Chen Pingping smiled sharply, rubbed her somewhat rough fingers, and said, "Are the five masters in the capital now?"
Fei Jie also asked this question on Fan Xian's wedding night. Fan Xian shook his head and replied like last time: "I heard that I went to the south to look for Ye Liuyun. I don't know when I will be back."
For some unknown reason, Fan Xian seemed to vaguely hear a regretful sigh from a person in a certain dark corner of the room. He frowned, and the fingers in his sleeves held the dark crossbow—the three of them were talking at this time. The content was too terrifying. No matter who heard it, it would be an unbearable consequence for Fan Xian and Chen Pingping.
"Come out." Chen Pingping seemed to see the reaction in his sleeve, and said softly: "I think you must be very curious, who is the real leader of the Sixth Division."
Following these words, a person, to be precise, was a black shadow floated out from the darkness of the room, so ethereal that he was not like a mortal. The black shadow floated behind Chen Pingping, and then gradually revealed his figure, which was a... strong man covered in black cloth.
Fan Xian felt the aura that the other party was deliberately exuding at this moment, his pupils shrank slightly, his whole body became tense, and then slowly relaxed. He had seen him before. Sixteen years ago, this shadowy assassin stood on Chen Pingping's carriage, passed by like a falcon, and instantly killed a mysterious mage.
"He is the head of the Sixth Division of the Overwatch Council, and he never sees outsiders." Fei Jie explained with a smile, "Of course, you are not an outsider."
The assassin leader of the Qing Kingdom didn't speak, and stood silently behind Chen Pingping, as if he had no interest in Fan Xian. Chen Pingping's voice was a little hoarse, and then Fei Jie said: "Besides the five masters, he is the most terrifying assassin in the world. Of course, he is also the best protector, so I can live to this day."
Black Shadow bowed slightly, thanking the old man in the wheelchair for his compliment.
Chen Pingping looked into Fan Xian's eyes, and said with a smile, "Shadow is an admirer and follower of Master Five, and even many of his skills came from seeing the methods of Master Five many years ago when he was still young, and gradually imitated them." Come on, so he was a little disappointed to hear you say that the five masters are not in Beijing."
At this time, Fan Xian looked at the shadow assassin with a different look. Just by imitating Uncle Wu Zhu, he was able to have such a powerful strength. The number one assassin in the Qing Dynasty is indeed amazingly talented!
Of course, this shows that the blind Wuzhu is even more terrifying.
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Fei Jie pushed Dean Chen's wheelchair into the large courtyard behind the Overwatch Council, and that shadow disappeared into broad daylight again, to nowhere. Fan Xian followed the wheelchair step by step, feeling a little strange in his heart. The most powerful assassin in the Qing Kingdom really resembles Uncle Wu Zhu's style - he hasn't seen Wu Zhu for many days, although he doesn't worry about anything, but he's going out soon, and he always wants to meet his closest relatives one side.
This was the first time Fan Xian had entered the heavily guarded backyard of the Overwatch Council. The courtyard was extremely spacious, and there were no tall buildings within tens of feet of the courtyard wall, so no one could see the situation in the courtyard from the outside. It is completely different from the imagination of the world. Behind the Overwatch Council is such a beautiful place. Green lawns can be seen everywhere, several towering trees cast shadows on the ground, and small wild flowers beside the bluestone road occasionally show their beauty.
The staff of the Overwatch Council walked between different buildings in silence, and when they looked at the black wheelchair from a distance, they would bow respectfully.
Fan Xian would frown every time he walked a certain distance, because under those beautiful rockeries and in the green and tender forest, there seemed to be hidden secrets everywhere, and the defense was actually much tighter than that in the palace.
"Get acquainted, this yard will be yours from now on." Chen Pingping said casually and suddenly, it felt as easy as throwing a steamed bun to Fan Xian.
Fan Xian's heart skipped a beat. Although he knew about this arrangement a long time ago, he still didn't expect the old cripple to say it so simply.
Chen Pingping looked back at him with a frown, shook her head, and sighed.
Fan Xian didn't know why he sighed, and said with a smile, "I have a few questions."
"Let's talk about it." The wheelchair stopped beside a shallow pool. The water in the pool was translucent, and golden fish could be seen swimming freely in the water. Chen Pingping looked at the water in the pool.
"I offended many people in the examination case, but why did Guo Yushi and Han Shangshu dare to attack me? Don't they fear the wrath of my father and the prime minister?" Fan Xian looked at Chen Pingping's messy hair and said quietly: " As far as the Eastern Palace is concerned, it is not the crown prince's will, why does the empress deal with me?"
Chen Pingping didn't look back, and waved her hand. Fei Jie smiled and patted his student's shoulder, appreciating his courage, and then left the pool.
Fan Xian stepped forward to take the teacher's seat, pushed the wheelchair and walked along the small pond. After Chen Pingping was silent for a while, she said, "Are you forcing me to show my cards?"
