Under Fan Bufan's envoy, the sword light skyrocketed three times. The speed was also more than three times faster, and between the shots, no one could react at all, and they pierced through.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen masked men in black fell to the ground. The sword light dimmed, and Gengxin Jin Qi consumed a lot.

Even Fan Bufan also felt exhausted! After all, it is a human body, and there are limitations. It's impossible to conquer the whole world.

That's enough, though.

Seeing that more than half of the masked black-clothed men were killed or wounded, the Lang officials were in high spirits. The momentum of the number immediately prevailed, and they forcibly killed it.

"Kill not one alive, kill them all!"

Zhang Zhong, who had never seen a figure just now, appeared magically when the battle was about to be won, and shouted so loudly.

The guards responded one after another, and there was no mercy in their actions. Those men in black couldn't complete their tasks, so they didn't run away, and fought to the death.

"Extraordinary son," Zhang Zhong came over with a hint of uneasiness and explained: "It's not that I don't want to stay alive to ask, but I'm afraid that asking will cause more trouble! The most important thing for us now is to rush back to the capital!"

Fan Bufan nodded, vaguely guessing that leaving a living mouth and asking something would only cause more trouble.

Originally, Zhang Zhong didn't have to explain these things to him at all. But at this time, he came out and said, obviously, he must be paying more and more attention to Fan Bufan.

"Who is the master who helped us? Please show up?" Zhang Zhong shouted.

However, no one answered at all, and the night breeze was silent, only a deep night.

After this attack, the group became more cautious. The speed of the journey is even faster, but I'll see you in a few days. Just crossed the river. Step into the boundaries of Zhongzhou!

It's just that the capital of Da Chu has long been no longer in Los Angeles in Zhongzhou. Instead, it moved to Yanzhou. The original Yanzhou Prefecture City was changed to Yanjing and became the new capital of Dachu.

Since Great Chu is the mandate of the emperor of the north. Then naturally the capital city will be closer to the north.

Therefore, arriving in Zhongzhou is not the end of the trip. It is necessary to cross Zhongzhou, cross the big river, and continue north to reach Yanjing.

There is a large population on this road, fields and ridges are opened, and business travel is frequent. It's impossible to walk at night anymore.

Now it has been more than 200 years since Dachu Tianxia Chengping, and the yield per mu has exploded. Territory expanded. The population has reached 30 million households. Far beyond all dynasties!

In the hinterland of this empire, it is even more densely populated.

The guards of this team simply lit up the carriages and horses, and lived directly in the official post station. Security has improved a lot along the way. The itinerary also became smoother.

However, when they settled in Zhengcheng on this day, rested for the night, and prepared to hurry on the second day.

However, the entire post station was surrounded by a group of soldiers and horses, claiming that they would arrest the remnants of Qingyang Dao.

Gao Zhe went out to negotiate, came back with a disgraced face, and said, "These people said that the demon thieves of Qingyang Dao had mixed into the post station. We must screen carefully, and we can't let them run away......"

Hearing this, Fan Bufan's heart sank slightly, but Zhang Zhong's face changed greatly: "Don't catch the demon thief sooner, don't catch the demon thief later." It's just this time to do it. I'm afraid it's not that simple!"

Gao Zhe's face also changed color: "Do they dare to attack us in broad daylight!"

Fan Bufan said quietly: "What are you doing to attack us, but find an excuse to delay us for ten days and a half." It's still okay......"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zhong's face was almost black to the bottom of the pot. However, it was more of a surprise to see Fan Bufan. At this time, Fan Bufan was already indifferent.

"Could it be that the Extraordinary Son already knows something?"

The more I came into contact with Fan Bufan. Let Zhang Zhong admire it more and more. Although he is not very old, he is calm. There is a city. It is also able to endure hardships and tenacity. Many times it even gives people a sense of unfathomability.

This feeling he can't even see in today's body. Today, though the son is thirty-seven. He also ascended the throne for five years. However, he acted very impatiently.

"My father-in-law didn't tell me anything, how do I know. Fan Bufan smiled faintly: "But as long as you look at the situation along the way, you know that my father-in-law is in a hurry to take me back to the capital!"

Zhang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, this matter was very secretive. If Fan Bufan knew this, it would be too demonic.

Fortunately, Fan Bufan only vaguely felt something! But with this keenness, he was already very remarkable.

