Chapter 139: Love and Hate
The room where Zhou Quan was imprisoned was not far from the hotel where Zhang Fan and the others lived, and after Zhang Fan left there, he sat in the carriage silently.
Although Zhang Fan usually behaves tepidly, and even some accommodating others under his approachability, it is really undesirable for Zhang Fan's current status and identity, perhaps this is precisely because Zhang Fan is proud of his youth and has not had that kind of officialdom life and death trembling experience, but now Zhang Fan is in charge of the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the whole person's personality is also thinking about that aspect, and it is precisely because of this that none of the several people riding horses on the side stepped forward to say anything to Zhang Fan, In their eyes, there seemed to be a great resentment emanating from the curtain in the carriage.
However, someone still has to discuss with Zhang Fan, after all, he asked for some valuable information from Zhou Quan, and now is a good time to strike while the iron is hot, so he naturally wants to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but the people present are even some wooden people like Wang Meng who have been immersed in the colorless dye vat of Jinyiwei for many years, and they think they know the phrase "the gun shoots the first bird", if anyone is now disturbing Zhang Fan without knowing how to raise it, then Zhang Fan may have an inexplicable ignorance karma fire on that person's head.
But now I have to ask, it has been two days since Zhou Quan was arrested, even if Zhou Quan's family did everything they could to cover it up, those people could probably guess a little rumor, plus now the whole Fujian is already rumored, and now coupled with Zhou Quan's "inexplicable" disappearance, those people are estimated to start the third round of evidence elimination operations, so now this matter must be done as soon as possible, but now no one dares to come forward to talk to Zhang Fan about it.
A few people, you look at me, I look at you, just don't go, looked at Daniel Zhang, Daniel Zhang hurriedly waved his palm, his head shook like a rattle, after all, he was not familiar with Zhang Fan, did not know Zhang Fan's temper; looked at Liang Chao, Liang Chao also hurriedly shook his head, although Liang Chao has not followed Zhang Fan for a long time, but his understanding of Zhang Fan is also deep, but he still doesn't know how Zhang Fan will react now; In the end, everyone's eyes turned to Wang Meng, but even Wang Meng had a bitter face.
Everyone didn't want to go, but now it's not up to them to call the shots, and finally, Liang Chao rode to Wang Meng's side and said: "Brother Wang, please forgive me for not distinguishing between dignity and humility now, but this matter is really unprocrastinated, this matter is no longer a matter related to the private affairs of adults, after all, this trip to Jiangnan was ordered by His Majesty, and there must be no mistakes,"
Liang Chao said this for a reason, Wang Meng followed Zhang Fan at the earliest, since Zhang Fan was blocked by Xu Jie's career in the court and entered Jinyiwei, Zhu Xizhong, the commander of Jinyiwei at that time, asked Wang Meng to follow Zhang Fan, so many days, Wang Meng can be said to have won Zhang Fan's trust, and Wang Meng treats Zhang Fan, a compassionate subordinate official, is also very respectful, no matter what Zhang Fan asks him to do, as long as it is not a rebellion, Wang Meng is immediately executed without frowning, and for Wang Meng, I don't know how, Zhang Fan is a person worthy of his life to protect, I still remember that at the beginning of this year, Zhang Fan went to Yiji to discuss the matter of mutual market with me but encountered a rebellion of nobles in the Tatar tribe, and almost died, but Wang Meng has been staying by Zhang Fan's side, and he still does not forget Zhang Fan's safety every year when he was almost killed by several knives, and Zhang Fan's trust in Wang Meng since he hit is even more understandable, no, this time in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Fan found an opportunity to promote Wang Meng to a level, and Wang Meng's power in his hands has increased more than ten times, These things are no secret in Jinyiwei, others are envious of Wang Meng's ability to get Zhang Fan's trust, but also secretly admire Wang Meng's loyalty, and now Wang Meng, who has Zhang Fan's full trust, has a lot of rights, but he never cares about these, for Wang Meng, Zhang Fan is the object of his allegiance, everything he has now is given to him by Zhang Fan, and this also makes Zhang Fan trust Wang Meng more, and obviously, now Wang Meng, who is trusted by Zhang Fan, is the best candidate to persuade Zhang Fan.
Wang Meng naturally knew this, not to mention that he also understood the meaning of "who you don't go, only you can go" from Liang Chao's eyes, closed his eyes, and sighed helplessly, Wang Meng nodded slowly, and patted the horse towards Zhang Fan's carriage under the happy eyes of Liang Chao and others.
Although it is the hottest day of the year, and he is in the south of Fujian, Zhang Fan does not feel hot at all while sitting in this fully enclosed carriage with curtains drawn, no, to be precise, Zhang Fan's heart is very cold.
"What are you thinking about," Zhang Fan kept asking himself in his heart, "She's just a**, **, Liu Shan's eunuch used to confuse me, why do I care so much about her, when she saw me, she seduced me in every possible way, and made it clear that ten shameless women, why should I care so much about this kind of woman."
"But, damn it, I'...... I actually have true feelings for her, this is just a transaction, she is just a rotten person who only knows how to tempt me, what is there to worry about me so much, I have real feelings for her...... Maybe it's just because she's pretty; Maybe...... Maybe it's just the effect of the cowardly personality I had in my last life, it must be like this.
