This is the first time in the three years since Fan Xian entered Beijing that he planned something completely alone, without the help of the old men, without Yan Bingyun's plan, but he can still use the huge intelligence system of the Overwatch Council and save it over time. The huge file resources began to extend the tentacles of conspiracy from outside the palace to inside the palace.
There is a lot of pressure, but he has to learn to bear this kind of pressure. In the process of preparing for this matter, it is not that he has not considered telling the truth to his father and Chen Pingping, but the thoughts of these two elders are really hard to figure out, and no one knows. To what extent are they loyal to His Majesty, and it is not clear whether such a conspiracy that will definitely cause chaos in the royal family will be forcibly suppressed by the two elders for some reason.
So he chose to walk alone in the dark.
Information from the Overwatch Council was continuously sent to his study. In order to prevent anyone who cared about him from looking sideways, Fan Xian used a very clever name, and what he carefully touched was only peripheral information. Then he turned around a few times and sent it to the city In that remote and quiet courtyard.
He didn't dare to stay silent in the study for too long, so as to reveal some traces, he still filial to his father as usual, wandering in the garden, and visited Ren Shao'an's mansion as a guest on the way, but this year Xin Qiwu was not as good as in previous years usually invite him.
Fan Xian knew in his heart that Xin Qiwu was the prince's close friend after all. At this moment, when the prince gradually woke up from his silence, and used his good performance to deceive everyone in the palace, Xin Qiwu would definitely be appreciated. Following Donggong's signal, he no longer tried to win him over, but this change did not seem sudden. Xin Qiwu found a good excuse, and personally went to the mansion to present a generous gift.
A few days later, Fan Xian finally thought through the whole matter clearly. After going through the plan in his mind, he stood in the position of an investigator after the event, carefully examined the clues in his mind, and confirmed The top-down investigation of the royal family found it difficult to drag Hong Zhu into it, let alone implicate himself, so it felt a little easier.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Fan Sizhe, who was bored in the mansion, pestered his brother to go out for a stroll. Fan Xian stared back and refuted: "You think you are still the second young master of the Fan family? Now the courtyard is hiding your whereabouts... But the palace must have known where you are... Now that no one from the Criminal Department is here to arrest you, it is the palace Give face to my father and my elder brother here, if you go out with such a shy and fat face to show off, where will you put the face in the palace? Someone will come and arrest you soon!"
Fan Sizhe was taken aback, thinking why his brother was so mean when he spoke today, but he had been working in Beiqi for a year, and he still retained the insidious business genius of the year, and he took off a little pompous air, and immediately saw that his brother had something on his mind It was rather heavy, Xiaoyi said: "Brother, what happened? One person, two brothers, if you have anything to say, let me see if I can help you?"
Fan Xian suddenly thought of the few Northern Qi masters who followed Sizhe to the south, and now they are arranged in the farm outside the city. His heart moved slightly, but he immediately threw away those thoughts. He didn't even dare to disturb Dean Chen and his father, let alone his precious brother, who was only caught by Sizhe, so he had to cover it up.
After a slight pause, he said: "On the last tenth day, His Majesty's palace will open to welcome guests, and I will go too."
"The last tenth?" Fan Sizhe pursed his lips, and said with a grin: "Brother, that's a big day. It seems that the First Prince really values you... unexpectedly picked such a day to invite you."
Fan Xian sneered: "I'm afraid it's what the concubine meant... What am I worried about? I said I would take Hongcheng there, but yesterday someone from the palace reminded me that on the last day, our Second Highness will also go .”
Fan Sizhe sucked in a breath of cold air: "My lord... Brother, you beat His Highness into a puddle of mud, and now you have to sit at a table to eat, be careful of that bitch."
Fan Xian frowned, and said, "Then it's not... who would dare to kill someone in the First Prince's residence? It's just... it feels a bit difficult to deal with."
Fan Sizhe lowered his head, and immediately understood what his brother was worried about. The first prince chose to treat guests at the last ten, and it was Fan Xian and the second prince who invited him. Presumably, the first prince still wanted to let his two "brothers" reunite. With the idea of peace, it is impossible for my brother not to give face to the eldest prince, but... it is even more impossible to let go of the second prince, no wonder it is so difficult.
He thought he had figured out the reason why his elder brother was so sad, he shook his head and said, "Eat as you please, anyway, I won't answer anything, Your Highness won't take you at all."
Fan Xian smiled: "That's the same reason." He glanced at his younger brother, and suddenly said: "You really want to go out? Then you can't get out of the car, you can only look around in the car."
Fan Sizhe was overjoyed and looked at him pitifully. Since Bei Qi returned to the country, he has been locked up in the mansion. Even the ancestor worshipers on the first day of the Lunar New Year can only kowtow a few times in the carriage, which has already suffocated him. , Hearing his brother's order, he nodded repeatedly.
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During the car tour in Kyoto, the snow particles fluttered down like catkins.
The two Fan brothers strolled around the bustling streets of Kyoto twice, and went to Danbo Bookstore in the middle to learn about the recent situation. The two bosses came, and the shopkeeper of Qingyutang who replaced Qiye hurriedly got into the car to report, but listening to the report was only secondary, and Fan Sizhe just wanted to see the small bookstore where he started his business back then.
