Chapter 21: The Fan Family
Dayu country Kyoto, Fan family mansion.
In the past, there is always a sharp contrast with the mansions of other imperial families in Kyoto, and it is difficult to see a guard, but the scale is second only to the palace of the Fan family's mansion, early this morning it was surrounded by three layers of black pressure and black cavalry, and a heavy murderous atmosphere can be felt from afar, so that people who often pass by the Fan family mansion have to make a few detours, and the people in the whole Kyoto are all speculating in their hearts about what happened to the Fan family, and they have unprecedentedly transferred tens of thousands of lions and horses to guard the town, this kind of formation has not appeared even when several princes in the palace want to usurp the throne for more than ten yearsγ
The Fan family is not a simple royal family, and naturally it is not an ordinary family, it is the eternal king of Dayu with a different surname!
Since the founding of the Yu country to now 3,600 years, the Fan family has been in control of nearly seventy percent of the army of the Yu country, even if it is not an exaggeration to call the Fan family the real master of the Yu country in private, in fact, everyone thinks that if it were not for the well-known "Yu Fan Alliance" constraints, I am afraid that the Yu country would have changed its name to become the country of Dafan.
Until noon, there was already a bit of boiling Yu Kingdom in the sky above Kyoto, and suddenly a large number of giant birds descended towards the Fan family's mansion, which made the people in Kyoto even more surprised.
Those wingspans of nearly five meters, draped in silver scale armor of the huge birds, obviously the most elite bird army of Dayu country, these bird army stationed outside all the year round, it is difficult to see in peacetime, most people have only heard that Dayu has such an invincible army in the sky, never seen it with their own eyes, but now there are nearly a thousand at once, which makes the people of Kyoto completely feast their eyes and are more curious about what happened to the Fan family.
For a time, all kinds of speculation and rumors spread, some people said that the Fan family was ready to rebel, some people said that the Yu country was ready to attack the Nanluo country, and some people said that there was a disagreement within the Fan family to choose the new family owner, so that the eyes of the entire Kyoto gathered in the Fan family's mansion, and even Emperor Yu, who had always been calm in the palace, sent people to the Fan family one after another to inquire about it.
In the meeting hall of the Fan family, when the last big man wearing armor and holding the sword at his waist entered the door, the huge brass door of the conference hall was closed by the two generals guarding outside, accompanied by a burst of closing sound, after a short period of darkness in the meeting hall, a huge white crystal lamp on the dome suddenly bloomed with a dazzling white light, and instantly reflected the hall as bright as day.
On the left and right sides of the Fan family's meeting hall, there are five top-level white jade chairs on each side, a total of ten, and the person who is qualified to sit on the top-level white jade chair worth tens of thousands of gold coins in the domestic continent is also one of the so-called ten seats of the Fan family.
The weight of the ten seats of the Fan family is completely comparable to the court of the Yu country, because all along, the ten seats can be sitting, either the generals who hold heavy troops on the side of the guard, or the power of the extremely powerful ministers in the court, anyway, all of them are in the Yu country to turn over their hands for the clouds and cover their hands for the rain.
Of course, there is one of the most basic requirements for one of the ten seats, that is, the surname must be Fan.
At this time, the old steward of the Fan family bowed his back and stepped on the steps, and walked silently to the old lady of the Fan family who was closing his eyes and recuperating with silver hair on the throne of the family chair, and said in a low voice: "Old lady, everyone has arrived." β
After saying this, the old steward stepped aside, put his hands together in front of his abdomen, and stood still with his eyes and nose and heart like an old fisherman.
"Hmm. β
The old lady of the Fan family responded, opened her eyes slightly, glanced at the five seats left and right below, and asked in a long cold voice in a long tone: "The news sent out in the morning, you have only rushed back now, it is really my old woman's words are becoming more and more useless, look at this appearance, should the old body also give up his position?"
As soon as these words came out, the ten seats sitting below all held their breath, silent like a cicada, these heavyweight figures who can call for wind and rain in Dayu Country faced an old woman with a slightly fat face and white hair, and no one dared to answer.
After a long time, Fan Jingyun, who was in the chief position under the right hand of the old lady of the Fan family, wearing a dark red official robe with embroidered cloud dragons flying and dancing, and was about sixty years old when he was the right minister of the Dayu country, stood up, bowed slightly to the old lady, and said respectfully: "Please also ask my mother to calm her anger." β
The old lady of the Fan family's face instantly became gloomy, and said angrily: "I also want to calm my anger, but I can't quench this fire in my heart! What have you been doing all these years? Such a big thing has happened at home, and you can't even receive a little rumor, are these ten seats still ten seats? Are all the people under your command raising a bunch of waste? Do you really want me to remove all of you?!"
