"impossible."
Fan Xian lay on the bed, shook his head and said three words, but immediately coughed up, as if he knew even his internal injuries, he couldn't completely trust his own judgment, and it was inevitable that he would have some reactions under the agitation of his mood.
However, Fan Xian still felt that it was impossible. He followed Mr. Fei to learn the introduction and brief introduction to biological poisons, the rules and department composition of the Overwatch Council, and the unique handling methods and killing skills of the Overwatch Council from a very young age. , his life began to be closely linked with the Overwatch Council, the most feared place among Qing officials and common people.
In the eyes of others, he is a child, at most a child with some genius temperament. But he knew that Fan Anzhi's soul was quite mature in Danzhou, so he knew long ago that his future life would definitely be closely linked with the Overwatch Council.
After entering Beijing, the appearance of the Tisi waist badge made Fan Xian understand the good intentions of those old people in the Overwatch Council. that woman.
Up to now, Fan Xian has possessed uncountable wealth, a world-renowned reputation, and a very high status. All of this may be due to his experience in life in two lifetimes, the poems and lyrics of countless predecessors, and his own childhood. He has cultivated a firm mind, but he knows in his heart that all these are just external objects, difficult to tie, and may be lost anytime, anywhere.
And the reason why I can still have these until today is because of the power of the Overwatch Council.
No matter how you look at it, the Overwatch Council is the foundation and root of Fan Xian's existence in this world.
The Snow Valley sniper attack is different from the Xuankong Temple assassination. The serious injury suffered after Xuankong High was completely an accident. The shadow's attack was completely under Chen Pingping's control. Coincidentally, the meridians were completely cut off, so he probably wouldn't suffer such a serious injury in the end.
But the sniper killing in Snow Valley is to kill oneself, once it starts, there is absolutely no possibility of stopping...
If, as his father said and his own guess, this foundation suddenly loosened, Fan Xian might leave the stage in despair at any time. Regarding this conjecture, Fan Xian was not willing to accept it, nor could he accept it either intellectually or emotionally.
"impossible."
Fan Xian repeated these three words again with a heavy tone.
He is the commissioner of the Overwatch Council. After Chen Pingping's deliberate letting go and support in the past two years, he has already settled down his own staff in the eight divisions, and the Qinian team has also become a special department. Yun, there is Fei Jie in three places, Wuxin in five places, and now there is Jing Ge, and shadow in six places...
After much calculation, Fan Xian is no longer the loner he was back then, and the resources of the entire Overwatch Council have long been firmly in his hands. He really can't figure it out, even if there is a traitor in the court, it is impossible to completely control the resources of the Overwatch Council. Keeping himself in the dark, he cooperates with his enemies.
Unless it's him.
It was him that I thought of in the valley.
But he... is so kind to himself, those hands that have been resting on the wool blanket are so stable, that thin disabled body looks so reliable, no matter where he is, he always feels that he is his biggest backer, let himself No matter what you do, there is no trace of fear.
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"There has never been anything impossible in this world." Fan Jian said coldly: "How was your mother back then than you are now? The same is the Overwatch Council on the left and the Internal Treasury on the right, and there is a fifth child behind her, not to mention that she has more The few of us, there is the Quanzhou Navy in the south, how is it compared to you today?... But in the end?"
Fan Xian fell silent, and suddenly felt faintly that the incident in the valley might have something to do with that incident many years ago.
"The queen's father was beheaded by me." Fan Jian looked down at his slender fingers and said with a smile, "But... who knows if all the heads that should be beheaded have been chopped off?"
When Fan Xian first heard about this, he was extremely shocked. He watched his father speechless for a long time. He didn't know until today that the queen's father was killed by his own hands!
He knew what his father meant. The bloody night in Kyoto was a great revenge for the overthrow of the Ye family, but the foundation of the Ye family was so deep that it was overthrown overnight. Knowing how many powerful families were involved in this matter, it is not surprising that some slipped through the net...even the culprits still remain.
