The Office of the Overwatch Council dealt with the ransacking of the building in a very measured manner, and only people related to Fan Liu's family were taken away. Those little bastards in the Duke's mansion, on the one hand, were beaten back home by Fan Xian to recuperate. On the one hand, he is not qualified to get involved too deeply, so he failed to catch it.
After the Mu's uncle and nephew finished arresting them, they didn't reply to Fan Tisi who was beside the carriage, and consciously escorted those young people to Fan's mansion. The people from the Overwatch Council saw Fan Xian standing outside the carriage and didn't go in for a long time, and the people in the carriage didn't get off, so they knew that there must be someone with a higher status than Fan Xian in the carriage—Fan Xian himself was a relative of the state. It must be the royal family.
The house raids didn't yield much results. Fan Xian wanted to destroy Fan Sizhe's account books related to Baoyue Tower, which undoubtedly became an impossible task. And since he was forced to maintain a temporary peace with the Second Highness because of this matter, it would be a foolish thing to check Baoyuelou.
The people from the Overwatch Council withdrew, and the people from the Kyoto Prefecture stepped forward to maintain law and order. It seemed that everything had returned to normal. The Fan and Liu families still owned as much as 70% of the shares in Baoyuelou, and they continued to be notorious in Kyoto. The black hand of the prostitute, while Fan Tesi and the second prince are having an intimate conversation.
It seems that Kyoto is going to be peaceful.
The second prince in the car looked at Fan Xian's calm face, and couldn't help feeling a little admiration and admiration in his heart. What happened in Baoyuelou was enough to make most people angry, but Fan Xian was so calm and accepted his peaceful proposal without delay. He is really a strong man who is good at judging the situation and making decisions bravely.
And every time he looked at the familiar smile on Fan Xian's face, he felt a little uneasy and kind in his heart, always feeling that the other party should be very similar to himself. Although the other party is a courtier, there is still a strong urge to have a deep conversation with the other party!
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"Hongcheng, you go first. Master Fan and I have some private things to talk about." The second prince spoke indifferently, but he didn't care about the eyes of the crowd on the street. Shi Shiran got off the carriage.
Fan Xian frowned slightly, a little surprised by the other party's move. Just now I clearly said that I want to go back to the mansion, and I don't want to have a deep conversation, but the other party, as the prince's honor, got out of the car and invited me personally, I didn't want to save him, but also wanted to hear what he wanted to say, so I lightly Nodded lightly.
Li Hongcheng glanced at him with a trace of apology, and drove away from Baoyuelou, a place of right and wrong, together with the carriage.
The second prince's pair of brocade shoes stepped on the street and couldn't help stretching. Amidst the whispers of the crowd in the distance, he led Fan Xian into a tea shop. At this time, the tea shop had already been cleared by his attendants, and he and Fan Xian were the only ones sitting opposite each other.
Fan Xian picked up the bowl and took a sip, raised his eyebrows in surprise, and looked up at the second prince.
The second prince said with a smile: "I know you like this. Every time I go to Hongcheng's mansion, I will ask for some Physalis to drink." Then he said gently: "Brother Fan must hate me very much for the matter of Baoyuelou. .”
Fan Xian raised his lips slightly: "I'm not a saint, so naturally I have emotions."
The second prince shook his head and said, "In the beginning, your second brother discussed business with my third brother. I already knew about it, and I helped some secretly..." He looked at Fan Xian's face, "But don't get me wrong. Zhongdu thought that your Fan family was on good terms with me, so I naturally couldn't have the idea of threatening you, but just wanted to find some common interests for both parties, so that the relationship between each other could be closer. Who knows that it has become It’s really not what I want to do in a low-level way.”
Fan Xian had already judged the other party's thoughts when he was building Baoyue Tower in the spring, so he wasn't too surprised, but he didn't know how to deal with it after hearing his self-confessed tricks. It’s really blue-eyed.”
The second prince was not afraid to continue this topic, and said lightly: "I have always valued you very much, you should be very clear... So I don't understand why you want to target me after you return to Beijing."
Fan Xian smiled and said, "Your Highness is a little confused. Fan is just a courtier. What good will it do me to target Your Highness?"
The second prince stared into his eyes, and said slowly: "I need you to tell me... I know, you can't be willing to be a pawn of the prince, so I really don't understand."
Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness would ask questions so openly and aboveboard. Fan Xian was slightly surprised, and immediately a bright smile appeared on his face, and he replied softly, "Your Highness really doesn't understand?"
The second prince looked into his eyes and shook his head slightly.
Fan Xian tilted his head slightly, tapped the wooden table with his knuckles, and suddenly said, "Niulan Street."
The second prince was silent, and after a while he said: "This is my fault." After saying this, he actually stood up and bowed deeply to Fan Xian!
As the emperor's own son, he actually apologized to a courtier for his sins!
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However, Fan Xian did not show the expression that the second prince was looking forward to seeing. He sat on the chair like a hard stone and ice, squinted at him, and said softly: "After all, your highness is your highness, and your subject is your subject after all. Regarding the matter of life, Your Highness may think that if you apologize in person, you have given me enough explanation, and as a subject, I should also be grateful, and feel like a national scholar?"
