That night, Shazhou City was quiet with a hint of nervousness, and the usual lively night street became extraordinarily quiet, and everyone knew what was going on, but everyone didn't know ...... What exactly happened.

On the street to the east of the gambling house, there are some of the cleanest and most comfortable inns in this state.

Fan Xian, who came to Shazhou today, although he is a naked second ancestor, has not been contaminated with too many habits of the second ancestor, although his life is not simple, but it is still simple, so he just wraps the top quiet layer.

Xia Qifei honestly stood in the corner of the room, carefully put the waist card into his arms in front of Fan Xian, signed his name on the paperwork, pressed his bright red handprint, and respectfully handed over a brown paper bag.

Fan Xian glanced at the paperwork, nodded, and said with a smile: "Lord Xia, now we are a family." ”

Xia Qifei cried bitterly in his heart, as soon as this document was signed, he naturally became a family with the young official opposite, but there were also various people in the family, and the other party was a young master, but he was like selling himself into slavery.

However, he knows that he is afraid that he will not have the ability and opportunity in this life, and he will vent the evil anger in his heart, and he will be able to afford to let go, since he has chosen this path, he will really go down, so he strode forward with a whole front coat, and bowed down very neatly, saying: "Xiaguan Xia...... Ming Qingcheng, meet your lords. ”

After saying that, the person did not bow down, and a pair of hands had already supported his body very steadily. Fan Xian looked at him and said: "No matter what Lord Xia thinks of this official, but since you have entered the courtyard, although you and I are officials of the imperial court, there is a difference between the top and the bottom, but we are brothers who must treat each other with all sincerity, and I am not strict with external things." ”

Xia Qifei was slightly stunned.

Fan Xian continued: "Lord Xia, like everyone else in the world, always has one prejudice or another against the Supervision Yuan, but he doesn't know much about our internal relationships. ”

After a pause, he said with a smile: "It's not nice to say, we are like a group of wolves raised by the imperial court, but there are too many lions and tigers outside, if we want to survive, do things for the imperial court, and seek benefits for the people, don't care about those foul words, and the key is our internal unity, the wolf pack can have a wolf, but the internal will definitely not fall." ”

Xia Qifei frowned and responded: "My subordinates understand. ”

"You don't understand. Fan Xian said very directly: "I know these words are very boring and empty words, but take your time." You will always experience this feeling in the hospital affairs after rì...... Well, I understand you, after all, you are a generation of heroes, and I was deliberately suppressed in the rudder before, so I must always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart. ”

Xia Qifei's heart trembled. Fan Xian was soft-faced, and said with a smile: "At that time, you were a commoner and I was an official, so there was naturally a difference...... Now your identity is different. ”

Xia Qifei didn't know how to answer, so he had to be speechless.

"How foolish the people are. Fan Xian frowned and said, "So you can use them, you can take care of them, but ...... You can't trust them, you can't let them have some kind of wrong judgment and want to climb on you. Therefore, as an official of the Supervision Yuan, although he supervises the rule of officials from the standpoint of the emperor and the people, he can only trust the emperor and the people...... As long as the Supervisory Yuan maintains sufficient authority and pressure, it will be successful. ”

"Of course, these are just some of my personal feelings. Fan Xian gently rolled up his sleeves, "Not necessarily correct." ”

The people of the country are forgetful, Fan Xian has been a little cold since that rainy night, and then the longer he stays in Kyoto, the colder his heart becomes, and he has already regarded the words that Uncle Wuzhu said as the reason of the world - there is no one you can believe in - the object of not being able to believe, in addition to individual people, but also including the people of Qingguo, naturally, including the emperor Xià, but at any time, Fan Xian will not declare this idea in his mouth.

At this time, in the room, in addition to Fan Xia and the others, there was only Su Wenmao from the Qi Nian group.

