Through Yan Bingyun's narration, Fan Xian knew what happened back then, it was like that.
After the three Northern Expeditions of the Qing Kingdom, the Zhan family took advantage of the situation and established the Qi Kingdom, but the founding emperor died 12 years ago, leaving only the queen mother and the emperor who was only a few years old in the empty palace. middle.
Although the Qing Kingdom stopped going north, the vicious Chen Pingping naturally refused to let go of this opportunity, and secretly funded and instigated some former princes and nobles from the Zhan family in Shangjing in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and finally formed a situation of forcing the palace. Seeing that the empress dowager and the emperor, the orphan and widow mother, are about to be dragged out of the palace by the rebels, at this time, Ku He lives in the palace as a friend of Zhan Qingfeng.
At that time, three thousand soldiers and horses waited around the palace, Ku He sat in front of the main hall, behind was the poor mother and son, and a large number of trembling eunuchs and maids holding candlesticks and brooms.
Facing countless guns and arrows, Ku He sat alone in front of the hall, and no one dared to make a move.
Then Empress Dowager Wei's elder brother, the current Marquis of Changning, crawled out of the sewer hole in the corner of Miyagi, secretly contacted Jin Yiwei's Shen Shen, entangled a group of forces loyal to the royal family, and returned to Miyagi. Under the extremely dangerous situation, the situation of the Northern Qi Dynasty going to Beijing was stabilized.
Afterwards, Ku He did not pursue the matter, and the Queen Mother also remained silent. Although the princes and nobles who tried to force the palace were fine at the time, they naturally did not end well in the future.
So no matter from which point of view, in fact, the Queen Mother can still sit safely in the palace now, relying on Ku He's prestige and unfathomable strength at that time.
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"Ku He is so badass." Fan Xian patted his legs and exclaimed, "There are thousands of troops blocked by one person, even though there are tens of thousands of people, I will go. It's so strong."
Yan Bingyun glanced at him, feeling that the other party's words were a bit vulgar, and he seemed to have little respect for the four great masters admired by the world: "As one of the four great masters, Ku He is aloof from the world. But if he expresses his position , no matter who it is, you must be afraid of one or two."
Fan Xian shook his head: "Those idiots who forced the palace, I don't believe that when all arrows are fired, Ku He can do anything."
"Ku He made a blood oath at that time, and anyone who dared to sit on the dragon chair would be killed." Yan Bingyun suddenly felt that the chief minister in the courtyard was a little naive, "With Ku He's terrifying strength, he will kill him in this place." In the world in the north, of course, anyone who wants to be killed can be killed. If you can't even save your life, one moment your buttocks just sit on the dragon chair, and the next moment your head and body are separated. Who would be willing to do this kind of emperor? ?”
"Grand Master?" Fan Xian frowned. It was the first time that he felt such an existence beyond the realm of mortals. It was indeed quite troublesome.
"What? Mr. Fan is young and promising, and he doesn't even care about Grand Master?" Yan Bingyun gave him a cold look.
Fan Xian smiled and didn't say anything. He had only met Ye Liuyun among the four great masters in the world, and at that time he only thought that the Sanqu sung by him was quite nice. Uncle Wu Zhu... Fan Xian grew up with him, so naturally he couldn't feel excited.
"Continue to talk about going to Beijing." Fan Xian raised his hand to signal, "If the queen mother listens to Ku He, and Ku He wants Xiao En to die..."
Yan Bingyun interjected, "Why is your lord so sure that Ku He wants Xiao En to die?"
"I have my source of information." Fan Xian smiled, didn't say anything about Haitang, or the secret of the temple, and continued: "Then Uesugi Tiger will definitely fall to the emperor, gather all the power of the imperial party, and then we can Save Xiao En's old life... Master Yan, let's see if we can get some benefits from this matter?"
Yan Bingyun shook his head, suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile: "Actually, in terms of strength, Northern Qi has never been weak. In the past four years, I don't know how much I have seen... But I believe, compared to our celebration As far as the country is concerned, the Northern Qi will never be able to win."
Fan Xian didn't know why he came to this conclusion suddenly, he was a little puzzled. Yan Bingyun laughed happily: "Just look at the imperial court sending Xiao En back to Northern Qi. In more than a year, the balance and peace that the Northern Qi empress dowager and the emperor tried hard to maintain will be forced to break. I really admire... admire the imperial court." The person who planned this matter."
The person who planned Sean's return to the country was the Eldest Princess. Fan Xian's eyes were calm, but he sneered in his heart, and said, "There is nothing to admire, you must know that this transaction is at your expense."
"What do you mean?" Yan Bingyun frowned.
Fan Xian said: "It was the eldest princess who sold you to the Northern Qi court, and then arranged with Uesugi Tiger to exchange Xiao En back to Northern Qi... Even if the Northern Qi court has some disturbances because of Xiao En's matter, how big of a disturbance do you think it will really cause? Bo Tao? You are just a chess piece manipulated by the nobles, and a chess piece should have the self-consciousness of a chess piece. I really don’t understand someone like you who still admires the hand on his head.”
