Xiao Fan sighed at home, a fragrant trouble waiting for him to solve.

The county lord of Jiangdu, who looks like a beautiful country, and whose surname is gentle and gentle, is simply the most ideal wife candidate in the minds of all men in the world, not to mention that she still has the halo of the royal county lord on her head, such a wife can't be found with a lantern.

However, Xiao Fan refused.

The refusal was very difficult, and in the face of a beautiful woman's forced marriage, the man who was a little less determined must have agreed on the spot, and it would seem hypocritical if he didn't agree.

Xiao Fan really didn't want to be a hypocritical man, but he had to refuse the county lord.

First of all, he didn't want to be sorry for Xiao Thrush, although Thrush was young, but the experience was very bumpy, which caused her mind to be much more mature than her peers, and there was finally a Xiao Fan in this world who made her trust and even regarded as a faith, as the object of faith, Xiao Fan didn't want her to be disappointed, and she didn't want her sensitive and fragile heart to be hurt.

Secondly, the forced marriage of the county lord seems to be fragrant, but in fact it is full of dangers behind it, and the consequences of destroying Lao Zhu's marriage are not something that he can afford as a little brocade guard. The court is deep, the crisis is everywhere, the danger is unpredictable, the county lord of Jiangdu is a woman, naturally she doesn't think a lot, she thinks that Xiao Fan is deeply favored by the emperor, as long as he comes forward to ask Zhu Yuanzhang to change his holy decree and let her marry Xiao Fan.

If a woman is stupid, it is called cute, and if a man is so stupid, it is called an idiot, and it is an idiot who lives a very short life.

If this thing really gets into trouble, Huang Zicheng's old guys are worried that they can't find a reason to clean up Xiao Fan, and now they have the opportunity, and they don't want to put him to death?

Xiao Fan was not an idiot, so he refused very sensibly.

How can we solve the crisis? Avoid it as an auspicious thing.

So Xiao Fan put this matter behind him for the time being.

Because of this incident, Xiao Fan didn't go to Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division for a whole day, and in the afternoon, Cao Yi came to the door with a few Jinyi captains.

Entering the inner hall, Cao Yi handed a piece of information to Xiao Fan with a solemn face.

"My lord, a few days ago, according to my lord's instructions, I set up a silk village in Beiping in the name of Jiangnan merchants, and secretly established the first northern liaison station of Jinyiwei, which is the first information from Beiping."

Xiao Fan saw Cao Yi's solemn face, and quickly read the information carefully.

"Tartar soldiers besiege Beiping?" Xiao Fan gasped and said in a lost voice: "Why didn't the imperial court see the Beiping Military Report?" ”

Cao Yi said: "The way we contact is to use carrier pigeons, and set up several pigeon stations along the road from Beiping to Beijing, and keep changing flights day and night, which is naturally much faster than the military report in Beiping. ”

"I have to hurry into the palace and report this news to Your Majesty immediately."

The battle is a battle for the court, and the attack on the border by the former Yuan is related to the righteousness of the people and the death of the people on the border, which Xiao Fan still distinguishes clearly.

"Wait! Don't be in a hurry, things are strange. Cao Yi said in a solemn voice.

Xiao Fan said: "What's wrong?" ”

Cao Yi twisted his eyebrows and said: "I have fought with the Tartars countless times in Beiping, and it is not surprising that the Tartars attack the border every year, but this year's Tartars attack the border is a little weird......

"What's weird?"

"In the past, the Tartars attacked the border, just to burn and plunder the border villages on the periphery of Beiping, never heard of the trouble to the soldiers besieged the city of Beiping, no matter how the King of Yan is, it is undeniable that he is a good general who is good at using soldiers, every time the battle will be defeated by the Tartars, the king of Yan has been in the Beiping domain, my Ming border war has been in the advantage of taking the initiative, the Tartars have long been afraid of beating numb, fundamentally in a passive defensive state, this year they dare to besiege Beiping City, And this is only one of the Tartars called Qierjis, the soldiers besieged the city, in fact, less than 50,000, Beiping City is now stationed in 100,000 elite soldiers, its main general Zhang Yu is also a strong general, both wise and brave, under his leadership, even tens of thousands of Tartars can not be defeated? ”

Xiao Fan's expression was a little thoughtful.