Fan Xian pointed at Su Wenmao and said, "Master Su, I was transferred from one place to my side. I don't think you should have the desire to do things by my side, but if you want to enter Beijing after rì, it's not impossible. ”

Xia Qifei thought to himself that being a rich man in Jiangnan would be much happier than entering Beijing, but he said sincerely: "It's all up to adults to promote." ”

Fan Xian shook his head: "Don't tell lies, but the courtyard can indeed help you do many things, so you don't have to blame me, it's just taking advantage of each other." He also said: "Master Su is the witness of your admission to the hospital today, and you will contact Master Su for the relevant contact methods and upload matters after rì, and the two of you will talk about it together for a while." ”

He said to Su Wenmao again: "Manuals and regulations, you do your best to familiarize Master Xia with them." ”

Su Wenmao saluted in a low voice, and the two knew that Fan Tisi had finished explaining, so they bowed again and left the room.

As soon as the two of them left the room, the small body of the third prince floated out of the inner suite like a ghost, walked to Fan Xian's side, and asked softly, "Teacher, is this how the Supervision Yuan accepts people?"

"It's a special case. Fan Xian politely invited the third prince to sit down: "What Your Highness heard before is not common in the courtyard. Generally speaking, we are accustomed to selecting people from the state army, which is the habit of organizing the Supervision Institute before the first Northern Expedition. An outstanding talent, and after the imperial examination is hopeless, they are the objects of the Supervision Yuan's great efforts...... However, the most taboo in the courtyard is to accommodate people who already have considerable power or have a background behind them. ”

The third prince frowned and said, "This Xia Qifei is the owner of the Jiangnan Water Village. ”

"So it's a special thing. Fan Xian patiently explained: "Generally speaking, a person like Xia Qifei can at most allow him to operate on the periphery of the hospital's affairs, and it is rare to let him serve as the supervisor this time." ”

"Why is it a special thing?" the third prince seemed particularly interested and eager to learn about these things.

Fan Xian didn't reproach him this time for not being a prince and paying too much attention to details, and said in a harmonious voice: "Because His Majesty ordered his ministers to go to Jiangnan to clean up the inner treasury this time, and they will face a group of rich businessmen and celebrities in Jiangnan, so the Supervision Yuan needs to find someone in Jiangnan, and a person who can absolutely control it." ”

"Why?" The third prince looked puzzled, although he was already ruthless at a young age, as a prince, except for eating Fan Xian's ruthless move because of Baoyuelou, he had not encountered any setbacks at all, so he couldn't imagine the complicated and difficult Cheng dù of Jiangnan's government affairs.

Fan Xian glanced at him, looking at the child's serious eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little funny, but he also deeply admired the Yigui concubine who was deep in the palace, how could such a simple and lovely lady raise such a hard-hearted, studious, and willing to bend his body to be a powerful little prince?

"Jiangnan has been operated by Xinyang for too long. Fan Xian did not shy away from mentioning the eldest princess in front of him, "For more than ten years, this place has been a monolith, even if some people are the enemies of the Cui Xia family, but there are always inextricable interests in all aspects, and no one wants the current pattern to change too much." The loss of change is something that these people do not want to see. ”

"We came all the way from Kyoto, and for them, it is a powerful variable, and when an external force strikes them, even if there is a gap in the iron plate, they will temporarily merge into one and fight against the outside enemy...... Therefore, we need a piece of sand that has been stored in the iron plate, so that the sand will grow bigger and bigger, and finally gradually break the iron plate, and it will be difficult to return to its original appearance. ”

The third prince frowned and said, "First, Shazi doesn't necessarily have this ability, if we help him, what's the difference between us and coming forward ourselves?"

"The point is that it's not convenient for us to come forward. Fan Xian also had a headache, and sighed: "Your Highness, you don't know, how the concept of geography is ingrained in this country, I can let Xiao Shi open the Yuelou branch, and let the Tranpo Bookstore open all over Suzhou, but if it really touches the fundamental interests of the Jiangnan people, I am afraid that it will provoke a group to attack it." ”

"Who will be in the crowd?"

"The Ming family, the largest wealthy merchant in Jiangnan, was killed by me a few young masters, and the salt merchants who hated me very much, those officials at all levels who had already been fed by the eldest princess, beat the veteran soldiers who guarded the city gate from the second grade of Jiangnan Road, to Suzhou City. ”

Fan Xian smiled and wrenched his fingers like a game: "Shopkeepers at all levels in the inner library, girls who laugh on the street, old men who sell art in front of the temple, but all Jiangnan people will not like us to point fingers." ”

The third prince was slightly stunned, and yīn said fiercely: "If you attack, you will attack, is it ...... Teachers are still afraid that they won't succeed?"

