On the third day of November in the twelfth year of the Jianwu Dynasty, the emperor sent down a total of more than 800 members of the Pan Party on the case of the Pan Party's rebellion, all of whom were beheaded all over the house.

As soon as the holy decree was issued, the world was shocked, the mountains and rivers were stained with blood, and the officialdom was turbulent. The case involved a large number of people, the scope was extensive, plus the families and relatives of the convicts, and the total number of people who were killed was tens of thousands, and because there were so many people killed, the criminal department had to temporarily open four legal centers on the outskirts of the capital, and the army was mobilized to maintain order. For a time, the clouds and fog outside the capital were gloomy, the gloomy atmosphere was thick, the cry shook the sky, and the blood flowed like a river.

On this day, there were 10,000 empty alleys in the capital, and the people came to the execution ground to watch the demons who took the lives of their relatives ambush, and after the people had to take revenge, they did not know who took the lead, and bowed down in the direction of the palace, and shouted in unison Long live our emperor.

Pan Shangshu's family was also escorted to the execution ground, he was the culprit of this rebellion, the people hated him to the core, on the way from the prison to the execution ground, Pan Shangshu was locked in the prisoner car, and was knocked out three times by the rotten cabbage, rotten eggs and stones thrown by the people, two of Pan Shangshu's family members were stoned to death on the spot, and the people's anger was so great that there was no difference for a while.

Due to the sentence of Ling Chi that Pan Shangshu's family was sentenced to, that is, as the saying goes, "a thousand cuts", the difficulty of execution was relatively high, and the Criminal Department specially invited a master who had sued the old man at home a few years ago to lead his apprentices to execute the sentence in batches.

On the execution ground, Pan Shangshuzhu was in pain from being stripped of his bones, and he looked up to the sky and shouted three times: "Heaven is unfair!" Then he died of exhaustion, and later counted, Pan Shangshu was cut with 273 knives.

The one who screamed the most was Pan Shangshu's son Pan Tao, until he was cut more than 100 times, he was still scolding: "Fang Zheng, you bastard who doesn't believe in your words!" You promised me! You promised me! ”

After Pan Tao suffered more than three stabs, he finally died.

Fang Zheng did not go to watch the day of the execution, and later heard Wen Sen's report that the Pan family was the most stabbed, and the last person who died was actually a woman who was the righteous daughter of Pan Shangshu, she was a few years ago outside the city Hu Dahu gave to the maid of Pan's house, and later Pan Shangshu saw his beauty and gentleness, and suddenly had a heart of pity, accepted her as a righteous daughter, changed his surname to Pan, and took Chenghuan's knees, but he didn't expect to have a lot of fate, but unfortunately she caught up with Pan's mansion and was executed.

Originally, Fang Zheng only heard it as an anecdote, but when he inquired about the woman's name, Fang Zheng suddenly beat his chest, shouted to the sky and grabbed the ground, and looked so remorseful that he wanted to hit his head to death, which scared Wen Sen on the side, and Wen Sen, who was confused, never understood why this woman named Jin Lian would cause Lord Fang to be so sad and remorseful......

A few days followed. Fang Zheng was talking in his dreams and chanted repeatedly: "Lotus...... Lotus. I'm Qingah......"

Angry, he lay on the ground and gritted his teeth. Later, I couldn't help it. kicked Fang Zheng out of bed. Fang Zheng stopped.

Half a month after Pan and his party were killed, the turmoil caused by the Chinese Dynasty officialdom and the people has gradually subsided. It's just that there is still a thick bloody aura inside and outside the capital, which has not dispersed for a long time.

this day. Fang Zheng took his four wives and prospective wives to stand proudly outside the gate of the original Pan Mansion.

"This ...... This is? Yanran looked at the gate that was half black and half yellow because of the fire. Chi asked.

Fang Zheng hugged Yanran's waist and glanced at Changping. Dry smile: "This is the mansion that the emperor gave me!" ”

Yan Ran looked at Fang Zheng's reluctant smile, turned her head to look at Chang Ping's not very happy face, Yan Ran pursed her lips and smiled, lowered her head, and said no more.

Xiao Lu and Sister Feng didn't raise their heads, and the two daughters stood outside the door of the mansion and talked and laughed in a low voice, not knowing what they were talking about. Xiao Lu's girl has a gentle temperament and treats people sincerely, and among the girls, Xiao Lu's popularity is the best.

Changping looked at the door being smoked black and yellow, looking unlucky in bankruptcy and liquidation, and suddenly felt a little unhappy.