After leaving Danbo Bookstore, I went to Baoyue Tower.
The carriage stopped outside the hidden back door on the side of Baoyue Building. Fan Sizhe tilted his face and looked at the three-storey building. Feeling emotional, looking at this brothel that changed the fate of my life at this moment, all those complicated feelings rushed up in my mind.
Fan Xian lifted the curtain of the car and walked down, saying, "Come on."
Fan Sizhe was overjoyed, and followed him out of the car without saying a word.
Someone greeted them at the back door, and a group of people quietly entered the backyard, walked up the quiet staircase to the third floor, and sat in the room that had been vacant.
Fan Sizhe excitedly turned his head and looked around, touching the antique furniture in the style of Wei that he arranged with his own hands from time to time, his face full of reluctance and excitement.
Fan Xian glanced at him with a smile, not worried about his brother's safety in his heart. In the capital, as long as he came out with him, no one would dare to force him to do anything. Just looking at Fan Sizhe's expression, his emotions suddenly emerged. A little touching... Guys like Sizhe and Lao San, in terms of good and evil, are probably characters who would be cut into pieces, but I have always stood firmly behind them.
He laughed at himself and thought to himself, he is really not a good person.
There was no one else in the wing room, only Sang Wen and Shi Qing'er were serving in person. After drinking a cup of hot tea, Fan Xian gave Sang Wen a wink, and the two walked into the hidden secret room behind.
Fan Sizhe was not surprised either. He didn't even look at the two of them, but continued to chat with Shi Qing'er. Between the lines, he was very concerned about the business situation of Baoyue Tower after he left Qingguo. After he relayed Fan Xian's slight innovations to Baoyue Building and the contract situation of the girls in the building, he opened his mouth wide, took a breath, and looked at the secret room with different eyes.
Fan Sizhe really admired his elder brother from the bottom of his heart. With such a change, it seemed that Louzi had suffered a bit, but in fact it won people's hearts and reduced too many unnecessary dark expenditures.
He shook his chubby face and secretly praised: "I can only make money, but my brother can make people's hearts."
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What Fan Xian wanted was the loyalty of his subordinates. The important purpose of this Baoyue Building besides absorbing money from the rich and powerful was to collect information, and this kind of work could only be done by the girl Sang Wen who was loyal to him.
"Have you been to Chen Garden recently?" Fan Xian looked at the gentle woman, seemingly unintentionally asking.
Sang Wen shook his head: "No."
Fan Xian nodded. Sang Wen was his direct subordinate. As long as old cripple Chen didn't speak, the courtyard's rules and corresponding workflow would not interfere with her actions.
"How is my preparation?"
Sang Wen took out a sealed kraft paper bag, handed it over, and said, "It's easy to get information about the embroidery bureau, but... the matter you want to investigate is not easy to start with."
She said with a wry smile: "The medical officers of the Imperial Hospital are all old men. How could they come to visit brothels? If you really want to check the Imperial Hospital, I think it is more convenient to start from the hospital."
Fan Xian shook his head and said, "As I said beforehand, this matter is a private matter and must not pass through the courtyard... Besides, the imperial physicians are all old men, but what about their apprentices? They are all young people."
Sang Wen's lips are a bit wide, but they are not ugly. On the contrary, they contrast with her gentle face. She opened her mouth and said bitterly: "Those students in Taiyuan Hospital have too little salary, and they can't consult alone without graduation." , that is, all the prefectures in Kyoto are not allowed to go... It is really difficult for them to come to Baoyue Tower."
Fan Xian took out the dossier from the kraft paper bag, squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully. Relying on his memory that surpassed the world, he forcibly wrote down most of the key content on the dossier, and handed it back.
Sang Wen took out a brass basin, put the dossier and brown paper bag in the basin and burned them carefully, and stood up after they were all burned to ashes.
Fan Xian digested the information in his head, closed his eyes and shook his head, and said, "That's it for you."
Sang Wen smiled slightly and said, "Yes."
Fan Xian left Baoyue Tower with his younger brother, but he didn't stay in the mansion. After sending Sizhe back, he got into the black carriage again.
He was thinking in the carriage, whether it was the peripheral information obtained by the Overwatch Council or the fragments of words that Baoyue Building had, he only came to a relatively vague conclusion.
The change of the crown prince indeed began half a year ago. At that time, Fan Xianyuan was in the south of the Yangtze River, and he had no idea what was going on under the calm surface of the capital, but... no doubt, it has always troubled the crown prince, causing his mental state to remain constant. The Hualiu disease, which seemed a little inferior and cowardly, was cured. This incident caused the Tai Hospital who knew the inside story to fall into a carnival.
That is to say, from then on, because of the recovery of the prince's body, the whole person began to emit a kind of brilliance called self-confidence, and became more calm, showing the calmness that an emperor should have in the future.
The queen mother liked this change very much, and His Majesty seemed to be a little surprised.
