Dafeng Night Watchman

Chapter 612: The Needle Does Not Poke

Chapter 612 - 612: The Needle Does Not Poke

In the imperial study, Emperor Yongxing looked at the memorial submitted by the cabinet, which wrote about various matters related to donations, including but not limited to how to promote donations, set standards, and liquidate the property of officials who claim to be incorruptible.

He wrote more than a thousand words.

Reviewing memorials is no easier than reading books, because many memorials submitted by ministers contain "traps".

If the emperor does not want to be fooled by civil officials, he must be keenly aware of the traps in the memorials.

In this regard, no one can help, because after sitting on the throne, all the civil and military officials in the court are enemies.

Emperor Yongxing promoted donations for disaster relief, and he could not make mistakes at this critical juncture, so he read it very carefully.

"Your Majesty!"

At this time, the seal-holding eunuch Zhao Xuanzhen hurried into the imperial study and whispered:

"The Grand Tutor is ill."

Emperor Yongxing moved his eyes away from the memorial, pinched his brows, and then asked:

"Ill? Alas, the Grand Tutor is old and should not be overworked. Go to the imperial pharmacy to get some Qi-boosting and blood-activating pills for the Grand Tutor."

Zhao Xuanzhen agreed, but did not leave, and continued:

"The Grand Tutor said he would resign from his official position and would not teach the young masters anymore. Your Majesty, please find another job.

"He is going to Xu's house to be a teacher and teach the Hanlin Academy Shujishi, Xu Xinnian's younger sister."

Ah? Emperor Yongxing was shocked and confused.

The seal-holding eunuch Zhao Xuanzhen said:

"The Grand Tutor means that he must educate the child wholeheartedly and cannot be distracted. I hope Your Majesty can understand. "

Emperor Yongxing showed a solemn look, leaned forward slightly, and asked in surprise:

"That child is gifted and talented, so the Grand Tutor has a heart of love for talent?

"Interesting, even when it was Huaiqing, the Grand Tutor never treated him like this. Tsk tsk, you said that the Xu family is really full of heroes, there was Xu Qian'an in the front and Xu Cijiu in the back, but I didn't expect that a little girl is not an ordinary person."

After saying that, he saw Zhao Xuanzhen's face was stiff, and he didn't know how to explain.

"Hmm?" Emperor Yongxing expressed his doubts with a nasal sound.

"Your Majesty, you don't know, the Grand Tutor was angry..."

Zhao Xuanzhen whispered what happened in the upper study to Emperor Yongxing.

....Emperor Yongxing didn't speak for a long time and fell into deep self-blame.

After a while, he said, "Send the girl back to the Xu Mansion. I will write a memorial to appease the Grand Tutor. During this period, do not let the Grand Tutor leave the palace and take good care of her."

Zhao Xuanzhen replied, stammering:

"You can keep her for a while, but not for a long time."

Emperor Yongxing was silent for a long time, and slowly said:

"I will issue an order to the Xu Mansion to forbid them to let the Grand Tutor visit."

After sending Zhao Xuanzhen away, Emperor Yongxing took a sip of ginseng tea, recalled what the eunuch in charge of the seal had said just now, and said:

"Incredible, incredible.

"I don't believe there is such a fool in the world. I will test it myself when I have time. "

......

The wheels rumbled and stopped at Xu's house. The little kid jumped off the carriage carrying a small cloth bag.

The small cloth bag was bulging and seemed to be full of things.

These were the cakes she had begged from Huaiqing.

Xu Xinnian then jumped off the carriage and walked into the house with an expressionless face.

The little kid put his hands on both sides of his waist, lowered his head, rushed into the house, tripped at the door, and fell to the ground.

"Second brother, I fell."

She raised her face and looked at Xu Xinnian.

Xu Erlang's handsome face twitched, "Then? "

She patted her butt and stood up, protecting the cakes in the small cloth bag, and looked at Xu Erlang cautiously.

? Xu Erlang frowned and looked at her.

The little bean looked at his second brother cautiously, and suddenly ran away in fear.

Xu Erlang was stunned for a long time before he realized that he had not given Lingyin a good look along the way, and his stupid sister thought he was coveting the cakes.

The evidence is that he did not help her after she fell.

All the way into the inner courtyard, I saw the mother and daughter staring at each other.

Aunt said angrily: "Why is she back? Was she driven out of the palace again?"

Xu Erlang nodded.

"You..."

