The famous officer wiped the wine from his face, looked at the general stupidly, and was not angry, could it be because he had lost the face of the general's mansion on the street before, so the general used this kind of strong wine spray to express his strong contempt for himself?

The general Li Hongcheng didn't even look at this cronie, he looked stupidly at the businessman in disguise under the hall, opened his mouth, pointed below with his index finger, and moved quickly, but he didn't say anything.

Fan Xian glanced at him, narrowed his eyes, and shook his head imperceptibly.

Li Hongcheng quickly suppressed the shock in his heart, coughed twice, cleared his throat, glanced at the subordinates around him, and said, "Give me all down, sort out the files, stay for a while, the governor's palace will come to rob people, and you will stop me with my life." ”

"Wow. The sergeants who escorted the spies into the palace were ordered to come out, but the school officer and several cronies and clerks in the general's palace did not leave.

"General, no trial?" the officer wiped the wine off his face and looked at his boss with some confusion.

Li Hongcheng was furious and said, "If you can't beat a fart, how can you try it?"

Can't fight? Could it be that what this spy said earlier really convinced the general? The colonel looked at Li Hongcheng like a dementia, and he couldn't react for a while, feeling that life seemed to be too ridiculous.

When the main mansion was much quieter, Fan Xian opened his mouth in the hall and asked with a smile: "These four people didn't leave, it seems that they are your cronies?"

Li Hongcheng had already jumped up from the hall at this time, and muttered as he walked down: "Nonsense, it's not a trustworthy person." Where dare to stay here. ”

"That's good. I didn't see how Fan Xian exerted his strength, but I saw that the cow tendon rope tied to his arms broke inch by inch and fell to the ground.

The four cronies of the Great General's Mansion widened their eyes, unable to believe their eyes, and wondered who kind of master this person was? They had a deeper understanding of the absurdity of life -- this was a special cow tendon rope made by the military, which was enough to tie up a nine-rank master, how could this person break free so easily! How did they know that the domineering true qi in Fan Xian's body had reached its peak, and the special attribute of this true qi would be displayed with all its might. It's truly invincible.

The four of them watched Fan Xian get out of trouble, and subconsciously wanted to pull out their weapons and cut over, but fortunately they were not really stupid, and they had already seen that the situation on the ground was a little strange, and they looked at each other abruptly, and their feet were a little weak.

Fan Xian touched the reddened wrist that was tied, looked at Li Hongcheng in front of him and said, "These people under you are really ruthless." ”

"Nonsense! If you are not ruthless, how can you catch the masters of the courtyard?" Li Hongcheng slammed his fist into his shoulder and said, "Why did you kid run here? ”

Fan Xian was in pain. said: "If you are beaten by your people, don't hammer." ”

Li Hongcheng heard it clearly, this guy was taking the opportunity to sue the black, but as a general, he knew the style of the people under him, and he also knew that a person with Fan Xian's identity would never retaliate because of such a trivial matter, so he laughed twice. Just don't answer, and want to mess around.

"My lord?" the officer finally asked, embarrassed by the unbearable absurdity of life.

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Fan Xian turned around and pointed to the sleeping post man on the chair. said: "This person knows my identity, don't let him out for the time being, and wait until the matter is done." ”

Li Hongcheng nodded, hugged his shoulder, and said with a smile: "News from Beijing." You still have at least ten days to arrive, is it a good thing to come so early? If there's anything good, you can score me a cup. ”

Fan Xian frowned, glanced at him, and felt more and more strange in his heart, how could this dignified prince really look like a soldier now, especially the smell of sour on his body...... He shuddered, broke away from the other party's warm embrace, and said: "There are no good things, but there are a lot of bad things, anyway, I can't tell you, but there are some things that you need to help deal with." ”

When the two bosses got down to business, they forgot about the subordinates. The four cronies of the Great General's Mansion had already faintly heard the origin of these so-called spies, and couldn't help but look at each other, and then looked at the people who were tied into zongzi and their faces were blue and red, and couldn't help but beat a drum in their hearts, secretly thinking that if they really beat up the secret agents of the imperial court, with the legendary temper of the old ancestor and the little ancestor of the Supervision Yuan, what would they do?

