Xu Qi 'an took a step forward and slapped the guard. He kicked away his saber and slapped the guards one after another. "Can I get through? Can I get through?"
The guards by the side were stunned. They did not know whether they should stop him or not.
"Don't, don't hit me …" The guard on the ground held his head and complained. "Aren't you making things difficult for me? Duke Wei will blame me later."
Xu Qi 'an was Wei Yuan's favorite. He did not dare to fight back. As long as Xu Qi' an did not force his way into Noble Spirit Tower, the guard would not choose to turn against him.
"I understand. Everyone has their own difficulties." When Xu Qi 'an saw that he destroyed the guard's arrogance, he was satisfied and stopped. He took out a tael of silver from his money bag.
"This is a vulgar silver ingot. Is it worth it for you to take the risk? If not, I'll get someone else. "
"Sure, sure." The guard took the silver, picked up his saber, and slipped into Noble Spirit Tower.
After about ten minutes, Xu Qi 'an saw the candles on the seventh floor light up. A moment later, the guard came down and said respectfully, "Duke Wei invites you upstairs. This lady …"
"The Celestial Commissioner's warlock. She's one of us." Xu Qi 'an brought Chu Caiwei into the tower.
There were officials on duty in the tower during the day, so it was quite lively. But at night, it was quiet, and it added a sense of loneliness and coldness.
'Wei Yuan lives in the tower all year round. Doesn't he feel lonely?'
He thought as he walked to the tea room on the seventh floor. It was not warm there. There was no charcoal fire in the room, and there was not even a servant to serve him.
Wei Yuan had a green robe draped over his shoulders. His black hair hung loosely over his shoulders. He sat cross-legged by the table with an oil lamp by his hand. When he saw Xu Qi 'an come up, he ordered him to do things with ease.
"Burn charcoal, boil water, and light the other candles."
He seemed a little cold. Heh, although Wei Yuan was astute, he didn't seem to have any talent for martial arts … Haha, God is fair … Xu Qi'an did as he was told. Candles lit up the spacious tea room, charcoal was placed beside Wei Yuan, and a copper pot was set up.
"Today, I asked Qianrou to inform you to hide, but I couldn't find you even after searching the entire yamen. I went to the Xu Manor to ask, but you didn't return. I went to the Musical House to ask, but you were still not there.
"You're not here for the corruption case, are you?" Wei Yuan smiled and looked at Chu Caiwei.
"This little gong is Miss Caiwei's sweetheart?"
Chu Caiwei blushed. "No."
However, she was not an enlightened person. She blushed and passed it over. Her gaze swept over the coffee table and the table, but she did not see any food.
This place seemed very boring.
"Duke Wei, I found a big case." Xu Qi'an sat cross-legged beside the table, facing Wei Yuan. "Today, I asked for leave to buy a house and found a haunted house. After Miss Caiwei and I dealt with it, we had empathy with the female ghost …"
Xu Qi'an told him the details of the empathy. Wei Yuan did not pay much attention at first, but his face darkened when he heard that the house had a catamite and a woman.
The eunuch's face darkened when he heard that the Minister of the Ministry of Works secretly met with the suspected Witchcraft Cult, secretly sold weapons and cannons, and was involved with Yunzhou.
"The Qi Gang is indeed involved with the bandits in Yunzhou. Very good, this is very important. "Wei Yuan looked at Xu Qi'an with gentle and appreciative eyes." You always surprise me. "
"Then take me as your adopted son …" Xu Qi'an said in his heart.
Xu Baihuo was a proud man, so he could not say such words. It was just like how he was handsome in his previous life, but he could not say, "Auntie, I don't want to fight anymore."
"Duke Wei, Zhu Yang betrayed the government because of me," Xu Qi'an said shamefully.
"Even without him, there would have been other incidents. This time, it was the Qi Gang who made an enemy of me. Of course, there were other parties who added fuel to the fire in the dark." Wei Yuan did not explain why the Qi Gang made an enemy of him.
The mastermind behind this corruption case was the Qi Gang?
Through the Nether Book, he learned from Number One that Zhu Yang had betrayed the yamen and became a snitch.
However, Number One did not say that the mastermind was the Qi Gang, so Xu Qi'an thought it was the Royal Faction.
"This is too much of a coincidence … Today, there was a" corruption case "in the yamen, and I was also involved, so I immediately made such a big discovery.
"… Is it because I am about to advance to the Spirit Ascension State that my luck has changed? Otherwise, it does not make sense. "
"This is interesting. The Royal Faction colluded with the demon race, and the Qi Gang colluded with the Witchcraft Cult. What kind of people are in the imperial court?" Chu Caiwei complained.
