Chapter 361 – Xu Qi’an’s Interception Plan

A month ago ……. Sanhuang County is located on the edge of Chuzhou, the inventory is so tight, is looking for someone, or round up someone?

In the past few days, I just went to the deep forest, I didn’t pay attention to whether the official road is also set up a barricade.

Whatever is looking for someone, it’s certainly not me …….. Am I thinking too much? Don’t rule out the possibility of adding me to the “blacklist” in the near future.

Looking for one is looking for two anyway.

Xu Qi’an tapped his fingers on the desktop, analyzing and setting short-term goals as he went:

“Tomorrow, we will leave for Xikou County, if there is really something wrong there, it is highly likely that it is the site of the case of the blood massacre of 3,000 miles. In that case, it might be dangerous, should I bring the princess with me?

“Well, when we approach Xikou County, we can put her in a safe inn nearby. If the crown princess is used well, this pawn may be able to save my life, so I can’t lose it.”

Seeing Xu Qi’an brooding, Cai’er obediently sat on the sidelines without saying anything.

As time passed by, Xu Qi’an finally recovered from his contemplation and ordered, “Make me a pot of tea.”

Cai’er’s heart rejoiced as she happily answered, which meant that Xu Yinluo would be staying over tonight.

Sure enough, after she made tea, she heard Xu Yinluo order once again, “Change the sheets and bedding.”

Zell was weak with excitement, and her hands and feet flew to change the sheets and bedding.

After the pot of tea was finished and the night was deep, Xu Qi’an finished soaking his feet under Cai’er’s service, then headed for the bed and couch, stretching comfortably.

Recently, I’ve been sleeping in the middle of nowhere for consecutive nights, and I’ve had a very poor sleeping experience, and I haven’t enjoyed a soft bed in a long time.

“Lord Xu, slave to serve you.” Cai’er sat on the edge of the bed with a blossoming heart, taking off her clothes as she spoke.

“Cai’er,” Xu Qi’an looked at her as she lay on the bed and suddenly said, “Ever feel that your bed is too soft and not very comfortable to sleep in.”

“Lord Xu has a point, I heard that sleeping on a hard bed is better for the body, the bed is too soft and people get tired easily.” Cai’er laughed, thinking that this is studying beds with others, Lord Xu is really a flirt.

Xu Qi’an nodded his head and said with a serious expression, “So for the sake of your body, tonight you sleep on the floor and I’ll sleep on the bed.”

Zell: “????”

………..

The next day, at dawn, Xu Qi’an washed up and left Ya Yin House in Cai’er’s grudging little eyes.

Now that it was late spring, the weather was warm and even a little hot at midday, otherwise the johns could have been seen shivering in the cold wind at this moment.

Xu Qi’an walked along the street, leisurely in the direction of the inn.

Suddenly, a line of armor-clad soldiers appeared ahead, led not by the armor-covered general but by a man wrapped in a black robe and wearing a mask.

His gaze only lingered on the black-robed man for a few seconds, Xu Qi’an didn’t move to avert his eyes and brushed past the other party.

“You wait!”

Behind him came the voice of the black-robed man, and the rattle of a strangled horse.

So perceptive? Xu Qi’an turned around, his face naturally carrying a few degrees of vigilance and a few degrees of respect as he made a bow, “Sir, are you calling for me?”

The black-robed man turned his horse around, condescendingly scrutinizing Xu Qi’an as he asked, “Where are you from, and do you have a road guide?”

“Yes.”

Xu Qi’an told him about his false identity.

The black-robed man asked again, “Practiced martial arts?”

Xu Qi An low brow posture, replied:” small person is extremely talented in martial arts, nineteen years old is already the peak of refining essence, just practicing qi realm is really difficult, coupled with the female color moves the heart, and it is the age that should start a family, then ……..”

He showed an appropriate bit of smugness, yet regret.

The black-robed man looked at his face for a moment and said nothing, turning his horse around and leading the army onward.

“Phew ……..”

