Xu Qi'an took a step forward, knocked down the guard, kicked away his sword, and slapped him repeatedly: "Spread the word, spread the word..."

The nearby guard was stunned and didn't know whether to stop him.

"Don't, don't hit me..." The fallen guard held his head and cried out in pain, "You're making things difficult for me. Wei Gong will blame me later."

Xu Qi'an was a red person under Wei Yuan's command. He didn't dare to resist as long as the other party didn't force their way into the Official Brothel Sector. The guard wouldn't choose to turn hostile.

"I understand. We all have our difficulties." Xu Qi'an was satisfied with the effect of his slaps and took out a silver coin from his purse. "This vulgar yellow and white thing is worth the risk. If not, I'll find someone else."

"Okay, okay." The guard took the silver coin, picked up his sword, and hurriedly went into the Official Brothel Sector.

After about ten minutes, Xu Qi'an saw the candlelight on the seventh floor light up. Shortly after, the guard came down and respectfully said, "Wei Gong invites you to go up. This girl..."

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"She's a sorcerer from the Celestial Observatory. She's one of us." Xu Qi'an took Chu Caiwei into the building.

During the day, there were officials on duty in the building, so it was quite lively. At night, it was quiet and desolate. Wei Yuan lived in the building all year round. Wasn't he bothered by the loneliness?

Thinking while walking, they arrived at the tea room on the seventh floor. It wasn't warm here, and there was no charcoal fire or even a servant in the room.

Wei Yuan was wearing a blue robe with his black hair scattered around him. He sat cross-legged at the table with an oil lamp beside him. When he saw Xu Qi'an come up, he calmly instructed him:

"Light the charcoal, boil the water, and light the other candles."

He seemed a little cold. Hey, although Wei Yuan was cunning, he didn't seem to have any talent in martial arts...haha, heaven is fair... Xu Qi'an did as he was told, lighting up the spacious tea room candle by candle, placing the charcoal fire beside Wei Yuan, and putting the copper pot on the rack.

"I had Qianrou notify you to hide today, but we couldn't find you even after searching the yamen. You didn't go back to the Xu Mansion when we asked, and you weren't at the Official Brothel Sector either." Wei Yuan looked at Chu Caiwei and asked suspiciously, "Is this little gong's crush?"

Chu Caiwei's face turned red. "No."

But she was not very mature, and her face turned red for a moment and then passed. She glanced at the tea table and didn't see any food. This place was quite boring.

"Wei Gong, I found a big case." Xu Qi'an sat cross-legged at the table and faced Wei Yuan. "I took a day off today to buy a house and found a haunted house. After dealing with it with Miss Caiwei, I empathized with the female ghost..."Xu Qi'an told the detailed process of empathy, and Wei Yuan didn't pay much attention to it at first. But when he heard that there were demons and women kept in the house, his face sank slightly.

When he heard that the Minister of Works had a private meeting suspected to be related to the God of Witchcraft, selling equipment and firearms, and had involvement with Yunzhou, the senior eunuch's face became as dark as water.

"It turns out that the Qi party is indeed involved with the Yunzhou bandits. Very good, this intelligence is very important." Wei Yuan looked at Xu Qi'an, his eyes gentle with admiration. "You always surprise me."

Then make me your godson... Xu Qi'an thought to himself. He was a person who cared about his reputation, and he couldn't say such words, just like in his previous life when he was extremely good-looking but couldn't say "Auntie, I don't want to struggle anymore."

"Wei Gong, Zhu Yang betrayed because of me." Xu Qi'an said shamefully.

"Even without him, there would be other troubles. This time, the Qi party is against us, and of course, there are other factions behind the scenes." Wei Yuan did not explain why the Qi party was against him.

Is the mastermind behind this corruption case the Qi party?

He learned from the ground book that Zhu Yang betrayed the yamen and became a hooligan.

But Number One didn't say that the mastermind behind the scenes was the Qi party, and Xu Qi'an thought it was the Wang party causing trouble.

Isn't this too coincidental... Today, the yamen just had a "corruption case," and I was also involved, and then I made such a big discovery.

...Is it because I'm about to advance to the Divine Refinement Realm, so my luck has changed? Otherwise, it can't be explained.

"It's interesting. The Wang party colludes with the demon race, and the Qi party colludes with the God of Witchcraft. What kind of people are in the court?" Chu Caiwei complained.

"Does the emperor's brain go bad when he's cultivating?," Yang Qianhuan added.

