Chapter Seventy-Three: Eunuchs Can Change the World
The general was not wearing armor, and he was not carrying the longbow behind him, but Rao was like this, Fan Xian still lowered his head slightly, and narrowed his eyes, which was enough to resist the thick arrow intent transmitted by the other party.
Arrows are used to kill, but the arrow intent is not killing intent, but just a momentum that seems to tear apart all people's coats, revealing the cowardly pale skin inside.
With Fan Xian's strong mind control and strength, he was still overwhelmed by this momentum, which naturally showed that this general's cultivation was really one level higher than him.
............ Yan Xiaoyi, the governor of the Northern Metropolitan of the Expedition, is an absolute powerhouse in the Nine Grades, and the person in the world who is most likely to challenge the Great Grandmaster.
"The Governor of the Metropolitan is good. β
Fan Xian smiled and bowed to Yan Xiaoyi gently.
Yan Xiaoyi stood under the corridor, the deep gaze in his eyes washed Fan Xian's face like spring water, he didn't react after hearing Fan Xian's words, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I am going to return to the north without rΓ¬, and when I think of the lanterns hanging high, when the palace is in the martial arts, I can't have a discussion with Lord Tisi, I am really disappointed." β
The so-called martial arts is just a boxing match organized by the imperial court. This is Fan Xian's understanding, and he also knows that in such a country that is proud of its military exploits and force, if Yan Xiaoyi really goes crazy, he doesn't care about the face of the emperor Lao Tzu and challenges himself in front of him in the palace...... Will Yan Xiaoyi go crazy? Of course, Fan Xian knew that the people in the eldest princess's family were a little crazy, especially after Yan Shendu, the son of the other party's single line, was stabbed to death by the lovely Thirteen Lang who was instructed by himself.
Can he win against Yan Xiaoyi? Fan Xian asked himself, it is impossible to sprinkle poisonous mist on the palace, let alone use crossbow arrows, and the frontal martial arts confrontation, he is still a distance away from the peak powerhouse on the nine grades. Although Yan Xiaoyi couldn't use his famous longbow in the palace, he wouldn't be stupid enough to think that Yan Xiaoyi's extraordinary skills were all on that bow.
Therefore, if the martial arts discussion becomes a fact, even if Lao Hong can save his life in the end, it is certain that he will be seriously injured.
At today's military intelligence meeting, His Majesty the Emperor asked Yan Xiaoyi to return north in advance, which was in response to Fan Xian's request, after all, he didn't even want to be injured. But looking at the situation at this time, Yan Xiaoyi's disappointment and anger couldn't be hidden at all.
Fan Xian couldn't help laughing, and smiled gently at this powerful figure in the army: "Grand Governor, I thought you misunderstood something. β
Yan Xiaoyi was silent for a moment and then said, "I just want to learn about Fan Tisi's little tricks. β
Fan Xian was also silent for a moment, and then arched his hand and said: "In this peaceful and prosperous world, it is better to fight and kill less." β
Under the corridor, only Fan Xian and Yan Xiaoyi stood opposite each other, and a dangerous smell arose, but Fan Xian knew that in the palace, Yan Xiaoyi would not make a move no matter what, so he was not too worried, and looked at each other calmly with those clear eyes.
"Ahem. β
There were a few coughing sounds, not the old eunuch Hong, but a figure who was a little short, but the momentum was like a mountain, and suddenly appeared beside the two.
Leaf weight.
Fan Xian smiled slightly, thinking that this person came at the right time, and he didn't want to have another eye conflict with Yan Xiaoyi.
"Yan Dudu, Fan Tisi, this is a forbidden place in the palace, don't make a loud noise. β
When Ye Zhong was in charge of the garrison in Kyoto, Fan Xian was not yet alive, Yan Xiaoyi was still hunting in the mountains, and his qualifications and status were placed here, so the weight of his words was naturally much heavier.
Yan Xiaoyi was slightly stunned and looked back and saluted.
Fan Xian smiled and asked, "Uncle Ye, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing in Dingzhou?"
With Ye Chong's interruption, Yan Xiaoyi kept silent. Ye Zhong also saw the problem between Yan Xiaoyi and Fan Xian, he frowned, thinking that the death of Yan Xiaoyi's only son has always been an unsolved case, why did Yan Xiaoyi think that Fan Xian did it?
"The lower official still has official business, so he will leave. Fan Xian took this opportunity to get out quickly.
Ye nodded again.