"In the current situation, what is the best plan for my father-in-law?" asked Fan Bufan.

Zhang Zhong showed a bitter smile, and now that he had any good plan, he didn't even dare to show his head. I'm afraid I'll be killed.

At the beginning, Fan Yi sent eunuchs out of Beijing, and everyone got the edict to punish him, but it was clear to the world.

"I have a way," Fan Bufan said quietly: "It's just a little reckless!"

Hearing this, Zhang Zhong was immediately overjoyed: "What way?"

The post station of Dachu not only receives passing officials, but also receives merchants from the south to the north. In this way, the business is subsidized to maintain the vast post system of the entire empire.

In this way, in this station, there is a little bit of a mixture of dragons and snakes.

Now Zhengcheng's garrison actually surrounded the post station, claiming to catch the demon thieves of Qingyang Dao. For a time, there was a boiling commotion everywhere.

This post station is open for business, but ordinary people are more willing to live in private inns.

In other words, those who live in this post station have some status.

At this time, the commotion, if usual, can always make people sweat profusely.

But today, the captain who led the troops had a cold face, and no matter how many people shouted, they ignored it.

He vaguely knew a little bit about the inside story of this mission. If you do it well, you have a good chance to soar this time. But there is a greater chance to be thrown out as a scapegoat.

In this way, it is strange that his face can look good. However, he couldn't back down from this task.

But at this time, I saw more than a dozen people walking out, and a sense of slaughter permeated out.

The lieutenant's eyes shrank. I immediately confirmed that this was my goal.

I saw a tall middle-aged man. It seemed to be the leader of this group of men and horses, and he walked over like that. Show a sign. He snorted coldly: "I am Shang Shulang Gao Zhe, these are my colleagues from Shang Shutai, who came out on business by the emperor's order. Do you dare to stop it?"

These are not ordinary guards, but Lang officials. The so-called Lang official was originally an official of the monarch's attendants.

Only one is the one who was appointed as an official because of the merits of his father and brother, and the other is the one who was admitted to the Jinshi examination, and the results were particularly excellent. You can pick it up for Lang.

These officials are not only palace guards, but also have the qualifications to be officials, and they are often released to be local states and counties according to their qualifications. Even officers in the military.

is even more because of the experience of serving in the palace, he is considered a close confidant of the emperor, and can even be said to be a real protégé of the Son of Heaven.

The group of Lang officials escaped from the official seal of the token, and all of them were lit up. There was a sudden sound of inhalation around them.

It is not uncommon to see Lang officials in the capital, but in this Zhengcheng, I saw more than a dozen Lang officials at once. And it's sent out on a mission, so ......

The captain's face turned blue for a while, and when these officials showed their tokens, he was already starting to feel that something was wrong.

"I was ordered to arrest the Qingyang Dao demon thief......" The captain stubbornly snapped. After testing these tokens, he said unwillingly.

"Do you think that the demon thieves of Qingyang Dao have all infiltrated the palace?" Gao Zhe said with a sneer.

There was a burst of laughter all around. Who let the captain just now not enter, and offended everyone.

"Let's go!" Gao Zhe ordered in a cold voice.

The other guards had already prepared their cars, and they were ready to go. Without the slightest hesitation.

"Stop!" the lieutenant gritted his teeth, it was so easy to let these people go, but it couldn't be.

"You want to rebel!" Gao Zhe sneered. The sword is unsheathed. The Lang officials in the back didn't say a word, and drew their swords one after another.

"You dare to stop it. I'll kill it today!" Fan Bufan also stood up at this time and sneered.

The lieutenant hesitated. Looking at the crowd of onlookers all around.

He knew very well that his superiors didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so he wanted to besiege these people in the name of arresting the Qingyang Dao demon thieves.

If you really do it, if something goes wrong in the future, there will be no chance to shirk. For a while, when they hesitated in their hearts, these Lang officials did not hesitate at all, they just rushed out and walked away.

There were two hundred soldiers, all of whom watched, and none of them dared to make a move.

It wasn't until he left the city that Zhang Zhong let out a long sigh, feeling that there was a cold sweat behind his back.

Now he has a beard on his chin and does not speak, so it is difficult for people to find that he is a eunuch.

At this moment, Zhang Zhongcai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Extraordinary son, how do you know that they won't do anything and let us break out?"