Looking at the back of this army fading away, Xu Qi’an was relieved and withdrew the stored power of the Heaven and Earth One-Sword Slash, which allowed his breath to collapse and contract inwardly.

“Hey, what’s the saying, there are only wasteful people, not wasteful skills. I’m the perfect solution to the weakness of martial artists who aren’t good at hiding themselves. The disadvantage is that it’s especially hard to build up momentum and end up not being able to send it out ………”

Men understand how hard this is.

“This guy is dressed strangely, he should be what the information says, the Zhenbei King’s secret agent? Zhenbei King’s secret agent appeared in Sanhuang County, heh …….”

They were really looking for someone, possibly me, possibly someone else.

In fact, the night watchman is also a secret agent, is the emperor’s secret agent, so the night watchman has the establishment, eat court salary. While the King of Zhenbei’s spies, belong to the King of Zhenbei’s “private soldiers”.

They are nothing when they are out of the Northern Realm. But here, even the imperial court officials have to yield three times.

Because they only represent the King of Zhenbei.

“As the Zhenbei King’s beloved, he must know a lot of inside information, why should I blindly elude by myself, this case is different from the Yunzhou case and the Sangpo case. It doesn’t need to be drawn out, and has a very clear goal: to find out the truth about the blood slaughter of 3,000 miles.

“And a mass killing like this can’t be hidden, which means I don’t have to look for clues little by little as in previous cases. Just catch him directly and torture him severely, and if the other person is an evil person, then kill the recruiter ………”

Returning to the inn where he landed, the early risers were already having their breakfast in the lobby on the first floor, while those who didn’t want to go downstairs ordered the waiter to send the breakfast to their rooms.

This naturally did not include the timid as a mouse princess, who would not take the initiative to let any man enter the room or go out before Xu Qi’an returned.

After so many days together, Xu Qi’an could confirm this.

She is a very insecure woman, probably due to her experiences in the first half of her life.

Xu Qi’an instructed the store assistant to bring the morning meal upstairs in a quarter of an hour, while then following the stairs, he arrived at the doorway of the crown princess’s room, and with a twitch of his ear, he captured the slight sound of breathing within the room.

Still sleeping …….. He palmed the doorway and maneuvered the bolt with his chakra to open the door to the room.

On the bed couch, the princess was on her side, sleeping in a dignified manner, her face quiet.

It was at this time that she had a few moments of the Princess’s grooming.

Xu Qi’an opened the window, letting fresh air pour into the room as he sat in front of his dresser, reviewing the case in his mind.

[The case of the 3,000-mile bloodbath]

Location: Nishiguchi County (suspected).

Killer: Unknown.

Purpose: Unknown.

[Attack on the Princess]

Location: en route northbound.

Murderers: Northern Barbarians, Northern Demons.

Purpose: To prevent the King of Zhenbei from being promoted to the second rank, as well as to gluttonize the body of the Princess (Lingyun).

“For now, the two cases are not substantially connected, it’s possible that the barbarians knew that the Zhenbei King was going to be promoted to the second rank, so they took the opportunity to harass and draw attention to the fact that the Zhenbei King didn’t dare to leave Chuzhou at will, and then secretly sent someone to ambush him and take away the royal consort.

“The King of Zhenbei is the Generalissimo of Chuzhou, holding military power over the entire Chuzhou, and cannot return to the capital without a summons. However, Emperor Yuan Jing seems to be in favor of this younger brother of the same mother being promoted to the second rank, and it won’t be difficult to summon him back to the capital. So the barbarians’ motive for invading the border could be explained.

“The case of the blood slaughter of 3,000 miles was also committed at this time? However, the four Fourth Grade experts, the tribal leaders, did not know about this matter. What’s even more interesting is that Chu Xianglong, who is the vice general, also doesn’t know about this matter.

“Well, it can’t be ruled out that it was done by one of the strongest members of the barbarian race, but it didn’t leak out. The Mystic Warlock is also involved, what is he plotting?”

As he was thinking, he looked through the brass mirror and saw the princess rubbing her eyes and sitting up.