"Do you want to put these...... Brother untie it?" the school official couldn't help but ask Li Hongcheng for instructions.

Li Hongcheng scolded: "Unconscious little bastard, don't hurry up and untie it." ”

Hurrying up, these four people hurriedly let go of Fan Xian's subordinates in the Supervision Yuan, and then stood aside a little helplessly, smiling and saying apologetic words. Those subordinates of the Supervision Yuan did not have any anger, and those who were used to being spies certainly did not care about these small problems.

"Block the news, and you won't be able to get the word out. As for if someone asks about the spies who were brought into the palace today, they will say that the General's Mansion is undergoing a secret trial. ”

I don't know what Fan Xian and Li Hongcheng said a few words, Li Hongcheng turned around, said a few words in a cold voice, and then explained some things to ensure that the whereabouts of Fan Xian and his party would not be revealed.

"After three days, you will choose some death row inmates in the prison......" Fan Xian lowered his head and said, "What should I do next, these people under my command will help the people in your house deal with it." ”

"Naturally, they do these things, so we have to talk about it first. Li Hongcheng still hugged Fan Xian's arm, as if he was afraid that he would run away, and dragged him to the back garden.

The officials of the General's Mansion and the Supervision Yuan were left in the hall, and they looked at their immediate superiors, and walked away shoulder to shoulder, and couldn't help but stare at each other and fall into silence, not knowing what to call each other and how to deal with related matters. After a long time, the school official who arrested them in the mansion coughed twice, looked at Mu Feng'er and said softly, "My lord is from the courtyard?"

Mu Feng'er nodded, not giving this person a good look.

"Who is the previous one...... Lord Xiaofan?" The school official lowered his voice and said with a slight fear.

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The intimate relationship between Lord Dotisi and the prince of King Jing. Very seriously nodded the famous school official swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then he knew what kind of person he had caught today, and when he thought that the other party was the little ancestor of the Supervision Yuan that he was afraid of before. His face began to turn whiter, whiter than the flowers of the steppe.

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The General's Mansion was originally the residence of the Ye family, and later the prince Hongcheng joined the Western Army. In his capacity. I've been living here ever since. Two years ago, there was a rebellion in Kyoto. Half of the Dingzhou Army entered Beijing to quell the rebellion, and Ye Zhong and Gongdian stayed in Kyoto from then on. He never came back, so this general's mansion became Li Hongcheng's private residence and office yamen.

There are no idle people in the house, etc. All the way to the back garden, I didn't even see anyone. Fan Xian secretly surprised himself, but his face didn't show anything, and he sat on a cold stone bench in the garden. After getting used to the cold and murderous atmosphere that was completely different from the Central Plains Garden, he considered it and said: "You must explain it clearly to the below, and you must not let people think of it." I entered Dingzhou City today. ”

"Wordy, you came ten days in advance, naturally, to do something. The question is, with your current status, what are you afraid of?" Li Hongcheng carried a large pot of wine. They poured two bowls and placed them in front of each other.

"I don't want some people to come early because of me. And guessed me...... It's to meet people. ”

Li Hongcheng's wrist that put the wine jug paused for a moment.

Fan Xian looked at him and said, "I won't hide this from you, I buried a nail in the grassland." Today I am here to see this nail, but ......" he said in an accentuated tone, "I don't want anyone but you to know this, because the nail is dead or alive." It will affect the lives and deaths of many people in our Qingguo military and civilians. ”

Li Hongcheng thought for a moment and nodded. Then he said, "As you said before, I will take care of it and pick some death row prisoners to assume your identity." It won't make people outside suspicious. ”

"One more important thing. Fan Xian said: "The courtyard needs a landing passage to Xihubu. And I don't want to be copied by your army. So I need your cooperation. ”

