"Three years ago, the whole capital was chasing me. If it weren't for the help of the Sun family, it would be very difficult for me to survive until now, let alone transport the black knight to the capital."
The atmosphere in the Imperial Study was a little tense. Fan Xian lowered his head slightly, looked at His Majesty the Emperor on the couch in front of him, and said slowly, word by word, "From this point of view, the Sun family is my family." A benefactor who saves lives can also be regarded as a hero who quelled the chaos."
"Squeeze chaos?" The emperor didn't raise his head, the dim yellow light shone on his tightly tied hair, and he could faintly see the color reflected by a few strands of white hair, but followed Fan Xian's words and said indifferently: "If I didn't If I remember correctly, it is due to Miss Sun's family, so what does it have to do with her father?"
"Miss Sun is always born to her father." Fan Xian raised his head and looked at the emperor stubbornly and calmly.
The emperor put down the file in his hand, raised his head, and looked at his son quietly. He was silent for a long time, as if he wanted to see the true thoughts deep in the boy's heart. Are you going to say this?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The emperor fell silent again, and suddenly said after a long time, "Why?"
"I am a person who always repays kindness and revenge." Fan Xian gave a very simple reason, "Miss Sun has a great kindness to me."
"If you just want to repay your kindness..." the emperor said with a slight sarcasm, "I pointed out Sun Yan'er to you, and Sun Jingxiu's face is naturally radiant, so why bother to fight for this position."
Fan Xian did not smile in embarrassment, his face was extremely calm, his heart tightened slightly, he gritted his teeth, and let out a voice from between his teeth: "Because Your Majesty promised me three years ago."
The emperor fell into silence. Fan Xian asked him for credit three years ago, including the matter of Sun Jingxiu. He said slowly, "Is there anything in this world that never changes? Especially the position of an official. It is the foundation of a country, how can it be changed forever because of a single word? According to your words, if I promise you something, in the future, even if that person is corrupt and perverts the law, I will also obey you and not move him?"
Fan Xian's previous words carried a bit of anger, a bit of inappropriate ferocity, and the emperor was even more angry at the intention of asking for rewards, but it calmed down in an instant. Perhaps the emperor liked Fan Xian's kind more. The temperament of putting everything on the table to argue.
"Sun Jingxiu is a capable official." Fan Xian did not retreat a step, looked at the face of the emperor Lao Tzu, and said in a clear voice: "If he dares to take money and pervert the law, I will be the first to catch him and cut him into pieces."
A strange light flashed in the emperor's eyes, as if he hadn't thought that Fan Xian would be so concerned about this matter, and vaguely thought that the means of cutting power probably came too hastily, which stabbed the young man's heart.
The matter in Dongyi City was still being dealt with, and the imperial court did not really reward him for his merits, but was anxious to arrange an opponent for him in the court. No wonder An Zhi felt uncomfortable and forced himself back. The emperor smiled slightly, thinking he understood Fan Xian's thoughts, shook his head, and didn't say anything more about this matter.
"Routine performance appraisal is always required." The emperor lowered his head and said in a harmonious voice: "Since you want to repay Sun Jingxiu's kindness back then, I will not force you to be an unrighteous person, but if he is not suitable If I continue in this position, I will naturally change people.”
The emperor raised his head, which seemed to be a warning, or a reminder: "Even if you are the head of the Overwatch Council, you can't meddle too much in the affairs of the court. The college students under your school work hard on the affairs of the court, so don't meddle too much."
Fan Xian didn't say much, bowed his body and left the imperial study. In the last two sentences of dialogue, the emperor has made it very clear that he will not personally intervene in this matter, but He Zongwei will still lay hands on Sun Jingxiu, and remind Fan Xian not to do anything privately towards He Zongwei, otherwise the emperor will Really angry.
After Fan Xian left, the emperor glanced helplessly at the case files on the table, feeling a little bored in his heart, pushed the case files away with one hand, and sat alone in the imperial study, not knowing What are you thinking.
"Anzhi's child is good at everything, but his temperament is too direct and stubborn."
While thinking in his heart, the emperor called eunuch Yao to come in, asked about what happened in the capital today, and gradually calmed down. Hearing about the Sun Mansion's birthday banquet, the emperor pondered for a long time, and understood why Fan Xian jumped up like an old cat whose tail had been stepped on. Scanning face, not to mention Fan Xian, no matter who it is, it might feel angry.
