Chapter 86: A Mature Double Agent

Hold back the left and right …. Nangong Qianrou, who heard these words, raised her willow eyebrows and looked at Xu Qi’an with a hostile gaze.

As a golden gong, he was asked to be screened out by a district gong.

Wei Yuan’s face slightly paused and gently nodded, “The two of you leave first, Yang Yan, you supervise each other, no eavesdropping.”

Nangong Qianlou looked deeply at Xu Qi’an.

This little gong, who had only joined the night watchman for a few days, was frequently summoned by his righteous father, who had even sidetracked himself and Yang Yan in order to talk to him.

This made Nangong Qianlou very upset.

Obviously I was here first.

As the two Golden Gongs left the Haoqi Building, Nangong Qianlou, whose appearance was not inferior to Xu Erlang’s, sneered, “A hallowed Golden Gong, but to be crossed by a gong under his hand, he obviously didn’t put you in his sights.”

Yang Yan was silent.

Nangong Qianrou said unhappily, “I’m stirring up trouble, you’re giving some face.”

Yang Yan’s sculpture-like face maintained a wooden expression as he said indifferently, “How his qualifications are, you are clear. Duke Wei wants to cultivate him, you are also clear.”

“But it’s a fact that he doesn’t think of you.”

“You think I would care?” Yang Yan asked rhetorically.

Nangong Qianrou rolled her eyes, charming and sentimental. Without good humor, she said, “Right, right, right, in the end, he is a soldier under your hand, this fragrant love is stored.”

Yang Yan nodded.

Nangong Qianlou turned around and walked away, smiling sorrowfully, “Boring, looking for my toys to have a good time.”

The direction he took was the dungeon.

……

The seventh floor of the Haoqi Building, the tea room.

Xu Qi’an said, “My subordinate has a report on the Ping Yuan Bo case.”

Wei Yuan said in a deep voice, “Heaven and Earth Association?”

It was good to reason that if Xu Qi’an simply just had clues about the Ping Yuan Bo case, he could have reported to the Silver Gong, or even the Golden Gong that he belonged to, instead of reporting directly to him.

Regarding the Tiandi Association, the two are in tacit agreement.

Xu Qi’an said, “The one who killed Ping Yuan Bo was No. 6 of the Heaven and Earth Society.”

Wei Yuan was silent for a moment and asked, “What about the reason?”

“One of Number Six’s senior brothers was abducted by the Tooth Organization, his life and death unknown, he followed the clues, followed the clues, and locked down Ping Yuan Bo ….” Xu Qi’an told the story of how he had helped No. 6 escape and evade detection by the Sitian Supervisor.

Only the inside story of the gift of the booklet by the great scholar is hidden and replaced with a gift from his cousin, New Year’s Eve Xu.

Bang!

Wei Yuan waved his sleeve and swept down the tea cups, broken porcelain splattered all over the place, his expression was no longer gentle, pupils sharp as a knife.

“Xu Qi’an, privately releasing a prisoner is punishable by the same offense.” Wei Yuan drank.

A powerful pressure came over him, and Xu Qi’an actually rose with the illusion of facing a storm.

“I am aware of my sins!” Xu Qi’an confessed on the spot, exclaiming, “I know that my sins are deep, I was terrified for a day and a night, and after all, I couldn’t escape the condemnation of my conscience, so I chose to come clean with the Duke of Wei, and let the Duke of Wei make the decision on whether to kill him or to banish him. It’s just that my conscience is not against that damned Ping Yuan Bo, but I feel ashamed of Wei Gong’s trust and cultivation ah…”

Wei Yuan’s face was as expressionless as frost.

“Today, my humble servant had a casual chat with my colleagues and learned that Duke Wei was rebuked by His Majesty, and was seized by all the dukes in the courtroom to take advantage of the opportunity to attack ….” Xu Qi’an was sincere: “I think of Wei Gong treating me like a mountain ….”

Wei Yuan’s face cleared up a little, lightly interrupted, “Graciousness would be excessive, directly say why.”

…. No, big brother why don’t you talk according to the rules, are you still in the official world? Xu Qi’an’s face stiffened.

