Chapter 4: Coming out

When he was in Suzhou, Fan Xian had been looking forward to his trip to Wuzhou because he knew that although the old prime minister in front of him had calmly disappeared in the world this year, it was just a deliberate attitude to prevent His Majesty the Emperor from being vigilant.

Of course, when the fake is true, it is also true. After the posture is put on a long time, this feeling will often penetrate into the bones. Fan Xian admires his father-in-law's courage to give up and gain.

The court should not be lived for a long time, so it would leave lightly, and there was no need to discuss any conditions in detail. Anyway, the tail of Fan Xian was left in the capital, which gave His Majesty his noble face, and the court would naturally give the former prime minister a gloriously retired.

This political wisdom made Fan Xian believe in the judgment of his father-in-law, so when he heard these words today, although he felt a little cold and a little excited, he was often in deep thought and prepared to deal with the storm that was about to come.

The storm is difficult to settle. Although the hand that stirred up Langhua'er also had his own, it seems that Fan Xian still thought about the influence of this matter a little less.

After understanding the princess’s idea, she was unable to capture the Emperor’s thoughts immediately. However, Fan Xian still has his own advantages after all.

For him, the old lame man who knows most of the secrets in this world is his father. The one who knows another part of the secrets is his father-in-law.

These three people were the three most capable subordinates of His Majesty the Emperor of Qing Kingdom in the five years after the Qingli New Deal, and the three officials of the Qing Dynasty. Fan Xian remembered clearly that before he went from Danzhou to Kyoto, his father was like a stranger to Chen Pingping, and he basically didn't say much. Prince Lin and Chen Pingping were the two biggest oppositions in the court.

To be precise, there is never a possibility that this triangle can communicate with each other.

And all of this. With Fan Xian's entry into the capital and his marriage with Wan'er, it became a pile of old papers. At that time, in addition to the Emperor of Qing, there was also a lucky person like Fan Xian who could gather three old people and share three aspects of information...

For Fan Xian, he can see more clearly now than these three elders. It’s just that this kind of luck or strength cannot be placed on a minister, so no matter what, there must be someone in this triangle that wants to retreat.

Prime Minister Lin Ruofu became the first victim because he was not a child with the Emperor.

Occasionally, Fan Xian asked himself, and realized that his out-of-straight out of the mountain did cause great damage to the Lin clan. Of course, His Majesty the Emperor could not stop there. That was why the Kyoto court meeting investigated the Ministry of Revenue at the end of the Spring Festival.

Fan Xian woke up from contemplation and couldn't help but shake his head. It was obvious that there were so many problems in the court, so the emperor rushed to kill the dog there... but the prey had not been knocked out yet... What was going on? Where did the emperor's confidence come from?

"I won't ask about Jiangnan's affairs." Lin Ruofu interrupted his thoughts and said slowly: "I believe in your ability. Although on the surface, you did a little too much when you went to Jiangnan. I guess you have a backup plan... It's just that you have to go back to Beijing to report your work during the New Year holidays, and make some preparations, especially I don't know when those people will start."

Fan Xian thought for a while, couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, it's nothing."

Lin Ruofu couldn't help laughing and looked at the son-in-law in front of him with admiration. Looking at the calmness and confidence that emerged from the young man's face, he asked curiously: "Your Majesty's confidence is proved by the past history... And where did you, this confidence without beginning or end, come from?"

Fan Xian thought for a while and replied with a smile: "I believe that my luck is the best in this world."

Lin Ruofu shook his head helplessly. After a while, he said in a harmonious voice: "What do you think of Yuan Hongdao?"

Fan Xian was slightly stunned. He knew that Yuan Hongdao was a Qingke from the Prime Minister's Mansion back then. He was also a friend of Lin Ruofu for decades. It seemed that after Lin Xiang stepped down, this man named Yuan Hongdao played a very disgraceful role. Now this person has become the number one strategist in Xinyang. There is no doubt that he is the honor he asked for by his friend.

Fan Xian didn't understand why his father-in-law suddenly mentioned this person, frowned, and thought that his father-in-law didn't seem to have a way to kill this person to take revenge, and he felt even more strange.

"Yuan Hongdao is a very powerful person and a very free and easy person." Lin Ruofu said with a smile: "I can't understand why he betrayed me."

"Isn't he the eldest princess's man?"

"Yun Rui... has this ability?" Lin Ruofu sighed and said, "I'm not very clear. More than a year has passed, and my hatred for Hongdao has gradually faded, so I always don't understand the real background of this incident at that time."

"Ask him for me." Lin Ruofu said with a hint of indifference: "...why."

Fan Xian nodded solemnly, thinking that this greeting was either using a sword or a crossbow.

Lin Ruofu looked at his expression, shook his head, and said, "If there is really chaos in the capital in the future, maybe he can help you."

Fan Xian was slightly stunned and didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

Lin Ruofu fell into deep thought and was also thinking about this issue.

The old lame man in the garden outside Kyoto might be proud.

Fan Xian and his party stayed in Wuzhou for several days, looking for free, and he would ask his father-in-law in the study. On the one hand, he wanted to know some old things about the past, and on the other hand, he wanted to learn from the other party about the local government. Although he was a human being for two lifetimes, he had innate advantages and rich life experience, but in these aspects, there was obviously a traitor who had eternal traitors, so he naturally refused to let go.

