Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 819 Xu Family Women in Danger! (Two in One)

The kidnapping of Zhang Yunying, the illegitimate son of Marquis Weiwu, turned out to be just as Huaiqing had predicted. The Censorate and the Dali Temple found Zhou Li guilty, while the Ministry of Justice ruled that Zhou Li was not guilty. The three parties began to argue.

At this time Xu Qian'an found Song Qing, an alchemist from the Imperial Observatory, and asked Song Qing to help him frame Zhou Li by providing alchemy theories. Song Qing agreed.

As a result, the three parties of the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Supreme Court were arguing fiercely, and when the dispute reached the court, Wei Yuan proposed to ask the sorcerer of the Imperial Observatory to use the qi-reading technique on Zhou Li to determine whether he was lying. The emperor accepted Wei Yuan's suggestion, and Song Qing labeled Zhou Li, who was telling the truth, as a "liar."

This made things very serious. After Zhou Li was convicted of kidnapping Zhang Yunying, Zhou Xianping was implicated for not raising his son properly. With the emperor's consent, Song Qing cooperated with the people of the Censorate to interrogate him. Who among the officials, especially the high-ranking ones, had a clean bottom and could withstand the investigation? In this trial, Zhou Xianping's embezzlement of the national treasury could no longer be concealed.

Under the pressure of the Liang Party, which was mainly composed of the Minister of War and the Earl of Pingyuan, and the Qi Party, which was mainly composed of the Minister of Works and the Minister of Dali Temple, and with the cooperation of the night watchman leader Wei Yuan and the Censorate, the Vice Minister of Revenue Zhou Xianping was quickly convicted, and both father and son were stripped of their official positions and sentenced to exile.

At the same time, the Minister of Rites Li Yulang was furious at home. He swept the tea bowl in front of him to the ground, and the hot tea spilled all over the room. The fragrance was everywhere, and it was obviously the best tea. The maid who was responsible for serving tea shuddered, thinking that she had displeased the master, so she bent her knees and knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.

"Go down, go down."

Li Yulang knew he had gone too far, so he waved his hand and asked the servants to leave.

Is it his fault that he got angry? No!
The six ministries hold real power and are in charge of a country's political affairs. In the ranking of the six ministries, the Ministry of Revenue is only below the Ministry of Personnel, and the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Zhou Xianping is only below the Minister of Revenue. The Minister of Revenue is not a member of Wang's party, so Zhou Xianping is an important chess piece planted by Wang's party in the Ministry of Revenue.

As a result, Zhou Xianping was overthrown because of the kidnapping case, and Wang's party suffered heavy losses. This was because the emperor saw that the matter had become serious enough and did not order people to investigate further. If the investigation continued, he, the Minister of Rites who had a friendship with Zhou Xianping, would have been severely punished even if he did not die.

"Zhang Feng..."

"Pingyuan Bo..."

Li Yulang clenched his fists tighter and tighter. When he thought of the two men questioning him in the court and trying to drag him into trouble, he became extremely angry.

He walked back and forth on the ground, thought and rethought, went to the inner room, took out paper and pen, wrote a letter, handed it to a reliable servant, whispered a few words, and sent the person away.

For high-ranking officials at the level of the six ministries, what happened in Yingmei Pavilion was not worth mentioning at all. The downfall of Zhou Xianping and his son because of the kidnapping case of Zhang Yunying diverted the attention of high-ranking officials and low-ranking officials. Others might not know the origins of the monk who performed the consecration ceremony, but how could he, who was planning to make a fuss about the disappearance of Princess Pingyang together with Fuxiang and Master Linghui of the Wushen Sect, not know about it?

That day, because no one knew what had happened to Fuxiang and why he had to leave with the monk, and they were also worried that the monk's identity would be exposed too early, which would make the previous plan fail, they sent someone to notify the madam of Yingmei Pavilion, asking her not to attract the night watchman and to let them go.

Two days ago, Fuxiang went to the street to buy rouge and met the person he sent to monitor the monk. Only then did he know why Fuxiang wanted to leave with the monk. First, because the monk had seen through her identity and was very skilled, with at least the combat power of a third-grade Vajra. At that time, the situation was stronger than the person, so she had to bow her head; second, because she wanted to find out the origin and purpose of this guy who came to the capital to cause trouble under the name of Henghui.