An arrow rushed forward and couldn't wait to push the door open...... As a result, the two heavy door panels failed to be pushed open as desired, but in a proud posture of resolute death and no return, squeaked and fell heavily, making a loud clang, which frightened the women to scream at the same time.

Fang Zheng was even more frightened, he screamed with a pale face, reflexively took an arrow step, and decisively hugged Sister Feng, his hands kept groping and kneading up and down on Sister Feng's upright buttocks, his face was pressed against Sister Feng's towering chest and arched inward, and he shouted loudly in a panicked tone: "I'm afraid, I'm too afraid...... There's a ghost......"

Sister Feng's buttocks were attacked, and her breasts were taken advantage of again, and she suddenly turned red with shame, struggled to push Fang Zheng away, glared at Fang Zheng with shame and disgust, and said angrily: "In broad daylight, what are you doing...... How can you be so shameless......"

It's so soft, it's so comfortable, Fang Zheng savored it carefully, but his expression was like a child who had made a mistake, and he lowered his head and muttered, "I'm scared......"

Yan Ran and Xiao Lu suddenly laughed, and Sister Feng stomped her feet hard, embarrassed to say anything more.

Changping glared at Fang Zheng angrily, and then walked in first.

Bypassing the blackened walls, the sight of a very dilapidated picture was greeted by a very dilapidated scene, the main house and the inner courtyard with only an empty shelf remained, the front yard was overgrown with weeds, and there were still a few small unburned tree stumps on the bare rockery, swaying in the cold wind. Only the auspicious beast carved in the wall seems to remind people how prominent the people who used to live here were.

Changping's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said, "...... This is the house that your father gave you? ”

Fang Zheng looked around, "That's right, you see,...... It's a vast place, it's flat, and there's nothing empty, so it's just right for us to roll on the grass and have fun, and this house...... What a house! Not only is it well-lit, but it is also ventilated,...... I can't get through anymore...... Let's talk about geography here

It's good, let's just tear down the wall and build it into a small commodity wholesale rent, haha......"

Changping stomped his feet hatefully, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go into the palace to find my father and the emperor to comment!" ”

Fang Zheng was shocked, and stopped her and said, "What are you doing?" Can the good people do it anymore? Your father kindly gave us the house, what reason do you still ask him to judge? Did he offend you? ”

Changping was so aggrieved that he was about to cry, and angrily pointed to the ruined Pan Mansion everywhere, and said angrily: "Look at it, can this live in people?" What does Father mean? I just sent this pile of rags to us, so I might as well not send it. I'm still not his most beloved daughter, I don't know which bastard burned such a bunch of shitty and disgusting people......"

Fang Zheng's face was blue and white, his expression was extremely embarrassed, after setting fire to Pan's mansion, Fang Zheng went home and was embarrassed to mention it to his family because it was too embarrassing, I don't know why, I always couldn't get along with my own house one after another. After Changping became married, he knew the rules of being a wife, basically he didn't go out of the door, and he didn't step out of the second door, so he naturally didn't know that the bastard who set fire to the house was her dearest husband......

Only Sister Feng took advantage of people's attention, glanced at Fang Zheng, and couldn't help but smile and say nothing.

Fang Zheng's eyes swept around, well, Jingshi was a little miserable, if he rebuilt a mansion in place according to the standards of Fang Mansion, without a hundred thousand taels of silver, I am afraid that it would not be able to build a mansion. It's all to blame for not being calm enough, how nice it would have been if I hadn't put this fire on the fire at that time......

Looking up, Fang Zheng smiled dryly: "Just take a look, it's not early, we should go back......"

Squatting in the grass in the front yard, he stubbornly said, "I don't! I want to enter the palace! I want my father to give us another house! I don't want this place! ”

Your emperor knows that if I set fire to my own house, I will be scolded bloody......

Fang Zheng secretly complained in his heart, seeing that the other goddesses were also quite dissatisfied with this house. - No one will be satisfied with this kind of broken house.

Seeing that Changping insisted on entering the palace, Fang Zheng gritted his teeth and had no choice but to make all the moves.

"What? This house...... Did you order it to be burned, husband? Changping and the girls all looked incredulous, and the sister covered her mouth and kept having fun.

"At that time, the weather was very cold, everyone wanted to bake the fire, thinking that this house is so old anyway, just burn it as firewood, and it is convenient to build a new one later, the so-called helping others is the foundation of happiness, everyone roasted the fire that day, and it was very happy......," Fang Zheng opened his eyes and talked nonsense, his face was not red and he was not panting.

