Chapter 24 The Shadow of the World

Chen Pingping smiled sharply, rubbed her rough fingers, and said, "Are the five masters in Kyoto now?" Fei Jie once asked this question on Fan Xian's wedding night. Fan Xian shook his head and replied as last time: "I heard that I went to the south to find Ye Liuyun, and I don't know when I will come back."

For some reason, Fan Xian seemed to vaguely hear a sigh of regret in a dark corner of the room. He frowned and grabbed the dark crossbow with his fingers in his sleeves. The content of the three of them was too terrible. No matter who heard it, it was unbearable for Fan Xian and Chen Pingping.

"Come out." Chen Pingping seemed to see the reaction in his sleeve and said softly: "I think you must be curious about who the real leaders of the six places are."

With this sentence, a person, to be precise, was a black shadow floating out of the darkness of the room, floating like a mortal. The black shadow floated behind Chen Pingping, and gradually showed his figure, a strong man shrouded in black cloth all over his body.

Fan Xian felt the momentum that the other party deliberately exuded at this time, his pupils shrank slightly, and his whole body became tense, and then slowly relaxed. He had seen the other party. Sixteen years ago, this black-shaped assassin stood on Chen Pingping's carriage, flew past like an eagle, killing a mysterious mage in seconds.

"He is the leader of the sixth department of the Supervision Bureau and never sees outsiders." Fei Jie smiled and explained: "Of course, you are not an outsider."

The leader of the assassin in Qing Kingdom did not speak, and stood silently behind Chen Pingping, as if he had no interest in Fan Xian. Chen Pingping's voice was a little hoarse, and then Fei Jie said: "In addition to the five great people, he is the most terrifying assassin in the world. Of course, he is also the best protector, so I can live to this day."

The black shadow bowed slightly and expressed his gratitude to the old man in the wheelchair for his praise.

Chen Pingping looked at Fan Xiandi's eyes and said with a smile: "Shadow is the admirer and follower of the Five Great People. Many of his skills were gradually imitated when he was young many years ago when he saw the Five Great People's methods. So I just heard you say that the Five Great People are not in Beijing. He was a little disappointed."

At this time, Fan Xian looked at the shadow assassin again and saw a little different look. Just imitating Uncle Wu Zhu can have such powerful strength. This number one assassin in Qing Kingdom is indeed amazingly talented!

Of course, this shows that the blind Wuzhu is even more terrifying.

Fei Jie pushed President Chen's wheelchair into the large courtyard behind the Supervision Bureau, and the shadow disappeared in broad daylight, not knowing where he went. Fan Xian followed behind the wheelchair with a strange feeling. The most powerful assassin in Qingguo was really similar to Uncle Wu Zhu's style - he had not seen Wu Zhu for many days. Although he was not worried about anything, he was about to travel and always wanted to meet his closest person.

This is the first time that Fan Xian has entered the heavily guarded backyard of the Supervision Bureau. The courtyard is extremely spacious, and there are no tall buildings within dozens of feet outside the courtyard wall, so no one can see the situation in the courtyard from outside. It is completely different from what people imagined. Behind the Supervision Bureau is such a beautiful place. Green lawns can be seen everywhere, and several towering trees spread shadows to the ground, and small wild flowers beside the bluestone roads are sometimes revealed.

The staff of the Supervision Bureau came and went silently between different buildings. When they looked at the black wheelchair from a distance, they would salute in great respect.

At a distance from each row, Fan Xian would frown because under those beautiful rockery, among the tender and tender forests, there seemed to be dark spots hidden everywhere, which was much tighter than the defense in the palace.

"Familiarize yourself with this yard in the future." Chen Pingping said something casually and suddenly, and it felt as if she was throwing a steamed bun for Fan Xian to eat.

Fan Xian felt a thrill. Although he had known this arrangement for a long time, he still didn't expect the old lame man to say it so simply.

Chen Pingping turned around and frowned and looked at him, shook her head and sighed. Fan Xian didn't know why he sighed. He smiled and said, "There are a few problems."

"Let me tell me." The wheelchair was parked next to a shallow pond, and the water in the pond was transparent. It was seen that the golden fish swim freely in the water, and Chen Pingping looked at the pond water with her eyes.

"I offended many people in the imperial examination case, but why did Censor Guo and Shangshu Han dare to attack me? Are they not afraid of the anger of their father and the prime minister?" Fan Xian looked at Chen Pingping's messy flower hair and said quietly: "In the Eastern Palace, it is not the prince's will, why should the queen deal with me?"

Chen Pingping did not look back and waved her hand. Fei Jie smiled and patted his student's shoulder, expressed his appreciation for his courage, and then left the pool.

