Li Xuan had personally met Jia Hu.
He didn't even know how to conceal his aura, how could he have endured for so many years?
Moreover, although he felt weaker than himself, he didn't seem to be much weaker, which means he was also a Sixth-Rank!
As for Jia Gui.
Although he had never met him, he could say things like "The river flows east for thirty years, then west for thirty years, do not bully the young and poor", with so much youthful spirit. How could he have endured for many years?
Li Xuan even suspected that all of them were time travelers!
Lin Daiyu didn't know about time travelers, but she nodded and said:
"Wang's uncle came to change the marriage agreement that day, and he discussed it in Rongxi Hall."
"We younger ones were hiding behind the screen, and we saw Jia Gui, who was also on the hall, his aura surging and unfathomable, undoubtedly a Sixth-Rank."
"Hmm? Wait, it's, it's rising again!"
As she spoke, Lin Daiyu suddenly closed her eyes and carefully felt it.
Then she exclaimed in shock.
Li Xuan joked: "Could it be another son of the Jia family?"
Lin Daiyu: "..."
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Northern Town Garrison of the Imperial Guard.
After seeing off Lin Meiyu, washing up and having breakfast, Li Xuan went to report for duty when the time was about right.
After organizing and submitting some intelligence, he was about to go down and take a look around, when the thousand-household officer sent word to gather everyone.
"You all know about the urgent report from Jizhou last month, right?"
How could those involved in intelligence not be concerned about the war?
Seeing everyone nod, he continued:
"Last winter was colder than usual, and it lasted longer, so the Jianzhou Jurchen didn't attack in the autumn and winter, but instead became active during the spring planting and animal breeding seasons."
"They had no food, and if they didn't raid, they would have to eat cubs!"
"They became quiet after that because the court mobilized reinforcements from nearby, and now the war is at a standstill. The King of Xian County will soon lead troops to support, and we will also send people to monitor and record achievements."
He glanced at the several hundred-household officers, some eager, some hesitant.
The thousand-household officer sneered and said: "Lao Zhang, Lao Lu, Lao Gao, Lao Qian, Lao Feng, those called out, follow me. Li Baohu, you stay with the rest to guard the capital."
Li Xuan nodded: "No problem."
Even with the flying fish robe, no hundred-household officer dared to lead Li Xuan.
"Prepare yourselves, work, work, dismiss!"
The thousand-household officer didn't let him go, not because he was trying to harm him.
He probably thought that Li Xuan was new here, not familiar with the Imperial Guard's business, and didn't know his strength, so he was afraid that he would rashly join the army and something might happen.
He was granted the flying fish robe, how could he dare let anything happen to him?
Rubbing his nose, Li Xuan decided not to go down and take a look around, instead he went to the Imperial Guard's data repository to better equip himself.
The Imperial Guard was also divided into civil and military.
Li Xuan was a hundred-household officer, a military position, and the clerical work was done by civil officials. If he really couldn't stand it, he could just ignore everything except investigation and imperial duties.
Actually, he could be idle when he had nothing to do.
As long as he could find someone when there was a job, it was fine.
However, he had only been in the data repository for half a day, and it wasn't even noon yet, when someone came to report that the vice principal of the Jintai Academy was dead!
Besides the National Academy, the Jintai Academy was considered one of the top academies in the capital.
Its vice principal died, which was almost like the death of a Fourth-Rank Director of the National Academy!
Li Xuan realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly left the data repository.
Passing by the Town Garrison, the town garrison shouted: "Wei Jin?"
"Just came here, no need to look for you, there's a task for your Thousand-Household Department."
He said, taking out the task book and saying: "The Censorial Censor Shi Ji went to Shaanxi, indulged in immoral acts, and abducted a woman from Changyuan to be his concubine, and he was imprisoned."
"Your Thousand-Household Department is about to go north to support, you are responsible for sending people to arrest him back!"
This was clearly an opportunity for him to gain merit.
As for offending the Duke of Yingcheng.
Was the Imperial Guard afraid of offending people? Ridiculous!
Back in the office, the banner-officer on duty today was Bai.
Great, it was cheap for him!
"Banner-officer Bai, you take some people and go. The Censorial Censor Shi Ji returned from his mission, and he abducted a woman from Changyuan to be his concubine, imprison him."
A commoner's daughter with a clean background was usually the daughter of a poor family, called a "good family girl". It was not allowed to threaten a "good family girl" to be a concubine. They would be sent to the Imperial Guard's prison.
Of course, they would be transferred to other prisons later.
"Oh, thank you, captain, for taking care of me!"
Banner-officer Bai knew that this kind of simple and clear task was a free bonus.
Li Xuan nodded, patted him on the shoulder: "I'll deal with the case of the Jintai Academy, leave the family to you."
"If you can't solve it, go next door and find other hundred-household officers in our Thousand-Household Department."
With his men assembled, Li Xuan rode towards the Jintai Academy.
There was nothing to say on the way.
When he arrived at the gate of the academy, a guard on horseback greeted him.
"Hundred-household officer, Banner-officer Lu has already controlled the scene, he has called a coroner to examine the body nearby, but the results are not yet out."
"Currently, we only know that yesterday afternoon at the hour of the shen (3 p.m. to 5 p.m.), the vice principal said in class A that he knew a student had done something wrong, and he was willing to give the student a chance to find him and confess in person at the third watch of the night (11 p.m. to 1 a.m.), and he would help to cover up the matter."
"This morning at the hour of the chen (7 a.m. to 9 a.m.), the vice principal was found dead in his bedroom, with his head and feet touching, resembling a spasm, no signs of a fight at the scene, no signs of rummaging."
Li Xuan didn't say anything, he just dismounted at the gate and followed him directly inside.
The guard knew where to go, and as he spoke, he led Li Xuan to the vice principal's bedroom.
Banner-officer Lu was standing guard at the door of the bedroom, with his men sealing off the bedroom.
There were the principal, professors, and instructors at the door, but most of them were students.
"Principal Lin, this is our Hundred-household officer Li Xuan, Li Wei Jin. He was granted the flying fish robe by the emperor to wear as a daily robe. You must control the students' emotions, don't cause trouble!"
Li Xuan didn't speak, and Banner-officer Lu didn't speak either.
But some of the clever guards stepped forward.
First, they introduced Li Xuan, asking the principal and others to show respect, and then pointed out that he was granted the flying fish robe, which meant he had the emperor's ear. If something went wrong, everyone would be in trouble, so don't let the students make trouble.
Principal Lin looked at Li Xuan for a moment and suddenly said:
"Could it be Li Wei Jin of the Li family in the capital, the one raised by the Director Li?"
When it came to his uncle, Li Xuan could no longer remain silent.
He bowed and said: "It's me, student."
He was just a hundred-household officer, it was not appropriate to call himself "this one" or "this official", it was better to use the scholar's address to show his refinement.
"It's really you," Principal Lin felt a little relieved, "Back then, you followed Director Li south, you were just a little kid, and now you're so grown up."
"How is the Director?"
"Uncle has achieved success in his cultivation of health preservation, he is in good health. Thank you for your concern, Principal Lin."
Health preservation cultivation was different from body tempering.
If you didn't have talent for body tempering, you could still use resources to force it. A few thousand or tens of thousands of taels could always get you to a certain level, it just depended on whether you were willing to spend the time and endure the pain of tempering.
But if you didn't have talent for health preservation cultivation, you didn't have talent, no matter how much you cultivated your qi, you wouldn't be able to cultivate qi sensation.
Well, just like spiritual roots in cultivation.