Volume 6 Chapter 166 of the Temple of the Temple, to live or die with dignity

Looking at the carriage in the distance and listening to the faint noise around him, Fan Xian relaxed a little - arranging Fujizijing to go to Qingyutang in the twenty-eighth mile slope was to take advantage of the chaos in Kyoto at this time and try every possible way to take those old shopkeepers of Qingyutang out of Kyoto and scatter them among the people.

This was not a sudden idea from Fan Xian, but a part of the plan he drew up from the beginning. These old shopkeepers are very important to Fan Xian, and their mastery of the inner library process in their minds, and the familiarity with those secrets, are even more important to Qingguo, although His Majesty the Emperor remembered the old feelings and left them alive, but he will never let them leave Kyoto and fall into the hands of other forces, since the fall of the Ye family, it has been twenty years, if you want to take so many old shopkeepers out of Beijing, it is basically an impossible task.

However, the rebellion of the eldest princess and the crown prince, and the chaos in Kyoto, left a big opportunity for Fan Xian, who had been working hard to manage this matter. Everyone in Kyoto thought that His Majesty was dead, the palace was in chaos, Kyoto was in chaos, and a bright light appeared in front of Fan Xian's eyes.

It's just that he really doesn't have any manpower to use now, and he vaguely guessed that His Majesty might be alive, so he stopped this plan for the time being. However, in the Taiping Courtyard, the eldest princess finally whispered in his ear. This prompted him to make a final decision. Of course, even without the words of the eldest princess, Fan Xian would still try his best to take advantage of the current situation.

The battle between His Majesty the Emperor and the eldest princess was going on on another level from the beginning, and although Fan Xian was silent, he seemed to be just a swinging chess piece, but he actually had his own thoughts.

He expected that Kyoto would be chaotic and chose to fish in troubled waters. In the fire, his eyes and means are really sharp.

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It's too late to soothe Wan'er in grief. Fan Xian turned around and walked out of the mansion, the body of the eldest princess was placed in a secluded room in the back garden at this time, he wanted to go back to the palace to deal with some more urgent issues, now that he knew the news that His Majesty the Emperor was safe and sound, he had to make some strong adjustments in the arrangement of the whole thing.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the mansion, a team of cavalry came in the dust. Fan Xian squinted and looked, I don't know whose subordinates it is, now the situation in Kyoto has already been settled, the Dingzhou army controls the outside of the palace, Ye Chongji has handed over the defense of the palace to the eldest prince in a very old way, and there are no rebels in the city.

The person who came was indeed the Dingzhou Army, and a bloodied school officer pulled the reins of his horse and crawled in front of Fan Xian. said anxiously: "Grandpa, the handsome man has an urgent report." ”

There are countless fierce generals in Qingguo, and all the armies are accustomed to calling their commanders the marshal, just like the old department of the Western Army calling the prince, since this school officer is a person from the Dingzhou Army, the marshal in his mouth naturally refers to Ye Chong. Fan Xian was taken aback. He was in a hurry to see Ye Chong at this time, and he didn't have time to say anything, he pulled the reins of his horse, and followed the small group of cavalry towards the direction of Donghua Gate, listening silently along the road to know what was going on.

Fan Xian listened to the school official's narration, and realized that when he was in the Taiping Courtyard, Ye Chong had been looking for him for a long time - it turned out that the prince Chengqian was actually blocked by Ye Chong under the Donghua Gate, and at this time, the two sides were facing each other and were negotiating. I don't know why. Li Chengqian asked to see him himself.

Although the Ye family suddenly turned against the water, the rebels were still strong. The combat effectiveness of the remnants of the army should not be underestimated, Fan Xian did not expect that the prince would be trapped in Kyoto, and at this time, it seemed that the general situation was initially settled in the city, and there was such a dangerous confrontation hidden under the quiet city gate.

His pupils shrank, and he gasped, if the rebels were expelled from Kyoto, once the field battle started, it would have nothing to do with him, and it would naturally be taken over by the Ye family and the various military forces loyal to His Majesty, but they were blocked at the Donghua Gate?

While thinking slightly, the horse's hooves did not stop, and it didn't take long to forcibly disperse the people of Kyoto who were crowded out of the city in the direction of Zhengyangmen, and Fan Xian and his party came to Donghua Gate.

There was silence in front of Donghua Gate, deathly quiet, and the Qin family rebels who were surrounded by the City Gate Division and the Dingzhou Army on a long street held the weapons in their hands tightly, looking at the troops around them nervously and in a panic and despair.

