Huang Zicheng was demoted.

From the second-grade emperor of the Beijing Dynasty, it was reduced to the five-grade prefect, and it was distributed to the Dengzhou Mansion in Shandong, which is near the sea, and since then it has been facing the sea, and the spring flowers are blooming, and it is not fragrant to eat...... In the morning, a eunuch hurriedly entered Huang Zicheng's mansion with a holy decree and read out Zhu Yunwen's will.

Huang Zicheng knelt on the ground and was stunned for a long time, he couldn't understand why the Son of Heaven, who was still courteously calling him Mr. Huang yesterday, turned his face overnight and said that he was degraded.

When he inquired about the Son of Heaven coming out of the Yamen of Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division, his face was wrong, and then he made this will, and Huang Zicheng suddenly understood that all this was Xiao Fan's ghost again.

It's just that Huang Zicheng didn't figure it out when he wanted to break his head, he didn't greed for ink, and he didn't break the law, what kind of slander did Xiao Fan's thief enter in front of the Son of Heaven, so that the Son of Heaven didn't even give him a chance to explain, and mercilessly demoted him far from the Jingshi, Xiao Fan ...... What means were used?

Huang Zicheng received the holy decree and sighed miserably, that young man, he really can't see through it!

Defeated, defeated!

was originally ready to fight to the death with Xiao Fan in the court, but who would have thought that Xiao Fan would win without a fight before the prologue was even opened.

The holy decree stated "set off immediately", Huang Zicheng naturally did not dare to disobey the decree, and rushed to the yamen of the ministry with a depressed expression, handed over the affairs with the chief official, received the official seal and the official documents, and then hired an old carriage, brought two old family servants, and after arranging the family properly, he went to Dengzhou Mansion in Shandong alone to take office.

The holy decree was issued too suddenly, and at this time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not know it, and when Huang Zicheng left, there was not even a minister to send him off.

In July of the 31st year of Hongwu, the hot summer said, the sunset obliquely shone on the ancient mottled city wall of Jingshi Yingtian, the city wall was thick and heavy, and exuded the vicissitudes of ancient charm under the irradiation of the sunset.

An old carriage silently drove out of the north gate of the Beijing Division, out of the Taiping Gate, the carriage stopped, an old man in a plain robe trembled and was helped out of the car by the servants, looking back at the Beijing Division, and vaguely saw the green tiles and red walls in the city in the distance, and the layers of the Jingshi Imperial Palace were undulating like mountains, and the old man burst into tears.

After tidying up his clothes, he knelt beside the official road outside the Taiping Gate with a sad and sad face, and then faced the direction of the palace, kowtowed three times respectfully, and the muddy old tears dripped on this black soil one by one.

In the Ming Dynasty where the waves are sweeping the sand, there are the proud sons of the sky who lead the way, and there are also the losers who sink into the sand.

Huang Zicheng left gloomily, silently accepted the fate of failure, and left this court that had been an official for thirteen years.

Xiao Fan, I hope you have the ability and responsibility to assist the Son of Heaven to carry this hidden danger and dangerous country.

"Dengzhou is a good place......" Xiao Fan smiled lightly.

He is now indeed entitled to laugh because he is the winner, the winner who laughs to the end.

"What's so good about Dengzhou?" Cao Yi is also laughing, and victory also has his share.

"Dengzhou is not far from the sea, is the legendary Penglai Immortal Island, if Lao Huang is bored when he is the prefect, he can go overseas to ask for a fairy by the way, knock a few elixirs or something, do you say okay?"

Cao Yi agreed: "Good! Being an immortal is much better than being a prefect......"

Cao Yi paused, his eyes were full of fierceness, and he leaned into Xiao Fan's ear and said mysteriously: "...... Do you want me to help Old Man Huang and let him rank in the immortal class early? ”

Xiao Fan hurriedly shook his head and said, "No!" Huang Zicheng and I are political enemies, and now he has been defeated and left the Beijing Division, which is enough, I have different political views from him, not to the point of dying. ”

Cao Yi looked at Xiao Fan for a long time, and exclaimed: "Brother Xiao is kind-hearted and in danger of the temple, but he has a bodhisattva heart, Cao admires!" ”

Xiao Fan said politely: "Brother Cao praised it falsely, this time Huang Zicheng was defeated, thanks to Brother Cao's forgery of the secret letter overnight, the younger brother and I can compete in one fell swoop, and Brother Cao is indispensable......"

