Early in the morning, the rain had stopped. The courtyard was full of mud and wreckage after the rain, and a few flowers were broken by the heavy rain last night, and they were already broken, and the broken flowers and leaves were everywhere. The paper umbrella had also become dilapidated, and the beauty on the umbrella was already full of dirt and dirt.

In the room, Qingfeng Langyue woke up from the frantic mood of yesterday, and looked at Li Cailian and Fan Jin, who were sleeping in each other's arms, and the mood was complicated and indescribable. Originally, they were just serving by Mrs. Li's side, not monks, and when they found a suitable family, they still had to marry. The main thing to follow Li Cailian is to earn benefits for the family, and also to promote her identity and marry better in the future. But after last night's frenzy, that wish was doomed to fail. Now either follow Fan Jin and be a concubine, or you can only stay in Baoming Temple for the rest of your life like Mrs. Li.

After all, the two women are different from Mrs. Li, and they don't have that deep affection for Fan Jin, not to mention that Fan Jin's main affection is that Mrs. Li is not the two of them, and she is nothing more than Mrs. Li's means of inviting favor. suffered a loss in vain, but they couldn't get reciprocal love, so they were naturally dissatisfied in their hearts, but their identity restrictions didn't make them lose their temper.

Li Cailian was shrewd enough when she faced them, she saw through the thoughts of the two at a glance, and snorted coldly: "Why are you crying and mourning?" When Fan Lang pampered you yesterday, weren't the two little hooves very happy? Who are you pretending to be like this now? Afraid of what? In the future, Mrs. Ben and Cisheng will support you, whether you are married or in the temple, you will not be wronged. Even if you are a concubine for Fan Lang, will you not be humiliated? ”

"Slaves don't dare!"

The two women knew that their net worth and life were in the hands of Mrs. Li, and they did not dare to disobey this patriarch. Mrs. Li snorted at this time, "It's good if you don't dare." From today on, Fan Lang is our husband, if anyone dares to show face to him, I will not agree! ”

Fan Jin smiled: "Don't count them, the two of them are inconvenient, I'll help you comb your hair." ”

"No, it should be me who serves my husband."

Li Cailian sighed and said: "Out of this courtyard, everyone must remember their identity, and they can't show any horses and feet in front of people." Speaking of which, I am a little envious of Qian Caiyin now, although she is from a low background and looks mediocre, but she can accompany Fan Lang day and night, I can only secretly come and go, and I have to guard against my ears and eyes. If you miss Lang Jun, you have to look at things and think about people. ”

Yesterday, Fan Jin gave Li Cailian a portrait of himself when he was in love, and it was not very appropriate to keep a man's painting privately as Li Cailian. It's just that when she is in love now, where can she take care of a lot, and she looks at this painting as more expensive than any gold and silver treasures. It's like rubbing the painting, just like being with Airo.

The two of them were dressed neatly, Qingfeng Langyue and the two of them also struggled to get off the ground, preparing breakfast, Fan Jin said: "Don't move, I'll come." Let me tell you, I am very good at cooking, and I make money from this in Guangzhou. You sit down, I'm busy. ”

Looking at his back, Li Cailian glared at the two henchmen, "I see that you two are your nieces, and you have always been loyal to me, so I will share your share." Otherwise, I am reluctant to let outsiders share such a good man, don't know what to do! Who is going to have a lot of mouths...... I don't have to talk for the rest of my life. ”

The two girls knew that Li Cailian's methods were powerful, and although the Western Mahayana Sect was not a gang, when it came to means, it was not comparable to any Jianghu organization, so they nodded busily. Li Cailian instructed again: "I will go to pay a few guests in a while, so you don't have to go, so as not to be seen as flawed." In the end, each of you will have a generous reward, which is enough for you to spend a few years. In fact, it is your creation to be able to give myself to such a man, if I could be like you, I didn't meet that old man...... Even if I risk the condemnation of the world, I have to compete with Zhang Shunqing and marry Fan Jin to be his wife. Pity...... There is no hope. ”

After breakfast, the two broke up, Fan Jin was going to the yamen, and Li Cailian started her own visit. Originally, she still had a trace of worry in her heart, worried that Fan Jin was close to currying favor with her, just to use her power to achieve her own goals.

But at a meeting in Wushan yesterday, she looked at Fan Jin in her heart because she coveted her authority. After all, compared to youth and appearance, power has existed for a longer time. With the Queen Mother's age and health, he has decades of power to hold, even if he lied to himself, he was deceived by him for decades, and he died without regrets. It is because Li Cailian has become more active than in the past, and wants to work hard to prove to her lover that she is useful, and if he can treat himself better because of this, it will be his greatest happiness.

