Chapter 584

Nangong Qianrou took the paper and quickly glanced at it. The paper recorded the analysis of the case by the officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Yamen.

It was not of much value. He quickly skimmed through it and his eyes narrowed.

His expression became serious as he read it carefully.

The gunpowder used to blow up the Mountain River Temple in Yongzhen actually came from the saltpeter mine in Mount Dahuang … the little flag officer was killed, the Jin Wu Wei colluded with the demons … the whole Sampo Case was suddenly clear.

Nangong Qianrou could not hide his surprise. He did not care much about the case, but he still paid attention to it. As for Xu Qi 'an, he did not want to interfere or help him.

According to Jinluo's experience, it was impossible to find out anything about this case in three to five days.

He did not expect to get such results in just one day.

"He's a good candidate for a case." He squinted his peach blossom eyes and finally had some confidence in Xu Qi 'an.

"A good candidate for a case?" Yang Yan's voice came from outside the carriage. He looked interested and asked, "Are you talking about Xu Qi 'an?"

Yang Jinluo thought highly of Xu Qi 'an and felt that he was a young man worth training.

Nangong Qianrou snorted, "You're lucky to have picked up such a good candidate."

Yang Yan replied with a "heh", satisfied and focused on driving.

When they arrived at the Yamen and returned to the Pavilion of Noble Spirit, Wei Yuan said, "Tell Xu Qi 'an to come see me."

…

Xu Qi 'an was currently hiding in the warehouse to look for information. Just as Number One said, five hundred years ago, there was indeed an Emperor Wuzong usurping the throne.

Other than that, the records of the royal family five hundred years ago, except for the founding emperor of Daibun, were very vague. They should have been destroyed, leaving only their names.

But one thing was certain, the emperor sealed in the Sampo was not the unlucky emperor who was usurped by his cousin.

Because the emperor had a son at the age of fourteen.

Everyone knew that before reaching the Qi Training Realm, there would be no abalone … Well, it was not that there was no abalone, but it was not the right time.

"Search for me. Look for any master above the third rank five hundred years ago. Don't miss out on anything." Xu Qi 'an settled for the next best thing. He started to search for the masters of the former royal family from five hundred years ago.

"Yes!"

Seven or eight officials took the order.

At the table by the window, a girl in a light yellow dress held her cheek with one hand and kept stuffing fried fish balls into her mouth with the other. Her legs swayed under the table, occasionally revealing her white embroidered boots.

"Caiwei, I suddenly thought of something." Xu Qi 'an reached for the fried fish balls but was quickly slapped away by the oval-faced girl.

"Xu Qi 'of fish balls?" Xu Qi's coughed.. over.

"Qi 'an." Xu Qi' Qi 'an said.

"I want to eat, but not," Xu Qi 'Qi's.

"Then what do you want to eat?" Chu Caiwei asked.

"I want to stare at you in a daze." Xu Qi 'an smiled warmly.

Chu Caiwei blushed and frowned. She wanted to scold him for being a lecher but felt that it sounded ambiguous. It was different from the vulgar words of a lecher.

For a moment, she didn't know if she should get angry. If she didn't get angry, she would lose her dignity as a virgin.

Xu Qi 'an cleverly changed the topic and said, "I have something to ask Miss Caiwei."

Chu Caiwei swallowed the fish ball in her mouth. Her rosy lips were stained with oil, shining and pink. She said with a straight face, "What is it?"

"How can I hide from the Celestial Commissioner's Qi Observation?" Xu Qi 'an asked.

"High-ranked Mighty Ones can hide their aura, but this is relative. I am a Level Seven Feng Shui Master. A high-ranked martial artist who can hide from my Qi Observation is at least Level Five. Not even a sixth-grade expert can do it, "Chu Caiwei said proudly.

I am Level Eight Qi Cultivation. To be able to hide from my Qi Observation, Baihu Zhou must be Copper Skin and Iron Bones. He is obviously not … Xu Qi 'an nodded and continued to ask.

"Other than that?"

"Then it's an artifact." Chu Caiwei was a good teacher. She didn't need Xu Qi 'an to ask and started to explain.

"There are two types of artifacts in the world. First, we Celestial Commissioner's Array Master engraved arrays and refined them. Second, he obtained a miraculous item by chance.

