Fan Xian's feelings that should be expressed today have all been expressed, the feelings that should be emotional, the sadness, and the firmness have all turned into fresh cement slurry in his mind, and his sister talked about the real reason for coming to find himself today, so naturally he will not stay in these big grave buns anymore. The group quickly got into the carriage and headed for the interior of Kyoto, where he listened carefully to his sister's account of what had happened in the house today, and his frowning brows gradually relaxed, because things were much simpler than he had imagined, and they were not a big deal.

In fact, it was related to Kyoto Prefecture Yin, which should have been a big deal, but these struggles and conflicts in the officialdom are really nothing in the eyes of Fan Xian today, and they are just troublesome problems.

"She came here this morning, and she just said that she came to visit the county lord's mother, but according to the vine family, looking at Miss Sun's eyes, I am afraid that she will still come to look for you. Fan Ruoruo lowered her voice and said: "My sister-in-law entered the palace, and there was no one in charge of affairs in the house, and I also knew that her identity was sensitive, so I found my head." ”

"What's so sensitive?" Fan Xian raised his eyebrows sensitively, and said very unnaturally: "If I remember correctly, Sun Hao'er is not much older than Rou Jia, and it is not too out of place to come to the house to gossip with you." ”

"I didn't mean that. Fan Ruoruo saw through the discomfort on his brother's face at a glance, and said with a smile: "It's just that Sun Jingxiu has a birthday banquet, if he wants to invite you to go, he will personally come to make the post, and it will not be his turn to let his daughter who has not come out of the cabinet come forward." ”

"How could he give me a post. Fan Xian laughed, "He's afraid I'm too late, I'll be considered to have ruined his reputation for a lifetime." Besides, it's just a third-grade official, even if you want to make a big deal, it won't bother me. ”

"There must be something begging of you. Fan Ruoruo lowered her head and thought about it, and said, "I just don't know what the trouble is." ”

Fan Xian was slightly stunned, in the past few months, he has put all his attention in the direction of Dongyi City, and he has paid less attention to Kyoto, I don't know what is going on, but now that the four seas are leveling, and the government of Qingguo is stable and abnormal, how can anyone take the initiative to jump out and cause trouble?

After thinking about it, he opened the curtain and glanced at Mu Feng'er, Mu Feng'er understood, rode close to the carriage, lowered his head and listened to Fan Xian's soft command, and kept nodding.

............ The convoy entered Kyoto, went around the side alley of Nanjo Street, and quietly stopped at the corner gate. Fan Xian got out of the car with his sister, looked around, and sneaked in like a thief. After entering the park, he didn't rush to the side hall to see the Miss Sun, but made a gesture of boo and hid in the quiet study of No. 3.

Fan Ruoruo looked at him in surprise, thinking that in the carriage along the way, his brother was obviously extremely concerned about the affairs of Kyoto Prefecture, obviously that Sun Hao'er was in the side hall, just go and ask directly, why is he hiding here?

Fan Xian looked at his sister's expression, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "After all, it is a girl's house who has not left the cabinet, and it is really inconvenient for me to meet him in such a grand manner." ”

Fan Ruoruo burst out laughing and said, "Are you still afraid of this? If you really knew that there was a difference between men and women, you wouldn't have hid in Miss Sun's boudoir for several years three years ago." As soon as these words came out, her face couldn't help but blush a little with shame, she blinked her eyes and looked at her brother twice, and asked with a smile: "Not only me, but even my sister-in-law Sisi, I was very curious later, in those few nights, you were in Miss Sun's boudoir, what ...... How do you sleep?"

Fan Xian didn't laugh or get angry, but sighed helplessly: "A girl's family in Bingqing Yujie is troubled by these rumors, it's already mine, every time I think of it, I feel a little guilty, you still make fun of this, it's really unkind." ”

Fan Ruoruo respected his brother the most, and as soon as he heard this, he quickly fell silent, but the curiosity in his heart lingered. Three years ago, there was a rebellion in Kyoto, Fan Xian hid in the boudoir of Kyoto Prefecture, and secretly arranged for the black horse to enter Beijing with the procedures of Kyoto Prefecture, preparing for the reversal after rì, and also subduing Kyoto Prefecture, which is the most talked about legendary story in Kyoto in recent years.

Many people are speculating about the relationship between Xiao Fan and Miss Yin Sun Jingxiu of Kyoto Prefecture, why was that young lady willing to take such a big risk to turn her back on her father and help Fan Xian? Why did Xiao Fan vigorously guarantee Sun Jingxiu afterwards, only remembering his merits and not his hatred, and helping him to sit firmly in the position of Yin of Kyoto Prefecture without being implicated in the rebellion?

