The night sky is full of stars.

The tallest building in Dafeng Beijing, the Stargazing Tower, and the office of Si Tianjian.

The girl in the yellow dress climbed up with light steps, and when she passed the seventh floor, she heard a noisy commotion coming from the Dan room.

A group of alchemists dressed in white, arguing with red faces and red ears.

"Why did it fail again? ”

"I said it, it must be the wrong amount of salt. ”

"No, I think it's water. ”

"It's a fire, right? Just now I saw Senior Brother Wan boiling the salt. ”

"It's too difficult, the alchemy spell of turning salt into silver is too difficult, I can't. ”

The corner of the girl in the yellow dress named Cai Wei twitched, and she muttered, "This group of people is still refining fake silver." ”

Two days ago, she brought the story of turning salt into silver back to Si Tianjian, and the senior brothers began to disbelieve it.

Can salt be turned into silver?

Three-year-olds don't believe it.

But soon, the tax and silver case was solved, and His Majesty felt that the fake silver was extremely powerful and quite miraculous, and ordered Qin Tian to supervise the production of fake silver.

As a result, the alchemists of Qin Tianjian began to explode their livers, and devoted themselves to the blessings of 996 day and night.

From two days ago, to now, I have been defeated and defeated.

"Cai Wei is the younger sister of Cai Wei. Someone shouted excitedly.

In an instant, the haggard faces turned around, and a pair of eyes suddenly lit up.

"Senior Sister Caiwei, how did this fake silver come out. ”

"Senior Sister Caiwei, come and help me see if there is a problem with the steps? You are the only one who has successfully refined the fake silver. ”

Surrounded the girls in yellow dresses.

Chu Caiwei had no choice but to enter the Dan room and watch the process of refining fake silver by the senior brothers.

"Failed again!" lamented a white-clothed alchemist who was operating on the spot.

"Senior Sister Caiwei, what's wrong?" the white clothes put on a posture of humbly seeking advice.

There's no problem, that's how I made it.... Chu Caiwei muttered: "This is the alchemy that has been handed down in ancient times, which is profound and obscure, not that it can be learned if you learn it, but you need to teach it in simple terms before it can be deeply rooted." I will teach you a mantra to remember. ”

The brothers took a listening posture.

"Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxyfluorine, neon, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus!" Chu Caiwei was lucky with Dantian, word by word, and spit out this amazing mantra.

"Is this recipe for reconciliation?" The senior brothers didn't know how to understand every word, and they were stunned when they put it together.

I don't know what this thing is either.... Chu Caiwei pretended to smile deeply and was silent.

"Wizard, genius, the man who wrote this mantra is really a genius of alchemy. A senior brother in white sighed.

Where is the wizard, senior brother, don't think nonsense! Chu Caiwei's smile remained unchanged.

"Senior Sister Caiwei, who told you this mantra. Did my sister meet a master of alchemy and get his guidance?"

Chu Caiwei said in her heart, good question!

"That person's name is Xu Qi'an, the nephew of Xu Pingzhi in the seven-rank green robe of the Imperial Sword Battalion, you just look for him. ”

When they heard that it was a martial artist, the white-clothed people were unhappy.

"Joke, I'm a dignified celestial supervisor, full of talents, and I have to find outsiders to refine fake silver?"

"And he's a martial artist. ”

"Wouldn't it be a joke to spread it? ”

Depending on the system of practice, several very interesting chains of contempt are formed.

The Taoist gate looks down on the Buddha gate, and the Buddha gate despises it.

Warlocks look down on wizards, wizards look down on Gu masters, and Gu masters look down on warlocks.

Then, the Dao Buddha Warlock Wizard and the Gu Master looked down on the martial artist together.

As for Confucianism, I'm sorry, IMHO, everyone here is rubbish.

However, Confucianism has weakened in modern times.

"Senior Sister Caiwei, you can guide us. ”

Cai Wei 'heh': "Next time, definitely!"

She squeezed out of the group of white-clothed senior brothers and continued to climb the stairs.

Actually, she didn't understand either.

Last time in the mansion, I made fake silver in one go, but afterwards Cai Wei tried again in private and failed.

Exactly replicated the previous process, but it just failed, and she didn't know why.

The roof of the stargazing tower is not a normal eaves, but an octagonal platform, which secretly coincides with the gossip.

Hence the name Bagua Terrace.

On the edge of the gossip platform, an old man in white crouched in front of the desk, holding a wine glass in his hand and holding his head in the other, as if he was drunk but not drunk, looking at the capital below.

The girl in the yellow dress didn't bother, and the master didn't do anything serious on weekdays, so she liked to sit on the gossip table and drink and watch the scenery.

I don't like to be disturbed yet.

Squinted at the glass of wine, saying that he was concentrating on the world.

"Cai Wei is here?" said the old man in white with a smile.

"Master. The girl in the yellow dress smiled, trotted over, and stood on the edge of the gossip, her skirt flying.

"What reward does the emperor have?"

"A few hundred taels of silver, a few pieces of silk. The girl in the yellow dress said, "Master, what is the fake silver?"

"I don't know if it's a teacher. ”

"Is there anything in the world that Master doesn't know?"

"Too much, too much. The old man in white smiled and said, "Master doesn't know where those thieves went nineteen years ago. ”

"You always say that the thieves of nineteen years ago were hateful, but you don't tell me who they are or what they stole from. ”

The old man in white got up, stood on the edge of the octagonal platform, and sighed: "The stolen things are amazing." ”

"Do you know who made the fake silver? "Si Tianjian is the birthplace of the warlock system, and the alchemists under the heavens, even if they are not born in Si Tianjian, must have a relationship with Si Tianjian.

