Chapter 107: Chapter 107: Making up for one's crime

Chapter 107: Chapter 107: Making up for one's crimeInstantly, the princes and princesses turned their heads and looked at the eldest princess. Princess Lin'an, who was holding Emperor Yuan Jing's arm, couldn't help but look over.

The prince glanced at the eldest princess.

At the same time, a thought came to their minds: Huaiqing wanted to promote his people again.

There are two ways for princes and princesses to expand their power. One: win over court officials and make them their supporters. Two: promote confidants.

The former is because Emperor Yuan Jing has a strong desire for control and is a master of the imperial mind. The rest of the princes, including the prince, dare not openly form a party.

The latter is their usual method.

But it also depends on the timing. The princes and princesses feel that now is not a good time because the task is too difficult.

Emperor Yuan Jing narrowed his eyes and smiled, "What candidate does Huaiqing have?" The eldest princess replied, "Xu Qian'an, the Tongluo of the Night Watchman's Office."

The second princess suddenly realized, and said innocently, "Is it the Tongluo who showed great admiration for my sister on the day of the ancestor worship? My sister was talking and laughing with him."

This is vicious!

In front of Emperor Yuan Jing, she secretly plotted against the eldest princess.

You know, the eldest princess has not married yet, even though Emperor Yuan Jing has been obsessed with Taoism in recent years and doesn't care about the marriage of his sons and daughters. But how can a princess always attract so many bees and butterflies?

The princess continued, "Father should have heard of this person. He is the nephew of Xu Pingzhi, a centurion of the Imperial Sword Guard, who was implicated in the tax case."

Emperor Yuan Jing finally became interested: "I remember that there was such a person who also refined fake silver. If it weren't for the inconvenience of storing fake silver and the huge consumption of salt, I would have asked the Imperial Astronomical Bureau to refine it in large quantities."

The material of fake silver is salt, which is too expensive. After listening to the report of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau's sorcerer, Emperor Yuan Jing gave up the idea of mass production of fake silver.

"Not only that, this person performed well when he was on duty in Changle County and solved many murders." The princess added fuel to the fire.

Emperor Yuan Jing smiled and said, "If that's the case, you don't have to do this."

The princess bowed her head and said, "Father, please understand. Just yesterday, Xu Qi'an,

the copper gong, had a conflict with a silver gong in the government office and severely injured him with a knife. According to the law, he should be beheaded.

Now he is locked up in the dungeon. I can ask you to allow him to redeem his crime with merit."

The princess did not explain the cause of the conflict, nor did she defend Xu Qi'an, because she knew that none of this mattered.

Father doesn't care who is right or wrong. Father only cares about who is useful and who can get things done.

As expected, Emperor Yuan Jing did not even hesitate or think, and nodded and said: "Okay, since Huaiqing pleads for him, I will allow him to make up for his mistakes and cooperate in the investigation. If the real culprit who destroyed the Taizu Temple is not caught within half a month, I will directly execute him."

"Thank you, father."

The princes and princesses left the imperial study and met with their respective guards. The eldest princess took her sword from the chief guard.

The second princess took her brother, the Crown Prince, by the arm and whispered, "Oh, Huaiqing got there first."

The Crown Prince shook his head, "It may not be a good thing. Even Wei Yuan found this case difficult. Huaiqing just made a move. It would be a pleasant surprise if the bronze gong could solve the case. If it doesn't work, Huaiqing won't suffer any loss. He was going to be beheaded."

"Humph, Huaiqing is really evil." The second princess wrinkled her small nose and asked, "Brother, what's going on with the Yongzhen Mountain and River Temple?"

As he walked and talked, the Crown Prince looked around and whispered, "This case is not simple, otherwise Wei Yuan wouldn't be so worried. I'm afraid only my father knows the secret."

Of course, I will know it in the future... He added silently in his heart. At the same time, the dust-free face of the female imperial teacher appeared in his mind, and he felt resentful.

