Seeing him, Sui Zhou looked a little dazed, as if he hadn't woken up from the chaos. He didn't seem to be laughing and chatting on weekdays. He thought it was very interesting and couldn't help but move forward. a moment.
At this moment, Master Tang finally regained his senses and reached out his hand with a black face to push the opponent's head away. Unexpectedly, this push aroused the opponent's ferocity and directly pushed him down, deepening the kiss until When Lord Tang was about to roll his eyes because of suffocation, Lord Sui Zhenfu mercifully let him go.
Tang Fan's face was flushed, of course not shy, but suffocated.
Just now, because he was afraid of disturbing Lu Lingxi, who was outside the door, his strength was far behind Suizhou, so he forcibly held back and did not make any sound. As a result, he almost became the first court ever to be suffocated to death by a kiss. Officials, almost become the laughing stock of the ages.
Sui Zhou said in surprise, "Can't you breathe?"
This kind of tone that is cheap and good...
Tang Fan simply didn't want to pay attention to him.
Suizhou's cold face that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, and outsiders can't see any changes at all, shows a rare smile: "Would you like to come again, this time I will teach you?"
Master Tang is powerless to complain, why didn't you find this person so shameless before
At this moment, there were two knocks on the door, and Lu Lingxi's question came: "Brother Tang?"
On the first night in Ji'an, Lu Lingxi was injured because of Tang Fan. In order to take care of his feelings, Tang Fan agreed to the request to sleep with him.
Two big men slept on the same couch, it was very common, there was nothing to say at all. But the bed is so small, if two people sleep on it, the space for movement will definitely be small, and in the end, everyone will not sleep well.
So later Fan Zhifu borrowed someone from Tan Qianhu, Tang Fan didn't let Lu Lingxi come over to sleep together, but asked Tan Qianhu's soldiers to keep watch outside, but Lu Lingxi would still come in every morning to wake him up, by the way The guy who served as a personal attendant, Tang Fan said several times, and when he saw that he didn't stop, he went with him.
Because they lived close together, the two of them lived next to each other. Sometimes Lu Lingxi would get up in the middle of the night to inspect to see if there was anything unusual. He was actually frightened by the last assassination incident and worried that the same thing would happen again. Not to mention his selfish affection and respect for Tang Fan, if something goes wrong with Tang Fan, he can't blame him.
Tang Fan cleared his throat and raised his voice slightly: "It's alright, I woke up in the middle of the night and was reading a book, and my mind was uttering aloud, go to sleep!"
Lu Lingxi snorted, and there was no sound for a while, as if he was waiting for Tang Fan to call him in, but Tang Fan didn't say this, which made him a little disappointed, and said after a long time, "Then you can call if you have something, I'm here. I can hear it from the next room."
Tang Fan smiled and said, "Thank you, you have your heart, there are guards outside, it's alright, just go to sleep, we have business to do in the morning, don't lose your energy during the day!"
Lu Lingxi agreed, and Tang Fan listened carefully, but did not hear the footsteps of the other party leaving.
But he forgot that, with Lu Lingxi's skill, the movement of walking was naturally lighter than ordinary people, until Suizhou poked him: "Let's go."
Only then did Tang Fan feel relieved, looked at Sui Zhou coldly, and lowered his voice: "The Zhenfu envoy is really going back more and more, and he even learns from Liang Shangjunzi, and being known is afraid that his fame will be lost in one day!"
He clearly wanted to ask the teacher to ask for guilt, but he actually had a feeling of concern. He was a man in Suizhou, and he could see it clearly.
In fact, no matter how hard Suizhou tries, he is neither as good as Wang Zhi, who can use his mouth to scold others, nor is he willing to do anything like Lu Lingxi, who is so coquettish and coquettish that Tang Fan is helpless. , but when such a big vernacular came out, it left Master Tang speechless.
As for how he feels, only he knows.
However, judging from the gentleness of Master Tang's face and soft tone, he was obviously moved by the other party's words: "You know that's not what I said."