"I'm afraid, but I'm not afraid. Fan Xian said with a smile: "But what did you say about that sentence......? It really made Jiangnan chaotic, and some of these people from all walks of life have ways to make the people complain and make a living...... If it really comes to that day, you say that the Kyoto court will discuss whether to cut off tens of thousands of heads to strengthen my courage, or to take off my black yarn to appease the people in Jiangnan?"

The third prince was stunned, thinking that with his father's xìng, I am afraid that you Fan Xian will definitely not suffer anything, but he will also transfer you back to Beijing. When I think of being a dignified...... The teacher of the third prince was so aggrieved, and the heart of the third prince was so depressed.

Fan Xian seemed to guess what he was thinking, and laughed: "Of course, things are not so troublesome, Your Highness also knows that the Supervision Yuan is not a vegetarian, and Your Majesty cannot be blindly gentle." I'm just expecting it to be a bit tougher. His smile gradually faded, and he said calmly: "If you really want to kill people, I don't mind bearing this notoriety." ”

The third prince shook his head, thinking to himself that if he really killed too many people, things would not end well, and the Beijing Metropolitan Procuratorate would make trouble again, could his father really be able to kill the imperial history scepter?

...... Why don't you let Xia Qifei, who had just been ambushed, kill him! His eyes lit up, but he didn't dare to tell Teacher Sù about his idea, he didn't know that his gentle face, but in fact ruthless teacher, did this kind of arrangement.

"Ahem. He coughed twice and said, "What about the sailor's side? The sailor's garrison is actually colluding with the bandit leader...... How can the Supervision Yuan investigate this?"

Fan Xian looked down at the brown paper bag and said casually: "You don't need to check this matter." ”

To his surprise, the third prince frowned, and said viciously: "How can you not investigate? The army is the important weapon of the country, and the sailor of Shahu is the heavy soldier of our dynasty, and it is directly named the Jiangnan sailor, and even there is a problem here, if it is not thoroughly investigated, how can the imperial court deal with itself? I Qingguo is known as the first power in the world, how can I be at peace?"

Fan Xian glanced at the third prince unexpectedly, and from these naïve and even somewhat unclear words, he heard that the child really cared about this matter, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and immediately figured it out in a blink of an eye, it seems that this young master really has that ambition...... He couldn't help but laugh and handed the brown paper bag in his hand to the third prince.

"The problem of the water master is not too big, of course, that guard will naturally be unlucky, I think the admiral of the water master will always give me an explanation after this incident. He said softly: "On the river, it is also a temptation. The military discipline of the sailor is still good. ”

The third prince refused to answer, only lowered his head and rummaged through the things in the brown paper bag, but the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, all of which were the secret traffic between Jiangnan Shuizhai and officials in various places in the past few years, and the accounts were clear, although it was impossible to sign the names of those officials on the receipts, but if you really want to check it, I am afraid that several officials can also be found.

Fan Xian said: "This is ...... The so-called petition for nomination. Xia Qifei handed over these things to me, which was equivalent to handing over those officials and his own head to me. Only after the two sides have made the bottom of the matter can everyone feel at ease. ”

The third prince suddenly raised his head and said in disbelief: "Xia Qifei wants to be a dark chun all the time?"

"Your Highness understands very quickly, and he is indeed wise. Fan Xian praised, "We want to arrest these officials, just look at the time of arrest, if they still don't know the current affairs and want to stand on the opposite side of the court, then they will naturally be arrested." As for Xia Qifei, he is still the master of his Jiangnan Water Village, and he still has friends with the sailors and officials from all over the country, so very well. ”

In Fan Xian's position, the so-called opposite of the imperial court is naturally Xinyang's side.

The third prince looked at Fan Xian and said excitedly: "The teacher is very strategic. ”

Fan Xian touched his hair, laughed at himself and said: "What kind of bullshit is this good strategy, everyone can think of it, but no one has so many resources like the Supervision Yuan, and if they can't find out Xia Qifei's details, it is impossible to control him...... Naturally, they can't use their hands and feet. ”

It was rare to hear him say a swear word, but the third prince was happy and said: "The teacher's generation of poets and immortals also used to be able to swear. ”

Fan laughed louder: "What kind of bullshit poet...... Shixian also wants to go to the thatched house, Zhuang everyone has not married two concubines, how can there be such a person in this world who is made of crystal from the inside out? Even if there is, I am afraid that everyone around me will die of ice. ”

The third prince smiled, and suddenly asked, "Could it be ...... Father also ...... Swearing?"

