Anyone could understand the meaning of these two sentences and the venom hidden in them. Yan Xiaoyi stood on the stone steps and stared at Fan Xian's eyes, as if he wanted to coldly crucify him with his own eyes.
But he knew that it was impossible for him to kill Fan Xian in the capital, which was a very sad fact. After so many years, he still finds it uncomfortable that even if the little boy on the horse in front of him cursed his son so viciously and threatened... no, he threatened himself in front of the whole capital, he couldn't do anything in advance.
Because he is the son of Orion, and the other party is the son of His Majesty.
Yan Xiaoyi is different from the other elders in the military. He is not a family like the Qin Ye family, nor is he a nobleman like the eldest prince. Although he has the eldest princess as a backer, in fact, he Zhong's ascent still relies on his own strength. Today's glory and the lofty status of the governor of Peking University are all achieved by him fighting with his life in the north, the west and the south all these years.
There was never an enemy under his arrows, and his army was never able to stick to the three-day division in front of him. He made countless contributions to the court of the Qing Dynasty.
That's how it is today.
So even though His Majesty knew that he had a close relationship with the eldest princess, he still trusted him and gave him great favor. In the past few years, he was even allowed to serve as the commander of the forbidden army in the palace.
What is the reason for all this? It is because Yan Xiaoyi has a firm and strong heart.
As a super master of the ninth rank, in the entire Qing army, only Ye Zhong could compete with him, or those hidden characters hidden in the depths of the old Qin family. So Yan Xiaoyi has never been afraid of anything in his life, and even occasionally thinks, if his troops are facing a Grand Master, can the Grand Master...can escape his own arrow
Why would he be afraid of a young man? Even the young man immediately down the stone steps, in his opinion, is a young man who has gained a great reputation just by relying on his father's shadow and his mother's legacy. Even if this young man's eyes are so cold and cruel, but...
Don't come to tease me!
His eyes were fixed on Fan Xian, and the two eyes were like shocking arrows on his back. He seemed to be telling Fan Xian that if he wanted, he could kill you at any time. well done.
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Fan Xian raised his face fearlessly, narrowed his eyes slightly, to dispel the slight stinging pain, and greeted him with a sneer.
He didn't know whether Yan Xiaoyi was responsible for the ambush in the valley. Although the eldest princess was the biggest suspect in this matter, certain doubts prevented him from making a firm judgment. But he still wants to talk like this. Because Yan Xiaoyi will come to kill him one day, so he doesn't need to think too much about it.
Regardless of whether Yan Xiaoyi did it or not, Fan Xian knew that he had to do something that would shock the world, to warn those who secretly plotted against him. If he wanted to kill me, he had to weigh whether he could afford it. These prices!
The two hundred good heads in front of the stone lions of the Privy Council are proof.
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The stone steps of the Privy Council seem to be condensed by a gust of cold air.
Yan Xiaoyi stood proudly on the stone steps, and Fan Xian sat straight on the horseback. The eyes of the two were exactly at the same level. The murderous look in the eyes was so uncomfortable, it was the bloody surroundings. The smell, the stench emanating from the lower head of the stone lion, seemed to be afraid of the two people looking at each other, and avoided walking away.
Someone coughed lightly.
Qin Heng led his horse to the stone steps, apologized to the right deputy envoy of the Privy Council in a low voice, then straightened up, smiled gently at Yan Xiaoyi and said, "I have seen the governor."
He came very cleverly, just blocking Fan Xian's and Yan Xiaoyi's eye contact, easing the conflict that was about to explode.
Yan Xiaoyi slowly withdrew his piercing gaze, and said calmly, "Hi, my lord. How is my lord? I'm going back to Beijing in the end. I have to go and see my lord."
Qin Heng has long been named a Marquis, and the elder Yan Xiaoyi is talking about is naturally the old man Qin who has been sick in the mansion. With Yan Xiaoyi as the governor of Peking University, in front of that military pillar, Mr. Qin, he can only claim to be the last general.
With Qin Heng coming out to ease, Yan Xiaoyi must give this face.
But Fan Xian didn't need to give it. He lowered his head, played with the whip in his hand, and said, "You are blocking me and Governor Yan."