Cao Yi's smile suddenly froze a little: "...... I forged a secret letter overnight? ”

Xiao Fan said: "Yes, it is the secret letter that the Son of Heaven saw 'unintentionally', and it contains what kind of fabrication of Xiao Fan's eight major crimes, even if it is fabricated...... Hehe, Brother Cao, you are really insidious, if this is true, I will be in trouble, at least there will be a big mess in the court. ”

Cao Yi looked at Xiao Fan with a strange face, and after a while, he said slowly: "I forged a secret letter, but it didn't work, because the spies lurking in Huang Zicheng's mansion did deliver a real secret letter......

Xiao Fan's eyelids jumped, and he said in surprise: "The secret letter that the Son of Heaven read today, is it ......?"

Cao Yi nodded and said: "The secret letter that the Son of Heaven saw is a real secret letter, every sentence and every word on it is a true record, after I read it, I felt that the one I forged was far less despicable than the real one, so I re-painted the real secret letter and put it on your bookcase......

Xiao Fan was dumbfounded and speechless for a long time...... After a long time...... "Huang Zicheng! You bastard! Do you really want to kill me? I don't share the sky with you! Xiao Fan jumped like thunder, his face turned red, and he glared at Cao Yi and said viciously: "Brother Cao, you will now take the enemy master in the Jinyi Guard out of the city to catch up with Huang Zicheng, kill that old guy, and let him rank in the immortal class!" ”

Seeing Xiao Fan's anger, Cao Yi persuaded in turn: "Brother Xiao, forget it, dissipate your anger, don't kill people too much......"

"What bullshit! Who said bastard words! ”

"That's what you just said......"

“…………”

After persuading for more than half an hour, Xiao Fan's anger finally subsided.

"Brother Cao, how did you arrange Huang Zicheng on the secret letter you forged?" Xiao Fan was curious about this question, it is said that fabricating false accusations should be out of the blue, you can make it up as you want, how can it be made up as good as it is true?

Cao Yi scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "I just made up some trivial things......

"What do you mean by trivial things?"

"For example, one night, Huang Zicheng woke up in the middle of the night, quietly went out, and sneakily ran outside the city to steal an ancient tomb......"

Xiao Fan's face darkened a little: "...... What else? ”

"After robbing the tomb, he went into the city again, and knocked on the door of a certain widow's house......"

Xiao Fan's eyes straightened: "Dig up the grave of the desperate household, knock on the widow's door, you are really arranged......"

Cao Yi said proudly: "There are also gambling money that does not admit it, the scoop does not give money, and there are more than 300 nude paintings of his daughter-in-law hidden in the study......, etc."

"Stop! Never mind! You're doing the right thing, the real one is more reliable, and luckily you've made the right choice......"

Huang Zicheng was demoted to Shandong, and Jinyiwei commanded Xiao Fan to patrol the northern domains on behalf of the Son of Heaven...... The great earthquake of the government and the opposition, a battle without gunpowder, ended quickly and magically, and the ending was beyond everyone's surprise.

Xiao Fan, this enigmatic young man, what means did he use to defeat Huang Zicheng, the leader of the Qingliu Minister, in one day? There was no sign of any battle in advance, and no one came out to explain anything afterwards, and the Son of Heaven degraded the will, and returned to the deep palace, and Xiao Fan prepared to go north with great fanfare, as if he didn't remember that Huang Zicheng had appeared in the court.

The ministers were shocked, the Son of Heaven had just ascended the throne and sent the emperor away, what is the deep meaning of this? Why did Huang Zicheng offend the Son of Heaven? Everyone was at a loss.

