Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 211 Enemy or friend?

When Zhao Qi'an arrived at the front yard, several officials from the Astronomical Observatory were guarding an iron cage in the courtyard.

In the cage was a hairless, long-armed ape, whose huge eyes were looking around in fear, with an extremely anthropomorphic expression.

Zhao Qi'an walked over quickly: "What do you mean?"

The officer from the Astronomical Observatory turned around and bowed to Zhao Qi'an, "Sir Zhao, this is what General Qi wanted. I will leave this murderer to you to deal with."

Zhao Qi'an frowned when he heard this: "Isn't this against the rules?"

A patrol officer said sternly, "If the criminal committed a crime, we should arrest him and punish him. But do you think this is a human? The law does not apply to animals. Now we hand it over to you, Lord Zhao. You can beat or kill it. We, the Patrol Officer, have no control over it."

Zhao Qi'an shouted softly, "This beast is not an ordinary one. Its strength is comparable to that of a celestial warrior. If you leave it to me like this, I'm not afraid of anything going wrong. Why didn't General Qi come in person?"

"Sir Zhao, the prison is overwhelmed with work and is short of manpower. General Qi can't come, so we have to ask you to go." The patrol captain was polite. Seeing Zhao Qi'an's dissatisfaction, he patiently explained, "Also, you don't need to worry. Although this strange beast is ferocious, it has no ability to hurt people now."

As he spoke, he took two steps towards Zhao Qi'an and said in a low voice, "General Qi also asked me to remind you that you should not bother the Patrol of Astronomy to interfere in your own internal affairs, right?"

Zhao Qi'an was obviously startled and turned back to look at the strange beast in the cage. His expression changed slightly, as if he had thought of something.

Seeing that Zhao Qi'an no longer had any objections, the patrol captain turned around and shouted to his men, "Collect the troops and return to the prison!"

"Ugly slave, show the guest away."

Zhao Qian'an gave an order to the ugly slave beside him, and the ugly slave immediately understood and asked someone to bring a few "small purses".

The patrol captain waved his hand and said, "No need to see me off. We have official business to attend to. Please stay."

When he was about to lead the team away with his sword in hand, he remembered something and turned back to remind them, "By the way, General Qi also said that when Lord Zhao has time, he should come to our prison again. We need to discuss the matter you discussed with General Qi before."

Zhao Qi'an bowed to him and said, "Thanks for the reminder."

The patrol captain bowed in return, then smiled carefreely, turned around and left the yard.

……

After Chou Nu and several servants sent the people from the Astronomical Observatory out, Zhao Qian'an looked at the iron cage that was delivered.

He walked towards the iron cage, and the strange ape in the cage immediately shrank to the corner of the cage, curled up and squatted, trembling.

Zhao Qi'an's face was as gloomy as water, but his mind was in a state of confusion.

He didn't understand what the Astronomical Observatory meant by this action.
He originally thought that the Astronomical Observatory might be behind this assassination, and he even had the worst-case scenario in mind.

But in the end, the act of handing over the "assassin" to him seemed like a gesture of goodwill.

Especially the words "internal affairs of the Zhao family" that Qilian Zhi asked someone to remind him of, which clearly told Zhao Qian'an who was the mastermind behind the strange ape's crime.

These repetitive actions...really made Zhao Qi'an a little confused.

It’s a pity that Guanxiang has gone to Jingzhou now, otherwise he could have tried to find out what Qilianzhi has to say.

Zhao Qi'an shook his head and quickly turned his attention to the strange ape in the cage again, asking, "Can you understand human language?"

The strange ape didn't answer, but just shrank even more.

Chou Nu came back from escorting someone and came to the courtyard with an excited look on his face: "Master, why did the Astronomical Observatory send you a monkey? Are you going to raise it?"

She didn't know about the assassination in Qianbu Gallery, nor did she know that the "monkey" she mentioned could crush her to death with one hand.

She squatted outside the iron cage, poked inside with a branch on the ground, and muttered, "What kind of monkey is this? I've never seen such an ugly monkey...ah, and it's a female." The strange ape in the iron cage clearly showed shame and resentment, and this scene happened to be seen by Zhao Qi'an.

It seems that this strange ape can understand human language.

Zhao Qi'an asked the ugly slave who was squatting in front of the iron dragon and teasing the monkey: "Didn't you say it can speak human language?"

The ugly slave thought Zhao Qi'an didn't believe him, so he jumped up and said, "It really can talk. I just heard it clearly! Wait a minute, I'll let it talk again for you to hear."

She looked around, then took a broom from a servant, rolled up her sleeves and walked towards the iron cage again.

Judging from the posture, he is ready to beat this strange ape until it opens its mouth.

Zhao Qi'an stopped her and said, "Alright, have someone send this cage to my courtyard. Also, go to the worship courtyard and ask Wei Gongsheng to come."

"what?"

The ugly slave opened his mouth, stunned.

She didn't know who Old Worshiper Wei was before, but after the incident with Princess Yuzhen, she knew what kind of ruthless character the old eunuch who painted his face white with lead powder was.

Every time Zhao Qi'an used him, it meant that someone was going to suffer.

But the question is...is it necessary to torture a monkey?

What's the grudge? Was he scratched by this monkey on the road?
Seeing that she didn't move at all, Zhao Qi'an urged her, "Go quickly."

The ugly slave came back to his senses: "Oh, I'll go right away."

As a servant, she doesn't care about so many things. She just goes when her master tells her to.

……

The iron cage and the strange ape inside were quickly moved to the backyard.

Zhao Qian'an reached into the cage and grabbed the strange ape's arm.

It subconsciously wanted to break free, even though its cultivation was sealed, but with its current physique, its strength was many times greater than that of an ordinary person, not to mention the weak Zhao Qi'an.

However, when it really tried to move, it found that Zhao Qi'an's hand was firmly holding its wrist, and it could not break free at all.

Not only that, it was horrified to find that a wisp of spiritual power escaped from Zhao Qian'an's palm and penetrated into its body.

Who said Zhao Qi'an doesn't know martial arts? !
The release of spiritual energy can be achieved by warriors who have at least practiced the fifth level of the Zhoutian realm.

However, warriors in the Zhoutian realm could never control the outward spiritual power as finely as Zhao Qian'an, allowing it to flow through other people's meridians and acupoints without any hindrance.

This Zhao Qi'an not only knows martial arts, but he is also at least a celestial warrior!
No wonder, no wonder that during his previous assassination attempt, he had clearly succeeded in a sneak attack from behind, but Zhao Qi'an dodged it.

It thought it was just a coincidence, but now it seems that there are not so many coincidences in the world!
After a moment, Zhao Qi'an withdrew his hand and said to himself, "As expected."

This strange ape was just as he imagined. Its internal structure was exactly the same as that of a normal warrior. Its three Dantians were fully opened, all the orifices in its body were opened, and there were traces of excavation in its secret places...

No matter which one it is, it is in line with the physical structure of a strong person in the realm of supernatural powers.

Zhao Qi'an looked at the strange ape and asked in a deep voice:
"Are you a human or an animal?"

(End of this chapter)