sister-in-law.

Ever since Xu Lingyue fanned the flames last time, my aunt had a lot of opinions on Xu Yuanhuai and Xu Yuanshuang.

Xu Xinnian and Xu Lingyue were so scheming that they showed no expression on their faces.

"mother!"

Sure enough, seeing his mother, Xu Yuanshuang was a little excited.

Xu Yuanhuai's tense expression relaxed slightly.

Ji Baiqing saw her children were finally reunited, her eyes were slightly red, and she showed a smile mixed with bitterness and joy.

"Come and meet your aunt."

She always regards herself as a "guest" and her aunt as the mistress of the Xu family. She has a good sense of proportion and will not be offensive, nor will she leave any excuses.

Of course, my aunt can't understand these micromanagements, she just instinctively thinks that the sister-in-law is still as gentle and considerate as before, and gets along like a spring breeze.

"Yuan Shuang met Auntie!"

Xu Yuanshuang greeted obediently, with a smile on his cool and pretty face.

"I met my aunt."

Xu Yuanhuai's greeting seemed blunt.

"Um!"

Auntie nodded slightly, and responded in a neutral way.

She wanted to knock a few words at first to show her off, but when she saw her sister-in-law crying, her heart softened again.

Ji Baiqing immediately said:

"From now on, you should live in the house. Your eldest brother has already arranged a place to live. Mother will take you there."

Xu Erlang frowned, and glanced sideways at Xu Lingyue.

Xu Lingyue got up with a smile, and while meeting Xu Yuanshuang, she said:

"Don't bother Auntie, let Lingyue do these trivial matters."

While speaking, Xu Lingyue had already held Xu Yuanshuang's hand, smiling kindly:

"Sister Yuanshuang, she has admired her name for a long time, and seeing her today, she is really extraordinary. There is also brother Yuanhuai, who is an outstanding talent, as the elder brother said, with extraordinary talent."

Xu New Year shook his head and laughed:

"Lingyue, my family should stop saying such polite words. You don't leave the door without leaving the door. How come you have heard your name for a long time."

Xu Lingyue turned her head and said angrily:

"Second brother buried others.

"Brother said, elder sister Yuanshuang and younger brother Yuanhuai, one is a warlock and the other is a warrior. They tried their skills in Yongzhou, but they almost let the elder brother suffer a big loss. The elder brother is a rare genius, a first-rank martial artist today.

"Second brother, tell me, sister Yuanshuang and brother Yuanhuai can't afford to be sisters who have long admired their names?"

Xu Nian nodded after hearing the words:

"It's really talented. Alas, I heard that Yuan Huai is almost at the fourth rank. I'm ashamed."

Xu Yuanshuang froze on the spot in embarrassment, not knowing what expression to respond to.

Xu Yuanhuai lowered his head slightly, feeling even more ashamed.

This is a naked revelation of their dealing with Xu Qi'an.

In the past, he followed Ji Xuan and others to deal with Xu Qi'an, now that Yunzhou is gone, and he comes to seek refuge with anyone who wants face, he will be so embarrassed and ashamed that he can't wait to dig into the ground.

Ji Baiqing looked embarrassed, forced a smile and said:

"Yuan Shuang and Yuan Huai are ignorant, and they did do many things wrong before."

Xu Lingyue said softly:

"Just apologize."

Mu Nanzhi held the fox cub in her arms, watching with relish.

Of course, she could see that Xu Lingyue was giving power to the little beast's younger siblings. While watching the play with relish, she was also a little confused. In her impression, Xu Lingyue shouldn't be so strong.

Well, it should be Xu Erlang who taught her. Erlang is a scholar who is best at intrigue and Mu Nanzhi's judgment.

Xu Qi'an glanced at Xu Yuanshuang and Xu Yuanhuai whose faces suddenly turned red, gave a step, and said lightly:

"You two go take a shower first and change into clean clothes."

Xu Lingyue glanced at her elder brother resentfully, and continued:

"I'll take them there."

The residences of Xu Yuanshuang and Xu Yuanhuai were arranged in the adjacent house, and they did not live with them.

How could Ji Baiqing let Xu Lingyue continue to bully her children, so she hurriedly said:

"No, I'll take them there."

Then, he said to Xu Qi'an:

"Ning Yan, come to my place for dinner, mother. I'll cook some Yunzhou dishes for you."

She wanted to get close to the eldest son, but she didn't dare to get close.

The main reason is that Xu Qi'an never called her mother.

She dared not call herself a mother.

Xu Qi'an nodded:

"good."

Watching his biological mother leave with his younger siblings, Xu Qi'an turned to look at his younger brother and said:

"Go to the study, I have something to tell you."

