"It's all for the sake of Qingguo. ”

"All for Qingguo?"

Yuan Hongdao sat in a carriage and drove towards the fiefdom of the eldest princess of Xinyang, but he felt a little ridiculous in his heart that he had kept this sentence in his heart for many years.

Many years ago, when the eldest princess began to like the current prime minister, as the first batch of secret members of the Second Division of the Supervision Yuan, Yuan Hongdao accepted Chen Pingping's arrangement, had a new identity, and had a new life, and gradually became friends with Lin Ruofu, who was not very obvious at that time.

At that time, it was just a chance encounter between two scholars.

At that time, Lin Ruofu was high-spirited, Yuan Hongdao was calm and honest, and after experiencing various coincidences arranged in the hospital, he finally became a so-called "best friend". As time passed year by year, Lin Ruofu, with the support of the eldest princess, had a smooth ride in the officialdom, but Yuan Hongdao was willing to stay by Lin Ruofu's side as a clear guest, and even when Lin Ruofu hinted countless times that he could make him a parent official, he just smiled faintly and refused.

Because of this, Lin Ruofu regards him even more as the only pure friend in his life. It's just that the prime minister didn't expect that this friend would be burdened with other missions from the beginning.

Yuan Hongdao has actually gradually adapted to this kind of life, because there has been no task assigned to him in the courtyard, and the only few people who know his identity have kept their distance.

It was because he said it that Lin Ruofu believed it.

Yuan Hongdao only betrayed Lin Ruofu once in his life, that is, this time. It was enough to make the Prime Minister withdraw from the court in disgrace. This is His Majesty's will, and through the Supervision Yuan, let him carry it out.

Maybe it was the betrayal of his old friend that really made the prime minister see this world clearly, so his entry into the palace on the second day became unstoppable. Even Fan Jian's repeated hints turned a blind eye to him. For the future of the Lin family, the prime minister has already deposited all of his son-in-law Fan Xian's body, so he is naturally unwilling to drag his in-laws into this muddy water.

In mid-March, the death of Guo You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Han Zhiwei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was demoted, and the prime minister asked for the guilt to sue the old man, but the fart was fruitless, and he returned to his hometown with silver.

All the measures taken by the Metropolitan Procuratorate regarding Wu Bo'an's case disappeared, and the Wu family did not know where he went. There is a decree under the fart, He Zongwei is good at learning and virtue, and he is rewarded when he enters the palace, and he is exempted from the examination as the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

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"Why?" Fan sat in the carriage. Gently flicking the piece of paper in his hand, this is the report of the internal supervision yuan to transmit the dynamics of the imperial court, as a tisi, although he is far away in the north at this time, but only a few days later than other places, he received the news in Kyoto.

Of course, Lord Yuezhang is not a good official in the pure sense, and the title of traitor is not for nothing, but Fan Xian still feels ridiculous, the dignified prime minister of a country, is actually defeated in the officialdom struggle of Qingguo silently!

Fan Xian had to think about the future, although Prime Minister Yuezhang didn't seem to help him much in this year, but he knew that many things, including the Chunfu case, the reason why the civil officials in the court had always maintained a tolerant attitude towards him was because of Yuezhang's face, except for the two Shangshu adults who were already unlucky, he had never encountered a real challenge in the Qingguo officialdom.

The object of Fan Xian's questioning was Sean, a generation of heroes who couldn't dance in chains.

"Why?" Sean analyzed with some indifference: "Because you did it, Emperor Qingguo took the opportunity to weaken the civil power, but only two Shangshu, how can you satisfy the appetite of an emperor, you are the prime minister's son-in-law, and now your reputation is shocking, if the emperor really wants you to be in charge of the Supervision Yuan in the future, then today for the sake of safety, the prime minister must also step down quickly." ”

"As for how to step down...... Sean sneered, "There are countless ways for an emperor to get a courtier to step down. What's more, your emperor has always been a weirdo who likes to use the Inspectorate. ”

The reason why Emperor Qingguo is a strange person is because the power of the Supervision Yuan is too strong, but the emperor still trusts Chen Pingping very much, which is an outlier.

Fan Xian shook his head and said, "There is something strange about this case. Even if Uncle Yue is heartbroken by the death of his second brother and wants to make Wu Bo'an cut off his children and grandchildren, there are many ways available. As for sniping the Wu family in Beijing, he also happened to let the second prince meet Li Hongcheng, such a stupid way of doing things is too far from his father-in-law's ability. ”

"There are traitors around the Prime Minister. Sean said lightly: "As for whether it is the eldest princess's person or your emperor's majesty's person, in fact, ...... It doesn't make a difference. ”

Fan Xian was not sure: "To be able to force my father-in-law to step down, there must be very solid evidence, my father-in-law is a cautious person, how can he let the spies of the enemy forces get in touch with those important things?"

