One day at the end of February, a rumor suddenly began to circulate in Kyoto officialdom that the reason why the Chūn fraud case could be solved so quickly and accurately was due to the fact that the Supervision Yuan had a list of students who had bribed the examination, and this list was provided to the Supervision Yuan by Xiao Fan, who was in the middle of the imperial examination and was known as a poet. It is said that Lord Fan Xian hated the accumulation of shortcomings in the field, and was extremely angry that the world's diligent bachelors could not have a fair promotion rank for ten years, so he ignored the layers of nets in the officialdom and bravely wrote to His Majesty, and even sold himself to the corrupt officials in the DPRK and China to obtain that important list.

In short, the rumors are very bizarre, the rumored Fan Xian is wise and brave, obviously the list is not a secret, but it is said to be the most yīn note in the Qingguo officialdom. This kind of method, Fan Xian saw at a glance, it must be the mystery of those guys in the eight departments of the Supervision Yuan.

As soon as this rumor came out, Fan Xian suddenly became a rusty nail in the eyes of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and a barb in the flesh, but on the other hand, his prestige in the eyes of the people of the capital and the scholars of the world has taken a step further.

............ Fan Xian straightened his collar and sleeves, and laughed at himself: "This leader is too new, isn't it?" and then gently patted the worried face of his sister next to him, and said, "What are you worried about? Brother is one of the most powerful tài sub dǎng in Qingguo." He spoke in a very soft voice and used extremely strange words, but Fan Ruoruo still understood it, although he didn't understand the deeper meaning hidden inside.

Lin Wan'er didn't hear it, even if she did, she probably wouldn't understand, anyway, she wasn't as worried as her sister-in-law, so she tied the jade Ruyi gadgets given by the queen to her husband's belt with a smile, pretended to dust off some ashes, and said, "Come back early." ”

Sure enough, as Si Nanbo said, Fan Xian was indeed too immature to do things, leaving too much trouble. As soon as the rumors came out, Kyoto was shocked, and everyone's eyes fell on Fan Xian, because although the officials behind the collapse of the fraud case were afraid of Fan Xian's background, they still began to move stupidly.

Fan Xian went out at this time, just to go to the Criminal Department for trial. Originally, the Supervision Yuan had been investigating the fraud case, but where were the officials who had suffered a lot of damage due to the fraud case willing to let the Supervision Yuan deal with Fan Xian, a tainted witness, so they used the method of the Criminal Department. The Criminal Department has never been very accommodating with the prime minister, and he has no friendship with Fan Jian.

Walking out of the small courtyard, Sisi half-squatted and saluted, and said respectfully: "Young master, let's go." Fan Xian looked at this big girl who hadn't seen much recently, and laughed: "I said when I was a child, it's not good luck to go well." Sisi pursed her lips and smiled: "Then I wish the young master to go early and return early." ”

"Cheng, cook a bowl of millet porridge for the young master to drink, put some sweet millet from Shanzhou, I haven't tasted your craft for a long time. Fan Xian suddenly turned his head and asked, "What happened to those things you copied?"

Fan Xian didn't know how to deal with Sisi, who grew up with him, and didn't want her to continue to be a maid in Fan's mansion, so he simply arranged for her to go to the study to help him copy books. Sisi rarely talked to the young master in these rìzi, and there was naturally some uneasiness in the depths of his heart, and at this time, listening to the young master's question, he said happily: "It's almost over." ”

"That's fine. Fan Xian nodded, walked out, and smiled at his wife and sister who was following him: "Look, the Yahuan I brought out with one hand is different, and it is calmer than Ruoruo." ”

Fan Ruoruo was softly worried: "That's Sisi doesn't know how strict this matter is today." ”

It is indeed strict, Fan Xian's fraud case has offended too many people, and seeing that the officials of the DPRK and China do not hesitate to tear their faces with the prime minister and Si Nanbo, they also want to write to him, and they also use documents to ask him to go to the criminal department, so I know that this matter is quite strict.

Out of the main gate of Fanfu, Chengnan Street, which has always been quiet, is now very crowded. The official who came to pick up people from the criminal department had a sad face and hid behind the stone lion like a thief. At the main gate, Fan Sizhen led a group of guards from the Fan Mansion, holding a long broom and beating the officials, extremely arrogant.

And there are also many scholars and people on the street who heard that Fan Xian is going to be tried, they already know the relationship between Fan Xian and this fraud case that shocked the Kyoto officialdom, and the simple minds of the people will not consider what is hidden behind this matter, they only know that Xiao Fan is a good learner, has a good heart, and is a good person, but the good person is going to be tried today, so they all feel wronged for Fan Xian.

Fan Xian stood at the door, looked at the crowd outside the mansion with a smile, and found that most of the students inside were young students, knowing that Chen Pingping's trick was really effective, and whispered to Fuji Zijing beside him: "Where are those four people now?"

