In the winter of the sixth year of Huangfeng, on the eighteenth day of the lunar month.

The cold wind was howling, and the vast snow of last night dyed the whole world white.

As the sun rises, many traders and travelers who are ready to enter the city early have gathered outside the gates of Shenjing City.

They shook their hands and complained about why the guards hadn't opened the gates.

In the crowd, a middle-aged man in ragged clothes looked at the majestic city wall and muttered:

"It's finally here."

In the past three months, he has trekked through mountains and rivers from the southwest border, and with a pair of legs, he finally came here.

"Father, your grievances will be revealed soon."

He tightened his tattered cotton jacket, clenched the jade pendant in his hand, and exhaled softly.

Two long white arrows erupted from his nostrils, squirting out more than ten centimeters, causing the surrounding people to exclaim.

Ignoring the curious people, when the city gate opened, he followed the crowded flow of people into the city of gods.

"Father said that he had an old relationship with Nafan Town and Fang Chao, and now Fang Chao went north with the old thief to resist the Jin army, and there was only one person left in Fan Zhen in this Shenjing City. However, now that I am a prisoner, the other party is a general with real power in the imperial court, and if I want to see him directly, I am afraid that it is not easy, and it seems that I can only act at the opportunity. Fortunately, I walked on a rarely visited mountain road on this road, so I saved a lot of silver taels, so I will find a place to change my clothes first. ”

The middle-aged man thought so in his heart, but his footsteps did not stop, and he walked towards a ready-to-wear store.

A short time later, a big man in a strong suit walked out of the store and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

It's night.

A dark shadow crept in the direction of Fan Zhen's mansion.

However, as soon as he climbed over the courtyard wall and landed, there was a sound of swords unsheathed, and the next moment, a voice sounded in the courtyard.

"What kind of thief, he actually trespassed into Commander Fan's mansion!"

Worst!

The black-clothed man's heart tightened, but before he could make a move, all the lamps in the wings of Fan Zhen's mansion were lit.

In an instant, the entire Fan Mansion was like daylight.

Looking at the dozens of guards surrounding him in the center, and the hounds barking at the guards' feet, the heart of the man in black had sunk to the bottom.

He didn't expect that the guards of this Fan Mansion would be so tight.

But he has a heavy responsibility, and now, he can't hide it all, so he immediately exhaled and said loudly:

"General Fan is worthy of being a famous general who is relied on by the prince's subordinates, admire and admire! It's just that when the old man came to visit, didn't General Fan come out to meet? ”

"Heh, there is no old man who doesn't dare to show his true face."

With a cold snort, Fan Zhen, dressed in civilian clothes and carrying a short spear, walked out of the bedroom.

"Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door! Like a villain like you, it is merciful that the official did not let the guards take you down on the spot. ”

Fan Zhen said with some doubts in his heart.

The other party's voice was somewhat familiar, where did he seem to have heard it?

"What's wrong? I've never done anything wrong! The masked man snorted coldly and said, "General Fan, dare to talk to me alone?" ”

How does this person's voice become more familiar the more you listen to it?

Fan Zhen thought secretly, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart, and he remembered someone.

It won't be ......

No way!

Suppressing the consternation in his heart, Fan Zhen remained silent and snorted coldly:

"Don't use agitation tactics to provoke the official! This official is on the battlefield, and he is not afraid of facing thousands of enemy troops, not to mention this little thief. Don't stop him, thief, if you have the guts, come with your ruler. ”

With that, he turned and walked towards an unused wing.

Seeing this, the man in black looked around and saw that the guards had all put their swords back into their sheaths, but they were staring at him.

"You General Fan are not afraid, so why am I afraid?"

The masked man thrust the long knife in his hand into the ground, and followed behind Fan Zhen with his bare hands.

The two of them entered the long-vacant wing room one after the other.

Fan Zhen turned around and said in a low voice:

"The official listens to your voice and seems to be familiar, now there are only you and me in this room, only you and I know what you say, God knows the earth, God knows the ghost, so why not let the official see your true face?"

"General Fan is really bold!"

The masked man laughed, raised his hand to take off the masked scarf, fell to his knees with a "plop", and sobbed:

"Wu Kan, the son of the old man in the southwest, meet my uncle!"

Fan Zhen's face showed a look of horror, and he subconsciously took a step back, exclaiming: "You, you are really the son of Brother Wu?" ”

"The deceased father is on top, and Yi doesn't dare to change his name privately."

"The ...... I killed with my own hands"

Speaking of this, Fan Zhen's face faintly showed a look of pain.

"Back to my uncle's words, my father guessed this day, he asked the dead soldier to pretend to be a boy, and then took advantage of the fact that the official army had not yet closed the siege, and secretly sent me out of Wujiabao, and the boy was lucky to save his life."

