Chapter 763

"Accompany you?" Xu Qi 'an thought, "Of course not. If it's only you, I can make do with it. But it's not possible with the vicious aunt."

"I know it's too much. Brother has to go to the yamen tomorrow, but my mother asked me to come and persuade him to guard the door."

Xu Lingyue must be black after cutting it open. She was too scared to sleep, but she put the blame on her mother.

"Guard the door … Second Uncle must be having fun in the Musical House, but he asked me to guard the door for his wife and daughter …" Xu Qi 'an sighed and said helplessly, "Okay."

He put on his clothes. In order to comfort his aunt and sister, he specially brought a long black gold knife.

"I'll sit outside. You go to sleep." Xu Qi 'an knocked on the door.

"Okay, thank you, brother."

"Thank you, Dalang."

The voice of his sister and Lü 'e came from the room, which was soft and pleasant. Aunt stubbornly did not speak.

Xu Qi 'an sat cross-legged in meditation, moving his Qi and visualizing in his mind. After a while, aunt's voice came to his ears.

"Will it float in from the window? What if Ning Yan falls asleep?"

"… Mother, don't talk nonsense. Brother has a knife."

When Auntie heard that her nephew was guarding outside with a knife, she immediately felt relieved.

There was no word in the room for a long time, only the sound of Xu Lingyin's snoring came out. He could imagine her sprawled out on the bed, snoring loudly with her mouth open in a deep sleep.

After a while, his aunt shouted, "Ning Yan?"

Xu Qi 'an said grumpily, "I'm here."

So, he coughed every once in a while, and the women in the room would not be afraid when they heard his magnetic cough.

It was reasonable for the aunt and sister to be afraid, because the house was really haunted, and it was not an imaginary story.

After a long time, this fear would naturally fade away.

After a while, aunt's voice came to complain, "Lingyue, don't stick so close to me. It's hot."

"Mother …" Xu Lingyue said in a tone of grievance and coquettishness.

Aunt cared about her daughter, so she didn't speak again. After a while, she suddenly lowered her voice, "Lingyue, you've grown so big."

Xu Qi 'an's ears moved. Hearing this, he didn't feel anything at first, but aunt's tone was very strange. He listened carefully and heard sister shyly say, "Mother, don't laugh at me. I'm not as big as you."

"Nonsense, I've already given birth to children, but when I was your age, I didn't have a family as big as yours," Auntie said with a sigh.

"You are at the age to get married."

Xu Lingyue said nothing.

Poor Ling Yue. At such a young age, she already had two large tumors on her chest. The corner of Xu Qi 'an's mouth twitched. He almost laughed out loud because of his own ridicule. He felt that guarding the door was not that boring.

Auntie then said, "You live next to Dalang, remember to be careful when you bathe. A martial artist's eyes and ears are very sharp, you must remember to be on guard."

"Mother, are you saying that Big Brother will peek at me bathing?" In the darkness, Xu Lingyue's eyes lit up.

"I won't, I didn't, don't wrongly accuse me … I always bathed with Fu Xiang in the Musical House, I didn't have to peek …" Xu Qi 'an felt that his aunt was as vicious as ever. Now that she couldn't defeat him directly, she was secretly playing dirty tricks to drive a wedge between him and Lingyue.

"If Dalang doesn't peek, you won't guard against anything?" The aunt spat at her daughter, then turned her head to look in the direction of the door. Listening to her nephew cough from time to time, she continued to talk with ease.

Aunt scolded her daughter and then turned to look at the door. Hearing her nephew coughing from time to time, she continued to talk with relief.

Xu Qi 'an didn't sleep all night. He breathed and tempered his Primordial Spirit. After dawn, he was still full of energy.

At breakfast, Xu Pingzhi came back. He was dressed in military uniform and didn't carry green oranges in his hand. Xu Qi 'an believed that Second Uncle was really on duty last night, and didn't go to the Musical House.