Xu Qi'an quickly elbowed the outspoken girl.

"Although the emperor doesn't care about politics, he still holds great power, but it's inevitable that he will breed some monsters. His political skills are excellent, and the court officials are not fools." Wei Yuan didn't care about Chu Caiwei's offense, after all, the sorcerers of the Heavenly Observation Bureau were all like this.

When Yang Qianhuan, who had a somewhat absurd style of behavior, met the emperor, he always turned his back to him. The emperor never got angry and was always kind to those who had great influence but no power.

"The Confucian Dragon-Slaying Technique slays this big dragon." Xu Qi'an said with a smirk.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Caiwei retaliated by elbowing him.

Emperor Yuan Jing manipulated the court, and the court officials were also acting for him. When an emperor only cared about his own power and didn't care about the country and the people, the selection criteria for talents would change, and tend to favor those who were obedient and easy to control.

As for character and ability, they were not that important, unless they were as talented as Wei Yuan."It's rotten from the source... Wei Yuan, is this your reason for clearing obstacles?" Xu Qi'an remembered what Wei Yuan had said before, that he wanted to clean up the corrupt court and the decaying wind of the country. But before that, he had to tolerate mistakes from his subordinates.

He was already a lone minister, how could he compete with the officials if he didn't have capable people under him?

At this time, Wei Yuan took out pen and paper, planning to write a document, while Xu Qi'an obediently poured water and ground ink. He watched as Wei Yuan wrote the arrest warrant and stamped it with the official seal.

"Take this warrant to Zhang Kaitai, the current leader of the Jinluo patrol, and have him lead his men to suppress the Yazi organization," Wei Yuan said.

"I know a scholar named Chen Tai. What does Zhang Kaitai mean?" Xu Qi'an nodded.

He left the Haoqi Tower with Chu Caiwei and asked around for Zhang Kaitai's office, called the "Divine Sword Hall." When they met, they realized that Zhang Kaitai was one of the four Jinluo patrolmen who had been wrapped in gauze before.

Zhang Kaitai was like a solitary swordsman, and when he was silent, he gave off an air of coldness that kept people at a distance.

If he were born in modern times, he would definitely be a professional swordsman like Ximen Chuixue... Xu Qi'an thought to himself.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Kaitai's gaze fell on the document in Xu Qi'an's hand.

Xu Qi'an handed over the document and repeated what Wei Yuan had said.

After listening, Zhang Kaitai's face, which had been calm and aloof, broke into a surprised smile. "Good, good. This time, we won't let the Qidang gang get away with it. You will be the one who gets the credit for helping us all get through this difficult time."

Zhang Kaitai had a good impression of Xu Qi'an, but he didn't understand why Yang Yan and Jiang Lvzhong had gone to such lengths for him, nor did he understand why Wei Yuan valued him so much.

Although he had some courage and exceptional investigative abilities, Xu Qi'an was just an ordinary copper gong. What was Wei Yuan's identity? Why did he favor a mere patrolman like him?

After the Sangbo case, he admitted that Xu Qi'an was a talent worth cultivating.

At this moment, Zhang Kaitai, who was pleasantly surprised, began to appreciate this unremarkable little copper gong. He always managed to surprise people.

After gathering forty white laborers, more than twenty copper gongs, and six silver gongs, equipped with guns, crossbows, ropes, and other tools, they were all fully armed. The majority of the troops held torches and ran quickly behind Xu Qi'an. They arrived at the target mansion in just half an hour, with the flames flickering and undulating.

The mansion had no signboard, and the red-painted gate was tightly closed. Zhang Kaitai waved his hand, his face cold and succinct as he gave the order, "Surround it."

The white laborers held torches and dispersed.

A silver gong stepped forward, drew his sword, and shouted as he slashed the blade, shattering the red-painted gate.The Nightwatcher rushed in, and a team of armed private guards blocked their way, but they were quickly cut down by the Nightwatcher without mercy.

Faint music could be heard from the inner courtyard, but it quickly stopped, as if they had noticed the commotion in the front yard. After a moment, the entire mansion was in an uproar.

Xu Qi'an led the way with his sword, cutting down any guards in his path. As he attacked, memories of women being humiliated and abused flashed through his mind.

He charged all the way to the inner courtyard, where a dozen or so guests and women were gathered in the warm front hall, looking disheveled and scared.

"Nightwatcher?" The guests were shocked.