Fan Bufan said with a smile: "If they really dare to make a move, they won't use the excuse of catching the Qingyang Dao demon thief." Besides, this is a post station, in broad daylight. With so many people watching, even if we break out by force, will they attack and kill so many Shang Shulang in the street!"

Let Zhang Zhong pretend to be like this, just to not give him any excuse to do it.

A complicated look flashed in Zhang Zhong's eyes, and he said thoughtfully: "Today's court is not in harmony with the civil and military...... The Son of Heaven's health is not very good, and he has no ......."

He said vaguely, his eyes flickering. However, when Fan Bufan talked about this, he was already quite optimistic about him.

"So, who took me into the palace?" asked Fan Bufan.

Even he could not have known the prophet.

"It's Shangshu Ling Xun Huai......"

"I see, no wonder!" Fan Bufan nodded.

The Shangshu Order of the Great Chu was similar to that of the Han and Wei dynasties, and was roughly equivalent to the secretary of the emperor's personal secretariat, rather than the prime minister of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

However, it already has considerable authority. Thousands of officials in the palace are under its jurisdiction, not to mention, they are also known as the prime minister. It is almost equivalent to the Ming Dynasty, the celebrant and the eunuch.

The difference is that this Shangshu Ling is a literati!

Therefore, in just a few sentences, there is a lot of information that only the intelligent person can understand.

Seeing that Fan Bufan really understood, Zhang Zhong felt uncomfortable.

If Fan Bufan asked clearly, Zhang Zhong was probably reluctant to say. But Fan Bufan's appearance of holding a pearl of wisdom always made Zhang Zhong can't help but say a few more words.

"Among the clans, there are not many people who are young and can be lifted in the examination......" Zhang Zhong said.

Fan Bufan showed a smile, since Shang Shuling is a civil official, he naturally values talented people: "But those generals, I'm afraid they don't like me very much!"

Zhang Zhong nodded silently, surprised in his heart. simply picked out and said: "The Son of Heaven has no heirs, and his health is not good. For the sake of the Great Chu Society, he is going to summon a few young clans to study in the palace...... You were recommended by Lord Shang Shuling......"

Fan Bufan nodded, the deep contradictions between the civil and military forces in this dynasty are known, even ordinary people like Fan Bufan, who are far away from the capital.

In other words, it should not be called a contradiction between civil and military. It is the contradiction between the military elite group at the time of the founding of the country, the wealthy families of the past, and the emerging civil official and jinshi group.

According to the geographical division, it is a contradiction between the old land of the Central Plains in the north and the emerging regions of the three states of Jiangzuo.

In general, the three states of Jiangzuo were barren land in the Dayu era. There are very few strong families, but because of the high yield per mu, two crops a year, coupled with the opening of sea trade and other relationships, there is a tendency to catch up.

Because of the lack of strong families, these places have developed economies and cultures, and more and more people have passed the Jinshi examination. and even become the main force among the jinshi!

All kinds of contradictions led to constant conflicts between the two sides, and there were signs of them in the Fan Yi era. As the authority of later emperors continued to decline, this conflict intensified.

This was even something that Fan Yi didn't think of back then! Or maybe he thought of it, but it was just the lesser of two evils.

Things in the world are like this, they are complicated and complicated. The more you defend yourself, the more problems will arise in other areas.

Therefore, there is no such system in the world that is not easy to come by.

Fan Yi thought back then that the civil power would definitely rise.

And judging from the Ming Dynasty of another world, and the lessons of a certain dynasty. The more it is suppressed, and even the more effort is made to suppress society into a dualistic society for the people of the court, the more powerful it will rebound in the future.

Therefore, although Fan Yi suppressed the power of wealthy families and military elites at that time. But there was no outright repression. And the people have given the opportunity to rise.

That is, to be prepared for social diversity at the outset.

I didn't expect it to evolve into this form in the end. In other words, I thought of it, but Fan Yi also felt that it was better than duality.

Only a pluralistic society has vitality and a future for development.

Now, two hundred and fifty or sixty years later, Da Chu is still extremely strong. That's a testament to that.

However, the authority of the imperial family is declining, and the relationship between the two powers is deteriorating and the conflict is continuous, which is a great crisis. If one is not good, it will be lightly mourned and sent to the world. (To be continued......) R1292