"Lin'an!"

The eldest princess suddenly shouted and stopped the brother and sister.

The crown prince and the second princess turned back together, and Princess Lin'an replied fiercely: "What are you doing!"

She hugged the crown prince's arm tightly.

The eldest princess came over with a sword and said: "Nothing..."

As the brother and sister relaxed at the same time, a sword suddenly hit the second princess's buttocks.

In the severe pain, the second princess turned pale at first, and then cried out "wow" a few seconds later, pointing at the eldest princess and screaming: "Huaiqing, I'm going to kill

you."

The royal brothers and sisters came to persuade hypocritically and acted as peacemakers. The crown prince frowned and said in a deep voice: "Huaiqing, you're too much." "Just test Lin'an's martial arts. If Lin'an is not convinced, he can also test me." The eldest princess turned around gracefully, her black hair spread out, smart and beautiful.

The second princess looked at her back and cried, "I want to complain, I will go to my father to complain."

The prince said helplessly, "Let's do it another day. My father doesn't have the heart to care about you now."

If there is a conflict or fight between the princes, Emperor Yuan Jing will definitely intervene, and he will strictly intervene and impose heavy penalties.

When the princesses fight, everyone will take a conciliatory attitude.

The main reason is that most of the princes have practiced martial arts, and fighting will cause injuries. Among the princesses, only the eldest princess practices martial arts. If the other princesses fight, the more elegant ones will slap in the face, and if they are angry, they will grab the hair and bite.

If it damages the face of the royal family, they are unwilling to make a big deal, and usually solve it privately.

Princess Lin'an bit her little silver teeth and cursed, "Just wait, I will take all your things away."

The next day, early in the morning.

Wei Yuan, who had just finished his meditation, received an oral order from the palace.

"Your Majesty's order has been delivered to me. Lord Wei, please go to the dungeon to ask for the gong." The eunuch who delivered the order was humble:

"Your Majesty didn't eat much this morning. You are very worried. I hope Lord Wei can solve

the case as soon as possible."

After sending the eunuch away, Wei Yuan smiled.

Yang Yan, who came to have breakfast with his adoptive father, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that my adoptive father doesn't need to bother to save him."

Nangong Qianrou laughed at Yang Yan for being a fool who practiced martial arts and made

his brain stupid, and said:

"Why do you think my adoptive father said that to the princess last night?"

Yang Yan thought about it and reacted belatedly.

Yesterday, the princess sent someone to investigate the whole story of the conflict between Xu Qian'an and Zhu Chengzhu. I think she cares about him.

Last night, my adoptive father specifically hinted to the princess. Out of tacit understanding between smart people, the princess took the opportunity to recommend Xu Qi'an to His Majesty, asking him to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence. In this way, Xu Qi'an can get away with it legitimately, and no one can say anything. Yang Yan had long expected that my adoptive father would save Xu Qi'an, put him in the dungeon, and sentence him to be beheaded seven days later, all for the people in the government to see.

The greater the power, the less you can do whatever you want.

He frowned: "But if Xu Qi'an doesn't solve the case in half a month?"

Wei Yuan smiled: "Then he will have to die, and then enter the underworld. Xu Qi'an is a

person who has changed from an open chess to a dark chess."

My adoptive father actually values him so much... Nangong Qianrou and Yang Yan

straightened their faces.

Wei Yuan seemed to remember something, squinting his eyes and smiling: "Send someone to inform Li Yuchun that His Majesty has allowed Qi'an to make meritorious service while

serving his sentence, and he, Li Yuchun, will be reinstated."

After a pause, Wei Yuan's expression was half-smiled: "Be more solemn."

.....

Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao, led by the jailer, came to the dungeon with a happy face to

pick up their colleagues from prison.

At this time, Xu Qi'an was emptying his swollen bladder, holding the wall with one hand and

his brother with the other. He was startled by his colleagues and jailers who suddenly rushed

in, and his little hands trembled....

