Chapter 646

Five hundred bolts … Auntie's heart was thumping wildly. There was a wide variety of silk goods here, such as silk, silk, silk, brocade, and so on. The weave was exquisite, and the grain was exquisite. Auntie had visited many silk shops, and her eyes were sharp. Any bolt of silk here was much better than the expensive silk goods sold in those shops.

"But there are five hundred bolts of such expensive and exquisite materials … Aunt felt that she was suddenly hit by happiness."

Xu Lingyue was not much better than her mother. From ancient times to the present, women always had a special love for things like clothes.

Xu Lingyin, who took advantage of the fact that her parents and sister were not paying attention, was not one of them. She was still a child.

"I'm going to help!" The second Uncle Xu could not sit still. He jumped up and strode out.

Xu Qi'an was standing by the carriage, discussing with Song Tingfeng how to go to the Musical House after solving the Sampo Case.

"Speaking of which, I only slept with Fu Xiang among the 24 Top Courtesans in the Musical House. I'll visit them one by one someday, "Xu Qi'an said in an expectant tone.

"You …" Song Tingfeng stared at him with a strange look. "Aren't you and Fu Xiang lovers? What you should do now is to redeem her. "

"You …" Xu Qi'an also stared at him with a strange look. He could not figure out why the ancients always liked to use public vehicles for private purposes.

"Well, the status of a concubine is only a little higher than that of a servant. Maybe in their view, redeeming a girl from a brothel is equivalent to a man buying a girlfriend who can't talk or eat and can only survive by eating air.

And the Top Courtesan will not leak air.

"A wife and a concubine are different concepts, and can't be compared … But in my view, redeeming a girl from a brothel is the same as meeting a well-dressed, rich woman on a blind date, who says she sells clothes outside … It's still a divergence of views and ideas."

Xu Qi'an shook his head and did not want to continue this topic.

"Second Uncle, don't move these." Xu Qi'an saw the second Uncle Xu coming out to help and hurriedly shouted.

When the second uncle looked over, Xu Qi'an single-handedly dragged a small box of 60 kilograms and threw it to him. "You move this."

Second Uncle Xu reached out to take it. It felt quite heavy, so when he opened it … what was it that blinded my eyes?

Aunt was in the front hall, looking at the beautiful silk and satin. She touched it here and there, and her beautiful face could not help but overflow with a smile.

Xu Lingyue pressed her small hand on a piece of satin, feeling the thin and smooth touch, and the girl's heart pounded.

"Pah!"

His aunt slapped his hand away and said unhappily, "Don't dirty it."

Xu said faintly, "What are you happy about?" These things are bestowed by His Majesty to Big Brother, not yours. "

"Killing blow!"

Auntie gradually lost her smile. After a while, a stiff smile appeared on her dignified and beautiful face. "That … I'm still quite good to Dalang, right …"

She didn't even have the confidence to say that.

Xu Lingyue nodded. "Well, it's pretty good. Big Brother is your money-losing product."

Aunt Xu nodded. "Yes, very good. Big brother is a waste of money raised by you."

At this time, the mother and daughter saw the second Uncle Xu holding a box in a daze.

Aunt Xu raised her skirt and greeted him. "What is in Master's hand?"

"Pa … pa …" Second Uncle Xu opened the box and closed it again. He looked at his wife and said, "Are you blind?"

"Blind …"

His aunt was a virgin who had never been married. She had three children, and in her thirty-six years of life, she had never seen so much silver, no, gold.

Second Uncle had never owned so much gold before.

…

"My throat is so dry. I've been working all day and haven't had a sip of good tea."

"Ning Yan, sit. Aunt will make tea for you."

…

"I want to eat steamed eggs."

"Aunt will ask the kitchen to make it for you."

…

"Don't you have milk?"

"Yes, yes. Aunt has the freshest milk."

At the dining table, Xu Qi'an was sitting. Aunt Xu, who was usually arrogant, was taking care of him. Xu Qi'an wanted to eat steamed eggs, so Aunt Xu asked someone to make it for him. Xu Qi'an wanted to drink tea, so Aunt Xu made it for him. Xu Qi'an wanted to drink milk, so Aunt Xu made it for him. She was trying to make up for the broken relationship between aunt and nephew.