The second prince took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the anger that had not appeared in his chest for many years, and said coldly: "Then how can Mr. Fan mend the relationship between you and me?"
Fan Xian suddenly laughed, and said, "Actually, the last round of investigations...you know why, why did my mother-in-law always look down on my son-in-law, who is an assassin at one time, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate at another time? And next year I will If you want to take over the internal treasury, you must have a conflict with Xinyang. If His Highness agrees to me with one thing, I dare not guarantee that I will be biased, but at least in Beijing in the future, I will let the Overwatch Council maintain a relatively fair stance. "
The second prince's heart trembled slightly, and the negative emotions that were still lingering in his chest had long been wiped out. In the past few months, his own people and the courtiers in the court have been stared at by the Overwatch Council, including those who are supervised by the Qintian Supervisor. At this time, he heard Fan Xian say that the Overwatch Council could change its attitude, how could he not be moved
After pondering for a while, he stretched out his right hand and said very softly: "Master Tisi, please tell me."
This sentence uses the official name.
Fan Xian looked at him and said with a smile, "If Your Highness can keep a distance from the Eldest Princess, I promise you a lifetime of peace."
The second prince was startled, he never thought that the other party would come up with such a ridiculous suggestion, and promise himself a safe life? How arrogant and daring it is! He finally couldn't help being depressed, and said in a cold voice: "Is Fan Tisi playing tricks on me?"
The two young dignitaries who are not alike in appearance, but very similar in temperament and taste, sit across the table and talk nonchalantly.
Fan Xian looked at him and said, "Your Highness is puzzled by many things, and Fan is also puzzled by this. Could it be that this dragon chair is really so easy to sit on? Isn't peace a rare blessing? Your Highness has always loved literature, and Concubine Shu also loves literature." He is as clear and bright as snow, why can't he see through the joints?"
Even though there was no one in the tea shop at this time, and the conversation could not be overheard by others, the second prince's heart still trembled when he suddenly heard that Fan Xian was expressing his thoughts nakedly. There are many things in this world that can only be done but cannot be said, like trying to seize the throne, but still respectful to the prince. Who knew that the person in front of him would say it so casually!
It wasn't until today that the second prince really understood how courageous Fan Xian was! It is also becoming more and more unclear what he is relying on!
A glint of light flashed in the eyes of the second prince, but this gloomy light was touched by Fan Xian's words for many years, and finally gradually burned, staring at Fan Xian's face, said in a low voice and coldly: "Everyone can I know that the dragon chair is not easy to sit on! But I am in the house of the emperor, and I can’t help myself. I want to grab this chair, but if I don’t want to grab it... I still have to grab it! If I can choose freely, I would rather go to Taixue to study every day, I don’t want to get involved in this matter either!”
Fan Xian narrowed his eyes slightly: "Could someone force you to fail?"
Perhaps because of fan Xian's boldness, the second prince sneered and said, "Of course someone forced me to say that I have both virtue and virtue since I was twelve years old, and I was wronged to be a prince in the future. , he made me king, and when he was fourteen years old, he built a house outside the palace. On the surface, he drove me out of the palace, but in fact he gave me the opportunity to freely serve the officials! Let me enter the royal study to observe the affairs of the government... Do you know? Before me, only the crown prince will always have such an opportunity!"
The handsome face of the second prince gradually distorted: "I don't want to fight! But what can I do when these things come out one by one? Does the East Palace think that I have no intention of taking the throne? The prince was young at the time, looking at me But the look in his eyes is so resentful... We are brothers! He was only thirteen years old, and he already wanted to kill me! Even if I can convince the prince, what about the queen? Will she let me go?"
Fan Xian was speechless, listening to the second prince going crazy.
"It was he who pushed me to this position..." The second prince's eyes were like ice-cold fire, which made people shudder, "I want to protect my mother, I want to protect my life... What should I do? Since He wants me to fight, so I'll show him!"
Fan Xian lowered his head slightly, knowing that the only one who has the power to force a prince to take the road to succession is actually the emperor himself. He smiled slightly and said, "But have you ever thought about it, maybe he just uses you as a stone, a whetstone to force the prince to mature."
"It's clear for a long time." The second prince flicked his sleeves coldly, "We are both the pride of heaven, who would be willing to be a whetstone that will be broken in the future? So I will continue to fight, in case I really win in the future... I'd be happier to see him regret it than to be in that chair."
Fan Xian smiled and said, "Why vent your resentment on this kind of thing? His Highness has already made a prince, but he seems to be much clearer than His Second Highness... If someone wants to push you into the river to compete with others, Your best resistance is to try your best not to go down the river, at worst, turn around and fight the person behind you... instead of going down the river and strangling the opponent who is competing with you."
The second prince finally calmed down a bit at this time, and looked at Fan Xian with a face full of shock: "Your words... are close to rebellion..."
