The big bed in the back house is still so soft, and the children seem to be offered on weekdays, and at this time, they are also sleeping quietly under the careful care of the grandmothers, and no one will make noise about the people in the main room. However, Fan Xian was really sleepy, and after only a few words with Wan'er, he fell asleep, and his feet were even soaked in hot water. Lin Wan'er sighed, got up and put on a single coat, and began to continue the follow-up work.

In the middle of the night, Kyoto is peaceful, most of the people have entered the hometown of Hei Tian, only our diligent Emperor His Majesty is still reviewing the recitals sent by the county of Qilu Prefecture, although these recitals have been written twice by the door, but the emperor is used to examining the world in great detail, so the workload is still very large.

The light in the study did not flicker, but the door trembled. Eunuch Yao led another eunuch with a simple face, and walked directly into the imperial study without asking for instructions.

The emperor glanced up at the two of them, frowned, and said, "What did you find?"

The old eunuch Hong died on Dadong Mountain, and Gonggong Hou died in the Kyoto Sudden Palace operation, and now the eunuchs of the inner court are all in the hands of Eunuch Yao. Although the power of the inner court is not strong, due to its special status, its ability should not be underestimated. In addition to the defense of the palace, one of the most important duties of this department is the bridge for His Majesty the Emperor to secretly control the Supervision Yuan.

This was the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was a headache for the officials of the Supervisory Yuan back then.

It's just because of Chen Pingping's existence. The inner court is placed in the supervision courtyard and the eyes are relatively humble, and it does not play a big role. In addition, His Majesty the Emperor later asked the Metropolitan Procuratorate to start fighting with the Supervision Yuan. So many people are beginning to forget that the inner court also has such a function.

Eunuch Yao didn't dare to say anything, and directly took the two files from the simple-looking eunuch and placed them on the table in front of His Majesty. The dossier is very thin, and there is certainly not much content in it. The emperor glanced lightly, his face changed slightly, and immediately returned to his normal appearance.

But it was such a subtle change, but it made Eunuch Yao's heart fall into ice and snow, and His Majesty did not change his face even if he collapsed in front of him, and he was besieged by the two great grandmasters. Still talking and laughing. But because of this thin piece of paper, it is conceivable that the content of it has had a great impact on His Majesty's mind.

The content on the paper has nothing to do with the assassination of the Hanging Temple, even if it is related. It's just the later part. In the past two years, the inner court has begun to investigate the content of the place, which is the whereabouts of several city-guarding crossbows in the production area of Neiku Bingfang that winter.

Those castle crossbows are in a valley on the outskirts of Kyoto. almost made Fan idle and had no place to be buried. Later, the emperor and Fan Xian found out. This sniping was done by the Qin family, but these crossbows defending the city were numbered in the name of the Dingzhou Army.

The emperor took his eyes back from the case file, and was silent for a long time without saying a word, as if he couldn't understand this matter. On the same day, Fan Xian was assassinated in the suburbs of Beijing. He was a king. A father couldn't contain his anger, but he couldn't find anything specific. Until today. Under the painstaking investigation of the inner court. I found out. It turns out that behind that incident. There was even a shadow in a wheelchair.

The emperor was shocked, but he was not clear. Even a person like him couldn't understand why that old dog would do such a thing at that time.

And An Zhi obviously didn't know about this matter, otherwise he wouldn't have made so many detours tonight, and he would have to find a glorious and comfortable retreat for the old dog. The emperor rubbed his slightly tightened eyebrows, coughed lightly twice, picked up another scroll, glanced at it twice, and asked, "The one from Northern Qi also went to Dongyi?"

"Yes. The simple-looking investigator of the inner court said respectfully: "The Duke of Tangbo kidnapped the Emperor of Northern Qi into the palace, and afterwards had a private meeting at the seaside, as for what he said, his subordinates couldn't find out. ”

Fan Xian didn't tell the emperor about this matter, the emperor looked at the piece of paper, and looked at Fan Xian's every move recorded on it in Dongyi, his eyebrows became a little gloomy, and he said after a while: "What else?"

