Quiet courtyard, quiet people, quiet chest, there is almost pain. With a hint of pity and a hint of gentleness, Fan Shangshu looked at his son, who bowed his head and was speechless, and asked softly after being silent for a long time: "Don't talk about Chen Pingping, I just want to ask you, since you decided to step into Shijia Village in person, you must have known about that incident many years ago, how are you going to deal with that matter?"

Fan Xian didn't answer, but asked, "When did you think of it?"

"It was about after the Kyoto Rebellion. Fan Jianmian was calm and said in a harmonious voice: "Even if I wanted to think about it before, I didn't want to think in that direction. After all, I am his courtier. ”

"I thought in that direction a long time ago. Fan Xian said bitterly: "Because I had already guessed my life experience at that time, but I didn't have the slightest good impression of His Majesty, so if I think in that direction, I can accept it in love." But ......"

He breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "But then His Majesty became better and better for me, and I became more and more reluctant to think in that direction, although I knew that apart from him, there was no one in this world who could expel Ye Qingmei from this world." ”

"But I don't want to go in that direction. Fan Xian's brows furrowed extremely tightly, "Because the child felt a little confused for the first time." I've told you before that I don't allow anyone to control me, and that my mind is strong enough to never be disturbed by external objects, but in this matter, I'm really starting to get confused. ”

He raised his head, glanced at his father helplessly, and asked, "If you were in my place, what would you do?"

Regarding this issue, on the bank of the Liujing River in Kyoto, on the side of the big tomb, Fan Xian had actually thought about it more clearly, but for this matter, Fan Jian should have the strength and qualifications to speak, so Fan Xian came to Shijia Village, came to Qingguo's fish intestines, and quietly listened to his father's instructions.

After Fan Jian was silent for a long time, he looked at him and asked, "You have to ask your heart, what do you think of Your Majesty." ”

"It depends on how he thinks of me. Fan Xian's words were answered very quickly, and he must have asked himself countless times in countless nights.

"Then what does he think of you?" Fan Jian smiled softly and said, "You don't have to care about your father's attitude, after all, I grew up with him since childhood, although I am disappointed and resentful of him, but to be honest, I really can't afford to have too many hateful thoughts." ”

Fan Xian laughed helplessly, and then fell into deep thought, he had also thought about this matter many, many times. Before the Kyoto Rebellion, Emperor Lao Tzu probably felt three points of guilt for Fan Xian, three points of weight, and four points of use, and after so many people died in the palace, Emperor Xià's xìng feelings obviously changed a lot.

Counting from the chūn day when Qingli entered Beijing in the fourth year, Fan Xian had to admit that the emperor may be a mean and unkind person, but in terms of treating himself, there is indeed an outlier, even if the use of the year is an acceptable use - if the emperor still has a true affection for the people of this world, then this point falls on Fan Xian's head.

The emperor was better to Fan Xian than to the crown prince, better than the second prince, not to mention the poor woman who had sacrificed her life for the emperor's reputation.

After listening to Fan Xian's words quietly, Fan Jian gently stroked the beard under his chin, sighed and said: "The country is easy to change, this is difficult to move, even if His Majesty's love is much gentler, but after all, he is still a generation of kings who regard the world as his own thoughts." Again, how you treat your majesty depends on how you treat you, but how you treat you doesn't depend on how you treat him?"

He looked at his young son, and said with a slight worry: "Your Majesty treats you differently, that is because you have always shown your loyalty since you entered Beijing, which is also a point that your father admires you...... However, if you are not a simple courtier, once he really begins to doubt your loyalty, there will definitely be a fundamental change in his attitude towards you. ”

"The emperor is ruthless. Fan Jian reminded him, "Especially since the power in your hands is so great now, it can even faintly threaten the stability of the Qingguo Dragon Chair, if he finds out that you have something wrong in your heart, he will inevitably mobilize the absolute power in his hand and kill you." ”

Fan Xian was silent, knowing that what his father said was right, and one of the biggest problems he had made in his planning in the past few years was that he had never set his mind, whether it was to avenge Ye Qingmei, or to erase the things of the year, and honestly and cringely to be a powerful minister next to the dragon chair, he had to make a decision in advance.

"It's a problem that no one can solve. He said with a wry smile, thinking in his heart that in his previous life, he could probably only find such dramatic conflicts and inner struggles in Shakespeare's plays.

Fan Jian looked at him quietly with a very strange look, and said after a while: "Actually, when Chen Pingping determined that matter, after my father guessed that matter, I also considered your problem with him, but we really didn't think it was an intractable problem. ”

Fan Xian couldn't understand this sentence a little.

Fan Jian looked at him, his eyes became more and more gentle, and he sighed and said, "An Zhi, you are really a different person. I thought that you had never met your biological mother, but since you were a child, you grew up under the care of Your Majesty, and Your Majesty treats you very well...... According to the theory, you shouldn't have too deep feelings for Xiao Yezi, and under the affection of Your Majesty to treat you, even if you know the tragic events of the year, you are only afraid that you can't afford to take revenge on Your Majesty for the sake of your biological mother. ”

Fan Jian couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Sometimes I really can't understand you. ”

Yes, Fan Xian has never seen Ye Qingmei in his life, and he has not grown up healthily under her care, and His Majesty the Emperor treats him well...... "The hatred of killing his mother, don't you share the sky?" Fan Xian said softly and self-deprecatingly: "Of course, you also know that I can't make a decision for this reason." ”

It is because of the breath of Ye Qingmei in this world that makes Fan Xian feel so familiar, so close, and so amiable. Maybe it has nothing to do with the love between mother and son, it's just that two connected souls, in this empty and lively other world, suddenly get closer, closer.

For Fan Xian, Ye Qingmei is a forerunner, a ...... who has come and left The other self.

