Chapter 64: Making a Mistake
After Fan Wusu heard He Zongwei's words with a chill, he slowly lowered his head, there was no too obvious reaction, he was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Before reporting to His Majesty, the adults should think more clearly." β
"It's natural, okay, it's late at night, you go and rest first. He Zongwei said casually, waved his hand, and picked up the case file on the table again.
Fan Wusu glanced at He Zongwei, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, bowed, and left. When he walked out of the study, He Zongwei immediately put down the case file in his hand, looked at the direction of the door in silence, and fell into deep thought.
For the second prince's cronies Eight families will vote for him in the future, He Zongwei was very jealous at first, after all, there are not a few people in Kyoto who know Fan Wusheng's identity, if this is discovered by people in the future, and then it is introduced to the palace, I don't know what His Majesty the Emperor will think.
Back then, the second prince was a member of the YΔ«n rebellion, and He Zongwei was indeed a bit risky to contain his old subordinates.
It's just that he quickly made a decision at the beginning, after all, Fan Wusu has his own ability, and the eight generals whose prestige was secretly spread in the rivers and lakes of Kyoto back then, although in front of the Supervision Yuan, seemed to be vulnerable, but in fact they were some very powerful characters. The second prince had been in the court for so long, and the cronies who stayed by his side were of course the best.
In addition to Fan Wu's ability to save himself, He Zongwei also had two very important reasons for taking him in, one was that this person had the same goal as him, which was to deal with Fan Xian, and second, this person also mastered some of the resources left by the second prince.
The second prince had been defeated and died three years ago, and his power in the court had already been swept away by the emperor and Fan Xian, but after all, there were still some officials hidden in the lower echelons of the court, waiting for the opportunity in secret, whether it was the opportunity to avenge the master, or the opportunity to find a new master and see the sky again.
He Zongwei needs these people, and these people also need He scholars in the court, but He Zongwei can't come forward to collect these forces in person, and he must go through Fan Wusheng, so that he can appear innocent in front of His Majesty.
In the final analysis, He Zongwei is now walking on a lonely steel rope, with endless abysses on both sides, which is very dangerous.
Not long after Fan Wusu left the study, the He cousin who had left before quietly turned back again, and the two glanced at each other, and they both saw the look in each other's eyes. He Zongwei smiled mildly and said, "Go and check the whereabouts of Wang Qinian and Gundam, and don't use those people left behind by His Second Highness." β
The man saluted very respectfully and responded: "The little one understands, as soon as the adults and Mr. Fan said it before, the subordinates will be clear." β
He Zongwei nodded appreciatively and said, "There are some things that are inconvenient for Mr. Fan to know. β
There are many things that are inconvenient for Fan Wusu to know, Fan Wusu discussed with He Zongwei before, if he wants to bring down Fan Xian, he must start with Wang Qinian and Gundam who may be alive, but with the power left by He Zongwei and the second prince back then, it is impossible to break through the layers of black fog of the Supervision Institute and find the real clues, so Fan Wusu Jian yì He Zongwei should directly face the saint, fight His Majesty's suspicion, and make the inner court move.
But the problem is that He Zongwei has a power under his hand, a power given to him by His Majesty, a power that no one knows.
His Majesty the Emperor trusts Chen Pingping very much and loves Fan Xian very much, but the power of the Supervision Yuan is too great, if it is just a check and balance from the outside, an emperor will definitely not rest assured, so there will be a Ministry of Internal Affairs back then, and the palace must have planted a lot of cronies in the Supervision Yuan.
Regarding this kind of thing, I believe that Chen Pingping and Fan Xian are well aware, but there is no need to find out the matter with the emperor, just guarding against it in secret.
Since the Metropolitan Procuratorate was going to fight with the Supervision Yuan, the Inner Court, or the nail planted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Supervision Yuan, had slowly been transferred from Eunuch Yao to He Zongwei's hands after three years. This power, which is darker than the night, is now in the hands of this clan brother of He Zongwei.
After He Zongwei pondered for a moment, he said: "From the outside, if the Supervision Yuan is still related to Wang Qinian, there must be traces, but don't let these people know what they are investigating." β
"What if Your Majesty knows that the adults are investigating things and asks?"