Fan Xian was stunned, looking at this kid who was angry, this was forcing himself to lie, he really wanted to swear, and scolded with a smile: "Go back and ask your noble concubine." ”

After laughing for a while, the atmosphere was much more relaxed, and the third prince suddenly thought about what Xia Qifei had said before, and was very interested, and asked: "Teacher, I heard the thief leader say, what kind of conference will be held on the edge of the West Lake in a few days, and it is a rare event to appreciate the martial arts cultivation of Jiangnan heroes...... We...... Shall we go and have a look?"

"Vulgar, really vulgar. Fan Xian smiled and said: "It's just some laypeople fighting, His Royal Highness is a dignified son, why bother to join in this fun?"

"Rivers and lakes. The third prince frowned and said, "The student is really curious. His eyes lit up and he said: "The teacher is a rare master of the nine grades in the world, and when the time comes, disguise yourself to win the leader of the alliance......, isn't it a wonderful thing?"

"It's getting more and more vulgar. Fan Xian smiled and said: "If you really want to do this, I don't know how it will be passed on in Kyoto, and it is more than enough to casually refer to my more than a dozen chapters...... Besides, with you by your side, how can you go to danger in person. ”

He finally said: "Of course, the Supervision Yuan will definitely send people to watch, and it is estimated that the manpower here has already stayed on the edge of the West Lake, and I am going to let Su Wenmao go there." ”

Only then did the third prince know that Fan Xian had already had a plan, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and sighed sadly, no matter how stoic and ruthless this prince was, he was always just a child, and the thought of not being able to join in the fun, and taking a look at the legendary martial arts conference, was not very comfortable after all.

"It's late at night, Your Highness, please go and rest first. Fan Xian stood up and saw off the guests.

When sending the third prince to the door, the third prince suddenly stopped, did not push open the door, but turned around, turned his face away, looked Fan Xian up and down with interest, and then said: "Teacher, why did my father arrange for me to come to Jiangnan with you?"

Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he smiled and said, "Your Highness, what do you think in your heart, maybe it is the good intentions arranged by Your Majesty." ”

His words are terrible, and his heart is condemnable.

The third prince's immature face suddenly became stern, and after thinking for a long time, he nodded slowly, and then asked: "Dare to ask the teacher, where is the second cousin now? ”

Fan Xian knew that he was asking Fan Sizhe, and after looking at the faces of the third prince, he found that the second boss of the Jì Courtyard seemed to be very sincere in his concern for the big boss, and replied with a smile: "The Criminal Department has already sent a letter of sea fishing to arrest him...... How would I know?" the third prince is not the emperor, so he doesn't need to say much.

The third prince glanced at him with some annoyance, and asked one last question: "There is a question I have always wanted to ask the teacher. ”

"Your Highness, please speak. ”

"Hmm...... On the Hanging Temple, why did you come to save me?" the third prince looked at him with a hint of expectation, not knowing what kind of answer he wanted to know.

Fan Xian didn't think about it, and said with a smile very directly: "Because Your Highness was in danger at that time, I naturally want to save you." ”

The third prince obviously didn't want this perfunctory answer, and continued to ask: "At that time...... The father is more dangerous. ”

Fan Xian replied even better: "I'm closer to His Highness." ”

The third prince was angry, pushed open the wooden door in annoyance, and walked out, thinking that this guy was really a dough body with an iron heart, and he refused to explain anything, and he liked to play tricks!

Li Chengping, who grew up in the family of the Son of Heaven, has lived carefully under his mother's teachings since he was a child, and has befriended the second prince, but he often goes to the East Palace to play...... It's so unbearable! I know that the heavenly family is ruthless, and it is not a lie.

Afterwards, he couldn't help but feel a little chilled, and often recalled the situation when Fan Xian was extremely heroic and stood in front of him, and the other party saved his life, comparing the two, the third prince felt more and more that this nominal "big cousin", in fact, was much more lovely and trustworthy than everyone in the world.

