Why did you come to Jiaozhou, why did you have to deal with the Jiaozhou navy? In fact, the origin of all this is because of that small island in the East China Sea, that bloodbathed island.
The pirates on the island were private troops raised by the Ming family, but they were all wiped out when the court was strictly investigating. Fortunately, a spy from the Overwatch Council survived with great difficulty, and reported the scene of the bloodbath that night go up.
It is the Jiaozhou Navy, and it can only be the Jiaozhou Navy. In the months after that, the Overwatch Council intensified its investigations into Jiaozhou. Although up to now, there is still no way to obtain specific and reliable evidence, but the people in the upper echelon of the court have all guessed that Jiaozhou Sailor is the hand behind the Ming family, the hand of Junshanhui, and the hand raised by the eldest princess.
No matter how tolerant the Emperor Qing was, it was impossible for him to tolerate this kind of thing happening, so he notified Fan Xian in a secret letter, ordering him to handle the matter with full authority. As for how to deal with it, he did not give a specific strategy.
So Fan Xian had a headache, he had no evidence in hand, and he wanted to bring the Jiaozhou navy back under the control of the imperial court. What should he do? The navy is not the Ming family, not the Cui family, and not the second prince... The other party is a real powerful force. If one is mishandled, it will cause a commotion, and a sword incident will happen. Big trouble.
He also knows that the Jiaozhou navy must play an extremely important role in the smuggling business of the Ming family, especially the road leading to Dongyi City. It won't go so smoothly.
The Jiaozhou navy played the same role in the sea smuggling routes as Fan Xian's Overwatch Council and Weihua's Northern Qi Jinyiwei played in the mainland smuggling routes.
It's just that on that island, the navy killed too many people...
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Hou Jichang had already gone to the birthday banquet, and Fan Xian, who had changed his appearance, was the only one left in the small courtyard. Hou Jichang was ordered to investigate the smuggling by the Jiaozhou navy, but unfortunately there has been no progress. He has to do a lot of things in the dark, so it is not convenient to invite too many servants, so the small courtyard is quiet.
Without lighting the lamp, Fan Xian was thinking calmly in the darkness, sorting out his plans one by one, thinking about it, he couldn't help but smile wryly, what he did later must be naive politically, but in terms of style It's arrogant, but... His Majesty the Emperor gave him full power to deal with this matter. It can be seen how much His Majesty cares. He was forced to Jiaozhou, what can he do
If the investigation and separate inquiries were carried out according to the normal channels... the generals of the navy are not fools, so they would naturally not admit to the crime of ransacking their homes, and once the military confronted the Overwatch Council, the army would easily slide in the direction of the explosion Go, once there is a mutiny, tens of thousands of naval officers and soldiers will surround Jiaozhou City, how will Fan Xian and his men survive
So there is only risk.
It just so happens that today is the birthday of Chang Kun, the admiral of the navy. All the senior generals of the navy gathered in Jiaozhou City, far away from the troops under their control. Although the Jiaozhou Navy still has ten thousand people, only After a few left-behind generals, once they make a move, it will be inconvenient to communicate inside and outside the city, and the navy's response will be a few beats slower.
And Fan Xian could also take this opportunity to wipe out all the generals at the birthday banquet. His appetite has always been this big, but even Hou Jichang was curious, where did Fan Xian get his confidence
He is alone.
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Admiral Chang Kun looked at all the guests with a smile on his face, but this smile was partly reserved and partly arrogant. Laughing because he is in a good mood today, he has been born for more than forty years, he is in a good position, and he is in a high position. All the officials and businessmen from inside and outside the city have come to flatter him, and even the big shots in the south of the Yangtze River have given gifts one after another. , this pride, how can you express it without a smile
The reason why I can't laugh to my heart's content is because of my status. As the highest military officer in Jiaozhou, the emperor in name and in reality, his words and deeds affect hundreds of thousands of people, so he has to be cautious and put on a dignified appearance.
Today's banquet can bring in another hundred thousand taels of silver? The admiral had a small calculation in his heart, raised his glass to invite wine, and the rich and powerful people at the table below stood up one after another, raised their glasses to greet each other, and chanted endlessly.
Chang Kun glanced at the seat in the corner on the right hand side, seeing the indifferent expression on the official's face, and felt extremely unhappy. The official has been in Jiaozhou for some time, but he has not come to pay his respects. Himself, and I haven't even done a nominal greeting!
But Chang Kun still tolerated it, and even invited the other party over for today's birthday banquet, all because of the official's background that made him so afraid.
