Dafeng Night Watchman
Chapter 327: Chapter 327: The Su Family's Past

Chapter 327: Chapter 327: The Su Family's Past

Wei Yuan bowed and said loudly: "When there is no war, the military households can be self- sufficient by cultivating military fields. Once the war starts, the court needs to allocate food and military supplies. This is the truth."

Wang Shoufu narrowed his eyes and looked at Wei Yuan deeply.

Chu Xianglong smiled when he heard this. In terms of war, this group of scholars who can only talk are not as good as Wei Yuan in saying one sentence.

Asking for food and military pay, his mission on this trip back to Beijing is half completed.

Zuodu Yushi Yuan Xiong breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little surprised that Wei Yuan would support his plan. You know, in this way, he can avoid the storm of the imperial examination fraud case and stay out of it.

On second thought, this matter is in line with the emperor's wishes. There are nobles to help inside and the barbarian army "pressure" outside. It is the general trend. Even the officials who oppose this matter understand the situation.

Unexpectedly, Wei Yuan changed the subject and said, "But before that, I have something to report to Your Majesty."

Everyone looked over.

Wei Yuan's expression remained unchanged, and he ignored the gazes of the gentlemen. Emperor Yuan Jing said, "Speak."

"Tongluo, one of my subordinates, found a group of people fighting to the death in the suburbs of the capital, and stepped forward to stop them. Who knew that the more numerous side not only did not stop, but beheaded the people who surrounded and killed them and fled."

Wei Yuan's words were loud and clear, as if the truth of the matter was what he said: "Before the deceased died, he shouted "There is a change in the north." "

Hearing Wei Yuan's words, the faces of the gentlemen present, including Emperor Yuan Jing, changed.

Chu Xianglong turned his head sharply and stared at Wei Yuan, then retracted his gaze, not daring to offend, and said with his neck stiff:

"There are changes in the north, the barbarians are looting everywhere, provoking wars..." Wei Yuan's face was calm, "So, the barbarians slaughtered three thousand miles in the north, and General Chu just said burning, killing and looting to get away with it?"

This sentence shocked everyone present, and Emperor Yuan Jing even stood up from the big chair and stared straight at the blue-clothed man in the hall:

"Wei Yuan, explain clearly, what is the bloody massacre of three thousand miles...ah?!"

Chu Xianglong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it is absolutely not true..."

"Shut up!"

Emperor Yuan Jing raised his hand to interrupt, gave him a cold look, and turned to look at Wei Yuan: "What evidence do you have?"

Wei Yuan reached into his bosom, took out the sachet, untied the red string, and a stream of green smoke rose up, twisting in the air into a man with a blurred face and dull eyes, muttering:

"Three thousand miles of blood slaughter, three thousand miles of blood slaughter, please send troops to attack......"

Wei Yuan continued: "I have brought the body of this man, just outside the palace gate, Your Majesty can send someone to examine the body, this person is from the north!"

There was silence in the imperial study.

Emperor Yuan Jing slowly stood up, his face gloomy as water, and said word by word: "Examination!"

The old eunuch lowered his head and hurried back to pass the order, as if he was running away, not daring to breathe.

Emperor Yuan Jing sat high on the dragon throne, his face gloomy, and he didn't say a word. The gentlemen below exchanged glances silently, and Chu Xianglong also looked livid, staring at Wei Yuan with his peripheral vision.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour in agony, the old eunuch returned and whispered in Emperor Yuan Jing's ear.

Emperor Yuan Jing was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Ask the astrologer of the Imperial Observatory to come to the palace for questioning. I am tired, and you, my dear ministers, please go to the side hall to rest for a while."

He stared at Chu Xianglong and said in a deep voice: "You stay here."

After that, he stood up first and left the imperial study.

Led by the eunuchs, the ministers went to the side hall to rest.

In the side hall.

The Minister of Revenue took a sip of tea, turned his head to look at Wei Yuan, who had an expressionless face, and asked tentatively: "Mr. Wei, is this true?"

All the officials immediately looked at Wei Yuan, who had a serious face and gave the Minister of Revenue a cold look: "Lord Zhao, do you think I am joking?"

"No, no."

The Minister of Revenue sighed: "Three thousand miles of blood slaughter, if this is true, how many people will die in the northern border? The night watchman's office is full of spies, why didn't he receive the news?"

Wei Yuan did not respond to the Minister of Revenue's temptation.

Wang Shoufu narrowed his eyes and tapped the table with his fingers. It was unknown what he was thinking.

After two incense sticks, the old eunuch entered the side hall and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please return to the imperial study."

Next, the white-robed sorcerer summoned from the Imperial Observatory questioned Chu Xianglong. The answer was as expected. Chu Xianglong's words were true.

