Chapter 43: The Honest Master and Apprentice
Zhao Jianyan said: "I also think, the key is to go to the Longtan Tiger's Den this time, and I don't know if I will come back alive." ”
"King Fengyang is only in charge of the northwest frontier, does he have such guts?" Mu Fan encouraged Zhao Jianyan.
Zhao Jianyan shook his head, "I don't know, now that the situation is chaotic, Huo Wujia has harmed many people." Some people were forced to go to Uncle Huang, and I didn't know the bottom of my heart. ”
Mu Fan thought for a while and said, "In my impression, King Fengyang has always been at odds with Xuanmen, Master Huo...... Hou Ye targeted the people who were close to Xuanmen. Those who are loyal to your father will not fall to the King of Fengyang, and those who are close to the Xuanmen are even less likely to fall to the King of Fengyang. ”
In fact, he didn't understand the situation, but he knew that the emperor had already ordered Zhao Jianyan to celebrate his birthday, and Zhao Jianyan had no choice. Therefore, what he said may not be in line with the facts, and the purpose is to give Zhao Jianyan confidence.
Zhao Jianyan sighed: "Those ministers are unreliable. One by one, they were full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, denouncing Huo Wujia for cruelty to Zhongliang. Huo Wujia is ruthless, who knows their fancy intestines. ”
Mu Fan said: "His Majesty the Emperor has already given an order, the arrow is ready to fly, His Highness can't help but go." ”
"Is there a way for you to resolve this crisis, if you can resolve it, I will be rewarded." Zhao Jianyan was a little emotional.
Mu Fan drank a glass of wine, shook his head and said, "Your Highness wants me to help you escape the catastrophe and not go to Fengyang Palace's birthday celebration?" Or do you want me to help you figure out how to keep you safe on the whole journey? ”
"It's best if you don't go."
"Is Your Highness brave enough?"
"You say."
Mu Fan said: "Give yourself a sword, you have to be ruthless, after being seriously injured, there is nothing left." ”
Zhao Jianyan waved his hand and said, "This method will not work. It's not that I don't dare to do anything to myself, it's that doing so is detrimental to my majesty. In the future, everyone thinks I'm a gall mouse, what should I do? ”
Mu Fan saw all of Zhao Jianyan's performances in his eyes, and he found that after Zhao Jianyan became the prince, not only did he not grow, but he suffered from gains and losses.
A prince who is not a prince who is not a long-term prince, what kind of majesty is he talking about.
He said bluntly: "Your Highness, if you don't want to lose your majesty, then you can only go once. ”
"Do you have a good idea for me to come back to peace?"
"Hard." Mu Fan said seriously: "If King Fengyang really wants to rebel, the softer you are, the harder he will be." The harder you are, the less confident he is. The world belongs to your father, and the name is right. He dares to touch you, his name is not right, and his words are not good. ”
"You are similar to Zhou Xun and the old eunuch in this regard, and they also advised me to be tough." Zhao Jianyan pinched the cup in his hand, "Is there a better way?" ”
Mu Fan spread his hands and said: "No, to be honest, I don't know anything about His Royal Highness's family affairs and King Fengyang." The proposals made are also relatively conservative. ”
Zhao Jianyan said: "It's okay if you don't understand, I have information here." Since I regard you as a confidant, you will see it sooner or later. ”
He clapped his hands, and the man guarding the door immediately walked in, facing Zhao Jianyan, and knelt on one knee, "What does Your Highness command?" ”
"Give him the information he wants."
The man turned his head to Mu Fan and said, "What information does Childe want?" ”
Mu Fan said: "The more news related to King Fengyang, the better." ”
The man took out a pile of letters and books from the storage ring and placed them on the table, "This is the information we have gathered so far. ”
Zhao Jianyan said: "All the information is very important, Brother Yan Qing must keep it." ”
Mu Fan immediately got up and knelt on the ground, and said sincerely: "If others know the content of these letters, Yan Qing is willing to come and see them!" ”
"Alright, alright, I'm just joking with you." Zhao Jianyan helped Mu Fan up, "You get to know Uncle Huang well and see if you can find a better countermeasure." ”
When Mu Fan came, he thought about many possibilities, but he didn't expect that the mother of King Fengyang would have a big birthday. At present, it seems that Zhao Jianyan has trusted him and is willing to hand over such an important investigation to him.
Leaving Tiankelai, on the way back to Yihua Pavilion, he had a lot of thoughts.
King Fengyang is the prince of real power and has been operating in the northwest for many years. The investigation information given to him by Zhao Jianyan should be relatively reliable, maybe it came from Ouchi.
These messages were also not allowed to circulate within the imperial court, and only a few people had the right to know.
At a level like Fengyang King, there are countless aspects involved. It is foreseeable that he must have been in contact with the high-level of many forces, and the Mu family is also one of them.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, there are two if there is one. As long as Mu Fan can continue to gain Zhao Jianyan's trust, it will be easy to come into contact with this kind of secret information in the future.
His plan has been preliminarily realized today.
After arriving at Yihua Pavilion, Mu Fan went straight to Master's room.
Seeing him rushing in in a hurry, Ye Feng couldn't hide his excitement and asked, "What makes you so happy?" ”
Mu Fan flipped out all the letters and books he got from Zhao Jianyan, spread them on the master's desk, and said with a smile: "Master, this apprentice has brought you a big gift." ”
As for the guarantee he made in front of Zhao Jianyan just now, it was all nonsense. The matter of mentioning the head is handed over to Yan Qing to do, he is Mu Fan.
Ye Feng picked up a letter casually, glanced at the contents of it roughly, and looked up at Mu Fan, "How did you get it?" ”
Mu Fan told the master carefully and carefully what happened to the Tianke from beginning to end.
After listening to this, Ye Feng flipped through some of the contents of the investigation and said with a smile: "You kid is really a ...... Talent! ”
"Hey...... What is necessary does not depend on who learns from it. ”
Ye Feng has been paying attention to the Zhao royal family all year round and knows a lot of insiders. Flipping through the things that Mu Fan brought over, compare them with those in his mind, eight or nine are not far from ten.
Mu Fan interrupted Master's "digestion" of the investigation materials on the desk and asked, "Zhao Jianyan is going to celebrate his birthday and ask me for a solution, Master, what do you think?" ”
Ye Feng didn't raise his head, "Simple, go with him." ”
"What?"
"Such a fat sheep, and put it in front of you, how can you not slaughter a few knives?"
Mu Fan said, "Master, what do you mean...... Deepen his trust in me so that he can get more secret information. ”
"That's right." Ye Feng said with a smile: "Your bold past is enough, and it is unlikely that King Fengyang will rebel." Even if he really rebels, Zhao Jianyan will die, and you won't have an accident? ”
"Why?"
Ye Feng looked to the northwest, "The main forces of the Mu family and the end of the night are in the northwest, do you understand?" ”
Mu Fan thought for a while, and suddenly realized, "You mean, the power behind King Fengyang is the Mu family and the end of the night." ”
"It's too beautiful to think, how can King Fengyang become your family's puppet." A hint of fierceness flashed in Ye Feng's eyes, "If King Fengyang dares to touch you, don't think about stability in his rear." When the time comes, let alone rebellion, he won't even have a place to escape. ”
Mu Fan nodded and said, "I understand." This time in the northwest, can I get in touch with my family? ”
"When necessary, the Mu family will send someone to contact you, just follow Zhao Jianyan to show your loyalty."
The master and apprentice had a long talk and exchanged top-secret information together.
From time to time, there was a wicked smile in the room, and the evil smile came out of Yihua Pavilion, and then dissipated into the night sky, no one knew it......