Chapter 235: Your Majesty’s Death

The Vast Building.

Back to the Yamen of Nangong Qianruo and Zhang Kai Tai, the first time into the Haoqi building, there is Nangong Qianruo this righteous son to lead, do not need to pass, you can go straight up to the building to see Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan stood in front of a map hanging horizontally with his hands behind his back, squinting his eyes and not saying a word. He had maintained this posture for half an hour already.

This was an overhead map of the entire northeast, which marked the headquarters of the Witch God Cult, as well as the locations of the northeastern countries. This kind of map lacked precision and could only be seen on a macro level, so it wasn’t considered precious.

More accurate maps are classified objects that countries would like to seize and protect even if they have to break their brains.

Footsteps came from behind, followed by Nangong Qianlong and Zhang Kaitai’s voices:

“Righteous Father.”

“Wei Gong.”

Wei Yuan did not turn his head, and said in a deep voice, “Xu Qi an s bones have been floating in the canal for more than ten years, and it is not advisable to put them away …… for a long time so that his relatives can be buried early.”

If you listened carefully, there was a hint of deep pain in the low voice.

Nangong Qianrou knew very well why her righteous father did not take a look at Xu Qi’an’s corpse, her righteous father was the one who was in charge, the one who schemed, his heart should be hard and cold, only the cold and ruthless people could be invincible.

Wei Yuan is supposed to be an invincible person who won’t be swayed by emotions.

The watchmen in the yamen, and even the outside world, wished Wei Yuan was such a person.

“Righteous father ……” Nangong Qianrou cleared her throat and said, “Xu Qi’an, is still alive.”

Wei Yuan turned around with a loud voice, and his movements were so large that his green robe bulged with it.

At this moment, the face of the big eunuch is complex, and his eyes are also complex, dismayed, puzzled, delighted, and hopeful …… Nangong Qianru has never seen such a complex emotion on the face of his righteous father.

But in just a moment, the great eunuch regained his subdued composure, slowly paced to the edge of the case and sat down, asking in a somewhat stern tone:

“What’s going on?”

Nangong Qianru then relayed Xu Qi’an’s words.

Wei Yuan listened quietly and immediately said, “Have him come to me quickly.”

Nangong Qianru nodded, looking toward the huge, northeastern overlook, “That spy thing …..”

Xu Qi’an came back from the dead, does the Witch God Cult still want to fight?

“The plan to fight the Witch God Cult after the fall harvest remains unchanged.” Wei Yuan’s expression was cold and his tone was filled with powerful confidence.

Nangong Qianwei and Zhang Kaitai excused themselves, the former intending to make another trip to the Xu Mansion, but in the end, just as they left the Yamen, they ran into Xu Qi’an, who was steering his horse.

“You’re quite sensible,” Nangong Qianrou tsked, “Those who don’t know think that righteous father has taken in another borer.”

Xu Qi’an sneered back and tsked, “Old yin and yang man.”

Nangong Qianrou burst into a rage, mistaking Xu Qi’an for mocking his boy-girl appearance, her willow eyebrows raised, “How come you didn’t die in Yunzhou.”

The words fell, Xu Qi’an mind whirled to capture an image: Nangong Qianrou raised her right hand, swinging her arm and waving her slap …..

Xu Qi’an blessed to the heart, waist a sinking, head a low, millimeters to avoid Nangong Qianruo’s slap, a smoke to escape into the court.

“Don’t bother to talk to you, I’m going to see Lord Wei.”

In front of the fourth-grade golden gong, showing a wave of operation was already the limit, and if he didn’t slip, he would be pressed to the ground and whacked.

Nangong Qianrou looked at his back slightly dumbfounded, then lowered his head and looked at his hand …… to avoid it?

The God Refining Realm had an extremely keen sense of danger, and could easily detect hostility and ambushes in their surroundings, and even blindfolded, they could still kill in the chaos. When a martial artist reaches the God Refining Realm, their personal combat power will reach a small peak.

However, with Nangong Qianlou’s cultivation of the fourth grade, despite having reservations about striking out, rushing to let the palm hit the target before a God Refining Realm martial artist sensed the crisis and made an evasion should have been an easy task.