After getting the confirmation from Hong Zhu, Fan Xian fell into some kind of contemplation. From a psychological level, he could deduce certain things, but... the eldest princess may just regard the prince as a substitute, or even treat each other as a substitute. As a pet like a little white rabbit, but what about the prince? Even if he is the passive side, where did he get the courage
Whether it is the cowardice and self-conceit of the previous prince, or the calm and self-restraint of the present prince, they should not have the courage to do such absurd things. Although it is beneficial politically, the prince still does not seem like a person with such courage, because he is not crazy enough.
So before agreeing with Hong Zhu, the first thing Fan Xian did was to investigate the cause of this matter, which he felt was a little strange.
The carriage jolted, and Fan Xian frowned. As Fei Jie's successor, he was very familiar with medicines, so after he had a general understanding of the whole situation, he subconsciously cast his suspicious eyes on the drug. ... the medicine.
medicine.
In this world, although Hualiu is not an incurable disease, it is still a lingering sickness, a very difficult and troublesome thing, otherwise the prince would not have suffered for so many years, and the hospital has been troubled for so many years in the dark.
What kind of medicine can cure the prince in such a short period of time? And what kind of medicine can make the prince so courageous
So he arranged for Sang Wen to start looking for clues along the way, of course for other reasons. However, after checking and checking, it was found that there was a cloud of fog behind this clue, Baoyuelou's intelligence power was limited, and the auxiliary investigation by the Overwatch Council hadn't made any progress.
Fan Xian began to sense a hint of danger, as if a cold gaze was watching him from behind, was this a trap? Could it be that someone set up a trick, but let himself expose these things
If he continued to dig deeper, he was worried that he would alarm the powerful person hidden behind the scenes, so he resolutely stopped the investigation of the medicine, and returned to the path he should take.
Because he wanted to understand a little bit, no one knew about his relationship with Hong Zhu, since that was the case, no one would think of taking advantage of this relationship. If there is really another hand trying to manipulate this incident, then it is consistent with your own purpose, as long as you are not involved when the incident happens, that hand cannot use you.
The medicine is the key, but it is not the key. The key is the prince's heart. The medicine may play a certain role in fueling the flames, but this kind of way of doing things is really rare and powerful. Fan Xian wondered, if there was something wrong with the medicine, who would have made it
In an instant, several names immediately appeared in his mind. Those who had the motivation to do this kind of thing were nothing more than himself who always wanted to throw the eldest princess and the prince off their horses, and the one who, with the help of the Ye family, But he began to vaguely feel that the prince was going to take away his Second Highness, who held his position in the eldest princess's heart.
Possibly even... the Emperor.
Fan Xian in the carriage was startled and shook his head subconsciously. Although he had always been on guard against the emperor, the emperor really treated him well, not like this kind of person. Not to mention that the emperor himself was very sorry for the eldest princess, even if he wanted to clean the courtyard, he would not bother to use such a dusty method.
Of course, the first name that popped into Fan Xian's mind was actually Chen Pingping. Because of medicine, he naturally thought of Fei Jie. But he couldn't find anything, and he didn't dare to take the risk to check. Naturally, he couldn't confirm anything, so he had to stop.
The carriage arrived at a remote house, which was exactly the one Wang Qinian bought with a few hundred taels of silver back then. Fan Xian went straight in, moved a chair in the innermost room and sat down, silently looking at the one opposite. Withered old man.
Wang Qinian said with a bitter face: "Ziyue is saying goodbye outside, he will go to Beiqi tomorrow, that guy Mu Tie dare not take a place...
Fan Xian waved his hand to stop, and said directly, "You know that's not what I want to hear."
"You can go to Master Yan." Wang Qinian said with a sad face, "I'm not good at this... besides... this is a serious crime to destroy the nine clans."
Fan Xian glared at him and said, "What's the crime? It's not something we did."
Wang Qinian glanced at him in fear, thinking to himself, even if he didn't exterminate the Nine Clans, but he knew about it, if the people in the palace knew about it, even if he could fly as an Overwatch Council with wings... I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to escape death one.
Fan Xian smiled gently, patted his thin shoulder, and said, "What does this mean? It means that you are the person I trust the most... besides, you know everything about me, and you will lose your head if anything Thing, are you afraid of one more thing?"
Wang Qinian suddenly regretted that after returning from Northern Qi, he should have taken over one place immediately according to the wishes of Master Xiao Fan and the dean, instead of returning to Lord Fan to take over the Qi Nian group again. To the box that the blind should not see, and the secret that the deaf should not hear.
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"Someone is looking." In the light snow in Chenyuan, Chen Pingping, who was sitting in a wheelchair wearing a thick fur cloak, looked at the ice slag that gradually condensed on the water surface of the pond in the garden, and said with a smile: "The investigation is very clever. , hidden very deeply, and it is still unclear who it is."
Fei Jie glanced at the dean, shook his head and said, "There are still three months before the scheduled time, I hope there will be no trouble."
"I don't know if the crazy girl has noticed something." Chen Pingping sighed, "But Miss said, the real death of a camel is only the last straw... I can't live for a few years, this straw must be quickly Put it up." (If you want to know what happens next, please log in, there are more chapters, support the author, support the genuine version!)