Fan Xian stepped forward to take the teacher's seat, pushed the wheelchair and walked along the small pond. After a while, Chen Pingping was silent, she said, "Are you forcing me to show off?"

"You have to let me know at least how much of our cards the other party knows."

Chen Pingping laughed sharply: "I am really a cautious young man. It seems that you have guessed some things, but you are afraid that the queen is because of those things that are dealing with you."

Fan Xian smiled and said, "Yes, if the queen really knows what I guess, then it would be natural for her to deal with me, and I can only think of this reason. The problem is that if this is true, my current strength will not be enough to compete with the Eastern Palace."

"The enemies are all paper tigers." Chen Pingping suddenly said.

Fan Xian didn't expect to hear this from the other party, and was shocked. Then he listened to Chen Pingping saying lightly: "This is what your mother said back then. She also said back then that we should despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically."

Fan Xian felt a little worried about laughing. I think this lame man must not know the original creator of these words, not his mother.

Chen Pingping smiled and said, "And your biggest problem now is that you attach too much importance to the enemy strategically and even fear the enemy, so you are restricted in your work. Think about it that day, even if you are going out in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, who dares to do anything to you? On the tactical level, you have too little thoughts. If it weren't for the yard to smear your butt, the things you did after entering Beijing would have been enough for you to die hundreds of times."

Fan Xian was silent, Chen Pingping crossed her hands gently on her thighs, and said softly: "Don't think that the East Palace is too powerful. In this entire Qing Kingdom, there is no truly powerful force, including the Prime Minister and your father Fan Jian."

Fan Xian felt something and said softly: "Violence is the real power, so only the military and the Supervisory Office are truly powerful forces."

Chen Pingping raised one hand and shook it with her slender but old fingers: "No, in the entire Qing Kingdom, there is only one person who is truly powerful."

Fan Xian lowered his head and said softly: "It's His Majesty the Emperor."

Chen Pingping smiled and said, "Yes, Your Majesty can ignore anything. As long as he still holds the military power of the world, he is too lazy to raise his eyes no matter how the officials in the harem do anything."

Fan Xian sneered with a hint of mocking and sneering: "He is really a very leisurely emperor."

Chen Pingping rubbed her dry hands and said slowly: "The Supervisory Office belongs to His Majesty. I am just a steward. In the future, you will only be a steward. Remember this in mind."

Fan Xian looked at the big leader of the Qing State secret service with a calm face. He didn't know whether he should have doubted his loyalty to the emperor in the legend.

The black wheelchair had been walking around the shallow pond for a long time. The golden fish in the water were a little dizzy and slowly sank to the bottom of the water. They ignored the boring two old and young people by the pool and began to use the fish's mouth to pull the fine sand to play.

The officials of the Supervisory Office saw the President's secret conversation with Fan Tisi, who had just revealed his identity from afar, and naturally did not dare to disturb him. Chen Pingping suddenly sighed and said, "Time always passes quickly. In a blink of an eye, your mother's son is so old."

Fan Xian was stunned and thought that this statement was really weird. What is your mother's son? Why don't you just say I'll get married? He smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just sorry, I don't know what my mother looks like."

Chen Pingping smiled and said, "There is only one portrait of your mother in the world. It was secretly painted by the national master at that time. In the end, the great painter was almost killed by the five major people."

Fan Xian smiled and replied, "That painting won't exist in the palace, right?"

Chen Pingping did not answer positively, but said Youyou: "The East Palace does not need to worry too much. As I said before, the queen's power was almost eliminated by His Majesty twelve years ago."

Fan Xian knew the story of the bloody night in Kyoto, frowned and said, "Why is Your Majesty not abolishing the Queen?"

"After all, she is the prince's biological mother, and she has always been liked by the queen mother. The most important thing is..." Chen Pingping said with a smile: "Our Emperor, where can we find a queen who has no power behind her and is so stupid?"

The deepest part of Fan Xian's heart was cold. The emperor was indeed not a good person. Fortunately, Chen Pingping didn't know that he described His Majesty like this in his heart, and said gently: "Don't worry that someone would find out your identity. The death of that baby sixteen years ago seemed an unchangeable fact in the palace. The reason why the stupid queen asked Han Shangshu to touch you this time was just to consider the problem from the perspective of the prince. She didn't know that you were the Tisi of the Supervision Bureau at that time, but was just angry at your meeting with the second prince on the flower boat."

Chen Pingping frowned and said angrily: "I think Lord Si Nanbo should have told you not to get too close to these princes. Do you think that the nobles in the capital don't know about your meeting on the flower boat?"
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