"You must at least let me know how much the opponent knows about our cards."
Chen Pingping laughed sharply: "You are really a cautious young man. It seems that you have guessed some things, and you are afraid that the queen is dealing with you because of those things."
Fan Xian smiled and said, "Yes, if the empress really knows the things I guessed, then it's only natural for her to deal with me. I can only think of this one reason. The problem is that if this is the case, my current The strength is not enough to compete against the Eastern Palace."
"The enemies are all paper tigers." Chen Pingping said suddenly.
Fan Xian didn't expect to hear this sentence from the other party, and he couldn't help being shocked, but then he heard Chen Pingping say calmly: "This is what your mother said back then, and she also said back then that we must despise the strategically." Observe the enemy and pay attention to the enemy tactically."
Fan Xian felt like laughing, thinking that this cripple must not know that the originator of these words was not his mother.
Chen Pingping smiled and said: "And your biggest problem now is that you pay too much attention to the enemy strategically, and are even afraid of the enemy, so you are tied up in everything you do. Think about it, even if you are going to go out in the hall of the Ministry of Criminal Justice that day, can you still fight?" Who dares to do anything to you? And on the tactical level, you think too little, if there is no yard to wipe your ass, the things you did after entering Beijing would have killed you hundreds of times."
Fan Xian was dumbfounded, and Chen Pingping gently crossed her hands on her thighs, and said softly, "Don't think the Eastern Palace is too powerful. In the entire Qing Dynasty, there is no truly powerful force, including the Prime Minister, including your father Fan Jian. .”
If Fan Xian realized something, he said softly, "Violence is the real power, so only the military and the Overwatch Council are the truly powerful forces."
Chen Pingping raised a hand and shook it with her slender but old fingers: "No, in the entire Qing Kingdom, there is only one person who is truly powerful."
Fan Xian lowered his head and said softly, "It's His Majesty the Emperor."
Chen Pingping smiled and said: "That's right, His Majesty doesn't care about anything, as long as he still holds the military power in the world, he doesn't bother to raise his eyelids at all, as long as the harem of hundreds of officials toss about."
Fan Xian sneered with a hint of sarcasm: "He really is a very leisurely emperor."
Chen Pingping rubbed her dry hands, and said slowly: "The Overwatch Council belongs to His Majesty, I'm just in charge, and you will be in charge in the future, keep this in mind."
Fan Xian looked at the head of the Qing Kingdom's secret service with a calm face, wondering if he should doubt his loyalty to the emperor according to the legend.
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The black wheelchair has been walking around the shallow pool for a long time, and the golden fish in the water are a little dizzy, and slowly sank to the bottom of the water, ignoring the old and the young and the boring couple by the pool, and began to fiddle with them with their fish mouths. Play with fine sand.
The officials of the Overwatch Council saw from a distance that the dean was having a secret conversation with Fan Tisi, who had just revealed his identity, so naturally they didn't dare to disturb them. Chen Pingping suddenly sighed and said: "Time always flies by, and in a blink of an eye, your mother's son is also this old."
Fan Xian was startled, thinking that this kind of statement is really weird, what is your mother's son? Why don't you just say I'm done? He said with a wry smile, "I'm just sorry that I don't know what my mother looks like."
Chen Pingping smiled and said: "There is only one portrait of your mother in the whole world. It was painted secretly by the national master back then. In the end, the great painter was almost killed by the five masters."
Fan Xian replied with a smile, "That painting won't exist in the palace, will it?"
Chen Pingping didn't answer directly, but said quietly: "The East Palace doesn't need to worry too much, as I said before, the Queen's power was almost wiped out by His Majesty twelve years ago."
Fan Xian knew the story of the bloody night in the capital, so he frowned slightly and said, "Why didn't His Majesty abolish the Empress?"
"After all, she is the prince's biological mother, and she has always been liked by the queen mother. The most important thing is..." Chen Pingping said with a half-smile, "Our emperor, where can we find such a stupid queen who has no power behind him? "
Fan Xian's heart was filled with coldness. The emperor was really not a good person. Fortunately, Chen Pingping didn't know how he described His Majesty in his heart, and said softly, "Don't worry about your identity being discovered. The baby sixteen years ago In the eyes of the palace, it is an unchangeable fact. The reason why the stupid empress let Han Shangshu touch you this time is to consider the issue from the perspective of the prince. At that time, she didn't know that you were the supervisor of the Overwatch Council. Si, just angry at your meeting with the second prince on the flower boat."
Chen Pingping frowned slightly and said angrily: "I think Mr. Si Nanbo should have told you not to get too close to these princes. Do you think that the nobles in Beijing don't know about your meeting on the flower boat?"
Fan Xian smiled in embarrassment. When he was in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, he really didn't think that the empress would use the burning roller of the Ministry of Justice to warn him because she was afraid of the second prince. At that time, he thought that the other party knew about his life experience.