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Nightwatcher - Chapter 327

Published at 21st of April 2023 06:53:20 AM


Chapter 327

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"Smelly man, is this child in your family sick?"

Su Su trots into the study, and the piercing feeling disappears. It's strange that she is stared at by a five or six-year-old child.

"You are sick. Your whole family is sick. Oh, forget that your family has been killed. "

Xu Qian mercilessly back to accept, he has forgotten the original aunt's joke, that Su Su is in the weeding out of small beans.

"Zhi..."

Xu Qi'an closed the door of his study and wanted to pour a cup of tea for Li Miaozhen. Considering that there might be a postmortem examination next, he didn't serve tea to the guests.

Li Miaozhen does not talk nonsense. He takes out the fragments of the book and shakes it gently. A dark shadow falls down and "PATA" falls on the ground of the study.

Xu Qi'an, with a keen sense of five senses, smelled a strong smell of blood.

He looked at the headless body for a moment and asked, "where's his soul?"

A headless corpse alone doesn't mean much. Since Li Miaozhen said it was a great event, he must have summoned his soul by means of Taoism.

When Li Miaozhen patted the sachet, a wisp of smoke curled up in the air, turning into a middle-aged man with dull eyes and fuzzy face, he murmured: "blood slaughters for three thousand li, blood slaughters for three thousand li, please send troops to fight..."

the holy daughter of Tianzong's face was heavy. "His soul is damaged. If you want to know the follow-up content, you have to raise the soul. According to the deformity of the soul, you need at least two Month. "

Xu Qi'an looked at her and said, "two months later, the cauliflower is cold."

Li Miaozhen glared: "what do you say to do?"

She really did not know what to do, only such a clue, no head and no tail, how to explore the truth?

Su Su's eyes are black and white. She knows that with Xu Qi'an's ability to solve a case, she will not be as confused as the master.

In this regard, Su Su is looking forward to and curious, and wants to know from what angle he will analyze it.

Xu Qian made a little meditation, bent down to remove the clothes on the body, after a review, said: "no accident, he should be a northerner."

Li Miaozhen's eyes lit up in an instant and asked, "what's the basis?"

She watched the whole process of shameless No. 3 body examination, but did not come to the same conclusion as him.

"One side of the soil and water nourishes another side of the people. We can see who the dead are from their appearance and skin. Without a head, the ghost's face is too fuzzy... So if you want to judge where the headless body is from, you have to verify it from the details of the body. "

Xu Qi'an raised the corpse's right hand and said, "you see, this man has a thick cocoon on his index finger besides the old cocoon on his palm, so that neither the sword nor the sword can produce this kind of cocoon."

Su Su and Li Miaozhen fixed their eyes on it.

The peerless female ghost blinked her beautiful eyes and said in a delicate voice: "what weapon is that used? Don't sell the key."

Li Miaozhen showed a sudden color: "it's a bow."

She is worthy of being a female general in the military camp. She has a quick reaction... Xu Qi'an nodded: "yes, this man is good at shooting."

Su Su tilted his head and retorted: "how can this show that he is a northerner? I feel you are talking nonsense. There are so many people who are good at shooting that they can't be in the army? "

Li Miaozhen nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Miss Su Su is right. For example, you have a good shooter around you, and you're not in the army. "

Xu Qian frowned and winked. His hands kept moving. He separated the legs of the headless corpse and said:

"look carefully, there is no cocoon at the root of his thigh. If he is a military man who has been riding for a long time, there will be cocoons at his thigh. They are not in the army, and they are good at shooting, which is in line with the characteristics of northerners. People from all over Dafeng are not good at bowing. "

Northerners are good at bowing and archery. Even an ordinary adult man can open a bow. According to Xu Qi'an's understanding, the standard accessories for people in the northern states are knives and bows.

Sometimes, even without a knife, with a dagger and broken blade instead, but not without a bow.

At this time, Su Su came up with a retort, saying: "or, it's the bowmen."

Xu Qian sneered: "who will send bowmen to deliver the message? If you're right, most of them are from the north. I don't know what he's trying to convey, by whom he's been appointed and by whom he's been poisoned. "

Li Miaozhen breathed out a murky breath and said happily, "then his affairs will be dealt with by you. As a watchman, the silver Gong should deal with these things."

