Chapter 24: The Shadow of the World
Chen Pingping smiled sharply, rubbed her somewhat rough fingers, and said, "Are the five big people in Kyoto now?" This question was also asked by Fei Jie on Fan Xian's wedding night, Fan Xian shook his head, and replied like last time: "I heard that I went to the south to find Ye Liuyun, I don't know when I will be able to come back." β
I don't know why, Fan Xian seemed to vaguely hear that in a dark corner of this room, there was a person who let out a regretful sigh, he frowned, and the fingers in his sleeve picked at the dark crossbowβthe content of the three of them at this time was too terrible, no matter who heard it, it would be an unbearable consequence for Fan Xian and Chen Pingping.
"Come out. Chen Pingping seemed to see the reaction in his sleeve, and said softly: "I think you must be very curious, who is the real leader of the six places." β
With these words, a person, to be precise, a black shadow floated out of the darkness of the room, ethereal and indistinctly not like a mortal. This black shadow floated behind Chen Pingping, and only then did it gradually reveal its figure, a ...... shrouded in black cloth Overmatch.
Fan Xian felt the momentum deliberately exuded by the other party at this time, his pupils shrank, and his whole body tensed up, and then slowly relaxed, he had seen the other party, sixteen years ago, this dark shadow-like assassin stood on Chen Pingping's carriage, swept by like a falcon, and killed a mysterious mage in seconds.
"He is the leader of the six departments of the Supervision Yuan, and he has never seen outsiders. Fei Jie smiled and explained, "Of course, you are not an outsider. β
The leader of the Qingguo assassins did not speak, and stood silently behind Chen Pingping, seemingly having no interest in Fan Xian. Chen Pingping's voice was a little hoarse, and then Fei Jie's words continued: "Except for the five people, he is the most terrifying assassin in the world. Of course, it is also the best protector, so I can live to this day. β
The black shadow bowed slightly, thanking the old man in the wheelchair for his compliment.
Chen Pingping looked at Fan Xian's eyes, smiled and said: "Shadow is an admirer and follower of the five great people, and even many of his skills are gradually imitated when he saw the methods of the five major people many years ago when he was young, so he was a little disappointed when he heard you say that the five major people are not in Beijing just now." β
At this time, Fan Xian's eyes were a little different when he looked at the shadow assassin again, just by imitating Uncle Wuzhu, he could have such a powerful strength, this Qingguo No. 1 assassin was really amazingly talented!
Of course, this shows that the blind Wuzhu is even more terrifying.
............ Fei Jie pushed Dean Chen's wheelchair into the large compound at the back of the Supervision Yuan, and the shadow disappeared in broad daylight, and I don't know where it went. Fan Xian followed behind the wheelchair step by step, feeling a little strange in his heart, the most powerful assassin in Qingguo was really similar to Uncle Wuzhu's style - he hadn't seen Wuzhu for many days, although he wouldn't worry about anything, but he was about to go out, and he always wanted to meet his closest people.
This is the first time Fan Xian has entered the heavily guarded backyard of the Supervision Yuan, this courtyard is extremely wide, and there are no tall buildings outside the courtyard wall, so no one can see the situation in the courtyard from the outside. Completely different from the imagination of the world, there is such a beautiful place behind the Supervision Yuan, you can see green lawns everywhere, several towering trees scattering yΔ«n shadows on the ground, and small wildflowers on the side of the bluestone pavement occasionally show their faces.
The staff of the Inspectorate moved silently from building to building, looking at the black wheelchair from afar, and would salute respectfully.
And every time he walked a distance, Fan Xian would frown, because under those beautiful rockeries, among the tender dwarf forests, there seemed to be hidden shadows everywhere, and they were much tighter than the defenses in the palace.
"Get acquainted with it, and this courtyard will be yours in the future. Chen Pingping said a word very casually and suddenly, it felt as easy as throwing a piece of steamed bun to Fan Xian to eat.
Fan Xian sighed in his heart, although he had known about this arrangement for a long time, he still didn't expect this old cripple to say it so simply.
Chen Pingping looked back at him with a frown, shook her head, and sighed. Fan Xian didn't know why he sighed, and said with a smile: "There are a few questions. β
"Tell me about it. The wheelchair was parked next to a shallow pool, the water of the pool was transparent, and it could be seen that the golden fish in the water were swimming freely, and Chen Pingping looked at the pool with both eyes.
"I have offended many people in the Kechang case, but why did Guo Yushi and Han Shangshu dare to attack me? Aren't they afraid of the wrath of their father and the prime minister?" Fan Xian looked at Chen Pingping's messy hair, and said quietly: "As for the East Palace, it is not the prince's will, why should the queen deal with me?"
Chen Pingping didn't look back, waved his hand, Fei Jie smiled and patted his student's shoulder, praised his courage, and then left the pool.