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Qin Heng was dumbfounded and then stunned again. He didn't understand what Fan Xian was thinking. Could it be that he was going to challenge Yan Xiaoyi at the gate of the Privy Council? Although it is well known in the world that Fan Xian is as famous as Haitang and is recognized as the number one expert in the generation of the Qing Dynasty, but... Facing Yan Xiaoyi, no one will think highly of him.
What's more, the identities of these two people are different, and this place is also special, how could they fight here
Qin Heng tilted his head slightly, and said in a low voice, "You were injured."
Fan Xian's facial expression was extremely calm, but Qin Heng's heart began to tremble. After everyone in the capital knew the news of today's ambush, they were most afraid of this situation.
Everyone was afraid that Fan Xian would go crazy.
If Mrs. Chen Pingping was an old black dog, Fan Xian would naturally be a little black dog. The little black dog would go crazy after being stabbed severely, but it would bite indiscriminately regardless of enemy or friend. What was frightening was that Fan Xian, in addition to being angry, would go to war and shake the foundation of the entire Qing court.
Listening to Qin Heng's question, Fan Xian slowly replied: "I just want to ask some questions. Treat with courtesy and return with kindness; give with a sword and repay with a sword. Is this the truth?"
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Some questions, Fan Xian was ready to question them face to face, but he didn't have the chance to say them out.
Listening to the words of the sword, everyone in the Privy Council thought Mr. Fan was about to go crazy, and subconsciously prepared for the battle. Although the Privy Council is mainly composed of staff officers, its force is not so strong compared to Zhuqing's Five Route Frontier Army, but after all, it is where the spirit of the Qing Army has been for decades. , There is always a moment of rebound, and all the school officers and generals hold the handle of the knife.
When Yan Xiaoyi entered the capital, he could only bring a hundred soldiers with him. At this time, the hundred soldiers had already deployed under the side porch of the Privy Council, watching nervously the more than one hundred officials of the Overwatch Council in front of the yamen gate.
The sergeants who came back from the northern border often had a look of wind and frost on their faces, and they had already been built into an iron army by Yan Xiaoyi, but the difference from the Qin Ye and other border troops was that these more than a hundred soldiers all wore bow and arrow.
In the capital of the Qing Kingdom, crossbows are banned but bows are not allowed. This is the self-confidence of the martial royal family.
The two sides confronted each other, but Qin Heng, the defender of the capital who had always been worried, was relieved. If Fan Xian used words to squeeze Yan Xiaoyi and invite him to a duel, as long as Yan Xiaoyi agreed, even His Majesty would not be able to stop him. The two sides must be in a life-and-death situation.
However, the current situation involves the conflict between the Overwatch Council and the military. Qin Heng knew that this battle could not be fought, because there are countless pairs of eyes in the capital, whether it is His Majesty or the court officials in charge of government affairs. It was impossible to stand by and watch the foundation of Qing Kingdom's dominance of the world, just because the heads in front of the Privy Council collapsed.
Sure enough, there was a shout in the distance, and the horse's hooves were slightly chaotic.
A group of imperial guards dressed in bright armor galloped up. The Privy Council was located between the Overwatch Council and the imperial palace. The reaction of these imperial guards seemed to be a bit slow. But some people with a discerning eye knew that the imperial guards deliberately left some time for Fan Xian to vent his grievances.
The imperial army represents the majesty of the emperor, and no one dares to despise it, at least on the surface.
Therefore, when the imperial guards lined up and the members of the Overwatch Council were separated from the soldiers of the Privy Council, no one expressed any objection.
What's more, the person leading the army is the eldest prince.
The First Prince was the Commander of Zhengxi back then, and had a close relationship with the military, but now everyone knows that his relationship with Fan Xian is also quite close.
Seeing that it was him who came to mediate, everyone in the audience breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, deeply feeling that His Majesty is wise, this person is really suitable.
The eldest prince led the reins and came to Fan Xian's side. The worried look on his face faded and he nodded slightly. He didn't say anything nonsense, but said, "Royal father knows about this, you should go back home to recuperate first." Bar."
