Coming to the address of the bookstore selected on the east and road, Fan Xian and his party took a good look and found that the location was indeed quite good, the transportation around was convenient, and it was not too far from Taixue. The most important thing is that this place is not too lively, so that it can be convenient for the county lords and eunuchs of the princes to send their own personal rings to buy books.

Fan Xian nodded, walked inside with Fan Sizhen, looked at the few Qingke in the house, and bowed: "Mr. Cui, it's troublesome." ”

That Mr. Cui smiled bitterly: "I said two young masters, it is really not worth it for such a bookstore to earn a few dollars a year, and to spend so much energy." ”

Fan Xian knew that these former officials who had worked in the head of the household department, of course, would not take this kind of business of thousands of taels of silver in their eyes, and explained with a smile: "Since my brother likes it, let him play." He didn't expect to keep this matter from Si Nanbo, so he asked a few Qingke in the mansion to help, and since his father allowed Mr. Cui to help, it was tantamount to acquiescing to the nonsense of the two sons outside the mansion.

A few people were talking in the room in the back hall, Fan Sizhen was biting the brush shaft and what was it, once there was a ledger in front of him, this guy would be in the middle of it and forget all about it. While speaking, the shopkeeper invited from Qingyutang also came, this shopkeeper was loyal, his eyes were not shiny, but they were clear, the so-called eyes were upright, Fan Sizhen was a little satisfied, and he went to explain the matter of the bookstore with him.

Fan Ruoruo had already handed over the manuscript of the first sixty or so episodes of Dream of Red Mansions to Fan Sizhe, and Mr. Cui had been sending people to watch Fu Yin in Wansong Hall, so there should be no problems. Fan Sizhen also kept urging Fan Xian to ask for the manuscript behind, ready to be a hit in Kyoto. Fan Xian didn't have the heart to copy books these days, so he kept pushing.

After agreeing on the opening time of the bookstore, and confirming that the approval of the eight departments of the Supervision Yuan would definitely be available, everyone found that there was nothing to do in the back room. When the time comes, there will be some subsets of scriptures and histories from Wansongtang, and then the stone records will be the main theme, and it seems that they are waiting to collect the money. As for the guys, they are all handled by the shopkeeper of Qingyutang, and there is no need for the Fan family to worry about it.

Fan Xianben was a little strange why everyone trusted that Qingyutang so much, and when he finally had a chance to be alone with the shopkeeper, he asked gently: "The shopkeeper's surname is your surname." ”

The shopkeeper smiled and replied: "Don't have your surname Ye." ”

Fan Xian's heart trembled, and he asked repeatedly, "Surname Ye?"

The shopkeeper seemed to see that he was strange, and he was a little puzzled and responded: "Yes, there are a total of seventeen shopkeepers in Qingyutang. All surnamed Ye, this is a well-known thing in Kyoto, Young Master Fan?"

"All surnamed Ye?" Fan Xian frowned and asked, "What does you have to do with the Ye family twenty years ago?"

The shopkeeper was a little surprised. glanced at Fan Xian twice, and felt a little vicissitudes: "After so many years, I thought that the young people now didn't know about the Ye family for a long time. Yes, we were all the shopkeepers of the Ye family back then, and then the Ye family had some problems. All the property was confiscated into the palace, and those of us should have left to find a way to make a living, but I don't know why. The imperial court did not allow us to do business by ourselves, so it has become such an embarrassing situation now, we can only be responsible for taking care of business for others, but we can't invest in our own shares, this Qingyutang, that's how it came. ”

Fan Xian looked at the shopkeeper again, knowing that the other party was his mother's subordinate back then, he couldn't help but feel a little close, and asked curiously: "After the Ye family's accident." The court didn't ......" didn't finish speaking, but the shopkeeper also understood the meaning, the so-called cutting grass and eradicating the roots, since the court even occupied the Ye family's property, there was no meaning to keep these old people, the shopkeeper didn't know why, but also felt that the young master of Fan Fudi in front of him was very kind, thought about it and replied: "We also feel strange, so these years, we have been very scared, and the court does not allow us to leave Beijing, so I am afraid that one day it will happen." ”

"Take me to Qingyu Hall one day to have a look. Fan Xian suddenly found a place in Kyoto that was related to his mother's past, and couldn't help but be surprised, grabbing the shopkeeper's shoulder, "I have many, many things I want to ask you." ”

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After returning to Fan's Mansion, in his father's study, Fan Xian told him what he had encountered today, and asked curiously: "Qingyutang, is it really the old man of the Ye family?"

