After Fan Xian read the hospital newspaper, he felt that his eyes were a little astringent, and he couldn't help but scold a few times in his heart. When I was a child, my name and font size were arranged by those people, and my surname was Fan and the word Xianzhi, and now that I think about it, this name was naturally taken by the emperor in the palace, but it was just ...... Since entering Kyoto, to be precise, since last year, how can I have a free time?

In fact, occasionally asking himself, judging by the knowledge and experience of the two lifetimes, Fan Xian had to come to a conclusion that made him not very happy - the emperor Lao Tzu in the palace was good to himself. Although he knew that the emperor had given him so much power, it was very important that the emperor needed a person like himself to balance the situation in the court, and he did show his ability in this regard.

However, the emperor's family is ruthless, and the emperor has reached this point, on the one hand, it cannot but be said that it is the grace of his mother, and on the other hand, it shows that the emperor does still have a little father-son affection for himself - at least he is not like Han Wu, he is still alive, and he is living better and better.

Of course, Fan Xian will not revel in this trace of father-son love, he is surprisingly sober and calm.

So he was still a little annoyed that the emperor threw himself to Jiangnan, threw himself so much work, and such a troublesome thing.

Not a donkey himself...... Although Begonia seems to like to use Si Zhi as a donkey.

............ He rubbed his eyes, took out the rectangular box next to him, and curiously tore open the fire paint seal on the outside.

This is a gift brought back by Wang Qinian very cautiously entrusted to Xia Qifei, and the letter said that he was filial to himself, but he did not say what it was.

The box slowly opened, revealing the true face of what was inside.

Fan Xian narrowed his eyes, it was a sword, a sword that didn't look unusual, but it was full of ancient meaning.

He took out the long sword, held it firmly on the hilt with his right hand, and pulled it slowly.

Silently, the blade of the sword came out of its sheath.

It is like the layer of snow on the mountain, like the blue in the North Lake, like a wisp of wind in the south of the Yangtze River, and the clear and bright sword light rippling in the study, extremely gentle, but there is a trace of biting chill in the gentleness.

Fan Xian was slightly moved, seeing the nobility and sharpness of this sword, especially what made him secretly move in his heart was that the killing intent in this gentleness was really similar to his own eccentric feelings.

He flicked his wrist and swung it twice at will, feeling that the weight was also very appropriate, and the blade of the sword silently broke through the wind, and flicked it on the candle three times, and the candle did not move at all.

The weapon that Fan Xian was accustomed to using in the past was nothing more than a slender pure black dagger between the crossbow and his boots, although it was very efficient to kill people, but after all, there was no weapon to take advantage of, especially if he wanted to fight head-on with a real master.

And because he was stabbed by a shadow, Fan Xian learned the sword technique of the Sigu Sword very cost-effectively, and these rì people practiced with great concentration, which can be regarded as quite a small success, and the killing of Yuan Jingmeng that night has proved this. Looking around at the sword in his heart, Fan Xian became more and more inclined to wear a good sword.

When he killed Yuan Meng, he still borrowed a soft sword from Haitang.

You can't eat soft rice, and you're embarrassed to borrow soft swords.

Fan Xian flicked the blade of the sword, listened to the slight hum, and couldn't help but nod appreciatively, thinking that Lao Wang's sycophant was really appropriate.

Picked up the piece of paper in the box and looked at it, it was written Wang Qinian's skillful words, full of sycophants, first regretted that he should not have peeped at the adult's letter last year, and finally talked about the origin of this sword.

It turned out that this sword was actually the sword of the last emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty!

When the Great Wei was broken up by Qingguo, the war family took advantage of the situation, but the treasures in the palace had already been stolen out and sold by those eunuchs, and this sword has since fallen to the people, and no one has ever seen it, but after more than 20 years, there was finally a trace, Wang Qinian spent a lot of money to buy it after learning about it, and carefully made some external changes, which was sent to Jiangnan.

"It turned out to be the ...... of the emperor's sword" Fan Xian looked at the sword and laughed, but he was a little disapproving, if this sword was really attached to the emperor's qi, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty would not have died back then.

But then his brows furrowed, Wang Qinian now of course knew that he was the illegitimate son of the emperor, and he bought the Great Wei Emperor's sword with a lot of money and gave it to himself thousands of miles away, is this a pure sycophant, or is it ...... What is implied with this sword?

Fan Xian shook his head and sighed, thinking to himself that a little old man like Wang Qinian, who has a wife and a daughter, how could he have such great courage, he should have thought too much.