The two brothers came to Xu Qi'an's study, and after closing the door, Xu Qi'an said:

"Tomorrow you write a note and ask His Majesty if you want to set up another supervisor. Several disciples of the supervisor are vying for this position."

He talked about the "battle" between Yang Qianhuan and the others.

Xu Nian touched his chin and said:

"I suddenly had an idea that the household department is having a headache for the pensions of the Gu clan's fallen soldiers. Why don't you ask Si Tianjian to pay the money and tell them that whoever pays the most money will be favored by His Majesty.

"Of course, preference is just preference, and it doesn't necessarily mean who will be appointed as supervisor."

Anyway, Si Tianjian is rich.

This is to squeeze the wool of Si Tianjian. Xu Qi'an thought about it and thought it was a good idea.

"It's just right, I will go to southern Xinjiang in the near future to pick up the ring tone, and I will send the pension."

"What do you think of the two of them?" Xu Erlang asked abruptly.

"Raise it by my mother's side. They are just two silly children." Xu Qi'an stroked his chin:

"Actually, I suspect that Xu Pingfeng sent them here on purpose when he asked them to come to the capital to discuss peace. In this way, if Dafeng wins, the two of them will have a solution. If Dafeng loses, Yunzhou can rescue them. It'll be fine."

"Perhaps!" Xu Erlang didn't comment.

After talking about the business, Xu Qi'an let out a "hey":

"It will be exciting to watch in the future. My biological mother is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp. She is not thinking about the house fight now, but only wants to repair the relationship with me, and adapt to the life of the Xu Mansion in the future.

"The struggle between her and sister Lingyue will be very interesting. Oh yes, Wang Simu is not a light-saving lamp. After you two get married, tsk tsk, I don't have to go to the Goulan to listen to music. Just watching the children and relatives of this family fight will be endless aftertaste up.

"This looks like a rich family, you can't even fight against each other, what kind of rich family is it?

"In the past, there were no tigers in the mountains, and Auntie, the monkey, was the king."

Xu New Year hehe:

"Yeah, before Simu, there was His Highness Lin'an and Luo Yuheng. It was very lively. Brother, I am really looking forward to your big wedding with His Highness Lin'an. Do you think the national teacher will make a big fuss with a sword in his hand? one game?"

No, there is Mu Nanzhi, and even more. Xu Qi'an's gloating expression gradually disappeared, and he said with a flick of his sleeves:

"Sharp teeth!

"You are the second-to-last piece of talent."

Xu Nian was poked at the sore spot, and he snorted coldly.

I muttered in my heart: I am at least better than Lingyin.

Ji Baiqing led her children to the residence, and after arranging the rooms, she ordered the servants to boil water and prepare to bathe them.

"Don't go there if you have nothing to do in the future, and don't provoke Lingyue. You two used to be hostile to Ning Yan, and she remembered it in her heart. The two brothers and sisters in the second room are very protective of Ning Yan. How can such a naive person as Xiaoru be brought up like this? Great girl."

Ji Baiqing gave a warning and said:

"Yunzhou is gone, so there is no need to mention it in the future. Since Ning Yan brought you back, it means that the past has been wiped out, and he will not take it to heart. Live in the capital in the future, and he will not treat you badly."

After finishing speaking, she glanced at Xu Yuanhuai and said softly:

"Mother knows that you are capable and don't need to be attached to your elder brother, but how can this be compared to your wandering in the rivers and lakes? You want to be brave and diligent in martial arts, and the guidance of a first-rank martial artist is better than anything else. He may not be willing to accept you now, but it has been a long time , that estrangement will always disappear.

"And Yuan Shuang, if you want to go on in the warlock system, you can't do without the capital, you can't do without Si Tianjian."

Xu Yuanshuang said in a low voice:

"Mother, if Yuan Huai and I want to leave, will you come with us?"

Ji Baiqing shook her head slightly:

"Mother has been with you for nearly twenty years. In the future, Mother wants to spend more time with him. Looking at him, Mother will be satisfied."

Xu Yuanhuai couldn't help asking:

"He has really been promoted to the first rank? What about uncle, father, and Ji Xuan? What happened to them, where did they escape?"

In his opinion, his father is a fairy-like figure. Even if his elder brother becomes a first-class martial artist, nothing will happen to his father. His father will always have a way out and will never fall into a desperate situation.

And Ji Xuan is a third-rank martial artist, a master of the Transcendent Realm.

The battle is impossible to win, but escape is not a problem.

Ji Baiqing shook her head and sighed:

"They're all dead.

"Ji Xuan was beheaded by Ning Yan himself in the capital. After the defeat, your father tried to escape, but failed, and was beheaded overseas by Ning Yan. The same thing happened to him, brother.