Fan Xian himself didn't know how the story of those nights was known to everyone, and he was very worried that it would affect Sun Hao'er's reputation and bring too much trouble to this daughter's family. When the rumors were at their worst, he was a little angry, so he asked the Supervision Yuan to investigate, who knew that in the end, he found the Yahuan in Kyoto.

Since it was the rumor of the other party's inadvertent dew in the garden, Fan Xian had no way to deal with it, but he paid extra attention to the relationship with Kyoto Prefecture, and there was no contact at all in the past three years, that is, Lord Yin Sun Jingxiu of Kyoto Prefecture, probably knew what Fan Xian was thinking in his heart, and he was deeply emotional, except for official contacts, he did not even hand over the name card to Fan Mansion once.

After staying in the study for a while, Mu Feng'er led his cousin Mu Tie in, and when Fan Ruoruo heard the knock on the door, he had already avoided the back room.

Fan Xian looked at Mu Tie, the host of a place with a sweaty face, looked at the dark face, and couldn't help but say: "Although I am in Dongyi City, if there is any big movement in the capital, you have to notify me quickly." ”

Mu Tie already knew from his nephew's mouth that what the adults were going to ask about Kyoto Prefecture Yin today was already prepared, but when he heard the faint displeasure in the adults' words, his throat couldn't help but dry, and he didn't dare to defend anything, so he directly put the file that had been sorted out on Fan Xian's table.

Fan Xian picked up the file and looked at it one by one, his brows gradually furrowed, and he sighed after a while.

In the past few months that he has been devoted to Dongyi City, there has indeed been some movement in the capital, not only Sun Jingxiu, but also the rì sons of several other officials have had a very miserable life. The household department and the official department began to secretly investigate these officials, but as for the specific inspection matters, there were all kinds of things.

After staying in the supervision courtyard for a long time, Fan Xian knew that no yamen could be completely clear-jade, as long as he tried to investigate, no matter what the reason was, he could always find out some problems. The Kyoto Prefecture has been secretly investigated by several ministries, and has begun to bear unbearable pressure, as the so-called wind and rain are coming, I am afraid that it is about to be unable to support it, and the officialdom is the most sensitive, and the civil and military officials smelled the wind, even if they did not go to the well, they began to look at each other coldly.

No wonder Sun Jingxiu suddenly thought of holding a birthday banquet, probably he hadn't figured out the meaning of the palace, whether it was a routine check, or was he going to use these things to resign himself. Holding a birthday banquet, you can obviously take a look at the attitude in the palace.

Fan Xian shook his head, thinking to himself that this Lord Yin acted strictly and uprightly, even if he stood on the wrong side in the Kyoto Rebellion, it was only a technical mistake, and it was this kind of xìng that allowed His Majesty to tolerate him for another three years. But it is precisely this kind of xìng that makes this person not see what he wants to do in the palace at this time, and he still wants to be able to continue to sit in the key position of Kyoto Prefecture Yin.

Fan Xian saw at a glance the deep reason for the turmoil in the final officialdom, including Sun Jingxiu, the officials were actually not very clean, although Sun Jingxiu made a great contribution in the end, but after all, at the beginning, he was standing on the opposite side of His Majesty's will, and those officials were not too stable in the Kyoto rebellion, and there were some suspicions of grass on the wall - Your Majesty This is to settle accounts after the autumn, three years is not too late!

Now that the government has already been decided, with the emperor's majesty's xìng feelings, how can he still let go of these hateful courtiers who swayed back then?

Mu Tie saw that he was distracted, swallowed his saliva, moistened his throat, and reminded him with a small meaning: "The limelight starts from the inspection of the household department, but it must be done by the middle school nodding under the door." ”

This is to remind Lord Tisi that to let the Kyoto Prefecture Yin be replaced, it may be the meaning from the palace, reminding Fan Xian, don't just for a Miss Sun family, and conflict with the meaning of His Majesty.

Fan Xian laughed, of course he was not interested in turning his face with the emperor at this time, and it was not worth it just for the position of Kyoto Prefecture Yin. Even if His Majesty wants to drive Sun Jingxiu out of power, he will not want to kill him, since this is the case, let His Majesty vent his grievances that have not been completely vented.

Suddenly, his heart moved, thinking that the emperor had promised him to keep Sun Jingxiu safe, and he should not regret it so quickly, even if he wanted to regret it, he had to look at his face, and it was impossible for his subordinates to come forward.

He frowned and asked, "Has Scholar Hu spoken on this matter?"

If the emperor really wanted to figure out Guò's subordinate Zhongshu to make this arrangement, then the tendency of the subordinate Zhongshu should be revealed from the lips of Scholar Hu.

