"Father, I'm sorry, Qixi was wrong!"
After sending Luo Xing away, Qixi came back and knelt in front of Wang Haifeng's bed. He knew Wang Haifeng's temper. If Luo Xing hadn't been there just now, he would have had a fit.
"That's all, our family knows that you are sincerely doing it for my own good." Wang Haifeng picked up the teacup and took a sip, with rare lack of punishment, "Get up."
"Thank you stepfather."
"Qixi, I treat you as a friend sincerely. From now on, even if I am no longer here, he may be able to protect you." Wang Haifeng ordered.
"My child will obey my foster father's instructions."
"There will be a big banquet in the palace as usual tomorrow night. With his current status, he is qualified to be invited to participate. Give this to him!" Wang Haifeng had a token made of topaz in his hand. It was crystal clear and very exquisite.
"This is the Xuanhuang Order, foster father, what are you doing..."
"No need to ask any more questions, just give it to him." Qixi was so surprised that her mouth opened wide.
"His qualifications are far above yours. Even those who come from major holy places may not be able to match him. Nanya can actually cultivate such a real dragon. It really surprises our family. After so many years, our family has There has never been such a figure in the Zhou court!" Wang Haifeng muttered to himself.
"Yes, the child knows." Qixi quickly hid the Xuanhuang Order close to her body. This thing is of great importance and cannot be leaked, otherwise it will attract covetous attention from all parties.
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After coming out of the palace, I passed by Zhuque Street and found that the street was packed with people, almost full of people. The shops on the street were decorated with lights and decorations, and preparations had begun to celebrate tomorrow's New Year's Eve.
The carriage could not move at all.
Luo Xing simply abandoned the carriage and rode home.
"Master Hou!" Ahai came out of the house and took the reins from Luo Xing's hand. According to the regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Master Hou could have personal guards.
Guards are private soldiers and must be recruited by yourself and registered with the Ministry of War, but you have to pay to support them yourself. The court only allows you to have them, but it will not give you money to raise private soldiers.
The maximum number of private soldiers for a first-class lord is three hundred, for a second-class lord, 200, for a first-class lord, there are only 100, and for a lord, the maximum number is one hundred.
Under normal circumstances, unless you are a marquis with military power, you usually do not raise too many private soldiers. You cannot afford to raise many private soldiers and do not dare to diversify them. For a poor marquis who has inherited the title from his ancestors, it would be good to have twenty or thirty private soldiers. , usually servants are used as servants.
Luo Xing is the second waiter. He is also qualified to recruit private soldiers. The upper limit is two hundred people, but he has not taken care of it yet.
Therefore, this huge Hou Mansion seemed very deserted.
There is no marquis in the capital who is more shabby than him. At least he can have a facade, but he doesn't even have a facade.
Since Luo Xing got married, there have been a lot of inquiries about the Hou Mansion recruiting people. There are a lot of people in need in this backyard, but the Hou Mansion just doesn't recruit people, so the reputation of this "poor" Hou has spread. Come.
Except that this mansion was given by His Majesty, there is not much else.
"Poor" is better than poor. At least there are not so many people coming to enjoy the autumn breeze, so the front of the Hou Mansion can be considered clean.
As soon as I returned to Tinghe Xuan.
Hong Ying came forward and said, "Brother Qi, the girl is awake."
"Let's go and take a look."
In the side room, the fox girl Susu had woken up. A group of people gathered in front of Luo's bed, including Qingyi, Xue Qingqing, Xue Shangxiang's mother and daughter, Qingfan and Hongxiu.
As for the girls who just came here last night, they are not qualified to come in yet.
Seeing Luo Xing, who was dressed in a unicorn robe, the fox girl Susu's eyes lit up, as if she were seeing a relative, and she whimpered but could not speak.
"Can't she speak?" Luo Xing was surprised when he saw this scene. He had not had any communication with the fox girl Susu and did not know what was going on with her.
"Probably not. Someone placed some kind of restraint on her, preventing her from making a sound." Xue Qingqing explained.
Restriction, is it acupuncture?
Luo Xing knew that martial arts in this world were developed, but his understanding of acupuncture points seemed to be much poorer. It might not be that he didn't know it, but that many secret techniques were in the hands of a few people and had not been published to benefit many people. That's all for now. The secret law prohibits this.
After all, after someone discovered the function of a certain acupuncture point or several acupuncture points, he cherished it and regarded it as the secret knowledge of his own lineage, passing it on from generation to generation and prohibiting it from being passed on to outsiders.
