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Chapter 1590: Desperate for Immortality
After Chu Caiwei took Xu Lingyue away, Suning no longer cared about this matter. After all, Suning was confident that Xu Lingyue would come back.

There have been further discoveries about the tax and silver case. The people who switched the tax and silver were Zheng Xinhe and Lu Qiezhi, and their backer was Zhou Xianping, Zhou Li's father, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Xianping.

Of course, all these things were told to him by Chu Caiwei. Although he now had evidence, Zhou Xianping, this old fox, had many followers in the court. A rash arrest would inevitably cause a shock to the previous dynasty, so the emperor asked Chu Caiwei to find a way to bring the culprit to justice as soon as possible.

However, Suning was too lazy to get involved any further. The evidence was already there, but Emperor Yuan Jing didn't even dare to let the night watchman take action. That was Emperor Yuan Jing's business.

However, now it has been proved that the Xu family has nothing to do with the missing tax silver case, and then Xu Qian'an can take his sister Xu Lingyue back. When he thinks of his experience in prison, Xu Qian'an wants to kill Su Ning.

Seeing his adopted sister Xu Lingyue again, Xu Qian'an looked at her excitedly and asked, "Lingyue, did that Su Ning bully you?"

"No! The master is very nice to me." However, Xu Lingyue explained with her head down shyly.

Seeing his sister Xu Lingyue's expression made Xu Qian'an's nose twisted with anger. He once again felt that Su Ning was his nightmare. "Humph! From now on, you are no longer his maid. I have torn up your indenture."

"No! I'm living well in the Su family. I'll return to the Su family after I meet my parents."

"What? Lingyue, are you...are you crazy?" Xu Qian'an asked with his eyes wide open in shock. Such a big change happened in just one night.

"Brother, you don't understand! I'm just an ordinary woman. I just want to have someone to rely on. I'm different from you men."

"This..." Xu Qian'an couldn't help but be dumbfounded at this moment. Then he realized something in his heart, "Lingyue, tell me, did that Su Ning do anything to you?"

It was obvious that the indenture had been branded into Xu Lingyue's bones. "Brother, please don't ask any more questions. Anyway, I'm determined to follow the master for the rest of my life."

"..." Xu Qian'an naturally couldn't understand Xu Lingyue's mentality.

When Xu Pingzhi and his wife saw Xu Qian'an and Xu Lingyue had returned, the whole family was naturally overjoyed and burst into tears. They never expected that their Xu family would have a good time after bad times.

Then they learned that Xu Qian'an had torn up Xu Lingyue's indenture contract. Xu Pingzhi's parents and Xu Xinnian couldn't help but feel happy. After all, selling a daughter into slavery was a pain in their family's hearts.

However, at this moment, Xu Qian'an said something that made everyone depressed, "Second Uncle, Second Aunt, the problem now is that Lingyue has to go back."

"What? Lingyue, where are you going back to? This is your home, right?" Sure enough, Xu Pingzhi and Li Ru all looked at Xu Lingyue with confusion.

Xu Lingyue then looked at her parents solemnly and explained, "Father, Mother, I am the master's wife now. Regardless of whether I have a contract to sell myself to you or not, I will never leave him."

After hearing Xu Lingyue's explanation, Xu Pingzhi, Li Ru, and the others were all devastated. "What? That damn Su Ning! Does my Xu family have a grudge against him?"

"Father, I am willing to do this. I don't want to live in poverty anymore, and I don't want to be imprisoned by the government anytime soon."

"Lingyue, but..."

"Father, Mother, Big Brother, Second Brother, Little Sister, please respect my choice. I believe the Master will treat me well."

"Lingyue, you..."

"..."

After having a reunion dinner with her parents and family, Xu Lingyue was sent back to the Su family by Xu Qian'an and Xu Xinnian. However, Xu Qian'an felt a kind of heart-wrenching pain when he saw Xu Lingyue's back as she walked into the Su family again.

In fact, Xu Qiyan did not regard Xu Pingzhi's family as his own relatives, whether it was Yang Ling who traveled through time or the tragic original body "Xu Qiyan". But at this moment, Xu Qiyan finally felt the sense of shame and responsibility, so his mentality also underwent a huge change, and he began to try to integrate into this fantasy world of Dafeng.

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Because Xu Qiyan was also credited with finding out the truth, the government arranged for Xu Qiyan to become a small detective. Originally, Xu Qiyan had no interest in the organization of the Dafeng world and only wanted to make money, the more the better.

But the conditions were not good enough now, and he didn't even have the capital to do business. Moreover, his aunt Li Ru insisted on not keeping idle people and directly kicked him out. There was no choice, Xu Qian'an had to change into the clothes of a constable and go to the yamen to take his orders.

On the first day he arrived, Xu Qian'an heard about a case.