Yesterday, news came from the Wushen Cult's Linghui Master, confirming that there was a problem with the secret method of controlling Henghui, and warned him that the fake Henghui was no less powerful than him.

Fuxiang also advised him not to act rashly, at least not before she got the information she wanted.

But given the current situation, he decided not to listen to the advice of his allies.

Minister of War Zhang Feng and Earl of Pingyuan... must die!

Originally, according to the plan of the Wang Party, the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom, the Wushen Cult, and the Northern Kui Clan, the Northern Kui Clan was to mine saltpeter on the Dahuang Mountain, transport it to the capital, make explosives, destroy the formation of the Yongzhen Mountain and River Temple, rescue the right arm of Shenshu imprisoned under Sangpo Lake, and implant it into the body of Henghui, who was bent on revenge for his lover, causing him to cause a big commotion in the capital.

From the perspective of the Wushen Cult and the Kui Clan, if the situation in the capital is unstable, Dafeng will have no time to take care of the north, and the Yan State controlled by the Kui Clan and the Wushen Cult will be able to take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble on the border.

From the perspective of the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom, the appearance of Shenshu's right arm and the slaughter of high-ranking officials of Dafeng by the monks of Qinglong Temple in Tianyu can not only intensify the conflict between Dafeng and Tianyu, but also allow Shenshu's right arm to escape, gain strength in the killing, and speed up the awakening process of the soul. Even if the people of Tianyu make an effort to investigate, they will only find that it was the people of Wushen Cult who controlled Henghui, and will not realize that it was the remnants of the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom who were behind the trouble.

From the perspective of the Wang Party, no matter whether Henghui, who had received Shenshu's right arm, could kill Pingyuanbo and the Minister of War, as long as the truth of the incident came to light, the Liang Party would be destroyed, and the strange entry of explosives into the imperial city would definitely affect the Minister of Works, the core figure of the Qi Party. After some operations, the Liang Party was destroyed, the Qi Party suffered heavy casualties, and the Wang Party had the final say in the government affairs in the future.

In Li Yulang's opinion, the benefit that Monk Henghui can bring to Wang's party is to directly destroy Liang's party, and to weaken Qi's party, he still has to rely on blowing up the temple with gunpowder and framing the Minister of Works.

Now Henghui's move is out of control, which has disrupted their grand plan. They can no longer take care of the interests of the Kui Clan, the Wushen Cult, and the Yao Clan. The best option is to play their cards as soon as possible while they can still use Henghui, make the best use of him, and defeat the Liang Party.

……

A few more days passed.

The side courtyard of Xu Mansion.

Chu Pingsheng took over the magpie's nest and lay on the recliner that Xu Qian'an had spent a month to make, enjoying the bright sunshine. The recliner did not rock back and forth, but was very stable, because Fuxiang, who was wearing a gauze skirt, was half-kneeling on the small couch, holding up the dazzling bald head with her slender jade fingers, scraping the meridians on the back of the neck again and again.

In fact, he was very naughty at the beginning, because when his bald head was thrown back, the mountains and peaks covered the flowery hairpins, and the fragrant breeze carried the purple stamens.

He loved it.

Fuxiang doesn't like it.

After bumping her and hurting her two or three times, and threatening her that he would stop pressing her head if she didn't behave, the master finally calmed down a little, only occasionally opening his eyes to admire the beautiful flower ornament on her forehead against the light.

"Xu Ningyan! You're the one who invited these people here, and now you want to leave? You can leave, but get them out first."

Xu Xinnian pushed Xu Qian'an into the yard.

Xu Jiaerlang was still dressed like a student from the academy, wearing a Confucian robe and a square scarf on his head. Xu Qian'an was wearing a green robe, holding a sword in his hand and carrying a gray bag on his shoulder. He looked like he was going on a long journey.

"Master Xu."

Fuxiang stopped what she was doing, stood up and bowed to the two of them, looking gentle and charming.

As the saying goes, you shouldn't hit a smiling person. The anger on Xu Xinnian's face subsided a little. He poked his cousin in the back, signaling him to stop playing dumb and get down to business.

"Hello, Miss Fuxiang, hello, Master Kaiguang."

Xu Qian'an glared at his cousin and said with a smile on his face, "I wonder how you two are living in my yard?"

