The big bed in the back house of the Fan Mansion is still so soft. The pair of children are usually enshrined like little ancestors, and they are sleeping peacefully under the careful care of the nuns. No one will make noise in the main room. people. But Fan Xian was indeed sleepy, he only had a few words with Wan'er, and then fell asleep, his feet were even soaked in hot water. Lin Wan'er sighed, got up and put on an unlined garment, and began to continue the follow-up work.
In the middle of the night, Kyoto is peaceful, and most people have already entered the black sweet hometown. Only our emperor, who is not as diligent as ordinary people, is still reviewing the memorials sent by Qiluzhou County. The memorial has already been written twice by the door, but the emperor is used to examining the world in detail, so the workload is still heavy.
The lights in the imperial study did not tremble, but the door trembled. Eunuch Yao led another eunuch with a plain face, without asking for instructions, he went straight into the imperial study.
The emperor looked up at the two of them, frowned, and said, "What did you find?"
The old eunuch Hong died on Mount Dadong, and Eunuch Hou died in the capital raid operation. Today's eunuchs in the inner court are all under the control of Eunuch Yao. Although the power of the inner court is not strong, but because of its special status, its ability should not be underestimated. In addition to the defense of the palace, the most important duty of this department is to secretly control the bridge of the Overwatch Council by His Majesty the Emperor.
This was the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was a headache for the officials of the Overwatch Council back then.
It's just that because of Chen Pingping's existence, the inner court's eyes on the Overwatch Council were relatively humble, and it didn't have much effect. In addition, His Majesty later asked the Metropolitan Overwatch Council to start a fight with the Overwatch Council, so many people began to forget The inner court also has such a function.
Eunuch Yao didn't dare to say anything, and directly took two files from the plain-looking eunuch, and put them on the case table in front of His Majesty. The dossier is very thin, and there must not be much content inside. The emperor glanced lightly, his face changed slightly, and he immediately returned to his usual appearance.
But such a subtle change caused Eunuch Yao's heart to fall into ice and snow. His Majesty would not change his face even if Dongshan collapsed in front of him. Under the siege of the two great masters, he still talked and laughed freely. The thin paper was so moving, it is conceivable that the content inside had a great impact on His Majesty's mind.
The content on the paper has nothing to do with the assassination of the Hanging Temple, even if it is, it is only the later part. The content of the investigation that the inner court started in the past two years was the whereabouts of several city defense crossbows produced in Neiku Bingfang that winter.
Those city guard crossbows, in the valleys outside of Kyoto, almost made Fan Xian die without a place to bury him. Later, both the emperor and Fan Xian found out that the killing was done by the Qin family, but these city guard crossbows were numbered in the name of the Dingzhou army.
The emperor turned his eyes away from the case file, and remained silent for a long time without saying a word, as if he couldn't understand the matter. That day Fan Xian was assassinated in the suburbs of Beijing. As a king and a father, he couldn't suppress his anger. However, after many investigations, he still couldn't find any specific matters. Until today, after hard investigation by the inner court, he found out It turned out that behind that incident, there was actually a shadow in a wheelchair.
The emperor was shocked, but he didn't understand, even for a person like him, he couldn't figure out why that old dog would do such a thing at that time.
And An Zhi obviously didn't know about this matter, otherwise he wouldn't have made so many detours tonight, and he would have to find a glorious and comfortable retreat for that old dog. The emperor rubbed his brows that were a little tense, coughed twice, picked up another file, looked at it briefly and asked, "The one from Northern Qi also went to Dongyi?"
"Yes." The down-to-earth investigator of the inner court said respectfully: "Grand Tanbo captured the Northern Qi emperor into the hut, and afterwards he met privately by the seaside. As for what he said in detail, his subordinates couldn't find out."
