“…… Listen, the people inside will give you a pillar of incense time, and if you don't see the silver after a pillar of incense, I will tear up the ticket! - I really tore up the ticket! ”

The shrill voice was still shouting outside the gate of the Yanwang Courtyard.

Cao Yi stood next to Xiao Fan, his face distorted, as if he was trying to hold back a smile, and his face turned red.

After all, Yuan Zhong, another Qianhu was from the royal army, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but say with some apprehension: "Lord Xiao, you are talking about this move today...... Isn't that inappropriate? After all, His Royal Highness King Yan is the prince and prince, and the Wuyi Alley of this Beijing Division is full of Hou Bo, the prince of the court, and you say that in front of so many nobles in the court, you are so embarrassed by His Royal Highness King Yan, if His Majesty knows about it......"

Xiao Fan handed the bucket-shaped loudspeaker made of iron sheet in his hand to a Jinyi lieutenant next to him, and asked him to continue shouting according to the lines he had just said, and then smiled at Yuan Zhong nonchalantly: "Your Majesty doesn't care even if you know, I dare to guarantee that Your Majesty will never blame me for doing this, Your Majesty said that I was assassinated last night, and I will do it according to my own will, I didn't let people rush directly into the Yanwang Courtyard to burn the house, which is already very polite, maybe Your Majesty will praise me for being magnanimous......"

Yuan Zhong wiped his sweat, you took a large number of people from Jinyiwei to run to the door of people's homes and scold the street, this is called "magnanimity"?

"His Royal Highness King Yan...... Will he be angry? Yuan Zhong was very uneasy at this moment, galloping across the field, the world-famous King Yan, the other courtyard was surrounded by a group of brocade guards and screaming and scolding, as if the two armies were scolding in front of the formation, King Yan's temper was ...... He didn't seem to be very kind, in case he was furious and led the guards to rush out...... Xiao Fan didn't raise his eyelids, and smiled calmly.

Xiao Fan's assassination last night, except for a very few people, others didn't know the inside story about it, this Yuan Zhongxin was too real, he always thought that Xiao Fan was here to take the initiative to find trouble, but he didn't know that today's action was really too gentle and polite compared to Xiao Fan's street horror last night.

Revenge must be avenged, this is Xiao Fan's principle of life, no matter who offends himself, he must find a place in the shortest possible time. As for whether King Yan will be angry...... Hehe, sending so many people to assassinate me actually failed, and he still has the face to be angry? He should have bought a piece of tofu and crashed to death.

Lao Tzu even dared to pick up King Yan's father's dragon underwear, and my son was angry that I was afraid of a ball!

"Listen to the people inside! I'll give you another pillar of incense time......" The captain of the brocade robe held up a loudspeaker and shouted hoarsely towards the gate of the courtyard.

Jinyiwei up to Xiao Tongzhi, down to the ordinary flag, school captain, wrestler, etc., are all a surname who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and is used to being rampant and domineering in the Beijing Division, seeing that Xiao Tongzhi is going to make trouble, he can't help but be excited, for them, bullying a prince who is in a foreign domain, it is really not a big deal, Jinyiwei is originally a private institution that is loyal to the emperor alone.

When the battle was called, the door of the courtyard creaked open, and a team of guards in gray sergeant uniforms ran out with steel knives.

As soon as King Yan's guards came out, the atmosphere that was originally laughing was suddenly suffocated, and then the air was filled with a fierce murderous aura.

As soon as they saw the bright steel knives in the hands of the guards, the captains of the Jinyi Guards put away their smiling faces, and at the same time, they pulled out the embroidered spring knives on their waists, and the two sides immediately formed a tense confrontation.

Xiao Fan's expression did not move, ignoring the tense and murderous scene in front of him, and staring straight at the door with his eyes.

Soon, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who was dressed in a dark yellow python robe, walked out with a gloomy face, and his angry and murderous eyes fell on Xiao Fan, who was calm not far away.

The two were like natural enemies, just quietly, motionless looking at each other from afar, and the increasingly solemn and dull atmosphere in the air made everyone tremble unconsciously, their hearts beat faster, and the two sides were about to fight.

After a long time, Xiao Fan's eyelids jumped, he shifted his gaze from King Yan, turned his head to Cao Yi beside him and said, "What a sharp gaze!" Brother Cao, this Yan King is not good......"

"My lord, it seems that you are the 'comer'......"

Xiao Fan: "............"