Chu Pingsheng opened his right eye, glanced forward, and said indifferently: "Although it is a bit shabby, the sound insulation is not good, the lighting is average, and the yard is a bit small, but generally... it's okay..."

"It has been more than half a month since the master moved in. I wonder if he has found a temple to stay in?"

"What? Are you going to kick me out?"

"How can that be? What I mean is, look at our Xu family compound, it is deep in the city, surrounded by vulgar and uncouth people. I am worried that if you live here for too long, you will be contaminated by worldly karma and your practice will be affected. In comparison, the quiet and solemn temple is more suitable for a hermit like you."

"So you're doing this for my own good?"

Xu Qian'an said: "That's natural."

"Mortal karma? Do you think I, a monk, am afraid of mortal karma?" Chu Pingsheng lifted Fuxiang's chin and gently stroked her red lips: "What is meant by practicing in the world? If you don't roll around in the world and experience the warmth and coldness, joy, anger, sorrow and annoyance of the world, how can you see through the world and be free from selflessness and selflessness?"

Xu Xinnian was very crazy.

Again? Again!

As expected of someone who came from the celestial Buddhist sect, his art of sophistry is extraordinary.

It was after he encountered several such setbacks that he had no choice but to ask the person who initiated the incident of hanging up the order at his door to come out and send him away.

Xu Qian'an also saw that the monk just didn't want to leave: "Master, we agreed on this at the time."

"What did you say at that time? I would move out if I found a suitable temple to hang my name in. But I haven't found one yet."

"This……"

Xu Qian'an said to himself, "It's not that you didn't find it, it's that you didn't look for it at all."

Xu Xinnian was so angry that his face turned round. The guy just lived there, but he even hung a wooden sign next to the gate of Xu's house with eight big characters written on it: "The Master of Consecration Hangs Up His Sign Here". Neighbors who passed by would take a look and gossip about him in private.

"Did you find it?"

"I looked for it."

Xu Xinnian said angrily: "I beg you to find a sincere reason. You stay at home all day, either lying here in the sun or lying on her belly..."

He hated it even more when he said this.

The side courtyard was only separated from his room by a wall. It would have been fine if this monk Hua and Fuxiang had been committing adultery every day, but the key point was that they did it all night long. He was often awakened in the middle of his sleep by strange noises that he could vaguely hear, and then... then he couldn't fall asleep again. He even caught thieves several times in the process, and finally found out that it was his own shameless father who was eavesdropping through the wall.

"I have a very important reason, okay?" Chu Pingsheng said seriously, "Have you never heard of the term 'wandering in the world'?" As soon as he finished speaking, the Xu brothers witnessed an extremely magical scene. A little man who looked exactly like the monk but was full of evil spirit appeared above the monk's head and circled several times over the yard.

Xu Qian'an recalled the plot in the fairy tale novels he had read before, pointed at the little man in the sky and said in surprise: "Yuan... Yuanying..."

The little man was flying in the air. At the same time, the monk naturally stood up from the recliner, picked up the kettle next to the grape trellis, and watered the spider plant in the flowerpot under the eaves, saying, "So what you see with your eyes and hear with your ears must be the truth?"

“……”Xu Xinnian opened and closed his mouth again and again, speechless.

But the person who was most shocked was not Xu's Dalang and Erlang, but Fuxiang who was standing aside.

The cultivation system of the demon clan is similar to that of warriors, except that after reaching the fifth level, an inner elixir will be born in the demon clan's body. Unlike the fourth-level warriors who cultivate sword intent, fist intent, knife intent, etc., the demon clan cultivates innate magical powers.

Fuxiang's true form is the demon clan elder Ye Ji, who was transformed from the soul of a nine-tailed celestial fox. She possesses fourth-grade combat power and her understanding of the world's cultivation system is far beyond the reach of the Xu brothers.

There was no doubt that the little man flying in the air was a Taoist Yuanying, but the problem was that during the time she served him, when they went to bed, she pretended to be excited and scratched his back with her nails, but not even a white mark was left. She also tried to steal his Yuanjing bit by bit with the secret method of the fox clan. However, no matter how hard she tried, it was like sucking a mountain, and she couldn't break his diamond body at all.