He paused and reorganized his language, “Ping Yuan Bo secretly cultivated the Tooths organization to traffic people in the capital for profiteering. The Toothmen abduct children and women, sell them to green houses, sell them to black workshops, train them to become thieves, and even chop off the palms of their hands and feet and wrap them in black dog skin ….”

He took Six’s explanation and repeated it, and between his words, he did not hide his hatred for Ping Yuan Bo.

Wei Yuan’s gaze was slightly lowered, patiently listening and making a contemplative gesture.

When Xu Qi’an finished, he said in a flat tone, “Pour the tea.”

This detail shows that Wei Yuan has already “forgiven” him.

Xu Qi’an immediately poured tea, just like he had served the leader at the police station in his previous life.

Wei Yuan took a sip of tea and after a few seconds of silence, he shook his head, ”How much do you know about the Heaven and Earth Society? How much do you know about the Earth Sect Golden Lotus?

“According to the Yamen’s investigation, Ping Yuan Bo did raise the Tooth Organization, but was that number six really for the so-called master’s brother and for no other purpose?

“Maybe Ping Yuan Bo was involved in something else, maybe the Tooth organization did something and thus invited the killing, have you thought about these?

“During the Jingcha period, the demons are in turmoil, and in four days it will be the day of His Majesty’s ancestor’s sacrifice. Nothing can be taken lightly.”

He is teaching me things, he is analyzing me, he really wants to cultivate me …. Xu Qi’an was slightly moved, gaining a few favorable feelings towards this Grand Eunuch.

He treats me like a henchman and I want to call him dad, I’m so mean…

“Duke Wei’s lesson is correct.” Xu Qi’an bowed his head.

Wei Yuan gave a “hmmm” and said approvingly, “No matter what, you have done a good job, go down first, I will send someone to investigate this matter. You continue to lurk in the Tiandi Association, and in the short term, your goal is to uncover number one.”

“I will definitely do my best.” Xu Qi’an exclaimed.

Leaving the Haoqi Building, Xu Qi’an exhaled a breath, knowing that he had gambled right this time and won Wei Yuan’s trust.

If you want to be in a solid position, if you want to move up, you have to learn to stand in line and learn to hug your thighs.

It was the same no matter which era, including Xu Qi’an’s previous life.

For the next long period of time, he had to keep brushing Wei Yuan’s favorability and win his trust.

This time, coming to an honest meeting with Wei Yuan, Xu Qi’an had played with his mind and was not acting recklessly.

First of all, the night watchman Yamen Ping Yuan Bo this kind of human scum is very shameful, investigate the case is not too active, not too urgent “revenge” idea.

Secondly, he had gained a certain degree of influence within the Tiandi Association, and No. 2 and No. 4 agreed with him more.

It was unlikely that Wei Yuan would give up on the Tiandi Association and his witty little cutie just because of this small matter.

In the end, what Wei Yuan said was also Xu Qi’an’s thoughts.

He didn’t trust Six, or the Heaven and Earth Society, one hundred percent yet, and it was still the old silver coins that could be dealt with.

So when you are confused, you are right to look for Wei Yuan.

Of course, a full-fledged two-fifty has to have other tawdry maneuvers.

Xu Qi’an went to an unoccupied hidden corner, pulled out a small jade mirror, and entered the information:

“Six, I’ve gotten word that the night watchman has gotten hold of clues of unknown origin and will likely turn on you, so be prepared to evacuate in time.”

There is no delay in the Earth Book’s transmission; it is inexplicably linked to its owner, but the message comes in and the bearer is aware of it.

The Earth Book was a whole, and the inability to chat privately was its biggest drawback. Xu Qi’an lamented more than once.

In the backyard of the Health Hall, No. 6, who had healed the wounds of the “black dog”, sat cross-legged in meditation, and suddenly felt a stirring in his heart, and touched a fragment of the Book of Earth.

Number Three’s message appeared in the mirror, causing Number Six’s square, national face to change color slightly.

The night watchman’s moving so fast?

Only a day apart, tracing a lead and potentially threatening himself so that Three had to step in and warn him?

Wait, how did Three know about this.

The doubt in his heart had just risen when he saw that Number One, who always peeped at the screen, had taken the unprecedented initiative to speak:

[One: Three, how did you get the inside scoop on the beatniks.]