He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, it seemed that he was the same as His Majesty the Emperor, and he was a suspicious person in his bones...... Blowing out the candles and sleeping peacefully away from the study, Fan Xian couldn't help but mutter: "Zorro." ”

The door was closed, the moonlight was quiet, and the candle was broken into four sections, one condensed on the table, and three were unstable.

............ After three rì, the angel from Kyoto finally arrived in Suzhou City, the angel is not those eunuchs with wings, but the eunuchs who are responsible for helping the emperor Lao Tzu to spread the word, they can't fly, they can only ride horses, naturally slower.

Huayuan was renovated, sprinkled and swept the courtyard, arranged incense cases, and prepared related matters, with Fan Xian as the leader, the three princes as the deputies, everyone including the Qinian Group of the Supervision Yuan, and the six guards, tiger guards, and dozens of people were densely packed with dozens of people, all honestly standing in front of the front yard and waiting for the arrival of the holy decree.

Today, I want to receive the holy decree, Haitang, as a saint of Northern Qi, is naturally inconvenient to be here, and has already avoided it.

It's just that Fan Xian and his party waited for a long time, and they didn't see anyone coming, so Fan Xian was a little annoyed, called someone to move a Taishi chair, sat under the porch by himself, and asked Sisi to peel melon seeds next to him, but he chatted with the three princes without a match.

Deng Ziyue's face was embarrassed, and he leaned into his ear and said, "My lord, pay attention, you always have to wait." ”

His eyes glanced to the side.

Fan Xian knew what he wanted to say, it didn't matter if the Supervision Yuan was a subordinate, the third child was now following him with all his heart, but his own style did seem to be a little disrespectful of the emperor's authority, and there were seven tiger guards next to him, as well as several tiger guards who were responsible for the safety of the three princes, who knows if there were any people sent by the emperor to monitor him.

Fan Xian squinted his eyes and didn't say anything - the trip to Northern Qi, including the trip to Jiangnan, was actually followed by as many as seven people, and the two sides got along quite happily, at least they didn't drag themselves back, and they didn't do anything to make them uncomfortable, so Fan Xian deliberately showed their true side to them.

Anyway, it is estimated that in this life, these seven people will be their personal bodyguards, so ...... Use the constant small mistakes to get them used to their big mistakes in the future.

Sometimes people's hearts can't be bought, but can only be seduced, this is the case between men and women, and the same is actually true between men and men.

As for the tiger guards around the three princes.................. Fortunately, Fan Xian didn't wait too long, and with a cannon salute outside the door, several inner guards took the lead and walked into the garden with a eunuch in his arms.

Fan Xian had already stood up, took the hand of the third prince and greeted him, made a big salute, and quietly listened to the will.

The eunuch who came to announce the decree was Eunuch Yao, who was also an old acquaintance of Fan Xian, and the two of them looked at each other, Eunuch Yao knew that this young master was in a hurry, and his heart trembled, so he quickly skipped some procedures that could be skipped, and directly opened the double silk cloth decree of the bright yellow sè, and read it out in a sharp voice.

The content of the holy decree did not surprise Fan Xian, and some of the sentences in it were even things that had been discussed in Fan Xian's secret correspondence with the emperor.

As the king of a country, he naturally wanted to express his shock and anger at the chaos in Jiangnan, and reprimanded Fan Xian with seemingly harsh words.

But in the will, there is not a single word of mentioning the Ming family.

Fan Xian knelt on the ground, a smile flashed at the corner of his lips, this is the right reason, how can a mere wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River affect the heart of heaven? Although this incident is not a small matter, the blood book of the people has also been sent to Beijing, and several rotten Confucians even want to sue in front of the emperor in Kyoto, and the emperor issued an order to reprimand Fan Xian, even if it is an explanation to the people of the world.

But...... In the holy decree and in the official documents of the imperial court, the Ming family will never be mentioned, criticizing Fan Xian for being careless, as for what is the matter? The imperial court does not say anything at all, this is the so-called political zhì.

It's just a few words of reprimand, of course, Fan Xian was fined for another year, and there was no other punishment.

Eunuch Yao's shrill voice stopped, Fan Xian and the others got up to thank him, and asked how the saint was doing, and after Yunyun was bored, Fan Xian took the holy decree with both hands and handed it to the officials around him to put it away.

............ "Punish you again?" Fan Xian couldn't help but mutter, "My old father and I haven't made any money in the past few years, who will support the family?"

He and the third prince walked inside first, and Eunuch Yao leaned over, showing a flattering smile, and followed behind with small steps.

"Old Yao...... You have to give me back the money, or I'll have to drink porridge." ”

Fan Xian scolded with a smile.