Yes, when a Taoist reaches the first level, he becomes a land immortal, with his Yang Soul fused with his body, and his close combat power can compete with that of a warrior. But the monk who is performing the consecration ceremony obviously only has a Nascent Soul, and has not cultivated a Yang Soul. So the most reasonable explanation for the scene before us is that he is both a Taoist master who is half a step into the third level with Yang Soul (only a fourth-level Taoist who has stepped half a step into the third level can have his Nascent Soul leave his body and roam around), and a Buddhist third-level Vajra.

Practicing Buddhism and Taoism together? What the hell is this guy?

She pretended to be controlled and followed the monk in order to find out his origins. But now that she had seen the tip of the iceberg, she became even more confused.

Li Yulang contacted the Wushen Cult's spiritual master after sending someone to contact Fuxiang. If Xu Pingfeng told her about the battle in the ruined courtyard, she would probably be even more shocked.

call out……

The Nascent Soul shook slightly and penetrated into Chu Pingsheng's body.

"So, do you have anything else to say?"

Xu Qian'an grinned but didn't dare say a word.

Xu Xinnian pondered for a while and said, "The Zhou family has fallen. In a day or two, my mother and two sisters will move back from Yunlu Academy. It will be inconvenient for you to live here, so you must move out."

Li Ru, Xu Lingyue and Xu Lingyin moved to Yunlu Academy. They were staying there temporarily, not in seclusion. Naturally, they heard from the students about the major event in the capital city where the Zhou father and son were investigated and sent to exile. If he hadn't suppressed and persuaded them again and again, the mother and daughters would have moved back long ago.

"Let me ask you, does this side courtyard belong to you, Xu Xinnian, or Xu Qian'an?"

"Of course it belongs to Big Brother."

"Then what does it have to do with you if I live in your eldest brother's yard?"

"It's true that the side courtyard belongs to my eldest brother, but the main entrance and exit is through the Xu family's main gate. It's inconvenient for my mother and two sisters to come back."

"What's the inconvenience? When they come back, I will not only have to go through the Xu family's gate, but also eat from the same pot with them."

"You...you...you shameless evil monk."

Xu Xinnian was furious. He didn't expect that Xu Xinnian would be so arrogant. Not only did he want to go in and out through the same door, but he also wanted to use the same pot and eat at the same table with the women of the Xu family.

Chu Pingsheng said, "You know why Xu Ningyan was embarrassed to chase me away, right? It was Fuxiang who told you about Zhou Li and Zhang Yunying's disagreement, and she is my private prostitute. Without my approval, do you think your cousin can get any useful information from her?"

A monk keeps a private prostitute, luckily he can talk about it seriously and naturally.

Xu Xinnian: “…”

Xu Qian'an had already experienced his shamelessness, and said that he redeemed the freedom of the courtesan and saved her from the brothel out of a spirit of compassion, while Fuxiang was willing to be a slave just so that he could understand the barriers of love and attain enlightenment and become a Buddha.

"It was because of her that your cousin was able to use the jade mirror to kidnap Zhang Yunying, frame Zhou Li, and then eliminate your Xu family's mortal enemy. So, I am your Xu family's savior." Chu Pingsheng continued, "Do you remember what we said when we first met? You two have dark brows and bad luck. If you don't resolve it, you will have a bloody disaster in the near future. The solution is very simple. Just invite me home to treat you to good food and drink, and I will guarantee that you will be safe and sound, and all your diseases will be cured."

After he said this, the two cousins ​​thought about it and felt that the words of this dishonest monk seemed to have come true.

"Xu Cijiu, is this how you treat the benefactor of the Xu family? Others repay a little kindness with gratitude, but what about you? How do you do it? Have you read all the sage articles taught in Yunlu Academy?"

"This...I..."

Xu Xinnian's face turned purple, and he felt so ashamed that his heart was burning with shame.

Xu Qian'an saw that the monk had such strong firepower and was a Yuanying master. Logically speaking, he thought that the other party was the benefactor of the Xu family. In terms of fists, no male member of the Xu family could defeat a single finger of the monk together. So he left the embarrassment to Erlang, and as for himself, the best strategy was to run away.

He just slipped away quietly.

Monk Kaiguang was absolutely right. After hearing from Fuxiang that Zhou Li and Zhang Yunying had a feud, he and Xu Pingzhi made some arrangements and kidnapped Zhang Yunying, the illegitimate son of Marquis Weiwu, using a small jade mirror. They locked Zhang Yunying up in the mansion that Zhou Li had secretly purchased and intended to hide his mistress, and deliberately left a flaw to allow Zhang Yunying to escape.