Hou Jichang, a pianist and state judge in Jiaozhou, is just a small official of the seventh rank.
It's just that Hou Jichang's background is too deep, and everyone knows that this person is one of the four sons of the Fan family. He was the top three after the Chunwei case last year. face.
What's more, because of the Jiangnan incident, Chang Kun has always been vigilant against the Overwatch Council, and the fear deep in his heart has never been eliminated. He doesn't know why Master Xiao Fan would arrange for his disciples to come to this remote Jiaozhou—could it be that the Overwatch Council really Are you suspicious of the Jiaozhou Navy? But the Ming family should not leak the news, and the old lady is dead, no one can get the evidence.
At his birthday banquet, Chang Kun was holding a glass of wine, but his thoughts drifted to other places... There was no one left alive on that island, and those who shot were all his confidants and officers, and those soldiers were locked in the camp every day , there should be no problem.
Seeing the admiral holding the wine glass in a daze, the guests in the banquet below looked at each other, not knowing what happened.
Chang Kun came to his senses and laughed at himself. His wives and children were all in the capital, and he didn't know how they were doing. As for the Jiaozhou incident, even if the court heard some rumors, what could they do with him? The Overwatch Council didn't have real evidence, so it didn't dare to touch itself, a military boss.
After thinking clearly about the cause and effect, re-judging the situation, and confirming his own safety, the big stone that had been weighing on Chang Kun's heart was finally relieved. He nodded to the people beside him and agreed to the idea of calling the dancing girl in for fun.
Just looking at the calm-faced Hou Jichang under the banquet, Chang Kun still felt a little uncomfortable. He coughed twice, feeling a little distended in his stomach, said something to his subordinates, and then went to the hut behind the courtyard.
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Fan Xian left Hou Jichang's home and walked outside the back wall of the bustling Admiral's Mansion, carefully hiding his figure. Just as there are always very few patrolling soldiers on the high wall of the imperial palace, there is no one staring at the two-foot-tall back wall of the Admiral's Mansion. Covered by the clouds in the summer night, Fan Xian breathed out a mouthful of turbid air, the real air in his body flowed, his hands were firmly pressed against the gray painted wall, and with a little force, he confirmed the thin layer of air that flowed out from the edges of his palms. Bo Zhenqi can still play its role on the cliff in Danzhou.
After the domineering zhenqi in his body exploded, fortunately Haitang helped to heal his injuries, but he was still a little worried that his best Spiderman skills would be lost due to the subtle changes in the way the zhenqi circulated in his body.
Fortunately, it is still there.
Like a ghost, Fan Xian quietly climbed over the high wall of the Admiral's Mansion, slid into the grass in the courtyard, easily knocked down the two guards behind him, then walked outside the kitchen, took out the monitor from his arms With the hospital's dedicated poison injection tool, relying on the thin sharp needle in front of the hose, pour the prepared drug into the sealed wine jar.
There was an unsealed wine urn next to it. Fan Xian thought about it, took a sip and drank it. He felt that the wine tasted really good, and the enjoyment of the Jiaozhou Navy could not be supported by military pay.
Before leaving, he dropped a pill in it.
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Standing in the night, Fan Xian looked at the soldiers outside the square house from a distance, and couldn't help laughing. That guy Chang Kun was really afraid of death, and someone was guarding him outside the hut.
He climbed up to the roof from the rear, grabbed his nose angrily, and jumped down. The toes landed on the ground, silently. He looked at the hut, and found that the hut in the Admiral's Mansion was also so luxurious, there were actually two rooms inside and outside, but unfortunately there was no toilet in the outside room. Fan Xian unbuttoned his pants and began to urinate.
The sound of water ticking, and then the admiral who was squatting on the toilet in the compartment was startled.
At this time, Chang Kun's trousers were halfway down, and he was sitting on a chair. The chair was hollow, and there was a toilet under it. Although he looked a little embarrassed, his eyes were as fierce as a falcon.
There are people outside!
When he knew that someone was able to pass through the defenses of the Admiral's Mansion and came to Chu Gong's side, Chang Kun felt a chill in his heart, and his first reaction was to shout: "There is an assassin!"
But he is a smart person, so he immediately shut his mouth tightly. If the person who came was a killer, he would not deliberately make some noise to alarm him, and since that person has the ability to come to him quietly, then Even if he called for guards, he might not be able to stop the opponent's assassination.
So he didn't speak, just waited nervously, wanting to know the purpose of the master outside.