Eunuch Yao blushed his face, hurried a few steps forward, and said, "You just spare the slave, who doesn't know that you are the most profitable adult in the world...... In less than half a year since he came to Jiangnan, he has earned tens of millions of taels of silver for the imperial court, where can he use those fragmentary silver twists of the slaves?"

When Eunuch Yao spoke, Yu Guang quietly and quickly glanced at the three princes, Fan Xian's previous naughty joke said that it was big or big, and it was small or small, in previous years, the Fan family did feed these eunuchs in the palace, of course he also knew where Fan Xian could afford his harvest.

It's just that this naughty joke was said in front of the third prince, and Eunuch Yao knew that although this little prince was young, he was ruthless, so he couldn't help but be a little scared...... Unexpectedly, when he saw it, the third prince was calm, as if he hadn't heard it, and then thought about it, since Fan Xian dared to say this in front of the third prince, he was naturally measured in his heart.

Eunuch Yao's heart trembled, knowing that the guess in the palace might not be bad, these three highnesses and Lord Xiao Fan are indeed like that.

............ "I don't have the courage to move the money I earned for the court, you ...... Are you trying to persuade me to embezzle?"

The three of them had already entered the middle hall, Fan Xian and the three princes sat on both sides of the main seat, and Eunuch Yao stood aside, listening to this, and said with a wry smile: "Little Fan, Mo Na is a slave who is laughing." ”

Fan Xian smiled and waved his hand to signal him to sit down.

Eunuch Yao hurriedly sat down, this long trip did make him tired.

"I thought you could come early, but I waited for a long time. Fan Xian knocked the melon seeds on the one hand, and said intentionally or unintentionally.

The third prince is also learning from Fan Xian's appearance and knocking melon seeds.

Eunuch Yao looked at it, and suddenly felt that he was a little dazzled, the "two brothers" in the upper position were indeed too similar, just one size bigger and one size smaller.

He hurriedly explained with a smile: "It's indeed the post station outside the city that I arrived at yesterday, but I have to follow the rules before I can enter the city today...... This decree is two, and I went to the governor's palace first, so I came late, and the adults must not blame the small legs and feet for not falling. ”

He looked at Fan Xian's god carelessly, and found that this young magnate who was red to purple in the middle of the court did not show any signs of real anger, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, as a eunuch, like the emperor's mouthpiece, he is extremely arrogant in the seven states of the world, that is, before in Xue Qing's mansion, Xue Qing, the governor of Jiangnan, was also full of courtesy to this Gonggong Yao in the palace. But you can take the pie anywhere, but in this Huayuan, Eunuch Yao didn't dare to take the pie until he died.

Don't say what kind of master Fan Xian is, but the identities of these two "princes" and Fan Xian's power are enough to make Eunuch Yao extremely honest.

"Of course I know you have to go to Governor Xue first. Fan Xian said angrily: "Don't I even understand this little rule?"

He shook his head and said, "What did Your Majesty say to the Governor?"

Eunuch Yao thought for a while, and said in embarrassment: "...... In fact, it is similar to the will for adults. ”

"Oh, Xue Qing was also fined for a year?" Fan Xian raised his head and asked with interest, but the tone of the question seemed to be a little gloating.

Eunuch Yao smiled and gestured three fingers.

"I've been punished for three years, and now I'm more mentally balanced. Fan Xian smiled and threw the melon seed shell and said, "I will say that Your Majesty is benevolent, and I will never let me, a poor man, carry all the pots." ”

Eunuch Yao smiled bitterly, thinking to himself what you said...... How do you call yourself to pick up?

Fortunately, Fan Xian immediately changed the topic and asked, "Why did you find such an old guy as you for this long journey? There is no young and capable father-in-law in the palace?"

"Lao Dai was training a few at the beginning, but you also know that after that incident, although he was recently transferred back from that pitiful place, but this matter was delayed, this time the holy decree under Jiangnan is important, and the slave naturally has to make a trip. Eunuch Yao sighed.

"Old Dai is okay. Fan Xian asked.

Eunuch Yao laughed: "Lord Hongfu, these old brothers in the palace are doing well. ”

Since the founding of the country, the eunuchs have been very wary, especially after the emperor ascended the throne more than 20 years ago, and it is to strictly prevent eunuchs from interfering in state affairs, and the palace ban is very strict. It was difficult for eunuchs to gain power, so they were not divided into many factions, but these eunuchs knew that they were in a difficult situation and hugged each other very unitedly.

Since Fan Xian entered Beijing, he has paid great attention to establishing a good relationship with these seemingly inconspicuous eunuchs, and when he was purging a place, he released Lao Dai's nephew and a horse, and if he let Lao Dai a horse, he would take care of him a lot, and he would never make excessive demands on these eunuchs.