Xu Qi'an swung his black and gold long sword, leaving a crimson line on the ground, and pointed it at the group, saying, "Take them all down. No mercy for those who resist."

After shouting, he left the hall and, with a few others, kicked open the doors of each room and dragged out the guests who had just finished satisfying their desires. They were gathered in the courtyard.

"Don't put on your clothes, squat down with your heads down."

He was familiar with the process of checking hotels, but in the past, he had approached it with a playful attitude, asking if they were married. Now, he was filled with anger and killing intent.

Compared to brothels, these private clubs were more secretive and allowed for confidential discussions. And, regardless of whether they were women or men, they could be tortured and killed, and even if they were killed, someone would take care of the trouble. In contrast, the women in the Official Brothel Sector were not treated this way.

The raid ended quickly, and Zhang Kaitai accepted Xu Qi'an's suggestion to strip the guests and make them squat in the courtyard, enduring the cold wind of early spring. At first, someone shouted, "A man may die, but not be humiliated," but after Zhang Kaitai killed him with a single blow, everyone remained silent.

The Nightwatcher had the power to act first and report later.

"Lord Cao, oh, Lord Wang is here too... Tang is so petite and exquisite..." One silver gong laughed coldly and spoke to an official he knew.

More than twenty beautiful women and handsome young men were gathered in the warm inner hall, including a few boys aged eleven or twelve.

The Great Feng was resolute in cracking down on the practice of raising **, but there were many merchants and officials who enjoyed **. Many brothels would raise ** and have them pretend to be turtle gongs, and when customers with this preference arrived, they would be responsible for accompanying them.

"Disgusting." Another silver gong spoke in a disgusted tone.

Zhang Kaitai was interrogating the mansion's owner, a middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy man, who kept kowtowing and saying, "I am guilty, I deserve to die."

Zhang Kaitai asked in a deep voice, "Who is behind you?""The little one just wants to make friends with some of the powerful figures in the court, there is no mastermind behind me."

Zhang Kaitai did not ask, he just instructed his subordinates to keep an eye on him and not let him commit suicide. Once they entered the Nightwatcher's dungeon, even a stone man's mouth could be pried open.

Xu Qi'an said, "There is a well in the backyard that is specifically used to dispose of female corpses."

Zhang Kaitai looked deeply at the middle-aged man.

Xu Qi'an, Chu Caiwei, and Zhang Kaitai came to the backyard and found the well. They shone a torch on it and the well water was dark black with a faint stench.

After the flesh and blood rotted away, the bones would sink... they would probably have to go down the well to retrieve them... Xu Qi'an's mouth twitched.

Suddenly, Chu Caiwei exclaimed, "Oh!" She looked around for a moment, then jumped onto the roof to overlook the entire backyard.

"What's wrong?" Xu Qi'an stood by the well and asked.

"There is a seal formation in the courtyard, the resentment in the well has been sealed." Chu Caiwei said.

A seal formation? So the Nightwatchers hadn't noticed anything unusual for all these years... Xu Qi'an nodded in realization, his face suddenly looking strange:

"Isn't setting up formations the job of your sorcerers?"

At the same time, another doubt arose in his heart. If they had the ability to set up formations and seal resentment, why didn't they just directly eliminate the resentment?

After all, even a seventh-grade Chu Caiwei could do this. Setting up a Feng Shui formation with extreme yang could eliminate future troubles in the backyard.

"....Well, there must be some rogue sorcerers." Chu Caiwei shrugged. "Isn't there an alchemist behind the tax case?"

I was speechless! When Xu Qi'an looked back at the well, he saw Zhang Kaitai staring at the well wall in thought. Following his gaze, he discovered that the well wall was engraved with complex and strange spells.

"This is a method of the God of Witchcraft, it should be some kind of spell. The specific function is unknown, have someone copy it down and check it in the archives later." Zhang Kaitai explained.

"Well, according to the information I empathized with from the resentful spirits, this place does indeed have some connection to the God of Witchcraft." Xu Qi'an said, silently cursing in his heart:

I don't know how many times I've been ridden by that Tamuraha, if I have the chance to see him again, I'll make him know what it means to be a real man.

Just then, there was a commotion in the front hall, as well as the screams of women and men.

PS: This chapter was an extra update from yesterday's leader. I will try to complete three updates before midnight tonight... or it doesn't matter, since it's an extra update, I will still update it whether it's early or late.