Film and TV: Starting from the Night Watchman of Dafeng

Chapter 33 Brother, You Smell So Good

Taikang County, Huangzhuang
As the sky brightened, the sorcerers of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory were already preparing for a new round of comparative tests on honeycomb coal, working as diligently as oxen and horses.

At first, when they were selected to participate in the honeycomb coal business, they had no motivation and even lacked interest.

After Wei An explained honeycomb coal in detail, all these people were impressed by Wei An's idea and devoted themselves to this business with great enthusiasm.

Huaiqing, who had been 'absent' for a day, was listening to Mu Feng's progress report.

"Okay, if the honeycomb briquettes are successful, I'll give you a share."

Huaiqing was obviously very satisfied with the progress.

Mu Feng's face straightened, and he bowed, "Princess, honeycomb coal is a great opportunity for me. I will always remember Master Wei. Please give Master Wei some of your shares."

Technical positions are not good at speaking nice words and express their thoughts and emotions directly.

Huaiqing nodded slightly.

"Princess, I'll take my leave first."

Without waiting for her response, Mu Feng continued to engage in comparative experiments, like a ruthless working machine.

Huaiqing showed a trace of surprise on his face, then smiled and shook his head.

Then she thought of Wei An who was so busy yesterday that he stayed here overnight, and a trace of shame flashed across her unmade-up face.

The fourth brother heard some slander...

Some inappropriate descriptions!

Fortunately, the Queen Mother was wise and listened to her explanation and believed her.

He just pulled her aside and asked her a lot of questions about Wei An.

Hey, the Queen Mother wouldn’t misunderstand her and Wei An because of Duke Wei, right?

"Princess, Mr. Wei is not in the room." The guard returned to the eldest princess and reported.

She was holding a food box in her hand, which the eldest princess had prepared for Wei An.

"Not here?" Huaiqing frowned. Her expression immediately became serious and she called the head of the village and his wife.

"I haven't seen Mr. Wei today either."

The head of the village and his wife looked at each other in surprise.

Huaiqing's face became even colder.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the yard.

Huaiqing looked over and saw that the village women were a little panicked when they saw the night watchman.

The village head immediately hunched over and ran over to stop the commotion.

Huaiqing walked out of the yard.

"Princess." Nangong Qianrou saluted.

She glanced at the night watchmen behind him, some with silver gongs and some with bronze gongs, a total of eight or nine people.

Thinking of something, her mood fluctuated a little, and she asked, "Why is Nangong Jinluo here?"

"There is a monster in Dahuang Mountain, and I have come to protect the princess."

Nangong Qianrou's words stirred up even more turmoil in Huaiqing's heart.

"Have you seen Wei An today?" she asked directly.

Nangong Qianrou hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth, "Wei An was attacked by the Wushen Cult thieves last night, and he returned to the night watchman's office immediately."

The information is somewhat shocking!

"Wu Shen...are the others safe?" Huaiqing asked.

"Don't worry, Princess. Wei An is fine."

Hearing this, Huaiqing's brows relaxed slightly.

Without showing much emotion on her face, she asked again, "What about the monster?"

"In June and July, a demonic creature attacked people in Taihuang Mountain. The villagers tried to capture it but failed, so they reported it to the Taikang County Magistrate, but he failed to report it in time."

"After that, the gray households that entered the mountains continued to disappear. The Taikang County Magistrate then organized police to capture the monster, but to no avail."

"After a few more times, the Taikang County Magistrate stopped intervening. Now that it's the imperial inspection period, they'll naturally suppress it if they can. If we hadn't entered Dahuang Mountain today to search for traces of the Wushen Cult, we wouldn't have discovered this matter."

This county magistrate was said to be a sycophant. He even organized arrests, but he suppressed the case. How hateful!
Huaiqing's eyes sharpened. "How many villagers were killed? Have you found any trace of the monster?"

"I was just about to organize another search of the mountain, but I heard that you, Princess, have been here quite often lately, so I came here specially..."

Nangong Qianrou stopped talking halfway and looked towards the courtyard.