When he was on a mission to Northern Qi in previous years, Fan Xian had learned from Lord Sean in the carriage. This is the biggest advantage of Fan Xian. He can ensure that he practices meditation at two o'clock every day, and he will seize every opportunity to learn the ability to save his life. This perseverance and determination are actually not consistent with the laziness he showed.

During the conversations these days, Fan Xian focused on studying the local key points of the court, especially for the military that he was the strangest to himself. The two great masters of the Qin and Ye families since the founding of the country have increased their emotional understanding. Fan Xian became more and more strange. How could a loyal and kind family like the Ye family have been ignorant of the eldest princess?

But this question can only be buried deep in his heart.

As for the matter about Jiangnan, Lin Ruofu didn't want to care, he finally wrote a letter to Jiangnan Governor Xue Qing. As for what the letter was, Fan Xian was too lazy to pay attention to it. Whether the Governor will sell the former prime minister's face is another matter. The key is the character of Xue Qing, the father-in-law, who analyzed for himself.

Xue Qing was a close minister of the emperor and was a good person... and thoughtfully.

This judgment made Fan Xian make up his mind. Like this minister, his greatest hope is to be a famous minister. Naturally, he would not be willing to do something dirty by himself, and he would use thundering methods in the future. As long as Xue Qing can stay out of the matter and give him that great reputation afterwards, he will naturally cooperate in secret.

The smuggling in the inner warehouse is still underway, and the investigation on the sea road is still continuing. The exploitation and weakening of the Ming family has not stopped for a day. According to news from Suzhou, Ming Qingda and the snake and rat ends were unable to truly maintain contact with Taiping Money Bank. As a result, he began to increase the share of silver adjustments from the money bank for investment promotion.

very good.

Fan Xian thought to himself that as long as he passes that critical point, it will be when the Ming family is destroyed.

The green mountains outside Wuzhou City are covered with most of the south-facing sunshine. In addition, the mountain wind is light and quiet, and the heat is slightly damp, which is really the best place to cool off the heat and spend the summer.

Fan Xian and his party were also comfortable to live in Wuzhou. When they were far away from political affairs, they would follow Wan'er and Dabao to go around the surrounding mountains, hunt some prey, find some small streams, roast frogs, and tell Wan'er the story of Linghu melon seeds.

There are also times when I spend the night in the mountains, the stars are dotted at the time. The beauty is so beautiful that the magpie bridge gradually merges, and the Milky Way goes with the wind. Fan Xian held his wife in his arms, teasing softly, making loud noises, watching the star signs at night, but he didn't know whether the general trend of the world was divided or merged. He only knew that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were about to arrive one day a year.

Stay away from worldly troubles and be happy.

The couple had a tacit understanding that they did not mention Suzhou, Kyoto, and everything else, without mentioning Haitang, Princess, and Emperor. They just occasionally talked about Ruoru's sister who was practicing in the Northern Qi Dynasty at this time, the wild game played by everyone in the Fan Family Manor outside Kyoto, and the Xiangmeiji chicken legs produced in Texas...

Heading westward, the two pointed to the mountains and asked about the mountains. When they met the water, they felt pity for the deer, and when they met the wolf, they were evil, they walked by the stream beside the forest and lingered in the clouds on the cliff. This was a rare silent life after marriage, as if everything around them was gone, only Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er.

Wrong, there is still a big treasure.

But Dabao's cuteness is that he is always quiet.

Such days cannot last forever. If Fan Xian wants to maintain such days, he must come out again and enter the world again.

"Dabao wants to follow us?" Fan Xian asked curiously with his eyes open: "Didn't he send him to his father-in-law and be his company?"

Lin Ruofu lives alone in Wuzhou. Although there are countless children in the clan, there are not many real caring people around him. Wan'er is naturally going to follow Fan Xian. If Dabao also follows them, who will accompany the old former prime minister?

If the son is not there, he is like there is no son under his knee. Fan Xian can experience this feeling of loneliness one or two.

"Father perseveres." Lin Wan'er said softly. After these days of careful care and traveling in the mountains, Wan'er's body has indeed recovered for a long time. There was a few healthy blush on her slightly moist cheeks, and her big eyes were blinking slightly.

Fan Xian looked at her with a smile, gently held her hand, and said, "It's all done."

A few days later, the all-black convoy left Wuzhou and slowly drove towards the east. He passed several small towns and mountains along the way and arrived at a three-fork intersection.

This place has reached the territory of Dongshan Road, and this three-fork intersection leads to two prefecture cities under Dongshan Road.

The east is Danzhou, and the north is Jiaozhou.

"You go to Danzhou to wait for me, and I go to Jiaozhou to do something." Fan Xian stood in the carriage and said harmoniously to Wan'er on the carriage: "At most, it will be ten days later."

Of course Wan'er knew what he was going to Jiaozhou to do, so she sighed in her heart, but knowing that the emperor's fate was there, Fan Xian could not refuse at all, so he had to spread a gentle smile on his face that made each other feel at ease, and stuck out his tongue and said, "Don't go and flirt with the flowers."

Fan Xian smiled embarrassedly and bowed to the ground: "Don't worry, madam, I will never pick it on the roadside again."

Dabao, who was sitting next to Wan'er, sat down with a blank expression. As he listened to this, he suddenly interrupted, "There are flowers in the garden...."

Fan Xian was slightly angry, Wan'er was slightly hated, Dabao didn't know what happened, so the three of them left for a while.

After walking north from Sanchakou for more than three miles, Fan Xian got out of the carriage, stretched his waist, and asked his subordinates around him, "Are you ready?"

"Everything is ready, Lord Tiss."
Chapter completed!