Cao Yi continued: "...... And now it is the twilight of spring, and the habit of the Tartars in previous years to attack the border is also very different, the reason why the Tartars violated my Ming border, is because before the winter, the tribes stored food is not enough, so they attack the border every year before the middle of winter, when the snow has not covered the grassland, only to gather the tribes to be young and strong, to my border raid and plunder, the late spring is the grass is full of sheep fat, at this time the Tartars are not good at grazing on the grassland, but waved troops to attack Beiping City, it is unheard of. ”

Xiao Fan's fingers tapped lightly on the table, and said in a deep voice: "I understand, this is a plan to save Zhao from Wei Wei!" ”

"What do you mean?"

Xiao Fan chuckled: "King Yan is very insecure to stay in Jingshi, so he wants to go back to the Beiping Domain." ”

After all, Cao Yi was only from the army, and he didn't know much about the affairs of the court, so he was puzzled when he heard this: "If King Yan wants to return to Beiping, he directly asks the emperor for instructions, what does this have to do with the siege of Beiping by the Tartar soldiers?" ”

Xiao Fan shook his head and said, "It's related, it's too related." Haven't you heard? Before the kings left Beijing to take the domain, they handed over the resignation to His Majesty, His Majesty was approved, but the resignation of King Yan was not sent in the book, if the King of Yan was on the recital again, it was inevitable that His Majesty would be suspicious, so he played this trick to save Zhao from Wei Wei, if the military affairs of Beiping were urgent, His Majesty was not allowed, and he had to be approved, Beiping elite soldiers, except for King Yan, who could command them? ”

Cao Yi thought for a moment, and then said in surprise: "My lord, do you mean to say that the siege of Beiping by the Tartar soldiers is actually a trick played behind King Yan's back?" ”

Xiao Fan nodded and said: "Yes, the soldiers of the Qierjisi tribe besieged Beiping, maybe they colluded with the Yan army behind their backs, and sang a big show for Your Majesty, maybe they were angered by the provocative behavior of the Yan army, so they came to the city of Beiping, no matter what the truth is, the Yan army has only one purpose, that is...... forced His Majesty to release King Yan and ordered him to return to Beiping to defeat the enemy. ”

Cao Yi gritted his teeth and sighed, "King Yan...... Good calculation! ”

Xiao Fan also sighed: "If today's son is old and his grandson is weak, if King Yan returns to Beiping, just like the tiger returns to the mountain, the dragon soars for nine nights, he has 100,000 elite soldiers in the north in his hands, who in the world can still control him?" ”

"My lord, why doesn't the Son of Heaven cut the domain?"

Xiao Fan shook his head and said: "Whether the Son of Heaven cuts the feudal domain or not, it's not for our courtiers to speculate, we are just Jinyi Guards who are loyal to the Son of Heaven, what Your Majesty asks us to do, we will do it, state affairs, how can we ask?" ”

Cao Yi and the others were silent when they heard this.

Having said that, Xiao Fan was a little anxious in his heart, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's performance during this time, he didn't seem to be very enthusiastic about cutting the domain, he couldn't make a steady arrangement for the transfer of military and political power in all parts of the country after the cutting of the domain, he had the most power in his life, and he couldn't wait to gather all the big and small powers in the country in his body, he would never allow the military and political power to be handed over to those foreign ministers, in contrast, he was more willing to hand over the power to his sons, so that they could replace the Son of Heaven to guard all places, only in this way, Only then will he feel that Zhu Ming has his own hands.

These are all superficial reasons, and the most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang still doesn't want to believe that his son will rebel, and he is even more unwilling to attack his son and let those ministers with foreign surnames take the throne, which is the fundamental reason why he is unwilling to cut the domain.

Zhu Yuanzhang is old after all, he is no longer the cold-blooded and cruel son of heaven who killed people without blinking an eye and killed ministers at every turn, especially, this time he is facing his own biological son, an emperor who has been busy all his life for the descendants of the Zhu family and has borne a notoriety, how can he bear to attack his son? Wouldn't this completely veto everything he had done for the descendants of the Zhu family in his life?