Yan Xiaoyi said slowly: "Lord Xiao Fan must take care of his body. β
Fan Xian's heart was slightly cold, knowing what the other party meant by this sentence, he rushed up with pride in his heart, arched his hand to the sky, and laughed: "With the blessing of God, there is no need for the heart of the governor of Yanda." β
Yan Xiaoyi's smile suddenly became a little cold and piercing, he stared at Fan Xian's eyes, and said word by word: "On this day, you can't cover my eyes, Fan Xian, you will die at my hands." β
At this time, everyone was in the palace, Ye Zhong was still by his side, and Yan Xiaoyi was so arrogant that he said such threatening words. Ye Zhong couldn't help frowning, but didn't say anything.
Fan Xian looked at this scene and couldn't help but shake his head, Ye Chong was the father-in-law of the second prince, and now he was already a person over there, but Yan Xiaoyi actually didn't care about anything in front of him, and said in this palace that he wanted to kill the emperor's illegitimate son, which was really arrogant and crazy to the extreme.
He flicked his sleeves, raised his face and said confidently: "Yan Xiaoyi, I bet that you will die at my hands first, and you will die extremely badly." β
After saying this, he bowed his hand to Ye Chong, never looked at Yan Xiaoyi again, and walked towards the direction of the palace gate.
Yan Xiaoyi squinted at his back as he gradually moved away, extremely indifferent.
Ye Chong also looked at Fan Xian's back, thinking to himself, where did this young man get his confidence from? He has been arranging arrangements for several years, and he must not have some unexpected changes because of Fan Xian. He thought so in his heart, but when he looked back at Yan Xiaoyi, he sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Mourning is changing, just beware of the ears on the wall in the palace, he ...... After all, he is not an ordinary person, he is the son of His Majesty. β
Yan Xiaoyi's face remained unchanged, and she said indifferently: "I also have a son." β
............ Walking to the palace gate, Fan Xian's face had already regained its calmness, Yan Xiaoyi and himself have long been a life-and-death game, but they just need a suitable place and time to practice, the last time the bureau he arranged was broken by Gonggong Hong, will he fall into Yan Xiaoyi's game next time?
There is also that Wang Shisanlang, after killing Yan Shendu, he suddenly disappeared without a trace, and he didn't know where he went.
Fan Xian was thinking in his heart, and while leaving the palace, he was not surprised to see the eldest prince beside him, the only military warrior in the royal family.
"What did you say to Yan Xiaoyi?" the eldest prince asked in a low voice beside him.
"His son is dead and biting. Fan replied with a smile: "Said you want to kill me." β
The eldest prince frowned, and said slightly angrily: "What an arrogant tone, he doesn't look where this is?"
After thinking for a while, Fan Xian said seriously to the eldest prince: "Yan Xiaoyi's anti-will has been decided, I don't think His Majesty will not be able to see it, but you have to be careful." β
The eldest prince was slightly stunned, thinking about this anti-word...... Where did it come from?
Fan Xian got into the carriage and went to the mansion, but he was still thinking about this problem along the way, His Majesty the Emperor would not fail to see Yan Xiaoyi's surging battle intent and killing intent, so why did he let the tiger return to the mountain, and not imprison him in Beijing?
Very interesting question.
He laughed at himself in his heart, I don't know how long later, when Yan Xiaoyi comes to kill himself, or kills Yan Xiaoyi himself, this world must have become very interesting, and the table of mahjong played by the emperor must be on the eve of winning the cards.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the βββββββββββββββββββββ, there is no snow or wind in Kyoto, and after nightfall, the lights of the whole city are hung high, and the dry streets are full of pedestrians. The ladies played around with their rings blushing, and the young men kept a distance and watched them quietly.
On this night, chΕ«n came early, and I don't know how many shoes have fallen off on the street, and those hands don't know how much soft skin they have touched. Tailgating and detection, eye waves and temptation, just like this, are happily carried out at night, and people who are controlled by hormones are collectively caught in the blind date activity without a matchmaker.
For the Qingguo court, the joy of the people can not affect its slaughter, although the corner tower of the palace is also hung with big palace lights, and the palace has also prepared some riddles and other gadgets for the queen mother and those nobles to enjoy, even the square black and gray building of the supervision institute has also hung red lanterns under the instruction of Fan Xian.
But it was still slaughtered.
Because the transfer of the military began as early as the fifteenth year, the governor of the northern part of the expedition led his troops back to the north, and wanted to go to the front line of Cangzhou Yanjing to resist the sharp gaze of the famous general of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Ye Zhong also returned to Dingzhou, and the imperial court once again increased its troops to the west, and transferred JΔ«ng Rui from the remaining five zhΕngyΔng armies to supplement the Dingzhou area, instilling an invincible army of 100,000 people.
