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Xu Qi'an was his nephew, the orphan of his elder brother, whom he had raised for over twenty years, and was no different from his own son.
Xu Pingzhi has always felt a strong sense of responsibility for raising Xu Qi'an.
But now, my nephew is gone just like that?
In a daze, Xu Pingzhi heard a thud. He turned around and found that his wife had fainted.
Xu Pingzhi quickly helped his wife up and held her in his arms. Then he heard Nangong Qianrou continue, "Please accept my condolences, Commander Xu."
“Ning Yan sacrificed himself for the country, so your position will be promoted, and your son will not have to go to a remote area to serve as an official after he completes his studies.”
These are the unspoken benefits for martyrs, all of which are unwritten rules.
Li Ru regained consciousness soon after. She opened her eyes and saw the little boy, his eyes red and whimpering, standing at the door. Nangong Qianrou's figure had already walked out the door.
"Master... is that little brat really gone?"
Half a day later, Xu Lingyue rushed home. Seeing her distraught parents, she quickly told them the latest news.
“Ning Yan should still be saved. Young Master has a way to revive him, but you must not make it public.”
Upon hearing this, Xu Pingzhi and Li Ru exchanged glances, their instinctive reaction being that their daughter was lying to them.
Finally, after much persuasion, Xu Lingyue convinced the two of the truth.
Li Ru sat up straight and held the nine hundred taels of silver tightly in her arms.
"Don't tell anyone, or we'll lose our compensation!"
Chapter 332 Xu Qi'an: Follow Lin Pingzhi's example!
Xu Mansion.
Two weeks later, Xu Qi'an's funeral was completed.
The little boy, chewing on osmanthus cake, stared wide-eyed and asked, "Mommy, will the big pot come back to life?"
After the funeral, Xu Qi'an was not buried and his body is still kept in Li Chang'an's mansion. The whole capital is talking about how Li Chang'an has a way to bring Xu Qi'an back to life.
Xu Qi'an's relatives and friends were caught in a limbo, wanting to grieve but unable to, and no one knew whether Xu Qi'an would survive.
"I guess... I won't die."
Xu Lingyin smiled, but then her face fell again. "Mother, if Daguo didn't die, should we return the money?"
Li Ru said impatiently, "There's no reason to return money issued by the imperial court!"
Upon hearing this, the little girl jumped up on the spot. She had seen so much silver with her own eyes, and then she thought of another question.
"Then, Mother, if Daguo hadn't died, would that silver belong to Daguo or Mother?"
Li Ru gritted her teeth and glared at her youngest daughter, saying bitterly, "It's definitely not yours!"
In Li Chang'an's residence.
Xu Qi'an's coffin was placed in the courtyard, and Li Chang'an seemed to have no taboos about it.
A chubby orange cat lay on the coffin, lazily basking in the sun, staring at a large black cat passing by on the wall.
"Master Jinlian, when can I be released?"
Fat Cat had already heard Xu Qi'an's voice in his divine sense. Now that Xu Qi'an had officially broken through to the Refining God Realm, he could transmit his voice through divine sense.
"It'll be soon. There has to be a reason. Once Li Chang'an breaks through to the third rank of Confucianism and makes a fuss, you can be resurrected."
Xu Qi'an said, "The third rank of Confucianism is... the realm of establishing destiny, but that doesn't mean resurrection, does it? Is that reliable?"
The orange cat wagged its tail and said dismissively, "Who cares what the meaning of 'establishing a destiny' is? As long as the commotion is big enough, it means your master's cultivation has improved."
"Your cultivation level has improved, so it's reasonable for me to use supernatural powers to revive you, right?"
Xu Qi'an's spiritual consciousness replied, "In this Ganges River..."
The big black cat that had been waiting on the wall turned its gaze to the orange cat and even exaggeratedly twitched its nose.
Immediately afterwards, the big black cat jumped off the wall, then rushed forward at top speed, leaping onto the coffin and pinning the big orange cat down, thrusting into it.
"roll!"
The orange cat suddenly spoke in human language and kicked the big black cat that was trying to have a deeper conversation with him away.
A middle-aged woman who had just passed by was immediately horrified.
She hid in terror behind Xu Lingyue, "Madam, the cats in your manor can actually speak human language!"
At this moment, Xu Lingyue was leading the disguised Mu Nanzhi to Li Chang'an's study.
Xu Lingyue admired Mu Nanzhi's persistence to some extent.
Since Li Chang'an left, Mu Nanzhi came every two weeks, and after two months, it became once every ten days.