"There are many types of the latter. For example, when a thousand-year-old ancient tree is struck by lightning, the remaining wood contains the power of extreme Yang.

"Another example is the items carried by high-ranked Mighty Ones. They have been nourished by aura for many years and have some magical properties. "However, this type is mostly an extension of the high-ranked Mighty One's ability."

"Is there any artifact that can hide aura in Capital City?" Xu Qi 'an asked directly.

"We Celestial Commissioner do have some, but other places …" Chu Caiwei tilted her head and thought for a while. "I have to ask Brother Song."

"… Alright, I'll leave this to you."

As the two of them talked, the officials had already listed out the people who might have been high-ranked Mighty Ones five hundred years ago.

There were not many names on the list. They were all suspected to be high-ranked Mighty Ones.

In the official records, it would not be stated what rank a Mighty One was, so the officials deduced their ranks from the deeds of the generals who were qualified to be recorded in the official history.

For example, the King of Zhenbei had guarded the north for decades and experienced hundreds of battles in his life. He was undoubtedly a high-ranked Mighty One.

Xu Qi 'an glanced at the list and was disappointed to find that most of the names were Rank-4 Mighty Ones. There were only a few Rank-3 Mighty Ones. There were no Rank-2 Mighty Ones, let alone Rank-1 Mighty Ones.

"To be sealed in Sampo, Rank-2 Mighty Ones are the minimum. Otherwise, a Rank-1 Warlock Supervisor could have easily taken care of them. There was no need to seal them at all. Could it be that my thinking was wrong? That they were not sealing people, but items?"

"Wait … Supervisor?!" Xu Qi 'an's heart skipped a beat. His breathing quickened.

He thought of something. The Supervisor's duty was to guard the Capital City. He was Daibun's guardian. At least this generation's Supervisor was like that.

Then, if the Martial Arts Grandmaster wanted to usurp the throne, he would not be able to avoid the Supervisor.

A bold guess formed in Xu Qi 'an's mind. He could not help but shiver.

"Caiwei, is our Master the Initial Supervisor?" Xu Qi 'an controlled himself so that his voice would not tremble.

"No, Master is the second-generation Supervisor." Chu Caiwei's answer made Xu Qi 'an's blood boil.

'I know who is sealed under Sampo …' Xu Qi 'an gulped. "How did the Initial Supervisor die?"

Chu Caiwei shook her head. "I don't know. Master never talks about Grandmaster's past."

It was the Initial Supervisor. The one sealed under Sampo was the Initial Supervisor!

Xu Qi 'an shuddered at this conjecture.

No wonder only the Yuanjing Emperor knew about this secret. No wonder the Supervisor fell sick. No wonder the Northern Demon Tribe planned this show.

If the Initial Supervisor broke free, the Capital City would be in chaos … No, the Initial Supervisor had already broken free.

At this moment, Xu Qi 'an had the idea of escaping the Capital City.

"Escape, I have to escape quickly … I have to bring Uncle and Aunt with me … If the Initial Supervisor breaks free, it will definitely cause a bloodbath. That's a first-rank. The entire Capital City will become a Shuraba …"

Thinking of this, Xu Qi 'an dispelled the idea of escaping.

The Yuanjing Emperor wanted him to redeem himself. Then, Wei Yuan had the responsibility to look after him. If he ran away, he would implicate Wei Yuan.

Of course, this was not the most important thing.

Xu Qi 'an could escape, but the people of the Capital City could not. If there was a battle between first-rank experts in the Capital City, how many people would die?

All of them would be human lives.

"The Yuanjing Emperor is an old bastard. He's protected by many experts in the palace, but what about the people in the city?

"I can't intervene in the grudges between Rank-1 experts … Expose it. Expose it. Someone stronger will take care of it."

He made a decision immediately!

If there was a problem, he would look for Wei Yuan.

Although he did not want to admit it, Wei Yuan was a famous strategist who gave people a sense of security.

If Wei Yuan was a mediocre officer, Xu Qi 'an could only go to the Celestial Commissioner to look for the Supervisor.

At this moment, an official came in. When he saw Xu Qi 'an, he was overjoyed. "I've been looking for your excellency Xu for a while. Duke Wei is looking for you."

"What a coincidence, I'm looking for him too …" Xu Qi 'an said goodbye to Chu Caiwei and followed the official to Loft of Noble Spirit.