"Who am I, Zhang Fan, although I am also a person who has never traveled back, but I don't know history, and I don't know any technology, half of my status today depends on myself, and the other half is what I bought in exchange for my life, and the women in this world are not what I want, I ...... How could I care about such a,"
Zhang Fan has been thinking about these things in his heart since he came out of Zhou Quan, for a man like Zhang Fan, especially for a man in ancient China who is extremely patriarchal, and even more for a man with Zhang Fan's current identity, what he heard just now is a fact that he can't accept. Maybe it will be regarded as a good story by people thousands of years later, but now, this is a symbol of self-depravity, not to mention a person with Zhang Fan's current status.
So Zhang Fan kept telling himself in his heart that he was just tempted by Luo Ling'er, man, but Zhang Fan, who is usually calm, couldn't turn his mind when he encountered this kind of thing, and he never thought that the reason why he was so entangled in Luo Ling'er was precisely because he had true feelings for her.
The reason is actually very simple, men and women don't have to go through a life-and-death intersection to make a vow, or even a look, Zhang Fan and Luo Linger are like this, Luo Linger first took the initiative to get close to Zhang Fan, coupled with Zhang Fan's youth and achievements and his kind of tolerance and favor for women who are different from other men in the world, Luo Linger gradually changed from simply wanting to get close to Zhang Fan at the beginning to a kind of expectation and admiration for Zhang Fan; As for Zhang Fan, Luo Linger is already beautiful, coupled with the intoxicating mature charm, the first impression of the good impression exists in Zhang Fan's heart, although he knows that Luo Linger is a means sent by Liu Shan to target him, but Zhang Fan just can't refuse, plus he can see that she is not comfortable from the misery that Luo Linger often reveals on weekdays, and he feels more pity for her in his heart.
But now in addition to this kind of thing, there is nothing wrong with Luo Ling'er, but for Zhang Fan, maybe it is the deep hatred of love, and naturally there is a lot of disgust for Luo Ling'er.
Zhang Fan was thinking about these messy things, and his heart was very chaotic, and there was a sound of banging outside the window of the carriage, which interrupted Zhang Fan's thinking at the same time, but also made Zhang Fan feel a little sober.
"My lord," Wang Meng's voice came from outside the carriage, still as sonorous and respectful as ever.
"Wang Meng, what's the matter," Zhang Fan calmed down and opened the curtains and said.
Seeing that Zhang Fan was willing to open the curtains, Wang Meng knew that he must have calmed down a lot in his heart, so it was easier to speak next: "My lord, with the medicine offered by Liyang, Shicai has heard a lot of news, and now we have arrested this person for a while, that group of people must have heard some movement, now is the time to take advantage of the victory to pursue, without further ado, please make a decision," Wang Meng's words deliberately did not mention Zhou Quan's name, and also deliberately pointed out the main thing of the urgency, just to be afraid that Zhang Fan would go crazy.
Zhang Fan didn't hear the other meaning of Wang Meng's words, but Wang Meng's words did remind him of the situation he was in now, which also made Zhang Fan immediately calm down, and his mind began to think about how to do this.
"Didn't I arrange a lot of hands to watch those people before I came, and now it's the right time, you tell me that you should show me this time, and you must not miss anything," Zhang Fan quickly had a plan, "Also, it's not that I don't believe Daniel Zhang, but those people below him can't investigate them one by one, you find me some trustworthy people to check these people well,"
"Yes, my lord," Wang Meng replied immediately.
"As for the rest, now that I know that Liu Shan is the head of this place," Zhang Fan's expression was a little strange when he said the word "Liu Shan", but he immediately reorganized his expression and said, "This Liu Shan may really be the source of the corrupt officials in these three provinces, but I don't believe that he drove out such a 'foundation' by himself, as the saying goes." There are people in the court who are good officials', Liu Shan must have a mastermind to cover up for him in the court, it is estimated that the high arch and the rush are inseparable, but I don't want to touch them for the time being, but these evidence that can bring them down in the future must be given to me this time,"
"Then, the adult means to be humble...... Wang Meng doesn't know much about these intrigue methods, so he naturally wants to ask.
"Since the source is in Liu Shan, it is natural to start with Liu Shan," Zhang Fan muttered.
"But my lord, the humble duty received a report, the brothers have investigated this Liu Shan for a long time, but they have not found anything unfavorable to him, this person is simply leaky, and the humble duty really doesn't know where to start," Wang Meng said with some embarrassment, this Liu Shan is really round, the division of labor of the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty is actually not careful, sometimes they are in charge of military affairs, sometimes they are in charge of taxes, although not absolutely, but they can insert a foot everywhere, and this Liu Shan is more of a duty on the surface, never deviant.
Listening to Wang Meng's words, Zhang Fan frowned, but it didn't take long, the thing that had been pressing on his heart gave him a hint: "Don't worry about this, someone will help me, this person is close to Liu Shan, and the most important thing is that I have a way to make this person willing to risk his life for me at any time," Zhang Fan finished speaking, and a somewhat weird smile appeared on his face.
Looking at Zhang Fan now, Wang Meng couldn't help but shudder in his heart,