Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 821 The Little Monk Nicknamed the Housewife Killer (Two in One)

After the Battle of Shanhaiguan, in order to protect the empress and also to avoid suspicion from Emperor Yuan Jing, he chose to abandon his cultivation and came here to be the leader of the night watchmen. After years of hard training, he has indeed returned to his former level, but because the Supervisor helped to block the secret, Emperor Yuan Jing was unaware of it.

Unexpectedly, the monk sitting opposite him came to show his power and used the Zen stick to test his strength.

"Drink tea."

Wei Yuan was able to control his emotions very well and did not lose his composure. He picked up the kettle on the small stove, poured hot water into the bowl with tea leaves, and then took out a small cup and pushed it in front of Chu Pingsheng.

"Yesterday, the subordinates of Li Yulang, the Minister of Rites, sent a letter saying that the monk Henghui involved in the disappearance of Princess Pingyang was found. In fact, he noticed you when you went to the Jiaofangsi to cause trouble half a month ago. Firstly, he was not sure, and secondly, he knew that you were very powerful, so he did not alert the enemy. He just asked someone to draw your portrait and took it to Huiqing Temple where you once stayed to ask the abbot. Only then did he confirm that the monk who kidnapped Princess Pingyang had returned. After that, Princess Pingyang did not show up for a long time, and the courtesan you kidnapped did not get any useful information. He knew that he could not waste time any more, and was worried that the Ministry of Justice lacked experts and that you would be scared away if he failed to hit you, so he sent the information to the night watchman, hoping that we would share some of the credit with him after solving the case."

Chu Pingsheng picked up the teacup in front of him, but didn't drink it in a hurry. He smiled and said, "I remember that the night watchman's regulations have the obligation to keep the reporter's information confidential. Is it appropriate to sell out the colleague who gave you the valuable clue after just one encounter?"

"The night watchman has the obligation to keep the reporter's information confidential, but he has no obligation to keep it confidential for those with ulterior motives."

"how you said that?"

"Wang's party has always been at odds with me. In the case of Xu Qian'an kidnapping Zhang Yunying and framing Zhou Li, the night watchman played a big role. Now that Li Yulang has sent me clues about the disappearance of Princess Pingyang, what would you think if you were me? Moreover... it was because of his misleading that the following confrontation occurred. If I had known that you were so powerful, it would not be Yang Yan who went to Xu's house to ask for help."

Chu Pingsheng laughed, and his laugh was very playful.

Look at these ones.

Xu Pingfeng, a second-grade sorcerer, disguised himself as a third-grade spiritual master of the Wushen Cult to deceive the royal party and the demon clan. In order to continue to conceal his identity, he would definitely not tell the royal party and the demon clan that he could defeat a second-grade sorcerer, otherwise the logic would not make sense. Just imagine, how could a third-grade spiritual master escape from the hands of a second-grade warrior.

Minister of Rites Li Yulang clearly knew that Fuxiang judged his strength as the third-grade Vajra of Buddhism. Today, the night watchman only sent Yang Yan to the side courtyard of Xu's house. What did this mean? It was very simple. Li Yulang falsely reported his cultivation level and demoted him by one level. His purpose was very simple. He wanted the night watchman to fail in his first attack and escalate the situation to ensure that the night watchman was deeply involved in the case. Regardless of whether it was to save face, eliminate the impact, or to find out the whereabouts of Princess Pingyang, Wei Yuan had to dig deep into the case.

One by one, you fool me and I fool you, you plot against me and I plot against you.

Chu Pingsheng took a sip of tea and said, "So you know that Li Yulang wants to use the night watchman?"

Wei Yuan said: "That's right, but I don't know what he wants to do with the night watchman. You should be able to answer this question for me."

In Wei Yuan's opinion, Princess Pingyang ran away with a monk from Tianyu in order to resist the marriage arranged by Emperor Yuan Jing, and there has been no news of her since then. Because he has too little information in his hands, he naturally cannot guess the intentions of the Wang party.

Chu Pingsheng said: "Apart from the struggle for power and profit, are there any other conflicts in the officialdom?"

"Prince Yu is dead, and the noble group is in ruins. I don't understand what Li Yulang can do with you and Princess Pingyang."

"Pingyang is dead."

"What did you say?!"

Wei Yuan could no longer remain calm. His expression froze on his face and a lot of tea in the cup splashed out.

"If Pingyang is still alive, help me find a reason to return to the capital."

"..."

