Chapter 317

The tallest building in the Night Watchman's Yamen was the Tower of Noble Spirit in the middle of the courtyard. It had a pointed roof and layers of eaves, looking like one.

There were cloisters on the lower four floors, and the cloisters on the fifth and sixth floors could be used as observation halls, overlooking the entire Night Watchman's Yamen.

The eunuch known as "Wei Qingyi" by the people of Jianghu lived in this building.

In the tea room on the seventh floor, a man in a green robe reclined on a soft couch, holding a book in his hand.

His sky green robe was embroidered with complicated cloud patterns, with exquisite workmanship. His black hair was tied with a jade hairpin, and his temples were white. His face was fair and clean, and his eyes were deep, containing the vicissitudes of time.

Wei Yuan was a man with both temperament and appearance. He was elegant, handsome, and reserved.

There were two other people in the tea room. The one drinking tea and reading with Wei Yuan was a serious man. His facial features were stiff as if they were carved, without the slightest emotion.

The other person had a feminine temperament and a handsome face. He had phoenix eyes, willow leaf eyebrows, and thin red lips. At first glance, he looked like a woman dressed as a man.

The feminine temperament man stood in the observation pavilion, bathing in the warm sunlight. He placed one hand on the hilt of the sword hanging at his waist and said,

"The sun is shining brightly, and there are no clouds in the sky. Isn't it more interesting to enjoy the scenery here than to hide in the room and read?"

Wei Yuan put down the book in his hand and smiled, "There are fewer and fewer books to read. I heard recently that the Celestial Commissioner has a blue book, which records the nature of all things in the world. I am very curious. "

"Yang Yan, in ten days it will be the day of His Majesty's ancestral worship. Pass the order down, increase the patrol in the inner city, and reduce the trade in the inner city."

The man with a stiff face said, "Hmm."

The feminine temperament man exhaled, "Godfather, are you really not going to fight for the position of Assistant Minister of Revenue and install your own people?"

"This is a necessary concession." Wei Qingyi said, looking at the door of the tea room. An official in blue entered with his head lowered.

"Duke Wei, this is the qualification test result of the new Copper Gong, and the household register. Please judge."

The official handed over a stack of documents.

Wei Yuan opened the household register. The new Copper Gong was called Xu Qi 'an, and he was originally from Changle County. His father and uncle were both from the army.

This information was important, but also not important.

More importantly, the identity of the night watchman was special. His ancestors had to be at least three generations clean. Xu Qi 'an was born and raised in the capital of Great Feng.

Therefore, Xu Qi 'an's identity was qualified.

"Unimportant" meant that every night watcher had a similarly clean identity.

Under the household register was the result of the "intelligence" test. Wei Yuan glanced at it and smiled. "Qianrou, how many breaths did you take to answer the questions?"

The beautiful man with a feminine bearing raised his chin slightly when he heard that. "Fifteen seconds. Yang Yan took nineteen seconds."

"This newly promoted bronze gong is at twelve breaths."

Twelve breaths … The feminine man raised an eyebrow and proudly evaluated, "Not bad."

There was no expression on the stiff man's face. He said, "To be able to solve the tax case in such a short period of time, this kind of intelligence is not strange."

Wei Yuan smiled. He stared at the following remarks and added, "The official holding the box was stunned for about five breaths."

"Impossible." The feminine man suddenly turned around and walked into the tea room.

Yang Yan frowned.

In other words, he only had seven breaths of time to think. What a sharp mind.

Yang Yan stood up, cupped his fists, and said, "Godfather, give this person to me."

"It's under your name. He's with the silver gong, Li Yuchun." Wei Yuan put down his teacup and looked at the feminine man. "You've seen him before. He was at the Celestial Commissioner's office that day."

Celestial Commissioner … The man with the feminine temperament muttered to himself for a few seconds, and then chuckled, "Oh, him. That arrogant brat."

When Yang Yan heard that this newly promoted Copper Gong was working under Li Yuchun, he nodded in satisfaction.

Every Jinluo was in charge of seven Silver Gongs. Li Yuchun was his subordinate.

"Godfather, how's his combat ability?" Yang Yan asked.

"Peak of the Refinement Realm. There's no need to test him." Wei Yuan smiled and said, "This person was recommended by Princess Royal. I saw that he's quick-witted and capable, so I specially approved him to be a night watchman."