When Fan came in to the yamen of the Ministry of War, Zhang Guodong was already waiting for him. He glanced at Fan Jin a few times, "Yesterday, many people in the court were afraid that they didn't sleep well, but you ate and slept well, and you are in much better spirits than usual." ”

Fan Jin naturally couldn't say that he had climbed and folded three flowers yesterday, and there was one of them that was a treasure in the imperial garden, and his own experience in flower characters had increased a lot, and he was also spiritual, so he only smiled and didn't speak. Sitting down and still drawing a map, until noon, Fan Jin did not eat in the military room as usual, and went to a small restaurant near Liubu to eat. This is a place for officials to eat on weekdays, and there are many Jinshi who watch the government of the six ministries. Everyone is a member of the court, and few people are willing to eat the kind of food provided by the court.

In the past, Fan Jin always met acquaintances to greet him, and occasionally had a few drinks together. But when he walked into the restaurant today, he felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. There are a few tables in the restaurant, and most of them have guests. Several people exchanged heads and whispered something, and their voices were very low and inaudible. If it weren't for the fact that everyone had official uniforms, they would almost have been recognized as those bags in the Beijing Division.

Occasionally, people at the next table will join the discussion, and there are several low-grade officials Fan Jin knows, they belong to different ministries, and although they don't get old and die on weekdays, they won't chat so closely. For a while, he was a little confused, and he didn't know what was going on in the yamen, and he actually made these people look like this.

When someone saw Fan Jin, they immediately turned their heads, as if they didn't know him. Among them, there are a few Jinshi on the same list who have some friendship with Fan Jin, and their performance makes Fan Jin feel even more inexplicable. At this moment, suddenly someone outside the door shouted: "Fan Gongzi? I've got the table ready over there, why are you going to the wrong door, this way. Looking for the sound, it was Xia Menghai, the warehouse manager of the Criminal Department, who had now been promoted.

Xia Menghai started with the Zhou Shichen case and was promoted two levels in a row, and he had an excellent opinion of Fan Jinzi. Pulled Fan in to another adjacent restaurant, the situation here was similar to the previous restaurant, it was also a group of people talking to each other, seeing that some people in Fan Jin didn't know a little, and some familiar people quickly turned around.

When he was seated, Fan Jin asked, "What's going on?" Who have I offended? ”

"It's not that you offend anyone, it's that everyone is afraid of offending you." Xia Menghai lowered his voice and said: "In addition to being bold like me, most of the people in all departments are afraid of you and hate you now, of course, there are also people who look at you well, for example, you are going to Zhangfu in Shamao Hutong now, and you must be entertained with good wine and meat." ”

"I don't understand what this is."

Xia Menghai smiled, "Fan Gongzi, don't pretend to be confused with me." Everyone is their own person, and they should know everything, so they don't have to hide it from me. Zhang Taiyue did a good thing, didn't Fan Gongzi know? ”

Fan Jin shook his head, "Isn't the Zhang family doing a funeral?" What big things can you do? Besides, my surname is Fan, and it has nothing to do with the Zhang family. ”

Xia Menghai smiled, "What is the relationship between Fan Gongzi and the Zhang family, I know it for a long time, and we don't have to tell now." Just talking about what the Zhang family has done, Fan Gongzi doesn't have to pretend to be confused. Today, the imperial history Xie Siqi, the military department gave Wang Daocheng to participate in the impeachment of Zhang Zhi. The morning recital has now been spread in all six parts. The two of them participated in the impeachment of the former affairs of Shaanxi under the supervision of the Ministry of Zhang, and it has been many years since then. Although it is said that the official is exclusively involved in impeachment, this matter is full of evil, and it is such a thing at the moment. Everyone's mind is on seizing love and worrying, and the two of them come out coldly, talking about the old things, or directly impeaching the heavenly officials, who is believed by no one behind them? Besides, this official is a big banner of the Ding Wei faction, at this time Bai Jian is attacking, what is the picture, it is not a lice on the monk's head, it is obvious? Most of these people are in favor of Ding Wei, and now as soon as this matter comes out, Zhang Yibu is disheartened, and after hearing the news, he returned directly from the yamen, and it is said that he closed the door to hand over the seal and wait for the holy ruling. This Ding Wei faction has suffered a great loss of prestige after this blow, and it is reasonable that he will not like the love snatching faction. ”

Fan Jin shook his head and said, "They are simply inexplicable, and I am not a sentiment snatcher." ”

"Yes, Fan Gongzi, you are the Son of Heaven Holy Judge, this is actually not much different from the Love Snatcher. Besides, everyone knows that your mentor Hou Shouyong is the pioneer of the Love-Grabbing faction, although the master Zhang Fengpan is not the Love-grabbing faction, but Yu Ding Wei does not support it, but repeatedly said that he is not familiar with all the things when he first enters the cabinet, and he is afraid that he will misunderstand state affairs, so please choose another merit to fill it. In this case, it is actually no different from helping Zhang Jiangling. Although everyone can't blame him in their mouths, they all regard Feng Pan Xianggong as a member of the Zhang Party in their hearts, no matter how Fan Gongzi denies it, it is inevitable that everyone will regard you as a subordinate of Jiangling, either afraid of you or hate you, or both, in short, they will not be as familiar with you as they were in the past. ”