"Lingyin ran out last night and slept by the well …" Aunt told Second Uncle what happened last night. "Fortunately, Ning Yan is here. If he is not here, ghosts will be haunted …"

Speaking of this, the timid aunt was scared again. She was just scaring herself.

The second Uncle Xu nodded to his nephew and asked, "Why did Lingyin sleep by the well in the middle of the night?"

Xu Qi 'an said, "It's all my fault. I lied to her and said that ghosts are better than anything else when they are fried in oil. She was greedy. "

"Oh." The second Uncle Xu nodded. He thought it was something his little daughter would do. It was not surprising.

After living in the new house, they could get up later in the morning, and it only took half an hour to get there by horse, which was very convenient.

When Xu Qi 'an arrived at the government office, he went to Li Yuchun's Spring Breeze Hall as usual. After confirming that there were no tasks assigned today, he went out to patrol the streets with Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao.

In the market, there were endless streams of people, peddlers walking the streets and alleys, and customers coming and going from shops. The prosperity of the inner city was far better than the outer city.

Xu Qi 'an planned to bring Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao to the Spring Breeze Hall again, but the two little brothers were unwilling to go.

So he went alone and met number six Hengy Yuan and the black dog. Knowing that the poor child's physical condition had improved, Xu Qi 'an let out a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his heart.

"Your excellency Xu, I have a question." Hengy Yuan put his palms together and said.

"Master, please speak." Xu Qi 'an smiled in a relaxed mood.

"When your excellency Xu saw the child for the first time, he said something …" Hengy Yuan stared at him, "Your excellency Xu said, 'This is that child?'

"Your excellency Xu seems to know him, but I remember that the two of you did not have any interaction."

… F * ck, I was too shocked that day, and accidentally spilled the beans. Xu Qi 'an smiled. On the surface, he looked as calm as an old dog, but on the inside, he began to panic.

Could it be that number six suspects that I'm number three … Speaking of which, I even picked up money in front of him that day … Well, it's not a big deal to just pick up money, who hasn't been lucky once in a while … But number six will definitely guess that I'm not normal, maybe he has already linked me to number three.

But the image of a Confucian scholar that I've created has already taken root in the hearts of the members of Heaven & Earth Society. The first impression is always the most important and the most unchangeable, so number six will at most be suspicious … Thinking of this, Xu Qi 'an sighed.

"I've heard number three mention it before."

He did not explain further, and left the rest to Hengy Yuan's imagination. First of all, Hengy Yuan would definitely question the so-called "superior-subordinate" relationship. The Heaven & Earth Society was not a secret force, but the Heaven & Earth Society in the outside world was formed by the Taoist priests of the Earth Sect, represented by the Jinlian Taoist priest.

On the other hand, the Heaven & Earth Society, formed by the holders of the Book of the Earth's fragments, was the true secret force. How could number three casually tell such a thing to his subordinates?

Then, number six Hengy Yuan would investigate him with such doubts, and as he investigated, he would discover that your excellency Xu's cousin was a student of the Confucian Academy.

At this time, he would feel that he had discovered something.

As expected, Hengy Yuan did not say anything, and nodded slightly with a solemn expression.

… Actually, whether my identity was exposed or not wasn't a big problem. Number six Hengy Yuan was a good person. Hmm, it's mainly because I've been bragging too much on the internet … It would be very embarrassing if my identity was exposed … Xu Qi 'an bid farewell and left.

After returning to the yamen, Xu Qi 'an received a letter from the Celestial Commissioner's White Robe, saying that Chu Caiwei had made a major breakthrough in alchemy, and Song Qing had summoned him to the Celestial Commissioner for a discussion.

… So fast? Xu Qi 'an got on his horse and rode it to the stargazing tower.

He saw Song Qing and Chu Caiwei in the pill refining room on the seventh floor, and at the same time, saw two pairs of the same dark circles under their eyes.

"Miss Caiwei, you have to pay more attention to your rest." Xu Qi 'an thought, Has Ning also become a master of time management?

