Ten miles out of Beijing, the convoy stopped for a while, and Yan Bingyun got down from the carriage and no longer sent each other. Looking at the distant figure of this little Yan Gongzi, Fan Xian smiled gently, thinking that since the courtyard had already seized a handle from He Zongwei, Kyoto should be fine.

Fan Xian will not look down on He Zongwei, he believes in Emperor Lao Tzu's eyesight very much, he knows that He Zongwei must have his ability, but in front of the Supervision Yuan, the ability of He Daxue often seems to be a little weak, so he seems to be more relaxed in dealing with this problem, and as for whether this relaxation is a good enough attitude, it depends on the development process of the situation after rì.

Mu Feng'er rode to the window of the car, thinking about the information he had just received, and secretly felt surprised in his heart, as the temporary leader of the Qi Nian team, he was very clear about all the personal affairs of Lord Xiao Fan, but the things mentioned in this information were a part that even he had never touched.

What is it that makes Lord Xiao Fan so cautious? Mu Feng'er swallowed a mouthful of saliva, moistened her somewhat dry throat, and said in a low voice, "Fish intestines reply." ”

Mu Feng'er didn't know what the fish intestine generation meant, but in the past two years, Xiao Fan and the fish intestine department have exchanged three letters, and these three letters not only took the highest-level postal route in the hospital, but also the people who sent the letters along the way were also core members of the Qi Nian group. But even these core members don't know whose hands this letter was delivered to in the end.

Where is the fish intestine and what does the fish intestine refer to? Mu Feng'er had endless doubts in his heart, but since Lord Tisi didn't say it, he couldn't guess, he didn't dare to guess.

Fan Xian was about to put down the curtain on the car window at this time, and after hearing the news, he smiled and said softly, "What about the letter?"

Mu Feng'er made a whistle, and all the secret agents and swordsmen of the Supervision Institute beside the carriage dispersed, respectively controlling the surroundings of the official road and the direction in the woodland. surrounded the black carriage where Fan Xian was in the middle.

Fan Xian took the letter, glanced at it slightly, and remembered the words on it clearly, the words on the letter were very ordinary, and the meaning of the combination was also very common, but only the person who wrote the letter and the person who received the letter knew the real meaning.

He suddenly felt some itching on the upper edge of his ear, and couldn't help but scratch it, and with a palm of his hand, he crumpled the whole letter into a piece of broken snowflakes, which was a way he had long been accustomed to destroying the mark, and he had seen it once in a while, and His Majesty the Emperor seemed to have this habit as well.

Probably people who have learned the domineering true qi have too much true qi to use as a humanoid shredder.

Fan Xian's head suddenly had these more ridiculous and cute thoughts, and a faint and quiet smile appeared on his face, and it could be seen that he was in a pretty good mood at this time.

Mu Feng'er didn't know why he was in a good mood, so he asked, "My lord, are you going the same way?"

"Nope. Fan Xian's expression was slight, and he said, "You go to Dongyi City by yourself, and I will meet you outside the city." ”

Mu Feng'er was slightly startled, didn't dare to respond, and said: "The dean had a strict order, and adults are no longer allowed to act alone. ”

"I'm the dean now. Fan looked at him with a smile.

Mu Feng'er was slightly embarrassed, and then remembered that before leaving Beijing, His Majesty had already made a clear decree to send the world, and Lord Xiao Fan officially took over the position of Dean Chen and became the second president of the Supervision Yuan of Qingguo, instead of the previous Lord Tisi.

As the convoy gradually left, Fan Xian stood in the woods, looking at these subordinates who were loyal to him, and secretly thought to himself that he was responsible for the lives of too many people, which might also be a headache.

――――――――――――――――――――― south of Kyoto is Weizhou, the state city on the bank of Weishui, which is affected by the elegance of Kyoto, and is a place where dignitaries and wealthy businessmen must pass through to go to the south of the Yangtze River, so although the city is not big, it still seems extraordinarily prosperous.

But where there is prosperity, there must be a Qinglou casino, so Weizhou City has opened a Baoyue Tower without exception, and in the far oblique direction of the Baoyue Building, it is the largest and most luxurious casino in Weizhou City - Qianjin Pavilion.

Speaking of the name Qianjin Pavilion, it is really easy for people to think in the direction of the Qinglou. Fan Xian, who was disguised as a businessman, looked up at the three big characters on the signboard of the Thousand Golden Pavilion and couldn't help laughing.

