Old fox, little fox, old wheelchair, new wheelchair.

Chen Yuan didn't dare to get close, and the laughter gradually rose and subsided.

The old and young had a tacit understanding to suppress their laughter at the same time, and regained their calm, Fan Xian moved the wheelchair under him forward, and his knees seemed to be leaning against the old man's knees, which seemed extremely close.

Chen Pingping pointed at him, patted the handle of her wheelchair lightly, made a hollow sound like a bamboo belly, and asked, "Are you used to sitting in a wheelchair?"

"There's nothing you don't get used to, with so many injuries on your body, it's impossible to come and see you on horseback. Fan Xian laughed at himself, paused, and said: "Besides, it's not the first time I've been in a wheelchair, more than a year ago in the Hanging Temple, I was stabbed, and I didn't sit in a wheelchair for a month afterwards? ”

Although the words were soft, there was a sword in them, Chen Pingping coughed lightly twice, naturally knowing that the young man in front of him was telling himself that he had understood something.

The Hanging Temple is indeed a fairy bureau, but Chen Pingping is a person who straddles the situation with his feet in and out of the bureau, and the shadow is the one he sent to the temple, and the sword that Fan Xian suffered, although it was an accident, was really almost killed.

As for the sniping in the valley the day before yesterday, Fan Xian almost couldn't come back.

The so-called habit becomes natural, Fan Xian is obviously telling Chen Pingping strongly, don't take this kind of thing as a habit, don't always joke with your life, and don't ...... Treat it as a natural thing.

Chen Pingping tilted her head slightly, as if she didn't know how to explain, frowned, raised her elbow, and pointed at Fan Xian's back.

Fan Xian shook his head: "I can't die...... But you know what I'm here for, so let's be more straightforward. ”

"You speak first, I'll listen first. Chen Pingping said with a smile, smoothing the slightly wrinkled blanket on her knees a little more, so that the wrinkles on it gradually disappeared like water waves.

Looking at the old cripple's slightly lowered head, looking at the other party's deep wrinkles and somewhat yellowish complexion, Fan Xian was silent for a while and said: "I was in a wheelchair twice, the first time I was in a wheelchair because of the assassination of the Hanging Temple, but I have gained the absolute trust of His Majesty, and I think it is still beneficial, and I can accept it." I don't like the feeling that you are controlling everything, and I think you know that I am the most afraid of death, so I want you to know that please don't try to do this kind of thing in the future, I will really go crazy, and this time I almost went crazy. ”

Fan Xian stretched out two fingers, stared at Chen Pingping's eyes, and said word by word: "It's already twice, and I don't want a third time." ”

The cold winter sky under Chen Yuanshi's steps was quiet for a long time.

"The Hanging Temple incident was an accident, and you know that very well. Chen Pingping said lightly: "As for the sniping in the valley this time, it really has nothing to do with me...... I'm not a fool, a bureau must be able to control a bureau, at that time, even the city guards in the valley were moved, you could die at any time, if you really die, even if this matter will bring any benefits...... You can't enjoy it, so it's not called a game, it's called stupidity. ”

Chen Pingping said with a hint of sarcasm: "Do you think I'm a stupid person?"

Fan Xian looked back at his eyes and said with the same sarcasm: "Of course you are not stupid, I am just afraid that you are sometimes too clever and have too much confidence in me." ”

Chen Pingping's withered old hand on the blanket on her lap moved slightly, and then smiled and said, "Isn't it a very good thing to have confidence in you? You have always been good at acting, and the number of shots in front of everyone is countable, especially after entering the ninth grade, that is, you have fought head-on with the shadow, and the world knows that you are a master, but they don't know how high you are, especially those secrets hidden in you...... And I'm different, I know all this. ”

"I slipped my mouth. Fan Xianyin said: "Old man...... That's an ambush! It's in a valley on the outskirts of Kyoto, and the other side has more than 200 crossbows! This is completely okay to go to Dongyi City to kill the Sigu sword, and you're not afraid of my death at all?"

"The Sigu Sword is so easy to kill, then things are much simpler. Chen Pingping muttered, "I've said it, this has nothing to do with me." ”

"Don't forget, I'm also a priest of the Supervision Yuan!" Fan Xian said with a big fire: "You're not stupid, it's difficult, if there are no people in the courtyard to help cover up the news, those city-guarding crossbows can be moved to the hill on the outskirts of Beijing in a grand manner?

Chen Pingping coughed twice: "Maybe there is a problem in the Kyoto garrison." ”

Fan Xian stared at him and said, "Can the Kyoto garrison know the information process of the Supervision Yuan? Even if the military can find out the exact time when I returned to Beijing, what happened to the safety report from the scouts in the valley? Not long after the black horse left, the other party just counted this section?"