"Your Majesty's brain must be damaged from cultivating Daoism."
Xu Qi'an hurriedly elbowed the girl who spoke without thinking.
"Your Majesty does not care about the imperial court. Although he still holds great power, it is inevitable that he will raise some demons and ghosts. He may be good at politics, but the officials in the imperial court are not stupid. "Wei Yuan did not care about Chu Caiwei's offense. After all, all the warlocks in the Celestial Commissioner's office behaved like this.
Yang Qianhuan, who had a somewhat absurd way of doing things, always had his back facing His Majesty when he met him. His Majesty was never angry. He had always been lenient and merciful to those who were of great use but had no power.
"The Confucian School's Dragon Slaying Technique slays this dragon," Xu Qi 'an said with a smirk.
As soon as he finished speaking, he was elbowed by Chu Caiwei in retaliation.
The Yuanjing Emperor controlled the imperial court, and the officials in the imperial court were also acting against him. When an emperor only cared about his own power and ignored the people's livelihood, the starting point of choosing talents would change. The evaluation criteria tended to be obedient and easy to control.
As for character and ability, it was not so important, unless they were as talented as Wei Yuan.
Rotten from the source … Wei Yuan, is this the reason why you want to get rid of the obstacles? Xu Qi'an remembered what Wei Yuan had said before. He wanted to clean up the imperial court and the decadence of the country. But before that, he had to be like the light and allow his subordinates to make mistakes.
He was originally a lone official. If he did not have many capable subordinates, how could he compete with the officials in the imperial court?
At this moment, Wei Yuan took out a pen and paper, intending to write a document. Xu Qi'an knowingly poured some water and ground the ink. He watched as Father Wei wrote an arrest warrant and stamped it with his official seal.
"Take this document to Jinluo Kaitai, who is on duty, and ask him to take people to eliminate the Yakuza organization," Wei Yuan said.
I know a great scholar named Chen Tai. What does this Kaitai mean … Xu Qi'an nodded. "Yes."
He left Haoqi Tower with Chu Caiwei and asked someone about Jinluo Kaitai's office. It was called "Divine Sword Hall." After meeting him, he found out that he was the swordsman Jinluo whom he had met several times.
He was one of the four Jinluo who were wrapped in gauze.
Zhang Kaitai was like a proud and aloof swordsman. When he was silent, he gave people a kind of indifference that kept people thousands of miles away.
If he was born in the modern era, he would definitely be a fan of Ximen Chuixue … Xu Qi'an thought.
"What is it?" Zhang Kaitai's eyes fell on the document in Xu Qi'an's hand.
Xu Qi'an handed over the document and repeated what he had said to Wei Yuan.
After listening, Zhang Kaitai's calm and somewhat indifferent face cracked like the spring ice. He smiled in surprise. "Good, good. This time, I will make the Qi organization suffer.
"This time, you should be the main reason why our colleagues can get through this crisis."
Zhang Kaitai had a good impression of Xu Qi'an, but he didn't understand why Yang Yan and Jiang Lüzhong made such a big fuss over him. He also couldn't figure out why Duke Wei valued him so much.
Although he was somewhat hot-blooded and outstanding in handling cases, and a talent was a talent, what was Duke Wei's identity? Why did he favor a copper gong so much?
After the Sampo Case, he admitted that Xu Qi'an was a talent worthy of training.
At this moment, Zhang Kaitai, who was pleasantly surprised, began to admire this ordinary little gong. He always surprised people.
After a quarter of an hour, all the men were gathered. There were forty white servants, more than twenty copper gongs, and six silver gongs. They were equipped with firearms, military crossbows, ropes, and other tools. They were fully armed.
With torches in their hands, the troops sprinted behind Xu Qi'an. Their marching speed was extremely fast. Amidst the undulating torches, it only took them half an hour to reach the target mansion.
There was no plaque hanging on the mansion. The red lacquer gate was tightly shut. Zhang Kaitai waved his hand. With a cold face, he gave a simple order. "Surround it."
The white servants spread out with torches in their hands.
A silver gong stepped forward and drew his saber. With a loud shout, he slashed out a saber gleam and broke the red lacquer gate.
The night watchman rushed in quickly. A team of private soldiers with sabers shouted angrily and stepped forward to stop him. As soon as both sides came into contact, they were chopped down by the night watchman, dead or alive.
Indistinct music came from the inner courtyard, but it soon quieted down. It seemed that they had sensed the movement in the front courtyard. After a while, the whole mansion was in an uproar.
Xu Qi'an held his saber and led his men to the front. When he saw the private soldiers guarding the mansion, he slashed them. As he slashed, the memories of the women kept flashing through his mind.