"The clansmen were all dead, and they were wiped out by a heavy armored cavalry, and they died cleanly.

"Mother deserves to die, but I can't bear you and him."

During the twenty years of confinement, the relationship between her and Xu Pingfeng has long since disappeared, and the bonds of Yu clan have been severed long ago.

It is more important to stay alive by the three children than to die with them.

"Dead, dead, all dead."

Xu Yuanhuai muttered to himself and stood there dumbfounded.

None of them escaped, they were all killed by Xu Qi'an, and his father, whom he respected like a god, also died in Xu Qi'an's hands.

This is different from what he thought. In his thinking, although the Yunzhou army was defeated, the core figures should be lurking.

Xu Yuanhuai couldn't believe it for a while, how could such a powerful father die?

But the mother will not lie to him.

At this time, he had a deeper concept of the four words "first grade martial artist".

This is the level that even a godlike father can only drink hatred.

He has finally grown to this point. Since the death of Joan of Arc, his father's plans against him have failed one after another, and finally he can no longer control this beast. have.

His father "created" him with his own hands, gave birth to him, implanted him with the national destiny, and paved the way for his own kingly hegemony.

But in the end, this pawn cost his life.

The cycle of cause and effect is dictated by fate.

As a sorcerer, Xu Yuanshuang deeply understood the horror of cause and effect.

Xu Lingyue came in with a bowl of ginseng soup, looked around and found only Xu Erlang, frowned and said:

"Where's big brother?"

"Going out to do errands."

Xu Erlang's eyes fell on the ginseng soup, and sighed: "This bowl of soup must not be cooked for the second brother, alas, the second brother does not have such a blessing."

Xu Lingyue quickly burst into a gentle smile:

"Second brother's words are too outrageous. Lingyue knows that you have worked hard, so she specially boiled ginseng soup to supplement you. Why does eldest brother need this?"

Xu New Year nodded:

"Put it here."

Watching the back of his younger sister leaving with the wooden plate in hand, Xu Erlang touched his chin and hummed:

"Damn girl, I will join your army.

"Whenever you do something good, think about your elder brother first. Who is your real brother?"

He picked up the ginseng soup and took a sip, then frowned and cursed:

"Smelly girl, turn a corner and call me weak?"

Lingbao Temple.

In the quiet room, there are two futons, one is occupied and the other is not.

Xu Qi'an sat cross-legged on the futon and said in a deep voice:

"After being promoted to the first rank, my cultivation has stagnated. Breathing and breathing are almost useless. Even if I am dual cultivation, my progress is slow."

Luo Yuheng frowned, seemed to be in some pain, took a breath, and said:

"After the first grade, the essence, energy and spirit are combined into one. If you want to improve, you have to improve the three together. Of course breathing has no effect. Breathing can only temper the energy."

This should be the reason why there is a bottleneck in first-rank martial arts. Xu Qi'an's waist muscles were tense, and he exerted force continuously, saying:

"Then, can you break the bottleneck by breathing, meditating, and exercising your body at the same time?"

A normal martial arts practitioner relies on breath, breath, and movement to practice energy, but after the combination of spirit, energy, and spirit, breath and breath will have no effect. If you want to improve, you must improve the three at the same time.

The unity of spirit, energy and spirit is the most special and strongest feature of a rank-1 martial artist, but it has also become a shackle.

Luo Yuheng bit his lips tightly, without saying a word, his cheeks flushed.

"No, I've never heard of this kind of cultivation method." She said intermittently.

"Currently, the most effective way is to double cultivate with the national teacher."

Xu Qi'an smiled and said: "I also ask the national teacher to show mercy."

"Whoever wants to double cultivate with you, I have already said that after being promoted to the land god, you and I will have nothing to do with each other."

Luo Yuheng snorted softly.

"Yes, yes, I'm wishful thinking, I only wish to listen to the national teacher's lecture for an hour every day, and I ask the national teacher not to refuse."

Xu Qi'an is as good as others.

Luo Yuheng gave a reserved "hmm".

At this time, Xu Qi'an stopped all actions, took out the fragments of the book from his bosom, and checked the biography.

[Five: Xu Ningyan, can you come to southern Xinjiang? 】

[Four: Lina, don't worry, Ning Yan and Lin'an's big wedding is still some time away, and I won't forget you when the banquet is arranged. 】

Chu Yuanzhen sent a letter to tease him.

Looking at Luo Yuheng, who was passing the book, his face suddenly sank.

Which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted! Xu Qi'an cursed secretly, and then saw Lina passing the letter:

[The big thing is not good, Lingyin dreamed about the Gu God. 】

In the dream, Gu God Xu Qi'an raised his eyebrows and his face changed slightly.

PS: The typo will be corrected later.