At this time, Li Hongcheng had already shaken off the previous surprise, regained his composure, and said, "What exactly do you want to do? I just remind you of one thing. Any grain of grain you send to the grassland may kill one of my soldiers in Daqing. ”

Without waiting for Fan Xian to explain, Li Hongcheng stared into his eyes and continued: "I don't care what the imperial court thinks, and I don't care what conspiracy Dean Chen has, and I don't care if you are ready to cultivate a nail. So that the Hu people can have civil strife, but I must remind you, the Hu people...... It's a completely different kind of existence. You are not at the border, you don't know that they are ferocious and fickle, and you have to be careful of such a thing as raising tigers. ”

Fan Xian could feel the affection contained in the other party's reminder, nodded, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, I have measure." ”

He raised the wine bowl and drank a bowl with Hongcheng, then exhaled a long breath, looking at the other party's bearded face and wrinkles in the corners of his eyes for no reason, he didn't know how to say for a while, and the two fell into silence at the same time, and the back garden was quiet.

Li Hongcheng, the son of King Jing, joined the army three years ago, and in the past three years, he has fought bravely to kill the enemy, taking the lead, and has been quite successful in marching and fighting, and his reputation has long been spread back to Kyoto and the Central Plains. Everyone in the world praises that after the great prince's expedition to the west, the royal family finally produced another powerful person who can lead the army to fight. It is precisely because of his military merits that this son of the royal family, who once had an unclear relationship with the second prince, was trusted by His Majesty, took over Ye Chong's position, and began to take charge of the military affairs of the entire Dingzhou West Battalion.

However, it has been three years, and this suave, chic and handsome prince has been blown and polished into a different appearance by the wind and sand on the side, and he has not returned to Kyoto for three years.

"In three years, although the border is tight, looking at your appearance in the General's Mansion, it is not that you have no time to return to Beijing. Fan Xian filled the two bowls with spirits and said softly, "Why don't you go back?"

Li Hongcheng held the edge of the wine bowl in his hand, his face was heavy, and after a long time, he said slowly: "What are you going to do?"

Fan Xian knew what he was jealous of, glanced at him disapprovingly, and said, "It's all in the past, if Your Majesty doubts you, how can you let you be in charge of Dingzhou affairs?"

"It's called a great general, but my control over the army is too far behind the Ye family. Li Hongcheng bowed his head and said, "Of course." I don't want to turn Xida Camp into my own soldiers, as you can see, I only have four trusted cronies in the house. The school official who arrested you into the mansion is from the Ye family, I can trust him...... But I couldn't believe the ministers in Kyoto. ”

"Two years. His Majesty made a total of four rotations. Yanjing is a genus, Nanzhao is a genus. The rest of the four-way border soldiers actually came to Dingzhou City to play......" Li Hongcheng raised his head and stared at Fan Xiandi's eyes. "Although you have never been in charge of soldiers, you should also know that famous generals use familiar soldiers. This iron-clad camp is really a flowing ground soldier, and the soldiers will not know how to fight, how can the battle be easy?"

"When you go back to Kyoto this time, you must do me a favor. Addressed to Your Majesty...... It can't be rotated anymore. Li Hongcheng said in a heavy tone: "The replenishment of troops has indeed become more than enough because of rotation, but it is a battle." Not at all...... Moreover, the offensive of the Hu people in the fourteenth division is becoming more and more fierce. More and more cunning......"

Fan Xian cut off his words and said, "I know you sent a letter to the Privy Council. I've seen your majesty's secret recital, but you should know it. What is the purpose of His Majesty's rotation in the past two years...... Yanjing and Cangzhou are in a stalemate, and Your Majesty is sharpening knives with Hu people. In military training, it is a matter of the future, and it is basically very difficult for you to get Your Majesty to stop playing this move. ”

"I don't care about the great cause of dominating the world. Li Hongcheng said angrily: "Not bad. If it comes to the opening day of the Great War, I am willing to be a pawn for Your Majesty. Desperately on the battlefield, but now this side has been tightened to this point, if Xiliang Road is really crippled by the Hu people. It's a fart to dominate the world!"