"Auntie, you're not being sincere. I want to eat the eggs you made yourself," Xu Qi 'an said.

Aunt Xu bit her lips and forced a smile. "Aunt Xu will make it for you."

The steamed eggs were served. Xu Qi'an ate and said, "Ah, there are a lot of dirty clothes in the yard next door. I have no parents, so I have to wash them myself."

Aunt Xu clenched her teeth. "Ning Yan, don't say that. I see you as my own. I will wash them."

Feeling proud and elated! Xu Qi'an felt that his thoughts were clear. The obsession in his heart was finally gone.

"Second Uncle, why don't we sell this house and buy a big house in the inner city?" Xu Qi'an suggested.

Aunt Xu's eyes lit up and her face glowed.

Sell the house … The Second Uncle Xu glanced at the furnishings in the hall and suddenly sighed. "This is the ancestral house. How can we sell it so easily? Your father and I grew up in this house. "

"Fine, I won't sell it. Eight thousand taels of silver is enough to buy a bigger house in the inner city." Xu Qi'an raised his cup and drank. He put down the cup and suddenly said, "Second Uncle, did you have an affair with another woman?"

"Pfft …" The Second Uncle Xu quickly turned his head and spat out the wine on Xu Lingyin's face.

He wanted to spit it on the ground, but the little girl was too small. It just happened to spray on her head and face.

The little girl was confused. She didn't know what she had done wrong. She didn't cry. She licked the wine on her face with her tongue. It didn't taste good, so she burst into tears.

The Second Uncle Xu glared at his nephew. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

There was no guilt or shock on Second Uncle's face … There was no suspicion or shock on Aunt's face … Xu Qi'an, who was proficient in the psychology of facial expressions, made a judgment.

When people were least prepared, their subconscious actions were the most in line with their hearts.

Xu Qi'an was the first to rule out the possibility that he was Second Uncle's illegitimate son. It wasn't unreasonable for him to think this way. When he was young, Second Uncle's colleagues would come to visit. They would point at Xu Qi'an and say, "Is this your son?"

Or they would point at Xu Erlang and say, "Your daughter is so beautiful."

What did it mean? It meant that Xu Qi'an and the Second Uncle Xu had similar facial features.

From a genetic point of view, the two were related by blood.

"I'm kidding. I've never seen my biological parents, and they look so similar to Second Uncle." Xu Qi'an shrugged.

"By the way, Aunt, have you seen my mother?"

Aunt replied, "Of course. When your mother was pregnant with you, I took care of her for a period of time. Your mother is very gentle, unlike you … "

He immediately stopped and almost rebuked his nephew out of habit.

"What about your older brother?" Xu Qi'an lowered his head to eat the steamed egg, observing Second Uncle from the corner of his eyes.

The Second Uncle Xu was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He said angrily, "You're the old man."

He thought for a while and said, "Your grandfather died early. We grew up together. Your father was more talented than me, but unfortunately, he died in the Battle of Shanhai Pass."

Xu Qi'an did not ask anything else. He quickly filled his stomach and left five hundred bolts of silk and satin in the main residence. He carried the box filled with gold ingots back to the small courtyard.

It was not safe to leave the gold at home. There were so many colleagues in the yamen who saw the night watchman in the afternoon. If he had evil intentions and stole it, his aunt and sister would be implicated.

"Wei Yuan said that he would send night watchmen to protect and monitor the vicinity of the Xu Mansion for a long time to prevent the Taoists of the Earth Sect from seeking revenge. This can also deter the night watchman with evil intentions …" Xu Qi'an leaped over the high wall and put the box into the fragment of the Book of the Underworld.

…

After taking a bath, the fragrant aunt sat on the edge of the bed. She tilted her head and used a towel to wipe her black hair.

The Second Uncle Xu sat on a small couch not far away, breathing and practicing Qi.

"You practice every day, but I don't see any results." Auntie rolled her eyes charmingly.

Phew ~ ~

The Second Uncle Xu let out a long breath and opened his eyes. Although he was full of energy after breathing, there was a deep sadness in the depths of his eyes.