"Damn..." Xu Qi'an wiped his hands on his prison uniform while cursing.

"Ning Yan, Ning Yan, you don't have to die!" When the jailer took out the key to open the

door, Song Tingfeng laughed and said:

"His Majesty allows you to make up for your mistakes and make meritorious service while

serving your sentence."

His Majesty?

Xu Qi'an was stunned, and his first thought was: Damn, number one is His Majesty?!

He then denied his guess, patted Song Tingfeng on the shoulder calmly, and said in a deep

voice: "What happened?"

Song Tingfeng was eager to share his joy, and did not realize that he was being plotted

against. He told Xu Qi'an what happened in detail.

An explosion occurred in Sangpo... Yongzhen Shanhe Temple collapsed... Xu Qi'an's pupils

shrank, and he instantly thought of the strange cry for help he heard during the ancestor

worship.

In other words, the previous guess was not wrong.

That cry for help was not directed at him, he just heard it because of some special reason.

So, who was the cry for help from Sangpo directed at?

[Wo Ai] "Where is the magic sword enshrined in the temple?" Xu Qi'an pondered for a long

time and asked.

Song Tingfeng shook his head, indicating that he didn't know much, and then said: "Because

of you, the boss was dismissed. After you were locked up in the dungeon, he ran to the bottom

of the Haoqi Building, scolded the government office, and slapped Wei Gong in the face in public..."

This is indeed something that Chun Ge can do... Xu Qian'an was a little moved. After taking back the uniform, waist badge and sword from the prison head, Xu Qian'an was relieved to be told that the jade mirror was taken away by his cousin.

As expected, Wei Yuan did not want to kill him. Even if there was no pardon from His Majesty,

Dad Wei would surely find a reasonable reason to save him.

After leaving the dungeon, the two walked towards the outside of the government office.

When they were near the gate, they suddenly heard the sound of gongs.

Li Yuchun was escorted into the government office by several gongs. The leader of the gongs

beat the ordinary gong and shouted:

"Li Yinluo is reinstated..."

The clerks and night watchmen came out to watch and pointed at Li Yuchun.

Chun Ge blushed and walked away quickly with his head down.

Not far away, the three younger brothers looked at each other, and Xu Qi'an suggested: "The

boss has been reinstated, which is a good thing. Let's not disturb him."

Can't afford to lose this person... Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao nodded, and the three of

them reached an agreement.

Chun Ge was tricked by Wei Yuan. Yesterday you slapped him in the face in public, and today

he slapped you in the face with gongs and drums... Xu Qi'an decided in his heart that he would not offend Wei Yuan easily in the future. People who have lost a good chicken are usually not generous.

Xu Qi'an was stinking all over, and was in a hurry to go home to report the good news. He did

not stay in the government office, rode his beloved mare, and rushed home in a hurry. More than half an hour later, he returned to Xu's house.

The doorman Lao Zhang almost cried with joy. Xu Qi'an threw the reins to him and entered the

yard, intending to report the good news to his family first.

At this time, the family had already eaten breakfast. The second uncle was on duty, leaving Xu

Xinnian alone at home, talking to his mother in the back hall.

Seeing Xu Qian'an coming back, his aunt's beautiful eyes lit up, and then she suppressed her

joy and gave her nephew a habitual expression of disgust.

Xu Xinnian was surprised and said, "The princess took action so quickly?"

Xu Qian'an was stunned, and suddenly sorted out his thoughts. No wonder Emperor Yuan Jing

knew about him, a small figure. This was not reasonable.

It was the princess who recommended him to Emperor Yuan Jing... Well, it is not ruled out

that Wei Yuan seized the opportunity and created an opportunity for him to redeem himself. "Don't be optimistic too early, something has happened..." Xu Qian'an glanced at his aunt

and paused: "We'll talk later... Oh, I've made my aunt worry so much these past two days, I'm

so ashamed. I heard from Cijiu that my aunt stayed up all night for me." When his aunt heard this, she was furious, and glared at her outspoken son, and raised her

snow-white and pointed chin: "Huh~"

Xu Xinnian continued: "Father went to the Sitianjian yesterday to ask the white-robed

sorcerers to plead for mercy, but he got bad news."