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to do this, he was even willing to turn a blind eye and leave this thorny problem to Zhu Yunwen, at least when Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he couldn't do it.

Who said that Zhu Yuanzhang was cold-blooded and ruthless all his life? At the end of the year, he revealed in his speechlessness the helplessness of an old man about the vicissitudes of life and his tolerance for his children and grandchildren.

Unfortunately, this kind of tolerance will inevitably lead to catastrophe.

In the face of such a Zhu Yuanzhang, what can Xiao Fan do? He is just a little Jinyi Wei Tongzhi, does he dare to admonish Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him?

"My lord, if King Yan returns to Beiping, I'm afraid it will ......" Cao Yi was silent after saying half a sentence, but his expression was a little anxious.

Cao Yi used to be the general of a hundred households under the command of King Yan, and he knew more about King Yan's strength and ambition than others.

Xiao Fan's eyelids were half drooping, and he said lightly: "If you should come, you will always come, and you can't stop it." ”

As he was talking, Steward Zhang outside the hall hurriedly walked over, stood at the door and said, "Master, His Royal Highness King Yan outside the door asks to see him, he ...... He also brought a monk and a dozen guards. ”

Xiao Fan sighed, he should come, and he will come.

Turning his head to Cao Yi, he said, "You sit here and wait for me, and I will go to the front church to meet King Yan." ”

Cao Yi and the others responded in a low voice.

Xiao Fan walked out of the inner hall, walked to the front hall, took two steps, he seemed to remember something, and turned around and entered the inner courtyard.

In the bedroom of the inner courtyard, Xiao Thrush was clumsily doing embroidery, threading stitches and threads, although her movements were stiff, but her expression was extremely serious.

Seeing Xiao Fan come in, Xiao Thrush's little face suddenly showed a happy look, pulled Xiao Fan over, and then pointed to the embroidery in his hand to show him.

Xiao Fan smiled and praised: "It's beautiful!" It's so pretty! ”

Xiao Thrush was praised by him for his little face, and two pink halos floated on his tender white cheeks, which was charming.

"Xianggong, I embroidered hard......" Xiao Thrush's small face was slightly tilted, and his big eyes stared at him, eager to be praised.

Xiao Fan praised very familiarly: "Yes, the embroidery is really good, plain makeup, white clothes, sometimes bright, sometimes sad, this pig is blessed......"

Xiao Thrush's face suddenly fell, his mouth pouted, and he threw the embroidery in his hand far away.

"What's wrong?"

Xiao thrush pouted and said, "People embroider unicorn ......"

Xiao Fan coughed awkwardly and immediately changed the topic: "...... Your biological father, King Yan, is here, and now he is at the door, do you want to see him? ”

Xiao Thrush's expression remained unchanged, he shook his head calmly, and then smiled, and said, "Xianggong, people will embroider a mandarin duck purse for you again, okay?" ”

Xiao Fan saw her indifferent attitude, and had a grasp in her heart, it seems that in her eyes, her biological father's visit to the door is not as important as embroidering a mandarin duck purse for her husband.

Xiao Fan glanced at her deeply and said with a smile: "Understood, I'll meet him in the front hall, you...... Continue to embroider my mandarin duck purse. ”

As soon as Xiao Fan walked into the front hall, he saw a commotion outside the door, and then someone pushed away Steward Zhang, who was blocking the door, and a rough voice shouted: "What is Xiao Fan doing?" After waiting for so long, I didn't see him welcome this king in, and he dared to treat this king so slowly! ”

Then I saw a group of murderous guards surrounding a middle-aged man in a dark yellow robe, and a group of people strode in.

Xiao Fan sneered a few times, then straightened his clothes, stepped forward and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Yan came to the cold house, and the lower officials were flattered, and they were burning incense and bathing in the inner courtyard just now to show their sincerity to His Royal Highness. If you are late, please forgive your highness. ”

Zhu Di stiffened his face, snorted coldly, and said: "Fortunately, you are just burning incense and bathing, if you are more sincere and fast, won't this king stand outside the door and wait for you for three or five days?" ”

"Your Highness is serious, the lower officials eat meat, and only those who mourn the dead fast ......"