It's just... Fan Xian broke the silence, with a firm look on his face, and said gently, "Father, stop talking, I trust the principal."
Fan Jian sighed.
Fan Xian continued to say gently: "Your words, in fact, he once told me... I have been thinking about the problems of the past, and found that before I entered the capital, you and Dean Chen were extremely indifferent to each other, which is not the way it is now. Look, I understand that you all have vigilance in your heart, but just as I believe in you unconditionally, I also believe in him unconditionally."
He coughed twice, and continued: "Being suspicious of your companions is a terrible thing. Perhaps, some people have deliberately concealed something, just to make you and Dean Chen suspicious of each other."
"I won't do that." Fan Xian said emphatically, "I trust my feelings, only my feelings won't deceive me."
His eyes were looking out the window.
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After a long time, Fan Jian laughed and said comfortingly: "It seems that you still have confidence in human nature... This is very similar to your mother."
Fan Xian also laughed, and said, "It's only for a few specific people."
Fan Jian then asked calmly, "How are you going to deal with this matter?"
"I'll wait to see what His Majesty's decision will be." Fan Xian remained silent for a while before continuing to respond, "I'm afraid nothing will come out of the investigation. The other party has invested such a large amount of capital in it, so naturally they have figured out how to deal with the aftermath."
He sneered and said, "Sometimes I don't know where His Majesty's confidence comes from. People in the military are starting to stir up trouble. Is he still as unconcerned as before?"
"Check, you can always find something." Fan Jian looked at his son, knowing that the young man hadn't been dazzled by the blood, and said with a relieved smile: "The city guard crossbows are all numbered."
"I'm afraid that even the crossbow guarding the city was transferred from elsewhere. It's not good to find out the wrong person."
"You're right." Fan Jian had a weird smile on his lips, "Your Majesty was furious, and the case was investigated very quickly, and we got the news in the afternoon. There are five defensive crossbows in the valley. It was supposed to be sent to Dingzhou along the road... But for some reason, it happened a little later than the delivery time, and it happened to be on your way back to Beijing."
"Dingzhou?" Fan Xian frowned, "The Ye family is going to be the scapegoat again? Can Your Majesty be so determined?"
"Of course Your Majesty is aware of the strangeness of this matter." Fan Jian said, "It's just... what if the Ye family did this on purpose?"
"That's why we need other evidence." Fan Xian asked softly, "Is the victim I sent to the Privy Council valuable?"
"Yes." Fan Jian laughed strangely again, and said, "Your tactic is still the same as the tactic you used to deal with the second prince back then. Send the witness to the other party's yamen."
Fan Jian looked slightly calm, and said: "It's just a method, it's best not to use it twice, at least this time the Privy Council won't be fooled by you."
"Oh?" Fan Xian frowned and said, "How did they deal with it?"
Fan Jian smiled slightly and said, "They gave that living confession as if they were offering sacrifices to their ancestors. They were afraid that he would lose too much blood and die, and that it would be difficult for His Majesty to interrogate him. Immediately afterwards, they used the excuse that this matter must be investigated by the Overwatch Council. Fang Ying wanted to avoid suspicion, so he sent this person to the Overwatch Council."
Fan Xian was slightly taken aback.
Fan Jian continued to laugh and said, "But you threw him in the Privy Council. Of course, the Overwatch Council refused to accept it, and he was dragged back to the Privy Council... These rough men in the Privy Council have really learned to be sloppy this time, and they actually took this man It was dragged back to the Privy Council."
The always respectable Hubu Shangshu smiled and shook his head: "This afternoon, the two yards are competing with each other on this living creature. You give it to me and I give it to you, just like this person is a hot potato. refused to accept."
Although Fan Xian's heart was a little heavy when he encountered an ambush today, he still couldn't help laughing when he heard his father's words. It seemed that he saw this afternoon, on the Tianhe Road, at the seat of the power center of the Qing court, The two yamen are like dragging pork, you come and go... That hero in the army, I'm afraid he never thought in his life that he would be treated like this.