“How is it possible …..” Nangong Qianlou’s willow brows frowned lightly.

…….

Xu Qi’an received countless astonished gazes along the way, whether it was the night watchman or the mandarins, all of them looked at him dumbfounded.

Causeway Xu Qi’an martyrdom news, has long been spread throughout the yamen, these days, everyone’s after-dinner talk, if you use the title of the previous life to write:

# shocked! Causeway Xu Qi’an returns, Wei Gong are stunned #

# What did the promising gong do in Yunzhou that ruined his life #

But now, seeing Xu Qi’an, who had been dead for half a month, appeared in the courtroom alive and well, and also waved his hand warmly to greet everyone, beating more people full of questions.

“How can a ghost enter our courthouse in broad daylight? How can a person become so handsome after death?”

“What should we do, this is Xu Ningyan’s ghost, we can’t make a move, can we? It’s not good if the spirit flies away.”

“Are you blind? A ghost would have a shadow? That could be Xu Ningyan’s sibling, where Xu Ningyan is such a phenom.”

Xu Qi’an arrived at the Haoqi Building amidst a chorus of murmurs, and the guards stared at him dumbfounded.

“I demand to see Duke Wei, go and report quickly.”

The guard entered the building with a step and three turns back, and came down a few moments later, “Wei Gong has invited …… Lord Xu, you are not, not ……”

Xu Qi’an touched his face and replied in a mellow voice, “I am Xu Qi’an’s sibling, and I have been ordered by Lord Wei to take over my elder brother’s position.”

“I see, what is Lord Xu’s name?”

“Xu Qian.”

The guard said to himself, “Why does that sound like a girl’s name.

Respectfully on the surface, he said, “Please come in.”

Entered the Haoqi building, ascending to the seventh floor tea room, Xu Qi’an saw Wei Yuan, who had not seen him for more than a month, he was still wearing a gorgeous green robe, gray sideburns, the corners of his eyes have shallow crow’s feet, elegant and handsome, is a temperament and appearance of a good old handsome man.

With my current face value, in the future, when I am old, I will definitely not be worse than Wei Yuan …… Xu Qi An clasped his fists and said aloud, “My humble servant sees Wei Gong.”

Wei Yuan was in a bit of a trance and said gently, “Sit down.”

For the first time in history, Wei Yuan personally poured him a cup of hot tea and leisurely said, “Have a good talk about what happened in Yunzhou.”

The matter was a long story, and Xu Qi’an told Wei Yuan about what had happened in Yunzhou in great detail, including the identity of Li Miaozhen II and the identity of the Heavenly Sect’s Holy Maiden.

He had no reservations about the rest of it, except for the fact that Monk Shenshu had a lot at stake.

The main reason was that Wei Yuan was too smart and hiding too much would be noticed. Then there was the fact that the Grand Eunuch really valued him and cultivated him, and Xu Qi’an returned the favor by trusting Wei Yuan.

Sure enough, Wei Yuan took a sip of tea and said, “Yang Qianliang has been following you.”

Xu Qi’an was first stunned and somewhat dismayed, he wasn’t stupid and immediately realized what was going on and asked, “Why is Senior Brother Yang following me?”

“He naturally won’t follow you for no reason, according to my understanding of this person, other than liking to do something strange and weird, the rest of the things he isn’t interested in.” Wei Yuan smiled inscrutably, “But what if it’s Supervisor Zheng’s intention.”

Supervisor Zheng knows my secret …… If he authorized it, it makes sense.

Xu Qi’an didn’t move to measure Wei Yuan for a moment, would the great and wise Wei Yuan, who was as wise as a demon, also notice some clues?

Wei Yuan didn’t stick to this topic and continued, ”As for that Third Grade Warlock, let’s pretend he’s Third Grade for now, I don’t think he’s Sun Xuanji of the Si Tian Supervisor.

“However, this incident reminds me of something else.”

Xu Qi’an’s spirit lifted, “Please ask Wei Gong to explain.”

It’s still Wei Gong who’s reliable. That old silver coin, Daoist Jinlian, hides his words. And Wei Yuan has almost no reservations about me.

