Dafeng Guardian 大奉打更人 Episode 1

At the company's team-building event, Xu Qian'an was late because he had to meet a client. Originally people thought it was just a dinner together, but the big boss announced on the spot that Xu Qian'an would be the manager of the North District, assisting General Manager Zhu in working together. Although the boss said he was an "assistant", Mr. Zhu was still a deputy. He had been trying to get this position for so many years and thought he could get a regular job. But he still failed and lost to a white-faced boy who had just joined the company. .

Manager Zhu was somewhat unconvinced, and in his words he implied that Xu Qian'an had little experience and could only flatter. No one could tolerate saying such things in public, with so many colleagues in the company present. Xu Qiyan said nothing and went to the side to get a bottle of beer. Everyone stared at Xu Qiyan, thinking that he was going to throw the bottle of beer on Manager Zhu's head. Unexpectedly, Xu Qiyan respectfully bowed to Zhu. The manager offered a toast to apologize.

In order to make him feel better, Chu Caiwei quickly suggested that after dinner, everyone play a script-killing game together. Everyone started cheering, breaking the awkward atmosphere. After two rounds of drinks, Manager Zhu fell to the ground drunk like mud.

Xu Qiyan led everyone to play a script-killing game, and he got the role of a "night watchman". After seeing the content of the script, Xu Qiyan was very confused. The content of the script was tortuous and why were the fates of everyone so unfortunate. He never expected that when he woke up, he would actually find himself sleeping in a dark prison.

The jailer brought him a bowl of rice and called him "Xu Qiyan". Xu Qiyan stood up and asked the jailer puzzledly why he was here, what he had done wrong, or what time it was and why he was wearing a performance costume. The jailer glared at him, thinking that he was going to be naughty again, and simply poured the food in his hand to the dog.

Xu Qi'an began to try to recall the content of the script-killing he had seen. At this time, another elegant young man came to see him. This person claimed to be Xu Xinnian. Xu Qi'an vaguely remembered that this was the second son of the Xu family. According to Xu Xinnian, because Xu's father The tax money was once lost, and from then on all the members of the Xu family were implicated. Even Xu Qian'an was imprisoned and would soon be sent to a remote and desolate place. Xu's father was beheaded five days later.

Since there was still time, Xu Qiyan immediately asked Xu Xinnian to try his best to get the case files. Although Xu Xinnian didn't know what method Xu Qiyan had, he still promised to give it a try as long as there was a glimmer of hope.

Soon, Xu Xinnian got the file and hurriedly sent it to Xu Qiyan. After carefully reading the records in the file, Xu Qiyan concluded that there was actually a monster in Dafeng. At this time, the emperor had sent many detectives to investigate near the place where the tax silver was lost. He also sent Xu Qian'an and asked her to use the wind-watching technique to determine whether there were any monsters nearby.

Xu Qian'an looked through the files again and again. He tried hard to analyze every detail and reminded himself not to be blinded by the above judgment. There were no monsters in the world. It seemed to be a man-made disaster. According to the records in the files, there was an explosion on the water surface when the tax silver disappeared, so there must be another mystery.

It was impossible for Duke Ping to disappear with 150,000 taels of silver. After Xu Qian'an rehearsed the whole process again, he immediately shouted "prison". He already knew the truth about the disappearance of the tribute silver.

Originally, the jailer was concentrating on eating the chicken leg in his hand, but when he heard that someone had found the truth, he quickly sent Xu Qian'an to the official who was anxious to solve the case.

Xu Qian'an knelt beside the adults and said that the 150,000 taels of silver had been replaced by a metal called "sodium" with a very similar color and texture during transportation. This metal would explode when it fell into the water. . The officials standing by couldn't believe it. Chu Caiwei kindly asked him to take out the metallic sodium and have a look. Xu Qian'an hesitated for a moment and explained that the metallic sodium needed sufficient heat to reach boiling point before it could be refined.

Originally, it was thought that there was no electricity in Dafeng, and it would be extremely difficult to reach high temperatures, but unexpectedly, Chu Caiwei had magic skills and could make his mind move at will. With some guidance from Chu Caiwei, he actually managed to make the metallic sodium. Sure enough, both the texture and color were similar to silver. When this substance was put into water, it exploded with a "bang". Everything was finally explained. It seemed that Xu Pingzhi could not be blamed for this incident. The officials quickly reported the truth to the current emperor and asked for credit and reward. Soon, the jailer also received the notice to release Xu Pingzhi and his family.

Xu Pingzhi was thrown into prison and cried out for injustice all day long. He knew that losing 150,000 tribute silver was a serious crime and it seemed that he was going to die this time. He was wiping his tears and saying his final goodbye to his wife, but he didn't expect the jailer to open the door.

Xu Pingzhi survived the robbery and asked what happened immediately after he was released from prison. When he heard the jailer say that the family had found out the truth, he thought it was his promising son Xu Xinnian, but he didn't expect it was his nephew Xu Qian'an. Since he was the family's savior, Xu Pingzhi asked his wife to agree to let Xu Qian'an eat at the same table with him in the future.