A series of three questions shot into the hearts of the ten seats present like three sharp arrows, making everyone's faces change abruptly, they really don't know what happened, but this old lady, who has never been very angry, usually speaks mildly, is so angry today, but think about the seriousness of this matter, although everyone is eager to know what happened, but at this moment no one dares to ask.
In the end, Fan Jingyun, who had the highest status among the ten seats and the highest seniority, withstood the pressure and asked cautiously, "Mother, what happened?"
Old Taijun Fan glanced at Fan Jingyun coldly, snorted coldly, and said mockingly: "Do you remember what day tomorrow is?"
"Tomorrow?"
Fan Jingyun was slightly stunned for a moment, then his brows furrowed suddenly, and Zhengse replied: "How can the child forget that tomorrow is the fiftieth anniversary of my father." β
Old Taijun Fan continued to ask, "Then do you remember the two things you promised me eight years ago?"
Fan Jingyun took a deep breath and said a little awkwardly: "The child remembers, the first thing is to find Fan Yatou, and the second thing is to sacrifice the three-eyed winged tiger on the fiftieth anniversary of my father......"
Preaching here, Fan Jingyun raised his head suddenly, and without waiting for him to ask, the old lady Fan with a cold face said directly: "Lifu is dead." β
Fan Jingyun's eyes widened in disbelief, but the other nine seats were relieved, and their hearts turned out to be a dead general, but Old Taijun Fan's next words directly made them stand up from their seats in shock.
"He died in the mountain col of Tuojia Village, a hundred miles away from Kyoto, and none of the five hundred and one-pin lions and horses and black horses survived, but you say, is this matter worth my anger? What can you do to make me angry?"
When Mrs. Fan said these words, her tone was very flat, as if she was talking about family life, but these words made everyone's bones feel like they were soaked in ice, and their faces were shocked, and the hall became silent, and the air was as solemn as if a giant mountain was pressing on the top.
"I guess you all want to know who did it, and who dares to do it, whether this incident is specifically aimed at our Fan family, or whether it is someone or something that has been provoked by ambiguity, these old bodies also want to know. So I don't care what you do, no matter how much it costs, I want to know an answer. In addition, eight years ago, when Lifu sent someone to send Fan Yatou back, the letter mentioned that there was an important thing to tell the old body, which was about Fan Yatou, and the letter mentioned that he was worried that the old body would be difficult to accept for a while, so he was going to talk about it after he came back, but now that Lifu is dead, this matter has also become a knot in my heart, so you will investigate this matter together. β
After finishing speaking, Mrs. Fan stood up with the support of the old steward, she glanced at Shixi again, and said coldly: "Two years, if you can't find out who died in Lifu within two years, then you can also consider giving up your position to someone else." β
When the figure of Mrs. Fan disappeared from the meeting hall, the ten seats who had been standing sat back on the white jade chair in a heavy manner, and the meeting hall was cold again, the only thing that could be heard was the sound of heavy breathing, and what could be seen was a gloomy face.
An hour later, the secret agent camp of Dayu Kingdom, as well as the large and small down-and-out Xuanshi organizations, received two latest tasks, issued by the Fan family, with bounties of 500,000 and 300,000 gold coins respectively, and then overnight, the content of these two tasks spread to Nanluo and Zilan, until the evening of the next day, these two huge bounty tasks have spread throughout the entire Hainei continent under the shadowy organization.
It's just that the task of tracking down the culprit of the assassination in the mountain col of Tuojia Village, ninety miles north of Kyoto, is easy to start, but the other task is to make all the down-and-out mysteries feel a little foggy, only six words - the secret of Xinling Town.
What secrets does Xinling Town have? Which Xinling Town? What secrets are being investigated? The Fan family did not make it clear, because this involved a murder case in the town of that year, as well as the scandalous incident of an eldest lady of the Fan family eloping with someone, if there were really capable people who investigated what the Fan family wanted to know and went to the Fan family to invite rewards, it is estimated that they would not be able to escape death in the end.
The top and largest intelligence organization in the Hainei Continent is the Two Pavilions and Three Palaces, and the absurd thing is that one of the things that the Fan family wants to investigate is done by Ye Ruxue, the most proud disciple of the founder of the Two Pavilions and Three Halls, and there are six people who know that it is him, four of them have already left the Hainei Continent, and the other will never say it.
As for the last one, that is, Long Chen, who was carrying three supreme tokens, shouldering a heavy responsibility, and the goal he wanted to climb was so difficult that it was almost an impossible task, he was sitting at a roadside noodle stall in Kyoto, Zilan Country, using the money he borrowed from Sang Yue to gobble up the noodles in the big bowl.
Zilan Country, the most powerful country in the continent, and its Kyoto is the location of the six major Xuanzong Palaces, where the largest Xuanzong Academy is located, and it is also a large capital where you can see master-level monarch-level Xuanists everywhere, a place where strong people gather.
And Zilan Xuan Academy is Longchen, who has eaten noodles and drunk enough noodle soup, and is the first stop next.
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