As Suizhou, he can come to see Tang Fan generously. Why did he choose to sneak in in the middle of the night when no one was there, and he had to avoid the eyes and ears of the guards at the door? Suizhou would definitely not do such a thing.
Suizhou didn't hide it from him either. For him, he didn't have to hide anything from Tang Fan: "There is indeed a little accident."
It turned out that long before Tang Fan came to Ji'an, Jin Yiwei received news that there were traces of Bailian believers in Jiangxi.
In the past few years, this organization has been haunted, suddenly appearing in the capital, and suddenly giving advice to the Tatars. Not only is it cunning and difficult to deal with, but also because of the scattered forces, it is difficult to uproot it. Therefore, even if it is a powerful Jinyiwei, it costs a lot of money. The human and material resources involved in dealing with the White Lotus Sect were innumerable, so much that even Sui Zhou was a little bored.
Fortunately, this force is not always invincible. With their little effort, the White Lotus Sect has grown from over 10,000 followers to now being chased and beaten everywhere. The forces that the Tars colluded with were all annihilated by them. The only fly in the ointment was that the leaders of the White Lotus Sect still absconded, causing a little trouble to the court from time to time. If they could be caught together, it would be considered a complete eradication.
After several hardships in Jiangxi, Suizhou and the others finally destroyed the last altar of the White Lotus Sect, and captured their altar master alive, Zhong Hao, the third leader of the White Lotus Sect.
According to Zhong Hao's account, Suizhou and the others knew that, under the unremitting suppression of the imperial court, the White Lotus Sect had reached a corner where it was impossible to move, and even the Tartars, for fear of angering the Ming court, felt that the White Lotus Sect was too unreliable. Therefore, they stopped cooperating with the White Lotus Cultists and drove them all out of the gate. The White Lotus Cultists had to wander around to seek refuge in Zhong Hao.
Zhong Hao is a very ambitious person. He has been dormant in Nanchang for many years, low-key and forbearance, and rarely shows up, but seeing Li Zilong repeatedly in the limelight, he has long been dissatisfied with the position of the three leading leaders, and wants to take the entire White Lotus Sect into his pocket. So the first thing he wants to get rid of is definitely Li Zilong, the second leader standing in front of him.
So long before Jinyiwei received the wind, there had already been a large-scale infighting in the White Lotus Sect. In the end, the local snake Zhong Hao had the upper hand. Li Zilong was forced to leave and left the sub-altar of Nanchang Mansion. Zhong Hao originally wanted to kill After losing Li Zilong, it was a hundred times over, but he didn't expect to be discovered by the other party earlier, because he ran fast, and he didn't succeed in the end.
Who would have thought that Yin and Yang were wrong, and it was precisely because of this infighting that most of the remaining power of the White Lotus Sect was once again consumed. This made Suizhou and the others endure a lot of danger, but they still won in the end. If Zhong Hao did not After the infighting with Li Zilong, whether or not Suizhou can see Tang Fan now remains to be seen.
After Zhong Hao was captured, he naturally revealed a lot of confessions. In addition to the decline of the White Lotus Sect, he also revealed a shocking inside story: Although Li Zilong is the second leader, the White Lotus Sect has no big leader at all.
In other words, the so-called big dragon head is just a gimmick made by Li Zilong in order to deceive the congregation, in order to create a mysterious and omnipotent image that no one has ever seen before. When the congregation sees Li Zilong When Yi Rong deployed various means, he would inevitably think of a more powerful dragon head on top of Li Zilong, thus establishing his confidence in the invincibility of the White Lotus Sect.
This is a solid and shocking lie. It is not only Suizhou and the others who are deceived, but also their own people from the White Lotus Sect. Because the stake is so important, no one knows about this matter except a few people, and those who know the inside story People, it is impossible to reveal the slightest rumors to the outside world, and fall into the prestige of the White Lotus Sect.