In the center of the rebel army, the faces of several generals of the Qin family have become very ugly, the two sides have been facing each other for a whole hour under the Donghua Gate, under the strong restraint of the prince, the rebels did not launch a general attack on the Donghua Gate, nor did they launch a counter-breakthrough to the Dingzhou army. And Ye Chong, who led the Dingzhou army to surround this place, also showed unusually good patience, and spent time like this, waiting for the arrival of Fan Xian, who had to be present at the prince's request.

Ye Zhong is patient, but the rebel generals are living like years, sweat flowing on their faces, but they don't dare to move lightly, because the defeat is like a mountain, and they really want to fight, but they are afraid that they will not survive a few people, but they don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is thinking, it involves rebellion, where is there a way to live?

Everyone guarded Li Chengqian, the prince of Zhongdi, his expression was extraordinarily quiet, but he was a little haggard, and he was not too flustered, until he saw Fan Xian coming from afar, he sighed, and seemed to be a little settled.

The cavalry of the Dingzhou army parted like waves, Fan Xian rode through the street alone, came to Ye Chongdi's side, glanced at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince opposite, frowned, didn't know what to say, turned his head, leaned into Ye Chong's ear and whispered a few words.

Ye Chong's face was overjoyed, his eyes lit up, and he felt palpitations, knowing that his previous conservatism and the time left for the prince were right, since His Majesty the Emperor was in a catastrophe, how to deal with the rebellious prince should be handed over to His Majesty the Emperor.

Although he is a rebellious deposed prince, he is still the emperor's son. Ye Chong, as the father-in-law of the second prince, naturally did not want the prince to live and die in his own hands like this.

Fan Xian raised his eyes to look at the prince, the prince looked back at him, his pale lips trembled slightly, and it seemed that he had finally made an extremely important decision, and said slowly in a hissing voice: "You are here?"

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The rebels surrendered and became prisoners of the Dingzhou sabers and guns. Several generals of the Qin family were also captured and fell to the ground with a desperate expression. The war in Kyoto came to an end for the time being, and Ye Zhong led the army. Escorted a black carriage to the palace place.

The black carriage was transferred by the Supervision Yuan for the first time, and there were two people sitting in the carriage at this time, one was Fan Xian, and the other was the crown prince Li Chengqian, and the two brothers sat in the dark carriage, and no one said the first word for a long time.

"There may be something wrong with the third condition I promised you. Fan Xian's eyes drooped slightly. In an apologetic tone, he said, "If I can't do it, don't blame me for lying to you." ”

The crown prince Li Chengqian did not want countless innocent rebel soldiers to die because of himself, and surrendered with great courage, and he asked Fan Xian to come in person to agree to his three conditions, so he was willing to be captured, because Li Chengqian knew that in Kyoto at this time, he held his father's edict. Fan Xian, who is supported by the vast majority of people, speaks more powerfully than Ye Chong, who has a large army but is secretly cautious in his heart.

As long as Fan Xian is willing to promise himself, no one in the court will embarrass these ordinary soldiers anymore. Hearing Fan Xian's words at this time, Prince Chengqian thought that Fan Xian had repented and stared at his eyes. Angry said, "Why?"

"I can fight for the lives of ordinary soldiers, but I don't dare to guarantee that they will survive, although they are just cannon fodder, but...... This is a rebellion, although Qinglu is not strict, it does not leave them a way to live. ”

The prince didn't understand the word cannon fodder, but he could guess what it meant.

Fan Xian looked at the prince's somewhat pale face, sighed and said, "As for those officials and generals who participated in the rebellion, I have no way at all. ”

"I know they won't survive either, but at least I hope you don't get involved...... They are all big families. Once the killing will rise. I'm afraid that tens of thousands of people will die. ”

Li Chengqian's face was a little gloomy, hoping that Fan Xian would promise again. After all, before the two armies, Fan Xian personally agreed.

"Raiding the house and destroying the family, or the nine clans, this is not something I can control. Fan Xian's brows furrowed extremely tightly, and after a while, he said: "As I said before, I will try my best to do what I promised you, but how many people can be saved, I ...... There is no guarantee. ”

A picture appeared in front of Fan Xian's eyes, countless heads were cut off, countless young children were thrown to death, countless high-ranking ladies and ladies were sent to the official workshop, sent to the camp, and never turned over, even if he was a cold-blooded person, once he thought of the tragedy that Kyoto was about to come, he still had a little coolness.

It is not only them who rebel for the sake of their power, but also their wives, young and ignorant children, and even distant relatives in their hometowns, or friends many years ago......

Li Chengqian trembled, grabbed Fan Xian's collar with one hand, his pale and slightly frightened face showed rare courage, and roared in a low voice: "If it weren't for you promising me, how could I have surrendered? How could I be willing to be your subordinate prisoner!"

Fan Xian didn't break free of the prince's weak hands, lowered his voice and roared back: "Don't surrender, do you really want to be killed in the chaos?"