When the chūnrì first arrived, these 100,000 male soldiers would press another 200 li to the west, called bullet pressure, but if Xihu and the northern barbarians who were heading south on the long march of 10,000 miles had some changes, these invincible soldiers of the Qing Kingdom would find an opportunity to raid and tear off a large piece of flesh and blood of the Hu people.
Soldiers are a major event, although it is only a transfer, and the war has not yet begun, but the six departments have long been busy in order to deal with logistics matters, but fortunately, Qingguo has made a fortune with soldiers, and all affairs have already become a fixed schedule, and the cooperation between various departments seems to be orderly and efficient.
When it comes to the outside world, Qingguo is always so united, and at this moment, no one still remembers the dumping between the princes and the terrible Fan Xian.
Fan Xian was also busy for several days, because the Supervision Yuan was responsible for providing intelligence to the military, and it was also responsible for reviewing the equipment and weapons sent by various departments, and all kinds of matters were piled up at once.
Fortunately, there is a helper of Bingyun, so on the night of the fifteenth, Fan Xian could enter the palace, and after taking a look at the legendary martial arts, the duel in the palace was really jΔ«ng Cai, and there were indeed many masters in Qingguo...... It's just that without the life-and-death struggle between Yan Xiaoyi and Fan Xian, all the ministers don't seem to be interested.
And no one was stupid enough to take the initiative to invite Fan Xian to fight, because they were not Yan Xiaoyi, and they didn't want to die.
............ On the twenty-second day of the first lunar month, the nerves in the palace that were nervous because of the border changes have gradually become accustomed to it, and they have gradually relaxed.
Therefore, the palace embroidery bureau sent a team to a certain business to pick up the embroidered cloth shipped from the West, because the queen of the East Palace did not like the embroidery sè that came up from Jiangnan Gong last year, so she asked for another batch in advance.
Like this kind of extra messenger who does not go from the middle line of the Inner Treasury Palace, it is often a good opportunity for the chief eunuch to make a big profit, just for kickbacks and filial piety, I am afraid that it will be worth thirty percent of the price of embroidered cloth, and when you go out of the palace, you can easily collect thousands of taels of silver tickets into your sleeve.
In previous years, because the second prince was favored, this mission was handled by Gonggong Dai in the palace of Shuguifei. But this year, the second prince is obviously not as good as in previous years, and Dai's father-in-law was even more implicated in the two cases of bribery and assassination in the Hanging Temple, and most of his power was robbed, so the big eunuchs in the palace began to blush, and they all began to move, wanting to take over the position of the old Dai in the past.
However, after only inquiring about the news, the big eunuchs, including Gonggong Yao and Gonggong Hou, stopped their activities, because they heard that this year, the eunuch Hong Zhu, the head of the East Palace, was in charge.
Hong Zhu's surname is Hong, and he has won the trust of the queen, and His Majesty seems to like this flexible little eunuch very much, so his status in the palace is higher than one rì, and he is a person like Yao Gonggong, and he is not willing to make a mistake on the road of Hong Zhu's gradual brilliance, so he chose to retreat.
In the morning, the Ouchi guards stood outside a large shop, but they kept yawning, because they believed that no one would come to make any trouble, and there were no princes and nobles in the shop, only a eunuch...... Whenever I thought that these strong warriors couldn't go west with the Dingzhou army, but wanted to protect a eunuch in the protected area, these guards were not in a good mood, and JΗngti naturally relaxed a lot.
............ In a quiet room on the second floor, Hong Zhu is carefully looking at the number of threads and sè halos of the embroidered cloth, although it is a good opportunity to get kickbacks, but to do things for Niangniang, you always have to pay some attention. As for the proprietor of this Dongyi shop, he had already been kicked out.
Hong Zhu's fingertips trembled a little, and he was obviously a little uneasy in his heart, because he didn't know when and how Lord Xiao Fan could hide from the guards' eyes and ears and meet him.
In the midst of his discomfort, the light in the room suddenly folded, and the light and shadow changed slightly.
"Who?" Hong Zhu turned around, but did not shout out the question.
Fan Xian, who was dressed in ordinary people's clothes, rubbed the corners of his eyebrows that were sticky after his disguise, gestured to Hong Zhu, and then took out a piece of jade from his arms and handed it over.
This piece of jade is the piece of jade that he got from Luo Chuan's gang after thinking of many ways a few times ago.
Hong Zhu took the jade jue with some confusion, took a look, and felt that this jade jue looked very unfamiliar, but it seemed to be a thing in the palace, and this system and jade pattern always gave him a familiar feeling.
"This is something from the East Palace. Fan Xian said softly.
Hong Zhu pursed his lips and said, "What am I going to do?"
Fan Xian said for a while, frowned and said: "Every time the prince goes to Guangxin Palace, it should be this rΓ¬zi, you have a lot of news in the palace, see if it is accurate." β
Hong Zhu recalled for a moment, calculated again, and then nodded.
