Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 144 The Past That Zhao Qi'an Doesn't Want to Mention
After An Shoudao mentioned the Imperial Master, he looked at Zhao Qi'an and asked with a smile, "Does Mr. Zhao know what to do?"

Zhao Qi'an smiled slightly and said, "If I had known this, I would not have treated Guan Xiang's external injuries yesterday, but would have asked someone to carry him to the Xuntian Observatory as it is."

"Haha."

An Shoudao stroked his beard and laughed, "That's right, that's right, it should be so."

After some chatting and laughing, the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

An Shoudao then asked, "Speaking of which, when I was checking the injury of your fourth son just now, I found a heart mark in his Niwan. What's going on? His breakthrough this time must be related to this. Is this the opportunity arranged for him by Mr. Zhao?"

When it comes to this, Zhao Qi'an said helplessly: "I guess so, but it just backfired."

He turned sideways, took out an ancient long sword placed next to the futon, and handed it to An Shoudao.

An Shoudao did not take it, but just took a look at it, and suddenly understood: "Zhu Xie? This knife actually fell into the hands of the boss?"

Zhao Qi'an said: "This magic weapon contains the 'mind' of the original owner, which is very consistent with Guan Xiang. I gave him this sword because I hoped that he would be able to comprehend the 'mind' in the sword one day, but I didn't expect that it would backfire and let him break through at such an inappropriate time, resulting in damage to his Yuan Tai."

An Shoudao shook his head and said, "The world is unpredictable, how can we blame Zhao Dongjia?"

"But..." He paused for a moment, looked at Zhao Qian'an, and asked doubtfully, "Boss Zhao is not afraid that Guan Xiang will go astray. Other people's ways, no matter how powerful they are, are ultimately other people's things."

Zhao Qi'an, however, did not seem to be worried about this, and said calmly: "There are thousands of ways to learn, and there will always be gains."

"I am afraid that I will be deeply influenced by it and be trapped by it for the rest of my life, unable to find my own way."

"Others do, but Guan Xiang doesn't."

An Shoudao raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Qi'an, only to see that Zhao Qi'an had a calm expression, as if he was quite confident and not just boasting.

He didn't understand why Zhao Qi'an had such confidence in Zhao Guanxiang.

The so-called "mental state" is the embodiment of a warrior's state of mind, and is also the key to entering the second-grade "creation" realm.

The original owner of this Evil-Slaying Sword was a second-grade warrior at the Creation Realm. The sword was nurtured by him over the years and carried the imprint of its original owner's "heart", thus becoming spiritual and becoming a divine weapon.

Inheriting the "mental appearance" of others, even if it is a shortcut to entering the second level of creation, will make it impossible to go any further, and it is tantamount to cutting off one's own path.

But there was a reason why Zhao Qi'an boldly allowed Zhao Guanxiang to understand the "mental appearance" of others, but was not worried that he would be trapped in the "mental appearance" of others.

The reason for this is because of Zhao Guanxiang’s golden destiny called “The Great Way Belongs to the Public”.

This fate is of almost no help to the early stages of martial arts practice.

But once the third-grade magical power breaks through the second-grade fortune, it is the time for it to truly shine!
While other supernatural warriors are still struggling to concentrate their own "will" and hope for the day when their "heart form" will be formed...

However, as long as Zhao Guanxiang reaches the peak of the supernatural realm, he will be able to naturally condense his own "mind form", which is one of the most powerful "mind forms" in the world.

It’s just that “the great way is for the public”, not just the golden destiny.

It is still a gray fate with side effects...

"Those who are too strong are easily broken..."

No matter how beautiful a flower is, if it dies before blooming, all is in vain.

Zhao Qi'an sighed and muttered to himself. Dean An heard it and looked at Zhao Qi'an and asked with a smile: "Is Zhao Dongjia worried about Guan Xiang's kid? If so, why don't you force him to come back? If you give the order, how dare he disobey?"