"Maybe this matter is too urgent." The emperor thought in his heart, but he was unwilling to admit that he had made some omissions, and said indifferently to Eunuch Yao: "Tell He Zongwei and let it go. As for Anzhi, Leave it alone for now."
The emperor did not expect that Fan Xian's anger was basically a disguise. He just wanted to use his anger and sadness to force His Majesty to be tempted, so that he could not bear to be deceived, and then let him retain the overwhelming power in his hands for a while longer.
Eunuch Yao responded very respectfully, then said in a low voice: "That matter has been investigated to the end."
The emperor hummed, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and said, "Say."
"The order to leave the warehouse issued by Bingfang, and the warrant to keep the crossbow to leave Fujian, have already been obtained. But after finally finding out the transfer order from the Privy Council, they pointed to the Qin family, and there is no shadow there."
Eunuch Yao said with a trembling voice, the inner court has been secretly investigating the sniper killing in the valley for the past year, His Majesty has never let go of the doubts back then, and is determined to catch that person and comfort Lord Fan.
To be able to do so many things quietly, and to poke hands and feet into the inner treasury, even a former military hero like the Qin family couldn't do it, and there was no clue left after the incident. In the country, apart from His Majesty the Emperor himself, there are only members of the Overwatch Council.
The emperor's expression is very complicated. He is an extremely vengeful and sensitive person. The current world is promising. Although there are some minor problems in the court, there is nothing that can threaten the foundation of Li's rule.
So the sniping in the valley became a thorn in his heart, not only because someone almost killed his son, but also because he found that that person had faintly escaped his control.
Just like Fan Xian today, there seems to be a tendency to get out of his control. For Fan Xian, he could tolerate it for the time being, because this was his own son, his favorite son, and the son who had made the greatest contribution to the Qing Kingdom, but what about that person
That person made more contributions to the Qing Kingdom, and the emperor has never thought about the reason for it. He sat on the soft couch tiredly, as if he didn't want to continue thinking about this matter. After a long silence, he said: "The people in the valley As far as the matter is investigated, they are all people who are about to die anyway.”
"Did the people behind the two eunuchs find out?"
Eunuch Yao's temples were aching, and he shook his head in horror. He knew who the two eunuchs His Majesty was talking about were another mystery after the mist of the Qing Kingdom. Temporarily maintained peace with the prince, but at this moment, two eunuchs jumped out of the palace, intending to assassinate the third prince Li Chengping.
What exactly do you want to do? Moreover, under the circumstances at that time, the life and death of the third prince had no essential impact on the crown prince's ascension to the throne. On the contrary, if the third prince died tragically in the palace, it would be an unbearable reputation for the prince and the second prince.
Afterwards, Fan Xian also checked carefully, but neither the crown prince nor the second prince admitted it, and the eldest princess even didn't talk about such a trivial matter before she died. Knowing what kind of conflict broke out, the third child was in danger.
However, His Majesty the Emperor didn't think so, he never let go of any of the slightest oddities, so he was able to achieve the most grand cause.
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Fan Xian walked out of the palace in the dark, turning a blind eye to the eunuchs and court ladies who were humbly saluting all around, and walked away with a gloomy expression.
With regard to the attitude towards servants, Fan Xian is definitely an outlier in Qing Kingdom. Not to mention the servants and servants in Fan's mansion, even the eunuchs and maids in the palace, he has always been gentle in his words, not only generous in his actions, but also very different in his attitude. It seems that he never thinks that these abnormal The rest of the people, what is there to hate.
It is precisely because of this that the people in the entire palace have a heartfelt respect and love for this young eunuch, that is, the eunuch Hou who died under the six crossbow arrows of the Overwatch Council three years ago. The eldest princess secretly planted people, but in fact, she was full of praise for Fan Xian on weekdays.
Fan Xian's strange behavior today caught the eyes of many people. This style of behavior is very different from his previous style. There was a quarrel with His Majesty in the study.
Walking out of the dark and long hole in the palace gate, Fan Xian stood on the square in front of the imperial city. He didn't look back at the palace gate, but spread his arms and yelled loudly, as if to shake the depression in his chest. They all vented out following the shout.
The voice echoed in the quiet and empty square, bumped against the vermilion wall of the imperial city, and then turned back again, lingering for a long time without stopping.
The guards inside the palace gate, the imperial guards outside the palace gate, and the eunuch who was about to release the key, all looked at him and were startled by the sound.