Wei Yuan couldn't find it, so he squinted his eyes and asked after a moment's hesitation: "Then what are you doing back here?"

Chu Pingsheng put down the cup and said with a smile: "What do you think?"

"Help her...revenge?"

Wei Yuan never doubted the monk, because in this respect he and the monk were of the same kind.

Even though he was the leader of the night watchmen and held great power, he had to endure a lot of humiliation in order to protect the queen. Just to say that he chose to give up his martial arts to avoid Emperor Yuan Jing's suspicion with his second-rank Hedao cultivation. Not many people could do that.

Similarly, it was Emperor Jing of Yuan who arranged the marriage for Pingyang. Escaping from the marriage was an act of disobeying the emperor's orders and deceiving the emperor, which was an unforgivable crime. In an ordinary family, the family would be confiscated and the clan would be exterminated. Henghui dared to elope with Pingyang at the risk of being wanted and hunted by Dafeng. Would such a person harm Pingyang's life?
Since Pingyang is dead, he dared to return to the capital at the risk of being beheaded, which means that there is something he is willing to do even at the cost of his life, and this thing can only be related to Pingyang's death.

Chu Pingsheng took another sip of tea and did not answer the above question.

Wei Yuan said in a deep voice: "Pingyang's death... implicates Wang's party? That's not right..."

He quickly denied his own guess. If it was Wang's party who did it, then telling the night watchman about Heng Hui's information was like handing him a knife, wasn't it?

Wei Yuan lowered his voice: "Qi Party? Liang Party? Yan Party? Or those nobles who are unwilling to give in?"

Soon, his voice became louder again: "You were causing trouble in Yingmei Pavilion. During the investigation, Li Yulang discovered that you were the key figure in Pingyang's disappearance case, so he passed the clue to the night watchman and let the night watchman take the lead to be used by the Wang Party to achieve the purpose of eliminating dissidents. He also chose to be clean, what a move to drive the tiger to devour the wolf. So, Li Yulang knew who was responsible for Pingyang's death?"

"Yes."

"who is it?"

Chu Pingsheng smiled again, kept silent, and pushed the empty teacup in front of Wei Yuan.

The latter said nothing, but picked up the bowl and filled it for him.

"You want to know who did it? All you have to do is do nothing. I don't need to teach you this."

Wei Yuan looked at him steadily for two breaths. Indeed, as long as the night watchman showed an attitude of not taking the bait, Li Yulang would see that the situation was hopeless and was eager to overthrow his political enemies. His only choice was to intensify the relationship between Henghui and the group of people who killed Pingyang, causing them to fight each other and thus making the matter bigger.

"Have you ever thought about this? If Li Yulang asks the night watchman about the progress of the case, and I cannot give him a satisfactory answer, and he reports it to the emperor, what if he gets angry?"

"Are you afraid of Emperor Yuan Jing?" Chu Pingsheng said with a smile: "Yes, the person you like is his queen."

The corners of Wei Yuan's mouth twitched again and again. These words seemed to be a slap in his face.

"You seem to be very resentful towards the emperor?"

"resentment?"

Chu Pingsheng scoffed at the term: "Wei Yuan, I don't believe you can't tell who the real winner of the Pingyang missing case is."

Wei Yuan lowered his head and said, "Civil servants..."

"Is it?"

Chu Pingsheng smiled coldly, "Don't play tricks on me here. Since ancient times, the greatest threat to the emperor has always been the princes and nobles. And those civil servants with shallow foundations are amateurs in riding horses and fighting. They have no royal blood and lack prestige. Moreover, scholars look down on each other and have their own calculations. At most, they quarrel in the court. How much waves can they cause? Prince Yu, who was the Minister of War, wants to enter the cabinet and become the Prime Minister? If you were Yuan Jing, would you be at ease?"

"Pingyang and Lin'an are good sisters who can talk about anything, and Lin'an is a simple-minded woman who doesn't hold back on words. Pingyang just fell in love with a handsome monk, and the emperor issued an edict to arrange a marriage. Isn't this a coincidence?"

Wei Yuan was silent.

Chu Pingsheng continued, "Given Pingyang's personality, she will definitely not give in. As long as there is some trouble, whether it is the exposure of her scandal with the monk Tianyu, or Prince Yu killing me to cover up the truth, as long as the people of the civil service group hold on to this matter, Yuan Jing will have sufficient reason to severely punish Prince Yu and make his plan to enter the cabinet come to nothing, thus severely damaging the noble group."