Su Su was also relieved that although this smelly man was lustful and disgusting, his ability was really good.

After some analysis, she was convinced.

He and his master were at a loss. They didn't know how to go down, but after handing it over to the man, they immediately had a clue.

Although Su Su often complains about Li Miaozhen's meddling, and although she likes to absorb the essence of men, she knows that she is a kind female ghost.If the headless corpse can't be handled properly, she and Li Miaozhen will have psychological burden.

Therefore, this highlights the good of Xu Qi'an, which can bring a sense of security.

...

after arranging guest rooms for Li Miaozhen and Su Su, he ordered the cook to prepare some snacks. Xu Qi'an returned to his study, collected the corpse into the book fragments, and asked for the ghost. He rode a little mare to the Yamen.

"I remember that Duke Wei said that there were frequent wars in the north, and Dafeng was defeated one after another. The civil servants wrote to impeach the king of Zhenbei, but emperor Jing of the Yuan Dynasty forced him to throw the pot to Wei Yuan and took off his title as the censor of zuodu.

"Blood slaughters three thousand li. I can't imagine such a big event... Why haven't I heard of it before? It's a matter of great importance. We should report it to Wei Yuan in time. "

The little mare ran to the Yamen. Xu Qi'an handed the bridle to the official on duty at the door and rushed to haoqilou.

"Xu Yinluo, Duke Wei has just ordered to prepare a carriage to enter the palace." The guard downstairs replies.

To enter the palace..... Entering the palace is also a squabble with emperor Jing of the Yuan Dynasty and the civil servants, wasting time..... Xu Qi'an said with a straight face: "don't talk too much nonsense, go in and pass it on."

"Yes..." the guard ran into the building.

After getting a definite reply from the bodyguard, Xu Qi'an presses the knife with one hand and climbs up the steps. He sees Wei Yuanduan sitting behind the desk, his eyes full of the vicissitudes of life washed by the years, looking at him gently and calmly.

He was still dressed in green, but it was embroidered with complicated cloud patterns, and his chest was a blue dragon.

This is Wei Yuan's court dress when he went to court or went to the palace to worship.

"You only have one cup of tea. If you have anything, please tell me." Wei Yuan spoke to his confidants in a polite tone.

"Since Duke Wei is in such a hurry, I'll make a long story short." Xu Qian's heart is not good either. He takes out the pieces of jade and shakes them gently.

PATA... The headless body fell into the clean and tidy tearoom, polluting the clean floor.

Wei Yuan was a little startled. His eyes twitched slightly. He said in a deep voice, "what's the matter?"

"Li Miaozhen arrived in Beijing today and is staying at my house." Xu Qian Road.

"Well!"

Wei Yuan nodded and did not care about it. He stared at the headless corpse and said faintly, "but what does it have to do with this corpse?"

Xu Qian grinned: "it's a big deal. She found the body 80 miles away from the capital. She was chopped off with a knife.

"As for Li Miaozhen, he is nosy, so he calls on the spirits of the dead and asks about the situation. Who knows... "

he deliberately pauses and wants to sell a pass, but when he sees that Wei Yuan's face is not very good-looking, he is suddenly afraid that his next month's salary will be deducted because he takes the left foot first when he goes out, and immediately says:

" soul said a word, well, Duke Wei, you can see for yourself. "

He took down the sachet that Li Miaozhen gave you, opened the red rope, and a stream of blue smoke curled up. In the middle of the air, he turned into a man with a dim face and dull eyes, and murmured and repeated:

"the blood slaughtered three thousand li, the blood slaughtered three thousand li, please send troops to attack......"

Wei Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and his eyes were very sharp.

He was silent for a few seconds and said, "what's your clue?"

It's not a question, it's a positive. It seems that Xu Qian must have found something.

Sure enough, xiaoyinluo, which he admired, never let him down. Xu Qianhui reported: "he was initially determined to be a northerner, and was killed on the way to Beijing to report."

I explained my speculation in detail.

