At night, Song Qing, who had successfully sent the dead prisoner to reincarnate, was preparing to go downstairs to find something to eat and solve his hunger problem with dark circles under his eyes.

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As he walked, he thought to himself, "No, grafting can be used on the human body, such as replacing damaged organs. Can it be more subtle? For example, regenerating severed limbs... Hmm, this is a unique ability of third-grade warriors. If I can study the secrets of it in alchemy, it will surely shake the world."

Xu Ningyan said that biological alchemy should be a more subtle thing... but the human eye cannot see those tiny particles... Ah, I can make something like a telescope.

The telescope exists. After discovering glass, the concave and convex mirrors were developed soon after. Telescopes are quite popular in the military and are usually equipped to ordinary soldiers.

Elite scouts rarely use them because after reaching the Qi refining realm, a warrior's vision will greatly improve. The stronger the strength, the stronger the five senses. Telescopes become somewhat redundant.

"Where's the smell coming from?" Song Qing sniffed.

Following the scent, he walked down to the kitchen and saw Chu Caiwei cooking something with a few white-clothed people.

"Oh, there's chicken soup. Caiwei junior sister is so thoughtful." Song Qing saw the chicken stewing in a small stove and felt happy.

"Go away." Chu Caiwei scolded him, "This is the alchemy Xu Qi'an taught me. If it succeeds, it can make the whole world full of delicious food."

Listening to Chu Caiwei explaining the principles of chicken essence and MSG, Song Qing pondered for a moment and sighed, "Xu Ningyan is truly a remarkable person."

Yes, this is also alchemy.

Extracting the essence from herbs to make pills, refining steel from ores to make weapons, and extracting fresh flavors from mushrooms to make MSG.

It is consistent with the knowledge he taught in his lecture that day.

Alchemy includes many fields, and the secret is to extract things that cannot be seen.

"I have no clue about what he said about MSG, because he did not provide the process, he just said it was extracted from grains." Chu Caiwei said.

"Senior brother will help you." Song Qing patted Chu Caiwei's head.

...

The renovation of the new house was completed two days ahead of schedule. Xu Qi'an took a leave of absence from the yamen and helped his uncle and aunt move.

Aunt, dressed in a deep blue robe with a matching jacket, pinched her waist with one hand and waved a handkerchief with the other, looking like a general leading troops to battle, commanding the servants to move things.

If it were an ordinary-looking woman, this posture would appear vulgar and unlikable.

But if it were a thirty-six-year-old aunt who looked like a woman in her thirties with exquisite facial features and a plump and graceful figure, it would be a beautiful scenery.

Xu Qi'an thought to himself that the beautiful and delicate girl beside him, with three-dimensional features, would be just as charming as her mother in twenty years.

Or even better.

Hey, Lingyue is also at the age of getting married. I wonder which lucky guy can marry such a beautiful girl... Xu Qi'an sighed and carried things with his uncle, acting as a porter.

Because enough carriages were hired, it only took two trips to move everything in the house. Aunt planned to buy some small things in the inner city, taking advantage of this opportunity to get new ones.

When allocating rooms, the usually gentle Xu Lingyue had a rare argument with her aunt.The mansion was very large, but the core inner courtyard had limited rooms. The guest rooms and the area where the servants lived, of course, were not meant for the master to live in.

According to Aunt's intentions, the rooms in the west wing were for Xu Qi'an, after all, he was going to marry in the future.

But Xu Lingyue insisted on living there too, wanting to live close to her big brother.

Aunt said, "You're a grown girl and you want to live so close to your brother? Have some shame."

Xu Lingyue suddenly became agitated, arguing loudly and even quarreling with her mother.

In the end, she also lived in the west wing, but Aunt arranged Erlang's room there too and discussed with Xu Qi'an that when he had a wife in the future, Lingyue and Erlang would move to the north room.

Xu Qi'an was a bit reluctant because if they lived too close, his sister would notice if he didn't come back at night from the Official Brothel Sector. Then she would complain.