"How did you deal with it in the end?"
"In the end, the palace sent a message, and the Overwatch Council was sent to prison."
Fan Xian sighed, "Unexpectedly, after sleeping all afternoon, so many things happened in the capital."
Fan Jian looked at his son quietly, and said slowly after a long while: "You were ambushed by the army. I don't know how many people will not be able to sleep."
Fan Xian was silent.
"Are you really going to do it?"
"I won't do it myself." Fan Xian said softly, "But I want to make them hurt, to the bone."
Fan Jian nodded and said, "You handle it yourself, just... don't offend the entire military."
"I have a measure."
Fan Jian stood up, left his bedroom, and finally said: "You must live."
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This night, countless people sat in a private room, restless and silent.
The news of Fan Xian's assassination has already spread throughout the capital, and today's routine court meeting came to an abrupt end because of this sudden incident. According to private discussions among the ministers who retired from the court, His Majesty remained calm after hearing the news. , Immediately ordered the Grand Commander of the Forbidden Army to go out of the palace for inspection, and ordered two scholars, Shu and Hu, to comfort the emperor on behalf of the emperor.
But according to Eunuch Yao in the palace, when His Majesty returned to the imperial study, he broke a teacup made of official kiln porcelain, and remained silent for a long time.
Everyone knew that the emperor was in a rage, but not everyone was afraid. Those who presided over the affairs of the valley, or secretly helped the affairs of the valley, each had their own ghosts and worries, planning in their respective mansions. with.
Since these people dared to kill people on the outskirts of Kyoto, they were naturally prepared to meet His Majesty's wrath and the Overwatch Council's revenge. They just didn't expect that after using such a powerful force and making such thorough preparations... Fan Xian did not die !
"He didn't die!"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the East Palace spoke through gritted teeth, grabbed the embroidered cloth on the couch beside him with one hand, and turned the soft embroidered cloth into countless ugly flowers.
The empress frowned slightly, and sat indifferently and noblely across from him, and said in a cold voice: "Pay attention to your identity, pay attention to your words, Fan Xian is a minister at the court, if he doesn't die, you, as the prince, should be relieved, How can you be so disappointed?"
The prince sneered twice: "This is the East Palace, and besides, everyone knows that only one can survive between me and Fan Xian, I'm afraid everyone is guessing that the things in the valley are arranged by me, if that's the case, why should I Do you still want to put on that kind of benevolence?"
The queen looked at him quietly, and said after a while: "Don't worry, Your Majesty won't suspect you, because...we don't have such strength in the first place."
The crown prince was dumbfounded. It wasn't until this time that he realized that among these forces in the court, his own power was the weakest. This was because of the struggles of the second child over the past few years, and on the other hand, it was also because he had lost the eldest princess. Another reason for the strong support is the existence of Fan Xian.
He smiled wryly: "I didn't expect it to be a good thing now. The queen mother is right. I have no way to mobilize the army to kill people."
"It's just..." A trace of jealousy flashed in the prince's eyes, "It would be great if Fan Xian died."
What a Fan Xian! In the family property lawsuit of the Ming family in the south of the Yangtze River, the eldest son has no innate right to inherit. What do you think you are thinking, I don't know? The queen mother doesn't know? The queen mother is already getting angry... The prince sneered, feeling very grateful to that unknown force. Under such circumstances, he dared to kill Fan Xian head-on, and helped many people in the capital do what they wanted to do but dared not do. .
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Many people speculated on this night which power was so bold and reckless that it dared to murder the emperor's favorite minister in the outskirts of Kyoto in the face of the world's displeasure.
All eyes were on the eldest princess, because it seemed that only this noble person had such madness, courage, and strength.
"It's a pity that I didn't succeed this time." In a secluded palace in Kyoto, the most powerful and beautiful woman in Qing Kingdom was lazily lying on a low couch with a fire cage at the foot of the couch. The heat was on.
