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Chapter 1591: The Void Blade Reappears
Soon Xu Qian'an learned the reason for this incident from Song Qing. It turned out that it was caused by the tax-silver case and metallic sodium, which actually aroused the hatred and anger of the mastermind behind the tax-silver case.

Suning was not planning to get involved in Xu Qian'an's attempt to overthrow the Zhou father and son, because the arrangements they made were too rough, and he did not want to clean up the mess for Emperor Yuan Jing.

From this incident, we can see how naive Emperor Yuan Jing was in governing the country. Even with the evidence, he was still afraid of a small fourth-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. How could such a leader gain the trust and respect of his subordinates?

At this time, Su Ning was busy teaching Zhang Xinyao and Xu Lingyue how to practice, and Chu Caiwei often came over to flirt with Su Ning. Although the two had not yet reached the final step, they still often hugged, kissed, and lifted each other up.

After secretly hugging Su Ning behind Zhang Xinyao's back, Chu Caiwei reminded Su Ning with a worried look on her face, "Suning, you have to be careful recently. I'm worried that the Zhou family father and son will become desperate."

"No problem! I can rob and kill the Dafeng officials in the street and make them regret it for the rest of their lives." However, Suning had an attitude of disapproval. Even the director of the Imperial Observatory was not his opponent.

"Huh? You'd better not be careless?" Chu Caiwei, who had only a vague understanding of Suning's strength, was a little surprised.

At this moment, Su Ning suddenly had an idea and looked at Chu Caiwei in front of him and suggested, "Caiwei, how about we have a competition to see whose magic is more powerful?"

"Okay! How do we compete?" As expected, Chu Caiwei asked back happily.

Su Ning suddenly launched a critical attack on Chu Caiwei, "Do you know Fireball, Freeze, Heal, Waterspout, and Dusk Rain?"

"Ah? I only know how to fly and use the Qi-Gaze Technique." Chu Caiwei immediately explained with an embarrassed face.

"Then do you want me to teach you?"

"May I?"

"Caiwei, why are you being so polite to me? I'll come to your house later."

"Yeah! Remember to bring some more cherries, they're delicious."

Su Ning raised his eyebrows and said to Chu Caiwei, "Okay! I'll bring you some milk today. I guarantee you'll have enough to eat and drink."

"..." At this time, Chu Caiwei didn't know what was going on. When she heard Su Ning say "milk", she became flustered.

At the same time, after Xu Qian'an received the sword presented by the Imperial Observatory and expressed his gratitude, he was muttering to himself on the way back, wondering why the Observatory gave him this sword.

He had just been boasting about how alchemy was priceless, but now he easily accepted someone else's gift. Doesn't this seem a bit hypocritical? Xu Qian'an felt that he was still a mortal after all.

He couldn't help but say a disdainful word to the Supervisor. Suddenly, the sword in his hand seemed to understand his words and flew straight towards him. Xu Qian'an was so scared that he quickly begged for mercy and apologized, thus avoiding being strangled to death.

At this time, two people came towards him, with their own aura, which made Xu Qiyan unable to help but step back and make way. One of them was the leader of the night watchmen Wei Yuan, and the other was the female night watchman Nangong Qianrou. Both of them left a deep impression on Xu Qiyan. It seemed that these two people were big shots.

On that day, Suning naturally brought cherries and other fresh fruits to pick up girls. Sure enough, under Suning's series of offensives, the inexperienced Chu Caiwei surrendered to Suning's tactics.

Of course, Chu Caiwei also drank the milk that Suning carefully prepared. Although she knew that Suning was a big scumbag, she still fell in love with him.

At this moment, Chu Caiwei was like a well-behaved kitten. It was really Su Ning who brought her so much happiness. "Su Ning, what are you going to do with me?"

"Of course I'll marry you." However, Suning was a master at pretending to be confused, so it was impossible for him to give the other party an accurate answer.

"What about Zhang Xinyao?" Sure enough, Su Ning's answer did not satisfy Chu Caiwei.

"Marry me all the same! You are both my favorite women."

"Humph! You are quite greedy."

"Hey, Caiwei, this is considered as the saying that those who are capable should do more work!"

"Damn it! Do you still have milk? I want some more."

"Don't worry! We'll give you as much as you want! You'll be full."

"Humph! You bastard! You are truly my enemy."

In this way, Su Ning and Chu Caiwei struggled all night long and only got away at dawn the next day. It can be seen how difficult Chu Caiwei, the sorcerer of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, is.

Just as Suning appeared on the street at dawn, some men in black suddenly appeared from the darkness and waved their weapons directly at Suning.