Aunt's chest rose and fell violently with anger, and she gritted her teeth: "What's going on?"

Xu Erlang said helplessly:

"Lingyin made the tutor sick, huh, tomorrow, her name will spread throughout the officialdom and Confucian scholars.

"All scholars will know that the master, who is well-educated and has the highest prestige in the Confucian community, was so angry that he was bedridden by a child."

Aunt shook her body, and thought of many things in an instant. She said with a pale face:

"How will Lingyin get married in the future?"

Xu Erlang also laughed angrily and complained:

"It's all mother's fault. Lingyin is not a material for studying, but you are unwilling to give up and want her to learn to read and become a talented woman."

Aunt was sad and put the blame on her second uncle:

"Look at her stupid look. She is like your father. If she was like me, she would be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting at a young age."

"I studied hard."

Lingyin said aggrievedly while eating delicious cakes in the palace.

Xu Erlang pinched his eyebrows. He was worried about another thing. After this matter spread, Lingyin might become a hot commodity in the eyes of some people who want to become famous.

As a scholar of the Imperial College, the Grand Tutor cultivated a righteous spirit and held a leading position in the literary world.

If a child who even the Grand Tutor could not enlighten was successfully enlightened by someone else, wouldn't he become famous overnight?

Before actually seeing Lingyin, no one would think that they couldn't even handle a child. At that time, there would be countless visitors.

"How can a stupid person be famous in the capital? What is this..."

Xu Erlang pinched his eyebrows with a headache.

.......

The next morning.

Li Lingsu came and knocked on the door. With the sound of the wooden bolt being cut open, the door opened. He looked inside and saw Xu Qian'an standing by the window drinking tea. Mu Nanzhi was sitting at the table, controlling the little white fox and brushing its teeth with a boar bristle toothbrush.

"Woo woo woo..."

The little white fox made a painful sound, and its limbs kicked from time to time.

"Don't move, brush your teeth well, or your mouth will stink."

Mu Nanzhi said.

"I don't stink... woo woo..."

The little white fox habitually protested, as if it was used to such things, and the resistance was not strong.

This is like raising a daughter....... Li Lingsu sighed in his heart and said:

"Senior Xu, the guys have prepared breakfast downstairs."

He called "Senior Xu" less sincerely than before.

The little white fox took the opportunity to get rid of Mu Nanzhi and shouted: "I'm hungry!"

While speaking, he spit out foam.

The group went downstairs and saw Miao Youfang sitting at the table, eating his own breakfast.

Each person had a bowl of white porridge, three meat buns, two steamed buns, and a stack of pickles.

Shengyi County was not rich, and supplies were scarce. The people were in a state of filling their stomachs.

There was no wharf in the surrounding area, and trade was not developed, so even if there was money, the inn could not offer better things.

Everyone sat down and ate quietly.

Miao Youfang asked, "Senior, where are we going next?"

"Once we find the dragon energy host in Jiangzhou, we will go to Jianzhou." Xu Qian'an said.

Jianzhou... Li Lingsu's face changed for a moment, and he lowered his head to drink the porridge.

"Sir, do you want to stay or have a meal?"

The waiter's enthusiastic voice attracted their attention. Miao Youfang looked sideways, his eyes slightly shining.

The waiter greeted a young woman with a pretty face, wearing plain shorts, leather boots, and a very slender figure.

She had delicate features, a firm gaze, and a coldness that kept strangers away.

"Stay in the hotel!"

The woman said.

Watching the waiter take her upstairs, Li Lingsu joked:

"Didn't you say you slept with many courtesans? Is that all you can do?"

Miao Youfang reluctantly withdrew his gaze and retorted:

"Courtes and female knights in the martial arts world are the same thing? Speaking of which, during my most glorious month, several female knights also flirted with me.

"But I cruelly rejected them."

The most glorious month refers to the time when the dragon spirit was possessed.

Li Lingsu was surprised and said, "Why?"

Miao Youfang sighed and said helplessly:

"You don't understand. In the martial arts world, women are always troublesome. The more beautiful women, the more troublesome they are.

"It's not that there is anything wrong with their personalities, but that beautiful female knights always cause trouble. Sometimes when you meet a master who likes women and wants to sleep with you, you have no ability to refuse.

"You can't expect every warrior to be as chivalrous as me.

"So, as a companion, what should you do? If you stand up for her, you might be killed. If you don't stand up for her, it's too humiliating. So just go it alone."