The King of Zhenbei defeated the barbarians in the north, but the guerrilla tactics of the northern barbarians did bring great trouble to the King of Zhenbei and exhausted the

northern border troops.

The barbarian army was blocked outside the border, so the bloody massacre of three thousand miles naturally did not exist.

In the imperial study, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and everyone breathed a sigh of

relief.

"Hmph!"

Chu Xianglong snorted coldly: "I don't know where Duke Wei got the news. It almost made Your Majesty and the other gentlemen misunderstand the prince. I think the prince didn't

offend Duke Wei."

Wei Yuan ignored him, stepped out, and said loudly: "This matter is of great importance. What this person said may be true, but it does not mean that the situation in the north is really

like this."

Chu Xianglong raised his eyebrows and was about to refute, but saw Wang Shoufu come out

and echo:

"Your Majesty, I think what Duke Wei said makes sense. This matter is of great importance and cannot be neglected. It must be thoroughly investigated."

Under the leadership of Wang Shoufu and Wei Yuan, the other gentlemen responded one after

another.

Emperor Yuan Jing pondered and said, "What do you think, my dear ministers, how should

this matter be investigated?"

Wang Shoufu said, "Your Majesty can continue to collect food and military pay and transport them to Chuzhou. At the same time, send another imperial envoy team to the northern border

to thoroughly investigate this case."

Wei Yuan said, "I second the proposal."

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded, "Let's do it."

Xu Mansion.

Su Su sat on the eaves with a red umbrella to block the sun, watching the little kid doing horse

stance in the yard.

In the hall next door, Li Miaozhen was talking to the mistress and the young lady of the Xu

family.

When Aunt and Xu Lingyue heard that there were guests staying at home again, they were in a

bad mood.

The former felt that if this continued, the house would become a charity. The latter felt that this woman was too beautiful and posed a threat to herself.

In addition to the woman in Taoist robes, the woman in white clothes outside made Xu

Lingyue feel like a thorn in her side. She felt that she had no chance of winning just by relying on her appearance, and was even slightly inferior.

The woman holding the red umbrella had an indescribable charm, which was particularly

attractive.

However, after hearing that Li Miaozhen was Xu Qiyan's savior, aunt and Xu Lingyue immediately changed their attitudes and showed more gratitude and welcome from the bottom of their hearts.

"The Xu family is indeed a martial arts family. I think the young lady is still young and needs to start laying the foundation for martial arts." Li Miaozhen is still very knowledgeable about the ways of the world. While chatting, she did not forget to flatter her.

Aunt was very sad when she heard this, and said helplessly: "I hope she can study for a few years. Not to mention being proficient in everything from music, chess, calligraphy and painting, at least she should be well-educated. It's a pity that she is a fool."

Although the child is quite naive, how could she be a fool? Xu Qiyan's cousin is a student of Yunlu Academy, but he doesn't teach his sister to read? Li Miaozhen thought for a moment

and said:

"Miaozhen will stay at Xu's house. In her spare time, she can help to teach the young lady."

Her idea was that Xu Xinnian had a heavy workload and had no intention of teaching her younger sister to read. Xu Qian'an and Xu Pingzhi were martial artists, so they preferred to let the young lady of the Xu family practice martial arts.

Anyway, it would only take a while to teach the child, and it wouldn't delay anything.

Aunt was stunned and was about to refuse, but Xu Lingyue agreed first, smiling implicitly: "In this case, thank you, Taoist Master Li."

Li Miaozhen had a great liking for this beautiful girl with a gentle smile, and smiled: "It's just

a piece of cake."

After saying that, she found that the look in the eyes of the mistress of the Xu family looked at

her had a little more pity and sympathy.

......

"Sister, sister, are you really a ghost?"

Xu Lingyin was standing in a horse stance, her two short and thick legs trembling slightly, she

raised her head and looked at Su Su on the eaves.

"Yes, I will eat people, aren't you afraid?" Su Su threatened.

"Scared!" Xu Lingyin showed a frightened expression.

Su Su smiled, somewhat proudly, humming a little tune and staring at the blue sky in a daze.

After an unknown amount of time, the two girls, one big and one small, disappeared from the

yard.

"Sister, sister..."

The shout came from below, Su Su looked down, and the little girl stood under the eaves,

raised her head, staring at her with black and white eyes.

"Can you come down?" the little girl said.

Su Su floated into the yard, looked down at the whorl on Xu Lingyue's head, and said

unhappily: "What are you doing."

Xu Lingyin said nothing, but waved furtively, motioning her to follow.

Su Su followed him with doubts and led him to the kitchen. The smell of smoke filled her face.

The little kid tried hard to cross the threshold and turned back to say:

"Sister, come here."