Wei Yuan continued to remain silent.

"Wei Yuan, I think you should understand my feelings, right..."

"..."

Wei Yuan certainly understood.

Yuan Jing used him through the Queen and manipulated Pingyang and Henghui to manipulate the power of the court in a similar way.

However, as a eunuch, he just wanted to see the queen safe and sound and everything was fine.

But Heng Hui was in a much more miserable situation. After all, he was a monk from Tianyu with low martial arts skills and ordinary status. In the eyes of Emperor Yuan Jing, he was just a small figure who could be trampled to death without any consequence.

Chu Pingsheng said, "If Li Yulang really tells Yuan Jing about this, you should tell him that I am a monk who has come back from the dead. I learned from a powerful person that there is a skill in the Earth Sect called One Qi Transformed into Three Pure Ones. If something happens to me in the capital, the secret in the hands of that powerful person will be enough to shake the foundation of Dafeng. You are afraid that the situation will worsen, so you pretend to do nothing. In fact, you have been monitoring me so that you can find out the identity of the powerful person who can shake the foundation of Dafeng."

"Shake the foundation of the country?" A fierce look flashed in Wei Yuan's eyes: "Are you telling the truth or not?"

"If you think it's true, it's true. If you think it's false, it's false." Chu Pingsheng muttered, "Enough of the small talk. Let's make a deal."

"What a deal."

"If you help me deal with Yuan Jing, I will give you sexual pleasure."

"happiness?"

"It's sexual happiness."

Chu Pingsheng corrected himself.

Wei Yuan looked stunned.

"You protect the queen in this way, isn't it because you are a eunuch? If that piece of flesh grows back one day, will you still choose to be Yuan Jing's loyal dog?"

"What did you say?" Wei Yuan lost his composure at this point.

It is common knowledge that a warrior who has practiced to the third rank can regenerate his severed limbs, but he was castrated by the Queen's father Shangguan Pei before he started practicing martial arts, so even if he practiced to the second rank, he would always be a eunuch.

Now Monk Henghui told him that there was a way to help him regain his strength, which was outrageous!

"Yuan Jing is Yuan Jing, and the royal family is the royal family. I believe you have thought about this more thoroughly than I do. Think about it carefully. There is no rush." ​​Chu Pingsheng stood up and walked to the terrace in front. He took a look at the scenery in the distance, said "not bad", and walked towards the stairs holding the Zen stick.

Wei Yuan's expression kept changing.

Just as the monk said, he entered the court as an official for Shangguan Xixue, not to be Yuan Jing's lackey. However, if his resistance to Yuan Jing led to chaos in the world and the people's suffering, that would not be what he wanted.

"Don't forget, within three days, have your people repair the yard where I live. Otherwise, I will tear down your Haoqi Building. You should know that I am not kidding."

Da da da da…

The Zen stick hit the stairs and went further and further away.

Wei Yuan had been sitting on the small couch, his expression changing from time to time, until Yang Yan and Nangong Qianrou, who were worried about his safety, came to him, and then he forced himself to break free from his conflicting feelings and deal with the various problems they had.

Chu Pingsheng strode away under the gazes of Jiang Luzhong, Zhang Kaitai and others with golden and silver gongs.

Xu Qian'an, who was looking at the Heart Mirror in melancholy on the fifth floor of the Heart-Searching Building, saw this scene from afar and pointed at his back and said, "Look, isn't that the master of opening the eyes? He can play with two golden gongs and still leave the night watchman's office calmly. He is really amazing."

Zhu Guangxiao said: "Xu Qian'an, stop talking nonsense."

Song Tingfeng said: "I advise you to worry about yourself."

"Brothers, I am a friend of the master of consecration. If you really kill me, he will definitely avenge me." Xu Qian'an said in a bully manner.

What can he do now?

He passed the intelligence test smoothly at the beginning, but got into trouble when it came to the questioning of conscience. People in the Dafeng world either respect the way of warriors, or worship the Taoist master who drives away gods and demons and provides a place for humans to reproduce and thrive, or are infected by the righteousness of the Confucian sage. Only he, because he is not from this world, has no feelings for the offerings on the second, third and fourth floors. After arriving on the fifth floor, he was scared by Zhu Guangxiao and kowtowed to the founding emperor of Dafeng for show. However, the questioning of conscience saw through the fact that he was acting. According to Zhu Guangxiao, going up to the fifth floor without kneeling showed that he was a disrespectful, lawless, and unforgivable guy, and he should be dragged out and executed by slow slicing.

Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng didn't bother to pay attention to him. They carried the man out one by one.

"What I said is true. If the night watchman doesn't believe it, he will be in trouble."

"The Master of Consecration has a sign at my Xu residence."

"he is my friend."

"He is my master..."

"I am his uncle. Do you know what uncle means? If the night watchman dares to touch a hair of mine, he will tear down your government office."

"Fuck, I don't want to be a night watchman anymore, okay?"

……

The night watchman's golden gong descended on Xu's residence and made a mess of the side courtyard. Two of the three main rooms collapsed, and Xu Qian'an was also taken away by the night watchman's copper gong. The backboneless Xu Xinnian went to Xu Pingzhi to discuss how to rescue him. Instead of going to Yunlu Academy to persuade his mother as she did in the previous two days, Li Ru, who still had her charm, took Xu Lingyue, the Xu family's cooking expert, and Xu Lingyin, a foodie who was a member of the horoscope god Yishui Tianchu Guiren, back home.

The mother and daughter stood at the gate for a long time, looking at the wooden sign with the words "Master of Opening Light" written on it, looking confused. Li Ru asked the neighbors what happened in the Xu Mansion during her absence, but they all stayed away, avoiding the plague. After all, many people saw the fight in the afternoon, and it involved the night watchman Jinluo. Who would dare to say anything without knowing the truth? What if she got involved?
Although the side courtyard was beyond recognition, fortunately the main courtyard was intact. Xu Lingyue went to the Imperial Sword Guard Yamen again and learned that Xu Xinnian had called Xu Pingzhi away not long ago. The mother and daughter breathed a sigh of relief and did what they had to do.

Soon after, night fell and the father and son returned from outside. When they saw Li Ru returning home with their two daughters, they were extremely panicked. Xu Xinnian took off the monk's badge and Xu Pingzhi went to clean the side yard. He said in a panic that the masters of the yamen had a fight while chasing a thief today, which caused the side yard to be messed up like that.

Li Ru asked about Xu Qian'an, and Xu Xinnian said that his cousin went out of town, and he couldn't bear to see them leave, so he didn't wait for them to come back. Li Ru then asked what the sign hanging at the door was about, and she replied that it was the monk who had helped the Xu family settle the matter with Zhou Xianping and his son who took his cousin away.

Li Ru and Xu Lingyue thought that Xu Qian'an had seen through the world and wanted to become a monk, and they were quite sad. However, the Xu family's daughter-in-law was sad for less than half a cup of tea, and began to discuss selling the side courtyard with Xu Pingzhi, who had just returned from tidying up the side courtyard. She also found a nephew for herself to be a monk, as an excuse to cut off ties with the world and leave the side courtyard empty and sad.

What could Xu Pingzhi do? He could only go along with her.

Xu Lingyin asked him what he and his brother did in the afternoon if he was not working in the yamen. Xu Pingzhi rolled his eyes and replied that he went to Changle County Yamen to find the county magistrate to explain the situation and handle the denaturalization procedures for his nephew.

Now there is no problem for the mother and daughter.

In fact, Xu Pingzhi and Xu Xinnian went to the night watchmen's office to inquire about Xu Qiyan's situation, and happened to meet Nangong Qianrou, who had been humiliated by the monk and was full of resentment. She also learned that Xu Qiyan was disrespectful to the heaven and earth master and was labeled as an unforgivable criminal. She sent them away with a sentence "He's dead, come to collect his body tomorrow".

Li Ru and Xu Lingyue did not suspect anything. Seeing that the father and son returned safely, they set the table and served the dishes, preparing dinner as usual. Xu Pingzhi was fine, but how could Xu Xinnian have an appetite? Sitting on a stool and sighing, Xu Lingyue felt that something was wrong with him. When she was about to ask him questions, Xu Qian'an strode into the hall like a general returning from a triumphant victory, staring at the father and son, and pointed at him and stammered, asking him if he was a human or a ghost.

Xu Qian'an glared at them, pushed Xu Xinnian aside, grabbed the chicken leg in the bowl and took a bite, then slammed a small gong on the table.

Li Ru and Xu Lingyue didn't know what it was, and Xu Pingzhi was stunned for several breaths.

"Night watchman?"

Xu Qian'an patted his chest and said, "Yes, I have joined the night watchmen."