If it was an ordinary person shouting like this at the palace gate, the imperial guards would have caught up with him long ago, beat him up, and then put him in the sky prison, where he will be beheaded in autumn for the crime of disturbing the palace guards. But Fan Xian yelled like this, but no one dared to move, not even a verbal reminder.
Even if this person is crazy, if he is Fan Xian, then everyone will just beautify the madness of a poet and turn a blind eye.
The person on duty at the gate of the palace today is Gong Dian, the commander of the imperial army. This was the first official Fan Xian met after he entered Beijing, and the two of them were considered familiar. Hearing the shout, Gong Dian ran out from the duty room, hurried over, dragged him back, and said, "Why are you crazy?"
Fan Xian straightened his sleeves and said with a sneer, "I'm really going crazy."
Having said that, his face has calmed down a lot. Before, there was indeed a bit of sulking that needed to be expressed, because after struggling in this world until now, in front of everyone, Fan Xian no longer needed to hide anything or do anything against his own temperament, except for the emperor Lao Tzu...acting in front of the emperor Lao Tzu, The pressure is really high, and the emotions are very complicated.
Seeing the thin and tired face of the emperor, Fan Xian somehow thought of the portrait in the small building, and thought of the story many years ago, blood filled Fan Xian's eyes, It was difficult for him to bear this mixed feeling of tearing.
But even the shout in front of the palace gate, Fan Xian was actually acting. He knew that it would not take long for the shout to be reported to the emperor's ears in the imperial study.
He wants to play a real person, a bastard who is a little angry and aggrieved.
It was very hard, and he didn't want to act anymore.
"Accompany me to drink." He stared at Gong Dian, like a disaster victim staring at a piece of pork belly, "I will seal Baoyue Tower and call sixty girls to come and accompany you."
"It's really crazy." Gong Dian stared back at him with piercing eyes, and put his hand on his forehead.
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There is a mansion next to Xinhuai Lane. This apartment does not occupy a large area, the cornices and walls are not very gorgeous, and the location is not very good. It intersects with the surrounding houses, and there is not much difference. This mansion was the residence of an old censor from the previous dynasty. After the old censor returned to his hometown, the courtyard was vacant and was handed over to several old colleagues to take care of him, thinking about the future of his descendants in Kyoto. It is convenient at the time, so there is no intention of betraying it.
Three years ago, the mansion was finally sold. Since then, the quiet Xinhuai Lane has become lively, and officials come to visit from time to time, and during the festivals, there is a huge flow of people at the door, which is very lively.
With the promotion of the new owner of the Yushi Mansion, fewer and fewer officials came to worship, because the reputation of the new owner's incorruptibility gradually spread, and no one wanted to touch his bad luck.
The Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, He Zongwei, a scholar of Zhongshu Xingxing under his door, is the new owner of this Censor's Mansion.
In fact, my colleagues also advised me, even His Majesty the Emperor once mentioned that most of the officials lived in Nancheng, and He Zongwei still lived in the old Imperial Palace in Xinhuai Lane. Decentness does not match.
In the court affairs, he was in harmony with the light, won the samadhi of the officialdom, was appreciated by His Majesty, and admired by his colleagues, He Dashi was very persistent in this matter, and even refused His Majesty's will to bestow a house, and still brought his own three-two Loyal servants, a widowed aunt, and several distant brothers live in this old imperial censor's mansion.
One stay is three years.
He Zongwei pushed open the door and walked into the somewhat dilapidated courtyard of the old imperial censor's house. Looking at the random spring scene in the garden and the green branches and leaves scattered everywhere, he couldn't help shaking his head mockingly.
The reason why he has been living in this old imperial censor's mansion is because he has feelings for it, and this mansion represents many extremely important meanings to his life. The first time He Zongwei really set foot on the stage of Qing Dynasty was the resignation of Prime Minister Lin Ruofu five years ago in Qingli.
He Zongwei "ran into" the wife of Wu Bo'an, a counselor of the prime minister's mansion, and went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sue for impeachment. Knowing the general trend of the Qing Dynasty at that time, Lin Ruofu, the prime minister, was unexpectedly overthrown.
He Zongwei, who missed Chunwei because of his filial piety, was still a white man at that time, and in the eyes of everyone, he brought down a generation of traitors with his strength, and his reputation became louder at that moment. In the hearts of scholars, no one regards him only as a talented scholar in Kyoto who is as famous as Hou Jichang, but as a great man with great ambition and resolute temperament.