With thick dark circles under her eyes, Chu Caiwei looked even more adorable. She said tiredly, "I haven't slept for three days …"

Song Qing took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Qi 'an, "Take a look."

Xu Qi 'an removed the wooden cork and poured a little onto his palm. There were tiny crystal particles mixed in the mushroom powder. He licked it, and a strong freshness spread on his taste buds, burning his tongue.

"How is it made?" Xu Qi 'an was shocked.

"Fermenting the grains, adding honey, purifying …" Song Qing waved his hand, not wanting to explain, "If you want to know the process, I'll get Caiwei to write it down for you later. Take a look and see if it's this thing."

Xu Qi 'an pondered, "The smell is very similar. Is it poisonous?"

"It's not poisonous."

"Then it is."

Song Qing nodded, "This thing is more precious than salt. If it is to be popularized, the imperial court will definitely monopolize it.

"In the past, the products produced by the Celestial Commissioner were all managed by the imperial court. The Celestial Commissioner takes thirty percent of the annual profits. I've discussed it with Senior Brother Yang, and we'll give you ten percent. "

The reason for only ten percent was that Xu Qi 'an only proposed the concept of MSG and some theoretical steps. Some of those steps were correct, but some made Song Qing and Chu Caiwei take many detours.

In this new type of alchemy, Chu Caiwei and Song Qing had to pay more.

"It's a very fair distribution." Xu Qi 'an nodded, and probed, "Then, how much silver can I get in a year? Hmm, I know I lack the basis to evaluate it, but Senior Brother Song can give me a rough estimate."

"It depends on how the imperial court plans to sell it," Song Qing pondered, "If it's ten percent, it'll be a few thousand or ten thousand taels of silver? I'm talking about the territory of the capital. "

After he finished speaking, he found that his hand was firmly held in Xu Qi 'an's palm. The Copper Gong said in a sincere and heartfelt manner,

"May our friendship last as long as the seas run dry and the rocks crumble."

"… You're too kind."

…

Imperial Palace, Imperial Garden.

Wei Yuan accompanied the Yuanjing Emperor for a stroll in the Imperial Garden. The sun was warm, and this Imperial Garden, which occupied an area of 20 acres, was planted with all kinds of precious flowers and trees. Winter and spring were two completely different sceneries.

"Frost kills all the grass, and the flowers and trees wither. This desolate scene has a different flavor if you think about it carefully." The Yuanjing Emperor put his hands behind his back, and sighed meaningfully.

Behind him, Wei Yuan, who was half a body's length behind, pondered and said, "Your Majesty, desolation has never been a scene since ancient times."

Faced with the rebuttal of the great eunuch in green, the Yuanjing Emperor only smiled and said nonchalantly, "Next spring, all the flowers will naturally bloom."

Wei Yuan seemed to be arguing, "Next spring, it's still early. I don't know how long this desolation will last. "

The Yuanjing Emperor glanced at him, "Then what does Official Wei think?"

Wei Yuan said gently, "The scene of all the flowers blooming is indeed beautiful, but as spring passes and winter comes, prosperity fades … Your Majesty, look at the evergreen trees, whether it's spring or autumn, summer or winter, they still exist.

"Get rid of the various flowers and plants, and leave the evergreen trees, this is the way to a long term."

The Yuanjing Emperor stopped smiling and looked at him coldly. The great eunuch in green had a smile on his face, and his gaze was gentle. He did not retreat even half a step.

The emperor and his official looked at each other for a long time. The Yuanjing Emperor said lightly, "The Empress caught a cold a few days ago. After her body recovered, she lost her appetite and did not eat much for a few days."

Wei Yuan finally looked away and bowed, "What did the Celestial Commissioner's warlock say?"

"Her appetite is not good, but her body is fine, and she needs to rest," the Yuanjing Emperor said, "But I see that the Empress has lost a lot of weight. Wei Yuan, go and see her for me."

"Yes!"