After the meeting, the ministers said goodbye to Xiao Fan one by one.

They had a satisfied smile on their faces, and today's meeting was very rewarding for them.

The ministers who can rank in the court, their status and power have made the mountains of the world look up, but people's ** is like a ravine, and they will never be satisfied, if they can be promoted to another official, or promoted to a knighthood, who would not want to? Fools don't want to!

Although the character of the annihilators is questionable, they are by no means fools, and they are better than monkeys.

The ministers who have lived in the stack for a long time actually do not have high principles and bottom lines, all the decisions they make are because of personal or family interests, as long as it is beneficial to themselves, the enemies who kill their fathers can sit together and be as hot as brothers.

Xiao Fan's advocacy of martial arts conflicted with their interests, but Xiao Fan later made a wish to everyone to be promoted to the rank of knight, which greatly alleviated this conflict, and they could make trade-offs almost without consideration.

The world is like this, a peck, a drink, a claim and a return, if it is advantageous, it will be combined, and if it is not profitable, it will be divided.

If the idea of reforming the military system is put forward in the Golden Palace, it may be resolutely opposed by most of the ministers of the court, and in any case, at least these annihilators will stand on the same side as him, and that is enough.

- It turns out that people do need a few friends in this life, and fox friends and dog friends can do it.

After sending off the annihilators, it was already the time to hold the lamp, and it was time for the Xiao Mansion to eat.

Xiao Fan's three wives all had dinner in the inner courtyard, and there were only three people in the dining room next to the front hall: Zhang Sanfeng, Taixu and Xiao Fan.

The family had a great time and a warm atmosphere.

Cao Yi entered the door of the Xiao family at this time.

Xiao Fan raised his eyebrows at him and said politely, "Have you eaten?" ”

"Eat."

"Eat more?"

Cao Yi was very refreshing: "Okay! ”

instructed his subordinates to add dishes and chopsticks, Cao Yi honestly and unceremoniously carried a jar of wine, tore off a chicken leg, and nibbled on it.

Xiao Fan looked straight at Cao Yi's eating appearance, and sighed: "Your appearance is really appetizing......"

Seeing Cao Yi gobbling up, Taixu couldn't help but be anxious, and quickly began to grab the dishes on the table with Cao Yi with both hands, but Cao Yi's number of pieces of grabbing vegetables was obviously much higher than him, and he was not in a hurry, and he leisurely put the food into his mouth with one hand, and his big hairy mouth squirmed a few times, and then swallowed it, both calmly and chic.

Taixu's mouth kept chewing hard, his hands quickly rose and fell in the dishes, and a pair of small eyes stared at Cao Yi, revealing an anxious and hateful look.

Xiao Fan and Zhang Sanfeng sat still very calmly, watching the two of them grab a few dishes around the table.

I don't know how long it took, I couldn't grab it too much, so I slapped the table angrily and said angrily: "The surname Cao, you came to smash my job today, right?" ”

Cao Yi's mouth was full of oil, and he looked at Taixu in astonishment, with an inexplicable expression: "............"

…………………… Full of wine and food, Cao Yi burped with satisfaction, only to find that Xiao Fan was holding a rice bowl, holding chopsticks, motionless, looking at the table with a blank expression.

Cao Yi said: "Why don't you eat?" ”

Xiao Fan tapped the dish with chopsticks, and said expressionlessly: "...... What do you let me eat? ”

A few dishes on the table are clean and clean, and the light is discerning, whiter than Tai Xu's face.

Cao Yi smiled embarrassedly, scratched his head and said, "...... You have a good cook, where did you get it? ”

Xiao Fan sighed: "You came to my house to eat with a little food, right?" ”

"I'm here to talk to you about business,...... Drop by for a meal. ”

Tai Xuan on the side said angrily: "You fart!" By the way, you ate all the three of us, are you embarrassed to make the old man hungry? ”

Cao Yi smiled awkwardly: "............"

Xiao Fan rolled his eyes and said, "Master, now we are no longer as depressed as in the old days of the Mountain Temple, let's ask the cook to make a few more after the dishes are finished, why are you frowning and angry......

"Whether to eat or not is another matter, the problem is that this kid surnamed Cao has the wrong attitude! I don't know what it means to respect the elderly......"

Zhang Sanfeng knocked on the table impatiently, and said lightly: "Senior brother......

"Yes."

"Shut up!"

"Yes." It's too honest like a grandson.

Xiao Fan immediately ordered the cook to cook a few more dishes, then put down the dishes and chopsticks, and talked to Cao Yi about business.

Cao Yi took a small bamboo skewer and reported to Xiao Fan while carelessly picking his teeth.

“…… The spies sent by Jinyiwei to lurk in the homes of the ministers sent the news, Yushi Huangguan somehow knew that you wanted to reform the military system, and he gathered a few Qingliu ministers to scold you in his mansion......"

Xiao Fan's face twitched, and he said coldly: "What did he scold me?" ”

Cao Yi smiled dryly: "This ...... Don't ask, it's not a good thing to say anyway, so why bother to make yourself unhappy? ”

"Well, skip the question, which ministers did he invite to his house?"

Cao Yi folded his hands and said: "Zhang Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yang Jing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, the left capital of Yushi Zhao, and the right servant of the household department, Lang Zhuojing." ”

Xiao Fan sneered: "The Qingliu party has resurged, these pedantic and stupid scholars, what else will they do besides misleading the country and the monarch?" ”

Cao Yi sighed: "I finally brought down a Huang Zicheng, Huang Guan and the gang have to get up again, damn it!" The back waves of the Yangtze River are connected to the front waves, when is it a head! ”

"As long as the court is still there, these self-proclaimed loyal ministers will not be extinct, there is always such a group of people in history who are righteous and awe-inspiring, except for themselves, seeing that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all annihilation ministers and ministers, only they are loyal to the court and the Son of Heaven, and other people's loyalty is hypocritical......"