“Awake?” Xu Qi’an laughed.

The princess yawned, ignoring him, fetched the washing utensils and squatted by the bedside to wash her face and brush her teeth.

After scrubbing, she said with a look of disgust, “It smells bad, it’s covered in the smell of lipstick, some people na, sooner or later, they die on a woman’s belly.”

The way you look right now, you look like the disgruntled woman who can t control her husband who goes out whoring ……. Xu Qi’an slandered in his heart, but of course, this was just the spit in his heart.

The princess surely didn’t care if he whored around or not, what she cared about was that she had left her behind last night to go out and fool around, leaving her alone in the inn for a long time in fear.

“Do you want to stop sleeping for a while?” Xu Qi’an proposed, “In an hour, we’ll set off, heading west, to Xikou County.”

“You’re not running errands anymore?” The princess was taken aback.

“Things are all done in the green house.” Xu Qi’an revealed an immodest smile.

The dark son of a night watchman was a secret that could not be divulged, and even if it was the harmless crown princess, Xu Qi’an could not tell her. To do otherwise would be disrespectful to the secret son.

But it was precisely because the Princess was harmless that the need was not afraid to reveal these small details, thinking that with the Princess’s shallow mind, she would not be able to intend them.

Bah …….. The princess blushed and spat.

…………

The capital, the Department of Education.

Floating Fragrance got up with a lazy posture, washed and dressed under the maid’s service, and after combing her makeup in the mirror, she suddenly pressed her heart and frowned.

In the next moment, his face returned to normal, and he said softly, “You go out first, I want to sleep for a few more moments.”

The personal maid was a bit strange, but she didn’t say anything and obediently left the room.

When the people had gone away, Floating Fragrance took out a fox-head incense burner from under the bed, a pitch-black incense, and she cut a lock of her hair and wrapped it around the pitch-black incense, then lit the incense and inserted it into the burner.

Floating Fragrance respectfully placed the incense burner on the table, kneeling on both knees and muttering something.

The pitch-black incense burned out at an extremely fast speed, and the ashes fell lightly onto the tabletop, converging on their own to form a short line of small words:

When the North is done, you will be allowed to return to your clan.

Looking at this line, Fu Xiang’s face was inexplicably excited, with the joy of a bitter day coming to an end. But in her eyes, there was a trace of longing and reluctance hidden.

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Chuzhou City.

After three days of rushing, the mission arrived at the city of Chuzhou, escorted by a 500-man army dispatched by the King of Zhenbei.

In the thirteen continents of the Great Feng, the core state city was usually located in the center of the territory, only Chuzhou was different, he was near the border and directly facing the barbarians and demon races in the north.

The people in the North often said that it was because of the King of Zhenbei sitting in Chuzhou City that it was able to stand for decades amidst the barbarians in the North.

Historically, the city of Chuzhou has broken down twice, and there have been two bloody massacres.

However, when it came to the generation of King Zhenbei, the winds and rains in the vicinity of Chuzhou City were favorable, and the barbarian cavalry didn’t dare to nuisance the hundred miles around Chuzhou City, because this area was stationed with the most elite army of the Northern Realm.

The Chancellor of the Da Lisi lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out at the lofty and tall city walls, only to see that the walls were carved with complicated and eccentric formations, spreading over every corner of the walls.

On the women’s wall, artillery, bed crossbows, and other deadly magic weapons developed by the Szetian Supervisor were set up.

“The Da Bong Geographic Record – Chuzhou Record says that the walls of Chuzhou City are inscribed with formations, and that the walls are so strong that they can withstand an attack by a Third Grade expert. It’s really better to hear a hundred times than to see it.” The Chancellor of the Da Lisi lamented.

The major cities along the borders of the Great Feng had similar formations carved into them to strengthen their defenses. Every hundred years, the Heavenly Superintendent would gather all the magicians to repair and replenish the formations.

“With the King of Zhenbei sitting in the town again, Chuzhou City is as solid as gold.” Royalty Liu concurred.