Lately, this woman has been coming every two or three days. Is she in such a hurry to ask you to arrange flowers, young master?
However, since this was a friend whom the young master had personally received, Xu Lingyue dared not neglect her.
“It’s alright, young master said this cat is spiritually intelligent.”
Mu Nanzhi nodded with lingering fear. Li Chang'an was truly unconventional; not only did he keep his disciple's coffin in his residence, but he also kept a cat with supernatural powers.
Mu Nanzhi said with some worry, "Madam, it is said that cats are very evil, and if they get close to a corpse, they will make the dead come back to life!"
Xu Lingyue shook her head. "Perhaps the young master just wants to take advantage of the cat's intelligence."
As the two walked further away, Xu Qi'an could no longer hear their conversation.
"Women always come to see Master, it's so enviable! When I reach Master's level of cultivation, I can do it too!"
"But before that, let's win over my senior sister first, hehe!"
Just then, the orange cat suddenly said, "Don't make a sound, those people are coming to see you again."
Not long after, Xu Qi'an heard a sound outside the coffin.
"Mr. Song, Miss Chu, you've arrived? And this is... "
The speaker was Princess Pingyang, who had been staying at Li Chang'an's house recently and visited Xu Qi'an every day.
This warmed Xu Qi'an's heart. Now, Princess Pingyang and Constable Lü Qing were his top targets for conquest.
He often worried that if he succeeded in becoming the Prince Consort of Pingyang, he would no longer be able to enjoy the company of women like his master.
Then he should learn from his master. His master only flirted with the two princesses but did not marry them. He can do the same to Princess Pingyang.
However, although he had a good relationship with Princess Pingyang, he always felt that something was missing between them, which resulted in them being just fellow disciples who cared for each other.
Xu Qi'an had a keen sense of smell, and he guessed that the wounds from his first love hadn't healed yet.
If you wield your hoe well, there's no corner you can't dig down, let alone an ex-boyfriend!
Xu Qi'an had a complete strategy in mind for Lin Pingzhi and Wei Xiaobao to steal his senior sister away. Senior sister, I don't believe you can resist!
My senior sister must have some feelings for me, otherwise she wouldn't come to check on me every day to see if I'm alive.
"Greetings, Princess Pingyang. This is my fifth junior sister, Zhong Li."
Xu Qi'an was secretly delighted; another girl had come to see him!
Ever since Xu Qi'an was moved here, Song Qing has been making three trips a day. He is extremely curious about Li Chang'an's method of reviving Xu Qi'an.
As for Chu Caiwei, she was also curious about Li Chang'an's methods, how he could bring the dead back to life.
Now that another female sorcerer has arrived, Xu Qi'an suddenly feels like a lab rat, lying on the experimental table at the mercy of others.
The coffin lid slowly opened, and Song Qing began to touch and pinch Xu Qi'an's body.
Xu Qi'an felt a pang of regret, as it was always Song Qing who was touching the object, while Chu Caiwei and Pingyang watched from afar.
"Mr. Song, don't you think my junior brother has become more handsome?"
Before Song Qing could answer, Xu Qi'an was overjoyed.
If his soul hadn't yet fully merged with his body, he would have already sat up in delight.
"Monk, you can even get a beauty filter by facing death? You never mentioned that before!"
Shenshu's consciousness replied, "This humble monk has never worried about his appearance, so I never even thought of this matter. Please forgive me, benefactor."
Versailles! Versailles bald monk!
The fact that my senior sister cares so much about me means I have a good chance of winning over the princess!
Outside the coffin, Song Qing frowned, touched Xu Qi'an's face, and then pinched it.
"Now it seems that Xu Qi'an's body has not decomposed at all, so Lord Li should have a chance to revive him. As for his appearance... he was originally a little worse than me, and now he seems a little better, so he's still a little worse than me..."
Jealousy! Jealousy from a STEM nerd!
"This method of facing death to live can indeed change one's appearance and voice. This is the advantage of a martial artist. Extraordinary martial artists can even regenerate severed limbs."
"If you don't like how your face looks, just shave it off with a knife and a new face will grow back."
The speaker was the female sorcerer named Zhong Li. Xu Qi'an thought to himself, "This is simply a heartless female PhD in science and engineering. Her ideas are too bizarre!"
"Senior brothers and sisters, if we gouge out Xu Qi'an's face now, and Li Chang'an resurrects him, won't he look even better?"
Hearing Chu Caiwei's words, Xu Qi'an was scared half to death. How did the supervisor teach his disciples? What kind of weirdos did he produce?