These words were a bit stinging, but Fan Xian did it on purpose, he wanted to plant the seeds of hatred for the Eldest Princess in Yan Bingyun's heart. Unexpectedly, Yan Bingyun's face was calm, as if he didn't hear it, but continued to plan: "We can't interfere in this matter, Xiao En's life and death, since Ku He has been tempted, the mission is in a foreign country after all, is it right?" Absolutely have no ability to intervene, and there is no need to intervene."
"I agree with you." Fan Xian looked at him, "But there is one more thing I need to hear from you."
After Fan Xian told Yan Bingyun about Mr. Cui's incident a few days ago, Yan Bingyun's face remained unchanged, and he asked, "What do you want to do, my lord?"
Fan Xian was silent for a while, but since he had already started, he would naturally continue: "According to the meaning of the courtyard, we will gradually reduce the benefits that Xinyang has obtained in the north."
"What do you mean in the courtyard?" Yan Bingyun looked into Fan Xian's eyes and said softly, "I heard that the chief executive may be in charge of the internal treasury in the coming year."
Fan Xian smiled as if he hadn't heard this sentence: "Master Yan has been imprisoned for more than half a year, and the news is still very well informed."
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After a long silence, Yan Bingyun suddenly said, "What are you talking about with me?"
"Because you are the most familiar with the route in the north. If there is a day when you need to close the net... then from now on, I must start to keep an eye on it. And without Master Yan, I have no strength in the north at all."
Yan Bingyun said calmly, "Lord Fan thinks highly of the subordinates."
"I never thought you were just a simple patient." Fan Xian said calmly, "I believe that if Lord Yan has the will, he will still be a figure who can call the wind and rain in the north."
"Why should I help you?"
"Because I'm your boss." Fan Xian's face gradually turned cold, "I'm not asking for your help, but for your cooperation."
Yan Bingyun didn't accept this at all, and said with a sneer, "It won't be too late for us to talk about this on the day when Mr. Tisi really takes over the Overwatch Council."
Fan Xian laughed, waved his hands and said, "I knew it wouldn't work." He paused and said, "The reason is actually very simple. The eldest princess is our common enemy, and it's not just that I need you." Come to think of it, you need me too."
Yan Bingyun didn't think about anything, he nodded calmly, and then said directly: "Since this is the case, then I must make it clear that your plan was completely wrong from the beginning."
"Why do you say that?"
"If you want to gradually reduce the benefits that the eldest princess obtains from smuggling, you should not look for heavy."
"Chong is the commander of Fusi of Jinyiwei Town. If I go north, if I don't look for him, who can I look for?"
Yan Bingyun looked into his eyes and said, "Chang Chong, Marquis of Changning, these are the Queen Mother's cronies... They have been dealing with the princess for many years... If you want to start a new life, why don't you go to the young emperor?" .”
Fan Xian sighed and said, "Because I can't see clearly what that emperor is thinking."
"The Emperor of Northern Qi was a very pure and easily excitable person." Yan Bingyun raised a finger, "Pure radicals need money."
Fan Xian looked at him and said after a while, "I trust you."
"At present, I am worthy of your trust." Yan Bingyun said.
Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, although the world today belongs to them, it is ours after all." After saying this, he left the room, leaving behind Yan Bingyun was reminiscing about this strange sentence.
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For three consecutive days, the mission was still dealing with diplomatic matters with Bei Qi. Just as Fan Xian was conspiring with Yan Bingyun in the room, gradually Yan Bingyun no longer concealed anything, and analyzed the information he had, clearly establishing the guiding ideology for Fan Xian's future actions.
It is better to be still than to move. Xinyang uses the Tuozi formula, and the Empress Dowager also uses the Tuozi formula. Only in the palace, we need to find a way to get in touch. Fan Xian once thought about whether he should visit General Uesugi, but Yan Bingyun stopped him indifferently.
Yan Bingyun didn't think it was necessary to do these things at all. If the other party needed them, they would naturally come to him. What Fan Xian did after entering Shangjing, from Yan Bingyun's professional point of view, was really a mess.
Fan Xian was taught in silence, knowing these things, he was indeed not as good as Yan Bingyun. In addition to chatting, they also talked about re-integrating the northern spy network, but Yan Bingyun was obviously worried about his ability, so he never let go.
After a day's meal, Fan Xian suddenly said, "That Miss Shen is very capable, she actually knew you were hiding in the mission, and came again."
Yan Bingyun's face was as cold as ice, his heartlessness was like flowing clouds, and he said indifferently: "The notice is heavy, he will take care of his daughter's affairs."
Fan Xian glanced at him. He really didn't understand how this young official had honed his heart so cold and heartless.