Li Yunrui narrowed her eyes slightly, and her eyes were full of laziness. She looked at the second prince sitting next to her and said with a smile: "But this matter has nothing to do with me. I'm not stupid enough to deal with Fan. Leisurely, there are simple ways.”
The second prince was slightly taken aback. In fact, ever since he heard the news of the assassination in the valley, he thought it was the eldest princess who did it. I was vaguely doubting whether this matter had the tacit approval of the queen mother's grandmother.
Unexpectedly, I heard the eldest princess's straightforward denial.
"Of course, I am very grateful to that one." Li Yunrui said with a smile, but the woman in her thirties didn't have the slightest smell of dying flowers. She sighed, "It would be nice if I could kill my son-in-law. Sniping in the valley is simple, rough, direct, and has a military style... I like it."
Her words suddenly stopped, and the second prince didn't know what to say, and the room was filled with wordless sighs.
After a long time, the eldest princess slowly shook her head and said: "This can't kill him... Is he lucky enough, or what?"
The second prince and the eldest princess looked at each other, and they could see the uneasiness and self-mockery in each other's eyes. Fan Xian... is really a monster, luck is too good to be good, or in other words, everyone still underestimates him now that everyone values him so much. his strength. The details of the sniper killing in the valley have long been on the desks of these nobles. Under such circumstances, Fan Xian not only returned to the capital alive, but also killed all the sniper killers, and caught one alive. Incomparably shocked.
There was even a hint of faint fear.
The eldest princess was not afraid, but just thought lightly, if, just if, there was no such thing as Niulan Street back then, what a wonderful world this world would be.
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"Continue to build a good relationship with the East Palace." The eldest princess taught the second prince like a child, "We need his name to convince the queen mother."
The second prince nodded, and finally couldn't help the strong doubts in his heart, and asked: "Who did it? It can't be that Dean Chen suddenly fell insane."
"The serial numbers of the five defensive crossbows have been found out." The eldest princess looked at the second prince mockingly, "It belongs to your little wife's natal family."
The second prince shook his head resolutely: "The Ye family's power is far away in Dingzhou, even if 200 strong men make a surprise attack overnight, it is impossible not to disturb the capital's garrison and the Overwatch Council. As for the five defensive crossbows, it is even more ridiculous. "
"Above the court, it never cares whether it is absurd or not." The eldest princess said sarcastically: "Your Majesty and the Overwatch Council want to vent their anger. If there is no way out, the Ye family will definitely become the punching bag."
After pondering for a while, the second prince calmly said, "Auntie please help."
Although the Ye family is far away in Dingzhou and has been repeatedly suppressed because of the Hanging Temple incident, they are still powerful figures in the army after all, and now they have become a family with the second prince. In this critical situation, the second prince naturally does not want the Ye family to be assassinated because of Fan Xian If one incident gets hit again, the Ye family will survive even for future events.
"I'm not a god." The eldest princess said calmly: "How can these women in the palace be able to settle the wrath of the emperor with a few words?"
She looked at the second prince quietly, and said: "Don't talk about the Ye family, you should prepare yourself, I know my brother the emperor, he will be very angry this time, and if he can't find anything in the end Maybe he will descend on En Kuo and make everyone unhappy."
The second prince bowed his head, knowing that many people would be unlucky, but he was not too worried, anyway, the matter had nothing to do with him, he still insisted on asking: "Who is it? Aunt... this matter is very important, don't hide it from my son."
The eldest princess's eyes were still calm, but the corners of her lips curled up in a nice, mocking curve.
"Everyone knows that Fan Xian and I are at odds, because I want to protect you, and Fan Xian has made it clear in the south of the Yangtze River that he wants to protect the third child." The eldest princess smiled and said, "But you and I both know that the people in the valley It’s clear that we didn’t do it.”