Qingliu faction of dragons without a leader, suddenly panicked, the night of knowing the news, Zuo Du Yushi Tyranny, Yushi Huangguan, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Zhang Zhen, the Ministry of Rites Zuo Lang Chen Di and others entered the palace to see the Son of Heaven, wanting to chase him down.

It's a pity that they couldn't even get in at noon, Zhu Yunwen refused to see it, and only sent a eunuch to pass the word out, and reprimanded Huang Guan by name in a stern tone...... When everyone heard Zhu Yunwen's rare stern tone, they couldn't help but panic, knelt outside the noon gate and kowtowed again and again to ask for guilt, and then they went back to their homes without giving up, and thought about it behind closed doors.

However, the reaction of the party annihilators, such as Ru Yu, the secretary of the military department, and Xie Jin, the bachelor of Hanlin, was completely opposite, and their mood could be described with the words "ecstatic".

originally thought that after Xiao Fan left Beijing, they would be suppressed and squeezed out by Huang Zicheng and others, but I never expected that Xiao Fan was so interesting, he didn't forget to help everyone before leaving, and tidied up the backyard...... For the first time from the bottom of their hearts, the annihilators felt that they were on the right side, and the annihilators really had a better future than the loyal ministers.

Everything was ready, and Xiao Fan, the minister of the Qin Mission, set off for the north.

This time, he will lead a mere 3,000 honor guards to go to Beiping to meet again with Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who has 100,000 soldiers and horses, and set off another grievance entanglement with Zhu Di. The future of this trip is uncertain, and it is very dangerous, and I don't know if I can return safely.

As soon as Xiao Fan thought of the situation he was about to face, he hated it so much that he swore that when he saw Jiang Du again, he would definitely tear off her pants and beat her round and straight little ass to quench the anger in his heart!

As for Chen Yinger...... Fuck it! It doesn't matter if she's his wife or not, she picked up her pants and beat her!

On July 19, the 31st year of Hongwu, Jingshi should be outside the Taiping Gate of the North City of Tianfu.

Three thousand Qin messenger honor guards neatly stand on both sides of the official road, the Yellow Dragon banner hunts in the wind, the front of the team holds up several honor guard deacon cards, on the book "Qin Ming Dai Tian Xun Hunting Minister", "Qin Feng Cheng Yi Bo", "Jinyi Wei Du Commander" and so on, four messengers hold the whip in their hands, and sound several times towards the sky, the gong shakes the sky, and the majesty is magnificent.

In the middle of the team, a yellow umbrella cover is held high above the head, and the brocade clothes in front of the umbrella are holding scepters, gourds, hammers and other ceremonial utensils, standing quietly in the middle of the official road.

Although the whole team was silent, it exuded a sense of majesty and awe, which made the people on both sides of the road bow down in awe and did not dare to make a sound.

In the ten-mile long pavilion north of the city, Xiao Fan was wearing a brand-new flying fish suit, wearing a gauze hat, and his handsome face inadvertently revealed a cold majesty.

Dozens of ministers from the DPRK and China who came to see him off said goodbye to Xiao Fan, whether they were sincere or not, at least they all showed a reluctant demeanor on the surface.

The great changes in the DPRK and the central government, the Qingliu faction lost power overnight, Huang Zicheng was degraded, Huang Guan and others were severely reprimanded, all of this was done by this elegant young man, and the blind can see that the future court will be largely controlled by this young man who has only been in the officialdom for two years.

Naturally, there is no shortage of other people to talk to the ministers.

This is the case with these ministers who came to see them off, the future of the official body is tied to Xiao Fan's hands, how can everyone not stutter? How dare you not stutter?

Xiao Fan is smiling, polite, neither humble nor arrogant, just like the poor Xiucai who entered Beijing alone, the flowers bloom and fall, and he is not shocked by the humiliation, two years have passed, even if the power is monstrous now, he does not dare to have the slightest arrogance, he is more sober than anyone else, and now the power is just today, and he knows what his fate is? Since ancient times, people who are too proud often end up miserable, which he has always been wary of.