Zhao Qi'an was silent for a moment, and after a long while, he slowly spoke: "I once thought about this."

He paused for a moment before saying, "Before I came to Beijing, I adopted two children. The second daughter, Zhao Hongxiu, is even more troublesome than Guan Xiang."

An Shoudao looked at Zhao Qian'an in surprise.

He knew that before Zhao Nishang, Zhao Qi'an had two adopted children, among whom the eldest adopted son Zhao Wushuang was the one Zhao Qi'an often talked about.

"There is no one like him in the world, in heaven or on earth."

This was Zhao Qi'an's evaluation of his adopted son. An Shoudao knew from just a few words that the son was a genius even more charismatic than Zhao Qi'an himself.

But he had never heard Zhao Qi'an mention the two girls.

Today was the first time Zhao Qi'an took the initiative to mention it.

An Shoudao listened silently, while Zhao Qi'an continued, "My second daughter has a heart of Buddha on one side and a devilish appearance on the other. She is even more extreme than Guan Xiang. So I discipline her strictly and force her to stay by my side. Whatever she does, who she meets, where she goes... I arrange everything by myself."

"I taught her kindness, courtesy, and righteousness, and taught her that everything in this world has two sides, and it is not black and white."

"I thought that as long as I taught her well and disciplined her strictly, I could find a way out for her."

"But in the end..."

Seeing that Zhao Qi'an didn't continue, An Shoudao couldn't help but ask, "What happened in the end?"

Zhao Qi'an smiled bitterly and said, "He ran away with someone."

An Shoudao didn't know what to say for a moment.

Zhao Qi'an said: "It is his nature, and he cannot be restrained. So for Guan Xiang, instead of suppressing him blindly, it is better to guide him. At least... he is still under my wings, and he will not die easily."

An Shoudao asked, "What if one day he creates a mess that even the Zhao family can't clean up?"

Zhao Qi'an picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea, and his expression gradually calmed down.

He put down the teacup and said calmly, "It's fine as long as he doesn't go and kill the king."

An Shoudao smiled slightly and stopped asking.

Zhao Dongjia...is a protective person after all.

……

At the Office of the Chief of the Astronomical Observatory, Qi Lianzhi sat in his duty room.

There were three desks in the duty room, but the desks of the other two were clean, only Qi Lianzhi's desk was filled with official documents, piled up like a mountain.

This duty room was originally shared by three junior generals of the Astronomical Patrol, but now the other two have gone to Jingzhou with General Ling Fang. Apart from the national teacher who has no business doing anything, the Qilian branch is the largest in the entire Astronomical Patrol.

For this reason, all the documents, big and small, in the prison were sent to Qi Lianzhi these days.

For Qilianzhi, holding such great power was unprecedented.

But he did not feel happy. Instead, he had a headache about the mountain of documents.

Everyone in the prison felt that among the three major generals of the Patrol, only Qilianzhi did not fight for power. Some people thought that he was indifferent to fame and wealth, while others thought that he was not good at officialdom and was deprived of power by his two colleagues.

But in fact, only the top leaders in the Astronomical Observatory knew a secret - Qilianzhi was not very literate.

This matter has to start with his background.

Qi Lianzhi was born to a military prostitute. He grew up in the military camp and joined the army to fight at the age of five. At the age of seven, he killed a slave with his own hands. He was noticed by the then governor of the Southwest Army, "Fotu" Lin Hu, who took him in as a personal follower and then started to make a fortune.

It was not until the establishment of the Astronomical Observatory that Emperor Tianwu selected officials from all over the country as the imperial teacher. He picked Qi Lianzhi, who had become famous in the southwestern army, and transferred him back to Kyoto to take up the post.

But precisely because of his childhood experiences, Qilianzhi was very adept at killing people, but asking him to study literature would undoubtedly be like asking for his life.