“You’re familiar with Chu Caiwei of the Divine Constabulary, and you’re also familiar with Song Qing, do you know their respective identities.”

“Supervisor Zheng’s personal disciple?” Xu Qi’an asked back, not quite confirming.

Not all of the white-robed men of the Heavenly Superintendent were disciples of the Superintendent, just as the great Confucian scholars of the Cloud Deer Academy, who held classes from time to time, but had very few true personal disciples.

Song Qing and Chu Caiwei, as well as Yang Qianyi were the personal disciples of Supervisor Zheng.

“Yang Qianyue is the third disciple of the Supervisor Zheng, Song Qing is the fourth disciple, Chu Caiwei is the sixth disciple, and the white-clothed warlocks call her the youngest senior sister.” Wei Yuan said.

….. What’s the problem here? Xu Qi’an didn’t understand.

“But, the Supervisor Zheng only has a total of five personal disciples.” Wei Yuan said quietly.

This ….. Xu Qi’an’s pupils shrunk slightly, finally understanding Wei Yuan’s meaning, Supervisor Zheng has only five disciples, but Chu Caiwei is a six disciple, so there is another one of them?

Where did that one go?

Yang Qianyi is the third disciple, Song Qing is the fourth disciple, and Chu Caiwei is the sixth disciple …… That Sun Xuanji doesn t know how many.

“Sun Xuanji is the second disciple.” Wei Yuan said.

“Then, the eldest and fifth disciples are unspecified for now.” Xu Qi’an said.

For a while, the two did not continue their conversation, and a brief silence fell over the tea room.

A cup of tea bottomed out before Wei Yuan continued, “You woke up at a bad time.”

“What makes you say that, Mr. Wei?” Xu Qi’an didn’t understand.

“Zhang Xingying petitioned the court to posthumously honor you, and after His Majesty and all the princes conferred, you were made a son of Changle County. In a few days, the imperial decree will come down.”

Wei Yuan said helplessly, “Since you have lived, the Cabinet will more than likely dismiss the imperial decree, and His Majesty will more than likely gladly accept it.”

“What’s wrong with that, as long as the silver that should be rewarded is not less for me.” Xu Qi’an shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

Changle County son, should be a viscount, sounds like a brother title …… No, son title.

In the future, when we meet officials of Changle County household registration, we will introduce each other, and the other party will say, “Good day, I am XXX of Changle County”.

Xu Qi’an said: I am a son of Changle County.

Those who don’t know better think I’m someone’s son.

Wei Yuan glanced at him: ”Silver is just something outside the body, the significance symbolized by the title is not comparable to silver? Even if you become a silver gong and have power in your hands, your status is still not on the table.

“The only thing that is a title is the credentials that will completely separate you from the civil status and make you a powerful noble of the dynasty. If you are knighted, the Xu family will not be an ordinary family, but a powerful noble.

“When you marry in the future, a commoner woman will not be qualified to marry you. It will have to be a rich family’s daughter to be a good match for you.”

“Can I marry the princess?” Xu Qi’an asked in a small voice.

….. Wei Yuan nodded, “Theoretically possible.”

It was impossible for a princess to marry a commoner, and her future husband must be a powerful man. Although a viscount is not high, it is at least a title.

“For some reason, His Majesty is not pleased with you, and if he doesn’t want to, there’s nothing anyone can do.” Wei Yuan finished and laughed:

“Fortunately, you’re not a good-for-nothing, and there’s room for maneuver.”

“Wei Gong taught me.”

“Some time ago, a big event happened in the palace, Consort Fu died accidentally, falling down from the attic in disheveled clothes. At that time, there was only the crown prince in the house, and was drunk. This case is very tricky, both about the face of the royal family, but also involved in the abolition of the crown prince, the three law division are not willing to get involved in it, must be negative to handle the case.”

….. Holy shit, the Crown Prince insulted the Emperor’s consort?

Xu Qi’an hurriedly shook his head, “Duke Wei, aren’t you harming me, royal scandals, is it not for me to meddle.”

“No harm done.” Wei Yuan waved his hand, “This matter is known to all civil and military officials, there is not much more than one more you. It’s best if you can find out, but if you can’t, just shrug it off.