Li Chengqian was stunned, and heard some other flavors from Fan Xian's words, and the hands holding his collar subconsciously let go, and said in a trembling voice: "My prince has been abolished and is about to die, and you are a prisoner, and the scholars support you...... Even if Ping'er ascends the throne and succeeds to the throne, you are also the emperor, if you say a word, who dares not to listen to you?"

The expression on Fan Xian's face was a little indifferent, and he said, "Your Majesty...... Alive. ”

Li Chengqian suddenly heard the news, his arms hung weakly on his knees, although Ye Chong had already guessed this possibility at the beginning of the rebellion, but once he really heard the news, he was still shocked.

"She's dead too. ”

Fan Xian said this sentence quietly, and then looked at the prince with a sideways face, only to see Li Chengqian's face becoming more and more pale, his eyes were blankly looking at the wall of the carriage, and he couldn't speak for a long time, he gradually lowered his head, leaned over, buried his head, and his shoulders kept trembling. A muffled voice was heard.

Perhaps stimulated by the cry of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Fan Xian's chest was bored for a while, and he subconsciously used Tianyi's True Qi Method to clear the meridians, but when he reached the middle of the body, there was a sharp pain for no reason, and his eyes were black and clear, and he couldn't control it anymore. A mouthful of blood squirted on the wall of the carriage, crackling.

From Daito Mountain to Kyoto. Seriously injured, running thousands of miles, before he could recover, forcibly suppressed with drugs, and experienced countless dangerous fights, he finally couldn't support it, and his injuries broke out.

At this time, the prince's mood was all surrounded by the news that his father was alive and the news of his aunt's death. He didn't notice Fan Xian's situation at all, and buried his head in endless sadness.

Fan Xian wiped the blood droplets on his lips, gasped twice, glanced at the guy next to him, and couldn't help but shake his head. Li Chengqian is the same age as him, and he doesn't seem to have two lives, so he is just a young man.

In this way, one of the two brothers in the car vomited blood. One man was crying, and the black carriage entered the palace.

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After bandaging his injuries, the eldest prince silently led the carriage directly to the door of the harem and the East Palace. Fan Xian and the crown prince got out of the car and walked in, this east palace has always been the residence of the successor to the throne of Qingguo. And now, it has really become the crown prince's cage, or the tomb of the future.

The eldest prince and the crown prince whispered a few words, glanced at Fan Xian, and then turned to leave. At this time, there was no one in the East Palace, only the forbidden soldiers outside were patrolling.

Fan Xian didn't have much time to say anything to the prince, so he clutched his chest and said directly to him: "You only have one day. ”

Li Chengqian looked up in amazement, and seemed to have woken up from a nightmare at this time, looking at Fan Xian in a daze. Didn't understand what he was talking about.

"Your Majesty should return to Beijing the day after tomorrow. Fan Xian looked at him calmly. "This East Palace was set on fire by you once back then, and I want the East Palace to be burned again. It wouldn't be too surprising. ”

Li Chengqian's face changed suddenly, staring at Fan Xian's eyes, as if to confirm what he was talking about, his lips moved twice, but he didn't make a sound.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Fan Xian lowered his head and said gloomily: "It is not difficult for you to die of self-harm......

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Li Chengqian already shook his head indifferently and said, "Then you took advantage of the fire to rescue me from the palace and send me to a place that no one knows?" He looked at Fan Xian, his eyes were very complicated, "I don't know why you suddenly became such a gentle person, but I want to thank you." ”

"Don't thank me. Fan Xian said: "It's just that the elders are used to arranging everything, but I'm not used to it." ”

Li Chengqian laughed with difficulty and said, "I really can't see through your ......."

"You know I'm a heartless person, and it's rare to be kind. The queen is also dead, you should hate me, if you want to live, set a fire tonight. ”

"It's not like your style to take that risk. ”

"My life has been dark for a long time, and I almost forgot that I said that I was going to live a round life, and after going through so many things, I realized that if I want to live a wonderful life, I must first live boldly. ”

Fan Xian stopped looking at him and turned to leave the lonely palace.

Li Chengqian looked at his back in a daze, not understanding why he was suddenly so kind, his brows gradually wrinkled, he became sad, let out a long sigh, and lay down on the floor of this vast palace, with a detached smile on his face, his limbs stretched, as if he had never been so relaxed and free.

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This night, the East Palace has never been on fire, Fan Xian has been in the direction of the Hanguang Palace, looking at the direction of that place with cold eyes, confirming the calm of the East Palace, he shook his head, feeling slightly desolate in his heart, the emperor will arrive in Beijing about the day after tomorrow, and everything will return to the hands of the powerful emperor - leaving the prince alive, not Fan Xian's temporary intention, nor that he has the kindness of a woman, but a kind of sadness and sadness - He and the crown prince, including Lao 2, are actually just pawns on the chessboard of His Majesty the Emperor, puppets controlled by fate or elders.

