Vol 2 Chapter 195: The disappeared living man

"What are you going to do in the case library?" Wang Shoufu frowned slightly.
"Check someone."
Xu Qi'an blew the tea foam, drank the tea, and said leisurely: "Don't worry, I won't make any moths, Master Shoufu don't need to worry."
Wang Shoufu nodded. What could be the case in the library, the worst case would be to burn the file, but this is not good for Xu Qi'an.
He was just curious about what Xu Qi'an wanted to do.
"I'm investigating the case." Xu Qi'an said.
Investigation? He has no official status, there is still any case to investigate... Wang Shoufu's eyes flashed with curiosity and surprise, he pondered for a moment, and said lightly:
"I can listen to the old man?"
"Of course, speaking of it, this matter is still related to Lord Shoufu." Xu Qi'an smiled.
Wang Shoufu was taken aback for a moment, his original relaxed sitting posture quietly changed to a straight face, his face was slightly serious, as if he was in a state of discussion.
Then, he saw a secret letter slipping out of Xu Qi'an's sleeve, and the palm of the palm was gently lifted, and the secret letter fell in front of him.
With a confused mood, Wang Shoufu began to read the letter. He was taken aback for a moment, then frowned, as if he was reminiscing about something, but finally he was confused.
Wang Shoufu put the letter on the table and looked at Xu Qi'an, "Old man, I don't remember..."
really! Xu Qi'an groaned, "Shoufu Master has an impression of Su Hang in the letter?"
"The old man has no impression of this person either."
Wang Shoufu shook his head and finished speaking, frowning for a few seconds, then looked at Xu Qi'an, his tone was solemn: "Xu Gongzi, what case are you investigating? Is the content of this secret letter true?"
He didn't remember having such cooperation with Cao Guogong back then, and he doubted the content of the letter.
Xu Qi'an thought for a while, and after weighing it in his heart, decided to reveal some secrets a bit, and nodded:
"The content of the letter is accurate. As for the reason why Lord Shoufu would forget it, it is because the matter involved a warlock and was obscured. That's why the relevant personnel lost their memory."
When the warlock was involved, the secret was erased... Wang Shoufu's face changed slightly. He realized the seriousness of the situation and leaned forward slightly:
"Can Mr. Xu say it more clearly?"
Immediately, Xu Qi'an recounted the old Su Hang case, saying only that he promised a friend to trace the truth about her father's beheading. Cao Guogong’s secret letter was discovered accidentally. Judging from the erased handwriting and past experience, the case was so involved that it required a high-grade sorcerer to take action and erase the secret.
After listening, Wang Shoufu leaned back in his chair, without speaking for a long time.
"Si Tian Jian has the ability to cover up secrets, only Jian Zheng." Wang Shoufu pinched his eyebrows, as if asking, but also like asking himself: "What is the purpose of Jian Zheng doing this?"
How do I know, isn't this investigating... Xu Qi'an shook his head.
"The old man will give you a handwritten script, you can use this to enter and leave the staff. Where you need help in the future, but it doesn't matter." Wang Shoufu stared at Xu Qi'an, and said:
"But the old man has a condition. If Mr. Xu can find out the truth, I hope to tell it. Well, I will also look into it secretly."
There was a major incident in the court that year, and that incident was shielded from the secrets of heaven. The person involved in the incident had no impression and had forgotten about it.
It is definitely a big deal to let the supervisor take the initiative to shield the secret.
Xu Qi'an nodded and thanked him politely.
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After sending off Xu Qi'an, Wang Shoufu called to the housekeeper, with a calm tone: "Xu Jiaerlang is still in the house?"
Yesterday, he told Wang Simu that he wanted to leave Xu Erlang for dinner at home.
"Yes, the old slave will call him over."
The housekeeper immediately understood what the master meant, and bowed back.
At that moment, Xu Erlang, wearing a white gown with red lips and white teeth, crossed the entry barrier, acting neither humble nor arrogant: "Master Shoufu."
Wang Shoufu was holding up his pen, writing on the spread rice paper, without raising his head, and said, "What is Erlang's ambition?"
This Erlang call came naturally without any embarrassment.
"Ok?"
Wang Shoufu, who hadn't waited to reply, looked up and found Xu Erlang staring straight at him, staring at himself.........
Wang Shoufu's mouth twitched: "Good ambition."
He put down his pen, looked at the words on the paper, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for your elder brother's righteous action, I'm afraid the old man would have become an official. In officialdom, the most important thing is to know how to advance and retreat.
"No matter how clever your power is and how many party members you have, the one sitting on the dragon chair can decide your life or death with one word. The former chief assistant can spend his old age peacefully because he has learned the lessons of his predecessors."