"Dafeng has not been fighting recently. Except for the north, Duke Wei, the situation in the north is worse than we thought. But the court didn't receive the corresponding report? "

"No

Wei Junyuan frowned and shook his head

Xu Qi'an looked at Wei Yuan. "It's not surprising. What's strange is that if the king of Zhenbei lied about the military situation, why didn't the Yamen receive the information?"

How can there be no news about such a big event as the daggers' dark son spread all over Kyushu and the blood slaughter three thousand li?

"At the beginning of the year, I deployed most of the dark sons to the northeast. Few of them stayed in the north, so the news would inevitably be blocked." Wei Yuan said helplessly.

Have all the dark sons been sent to the Northeast? What does Duke Wei want to do? Do you want to fight witchcraft?... suddenly, Xu Qi'an stopped asking, "then Duke Wei thinks, how to deal with this matter?"

Wei Yuan took a look at the water leak placed in the corner of the room and said, "I'll go to the Palace first, and the body and soul will be taken away by me. You don't have to pay attention to this."

When Xu Qi'an nodded, he said: "since Li Miaozhen has come to the capital, the appointment between heaven and man will soon be over, and the public security in the capital will be much better.

"I don't know how many spies have been infiltrating in this period of time. Fortunately, the prison is staring at me, and I can't make any trouble.

"You should let Li Miaozhen pay attention to it. Don't go out of the city at will, don't make trouble, and be on guard against possible dangers.""There may be danger?" Xu Qian asked.

Wei Yuan looked at the leak again and said quickly: "I only tell you the danger she may encounter: first, the danger comes from the imperial court. 2、 The danger comes from spies from other countries. The reason, you think, is that I have to go to the palace. "

He snatched the sachet in Xu Qi'an's hand and left the teahouse quickly. As he walked, he told the officials: "take the body and go into the palace with me."

...

Imperial study.

In addition to Emperor Jing of the Yuan Dynasty, there were 16 people gathered in the ceremony, including Wang Zhenwen, the first assistant, the Secretary of the Ministry of household, the other three grade officials, the Duke and the dugei.

Chu Xianglong, pale, stood among the officials, slightly bowed his head and said nothing.

He had taken the pills given by the master of celestial medicine, and he could get out of bed and walk quickly, but the internal injury of broken meridians could not be recovered in a short time. However, as long as we don't use force and good luck, we can recover after a month.

Emperor Yuanjing frowned and said, "Wei Yuan hasn't come yet. Don't wait!"

After that, he swept all the officials and said, "the king of Zhenbei asked the imperial court for 300000 liang of military pay, 250000 yuan of grain and fodder. What do you mean

Hubu Shangshu was the first to jump out and oppose, saying: "in the 36th year of Yuanjing, there was a flood in Jiangzhou; there was a drought in Jingzhou; there was a plague of locusts in Jingzhou, and the imperial court allocated grain for relief several times.

"Yuzhou, Zhangzhou two big Feng granary surplus is not much, can not make up."

Yuan Jingdi pondered: "from the state deployment."

The Secretary of the Ministry of household replied: "even if there is water transportation, it will take time and effort to collect grain and grass from each state. People will eat horses and chew them. I'm afraid there will be less than half of them when they are transported to the border of Chuzhou. This is not a good strategy."

Just then, the eunuch went to the door of the imperial study and stopped.

Emperor Yuanjing raised his hand, interrupted the words of the Secretary of the Ministry, and looked at the eunuch at the door: "what's the matter?"

"Duke Wei is here." The way of eunuch.

Emperor Yuanjing's joy and anger are not in the form of color: "let him in."

The eunuch retreated. After ten seconds, Wei Yuan stepped into the imperial study and stood in his own position as usual without making any sound.

Emperor Yuanjing was displeased and said, "this is not good, and that is not good. Will the ministers only refute me?"

Yuan Xiong, the censor of zuodou, seized the opportunity and stepped out, saying: "I have a plan."

Yuan Jingdi nodded: "Yuan Aiqing, please say."

Yuan Xiong said: "the imperial court can temporarily add a corvee, which is called grain transport service. Order the people to be responsible for escorting grain and grass. "

Yuan Jingdi's eyes are slightly bright, which is really a second strategy.