Some were passed down later and merged, and some were lost. After all, few martial artists like to write down their own writings, and even martial arts techniques sometimes change after being passed down from generation to generation.
Martial arts that were originally extremely powerful will become mediocre after being passed down for several generations. Perhaps a certain descendant will become brilliant again after discovering the correction, and then return to mediocrity. Everyone attributes this phenomenon to the qualifications of the practitioner, but few Will consider whether there are errors in the process of spreading the exercises.
No matter how good a book is, it is impossible to preserve it for hundreds of years if it is constantly used. Even paper made of animal skins will decay over time. What's more, the martial arts created by Jianghu Vendetta may have been lost long ago. If the memory is rewritten silently, it will still be the original one.
The topic has gone too far. In essence, it is the fault of each sect guarding its own secret method and refusing to communicate, learn from each other's strengths, and integrate them.
Compared with history, martial arts and spirituality in this world are heading towards a decline, but no one has noticed it.
It's just that martial arts and spirituality have declined, but civilization has not changed dramatically, and it has not moved on to another path of civilization development like the world in its past.
This is a bit exaggerated, but let’s go back to the question of why the fox girl Susu can’t speak.
Luo Xing came forward, stretched out his hand and tapped the fox girl Susu's chin a few times quickly. Susu opened her mouth and quickly said: "Ah..."
"I have opened my mouth and can speak..."
But when she opened her mouth to speak, what she spoke was not the official dialect of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the language of the Western Continent. No one present could understand her.
Luo Xing's eyes suddenly widened. He could actually understand the words of the fox girl Susu. She spoke an extremely rare language. This language was learned by Luo Xing when he went on a mission to a country in West Africa in his previous life. However, because of work needs, he learned this language, which is a very niche language.
Translated from the local language, it is called Ancient Lingyu.
He didn't understand why the fox girl spoke this language. These two different worlds really had something in common.
The pronunciation of the language, weights and measures, solar terms, and even the customs of this world all have a distinct style from the Tang and Song Dynasty in my original world, and even the characters are very similar.
He has always suspected that the two worlds have some kind of common relationship, and even myths about the coming of spiritual gods to save mankind are deeply imprinted on his own world.
"What's your name?" Luo Xing tried to ask in ancient spiritual language.
"Susu."
Well, this has to be transliterated, but it will not affect the subsequent communication.
All the girls looked at Luo Xing with great wonder. It was incredible that he could understand the language of the fox girl clan.
Not only can they understand, but they can also speak and communicate with them without any barriers.
Everyone just listened to their chattering for a while, then stopped, and then looked eagerly at Luo Xing to explain to them.
"Her name is Susu. She is indeed from the Sky Fox clan, but she is not a saint. She is just an ordinary Sky Fox girl. She was captured by a bounty hunter, transported by sea to the Eastern Continent, and then put up for auction. , after she was taken away from the ghost market, the buyer handed her over to someone who came to help her. She escaped while she was unprepared. Fortunately, she met us and didn't freeze to death." Luo Xing explained to everyone .
"So that's the case, but Xiaoqi, she is a slave. Once her master comes, you still have to return her." Xue Qingqing said.
"The imperial court does not recognize slave status. Since she has left the ghost market, she is not a slave. At most, she can live with another identity, but slaves do not exist in the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty." Luo Xing said.
"However, this has been a rule for thousands of years. Everyone has accepted it. As long as she is bought from the ghost market, even though she is not a slave on the surface, she still needs to sign a contract of sale with her master, confirming that she will be a slave for life. Her identity is in line with the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty." Xue Qingqing added, "Otherwise, she has no identity and is a black household. Unless she stays at home and stays in your house, she must obtain an identity. "
"This..." Luo Xing hesitated. Xue Qingqing was right. Once Susu was exposed, her identity would not be difficult to check. If she did not have a formal identity, she would not be able to survive in Luojing.
"Let's stay here first. We can discuss the matter of identity later."
"Well, that's all it can do."
"Qingyi, come with me." Luo Xing called Qingyi, went back to the study and closed the door.
"His Majesty summoned me, asked about the status of the case, and gave me a deadline. The case must be solved before the Lantern Festival."
"Do you have a clue?"
"There is only one person who is suspicious, but there is no direct evidence. I don't plan to arrest him immediately. I will observe and observe first." Luo Xing said, "In addition, Jiang Songping went to see Si Miaomiao. Through the underground secret passage of Yunxiu Tower, Aunt Hua, who injured her left ankle by me, was arranged by Si Miaomiao to stay in Yunxiu Building to recuperate."