Zhu Di stared at Xiao Fan, his face was angry and self-contained, he was silent for a long time, but Zhu Di's complexion suddenly changed, he returned to his previous calm and heroic, looked up to the sky and smiled, walked forward quickly, and said with a smile: "This king also said Who made such a big joke with this king, it turned out to be Lord Xiao in person, haha, I can't see it, Lord Xiao is getting more and more funny." ”

Xiao Fan also laughed, smiling hypocritically: "Xiaguan is reckless, Xiaguan was assassinated inexplicably last night, Xiaguan was timid and couldn't stand it, but he was scared by those assassins who killed him for most of the night, no, his brain was scared out of his head, and he was a little confused, he really lost his dignity, please forgive me." ”

Zhu Di's eyes were as dark as an eagle falcon, and he said with a heroic smile: "Lord Xiao's small Jiangpu County is not like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon like Jingshi, there are too many powerful people in Beijing, Lord Xiao is new to officialdom, maybe he has inadvertently offended someone He doesn't know, this king said a heart-to-heart word, Lord Xiao has a bright future, and he must be cautious in what he says and acts in the future." ”

Xiao Fan arched his hand and smiled: "The prince's intentions, the lower officials understand, and the lower officials thank the prince for his care." As the saying goes, if you eat a trench, you will grow wisely, and Xia Guan has indeed learned a lot from last night's assassination......"

Zhu Di looked at him with a smile and said, "What have you learned?" ”

Xiao Fan's expression was solemn, his eyes looked directly at Zhu Di, and he said word by word: "What Xia Guan learned is a tooth for a tooth!" Whoever cuts me once, I will cut him twice, whoever makes me unhappy for a while, I will make him unhappy for the rest of his life, and whoever dares to stab my master's chrysanthemum, I will cut his eggs! ”

Zhu Di looked at Xiao Fan's face, but his eyes exuded a strong violent and fierce light, he couldn't help but tremble, his eyelids jumped a few times, and he tried to maintain his heroic smile.

Half an hour passed.

"Lord Wang, are you itching down there? Why do you keep blocking it with your hands? Xiao Fan stared at Zhu Di's lower body innocently and curiously.

"Oh, no...... No itching. Ahem, when you come to the door, you are a guest, since Lord Xiao is coming to the cold house, how can you have a reason to pass the door and not enter? Haha, come, Lord Xiao, please come into the inner hall and taste the early spring rain tea given to this king by his father. ”

Xiao Fan pushed and gave in with an embarrassed face: "The prince is polite, the lower officials dare not be the officials, the prince is in charge of all opportunities, and the affairs are busy, how dare the lower officials bother?" ”

Zhu Di grabbed Xiao Fan's hand affectionately, and said with a smile: "This king and Lord Xiao hit it off at first sight, how can they be bothered?" Come on, Lord Xiao must come into the cold house and make friends with this king......"

Zhu Di was powerful, Xiao Fan was pulled by him and staggered all the way into the courtyard, and kept humbly saying: "The prince is polite, don't pull me, don't pull me, I'll go by myself......"

Turning his head to look at Cao Yi, Yuan Zhong and other Jinyi Wei colleagues standing outside the door, Xiao Fan waved his hand at them, and said loudly: "I will accompany the prince to go in for tea, you wait for me outside, if I don't come out within half an hour, you will go in and save me......"

"Yes!" The brocade guards responded loudly.

Zhu Di's face was as black as charcoal, and he glared at Xiao Fan angrily: "............"

Xiao Fan smiled dryly: "...... Xia Guan is a funny person, just a little joke. ”

The inner hall of the Yanwang Annexes is magnificent, the hall is paved with white marble floor tiles, the back side is placed with the landscape screen inlaid with gold edges, eight pineapple wood Taishi chairs in the hall, divided into left and right, on the pear wood coffee table on the side of the chair, there is also a statue of Jade Maitreya Buddha with emerald green wall and good water color, it seems that it is worth a lot, it is quite heart-itting. In front of the front hall, there is a majestic picture of a tiger descending the mountain, and the fierce and hideous state makes the viewer tremble.

Xiao Fan stared at the picture for a long time, and finally sighed: "Good painting!" The ambition of the tiger in this painting is vividly displayed on the paper. ”

Zhu Di smiled: "It's just a painting, can you see the ambition of the tiger?" Lord Xiao might as well tell me, what are the ambitions of this tiger? ”

Xiao Fan smiled faintly: "The tiger, the king of all beasts, the tiger in the painting looks fierce and hideous, standing in the north mountain and looking at the south forest, swallowing mountains and rivers, looking at the world, just a mountain and a forest, can not accommodate the ambition of the king......"

Zhu Di changed color when he heard this, Xiao Fan's words insinuated, as if he was referring to something, clearly implying that he had the intention of coveting the big treasure, this was too vicious!

