Mixed in the heavens, merits and virtues become immortals

Chapter 459 I'm here to queue up, what are you doing?
Headquarters of the Night Watchmen.

Xu Qi'an woke up during his cultivation and felt that he was indeed a genius. After the medicinal bath, he directly advanced from the ninth rank of martial artist to the eighth rank. He no longer needed to be chaste. His first thought was to go to the brothel to find the girl Fu Xiang and avenge himself.

Back in the brothel, Xu Qi'an couldn't hold his head up in front of Fu Xiang.

"Xu Qi'an, come with us quickly."

The person who came over was Xu Qi'an's boss, Li Yuchun. The two of them had a connection, having interacted during the tax silver case. Now, after helping Xu Qi'an break through to the eighth rank, Li Yuchun pulled Xu Qi'an outside and said, "Your brother-in-law has gotten into trouble again."

Brother-in-law? Gu Qing?
Since Gu Qing was involved, Xu Qi'an quickly followed behind and learned the details of the matter from Li Yuchun.

"In other words, Gu Qing can heal all of a person's injuries by touching them, and then discern good from evil by looking at them?"

Xu Qi'an gasped. In Xu Qi'an's opinion, the capture of the Earl of Pingyuan was a minor matter. This person could heal people's injuries with a touch and restore the little beggar who had been mutilated by the calamity to normal. He was perfect for preaching.

Zhang Jiao, who used talismanic water to cure diseases, directly shook the foundations of the Han Dynasty.

Yhwach, from the anime/manga series Bleach, is a character who can heal people through contact and is sincerely believed in. The name Yhwach is the Chinese translation, but in other countries it is Yahweh, or Jesus Christ.

Where is Gu Qing now?

Xu Qi'an asked.

"In front of the Pingyuan Earl's Mansion".

Li Yuchun said.

"Let's go quickly."

Xu Qi'an said urgently.

Li Yuchun patted Xu Qi'an on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we will bring Gu Qing back no matter what."

Xu Qi'an looked at Li Yuchun, and after a moment, said "Oh".

What are you thinking about that you shouldn't be thinking about?

Li Yuchun issued a stern warning.

"I didn't think so!"

Xu Qi'an vehemently denied it, but then went over it in his mind again: the leader of the night watchmen, Wei Yuan, was a eunuch.

In the open space in front of the Pingyuan Earl's mansion, the Pingyuan Earl was tied to a cross, surrounded by nearly a thousand people who had completely blocked the area. At the Pingyuan Earl's mansion, the guards were on high alert, but stones and rotten eggs were constantly being thrown at them, causing them great distress.

When Xu Qi'an arrived, Li Yuchun lifted him up, and the two of them leaped over the surrounding crowd and landed in the open space. They looked at Gu Qing, who was standing there, with the surrounding people reaching out to him, begging for light, for healing, and for salvation.

This made Xu Qi'an's scalp tingle.

"What's going on?"

Xu Qi'an asked Li Mubai about the many poems he had previously "composed" and received Li Mubai's praise, which made them somewhat acquainted.

"Our academy wanted Gu Qing to connect with the students, but we didn't expect to encounter a human trafficking organization led by Cai Sheng Zhege, which was actually organized by the Earl of Pingyuan."

Li Mubai said, "The students of our academy are just here to have a meal, but after discovering this, we are determined to seek justice."

Xu Qi'an looked around and saw that the students of Yunlu Academy were charging forward, surrounding the Pingyuan Marquis's residence and confronting the guards of the Pingyuan Marquis's residence.

“You should notify the authorities if you encounter this situation.”

Xu Qi'an felt a headache coming on and said, "We can't lead them in an exercise."

The students went out for team building, and they ended up at the Pingyuan Earl's Mansion, which caused quite a stir.

Li Mubai was also troubled and said, "We also want to believe the government, but the Earl of Pingyuan said that everything he did was to make money for the emperor."

Confucianism has the power to make people speak the truth, and when Li Mu Bai says this, it is absolutely true.

This is a disgrace to the emperor, and things have become very serious.

The current emperor refines elixirs every year, consuming too much money, so naturally he has developed many ways to amass wealth.

"These students didn't know what to do at the time. Gu Qing said that even the emperor couldn't take lives lightly, and that he should bring them here to seek justice. And that's how it happened."

Li Mubai spoke of these things with great satisfaction. Ever since the Imperial Academy introduced Neo-Confucianism to restrict thought, the number of Confucian scholars had generally dwindled. Now, by standing up for justice in front of the Marquis of Pingyuan's mansion, the spirit of the students from Yunlu Academy had been greatly changed.

It seems that the old Yunlu Academy is about to return.

"Boss, go and take Gu Qing away right now!"

Xu Qi'an made a quick decision: only by taking Gu Qing away could the chaos here be quelled.

Li Yuchun leaped forward, grabbed Gu Qing's shoulder, and was about to jump upwards.

"Hey……"

Li Yuchun did not jump out.