"Why don't you deal with the third child and just want to kill Fan Xian?"
"This shows that this sniping has nothing to do with that chair."
"It's only related to Fan Xian himself."
"As for the matter related to Fan Xian, it is enough to induce a certain important person in the military to do something. Apart from that chair, there is only that woman from back then."
"Why did that military figure kill Fan Xian because of that woman?"
"It must be because he knows that if Fan Xian really comes to power in the future, or helps the third son to come to power... Once he knows something, he will definitely end their family for that woman."
"From this point of view, that big man in the military must have something to do with the death of that woman."
There was no need to scratch the surface, the eldest princess just said each sentence slowly, as if she was talking about homework, and she got very close to the original truth of the matter.
"But... the bloody night in Kyoto?" The second prince frowned and said, "Didn't everyone who participated in the Ye family's affairs die?"
The eldest princess smiled sweetly, and said after a while: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, are you dead?"
A trace of fanaticism suddenly appeared in her brows, "And if I hadn't gone crazy, since that military figure has been able to live with incomparable glory until now, the death of that woman back then may not have been so simple... oh , I admire him more and more, even more than when I was a child."
The second prince's lips were dry, and he knew who his aunt admired, and he was extremely shocked by his aunt's deduction deep down. If the truth of the matter is true, then it can only be said that my aunt's heart is too sensitive and terrifying .
It's just that he couldn't be sure of this, so he frowned after a long while and said, "But... according to the news, on Fan Xian's way back to Beijing, the son of the governor once shot an arrow."
The eldest princess smiled lightly: "You also know that even though that big man in the military hides in the mansion every day, his hand is stretched out outside, and Yan Xiaoyi's son has been hiding under him all the time. This time it seems... The big man is also afraid that His Majesty will really find out about him, so he insists on dragging us into the water."
The second prince sighed, and said: "It seems that everyone wants Fan Xian to die. I really don't know how Father will deal with it."
"I want to thank your father." The eldest princess smiled and said, "He turned Fan Xian into a lone minister, but at the same time he pushed everyone to our side consciously or unconsciously. The Ye family is like this. Today's soldier The same is true of Fang's big man, oh my God, he took all the same things from me and gave them to my good son-in-law, and he gave me some better things one by one, how can this world be so cute?"
Neiku, the Cui family, the Ming family, and even her own daughter... The eldest princess slowly clenched her fists, maintaining a gentle smile on her face, but there was a hint of sarcasm in her words.
"I have always been in awe of him, but I also clearly know that he has a fatal weakness."
The second prince dared not answer.
"He is too suspicious." The eldest princess smiled: "Those who are suspicious will lose."
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Undoubtedly, regarding the judgment of the political situation and the traps in Vanity Fair, the Eldest Princess has wisdom that is unmatched by the world, but she only guessed the superficial part about the assassination in the valley. As for the deepest reason, I'm afraid No one knows except one person.
Even the big military figure who presided over the valley sniping didn't know himself.
A quiet mansion in the city of Kyoto. This mansion occupies half of the street. It is extremely spacious and luxurious. All the rituals are made according to the mansion of a prince. There are various trees growing in and out of the courtyard. In this dark night, you can see With the unkempt long hair of giants, piercing the lonely sky.
An old man in a cotton robe was watering the vegetable field in front of his own courtyard. The old man was wearing a pair of cotton shoes, the backs of which were somewhat worn out. Wearing cotton robes and cotton shoes, plain and simple, this is the temperament forged by countless years of military career.
He loves to grow vegetables, especially when he is old, he seldom goes to work in the yard, and prefers to toss some of the vegetable fields at home. His sons and grandchildren all know his hobby, and they get a lot of rare rapeseed.
But he doesn't grow them, he only grows cabbage and radishes, the two most commonly eaten vegetables in the army. He is different from the confused Prince Jing, he doesn't rely on the countryside to sustenance his sadness, he is just used to growing vegetables, and the habit is simple and direct.
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