Seeing that the girls showed disbelieving expressions, Fang Zheng sighed and said, "Okay, I was wrong, I deserve to die...... At that time, I didn't expect your father to be so generous, and he would actually send the house to me, you know that he has always been very picky, and he is a dirty person who cares about me......"

The anger in Changping's eyes was even worse.

Fang Zheng immediately lowered his head and came to a conclusion knowing the current affairs: "...... In short, I was wrong! I'm still young, just forgive me......" said while drawing circles on the ground with one foot, drooping his eyes, looking aggrieved and weak-hearted.

Sister Feng couldn't help it at first, she laughed with a snort, laughter is contagious, Sister Feng started, and the girls finally couldn't help laughing, laughing so much that they leaned forward and backwards, and couldn't straighten their waists.

Changping laughed and pinched and pounded at Fang Zheng: "You bastard!" No wonder others used to call you a loser, and it really lived up to your reputation, and you actually set fire to your own house, and said nonsense about helping others as the foundation of happiness, it's a bastard......"

On the way home, Fang Zheng took out a large stack of silver tickets and stuffed them in Changping's hand.

"It's ...... Where did you get so much silver, you bastard? Even though Changping had seen the world, but this stack of silver tickets was more than 100,000 taels, she was still taken aback, and her mouth opened into a "oh" shape in surprise.

"All the money I earn for my husband is hard-earned money!" Fang Zheng winked at Changping and said with a smile: "Please ask the best craftsman, wouldn't it be good to rebuild the house, build it according to your ideas, I only have one request, the bed in the house should be big, well, very big......"

After speaking, Fang Zheng glanced at the four wives with bad intentions, if they are willing to roll on the same bed with me, tsk......

After sending his wives back to the house, Fang Zheng went to King Fu's Mansion again.

I haven't seen the fat man for a few days, I don't know what the kid is busy with, and there are some things that need to be communicated with him.

What Pan Shangshu said to him in the prison still left a deep impression on Fang Zheng's mind. It is said that people are dying, and their words are also good, although Pan Shangshu's words are not out of kindness, but at least his analysis is very reasonable, now the situation between himself and the fat man is really not good, sandwiched between the emperor and the prince, and there is a group of old ministers next to him who are not repairing to coax the seedlings, if you are not careful, you and the fat man will fall into an embattled, isolated and helpless situation, it's time to talk to the fat man.

Fang Zheng of King Fu's Mansion often came, and the guards in front of the mansion already knew him, so there was no hindrance at all, Fang Zheng walked in with such a swagger.

The fat man was reading the official documents in the apse when he saw Fang Zheng come in, he couldn't help but take a break, put down his pen, stood up and said, "Why are you here today?" ”

Before Fang Zheng could speak, he smiled knowingly: "Could it be that my sister-in-law found out when she was stealing and kicked you out?" ”

Fang Zheng's eyes widened, and Wang Ba's anger scattered: "She dares!" …… I'll reason with her. ”

“…………”

The fat man ordered someone to put the wine and food on the table, and the two had a drink in the apse.

Taking a sip of wine, Fang Zheng pointed to the official document on the table, and praised with a smile: "The young man is very diligent, I thought you were working a red card girl at this time, but I didn't expect you to be serious......"

The fat man sighed: "Don't mention it, I've been busy these days, not to mention the red card girl, even me."

The side concubines and the concubines haven't let them get wet in the rain for a long time......"

The fat man sighed again, and said with a sad face: "...... I'm sorry for you, I don't know if they can stand loneliness, if they carry me behind my back and engage with other men, won't I be cuckolded? Hey, bring in some of your shadows and help me investigate......"

Fang Zheng's eyes straightened, and he said after a while: "...... Why are you out of tune than me? Is this disease contagious? My shadow is used to spy on intelligence, and the enemy actually wants me to help you catch the traitor......"

The fat man smiled dryly: "Hehe, just say it, if you really want the shadow to do this, if you don't say anything else, my father will scold me to the death." - There must be something going on with me at night, right? Let's talk about it. ”

Speaking of the topic, Fang Zheng couldn't help but stare at the fat man with a straight waist, and said in a deep voice: "Fat brother, do you know that your situation is in danger today?" ”

The fat man shook his head and said with a serious hand: "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Dead fatty, you can still laugh!

Fang Zheng lowered his voice and told the fat man exactly what Pan Shang said to him in the prison. - Except for the ten boxes of gold buried in the back garden of the Pan family's courtyard.

The fat man laughed.