He had long reached the peak of the Qi Cultivation State. No matter how much he cultivated, his Qi activity would not increase. However, the door to the Spirit Refinement State was tightly shut.

"Master, do you think that if you break through … to the next realm, will you be promoted?" Auntie puffed out her full chest and stretched her waist.

Xu Pingzhi grunted, "Of course."

Aunt finished drying her hair and took off her embroidered shoes. She sat sideways on the bed and crossed her long legs. She hugged the pillow in her arms and complained, "Xu Ningyan, that little rascal, he's so proud of himself. If it weren't for the silks and satin and the mansion in the inner city, I wouldn't have been able to bear with him and would have spat on him …"

As she spoke, she sighed, "He's grown up without me knowing."

Thinking back to when she first received him from her husband, he was as big as a kitten.

"Knock, knock, knock …"

There was a knock on the door, and Xu Qi 'an's voice came from the door, "Second Uncle, I forgot to tell you something."

Aunt was shocked. She quickly put down the bed curtain and shrank into the quilt.

Xu Pingzhi got up and said, "Let's go to the study."

"No need, Second Uncle, come out and say a few words at the door, then leave," Xu Qi 'an said.

Aunt hugged the quilt and hid behind the bed curtain to eavesdrop. The uncle and nephew said a few words, and then her husband came back and slammed the door.

"What are you talking about? Did he secretly give you money?" Aunt poked her head out of the bed curtain and stared at Xu Pingzhi.

Suddenly, she was stunned. She saw her husband's slightly red and moist eyes.

"Master?" Auntie was at a loss as to what to do and shouted blankly.

"I've waited for so long for hope …" Xu Pingzhi closed his eyes and said softly, "The hope of the Spirit Refinement State."

Aunt pursed her red lips.

… Is it Ning Yan?

…

Xu Qi 'an returned to the small courtyard. His spiritual perception seemed to be triggered. He stood at the door for a few seconds and gently pushed it open.

As usual, he walked to the table and lit the candle. The thin flame bloomed with a dim yellow halo, driving away the darkness and gilding the room with a layer of orange.

An old Taoist with gray hair sat cross-legged on the bed. Although his hair was tied up with a Taoist hairpin, there were still strands of messy hair hanging down.

His facial features were deep, and his eyes were peaceful.

"You're here." Xu Qi 'an smiled and greeted him.

"I'm here." The Jinlian Taoist priest nodded and returned a smile.

"You shouldn't have come," Xu Qi 'an said in a deep voice.

The Jinlian Taoist priest was surprised. "What do you mean? Didn't we agree to meet in secret today? "

… No, I'm just joking. I want to know more about Gu Long's novel! Xu Qi 'an shrugged. "I'm just joking with you, Taoist priest."

"How's the investigation of the Sampo Case?" The Jinlian Taoist priest did not mind. After all, everyone had their own quirks. The members of the Heaven & Earth Society all had strong personalities.

Xu Qi 'an thought for a while and said, "This case is very complicated and involves too many forces. I've investigated until now, but the clues are many and messy. To be honest, I've been a police … constable for so many years, but I've never encountered such a tricky problem. "

We usually rely on surveillance! He added in his heart.

Immediately, he told the Jinlian Taoist priest all the clues and his own speculation.

Since joining the Heaven & Earth Society, he and the Jinlian Taoist priest had reached a preliminary level of trust. He felt that the other was a good candidate to be an ally. Moreover, the Sampo Case had nothing to do with the Jinlian Taoist priest's interests.

Well, if his escape to the Capital was only a superficial reason, but in fact, it was to pave the way for the Sampo Case. The one who killed the Zhao County Magistrates was also him, then it would be a real bomb!

Xu Qi 'an tried to find joy in this bitter situation. Now, everyone was a bad guy, and everyone was an old silver dollar.

"You suspect that the King of Zhenbei is the mastermind behind the scenes. He reached an agreement with the demons in the north and the witchcraft religion in the northeast to usurp the throne?

"So he blew up the Sampo Case and released the Initial Supervisor." The Jinlian Taoist priest frowned.

"What do you think, Taoist priest?" Xu Qi 'an asked.