A very cold voice came from outside the compartment.
"Why didn't you invite me to your birthday banquet?"
A ruthless look flashed across Chang Kun's face, and he smiled and said, "I don't know the name of the strong man, where can I post?"
The curtain of the compartment was lifted, Fan Xian held his nose with one hand, frowned, looked at the appearance of the old general, and said, "You are Chang Kun?"
Chang Kun was very embarrassed and very angry. When had he ever been questioned by someone in this situation, a dignified first-rank official of the Qing Dynasty, not to mention that the tone of the other party's question was still so condescending and frivolous.
But he knew that now was not the time to be tough, and he could clearly feel the danger of the young man opposite him. He narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "This old man is Chang Kun...this strong man, can you allow me to wash my hands before talking?"
"Want to scream?" Fan Xian said with a smile, "It's useless for you to break your throat today."
Chang Kun frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
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"I'm Fan Xian." Fan Xian put down the curtain and replied through the curtain.
Chang Kun's heart was shaken, and his hands began to tremble... Fan Xian? Why did the dignified Supervisor of the Overwatch Council come to Jiaozhou all of a sudden, why did he appear at his birthday banquet, how...how did he appear in his hut
Could it be that young killing star outside? Chang Kun dealt with it indiscriminately, while wearing his trouser belt, and said, "Who are you?"
After knowing the identity of the person who came, Chang Kun knew that today's matter was troublesome, and he even started to smell the smell of ruin, so he forced himself to calm down, procrastinating, and thinking in his heart.
"It's not very comfortable to meet each other in the hut." Fan Xian, who was outside the curtain, said softly, "But for the sake of concealment, that's the only way to go."
Invisible? Naturally, there is another way of saying it. Chang Kun felt at ease, but he didn't dare to lift the curtain to go out. He took a deep breath and said, "If it's really Fan Tisi, what's your business here today?"
"Negotiate a deal with you."
"What deal?"
"The transaction on the nameless island in the East China Sea."
The voice from outside the curtain came in lightly and sinisterly. Chang Kun seemed to be struck by lightning, his lips were dry, and he couldn't even smell the foul smell in the room. He was breathing rapidly, and there was only one in his mind Thought—the imperial court really knew, and the Overwatch Council was going to take care of itself!
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But he wasn't an idiot after all, he sensed a slight reversal in Fan Xian's words, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't understand what you said."
"You colluded with the Ming family to secretly control the pirates to rob the merchant ships in the inner treasury, and you secretly presided over the smuggling all the way north to Dongyi City... This is what I want to talk about."
"Stop spitting blood." Chang Kun was in the latrine, his heart was like a stone in the latrine, he sternly shouted, deliberately raising his voice a little, trying to secretly inform the guards outside.
Fan Xian didn't seem to notice his small thoughts, and said mockingly, "You know if you're spitting blood or not."
Chang Kun sternly shouted: "Bring the evidence, you, the Overwatch Council, don't even think about committing a crime... This old man is not a good man, and I, the Jiaozhou Navy, am not a female official in the capital. Good ending."
Although Fan Xianyin was well-known, Chang Kun's subordinates who had tens of thousands of strong men were indeed not afraid of him.
"It doesn't matter whether I believe your crimes or not, and it doesn't matter whether the people and officials in this world believe it or not." Fan Xian's voice outside the curtain was tinged with indifference, "The key is that His Majesty believes your crimes, otherwise why would you let me come to Jiaozhou? handle the case."
Chang Kun's heart beat violently, and was knocked down by Fan Xian's words. As long as His Majesty believes in the problem of the Jiaozhou Navy, then with His Majesty's means, even if you don't rule yourself by the laws of the country, there are still ways to make your life worse than death. Chang Kun was also a veteran who followed Emperor Qing's three Northern Expeditions, and the admiration and fear of Emperor Qing in his heart could never be wiped away.
Fan Xian outside the curtain continued to attack: "In this world, there are very few people who can save you...except me."
Chang Kun sat back on the chair, squinted his eyes slightly, and his eyes rolled quickly. After a long while, he sighed and said, "Master Tisi...what do you want?"
Chang Kun is the admiral of the Navy. From a first-rank official, although Fan Xian does not think of power as a second person in this world, the commissioner of the Overwatch Council is an official with no rank or rank. Therefore, during the conversation in the hut at the beginning, Chang Kun always Holding on to this point, he refused to lose the slightest bit of momentum, but at this moment he began to call Fan Xian Mr. Chief, and his defenses began to loosen.
