The oil lamp in the study jumped a flower, and the room suddenly brightened and darkened, Fan Xian looked at the change of the yellow light on the face of the general in front of him, squinted his eyes, and did not speak again for a long time. The oil lamp bursting with flowers, according to the common customs of Qingguo, should be a happy event, but Fan Xian could not confirm this at this time.

"Tell where you came from, tell what you think. ”

Fan Xian took a slow breath, trying to make his facial expression softer.

"My name is Xu Maocai. The general smiled and began to tell about his identity and relationship with Fan Xian.

Fan Xian nodded, such an ordinary name that can no longer be ordinary is indeed a necessary condition for hiding his identity, but he doesn't know how the other party escaped in the purge of the year, and he doesn't understand why the other party chose to make it clear to himself at this time.

"Young Master, I'm not from the Fan Mansion, nor am I from the Supervision Yuan. Xu Maocai said calmly: "I am from the Ye family, more precisely, I am from the young lady." ”

"Are you the old man of the Quanzhou Water Master?"

After confirming his judgment, Fan Xian's brows did not stretch.

"Exactly. Xu Maocai responded: "Twenty years ago, I was a sailor on the boat of the Quanzhou Sailor, and after the Quanzhou Sailor was abolished, it became the three major sailors today, and I ...... came to Jiaozhou and has been in the army until now. ”

Fan Xian knows this historical story, this story that is tied to the Ye family and will never go away. When the Kyoto Incident occurred, his mother was attacked in the Taiping Courtyard, and Uncle Wuzhu only had time to take away a self, perhaps because of his own relationship, Uncle Wuzhu did not challenge this country with the strength of one person...... But things happened after all, and the power of the Lao Ye family in Kyoto was uprooted within a single rì. The problem is that the roots of the Ye family are not limited to Kyoto, but each county has its own industry. Even this tentacle has extended to all aspects of Qingguo, and in every corner, the army is no exception.

When His Majesty the Emperor returned to the dynasty with Fan Jian's class, and when Chen Pingping rushed back to Beijing, the situation was decided, so in addition to revenge, the biggest problem in front of the monarch and ministers was how to deal with the huge industry and influence left by the Ye family.

As happened in history, as Fan Xian knew, the three major squares of the Ye family were taken over by the imperial court and became the inner treasury that now affects the economic lifeline of Qingguo, but those shopkeepers of the Ye family were placed under house arrest by the imperial court. The Ye family was charged with rebellion.

Four years after the Kyoto Incident, the emperor took Chen Pingping and Fan Jian to carry out a bloody counterattack and revenge, directly killing one-third of the nobles in Kyoto, and even slaughtering the empress's originally extremely powerful family, but still couldn't change some things.

For example, the Ye family's crimes, and the handling of the Ye family. Because of this matter, it must have something to do with the old man in the deep palace, and it involves the peace of the world.

In order to prevent the counterattack of the Ye family's forces, the Qingguo court must purge the Ye family and carry out a screening inheritance, for the stability of the Qingguo, this is the only choice, from the later development, it is Chen Pingping and Fan Jian who also acquiesced to this.

Therefore, the shopkeeper of Keiyutang, Na Duoye, could survive in Kyoto until many years later, when he was taken out of Kyoto by Fan Xian, who grew up chéngrén. However, the power left by the Ye family in the court and the army was ruthlessly swept away, leaving no trace behind.

In a sense, if it was Ye Qingmei's private sailor, so in the after-the-fact purge, the Quanzhou sailor also became the first place to rush, and was ruthlessly cut into three parts by the imperial court, and after the suppression and cleaning in the dark, it became the three major sailors of Qingguo today.

Every time he thought about the events of the year, the evil fire that had been suppressed in the deepest part of Fan Xian's heart began to rise, and he understood that since Ye Qingmei was dead, for the sake of the stability of the world, those old people would inevitably make such a choice, if he was the emperor, he would not be soft-hearted...... It's just that his heart will still be a little uncomfortable and unpleasant.

Finding that Fan Xian began to wander, the old man of Quanzhou Sailor named Xu Maocai coughed softly twice.

Fan Xian came back to his senses, looked at this General Xu with some complicated expressions, and many questions welled up in his heart, how did such an old man of the Ye family survive the purge of the water master back then? How did he hide his identity to this day? Naturally, the power of the Ye family has not died, but the vast majority of people have long been like the treasurer of the inner curry...... forgot his identity back then, and after revealing himself, he became a member of the court.