Fortunately, Lin Hu forced him to learn Chinese characters for a few years, but before Qi Lianzhi could recognize all the characters, he was transferred to Kyoto.

So many years have passed since then.

By now, Qilianzhi could recognize most of the characters, but he still had difficulty reading the vernacular novels in the market, not to mention the official documents that were very pedantic.

In those cumbersome official documents, there are some words that we can understand when they are separated, but when they are put together, their meaning becomes incomprehensible.

There were some characters that he felt he knew, but the other party said they were not familiar with them.

For this reason, what others see as "power" is a trouble in Qilianzhi's eyes, and whoever wants to do it can do it.

It was the guy with the surname Bai who liked to take on all these things the most, so Qilianzhi simply threw them all to him.

Isn't it that everyone is happy, and everyone is happy?

Perhaps it was precisely because of Qi Lianzhi's attitude that Ling Fang simply did not take him to Jingzhou this time, and let him stay in prison to take charge of affairs.

This gave Qilianzhi a headache.

Although most matters were handled with the assistance of the "registrar-in-chief" in the prison, some trivial matters were not brought to his attention.

But there are some things that only he can decide.

For example, recently the left prime minister in the court defeated a political enemy, a vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel who came from a Yangzhou aristocratic family. It was said that he had accepted bribes and there was irrefutable evidence, so the Observatory was asked to send people to search his house.

Qi Lianzhi had no idea whether the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel had accepted bribes, but he knew that the left prime minister and Qin Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel had been fighting fiercely recently.

Qi Lianzhi was not very willing to get involved in state affairs, but he was not an idiot. How could he not know what was going on when everyone with a discerning eye knew it?

"Alas, I always feel like I am being used as a tool by others."

Qi Lianzhi was not afraid of Zuo Xiang, nor was he afraid of offending Qin Tianguan. If Zuo Xiang could produce evidence, then the Astronomical Observatory would follow his order to arrest the person and confiscate his property.

But he was very unhappy that the Left Prime Minister took advantage of the general's absence to use the Astronomical Observatory as a gun and got involved in the political struggle.

But unfortunately, he had no way to deal with the Left Prime Minister Wu Yong.

It was at this time that Qilianzhi thought of his younger brother.

"These things are what Chuhu is good at."

He felt that the best thing he had done was to bring Zhao Guanxiang, the young tiger patrolling the sky, under his command.

The only thing to be careful about is that when you use this little tiger to do things, you must always keep a close eye on him and not let him overdo it.

Otherwise, in the end, Zhao Guanxiang will have to clean up the mess.

"Speaking of which, where has that little tiger been these days? Why don't I seem to have seen him come to the prison?"

Qi Lianzhi thought of Zhao Guanxiang, and then he remembered that he hadn't seen Zhao Guanxiang come to the prison for several days.

However, he soon remembered that Zhao Guanxiang had suffered a great defeat when he was investigating the imperial land case in the suburbs of Beijing some time ago.

I guess this kid is feeling depressed right now, drinking alone at home.

When Qi Lianzhi thought of Zhao Guanxiang's frustrated look, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

"This ruffian captain will eventually get humiliated..."

Just as he was thinking of sending someone to call Zhao Guanxiang over, he saw the clerk rushing over, out of breath:
"Young, Young General... Go to the gate of the yamen and take a look. Something big has happened!"

Qi Lianzhi's face darkened, and he stood up and asked, "Why are you so flustered?"

"Yes, it's Captain Zhao..."

When Qi Lianzhi heard that this matter was related to Zhao Guanxiang, he immediately became furious: "What trouble has he caused again?"

But the clerk who reported the news shook his head again and again, looking anxious, "No, it's not Captain Zhao who caused the trouble. It's, it's... Captain Zhao who is seriously injured and his life is hanging by a thread!"

Qi Lianzhi's expression was stunned for a moment.

But the next moment, his rage was far greater than before:
"Damn it, who dares to touch my people?!"

(End of this chapter)