Fan Xian did not report this matter to the emperor, and the emperor looked at the paper and saw Fan Xian's every move in Dongyi recorded on it, his eyebrows became a little gloomy, and he said after a while, "What else? "
"The knives that appeared in Qingzhou City are indeed produced by Neiku Bingfang, but they are trial models and have not been distributed to the military, so it is impossible for them to flow out from the military." The plain-looking eunuch continued: "There were three knives of that kind in total, and in the end we only got one. Following His Majesty's instructions, this knife was delivered to Mr. Fan, as a reminder to him."
"Looking at it later, it should be the one on the grassland who took away the other two knives. It seems that he is covering up something for Duke Danbo."
"Xia Mingji and the second young master of the Fan family have been keeping an eye on the cross-border licensed products. They are all household items. These knives should not have come out of this channel."
Although Eunuch Yao is nominally the chief eunuch of the inner court, in fact the inner court's external investigations are directly responsible to His Majesty, so this is the first time he has heard these seemingly vague but actually frightening news. His face turned pale, and he knew that if His Majesty really believed the investigation report of the inner court, Lord Fan would be in great trouble, and the old man in the wheelchair would not have many good days.
Contrary to eunuch Yao's expectation, the emperor sneered at this moment: "Three knives, just want to alienate the king and ministers of Daqing, alienate the righteousness between me and An Zhi's father and son?"
As soon as this remark came out, Eunuch Yao and the plain-looking eunuch glanced at each other quietly, and both could see the fear in each other's hearts. Everyone in the world knows that Mr. Fan is His Majesty's illegitimate son, but it is impossible for everyone in the world to tell this fact in front of His Majesty. But today, His Majesty directly challenged this matter in front of the two eunuchs. understand!
"That little guy in Shangjing is very interesting." The emperor smiled slightly, "Using Anzhi's little mercy, he actually came up with such a thing."
The eunuch swallowed his saliva and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you want to continue the investigation?"
"Continue to investigate the matter of the sniping in the valley, and the matter of the Xuankong Temple...you can also investigate it." The emperor closed his eyes a little tiredly, and said, "Don't investigate with Anzhi. In the future, as long as you find out about anything, you can find it." let go."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The emperor closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time. He didn't understand what role Chen Pingping had played without telling him. Suddenly, his heart moved, and he thought that maybe the character played by Fan Xian's son, Chen Pingping, knew about it, and that's why he was so eager to pretend to be a courtier and seize power.
He believed in Fan Xian's loyalty, just like everyone else in the world, from the perspective of profit, morality, and character, Fan Xian could not betray him. The emperor has this confidence, even if one day in the future, this son knows the story that happened many years ago, at most he will only inflict sad anger on himself, and will not betray this country.
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It rained and rained again in Kyoto the next day. Wearing a black lotus suit, Fan Xian walked forward in the rain, followed by three members of the Qi Nian team, plus a group of bodyguard swordsmen from the Six Divisions, and entered an alley in silence. I saw the gate of the mansion that was not spacious.
Every time he comes to Yan Mansion, it seems to be raining. Maybe God also knows that the father and son who live in this mansion are one of the most powerful Infernal Walkers in the world. The alienation, some sympathy for them.
Jingchengzifu is still Jingchengzifu, so many years have passed, Yanfu is still so low-key, the rewards from His Majesty, the court's favor, are not put on face.
Fan Xian took off his wet raincoat at the concierge, and without waiting for an announcement, he went straight to the backyard. Not long after, he saw the big rockery blocking the view of the backyard.
When he first entered the Yan Mansion, Fan Xian had paid attention to this big rockery. Although the building did pay attention to the routine of covering the door and hiding the view, it was just that this big rockery was too big, too fake, too abrupt, and too ugly. some.
Today is a ten-day holiday, and the busy Mr. Xiaoyan, who is so busy on weekdays, has rarely taken half a day off to play checkers with his wife. He has been married to Miss Shen for some time, but there is still no movement in Miss Shen's stomach, but Yan Bingyun is not in a hurry, depending on the situation, the entire Yan family is not in a hurry.