Where did he think that the one who betrayed his father-in-law was Mr. Yuan Hongdao, and he didn't guess that there was a shadow of the Supervision Yuan behind this matter for the time being.

Sean laughed a little happily: "How much do you know about the things hidden in the **night* (forbidden books, please delete)*(forbidden books, please delete)?" He is qualified to say this, the civil strife in the Qingguo dynasty back then was planned by this old man, if it weren't for the sudden death of the two princes, maybe the current world would have long since lost the title of Qingguo.

Fan Xian's eyes twitched slightly, in the conversation with Sean these days, he found that although the other party had been imprisoned for many years and did not know the distribution of power in the Qingguo court, Fan Xian explained a little, Sean could clearly find the problem, and even guessed exactly what kind of punishment those Beijing officials involved in the case would be in this Chunqiu case.

Sean once said that the Prime Minister would definitely step down because of this matter. But there was no warning of this matter, and the Chunfu case did not involve the prime minister's mansion at all, and the eldest princess, who broke down and became enemies with the prime minister, was far away in Xinyang, so Fan Xian didn't believe it very much...... Unexpectedly, he was hit by him, Fan Xian couldn't help but be a little shocked by the other party's vicious eyes, and then he knew that there was no vanity under the fame.

Fan Xian sighed, looked at the old man, and suddenly said, "I feel more and more curious, why didn't the Supervision Yuan kill you immediately after they caught you."

"Because I have a lot of useful things in my head. ”

"At least we can be a little harder. Fan Xian said, "For example, cut off your limbs." ”

"What do you mean by five limbs?" Sean was a little curious, "There is a limit to everything, and when things exceed the limit I can tolerate, I think, at least I still have the ability to kill myself, and you ...... But they are not willing to pay such a price. ”

Fan Xian raised his eyebrows and thought about it, this is indeed the truth, got up and saluted him, and got out of the carriage.

He stood on the side of the carriage, looking at the fresh reeds slowly wafting by the lake in the distance, and vaguely understood the true meaning of His Majesty the Emperor, the imperial court needs new blood, the so-called flowing water is not rotten, the prime minister has been in that position for too long, and his sudden rise in Kyoto has made the matter of the prime minister's resignation a top priority.

There is no nobleman in the palace who would allow the prime minister, who is the head of the hundred officials, to have a son-in-law who is in charge of the Supervision Yuan. If His Majesty really intends to reuse Fan Xian in the coming year, then he must let the prime minister leave...... Otherwise, Fan Xian would be suppressed, but Fan Xian knew in his heart that His Majesty the strange emperor would not really suppress himself.

The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, if Fan Xian himself is the wave behind, then the prime minister is undoubtedly the wave in front of him who is unable to beat the shore, he must bid farewell to this historical stage and make enough space.

This is just a very normal metabolism in the officialdom, seeing that the prime minister is still quite chic, I think I have long expected the end of the story, but Fan Xian thought of Wan'er who stayed in Kyoto, and thought of the humble Dabao who had no reason to surrender to him, he was still a little worried in his heart, and frowned lightly with a sad face.

"I hope that my father and Chen Pingping can keep the rest of the Lin family. He frowned at the yellow reed, wondering why it wouldn't turn green, and he began to think about the role of the Inspectorate in this matter.

For no reason, Fan Xian felt a trace of anger, as the director of the Supervision Yuan, he didn't believe that the courtyard would not know His Majesty's intentions, and then thought of the poison on the Si Lili's body, he suddenly felt a little cold.

Chen Pingping is just constantly removing the stumbling blocks on Fan Xian's way forward, even if the other party is Fan Xian's relatives, this means of removal is extremely indifferent and ruthless, and he will not even take Fan Xian's feelings into account at all.

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In the afternoon, after many days of travel, the mission finally approached the great lake where the two countries meet. The Great Lake has no name, but it is called the Great Lake - because it is very large. Fan Xian looked at the blue waves in front of him, and was swept by the breeze blowing on the lake, and the whole person was much more sober, and a sunny and beautiful smile appeared on his face again.

Although the convoy of the mission had already reached the Great Lake, it would take several days to travel east through the lake and truly enter the territory of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Fan Xian knew that if Sean really wanted to make a move, it should be within these few days.

In the distance, there are water birds flying very freely against the surface of the lake, the long bird edge glides in the water, after meeting the fish, it is sensitive to the extreme beak, flying to the shore of the lake, and then stepping on the fish that keeps bouncing with its thin claws, holding it and raising its neck to the sky, swallowing it with a grunt, looking extremely relaxed.

Fan Xian's heart suddenly moved, and he walked towards the carriage that he hadn't been to for many days, lifted the curtain and entered, looking at the manager girl who was slightly stunned and then showed a complicated expression, and smiled slightly.