In the kitchen, the little black boy from southern Xinjiang was making a fire. The hot oil in the

pot was boiling. Xu Lingyin pulled Su Su to the pot, raised her face, and said expectantly:

"Sister, can you crawl in by yourself?"

Su Su's face suddenly froze.

After Xu Qi'an returned home from work, he introduced Li Miaozhen to his second uncle Xu.

The second uncle Xu thought she was his nephew's friend and nodded with an elder's airs.

He said calmly: "Where is Taoist Li practicing?"

"She is the Saint of Tianzong, one of the protagonists of the battle between heaven and man."

Xu Qi'an added.

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Xu Pingzhi almost stood up to salute and shouted: Meet the Saint.

"She met me in Yunzhou..." Xu Qi'an explained briefly.

Xu Pingzhi nodded blankly, his heart was very uneasy, his thoughts fluctuated.

Dalang even knew the Saintess of Tianzong. His connections were getting wider and wider,

and his strength was getting higher and higher. I just broke through to the Refining Spirit

Realm... I'm really promising.

Second Uncle Xu thought with relief, but he felt that the gap between him and his nephew was getting bigger and bigger, and he felt a sense of loss in his heart.

He looked at his son again. After participating in the palace examination, this kid became a

formal official of the court. Although his progress was not as exaggerated as Ning Yan, he had already ascended to heaven in one step, and he was a dragon among men.

I am worthy of my ancestors... It's a pity that my eldest brother died early, and he didn't see

his son and nephew so promising...

At this time, Xu Xinnian said in a deep voice: "Brother, Miss Wang asked me to go boating again."

Does Miss Wang like my Erlang? Xu Qian'an's heart moved, and he became more and more certain of his guess.

During the imperial examination fraud case, Miss Wang "tipped" him off, and the content was true, which was very unusual.

At this point, considering the two invitations to go boating, it can almost be concluded that Miss Wang is interested in Erlang, and her offensive is strong. Thinking of this, Xu Qian'an smiled and said, "Then do you agree?"

Xu Xinnian said, "I refused on the grounds that the palace examination is imminent."

"Well done, Erlang..." Xu Qian'an patted him on the shoulder and praised, "A role model for

our generation."

Dalang mocked Erlang in a sarcastic way.

A role model for our generation? The wording is inappropriate, haha, uneducated elder

brother... Erlang also mocked Dalang in his heart.

After finishing dinner, Xu Qian'an came to the outside of Li Miaozhen's room. Just as he was

about to knock on the door, he heard Su Su's voice from inside:

"Master, the child in this house is very scary. She, she wants to eat me and even heated up a

pot of oil." "Children speak without restraint, and so do their actions. Don't worry about it." Li Miaozhen said casually.

"No, I can feel that she is not joking. That burning look..." Su Su said a few words, and seeing

that Li Miaozhen was not interested, she snorted angrily and shouted:

"Stinky man, your sister wants to eat me."

As soon as the voice fell, the door opened automatically. Su Su pinched her waist, puffed her

cheeks, and stared at him angrily.

Ah, this... I remembered that my aunt told her that fried ghosts are delicious. This stupid child

not only took it seriously, but also remembered it for so long?

So, this memory is more than enough to recite English words, why can't she even recite the

Three Character Classic?

Xu Qi'an complained in his heart and changed the subject: "Su Su, I remember you said that if

I agree to your two requests, you will be my concubine for three years."

Li Miaozhen glared at Su Su fiercely when she heard this.

When it comes to the charm of women, the erotic ghost, who is more charming and seductive

than the master, pinched her waist and said, "Yes! Help me reshape my body, and then replace

out why my father was beheaded.

"Not only will I be your concubine for three years, I will also give birth to a son for you."

In fact, it doesn't matter whether she is a concubine or not. Xu Qi'an agreed to her at the

beginning because he felt that it was a bit bad to bully a female ghost.

Now that Li Miaozhen has come to the capital, he will not forget the original agreement.

Of course, if Su Su must repay, she can be a concubine.

I must let Song Qing shape a 36D body. I don't care, but no matter how hard it is, I can't let the

child suffer...... He said something silently and looked at Li Miaozhen:

"Tell me everything you know first."

The master and servant's expressions became serious. Li Miaozhen said, "Su Su was born in

Jiangzhou. Her father was the governor of Jiangzhou. In the 15th year of Yuan Jing, he was

beheaded for his crime. Originally, the women in the family would have been sent to the Jiaofangsi.

"Her mother had a strong personality and did not want to be a prostitute in the Jiaofangsi. She poisoned all the women in the family, including Su Su, with a cup of poisoned wine. But she had a young brother who was studying abroad at the time and escaped by luck. "This time on my trip to Beijing, I took Su Su to Jiangzhou to check what happened back then. Unexpectedly, I found something strange."