Xu Zhiqiong feels that he is a very reasonable person.
This ruffian named Kang Guangsi really wanted to die. He got into the noose by himself and kicked the stool by himself. It had nothing to do with Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong held up the firewood and said, "Do you think it has nothing to do with me?"
When Kang Guangsi saw the gleaming firewood stick, he quickly put his head into the noose. Just as he was about to kick the stool, the Taoist priest took it off the noose.
Xu Zhiqiong was puzzled: "Master, why did you save him? Shouldn't this man die?"
"This man does deserve to die, but if he dies like this, you will be punished." After saying that, the Taoist priest casually broke Kang Guangsi's neck and threw it aside.
Xu Zhiqiong was unhappy: "Master, you said that the eighth grade cannot kill people. I just don't kill people. This is according to your rules. Why do you say it doesn't count?"
The Taoist priest snorted: "Tomorrow you kill someone with a knife, but you say it was the person who was killed by the knife, not you. Does this count?"
Xu Zhiqiong's eyes lit up: "Can you really count?"
"Bah!" the Taoist Master spat, "You use this method to force evil people to commit suicide, but it is the same as killing people with your own hands. It goes against the original intention of our Taoist sect. As an eighth-grade judge and guide bookkeeper, you have to lead evil people to death. On the way, borrow the help of others to get rid of them."
Borrow someone else's hand?
Xu Zhiqiong's eyes lit up again: "I just deliberately led him to the road of death, and got rid of him with the help of Master!"
"Bah!" the master spat again, "You took advantage of me, but you ended up on my head! You still don't know how to act as a guide, so be it, I'll find someone to give you some guidance, and you can go to Zhu Skull Teahouse to find him. Zhu Junliang, the shopkeeper of the house, handed him a token and said that you are here to learn the art, and he will teach you how to do it."
Zhu Skull Tea House, this place sounds familiar.
Almost all the members of Meng Shizhen's team have been to the Zhu Skull Tea House, but Xu Zhiqiong has never been. He is an upright person and does not like to go to places like the Painting Tea House.
"Master, where is the token?"
The Taoist priest picked up a stick of firewood from the ground and handed it to Xu Zhiqiong: "Take it."
Xu Zhiqiong took the firewood stick and said, "I'll take this and go find the shopkeeper of Zhu Gu Gu Tea House?"
"What's wrong?"
"Master, can you give me a more decent token?"
"You picked it up, but it's not easy to use? Didn't you take advantage of it when you beat up Feng Jing'an?"
"I hit him with ease, but I'm not going to hit anyone this time..."
"Xedi Luosu, that's it!" The Taoist Master looked at Kang Guangsi's body and pointed to the horn on his finger, "Let's take away the sinful karma. Although it won't count this time, the merit will still be left to you."
Don’t Taoist priests need merit?
This horn is not short, measuring three inches and a half, but since the Taoist Priest is above the fourth grade, he must not look down upon this meritorious service.
After picking off the horns, the Taoist priest left, and Xu Zhiqiong also returned home.
He was not in a hurry to go to the Zhu Skull Teahouse. When he went there, he had to learn skills, and to learn skills, he had to make trouble. He didn't know how an eighth-grade judge would make trouble.
It doesn't hurt to do a small thing, like killing a gangster like Kang Guangsi. Xu Zhiqiong didn't even bother to deal with the corpse, so he threw it in the Beggar Village.
But if you want to make something big happen, you'd better wait until the dust settles on Liang Yuming's case, and at least go back to the Yamen to inquire about the news.
In the next two days, Xu Zhiqiong carefully understood the changes in cultivation after promotion in the hook bar. Qi Xin'an happened to be there too. The two of them had a discussion about whether it is better to be rounder or lighter during the cultivation process.
Have in-depth exchanges.
After the rest, Xu Zhiqiong returned to the Yamen.
He expected that someone would ask about the case, not even a question, but an interrogation.
Xu Zhiqiong was fully prepared. He carefully conceived the other party's questions and prepared corresponding answers. Xu Zhiqiong was fully prepared for what could and could not be said.
But the yamen was extremely quiet, and no one mentioned anything related to the case.
In the main hall were the memorial tablets of Yi Xulou and other eleven fallen soldiers. Wang Zhennan reminded: "Zhi Qiong, please put some incense sticks on each of your brothers."