Captain Wang was almost getting angry from being urged by the officials above him. On the one hand, he was urged to close the case as soon as possible, but on the other hand, he had no clue how to deal with it.

At first, Captain Wang was not optimistic about the newly arrived Xu Qiyan. He just stated the case as usual, then took out a file and handed it to Xu Qiyan and that was it.

However, Xu Qian'an immediately guessed a general idea from the case: Zhang Yourui, a well-known local tycoon, married a concubine who was 20 years younger than him. As a result, Zhang Yourui was mysteriously murdered late one night.

There were no signs of trampled grass or unusual footprints at the scene. The deceased was injured by a blunt object and died on his back, but the fatal wound was on the back of the head, in the concubine's courtyard. At that time, the concubine said that she saw someone escaping over the wall, but there were no traces on the wall.

So Xu Qian'an immediately came up with his own inference. It might be that Zhang Yourui's son Zhang Xian had an affair with his concubine. After being discovered by Zhang Yourui, he was afraid that the truth would be exposed, so he took immediate action to deal with Zhang Yourui.

Seeing that the concubine looked really worried, and Xu Qian'an had read some books on psychology, the concubine could not stand his questioning and told him the truth.

The result of this case was that the concubine continued to be imprisoned, while Zhang Xian was released soon after.

Xu Qian'an naturally had doubts in his mind, but the captain told him not to worry about it anymore, because the captain saw with his own eyes that the lawyer delivered the case closing documents to Haoqi Tower, and their office would not be responsible for the rest.

Xu Qian'an was still wondering what this Haoqi Tower was. He happened to meet a group of people trying to jailbreak there. Xu Qian'an tried his best to stop them, but they succeeded.

Just as he was about to counterattack, Xu Qian'an secretly exclaimed - it seemed that his life was in danger today.

At the critical moment, Xu Qian'an met the night watchman Song Tingfeng and Li Yuchun.

These two were like timely rain, not only saving Xu Qian'an's life, but also bringing the criminal who was about to escape back to justice.

Xu Qian'an and his colleagues returned home with the criminal in high spirits. They were truly delighted. For the first time in their lives, they thought that night watchmen were actually quite handsome. In Dafeng, night watchmen weren't responsible for night shifts or reporting the time. Instead, they were responsible for inspecting officials, punishing traitors, and protecting the people. They were practically a replica of the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, though the name was a bit...

After these things happened, Xu Qian'an was stimulated and decided to make great efforts in Dafeng, give full play to his strengths and find his own value.

But his uncle Xu Pingzhi sighed and reminded him not to think too brightly of the future. He was once full of passion, but was eventually "tricked" by someone.

However, Xu Qian'an scoffed at Xu Pingzhi's whining, because he looked down on this cheap uncle from the bottom of his heart, so he did not take Xu Pingzhi's warning to heart.

This time, Xu Qian'an tried his hand at something and was looked at differently by the chief constable. After that, when he walked into the yamen again, the chief constable respectfully invited him to the archives room and then locked the door. He said that this was to provide Xu Qian'an with a good and quiet office environment, and the doors and windows were closed just to protect him from being disturbed.

In fact, the captain of the police heard about the feud between Xu Qiyan and the prison warden, so in order to show his loyalty to the prison warden, he took special care of Xu Qiyan.

Finally, after being confined in the yamen for a few days, he was able to go home. Just after Xu Qiyan finished his meal, he heard the captain of the police coming with a group of night watchmen. They also brought in boxes of files of unsolved cases that had been piled up for many years. The reason was that this was to reduce the inconvenience of Xu Qiyan going to the yamen, and now the leader allowed him to handle the case at home.

Xu Pingzhi has also been in the officialdom for many years. Now that his nephew is handling the case at home, he guesses that there must be some hidden concerns.

Xu Qian'an was surprised to see Xu Pingzhi and the captain of the police sign language, and they smiled knowingly at each other. This smile contained a lot of meaning, but Xu Qian'an could see that his uncle had reached an agreement with the captain of the police.

Not only did Xu Pingzhi not help Xu Qian'an to exonerate himself, he also agreed to lock him in the room. In order to satisfy the captain, he personally nailed the window tightly with thick wooden bars.

Xu Qian'an was locked in the house every day and could not go out at all. However, his uncle promised the captain that he would never let Xu Qian'an go out during the period when the higher-level officials came incognito, so he personally guarded the door day and night.

Xu Qian'an tried several times and found that he really couldn't escape. He thought hard and finally figured it out. It seems that he still has to please the big boss. As long as he gets along well and the captain is happy, everyone's life will be better.

Sure enough, when the captain came to visit Xu Qiyan next time, Xu Qiyan actually knelt down and hugged the captain's thighs attentively, repenting for his previous "unbearable" behavior.

