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Chapter 266 Keeping an Appointment

Chapter 266 Keeping an Appointment
After Wu Qingzhao's encouragement, everyone in the Shanhe Division became excited and rushed out to look for clues.

Of course, Miao Yu could not be concealed from the movements in the yamen.

Miao Yu was very satisfied.

These messengers of the Champa Office are just sitting there doing nothing and have no ambition to make progress.

Now, with a little trick, he could mobilize them all.

"What a brilliant move!"

It was true that Miao Yu admired Xu Yuan's talent; using this incident to put some pressure on his subordinates was also the result he expected.

Miao Yu sat quietly in the yamen, waiting to meet Xu Yuan in the evening.

Xu Yuan did not force Zhang Lao Ya anymore. Lord Xu judged that although Zhang Lao Ya was blinded by greed, he felt guilty towards the three sisters. After some hesitation, he would probably find a way to notify the other party.

Xu Yuan continued to learn the methods of alchemy from Aunt Wang in the yamen.

During lunch, Xu Yuan secretly observed and found that Zhang Laoya was a little absent-minded, so he laughed to himself.

After dinner, Xu Yuan called Zhou Leizi over and took out a seed from the bag in advance and placed it on the table.

"Look at this thing."

Zhou Leizi's face changed as he took possession of it: "Sir, this is a 'Soul-Eating Bean', of seventh-rate quality, and I am unable to cultivate it yet."

Zhou Leizi also went to Zhoujiaji and thought, "Is it the thing that grew out of Fu Chongjiu's ear?"

Xu Yuan nodded: "It's a reward for you. Take it and study it carefully. Try to get promoted to the eighth rank as soon as possible."

"Thank you, sir!" Zhou Leizi was overjoyed and carefully put the seeds away. He said, "Sir, these soul beans are nourished by souls.

The usage on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month was actually risky.

Planting this thing on yourself can indeed stabilize your soul in a short period of time, but if it exceeds two hours, this thing cannot be pulled out!

It will take root deep within the soul, absorbing the soul and growing."

Xu Yuan was also secretly shocked. Fortunately, he rewarded Zhou Leizi with a pill, otherwise he would not have known that this thing had this drawback.

Zhou Leizi also guessed that the adult had more than one in his hand, so he reminded him.

"Okay, you go down."

But Zhou Leizi forced a smile and said cautiously, "Sir, I would like to ask for a day off tomorrow."

"Is there something going on at home?"

"No, I'm all alone. It's just... hey, last time I was in Yujing Village, I planted some seeds and wanted to see how they were growing."

Xu Yuan patted his forehead and remembered.

The dragon drove everyone out of its stomach and dropped them into the valley.

Zhou Leizi felt that the ground was full of good fertilizer, so he scattered a handful of seeds.

"Okay, go and come back soon."

"Hey, thank you, sir."

Zhou Leizi left happily.

……

In the afternoon, Di Youzhi arrived.

There is still a wooden board tied to his arm, and he needs to recover for at least a month.

"Sir, I have something to ask of you."

"You want to take a leave too?"

Di Youzhi was stunned, and Xu Yuan told him about Zhou Leizi. Di Youzhi scolded his subordinate with a smile, then shook his head and said, "Although my arm is broken, I can still perform my duties. I would like to ask for your help in picking out some good weapons from the government treasury."

Di Youzhi's golden pill was smashed into pieces by Fu Chongjiu.

Although the two halves of the golden pill were later retrieved, they still had to be fed and refined again.

You need to bait some good metal.

"Also, I feel like I'm about to be promoted to the seventh level. I need to prepare in advance and shape the gold pill into a sword pill, but weapons with good steel mouths are too expensive, hehe..."

Xu Yuan smiled and said, "Is it going to be promoted to the seventh rank? That's good news."

"There are just some signs," Di Youzhi said, "It's estimated to take another year or so, so I'm making preparations early."

"Okay, go to the office and find Patrolman Shi, and ask him to take you to the treasury. Remember to treat Patrolman Shi to a drink."

"Okay," Di Youzhi said with a grin, "I'll go right away."

With Xu Yuan's words, Inspector Shi will definitely help.

The price of weapons is actually not low.

A good knife costs seven or eight taels of silver, and a sword is even more expensive.

This time, Di Youzhi needed at least twenty handfuls of bait, which cost nearly two hundred taels of silver, and Di Youzhi felt the pain in his heart.

Moreover, there are a large number of weapons in the government treasury that are idle.

Just like those muskets, it's really a waste.

After Di Youzhi left, Xu Yuan looked at the time and prepared to set off to keep his appointment with Miao Yu.

Before leaving, Xu Yuan quietly told Aunt Wang to keep an eye on Mr. Zhang secretly.

……

Speaking of which, the owner of this "Bai Yue Pavilion" is an acquaintance, the white fox.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty explicitly prohibited officials from visiting prostitutes.

But this rule became a dead letter hundreds of years ago.

Miao Yu really likes the "elegant, clean, and reluctant to accept" style of the white fox.

During this period, he was the big sponsor of White Fox.

Xu Yuan went to Baiyue Pavilion alone without bringing anyone else.

After knocking on the door, it was the little maid who came to open the door.

When the little maid saw that it was him, her expression changed several times, and she muttered to herself: "Oh no, two gold masters have collided..."

Xu Yuan's face darkened. I have never spent any money on your great-grandmother. That was Fu Jingyu, okay?

"I am Mr. Miao's guest today."

The little girl breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh oh oh, please come in quickly."

She spoke very fluently: "Master Miao only said that there would be guests today, but he didn't say it would be you."

"It's great to be an official. All the people I know are rich people."

Xu Yuan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

I went in with the little girl and walked to the edge of the rockery, and suddenly my nose twitched.

Smelled something familiar.

Although it was very faint, it could not escape Dan Xiu's nose.

Xu Yuan stopped and the little maid turned around and said, "Why don't you leave, sir? Master Miao and my daughter are waiting for you."

Xu Yuan looked around and stared at the back of the rockery: "Come out."

The fox sisters came out with sad faces.

Why can't I hide away?
This guy actually came to my door himself!

Xu Yuan laughed: "Why? Are all foxes in the world one family?"

The foxes Lord Xu knew all came from the same litter.

"We..." The two foxes were of course in human form at this time. In fact, before Miao Yu came, they were playing in the rockery pond.

Just like being in the Plum Blossom Pond.

The two sisters looked at each other resignedly, and the elder sister said with a stiff upper lip, "Grandpa sent us here, and we haven't done anything evil since we arrived in the city."

"Yes, yes, yes." My sister nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

His chest was trembling.

Fortunately, Song Lu didn’t come with me today, otherwise I would be ashamed.

"We went to look for you several times, but you were in the government office and we couldn't get in."

“We went there last night…”

Xu Yuan hummed, "Last night?"

The elder sister hurriedly and secretly pulled her younger sister.

But Xu Yuan had already walked over and asked in a low voice: "Did you see those things?"

Xu Yuan was just bluffing.

Anyway, I didn’t say what “something” it was.

But the two sisters' faces turned pale and they nodded cautiously.

Xu Yuan was overjoyed, but remained calm as he asked, "Have you memorized their scent? Can you find them?"