At this time, there were only Fan Xian and him in the park. So he spoke very directly.

His Majesty the Emperor's national policy. It's bullshit. Anyway, he knew that Fan Xian didn't care what the other party listened to.

Fan Xian smiled bitterly and said, "What can I do? Your Majesty has never allowed me to interfere, and you don't know it. ”

Li Hongcheng sighed. Raised the wine bowl and drank it all, and cursed a dirty word. He said in a low voice: "Training soldiers with war is a common practice, but the new soldiers come after ten stops, go back to seven stops, and die on the grassland after three stops...... And if you still use the original Dingzhou veterans. Or it was brought out by His Royal Highness to conquer the old subordinates of the Western Army. These people just don't have to die. ”

"But......" Fan Xian knew that he had to wake up Hongcheng for something. lest he unknowingly commit a taboo in the future, "just use the old subordinates of the Dingzhou Army and the Western Army...... How could it be possible to attack the Northern Qi and Dongyi? Two years ago, there was a rebellion in Kyoto. The Qin rebels were killed and wounded. The army was suddenly unstable, and the military strength dropped sharply, and His Majesty would inevitably use the Dingzhou side. Pick up the edge of the Qingjun again! There is no need to talk about this matter again. You don't want to make any more suggestions to the court, not only will it not have any effect. On the contrary, it will displease His Majesty. ”

"Of course, Your Majesty will not watch you suffer here alone. The corners of Fan Xiandi's lips flashed with a slight mocking smile. "Won't I come too?"

Li Hongcheng shook his head and did not continue to discuss the topic.

Fan Xian looked at him. Suddenly, he said, "How many days do you take a shower now?"

Li Hongcheng was stunned: "I haven't remembered, about half a month and a month?"

Fan Xian snorted and scolded with a smile: "No wonder you stink so much." ”

Li Hongcheng glared at him.

Fan Xian said with a smile: "There are deep wells in Dingzhou City. There is no shortage of water at all, and you are a general, can't you take a bath?"

"Lazy. Li Hongcheng smiled and shook his head. said, "If you're like me." I used to deal with the Hu people on the grassland desert for half a year, and I would get used to the days of not bathing, and besides, I was working with a stick, and I was surrounded by a group of rough people, who would care about this. ”

"The subordinates don't care. Don't the concubines in the house care?" Fan Xian picked up a piece of courgette, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it, and said vaguely.

Li Hongcheng was stunned. After a while, he smiled and said: "There are no concubines in the house, and the people of the old Ye family have already returned to Beijing, so I will keep a few people." ”

Fan Xian raised his head in astonishment, a little unbelievable to his ears, Li Hongcheng, the son of King Jing, was famous for his romance in Kyoto back then, and secretly took charge of half of the world's Qinglou for the second prince.

As if guessing what Fan Xian was thinking, Li Hongcheng gently tapped the wine bowl with his index finger and said softly: "If you don't like it, I'll quit." ”

Fan Xian couldn't speak, and said to himself after a while: "I am sorry for you for this matter." ”

"What have you done to be sorry for me?" Li Hongcheng scolded with a smile.

Fan Xian shook his head and stopped talking about this. He said, "When I first saw you in Yishiju. You're surrounded by a doorman. Chic. I didn't expect it to be like this now. ”

"There's nothing wrong with that. Li Hongcheng thought about what had happened around him in the past five or six years. also had some emotion, "One stone was on top that day." and Guo Baokun. He Zongwei and his entourage ......"

If it weren't for Li Hongcheng to mention it. Fan Xian may have forgotten who Guo Baokun is.

"You punched Guo Baokun. Later, he ruined his home. Li Hongcheng looked at Fan Xian and said with a smile: "He Zongwei has now become a big celebrity in the imperial court. His Majesty's favored ministers. This is true of all creations. I can stay out of it, relatively speaking. Not bad. ”

Fan Xian smiled. Didn't say anything.