If it wasn't for Zhong Hao who couldn't stand the torture of Jin Yiwei's various tricks and took the initiative to explain it in order to escape, I'm afraid that in the future, Suizhou and the others would have to run around to find this "big leader" that didn't exist.
After Li Zilong and Zhong Hao had an infighting, they took people to flee earlier, so they could escape Suizhou's surprise attack, but this was equivalent to burying another hidden danger.
The organization of the White Lotus Sect can be inherited from the Song Dynasty, not because it is well-organized or has other tricks, but because it likes to oppose those in power. When in power, it will make waves against anyone, so all dynasties and dynasties are very disgusted with this force.
But such a purpose is very fond of those who have ulterior motives.
For example, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the heroes of the world rose up against the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, and the White Lotus Sect also joined in the fun. Later, they followed Zhang Shicheng to fight against Emperor Taizu of this dynasty, and helped Emperor Jianwen to deal with Emperor Yongle, etc. This is not because It sympathizes with the weak and hoes the strong and helps the weak, but fears that the world will not be in chaos.
So once there is a suitable living environment, it will be used by people like Li Zilong.
If Li Zilong cannot be caught, more and more people will follow him in the future.
The unstable factor of the White Lotus Sect will continue to cause trouble for the court, making Suizhou and the others exhausted.
Hearing this, Tang Fan immediately thought of something related to it: "So, the abuse of prisoners by Huang Jinglong, the prefect of Ji'an, has something to do with the White Lotus Sect?"
Suizhou said: "Zhong Hao said that Li Zilong was very cunning and secretly developed his own power outside Nanchang Mansion behind his back. For himself, Li Zilong used those people to help him mine mines and privately cast silver coins, but there are many mountains in Ji'an, and Li Zilong has done this very secretly, so Zhong Hao doesn't know where it is."
It turns out that the truth of Huang Jinglong's torture of prisoners turned out to be like this!
Tang Fan suddenly realized that when he heard Suizhou talk about this case, he felt very strange, a dignified fourth-rank prefect, when he was full, he had nothing to do to torture prisoners.
But if you explain it this way, it makes sense.
Tang Fan asked, "So you came to Ji'an to track down Li Zilong's remnants?"
Suizhou said: "More than that."
After getting all kinds of news about the White Lotus Sect from Zhong Hao's mouth, he knew that Li Zilong was probably hiding in Ji'an.
Just at this time, because of the discord between Tang Fan and Shen Kunxiu, all the lawsuits went to the capital. Wan Dang was naturally very happy to see Tang Fan collapsed, so he wanted to send a member of Wan Dang down to cause trouble, but Wynn and Wynn In time to persuade the emperor in front of him, he said that the truth is unknown now. If you send someone over, it will easily interfere with Tang Fan's investigation, which will only make things more complicated in the end, and the last case in Suzhou also showed Tang Fan's ability. This shows that he really has a hand in the investigation.
It's just that Wan Dang is equally plausible, saying that for the sake of fairness, another imperial commissioner should be sent to investigate, and there is no need to interfere with Tang Fan, and the two sides can conduct their own work.
In the face of Wan Dang's aggressive posture, Wynn simply pushed the boat and directly recommended a candidate to the emperor: Suizhou.
There are two reasons for Suizhou to be recommended. One is that he is the envoy of Jinyiwei, the emperor's personal confidant, and he is a foreign relative who is trusted by the emperor. Second, he is in Jiangxi, near the water tower, and there is no need to send people to rush over from other places, which is a waste of time and delays the progress of the case.
The emperor agreed to this proposal, so Suizhou became the second imperial envoy and came to Ji'an justifiably.
This result made Wan Dang's teeth itch with hatred. Who didn't know that Suizhou and Tang Fan had a deadly friendship, and who didn't know that the two were as good as wearing a pair of pants, and the proposal to send an imperial commissioner was originally for Tang Fan. Adding blockages caused a stumbling block, but as a result, it turned out to be helping Tang Fan!