"The knife that appeared in Qingzhou City was indeed produced by Neiku Bingfang, but this is a trial model and has not yet been allocated to the military, so it is impossible for it to flow out of the military. The simple-looking eunuch continued: "There were three of those knives, and in the end we only got one, and in accordance with His Majesty's orders, this knife was sent to Lord Xiao Fan, giving him a wake-up call. ”

"Judging from the future, it should be the one on the grassland who took away the other two knives, and it seems that he is covering up something for Bo Gong. ”

"Xia Mingji and the second young master of the Fan family have been staring at the cross-border goods, they are all some livelihood supplies, these knives should not have gone out from this channel. ”

Although Eunuch Yao is nominally the chief eunuch of the inner court, in fact, the external investigation of the inner court is directly responsible to His Majesty, so it is the first time he has heard these seemingly vague, but actually frightening news, his face is a little pale, knowing that if His Majesty really believes the investigation report of the inner court, he is afraid that Lord Xiao Fan will be unlucky, and the old man in a wheelchair will not have too many good lives.

To the surprise of Eunuch Yao, the emperor sneered at this time: "With only three knives, you want to separate the monarchs and ministers of Daqing and alienate the righteousness of my father and son?"

As soon as these words came out, Eunuch Yao and the simple-looking eunuch quietly glanced at each other, and they both saw the panic in each other's hearts. Everyone in the world knows that Lord Xiao Fan is His Majesty's illegitimate son, but it is impossible for everyone in the world to say this in front of His Majesty

, Partial today, but His Majesty directly put this in front of the two eunuchs!

"That little guy in the capital is very interesting. The emperor smiled slightly, "Taking advantage of a little mercy in the land of peace, I actually thought of such a thing." ”

The eunuch swallowed his saliva and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, do you want to continue to investigate?"

"The matter of the sniper in the valley continues to be investigated, and the matter of the Hanging Temple...... You can also look it up. The emperor closed his eyes a little tiredly, and said, "Don't check Anzhi's side, just find out to him for anything in the future." Just let it go. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

The Emperor closed his eyes and was silent for a long time. He didn't understand what role Chen Pingping had played in hiding from him. His heart suddenly moved, and he thought. Maybe Fan Xian's son Chen Pingping has something to know about the role he plays, so he is so anxious to pretend to seize power.

He believed in Fan Xiandi's loyalty. Just like all people in the world, from the perspective of interests, morality, and heart. It was impossible for Fan Xian to betray him. The emperor had this confidence. Even if one day in the future. This son knows the story of where it happened many years ago. At best, he will only exert a sad anger on himself, and will not betray the kingdom.

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It rained in Kyoto the next day. It was raining again. Fan Xian was wearing a black lotus robe. Walk in the rain. He was followed by three members of the Qi Nian group. In addition to a group of six-place talisman swordsmen, they entered an alley in silence, and after exiting the alley, they went around. Then he saw the door of the earth, which was not spacious.

Every time he came to Yanfu. It seems to be raining. Maybe God also knows that there are father and son living in this mansion. He is one of the most powerful Earth Departing Walkers in the world. In the black and light style, he maintains a detachment from secular society. Some sympathize with them.

Jingchengzi Mansion is still Jingchengzi Mansion. So many years have passed. The Yanfu is still so low-key, and His Majesty rewards it. The favor of the court was not put on face.

Fan Xian took off his wet raincoat at the concierge. There is no waiting for notification. He walked straight to the backyard. After a while, I saw the big rockery blocking the view of the backyard.

When I first entered the Yanfu. Fan Xian once paid attention to this big rockery. Although the building does pay attention to a hidden scene routine. It's just that this big rockery is inevitably too big. Too fake, too abrupt. It's ugly.

Today is the tenth holiday, and the little boy who is busy on weekdays rarely steals half a day's leisure. I'm playing checkers with my wife. He and Miss Shen have been married for some time, but Miss Shen's stomach still hasn't moved. However, Yan Bingyun is not in a hurry, it depends on the situation. The whole Yanfu is not in a hurry.