Xu Zhiqiong put incense on every spiritual place. He wanted to go to Mingdengxuan to ask about the situation, but was told that Wu Xu went to the palace with Zhong Shen and never came back for a day.
Because Meng Shizhen was injured, Wang Zhennan led the night patrol that night. Chu He also suffered some injuries, but they were not serious. Sha Dao was in good health and recovered quickly. Chu He only wore some bandages.
Everyone arrived tonight in good order, Ma Guangli, Li Pu'an, and Lu Yinpeng were all present, but Yang Wu was the only one missing.
Chu He whispered to Xu Zhiqiong: "Yang Wu has been locked up in a small room for three days. This is an order from Qianhu. His father can't even see him. Zhiqiong, please think of a way...
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"What are you thinking of?" Chu He's words were heard by Wang Zhennan, "Zhiqiong, you can't do anything about this matter if you don't care about it. It's easier for him to be locked up in a small room. This guy should go to jail!"
It seems that nothing Yang Wu did escaped Wu Xu's eyes.
What will he do with Yang Wu?
I'm afraid that as Wang Zhennan said, Xu Zhiqiong has nothing to do with this matter.
There were many people tonight, and the night patrol was fast. After lighting all the night lights, Xu Zhiqiong wanted to go to the Peach Blossom Pavilion and ask Chu He about what happened in the past few days. Unexpectedly, Wang Zhennan summoned everyone and went to Zhu Skull Tea together.
Square.
"You two have made great achievements. Brother, I will be your host tonight and go to the Zhukulong Teahouse to celebrate your achievements."
What a coincidence? We want to go to Zhu Skull Teahouse?
Xu Zhiqiong doesn't want to see shopkeeper Zhu yet, and he still doesn't know how far the case has progressed.
But Wang Zhennan wanted to celebrate the two of them by name, and it was hard for Xu Zhiqiong to disgrace him.
Zhu Skull Teahouse is a three-story teahouse. Wang Zhennan asked for a large room on the second floor. The brothers sat around and after a while, several tea masters came over to order tea.
The tea doctor is a master who specializes in making tea and ordering tea. In Zhu Skull Tea House, it refers to the tea ordering lady.
Tea-ordering ladies are different from ordinary beauties. They all have exquisite tea skills.
Daxuan advocates tea art and can form various patterns in the process of making tea. This is considered a basic skill for the tea lady.
A light and handsome tea-ordering lady was making tea for Wang Zhennan. The white tea soup was rolling in the tea cup, and the pattern gradually emerged.
Everyone craned their necks to watch, and Ma Guangli exclaimed: "It's Biaoji, she named Biaoji!"
This lady was very sensible and knew that they were all lantern-carrying men, so she deliberately pointed out the pattern of Biao Chi.
Everyone praised her, and Li Pu'an wanted to take the opportunity to touch his wife's body, but Wang Zhennan glared back.
Wang Zhennan is a gentle man, so he has to start with his small hands.
“This girl’s tea art is extraordinary!”
Dr. Tea looked a little shy and said: "Master Qing Deng is so complimentary."
After eating three cups of tea in a row, Wang Zhennan touched every part of his body and couldn't help but sigh: "Zhi Qiong, Chu He, you two are so lucky. You have won the favor of thousands of households, but you have made such a big contribution."
Xu Zhiqiong's heart trembled, how could such a thing be mentioned on such an occasion?
But everyone looked relaxed and didn't seem to care too much. Could it be that the case has been settled?
Chu He smiled naively and said, "Didn't Wang Qingdeng also make meritorious deeds?"
Wang Zhennan smiled bitterly and said: "What kind of merit do I have? You go into battle to kill the enemy, and I will take people to Yinggeyuan to capture the master of the pavilion. Even if you tell me, it will make people feel miserable!"
Ma Guangli said from the side: "No, no, Yinggeyuan is a good place. I have never been there, but this time I borrowed the light from Wang Qingdeng."
Everyone laughed loudly, but Wang Zhennan did not laugh.
"Look at your potential!" Wang Zhennan really felt regretful for missing this battle, "Zhiqiong, you are so strict, you didn't say a word to my brother!"
Xu Zhiqiong said naively: "I, I always listen to Qianhu's orders."
"Thousand households!" Wang Zhennan sighed again, "I'm afraid it won't be our Qian households in the future."
What does this mean?
Is Wu Xu going to be fired?
After making such great achievements, he is actually being dismissed from his post?