The crown prince no longer has any power, and his life and death have nothing to do with Fan Xian. The crown prince is a good person, this is what Fan Xian once said to Chen Pingping a long time ago, since the first encounter on the road outside the palace, the impression left by His Royal Highness the prince on Fan Xian is extremely mild, especially in the past two years, although the fight has not stopped, but what is it? Fan Xian was able to send Thirteen Lang to protect the prince's trip to Nanzhao, and at this time he dared to let the prince live.

If Fan Xian wants to get rid of those silk threads behind him and save Li Chengqian's life, it is the first time he has made a statement by tearing hard, and now the palace is in his hands, and it is not difficult to hide His Majesty's eyes and ears from His Majesty with the disguise of the Supervision Yuan, and His Majesty's understanding of the prince's temperament.

It's just that the prince is like the eldest princess, his heart has already died, for those who have a dead heart, Fan Xian naturally will not be stupid and forcibly take risks to do something, and having this idea is enough to prove that after a shot in the meadow, his heart is ...... Too much has changed.

At night, the palace lights are extinguished, and the outside of the city is still not all calm, but the inside of the imperial city is silent, and the black sky envelops the flat garden in the palace, and the forbidden army and the officials of the Supervision Yuan stationed everywhere stand still like statues.

"Who?" An extremely vigilant voice sounded in the Hanguang Palace, and a palace maid lit the palace lamp, saw the person in front of her clearly, and quickly knelt down.

Fan Xian waved her hand to signal her to get up, and instructed her to lead all the palace maids and eunuchs out of Hanguang Palace, at this time not too many people knew that the emperor was already on the way back to Beijing, Fan Xian was the supervisor of the country, as the husband of the third prince, and so on, if it was the real emperor, the entire palace would be unimpeded, and no one dared to express doubts about his arrival.

A dim light turned on, all the palace maids and grandmothers withdrew from the palace in disheveled clothes, Fan Xian walked alone in the vast palace, slowly walked to the phoenix bed, looked at the old woman lying on the bed, and without waiting for the woman's resentful eyes, Fan Xian's right hand lightly wiped, spontaneously took out an unquenched needle, and pierced the old woman's neck.

Looking at the Queen Mother who had fallen asleep, Fan Xian squatted down, got under the phoenix bed, touched the dark grid, and opened the dark grid with a slight force with his fingers.

Three years ago, he once entered the Hanguang Temple at night, and used ** to fascinate everyone in the hall, took out the key to the box from this dark grid, and copied one, at that time there was a white cloth and a letter in the dark grid, but because of the urgency of time, he could not look closely.

Today there is a key in this compartment, a white cloth, but the letter ...... But it was gone.

Fan Xian held the white cloth in his hand, rubbed it carefully, and fell into thought, but he never had a clue. After a while, he put the white cloth back into the dark compartment, carefully arranged it into its original shape, then stood up, sat down beside the Queen Mother on the bed, and removed the thin needle under her neck.

As soon as the Queen Mother woke up, her eyes stared at Fan Xian resentfully, as if she was going to eat him. It's been a day and a night, she can't say a word, she can't move, she feels that her already little life seems to be flowing out of her body, that kind of fear and anger, but she can't vent it, she is really going crazy.

"Your Majesty will return to Beijing the day after tomorrow, and I will come to visit the Imperial Grandmother. ”

Fan Xian looked at her, and said after a while: "Aren't you surprised?

The Queen Mother's eyes were shocked, if she had known that Her Majesty was still alive, the situation in Kyoto would not be the way it is now, but her eyes were shocked with a touch of joy.

"Don't rejoice too soon. Fan Xian patted her wrinkled hand, and said in a harmonious voice: "I will let Your Majesty see you, and you will die, believe me, even if Your Majesty is the most powerful person in the world, but in terms of medical skills, he is not as good as me...... If you don't believe it, you can try, you'll be able to speak by this time. ”

"If you want to have a more dignified way to die, not the way it is now, please answer me a few questions. Fan Xian said: "Who wrote that letter, what was it written, and what is it...... What does the old Qin family have to do with what happened twenty years ago?"

Before the eldest princess died, she asked Fan Xian to ask Chen Pingping, and he chose to interrogate the queen mother simply and directly and rudely.

"Don't think I'm cold-blooded, think about what you guys did twenty years ago. Fan Xian lowered his head and said: "Come out to mix, you always have to pay it back, you are the queen mother, but I am afraid that you will not be able to escape the cycle of heavenly principles." ”。

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