Fan Xian stepped forward to take the teacher's position and pushed the wheelchair along the small pond. After Chen Pingping was silent for a long time, she said, "Are you forcing me to have a showdown?"
"You have to at least let me know how much of our hand they know. β
Chen Pingping laughed sharply: "What a cautious young man, it seems that you have guessed some things, and you are afraid of the queen because those things are dealing with you." β
Fan Xian smiled and said: "Yes, if the queen really knows the things I guessed, then it is a matter of course for her to deal with me, and I can only think of this one reason." The problem is that if this is the case, my current strength is completely insufficient to compete with the East Palace. β
"The enemies are all paper tigers. Chen Pingping said suddenly.
Fan Xian didn't expect to hear this sentence from the other party's mouth, and couldn't help but be surprised, but then he listened to Chen Pingping and said lightly: "This is what your mother said back then, and she also said back then, we must despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically." β
Fan Xian felt a little like laughing, thinking that this cripple must not know that the original author of these words was not his mother.
Chen Pingping smiled and said: "And your biggest problem now is that you attach too much importance to the enemy in terms of strategy, and even fear the enemy, so you are tied up in doing things. β
Fan Xian was dumbfounded, Chen Pingping gently crossed her hands on her thighs, and said softly: "Don't think of the East Palace as too powerful, in this entire Qingguo, there is no really powerful force, including the Prime Minister, including your father Fan Jian." β
Fan Xian realized something, and said softly: "Violence is the real force, so only the military and the Supervision Yuan are the truly powerful forces. β
Chen Pingping raised a hand and shook it with her slender but old fingers: "No, in the entire Qingguo, there is only one person who is really powerful. β
Fan Xian lowered his head and said softly, "It's His Majesty the Emperor." β
Chen Pingping smiled and said: "Yes, Your Majesty can not care about anything, as long as he still holds the military power of the world in his hands, no matter how the harem of hundreds of officials is tossed, he doesn't bother to raise his eyelids at all." β
Fan Xian sneered with a slight hint of sarcasm: "He is really a very idle emperor." β
Chen Pingping rubbed her hands that were a little dry, and said slowly: "The Supervision Yuan is His Majesty's, I am just in custody, and you will only be in custody in the future, keep this in mind." β
Fan Xian looked at the big leader of the Qingguo secret service with a calm face, not knowing whether he should doubt his loyalty to the emperor in the legend.
............ Hei Sè's wheelchair has been walking around the shallow pool for a long time, and the golden fish in the water are a little dizzy, and slowly sink to the bottom of the water, ignoring the old and the young and boring two people by the pool, and begin to play with the fine sand with the fish mouth.
The officials of the Supervision Yuan saw the dean talking secretly with the newly revealed Fantisi from a distance, so they naturally did not dare to disturb him. Chen Pingping suddenly sighed and said: "Time always flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, your mother's son is so old." β
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, thinking that this statement is really weird, what is your mother's son? Why don't you just say that I will be married? He said with a wry smile: "I just regret that I don't know what my mother looks like." β
Chen Pingping smiled and said: "There is only one portrait of your mother in the whole world, which was secretly painted by the original national hand, and in the end, the great painter was almost killed by the five people." β
Fan Xian smiled and replied, "That painting won't be stored in the palace, right?"
Chen Pingping didn't answer directly, but said quietly: "You don't need to worry too much about the East Palace, as I said before, the queen's power was almost eliminated by His Majesty twelve years ago. β
Fan Xian knew the story of that bloody night in Kyoto, and frowned slightly and said, "Why didn't His Majesty have a queen abolished?"
After all, she is the biological mother of the crown prince, and she has always been liked by the queen mother. The most important thing is ......" Chen Pingping said with a smile: "Our Emperor XiΓ , where can we find a queen who has no power behind her and is so stupid?"
Fan Xian was cold in the depths of his heart, that emperor was really not a good person, fortunately, Chen Pingping didn't know that he described His Majesty like this in his heart, and said softly: "Don't worry about being found out." The death of that baby sixteen years ago seems to be an unchangeable fact in the palace, and the reason why the stupid queen will let Han Shangshu move you this time is just to consider the problem from the perspective of the crown prince, she didn't know that you were the commander of the Supervision Yuan at that time, but she was angry at your meeting with the second prince on the flower boat. β
Chen Pingping frowned and said slightly angrily: "I think Master Sinanbo should have told you not to get too close to these princes, do you think that your meeting on the flower boat, the nobles in this capital can not know?"
Fan Xian smiled embarrassedly, when he was in the lobby of the Criminal Department, he really didn't expect that the queen would use the burning stick of the Criminal Department to sue him because she was afraid of the second prince, and at that time he thought that the other party knew his life experience.