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Wang Zhennan in surprise, and Li Pu'an said from the sidelines: "You haven't heard yet, our Qianhu will be promoted. Liang Daguan's family personally said that the previous matter of King Qing will be forgotten, Wu Qianhu will be promoted to deputy commander!
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Gu Shuai
Liang Daguanjia is a common saying in the capital city of Daxuan. Because Emperor Daxuan’s surname was Liang, Liang Daguanjia refers to Emperor Zhaoxing.
Just as Wu Xu expected, he was indeed promoted.
Is this a good thing?
Xu Zhiqiong was thinking, but his expression didn't follow up in time. Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong was not surprised at all, Wang Zhennan asked: "Zhiqiong, did you know about this a long time ago?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and asked naively: "I don't know about this. I was just thinking, is the deputy commander bigger than Qianhu?"
Everyone laughed loudly, and Wang Zhennan said: "The deputy commander is from the third rank, and the Qianhu is from the fifth rank. Which one do you think is bigger?"
Xu Zhiqiong was surprised when he heard this: "That's really a promotion, a big promotion!"
Lu Yinpeng asked: "When Wu Qianhu becomes deputy commander, who will be in charge of the lamp office in the future?"
Ma Guangli said: "Who else could it be? Chen Yuanzhong!"
Li Pu'an sighed: "Yi Hongdeng has a hard life. In terms of qualifications, it was his turn to be a Qianhu, but he didn't expect to die at the hands of Xiao Songting."
Wang Zhennan looked dejected and said: "Everyone is destined to have a high official position in this life."
Wu Xu was promoted, but he had to hand over the lamp yamen.
No wonder Wu Xu felt so depressed when talking about promotion.
While everyone was sighing, Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "How did Liang Yuming deal with it?"
This is what he cares about most.
"Liang Yuming?" Wang Zhennan shook his head and said, "This matter has nothing to do with him. You saw it wrong that night."
"I read it wrong?"
Ma Guangli said: "Isn't it just that you saw it wrong? What you saw that night was a puppet, a flesh-and-blood puppet made by Xiao Songting, who was deliberately framed to blame Prince Huai."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I am blind and can't see it, but Dean Lin and Jiang Shaoshi were both there that night. Did they also see it wrong?"
Wang Zhennan waved his hands and said: "I did see it wrong. Don't mention it again."
I misunderstood a sentence and was dismissed?
There were so many people present to testify and the evidence was just dismissed?
Xu Zhiqiong thought that Liang Yuming might get away with it, but he didn't expect that the matter would be handled so perfunctorily!
In anger, Xu Zhiqiong was worried that his expression would lose control, so he drank two cups of tea, took the opportunity to go to the toilet, and left the private room.
After standing by the window and blowing the wind for a while, Xu Zhiqiong calmed down a bit. He didn't rush back to the private room, but went to the first floor.
He was going to find the tea shop owner.
Now that the case has been settled, I have nothing to worry about. I simply meet with Shopkeeper Zhu, learn the rules of the eighth rank, and handle the matter of promotion.
In the main hall, Xu Zhiqiong found Captain Jiancha.
The Captain of Sencha was a woman in her early thirties, who was the manager of the daily affairs of the teahouse. She had basically the same status as the Madam. Xu Zhiqiong asked to see their shopkeeper.
In the flower tea house, it is not an ordinary thing to meet the shopkeeper. Most of the time, you are here to cause trouble.
Although Captain Sencha didn't want to offend the lantern holder, he didn't dare to alert the shopkeeper easily. He could only say with a smile on his face: "Master lantern holder, why did we fail to greet you well? Is it because the tea is not satisfied, or is it the lady who ordered the tea?
Not satisfied? We’ll just replace it for you.”
"I'm satisfied. I'm not here to provoke. I have something important to do with your shopkeeper."
"If you have anything important to do, please tell me first. Our shopkeeper has been feeling unwell recently and it's really inconvenient to see customers."
After a long time of talking, Captain Jiancha refused to let him see him. If it had been anywhere else, Xu Zhiqiong would have gotten angry.
But today he was very restrained. After all, he was here to learn skills and he couldn't offend others.
He took out the firewood stick and handed it to Captain Sencha: "Please give it to your shopkeeper to take a look at it. I think he must recognize this thing."
Colonel Sencha was in trouble: "This, this, this thing, no, it's not easy to give it to our shopkeeper, right?"