Fan Xian looked at him with a half-smile, remained silent, and waited. He was going to leave naturally. It was impossible to really fight with the Privy Council here, but the people he was waiting for hadn't arrived yet.
After a while, three young eunuchs from the Huangmen ran over from the crowd panting, conveyed His Majesty's oral order, expressed their shock and condolences for the assassination of the full-power imperial envoy on Xingjiang South Road, and severely criticized the defense of the capital. Released a secret reminder and deterrence to everyone in the Privy Council, and then ordered Mr. Fan to return to the residence immediately to recuperate from his injuries. The court will make a decision after investigating the matter.
After a while, two ministers who were obviously not in good health also ran over panting. It was Mr. Shu and Mr. Hu, the two top ministers under the Zhongshu, who expressed their consolation and respect for Fan Xian. The murderer was extremely angry.
Shu Wu was an old acquaintance of Fan Xian's, but this was the first time Fan Xian saw the appearance of Grand Master Hu, and found that he was younger than he imagined, in his forties at most.
Fan Xian sat on the horse and remained silent for a while, then said to the First Prince: "You understand me, this first round of face is enough, I won't go crazy for the time being."
The First Prince nodded and said, "I'll see you off."
Fan Xian took the rein of the horse and spun it on the Tianhe Avenue, passed the whip to his left hand, raised it and pointed it at the military members on the stone steps of the Privy Council, waved it, and said nothing.
The military members of the Privy Council felt that this whip from a distance seemed to be slapped on their own faces.
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Back at Fan Mansion, the First Prince asked about the specific situation in the valley at that time, and after a little silence, he left the mansion. Fan Xian knew that he was going back to the palace in a hurry to meet the emperor's stormy questioning, but he didn't want to remind him too much, because he still had many doubts about this matter.
The palace transferred three imperial physicians from the imperial hospital to Fan's mansion, but Fan Xian didn't use them. He just asked the brothers from the third place to apply medicine to heal his wounds. The remaining poison should be gone in a few days. It's a miserable wound, but I don't know how many days it will last.
Until now, lying on his warm bed at home, Fan Xian's body and mind were finally completely relaxed. He suddenly felt a trace of irresistible exhaustion. Even though his back was still in pain, he still fell into a deep sleep hugging the pillow. go down.
When he woke up, it was already dark, and a maid went out and brought in a bowl of rice porridge warmed with hot water. The one who had been by Fan Xian's bed took the rice porridge, helped Fan Xian to sit up, and used the The spoon was lifted, blowing carefully, and feeding slowly.
Fan Xian took a sip, licked his dry lips, looked at his father who was carefully spooning the porridge beside him, and found that he had not seen him for a year, and his father had more gray hair and deeper wrinkles. Feeling a little sad in my heart.
"It made you worry."
Fan Jian didn't speak, just fed him a few more mouthfuls, put the porridge bowl on the table, and said calmly: "I told you that when you were going to enter the Overwatch Council, there would definitely be problems in the future, but... since The problem has already arisen, and there is no need to talk about it."
After a moment of silence, Fan Xian said, "There are many things I can't figure out."
Fan Jian said gently, "Let's listen."
Fan Xian told his father all the doubts in his heart beside the wrecked car in the valley, hoping to learn from this man who seems to be indifferent in the court, but in fact has a solid foundation and sophisticated methods, even His Majesty cannot force him to abdicate. Father, give yourself some reminders.
"Since it is determined that the military did it." Fan Jian said: "Then we can analyze it. In addition to the defense of the capital, our Qing army has a total of five frontier troops and seven frontier troops. The frontier soldiers are the most powerful. Dingzhou is the first, Qin is the first, Cangzhou's frontier soldiers are under the control of Yan Xiaoyi, and there is also a branch on the Nanzhao line. The strength of the state army is basically negligible, but that's it, in fact, the five The soldiers on the side of the road are not so clearly divided, just like the Ye and Qin families, the old disciples are all over the army, and they have certain influence in all aspects."
Fan Xian paused for a moment, and then continued: "And like the First Prince's expedition to the West in the past, he was actually drawn from the five frontier soldiers to form a large army. Once the battle was over, he returned to all sides."
