Chapter 393 – Old Cases

Chapter 393 – Old Cases

The Master of the Kingdom is really here, and in person? Daoist Master Golden Lotus has such a big face. Xu Qi’an lamented that Daoist Master Golden Lotus had such a big face while saluting in a somewhat flattered manner.

“Greetings, Master of the State.”

When he examined Luo Yu Heng again, he noticed some differences; the Luo Yu Heng he saw in the Spiritual Treasure View was beautiful, but it was still flesh and blood.

The woman he saw in front of him, the national teacher, exudes a holy shimmering light, if you have to describe it, is probably the best interpretation of “icy skin and jade bones”.

Luo Yu Heng glanced at him and faintly said, “This is the Yang God.”

A Yang God of the third grade of the Taoist sect? The legendary Yang God who is not afraid of wind and thunder and who travels in the great emptiness? Xu Qi’an’s face was astonished, and he couldn’t take his eyes off of it like a panda spectator.

Luo Yu Heng’s eyebrows knitted lightly, her clear eyes flashed with sullenness, and she faintly said, “What’s the matter with calling me?”

Noticing that his gaze had unintentionally offended the State Master, Xu Qi’an hurriedly sat upright without slanting his eyes and said in a deep voice, “There is something I wish to tell the State Master.”

After a pause, he deliberated, “In the Chuzhou massacre case, Emperor Yuan Jing and King Huai conspired, with one person refining blood pills and the other refining soul pills. King Huai refined the blood pills in order to impact the Third Grade Grand Completion, and then devoured the Princess’s Spirit Embodiment.”

Since they had already turned their backs on each other, they would not pretend to call themselves “Your Majesty”. As for the princess’s secret, Xu Qi’an didn’t believe that a second-ranked dao head wouldn’t know that the princess was harboring a spiritual essence.

“What I want to know is, what is the purpose of Emperor Yuan Jing’s refining of the Soul Pill?”

Upon hearing this, Luo Yu Heng frowned and pondered for a few seconds before slowly saying, “Yuan Jing has been practicing cultivation for twenty years, and has barely reached the Sixth Grade Yin God Realm. The conjugation of the Dan is far away.”

This. Twenty years of cultivation is still a sixth grade, I don’t know how to spit out the resources of the country, even if a pig, it should also conjugate Dan!

Emperor Yuan Jing’s talent for cultivation is equal to Xu Lingyin’s talent for reading?

Xu Qi’an gathered his thoughts and said, “Could it be, a disguise?”

Luo Yu Heng glanced at him and didn’t say anything.

Xu Qi’an apologized by bowing repeatedly.

To question it in such a way was disrespectful to a powerful Second Grade Daoist Sect member.

Luo Yu Heng continued, “Yuan Jing’s soul is naturally weak, which is the reason for his poor cultivation qualifications.”

Daoist Master Jinlian had said that the Soul Elixir could enhance the Yuan Shen, could it be that Emperor Yuan Jing was trying to make up for a congenital defect? Xu Qi’an thought in his heart, and then heard Luo Yuheng frown:

“But there are extremely many ways to enhance the Yuan Shen, meditation and bait-eating are all fine, it doesn’t have to be a soul elixir.”

Xu Qi’an nodded, “That is to say, the Soul Pill serves another purpose.”

Psychologically speaking, only a madman is careless, but Emperor Yuan Jing is not a madman, on the contrary, he is a king with a deep heart.

Before he did anything, he would definitely weigh the consequences, and the benefits would be lucrative enough for him to do it. If Soul Dan was merely stabilizing the foundation of the Sixth Grade, it was unlikely that he would take the initiative to plot the slaughter of the city, the cost would be too great.

At most, it’s just acquiescence to King Huai.

Luo Yu Heng asked in return, “What do you think?”

Xu Qi’an smiled bitterly, “Lacking clues, there is no way to guess, I will try to look into this matter. As for the State Master, it’s fine if you do it in your heart.”