"You ......" Zhu Di was furious, pointed at Xiao Fan and was silent for a long time, then flicked the sleeves of his robe fiercely, turned against the guest, and strode into the front hall.

The Dao Yan monk who followed glanced at Xiao Fan with a gloomy look, and also followed Zhu Di into the front hall, while the other dozen or so guards guarded the hall with murderous faces.

Xiao Fan's eyelids jumped, and now Zhu Di is really not a good person.

Zhu Di entered the front hall, sat down on the guest chair on the right side, and then with a gloomy face, he glared at Xiao Fan and said straight to the point: "Lord Xiao, this king took the liberty to come to the door, but he really came for one person, and I hope that Lord Xiao will be a gentle gentleman with sincerity and benevolence, and he will not hesitate to give advice." ”

"I wonder who His Highness is here?"

Zhu Di stared at Xiao Fan with a blank look, and said word by word: "This king is here for the lord of Changning!" ”

Xiao Fan's expression remained unchanged, and he said indifferently: "Is the prince mistaken?" Xia Guan didn't know any Changning County Lord. ”

Zhu Di's tone became colder and colder: "Lord Xiao, the Ming people don't say dark words, Chang Ning is the young daughter of this king, this king and her have been separated for five years, I heard that she is now temporarily living in your house, this king is here today, is to take her back to recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors." I also hope that Lord Xiao will be fulfilled, and the grace of the adults to help the little girl will be reported later. ”

Xiao Fan's expression remained unchanged, and said: "The prince may not have heard what Xia Guan said just now, Xia Guan will say it again, I don't know any Changning County Lord." ”

Zhu Di was furious when he heard this, he said that he was angry now, and when he heard that his long-lost daughter had been mixed up with the enemy, he was already full of resentment in his heart, and now he saw Xiao Fan prevaricating in every way, Zhu Di couldn't help but become more and more angry.

"Bang!"

Zhu Di slapped the table fiercely and said angrily: "Pifu'an dares to bully me!" ”

Zhu Di commanded 100,000 troops, fought on the battlefield for many years, under this anger, he was thunderous and powerful, and in the front hall of Xiao Mansion, a murderous atmosphere rose to the sky, spreading wantonly in the entire hall, and gradually became solemn.

Xiao Fan's expression remained unchanged, in the face of Zhu Di's anger, he didn't even raise his eyelids, his expression was calm, but the clothes behind him were already soaked in cold sweat, and he pressed his hands his thighs to control his legs from shaking too obviously.

"Your Highness is mighty, and the lower officials are ......," Xiao Fan said in a calm voice.

Zhu Di saw Xiao Fan's unfazed appearance, and his heart became more and more angry.

Monk Daoyan, who was following Zhu Di, saw that the two sides were getting more and more stiff, and secretly said that something was wrong, so he hurriedly reached out and pulled Zhu Di's sleeve.

Zhu Di was furious, he didn't pay attention to Dao Yan's hint at all, he flicked his sleeves fiercely, and said angrily: "Since Lord Xiao said that he doesn't know the county lord of Changning, he must not mind if this king sends someone to search around your mansion, right?" ”

Xiao Fan was still unwavering, he gently brushed his hem, his tone was flat but a cold light burst into his eyes, and said, "The prince can try." ”

Zhu Di looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, and said fiercely: "Don't you dare to be the king of Dao?" Come! Search for me! ”

The guards of King Yan outside the hall responded violently when they heard the order, drew their knives and rushed to the back of the hall.

Seeing this, Dao Yan was in a hurry, and shouted: "Lord Wang, don't be reckless!" ”

Zhu Di only had four sons and five daughters in his life, and he was really worried about his young daughter, so he was furious when he heard the words: "This king is looking for his beloved daughter, even if this Xiao Mansion is demolished, no one can say anything, even if he is reckless, what does it matter!" ”

As he spoke, the guards had already rushed into the front hall and hurried towards the inner courtyard behind the hall.