"You kid is ruthless enough, before you entered Beijing, Kyoto was calm for more than ten years. Li Hongcheng continued: "But since you entered Beijing. And they began to die one after another. But you didn't think of it. He Zongwei: that miscellaneous. I was able to climb to where I am now. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is pinching your neck in the capital to supervise the courtyard. He began to discuss the lower middle school. has begun to threaten you......"

I have to say. Li Hongcheng and Fan Xian are surprisingly consistent in their attitudes towards Lord He. Solemnly, this is because they all hold grudges, remembering that He Zongwei wanted to eat Fan Ruoruo's snow swan revenge.

Fan Xian sneered slightly. said: "He Zongwei climbed high. I'm not worried about anything in the future. ”

"Of course you won't be afraid of him. Li Hongcheng laughed, "Although I didn't go back to Beijing." But I also heard of the nickname of the third surname house slave. It's definitely you taking the land. ”

Fan Xian laughed twice. Here's a default.

Li Hongcheng pointed to his nose. Sighing, "You...... It's still those few tricks. The first is to make the reputation of people and places stink. And then by virtue of the grace of His Majesty the Emperor. Begin to play unreasonable tricks. I warn you, though. He Zongwei is different from me. It's also different from the second child. He is a courtier of His Majesty. You can easily touch him. ”

This trick is indeed a common trick used by Fan Xian, and he used this trick back then. He will kill a prostitute and discredit the deeds. pressed on the second prince and Li Hongchengdi, and finally forced the second prince to make a dangerous move, and then Li Hongcheng was imprisoned in the palace by Prince Jing for more than half a year.

"Yes, now many officials in the court have begun to hug He Zongweidi's thighs...... In fact, he has always been surnamed Li with the landlord, and the official is such a creature. Where would such a thing as fame be taboo. Fan Xian sneered: "It's just that these officials probably didn't expect it." No matter how the situation in the imperial court develops. He Zongwei will not be able to escape a dead end in the future. ”

"How?"

Fan Xian was on the ground in front of Hongcheng and did not hide it at all. He directly sneered and said, "Your Majesty uses the Metropolitan Procuratorate to check and balance the Supervision Yuan. The reduction of the powers of the Supervisory Yuan was made clear to me in advance. I very much agree with this article, the Supervision Yuan is the only one. To the imperial court. It's not good for the people. ”

"But the name of the Supervision Yuan is here, and Your Majesty must choose a courtier who dares to be against me...... So I picked He Zongwei. Because this person knows that no matter what the future holds. I'm sure I won't let him go. The corners of Fan Xiandi's lips flashed with a hint of indifference: "So he can only climb hard, but no matter how strong his ability is." Will be both

It can be displayed to the extent that it can be opposed to the Supervision Yuan, but so what? It's all up, it's not him. ”

"The day when the Inspectorate actually became an inspection center. He Zongwei is no longer conducive to the value of the land. Fan Xian shook his head, "Your Majesty has only a few sons now, it can only be the third kid to succeed to the throne, no matter how the third child will think in the future, I must always consider my attitude at the beginning of the succession...... He Zongwei, he has pressed me for so long, what should I do if I don't pay some price?"

"He is a grass without roots, but he is held in the hands of His Majesty, so his life depends on how many years His Majesty can live. ”

Li Hongcheng felt a chill in his heart when he heard this.

Fan Xian closed his eyes and said, "Everyone thinks that Your Majesty is healthy and a great grandmaster, but they haven't thought that Your Majesty is now fifty or sixty years old. ”

Li Hongcheng shook his head: "I must admit that I don't see things as far as you." ”

"This is natural, otherwise you wouldn't have been locked up in the mansion for so long by Prince Jing back then. Fan Xian looked at him with a smile.