He believed that with the wisdom of a Second Grade powerhouse, there was no need for him to do too much explaining and exhorting, giving a reminder was enough.

Luo Yu Heng gave a “hmm” and asked, “Wangfei, she was really taken by the barbarians and there was no news afterward?”

Xu Qi’an sighed with a stifled sigh, “Yes, it’s a pity that the first beauty of the Dafeng, King Huai is dead, and I’m afraid that the Wangfei is also”

He appropriately exudes some regret, fully expressing a normal man’s regret at the tragic loss of a stunning beauty.

Luo Yu Heng did not move to look at him, and after a moment of silence, he asked offhandedly, “I heard Jinlian say that you had discovered ancient room arts in the underground palace tomb outside of Yongzhou City?”

Why are you asking this? Xu Qi’an froze for a moment and answered truthfully, “Yes.”

“Is there any enlightenment?”

As she asked, Luo Yu Heng’s beautiful eyes, gazed intently at him.

“This has not been practiced, and I heard Taoist Master Jinlian say that this art has to be practiced by both men and women who are proficient in the art of the room, and it is not the case that if you find a woman, you can double-cultivate.”

Xu Qi’an was also a veteran, and it was still a bit awkward to talk about such intimate matters with a stunning beauty.

Luo Yu Heng nodded slightly.

Xu Qi’an saw a hint of satisfaction in her eyes?

“The Chuzhou massacre case has come to an end for the time being, Yuan Jing now hates for this matter to be over immediately, and will never retaliate against you in the short term.” Luo Yu Heng mentioned:

“As for the follow-up, take extra precautions yourself. As soon as you realize that he is showing signs of retaliation, have your family resign immediately and wait until later to rise again.”

Xu Qi’an nodded, this was the price of offending an emperor.

The black hand behind the scenes, which showed no signs of striking for the time being, was a distant problem, while Emperor Yuan Jing was a near concern.

I must raise my level of cultivation very quickly so that I can protect myself.

“Keep this talismanic sword, and in times of crisis, inspire it with your qi, and it will barely count as a strike for me. If you need to make contact, just pour in divine thoughts.”

Luo Yu Heng’s Yang Shen turned into golden light and vanished.

Xu Qi’an put away the talisman sword and pinched his brow, “Short-term goal, promote to the fifth rank. Then check up on Emperor Yuan Jing, hey, I never thought I’d have the day to check up on an emperor.”

“Zhong Li Zhong Li.”

Xu Qi’an exited the house and looked around.

“I’m here.” Zhong Li hugged her knees and sat by the window, responding weakly.

It’s good that you didn’t fall and hurt yourself. Xu Qi’an breathed a sigh of relief.

He led Zhong Li past the side of Xu Er Lang’s study and looked through the window, where Xu Er Lang and Chu Yuan Jian were talking about wine and the scholar’s sleeve was empty, and the conversation was still going on.

Well, given Chu’s sophistication in the ways of the world, he knew that Erlang would not hastily mention the fragment of the Earth’s Book on the premise that he was “unwilling to reveal his identity.”

Erlang can chat with Chu Yuanzhen for so long, worthy of the chun exams will be yuan, the second grade, the level is good.

All the way to the door of Li Miaozhen’s room, he heard Su Su say crisply inside, “Father, hey, father, hey”

Repeater-like, over and over again, joyful.

“Are you practicing how to call me daddy already? Don’t call me dad, call me daddy.” Xu Qi’an pushed open the door and entered the room.

Su Su was wearing a beautifully intricate white dress, giggled: “None of your business, that stupid kid of yours is really funny, the master taught you to recognize words, wrote a “father”, the master said: father.

“That stupid kid in your house said, hey!”

Susu laughed and slipped on the soles of her feet, slumping on the table and shaking with flowers.

Xu Qi’an: “…”

No wonder Li Miaozhen looked skeptical at the time.

And why was Chu Yuanzhan so furious? He thought about it and held back from asking, not wanting to expose his companion’s scars.