It was also through the incident of Prime Minister Lin's downfall that He Zongwei saw Shengyan for the first time. From that day on, he was deeply impressed by His Majesty's magnanimity and thoughtfulness. And on that day, His Majesty the Emperor also took a fancy to this young scholar, and an imperial decree ordered him to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate and become a censor.
In the next few years, He Zongwei dealt with various forces, and finally succeeded in ascending to the position. He became the youngest Zhongshu University scholar in the history of the Qing Kingdom. Of course, that's because no one would compare that person with him. Even though he is a scholar of He University, in the hearts of thousands of people in the Qing Kingdom, that person will always be the only one, the one who is superior.
But that person was a shadow in He Zongwei's heart. This shadow floated above his head, covering the infinite light in his life, leaving only a coldness - that shadow was Fan Xian.
When He Zongwei was praised by the scholars because of Lin Xiang's incident, Fan Xian had already exposed the Chunwei fraud case, making fifteen officials of the court, including the Minister of Rites, all dead, not to mention the front of the palace. Poems of that night.
When He Zongwei was an ordinary censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Fan Xian was already the commissioner of the Overwatch Council, forcing His Majesty to beat the censor with a cane in front of the palace, and those censors were all He Zongwei's seniors and superiors.
When He Zongwei finally ushered in the most glorious moment of his life, Fan Xian still just looked at him contemptuously, grabbing the Overwatch Council with one hand and the inner treasury with the other, and now he has captured the Dongyi City for the Qing Kingdom. large tracts of land.
I am a wit, and the other party is a poet. He is a bachelor, and the other party is Dan Bogong. The most important thing is that I am just a poor child from a poor family, while the other party is His Majesty's illegitimate child!
No matter when, no matter where, Fan Xian pressed him so hard that he was almost out of breath. He Zongwei looked at the spring garden in front of him, at those grass branches that grew wildly but no one took care of them, and fell into silence. He knew that no matter how hard he tried in this life, he would never be able to surpass that person.
He Zongwei slowly closed his eyes, and sighed helplessly. He has strong confidence in his ability and will, and he doesn't think he is any worse than Fan Xian, but fate has already decided this point, so what can we do
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I heard that Mr. Xiaoyan of the Overwatch Council had several vicious dogs in his house, forcing no court officials to dare to come to the door. I heard that Fan Xian's house had countless guards. As long as anyone dared to come to the door to give gifts, they would all be sent out of the house. He Zongwei's mansion couldn't afford dogs or people, but they had a bad face.
In order to maintain his fair and honest image, He Zongwei paid a lot, and he couldn't be as unreasonable as those two people in the Overwatch Council. He had to push the bribe without making the other party feel uncomfortable, so He Zongwei was also very tired. At least he thought he was much more tired than Fan Xian.
The salaries of imperial officials are not much, only one-third of the salary of officials at the same level in the Overwatch Council. In addition, He Zongwei insists on being clean and honest, so it is difficult to maintain the government's expenditure. Although His Majesty knows that his family is poor, The inner court rewarded a lot of gold and silver, but traveling to and from the capital is always too expensive, so that what He Zongwei is most worried about now is not Sun Jingxiu of the capital, but whether or not the garden should be repaired with money.
He Zongwei smiled wryly, thinking to himself, who knows how much he has paid for such a beautiful self? Unlike Fan Xian, he has such a large internal warehouse to support him, supported by bookstores and brothels.
But it was strange to say that the more difficult life was, the calmer He Zongwei's expression became, and the happier he felt in his heart. It seemed that there was a kind of painful torture that made him truly understand the meaning of his existence.
He wants to do great things for the court, and he wants to become a real generation of famous ministers.
He Zongwei's eyes became brighter and brighter, looking at the Luanchun Garden at night, he didn't say a word, he just thought in his heart, Fan Xian really went to the Sun's residence today, and what kind of behavior he should put on when he goes to the Zhongshu to discuss matters tomorrow attitude? Earlier, the eunuch in the palace brought His Majesty's oral order, which made him feel more at ease, but it also made him feel more depressed.
"We must find a different way." He Zongwei bowed his head in the night wind. No matter what big event, what kind of famous officials, under Fan Xian's coercion, he must first ensure that he can survive after His Majesty's death. So before His Majesty died, he had to let Fan Xian die first.
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