Seeing Fan Xiandi's arrival, a trace of surprise flashed on Yan Bingyun's face. He knew that Fan Xian had returned to Beijing last night. But I always thought that Lord Etis was lazy, and today he was either playing in the house for spring sleepiness, or going to the prince's mansion to drink with the prince. But he didn't expect the other party to find his own mansion.

Koyan Gongzi was in Kyoto when he was a teenager. Later, when he disguised himself in the capital. They are all famous talents. The piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all excellent. But in front of Fan Xian, he was not willing to show half of his talent and ink taste at all. Like ice cubes. Strictly abide by the distinction between superiors and subordinates, which is not boring, so Fan Xian is generally reluctant to engage in entertainment activities outside of business with this guy, whenever Fan Xian enters the Yan Mansion, it is the Supervision Yuan...... Something big is about to happen.

"I'm in a lot of interest today. Fan said with a smile.

Miss Shen gave a hasty blessing to her boss, and then retreated to the back house. A few years ago, she lived in the Fan Mansion for a long time, and had a good relationship with the women in the Fan Mansion, but in front of Fan Xian, there were always some very complicated emotions in her heart, and she naturally didn't know how to get along.

Although no one has ever said anything explicitly, Miss Shen knows that the death of her father and the destruction of her family are not only the connivance of the Northern Qi royal family and the killing intent of the Uesugi Tiger, but also has a great relationship with this young leader of the Nanqing Supervision Institute.

Looking at the figure of the woman who had hidden in the room, Fan Xiandi's mood sank, and he suddenly said, "How about what I told you last time? If you want, I can let her get rid of the identity of a fugitive from Northern Qi." ”

Yan Bingyun stood up, stood under the corridor as if watching the rain, as if thinking, and said in a cold voice after a while: "Don't think that no one in the world knows about your little affair with the people of Northern Qi. It didn't matter before, but what is the situation now? Once the two sides go to war, you will behave like an enemy...... If you don't get rid of it quickly, you still want to use this relationship to ask for some benefits, don't think that if you have a special status, no one will suspect you of treason. ”

"Betrayal. Fan Xian scolded with a smile: "Am I also in a hurry to earn silver? Besides, I haven't spent most of the silver myself, and in previous years, when I hit the Hangzhou Association and the Hegong Yamen tent, you were just as eye-catching." ”

"I don't understand this, anyway, you gave this silver to the imperial court, why do you have to make a detour in the middle? The most important thing is that the secondary tax is avoided in the middle, and the imperial court gets less silver. ”

"If you don't have a program, you will have a bad experience of being skinned by officialdom. Fan Xian said: "And I like to master these things by myself." ”

"The palace must know these things. Your Majesty has been silent, and you know why. Don't overdo it. Yan Bingyun couldn't help but remind.

"The eldest princess can catch it, but I can't catch it?" Fan Xian said: "The monk can touch it." I can touch ...... too Why did you change the subject again, do you want to do that thing I said earlier?

If you want to do it, you have to hurry up to the capital to write a letter. ”

"Her family is dead, and she won't go back to Northern Qi anyway, what do you care about that?" Yan Bingyun shook his head.

"There is always a day to go back to your homeland. Fan Xian smiled and patted him on the shoulder. said: "Find a quiet place, there are some important things to discuss with you." ”

Yan Bingyun's expression suddenly became solemn, and he said, "It's here, no one in my mansion dares to eavesdrop on anything." ”

Fan Xian was silent for a moment. recognized the other party's self-confidence, Yan Ruohai is a spy who has been planted in the military by the Supervision Institute for decades, and Yan Bingyun is also one of the most successful spies in the history of Qingguo, so father and son. Surely the eyes are as sharp as a needle, and there will never be an unreliable person left in the house.

"I'm going to take over as dean soon. Fan Xian looked at the rain sliding down in front of the porch and said softly.