In fact, at the beginning, no one paid attention to Tang Fan. How could he know that in just a few years, this guy went from being a rank 6 official to a rank 4 censor, and he also brought a rank 3 official with him. False title.
If it was just like this, it would be fine, but Wan Dang's repeated suppression not only failed to defeat Tang Fan, but instead made him stand on the side of the prince with a clear-cut stand, and even rose step by step. Isn't this a clear face of beating Wan Dang
Since the Suzhou case, with the fall of Shang Ming and the change of ownership of the Dongchang factory, Wandang no longer takes Tang Fan seriously. On the contrary, in their eyes, this person's status is about to rise to the level of Wynn The level has become a role that everyone in the party will live with sooner than later.
I don't know how Tang Fan would feel when he knew that his status in Wan Dang's mind had risen, whether it was an honor, or whether he would laugh or cry
With the decree, Suizhou has another errand, but for him, the most important thing is the White Lotus Sect. Besides, the reason why Wang Zhi and Wynn tried their best to recommend Suizhou to come and cooperate with the investigation is actually the same Just let Tang Fan not be disturbed, so in the imperial examination case, Suizhou did nothing, as long as he showed his support for Tang Fan, that would be the best help.
Therefore, Suizhou did not enter Ji'an with much fanfare. Instead, according to the previous strategy, he let his subordinates disguise themselves and sneak into Ji'an to inquire about news and wait for orders.
He himself quietly came over to find Tang Fan, and talked with him, so that Tang Fan would not know about it.
Xi Ming, Lu Lingxi and others were injured and their alertness was not as good as before. It was definitely impossible for the officers and soldiers of the official post to stop Suizhou.
So when he came in, he didn't know anything about it. He saw Tang Fan sleeping soundly the night before, so he didn't disturb him. He came quietly in the middle of the night and left quietly, but he didn't disturb anyone. Tang Fan will find him tonight. , naturally because he wanted Tang Fan to find out.
In fact, since the last time Tang Fan left Beijing to Suzhou, the two have not seen each other for a few months. It would be a lie to say that Suizhou did not miss him at all, but he was always restrained and reserved, so it was difficult for others to notice, but Tang Fan Unlike others, some words can be understood by each other even if they don't have to be said.
If you get to the point where you can understand what the other person is thinking just by making eye contact, then language will naturally become a superfluous decoration.
Suizhou: "I have already arranged staff outside the official post. You don't have to worry about safety. From today, I will be by your side."
Tang Fan: "What about the White Lotus Sect?"
Suizhou: "There is no news for now. If the other party makes a move, it will definitely reveal the wind. Let's talk about it when the time comes. It's useless to stare at it all day. It's better to wait for them to move first."
Tang Fan thought about it, and felt that this was also a way.
With Suizhou by his side, firstly, he cooperated with the investigation of the imperial examination case according to the purpose.
Tang Fan: "But since you want to hide your identity, just follow me like this, I'm afraid it won't be good?"
Suizhou: "Naturally, it's not good, so you have to disguise yourself. It's best not to recognize the people around you, lest they show their feet and be discovered by the White Lotus Sect. Since Li Zilong has arrangements in Ji'an, then he is a person and said. Maybe even the government has placed its own staff."
Tang Fan laughed: "It makes sense, but you can't pretend to be Di Han again? It's not like in Suzhou, the White Lotus Sect has dealt with you countless times, not to mention others, even if you have a beard, the You can't hide your temperament, Li Zilong will definitely recognize you."
Suizhou said: "So try to minimize your appearances."
Tang Fan teased: "Then you might as well disguise yourself as a man, because the chances of being discovered are smaller."
Who would have thought that Suizhou would take it seriously, he thought about it seriously, nodded and said, "That's fine, it can be said that I am a distant cousin who was engaged to you since childhood. Both parents died. I heard that you came to Jiangxi and came here to seek refuge with you. of."
Well, in just a moment, even the life experience was made up!
Master Tang's mouth opened and closed, and it took a long while to hold back a sentence: "Which family can give birth to a tall and strong cousin like you?"