He entered the highest building of the yamen and went to the seventh floor. Xu Qi 'an saw Wei Yuan, who was dressed in green and had white hair on his temples.

There were also two Jinluo officials.

"The progress of the case is good, but the clues are broken. The imperial court has issued an arrest warrant for Zhou Chixiong, but it's unrealistic to find him in half a month. "Wei Yuan took a sip of tea and said gently.

"What do you plan to do next?"

Xu Qi 'an stood in front of the table and thought for a while. He said calmly, "I'm guessing that there's someone behind Zhou Chixiong, but there are no clues."

This case was more complicated and troublesome than the tax case. Of course, he was not the chief officer in charge of the tax case. He needed to find loopholes and provide ideas. The other aspects were handled by the night watchman and the yamen.

Although the clues were broken, Xu Qi 'an already had a general direction for the follow-up investigation. First, he could start with the artifacts that blocked the Aura Divination Technique.

Second, he had the channels and ability to smuggle the gunpowder into Sampo's list of suspects.

The second method was bound to be exhausting, and there might not be any results.

"Duke Wei …" Xu Qi 'an said tentatively, "What if I still can't find out the truth after half a month?"

"When the time comes, I'll arrange for you to fake your death and escape. You'll go to Jianghu and be the night watchman's informant." Wei Yuan took a sip of tea and said,

"The yamen's intelligence network covers all thirteen states and all the major forces in Jianghu. It's impossible to do this without secretly nurturing spies.

"Your personality is not suitable for politics. Jianghu is your world. In fact, if it weren't for the Sampo Case, you would have already left the capital under my arrangements. "

"Go to Jianghu …" Xu Qi 'an thought absentmindedly.

"Do you feel wronged to be a knife in my hand, a knife that can't see the light?" Wei Yuan laughed like a gentle and cheerful teacher.

"Your personality is soft on the outside but hard on the inside. You're a little extreme. I admire you for being like this, but I also dislike you for being like this.

"I'm well aware of the many shortcomings of the night watchman yamen, but human nature is like this. Light and darkness interweave. How many people like Li Yuchun are there? If the night watchman is full of people like Li Yuchun, the night watchman will not be able to suppress all the civil and military officials in the court. "

Xu Qi 'an frowned. "I understand this logic. That's why human nature needs to be beaten and deterred from time to time. Only then can the government be clean and tidy. Isn't Duke Wei too indulgent? "

"It also depends on the timing." Wei Yuan didn't get angry. He explained with a pleasant expression, "The bureaucracy in Daibun is corrupt, and the decline is already set in stone. If you want to change this, you have to be like the light and defeat them one by one. When there are no obstacles in your way, that's the time for you to show your ambitions. "

Wei Yuan meant that when he defeated his political enemies in the future, when there were no more obstacles in his way, he could free his hands to rectify this foul atmosphere … Xu Qi 'an thought about it and felt that it made sense.

"In the officialdom, you're bound by the rules and have no choice but to be like the light. Otherwise, you'll only get into trouble again and again. Or, you'll be polished off and lose the arrogance of a Warrior. No matter how you look at it, it's not worth it. But once you enter Jianghu, you don't have to worry about it, "Wei Yuan said earnestly.

"Whoever provokes you, obstructs you, or hinders you, just use your knife to kill them. Act according to your heart, and don't worry about the rules and laws. This is the so-called breaking the rules with force.

"Many martial artists have lost their hearts in the process and become cold-blooded and heartless executioners. This is what you need to pay attention to. "

Xu Qi 'an held it in for a long time. "I don't want to enter Jianghu yet. I want to try my best."

He wasn't reluctant to leave power, but reluctant to leave his family. Reluctant to leave his uncles, aunts, Erlang, and his sister.

It was like when he was a slave in his previous life, the boss said, "I want to send you to other provinces to expand the market and stay there for a long time."

You said, "I don't want to go."

The boss said, "No, you do."

Fortunately, Wei Yuan wasn't the kind of boss who would take advantage of others, so he didn't force him. He smiled nonchalantly and said, "If there's nothing else, you can leave."

No, I have something else … Xu Qi 'an cupped his fists and said in a deep voice, "Duke Wei, please dismiss your attendants. I have something to report."

You want to dismiss us again?!

Nangong Qianrou and Yang Yan looked at Xu Qi 'an expressionlessly.