As a member of the noble group, Weiwuhou had a grudge with the civil officials group earlier. Now that his son was kidnapped, new hatreds and old grudges were superimposed. How could he let it go? So he put on armor and went to the palace to ask for a judgment. The civil officials group was in internal strife, and the Liang party, Qi party, and Wei Yuan joined forces to beat the fallen dog, and finally kicked Zhou's father and son to death, and dealt a heavy blow to Wang's party.

Yes, he finally achieved his life-saving goal, but those ministers were not stupid. Once they had time, they would re-examine the details of the kidnapping case and find out that it was him. The crime of framing the court official would be enough to cause the Xu family to die without a burial place. Therefore, from his point of view, the best choice was to leave the capital, the farther the better. As long as the royal party could not catch him, Xu Pingzhi's family would not be implicated.

Logically speaking, he should have waited for Li Ru and his two cousins ​​to come back and have a reunion dinner before leaving, but he brought back an evil Buddha statue for the Xu family that was easy to invite but difficult to send away. This might turn the reunion dinner into a criticism meeting, so it would be better not to eat it. Anyway, once he left, they would no longer be bothered by him. How to send the god off afterwards would be Li Ru and Xu Pingzhi's business.

"The day my second brother is made a marquis and appointed prime minister, my eldest brother will return home in glory."

Xu Qian'an waved goodbye as he turned his back to the gate where no one was seeing him off and walked towards the Jiangnan water town of his dreams. Unfortunately, his handsomeness did not last for more than two seconds as he was stopped by two night watchmen, Tongluo, between the neighbors playing mahjong and the aunt making pancakes.

……

At this moment, six uninvited guests came to the side courtyard of the Xu Mansion.

A handsome man wearing bright yellow armor was standing on the roof, but he looked a little arrogant. It was probably because he was very promising at a young age. He became a fourth-rank warrior in his twenties and obtained the position of Golden Luo.

You have to know that there are only twelve Jinluo in the entire night watchman organization. At his age, he would be a general guarding a region in the army. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a rare talent, otherwise he would not have been adopted as Wei Yuan's son.

Yang Yan.

Chu Pingsheng had watched TV dramas before, so he could naturally recognize Jin Luo, the night watchman who was about to become Xu Qian'an's boss.

There are two silver swordsmen standing next to Yang Yan, wearing silver leather armor and looking very energetic. The one on the left is also an old acquaintance in the TV series, Li Yuchun, a senior obsessive-compulsive patient in Chunfengtang, and also Yang Yan's brother-in-law. He has funny eyes and eyebrows and a small mustache.

On the opposite low wall stood three Tongluo men in brown leather armor. Their faces looked unfamiliar. They were not Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng, who had warned him to abide by the laws of Dafeng and not to ask questions when he entered the city.

That’s right, those two people should go and block Xu Qian’an.

"You...you..."

Xu Xinnian hadn't left yet when he saw the night watchmen jump onto the roof and surround the side courtyard. He was so scared that he almost wet his pants, because he knew very well what Xu Qian'an and Xu Pingzhi had done, and the crime of falsely accusing an imperial official was a serious one.

He looked back and realized that his cousin had slipped away.

"The night watchman is handling the case." Chu Pingsheng looked at the unfamiliar silver gong and said, "Anyone else please stay away."

Xu Xinnian was stunned for a long time before he was sure that the "outsiders" he was talking about were referring to himself.

"Hurry up and leave!" The silver gong glared at him fiercely.

"Oh……"

Xu Xinnian agreed and quickly ran out of the side courtyard holding the hem of his Confucian robe. He was still frightened but also a little happy, because since the night watchman came for the monk Kaiguang, did it mean that there was no need to send off the gods? Would the night watchman help get rid of him?

By the way, where is Xu Qian'an, the guy who deserted the battlefield?
Xu Jia Erlang was furious and looked around the yard for someone.

"The night watchman's golden gong?" Chu Pingsheng's face showed no surprise. He took the teacup handed to him by Fuxiang and took a sip of tea: "Come down for some tea?"

Yang Yan looked at him coldly.

"Are you the monk who performed the consecration ceremony?"

(End of this chapter)