Former first assistant? That scum who only knows about embezzling silver and greet your majesty.........Xu Xinianxin said.
Wang Shoufu continued: "Two hundred years ago, the Yunlu Academy retired from the court. Cheng Sheng erected a stele in the academy and wrote the retribution of justice and death. These are all showing the same thing to future generations.
"The emperor is the emperor, and the minister is the minister. Only by holding this measure can you make progress in court."
Xu Erlang frowned and asked, "What if I don't want it?"
Wang Shoufu laughed loudly: "No, then what kind of official are you."
Xu Erlang said, "Students understand."
He was full of history books, and he could easily understand Wang Shoufu's words. There were countless officials in all dynasties. But if the emperor wants to move him, no matter how powerful he is, the best fate is to be an official.
Wang Shoufu suddenly sighed: "Your elder brother's personality and character are admirable, but he is not suitable for the court, so don't learn from him."
My eldest brother has often consulted me recently, why should I learn from him? Xu Erlang raised his chin somewhat proudly, and said, "Students know."
Wang Shoufu nodded: "Stay for dinner tonight."
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Department of officials, case database.
With the help of officials, Xu Qi'an, who is Yi Rongcheng Xu New Year, moved out of Yuanjing's 10-year list of new graduates.
Unexpectedly, the champion of Yuanjing 10 years turned out to be the first assistant Wang Zhenwen.
The second place is Lu An.
Tanhua is blank and has no signature.
I found him.........Xu Qi'an stared at the blank space without saying a word for a long time.
"The living man whose name was erased was Yuanjing's 10-year-old Tanhua, a jinshi, who is he and why was he shielded from the secret? Is this person alive or dead? Since he is an official in the court, then he will not It may be the first generation of supervision.
"It can only be done by the contemporary supervisor, but why did the supervisor do this? What does the unnamed surrogate have to do with Su Hang? Su Hang's name has not been erased, which means that he is not the surrogate, but It's definitely related."
Based on the clues at hand, he made a simple assumption:
There was a party in the court, Su Hang was one of the core members of this party, and the living man whose name had been erased was probably the leader of the party.
This party was very powerful, was under siege from all parties, and ended dismal. Su Hang's fate is proof.
But what Xu Qi'an couldn't figure out was that if it was just an ordinary party fight, why would Jianzheng erase the name of the living man? Why should we block Tianji?
There must be a deeper level of mystery in it.
"Intuition tells me that this old thing is very important. Uh, this is nonsense. Of course it is important. Otherwise, how could the supervisor take the initiative to block it. Alas, I hate investigating old cases. No, I hate warlocks. Zhong Li and Cai Wei two little cuties are not counted."
Xu Qi'an left the staff and rode his beloved little mare on the street.
The little mare is very considerate and maintains an unpleasant speed, so that Xu Qi'an can take the opportunity to think about things without focusing on driving.
"When the Sangbo case was investigated, the first generation of Jianzheng was also involved. There is no record in historical data. Finally, it was the intelligent Huaiqing of Bingxue. Through the decline of the Buddhist temple five hundred years ago, he locked the clues to the Qinglong Temple and made me realize the gods. Shu is related to Buddhism, and Buddhism flourished in the Central Plains five hundred years ago.
"Huaiqing's method can also be applied to this living man. I can check some major events of the year and look for clues."
After finalizing his ideas, he went on to think about Emperor Yuan Jing.
He wanted to investigate Emperor Yuanjing before, only out of the old detective's sense of smell. He believed that it was just for the soul pill, and it was not enough for Emperor Yuanjing to take such a big risk and unite Zhenbei Wang to massacre.
After all, the soul pill is not a kidney treasure. Three mouthfuls will live forever, and will not kill the city at all.
After a trip to Jianzhou, he became more and more sure that Emperor Yuanjing had a problem, and those who were lucky could not live forever, so what was the old emperor still tossing about?
As the king of a country, he couldn't help knowing this secret. Gaozu and Wuzong are examples.
"Now I can only look for clues from the living records, and it must be the living records of the first emperor. If Emperor Yuan Jing really has a secret, he will definitely deal with it.
"But he can't completely erase the traces. For example, there may be some important clues hidden in the first emperor, but they are inconspicuous, or others can't find them. You must be someone who has certain information to see it.
"If there is no clue from Emperor Xian, I will have to look for auntie. Auntie has taught Emperor Yuan Jing to cultivate the Tao for so many years, it is impossible to see the clue at all, right?"
"Then, it's the first generation of Jianzheng's troubles. I have to find out the place in Xuzhou first. Well, Wei Gong and Erlang will help find it. By the way, when I date with Biaobi tomorrow, let her help with a message. Give it to Huaiqing and let her help check Xuzhou.