Wu Kan was crying silently at this time.

"Wait, you said that Brother Wu already knew that the official army was going to come to suppress him, so why did he still rebel?"

Fan Zhen subconsciously asked.

"Uncle Fan, my father said that you and he are old friends, do you even think that the rebellion was initiated by your father?" Wu Kan's face turned red, and he hissed, "Shangguan has an order, I have to obey, and my father is also forced!" ”

"You mean ......"

A wave of fear welled up in Fan Zhen's heart.

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

"Uncle Fan, this is the handwritten blood book left by my father, and my uncle will understand the cause and effect when he looks at it," Wu Kan took out a neatly folded silk book from his arms, put it in front of Fan Zhen, and then took off the jade pendant from his wrist and handed it to Fan Zhen, "This jade pendant was brought to me by my father, saying that as long as Uncle Fan and Uncle Fang see this jade pendant, they will understand the cause and effect." Originally, the little nephew wanted to go to Uncle Fang, but he went north with the old thief and was not in Shenjing, so in desperation, he had to venture into Uncle Fan's mansion at night, and hoped that his uncle would forgive him. ”

What Wu Kan said at the end, Fan Zhen had no intention of listening.

He opened the silk book with trembling hands, and the first thing that caught his eye was the line of handwriting that he was familiar with, "Brother Fang/Brother Fan".

His lips twitched a few times, and Fan Zhen looked at it line by line, and the tiger eyes gradually became moist.

I see, no wonder after breaking through Wujiabao that day, you and I met again, and you would say the sentence "I really didn't expect it to be you......

originally thought that you were lamenting the impermanence of life before you died, but now it seems that you are lamenting that I have become a butcher knife in Huang Jingming's hands.

A butcher's knife to slaughter a friend!

Wu Cheng, brother, I'm sorry for you!

"Uncle, when my father rebelled, it was all secretly instructed by the old thief. Afterwards, he led his troops to quell the rebellion, and even killed people. ”

Wu Kan on the side was about to continue, but was interrupted by Fan Zhen, who was full of pain, waving his hand.

"Virtuous nephew, don't say it."

He pinched the jade pendant, and when he saw the word "yellow" engraved on the central seal of the jade pendant, he no longer had any doubts in his heart.

He had seen this jade pendant at Huang Jingming.

"I really didn't expect the truth to be like this that day...... It's me who is blind," Fan Zhenqiang endured the grief in his heart, gritted his back molars, and said word by word, "Huang Jingming, I want you to pay for Brother Wu and the dead Miao people!" ”

Raise your own respect!

He never expected that Huang Jingming would be this kind of person!

He thought he had found the master, but he didn't expect that it was just a joke, and he was one of the clowns in that joke!

From today on, he broke off with Huang Jingming'en!

Seeing Fan Zhen like this, Wu Kan was overjoyed and asked, "Isn't my uncle going to raise an army to fight against the yellow thief?" ”

To his surprise, Fan Zhen just shook his head.

"All the elites of Shenjing were taken to the front line by Huang Jingming, and their own cultivation is profound, how can they be defeated by just one Fan and someone? What's more, my Da Chu can't withstand such internal friction. ”

"Uncle means that my father and the others died in vain?"

Wu Kan said subconsciously.

"Young man, on this battlefield, the most taboo thing is to be anxious. Your father's vengeance is naturally to be avenged, but not now. Now Huang Jingming is on his way back to Beijing with his troops, and when he returns to Shenjing, he will have a chance to avenge Brother Wu. However, during this period of time, I can only trouble my nephew to live in this official mansion for a while. ”

Fan Zhen, who had recovered from his grief, said lightly.

"Let the little nephew stay with you for a while, uncle? Why is that? ”

Wu Kan didn't understand Fan Zhen's intentions.

Fan Zhen smiled: "Don't you really think that if you break into Fan's mansion like this, others will know nothing?" Let you stay here with this official is also to cover up the past as much as possible, and don't show any flaws. ”

Fan Zhen explained like this, and Wu Kanfang understood.

"In this case, the little nephew is subject to his uncle's arrangement."

Fan Zhen nodded.

Soon after, Fan Zhen came out of the wing room and said to the guard:

"Show me this room, if that kid escapes from it, I'll just ask! You just have to bring him three meals a day, and he can make trouble with the rest. ”

One of the Assassins asked, "My lord, who is the Assassin?" ”

"The son of the old man, after learning a little fur skills outside, came to show off in front of the official, and wanted me to recommend him to the prince. This kind of frizzy boy, this official has seen a lot in the military camp back then, so he will give him a little hard food first, and then talk about other things. ”

Fan Zhen said angrily.

"I'm not afraid to tell you, I made a bet with that kid, within ten days, if he escapes from this room, I will recommend him to the prince, if he can't escape, he will have to obediently listen to the officer, roll into the barracks and start as a small soldier."