"Yes, definitely. Fan Jian stroked his short beard under his chin, as if reminiscing about the past, and said leisurely: "These people are actually not simple, they were all the big treasurers of the Ye family in various states back then, but your mother offended the powerful and suffered misfortune back then. You also know what kind of scenery the Ye family was back then, and the court was also a little panicked for a while, if the Ye family fell, this Qingguo was afraid that it would be chaotic for decades. So in the end, he came up with a compromise method, first bringing the Ye family back to the royal family, at least nominally cutting off the possibility of those officials below taking the opportunity to blackmail, and then ......"

Fan Xian cut off his words and asked, "How did the enemy who killed his mother die in the end?" This was a question he had always wondered about.

Fan Jian looked into his eyes and said coldly: "You are young, you probably don't remember what happened in Qingguo fourteen years ago. ”

"Ruthless. Fan Xian frowned and said: "Fourteen years ago, it seems that someone intended to change the sky and want to pull His Majesty down from the throne, so in the end there were a lot of troubles, Kyoto killed for a whole month, and the original nobles were almost killed, and the blood flowed, and the heads of the nobles rested on the city wall and actually lined up for a mile, this is the so-called Kyoto Bleeding Month, although I have not experienced it, but I have heard Mr. Fei talk about it many times. ”

"Not bad. Fan Jian said in a cold voice: "In this purge, all the people who participated in the murder of the Ye family were killed by us. ”

Fan Xian noticed the word "we" in his father's words, and asked meaninglessly, "Who are we?"

"Naturally, it was me and Chen Pingping. Fan Jian smiled, "This is probably the most successful operation we have been following Your Majesty for more than 20 years." ”

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It was also through this incident that the Supervisory Yuan firmly established its influence among officials because of the terrorist role it played in this incident. Fan Xian sighed: "It turns out that the cause of this accident is that my father and Lord Chen are avenging my mother. ”

"What happened later?" Fan Xian asked about the Ye family.

"As I said earlier, the Ye family's industrial income from the treasury was the best way to stabilize the government at that time, and it was impossible to put forward more effective suggestions in the Manchu Dynasty. Fan Jian explained: "The problem is that those big shopkeepers, they are all taught by your mother, although they are far from your mother's wisdom, but if you leave it alone, who knows if there will be a second Ye family? ”

"If you want to do business, it's good to look for them. ”

Fan Xian said sadly: "These shopkeepers have been forced to stay in Kyoto for more than ten years because of such a reason, which is really miserable...... Father, if you use all these shopkeepers, will it attract the attention of the imperial court?"

Fan Jian shook his head: "Using the shopkeeper of Qingyutang is originally the favorite method of the private industry of the royal palace, and the imperial court will not care about these, but if you want to collect all the seventeen shopkeepers of Qingyutang, it seems that there is no need." ”

"If the imperial court really taboos this, why didn't you kill all these shopkeepers in the first place?" Fan Xian asked his own question.

Fan Jian looked at his son and explained with a smile: "When your mother had an accident, I followed His Majesty to fight in the west, and Chen Pingping went to the border between this dynasty and the Northern Qi to carry out a secret mission, and only halfway did I understand that I came back to Kyoto, so this kind of thing happened." If we've all returned to Kyoto and let these people get killed, you're underestimating your father's power. ”

Liu knocked on the door outside, the father and son stopped talking, and Fan Jian let her in. Seeing the bowl of fruit syrup in Liu's hand, Fan Xian knew that the night was already late, and it was time for his father to fall asleep, so he stood up and prepared to say goodbye. Si Nanbo waved his hand and asked him to stay, letting the Liu family go to rest on his own.

Before the Liu family left, Fan Xian Yuguang caught a glimpse of the woman's eyes showing a trace of worry, knowing that she was worried about her husband's body, he couldn't help frowning slightly, thinking that this woman was only afraid that she really had some affection for her father, but it was a pity that she was too ruthless and did such a thing back then. He knew that since his father wouldn't let him go, he must have something important to explain, so he listened attentively.

"Let's talk about the situation in the court recently. Sinan Bofan Jian picked up the lukewarm fruit berry and drank it slowly, "I know that you have always been resentful, and the Liu family sent people to poison you four years ago. ”

Fan Xian was stunned, he didn't understand what the situation in the court had to do with the Liu family, and he didn't expect his father to make this matter so straightforward, so he didn't know what to say for a while.

"The two things are actually related to each other. Fan Jian knew what his son was thinking, and said lightly: "The reason why the Liu family did it four years ago was that Si Zhe was getting older, but she was becoming more and more unserious, and I had not straightened her up, so she couldn't help but be a little desperate, and she was dizzy for a while, and made that decision." But the more critical reason is because she had entered the palace once at that time and was assured by someone that once you die, Fan Sizhen will definitely be able to inherit all the Fan family in the future. ”

"Entering the palace, whose guarantee can make her even ignore *** life?" Fan Xian said coldly.