The casino was already full of people, although there was a large-leaf ventilation fan produced by the inner library under the coolie's cāo non-stop, but the human smell was mixed, the smell of incense powder and wine were mixed together, and it was still a little unpleasant, Fan Xian couldn't help but cover his nose.

Looking around, he confirmed that the person he was looking for must not be able to wait for him on the first floor, so he walked towards the second floor, but unexpectedly at the entrance of the corridor on the second floor, he was stopped by two people who looked like stewards.

Fan Xian was slightly surprised, and immediately wanted to understand what was going on, and couldn't help laughing at himself, with his identity as Fan Xian, of course no one dared to stop him in this world, and he was used to this, so he walked directly upstairs without concealment, but he didn't expect that he was just an ordinary businessman.

The second floor of the Thousand Golden Pavilion is where the real money is thrown, and the people who come here to play are either rich or expensive, even if there is an occasional battle for anger, but they are all measured, so the wind reviews are excellent. It's just that such a place always needs a threshold, and Fan Xian's dress is obviously not enough to step on that threshold.

"If this gentleman has Yaxing, why don't you take a look downstairs first?" Although the steward stopped Fan Xian at the entrance of the building very shamelessly, he still spoke relatively gently, and it could be seen that the management of the Qianjin Pavilion was really good.

Fan Xian smiled and said, "I'm here to find a friend." ”

The steward was slightly surprised, and after pondering for a moment, he asked softly, "I don't know the surname of the friend that Mr. is looking for? If there is an emergency, we can report it on our behalf." ”

"My friend's surname is Guan. ”

Hearing the word Guan, the steward's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately bowed slightly, but he was extremely careful not to attract the attention of the gamblers on the first floor, stretched out a hand, and very respectfully led Fan Xian to the second floor, placed him in a very chic room, and then lowered his voice and said, "Sir, wait a minute." ”

Fan Xian sat in the room, and it didn't take much time before he heard the sound of hurried footsteps from outside, and a young woman with a charming face walked in with a hint of nervousness.

The steward also accompanied the young woman in, and said, "It is this gentleman who is looking for a friend surnamed Guan. ”

"Get out, you know what to do. The young woman bowed to Fan Xian very respectfully, and then said to the steward.

The steward answered, pushed the door out, but he still couldn't stop being stunned in his heart, thinking that there was actually a horn in this world that made Sister Guan so scared, and I didn't know who this businessman-like person was.

Only Fan Xian and the young woman were left in the room, and the young woman immediately began to salute again, knelt in front of Fan Xian, and said very respectfully: "Subordinate Guan is charming, please meet Lord Tisi." ”

Because she was missing an arm, Guan Yumei knelt unsteadily, because of the fear in her heart that had never faded, so her voice trembled a little.

Fan Xian looked at her and sighed in his heart, one of this woman's arms was broken on her hand, no wonder she was so afraid of herself. Nearly five years have passed since Fan Xian went to Jiangnan for the first time, Xia Qifei recaptured the Ming family, and this Xia Qifei's cousin, a famous female bandit in Jiangnan back then, also successfully inherited the people of Jiangnan Water Village.

With the strong support of the Xinming family, coupled with the secret support of the Supervision Yuan, Guan Weimei did not waste her power, and she established a supreme position in the rivers and lakes. is still the old saying, the rivers and lakes are just a genus of the country, and Fan Xian is behind Guan Yumei, even if she is asked to be a underworld bully, what is the difficulty?

"Get up and speak. Fan Xian looked at her and said as gently as possible: "By the way, there is also the Tsubaki matter, I have officially taken over the supervision of the Yuan, don't call me Tisi in the future." ”

Guan Yumei is a peripheral member of the Supervision Yuan, and the will in Kyoto has not yet had time to announce Siye, so when she suddenly heard the news, she couldn't help but be shocked, and in an instant, the consternation in her eyes turned into joy.

She has never held a grudge against Xiao Fan in her heart, even if the other party cut off one of her arms. Because Lord Xiao Fan avenged her cousin and recaptured the Ming family, and more importantly, she knew what kind of status she was, and she hated Lord Xiao Fan? She never thought about it, so this joy came from the heart, after all, survival in Jiangnan was to rely on Fan Xian's status in the court, in the past two years, I have heard that the Supervision Yuan was suppressed in Kyoto, and the people in Jiangnan were also a little stupid.