"According to the young master's orders, there are now the adults of the Supervision Yuan secretly protecting, Lord Wang Qinian should send these four people to the Jingwang Mansion, so as not to be framed by those officials in the court who are not long-sighted. But his subordinates thought that the young master should not want to have anything to do with King Jing in this matter, so he refused. Fujikokyo replied in a low voice.

Fan Xian glanced at Fuji Zijing with some surprise, he didn't expect that he could guess the situation he didn't want to see, if he sent those four students to the Jingwang Mansion, it seemed safe, but in the eyes of the East Palace, his own revelation of the cheating case was no longer purely out of a sense of justice and His Majesty's will, but wanted to stand in the position of the second prince to fight the prince, in that way, the relationship between himself and the East Palace could no longer be eased.

Seeing Fan Xian walking out of the mansion, the onlookers burst into cheers, rushing forward one after another, shouting loudly, nothing more than to express their admiration and solidarity for Xiao Fan's iron shoulders and morality.

Fan Xian smiled like a star in the previous life, waved his hand, and said softly to Fuji Zijing: "The biggest problem of a scholar is that he is too simple. ”

Fujikokyo smiled and didn't say anything. Fan Xian suddenly laughed happily: "If you have the opportunity in the future, do you want to go out of Beijing to become an official? With the power of your family, it is no problem to ensure that you are a parent of six or seven grades." ”

Fuji Zijing was stunned for a moment, thinking that although he had studied, he had always been a guard all the way, why did the young master want to be an official? But immediately thought that the young master might need to have someone he trusted in the state and county of Qingguo, and he was stunned and responded: "It's all up to the young master's arrangement." ”

"I arranged?" Fan Xian laughed, "It's a pity that Qingguo doesn't have Baling County." ”

Fan Xian's face was already beautiful, and when he smiled at this time, it was even more sunny, like a chūn wind, which made those scholars who came to support feel very pleased.

He rubbed Fan Sizhe's head and shouted to his younger brother not to mess around, so he politely greeted the officials of the Criminal Department, got into his carriage, and drove towards the Criminal Department.

............ The crowd gradually dispersed, and the soldiers who rushed to take the exam also chased towards the yamen of the criminal department, and no one noticed that the strong guards of the Fan Mansion were guarding another carriage out of Chengnan Street and heading in the direction of the imperial city. Lin Wan'er sat in the carriage, and she discussed with Fan Xian in bed last night, and she had to go to the palace today, explain the matter to the East Palace and other palaces, and return the relationship.

On the other side, Fan Xian was already single, and walked into the lobby of the criminal department a little lonely. There was a bit of yīn in this lobby, and the wind was swishing into it, and the weather in the early chūn actually made him feel a little cold. But he still smiled slightly, bowed to the three people sitting on the high place, and said, "I've seen three adults." ”

The case is a big one, and Fan Xian is a key figure in it, so in addition to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, there are also two high-ranking officials from Dali Temple and Yushitai who came to listen to the case today. On both sides of the hall, there is a row of officials from the thirteen yamen, which looks very terrifying.

Fan Xian frowned, and found that the other party had not replied for a long time. After a while, I suddenly heard a shout, and Han Zhiwei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, asked coldly: "There is a person standing under the hall, but Taixue Wupin Fengzheng Fan is idle?"

Fan Xian, who is now rì, is no longer a newborn calf who has just entered Kyoto and is smiling in the Kyoto Prefecture, he glanced at this Shangshu Lord and said lightly: "It is Xia Guan." ”

"Today, I called you here mainly to inquire about the matter of chūn. ”

Fan Xian smiled and blocked back the words: "As far as the lower officials know, the Chūn fraud case should be handled by the Supervision Yuan, and I don't know that the Criminal Department is also among them." ”

The three adults sitting on the top were very annoyed when they heard this rude reply, but they knew that the person in front of them was when he was popular, and there was a prime minister and a scholar behind him. Han Zhiwei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, boasted of himself and Qingming, and he couldn't see such an arrogant appearance the most, so he snorted and said: "This official is ordered to assist in this case, you don't want to prevaricate in any way." ”

Fan Xian shook his head and said: "The lower official has never shirked, but I don't know what Lord Shangshu summoned the lower official to come over, what exactly is the matter of inquiry? If you ask about all the details of the case, I am really sorry, the Supervision Yuan has already issued a strict order, and the lower official is not allowed to disclose it to the public before the case is concluded." ”

Shaoqing of Dali Temple laughed angrily and said, "Could it be that the court asked you, and you didn't answer?"

"The Supervision Yuan is a genus of the imperial court, and the Yamen of the Criminal Department is a genus of the imperial court. Fan Xian sighed and said: "The three adults also know that this matter is too wide-ranging, and the lower officials really don't know how to deal with it, and Qinglu didn't write it clearly." ”