With that, Fan Zhen went back to the bedroom with his hands behind his back and went back to sleep angrily, leaving only a group of energetic guards around the wing.

It's just that on the bed, Fan Zhen couldn't sleep at all, and the scene of Wu Cheng and countless Miao people dying in front of him always came to mind.

The twentieth day of the lunar month.

Zhao Yu went down to the back, and when he was reviewing the chapters in the Zihuan Palace, he smiled from time to time so that the corners of his mouth almost grinned behind the roots of his ears.

It's no wonder that he is so happy, it turns out that when he stayed in the Qingqiu Hall last night, Bai Qing'er twisted in his ear for a while, and Fang Jiang Tianyin Pavilion was ready to take out more than half of the savings at the bottom of the box to help Zhao Yu get through this difficulty.

"Your Majesty, Shizun said that these nearly 700,000 taels of goods should be regarded as the dowry of Qing'er and Sister Wan'er. The slave family has even given His Majesty a heart, I just hope that His Majesty will have a new person in the future, don't forget the good of the old man, and other slave families don't dare to expect anything. ”

Thinking of Bai Qing'er's shy, cowardly and charming look last night, Zhao Yu subconsciously licked his mouth.

I have to say that Tianyin Pavilion's operation made Zhao Yu's good impression of the Demon Gate rise a lot.

When he returns to power in the future, he needs to make up for this Tianyin Pavilion.

The longer it drags on, the more troublesome it becomes.

In Zhao Yu's heart, this kind of favor can be repaid as soon as possible, and if it can be solved with money, then use money to solve it.

"Your Majesty, Fan Du commanded the envoy to ask for a meeting."

Colliers' voice came from outside the door.

Fan Zhen is here?

At this time, what did he come to me for?

Although he couldn't figure out Fan Zhen's intentions for a while, Zhao Yu hesitated for a moment, and then asked Gao Lishi to bring Fan Zhen into the hall.

After Fan Zhen entered the hall, he bowed to Zhao Yu and said, "Sinner Fan Zhen, see Your Majesty!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Yu was full of doubts.

Fan Zhen, or Huang Wenbo and Huang Jingming behind him, what tricks are they playing?

He could only help Fan Zhen up with his own hands and asked with a smile:

"Fan Qing, please get up quickly, I don't know, Fan Qing is loyal to the country, what is the crime?"

"Your Majesty, it is the criminal ministers who are blind and do not distinguish between loyalty and treachery, so that there is a change in the people of the southwest in the past...... The sinner repents of not being at the beginning! ”

As he spoke, he took out Wu Cheng's blood book and the jade pendant.

"Your Majesty has read this letter, and you will know the meaning of the offender."

Zhao Yu took the silk book, looked at it carefully, showed a look of surprise on his face, and said, "Is this so?" ”

"Your Majesty, the ambition of the king of Taihe is well known to passers-by." Fan Zhen bowed his head and bowed again, "If there is a change in Shenjing, Chen Ning will die for His Majesty, and he will never be a lackey of the Huang family!" “

"This ......"

Zhao Yu spent 100 points of Huangwei to check the attributes of Qi Fan Town.

In Fan Zhen's stat bar, his loyalty has been increased to 83.

But Rao is like this, Zhao Yu still doesn't dare to make judgments. Because, this matter is too important, and if he is not careful, he will lose all the games.

In this matter, he trusts his own judgment more than the system.

Zhao Yu had no choice but to help Fan Zhen up again, and said comfortingly:

"Although King Taihe is at fault, I believe that he is doing so for the sake of the Chu State. I believe in King Taihe's loyalty to the state of Chu, just as I believe in Fan Qing's loyalty. ”

Seeing that he couldn't make Zhao Yu believe in himself for a while, Fan Zhen was not surprised in his heart, but said:

"Your Majesty does not believe in the guilty minister at this time, and the criminal minister understands. But if things change, please also ask Your Majesty to notify the criminal minister in time, if there is any change on Huang Jingming's side, the criminal will also find a way to inform Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can prepare early. ”

With that, he bowed and retired.

Sending Fan Zhen away, Gao Lishi came to Zhao Yu's side and said in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, can you believe General Fan's words?"

"I don't know at this time." Zhao Yu shook his head slightly, "However, I think whether he is loyal or not will be able to verify it soon." ”

As long as the Taihe Wang faction makes a move, Wang Pu will definitely find a way to get the news into his hands.

At that time, as soon as the news on the two sides was compared, it was known whether Fan Zhen had completely fallen to himself.

Thank you for the reward of 100 starting coins from the book friend [Mr is in the catastrophe]!

PS: The foreshadowing of this chapter is in chapter 7 at the top.

(End of chapter)