It began to rain again in Suzhou City, I heard that the rain in the upper reaches of the river was even greater, and the jīng gods of the court officials were concentrated on the section of the river embankment that was full of holes in Shazhou, even if Fan Xian made people in Suzhou, his eyes couldn't stop falling there, Yang Wanli had already gone to the Yamen, the governor of river transportation, the silver transfer of the inner treasury had arrived, and the treasury had also arrived, and the silver money in river transportation had never been as sufficient as this year, but the start time of repairing the river this year was too late, and I didn't know if it could withstand the summer flood.

The rain was heavy, and the heat of the first arrival in Jiangnan was immediately extinguished, leaving a deserted and remnant chūn. For the people in the south of the Yangtze River, the rain only increased the depression and grief in their hearts, but not many people would think of the victims of last year's disaster who had no houses to live in and no clothes in the upper reaches of the river.

Because the funeral of Mrs. Ming is about to be held.

Fan Xian looked at this qiē indifferently, and did not react at all, after Deng Ziyue, including the subordinates of the Supervision Yuan of the Governor's Mansion and the Inner Treasury Transfer Division, they all persuaded him that it was best to light incense sticks in the mourning hall, and Lord Qincha expressed his gesture, with the awe of the people of Qingguo for the imperial court, he should not continue to make trouble.

However, Fan Xian refused this mention very hard, because in his opinion, it was just an old immortal funeral, what was it? It was just a dead person, and if things didn't go well on the upper reaches of the river, the devil knew how many people would die.

For this gesture of Lord Chincha, all the officials sighed, thinking to themselves, could it be that Lord Chincha did not feel the undercurrent surging among the people?

............ At the end of the month, there is a sound of mourning in the Ming Garden, there is a white cloth hanging high, and the mourning hall is open, which is the period of stopping the coffin for seven rì.

According to the funeral rules of Qingguo, after the seven rì, the news of the funeral will be spread to relatives, friends and even enemies...... Regardless of what grudges the two sides have before their deaths, but the rule of mourning is unavoidable, the original intention of this ritual refers to a death of enmity, often the enemy before death, will learn about the funeral, go to the mourning hall to mourn, and so if the right and wrong of life are settled, from then on yīn yang separated, the two have nothing to do with each other.

The dignitaries who had been staying in Suzhou City and waiting for the funeral of Mingyuan received the white post from Mingyuan, and began to clean up their clothes and expressions and go to Mingyuan.

All the eyes of everyone were staring at Huayuan, because according to the rules and the status of the old lady of the Ming Dynasty, the white post of mourning should also be sent to Huayuan and to the hands of Lord Qincha. As for what Lord Qincha is going to do, it depends on what to do with this white post.

No one thought that when Ming Yuan sent Bai Ti to Hua Yuan, Hua Yuan just politely took in the Ming Sanye, drank a cup of tea, and sent Ming Sanye out, but Bai Ti was confiscated!

Ming Sanye made a splash outside Huayuan on the spot, scolded angrily with foul language, and spat fiercely on the stone steps in front of Huayuan.

Immediately, someone came out and rinsed the phlegm with water.

Everything in the world can't lift a single word of reason, and in the hearts of ordinary people, the dead are great, which is the universal principle. Lord Chincha did not give face to the deceased in this way, which made all the people feel a trace of consternation and anger.

And what made everyone even more unexpected and angry was that the Ming Lao Taijun Spiritual Hall was not opened, and the Supervision Yuan took action again and arrested the Ming Sixth Master who led the search in the Ming Garden, in the name of investigating Dongyi Jiān, so that not only Suzhou Mansion, but even the Governor's Mansion did not say much. Moreover, after the Supervision Yuan secretly arrested Ming Liuye, he was immediately sent to the Shazhou Sailor to take care of him, and was not handed over to the local government.

I don't know if anyone is in the lead, anyway, from the next day, people have been gathering in front of Huayuan, cursing loudly, shouting slogans that I don't know, such as severely punishing the real culprit and releasing the innocent.