Chen Pingping sneered and said, "Since the other party wants to kill you...... Naturally, you have to be well prepared, and if you don't even think about these details and come to kill you, it will be too confusing. ”

Fan Xian sneered: "Pretend, continue to pretend, even if you didn't send a double-faced crow to help secretly in those ambushes in the valley, but during and even after the end of the incident, you can't get rid of the suspicion of indulgence...... Who are you? I am the most powerful person in the Daqing Dynasty, is there such a big plan in Kyoto, can you not hear the slightest rumor? Why didn't you think about ventilating me, reporting or something? Could it be...... You also think that I grab power in the yard every day, which is a bit of an obstacle to your eyes, so you just slaughtered me so as not to be upset...... But you have forgotten that you begged me to come in this courtyard in the first place, and it has nothing to do with me. ”

Hearing this, Chen Pingping finally couldn't help but raise her head and glance at him, frowning and reprimanding: "You kid, obviously don't think like this in your heart, and you know that I don't think like this, but you still want to say this, thinking that this will be the case?"

"What can't you do?" Fan Xian directly intercepted: "You yin me twice, and I almost lost my life twice, you have to give me justice." ”

"Said it has nothing to do with me. Chen Pingping said gloomily, too lazy to pay attention, pushed the wheelchair, and walked along the bottom of the stone steps to the left-hand square.

An evil fire was burning in Fan Xian's heart, where could he let this old cripple run away like this, pushed hard with both hands around him, and followed.

Knowing that the two most powerful figures in the Supervision Yuan were going to have a very secret conversation today, Chen Yuanli had already made relevant arrangements, and the beauties who were babbling in the circle in the past and were not afraid of even the cold wind were locked up in their own rooms and were not allowed to come out, and the servants were also hiding in this area, and the old servant also quietly left after pushing Fan Xian here.

So, there are only Chen Pingping and Fan Xian, two poor people in wheelchairs, at this time Chen Pingping is in front, Fan Xian is behind, the old man is pushing the wheelchair in front, Fan Xian is chasing behind, in a moment, it is actually around the stone steps of this house A big circle, this scene, it looks only so funny.

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To tell the truth, Chen Pingping really didn't want to face Fan Xian who had not finished the evil fire in her chest today, so she simply didn't want to talk about it, and walked in front of her with a wheelchair, this big man in Qingguo has been in a wheelchair for so many years, of course, he is more accustomed to than Fan Xian, plus Fan Xian was seriously injured, so it was not very good, so after the two wheelchairs went around the house, Fan Xian had been thrown away from a few "chairs".

Fortunately, Chen Pingping couldn't play in a wheelchair at home, just stopped on the edge of a small pool on the right hand side of the house, Fan Xian panted and turned the wheelchair to catch up, stopped beside him, and looked back, the two of them circled around the house counterclockwise, but they were about to return to the original point, which was really boring.

"I'm a patient. Fan Xian complained and said, "Even if my question embarrasses you, it won't be like this." ”

"It's not embarrassing. Chen Pingping suddenly sighed and said, "It's just that you want justice for me, I really don't know how to give it to you." ”

Fan Xian lowered his head, looked at the ice stubble in the pond and the frozen black lotus branches, couldn't help frowning, took two mouthfuls of hot mist to his hands, rubbed it gently, and listened to the old man next to him.

"Don't check the things in the hospital, there are no moles. Chen Pingping said slowly: "I admit that I know some rumors about the sniping in the valley this time, and it is true that there are people in the courtyard who are helping over there, otherwise it would be impossible to make you so miserable." ”

"Since you didn't let me check, that mole must have been deliberately revealed by you. Fan Xian said silently: "You also know that I am miserable this time, so I don't understand...... The Hanging Temple is a rescue, and this time His Majesty is not in my carriage, why do I have to pay so much. ”

"Do you believe me?" Chen Pingping sighed.

Fan Xian thought for a long time and nodded slowly.

"Don't ask me just yet. Chen Pingping said quietly: "You will naturally understand in the future." ”

"I don't understand. Fan Xian said calmly: "But I don't need to understand, but I need to know who is the hand on me, and who is the double face in the courtyard." ”

Chen Pingping looked at him quietly, and said after a while: "You don't have evidence at hand, so you can't help the other party." ”

"But you have it. ”

"Neither did I. Chen Pingping said indifferently: "Even if there is, it is impossible to hand it over to Your Majesty...... First, I don't want Your Majesty to be angry and remove our courtyard, and second, it's too early to hand it over at this time. ”

There were too many hidden contents in these words, enough for Fan Xian to digest for too long, but Fan Xian didn't pay much attention to it, and asked directly about the point of the matter: "I still want to know who wants to kill me." ”

"In this Kyoto, everyone except the one you believe in wants to kill you. Chen Pingping said calmly: "As for who is in charge this time, I can't hide it from you, I just hope you can bear with it and don't spoil the big situation." ”

Fan Xian was silent.

"It's the Qin family. Chen Pingping said lightly: "It's just that even if you enter the palace and cry with Your Majesty's thigh, it's useless, you have no evidence, and I can't be willing to pull out that chess piece for you as evidence...... Even if His Majesty suspects the Qin family because of your affairs, for the sake of the military's face, it is impossible for him to give you anger because of your few words. ”

Fan Xian couldn't help but shake his head.