Xiao Fan's heart was furious, his sword eyebrows raised, and he suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Who of you dares!" ”

Zhu Di sneered: "Xiao Fan, you have a private collection of this king's beloved daughter, and this king is looking for a daughter, why don't you dare to do anything?" ”

Xiao Fan turned his head and shouted at the back of the hall: "Someone! ”

As soon as the words fell, Cao Yi and several Jinyi captains, who were originally sitting in the inner hall, turned out from the screen behind the hall, and the embroidered spring knives in their hands were unsheathed, and they coldly confronted the guards of King Yan, and the tense atmosphere in the hall escalated again, just waiting for Xiao Fan or Zhu Di to give an order, and the fight was about to break out.

When Zhu Di saw Cao Yi at first glance, his eyes were red, and he said angrily: "Cao Yi, this king treats you well, but you actually took refuge in Xiao Fan?" ”

Cao Yi sneered: "His Royal Highness King Yan, you have recognized the wrong person, the original Jiangpu County Cheng Cao Yi has already died under the assassin's knife, have you forgotten?" ”

The pun suddenly made Zhu Di speechless.

Seeing this, Dao Yan hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, don't be impulsive......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Di was furious, stared at Xiao Fan with hatred and said: "Xiao Fan, if you don't hand over the county lord of Changning today, this king will not rest with you!" Let's go, you take me to her! ”

After speaking, Zhu Di strode in front of Xiao Fan, and suddenly grabbed Xiao Fan's wrist.

Everyone was unexpected, and they were stunned, but they saw a slender figure flashing on the screen behind the hall, and Xiao Thrush rushed out of the stabbing obliquely, the speed was dazzling, only to see a breeze blowing, Zhu Di grabbed Xiao Fan's right hand and there was already a string of bright red tooth marks.

The situation changed too quickly, Zhu Di was bitten, and he couldn't help but be furious, and shouted: "So bold!" ”

King Yan's guards didn't know Xiao Thrush at all, and when they saw King Yan being attacked, they were all furious, and they raised their knives and slashed at the top of Xiao Thrush's head.

Xiao Fan's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly reached out and brought the thrush into his arms, and at the same time twisted his body while holding the thrush.

The knife had fallen, and a deep and long cut was made on Xiao Fan's left arm, and blood burst out. Xiao Fan snorted in pain, and the sharp pain in his arm made him sweat the size of a bean.

Hearing Xiao Fan's muffled snort, Xiao Thrush hurriedly turned his head, and saw that Xiao Fan's left arm was bleeding like an infusion, and the thrush suddenly exploded, and his slender throat actually emitted a low roar when the beast was injured, and her beautiful eyes were instantly bloodshot, like a lioness in a rage, struggling and wanting to rush up and fight with Zhu Di.

Xiao Fan endured the severe pain, hugged the thrush, and shouted, "Thrush! Don't move! ”

Cao Yi and the lieutenants of the brocade clothes saw that Xiao Fan was injured in the blink of an eye, and they were shocked and angry, and at the same time drew their knives and pointed at Zhu Di.

The sudden situation caused chaos on the scene, and a faint smell of blood spread and wafted through the front hall.

Zhu Di turned a blind eye to everything in front of him, he stared straight at the thrush that kept struggling and writhing in Xiao Fan's arms, and after a while, Zhu Di lost his voice and said, "Concubine Li? No, you...... You are Chang Ning! ”

Thrush's gaze was full of hatred and violence, although her body was hugged by Xiao Fan and couldn't move, she still roared at Zhu Di like a beast.

For her, Xiao Fan is everything to her, and the person who hurt Xiao Fan is absolutely unforgivable,—— even if he is her biological father.

Zhu Di looked at the hateful gaze of the thrush, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and smiled miserably: "Chang Ning, you ...... How did you become like this? Don't you know your father? ”

"Whew-" the thrush still roared.