"Have the Lingnan Xiong family and the Quanzhou Sun family relented?" Fan Xian directly asked the purpose of this trip, in the past three years, he has been secretly hiding from everyone in the world, and is carrying out a secret business, but this business is too wasteful. Although he controls the inner treasury in his hands, after all, the inner treasury belongs to the imperial court, and most of the money obtained from smuggling is filled in the urgently needed river embankment disaster relief matters in the imperial court, and he is a little uneasy for a while.

Even Xia Mingji, which Xia Qifei presided over, that is, the current Xinming family, secretly gave Fan Xian's greatest support, and even Fan Sizhe, the younger brother in the north, also sent a large number of silver tickets to the south under the strict surveillance of the Northern Qi royal family, but Fan Xian still felt that the money was poor.

If this word spreads outside, I am afraid that it will become a big joke. But this is true, and it also shows that the business that Fan Xian has secretly done in the past three years is completely a big black hole that consumes countless silver.

Guan Feimei had already stood up and glanced at Fan Xian cautiously, she and Xia Qifei both knew that Xiao Fan had spent a lot of money in recent years, but they never knew where the money had been spent, and the first two years were fine, relying on these people under Fan Xian, they could barely support it, but two days ago, they suddenly got the news that they would need a large amount of silver this year, so they didn't have time to raise it for a while.

The amount of money is too large, even if Xia Qifei and Fan Sizhen are given enough time, I am afraid that they will not be able to raise it.

The news came too late, and they only had time to inform the Sun family and the Xiong family, but because they couldn't explain to the other party what the money was used for, they were the masters of the family and refused to let go. Guan Yumei responded slightly nervously: "Those two masters are now in Shazhou, not far from Weizhou, do you want to see them?"

"No need. Fan Xian shook his head, "This matter has to be done secretly, but now I have to open the money to the Sun Xiong family, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it for too long, and I blame me for being too anxious, I have to think about it again." ”

Guan Weimei breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, so much silver was being transferred out in secret, even with the help of Lord Xiao Fan, it was indeed extremely difficult to hide from the supervision of the imperial court. And what scared Guan Feimei the most was that Lord Xiao Fan spent so much money and had to hide it from the imperial court, could it be that he was secretly organizing a private army and preparing to rebel? Otherwise, with Lord Xiao Fan's current net worth, he would never have done such a thing.

"Let Xia Qifei and Sun Xiong say, don't move me out. Fan Xian frowned slightly and said: "Let's just say that there is a problem with the smuggling route in Xingbei, the Northern Qi court suddenly started and detained all the goods, the Ming family wants to return the silver to the inner treasury, and there is a flow of water out of the account, it is too late for a while, so they need the support of a large sum of silver from these two families." ”

This is a very good excuse, and now the only forces that can make the Jiangnan Ming family suddenly lose a large amount of silver are the two imperial courts in the north and the south. Guan Yumei frowned and asked: "It's just that the imperial court has a lot of spies in the north, even if the line of the Supervision Yuan can be hidden, there are always other intelligence channels that will feed back, and there is no movement on the Northern Qi side at all......" She sighed a little distressedly and said: "Unless we let the Northern Qi Imperial Court cooperate with us to put on a show." ”

After saying this, she couldn't help laughing at herself, Nanqing and Northern Qi have been enemies for a long time, and the intimate relationship between Lord Xiao Fan and the north was completely broken because of the battle of Xiliang last year, plus if the ownership of Dongyi City, which is known today, the people of Northern Qi hate Fan even more, how can they cooperate with him to act.

"Good acting. Fan Xian smiled and said: "I asked the little emperor of Northern Qi to accompany me to perform this play well, hide it from the imperial court, and give the Sun Xiong family a convincing reason, what do you think?"

Guan Yumei was shocked in her heart, feeling that she couldn't see through the depth of Lord Xiao Fan more and more, and actually said as if she was laughing, and said that she wanted the Emperor of Northern Qi to cooperate with him in acting.

"I'm going to stay in Weizhou for one night, Sun Xiong's two families come first, you can entertain me." Fan Xian picked up the teacup.

Guan Meimei said goodbye and left. However, the room was not quiet for long, a man dressed in black appeared in the corner of the room like a ghost, carrying an extremely long knife behind him, the knife was in the sheath, murderous, but it gave people the feeling of being extremely dangerous.

Fan Xian gently put down the tea bowl, looked up at him, and said, "Why do you suddenly want so much silver?"

The black-clothed swordsman was still standing in the shadow of yīn in the corner, and said with a smile in a slightly sandy voice: "When the construction is in the later stage, it always costs money very quickly...... These are the exact words of Lord Shangshu. ”