The banquet went quite smoothly, at least on the surface, especially when Fan Sizhen took the pair of jade lions from the Marquis of Chang'an without smiling.

It's just that Fan Sizhe, as the master, always habitually looks out of the hall of Baoyue Tower. Today, Baoyue Lou was wrapped up by him, and there were no other guests, Wei Hua, who was sitting next to him, frowned slightly, thinking to himself, who else was coming? Why didn't he receive the news beforehand?

Looking at Fan Sizhe's expression, it is conceivable that the identity of the guest who is about to arrive is not low, otherwise he will not have irrepressible expectations and nervousness, but if the identity of the guest is not low, why not wait for the guest to arrive, and the banquet will already be opened?

Wei Hua subconsciously shook his head, a self-deprecating and bitter smile appeared on the corner of his lips, he knew in his heart that for these two brothers of the Fan family, they could not be judged by common sense. He is now the commander of the Northern Qi Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division, taking over the heavy position of the year, most of the secret agencies of the Northern Qi are under his control, the little emperor of the Northern Qi has a lot of trust in him, and his power is not small, but once he is facing the Fan brothers from the south, Wei Hua is still a little faintly nervous.

Fan Xian is in charge of the Supervision Yuan, and Wei Hua is a "peer" who is honest and straightforward, but Wei Hua knows that he is not as long as Fan Xian has studied in this industry, and the Jinyi Wei of the Northern Dynasty does not have as much power as the Supervision Yuan of the Southern Dynasty, so if the two of them really want to fight together across the national border, they are not enough for the other party.

As for Fan Sizhe, Wei Hua looked at the slightly chubby young man who was entertaining the guests beside him, and frowned slightly, for this character. He admitted that he was indeed a little blind two years ago, and thought that it was just Fan Xian who used the authority in his hand to send his younger brother to Northern Qi to escape. I never thought that more than a year would pass. Fan Sizhen is hidden behind the scenes. It is actually a firm control of the line of Lao Cui's family, and the business in the dark is also flourishing.

It's not at all the business acumen and ability that a teenager should have.

Wei Hua patted his forehead. Smile and Fan Sizhen had a drink and said a few jokes. The purpose of Fan Sizhe's invitation today is very clear. Someone must take over the private goods from the south to the north road, and it is impossible for a Nanqing person to sell them in the north of Qiming. In previous years, it was taken over by the Wei family, especially Changninghou, but now Fan Sizhen is getting bolder and bolder, so he naturally feels that the Changninghou family is too slow to spit out. Only then did Chang'an Hou also tie him in.

Wei Hua was not averse to this arrangement. It's not because Chang'an Hou is his own uncle. Instead, he knew that the Wei family was just a puppet placed in front of the stage by His Majesty the Emperor, and the bulk of the profits were continuously filled into His Majesty's inner treasury and treasury through this business.

And Fan Sizhen can toss again. After all, he was on the territory of Northern Qi, and Wei Hua had enough ability to monitor him. Once there is a discord. Jin Yiwei could easily salvage the local trading house under Fan Sizhen.

It's just that things don't get to the last step. Wei Hua categorically did not dare to do such a thing. I didn't even dare to ask for a request. Because Northern Qi needs the goods that Fan Xian spit out from Nanqingneiku. Wei Hua was afraid of Fan Xian's ruthless methods, and Wei Hua was afraid that Fan Xian would be unreasonable.

The curtain of the Huyue Building moved slightly. The two girls entered together. Wei Hua's hand holding the wine glass shook and almost spilled out.

He knew both of them, which was one of the reasons why Wei Hua had always been deeply afraid of Fan Xian.

Begonia and Fan Ruoruo.

Wei Hua stood up to greet him, turned around and pretended to blame Fan Sizhen for a few words. The two noble disciples of the Earth and Heaven were invited to sit at the upper seat.

The scene was a little awkward for a while.

Because everyone in the Northern Qi Dynasty knows that the queen mother means to let Begonia marry Wei Hua, but Begonia has some inexplicable relationship with Fan Xian.