The four members of the Xu family looked at each other. Only the little girl Xu Lingyin buried her face in the bowl that was big enough for her head and kept eating the chicken leg.

Li Ru recalled Xu Xinnian's words: "Erlang said that you and that... Master Kaiguang became a monk, so how come you are now a night watchman?"

"Become a monk? Me?" Xu Qian'an pointed at his face, looked at his younger brother who didn't dare to look him in the eye, and then looked at his second uncle who gave him a fierce look: "Oh, I suddenly remembered that I still have a wish that has not been fulfilled, and I don't want to become a monk anymore."

"It's better not to become a monk. It's better not to become a monk. Your aunt and your second uncle would not want you to become a monk." Li Ru noticed that Xu Pingzhi's expression was a little strange, and kicked him hard from below: "Is it his second uncle?"

"Ouch." Xu Pingzhi took a breath and said, "Ah, yes, yes."

Based on his understanding of his wife, this kick was not to remind him to answer, but to use him as a punching bag. You know, before dinner, they were still planning to sell Xu Qian'an's side yard to supplement the family income. Li Ru even thought about the use of the money, saying that Erlang passed the imperial examination last autumn and was old enough to arrange his marriage. With this money, the family would be more relaxed. She also said that even if Dalang knew about it, he would not blame them, but would only say that they did the right thing. After all, this was a major event for the Xu family to continue the family line.

As a result, he came back after eating a few bites of the meal, and watched the duck that was about to be in his mouth fly away. How could he be happy?

"Uncle, where is the master of consecration?" Xu Qian'an was halfway through eating a chicken leg when he thought of the monk.

"Master of Opening? Didn't he go to the Night Watchman's Office with you?"

"We went together." Xu Qian'an scratched his head. "I had to take the qualification test, which took quite a while. Then I took a marrow cleansing bath, received a waist badge, and registered. It took a long time. I didn't return until dark. Logically, the master of consecration should have returned long ago."

Xu Lingyin finally finished the chicken drumstick in the bowl, licking even the soup base clean, and asked in a baby voice, "Who is the master of consecration?"

"Master Kaiguang, he is really amazing." Xu Qian'an said, "Today, he fought alone with a Zen stick against nine Golden Gongs in the Night Watchmen's Office. In the end, Lord Wei stepped in to calm the situation and invited him to Haoqi Tower for a talk. After that, he left calmly, waving his sleeves without taking a cloud with him."

As he spoke, he looked up, reciting the whole thing as if he were reciting a poem, with a look of fascination on his face.

Li Ru wondered if he was mentally ill.

"Who is Duke Wei? Is he very powerful?"

Xu Xinnian said: "Duke Wei is Wei Yuan, the military god of Dafeng, the leader of the night watchmen, and a top official of the dynasty."

Hearing this, Li Ru finally realized, "First Rank," and pointed to the top of her head: "The kind that can't be promoted any higher?"

Xu Pingzhi said: "Ning Yan, is what you said true? Is that monk so powerful?"

"Of course, I saw this with my own eyes. If you don't believe me, you can ask Cijiu. He was also present when Master Kaiguang's Nascent Soul left his body."

Xu Xinnian nodded with a dark face.

He thought that the monk who performed the ceremony of consecrating the Buddha would meet the night watchman Jinluo and would certainly meet a miserable end, and he would not have to worry about his sister eloping with the bald man anymore. But...he actually left safely?
Xu Pingzhi said: "That's not right. Isn't it the Taoist master who cultivates the Nascent Soul? He is a monk..."

Before he finished speaking, two people walked in from outside the door. Their faces could not be seen clearly in the darkness until the lantern hanging under the eaves of the side house flickered, and the candlelight illuminated the bald head and the beautiful figure behind.

The red skirt sways and the fragrant breeze enters the courtyard.

"Open...open the eyes...Master."

He is no longer called monk, he changed his name very quickly.

As for why he changed his laziness and ran to the side yard to clean up very diligently, the reason he wanted to sell the house after cleaning up was to deal with Li Ru, and the key goal was to see if Miss Fuxiang was there and comfort her wounded heart. Since the monk was captured by the night watchman and could not come back, then as a benevolent and charitable Captain Xu, he must carry forward his style and be kind. How could he do such a thing as kicking someone when he was down and kicking him out of the house?

"Amitabha."

Chu Pingsheng pretended to chant a Buddhist name and walked into the front hall.

"This is Madam Xu, right? I am here to consecrate you. I am here to pay my respects."

(End of this chapter)