“The ability is not enough, at most, you will be punished, even if His Majesty does not like you, without committing a major mistake, the Viscount is not something he can behead at his say-so, the Lords’ Group will not agree.”

Understood, what Duke Wei means is that if the Emperor revokes the holy decree of knighting me, and if I am approached to do something in the future, I will pretend to be dead and not accept it. First, I’ll coax Emperor Yuan Jing to confer the title on me.

Then, pull back on the grounds of less than ability, and at the end of the day, you’ll be punished at best and earn a knighthood for nothing.

Wei Gong really ….. resourceful (old silver coin) ah.

“The crown prince is Lin An’s sibling.” Xu Qi’an suddenly remembered the flirtatious and affectionate little fish he had raised.

The little nightclub queen must be sad and helpless right now.

“You and Princess Lin’an, there’s nothing entangled, right?” Wei Yuan narrowed his eyes and scrutinized him.

“No no.” Xu Qi’an hurriedly shook his head.

Wei Yuan nodded reassuringly.

……..

The next day, the Imperial Study Room.

“The three-day period has passed, you give me the answer, is a sentence “the case is complex and doubtful, requesting more grace for a few days”?”

Emperor Yuan Jing put several folders and slammed them hard on the three ministers.

The folders submitted by the Secretary of the Da Lisi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, and Wei Yuan are surprisingly consistent, as if they are copying each other’s homework, and they are copying the wrong answers.

Emperor Yuan Jing was furious and slapped the table.

The Minister of Justice was ashamed to say, “Your Majesty, this case is full of doubts and mists, and I have done my best. I ask Your Majesty to allow a few more days of grace.”

The Secretary of the Da Lisi, on the other hand, said, “The humble minister is incapable of doing so and requests to return to his hometown in retirement.”

“You ……” Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand, sweeping the folders, pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the table to the ground, shaking with anger:

“I will behead you.”

The three ministers immediately fell to their knees and shouted, “I am not sorry to die, Your Majesty take care of your dragon body.”

Is this a line exchange?

Emperor Yuan Jing was furious.

The ministers on both sides of the eyes and nose, nose and heart, always like to raise the bar with Wei Yuan, the giver of the middlemen also do not speak.

This case of course still needs to be dealt with, but the opinions of all parties are not yet unified, and the Prince’s faction is thinking about how to help this Crown Prince get off the hook.

The rest of the factions pondered which of the princes would be the future Crown Prince if the Crown Prince was abolished.

Ideas are different, but one thing is everyone’s default, is to first put things off for a while. Consort Fu’s death is not important, the important thing is this case involved in the national capital of the dispute.

It would have been nothing less than a Kyocha bloodbath.

The parties need to take time to deliberate, to take sides, to set up.

Like this situation of unity of purpose in the courtroom, even Yuan Jingdi can only be impotent and furious, unless he does not want the truth, on the spot to abolish the crown prince …… but most likely to be dismissed by the cabinet.

“Your Majesty, do not be anxious, the micro minister has something to report.” Chief Minister Wang stepped out and gently put the case of Concubine Fu over for the time being, saying:

“As far as I know, the gong Xu Qi’an, who beat the night watchman’s yamen, was not martyred in the line of duty. In yesterday’s bizarre resurrection, knighthood matters, please Your Majesty withdraw.”

Inside the imperial study, the whispers of the ministers resounded.

That gong surnamed Xu is still alive? The Secretary of the Da Lisi and the Minister of Justice had mixed feelings.

Emperor Yuan Jing froze for a moment, collected his anger, looked at Wei Yuan, and said in a deep voice, “Wei Qing, are the words of the First Counselor true?”

“Indeed true.” Wei Yuan made a bow.

Immediately, one of the ministers stepped forward and shouted, “Zhang Xingying lied about the case and deceived His Majesty, please punish His Majesty.”

Emperor Yuan Jing didn’t bother and looked at Wei Yuan, continuing to ask, “Why is that?”