Yan Bingyun's face showed no surprise, Chen Pingping has long since stopped looking at things. There is no difference between Fan Xian and the dean himself. As for whether he would take over the position of Tisi immediately, he didn't care much about this matter, but Fan Xian opened his mouth. He was silent for a moment. Or said: "Congratulations." ”

Fan Xian lowered his head. He whispered, "So I need you to draw up a plan quickly, and I want to be the real dean." ”

Yan Bingyun's eyes froze. stared at him quietly, as if trying to discern the true meaning of the other party from his words.

"Including your father, the bald head host in the seven places, and even the old servant next to Lao Tzu, in fact, the control of the courtyard is far beyond our imagination. Fan Xian didn't seem to feel his gaze, and said indifferently: "If I want to be the real dean, I will let the old comrades rest completely, and these people must be isolated from the affairs of the academy." ”

"Do you mean to say that Dean Chen will completely get rid of the Supervision Yuan, and even if he wants to reach out, he can't reach out?"

That's what it means. ”

Rao Yiyan Bingyun's calmness, at this time he couldn't help but feel infinitely stunned, he looked at Fan Xian in a daze, he didn't know why the other party suddenly had this thought, and after a while, he laughed angrily and said, "You want me to deal with my own father." ”

"Metabolism. Fan Xian laughed, "It has nothing to do with dealing with it, it's just a separation." ”

"I need a reason. ”

Fan Xian was silent for a moment and said, "I'll tell you a story, a story about the wind and snow in the valley. ”

After the story was finished, Fan Xian looked at Yan Bingyun

"I don't understand. Yan Bingyun's face was quite ugly, "The old dean values and loves him so much, how can he do those things." ”

"I don't believe it either. Fan Xian lowered his head a little painfully, "But Your Majesty seems to have found something, if Your Majesty really believes this, if Lao Tzu really wants to kill me, what kind of ending do you think this will be?"

"Your Majesty once summoned you to the palace, you are one of the seven gentlemen in his heart, Qin Heng is dead, but there are still six of you young people. Do me this favor and let the Inspectorate really fall into my hands. ”

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Sitting in the carriage out of the city, Fan Xian began to laugh proudly again, he deceived the emperor Lao Tzu once last night, and today he relied on his excellent acting skills to deceive Yan Bingyun.

There is the shadow of the Supervision Yuan behind the sniping in the valley, if it was not for Yan Ruohai to inherit Chen Pingping's intentions and cooperate with the Qin family, relying only on the private soldiers of Qin Jiakun Shan Chong and the cover of Qin Heng's Kyoto garrison, it would be impossible to calculate the forward route of Fan Xian's convoy from Jiangnan, let alone launch such a fierce offensive.

If Chen Pingping wants to kill Fan Xian, this alone is enough, Fan Xian also used this story to persuade Yan Bingyun to believe in his sincerity, and let Yan Bingyun believe that he had no intention of revenge, but just wanted to follow the old example of attacking the second prince, and take the lead to let the old dean retire peacefully.

The reason why he wanted to make such a detour was because about the shadow and Ye Qingmei, Fan Xian didn't dare to tell anyone if he was killed, Yan Bingyun couldn't say it, even his wife couldn't say it.

"How many people in the world do you know that you once thought about killing me. Fan Xian sat in Chen Yuan's quiet room with a smile, listening to the babbling of distant relatives, and looked at Chen Pingping, who was old beside him.

Chen Pingping's face was calm, she glanced at him coldly, and said: "In order to force me to leave Kyoto, you are willing, that thing was done by Yan Ruohai, can Yan Bingyun investigate?"

"I don't expect to check, I just expect you to hurry back to your hometown to find your first love. Fan Xian laughed and said: "You must know that since Ming'er, I am the president of the Supervision Yuan, you are just a lonely old man who has retreated, what do you use to fight with me?"

As soon as these words came out, Fan Xian suddenly fell silent, and said extremely heavily: "You promised me to let go, saying that you wanted to open, but you didn't, so I had to force you to leave." ”

"You little bastard!" Chen Pingping coughed and scolded: "Lao Tzu doesn't care about anything, don't you worry?"

"Don't worry?" Fan Xian said with some sadness: "Don't worry, you won't do these things, tell me...... Why did you poison yourself three years ago?"