So Zhu Di hurriedly interrupted: "Master Xiao can't talk nonsense!" This king was ordered by the emperor to defend Beiping for generations, just to keep the peace of the north, and Chen Bing was also to resist the Northern Yuan, and he looked down on the world, but this king never thought about it! King Yan will always be the vassal king of His Majesty, and he has no intention of being a subordinate, and Lord Xiao's words are trapping this king in disloyalty and injustice! ”

Zhu Di secretly regretted in his heart, a painting was actually seen by Xiao Fan His ambition, it was too careless, he knew that this was the case, and he should have removed this painting before welcoming Xiao Fan into the door just now.

There is no military power, and the situation is treacherous, the dark tide is turbulent in Beijing, every word and deed has to be careful, a little careless will fall into the hands of people, even if it is just a small painting, maybe in the future can make the city full of rumors, if it is spread by someone with a heart, the streets and alleys are rumored that the fourth son of the emperor Yan Wang has the ambition to look at the world, then how will the father react?

The cold sweat on Zhu Di's forehead slowly flowed, and the hand in his sleeve clenched his fist, and at this time, he really wanted to punch Xiao Fan in the face who was smiling so hatefully, and then kill him with a knife...... Zhu Di secretly decided that after Xiao Fan left, he must burn this painting as quickly as possible, and no one would be left behind.

Xiao Fan looked at the cold sweat on Zhu Di's forehead and asked in amazement, "Is Your Highness very hot?" Xia Guan just said that the tiger on the painting, what are you sweating about? ”

Zhu Di also looked up at Xiao Fan in amazement, and was silent for a long time: "............"

Could this guy be here to play the king?

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Di put on a straight face and said in a stiff tone: "Lord Xiao, please sit down, come here, serve tea!" ”

The two sat down separately, and after the maid served the tea, only Zhu Di and Xiao Fan were left in the huge inner hall. Zhu Di has always suppressed his anger in his heart, so he even waived the procedures of greeting and politeness in the officialdom.

Zhu Di got straight to the point and said: "Today, Lord Xiao has brought so many brocade guards, and he has been shouting in front of the king's door for a long time, dare to ask what's going on?" This king asked himself if he didn't offend you, right? ”

Ignoring the anger in Zhu Di's eyes, Xiao Fan took a sip of tea slowly, and said: "The prince is serious, and the lower officials dare not go against the prince, presumably the prince has also heard that the lower officials were assassinated by more than a dozen assassins last night, and the heavens were merciful, and they escaped by luck, Your Majesty Long Yan was furious, and ordered the lower officials to personally investigate the assassination case......"

Zhu Di snorted, and said in an unkind tone: "What does your assassination have to do with this king?" What does it mean that you have brought so many people to shout before the king's gate? There are nobles such as the court's ministers and princes living in this Wuyi Alley, and if you make such a fuss, don't you openly tell those nobles that your assassination was done by this king? Lord Xiao, where is the reputation of this king's face today? ”

Xiao Fan sighed secretly, this guy is really thick-skinned, not only did he clean up the matter of sending someone to assassinate him, but he also beat him upside down, saying that I ruined his reputation, it turned out that if you want to become a big man, you must first train your face to be black and thick...... How can a righteous man like me, who is so upright, so upright, so kind and jealous of evil, become a big man in the court? God is too unfair, is there still a way for a decent man to live in these days? Xiao Fan lamented the darkness of the world in his heart...... "The prince misunderstood the official...... Xiao Fan had to cheer up and explain: "...... Xia Guan brought people to this Wuyi Lane and shouted loudly, in fact, he wanted to force the people behind the scenes to show up by himself, the prince should have noticed, just now Xia Guan ordered people to shout and shout outside, but he didn't name or say his surname, just shouted randomly......"

Saying that, Xiao Fan quietly glanced at Zhu Di, swallowed his saliva and said, "...... In Wuyi Lane, there are ministers and uncles, all of whom are powerful people in the court and officials...... Which one couldn't hold their breath and was the first to open the door and jump out, who ...... is the culprit behind the scenes who instructed the assassination of the lower officials...... Xia Guan never expected that the first one to jump out was actually ......"

Xiao Fan didn't continue, but was very shy and embarrassed to raise his finger slightly and pointed at Zhu Di...... Zhu Di's face was as black as coal that had just been dug out of the mountains, not only blackened, but also shiny. He couldn't wait to slap himself hard at this time, Xiao Fan was not wrong, he didn't name or surname, he just shouted a few times in Wuyi Alley, but he Zhu Di was the stupidest, the first to open the door and jump out to ask the teacher, could it be that this is the so-called "being a thief with a weak heart"?

