After Gao Wensheng said goodbye to everyone, he turned around and got into a carriage.

While he asked the coachman to hurry, he said to the people who saw him off: "You don't have to send it again, the mountains are high and the rivers are long, and the coming day is long; Although we are goodbye today, as long as there is fate, I will always have a goodbye day with you! ”

"You underfed bastard, it's best not to see you again for the rest of your life!" Everyone cursed in their hearts.

"Slow down, adults!" But no matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, on the surface, they naturally should be, and send him away.

On the official road that had been repaired in advance, Gao Wensheng's convoy began to move slowly towards Shenzhou.

Lin Fan stood in the crowd, staring at the convoy and gradually moving away until he faded out of sight.

It was a long time before he came to his senses, raised his head and drank the wine from his glass.

He looked calm and said to himself: "Although the words are good, it's a pity that you shouldn't be able to wait for this day!" ”

It has been nearly a year since Lin Fan went to Yongyang to take up his post, although he has been busy with official business, he doesn't socialize much, and he rarely comes out to socialize.

But as far as the things he has done are concerned, it can be said that there is nothing in the entire Yongyang that he does not know, so the people who are here at this time basically know him.

However, after he deliberately lowered his voice, he did not speak loudly.

There were a lot of people here, and the people on the left and right didn't hear what Lin Fan said, but one person felt that he seemed to have said something.

So the man asked him with some curiosity, "What was Lord Lin talking about just now?" ”

Lin Fan smiled at this person and said, "It's nothing, it's just a sigh, it's nothing to worry about!" ”

After all, everyone is not familiar with each other, and Lin Fan is a person in the officialdom, so he can't afford to offend. So when this person saw that Lin Fan didn't want to say more, then he didn't ask any more questions, and turned around to talk to others.

It was cold at the beginning of winter, and now that Gao Wensheng has left, it is cold, and no one wants to stay here longer. After everyone exchanged polite words, the crowd gradually dispersed in twos and threes.

When everyone was almost gone, Lin Fan also retracted his gaze, not planning to stay here any longer.

He walked out of the pavilion, turned over his horse, and urged the horse to go straight to Wuguan.

On the night he returned to the headquarters of the Inspection Division, An Ning also quietly returned.

In the entire inspection department, except for a few people such as Lin Fan, the others didn't know that An Ning had ever gone out. For the past few days since he disappeared, Lin Fan and the others only said that he had contracted the wind cold and had been staying in the house to recuperate.

An Ning didn't alarm the others when he came back this time, but came directly to Lin Fan's side.

Lin Fan first lit a charcoal fire in the house and let him roast the fire to warm his body; He was handed a freshly baked biscuit and told him to pad his stomach first.

Then he asked, "How is it, are you hungry, this time it must have exhausted you!" But I don't feel at ease about leaving this matter to others, so I can only do it, but it's hard for you! ”

Lin Fan's concern touched An Ning very much, he took a bite of the cake hard, and said vaguely: "It's not in the way, it's not tired." Cough... Cough... Ahem! ”

Before he could finish speaking, he choked on the crumbs because he ate it too quickly.

Seeing his embarrassed appearance, Lin Fan hurriedly handed him a bowl of water and gently patted his back to help him calm down.

When An Ning's cough was lighter, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, eat slowly, no one will rob you of this." Drink slowly first, don't choke! ”

An Ning took a big sip of water, and then eased up. He smiled at Lin Fan embarrassedly and continued to deal with the big cake in his hand.

Lin Fan flicked the charcoal fire in the furnace to make the fire burn more vigorously. It wasn't until he saw that An Ning was almost restored that he continued to ask, "Has the letter been delivered this time?" They didn't embarrass you, did they? ”

An Ning snorted and said, "Things are going well, the letter has been delivered." And because they weren't sure of my identity, they didn't dare to embarrass me too much! ”

He hesitated for a moment, then said, "I just don't know why the adults chose him." After my observation, this four leaders are the weakest of the three, and they are much worse than the other two, so why don't you choose one of the other two? Wouldn't that be safer? ”

Lin Fan smiled and explained, "Since Wu Qing died, Lishan Pass has been leaderless. Now the remaining three leaders are fighting with each other openly and secretly, in order to sit in this first position. ”

"Lishan Pass is strong, with a total of more than 500 bandits; And about half of them are Wu Qing's descendants, who are only dispatched by Wu Qing and do not belong to any of the three factions, and only the remaining half are under the orders of the three respectively. ”

"The strength of the second leader and the third leader is equal, and there are nearly a hundred people under him, only this fourth leader is the weakest, and there are only forty or fifty people under him, and it is precisely because of this that he has the least chance of sitting in the first place!"

"But this is the best, this gift we gave him this time is the most useful. Originally, he was the least likely to sit in that seat, but with this letter everything was different. ”

"Think about it, Wu Qing died in Yun Mengze, and the culprit of this encirclement and suppression of Yun Mengze is Gao Wensheng. As long as he can catch or kill Gao Wensheng, he can gain the support of those who were originally loyal to Wu Qing, and he has become the strongest person in Lishan Pass, with more than 300 people, how do you say those two still fight him? Wouldn't it be a foregone conclusion that he would sit in the position of the next great chief? ”

"An Ning, you said that if you were this four leaders and saw this letter, what would you do?"