Seeing Fan Xian's arrival, a hint of surprise flashed across Yan Bingyun's face. He knew that Fan Xian had returned to Beijing last night, but he always thought that because of the laziness of Mr. Tisi, today he was either playing spring sleep in the house or Went to fight wine with the prince's mansion with the eldest prince, but he didn't expect that the other party found his mansion.
Mr. Xiaoyan was in the capital when he was a teenager, and later disguised as a man in the capital. He was a famous talent. He was good at playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It's like an ice cube, it's not boring to strictly observe the distinction between superiors and subordinates, so Fan Xian is generally unwilling to engage in recreational activities with this guy outside of official business.
"I'm so excited today." Fan Xian said with a smile.
Miss Shen gave a hasty blessing to her husband's immediate superior, and then retreated to the back house. This heavy daughter has always been a female fugitive from the Northern Qi Dynasty. She lived in the Fan Mansion for a long time in the past few years, and has a good relationship with the women in the Fan Mansion. But in front of Fan Xian, she always felt a little nervous. Complicated emotions, naturally do not know how to get along.
Although no one has ever said anything clearly, Miss Shen knows that the death of her father and the disintegration of her family are not only the connivance of the Northern Qi royal family and the killing intent of Uesugi Tiger, but also the young leader of the Nanqing Supervisory Council. There is also a great relationship.
Seeing the figure of the woman hiding in the room, Fan Xian's mood sank, and he suddenly said, "How about what I told you last time? If you want, I can let her take off her status as a fugitive from the Northern Qi Dynasty."
Yan Bingyun stood up, stood on the porch as if watching the rain, seemed to be thinking, and said coldly after a while, "Don't think that no one in the world knows about your affair with the Northern Qi people. It didn't matter before, but now What is the situation? Once the two sides go to war, you are acting as an enemy... If you don’t rush to get rid of it, you still want to use this relationship to gain some benefits. Don’t think that you have a special status, so no one will suspect you of treason.”
"What a traitor." Fan Xian scolded with a smile: "I'm also in a hurry to earn money? Besides, I don't spend most of the money by myself. In previous years, I got accounts from the Hangzhou Association and the Hegong Yamen, and you are the same It's gone."
"I don't understand this point. Anyway, you gave the money to the court. Why do you have to make a detour? The most important thing is that the court gets less money because it avoids secondary taxes in the middle."
"Less procedure, less bad experience of being skinned by officials." Fan Xian said: "And I like to control these things by myself."
"The palace must know about these things. His Majesty has been holding back and you know why. Don't go too far." Yan Bingyun couldn't help reminding.
"The eldest princess can get it, but I can't get it?" Fan Xian said: "If the monk can touch, so can I... Why did I change the subject again? Are you willing to do what I said earlier? If you want to do it, I will do it." I have to send a letter to Shangjing immediately."
"Her family members are all dead, and she won't go back to Beiqi anyway, what do you care about?" Yan Bingyun shook his head.
"There is always a day when we go back to our homeland." Fan Xian smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Find a quiet place, I have some important matters to discuss with you."
Yan Bingyun's expression became serious all of a sudden, and he said, "It's right here, no one in my house dares to eavesdrop."
Fan Xian was silent for a moment, acknowledging the other party's self-confidence. Yan Ruohai is a spy that the Overwatch Council has planted in the military for decades, and Yan Bingyun is also one of the most successful spies in the history of the Qing Kingdom. Such a father and son must have sharp eyes. Like a needle, he will never allow unreliable people to stay in the mansion.
"I'm going to take over as the dean soon." Fan Xian said softly, watching the rain falling down the corridor.
There was no surprise on Yan Bingyun's face, Chen Pingping had long since stopped taking matters seriously, and there was no difference between Fan Xian and the dean himself. As for whether he himself would immediately take over the post of chief executive, he wasn't very concerned about it, but since Fan Xian had spoken, after a moment of silence, he still said, "Congratulations."
Fan Xian lowered his head and said softly, "So I need you to come up with a plan quickly. I will be the real dean."
