"This official is the street secretary of Tokyo City, you old man, wearing a tattered clothes, you are really bold, you dare to pretend to be an official of the imperial court. Moreover, you are also pretending to be a member of my court, which is a big prison. You hurriedly recruited from the truth, who is the surname, and what are you doing in Tokyo City? ”

After looking into the carriage for a moment, Wang Hao saw that the ragged old man who was awakened by him looked like some kind of court official, and immediately decided that this person was a fake, and then his face changed, and he reprimanded unceremoniously, and asked.

The old man, who was awakened in the carriage, heard the young man who came in say that he was the thawing Assi Cheng of Tokyo City, and suddenly he was still tired on his face, and he immediately looked happy.

"I really didn't expect that when I woke up, I would be in Tokyo City. Below is Fan Xiwen, who has seen this little official. The old man, who suddenly became energetic, was not angry in the face of Wang Hao's reprimand, but smiled, arched his hand, and replied.

At first, Wang Hao originally thought that after his own reprimand, the old man sitting in the carriage would definitely be frightened by him, and then took the initiative to admit that he was pretending to be an official of the imperial court, and he was still pretending to be a member of the imperial court.

As a result, Wang Hao saw that this old man was not only frightened by him, but also smiled, and calmly said that his name was "Fan Xiwen", which suddenly made him feel that he was disgraced and angry.

"What's wrong with your name Fan Xiwen, this official is asking you now, why do you want to pretend to be an official of the imperial court, and you are also pretending to be a member of the imperial court, if you know a little bit, you should quickly recruit this official from the truth, otherwise, this official will let the arrest of Kaifeng Mansion quickly put you in prison for interrogation." Wang Hao threatened with some impatience.

In the face of Wang Hao's coercion, the old man named Fan Xiwen did not get angry, but his face was as usual, and he asked rhetorically: "Fang Cai, you said that you are the Si Cheng of the Street Division, if the old man is not mistaken, the name of the Si Cheng of the Street Division should be Sun Youcai." If the old man didn't guess wrong, you should have just taken office, right? ”

Just now, Wang Hao also felt that the old man in shabby clothes sitting in the carriage was pretending to be an official of the imperial court, and suddenly at this time, he heard that this old man actually knew that the former secretary of the Street Division, Sun Cheng, had wealth, and he was immediately surprised.

Wang Hao, who was stunned for two moments, was no longer as arrogant as Fang Cai, but lowered his posture and replied honestly: "You didn't guess wrong, the former Si Cheng of the Street Division is indeed called Sun Youcai, he was personally ordered to be removed from his post and investigated because of his unfavorable handling more than half a month ago, and stayed in the Street Division as an ordinary pawn to make meritorious contributions. And this official is favored by the official family, and he has been promoted from an ordinary pawn of the Street Division to the Secretary of the Street Division. Since taking office, it has only been more than half a month. ”

After listening to Wang Hao's answer, the old man named Fan Xiwen immediately smiled slightly, and continued without changing his face: "I see, if the old man didn't guess wrong, presumably you, the new street secretary, are named Wang Hao, yes or no?" ”

When the old man sitting in the carriage put on a pampered and unfazed look and called out his name, Wang Hao was immediately stunned.

Wang Hao, who looked surprised, suddenly realized that his original judgment was a little arbitrary, from this old man's conversation, and knowing his name, it can be judged that this person's clothes are tattered and tattered, and he looks dirty, but nine times out of ten he is a court official, knowing this time, he believes it.

After not thinking about it, Wang Hao's attitude towards the old man sitting in the carriage immediately changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and he apologized: "Wang has just been appointed as the street secretary for more than half a month, and the court officials he knows are only a handful. ”

At this time, Bao Zheng, who had waited for a long time and did not see Wang Hao come to report the situation, walked straight forward, and behind Wang Hao, asked anxiously: "Wang Sicheng, who is in the carriage, have you figured it out, why did you inquire for so long, and didn't turn around and return to report to me?" ”

Wang Hao, who was a little frightened, suddenly heard Bao Zheng's question from behind him, and was immediately startled, couldn't help but shudder, and quickly turned around to report: "Qi Bao Gong, the lower officials have inquired clearly, there is only one person in the carriage, called Fan Xiwen, I don't know if Bao Gong can recognize this person?" ”

Before listening to Wang Hao's report, when Bao Zheng heard the words "Fan Xiwen", he was still anxious, and suddenly he was happy, and then put Wang Hao aside, and two arrows rushed forward and stood on the side of the door of the carriage.