What's even more headache is that the students and scholars in Jiangnan have also joined this ranks, the young students are full of enthusiasm, and what Xiao Fan has done recently has made these students feel disillusioned with their idols, and they are even more angry, shouting and denouncing.

Huayuan was as calm as usual, but the governor of Jiangnan Road, Yamen, fearing a civil uprising, transferred a team of soldiers to guard in front of Huayuan, and drove those excited and angry soldiers to the end of the long street.

In the afternoon of the same day, the governor Xue Qing, under the heavy guard, made it extremely difficult to get through the excited crowd and entered Huayuan.

In the study, he and Fan Xian argued for a long time, but no one could convince anyone, and finally Xue Qing asked helplessly: "If the people are so provoked to surround the garden and not leave, how can the face of the court remain?"

Fan Xian said indifferently: "Besieging the prince, with bad intentions, if you don't use troops, I will move troops." ”

Xue Qing was stunned, and then remembered that there was still a third prince living in the Ming Garden, and let the citizens of Suzhou surround Huayuan and pass it back to Kyoto. And as the governor of Jiangnan, he categorically did not dare to let such a terrible thing happen within his jurisdiction, and after a little thought, he asked sincerely: "What should I do?"

With the old spicy city mansion of Governor Xue Qing, it is a small problem to clean up some students who were carried away by the blood, the key is that he understands that this matter is obviously an atmosphere deliberately created by Fan Xian, and once he doesn't know what Fan Xian's true intentions are, there is no need for him to intervene and plunge himself into this mess.

Fan Xian glanced at him and said, "They are all hot-blooded young people, and I don't want to embarrass them...... It's just that it rains continuously, and the night freezes fiercely, and the blood will be cold, so they will naturally disperse. ”

Xue Qing frowned slightly: "If you don't disperse?"

Fan Xian sneered: "Righteous indignation can't be eaten as a meal, and it doesn't disperse at night, which means that some people surrounding the garden are not relying on righteous indignation, but have other purposes." ”

The goal of those who are hidden in the shadows is very simple, not to mention stirring up a popular uprising, but only to make the people's reaction greater, so that the matter can be transmitted back to Kyoto, and His Majesty must always have a reaction.

Xue Qingwei pondered, and immediately understood what Fan Xian meant, and said, "Do you want the Governor's Mansion to take action in this matter." ”

Fan Xian shook his head: "This is a matter of bad reputation, I can take care of it myself...... My lord, you can take care of Huayuan, after all, the safety of the Third Highness is the top priority. ”

Xue Qing understood, and couldn't help but feel a trace of strangeness and shock in his heart, if according to the common sense of officialdom, the suppression of the civil uprising would always be done by everyone together, and Fan Xian put on this lonely and stubborn appearance, and indeed made himself feel a lot less pressure.

After the discussion was over, Xue Qing took his leave and left.

Fan Xian sat alone in the study in a daze, and then couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, Haitang went to Duorì, but he hadn't come back yet, and he couldn't catch that Mr. Zhou, and this change in Mingyuan was to lose one-third of his interests. As for those angry Suzhou citizens, Fan Xian didn't care at all...... With Ming Qingda in charge there, things will definitely not go beyond the critical line of intensification, the problem is that it is obvious that behind this mass movement, there are many shadows of people hidden in the shadows.

No one provoked and instigated, how could the cowardly citizens of our Daqing Dynasty have the courage to come to the Qincha Mansion to raise their voices?

Regarding this matter, Fan Xian had already made full preparations, and now that he had received Xue Qing's reply, his heart was even more peaceful.

As Fan Xian expected, when it was almost dusk, the crowd outside had gradually dispersed, leaving only those students wearing square scarves and showing righteous efforts, and some unknown citizens mixed together, guarded by the military of the Governor's Palace, and these people could only chant the classics at the end of the long street, angrily accusing Lord Qincha of disregarding human life and harming the people of Jiangnan.

