Chapter 6 The Clueless Second Uncle

“Hey!” The yellow-skirted girl named Caiwei fluttered her beautiful eyes, “Why does salt turn into silver?”

After she finished, she hesitated and pulled out a sugar cane and handed it to Xu Qi’an, “Here, this is for you to eat.”

Is this buying me ….

The two lords were no longer in sight, so Xu Qi’an withdrew his gaze, thought for a moment, and replied, “The grasshopper had seen the secret alchemy of turning salt into silver in an ancient book.”

The yellow-skirted girl’s eyes widened, “Which ancient book is where? Who is the author?”

It’s called High School Chemistry, and as for the author …. Uh, People’s Education Publishing House? Xu Qi’an said, “The ancient book was destroyed a long time ago, however, I still remember the contents.”

The yellow-skirted girl breathed in sharply for a moment, “Quickly, tell me.”

Xu Qi’an sighed, “The grasshopper is in danger, and is really not in the mood to be a teacher.”

The yellow-skirted girl gave him a blank stare and said without any good humor:

“You are a slippery person. We, the Heavenly Monitors, don’t interfere in dynastic affairs, and it’s up to His Majesty to decide how to dispose of you, so it’s pointless to wait and see with me.”

“Wouldn’t it be fine for you guys to take me in, with Lord Supervisor Zheng’s position in the dynasty, asking for a guilt-by-association offender is thought to be no problem.” Xu Qi’an said.

He had to put an insurance policy on himself in case he couldn’t find his tax dollars.

The yellow-skirted girl’s bright eyes flowed as she scrutinized up and down, “You’re obviously a martial artist, why do you want to be a warlock.”

Cultivation should be done before it’s too late, and most cultivators have built their foundation since they were young. It is too late for martial artists to turn into warlocks.

“It doesn’t matter if you hug the thigh or not, the main thing is to admire Lord Supervisor Zheng’s elegance.” Xu Qi’an’s tone was pious, his expression serious.

“Then first you tell me the contents of the Alchemical Antiquities.” She deliberated, the young girl’s eyes were clear and bright, large almond eyes with dark pupils, black and white.

Xu Qi’an had only seen such clean and beautiful eyes on children in her previous life.

“The content is somewhat difficult and esoteric, and I’m afraid you won’t be able to understand it if it’s just dictated. It needs to be meticulously explained before it can be ingrained.” Xu Qi’an fished.

Chu Caiwei rolled her eyes, unconvinced, “Looking at the world of the Nine States, on alchemy, my Sitian Supervisor Warlocks should be the leader.”

“Hydrogen helium lithium beryllium boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon sodium magnesium aluminum silicon phosphorus …..” Xu Qi’an recited backwards.

“???”

What the hell is he talking about? The young girl was confused for half a day and her willow eyebrows rose, “You tricked me. We, the Si Tian Supervisor, accept disciples, only children.”

She snatched the sugar cane back from Xu Qi’an’s hand.

The footsteps were light and the skirts were flying.

I am also a child ah …. Xu Qi’an opened his mouth, then realized that the Sitian Supervisor collects disciples from dolls.

Gotta, there’s no way out of this one.

……

Two days passed in a flash, and Xu Qi’an spent two days in his cell in fear.

He was afraid that the tax money would not be recovered in time, and if it was after he had been exiled, even if it was recovered, it would not change the outcome.

Then, in case the Chen Prefect is a maggot with a blackened heart and takes the credit alone, it’s still a dead end.

But there’s no way out, he can only go so far, a prisoner, what can he do?

Xu Qi’an once again felt the horror of the feudal society.

“Let’s just listen to God …..” Xu Qi’an lamented.

‘Clang!’

The iron door at the end of the corridor opened, and a jailer came in holding a fire stick, pulling out a key to open the door, “Xu Qi’an, you can go now!”

Xu Qi’an was ecstatic and clenched his fists hard, “The tax money was recovered?”

“Come with me and sign the papers and you can leave.” The jailer scrutinized him, “You’ve got a lot of life in you kid.”

“What about my second uncle?” Xu Qi’an eagerly pursued.

“Don’t talk nonsense, just follow.” The jailer was grumpy, and with a blow to Xu Qi’an’s arse from his fire stick, he rushed him out of the cell.

Arranged by a magistrate at the court house, he signed and sealed the papers, and then received from the jailer the clothes he had pulled off when he was thrown into the brig.

A magistrate led him out of the government office in the capital and out the back door.

At this time of the day, the east is faintly white, and the streets are clear and cold.

……

Clunk!

Xu Pingzhi was awakened by the sound of the iron door opening, and he opened his eyes, which were covered with blood.

The pudgy Xu Pingzhi’s face was somewhat similar to Xu Qi’an’s, but on the contrary, Xu Xinnian, who was his own son, had overly handsome features that were very different from the two of them.

Inside the opposite cell across the corridor, the sleeping Li Ru was shaken and subsequently awakened, her face haggard, an expression of extreme horror on her face.

The couple looked at each other across a corridor, and Li Ru said sadly, “Master, even if I die, I won’t enter the Department of Education.”

She is thirty-five years old this year, well maintained, is a beautiful woman with excellent charm, even after five days of fear in prison, haggard description, still hard to hide the style between the eyebrows.

What’s the Church Office?

It’s a purgatory for women.

The bruised Xu Pingzhi opened his mouth, unable to speak, and suddenly burst into hot tears, “Madam, it is I who have wronged you. We went to the Yellow Springs together as husband and wife, and in my next life I’ll be a cow and horse for you to make it up to you. Just pity the child, and my nephew.”