"Your Majesty doesn't care about these little things. He Zongwei lowered his head slightly and said, "After it is found out, I will report it to the Holy Lord, and ask the Holy Lord to decide." β
Of course, if He Zongwei had mastered this important matter that might provoke the relationship between His Majesty and Fan Xian, he would definitely not quietly and secretly tell His Majesty XiΓ and give His Majesty and Fan Xian a chance to negotiate privately, but would try his best to make this matter bigger.
The man knew the hidden meaning of the adult's words, and he didn't say much, and said directly: "It must live up to the expectations of the adult." β
The study was silent again, and He Zongwei sat behind the desk and couldn't help but shake his head. He doesn't have a scholar, but there are always a few masters, but those masters are strictly forbidden to enter the back garden, this study, except for his cronies, no one dares to approach. He knew that if he could really trust Fan Wuxuan, then this matter would definitely be easier.
It's just that he can't fully believe that Fan Wusu is here, especially when the other party is now a strategist and appears in front of his eyes.
For people like strategists, He Zongwei has always kept the greatest suspicion in his heart. Many years ago, he succeeded in overthrowing Lin Ruofu, but in fact, he knew that the fall of the former prime minister had nothing to do with him, this is the meaning of His Majesty, and the one who really implemented and gave the prime minister the heaviest blow was the strategist in the prime minister's mansion who looked extremely handsome and free-spirited-Yuan Hongdao.
Back then, He Zongwei took Wu Bo'an's wife to live in this old mansion of the imperial book, and he was ordered by the eldest princess to contact the internal affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it was with that Yuan Hongdao that he dealt with.
He knew what kind of dangerous knife the strategist named Yuan Hongdao had stabbed in this matter. The truth that was slowly revealed a few years ago shocked him even more, this Yuan Hongdao turned out to be a person from the Supervision Yuan!
Inspectorate!
He Zongwei had a chill in his heart, he was very afraid of the power of the Supervision Yuan, although he now also had some people in his hands within the Supervision Yuan, but the more he knew about the Supervision Yuan, the more afraid he became, he was afraid that the gardener in his house was the one of the Supervision Yuan, he was afraid that the fat servant woman was the killer of the Six Places, and he was afraid that there were three slow xìng poisons in the food he ate every day...... He was afraid that even Fan Wusuo, the strategist left behind by the second prince, would he also be a member of the Supervision Yuan, and would he stab his body the most ruthlessly in the future.
He wanted to deal with Fan Xian, so he was even more afraid of Fan Xian dealing with him. It had been several years, and he had been respected by everyone in the court, but when he returned to the palace, he was immersed in an unhealthy feeling of anxiety, and he always felt that everyone he saw in the palace was probably someone sent by the Supervision Yuan.
Therefore, there are not too many servants in Hefu, he uses very few people, even if he is forced to employ people, he would rather work hard to find those brothers from his hometown. Unexpectedly, this won him the name of Qingqian.
He Zongwei sometimes even felt that he was about to be driven crazy by this kind of nervous feelings, crazy! But he couldn't be crazy, he wanted to win the final victory, he had already found the faint but dazzling white of the fish belly in the dark sky.
He pushed open the door and stood alone under the corridor, his face a little hairy, his mood was unusually heavy, and occasionally he thought of the woman, and his eyes were even more painful.
ββββββββββββββββββ no one knew what kind of torment he was going through, and no one thought that he was a man who was about to go mad. It's just that after the birthday banquet of the Sun Mansion passed a few times, the civil and military officials in the court, and even the scholars and ordinary people who knew some rumors, all knew that Scholar He had lost in this battle, and he lost very completely.
His Majesty the Emperor did not invent a purpose, but let He Zongwei deal with the matter of Kyoto Mansion Yin by himself, obviously wanting to use this matter to establish the authoritative position of Scholar He in the court, but he didn't expect that Fan Xian came back from Dongyi City, drank a drink, went to the palace to quarrel, and went to Taixue for a visit, so he directly hit the hand that Scholar He stretched out!
No one would be surprised by the fact that Scholar He's face was damaged and his defeat was lost. After all, the opponent he faced this time was not the six officials of the court, nor the former powerful disciples, but Fan Xian.
Fan Xian doesn't do anything, as long as he makes up his mind to do something, he can always do it, this has become the consensus of the whole world.
And obviously, the emperor does not have a very good way to treat this illegitimate child, after all, it is just a Kyoto Prefecture Yin, and His Majesty can never really turn his face with his favorite illegitimate child.