Fan Xian stood at the door and watched the third prince walk into his bedroom with the tiger guard, and then turned around and entered the door, with a gentle smile on his face. He and the third prince went all the way south, and the relationship between the two people was really delicate, the other party was the prince, and he was a courtier, but there was a relationship between a teacher and a student.

And...... Everyone knows that they are all cubs born to a father. It's just that the big and small are both smart people, so no one will take the initiative to mention this matter, even if it is a slight temptation between each other, after all, in this world, there are not too many people like Sisi who are honest and outspoken.

............, "Young Master, it's time to sleep." ”

Fan Xian was in a trance, and he was shocked by the big girl who dared to ask, and when he turned around, he saw Sisi holding a basin of steaming water, staring at him very seriously.

"Don't move these days. ”

Fan Xian said as he put his feet into the hot water and groaned comfortably, even after a tiring journey, and his mind was a little tired, he really needed to be scalded.

Sisi took a large square handkerchief and sat on the small stool in front of him, looking at him without blinking.

Fan Xian was a little hairy by her, and subconsciously asked, "What's wrong?"

Sisi turned his head to look at the wooden door, lowered his head and whispered, "Young Master...... You can check the inner library, and you will ignore those things. ”

She is one of the few Liao Liao people who have been confirmed by Fan Xian personally, of course I believe in his life experience, and although she is a straightforward girl, her brain is extremely good, maybe she has been filled with ghost stories by Fan Xian since she was a child, and she has a natural sensitivity to certain things. Cun Zài, who couldn't be touched, didn't see Fan Xian as a person in the palace, so she was naturally a little worried.

Fan Xian's feet stopped stirring in the hot water, glanced at her with some surprise, and after a moment of silence, he comforted and said: "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion, I can't let this little guy suffer like Si Zhe, I just hope that Jiangnan Xing can open his eyes, even if it doesn't matter what happens in the future, a prince, even if he assists the prince in governing the country, if he is broad-minded, the world will be better." ”

Sisi burst out laughing: "Affection for my young master...... is still a compassionate character. ”

Fan Xian scolded with a smile: "What I said, can't I?"

"It's so similar. Sisi covered his mouth and smiled: "So it's a bit fake, how did the young master train that Xia Ye before, and I forgot it now." ”

"The two are not contradictory. Fan Xian said very seriously: "Be good to people, you don't necessarily have to rely on him in everything." How do the people know how to protect their own interests? We can do this kind of thing. ”

"Then why do you want to do it?" Sisi asked curiously, the girl's family was born poor, and she always expected the young master to say something benevolent, which is the so-called woman's mind is difficult to guess.

"Where did you come from so many life sighs? Ming'er is about to enter Jiangnan Road, go to sleep, I will pour the water myself." Fan smiled and waved his hand.

Sisi smiled, but still looked at his eyes, if she was alone in front of Fan Xian, she would always be a little bold that did not match her identity.

Fan Xian was a scoundrel who was entangled, patted his thigh and said leisurely: "Why do you want to do it? Of course, it's not the reason for being compassionate...... I don't have my mother's mind, I just hope that the world is peaceful, there is no war in the outer frontier, and there is no famine and turmoil in the inner region, even if I want to be a rich idler, I must ensure that there is a peaceful and prosperous world around me, so that the young master will retire at the age of thirty in the future, so that I can enjoy the blessings...... At the end of the day, I'm just selfishly trying to foster an environment where I can be happy in my old age. ”

"Young Master, what do you mean by retirement?"

"Say goodbye to the old man, tell the old man at the age of thirty, although you can't be the prime minister, but at least you have to become the prince of the country before you can return to Shanzhou, right?" Sisi said in surprise: "Now that you are the director of the Supervision Yuan, you will definitely take over the position of Lord Chen...... This can no longer enter the court, nor can he personally take charge of the army, and at the age of thirty he is at most a second-class marquis. ”

She said with a bitter face: "Are you really going to go back to Lanzhou at the age of thirty?