"Nope. Mu Tie glanced at him and said, "It's just that He Zongwei once said something after drinking, and the pressure on Kyoto Mansion increased." ”

The entire Supervision Yuan, including the people in Fan's house, knew that Fan Xian was very disgusted with Lord He Zongwei, so no one dared to show admiration, respect, and any positive comments on He Zongwei in front of Fan Xian.

Fan Xian sneered and said, "After drinking, he said a word, and he made the dignified Kyoto Mansion Yin Shi not know the taste, this Lord He is so majestic." ”

Having said that, he also understood that with the emperor's recent favor to He Zongwei, He Zongwei was just using his own mouth to promote His Majesty's intentions. If Sun Jingxiu was interested, I am afraid that he would have already asked for his resignation, but this Kyoto Prefecture Yin is obviously not a person who is ingenious and exquisite, so he has not realized this layer.

Fan Xian pondered for a long time and said, "I know about this matter. ”

Mu Tie glanced at him, didn't go to clean up the file on the table, just said: "Even if the lord wants to go to the Sun Mansion, he only needs to remind him, there is no need to do anything." ”

"I know, I know, you talk a lot. Fan Xian waved his hand in annoyance and asked the two uncles and nephews to retreat.

Before Fan Ruoruo came, someone came to report that Yang Wanli had arrived. Fan Xian shook his head, thinking that this guy was now doing very well in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and he was devoted to political affairs, but he hadn't come to ask for peace for a long time, how could he be free today, and he was also happy in his heart, and quickly asked people to invite him to the back house.

Unexpectedly, Yang Wanli entered the study, and his black face was full of grievances!

Yang Wanli is now a member of the Hedu Division of the Ministry of Industry, an authentic organizer, at this rate, it is safe to be a scholar within ten years, but it is not all because Fan Xian supported him later. This official has experienced the tempering of the violent rì on the embankment in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is no longer a sour and rotten talent who only knew how to talk about saving the country, but an out-and-out hard-working official, so he rose so quickly in the Ministry of Industry. So Fan Xianjin looked at his expression and was a little surprised.

The two of them whispered something, Fan Xian's face became more and more ugly, and in the end, he only whispered a few words of comfort and let him leave. Yang Wanli rarely came to visit the mansion, and Fan Xian secretly knew that this son was indeed spent in the yamen, so he was not very surprised, but deliberately saved time for him.

After Yang Wanli went out, Fan Ruoruo walked out of the back room, frowned slightly and said, "What's the matter?"

Fan Xian's expression was a little heavy, and after thinking for a moment, he responded: "It's actually about the same time as Sun Jingxiu...... He Zongwei is getting more and more arrogant, I want to protect someone, he stretched out his hand wherever he wanted. ”

Fan Ruoruo listened quietly, only to know that Yang Wanli's recent life in the Ministry of Industry Yamen has not been very smooth, and the Ministry of Household is now also checking the accounts in the Ministry of Industry Yamen, focusing on the Dushui Division in charge of him, and there is even the shadow of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Officials in the back.

Yang Wanli has Fan Xian's silver every year, and his life is also good, and he is not a corrupt official, the internal and external factors are combined, and the accounts from his hands are naturally very clear, and no matter how the household department checks, it can't find out the problem. Even if the officials asked him to ask him for questioning in private, questioning his house and the number of servants, he was blocked back by Yang Wanli with a gift from the doorman.

Those officials in the Ministry of Officials did not have the courage to go to the Fan Mansion to ask Fan Xian for verification in person.

But Yang Wanli was caught by someone after all, and the reason was actually related to Fan Xian. This matter has to start from a few years ago, within two years after the river burst, Fan Xian was in charge of the inner library, relying on his own means, his father's help, and Xia Mingji and Fan Sizhe's line in the north, a lot of silver from the inner library, and then a few turns, and sent to the then river transport governor Yamen.

At that time, Yang Wanli was still working in the Yamen, the governor of the river transport, this large amount of silver that made countless people tremble, the right to manage was in his hands, there were always some mistakes in the operation of the silver, and some people were caught, especially the officials of the Ministry of Officials more faintly questioned, where did the silver come from?

If this issue is really investigated, I am afraid that many people will really die. But where did the question come from? The corners of Fan Xian's lips curled slightly, sneered, and scolded: "The silver is cut out from Lao Tzu to save food and reduce consumption, Your Majesty knows it, and you have to come to check, it is really gracious." ”

He glanced at his sister and sighed: "Even the household department is meddling, it seems that our Fan family is no longer able to control the household department." ”

In an imperial society, Fan Xian, as a courtier, actually spoke out against the household department, which was really a big rebellious complaint. But what he said was not bad, when his father Fan Jian was serving as a servant of the household department or a scholar, the entire household department was taken care of as a monolith, whether it was the prince or the second prince, there was no way to reach in, even that year chūn and Jing Mingzhi rì, His Majesty wanted to use the matter of the household department to make some trouble, but Fan Jian was not yīn blocked back.