Wei Hua smiled bitterly. said to Haitang: "Fan Ershao has a treat, you are here like this." It's really not giving me face. ”

Begonia smiled. took Fan Sizhen and handed it over to the jade lion and played with it. said: "You just like to talk. ”

Wei Hua laughed. Say nothing more. It was clear to him from a long time ago. This woman is not something she can touch. After the Queen Mother had that intention, he entered the palace and refused as soon as possible, but it didn't play a role. The Queen Mother is always so unreasonable about her love for her juniors.

The Queen Mother is unreasonable, Fan Xian is unreasonable, Wei Hua doesn't have the guts -- this matter is too offensive to Fan Xian, and besides, if you marry a peerless master on the ninth grade and go home, how can the husband be vibrate? Besides, although this begonia girl is blue and wise, she is really average......

However, last year, Wei Hua's sister went to Jiangnan with Wolf Tao, and when she passed through Wuzhou, she had a dispute with Fan Xian.

In the past few years, Wei Hua couldn't help but sigh out of shape, Fan Xian, Fan Xian, you kid is too bad for me, you have pressed yourself for everything, you are a companion, why are you too anxious?

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Since Haitang and Fan Ruoruo entered the Baoyue Tower, the banquet in the hall has become much quieter. The old and spicy elders of the Wei family put on the appearance of elders, and talked with the two girls' families, but they were thinking in their hearts that they wanted to eat more benefits for His Majesty in this negotiation, and these two came to ...... Especially the begonia girl, where did her elbow go?

Fan Sizhe's face was calm, smiling and talking, in the casual conversation, he made it clear about the profit sharing and handover details for the coming year, and let Haitang and her sister come here today in order to add a bargaining chip to themselves, at least to mess up the center of the Northern Qi people.

Nominally it was his negotiation with the Wei family, but in fact, Fan Xian's collusion with the Emperor of Northern Qi, although not everyone at the banquet knew it, but the father and son of Changning Hou, who led the Wei family, were clear.

After three rounds of drinking, the discussion was over, and the two sides dispersed happily, but Wei Hua's face was not very happy, and it was obvious that in this new round of spoils sharing agreement, Fan Sizhen still took the lion's head.

As the night deepened, Begonia took the warm jade lion and looked at Fan Sizhen with a smile that seemed to be not a smile. left the building to their sister and brother.

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"I don't like begonias. In a room on the Beijing branch upstairs in Baoyue, Fan Sizhen said with a frown.

"You're getting older and older now. Fan Ruoruo habitually patted his brother's head with his hand. He smiled and said, "What's wrong with Senior Sister? Don't you still hold a grudge against you as a donkey?"

Fan Sizhen shook his head and said, "That's what my brother meant, it's to make me suffer, I understand." ”

Fan Ruoruo looked at her younger brother with some surprise, tilted her head, and said, "It's really getting older and older." It's not like a child."

Fan Sizhen laughed to himself. said: "In such a place, there is no one who can be trusted, and there is no way to be careful...... By the way, sister, you said old-fashioned...... his spirit suddenly lifted up. "Did you mean that?" he asked. I'm getting more and more like my brother?"

Fan Sizhen asked excitedly, because in his mind. The eldest brother Fan Xian is an idol in life, if he can get closer to the image of his brother, the closer he is. Naturally, the more proud he became.

Fan Ruoruo covered her lips and smiled. said: "It's more and more like my father, my father beat you like that back then, it seems that it really has some effect." ”

She paused and said, "You said you didn't like Senior Sister Begonia before, why on earth?"

Fan Sizhen quietly looked at her sister's eyes and didn't speak for a long time.

Fan Ruoruo also looked at him calmly.

"Sister. You should understand. Fan Sizhen said seriously: "We already have a sister-in-law." ”

Fan Ruoruo's brows also furrowed. Sighing, "yes." ”

Fan Sizhen frowned, thought for a while and said softly: "Actually, my brother doesn't know, it's been more than a year. My sister-in-law has written me quite a few letters. ”

Fan Ruoruo was slightly startled. Asked, "What did my sister-in-law say in the letter?"