“I’m going out for a trip, so if you have nothing to do, accompany me for a walk?” Xu Qi’an looked towards the Heavenly Sect Holy Maiden.

The Holy Maiden’s little face was filled with the word “unhappy”, and she said in a bad mood, “If you have something to say, don’t disturb my cultivation.”

The tone of voice is a little bit impulsive ah, you don t want to take Xiao Dou Ding s anger to my head right Xu Qi An explained:

“I know of a private residence of the Duke of Cao that hides something extraordinary, let’s go explore and explore together?”

I’m interested when you say that. Li Miaozhen smiled, “Yes.”

Duke Cao’s private residence was a few miles away from the Imperial City, in a small courtyard near the lake.

Said it is a small courtyard, in fact, is not small, two into the courtyard door padlocked, a long time has not been inhabited.

Li Miaozhen narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing the mansion, and coldly grunted, ”A private mansion like this, not far from the Imperial City, with a good location and quiet, would cost eight thousand taels of silver, to say the least.

“And the Duke of Cao has a dozen or so of these private residences, which he uses to hide his mistresses in golden houses and raise foreigners, so it’s simply hateful and killable.”

I’m sorry, but in a short while, I will also become a man who buys a private house and keeps a mistress . Xu Qi’an flirted silently and looked around, the martial artist’s instinctive intuition of danger giving no return.

There was no one around to ambush them, and this private residence of Lord Cao was truly hidden.

Seeing that no one was around, Xu Qi’an Li Miaozhen and Zhong Li leaped over the high wall and landed lightly in the courtyard.

The moment his feet landed on the ground, Xu Qi’an suddenly turned around and opened his arms, and in the next moment, Zhong Li, whose toes had been wrenched when she flipped over the wall, dove headfirst into his arms.

Senior Sister Zhong’s petite body was soft, and through her cloth robe, she could still feel the elasticity of her skin.

“Thanks.” Zhong Li was a little pleased, and would have landed face first with this one.

“No need to thank you, practice makes perfect.” Xu Qi’an laughed.

“.” Li Miaozhen opened her mouth and sighed in pity.

Warlock Fifth Grade, Seer, I don’t know how many heavenly talents have been stuck.

This courtyard has not been inhabited for a long time, but it does not appear to be in a state of disrepair, and it is thought that Cao Guo Gong regularly lets people come to maintain and clean it.

Crossing the courtyard and entering the inner hall, the three of them poked around and realized that it was a normal but unused mansion with nothing too precious.

“There should be a dark room.” Li Miaozhen analyzed.

“It’s not a secret room, it’s a cellar.”    Xu Qi’an met the Heavenly Sect Holy Maiden’s astonished eyes and explained, “The structure of the house, the size of the interior, is not enough to hide a secret room.”

Li Miaochen suddenly understood, unlocked the incense bag, gently tapped it, and a wisp of green smoke emerged and drilled into the ground.

In a few moments, a wisp of green smoke returned and whispered ghostly words in Li Miaozhen’s ear.

Li Miaozhen listened for a moment and said, “Follow me.”

She led Xu Qi’an and Zhong Li to the study that was connected to the master bedroom, pushed open the large chair behind the desk, and stepped on it with force.

“Rumble.”

The floor tiles crumbled and collapsed into a dark hole in the ground. Steep stone steps led down to the cellar.

The three men followed the stone steps into the cellar, the dull air echoing with the sound of their footsteps.

The cellar was not deep, like the cellars used by ordinary wealthy people to store ice and vegetables, except that, Lord Cao used it to hide precious antiques.

Li Miaozhen lit the oil lamps embedded in the walls, one after another, bringing a fire-colored glow to the dark cellar.

The cellar housed rows and rows of bobbins filled with all sorts of curiosities, porcelain vases, jades, bronze beasts, night jewels, and so on.

It’s a sight to behold.

