"Finally, an envoy came to see me." Marquis Changning said with a trembling voice, "Son, don't look at my father as the Queen Mother's brother, but that is Fan Xian, a generation of poets. Light!"
Wei Hua's heart also gradually became sad, knowing that although his family was well-clothed and powerful, but in the extremely prestigious Northern Qi Dynasty, they had always had a very bad reputation. The mouths of some villains were blocked, but some people still believed that this was a gift from the palace to the Empress Dowager's relatives.
He sighed, knowing that his father studied in Zhuang Mohan back then, and was planning to help the world, but because of his aunt, he could only be an idle marquis, and he could only use a glass of wine to drink away the accumulation of years. scattered, so it is inconvenient to say more. But thinking of what Fan Xian said before he left, he was still a little scared, and asked, "Fan Xian said just now that he wanted to do business with you? He is the commissioner of the Southern Dynasty Overwatch Council, what kind of business can he do? What kind of business is there?" Need you to come forward?"
Marquis Changning replied: "I'm just a middleman, the person he really needs is Mr. Shen."
"Uncle Shen?"
"That's right, Fan Xian's father is the Secretary of the Household Department of the Southern Dynasty, and he himself has the identity of a fake princess son-in-law. In the future, he will manage the internal treasury business of the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty. It seems that he is planning to do some tricks. This way to the north, if you don't have Uncle Shen to escort you, then the shady business won't last long."
Wei Hua was as shocked as his father when he heard the news before, he opened his mouth and said, "Could it be that he is going to... smuggle!"
"This is a trap!" Wei Hua's first reaction was this.
"He doesn't have to threaten me." Marquis Changning shook his head disapprovingly.
Wei Hua became anxious: "You don't know, there is still an agreement between the two countries this time, Fan Xian is anxious about that right now, and His Majesty means that it can be delayed for a few days, and it will be delayed to the embassy in Nanqing." I'm in a hurry. If you make such a move, don't say whether this business is real or not, if you really arrange for him to meet Mr. Shen, we will never be able to get away again. If Fan Xian asks me for someone again, how can I procrastinate?"
"Your Majesty, do you want to delay?" Marquis Changning glanced at his son, "Anyway, that person is going to be released. If we can get some benefits, we can help Fan Xian. What are you afraid of? Anyway, your aunt still wants to help Fan Xian." In the palace."
Wei Hua sighed, not knowing what to say. After a while, he asked in a low voice: "Do you think what Fan Xian said is true? My son really doesn't understand why he would take such a big risk to smuggle goods into our Northern Qi."
"People die for wealth, birds die for food." Marquis Changning was still drunk, thinking he could see through the hearts of the world, and said with a sneer, "Neiku? It's a big piece of steamed bun, but it's a pity that it doesn't belong to his Fan family after all! Minister of the Ministry of Households of the Qing Dynasty, how much can he get from the treasury? If Fan Xian really smuggles the goods from the treasury to the north to sell in the future, do you know how much it is?"
Wei Hua is smart and clever, with a slight frown, he came up with a rough figure. In the past ten years, the entire utilization rate of the Qing Kingdom was basically supported by the industries left by the Ye family. If Fan Xian really has the ability to do such a shocking thing, the benefits he can get from it... It's terrible!
"Fan Xian... don't you know this kind of money?" Wei Hua seemed to have a hard time connecting the talented Fan who had been rumored all along with the corrupt man he just heard.
Marquis Changning poured a glass of strong wine with his face crooked, hiccupped, and said, "What do you think? You know, poets also have to eat."
After saying these words, this talented scholar of the Northern Qi Dynasty, now a moth in the Northern Qi Dynasty fell asleep on the table, covered in fine wine and smelling bad.
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On the carriage, Wang Qinian glanced at Lin Jing, who was pretending to be sleeping next to him, and showed disapproval towards Fan Xian, as if he felt that Mr. Tisi should never speak of smuggling in front of court ministers. things.
Fan Xian smiled and said, "You don't really believe it, do you?"
Wang Qinian really believed it, and so did Gundam. May I ask, if anyone can control the internal warehouse completely, and can get countless times of huge profits from those glass jars, can they really not be tempted? Fan Xian was not tempted, because to the eldest princess, the inner treasury belonged to the imperial court, but to Fan Xian, the inner treasury... belonged to the Ye family and belonged to him, at least one day it would completely become his own.
Steal your own goods and sell them to the north to sell them at a low price? Only a fool would do that. But the problem is that no one knows Fan Xian's real thoughts, and no one knows the historical relationship between Fan Xian and the so-called Neiku Imperial Merchant, so everyone who hears about Fan Xian's plan will think that the Fan family is real. I really want to dig out a gold mine that belongs only to me from the golden mountain of Neiku.