"What can you say? It's not about the family, it's about the father. How about mothers. Fan Sizhen sighed: "My little uncle is alone in a foreign country. My sister-in-law must not be at ease, to be honest, there are some things that I can't figure out in this year. I didn't want to trouble my brother, but my sister-in-law helped me come up with ideas. ”

Fan Ruoruo gradually digested the shock in her heart, and it was the first time she learned about it, and she tasted it for a long time, tasting many flavors. Said gloomily: "Sister-in-law...... is a very poor person, you also know that the eldest princess is now confined by His Majesty in another courtyard, and her brother is in Jiangnan. ”

"All my brother knows is to kick me to the north. Fan Sizhe was dissatisfied, "Although he knows that he is hammering me, has he ever thought about how old I am? Where is as thoughtful as my sister-in-law thinks. ”

Fan Ruoruo frowned and reprimanded: "It's not easy for my brother to be in the south, if it weren't for him to stand firm, how could you stand firm in the north? Where did he lose his hand? The shopkeepers of Qingyutang are secretly helping you, and the fei-teng-literary supervision institute is also serving you in the network of Beiqi, in order to cultivate you, he has put a lot of effort into cultivating you...... As for tempering, you don't know what kind of person your brother is, he grew up in Lanzhou since he was a child, and he doesn't know how hard it is to have today's status, he believes in this truth, he treats himself like this, we are his younger brothers and sisters, of course he will choose this way. ”

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After a series of reprimands, Fan Sizhen seemed to have returned to Kyoto a few years ago, when he was not afraid of heaven and earth, he was afraid of the iron ruler in his sister's hand, and suddenly softened, and muttered after a long time: "Anyway...... I don't like begonias. ”

Fan Ruoruo sighed and said, "You don't know how much Miss Begonia has secretly helped her brother. ”

"It's just an exchange of interests, in addition to the dead Dizhuang Mohan, how many of the Northern Qi people are really saints who are not tied to foreign things?" Fan Sizhen sneered: "Don't look at you now worshipping under the Kuhe Sect, I am the leading boss, but if my brother is useless to Northern Qi, we are afraid that we will be trampled under our feet immediately, and at that time, I don't expect Haitang to stand up for us." ”

Fan Ruoruo said seriously: "My opinion is the opposite of yours. ”

Fan Sizhen shook his head, and said quietly after a while: "What's the matter...... There's always one that comes first, right?"

Fan Ruoruo pondered for a long time, nodded slowly, and her heart was also extremely pitiful to the respectable and amiable sister-in-law who was used to silence and hurt, and admitted her brother's opinion. It's just that suddenly, a ridiculous thought surged into her heart, if it comes first, then come...... I should have been the first person to come to my brother's side, right? It's just a trick of fate...... A trace of bitterness rose at the corner of her lips, and she immediately suppressed this undeserved emotion, worrying about the fate of her sister-in-law Lin Wan'er with her younger brother.

"My brother is definitely not the kind of person who is unlucky, but now that my sister-in-law is between the eldest princess and my brother, I really don't know how to deal with myself. ”

"Don't think about it so much. Fan Sizhen shrugged, "The key issue now is the situation of my brother in the south. ”

"I saw that you were feasting guests tonight, and I thought you had lost your mind. ”

"The eldest princess has fallen, and I naturally want to use this opportunity to earn more money. Fan Sizhen said: "It's just that the DPRK and China are now only dominated by the big brother's faction, and I always feel that there will be some problems." ”

"Maybe it's too far, but Duda says it's not, but it's standing on the tuyere. Fan Ruoruo smiled and said: "Whether it is family affairs or state affairs, it seems that those of us who are strangers in a foreign land can worry about it. ”

Fan Sizhen was stunned, thinking that with his sister's usual attitude, he should be very anxious about Fan Xian's safety, why did he behave so indifferently, but he didn't dare to criticize his sister, and subconsciously asked, "Whose poem?"

"Brother. ”

"Isn't he making poetry anymore?"

"It's not done in front of outsiders. ”

"Hmm...... We really don't care?"

"What can we worry about?" Fan Ruoruo's face was calm with a sense of confidence in his brother, "He worked so hard to send us to Northern Qi, he just didn't want us to get involved in these things, if we really want to be good for him, then we must live a good life here, don't let him worry about it." ”

"How to live well?"

"Are you happy to be a boss?"

"It's okay, although sometimes it's more troublesome. ”

"I'm going to the hospital tomorrow, and I feel happy about this life...... My brother once said that people live in the world to find things they like to do. ”

"Now that we've found it, we have to keep going. The safer we live, the happier we are. Fan Ruoruo made up his mind, "The more determined my brother will be, the more we will contribute to the family." ”