At that time, who would dare to check the Kyoto Prefecture and Yang Wanli, a student of the Fan Sect? Even if he couldn't stop the intention to investigate, he was afraid that Fan Xian would have been ventilated in secret.

It's just that with Fan Jian's dismal return to old age, the emperor unhurriedly installed officials in the household department and transferred officials, and today's household department is no longer the household department of the year.

Every time Fan Xian thought of this, he was a little angry for his father, although this anger was really unreasonable.

Since Fan Xian mentioned the three words He Zongwei, Fan Ruoruo quieted down, with a slight embarrassment and self-blame on her face. Fan Xian glanced at his sister, and after being silent for a long time, he said: "Don't think about it, He Zongwei doesn't dare to do anything to my people just because of him, this must be the meaning of the palace." ”

"Of course. Fan Xian lowered his head and continued: "It seems that this popular Lord He also gave up the idea of marrying with our family and pleasing me, and decided to follow His Majesty's mind and be a loyal dog." ”

He snorted coldly and said, "He Zongwei knows that His Majesty will help him up to fight with me in the ring, and he will only have a bad death in the future, but he can't help himself. In this case, of course, he hopes to really find the big problem between me and His Majesty, and keeps stimulating me, hoping that I can really capsize the boat, so that I can save my life. ”

"Why did you do this?" This was the biggest uneasiness and incomprehension in Fan Ruoruo's heart.

Fan Xian smiled slightly, and said self-deprecatingly: "Your Majesty has already decided, let me take over the position of the president of the Supervision Yuan in a few years." ”

This is a matter of course, Fan Ruoruo didn't congratulate anything, but the doubts in his heart became stronger and stronger, since the saint is as good as ever, why did His Majesty choose to suppress his brother's forces at this time?

"To give a carrot is to knock a stick, and His Majesty is always paying attention to the proportions in between, which is a reminder to me, and it is also actually weakening me. He didn't want to see a courtier with too much authority in his hands. ”

Fan Xian looked at his sister, suddenly frowned, and said with a slight mockery: "And the most important thing is that the situation in front of us is the situation arranged by His Majesty for the future of Qingguo...... He began to experiment with the effect of the Earth to see what his celebration would look like in a hundred years. ”

But He Zongwei is also in the middle of the door. Fan Ruoruo asked puzzled.

"This is because the power of the Supervision Yuan is too strong, it used to be Chen Pingping, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, including my old father-in-law, who can suppress him? Fan Xian said: "So His Majesty had no choice but to let He Zongwei enter the middle school under the door, forcibly raised his grade, and now he has helped He Zongwei cut my shoulders first." ”

"Of course, if He Zongwei's power in the court really grows, His Majesty will definitely help me cut him again. Fan Xian smiled and said: "What kind of shit emperor mental tricks, the way of balance, it's all about eating too much and having nothing to do." ”

............ Fan Ruoruo was silent for a long time and then said, "But Miss Sun's ...... Still in the side hall. Hearing this, she already understood that the situation on the Yin side of Kyoto Prefecture was really urgent, but when she heard her brother say that this was His Majesty's arrangement, she didn't think that Fan Xian could help the Sun family.

Who knew that Fan Xian was silent for a long time and then said: "Go and sue Sun Hao'er, and I will go later." ”

Fan Ruoruo was taken aback and said, "But didn't you say before that this is what Your Majesty meant?"

Fan Xian lowered his head, crossed his hands and calmly placed them in front of his abdomen, and said: "I had a tacit understanding with Emperor Xià three years ago, if it was changed to before, His Majesty wanted to cut my power, I would also let him cut it, and let He Zongwei be arrogant for a while?"

"Not now. He looked up and said with a smile, "I don't know what's going to happen in the future, so I'm going to make sure I still have enough power now." ”

"You want to fight with His Majesty?" Fan Ruoruo's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise.

"I'm still a young man, and some anger in my heart is always allowed. ”

Fan Xian smiled slightly, his smile was extremely fresh and gratifying, he couldn't see the slightest anger at all, his idea was actually very simple, now he had to protect everyone he wanted to protect, and use the reason of anger to temporarily maintain the power in his hands, so that he could learn to be so positive to the powerful emperor His Majesty.

Fan Ruoruo was silent for a long time, knowing that her brother's mind had been decided, so she didn't say anything more, but couldn't help but smile and asked, "Really don't you want to talk to that Miss Sun?"

"I'm afraid that she won't be able to marry in the future, so she's gone. Fan Xian said helplessly, "Just tell her, I'm looking forward to the birthday banquet in the future." ”