Fan Xian didn't want to mine at all, he just wanted to circle the whole mountain.
"Stop pretending to be asleep." Fan Xian yawned, feeling a little tired. Lin Jing next to him opened his eyes in embarrassment, and looked at Fan Xian with some fear. Although he is a deputy envoy, the young official in front of him is not only the chief envoy, but also the commissioner of that terrifying Yamen of the Overwatch Council. Give yourself an accident on the way home.
Fan Xian gave him a funny look, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Stupid? Tell me in front of you, of course I'm not afraid of you knowing. When you go back tonight, write something and hand it back to Kyoto. Don't worry, the court will You know what I mean."
Even if the court doesn't understand it, the emperor will understand it.
Lin Jing forced herself to believe that the young adult in front of her would not become the biggest corrupt official in the history of the Qing Kingdom. She swallowed and moistened her parched throat: "My lord, why did you come to the Marquis of Changning today?"
"First, establish a good relationship with the people from the Empress Dowager of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Well, it seems that the Northern Qi Emperor is taking good care of the mission." Fan Xian lowered his head, closed his eyes and felt sleepy, and continued: "At the same time, let the Marquis of Changning Let's deal with the matter at the gate of the mission. After all, he beat the precious bastard of the Marquis of Beiqi, so we have to deal with it... "
Hearing the words "baby bastard", Wang Qinian and Gao Da smiled at the same time, feeling that what the adults said was very true.
"... so as not to affect the official business of this mission. Third, if I want to see Mr. Shen, I can only arrange through Marquis Changning. Fourth, I want to scare Wei Hua, regardless of whether the Marquis believes the bag of bait I threw out." , but I think he should secretly make the process faster."
"Why do you have to go around so many times...to see Commander Shen?" Lin Jing frowned and said, "This person is a high-ranking official with real power. Unlike Marquis Changning, the Northern Qi will not allow it."
"So it depends on what the Marquis of Changning thinks. Anyway, even if we can't meet, there won't be too much harm." Fan Xian opened his eyes and yawned again, "As for why you want to meet? It’s convenient to talk to Lord Lin.”
Lin Jing shivered, remembering Fan Xian's true identity, and remained silent.
Fan Xian yawned again. The carriage was full of yawns all the way. It seemed that he was really tired. After entering the palace today, he didn't have any time to rest.
"What are you going to do later?" Wang Qinian whispered, "After all, this is the enemy country Shangjing, our eyes are darkened, do you want to contact the eyes and ears in Shangjing?"
"I said no." Fan Xian stuffed his fists around his mouth, forcefully stopped the yawn that was about to burst out, and said tiredly, "Don't let those spies take risks, what will they do before that time comes?" Just sleep and wait for Wei Hua to take us to see Yan Bingyun tomorrow."
He pinched the hard envelope in his clothes, a look of worry welled up between his brows.
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After reading the letter, Fan Xian swiped his palm and crumpled the letter paper into pieces expressionlessly. This is a habit he developed when he was in Cangshan. After the master gathers, it cannot be recovered again.
The letter was written by a person named Huang Yi. Fan Xian had heard of this name before. He was a counselor of the eldest princess in the Xinyang Li Palace. There is an ambiguous relationship between them.
"Help, save! I'm not a firefighter." Fan Xian smiled wryly, and only then did he realize that there was such a complicated relationship behind the matter. Chen Pingping obviously didn't know that Xiao En had the secret of the temple, and neither did the eldest princess, so their starting point for doing things was very simple and clear.
Chen Pingping wants Yan Bingyun to come back and Xiao En to die, because he doesn't like the many old men in the north, and thinks this is an excellent opportunity for Fan Xian's growth.
The eldest princess ignored Yan Bingyun's life and death, but wanted Xiao En to regain the power of Jin Yiwei while alive, because she liked to watch Uesugi Tiger and Xiao En join forces, standing between the Queen Mother of Northern Qi and the emperor, looking at the sky. Son, making this big country in the north even more uncomfortable.
Although he didn't know the overall plan of the eldest princess, Fan Xian was certain that the mother-in-law who was far away in Xinyang must have reached some kind of secret agreement with Uesugi Tiger, otherwise she wouldn't have made such a big investment.
The eldest princess didn't know about the words and papers, and didn't find out about the night visits to Guangxin Palace, but Fan Xian, as a man in black lurking in the dark, naturally respected the eldest princess and waited for the opportunity to move. It is absurd to follow her letter in a foreign country.
In the final analysis... What's the matter with Fan Qing