Seeing Xiao Fan's weight, Ru Yu and the others were not ashamed, and their attitude was as humble as ever, and these annihilators who were tied to Xiao Fan's interests showed appreciative smiles, this is the bearing and demeanor that a leader should have, and they were finally relieved.

Saying goodbye to everyone one by one, Xiao Fan pulled Yuan Zhong, who was left behind in the Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division of the Beijing Division, and secretly told him a few words, especially explaining that the three sons of Zhu Di, who were closely monitoring the trapped Beijing Division, would never allow them to leave the sight of the Jinyi Wei spies for a moment, and if they dared to escape, they would not hesitate to kill them on the spot, and they would never be allowed to return to Beiping.

Yuan Zhong was born in the East Palace, he was Zhu Yunwen's personal guard, and he was loyal to Zhu Yunwen, he understood the important surnames of these three people to the court and the Son of Heaven.

Xiao Fan was unusual, told him again and again, and even repeated it many times in a bit of a wordy way.

He had to repeat, now that he was going to Beiping, Zhu Di hated him to the core, and he knew too well the important surnames of Zhu Di's three sons. If you don't hold these three trump cards tightly in your hands and save your life if necessary, I'm afraid that this time you will really die.

When everyone said goodbye, on the official road of Shili Pavilion in the north of the city, a blue canopy carriage drove leisurely, the carriage was very old, and it made a squeaky and unpleasant harsh sound when walking.

Qin was traveling, the official road in the north of the city was banned, and the carriage and pedestrians were not allowed to enter and exit, and the blue canopy carriage naturally couldn't move at all, and it had to stop when it reached the corner outside the Shili Pavilion.

The coachman raised a whip in one hand, squinted his eyes and looked at the long procession of flags and majestic honor guards, and then turned his head to the canopy of the carriage and said: "Master, I can't enter the city, there are many people in front, the officers and soldiers have blocked the road, and there are many court ministers standing there, as if they are waiting for someone......"

The blue carriage curtain was lifted, revealing a thin and slightly black face, this person was about forty years old, with a thin face, prominent cheekbones, black beard under the chin, no wind and automatic, the face was serene, not sad or happy, faintly revealing an elegant and calm state.

The most distinctive thing is his pair of eyes, these eyes are not big or small, but when looking at things, they first open hard, and then slowly squint, the pupils seem to be out of focus, giving people the impression that they are very dazed and unfocused when looking at anything.

The man was dressed in a very ordinary plain shirt, and sat in the carriage in a daze, and the coachman's words fell for a long time, as if he had just heard them, and slowly got out of the carriage, and stood on the wheel of the carriage with his hands on the pergola and looked around.

But I saw a large green shadow not far ahead, with three layers inside and three layers outside, which was extremely congested.

"There are a lot of people...... the middle-aged man sighed: "Since I came out of Shuzhong, I haven't seen so many people for a long time, and the rugged mountain road alone has been walking for more than a month,——. Do the people and sergeants of Jingshi still like to wear green clothes now? It's weird and ......."

The coachman sweated profusely, and said, "Master...... What you see is the woods next to the official road, not people. ”

"Huh? Is it? How is the woods? Where have the people gone? The middle-aged man was stunned, and looked around with a pair of blank eyes.

The coachman helplessly turned the middle-aged man's body in a direction, pointed to the ten-mile long pavilion guarded by the honor guard in the distance and said, "Master, everyone is there......"

"Huh? Yes! Yes, yes, there are so many people......" The middle-aged man sighed again.

The coachman was speechless: "............"

The middle-aged man's eyes narrowed slightly, gently stroked the black beard under his chin, looked at the vague figure in the distance, and smiled with relief: "The old man has been away from Beijing for six years, and these colleagues still remember the old man, hehe, how did they know when the old man returned to Beijing?" He even went far out of the city to greet me, it was too polite, and the old man didn't dare to be it! Go, get out of the car, can't keep your colleagues waiting......"

In the ten-mile long pavilion, the farewell was coming to an end, Xiao Fan was smiling, and he was politely saying goodbye to the ministers.