Fan Xian shook his head indifferently: "Your Highness said today about treason... no less than me."
The Second Prince's eyebrows twitched suddenly, looked at Fan Xian, and after a long while suddenly said, "Help me, Fan Xian."
Fan Xian shook his head calmly and even indifferently.
"Why?" The second prince said quietly, "In the future, you will always need to choose someone."
Fan Xian didn't answer his question, but just thought... In terms of blood relationship, the person in front of him should be his brother, right? I am different from ordinary courtiers, I don't want to make a choice at all, but I am a little startled by His Majesty Qing's iron-blooded and ruthless education method, and I gradually feel afraid.
Seeing the second prince's "sincere" eyes, Fan Xian finally said, "Don't get too close to Xinyang, that woman is a very talented lunatic, I don't even know what she is thinking."
The second prince returned to calm, smiled slightly, and sat down.
Fan Xian sighed in his heart, knowing that although the other party was moved by his own strength, he still trusted the eldest princess's strength more. But it's good in this way, at least in the future when I deal with the Second Highness in front of me, my heart will be harder.
"I still don't want to be your enemy." The second prince said seriously.
After a moment of silence, Fan Xian suddenly raised his head and said, "Even if Baoyue Tower hadn't happened, I would have knocked you into the dust..."
A sneer flashed in the eyes of the Second Prince, as if he felt that Fan Xian's arrogance had gone a little too far.
Fan Xian ignored his gaze at all, and said flatly, "Perhaps, this is the only way for you... and Hongcheng to survive."
The second prince heard the pity and contempt in the other party's tone, got up in a rage, and stared coldly into Fan Xian's eyes.
Fan Xian said slightly mockingly: "Your Highness, never think that you can control everything, including Baoyue Tower."
The atmosphere in the tea shop dropped sharply. Eight people walked slowly from outside the shop. They were dressed exactly the same, but they couldn't tell how old they were.
Everyone has a murderous aura deeply embedded in their body!
Some people are like a knife, some are like a sword, some are like a huge ax that opens mountains... going forward without hesitation.
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Fan Xian knew that the second prince could not choose to kill him in the downtown area, so he squinted his eyes slightly, looked at the eight people who walked into the tea shop from nowhere, and said softly: "The four generals Gan, Liu, Xie, and Fan, He, Zhang, Xu, and Cao, the four great gentlemen, the eight generals in the hands of His Royal Highness according to legend, were originally born with this appearance."
The second prince looked at him and said, "Fan Xian, I value you, but it doesn't mean I have to need you, so don't think too much of yourself."
Fan Xian stood up, waved his hands with a smile, and said, "The Qinian team under me can't beat the eight people under Your Highness, so I won't shout out to show my eyes... But I have to say something honestly, Your Highness, your subordinates can't beat them." Many dead men are of no use to the general situation, otherwise Chen Pingping would have been emperor long ago."
Laughing loudly, he dropped the last rebellious and innocent words, and left the tea shop gracefully.
When he left the shop, he seemed to pass through the eight second prince's most powerful family generals in a calm manner, but shrugged slightly before the second general Gan Xie, waved his hand in front of the second gentleman Xu Cao, and a faint breath , and the murderous aura accumulated in the bodies of the eight people was separated immediately, and it spread up along the wooden pillars of the tea shop in an instant, mixed with the autumn afternoon sunlight outside the shop, and there was no trace of it anymore .
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A moment after Fan Xian left, the second prince rested his jaw on the table and frowned slightly. He didn't know why he suddenly lost his composure in front of Fan Xian today, and said many things that had been hidden in the deepest part of his heart. He took a deep breath, a trace of solemnity flashed across his handsome face, and said in a cold voice: "If one day in the future, you need to kill him, how many people do you need?"
Xie Bi'an slowly put the sheathed sword back into his white sleeve, and said dumbly: "One subordinate is enough."
Fan Wujiu had a black face, shook his head slightly and said: "Eight generals will go out together, so it may not be possible to keep this little Master Fan."
The second prince lost his mind for a moment, thinking that even the eight generals insisted on their own opinions, this Fan Xian is really an incomprehensible character... But he immediately thought that after the Baoyuelou incident, the other party would at least not be in a short period of time. When he shot at himself, he shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
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Fan Xian, who was sitting in the carriage, carefully washed off the faint fragrance remaining between his fingers with clean water, a little disappointed by this conversation. Although he took a big risk to lure out some voices from His Highness the Second Highness, there was no useful information, and he still didn't understand the arrangement between him and the eldest princess. It seems that the Second Highness is indeed a man with a steady mind and a scholarly spirit. , but I am not a confidant elder sister, knowing these things is of no use.
When the carriage arrived at Fan's mansion, he jumped off the carriage, walked through the corner door calmly, and walked quickly to the back garden. Pushing the door open with both hands, and kicking it out!
There was a scream in the study! Under the horrified gazes of the whole family, Fan Sizhe, who had no idea what had happened, was kicked into a ball, smashed hard on the Grand Master's chair, and smashed the chair into several pieces.