"Ben Wang...... This king ...... "Zhu Di was stunned for a long time, and still couldn't find a good reason to explain why he was the first to jump out, and finally became angry, slapped the table hard, and shouted angrily: "Is the first one to come out must be the murderer?" What kind of bullshit are you here? Our law is strict, and no matter who is guilty of any crime, it must be proved that it can be determined, and you suspect that this king has instructed someone to assassinate you, is there any proof? Hum! Without evidence or evidence, you broke into the king's palace without permission to ask for the crime, is it easy to bully the king? ”

Xiao Fan's expression became more and more stunned: "Why did the prince say this?" How did Xia Guan become a 'trespasser' of the prince's mansion? Just now...... It seems that the prince is begging to pull the lower official in, the lower official is embarrassed to enter, you are still in a hurry with me......"

"Ahem, cough, cough ......" Zhu Di choked violently, coughing purple-purple, his right hand trembled and pointed at Xiao Fan, and he couldn't say a word for a while.

This damn guy, did you come here to anger the king today?

Xiao Fan still looked at Zhu Di with an innocent face, very cute and innocent, like a hairy child who didn't know anything about the world, looking at Zhu Di who was coughing heartbreakingly in confusion.

"Ben Wang...... This king is rude......" Zhu Di tried to take a deep breath for a long time, and finally calmed down: "The king is too excited, hehe, it's been bad for many years, and it can't be changed, Lord Xiao was assassinated, and this king is also deeply angry, these thieves dare to commit murder at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there is really no king's law, Lord Xiao must be strictly investigated and punished!" With the original of the law and discipline! ”

Xiao Fan hurriedly thanked him: "The prince understands the righteousness, and the officials admire it!" ”

Zhu Di regained his heroic attitude, waved his hand and laughed: "Since this king is a prince, he should be jealous and hateful...... By the way, do you have a clue about Lord Xiao's assassination? ”

Xiao Fanle nodded: "God bless, I finally found a little clue." ”

Zhu Di looked overjoyed and said eagerly: "That's great!" The murderer must be brought to justice! …… Who is the most suspicious in Lord Xiao? ”

Xiao Fan smiled and pointed at Zhu Di: "The prince is the most suspicious." ”

Zhu Di's heroic smile suddenly froze, and after a long time, he slammed the table and said like thunder: "Me? Me again? Are you sick? Why do you keep pouring dirty water on me? You're slandering, framing! ”

Xiao Fan sighed and said: "The prince is angry, the lower official just said that you are suspicious, and he did not convict you, why are you so angry?" Besides, this is not the lower official who planted the crime on the head of the prince, didn't he catch a live assassin last night? It was the guy himself who confessed......"

Zhu Di's eyelids jumped a few times when he heard this, impossible! The people I sent out are all dead soldiers who have been trained by Yanwangfu for many years, and even if they are alive, they will definitely not betray me!

So Zhu Di sneered: "Can you believe the words of an assassin?" Even if he really confessed, would you believe whatever he says? If he said that he was instructed by His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun behind the scenes, do you also want to arrest His Royal Highness? ”

Xiao Fan arched his hand and smiled: "The prince is serious, of course the assassin's words cannot be trusted, so the lower official just said that the prince was suspicious, but the case was not decided, this is the reason of the lower official, the prince imagined, the assassin confessed to the prince, when the lower official shouted in Wuyi Lane, the prince was the first to jump out, so coincidentally, the lower official did not take it to heart, which shows the sincerity of the lower official to the prince......"

Zhu Di's nostrils closed one by one, panting rapidly, he only felt that a stream of qi and blood in his chest flowed backwards, almost spurting out, Xiao Fan, a damn bastard, spoke tepidly, seemed polite, in fact, every word he said could make people angry to death, how could there be such a demon in this world?

"Lord Xiao's words, it seems that he has recognized that this king is the mastermind behind the scenes?" Zhu Di glared at Xiao Fan and said in a gloomy tone.

"The prince has misunderstood again, how dare the lower officials doubt the prince? Who in the world doesn't know the famous name of the prince? Even if the prince wants to kill someone, it is a dignified and upright killing, the prince is a hero, it is impossible to do this villainous act, that damn assassin dares to climb the prince indiscriminately, it is really a great crime, the lower official is here today, he plans to deliberately hand over the assassin to the prince, and let the prince fall. ”

Zhu Di snorted coldly: "What does the assassin have to do with this king?" What is the use of giving it to this king? What does this king want him to do! ”

Xiao Fan still smiled and said: "Since the prince refuses to ask for it, then forget it, hehe, an assassin full of nonsense, of course the prince is not interested in him, the lower officials are stupid, and he can't solve this case, he is really ashamed, it is better to hand over the assassin to the emperor, and His Majesty will try it personally, and the lower officials will not bother the prince, and retire ......."

