Chapter 76 75. Housewarming Party

into the night.

The lights are on and the moon is high in the sky.

The prosperity of Huai'an County at night is not much less than that during the day.

As there is no curfew system, coupled with prosperous trade and a huge population, every night, thousands of lights are on, and the flames color the night sky, making it feel as bright as day.

If it were more than half a month ago, you could still see a constant stream of pedestrians holding lanterns walking on the long street.

Unfortunately, due to the major crackdown and investigation, there is a panic everywhere and very few people are around. Even brothels and taverns where people gather are now deserted.

At this time, there was a lively and joyous atmosphere in the Xu Mansion.

The Xu family moved into their new home today and held a housewarming party, inviting Uncle Zhang, Uncle Xing, Fatty Li, Chen Ziming, Mo Qingxue, Dasha and others to join them.

Needless to say, Uncle Zhang and others.

Chen Ziming is a fellow disciple that Xu Qing interacts with the most in Yuanfu Temple, and Mo Qingxue and Dasha are also good friends of his after two experiences of fighting monsters together.

In addition to their identities as constables, Xu Qing was interested in making friends with them. After all, he would not always stay in Yuanfu Temple or Huai'an County. Having them help look after the house when he was away would save him a lot of trouble.

So in the end we invited them all over.

I originally wanted to invite the master, but the master had been in seclusion a few days ago, so Xu Qing naturally didn't want to disturb him because of such a small matter.

The banquet was held in the courtyard of the mansion.

A group of people sat around the table, with a lonely silver moon hanging overhead, the cool moonlight spreading over the courtyard, and a cool breeze with moisture blowing around, just enough to take away the heat.

Most of the dishes on the table were cooked by Xu's mother Liu Fang herself, and most of them were brought back from Chunfeng Tower. The wine was green plum wine, which was just right for this season.

"This day is so beautiful." The second son Xu Huai took a sip of the slightly sweet green plum wine and picked up a piece of greasy meat.

"Your future will be even better." Fatty Li said with a smile: "With Xu Qing here, your family will rise soon. What do you call it? When one person succeeds, the whole family will rise to prominence!"

Mo Qingxue slapped Fatty Li on the shoulder, almost knocking him into the ground: "Li Ping'an, if you can't speak, just shut up."

Fatty Li finally reacted and quickly slapped himself on the face a few times: "Sorry, sorry, that's not what I meant."

"It should be called, one person's blessing brings happiness to the whole family." Chen Ziming interrupted cheerfully.

"It's okay, it's okay." Xu's mother Liu Fang quickly tried to smooth things over. "Ping An is right. If it weren't for San'er, we, who eat from the dirt, would never have had the blessing to move to the city."

"Aunt, you deserve this blessing." Old Zhang said with a smile, "You gave birth to a good son. San'er is very successful now, and he will be even more successful in the future."

"Besides, your eldest and second oldest sons are not bad either. They can support the family without any problems."

When Xu's mother Liu Fang heard this, she couldn't suppress the smile on her face. For a mother, nothing can make her happier than praising her child.

Father Xu also had a bright smile on his face.

Xu Qing looked at the banquet where everyone was talking and laughing, raised his glass and invited them to drink together: "Year after year, let us have fun together; everyone will be blessed, and the prosperity will last forever!"

Others also raised their glasses:

"Year after year, let us enjoy the happiness together; let us be blessed and live forever!"

The housewarming party ended with laughter and joy.

After the housewarming party, Mo Qingxue suddenly approached Xu Qing and made a request: "Master Xu Qing, the government wants to ask for your help with something."

Government?

Not in a personal capacity? Xu Qing turned his eyes slightly: "What is it?"

"It's an evil incident. It has something to do with Liu Sanniang." Mo Qingxue explained the cause and effect. "I told you this morning that Liu Sanniang was pregnant, but the baby died in her womb. The black snake demon's previous incarnation was for the remains of Liu Sanniang's child."

"After we learned this, we sent people to track down the place where the remains of Liu Sanniang's child were buried, but they never came back."

"The court has now ordered the towns along the Huai River to conduct a major inspection, but the government cannot spare many manpower for the time being."

"So I would like to ask you and Li Ping'an to assist Dasha and I in handling this matter."

"Don't worry, you won't suffer any loss. We will submit the assistance documents through the government, and Yuanfu Temple will distribute them through the dispatch of affairs."

"But it won't be open to all the disciples. It will only be open to you and Li Pingan."

"How far is that place? How strong are the constables who didn't come back?" Xu Qing did not agree rashly.

"The place is in a village near Huai'an County. There is a baby drowning pond in the village. My two missing colleagues are ninth-rank warriors."

The baby drowning pond?
This name sounds unlucky.

It seems that Liu Sanniang threw the child's body into the pond?
Xu Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, considering whether to take on this matter.

But thinking that we are near Huai'an County, if there is any problem, we can immediately contact the sect, Master, and Lord Jinhu.

Don't worry too much about safety.

"When?"

"I still need a few days to prepare, maybe at the end of the month."

"can."

After staying at home for one night, Xu Qing and Fatty Li returned to the mountain gate the next day.

It rained continuously today, and with the mist spreading, the whole mountain seemed to be covered in a sea of ​​clouds. When the wind blew, the mist surged, like white clouds slowly flowing.

Xu Qing and Fatty Li, holding umbrellas, climbed up the mountain gate step by step.

The temple is still peaceful and quiet, with quiet mountains and forests and chirping birds.

However, these days, more and more pilgrims come here to burn incense. Even though it is inconvenient to climb the mountain on rainy days, there are still people coming here in the rain.

First, both sides of the Huaihe River are now conducting self-correction and self-inspection, and have discovered that many evil spirits are hiding in the city. People are panic-stricken and inevitably want to ask for the gods' protection.

Second, the rain has been intermittent during this period and has basically never stopped. No rain is a big problem, but too much rain is also a problem.

It didn't rain so frequently in spring in previous years.

But this is the will of heaven, and cultivators can only take care of it once or twice, but not too many times. After all, going against the will of heaven can affect the entire body, and in serious cases it may even endanger the cultivator's cultivation.

After entering the Taoist temple, Xu Qing and Fatty Li parted ways. Having been down the mountain for so long, he had to go and greet his master when he returned.

Xu Qingze did not return to his own courtyard, but went to the Deacon Hall to find Senior Brother Wen Xi.

First of all, he had two purple robes obtained from the two people from southern Xinjiang. It seemed that these two robes had only one function, which was to prevent people from being exposed during the process of turning into tigers and turning back into humans.

Xu Qing was going to give these two robes, which were of no use to him, to Senior Brother Wen Xi for recycling.

In addition, he planned to learn how to draw treasure appraisal talismans from Senior Brother Wenxi.

The master is in seclusion now, so he doesn't want to disturb him, but the treasure-appraising talisman is indeed a very practical talisman, so he plans to ask Senior Brother Wenxi for advice.

(End of this chapter)