The complacent captain of the police was in a much better mood. In order to help his lackey Xu Qian'an quickly integrate into society, he began to take Xu Qian'an to brothels and invited him to listen to music in brothels many times.

Xu Qian'an knew what the other party was thinking. Since they wanted freedom, they should live in the present. He tried to please them and finally drank and danced with everyone, becoming one with them.

Xu Qian'an's performance satisfied the captain of the police, and he gradually began to gain freedom and was able to come out of the confinement room.

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One day, Xu Pingzhi suddenly found Xu Qian'an to chat about family matters. He also mentioned that Xu Qian'an was of marriageable age and he would try his best to help him find a good family.

Xu Qian'an was wondering why his uncle never played the emotional card. Finally, he found out that Xu Pingzhi had too many social engagements recently and did not have enough private money, so he wanted Xu Qian'an to provide some financial support.

Then Xu Qian'an took his sister Xu Lingyin out to buy some food. Just when he turned around to buy some candied haws, his sister Xu Lingyin was bullied by the son of the Minister of Revenue.

Of course, Xu Qian'an was unwilling to let his sister Xu Lingyin suffer any injustice. After all, his sister Xu Lingyue's affairs were a pain in his heart, and he naturally didn't want such a tragedy to happen again.

Xu Qian'an simply pushed the second-generation official away, but ended up getting into a lot of trouble.

The second-generation official was arrogant and ordered his men to cut the tendons of Xu Qiyan's hands and feet. Xu Qiyan naturally refused to submit and said all the nice things he could, but the other party actually drew his dagger.

Sister Xu Lingyin hurriedly ran to the government office for help. After all, Xu Qian'an was also a constable in the government office. The constable quickly took people to rescue people. He was originally eager to catch the flower thief, but when he looked closely, he saw that the other party was Zhou Li, the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Suddenly, his whole body was like a deflated ball.

Seeing that there were onlookers all around, the captain of the police had no choice but to order his men to bring all the troublemakers into the yamen.

It turned out that the Minister of Revenue Zhou Xianping and his son Zhou Li hated Su Ning and Xu Qiyan. Although Su Ning was only a seventh-rank prison warden, he was not someone that a fourth-rank Minister of Revenue could easily provoke, so Zhou Li could only vent his anger on the helpless Xu Qiyan.

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Then Zhou Li, the son of the Minister of Revenue, had already brought reinforcements. As a result, Xu Qian'an was imprisoned. Feeling that he might be in great danger this time, he quickly bribed the captain of the police beside him to help go to the Imperial Observatory to invite Song Qing, saying that he was in trouble and the other party would definitely lend a hand and even double the benefits.

As expected, under the temptation of money, the captain of the police rode his horse at full speed to the Imperial Observatory and asked to meet Song Qing.

The guard on duty at the time immediately informed Song Qing of the matter. Song Qing usually loved to immerse himself in experiments. He had benefited a lot from Xu Qiyan's help during this period, so he was naturally willing to return the favor and rescue Xu Qiyan.

When Xu Qian'an's uncle Xu Pingzhi heard that his nephew was in trouble, he immediately stood in front of the escort team with his sword, but because he was outnumbered, he was soon sent to prison.

When Xu Pingzhi came, he quickly asked his wife Li Ru to go to Yunlu Academy to find his son. Now his son Xu Xinnian has already become a disciple of two great scholars, and this time perhaps Xu Qian'an can be saved.

When Xu Xinnian heard the urgent letter from his mother, he hurried to report it to his teacher. When the great scholar heard that there were some talented poets imprisoned, he immediately ran to find the Minister of Justice to plead for mercy.

Song Qing and the two great scholars arrived at the Shangshu Mansion almost at the same time. These people all held important positions and were popular figures in front of the emperor, so they naturally could not be offended. So when the Shangshu heard the name of the person they wanted to save, he immediately asked his subordinates what was going on.

Originally, Xu Qian'an had been imprisoned for protesting injustice, but unable to withstand the stern gaze of the Shangshu, the officials in charge of the case immediately told the whole story.

In the end, Xu Qian'an was acquitted. Before leaving, Xu Qian'an punched Zhou Li several times to vent his anger.

Everyone was happy that day, and we finally sat together to have a happy reunion dinner.

Suning has been watching all this coldly in secret, feeling that Xu Qian'an is really too immature. Fortunately, he is the male protagonist in the original drama. If he were placed in the real world, he would have died hundreds of times.

However, this does not conflict much with his own plan. Suning wants to develop this Dafeng world into an experience game. At that time, he will lure some players from the real world to experience it. By then, the national fortune belonging to the male protagonist Xu Qian'an will be reduced. I believe that at that time, the director of the Sitianjian will definitely feel ecstatic.

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(End of this chapter)