Fan Xian put his mind at ease, this rì period is the conclusion that Wang Qinian has come to by squatting every day in the past few days, and that clan palace is responsible for sending medicine to the palace, and the rì period is basically stable.
Fan Xian stared at Hong Zhu's eyes and said: "After the embroidered cloth enters the palace, according to the usual practice, the East Palace will be distributed to all palaces, you should know what time the queen will send the embroidered cloth to the Guangxin Palace if she asks the palace maid." β
"It's usually the afternoon of the next day. Hong Zhu was a little nervous, and he didn't know what this matter had to do with embroidery.
"Very good, you are responsible for procurement, then delay the time for this batch of embroidered cloth to enter the palace. Fan Xian said: "Calculate the time well, and ensure that when the East Palace gives embroidery cloth into Guangxin Palace, it happens that the prince is also in Guangxin Palace." β
Hong Zhu picked at the itchy little pimple on his face, and asked suspiciously, "What's the use of this?"
Fan Xian didn't answer, Hong Zhu looked at the jade jue in his hand thoughtfully, and suddenly said in surprise: "This ...... It seems to have been used by the mother before. β
"Not bad. Fan Xian ordered seriously: "It was those little eunuchs under you who secretly sold the palace." β
"These little rabbit cubs are so bold!" Hong Zhu completely forgot about the situation at this time, and subconsciously returned to the horn of the eunuch, the leader of the East Palace, and said viciously, he is a big eunuch, and there is a place to make money, so naturally there is no need to make these chickens and dogs steal.
Then he suddenly woke up, knowing that Lord Xiao Fan would definitely not let himself rectify the order of the East Palace, he looked at Fan Xian's smiling face, and asked in a trembling voice: "This piece of jade...... How to deal with it?"
"Put it in the palace maid's house where the embroidery cloth was sent into the Guangxin Palace. Fan Xian thought for a moment, then sighed and said, "The next thing to do is very simple, you make the queen mother think of this piece of jade, and then what will happen?"
Hong Zhu was a smart person and immediately understood, but he still didn't connect this whole thing with Guangxin Palace.
It's just that Fan Xian didn't have more time to explain, he listened to the footsteps coming from downstairs, and leaned into Hong Zhu's ear to tell him a few words, so that he didn't have to worry about anything, he only needed to do these three things in place, and he didn't have any superfluous actions, so he must pay attention to his own safety and not be involved.
There was a knock at the door, and Fan Xian flashed and disappeared from this room.
The proprietor of the shop respectfully entered the door and asked the father-in-law what else he had to say.
Hong Zhu looked at the empty side, suddenly lost his mind, and after a while, he thought of Fan Xian's instructions, frowned, squeezed his sharp voice and said, "This cloth ...... It seems to be different from what the mother asked for at the beginning. β
The proprietor was stunned for a moment, and he complained bitterly in his heart, and said, "What did my father-in-law say...... We are a small businessman, where do we dare to deceive the nobles in the palace. β
As he spoke, a few silver tickets were forced into Hong Zhu's sleeve.
Hong Zhu glanced at it, a little satisfied, but he still couldn't let go, frowned and said, "Is there a problem with the Huang Dan in this flower......?" Especially the threads used in these satins, why do I feel that they are not thick enough. β
"Where can it?" the owner scolded in his heart, and said with a bitter face: "This is authentic Western cloth, three layers of blended thirty-six needles, and there is nothing better." β
Hong Zhu smiled and said, "But don't worry, you go back and check it well, and I'll pick it up after a few years." β
The proprietor was anxious and said: "Father-in-law, this is what the queen mother in the palace is anxious to want, it's too late, not only the small one, but I'm afraid that even you ......."
Hong Zhu was not happy when he heard this, he glared, and said in a deep voice: "You have heard me clearly, when you want it in this cloth palace, just wait to see when I am happy...... What is the identity of the mother, where will I remember these little things!"
After saying this, Hong Zhu brushed his sleeves and went downstairs, his face was not good.
The proprietor of the shop followed behind, only saying that he had offended the big eunuch, and he complained again and again in his heart, secretly thinking that he didn't know how many money he would have to put on this eunuch. How did he know that Hong Zhu's face was not good, it was because ...... He was scared and excited.
Hong Zhu knows what he and Master Xiao Fan are doing, and he knows better that he is just a little eunuch, and it is possible to change the original face of Qingguo's history. His heart is not a eunuch, but a scholar, what a scholar wants to do most is to govern the country and level the world, and so far, Hong Zhu finally feels that as a eunuch, he can actually change the world.