There is no lack of beauty in the world, but there is a lack of eyes to find it Xu Qi’an had this famous saying in his heart.

Then, he heard Li Miaozhen say, “Every item here is worth a lot of money, and taking it out and exchanging it for silver can save many homeless and underfed refugees.”

There was an excited light in her eyes as she said these words.

“?”

Xu Qi’an stiffened his neck and slowly twisted his head to look at her.

I brought you here just for this? Believe it or not, I’ll kill to silence ah he coughed:

“That’s true, but you have to do charity within your means. Dumping your family’s money for charity is something only a fool would do.”

“Are these not ill-gotten gains?” Li Miaozhen squinted at him.

Are you sure you’re Li Miaozhen?

“When the time comes, draw 30% for you to do a good deed.” Xu Qi’an waved his hand, unwilling to talk much, and turned to say:

“This stuff either comes from corruption and bribery or other unseemly sources.”

Zhong Li stretched out her small hand and picked up an azure ice bead, which had a clear texture, as if it hid a blue ocean, and refracted a thrilling light in the glow of the oil lamp.

“This is a shark pearl that is abundant in the South Sea Kingdom, very precious and a tribute.” Zhong Li, as a disciple of the Si Tian Supervisor, had a knowledge of luxury goods that far surpassed that of Xu Baihuo and the Heavenly Sect’s Holy Maiden.

Private tribute?

Xu Qi’an understood, no wonder Duke Cao had to specially acquire a private residence to house these things.

Next, he took out the pieces of the earth book and took these precious contraptions, one by one, into the mirror world, such as those that were easily broken, such as porcelain and the like, were more of a headache.

“There’s a box over here, receive it in the box.” Li Miaozhen pointed to a deep corner of the cellar.

With a snap, the box opened.

There was no mesmerizing golden glow, or flickering silver light, and Xu Qi’an was a little disappointed.

There were stacks and stacks of secret letters in the box, and Xu Qi’an unfolded and read a few of them before her breath suddenly caught.

He flipped through them one by one, quickly skimming through them, these secret letters, recorded by the Duke of Cao, the records of corruption.

Some of them can even be traced back to a decade or two ago, embezzling tributes, embezzling silver and grain for disaster relief, and usurping military fields . Among those who colluded with them were civil officials, dignitaries, and royal clansmen.

If these secret letters were exposed, it would definitely cause turmoil in the court, tipping the scales to countless people.

“To Wei Gong, give these secret letters to Wei Gong .”

Xu Qi’an’s subconscious, instinctive reaction was to hand it over to Wei Yuan so that he could get hold of the information and increase Wei Yuan’s political capital.

After a few seconds, he calmed down.

There’s no rush, even if we have to give it to Wei Gong, there’s no rush. No, you can’t give it all to Wei Yuan, you have to leave some for Erlang, he needs political capital as well.

With that in mind, he drew another missive from the bottom and unfolded it to read.

“Yuan Jing 15 years, has with the king’s party, Yan party, goodwill king and other clansmen and nobles to join hands to eradicate Suhang, completely purged . Party, Su Hang beheaded, the House of women into the Department of Education, men in exile. Received Yan Party, Wang Party each eight thousand taels of bribes .”

Su Hang, this name is so familiar. As the thought flashed through Xu Qi’an’s mind, he heard Li Miaozhen lose her face and blurt out, “Su Su’s father.”

Xu Qi’an fierce memory, Su Su’s father is called Su Hang, Zhende 29 years of jinshi, Yuanjing 14 years, do not know why, was relegated back to Jiangzhou as governor, the next year asked to be beheaded, the charge is bribery and embezzlement.

Did Soo Soo’s father really die in a party fight, or did so many parties join forces?

“So it turns out that Su Su’s father was killed by them. The Yan Party, the Wang Party, and the Honorable King and other noble clansmen.” Li Miaozhen said indignantly.

“No, this letter is highly problematic.” Xu Qi’an pointed at a certain blank on the secret letter and frowned, “Look, why is there a blank in front of ‘party’, thoroughly purging what party?”