Fan Jin really didn't know anything about Zhang Han, which was the problem caused by the asymmetry of information mastery. If he is the son-in-law of the Zhang family, he can share information with Zhang Juzheng, so he naturally has other ways to deal with it. It is not necessarily better than Zhang Juzheng's method, but in terms of means, it is definitely more hidden. After listening to Xia Menghai's introduction, Fan Jin could probably guess Zhang Juzheng's thoughts, at present, the two factions of Ding Wei and the love faction are separate, and from the scene, the love faction does not have an advantage.

This love grabbing is not a double reed negotiated between the emperor and Zhang Juzheng's master and apprentice, but purely under the design of Fan Jin and Exit, Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao and others, the emperor is guided step by step to the road of seizing love. Of course, this is a decision from the emperor's heart, and it is better than using the authority of the empress dowager to forcibly designate the effect.

But the emperor is still a child after all, his own heart has not yet been settled, and he is not an assertive person. Once he finds out that the Ding Wei faction has the upper hand, or other changes, it may make him change his mind. Moreover, the longer it is delayed, the less beneficial it will be to solve the Yunnan problem.

Coupled with Zhang Han's behavior of standing up against Zhang Juzheng's love, in Zhang Dang's view, it may be a betrayal. If we don't stop this momentum, I am afraid that there will be more and more followers. is to solve Zhang Han with this move, which can probably be regarded as a killing of chickens and monkeys, so as to deter others.

But in Fan Jin's view, this technique belongs to the typical Zhang style, simple, rough and domineering, with quick results, but it is also easy to arouse people's disgust. Originally, his own arrangement was to focus everyone's attention on the emperor, not on Zhang Juzheng. Now that he is doing this, even if Zhang Juzheng himself did not show up from beginning to end, but everyone is not stupid, once Zhang Han is put down, who can't see that it is you Zhang Juzheng's instructions?

As a celestial official, he was solved by Zhang Juzheng with a single blow, which is of course a great record in officialdom, which is enough to make hundreds of officials bow their heads and bow their heads. But judging from the hearts of the people, everyone is afraid rather than convinced, and there are some hard bones among the civil officials at the moment. It can also be seen from the reactions of these petty officials and Guanzheng Jinshi seen in the restaurant that even if they don't say it, there are not one or two ministers who are dissatisfied with Zhang Juzheng in their hearts. Once their hostility is aroused, I am afraid that this matter will cause a new round of turmoil.

Secretly complained that his future father-in-law was too domineering, Fan Jin ate a few bites of food, hurriedly said goodbye to Xia Menghai, got up and walked out of the restaurant, and went straight to Shamao Hutong.

Now that Fan has entered the Zhang family, it is much easier than in the past. With his several visits, no matter what Zhang Juzheng's apparent attitude is, his recognition is actually gradually rising. Including allowing Fan Jin to enter the back garden, I know that he is still mainly appreciative of him as a whole. It was because Fan entered Zhang's Mansion very smoothly, and soon after Yao Batong passed it, he led Fan Jin all the way to the study.

In the study, Zhang Ju was expressionless, unhappy or angry, looked at Fan Jin and asked casually: "Don't you have to do things in the military department today?" Why did you come to my house so early? ”

"Xiangye, the little nephew is here to ask about something."

"There is no need to ask, the impeachment of Zhang Han was done by me. You have no relationship with Zhang Ziwen, how can you think of upholding justice for him? ”

Fan Jin said: "The students are not for Zhang Ziwen to uphold justice, but for the sake of Xiangye. At present, if Zhang Ziwen is really cut off the horse, I am afraid that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will say that Xiangye is domineering and tyrannical, and such a reputation is not the blessing of the ministers. The students dared to ask Xiangye to retract his order and let Zhang Ziwen continue to serve as a heavenly official. The official incident in Qianguo happened, and now the cabinet is already a hot steamed bun, and few people are willing to go to that position, even if they go, they may not be able to sit firmly. It is inevitable that the prime minister will return to office, and there is no need to compete with fools. The more we show weakness at the moment, the more joy the Son of Heaven will be in his heart, and now for us, taking a step back is the best choice. ”

Zhang Juzheng looked at Fan Jin, "So, you mean that the impeachment of Zhang Ziwen is wrong?" ”

"The little nephew didn't dare to say that Xiangye was at fault, but he just felt that this method was up for discussion."

"I won't hide it from you, this method is Qingqing's idea."

Fan Jin was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then it seems that the little nephew is wrong, this method must have its deep meaning, it is not what the little nephew can predict, I am too worried." ”10