And Xu Maocai is obviously not like this.

Fan Xian expressed his doubts very directly.

Xu Maocai explained more directly: "I joined the water division too late, and the young lady originally arranged for me to train at sea for two years, so she went to the Supervision Institute to help the dean...... However, as you know, something happened later, so I didn't have a chance to meet Dean Chen, and it was a coincidence or luck to ...... Survive to this day. ”

"What you mean is that if Chen Pingping knew that you were a member of the Ye family, she would not allow you to stay in the army. Fan Xian said indifferently.

Xu Maocai was slightly stunned, and after thinking for a while, he slowly responded: "I don't know, but my luck is good enough, so I won't gamble." ”

"What about my father?"

Xu Mao knew that what this young man was talking about must not be the man on the dragon chair, but Master Fan Jian, the head of the household department, and after a little thought, he said: "What happened back then was too weird, I ...... No one could believe it. ”

No one dared to believe it, although it was still a steady tone, Fan Xian could hear a trace of coldness and disappointment in the other party's words. After the Kyoto incident, no one in the court shouted for the old Ye family, and the situation at that time was indeed too strange, Xu Maocai, who was the nail of the Ye family, always doubted in his heart what kind of role Chen Pingping and Fan Jian played in that matter.

Fan Xian's face remained unchanged, but he smiled slightly: "Presumably you also know my relationship with the Lao Ye family, but I don't know much about it, what's the point of you coming to talk to me about these things at this time." ”

This is a temptation, from the beginning of the conversation to the present, Fan Xian asked himself if there was anything that could be caught.

Xu Maocai raised his head suspiciously, looking at Fan Xian like a stranger, but he completely forgot that he and Fan Xian were originally strangers before today.

"Young Master, you are the only flesh and blood of the young lady. Xu Maocai said in a deep voice: "Miss's family business must be inherited by you, and Miss's enmity ...... As a son of man, you will naturally fall on your shoulders, Mao is not talented, and you are willing to be a dog and horse. ”

Fan Xian was silent for a while and then said slowly: "As far as I know, the princes and nobles who participated in this matter back then were killed as early as thirteen years ago, Your Majesty is wise, just let these shameless bandits live for four more years and take revenge?"

Obviously, Xu Maocai has been hiding in the Jiaozhou Navy Division all these years, and he is not clear about the movements of the upper echelons of the imperial court, but it is wonderful that in the heart of this general, there is always a very strong intuition that the enemies of the Ye family must not have died, and it is impossible to die so simply.

So he said slightly anxiously: "This is a question that the young master needs to think about. ”

Fan Xian admired the person in front of him, since this person did not have any horses and feet exposed in the eyes of the imperial court, and now he has become a member of the Jiaozhou Sailor, then he can be so happy to mix rìzi, leave the Ye family and any young lady behind, and enjoy the high-ranking officials and nobles, without thinking about revenge on the imperial court This kind of terrifying thing.

And according to the other party's words, he didn't have been in the Ye family for a long time, and he was only a young man in his early twenties.

............ Fan Xian was still unmoved, and said with a smile: "Why should I think?"

"You are a descendant of the Ye family. Xu Maocai's breathing became a little faster, and he seemed a little disappointed.

Fan Xian shook his head and said, "General, I respect you as a person, but you seem to have forgotten that I am not only my mother's son, I am also a person with a father." ”

Xu Maocai raised his head and stared coldly at Fan Xian's face, and after a while, disappointment, shock, understanding, and abandonment of many complicated feelings appeared on his face, and he said with a wry smile: "That's right, the young master is also a prince after all." ”

According to the common theory in the world, Fan Xian is the descendant of the Ye family, but the more important identity is the illegitimate son of the emperor, especially Ye Qingmei's early death, a person who was secretly taken care of by the royal family, how can he have much affection for his mother who has never met? If the object of revenge for the Ye family is the imperial court...... Could it be that this prince would be willing to create a rebellion against his own family?

This society is still a pure patriarchal society.

So although Xu Maocai was disappointed, he was not very surprised, but the corners of his lips pulled up a wry smile, secretly thinking that he had endured it for so many years, and after suddenly seeing Miss's flesh and blood today, he couldn't help it after all, but he didn't know if he was greeted by the coming mouth.

To his surprise, Fan Xian just asked gently: "Since you can understand what I said earlier, then please tell me, why did you dare to come to me tonight?"