Behind the tax and silver case, there is an alchemist involved, and refining this strange thing is by no means ordinary.

"As a teacher, you naturally know. ”

.......

Small courtyard, main house.

Xu Qi'an was lying on the bed, staring at the criss-crossing beams by the bright moon that came in through the window.

He was worried about his future, a little panicked and a little enthusiastic.

With the high-quality products produced by my nine-year compulsory education, the knowledge in my head is all hanging.

It is easy to stand out in the backward monarchy society and become the most beautiful flower.

However, in a society where imperial power is supreme, it often means that human rights cannot be guaranteed.

This is a phenomenon that makes any modern person feel very sad.

Thinking about it, Xu Qi'an fell asleep, and when he woke up, the sky was bright, he put on a dark color tolerance suit, tied his belt, tied his long hair, and then hung the Pu knife around his waist.

The posture is straight, masculine and handsome.

I have to admit that ancient clothing has a bonus to appearance and temperament, but it is too troublesome to go to the toilet.

I went over the wall to the second uncle's house for breakfast, the uncle and nephew went out to work together, Xu Pingzhiguan was reinstated, and everything was as usual.

Changle County Ya is the attached Guo County of the capital, Yamen is in the city, six or seven miles away from Xu's house, Xu Qi'an has no horses, no carriages, had to take the No. 11 bus, two quarters of an hour to the county Ya.

Changle County Ya sits in the north and faces south, two stone lions with the same height as people at the door, and on both sides of the red and brown lacquered gate, there are big drums with peeling paint.

The structure of the county government is worth mentioning, the largest is of course the magistrate, called the chief official, he has two deputies, one is the county officer, and the other is the chief bookkeeper.

These three are high-grade court officials, and they were organized in Xu Qi'an's era.

Under the three imperial court officials, there is a canonical history, also known as the chief official.

But there is no grade, no flow.

Then there are three classes and six rooms: the third class is the soap class, the fast class, and the Zhuang class, which are responsible for the honor guard, public security, arrest, etc., and the six rooms correspond to the six departments of the imperial court.

Xu Qi'an is the errand in the fast class, and he is called catching fast in the bright room.

Entering the yamen, it happened that the warden was ordering, and Li Dianshi, who was standing in front of the hall, saw Xu Qi'an, who had a knife on his hips, and was stunned.

That expression, as if the blue sky had seen a ghost in the daytime.

The officials noticed that the leader's expression was wrong, and they all turned their heads to look, and then, it was the same ghostly expression.

"Xu, Xu Qi'an, are you a human or a ghost?!" someone said in a trembling voice.

Li Dianshi noticed Xu Qi'an's shadow on the ground, his heart was slightly relieved, and his tone was calm: "What nonsense is there in the court, do ghosts have shadows?"

When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Qi'an thought for a while, and continued: "It can't be said to be the walking dead." ”

Li Dianshi was shocked, and the hearts of the officials were tight.

Xu Qi'an hurriedly clenched his fists: "Just kidding, I've met Master Dianshi, colleagues, I'm out of prison." ”

Li Dianshi asked, "What's going on?"

The Xu family was imprisoned for the tax and silver case, and they heard about it.

"Naturally, he atonemented for his sins, made meritorious contributions to his sins, and forgave the Xu family's guilt. Xu Qi'an immediately repeated the matter again, but gave the credit to the second uncle, and took out the voucher given by the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion.

At the same time, I also have a number in my heart, although the tax silver has been found, but the verdict has not yet come down, which means that the dust has not yet settled on the case of the disappearance of the tax bank, after all, you have to go through the process, not so fast.

Therefore, the group of officials of the Changle County Ya did not know about it.

At the end of the point, a few familiar catchers immediately came up and congratulated each other.

"Ning Yan, you have to have a drink with a treat. ”

In this day and age, it is not necessary to address a friend. When introducing yourself, use your first name.

"Yes, if you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing, and you have to be treated. ”

"I heard that the house on Linshui Street has bought a new batch of Qingqi people, Ning Yan, come with us tonight?"

It's okay to have a drink as a treat, but the sleeping woman still wants me to invite, it's too much.... Xu Qi'an just wanted to shirk and say that he had no money, but suddenly stepped on a hard bump under his feet, and when he looked down, it was a grain of broken silver.

He immediately stepped on it, remained silent, and pretended to look at the scenery everywhere.

Waiting for everyone to take a few steps forward, Xu Qi'an quickly lowered his head and picked up the income purse, and his face did not change.

After walking through the corridor and sitting in the side hall on the west side for a few minutes, Li Dianshi came in with a gloomy face and looked at Wang Zhutou: "Old Wang, the county commander let us go to the inner hall." ”

Wang Zhutou's face was bitter, and he went out silently.

Xu Qi'an watched Wang Zhutou's back disappear and asked, "What's the matter, the leader's face is not very good-looking." ”

"In the past few days that you have been in prison, there has been a murder on Kangping Street, and the death was a wealthy businessman, and the county commander was furious, and he had to arrest Wang and scold him every day. ”

"It's just that a businessman is dead, there is no need for the county commander to be angry. Xu Qi'an swallowed melon seeds.

Since ancient times, life has been a big case, but as the county order of Guo County attached to the capital, from the five products, it will not be like this.

"Heh, the relationship between the merchant and a certain adult in the matter, I think it was the pressure from there. The official said, "Moreover, this year is the Year of Gengzi." ”

"Gengzi year?" Xu Qi'an didn't react.

"Jingcha!" the official pointed out.