The most important thing is that every time Fan Xian interacted with these eunuchs, he really didn't regard the other party as such a strange person, so he was ordinary, he didn't deliberately stammer, he didn't deliberately humiliate, and he didn't be gentle in person, but he was damaged behind his back.

"Just have a good life. Fan Xian couldn't help but shake his head, the eunuchs of Qingguo generally don't have any big bad deeds, and these deviant people are indeed pitiful. He said unintentionally: "Lao Dai didn't train a few small ones...... However, last year, the little guy named Hong Zhu in the imperial study seemed to be quite clever. ”

"Hong Zhu...... Now I have gone to the East Palace, the deputy chief eunuch, the grace of His Majesty. Eunuch Yao responded cautiously, because everyone in the palace knew that Hong Zhu was kicked out of the imperial study, and it was Fan Xian who said something in front of the emperor, and it was rumored that Hong Zhu was fascinated by money, and actually dared to reach out to Lord Xiao Fan to ask for a bribe.

Fan Xian's face was slightly gloomy, and after thinking for a while, Fang sighed and said: "That's fine, this kind of too clever horn sè is always not suitable for His Majesty...... I don't know how to advance or retreat, I don't know how to measure. ”

Too clever? That's obviously a derogatory connotation...... Eunuch Yao thought to himself, the rumors are really true, that little Hong Zhuping doesn't look stupid, how can he dare to provoke Xiao Fan? It seems that that kid can't get up in the palace.

............ After sending Eunuch Yao away, Fan Xian led the three princes to the study, and after being silent for a long time, he said softly: "Do you understand why?"

The third prince thought about it for a long time, but after all, he was still young, and he didn't understand the reason, so he shook his head helplessly.

"It's the end of chūn and the beginning of summer. Fan Xian lowered his eyes and said: "We are going to Hangzhou soon, and I have to go out on the way, and the matter in Jiangnan has basically been decided, at most...... The palace will keep you by my side for a year, that is, when the new year is closed, we will definitely return to Beijing, and when we come out again, it will be only me, not you. ”

"Why?" the third prince asked in surprise.

"There's nothing why. Fan Xian smiled and said: "In the eyes of some people, I may have some tricky and unkind atmosphere, you are a genuine prince, the blood of the heavenly family, and I have been with me for a long time, I am afraid that I will be soaked in some bad habits." ”

"But ......" the third prince said anxiously: "Follow Mr. to study in Jiangnan, this is something that my father and emperor personally promised." ”

"Father...... The emperor ......" Fan Xian couldn't help but shake his head and said, "If the Empress Dowager misses you, the youngest grandson, His Majesty will have no choice but to call you back." ”

The third prince was silent, he knew in his heart that the imperial grandmother was different from ordinary grandmothers, and he didn't like his youngest grandson very much, but he attached great importance to the crown prince and the second brother.

That is to say. Fan Xian said: "From next year, you will be alone in Kyoto, and I will ...... It's impossible to stay by your side all the time. ”

The third prince raised his head, and his childish face showed a trace of extremely incompatible cruelty: "Sir, don't worry, I will live well and wait for you to come back." ”

"Say something childish. Fan Xian scolded with a smile: "By His Majesty's side, who dares to do anything to you?"

He said slowly: "It's just that from now on, you have to stand up...... At the very least, let the ministers of the court and the soldiers of the military know you and get used to you. ”

"Habit what?"

"Accustomed to you, too, being an upright prince, not a kid with a runny nose. Fan Xian said coldly: "Habit...... It's also possible for you. ”

You, too, are possible.

The third prince has been with Fan Xian for half a year, and he has long admired this "brother" to the bones, and he feels that being by Fan Xian's side is far more pleasant than the cold atmosphere in the palace.

But he was still curious and asked, "Sir, shouldn't it be the first to forbear?" You once said that when the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. ”

"You're not a towering tree yet. Fan Xian smiled and touched the top of the third prince's head, although this action was really disrespectful, "Since Your Majesty asked you to follow me down to Jiangnan, you can't hide it, since you can't hide it...... Then I'll just stand up and stand behind you and see what wind dares to blow you. ”

The third prince scratched his face, not very understanding.

"I'm going to pass through the mouth of Eunuch Guò Yao and deliver a message to Kyoto. Fan Xian withdrew his hand, slowly closed his eyes and said, "You are the one I chose." ”

The third prince suddenly puffed up his courage and said, "Even if the prince's brother ...... But after all, it was the father's choice. ”

Fan Xian didn't open his eyes, but said softly: "The eldest princess chose your second brother, and the queen mother chose your prince's brother, although His Majesty has not yet chosen, but in fact, many people have already started choosing, so why care about me." ”