Xu Lingyin was arranged to stay in Uncle and Aunt's room. Children are more attached to their beds and environment, and Aunt was afraid that the young girl would not sleep well at night and have nightmares.

Anyway, the east wing was very large, with three rows of rooms.

Xu Qi'an soon arranged his own room. His original small courtyard had almost no decorations, and there were not many things that needed embellishment.

He walked out of his room to bask in the sun and saw Xu Lingyin squatting alone by the well, her scared little face turning pale, but with a look of extreme perseverance, not letting herself run away.

"What are you doing?" Xu Qi'an asked.

"Big brother..." Seeing her capable big brother coming over, Xu Lingyin was relieved and pointed at the well, scared, "There's a ghost here."

"So, why are you squatting by the well?" Xu Qi'an was a bit puzzled.

Since she knew there was a ghost, shouldn't she hide far away if she was scared? Why squat by the well, still scared but persevering?

"Sister said ghosts only eat children." Xu Lingyin frowned.

"And then?"

She suddenly became sly, ran over, and whispered, "I'm trying to trick it out. Shh... don't let it hear."

"???"

Xu Qi'an looked at her blankly for a long time, and then gave her a thumbs up, "The one who knows food is a hero."

People all have dreams. Xu Lingyin, at a young age, found her own dream: there is nothing in this world that cannot be eaten, only whether I want to eat it or not.

For good food, she can use herself as bait... this determination and perseverance, in a sense, is genius.

"Then you keep trying. When you trick the ghost out, big brother will make you something delicious." Xu Qi'an patted her head.

"Okay!" Xu Lingyin pecked her head, both scared and looking forward to it.

Before dusk, they booked a private room in a restaurant not far from the new residence. The whole family was extremely satisfied with the meal, although the taste was not as good as that of Guiyue Tower, it was cheaper and closer, so they could go there often in the future.

Xu Qi'an lay in his spacious and comfortable new room, looking up at the beams above his head, suddenly remembering something.

He didn't write a letter to Erlang about moving?

"Forget it, I don't need to worry about this. Sleep."

...

The east wing.

Aunt put Xu Lingyin to bed and returned to her husband's side, looking at him meditating on the small stool, she suddenly became worried.

"Master, when Ningyan gets married, will he compete with me for the position of housekeeper? Will he make us move to the west wing?"

"I heard that daughters-in-law are very malicious and always find ways to fight their mothers-in-law."

Aunt was happy. When she married Uncle, the two high-ranking officials of the Xu family had already passed away, and she had not been oppressed by an evil mother-in-law.

But she had never eaten pork, only seen pigs run. Especially since this mansion was bought by Xu Qi'an, her "mother-in-law" status was not legitimate.Xu Pingzhi opened his eyes and thought for a moment. "With your temper and character, you won't be able to beat them in a fight."

"Hmph!" Auntie had no response and just snorted.

Xu Pingzhi comforted her, "Maybe Ning Yan will marry a stupid wife in the future."

Auntie thought it made sense and secretly prayed that her nephew would marry a foolish wife so she could bully her.

"Oh, I haven't written a letter to Erlang yet. We moved to a new house, and he doesn't know about it. If he goes to the outer city, he won't be able to find us." Auntie was worried about her son.

"You don't need to worry about that. You can't even read a few big characters." Xu Pingzhi, who also couldn't read much, said, "Ning Yan can write."

...

Two days passed in a flash, and Xu Qi'an's life was very peaceful. He patrolled the streets every day, practiced, and occasionally went to Haoqi Tower to communicate with Wei Yuan.

Because of the fall of the Minister of Works, the struggle between the parties cooled down a lot, and there was no party targeting the Nightwatchers for the time being.

That night, Xu Qi'an returned home and found that his uncle was not there.

"He's on night patrol today." Auntie replied.

"He might have gone to the Official Brothel Sector..." Xu Qi'an thought to himself.

His uncle was a captain of the Imperial Guards. He patrolled the streets during the day and at night, and his work was similar to that of the Nightwatchers. If Xu Qi'an was continually involved in so many cases, he would also have to work day and night.