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There was no silence for a long time, Fan Xian asked softly outside the curtain: "I have always had a great doubt... Your relationship with the Ye family is not so deep, and the relationship with Yan Xiaoyi is not so good, even in the past history. In the middle, I have nothing to do with His Royal Highness the Princess. Although your status is high and your strength is strong...but in the Junshan Club, you can still only play the role of a migrant worker, so I am curious, who is your real master... who I will order you to mobilize the imperial army to help the Ming family and secretly understand Dongyi City."
Chang Kun kept his mouth shut, with a stern look on his face, and refused to answer. Fan Xian's words were indeed what the Jiaozhou Navy had done in these years, but no matter what, he would not answer them. In fact, not to mention Fan Xian, even if the empress dowager stepped in, it would be impossible to save the lives of all his family members.
"I won't tell the higher ups." Fan Xian said with a smile, "Under this situation, you can only trust me... I'm really just curious, whether you die or not, whether your whole family will be buried with you, doesn't matter to me benefit."
Chang Kun still couldn't say anything, he gritted his teeth with a sneer and said, "Am I an idiot... Mr. Tisi, what does these things have to do with our Jiaozhou navy? If you have evidence, you can hold the Tianzi sword in the camp The Chinese army captured me on the spot, even ten thousand officers and soldiers of the navy dared not fart... But if you don’t have evidence, don’t keep me chatting in this stinking place.”
He said viciously: "Master Fan, today is my birthday banquet, if you are willing to give me some favor, I can have a couple of drinks at the banquet, as for chatting, that's all. When your Overwatch Council gets the evidence, it won't be too late to come to this old man. "
Fan Xian sighed outside the curtain.
Chang Kun squinted inside the curtain.
Fan Xian sighed and said, "Yes, you are a first-rank official, and even the Overwatch Council can't ask you to question you without a special order... As for the evidence, you killed them all, even if there are one or two Don't kill you, the military boss... As for the Ming family, the Ming old lady who knew about your relationship with them also died unfortunately... You are right, it seems that I have indeed There is little evidence."
His voice seemed a little distressed: "Your Majesty definitely doesn't want you to stay in the Jiaozhou Navy anymore, but the imperial court has too much resistance to mobilize you...the Overwatch Council has no evidence... Tell me, how can you disappear in Jiaozhou?"
Chang Kun was startled, and suddenly felt an extremely ridiculous sense of danger, and at the same time was shocked, why didn't the followers outside rush in
Fan Xian finally sighed: "Since you are not willing to accept this deal, then I have no other choice... I can only choose the most direct and most absurd way."
After saying this, Chang Kun's pupils shrank, staring at the curtain in front of him as if seeing a very strange scene.
The cyan cloth curtain was like a piece of flat soil, but suddenly a bamboo shoot sprouted, the embroidered shoot was not green but black, arching the cyan cloth curtain towards his chest.
Chang Kun panicked, angry, and stupid, but he couldn't move, so he could only watch this scene helplessly, watching the black dagger's tip tearing through the weak barrier of the green curtain. Insert it deep into your chest!
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At the moment before he died, Chang Kun kept his eyes open, and countless questions and puzzles flashed in his heart. Why did the true energy in his body suddenly flow so badly, why did his limbs go numb, why... Monitor How dare you assassinate yourself!
I am the Admiral of the Jiaozhou Navy! I am the native emperor of Jiaozhou! There are 10,000 officers and soldiers under him! If I die unexpectedly, it will shock the world and cause riots among the troops!
I am a dignified first-rank official of the imperial court, how dare the Overwatch Council assassinate me!
In the official politics of the Qing Kingdom, although the Overwatch Council was good at assassination, under the strong suppression of the Qing Emperor, it never dared to use this method on senior officials, because the Qing Emperor knew that this Once the precedent is set, the whole country will be thrown into chaos!
So Chang Kun was still calm in the hut before, and he wasn't very scared. He expected that Fan Xian couldn't just kill himself without thinking, so he didn't dare!
But... Chang Kun looked down at the black dagger on his chest, with a miserable smile on his lips.
Fan Xian retracted the dagger, wiped off the blood stains on the green curtain very simply, inserted it back into his boot, looked at Admiral Chang Kun who was covered in blood on the chair inside the curtain, and couldn't help but shook his head. That's right, even the Emperor Qing would not dare to assassinate a military elder without any evidence, but... I am not an emperor, and I have to go back to Danzhou to see my grandma in a hurry, so where is the time in Jiaozhou? Broken places are wasted.