Gu Qing and Li Yuchun stared at each other. Li Yuchun was already a seventh-rank martial artist, capable of scaling walls and rooftops, projecting his aura outwards, and possessing various extraordinary skills. However, he couldn't move Gu Qing at the moment.

"Not enough power?"

This time, Li Yuchun went all out, unleashing his full power. He grabbed Gu Qing around the waist and tried to leap into the air, but as he did so, his legs buckled and he almost knelt on the ground.

Gu Qing reached out and helped Li Yuchun up, then asked with a smile, "Are you alright?"

"..."

Li Yuchun nearly became withdrawn.

"Gu Qing!"

The eldest princess rode in a sedan chair, lifted up by the Imperial Guards, and floated down from the air. After getting off the carriage, Xu Lingyue followed beside her. Once they reached the front, she pulled Gu Qing and said, "You get on the carriage first. My father will handle the rest."

"Your father?"

Gu Qing maintained her innocent persona and asked in surprise, "You're a princess?"

"Come up first."

Huaiqing had Xu Lingyue pull Gu Qing along, and the two of them put Gu Qing in a carriage, which was carried by the Imperial Guards, so that Gu Qing could leave first. Huaiqing then looked at Li Yuchun and said, "The imperial edict will be issued soon."

Huaiqing has already heard about the details here.

Li Yuchun nodded, and together with Xu Qi'an and the other students, they waited for the imperial edict.

Do you think that imperial edict will punish the Earl of Pingyuan?

Xu Qi'an questioned Li Yuchun.

At this moment, Pingyuanbo, who was on the cross, smiled.

The current Emperor Yuanjing is not Emperor Yuanjing, but Emperor Zhende, Emperor Yuanjing's father. In order to achieve immortality, Emperor Zhende used the Taoist method of "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones" to possess the bodies of her two sons, one of whom was the current emperor and the other was the Prince of Zhenbei. In order to achieve immortality, Emperor Zhende has been ruining the country's fortune over the years, and at the same time, she has been secretly sacrificing human lives to nourish herself. This requires the help of others, and the Earl of Pingyuan is one of them.

Having grasped Emperor Yuanjing's core secrets and being reliable in his work, the Earl of Pingyuan believed that he should have acted swiftly and gently, otherwise he would have immediately uncovered the more crucial information about Emperor Yuanjing.

"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says..."

As he listened to the contents of the imperial edict, Xu Qi'an's eyes grew even more resolute, while the Earl of Pingyuan had already begun to smile.

The Star Gazing Tower, the Bagua Platform. This is the highest point in the entire capital of the Great Feng Dynasty. When Gu Qing arrived here, the Supervisor was sitting inside. Upon seeing Gu Qing, the Supervisor stretched out his hand and conjured a chessboard.

"Let's play a game of chess."

The supervisor said with a smile.

Princess Huaiqing and Xu Lingyue were both present. Gu Qing, true to his nature of being agreeable and compliant, sat down upon seeing the situation, holding a chess piece in his hand. The supervisor, however, made his move first.

Gu Qing placed a chess piece behind her, facing the supervisor. Gu Qing continued to play her own game, rarely getting entangled with the supervisor on the chessboard. The two of them moved their pieces step by step, making Princess Huaiqing's eyes widen as she watched. The game was so intense that some of the moves had exceeded her mental limits.

As more and more pieces were placed on the chessboard, even if Gu Qing played his own pieces, he would inevitably have to entangle with the supervisor. As each piece was placed, the supervisor had fewer and fewer moves, while Gu Qing created his own game everywhere, and the battles on the edges and corners were often ingenious. In the very end, both sides checked their pieces, and Gu Qing emerged victorious.

Huaiqing looked at Gu Qing with a hint of doubt in his eyes: Is the person who can play such a game of chess really a child at heart, who doesn't understand anything?
"You can calculate further than I can on the chessboard."

After the supervisor threw down his weapon, he looked down at the Great Feng under his nose. In his eyes, the entire Jingzhao Prefecture was clearly visible.

"The senior who taught me chess said that this is the way of nature, and to achieve this, one needs to be free from desires."

Gu Qing put the chess pieces away.

Princess Huaiqing, who was standing nearby, put away her suspicious gaze and looked at Gu Qing's chess moves again. She felt that everything about Gu Qing was closely related to the word "no desires".

"But today you must seek justice for the people."

The supervisor asked, "Wouldn't this be considered making a request?"

"That person is just too wicked."

Gu Qing said with dissatisfaction, "He said he would become a slave trader for the Emperor, that he would sell children to the Beggars' Sect, sell women for opportunities, and even sell cultivators. This person also said that he harmed a person named Princess Pingyang..."

Pingyang?

Princess Huaiqing called out the name with astonishment. Princess Pingyang was a royal girl who had grown up with Huaiqing. She had only heard that Princess Pingyang had eloped with someone, but she never expected that she would never come back.

Huaiqing looked at the supervisor, wanting to verify with him, but the supervisor shook his head and didn't dwell on the topic.

"From now on, everything in the Imperial Observatory is open to you. You can come and play whenever you want."