Before, Xu Qi'an also trusted his uncle like Auntie did, but since the "encounter" at the Official Brothel Sector and the subsequent operation to remove the scent of perfume with orange peel, Xu Qi'an understood.

Men's mouths are full of lies.

It seems that I'm not qualified to criticize my uncle either... Xu Qi'an lowered his head to eat.

At night, Xu Qi'an was suddenly awakened by a scream. He opened his eyes, sat up, and grabbed the black gold long knife next to his bed.

He went to the courtyard and saw Lingyue's maid sitting on the ground, the candlestick had fallen to the ground, and she was pale, pointing in the direction of the well, unable to speak.

"What did you see?" Xu Qi'an asked in a deep voice.

The door behind him opened, and Xu Lingyue, who was wearing a coat, came out to check the situation.

In the east room, Auntie's room was also lit up. She came out with Greenie to investigate.

"What's wrong?" Auntie frowned.

After more people arrived, the maid's fear was reduced a lot. She pointed to the well and said in a trembling voice, "There's a head in the well."

Several screams rang out at once.

Xu Lingyue's face turned pale, and she shrank behind Xu Qi'an, tightly pulling his sleeve. Auntie also came over, frightened.

"You, didn't you say..." Auntie widened her beautiful eyes, extremely frightened.

She didn't say the words "the ghost has been exorcised" out loud. She couldn't let the servants in the mansion know about this.

A head in the well? Xu Qi'an tightened his grip on the black gold long knife, pressed his hand, indicating that his sister and aunt should not panic, and walked slowly towards the well.

The vengeful spirit in the well had indeed been eliminated, and the well used to keep ghosts in the thief's den had also been purified. It shouldn't be possible for such a thing to happen again.

Could it be... Xu Qi'an walked quickly to the back of the well and saw Xiao Dou Ding sitting on the edge of the well, looking sleepy.

"I'm hungry. I came out to find something to eat." Xiao Dou Ding rubbed his eyes and mumbled.

"Why are you here?" Xu Qi'an thought to himself that it was just as he suspected.

"I was hungry. It can hide really well. Even children don't come out of their houses." Xiao Dou Ding looked at the well and looked convinced.Xu Qi'an guessed that the head the maid saw was Xu Lingyin peering into the well. He rarely felt so frustrated and couldn't express it.

"Big brother asked the kitchen to bring you some pastries." Xu Qi'an picked her up and walked back.

"Lingyin?" Auntie was surprised, then frowned, "You naughty child, sneaking out in the middle of the night and scaring people..."

She then realized that Lingyin was not in the room.

Xu Qi'an interrupted Auntie's scolding impatiently, "She's just hungry."

Although she had eaten three bowls of dinner, she was still hungry.

Auntie lost her confidence and hummed, pinched her waist, and glared at the little girl.

Xu Qi'an comforted his sister, auntie, and the maids, coaxed them to sleep, and went to the kitchen to get some pastries to feed Xu Lingyin.

Xu Lingyin fell asleep while eating.

Xu Qi'an handed her back to Lü E, went back to the room to continue sleeping, and heard someone knocking on the door while half-asleep.

"Big brother..." Xu Lingyue's crisp and pleasant voice came from outside the door.

"What's wrong?" Xu Qi'an didn't open the door. It was inappropriate for an older brother to open the door for his younger sister in the middle of the night.

"I, I can't sleep, I'm scared..." Xu Lingyue paused and added, "Mom can't sleep either. Earlier, Lü E asked about the ghost in the house, and mom told her about it. They both got scared."

"Dad is not at home, and they dare not sleep."

What does it have to do with me if they dare not sleep? Shall we sit down and play mahjong all night? Xu Qi'an remembered his own experience and empathized, so he patiently said, "Don't be afraid, there are no ghosts in the house."

Xu Lingyue didn't reply, hesitated for a few seconds, "Can big brother accompany us?"

PS: This chapter is an additional update from yesterday.