The women who were bullied and killed flashed through his mind.
They rushed all the way to the inner courtyard. In the warm front hall, there were more than ten guests and women gathered. Their clothes were messy and they looked terrified.
"The night watchman?" The guests were shocked.
Xu Qi'an swung his black gold long saber. A scarlet line of blood splashed on the ground. He pointed the saber at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Take them all down. Those who disobey will be killed."
After shouting, he left the hall. With a few copper gongs, he kicked open the doors of the rooms and dragged out the guests who had just vented their lust and were sleeping soundly on the beds. He gathered them in the courtyard.
"Don't wear clothes. Put your hands on your head and squat down."
He was very familiar with the process of checking the rooms in the hotel. The difference was that in the past, he looked at the customers with a playful attitude and asked if they were married.
Now, he was filled with anger and murderous intent.
Compared with the brothel, this kind of private clubhouse was more hidden and could be discussed at ease.
Moreover, whether it was a catamite or a woman, they could be tortured every day. Even if they were killed, there would be someone to deal with the trouble. Moreover, they could torture the women of good families, but the women of the Musical House could not be treated like this.
The raid soon ended. Zhang Jinluo took Xu Qi'an's suggestion and stripped the guests naked. He made them squat in the courtyard with their hands on their heads and endure the cold wind of early January.
At first, someone shouted, "A man can be killed but not humiliated." After being killed by Zhang Kaitai, everyone became obedient.
The night watchman had the right to act first and report later.
"Lord Cao, it's you … Oh, Lord Wang is also here … Lord Tang is really short and capable …" A silver gong sneered and said to an official he knew.
In the warm inner hall, there were more than 20 beautiful women and handsome young men. Among them, there were also a few boys of 11 or 12 years old.
Daibun firmly cracked down on the raising of catamites, but there were many businessmen and officials who liked to have sex with young children. Many brothels would raise some catamites to pretend to be pimps. When the guests who had this hobby came to visit, they would be responsible for sleeping with them.
"It's disgusting." A silver gong said in a disgusted tone.
Zhang Kaitai was interrogating the owner of the mansion, who was a middle-aged man dressed like a rich man. He kept kowtowing and said, "I'm guilty. I deserve to die."
Zhang Kaitai asked in a deep voice, "Who is the person behind you?"
"I just want to make friends with some powerful people in the court. There is no one behind me."
Zhang Kaitai did not ask. He just told his subordinates to keep a close eye on the silver gong and not let him commit suicide. When he entered the dungeon of the night watchman, he could also pry open the mouth of the stone man.
Xu Qi'an said, "There is a well in the backyard, which is specially used to dump female corpses."
Zhang Kaitai took a deep look at the middle-aged man.
Xu Qi'an, Chu Caiwei, and Zhang Kaitai went to the backyard and found the well. They shone a torch on it. The water in the well was dark, and a faint rancid smell floated up.
"After the flesh and blood rot, the bones will sink … I'm afraid we'll have to go down to the well to retrieve them …" The corner of Xu Qi'an's mouth twitched.
Suddenly, Chu Caiwei let out a soft "eh" sound. She looked around for a moment, then leaped onto the roof ridge and looked down at the entire backyard.
"What's wrong?" Xu Qi'an stood by the well and raised his head to ask.
"There is a sealing formation in the yard, and the resentment in the well has been sealed," Chu Caiwei said.
"A sealing formation? That's why the night watchman didn't notice anything unusual all these years … "Xu Qi'an nodded in realization, but his expression suddenly became strange.
"Isn't the formation the job of you magicians?"
At the same time, another doubt arose in his mind. Since they had the ability to set up a formation to seal the resentment, why didn't they just erase the resentment directly?
After all, even the Seventh Rank Chu Caiwei could do this. She could set up a Feng Shui with the utmost Yang energy in the backyard to eliminate future troubles.
"… Then, there must be some rogue magicians," Chu Caiwei curled her lips, "Isn't there an alchemist behind the tax case?"
"I'm speechless!" When Xu Qi'an looked at the well again, he saw Zhang Kaitai staring at the wall of the well in deep thought. Following his gaze, he found that the wall of the well was engraved with complicated and strange incantations.
"This is the means of the Witchcraft Cult. It should be some kind of incantation. I don't know the specific function. Let someone make a copy of it, and we'll check it later, "Zhang Kaitai explained.
"Well, according to the information I got from the resentful soul, this place does have something to do with the Witchcraft Cult," Xu Qi'an said while complaining in his heart.
"I've been ridden by that Tamraha for god knows how many times. If I have the chance to meet him, I'll let him know what it means to be covered in sweat."
Just then, there was a commotion and a scream from the front hall.
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