Li Lingsu and Xu Qiyan looked "educated".

Neither the Sea King of Tianzong nor the Sea King of Jingcheng had ever encountered such a thing.

Miao Youfang suddenly showed a lewd expression and said, "Brother Li, you claim to have seen countless women, including many high-ranking warriors. Are there any above the sixth rank?"

Li Lingsu nodded: "Of course."

Miao Youfang said with a grin: "I'm very curious. A sixth-rank warrior has a bronze skin and iron bones. Can your little soft stick break her flesh?"

This angle is very clear...Xu Qiyan, who has never slept with a warrior above the sixth rank, also turned his head to look at Li Lingsu.

"Vulgar!"

Li Lingsu didn't know how to answer.

Xu Qiyan and Miao Youfang laughed "hehe".

Miao Youfang smiled and said, "In fact, I have figured it out. Fish scales are also hard to be damaged by swords and guns, but embroidery needles can penetrate through the gaps."

After saying that, he suddenly fell on the table and lost consciousness.

Li Lingsu held a soul in his palm, squinted his eyes, and smiled:

"Brother Miao, you have a lot of ideas."

At this time, a yellow-haired dog ran in while the waiter was away.

Li Lingsu pushed the soul into the dog's body with a flick of his finger.

"Where did the dog come from? Get out!"

The waiter came downstairs, waved a stick to drive the yellow-haired dog away, and beat it a few times.

Li Lingsu's smile deepened, and he threw out a meat bun: "Poor guy, come here, I'll give you a reward."

"Woof woof woof..."

The yellow-haired dog didn't want the meat bun, and barked rhythmically outside the inn.

"He's scolding you!" Xu Qian'an said.

"What did he scold me for?" Li Lingsu said with a smile.

"He scolded you for not having a son. I'm a courtesan. All the women I've slept with have new lovers. I've also given birth to a bunch of children for you, waiting for you to come home and call them daddy."

Xu Qian'an said.

......Li Lingsu was stunned, his face stiff: "How do you know?"

"I'm sure I can understand the language of animals." Xu Qian'an said with a smile, and then added:

"Oh, he just said that your butt is awesome!"

Li Lingsu was furious, rolled up his sleeves and stood up, "I'm going to skin it today and eat dog meat..."

He suddenly felt someone tap his back, and then his soul and magic power were all sealed.

The Holy Son turned pale and looked at Xu Qi'an:

"You, what are you doing?"

Xu Qi'an smiled and said, "It should be fair, go ahead and have a fight."

Soon after, pedestrians on the roadside and guests in the inn stopped to watch or poked their heads out to watch a man and a dog biting each other. The fight was fierce.

The crowd cheered loudly, sometimes cheering for the man and sometimes applauding the dog.

Xu Qi'an and Mu Nanzhi finished their breakfast in the pleasant air.

........

In a small town in Yuzhou, in the morning mist, a brothel.

Ji Xuan took out a small bronze tripod in the horrified eyes of a group of prostitutes and girls, and put a bloody, unconscious man into the tripod.

He glanced at the broken stairs and the cracked ground, threw down a silver ingot, and turned away.

On the street outside the brothel, beside the stall, the one-armed White Tiger, Xu Yuanshuang and his brother, the charming Liu Hongmian, and Qi Huan Danxiang in a colorful robe...are eating breakfast with their heads down.

Ji Xuan sat down by himself and asked the stall owner to bring a bowl of boiling soy milk. He drank half a bowl and exhaled with satisfaction:

"The thirteenth dragon qi host."

Liu Hongmian curled her lips: "It's a pity that they are all scattered dragon qi."

Ji Xuan smiled:

"A little bit adds up to a lot. When the scattered dragon qi gathers to a certain degree, the attraction to other dragon qi will increase.

"I have to thank Sister Yuanshuang for her help. Without the help of the Qi-watching technique, how could it be so fast?"

Xu Yuanshuang said lightly: "You should thank the spies of Tianji Palace. Without their full efforts to collect intelligence, you can't gather dragon qi so quickly. "

Ji Xuan was about to speak when he saw Xu Yuanshuang take out a note from the small bag on his waist and said:

"The latest intelligence is that Yuzhou has found a dragon qi host, one of the nine crucial dragon qi.

"Yuzhou's spies dare not act rashly, because dragon qi has the ability to avoid danger and seek good fortune, and they are afraid of alerting the enemy."

Ji Xuan's eyes lit up: "Yuzhou, not far from here."