Fan Xian didn't expect that the voice he occasionally confided in made the girl anxious first, and said with a smile: "I don't necessarily have to go back to Shanzhou, like Northern Qi, Dongyi, South Vietnam, and Western Barbarian...... There are even countries on the other side of the sea, we all have to go shopping, and this is worth this life. Ride a horse on the grassland, take a boat on the sea, walk slowly and look slowly. ”

"The barbarians of the west will eat men. Sisi said in horror.

Speaking of barbarians, Fan Xian couldn't help but think of the latest newspaper of the academy, shook his head and waved away his thoughts, and returned to his eyes, knowing that what he said before was just an ideal that seemed beautiful but extremely difficult to achieve, but now he was more satisfied with his life, except for that big event.

Sisi was still counting on his fingers at this time: "Then there are still twelve years, what is the young master going to do?"

"What to do?" Fan Xian said very seriously: "Of course, I am a capable minister, loyal to His Majesty of the Imperial Court, and supervised the rule of officials, and took down all those illegal courtiers who were greedy and bribery in the fish and meat township." ”

Sisi was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he said with a grudge: "Young master...... It's not a clean official. ”

What Fan Xian said, the closest people around him would definitely not believe it, Sisi was already relatively polite, and did not directly point out that the young master was a sad corrupt official - Fan Xian said innocently: "This can't be helped, who calls my father and my father-in-law, known as the two biggest corrupt officials in Qingguo, family history, family history." ”

Sisi retorted seriously: "But the young master is definitely not a corrupt official. ”

Fan Xian sighed, stretched out his hands and rubbed his numb face vigorously, and said, "Sometimes after pretending for a long time, I almost don't know which side is the real me...... Well, this sentence is very bourgeoisie...... Don't ask the young master what a petty bourgeoisie is, that's all, sleep. ”

In the ――――――――――――――――――――― inn, the oil lamp has been extinguished, and the red wave has been turned...... Didn't happen.

Let Sisi fall asleep on his own, Fan Xian got up from the bed, put on a jacket, and was not in a hurry to act, but poured a cup of cold tea into his stomach, extinguished the fire that could not be concealed, and did not light the lamp, so in the dark night, he walked to the window with his eyesight.

He pushed open the window, the moonlight in the sky blew in with the cold wind, opposite the inn, is the sand lake, at this time the lake breeze is light, blowing the wilted grass on the shore of the lake swaying strangely, the center of the lake is the moon that is difficult to distinguish between true and false, the scenery is extremely beautiful.

His gaze was retracted from the lake below the inn, and he naturally tilted to the right, Fan Xian was not surprised to look at the man in black outside the building, with his feet hanging in the air, sitting on the horizontal threshold in the air, knowing that with the other party's realm, it was impossible to fall to death as if he wanted to drown himself in the basin.

"Knowing that there is a woman in my room, can you avoid it a little...... Don't say, it's another accident. ”

"Unexpected. The man in black repeated these two words monotonously and said, "Yun Zhilan is going to Hangzhou to inform your lordship." ”

Fan Xian was a little surprised, but his attention was still on the man in black, and he asked curiously: "I have a question, in the past, you followed the old man every day...... Don't you ever have to sleep?"

The Man in Black did not answer the question.

"Where is your white garment? though I don't know if that's who you are...... But at that time, it was much more handsome. ”

The man in black was still silent, although he was Fan Xian's subordinate, his identity strength was enough that he didn't have to answer too many such boring and childish questions.

"I have one of my biggest doubts, you are always so mysterious and unpredictable, even the emperor doesn't know you...... Then how do you lead the Six Divisions? You know, you are the real leader of the Six Divisions, and that brother is just a chargé d'affaires. ”

"You have your own way. "It's about official business, the most powerful assassin leader in Qingguo, the shadow classmate finally spoke.

"Also, can you talk more, I know you worship the elder of my family, but you are different from him, you have to find out your identity as a civil servant...... From Kyoto to now, you have only spoken to me in three sentences, and I am very unhappy that I have a question that I have always wanted to ask, but I have not had a chance to get your answer. ”

In front of the shadow, Fan Xian looked more and more like a chatterbox.

The shadow hesitated for a moment, then spoke, "My lord, excuse me." ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Fan Xian's lips, and he said, "This question is, you stabbed me, how are you going to compensate me?"