The polite words that should have been said have been said, Xiao Fan turned around and waited to board the luxuriously decorated car.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man wearing a plain shirt and jute shoes stepped forward, walked up with a black beard, paused when he walked in front of the ministers, and then squinted at the crowd, and struggled to identify them.

After a long time, the middle-aged man finally found an acquaintance, and strode towards Ru Yu, the secretary of the military department, with a surprised face, calling Ru Yu's words in his mouth, and laughed loudly: "Brother Liangyu, after several years, the demeanor is still the same, and the brother is more and more blessed, hehe, now the old man is returning to Beijing with an edict, and he actually asks you to go out of the city to greet him in person, it is really a shame for the old man, thank you very much......"

Ru Yu looked at him in surprise and suspicion, recognized it for a long time, and then smiled unnaturally: "Where and where, it is necessary to greet Brother Tai, after a few years, Brother Tai is still the same style......

Xiao Fan frowned, leaned into Ru Yu's ear and asked, "Are you here to send me or pick him up?" ”

Ru Yu hurriedly said: "Of course I'm here to see you off." ”

"And who is this guy?"

Ru Yu smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I still haven't recognized ......"

Xiao Fan said angrily: "I didn't recognize you, and what kind of 'demeanor' did you still have with him?" ”

Ru Yu smiled dryly: "Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, people are so polite, how impolite it is not to respond......"

Xiao Fan was angry, these guys who saw the wind and steered the rudder, they really didn't wronged them when they called them to annihilate the party!

Out of the corner of his eye, Xiao Fan glanced at Cao Yi, who was standing solemnly outside the pavilion.

Cao Yi nodded knowingly, took a step forward, pointed at the middle-aged man and shouted violently: "Bold! The Son of Heaven is here, who dares to collide indiscriminately? Someone, take him down for me! ”

The middle-aged man was startled, turned his head and looked at Cao Yi blankly, and said in amazement: "Qincha? Who is Chincha? ”

As soon as the words fell, the two Jinyi lieutenants pounced on them like wolves, twisted the middle-aged man's arm left and right, and then buckled behind him, and neatly took out the rope to tie the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was shocked: "What is the situation?" Didn't you come to pick me up? ”

The ministers looked at him speechlessly: "............"

Seeing the captains walking towards the back of the guard of honor with him, the middle-aged man was in a hurry, his legs kicked in the air, and his face turned red and said, "You guys...... Don't be rude! The old man is also a minister of the imperial court, and the old man is Fang Xiaoru...... Woo-"

Before he could finish speaking, the impatient lieutenant gagged him with a rag cloth.

Cao Yi sneered a few times and shouted: "Tie him up tightly and throw him behind the carriage!" His grandma's! This poor and sour look is also a minister of the court, and he wants to be an official and wants to be crazy, right? ”

Bidding farewell to the ministers, the Qin sent a guard of honor to set off, escorting the middle-aged man who had been arrested before entering the city to slowly go north.

Xiao Fan sat in the chariot with his eyes closed, and the gentle shaking of the carriage made him drowsy...... After a long time, Xiao Fan frowned, as if he remembered something, lifted the bead curtain of the carriage, and asked Cao Yi, who was riding a horse to escort the car, while thinking, and said, "Brother Cao, the person who was arrested just now...... He said what was his name Fang? ”

Cao Yi scratched his head in confusion and said, "I didn't hear it clearly, it seems to be called Fang ......."

"What are you...... Hiss - why does this name sound so familiar? Xiao Fan thought hard for a long time, but to no avail, so he gave up.

"No matter, just escort him all the way to Beiping, if King Yan wants to release our cold arrows, drag this unlucky ghost out to block the arrows......"

"Woo-woo-woo-" The middle-aged man who was tied his hands and gagged his mouth was anxious when he heard this, his eyes were cracked and he roared, and his eyes were bloodshot, which was very terrifying.

Xiao Fan was happy: "Look, how indignant he is against King Yan, this is the voice of the grassroots people......"

Cao Yi sighed with emotion: "King Yan is really unpopular with the people......"

"Woo-woo-woo......"

(To be continued)