The old officials sent by the household department left the Kyoto Prefecture in a wolf manner, and the secret investigation of the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department was also terminated under the strong pressure from the mountain peak, and in the middle of the sect, although Scholar Hu did not speak, but also in front of He Zongwei, he whispered a reminder to the ministers, although this sentence was light, but it was quite heavy.
Kyoto is full of clarity.
When the time rì is earlier than the Qingming April Festival, the chūn light is the time of brightness. Fan, dressed in civilian clothes, sat on a horse, pointing straight to the east, laughing and talking with the officials beside him.
Fought He Zongwei again, and in the quarrel with His Majesty the Emperor, he gained the upper hand once, at least ensuring that the power on his side would not be cut too much in a short period of time. Fan Xian's mood is indeed good, even if he is about to embark on a journey and go to the sword house full of medicinal smell in Dongyi City to suffer, he is still in a good mood.
After chatting with the officials who saw him off, accepting a large basket of sycophants, as well as those sour words to He Zongwei secretly, Fan Xian's face remained unchanged, he left the pavilion, got off the horse, and still hid in his own black carriage.
It was already quiet, but there was another man in the carriage. Yan Bingyun looked at him, and suddenly said, "There are already traces of turmoil in Dongyi City, do you really want me to suppress it?"
"I'll take the black rider into the city this time. Fan Xian's eyebrows swelled with a faint sorrow, and said: "And the old dean is going to return to his hometown in a few years, you are here to take a look for me, if even you go with me, who in Kyoto will make the decision for the courtyard?"
Yan Bingyun was extremely keenly aware of the sorrow in his heart, and was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask directly, but said: "He Zongwei has lost a big face this time, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will definitely be quiet for a long time. β
"Don't underestimate him. Fan Xian said: "Although these officials are all speaking ill of him in front of me today, if you change the occasion and in front of He Zongwei, who would dare to say anything loudly? β
"And he's a great horn. Fan Xian suddenly smiled slightly and said, "I always thought that He Zongwei's pattern was too small in the past, but I didn't expect that he would do something unexpected to me. β
Yan Bingyun didn't smile, and said calmly: "I found out that Fan Wusu is in the He Mansion, if you really want to deal with He Zongwei, just talk to His Majesty." β
After Fan Xian was silent for a moment, he shook his head and said: "Fan Wusheng's choice surprised me, when he fled from Kyoto, he was obviously a cowardly and afraid of death, but I didn't expect that after the death of the second prince, he would have the courage to return to Kyoto and carry out the so-called revenge plan." β
He raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, raised his face and said in admiration: "Knowing that it is not feasible, Fan Wusheng's move is very ancient, I appreciate it." β
Yan Bingyun frowned and said, "I don't believe that you appreciate He Zongwei very much, and I don't believe that you will let He Zongwei go because of such a thing as ancient style." β
"Now I'm dealing with a big deal...... Before the dean returns to his hometown, you and I should not do anything, so as not to give birth to variables. Fan Xian said very seriously.
The tip of Yan Bingyun's heart trembled slightly, there were not many things that could shock him, but from Fan Xian's words, he smelled something very sinister.
"It shouldn't be a problem. Fan Xian said softly, "But there can be no more incidents recently, there can't be any big movements in the court, let's not be in a hurry to do anything." β
"He Zongwei is in a hurry to do something. Yan Bingyun handed a piece of paper to his hand and said calmly: "Although I haven't found out yet, there have been some undercurrents in the courtyard recently, but I don't know why." β
Fan Xian fell into deep thought. He is not an immortal, and the Supervision Yuan is not omnipotent, and in the past few years, probably because of some emotional reasons, he is not very willing to think about whether the old king, who was closest to him, was doing well in the distance, and he didn't think of this aspect for a while, as for Gundam, Fan Xian had long thought that he was dead.
"Fan Wusheng alone is enough to make He Zongwei step down, and we have a sharp weapon in our hands. Fan Xian said: "If He Zongwei really has any big moves, you can directly throw Fan Wusu out." A minister who took in the old subordinates of the rebellious prince has no need to continue to stay in the court. β
Yan Bingyun was silent for a moment and then said, "Lord He made a fatal mistake. β
Fan Xian said: "That's because he thinks he knows His Majesty and the ability of the Supervision Yuan, but in fact, he doesn't know anything. β