The so-called corvee is a kind of labor activity that the imperial court freely enlists people from all walks of life to engage in. If the people are responsible for escorting grain and grass and supervising officers and soldiers, then the imperial court only needs to bear the food and use of officers and soldiers, and the people's rations are solved by themselves.

In this way, it can not only ensure that the grain and grass are not consumed when transported to the border, but also save a large amount of grain transportation costs.

"That's a good policy!" Yuan Jingdi said with a smile.

Yuan Xiong was relieved. As long as his majesty adopted his strategy and Longxin was happy, the sequelae of the imperial examination fraud case would be minimized.

After the palace examination, once Xu made good achievements in the new year, it can be imagined that Zhao Tingfang, a Bachelor of Dongge University, will inevitably come back and Wei Yuan will fall into the well.

His position as the censor of zuodou has not been settled. Maybe he will be pushed down and have to help himself.

Wang Shoufu stepped out and bowed: "this plan will bring disaster to the country and the people, Yuan Xiong should be punished!

"Your Majesty, it's spring ploughing. When the people are busy with farming, they can't add corvee. Since ancient times, food has always been people's priority. Nothing can disturb people during spring ploughing.

"In addition, last year's natural disasters continued, and the people did not have much surplus food. This plan is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire and forcing people to die."

Yuan Xiong, the censor of Zuo Du, was about to retort when he heard Chu Xianglong sneer: "Wang Shoufu loves the people like a son, and I admire him. But, isn't the common people all over Chuzhou the people of Dafeng.

"Wang Shoufu turned a blind eye to their life and death."

Wang Shoufu said faintly: "the imperial court stationed 86000 troops in Beidi, each of which gave six mu of Shangtian, with 5000 hectares of military land. Every year...... "

" there has been no war at the border for a long time, and the wind and rain have been favorable in all parts of Chuzhou over the years. Even if there is no grain and grass collection, it can last for several months according to the grain reserves of Chuzhou. How come you're short of money and food all of a sudden.

"I'm afraid those army fields have been occupied by some people."

Chuzhou is the northernmost state of Dafeng, close to the northern barbarian territory.

Chu Xianglong, with the support of his prince, was not afraid. He hummed coldly, "have scholars ever fought or led a military besides talking? You enjoy it in the capital, but you don't know how hard it is for frontier officers and soldiers.

"Your Majesty, the barbarians are coming fiercely this time. There have been several wars since the end of last year. The Lord is brave and invincible. He has won many battles. If he is unable to supply because of the shortage of food and grass and delays the fight, the consequences will be unimaginable. "

Emperor yuan Jingdi nodded: "I naturally know that huaiwang is so brave. What about the war in the North today? "

Chu Xianglong clasped his fist and said: "the Lord is as brave as a warrior. After several defeats, those barbarians dare not confront our army."We can only rely on the speed of riding troops and plunder everywhere. Although our troops have the advantage, they are exhausted. Your majesty, please pay for the troops, so that the soldiers can know that the imperial court has not forgotten their contributions. "

Wang Shoufu frowned.

Since the impeachment at the end of last year when the king of Zhenbei was accused of being unable to defend the city, the Tang newspaper from the North really said that the king of Zhenbei had won many battles and the barbarian invasion of the border had been contained.

Cao Guogong immediately said, "the king of Zhenbei has made great contributions. We can't hold him back. The best strategy is the best of both. I'm afraid that if the army loses its salary again, it will cause a mutiny.

"Even if there is something wrong, it should be counted after autumn. We shouldn't detain grain, grass and military pay in this matter. "

Several dignitaries agreed.

They are experts in battlefield affairs and have more say than civil servants.

Wang Shoufu said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this matter must be considered in the long run."

Emperor yuan ignored him and said, "what do you think of it?"

Seeing this, the princes relented one after another and said, "I will give my full support to the king of Zhenbei."

Your Majesty's inclination is obvious. It's useless for them to say more.

Several key members of the king's party quietly winked at Wang Shoufu and asked him to say how much his majesty trusted the king of Zhenbei. It was obvious to all in the court.

Otherwise, he would not have given Zhenbei King Zhenguo sword.

Emperor yuan Jing looked at Wei Yuan and said, "Wei Aiqing, you are a master of military law. What's your opinion?"

Wang Shoufu immediately looked at Wei Yuan.

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