Xu Zhiqiong stared at Captain Sencha for a moment. The Captain did not dare to say anything more and asked the waiter to open a private room for Xu Zhiqiong to wait. He also called a tea doctor to come and serve him.
After drinking two cups of tea, Captain Sencha hurried into the private room: "Master Denglang, our shopkeeper has collected the things. He said that there has been some inconvenience these days. He will come to see you in a few days. Don't be surprised.
, don’t be offended.”
This shopkeeper Zhu is so arrogant!
Xu Zhiqiong remained silent and returned to the main room, with Colonel Sencha following behind him and apologizing all the way.
Wang Zhennan asked: "Zhiqiong, what's wrong with you? It took you so long to go to the toilet?"
Xu Zhiqiong said naively: "Downstairs, I met a girl downstairs. She is quite handsome. I looked at her for a long time, but I didn't dare to go up and talk to her."
Ma Guangli smiled and said: "I don't see you being scared when I kill people, but you are afraid of this? Which girl is so handsome? Let's go! Brother, I will accompany you to call her up!"
Xu Zhiqiong waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Goodbye, I'm afraid..."
"I'm so scared!"
Xu Zhiqiong sniffed: "The girl just led me into the small room. She said she wanted to bite me. I was afraid that she would eat me, so I finally ran out."
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Wang Zhennan sighed: "You're going to be bitten hard tonight. It's getting late. Let's each choose a lady. Let's rest upstairs."
Everyone was chattering about choosing their favorite Dr. Tea. Ma Guangli and Li Pu'an fell in love with a girl at the same time, and almost got into a quarrel. During the commotion, they suddenly saw the lights flickering outside the window. Lu Yinpeng frowned and said: "There is something going on at the Yamen. Let's go back!"
The lamplighters did not dare to neglect and quickly straightened their clothes. Wang Zhennan paid for the tea and led everyone to leave the tea house in a hurry.
"What's the matter that forces us to go back at this time?" Everyone was wondering all the way. Anything that could interrupt the lantern man's night patrol was an earth-shattering event.
On the way, we passed the Tsing Yi Pavilion. The lights in the Tsing Yi Pavilion were also on, and all the Tsing Yi people gathered in the attic.
Passing by Wuwei Camp, the camp was brightly lit and soldiers from each battalion were neatly arrayed.
Something really big happened.
Returning to the yamen, Zhong Shen stood in the center of the main hall, with Wu Xu standing next to him. Next to Wu Xu stood two fourth masters of the Yin and Yang Division (the official position of the Yin and Yang Division, with an official rank of fifth rank, directly under the Taibu). Two fourth masters stood behind him. There are more than a dozen yin and yang cultivators, among whom there is an acquaintance, He Fang, a seventh-grade yin and yang cultivator.
What are they here for?
Behind the group of onmyojis, there is a stone tower more than seven feet high. The stone tower is divided into nine floors, and a circle of candles is lit around each floor.
Wang Zhennan is a knowledgeable person and saw some clues: "This is the Ruiming Tower. It is to test our cultivation."
Xu Zhiqiong was startled: "Test, what are you doing to test your cultivation?"
Wang Zhennan shook his head, he didn't know the reason.
Not long after, all the lamplighters from all walks of life arrived, including those who took a bath and asked for leave.
Zhong Shen stepped forward and said: "Tonight I am going to test the cultivation level of the staff of our Imperial City Department. I have no other intention. Don't be alarmed."
After speaking, Zhong Shen looked at Wu Xu.
Wu Xu's first test was when he pressed his hand on the top of the tower. The candles under the tower flickered, and the first floor of the tower lit up instantly. This floor represented the ninth level of cultivation.
Next came the second floor, the third floor, the fourth floor, the fifth floor, and on the sixth floor, the fire flickered but did not light up.
The fifth level represents the fifth level of cultivation, and the sixth level represents the fourth level of cultivation.
This shows that Wu Xu's cultivation level is at the fifth level, very close to the fourth level, which is exactly the same as the rumors from the outside world.
But Xu Zhiqiong knew that Wu Xu must be more than the fifth level, and he didn't know how to hide his cultivation level.
He can hide, what should I do?
It was still ninth grade before, but now it suddenly becomes seventh grade. How to explain it?
This is absolutely impossible to happen in the killing path. Every time you advance to a level in the killing path, it depends entirely on practice and polishing. It is impossible to be suddenly promoted.
If the explanation doesn't make sense, I'm afraid the judge's identity will be exposed...