"Humph! Courting death!"

With a "clang", the Void Blade suddenly appeared. The sound alone shattered the internal organs of all the bandits, and all the bandits died with blood coming out of all their orifices.

However, Suning put away the Void Blade again and left as if nothing had happened.

The fact that these losers died under his Void Blade could be considered as a blessing from their previous lives, as they will no longer need to suffer in the six realms of reincarnation.

However, the top bosses in the Dafeng world were all frightened and used various methods to investigate and calculate, but they could not get any useful information.

At this moment, the Supervisor standing at the highest level of the Sitianjian sighed with a sage-like demeanor, "Alas! Dafeng is in turmoil again."

……

One day, Princess Huaiqing heard about an ancient poem being recited in Yunlu Academy, "Don't worry about having no friends on the road ahead, for everyone in the world knows you." She thought it was a good poem and asked the academy's president, Zhao Shou, who wrote it. Zhao Shou told her the truth, it was actually a military man named Xu Qian'an.

Princess Huaiqing, who has always liked to recruit talents, naturally wants to recommend this talent. The ability to solve cases can be best demonstrated in the night watchmen's office, so the following plot is connected together.

On the way to Yunlu Academy, Xu Qian'an and Xu Xinnian were riding horses. After learning that he had offended Zhou Xianping, Xu Qian'an was eager to leave a way out for the Xu family.

Now he has a younger sister, Xu Lingyin, who is still an underage. In order to protect the safety of his family, Xu Qian'an wants to beg the teachers of Yunlu Academy to take his sister in to study, and arrange for his aunt Li Ru to take care of Xu Lingyin's daily life. It is obvious that he wants Yunlu Academy to protect the Xu family.

Zhang Shen and Li Mubai, two great scholars at Yunlu Academy, were known for their admiration for talent. Upon hearing Xu Qi'an's arrival, they warmly welcomed him. After Xu Qi'an explained his purpose, the two scholars deliberately said it was a difficult task, but they were currently working on a collection of poems titled "Encouraging Learning." If Xu Qi'an could achieve success, they would do their best to help his sister study at the academy.

When Xu Qian'an heard that the two great scholars needed twenty poems, he had to rack his brains to complete them for the sake of his sister's safe shelter. He tried his best but could only remember the first half of the poem.

Then he gave twenty incomplete poems to Li Mubai. Seeing the incomplete poems, Li Mubai was a little disappointed, but Xu Qian'an deliberately revealed that he would not let his teacher down when he came back after he was done.

Hearing this, Li Mubai smiled again. He quickly saw Xu Qian'an off and told him to come back soon after he was done.

After solving the biggest trouble, Xu Qian'an and Xu Xinnian returned home. On the way, Xu Xinnian appreciated Xu Qian'an's meticulous thinking. He believed that his sister Xu Lingyin and mother would not be calculated by Zhou Li when they went to the academy.

At this moment, Xu Xinnian suddenly had an idea and said, "Brother, it seems that sending Lingyue to the Su family is a good idea."

"Hmph! Xinnian, how can you be so useless?" As expected, Xu Qian'an was furious with Xu Xinnian's words. The last thing he wanted to hear now was Suning's name.

However, Xu Xinnian still believed that Xu Lingyue's words made sense. After all, their Xu family had indeed suffered too many disasters recently. "Isn't that right? If Lingyue had continued to stay with us, she would definitely be as anxious as we are now."

"Then you can't be Su Ning's maid, right?"

"Brother, I actually think Lingyue is right. Sometimes I also feel that this family is suffocating. My parents are deliberately pretending to be happy. Living in this world is really too difficult."

"..."

After returning home, the two men discovered that they were being followed, so they asked Xu Pingzhi to be more vigilant in the future. Xu Pingzhi was a martial artist after all, so he quickly ordered his men to step up their precautions.

In the evening, Xu Xinnian, Xu Qian'an and his uncle Xu Pingzhi got together and checked the clues that everyone had obtained in the past few days. According to the clues provided by Xu Pingzhi, Zhou Li usually liked to go to the outer residence and brothels, and recently he was particularly fascinated by the top courtesan Fuxiang from the Jiaofangsi.

After hearing this, Xu Qian'an felt that Fuxiang must know some secrets. In order to get close to Fuxiang, they racked their brains. Xu Xinnian was a scholar at Yunlu Academy, and it was obviously inappropriate for him to go to such a place, so the young detective Xu Qian'an had to take the stage.

Hearing that Fuxiang liked scholars, Xu Qian'an quickly prepared a set of clothes for himself and dressed up elegantly. When he came to the Jiaofangsi for the first time, he didn't expect that he had to queue up and pay a high price to get a seat.