He hesitated for a moment: "The Supervisor is sick."

"What?" Xu Qian'an questioned: "The Supervisor is sick?"

A first-class sorcerer, he's sick!

And he's a sorcerer who started out as a practitioner of healing the wounded.

Old detective Xu Qian'an immediately started to associate whether it was related to the changes in Sangpo. It's impossible that the Supervisor locked himself up in the Baguatai,

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"The specific situation is unknown." Xu Xinnian said, "I will go to the Royal Sword Guard

camp to find my father and comfort him."

My mother, who was whining all day long at my cousin, was so worried that she didn't sleep

all night. You can imagine how uncomfortable my father was.

"Okay!" Xu Qian'an said, "I'll go see Lingyue and Lingyin first. I have something to do later

and have to go back to the government office."

Let's talk about Sangbo later. There's no rush.

"By the way, I left the mirror in the study. Go get it yourself. The monk you asked me to find

has left and said he has clues about my junior brother." Xu Xinnian said.

I said, how could No. 1 be the emperor? No. 1 didn't know about this at all... My father Wei and

the eldest princess are still reliable.

Xu Qian'an came to the backyard and saw Xu Lingyin sitting under the eaves with her head

down, so small.

No one played with her, and no one was in the mood to pay attention to her.

The stupid child also knew that his elder brother was in trouble, so he was not happy to play

with the goose anymore. He hung his head and scribbled on the ground with a branch. "Hey, whose stupid child is this?" Xu Qi'an stopped not far away and laughed. Xu Lingyin raised her head suddenly and stared at him blankly. After a few seconds, her little

face was filled with a bright smile.

"Brother!"

She stood up suddenly, took her short legs, opened her arms, and rushed towards Xu Qi'an.

Xu Qi'an also rushed over, and in Xu Lingyin's smiling expression, he turned around and

hugged his sister behind him.

Xu Lingyin looked back blankly after rushing into nothingness.

"Wuwuwu....Brother..."

Xu Lingyue hugged Xu Qi'an's waist with both hands, buried her soft body in her cousin's

arms, and cried loudly.

The sister's waist was slender, her hair exuded a faint fragrance, and her body also had a faint

smell of rouge and powder.

Xu Qi stroked her back and comforted her: "It's okay, big brother is back."

Xu Lingyue didn't care, twisted her slender waist, and cried harder.

The last time big brother was locked up in the Ministry of Justice, Xu Lingyue was already very

sad, but that time was a conflict with the yamen, after all, it was a personal grudge.

And this time, the night watchman who came to the mansion to summon said that big brother

would be beheaded in the vegetable market in seven days.

The nature is completely different.

Of course, Xu Lingyue's concern is also related to the rapid development of her relationship

with her cousin during this period.

"Ah, the sisters of this era are still good, soft and cute." Xu Qi'an hugged the sister's delicate

body and sighed in his heart.

In his previous life, he didn't have a sister, but he had a cousin who didn't know how to act cute and cry to show weakness, and would only sneer at you with disdain: Ha, idiot. "Big brother, big brother..." Xu Lingyin jumped twice on the spot and said happily: "I'm

going to tell mom, mom definitely doesn't know you're back."

Xu Qian'an wanted to tell her that he came in through the door, not over the wall. After

thinking about it, he felt that there was no need to explain.

Nodded: "Go!"

"By the way," he called Xu Lingyin again and said: "You are so happy, are you because you can

eat three bowls of rice in the evening?"

Xu Lingyin was shocked. She didn't expect that her big brother would know her thoughts. Big

brother is really amazing.

She ran away in fear.