Sui Zhou smiled and said, "If a northern woman has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, it's not that she doesn't have a body like me. Don't you think Du Gui'er is as tall as you?"
This is simply arrogant, Tang Fan shook his head: "If you don't act like it, it will be more likely to cause suspicion, so why don't you show up in the first place!"
Suizhou said: "Although I don't have the unpredictable disguise technique like Li Zilong, it's still acceptable to change clothes. After two days, you can send someone to prepare the sedan chair and pick me up at the Fulai Inn in the city. ."
Since he is so confident, Tang Fan has nothing to say, only smiles: "Then I'll wait and see, if you show any flaws and lose my face, don't blame me for sweeping you out, our old Tang family doesn't have any. Such a cousin!"
However, Sui Zhou said, "I am yours as well. If you don't lose face, don't even think about reneging on your debt."
Hearing this, Tang Fan almost choked to death on his own saliva, thinking that when did you become mine, I haven't done anything yet!
The two of them said these words, although it felt like it was only a while, but before they knew it, the middle of the night had passed.
If you don't want people to find out, Suizhou definitely can't wait until dawn.
With his palm on the bed, he turned over from Tang Fan and landed steadily outside.
Only then did Tang Fan realize that the two of them were sitting on the bed and talking for a long time, and because he listened to Sui Zhou's recounting of the events of the past few days, he was so fascinated by it that he forgot about it.
Suizhou: "The alertness of the people following you is so poor that I didn't even notice when I went in and out. It seems that the people sent by Wang Zhi are not that good."
Tang Fan didn't care: "That's because they were injured."
Sui Zhou frowned: "How could you be injured?"
Only then did Tang Fan realize that he had leaked his words, and Suizhou still didn't know that he was assassinated.
Facing the staring eyes of the other party, he couldn't hide it any longer, so he talked about the assassination incident that night.
After Sui Zhou heard this, his brows tightened even more. After a while, he reached out his hand and wiped it on Tang Fan's face: "Fortunately, you're fine."
Master Tang instantly felt that half of his cheeks were a little hot.
Even if it didn't happen, Sui Zhou felt that since he was already in Ji'an, he would definitely feel more at ease by watching Tang Fan by his side. Now that Tang Fan said this, it would only strengthen his determination.
"From the current point of view, I'm afraid this place in Ji'an will not be peaceful. You should be careful in the past two days. I have arranged for people outside the official post. They will follow you when you go out, but after all, you can't protect yourself. Wait two more days, I will arrange them first, and I will come to you."
Tang Fan: "Okay, I get it, when did you become so long-winded, cousin, it's better to prepare, don't scare the cousin, it's serious."
Suizhou took a deep look at him, turned around and was about to leave, suddenly he seemed to remember something, and turned his head: "Speaking of which..."
Tang Fan: "?"
Suizhou: "Who is Yiqing?"
Tang Fan: "..."
How do you remember this one
He didn't say anything, and Sui Zhou guessed it: "Is it the one who spoke outside the door just now? When he took your message to Suzhou Health Center last time, I met him once. It seems that he is from Wang Zhi?"
Tang Fan: "No, it was sent by Wynn to protect me. His skills are also good, his temperament can be shaped, and he is a pillar of talent, but he is a little immature and needs to be trained."
Sui Zhou snorted: "Then next time I will discuss with him and help you train."
Tang Fan: "...Don't pretend to be a public servant."
Although he didn't understand martial arts, he also knew that Sui Zhou's skills should be better than Lu Lingxi's.
Seeing this, Suizhou comforted him: "Don't worry, it won't be broken."
Tang Fan: "..."
It's okay not to say this, but Tang Fan felt even more uneasy when he said it.
Before he could say anything, Sui Zhou left quietly, just like when he came. If the windows were not open, he would have thought he had seen a ghost in the middle of the night.
Lu Lingxi slept until the middle of the night, shivered inexplicably, and subconsciously wrapped the quilt tightly.
The weather doesn't seem to be cold, does it