After the supervisor finished speaking, his figure vanished from the Star Gazing Tower.

Gu Qing stared silently at the supervisor's figure: Just now, he had clearly grasped the supervisor's mental fluctuations, wanting to entrust his fifth disciple, Zhong Li, to Gu Qing, but the supervisor himself did not say it.

As for Gu Qing's identity as an outsider, the Director of the Imperial Observatory already knew, and also knew that Gu Qing was researching the power system of this world. Saying that the Imperial Observatory would be opened was just a way of letting things take their course.

"Master."

In the Imperial Observatory, Chu Caiwei, the youngest disciple of the Director, skipped and hopped forward, holding a sugarcane. She saw Gu Qing, Princess Huaiqing, and Xu Lingyue on the platform, but not the Director himself, and her big eyes were filled with doubt.

"The supervisor has just left."

The eldest princess nodded slightly. She frequently visited the Imperial Observatory and was quite familiar with Chu Caiwei. Sometimes, Chu Caiwei would even ask the eldest princess for a meal.

"Really, that's exactly what I was going to ask him."

When Chu Caiwei spoke, she used chemical formulas interspersed in her speech.

The lineage of sorcerers is formed from the Dao of Heaven. Within this lineage are "alchemists" who emphasize "equivalent exchange." If one has mastered this art, one can conjure many things by hand. When Xu Qi'an first transmigrated, he used the chemical formula of "sodium" on the tax silver case, which aroused Chu Caiwei's curiosity.

When the eldest princess inquired, Chu Caiwei explained in detail from the side.

Gu Qing didn't want to get involved in this topic, so she stood to the side with innocent eyes and said, "Since you have doubts, why don't you just ask Ning Yan directly?"

"Go directly to him."

Chu Caiwei took a bite of sugarcane.

"Ning Yan will definitely tell you."

Gu Qing said confidently, "I am Ning Yan's brother-in-law, and I know Ning Yan's character."

Chu Caiwei glanced at Gu Qing and Xu Lingyue, then nodded and said, "That's right, I should ask him properly." After all, Chu Caiwei had also contributed to the tax silver case, and Xu Qi'an would remember this favor.

Xu Lingyue looked up at the moon in the sky and said, "My brother is still working on the case, isn't he?"

"ended."

Princess Huaiqing said calmly.

The game of chess with the supervisor had dragged on until late at night. Princess Huaiqing had other important matters to attend to, so she would not stay with Gu Qing at this time. Gu Qing, along with Xu Lingyue and Chu Caiwei, went to find Xu Qi'an.

"My brother should have gone home by now."

Xu Lingyue held onto Gu Qing with some worry. Gu Qing's increasingly outstanding performance made Xu Lingyue feel insecure.

"Then let's head home."

Gu Qing was intentionally or unintentionally leading the way, while at the same time asking Chu Caiwei, this foodie, where to find good snacks, appearing to be wholeheartedly devoted to Xu Lingyue.

"If you want to eat, Old Zhao's braised pig's trotters are pretty good, and Li's desserts too..."

As Chu Caiwei was speaking, she suddenly fell silent and looked towards the section of road where she had inadvertently passed by the Jiaofangsi (a government-run entertainment district). There, she saw Xu Qi'an and a group of night watchmen heading into the Jiaofangsi.

"what?"

Gu Qing exclaimed in surprise, looked at Chu Caiwei, and asked, "Do you want to eat abalone?"

Xu Lingyue, standing to the side, darkened her face. How come her Xu family keeps producing people like this?

Jiaofang Division.

Xu Qi'an was really depressed today. At first, Gu Qing spoke up for the people, then the emperor let it go lightly, imprisoned the entire Pingyuan Marquis's mansion, and demanded a thorough investigation of the case. Then, in the time it takes to eat a meal, everyone in the Pingyuan Marquis's mansion committed suicide by poison out of fear of punishment.

This blatant act of cheating left Xu Qi'an feeling powerless. He joined the equally frustrated night watchman in a brothel to listen to music and soothe his wounded soul.

Xu Qi'an has now reached the eighth rank and can break through the barrier. He came to the Jiaofangsi this time to avenge his previous humiliation.

After enjoying some tea and music, when it was almost time, Miss Fuxiang invited Xu Qi'an into the house.

Just as he took off his pants, Xu Qi'an heard a commotion outside, including Gu Qing's voice.

"What? Ning Yan went in again? Shouldn't it be my turn in line by now?!"

"I'm here to queue, what do you want?"

Amid the commotion, Xu Qi'an quickly pulled up his pants and saw the door open, and Gu Qing, Xu Lingyue, and Chu Caiwei walked in.

Before, Xu Qi'an hadn't been caught and stood up straight, but now, in his sister's eyes, Xu Qi'an's back was visibly bent.

"Ugh……"

Chu Caiwei, the big-eyed cutie, sighed beside him, seemingly quite disappointed in Xu Qi'an.

Damn...

Xu Qi'an's mentality collapsed.

(End of this chapter)