I don't know who started it, the crowd gradually became excited, and forced towards Huayuan, and the sergeants of the Governor's Mansion didn't dare to be ruthless for a while, and slowly retreated.

Getting closer and closer to Huayuan, the crowd stopped, there was a noise, and all kinds of ugly words were scolded, but the students were not all stupid, they knew that scolding was scolding, but all they scolded was how the Supervision Institute was, but it did not involve the eighteenth generation of Fan Xian's ancestors.

Everyone in the world knows that Fan Xian's ancestor is the ancestor of the emperor's majesty, and he scolds the supervision institute that everyone in the world hates to the bone, and scolds the eighteenth generation of his ancestor?

Huayuan was still quiet, faintly visible lights flickering inside, and the sound of bamboo came through the rain.

The soldiers of the Governor's Palace stood by and lit torches in their hands, illuminating the hall outside the garden.

The rain is like a thread, and it has already wet the students who are still outside the Huayuan, they look at each other, wipe the rain off their faces, and some can't believe their ears, Suzhou City is already like this, these people are already like this, Lord Qincha still has leisure and ambition...... That's it!

He was drenched in the rain, but Lord Qincha was listening to the play, and the students were inexplicably angry, and only then did the angry scolding that had been rested for a while due to exhaustion sound high again.

In the midst of this angry scolding, a man in gray sè clothes was sandwiched in the crowd, his eyes rolled a few times, he took out something from his arms, and threw it into Huayuan!

The thing crashed into the garden with only a muffled sound, and no explosions or anything like that.

Instead, there was a thunderous scolding in Huayuan: "Who the fuck is throwing dog blood bags!"

............ Throwing dog blood, this is the most insulting trick, although some children make awkward childishness, but throw it into the Huayuan where the Qincha is, this matter is a big deal.

The students were also stunned, and their scolding stopped for a while, thinking to themselves which classmate this was so bold?

Just as he was thinking, three black shadows flashed above the Hua Garden, and it was none other than the three swordsmen of the Supervision Yuan, who stared coldly at the troublemakers on the street outside the garden.

The crowd was silent, and suddenly someone burst out and shouted: "The Supervision Yuan is going to kill someone! Let's ......!"

A shadow slammed into the crowd, and the sound of fanning the flames stopped abruptly, like a duck being choked by the throat of fate.

The crowd was startled and parted from it, only to see a big man in a cloth robe, holding the throat of a gray-clothed man in his hand, and walked out coldly.

The big man in the cloth shirt is none other than the leader of the Tiger Guard, Gundam, who has been staring at the people who are fanning the flames outside on the orders of Fan Xian. He threw the man in gray to the ground and stomped on the man's chest, only to hear the man's sternum shatter.

When the students saw this tragic scene, they rushed into flames, surrounded Gundam and shouted, "Murder!

This scene frightened the surrounding governor's palace generals, and forced the horses to come up as soon as they urged, and at any time there was a momentum of mobilizing troops to suppress them.

Gundam coldly picked up the man in gray and shook it like a sack, clanging, and he didn't know how many things had fallen from the man.

"One, he's not dead. ”

The answer to Gunda's sentence was the voice of the gray-clothed man moaning, and the students' feelings were slightly fixed.

Gundam said coldly: "Second, you are here to seek justice, and this person is here to induce Lord Qincha to kill you, there is a difference, so treat them differently...... That's what you said. ”

The students came to their senses, looked at the ground, and couldn't help but be startled, only to see that the gray-clothed man fell to the ground not only dog blood bags, but also tinder and lamp oil, etc., everyone then understood, if this person was allowed to be caught in the crowd and do badly, it really burned the Huayuan, where the prince and the Lord Qincha lived, and their own people would definitely be killed on the spot by the court in the name of thugs.

"My lord's original words are two. Gundam said coldly.

Everyone was intimidated by his momentum and listened honestly.