Yan Bingyun stared at him quietly, as if trying to discern the real meaning of the other party from his words.
"Including your father, the bald host of the Seventh Division, and even the old servant next to the old cripple, the control over the courtyard is far beyond our imagination." Fan Xian seemed unable to feel his gaze, and said indifferently : "If I want to be the real dean, I will let the old comrades have a complete rest. These people must be isolated from the affairs of the hospital."
"You mean to let Dean Chen completely let go of the Overwatch Council, even if he wants to reach out, there is nothing to do?"
"That's what I mean."
Rao Yiyan Bingyun's calmness, he couldn't help but feel infinite amazement at this time. He looked at Fan Xian blankly, wondering why the other party would suddenly have this idea, and after a while he smiled angrily and said, "You want me to against my own father."
"Metabolism." Fan Xian laughed, "It has nothing to do with dealing with it, it's just a separation."
"I need a reason."
After a moment of silence, Fan Xian said, "I'll tell you a story, a story about the snowstorm in the valley."
After the story was finished, Fan Xian looked at Yan Bingyun
"I don't understand." Yan Bingyun's face was quite ugly, "How could the old dean care so much about him, how could he do those things."
"I don't believe it either." Fan Xian lowered his head in pain, "But His Majesty seems to have found something. If His Majesty is really convinced of this, if the old cripple really wants to kill me, what do you think will happen? An ending?"
"Your Majesty once called you into the palace. You are one of the seven gentlemen in his heart. Qin Heng is dead, but there are still six of you young people. Do me this favor and let the Overwatch Council truly fall into my hands." .”
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Sitting on the carriage going out of the city, Fan Xian began to laugh smugly again. Last night he fooled the emperor Lao Tzu once, and today he fooled Yan Bingyun again by relying on his excellent acting skills. This Overwatch Council official took action , plus the interview with Chen Pingping at the meeting, I think the thing I am most worried about will become a story that will never happen because of the comprehensive rest of the Overwatch Council.
Behind the sniping in the valley itself was the shadow of the Overwatch Council. If Yan Ruohai hadn't followed Chen Pingping's will and cooperated with the Qin family, the private soldiers of the Qin family's Xiaoshanchong and the defense division of Qin Heng's capital would not have been able to do so at all. Perhaps counting the forward route of Fan Xian and his team from Jiangnan, it is even more impossible to launch such a violent offensive.
If it is said that Chen Pingping wanted to kill Fan Xian, that alone would be enough. Fan Xian also used this story to convince Yan Bingyun that he was sincere, and that he had no intention of revenge at all. Following the old practice of attacking the second prince, he took the initiative to let the old dean retire safely.
The reason why he had to make such a detour was because Fan Xian dared not tell anyone about the shadow and Ye Qingmei even if he was beaten to death. Yan Bingyun couldn't do it, not even his wife.
"Tell me how many people in the world know that you once thought of killing me." Fan Xian sat in Chen Yuan's quiet room with a smile on his face, listening to the babbling in the distant room, and looked at the old-looking Chen Pingping beside him. .
Chen Pingping's face was calm, she gave him a cold look, and said, "You are willing to force me to leave the capital. Yan Ruohai did that thing. Could it be that Yan Bingyun will investigate?"
"I don't expect to investigate, I just expect you to go back to your hometown to find your first love." Fan Xian laughed and said, "You must know that from tomorrow onwards, I will be the head of the Overwatch Council, and you are just a retired widowed old man. , what are you fighting against me with?"
As soon as these words came out, Fan Xian suddenly fell silent, and said very seriously: "You promised me to let go, saying you wanted to let go, but you didn't, so I had no choice but to force you to leave."
"You little bastard!" Chen Pingping coughed and scolded, "I don't care about anything, don't you feel relieved?"
"Don't worry?" Fan Xian said sadly, "Don't worry, you won't do these things anymore, tell me...why did you poison yourself three years ago?" , support the author, support genuine!)