Xiao Fan stood up and bowed to Zhu Di, and as soon as he turned around, he heard Zhu Di suddenly say, "Wait-"

"What else does the prince command?"

Zhu Di's face was half blue and half white, cloudy and uncertain, staring at Xiao Fan for a long time, and then he lowered his voice and said, "That assassin ...... Lord Xiao should hand it over to this king, and this king can help you try him......"

Regardless of whether what Xiao Fan said was true or not, it is a fact that an assassin was captured alive by Jinyiwei last night, although it was certain that the assassin would not betray him, but Zhu Di was still hesitant in his heart, only by removing the assassin could this matter be completely covered up, if Xiao Fan handed over the assassin to Zhu Yuanzhang, if the result of the trial was really revealed, it would be too bad, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Xiao Fan was pleasantly surprised: "The prince is really righteous!" Thank you. But...... Lord, the assassin can't give it for nothing......"

Zhu Di stared at him and said in a deep voice, "What do you want?" ”

Xiao Fan said leisurely for a long time: "Didn't Xia Guan just say it outside the gate of your other courtyard?" Pay the ransom within half an hour, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and the two will not owe ...... on credit."

Is this bastard a court official or a bandit stick?

Zhu Di gritted his teeth and said, "What if I don't pay the ransom?" Are you going to tear up your ticket? ”

Xiao Fan smiled evilly: "I want to be beautiful, isn't it exactly what you want when you tear up the ticket?" If you don't pay it,...... I just didn't tear up the ticket. ”

Zhu Di: "............"

The two have a tacit understanding, although they know it in their hearts, but no one pierced the thin piece of paper, one pretended to be confused and pretended not to know, and the other pretended to be confused and thought he was innocent, the atmosphere was very delicate.

Everything went smoothly and smoothly in the pretense of confusion.

Xiao Fan left satisfied, and the Jinyi lieutenant behind him carried a few heavy boxes of silver.

Zhu Di stared at Xiao Fan's back, his eyes were as gloomy as if he was about to kill Ling Chi.

The screen at the back of the inner hall flashed, and Monk Daoyan quietly walked to Zhu Di's side, looked at Xiao Fan's back, shook his head and sighed: "Lord Wang, it's very good that just yellow and white things can send him away, this matter can be completely exposed, so let's break the wealth and eliminate the disaster......

Zhu Di snorted coldly and said, "Sooner or later, this king will break this fang into ten thousand pieces!" It's so hateful, no one has ever dared to blackmail this king so blatantly, and if the king doesn't repay his hatred now, he will ...... in the future."

Before he finished his cruel words, he only heard the Dao Yan monk behind him interrupt him a little anxiously, and asked in a panic: "Has Your Highness ever seen a jade Maitreya on this coffee table?" This is a blessing vessel given to the poor monk by the old Zen master Huiguang of Putuo Temple in Fujian, which is worth a thousand gold......"

"Huh? It was still on the coffee table just now, why is it gone in a blink of an eye? ”

"Your Highness, this jade Buddha is the favorite of poor monks! How can it be good to lose it...... Who took it? The calm and steady Dao Yan was already crying at this time.

"Just now, there are only this king and ...... in the inner hall and ......"

"Xiao Fan!" The two spoke in unison.

After being silent for a while, Dao Yan's sad and angry voice came from the inner hall: "Ami, your mother's Buddha! The thief raised by the son of a bitch and steals the child, did the Buddha recruit you to provoke you? If you dare to steal the Buddha's favorite, you will not die well! Wickedness, wickedness! ”

"Sir, stop the anger, destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster, break the wealth and eliminate the disaster, wow......"

Dao Yan cried: "The wealth is broken, but the disaster is the same, Your Highness, the water of the Jingshi ,...... It's deep! ”

Zhu Di sighed in his heart: "Yes, demons are rampant, and there is a miasma of black smoke, how can we compare to our Beiping Langlang Qiankun......"

"Your Highness, hurry back to Beiping, the poor monk is worried that it won't be long before His Royal Highness will be bankrupt by Xiao Fan's calculations."

Zhu Di's voice was firm and trembling: "This king ...... Be sure to get out of this place as soon as possible! Certain! ”

(To be continued)