"You have to make reasonable use of the schoolmasters to do things for me. By the way, the progress of comprehending "intention" can't be slowed down, although I don't have any clues yet. Tomorrow, I will let myself go off and listen to the music. I miss the fragrance a little It's..."
There are so many things.........Xu Qi'an rides on the little mare, undulating rhythmically.
.........
Back in Xu Mansion, I saw Su Su sitting on the roof ridge from a distance, holding a red umbrella, like a beautiful ghost in the mountains, tempting the mountain roaders.
No, she is a ghost.
They're back... Xu Qi'an leaped up to the roof and sat beside the female ghost.
"What are you doing!" Su Su cast him angrily.
Xu Qi'an poked her chest, only to hear a "poof" and it broke.
He was suddenly disappointed: "You should also go to Sitian Supervisor to find Song Qing for a physical body, right?"
"Bah, Deng's apprentice!"
Su Su lowered his head, glanced at his chest, sipped at him, and hummed:
"I'm not going to ask for the body, the master said, now I want the body, and you will be dragged into the room to sleep. I think what she said makes sense, so wait for you to find out my father's case. The truth, I will go to the flesh."
"Your master is purely slandering me."
"Really?" Su Su looked at her suspiciously.
"Really, I can sleep with you here too, who said I have to drag it into the room."
"Go and go." Su Su spoofed him.
Xu Qi'an leaped off the roof and walked across the yard. He saw the kitchen lady killing the geese outside the room. Xu Lingyin, with two buns in hair, squatted and looked at her with eyesight.
Her master, Xiao Hei Pi from Nanjiang, also squatted and watched.
One big and one small, the contrast is sharp.
"Lingyin, eldest brother is back." Xu Qi'an shouted.
Xiaodouding ignored him and watched intently as the goose was killed and plucked its hair...
Is she wondering where to start eating? This stupid child only had food in his eyes... Xu Qi'an complained in his heart and entered the inner hall.
Li Miaozhen and his aunt were sitting in the hall talking, and there were a few remaining crystal clear cakes on the table.
Seeing her nephew came back, the aunt raised her sharp chin, and motioned: "The pastry on the table is reserved for you by Ringtone. She is afraid that she will stay here. Seeing the pastry, she can’t help eating, so she ran outside. went."
Xu Qi'an turned his head fiercely, looked out the door, and laughed.
"Where's Erlang, I'm Xiumu today, why didn't he come back when you went out together." The aunt asked, looking outside.
"The Wang Shou's assistant hosted a banquet to entertain him. I guess he won't be back today." Xu Qi'an smiled.
After dusk, the gate of the imperial city was closed, and Xu Erlang could not come back today.
"Master Shoufu hosted a banquet to entertain him..." Auntie was taken aback.
Although Da Lang ruthlessly exposed the "private affair" between Erlang and Miss Wang not long ago, his aunt did not expect the progress to be so fast.
Even more unexpectedly, Wang Shoufu even hosted a banquet for Erlang~EbookFREE.me~ This improper household is not right, alas, it's really..." Auntie was a little annoyed and a little helpless: "Marry a first The daughter of the auxiliary family, isn't this just marrying a bodhisattva? "
"Auntie, you are the mistress of the house, this daughter-in-law enters the door, and it's up to you to train." Xu Qi'an arched the fire.
With Wang Simu's temperament and skill, he would enter the door in the future and bully his aunt every day to cry. That would be interesting... Xu Qi'an was a little looking forward to the future life.
The aunt straightened her chest, Gu Pan Zixiong, said: "That's natural, even if she is the daughter of the first assistant, and enters Xu's door, she has to listen to me obediently."
Li Miaozhen glanced at her and said nothing.
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At dusk, Jiaofang Division.
There was a violent cough from the master bedroom of Yingmei Xiaoge.
The maid was sitting under the eaves, guarding the small stove, listening to the lady's coughing from inside.
Lady Fuxiang was ill for a while, and more than half a month ago, Yingmei Xiaoge stopped playing the tea house. From that moment on, Lady Fuxiang was sick in bed and became increasingly haggard.
My mother invited a lot of doctors to see Lady Fuxiang, but none of them got better. Slowly, my mother stopped asking doctors.
From the first daughter, the eldest daughter to the short daughter, to the cold and indifferent later, in the end she didn't come to visit at all, and even transferred the beautiful maidservants and guard servants from the courtyard.
There is no need for them to guard a sick seed with only half a breath left.
"The lady used to be so beautiful, the first card of Jiaofang, the number one oiran, Xu Yinluo's friend. Now she is down and no one came to see her. Xu Yinluo has no news, and hasn't come to Jiaofang for a long time. ."
"Hmph, it must be some that paper man pierced my lady." The maid sat by the fire, wiping tears and thinking angrily.