Xu Maocai didn't understand why he asked this, and after a long silence, he said, "Since the news spread, I have been secretly watching your news and watching what you do...... And find a way to find out what you have done in the past few years since you left Shanzhou. Whether it is to take charge of the Supervision Yuan or take over the internal treasury...... I always feel that your style and method of doing things, as well as the hidden heart behind it...... It's very similar to Miss. So I ...... Choose to meet you. ”

The so-called news naturally refers to the mystery of Fan Xian's life experience that shocked the world last year.

Fan Xian couldn't help laughing at himself, I don't know if his mother was as shameless as he was back then, but he was able to create a huge family business empty-handed, and he didn't use less powerful means, and the death of those two princes was inseparable from his mother. As for Xu Maocai's extremely sensitive discovery...... Those two hearts that are very similar?

is also a traveler to the end of the world, why should we have known each other when we meet.

Fan Xian smiled softly, thinking that if you want to find two people in this world who can be close in terms of mind and can understand each other, there is only himself and Ye Qingmei, this relationship is even more wonderful than the ordinary mother-son relationship, maybe less blood closeness, but more jīng divine closeness.

And it is difficult to weaken.

This must be something that Emperor Qingguo can't guess, even Fan Jian and Chen Pingping can't imagine, and the whole world will feel unreasonable. As a prince, why does Fan Xian have such deep feelings for his mother, who has never met, and even so deep that he leaves the so-called family affection and royal family in this world far away.

It is precisely because no one can understand Fan Xian's feelings for Ye Qingmei, so no matter how smart a person in this world is, it is impossible to guess Fan Xian's true thoughts, and at some important moments in the future, some people will definitely pay some price for this.

............ "Hong Changqing." Fan Xian did not continue to have a problem with Xu Maocai, but raised his voice and summoned a subordinate of the Supervision Yuan.

Coming into the house was Qingwa, the character who was lucky to be included in the door by Fan Xian for the rest of her life on a desert island. He originally had a surname, but now that he is working with Fan Xian, Fan Xian changed his name, also for the convenience of doing things in the future, the reason why he is called Hong Changqing is because of Fan Xian's memory of heroes in his previous life, and on the other hand, because Hong Zhu's kid had good luck after his surname Hong.

"Machine jǐng some. Fan Xian lowered his head slightly and said, "Don't let people get within ten steps of this room." ”

Hong Changqing took the order and left.

Xu Maocai looked at Fan Xian in some surprise.

Fan Xian looked at him and said with a smile: "At this time, you can show your proof to make me believe in the relationship between you and my mother." ”

Xu Maocai was stunned, and immediately understood what Fan Xian meant, and an indescribable excitement surged in his heart, licked his lips that were a little dry, and carefully took out something from his boots and handed it to Fan Xian.

Since he dared to report his home to Fan Xian, there must be evidence to convince Fan Xian to believe his origin.

............ Fan Xian pinched the metal bullet, and for a moment he was a little distracted, about the matter of the box, only he and Uncle Wuzhu knew about it in this world, this bullet not only explained Xu Maocai's identity, but also made him fall into a trance, as if he had returned to the Quanzhou beach many years ago, a young man who had just entered the water for some reason got the appreciation of the master of the Ye family and got a treasure.

The emperor was looking for the box, and Chen Pingping was also looking for the box, but no one had ever found it.

"How did you get that?" Fan Xian's smile was a little detached.

Xu Maocai may have recalled the past, his eyes turned red, and he said softly: "Miss is playing with this on the beach, I look at the jīng made fine, so I feel a little pity......"

Twenty years ago, on the beach in Quanzhou, a woman with a beautiful face was bored, took out an M82A1 bullet from her arms, threw it into the sea, and tried to hit a sea fish that was sinking because of her beauty.

A young man beside him looked pity, and the woman smiled and casually threw one to him as a toy.

Yes, that's how it was.

............ Fan Xian stood up, his two fingers slowly rubbed the metal surface of the bullet, feeling the touch and streamline that did not belong to this world, and took a deep breath, at this moment, the rest of the people in the Admiral's Mansion seemed to have disappeared, what Jiaozhou Sailor, what the eldest princess, what Junshan Society, all faded in his brain like sea foam.

He was just thinking about this bullet, the woman who used the bullet as a marble, tilted her head slightly, and then smiled, thinking that he had come from that far away, maybe to go to her appointment?