However, Xu Qian'an was short of money, so he had to go to the street to find a way. He saw someone winning money by throwing pots. Xu Qian'an happened to see two silver coins. Relying on his excellent throwing pot skills, he successfully got a magical jade mirror. Then he helped a noble man to throw pots and won a string of Bodhi beads, earning 600 taels of silver notes.

After getting the money, the triumphant Xu Qian'an hurried to the Jiaofangsi. What was particularly surprising was that Xu Qian'an also met Xu Pingzhi and Xu Xinnian.

Seeing everyone greeting Xu Pingzhi, I knew he was a regular customer here.

……

The three men of the Xu family met in the Jiaofangsi. The scene was a bit awkward, but they decided to make the best of it. The three of them sat at a table, looking at each other with eyes that implied meaning. They all underestimated themselves.

Finally, Miss Fuxiang began to test everyone's poetry. With his excellent memory, Xu Qian'an immediately recalled a poem based on Miss Fuxiang's name: "Sparse shadows slant across the shallow water, and faint fragrance floats in the moonlight at dusk."

As soon as this poem came out, it immediately attracted Fuxiang, and then they met successfully.

After Xu Qian'an met Miss Fuxiang, he deliberately asked her why she did not accept the "buyout" from the dignitaries, saying that it would be a good choice to directly become a concubine.

However, Fuxiang said that she looked down on the dandy temperament of the rich young man, and also provided an important piece of information about Zhou Li.

It turns out that Zhou Li is a sex-hungry ghost who seeks out women. During last year's Lantern Festival, Zhou Li fell in love with a girl, but he also offended Zhang Yunying, the illegitimate son of Marquis Weiwu. The two have been competing secretly.

Finally, Zhou Li’s mortal enemy was found. The Marquis of Weiwu held an important position, on par with the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Xu Qiyan already has a solution. He has a small jade mirror that can absorb anything, including people. After trying it himself, Xu Qiyan found that people who were absorbed by the jade mirror could suffer temporary amnesia. So he asked Xu Xinnian and Xu Pingzhi to work with him and secretly kidnapped Zhang Yunying, the illegitimate son of Marquis Weiwu.

Xu Qian'an and others first trapped Zhang Yunying in a woodshed, and then "chatted" with Xu Xinnian outside the door, saying that the son of the Minister of Revenue wanted to torture Zhang Yunying and threatened to cut his tendons in his hands and feet.

Sure enough, Zhang Yunying heard everything clearly in the room and immediately realized that the person who kidnapped him was actually the Minister of Revenue's men.

When Zhang Yunying finally managed to escape by climbing over the wall, he immediately went to his father to complain. He said that Marquis Weiwu was always controlled by the Minister of Revenue. He saw an opportunity and put on his armor and went to the palace to ask all civil and military officials to impeach the Minister of Revenue.

Zhou Li was successively taken to the Dali Division and the Punishment Division, and received some minor punishments. He originally thought that this was just a misunderstanding and the truth would soon come to light, but he did not expect Xu Qian'an's strength.

In order to find the last straw that broke the camel's back, Xu Qian'an went to the Imperial Observatory again to ask Song Qing for help.

Song Qing usually doesn't care about the affairs of the court, but Xu Qian'an has the refining magic that he desperately wants, so he has to go to the prison in person and cast a spell.

Zhou Li was controlled by the secret techniques of Song Qing and Mr. Zhang, and directly signed and sealed the confession of the case, admitting all the crimes.

Soon, the court issued a notice that Zhou Xianping was dismissed from office and exiled for the missing tax silver case and his poor parenting. Zhou Li was also exiled for kidnapping Zhou Yunying.

At this point, the power of the Minister of Revenue was completely eradicated.

Xu Qian'an was worried that the Minister of Revenue might have accomplices. After all, he himself had been imprisoned twice. In order not to implicate the Xu family, Xu Qian'an decided to say goodbye and travel.

After bidding farewell to his younger brother Xu Xinnian, he went to the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to say goodbye to his good friend who had helped him, and by the way, made some money using the booklet on chemical principles.

When leaving the Imperial Observatory, Xu Qian'an happened to meet the second princess Lin'an. After a quick glance, he felt that this person had a stunning appearance and an extraordinary temperament.

Xu Qian'an had seen countless people, and when he saw the second princess, he commented that her manners were elegant, graceful and generous.

Lin'an also likes to do some alchemy, but unfortunately her talent is hard to describe. She failed several times in the Imperial Observatory this time, but she still didn't give up.

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(End of this chapter)