Princess Royal?!

Yang Yan and the feminine temperament man looked at each other. Wei Yuan didn't tell them about this.

Wei Yuan continued to look at the results of the "Test of Conscience". Slowly, his gentle expression became serious, and his deep eyes became sharp.

Yang Yan straightened his back and looked at the paper.

The feminine temperament man casually walked to Wei Qingyi's side. He took a look and suddenly laughed: "A brat who's even more arrogant than me. Godfather, how should we deal with him?"

His smile was filled with schadenfreude.

Wei Yuan took out the paper at the bottom. There were ugly words written on it:

You eat your own food, the people's blood and sweat.

The people are easy to bully, but the heavens are hard to bully.

Wei Qingyi's pupils suddenly froze. He stared at the two sentences and didn't speak for a long time.

"The people are easy to bully, but the heavens are hard to bully …" Yang Yan repeated this sentence.

The feminine temperament man's eyes flickered. He recovered from his momentary shock. His attention was exactly the opposite of the expressionless Yang Yan:

"You eat your own food, the people's blood and sweat … Heh, so this little quick hand thinks that he's eating the people's blood and sweat, and not the Emperor's."

Yang Yan thought for a while and asked: "What does godfather think?"

Wei Yuan asked in return: "What do you think?"

Yang Yan deliberated and said: "Eating the ruler's money, and shouldering the ruler's worries."

What he meant was that he didn't agree with that sentence.

Wei Yuan nodded: "In the future, when that little gong rises to Jinluo, you can debate with him yourself."

The feminine man raised his eyebrows: "Godfather, do you think that kid can become Jinluo in the future?"

"As long as he's a Warrior, there won't be a problem." Wei Yuan smiled gently: "The three religions have their own rules. Warlocks are burdened by the fate of the world, and so is witchcraft. In the current world, only a Warrior is the purest.

"Although I hate martial artists who use force to break the rules, I have to admit that the more unruly a martial artist is, the more courageous he is.

"Only when there is no respect and no fear in his heart can he turn the world upside down."

At this point, Wei Yuan took out a new inkstone from under the table. He poured in cinnabar and water, ground it into red ink, and dipped his brush in it.

He wrote the words "A +" on the household register.

"The unruly Warrior is a hero with the world in his heart. A great hero is for the country and the people. "

A +!

Since the establishment of the night watchmen, there were only a handful of people who received such an evaluation.

…

In a secret room.

Li Yuchun pointed at the wooden tub and said: "Take off your clothes and sit in it."

"I'm finally going to enter the Qi Refinement State …" Xu Qi 'an suppressed the excitement in his heart and glanced at the pungent bathtub filled with dark green liquid.

This thing was called Marrow Cleansing Liquid, and this tub alone cost about 150 taels of silver.

He quickly took off his clothes, pants, and shoes, and sat naked in the tub.

Li Yuchun said: "You haven't lost your virginity, have you?"

Xu Qi 'an nodded: "My second uncle is a baihu of the Imperial Blade Guards, and he told me. Before the Qi Refinement State, I can't lose my virginity. "

He leaned comfortably in the tub and asked: "Boss, are you in the Spirit Refinement State?"

Li Yuchun replied: "Yes."

"After the Spirit Refinement State is Copper Skin and Iron Bones, right?"

Li Yuchun hummed in acknowledgment again.

Xu Qi 'an laughed: "The name doesn't sound good, why not call it the Vajra State?"

Copper Skin and Iron Bones are too low class, and it will make us martial artists look like uncultured bumpkins.

"The third class of Buddhism is called Vajra," Li Yuchun explained.

"I see!" Xu Qi 'an nodded and carefully asked: "Boss, among the many cultivation systems in the world, which one is the strongest?"

Li Yuchun answered without hesitation: "The Taoists say that they are the strongest."

"What about the other systems?"

"The other systems all think that they are the strongest."

"Oh … I see."

"But all the systems in the world have a common understanding, which is that martial artists are the most crude, and the most unpresentable."

"… I know a little about this, because the Warrior only has monstrous strength, but no mystical powers."

It's still not fancy enough.

"That's just the surface, there is a bigger secret that involves the upper limit of the cultivation system."

Xu Qi 'an straightened his back and probed: "Boss, can you tell me?"