Fan Xian was silent for a while and said, "This is also one of His Majesty's ideas."
"That's right, these generals were promoted to key positions because of the conquest of the West, so if they were the hands and feet of the royal family, they were not in the hands of Ye and Qin's family. In this way, no one of the Five Route Frontier Army can control it alone .”
It's strange that the father and son didn't seem to express much emotion or anger when Fan Xian's assassination was such a major event, they just calmly analyzed the situation.
"As for the defense of the capital, within a radius of 40 miles outside the capital, it is under the jurisdiction of the capital's garrison. The garrison has 20,000 people under its jurisdiction. There are the most powerful imperial army in the Qing Kingdom, 10,000 people, and thirteen city gates. It seems inconspicuous, but it is directly governed by His Majesty's will to open and close the city gates of Kyoto. It is also an important yamen. There are also guards in the palace. Except for the fact that this term of the Grand Commander has really achieved it, the rest of the time, the guards in the palace are managed by the father-in-law in the palace."
Father-in-law? Of course it was Eunuch Hong... Fan Xian suddenly heard something very strange from his father's words, except that Gong Dian was really in charge of the imperial guards and the inner guards
He suddenly raised his head and said in surprise: "Gong Dian... is so trusted by His Majesty?"
The first time Fan Xian had to deal with the defense forces in the palace was the palm facing Gong Dian at the gate of the Qing Temple. He knew very well about Gong Dian and the matter of the Hanging Temple. A large part of the reason was that His Majesty wanted to The forces of the Ye family expelled from the capital, wanting Gong Dian to be removed from the position of commander of the imperial army. But... according to what my father said, the palace code, or the trust that the Ye family received back then, was really terrible, so why did the emperor forcefully push the Ye family to the side of the second prince and the eldest princess
Fan Xian faintly felt that he seemed to have grasped something important, but he still couldn't figure it out clearly, and he couldn't help but get a headache.
Fan Jian said softly: "Don't think too complicatedly. Although His Majesty is a genius, he will not play tricks on the defense of the capital... As for why the Ye family was driven out, I think... I can guess a little bit."
Fan Xian frowned and said, "Father, what is the reason?"
Fan Jian laughed, helped him to lie down gently, and said slowly: "Don't forget, your mother's surname is also Ye... When she first entered the capital, she beat Ye Chong once, and Wu Zhu returned her peace. Ye Liuyun fought a battle, even if there is no relationship between your two families, His Majesty may be worried about certain things. When it came to the Hanging Temple, His Majesty did not trust you as much as today, but he is ready to reuse you, so naturally he must guard against certain things. something."
Fan Xian was startled, and then he sighed coldly. As an emperor, his mind really is... But what is the meaning of such a life? It's just that he didn't expect that no matter how powerful his father was, he would always guess wrong after all.
"I don't have much affection with the Ye family." Fan Xian said, but he thought of the girl with bright jewel eyes.
"Not now, doesn't mean there won't be any in the future." Fan Jian raised his brows and said, "I'm interested in why His Majesty is so guarded against you."
Fan Xian was silent for a long time, and then said softly: "Father, do you think this incident was... arranged by the emperor?"
On the outskirts of Kyoto, he mobilized the military to kill people, and even moved the city crossbow. As a result, he was the commissioner of the Overwatch Council, in charge of the world's intelligence, and he was not prepared at all! Whenever he thinks about this incident, Fan Xian always feels that behind the ambush in the valley, it is definitely not just the madness of the eldest princess, but something deeper should be hidden. In his suspicion list, the emperor is naturally the one who ranks first, as for the second...
"It's not Your Majesty." Fan Jian said suddenly, "It's too late for him to love and pet you now, how could he kill you...unless...he is going to die."
Fan Xian was silent, and asked: "Can both the capital's garrison and the Overwatch Council be rendered ineffective at the same time... Besides His Majesty, who can have this power? The eldest princess plus Yan Xiaoyi?"
He shook his head. However, Fan Jian smiled and asked back: "What should you be guessing, otherwise why didn't you go into your own courtyard when you came back from the Privy Council?"
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