"It's not fair. ”

Fan Xian looked at his father, for some reason, his heart ached, and he said softly in an indescribable tone: "If it's just like that, it's too unfair to her." ”

Fan Shangshu was silent for a long time and said, "It's really unfair. ”

............ Perhaps it was precisely because of these three words that the old cripple in the supervision court endured for twenty years, planned for twenty years, and followed the general trend between the world and the court with great care and wonders, and spent countless jīng gods to drive all the people of the emperor to the opposite side of the emperor one by one.

As the saying goes, there are dogs in the world, and Pingping chases them. The old cripple finally succeeded in the end, and what happened in the entire seven years of Qingli was the flashpoint that he had been thinking about and waiting for for a long time. Under the circumstances, His Majesty the Emperor of Qingguo was facing the greatest danger in his life, and the wind was gathering on Dadong Mountain.

However, the emperor finally came back alive from Dadong Mountain, and the word justice that Chen Pingping wanted to find became a flower in the mirror and a shadow in the water, and he could no longer find a second chance.

"I want to arrange Chen Pingping first. Fan Xian had already gotten rid of his previous love, looked at his father and said softly: "The old comrades-in-arms of the year, the dead are dead, the betrayals are still struggling, the dean is different from you, he has always been unwilling, so he has been hard to stay in Kyoto for more than two years. ”

"Now that you have taken over the position of dean, it seems that Your Majesty still wants to give us old fellows a way to live. Fan Jianwen smiled and said: "As long as nothing happens, His Majesty should let that old dog out of Beijing, don't worry." ”

Fan Xian's heart swelled with a faint worry, but he didn't know where this worry came from, but he just felt that things shouldn't go so smoothly. In his original plan, when Chen Pingping and his father were far away from Kyoto, he was alone in Kyoto with the emperor Xià, and used the matter of Dongyi City to drag His Majesty's footsteps for two years.

Looking at the worry between Fan Xian's eyebrows, Fan Shangshu frowned and asked, "What are the new movements in Kyoto?"

"It's still the same as in the past year, the Metropolitan Procuratorate checks and balances the Supervision Yuan, and He Zongwei is very beautiful now. Fan Xian shook his head and said, "Recently, there has been nothing major in the capital except for Sun Jingxiu's side. ”

Fan Shangshu's face condensed slightly, and asked about the matter of Kyoto Prefecture some time ago. After thinking silently for a long time, he suddenly said, "There is something strange about this matter. ”

Fan Xian was slightly different, looking at his father, I don't know where to start with this, the officialdom in Kyoto, compared with the major events discussed by the father and son before, are obviously two completely different levels of affairs, but the partial-born father is so solemn.

"From the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the Sect of the Middle School, and then to you taking over the Supervision Yuan. Fan Jian said coldly: "This is what we have discussed before, the pattern arranged by His Majesty for the Qingguo behind him, but at the moment, Dongyi City is still negotiating, and the Northern Expedition has not yet begun to prepare, and His Majesty's layout this time is obviously too urgent." ”

"He wants to help He Zongwei come to power to check and balance you, and do these things......" Fan Jian shook his head and sighed: "Too urgent, too urgent." ”

Fan Xian understood his father's words, and also fell into deep thought, it is true, in the past two years or so, His Majesty seems to be too eager to make future arrangements for the Qingguo Imperial Court, and the speed is too hasty.

A gust of mountain wind blew in along the unclosed glass window, bringing a chill, and the light in the study flickered on and off for a while, reflecting the faces of the father and son.

After a period of suppressed silence, Fan Xian lowered his voice and said, "Could it be that there is something wrong with His Majesty's body?"

Fan Jian shook his head after thinking for a long time: "You have more people in the palace than me, even more than Chen Pingping, if you don't receive the news, then it's not true." ”

"But if there is really something wrong with your body, you will definitely hide it. Fan Xian said with a heavy face.

"If you are sick, you have to go to the hospital to treat it. Fan Jian looked at him and said, "As long as there is a file in the Tai Hospital, you must have the ability to see it." ”

"Nope. Fan Xian shook his head, "I've been paying attention to this aspect in the past two years, but there really isn't any news in the palace. ”

"If there is something wrong with His Majesty's body, but he does not summon the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him, then there is only one reason. Fan Jian sat up straight and said slowly: "His Majesty's body is a problem, he knows it well, and it is impossible for the imperial doctor to cure it." ”

Fan Xian's heart moved slightly, and he subconsciously said: "Could it be that the domineering true qi has been cultivated to the realm of the royal road, and there will still be problems?"

Fan Jian shook his head with a smile and said, "The realm of the Great Grandmaster, logically speaking, ordinary poisons can't penetrate the heart, what can be the problem? ”

Fan Xian also laughed and said: "That's right, but I'm very interested in how His Majesty crossed that pass and practiced the royal road scroll, but it's a pity that His Majesty always said that I couldn't use that method, so I didn't have a clue." ”

"Where are you going next?" Fan Jian suddenly asked.

"Go to Dongyi City. Fan Xian was stunned, not knowing why his father suddenly asked this.

"As for the matter of the nameless merit, my father can't give any opinion. Is there a problem with the practice, since you are going to Dongyi City, there is always someone to ask. Fan Jian looked at him calmly and said, "Si Gu Jian is about to die, before he dies, if you can make some progress, you can protect yourself in the future." ”

Fan Xian smiled bitterly, a hundred feet ahead, go further, how difficult, although in Dongyi City, the Sigu Sword has been taught, but what can it be? But he also knew that what his father said was right, about the secret of the nameless skill, how can His Majesty break through the last restriction of the domineering scroll on the human body, Sigu Sword is undoubtedly the last teacher.

"I hope Sigu Jian can give me a better answer. Fan Xian finally said.