An Ning nodded: "If I will definitely seize this opportunity, I must not let this Gao Wensheng run away, because this is almost my only chance to become the big leader." ”

Lin Fan knocked on his head and laughed: "The son can be taught!" Regardless of whether he really wanted to avenge Wu Qing in his heart, as long as he still wanted to sit in that position, he couldn't let go of this opportunity. ”

Then he continued: "As for why I didn't just give the letter to the second or third leader, it was because although it was convenient, it would make the distribution of strength in Lishan Pass unbalanced. ”

"If the four leaders sit in the position of the big leader, although he is the strongest at that time, but the remaining two together, they can still compete with him, as long as he is not stupid, he will not think of swallowing the remaining two forces at once."

"Of course, it's best if he's stupid, so that they can fight in their own nests, and if they lose both, the local government can seize the opportunity to suppress this bandit."

Hearing this, An Ning finally understood, and he said: "I see, if we give the letter to someone else, that person's original strength plus the support of Wu Qing's subordinates will form an absolute advantage over the rest of the people, so that the family is dominant, even if the other two join forces, they will not be able to fight him, they will definitely be eaten by him, and from then on, Lishan Pass will belong to him alone." ”

Lin Fan sighed. "You're right! And I did it because it was good for the local people and the government; A Lishan Pass with many factions fighting its own battles is better than a monolithic Lishan Pass. That's all we can do now! ”

After Lin Fan finished speaking, he looked at the tranquility of the wind and dust, smiled, and said, "Okay, you have worked hard these days, go back!" Don't think about it so much, get some rest tonight, and talk about it tomorrow! ”

"It's my lord, then I'll go down first!" After An Ning finished eating the cake, he patted the crumbs that fell on his hands and clothes, and said goodbye to Lin Fan.

After An Ning went out, Lin Fan sighed again.

If it is not necessary, he is not willing to take revenge with the help of bandits, and if he can, he prefers to report it to the imperial court and let the imperial court handle the matter fairly.

However, the black smoke miasma in the officialdom now, Lin Fan, who is in it, knows best. Unless he reveals his identity, he uses his family background and father's identity to suppress local officials and let them do what they want, so that he can win Gao Wensheng.

Otherwise, even if he reports to the imperial court, he can only sink into the sea, and the most he can do in the local area is to make a show, and he can't do anything with Gao Wensheng. And if Gao Wensheng does a good job, the local government may not even bother to do it.

But if this kind of thing also requires him to move out of his family background to oppress others, if he encounters other things in the future, what should he do? Could it be that everything has to rely on the power of the family to shelter him from the wind and rain?

Then he has a good life, but what is the reason for the hard work of running from Jiangzhou to this poor countryside in Huainan Province to be this small official with sesame mung beans? What's the point of everything he's been doing for nearly a year?

So after he learned about Gao Wensheng's appointment, he thought about it and felt that it was best to do this. Since Gao Wensheng can't get the end he deserves through normal channels, he doesn't mind using some other means.

As for the hidden dangers, he also thought of it, it was nothing more than that if this matter was spread, he would fall into the crime of being a bandit and plotting to assassinate the court officials. If this crime is confirmed, he will definitely die, and even the Jiangzhou Lin family will not be able to protect him.

It's just that under their deliberate concealment, the four leaders don't know their identities, and he also tells An Ning to pay attention to hidden traces when he goes back and forth. I believe that with his ability, he will not be tracked without knowing it.

And the letter he wrote was not signed on it, and even the handwriting was written in imitation of the calligraphy of his predecessors, so he couldn't find anything, so there was no need to worry too much.

The most important thing is that Wu Qing died directly at his hands, and the hatred between Lin Fan and Lishanguan is above Gao Wensheng. So even if someone finds out that Lin Fan may have done this, as long as there is no direct evidence to prove it, I'm afraid no one will believe it.

As for whether the four leaders would believe what they said in the letter and intercept Gao Wensheng according to the discussion, Lin Fan was not worried.

Because this is the man's only chance, whether he believes it or not, he always has to try.

…………

Half a month later, a piece of news was transmitted back to Yongyang, and it caused a sensation in the entire Yongyang City in just half a day.

It is reported that on the way to Shenzhou, Gao Wensheng met bandits from Lishanguan when he passed by the junction of Anzhou and Shenzhou.

Not only was the property intercepted by the bandits, but after the thieves learned of Gao Wensheng's identity, he himself was also taken to the cottage to have his heart cut out to pay tribute to Wu Qing, the great leader who died in Yunmengze, and it can be said that the death was extremely miserable.

Among the thieves in Shenzhou, there was also an extremely strange thing at this time, the four leaders of Lishan Pass, who were originally the least favored, suddenly rose up and sat on the position of the big leader that had been vacant since Wu Qing's death.