"Who else was Bao at that time, it turned out to be Brother Xiwen, I haven't seen you for many years, Brother Xiwen, how are you doing lately?" Bao Zheng poked his head in from the front door of the carriage, and when he saw the old man sitting in the carriage, he was quite excited, so he hurriedly asked for warmth, and asked with concern.

Wang Hao, who was standing on the side, saw Bao Zheng call the old man in the carriage "Brother Xiwen", and immediately made a cold sweat break out on his forehead, because even Bao Zheng treated this person so politely, he must be sure that he was undoubtedly a court official, and it seemed that the relationship with Bao Zheng was not bad.

If this court official named Fan Xiwen intercepted his carriage, he remembered his grudge in his heart from then on, and then held a grudge, maybe he would really find trouble with him in the future.

"I really didn't expect that the first old friend I saw when Fan entered Tokyo would be Brother Xiren. In the past three years, I fought against the Western Xia party members in the northwest frontier, which can be described as nine deaths. To be able to return to Beijing alive today, I also have to thank the emperor of the official family. Fan Xiwen, who was sitting in the carriage, smiled at Bao who was standing next to the front door of the carriage, and said lightly.

Immediately afterwards, Bao Zheng hurriedly stretched out his hands and said with a little courtesy: "Brother Xiwen, this road is full of dusty boats and cars, hurry up and get out of the car, I will help you down." Not far away is the Kaifeng Mansion, how about we reunite with old friends and have a good talk?! ”

Under Bao Zheng's support, Fan Xiwen got out of the car, and after letting go of Bao Zheng's hands, he first breathed a long sigh of relief, shook his head gently, pointed to the palace not far in front of him, and politely declined: "Brother Xiren, you don't know anything, I am returning to Beijing by order this time." The official said in the holy decree that after I returned to Tokyo City, I would go to meet him as soon as possible, saying that it was important to discuss with Fan.

"You and I are officials in the same dynasty, and now we are extremely powerful ministers, although there is a deep personal friendship between you and me, but Fan has official business, and the official family deliberately explained the holy decree, where can I dare to disobey the holy order? After Fan entered the palace to meet the officials and left the palace, he went to Kaifeng Mansion to visit Brother Xiren, you think it's good. ”

While Fan Xiren was talking, Bao Zheng looked his old friend, who had not seen him for more than three years, up and down, inside and out, and sniffed a few times with his nose, only to find that Fan Xiren was not only wearing shabby clothes, but also exuding a smell of sweat that had not been bathed for many days.

Seeing this scene, Bao Zheng moved with affection and reason, and persuaded Fan Xiren again: "Brother Xiren, Bao knows that you are diligent and thrifty, but you are wearing tattered clothes, and you smell of sweat on your body, what kind of system is this when you enter the palace to meet the official family like this?"

"Although the official family and Bao Mou both know your character, others don't know. If you let the guards of the forbidden army in the palace, as well as the attendants of the guards, or other ministers of the court, see Brother Fan returning from the northwest border, you will definitely attract a laugh if you look like this. Even if Brother Fan doesn't care, I'm afraid he won't be able to hang on to the face of the official family.

"In my opinion, Brother Fan, don't rush into the palace to meet the official's house, the Kaifeng Mansion in charge of Bao is far from here, and it is only half a tea ride away. Brother Fan might as well go back to Kaifeng Mansion with Bao first, I ordered someone to boil a pot of hot water, and after Brother Fan bathed and changed clothes, he would go into the palace to meet the official, wouldn't it be more appropriate. ”

Fan Xiwen, who entered the palace to face the sacred heart, felt quite reasonable after listening to Bao Zheng's words of persuasion, and he no longer was stubborn, as the so-called: listen to people's persuasion and eat enough.

Fan Xiwen himself also felt that with his current appearance like a beggar, entering the palace to meet the official family, along the way, I am afraid that he will really be ridiculed by the people who see it, and it is naturally extremely inappropriate to make the official family look gloomy.

Thinking of this, Fan Xiwen arched his hand at Bao Zheng, and said: "In this case, then there is Brother Lao Bao, just do what Brother Bao said, Fan is grateful." ”

Wang Hao, who stayed on the side and couldn't interject at all, learned that this court member named Fan Xiwen had been in the northwest for many years, leading the Song army to fight against the Western Xia party, and had only returned to Beijing not long ago.

Moreover, as soon as you enter Beijing, you have to face the saint. It can be seen that this person is not only a member of the imperial court, but also a close minister of Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong.

According to the history textbook that Wang Hao learned in high school, during the Song Renzong period, during the Qingli period, Fan Zhongyan was the only minister who could be called a famous anti-surname minister.