Seeing this, Huaiqing looked back and Wei An's figure gradually appeared in the clear light.

As luck would have it, Wei An was facing the courtyard gate.

He met her gaze directly.

Even though he saw her often during this period, every time he saw her again, he would still secretly sigh at the appearance of the Princess Dafeng...

Pooh!
You damn face control!
Wei An cursed himself in his heart, walked over with a smile, and saluted, "Your Highness."

Huaiqing looked at Wei An and smiled, "I heard that you were attacked last night. Now it seems that you are indeed fine." "Nangong Jinluo is here too." Wei An bowed and said.

Fake!

How come I discovered him only now?

wrong!

This guy did it on purpose!
Nangong Qianrou's mind worked very quickly.

He simply ignored the boy.

Just as he was about to finish what he had just said, Wei An said, "By the way, I have something. Please ask Nangong Jinluo to bring it to your uncle."

As he spoke, Wei An took out a booklet from his sleeve.

The moment the pamphlet came into view, Nangong Qianrou's pupils shrank. This is...

"I just went back to the academy. This book has fifteen pages, all of which are about the art of qi-gazing." Wei An handed over the book and said with a smile.

The smile is a little strange.

So, this kid knows the value of the art of qi-gazing?

There was nothing he could do, so he had to go find his adoptive father. This was the price agreed upon by his uncle and nephew.

Nangong Qianrou took the booklet and opened it carefully. In the middle of the paper was a picture of an eye radiating clear light. It was the unique qi-gazing technique of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory!
He smiled, a rare gesture. "It just came in handy."

After getting the sharp weapon, he quickly took the two silver gongs and four bronze gongs and left them behind, and took the rest of the people to search the mountain.

"You have mastered the art of looking at qi for fifteen times. The teachers in the academy have treated you very well." Huaiqing said with emotion.

Wei An smiled and said nothing.

In fact, that book was drawn by him after quick learning.

Effectiveness…untested.

But the dean said that his painting was not bad.

"Your Highness, have you seen the comparison records from yesterday?" he asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah." Huaiqing nodded slightly.

The two talked as they walked.

"I brought some pastries for you. You can use some when you are tired." Huaiqing said suddenly.

She waved to the guard beside her.

"It just so happens that I haven't eaten anything this morning. Thank you, Your Highness." Wei An thanked him.

He was not being polite, he just had a bowl of tiger yuan soup in the morning.

"Is that so?" Huai Qing called over a few village women and gave them some instructions, then led Wei An to the main house. As they walked, he said, "You are alone, without any servants, so you have to take care of your own food every day. I just told the people in the manor that someone will prepare three meals for you on this day."

Wei An was stunned for a moment.

this…

He glanced at the guard beside him and caught his gaze.

Wei An immediately stopped and bowed deeply to Huai Qing, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Huaiqing realized it later and was also stunned, then smiled and said, "No need, the young master cares about the people, I should thank you on their behalf."

...

Xu Mansion
When Xu Pingzhi hurried back home, the house was in chaos.

The servants and maids had not yet been called back, so Li Ru led a few maids to work in the kitchen.

"Why did you choose today?" He quietly left the kitchen and walked into the main hall, complaining to his nephew who was sitting leisurely drinking tea.

"Who is Master Wei, father? If it weren't for my brother's chance encounter with him today, it would have been very difficult to meet him again." Xu Xinnian explained without Xu Qi'an having to explain.

"That's right." Xu Pingzhi nodded in agreement.

At this time, the gate of Xu Mansion

Just as the doorman, Old Zhang, had cleaned up the back room, he saw a handsome young man appear in front of the gate.

"Who are you looking for, sir?" Old Zhang asked.

"Brother Xu Qian'an invited me here." Wei An said.

"Sir, please come in." Old Zhang immediately led him into the flower hall and went to report.

Wei An stood there waiting for nothing to happen, looking around.

The house had been empty for many days and should have been covered in dust, but now it looked clean and tidy.

They are a hardworking family.

He was thinking...

"Brother, you smell so good."

Just when I wasn't paying attention, a voice suddenly rang out.