"Now that I think about it, you saved my life. Li Hongcheng bowed his head and said, "If I had stayed in Kyoto two years ago." I'm afraid I'm dead now. ”

He looked up. sighed: "Just like the second child." ”

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The dead were mentioned. The atmosphere in the room became oppressive again. After a long time. Li Hongcheng reluctantly smiled and said, "Of course, you can't be blamed for this matter." Outside the Baoyue Building that day, you were talking to the second child in the tea shop. He told me all about it later...... I know. You just want to knock dick down. I also want to save his life. It's just that...... He's a man. Actually, it's just as stubborn as you. I don't really want to listen to people. ”

Li Hongcheng from the beginning. In the battle for the heir, he stood behind the second prince. After Fan Xian took charge of the Supervision Yuan, he dealt a strong blow. just knocked Li Hongcheng out of the pool of poisonous water in Kyoto. But he didn't beat the second prince out. But Fan Xian knew that the reason why Hongcheng supported the second prince. Not just because of future interests, but because they are wonderful friends themselves.

"I'm sorry they left. Fan Xian said: "But there are too many things in the world that we can't completely solve." ”

"I've always been curious. Li Hongcheng stared at Fan Xiandi's eyes and said, "Whether it is the second child or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, they are all working hard to carry out certain things. And it seems to be just you, from the beginning. It was concluded that these princes were tossing. It will end in a miserable failure. How did you judge that? Was it in the first place? You've got a lot of ideas. They don't have the slightest chance of success?"

"It's about educating from a young age. Fan Xian replied seriously: "When you hit a small land." Grandma hugged me. And he would keep saying to me. Your Majesty is so. Your Majesty like that. His Majesty is invincible. How is Your Majesty...... I'm used to it. And I accepted it. And ......"

He shook his head: "In the end, the facts have proved that Your Majesty is indeed ...... Invincible. ”

Li Hongcheng was silent. Only shaking the head.

"Let's go back to Kyoto. I know you're afraid of touching the scene, so it's better to go over and see the second child. He and Cheng Qian. The queen mother, the eldest princess, are buried on a beautiful hill. Nice view. Fan Xian sincerely persuaded the prodigal son who left home and refused to return: "Besides, the prince's health is getting worse and worse, you are a son." Always go back and see. ”

Li Hongcheng didn't agree, but said sincerely: "My father was seriously ill last year, and it was all thanks to your care, and Roujia wrote everything." Thank you. ”

"Why use the word thank you between us. Fan Xian looked at him and mentioned seemingly casually: "When the year is closed, if you want to go back to Beijing." ”

Li Hongcheng Huo Ran raised his head, his eyes lit up.

"Ye Ling'er came to Dingzhou to relax. Why didn't you see her?" Fan Xian didn't continue with the previous question, and asked another person he cared about very much.

Since the death of the second prince, Wan'er has been with Ye Ling'er for a while, but after all, it didn't have much effect, and then Ye Zhong asked for a decree. sent his daughter back to Dingzhou City, where she grew up as a child, and Li Hongcheng was here in Dingzhou City. He has a great friendship with the second prince, and he takes care of Ye Ling'er. It's really more appropriate.

Li Hongcheng smiled bitterly and said: "After this princess saw the grassland, her mood was much better, but she was an idle character, and she was in Qingzhou at this time. ”

"Qingzhou?" Fan Xian gasped. Blame said: "That is the most remote state city, and it will start a war with Xihu at any time!"

"What can I do?" Li Hongcheng glared at him, "There are countless old generals of the Ye family in the West Camp. Those generals looked at Ye Ling'er like they looked at their little ancestors, they didn't dare to let out a fart, she was going to fight and kill people to heal her wounds, can I stop it?"

Fan Xian shook his head again and again and scolded: "What nonsense." Then he suddenly thought of something and said, "Fortunately, I'm going to Qingzhou soon, and when I come back, tie her up." ”

As soon as these words came out, it was Li Hongcheng's turn to gasp, and scolded angrily: "You go to Qingzhou? Do you want to do something, and then Your Majesty will slaughter all the Dingzhou army for you to bury!"

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