Chen Pingping glanced at him with some curiosity: "You are not surprised at all. ”

Fan Xian stretched his waist cautiously, for fear of affecting the injury behind him, and said with a smile: "It's still the same sentence, I'm also a smart person, since you are not doing merit for me this time, you must be dragging people into the water, and now there is no big force in the court that has gone into the water, there is only the Qin family, this matter is not difficult to guess." ”

The eldest princess deduced the Qin family's participation from another direction, while Fan Xian deduced that although the direction was different from the eldest princess, the answers he came up with were so concise and clear.

Chen Pingping nodded appreciatively and said, "Now you understand, in the absence of evidence, Your Majesty will not move easily with such a high-ranking gate in the army, otherwise the army's heart is unstable, how can this court be at ease?"

"I'm afraid that there is evidence, but if the timing is not good, Your Majesty will not move. Fan Xian sneered and said: "It's just that I don't understand, you dragged the old Qin family into the water, and when you think about it, you will naturally let Your Majesty know about it...... Last year, you were in Kyoto, and I was in Jiangnan, and they all forced the prince, the second and the eldest princess to jump over the wall in a hurry, and now they haven't jumped yet, and you add a Qin family's law code to the other party...... Do you really have that much confidence in Your Majesty?"

Chen Pingping smiled and nodded: "I have always had great confidence in Your Majesty, just as I have in you." ”

As soon as the words came out, the two people in wheelchairs fell silent, just like many previous conversations, both of them were extremely intelligent people, many things did not need to be explained, and each other's attitudes were determined in that few words, just as Fan Xian guessed his own life experience, just as every careful approach between the two sides - it was the proximity of the real state of mind.

"I'm curious, why aren't you curious that I'm going to drag the Qin family into the water? Even if I have confidence in Your Majesty...... But if there is one less person jumping off the wall, it will always be easier to deal with. Chen Pingping looked at Fan Xian's eyes with a gentle smile.

Fan Xian lowered his head slightly, and said after a while: "It's not a big deal to think about it...... It's just that you want to take advantage of this battle to make all my future enemies clear and clean, the old Qin family and I have always had a good relationship, and I have not participated in the battle for the position of the dragon chair, I want to come...... This old Qin family has something to do with the story of many years ago. ”

"I was not mistaken. Chen Pingping said appreciatively: "You can judge so much, it's enough." ”

Fan Xian was silent, and a faint sadness welled up in his heart - he still had a judgment that he didn't say - the old man in a wheelchair in front of him was in poor health and didn't have two years to live. Of course, the old man himself knew about the situation, so he had to put an end to everything before he died, so he arranged it this way.

As soon as he thought of this, the dryness in Fan Xian's heart had faded a lot, but he still couldn't help asking, "What if...... What if I really die in the valley?"

"How can you die?" Chen Pingping looked at him seriously, "You have to live forever." ”

Fan Xian smiled, how similar this sentence was to his father's words that day.

He tilted his head amusedly and asked, "Why don't I die?" You don't know what is going on in the valley...... What kind of family is the old Qin family, if they don't do it, it will be a thunderous blow, even if I am lucky...... But you don't have enough luck to survive these snipers. ”

Chen Pingping was silent for a while, and then said in a gloomy voice: "I have a sense of proportion for the arrangement of the Qin family, but this time it is really too risky because I didn't count three things. ”

"I didn't expect that Lao Wu's injury hadn't healed yet. Chen Pingping said indifferently: "That old fool of the Qin family doesn't know that there is such a killing god by your side, if the fifth child is on the side, who can hurt you in this world?"

Fan Xian nodded, this is the first reason, but it is still not enough to explain why Chen Pingping is so unconcerned about her own safety.

"The second thing that didn't count was. Chen Pingping looked at Fan Xian with a strange smile, "When you are really facing death, you can still bear not to take out that box." ”

Fan Xian smiled bitterly and said, "Although I don't know what the box you have been thinking about is, but I don't have it, where can I steal it?"

Although he was shocked, his expression and words were still unremarkable.

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The box, the black, narrow, long box, which entered Kyoto with a young girl and a blind servant, only played a role in the history of Keikoku, but it was a role that changed the world.

Except for Ye Qingmei, Fan Xian, mother and son and Wuzhu, no one has seen the true face of that box, and no one knows how to use it, but the old people who know the truth about the death of the two princes of Qingguo know the horror of that box, especially because they don't know the specific situation, but they have a strange sense of mystery and awe about that box.

Existence beyond this world is always imaginary and infinitely fearful.

Even Chen Pingping and the emperor are no exception, so when Fan Xian was in Lanzhou as a child, Fei Jie once asked Wuzhu, and when Fan Xian entered Beijing, he faced this problem more than once.

So Chen Pingping never figured out why Fan Xian ...... when the sniping in the valley had reached such a dangerous moment Still won't use the box?

As for Fan Xian's nonsense that the box was not in his hand, Chen Pingping, who was as old as Chen Pingping, naturally refused to believe it.