A blank space was left in front of the word party, exactly the width of a word.

“Could it be that there is some reason that made Lord Cao jealous and didn’t write that party out?” Li Miaozhen guessed.

“If that’s the reason, he could have left it out or used a code name instead. Besides, it’s all been purged, what else do we need to be afraid of?” Xu Qi’an shook his head, dismissing Li Miaozhen’s speculation, and pointed to the secret letter:

“It’s more like it was written here, as if some force had erased it hard enough to leave a void.”

Li Miaozhen frowned and made a gesture of trying to analyze, and after a long time, she erased the analyzed question mark from her brain, gave up thinking and asked:

“What do you think?”

Why would she need to use her own brain when she had an experienced and capable reasoner at her side.

“What opinion can I have, just this bit of information is not enough to provide me with the ability to build hypotheses. Well, didn’t you say that the dossier on Su Su’s father can’t be traced in Jiangzhou.

“Then let’s find a chance to check with the Ministry of Appointments and the Ministry of Justice, or the Da Lisi. Wait until we find out more clues.”

Xu Qi’an sighed, ”But one thing is certain, Su Su’s father’s death is not simple. It is by no means a normal case of corruption and bribery, and I’m afraid that there are quite a few people involved in the party rivalry that is involved. I have a feeling that following this line, I might be able to dig out a lot of things.”

Immediately, they put the porcelain into the chest, and then put the chest into the ground book fragment, and swept away all the valuable things in this private house.

Of course, Xu Qi’an didn’t forget to take the land and house deeds with him.

He planned to sell this mansion and buy a small courtyard near the Xu Mansion to keep the crown princess there.

When the three of them returned to the Xu Mansion, Su Su was sitting on the ridge of the house looking at the scenery, holding a red-colored paper umbrella.

In the courtyard, a well-fed and well-drunk Xu Lingyin was boxing and hammering her qi and blood in a decent manner, and she didn’t forget to dub herself: hey ho hey ho!

Two small, light eyebrows were raised in a menacing manner.

Chu Caiwei and Lina chatted on the sidelines, instructing in passing.

Su Su just sat on the ridge of the roof to watch the fun, the wind ruffled her hair and blew her skirt, just like a fairy out of the dust, beautiful and beautiful.

Li Miaozhen stood in the courtyard, raised her head, and beckoned, “Susu, come down, there’s something I want to talk to you about.”

“Ta-da!”

Susu smiled sweetly and landed lightly on the ground.

Little Doujin pointed to Susu and said to Lina and Caiwei, “I want to learn this too.”

“You can’t, you’re too fat.” Lina and Caiwei flatly refused.

Little Beanpole got angry and ignored them and ran to hug his big brother’s leg.

“Big brother am I fat?” Xu Lingyin tried to get her confidence back from her big brother.

“You’re not fat, you’re a fatty liver.” Xu Qi’an touched her head.

“Mother is father’s little heart, and I’m big brother’s fatty liver, right?” Xu Lingyin still remembered this conversation, which her big brother had said to her before.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah.”

Little Dou Ding then ran back to Lina and Chu Caiwei and loudly proclaimed, “Mother is Father’s little heart, and I am Big Brother’s fatty liver.”

“Shut up!”

The aunt came out of the house, her face red with shame, carrying a chicken feather duster, chasing Xu Lingyin all over the yard, however, she couldn’t catch up with her.

The aunt wailed in anger.

Xu Qi’an and the others entered the room, and Li Miaozhen pressed Su Su to the edge of the table and said with a serious expression, “We, have found out clues about your father’s questioning and decapitation.”

Su Su’s petite body visibly trembled, the corners of her mouth with a light smile slowly smoothed out, and her lively and soulful eyes dimmed, followed by flashes of sadness and bewilderment.

Her eyes clouded over with a layer of watery mist as she looked at Xu Qi’an in a daze, “You found out?”