The delegation arrived at the city gate, then see a dozen officials have been waiting for a long time, the head of the person is wearing a scarlet robe, long beard and chest, face emaciated, through a Confucianism of the readers, as well as the sharpness of the border officials.

Zheng Xinghuai, Minister of Prefecture of Chuzhou.

“Lord Zheng, it has been three years since we parted ways in the capital.” Royal Secretary Liu smiled broadly and stepped forward, looking quite familiar with Zheng Xinghuai.

Envoy Zheng Buzheng nodded slightly, squeezing some smiles out of his unsmiling face, and after some pleasantries, he led the crowd to the largest stagecoach station in Chuzhou.

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

“Lord Zheng, His Majesty and the princes were shocked and angered when they heard about the “Blood Massacre of 3,000 miles” in Chuzhou, and sent us here to find out what happened, and I hope that Lord Zheng will help us.” Royal Historian Liu arched his hand and said.

Zheng Xinghuai, who had long been aware of this, nodded slightly and asked, “How do the several lords wish this official to assist?”

Yang Yan said bluntly, “I need the records of the Chuzhou border army’s departure from the camp, as well as the official correspondence of the government offices around Chuzhou.”

Zheng Buzheng did not answer, looked around the crowd and said offhandedly, “I heard that the organizing official, Xu Yinluo, has returned to the capital due to an injury?”

Liu sighed, “On the way, we encountered an ambush ………”

Zheng Buzheng frowned in a businesslike tone:

“Without the organizing officer, this right to act cheaply ……… Of course, the official correspondence of the government offices around the world, this official can give a few adults a look, but only the records of the border troops out of the camp, I am afraid that only the organizing officer has the power to ask. This official will report to the King of Huai, but there is no guarantee that the King of Huai will be accommodating.”

Royal Secretary Liu and the others weren’t annoyed and said smilingly, “Thank you, Ta-Jen Zheng, thank you, Ta-Jen Zheng.”

After the talk, Minister Zheng Buzheng excused himself and left, citing a busy official schedule.

The Chancellor of the Da Lisi glanced at Liu Royal Secretary and shook his head, “Unfortunately, the two Royal Secretaries are still Royal Secretaries, if they were governors, tsk tsk …… “

When the imperial historian is in the capital, he is the royal historian. Once he is ordered to visit a place, he is the governor.

The governor’s power is so great that it directly overpowers the three top leaders, namely, the commander-in-chief, the minister of public administration and the minister of torture and investigation.

But it was precisely because of the great power of the governor that Xu Qi’an was appointed as the organizing officer, and Emperor Yuan Jing’s attitude was clear: the mission could not be allowed to check and balance King Huai.

Yang Yan faintly said, “This Zheng Buzheng, how is he as an official?”

Liu imperial historian busily said, “I have some friendship with him, this person is a clean official and has an excellent reputation.”

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Sanhuang County.

Outside of the city, in the pergola along the official road, the mediocrely beautiful Wangfei and the picturesque Xu Qi’an were sitting at the table, drinking poor quality tea.

This place is not far from the city gate, a pot of tea two cents, very cheap, coupled with a good location, a large banyan tree, the wind blew, both cool and comfortable. Along the way, there were people coming into or going out of the city to rest their feet and drink tea here.

Xu Qi’an held his teacup, thinking about his plan to “intercept and kill”.

To get information from the mouth of the Zhenbei King’s spies, it definitely couldn’t be in the city, not only would it affect the innocent people, but it could also be counter-killed.

The best thing to do is to wait for the other side to get out of town.

Since he was searching for someone, he definitely wouldn’t stay in a small county for too long, and with the countless counties in the North, it was impossible to have manpower planted in every city and town.

Therefore, the secret agent must be mobile.

All he had to do was keep watch.

That’s when he noticed a few of the hombres next door were acting a bit erratically.

…….

PS: I’m begging for a monthly ticket at the beginning of the month. Something came up this afternoon and delayed the update.

Correcting typos in half an hour.