The Jinyi lieutenant beside Xiao Fan raised his sword and shouted: "King Yan, don't you hurry up and order the guards to put down the sword, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can you be so reckless, do you want to rebel?" ”

Xiao Fan said coldly on the side: "His Royal Highness King Yan, you said today that you trespassed into the house of the imperial court official, and wanted to forcibly search the official's house, and also connived at the guards to cut and injure the official, Your Highness, I hope you can explain it in front of the Son of Heaven." ”

The situation developed like this, and the Daoyan monk beside Zhu Di couldn't help but be anxious, he pulled Zhu Di's sleeve, wiped his cold sweat and said: "Your Highness, this is the Imperial City of Jingshi, not Yandi Beiping, Your Highness!" …… Think again! ”

Zhu Di's eyebrows jumped when he heard this, and he suddenly regained his senses. Dao Yan is right, this is Jingshi, not his fiefdom Beiping, a few days ago, Zhu Di acted too flamboyantly, the imperial garden insulted the grandson first, and sent a dead soldier to assassinate Xiao Fan late at night, presumably the dissatisfaction with him in his father's heart deepened, if the matter of Xiao Mansion is big today, I am afraid that his father will really imprison him in Jingshi for life in anger, then the great cause he has carefully prepared for many years will be in vain.

Those who know the times are junjie, and the higher they live in the temple, the more they understand this truth.

Zhu Di looked at the thrush in Xiao Fan's arms in a daze, and finally turned his head and said to the guards beside him: "Put away the knife!" ”

Swish!

The guards moved in unison, neatly tucking their knives into their sheaths.

Zhu Di's expression seemed to be sad and angry, he sighed dejectedly, and then hugged his fists at Xiao Fan and said: "Lord Xiao, this king is rude today, and this king apologizes to Lord Xiao." ”

After saying that, Zhu Di turned around and wanted to leave.

Xiao Fan smiled calmly, but his voice was implied with anger: "Is His Royal Highness King Yan leaving?" Today, if you indulge people to come to my house to commit murder, you must leave a sentence to explain, right? ”

Zhu Di stopped suddenly, Dao Yan was so anxious that a layer of fine sweat appeared on his bare head, now it is said that many brocade guards in the Xiao Mansion are present, if it is not handled properly, the Son of Heaven will definitely know about this soon, and the situation of King Yan at that time may be very bad...... Zhu Di turned his back to Xiao Fan, his face was cloudy, unpredictable, and silent for a long time, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, suddenly reached out and pulled out the waist knife of the guard next to him, and then slashed his arm fiercely without blinking.

The red blood suddenly flowed out like an injection, drop after drop, and finally strung into a line, falling on the white marble floor tiles in the front hall, which was shocking.

The guards of the Yan King exclaimed, "Your Highness—"

Zhu Di raised his hand and stopped the movements of the guards, he slowly turned around, looked directly at Xiao Fan, and said coldly: "This king wants to find his beloved daughter today, and his heart is too impatient, he broke into the Xiao Mansion and had a dispute with Lord Xiao, and when he tore each other, he accidentally injured Lord Xiao, and this king ......."

The corners of Zhu Di's mouth hooked up a cold smile, and then said: "...... And this king, also injured a lot, and then this king and Lord Xiao calmed down at the same time, and found that the dispute was just a misunderstanding, so they turned the war into a jade silk, and the guest and the host released their previous suspicions, Lord Xiao, is this so? ”

Xiao Fan also smiled, endured the sharp pain in his arm, gritted his teeth and forced himself to smile: "What the prince said is very true, what I said today is just a misunderstanding, and the next official will send the prince off." ”

Zhu Di's eyes slowly scanned the lieutenants in brocade clothes, and finally his eyes fell on Xiao Thrush's face, seeing that she was still staring at herself with a hideous appearance, as if looking at an enemy with deep hatred, Zhu Di sighed miserably in his heart, turned around and walked out of Xiao's mansion.

After Zhu Di left, everyone surrounded Xiao Fan and hurriedly said, "My lord, are you okay?" ”

Those who have a good eye have hurried out of the house to ask for a doctor.

Xiao Fan shook his head and said lightly: "Today's matter, you don't have to report it to the Son of Heaven, let's reveal it." ”

Everyone replied, "Yes!" ”

Xiao Fan took two steps, looked at Zhu Di's disappeared back, his expression was extremely solemn, and he suddenly sighed for a long time: "I can stretch and bend, I can take and give up, King Yan...... Sure enough, it's the true character of the hero! ”

(To be continued)