"If there is injustice in the chest, it will be sent out, this is the gift of young people, I don't blame you and others. ”

Gundam continued to state Fan Xian's words: "But how stupid is it to be instigated and provoked, but not know the truth? If you want to express your grievances, you have to find a correct way, and it is really shameful to be so noisy and shouting like a shrew in the market." ”

The students listened to these words and were very unconvinced. A student who looked like a leader came out proudly: "The Supervision Yuan acted unfairly and forced people to die, and the students also went to Suzhou Mansion to report the case, but the officials protected each other, and the Suzhou Government was afraid of the power of the Supervision Yuan, so they did not dare to accept the petition, and dared to ask Lord Qincha, what other way can the students be relieved?"

Gundam glanced at the man coldly: "My lord said: If you have the courage to gather people outside the park to make trouble, do you have the courage to enter the park to discuss matters?"

The students suddenly made a commotion, some said that they couldn't enter, some said they must enter, and they all had different opinions, and finally they all focused on the student who came out before, this student was a student of Bailu College on Jiangnan Road, surnamed Fang Tingshi, born in poverty, but very knowledgeable, and has always won the praise of his peers, and is hidden as the leader of the students.

Fang Tingshi pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth, took out these blood books collected from his arms, held them to the top of his head, and said, "Students are willing to enter the kindergarten to argue with adults." ”

Gundam gave him a blank look and walked into the garden with the gray-clothed man in his hand, Fang Tingshi felt a little uneasy, plucked up the courage to go inside, and at the same time dissuaded his classmates from asking to enter together.

............ Fan Xian sat on the Taishi chair with his eyes half-closed, enjoying the gentle massage of Sisi behind him, and his fingers tapped on the table with the singing of the Qingqu master in the pavilion in the garden.

On his side, Fang Tingshi, who was extremely bold and dared to enter the garden alone to ask Lord Qincha for justice, was flipping through something, his face was blue and white for a while, and his lips trembled slightly, as if he was shocked by what was written on it.

Fan Xian slowly opened his eyes and said: "This is a secret of the imperial court, but there are many inconvenient to get Suzhou Mansion as evidence, many of them are dead and have no proof, and many of them involve nobles in the court, and it is impossible for this official to use it under the guise of killing the Ming Garden in a bright and bright way...... However, since you have the courage to pull up a vote of students to seek justice, you are not stupid, and after seeing so many things, you should have a judgment about what is going on in Mingyuan. ”

What Fang Tingshi is holding in his hand is the results of the Supervision Yuan's secret investigation of Ming Yuan in the past six months, including the pirates on Donghai Island, the mysterious death of Ming Lanshi's concubine, the story of Xia Qifei and the Ming family, the smuggling of the Ming family to Dongyi City, and the smuggling of the Ming family into Dongyi City...... One by one, the records are clear, although as Fan Xian said, these records, because of the lack of circumstantial evidence, cannot be presented as evidence, but Fang Tingshi knows in his heart that what is written on them must be true.

His hands trembling with the case file in his hands, and he said, "But...... It shouldn't be like this, Ming Lao Taijun Huairou Jiangnan, I don't know how many poor students have been sponsored, the students have been poor since childhood, if it weren't for Mingyuan giving me rice every month for me to study, how could I enter Bailu Academy. ”

His eyes were slightly red, and he glared at Fan Xian and said: "Lord Qincha, the student dares to enter the garden today, so he doesn't have the idea of going out alive, the student doesn't believe in what is written on it at all, and the Supervision Yuan is the most capable of ...... crime."

Fan Xian looked at him coldly and didn't answer at all.

Fang Tingshi himself couldn't say it anymore.

"Since I took over the Supervision Yuan, when have I ever fabricated criminal evidence and framed by people?" Fan Xian said sarcastically: "As for you, as a student, you should have the ability to make judgments, not by words, not by eyes, just by looking at the situation over the years and your own brain. ”

"Of course, you don't have brains. Fan Xian reprimanded: "If you have brains, you won't be persuaded by others to come to the Huayuan, where is this? This is the Qincha Xingyuan, this is the prince's palace, the official has beheaded you three hundred people, and there is no problem, and in the end, you are dead, and the official's reputation is gone. ”

He was not good, pointed at Fang Tingshi's nose and scolded: "It's all a bunch of fools, and I don't know where I've read all these books." ”

Anger is disguised, because Fan Xian knows that these students eat this set the most.