Wang Hao thought about it deeply, and felt that the experience that Fan Xiren had just talked about was highly overlapping with Fan Zhongyan, and suddenly at this time, he thought of the ancients when they met, and they generally did not call them by their names, but by the words of each other.

So, Wang Hao thought about it, Bao Zheng called this person a "Xiwen brother", this person called Bao Zheng a "Xiren brother", Bao Zheng is a "Xiren brother", Bao Zheng is Xiren, and Fan Zhongyan is Xiwen.

It's really in response to the old saying, called: When the book is used, you hate less. Thanks to Wang Hao's previous study of history in high school, he learned well, and at this time, he remembered Fan Zhongyan's character Xiwen.

"You...... Are you Fan Zhongyan?! After Wang Hao finished discussing with Fan Xiwen, he suddenly stood in front of Fan Xiwen and asked in surprise.

Without waiting for Fan Zhongyan to speak, Bao Zheng took the first step and scolded Wang Hao in front of him: "Wang Sicheng, you are so rude, how can you call Fan Daguan by his name, you are very rude, and quickly apologize to Fan Daguan." ”

Although Fan Zhongyan did not talk, Wang Hao learned from Bao Zheng's lecture to him that as he expected, the old man in front of him wearing tattered clothes and wearing a disheveled hair was a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty who he admired and admired the most during the Northern Song Dynasty in addition to Wang Anshi when he was in high school history class.

After being reprimanded by Bao Zheng, Wang Hao was not only resentful, but was in a good mood, and immediately bowed to Fan Zhongyan who was standing in front of him, apologized and said: "It is rude for the officials to call Fan Daguan by his name, not to be disrespectful, but when he saw Fan Daguan, he was quite excited, so he shouted out the honorific surname of Fan Daguan, and hoped that Fan Daguan would be more forgiving and don't worry about the lower officials." ”

Originally, Wang Hao thought that Fan Zhongyan would definitely ridicule him for such a bad attitude towards him before, but he didn't expect that Fan Zhongyan not only blamed him, but also praised him.

I saw Fan Zhongyan smile slightly, and praised Wang Hao and Yan Yue: "Wang Sicheng, don't blame those who don't know, how can I, Fan, be a person who cares." What's more, Wang Sicheng is deeply trusted and promoted by the official family, and your honorific surname, although I am in the northwest, I am already like thunder.

"Fan Mou has never seen you before, but today I can see that Wang Sicheng is so young and vigorous, which makes Fan impressed. Wang Sicheng strictly investigated and dealt with illegal buildings that encroached on streets and occupied roads in Tokyo, which made Fan even more admired. ”

After listening to Fan Zhongyan's praise of himself, Wang Hao, who was still a little nervous, immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the whole person was completely relaxed.

Although Wang Hao's praise for Fan Zhongyan made Wang Hao a little complacent, but suddenly at this time, he remembered that Fan Zhongyan had entered the gate of the outer city of Tokyo, and traveled from west to east on Liangmen Street, and crashed into Liangmen Street, seriously violating the new traffic rules that had been promulgated and implemented in Tokyo for seven days.

You must know that within seven days of the implementation of the new traffic regulations, few officials stationed in Beijing violated them, and they all strictly abided by them, and if Fan Zhongyan was let go, the ministers of the imperial court who had opposed the implementation of the new traffic regulations would definitely retaliate against him, the street secretary, and they would not be able to put him to death as soon as possible.

After weighing the pros and cons in his heart, Wang Hao was a little embarrassed to Fan Zhongyan and said: "Fan Daguan, the carriage you are riding in has seriously violated the new traffic rules that have been implemented for seven days since it entered the city of Tokyo, and you need to accept the punishment of three days in prison. ”

Fan Zhongyan, who was standing in front of him, listened to what Wang Hao said above, and suddenly looked surprised, turned his head to look at Bao Zheng, who was standing opposite him, and asked in confusion: "Brother Xiren, what Wang Sicheng said, is this indeed the case?" ”

At this time, Bao Zheng also made a difficulty, on the one hand, he and Wang Hao jointly advocated the implementation of the new traffic regulations, and on the other hand, he had not seen his old friends for many years, and suddenly, he fell into a dilemma.

"Alas, Brother Xiwen, it is true that as Wang Sicheng said, the carriage you are riding in has violated the new traffic regulations that have been implemented in Tokyo for seven days, and you deserve to be punished by three days in prison." Bao Zheng first sighed, and then replied truthfully.

For Wang Hao and Bao Zheng at this time, whether to let Fan Zhongyan go, or to punish Fan Zhongyan with three days in prison is indeed a very difficult question for both of them, at this moment, I don't know how to choose.