Number One cares a lot about this, and sure enough, he or she cares extraordinarily about anything that involves the higher-ups in the capital.

Xu Qi’an did not answer immediately, but worded and thought for a moment, using his finger instead of a pen to enter the message:

[3: What do you think?

He knew that the other Earth Book fragment holders were peering at the screen, silently drawing in information. Xu Qi’an had to give a reasonable, yet powerful enough explanation to flesh out his persona.

Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

[3: The dispute over Confucian orthodoxy has lasted for more than two hundred years, and it is impossible for us in the academy to sit back and wait for death.]

What does this sentence mean …. Cloud Deer Academy has planted a saucer in the night watchman s court? That’s what number three means, isn’t it? That’s a pretty obvious hint.

For a while, the holders of the Earth Book fragments were excited.

What a big melon.

Number One didn’t speak, eerily silent, leaving one to wonder what he or she was really thinking.

Xu Qi’an intended to test the waters, [No. 1, you can try to find out.]

This is both a provocation and a test.

If Number One responds, or secretly does so, then Xu Qi’an can reverse lock him/her in from that.

The night watchman is a government office that belongs directly to the royal family, and it is also Wei Yuan’s one word.

The idle forces simply couldn’t intervene, and even if there were instances of saucers being planted, they definitely wouldn’t be at the middle or high levels.

And the guys at the bottom don’t have the resources or the ability to drain the saucer at all.

Number One was a smart man and ignored Xu Qi’an’s provocation.

Seeing that no one spoke for a while, Six typed in a message, [Six: I’ll pay extra attention for a few days, Three, I owe you another favor].

[Three: Your Excellency is a man of honor, a man of justice, a man of honor, a man of my generation to emulate.]

[VI: The giver is very kind.]

The fact that Six replied to this statement as a monk showed that he was bursting at the seams with identification with Xu Qi’an.

Xu Qi’an put away the mirror with satisfaction, and said, “Don’t be too grateful, sooner or later you’ll have to be made to pay back the favor.

“Both deepening Wei Yuan’s trust in me and sending Number Six a heavenly favor as well as leaving a helpful image in the hearts of the people of the Tiandi Association, this wave of blood money.”

“Well, number one seems to be getting more and more interested in me, if it’s really a high level court official, he or she will definitely check in the Cloud Deer Academy …. He or she won’t be able to find out, and hey, taking a step back, even if the truth that “Number Three might be Xu Qi’an” really locks in, I can still push Er Lang out to take the potshot.”

“Erlang and I are different, I am in the end a person in the court physique, I will be very passive if I am discovered by number one in my true form. Erlang is Cloud Deer Academy’s own son, he has more backbone than me. Moreover, there’s no hatred or grudge with Number One at the moment, so there’s not much of a problem.”

“Resignation ah, big brother loves you so much, it’s only right that you give a little back to big brother.”

Back in the Chun Feng Hall’s side hall, the squinty-eyed Song Tingfeng laughed and teased Xu Qi’an for being a white whoring asshole.

Zhu Guangxiao nodded with a face of recognition.

Xu Qi’an thought for a moment and said solemnly, “Today, I went to the paperwork vault and discovered a great secret, so much so that I am still trembling with fear to this day.”

Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao were shocked, “What secret?”

Xu Qi’an said, “I’ll tell you if you call me father.”

Song Tingfeng hesitated and said, “Dad.”

Xu Qi’an stared at him with a serious expression, “The secret is that you are not my own.”

“Grandma, beat him up!”

While the three of them were fooling around, a silver gong and two bronze gongs came in at the door, their faces were unfamiliar and unrecognizable.

“Xu Qi’an, come out with us.” That Silver Gong smiled and beckoned.

Xu Qi’an and his two colleagues looked at each other and blankly followed them out.

The facetious silver gong led him, went in the Spring Wind Hall, and coughed towards Li Yuchun who was reading the dossier in front of the case:

“Lord Li, this gong under your hand, I’ll take him away, in the future he’ll work under my hand, let’s make a delivery.”

Li Yuchun exploded upon hearing this.

PS: That’s all there is to it?