The fat on the fat trembled a few times, and the fat man sighed and said: "Actually, I also know that my father must have a motive when he suddenly ordered me to enter the ministry, and I vaguely understand that my father may want me to join forces with you to restrain the prince, but I still don't think as thoroughly as Pan Wenyuan, that old fox is worthy of being in the court for decades, and his eyes are really vicious." ”

Fat looked at Fang Zheng and said, "Do you know that my father ordered me to hold any position in the ministry?" ”

"I don't know."

"My father ordered me to temporarily take the position of the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, and the supervisor was assessed, promoted, and transferred ......"

"Huh? Do you have such power? Fang Zheng was taken aback, originally thought that the fat man was just in charge of the account books and keeping a record of attendance or something, but he didn't expect the fat man to hold so much power, isn't this similar to the secretary of the ministry?

The fat man smiled bitterly: "The Ministry of Officials used to be in the hands of Pan Wenyuan, from top to bottom were all members of the Pan Party, after this purge, all the officials of the Ministry of Officials were all copied and beheaded, and my father urgently transferred many alternate officials into the Ministry of Officials, and ordered me to temporarily serve as the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, but what I exercised was the power of the Ministry of Officials, in other words, the Ministry of Officials is now in my hands." ”

Fang Zheng muttered: "You are in charge of the Ministry of Officials, I am in charge of the shadow and the supervision of hundreds of officials, as well as the defense of the capital, what about the prince?" The crown prince is in charge of the country, and he has the right to intervene and interfere with the six ministries, if you don't care about the role of those officials and officials of the Qing school, that is to say, the power in the hands of us and the prince is actually evenly divided, half a catty and eight taels, and no one can help anyone......"

The fat man nodded and said: "Yes, this is also the intention of the father, before the abdication of the father, I definitely don't want either us and the prince to dominate, as for whether the father has the heart of Yi Chu, I don't dare to guess now, but it is certain that the future situation will probably be like this, unless it is ......"

"Unless what?"

The fat man hesitated, but said honestly: "...... Unless the prince can't hold his breath and makes a move......"

Fang Zheng stared at the fat man and asked coldly: "Fat man, you tell you the truth, do you have any thoughts about the position of the crown prince?" ”

The fat man was shocked when he heard this, looked around with an anxious expression, and reprimanded in a low voice: "You want to kill me?" Can you say this casually? ”

Fang Zheng took a leisurely sip of wine and sneered, "What are you afraid of?" It's just the two of us here, our friendship, what can't you say? ”

The fat man straightened his chest and said solemnly: "Brother Fang's words are wrong! The sage often said, kings, ministers, fathers, sons and sons ......"

Seeing Fang Zheng's eyes staring at him without blinking, his eyes showed deep disdain, the fat man's shoulders collapsed, and the fat on his face drooped weakly, his small eyes glanced around, and finally whispered: "...... Well, I'll admit it, I did have an idea, I didn't have a chance before, so I didn't dare to think about it at all, but now that I'm in charge of the ministry, and you have the power to supervise the shadow and the hundred officials, somehow, I'm more and more eager for the position of the crown prince......"

The fat man looked at Fang Zheng and said pitifully: "Brother Fang, have I become bad?" I wasn't like that before......"

Fang Zheng sneered, "What has gone bad? You mean you used to be pure? I don't know what kind of person you are, if you don't boast about yourself like this? I've even seen you jump into the river......"

The fat man hurriedly said: "Didn't you say that we would forget about it together?" Why do you still mention it? ”

Fang Zheng smiled: "Come on, don't hide it, it's normal to have thoughts about the position of the crown prince, when it comes to your position, if you still don't have any thoughts about it, I will really have something wrong with your brain...... We just need to know this in our hearts, you and I both know that if the crown prince really ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, I'm afraid we won't have any good fruit to eat. So now the only way to do this is for the two of us to join forces......"

The fat man trembled inexplicably when he heard this, and he bit his cheeks and whispered, "How to join forces?" ”

"The most important thing now is to look at your father's attitude, if your father really has the heart of easy storage, this thing will be done. However, the most troublesome thing is that the prince's power in the army is not small, which is something that you and I can't do together......"

The two of them sat in the apse of King Fu's mansion and discussed for a long time......

In the prince's mansion, the prince was listening to Sisi playing the pipa, and suddenly felt a chill on his body, and then sneezed. The prince inexplicably glanced at the increasingly cold weather outside the window, regained his smile again, and continued to indulge in the sound of the pipa cruising between gold and iron.