Sure enough, Fang Tingshi said: "Lord Qincha teaches ......" He thought about it, Lord Qincha not only did not suppress the students, but invited himself into the mansion, his heart was really sincere, and he said with a wry smile: "My lord is open-minded. ”

Fan Xian closed his eyes and shook his head: "My mind can't be said to be open-minded, it's just that you are all still young, and I don't want to use those means...... As for today, rì can accommodate you. ”

He suddenly opened his eyes and said, "You should know which four people my fourth son of Fan Men is. ”

The four sons of Fan Men, Hou Jichang, Cheng Jialin, Shi Xianli, and Yang Wanli, were all protégés of Fan Xian after the Chūn case that year.

Fang Tingshi nodded.

Fan Xian laughed: "My four students are older than me, but they all call themselves teachers. If you want to say that Ji Chang also made trouble in Jiangnan back then, it is like you today. ”

Fang Tingshi was slightly stunned.

Fan Xian finally said: "It's not a pity, maybe it's looking at you, a little nostalgic." ”

After Fang Tingshi withdrew, Sisi frowned and said, "Young Master, these people are too ignorant, how can you still ......?"

"Still so polite?" Fan Xian shook his head and said: "Reputation is really not important, but students still have to be scrupulous in this regard, after these people are promoted in the future, they will all enter the court as officials, I don't think about myself, I also have to think about His Highness." ”

Sisi said again: "That's it. ”

The corners of Fan Xian's lips flashed with a gentle smile: "If Fang Tingshi can persuade the students to go back, it means that he has the ability, and of course he will cultivate it well in the future." As for the ghosts who mingle in the crowd...... That's what I'm waiting for. ”

Ming Qingda has already sent someone to send a message over, and the inside of Mingyuan has actually been almost suppressed, the problem is that the rumors in Suzhou City are currently inconvenient to suppress, especially these troublesome people, there must be someone who is provoking.

"Don't use a knife. Fan Xian turned around and confessed to Gundam: "The wooden sticks that you prepared a few days ago are easier to use, and when it comes to suppressing this kind of thing, it hurts to beat, but it can't bleed." ”

What incident, with the word bloodshed added in front, is always a bit troublesome.

After Fang Tingshi left the garden, he talked with the students for a long time, but unfortunately he couldn't convince everyone in the end, but some students wondered if he was afraid of the power of the imperial court, and there were some yīn weird words in the crowd.

Only half of the people gathered outside the Ming Garden to express their anger remained, and the generals of the Governor's Mansion had the previous dog blood bag and were even more strictly guarded.

I don't know how long it took, suddenly a large group of people rushed out of the Huayuan, holding wooden sticks, and hit the students who surrounded but did not leave.

Although the people in the Supervision Yuan did not take a heavy hand, and the students were not seriously injured, the students who were immersed in the scriptures every day, where did they experience this kind of stick education, crying and screaming, they were dispersed by the sticks, and before Hua Yuan, they immediately returned to calm.

Only the rain fell slowly.

The chief soldier of the Governor's Mansion looked at this scene dumbfounded, thinking that Lord Qincha was really ruthless.

No one noticed that there were still some sneaky figures fleeing with the scattered students, and behind these figures, some secret agents of the Supervision Yuan disguised themselves as scholars or citizens, running in panic while staring cautiously.

Fan Xian stepped on the ladder, took the hand of the third prince and climbed the wall of Huayuan, looking at this scene, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "According to the standard model, today we should let some gang people, disguised as people with lofty ideals who are loyal to the monarch and love the people, come and beat these students. ”

The third prince said curiously: "Sir, why didn't you do it today?"

Fan Xian scolded with a smile: "If you want to use someone from Jiangnan Water Village, now everyone knows that Xia Qifei is our person, why bother with such a pink face." ”