“Xu Qi’an did not die, and before he fought the rebels to the death, he took a pill from the Sietian Supervisor’s Degeneration Pill, and after exhausting himself, he entered a state of false death, and did not awaken until yesterday. Zhang Xingying mistakenly thought that Xu Qi’an had been martyred in the line of duty, and it was not his fault.” Wei Yuan explained.

Deliverance Pill ….. When Emperor Yuan Jing heard this, he was as diaphragmatic as if he had eaten a fly.

When he first asked the Superintendent for this medicine, the Superintendent refused to give it to him, saying that it was no longer available.

But now, a district gong had actually eaten the elixir he had begged for.

“How did he obtain this medicine.” The corner of Emperor Yuan Jing’s mouth twitched.

“Gifted by Chu Caiwei of the Si Tian Supervisor.” Wei Yuan replied.

Emperor Yuan Jing pondered for a few seconds and slowly nodded his head, “The matter of knighting is withdrawn. On the other hand, have tongluo Xu Qi’an, come see me quickly.”

Wei Yuan nodded his head without moving and made a bow, “Yes.”

……..

Xu Qi’an received the summons, rushed before noon, fast horseback whip arrived at the palace, by the feather forest guards after checking the identity, let him into the palace.

Inside the city gates, the big blue coat stood with his hands in the air, waiting for a long time, with Nangong Qianru standing by his side.

Xu Qi’an quickly greeted him and shouted, “Lord Wei.”

Wei Yuan nodded, “His Majesty summoned you for the case of Concubine Fu.” After a pause, he said meaningfully, “The matter of the knighthood was withdrawn.”

Still really withdrew ah, this message has been sent out for three days, this can also be withdrawn, not abide by the rules …… Xu Qi an heart spit, said:

“I see.”

Along with Wei Yuan came to the imperial study, Emperor Yuan Jing was not there, the old eunuch in the python robe said, “His Majesty is in Ling Bao Guan, meditating with the State Master, and will not be back until after noon, and wait.”

It was an hour’s wait.

…….

Ling Bao Guan, having finished his meditation, the refreshed Yuan Jing Emperor opened his eyes and sighed, “State Master, when will I be able to form the Golden Dan?”

Under the Taoist robe, it is hard to hide the plump body, the appearance of the beautiful Luo Yu Heng, closed his eyes, his voice pleasantly magnetic: “When will your majesty be able to put down the political affairs and concentrate on cultivation, the Golden Dan will be just around the corner.”

Emperor Yuan Jing stared at the stunningly beautiful Taoist nun in front of him, her features were gorgeous, with a charm that seduced the heart, and the little bit of vermilion sand on her eyebrows set off even more like a fairy.

A fairy that can be desecrated.

Emperor Yuan Jing sighed again, in fact, all he needed was dual cultivation and he could go further. It was just that even as the king of a country, he couldn’t force the head of the Human Sect Dao.

Not to mention the fact that the other party was a second grade expert, even though force could be suppressed, the matter of dual cultivation required the cooperation of two people’s minds and could not be forced.

“When will the State Master be able to enter the first rank?” Emperor Yuan Jing asked.

Luo Yu Heng shook his head slightly.

“Alas, Supervisor Zheng’s mind, I am more and more unable to see through. That day I asked him for the deliquescent pill, he did not give it, who would have thought that today I would learn that a small gong can enjoy this elixir.”

Luo Yu Heng opened her eyes and asked curiously, “A gong?”

Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand, “This person is not worth mentioning, I will go back to the palace first and come back tomorrow to meditate with the State Master to realize the Way.”

He swung back to the palace and received the news that Xu Qi’an was already waiting in the imperial study, but still did not go there immediately, and after some fine bathing, he finally came late.

Inside the imperial library.

Xu Qi’an said aloud, “Your humble servant pays his respects to His Majesty.”

Emperor Yuan Jing’s eyes stared sharply at him, not mentioning the matter of the Deliverance Pill or praising this gong for his achievements in Yunzhou, and said bluntly:

“Some days ago, Consort Fu fell to her death, there is something else behind this case, I will give you three days to find out about this case. Otherwise, severe punishment will not be given.”

Xu Qi’an immediately made a bow, bending ninety degrees in an unrecognizable manner, and shouted, “Please, Your Majesty, grant death.”

…….

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