"What do you need me to do?"
"There must be someone watching over at Yunxiu Tower. Maybe Jiang Songping and Aunt Hua have been exposed a long time ago. If they hadn't gone to Si Miaomiao, there might have been room for change. But now, I have no choice but to arrest them. ”
"Catch who?"
"Si Miaomiao and Aunt Hua!" Luo Xing said, "And Jiang Songping, we must take them down in one fell swoop."
"Are you worried that the Imperial City Division will strike first?"
"I always feel that the Imperial City Division has a slight hostility towards me, and I have to seize the upper hand first."
"Okay, I'll take someone there!" Qingyi said without any hesitation.
"Thank you for your hard work. I will explain to Your Highness." Luo Xing nodded. He could only rest assured if he left this matter to Qingyi. Although Aunt Hua was injured, if she really had to risk her life, the others would not be hers. The opponent, Qingyi, is a first-grade grand master who can hold the position.
"Over Jiang Songping's side, I asked Aqiang to keep an eye on him. He can be taken at any time, so you don't have to worry about it."
"Okay, then do you need to sleep for a while before going to the Yamen?"
"No, I have to go to the Grand Governor to report the situation. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. There are too many things to do. I won't sleep." Luo Xing wiped his face and said.
"There are so many people at home, and we don't have time now. Why don't we let Hongying take care of it? She will also be in your house in the future anyway." Qingyi said.
"Okay, it's up to you. You are the eldest lady, and you have the final say in matters at home." Luo Xing nodded. The matter of taking Hongying as his concubine has been decided privately, but it has not been made public. Just announced.
Luo Xing and Qingyi had just gotten married, and then they took concubines. It was not good to spread the news.
After changing his clothes, Luo Xing rode his horse directly to Nanya.
First, he went to see Zhuo Chunfeng and gave a general report on the situation when Emperor Yongxi summoned him. This was necessary. Even if Zhuo Chunfeng didn't want to know, he still had to report.
Moreover, he also needed Zhuo Chunfeng's support for this case, otherwise how could he use Nanya's resources to solve the case?
Also, he had to go to the secret files and read some files, so he had to have a clear target direction.
Who could have the ability to disguise himself as Su Manqing, deceive Si Miaomiao, and send a wrong order to Fang Tianfu and Jiang Songping in Shuozhou?
It was this wrong assassination order that led to Ye Liuli being suspected of being the instigator behind the assassination of the fourth prince of Xirong. He was placed under house arrest in the palace and lost his freedom.
If Si Miaomiao has no problem, then it is the Xiuning beside her. She can see Su Manqing, have access to the seal of Ye Liuli's secret letter, and is familiar with Ye Liuli's handwriting. She has every chance to forge it, even if The person pretending to be Su Manqing is not her, so she must be complicit.
Luo Xing didn't want to touch Si Miaomiao, he wanted to lure the snake out of its hole. It seemed that the other party was very vigilant and time did not allow it, so he would not give her this chance.
So, just knock on the mountain to shock the tiger.
If the other party can set up such a clever game, it will definitely not reveal its flaws easily. Xiu Ning is one of theirs. If Si Miaomiao is caught, she will definitely take action. As long as you keep an eye on her, you won't have to worry about finding out what's going on behind the scenes. man of.
But it doesn't rule out that Xiu Ning will be abandoned after being used. No matter what, this method must be tried.
"Master Luo, all the information you want is here."
"Okay, thank you." Luo Xing nodded. There was a vast amount of secret information. If he were to find it by himself, he would have to ask his master's subordinates to help him find it.
These Nanya will continuously collect and update the secret files of Jianghu, and will also communicate and share them with the Imperial City Department and Zhenwuyuan.
Therefore, Nanya's database can be regarded as the most comprehensive master of the secrets of various sects in the world.
Especially those who are famous in the world will create file cards and then record them in categories.
The content of the file card is very rich, almost comparable to the files of the previous life. In addition to some regular information such as identity and place of origin, there is also a description of the appearance, some portraits, and the life of the character.
After reading this, you can basically understand what a martial arts figure has done in his life or half of his life.
In addition, each file card also has an introduction to the relevant person and the file card number for easy search.
Here are not only the ones Wang Haifeng mentioned, but also his own, the ghost woman's, and the dwarf girl Xiao Yu's.
(End of chapter)