Cao Yi sighed: "Now that your enemy has emerged again, what are you going to do?" ”

Xiao Fan scratched his scalp in distress and said: "To be honest, I don't know what to do, I can't kill these people, I can't catch them, if I can, I really want to kneel in front of them and call them uncle, please let them go, don't always embarrass me......"

Cao Yi thought about it, and suddenly his eyes showed a fierce light, and said: "No poison, no husband, or I will now send my henchmen to set a fire to the Huangguan Mansion, burn all those bastards inside, and then respond to the Ying Tian Governor's Mansion, and say that the Huangfu study knocked down the candlestick and went to the water, if this matter is done secretly, it can be seamless, no one will doubt that once these people die, who else will come out to lead the Qingliu in the court?" What a godsend! Brother Xiao, what do you think? Let's make a decision. ”

Xiao Fan was shocked, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "This matter must not be done!" Brother Cao, this is evil! ”

Cao Yi hurriedly said: "They are your enemies, how can they be so merciful to the enemy?" ”

"Brother Cao, it's not that I'm merciful, these people are all important ministers in the court, two Shangshu, a squire, and two leaders of the court, if they die, the government and the opposition will inevitably cause a big shock, now the kings are unstable, they are all stopping to watch the movement of the court, King Yan is even more powerful, eyeing the Son of Heaven, at this time, if the court dies so many important ministers, it is difficult to guarantee that King Yan and the rest of the kings will not make any noise, besides, I only returned to Beijing yesterday, As a result, Huang Guan and those ministers, who were not in harmony with me, were burned to death today, is there such a coincidence in the world? This is a big loophole in the first place, and those officials in the DPRK and China are not stupid, how can they not doubt it? If the news reaches the ears of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that I will be suspicious from now on, and the gains of this move outweigh the losses, and I must not do it! ”

Cao Yi was originally a rough man, except for killing people and setting fires, he couldn't think of any other way, and said hurriedly: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what do you say?" ”

Xiao Fan thought for a while and said, "Huang Guan, did they say anything besides scolding me?" ”

Cao Yi said angrily: "Huang Guan said, Ming said that he began to privately connect the various departments and Taoist imperial historians to the matter, and everyone agreed that if you really openly proposed to reform the military system at the court meeting, causing the court atmosphere to move towards heavy military force and light literature, they will definitely rise up and attack it, and impeach you to the Son of Heaven for causing trouble in the country, and then they will admonish each other with death and force the Son of Heaven to cut off your head to clear the monarch's side." ”

Xiao Fan's heart was full of blood, his face turned red with anger, he slapped the table fiercely, and said angrily: "It's so poisonous!" What did I, Xiao Fan, do wrong, to be so intolerable by my colleagues! Brother Cao, you go and set fire, burn them and pull them down! ”

Cao Yi responded happily, pulled his legs and walked out.

"Wait! Come back! Xiao Fan stopped him.

Cao Yi walked back in wonder.

"Just because I didn't say anything just now, you honestly sit here and pick your teeth......"

Cao Yi: "............"

At this moment, Xiao Fan's anger gradually eased, his expression regained his composure, and said, "That sentence just now is just to show you that Sven people also have tempers......

Cao Yi: "............"

"Temper is temper, but don't play really, the consequences are serious......"

Cao Yi: "............"

Carefully picking out the meat foam in the dish with too empty teeth, hehe said with a strange smile: "Sure enough, what kind of apprentice is taught by the master, you are out of tune than me!" ”

........................ "What the hell are you going to do?" Cao Yi had no choice but to sit down, picking his teeth helplessly, and asked lazily.

Xiao Fan shrugged his shoulders and said: "I belong to the slow-burning type, wait for me to think of a way to talk about it, anyway, as long as I don't openly put forward the idea of reforming the military system in the Golden Palace, Huang Guan and they won't be able to participate in me, and this time the initiative is in my hands." ”

Cao Yi said excitedly: "Do you want to kill someone?" ”

Xiao Fan wiped his sweat: "I shouldn't need it......"

"Do you want to set it on fire?"

"You don't have to ...... either"

Cao Yi suddenly became depressed, and said weakly: "Playing your conspiracy again? Don't kill, don't set fires, what's the point of fighting like this? ”

“…… I fainted blood. ”

Cao Yi grinned, picked his teeth with a small bamboo stick, and said listlessly: "Whatever you want, if there is anything to use me, just open your mouth......"

The two chatted with each other, Zhang Sanfeng on the side closed his eyes and meditated, while a pair of chopsticks in Taixu's hand rose and fell in the plate, picking out the meat foam in the plate and eating happily...... Xiao Fan and Cao Yi chatted and suddenly stopped, and the eyes of the two of them stared strangely at the meat moor, who was eating very happily.

"Old ...... Old Immortal ......" Cao Yi's voice trembled a little.

"What?" I didn't raise my head too much, and I didn't reply angrily.

"You take the meat from this plate...... Eat it all? Cao Yi stared at Taixu in shock.

Taixu snorted angrily: "You have eaten all the meat, can't you eat some meat foam?" ”

Cao Yi squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying: "That meat foam, I picked out my teeth......"

I was too weak and stunned for a long time, and my old face gradually turned green......

(To be continued)