Five days have passed, to meet him is the beheading of the sword, to meet the women of the family is the Department of Education. In addition to Li Ru, the Xu family there are two daughters, a year Fang two eight eldest daughter, a five-year-old young daughter.

They were huddled in the corner of the cell, and were awakened at that moment.

The five-year-old toddler rubbed her eyes and murmured “Mother”, unaware of her fate.

The sixteen year old girl sat up, her loose hair lined a fair melon face, her small mouth was thin and red, her eyes were large and divine, her nose was not as small as the average woman’s, but rather it was straight. Thus it appeared that her features were particularly three-dimensional and especially delicate and beautiful.

There is a still-carved beauty to it.

She subconsciously leaned toward her mother, her thick eyelashes fluttering softly from fear.

A few jailers with plain swords at their hips came in with big, angular strides.

Desperation and determination flashed in Li Ru’s eyes.

Xu Pingzhi hands gripped the fence, pale bones, steel teeth clenched, lost tax silver, malfeasance, he thought he deserved to die, but even involve his wife and daughter at home, death does not rest in peace.

Especially the youngest daughter, who was only five years old, had to be sent to be raised by the Education Department, and her life was in darkness.

How can a parent be willing to do that.

“Xu Pingzhi, come out with us and sign the papers and then you can leave.” The jailer opened the cell door without shackling them and stood in the corridor, the end of his sword knocking on the bars, signaling them to come out on their own.

“Xu Pingzhi has been patriotic and loyal to the emperor all his life, and his family is full of loyalty ….. Eh, what did you say?” Second Uncle Xu suspected that he had misheard.

What do you mean?

“Can leave? You just said it’s possible to leave.” Xu Pingzhi was incredulous for a moment, “What’s going on, didn’t you guys take me out to be beheaded.”

“Don’t know.” The jailer didn’t have the good sense to say, “This is an order from the top, if you want to know go out and ask yourself.”

Bewildered and apprehensive, Li Ru held her two daughters, and the family followed the jailer in silence towards the end of the corridor.

“Old, old master …. wouldn’t be lying to us, would he?”

“Would it be such child’s play.” Xu Pingzhi was wounded and walking with a pout, he was also confused, with the joy of not dying in a great disaster and the bewilderment of not being able to figure out the situation.

Li Ru’s heart moved, “It’s the New Year, it must be the New Year that has been running around for the past few days, helping us to make some connections, so that the court can be lenient.”

The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was possible, and she excitedly said, “Your lordship must not forget that New Year’s teacher, was the Minister of Justice in Yuanjing 18.”

Yuanjing 18 years …. It was more than twenty years ago …. Xu Pingzhi felt that it was not right, and could not think of who else he could count on without a big backer in the officialdom.

“Maybe.”

“I told you that our family’s New Year is a dragon among men, back then when I asked him to practice martial arts, you didn’t agree and had to let that little brat Xu Qi’an practice martial arts.”

“Mother, the rabbit is so cute, I want to eat the rabbit.” The young girl tilted her little face up and nibbled on her little finger, the word “craving” written in her eyes.

“All day long you know how to eat ….” The short-tempered Li Ru subconsciously cursed, looking at the small dirty face of the infant daughter, his face then softened, “Good boy, there will soon be rabbits to eat.”

Xu Pingzhi was too lazy to explain the matter of ‘your son not having the talent to practice martial arts’ to her. Anyway, no matter how many times he said it, his married wife would automatically ignore it.

In the eyes of a mom, her son is always the best.

To the place of signing the pledge, Xu Pingzhi took the pen from the government officials, fingers slightly trembling, signed the name, pressed the handprint, Xu Pingzhi felt that he got some kind of sublimation.

It’s like a seed buried deep in the ground burrowing out of its seedling and seeing the sunlight.

The world had suddenly become such a better place, and it was clear that not a single coin was extra.

Wives and daughters, on the other hand, were not required to sign their names, but were merely fingerprinted.

Xu Pingzhi couldn’t hold back his inner curiosity and arched his hand, “This lord, I don’t know, I don’t know why he absolved us of our sins.”

Li Ru immediately looked at the mandarin.

“The case is solved and the tax money has been recovered.” The official replied.

“Tax silver recovered? Haha, good, good! Damn demons, how dare they rob my Da Feng tax silver.”

Xu Ershu is quite exhilarating, laugh and then think, in accordance with the law of Dafeng, the tax silver is certainly recovered, but his dereliction of duty is also true.

It’s not like he was responsible for recovering the tax money, so how could the court spare him the death penalty?

Even if they are leniently sentenced, they will be exiled to the frontier.

“Lord Xu, this is your official robe, keep it.” The official presented the green robe of the seventh ranked military official that he had plucked off earlier.

Surprisingly, the official is also reinstated …. Xu Pingzhi realized that something was wrong, and while receiving his official robe, he said in a deep voice, “This lord, can you solve the confusion for this official?”

Official robes in hand, this voice of this official said out have a few points of confidence.

By all rights, even if he is exempted from the death penalty, he should not be reinstated in his official position.

“The Laws of the Dafeng stipulate that if an elder in the family triggers the Laws, the son or daughter may serve the father in his defense.” The official said.

“It’s really Nian’er, Master, Nian’er helped the court recover the tax silver.” Li Ru wept with joy.

“Nian’er ….” Xu Pingzhi’s eyes were moist, “My good son.”

The official glanced at the agitated couple, “It’s your nephew Xu Qi’an, he helped the Prefectural Yin Lord solve the tax and silver case, and the man just left.”