Chapter 51: The Spring and Autumn Annals of Hongmen Banquet (4)

In this world, all officials are greedy, just look at the big and the small. The court is full of worms, only looking at the fat and thin body of the insects. Why did the court in Qing State suddenly appear in a deformed department called the Supervision Office?

But as Fan Xian discovered when he was rectifying the situation in one place, the Supervision Bureau is also composed of people. Where there are people, there is an officialdom. It is basically impossible for the Supervision Bureau to continue to be so cold and cruel in one lifetime.

Moreover, the Supervision Office is not a god. If it is a third-rank or above, it cannot control the affairs of the military. Even if Chen Pingping and Fan Xian combined, the Supervision Office will not change too much of the current situation. In the final analysis, the Supervision Office is not investigating corrupt officials, but only according to the emperor's wishes, it will clear the government from time to time, calm down the public grievances, make some loopholes, and maintain the rule.

If you really want to investigate, how long will it take for the beauty in Chen Pingping's garden and Fan Xian to spit out the oil and water that he has caught in the inner warehouse... let alone the Nine Five Supreme sitting in the palace.

Don’t say that the emperor doesn’t have to be greedy. He is the most greedy person in the world. If he is greedy for the whole world, what can the Supervisory Office do?

But because everyone is greedy, when the Supervision Bureau wants to do something because of Fan Xian's crazy, it seems so natural and natural. In this dark night, all the staff of the Supervision Bureau dispatched to rush towards the mansions in the corners of the streets in the alleys. I don't know how many lower-level officials who were closely connected with the Second Prince and Xinyang were arrested.

Of course, one of them could not move at the third rank or above, but these lower-level officials were the officials who the court really needed to rely on. Tonight, everyone in Baoyue Tower had already learned about the previous actions of the Supervisory Council and was recognized by Fan Xian in person, and he couldn't help but look extremely shocked on his face.

Qu Xiangdong, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was silent and looked at Fan Xian deeply, without saying anything. Although the news tonight was unclear, it could be seen that the target of the Supervisory Council was still Xinyang and the Second Prince, which was not deeply involved with the military.

Although he didn't understand why Fan Xian suddenly used such a way of waiting, the Supervisory Office's action and Fan Xian's ruthlessness made him feel a little afraid.

The beauty in the building was in her arms, and when she killed and arrested people outside the building, there was snow, so how could she cover up the smell of blood?

Not everyone was silent because of this sudden news. When the five officials who reported the news carefully withdrew from the screen, the eldest prince looked at Fan Xian with a calm face and asked, "Why?"

The conflict between the Supervision Bureau and Xinyang has been around for a long time. It started with a dispute between the local treasury six years ago. It was buried because the second prince wanted to assassinate Fan Xian on Niulan Street by the banquet, and the autumn story that everyone was sitting on Baoyue Tower led to.

In that autumn, Fan Xian took Baoyue Tower, killed Xie Bi'an, and insulted the Kyoto Prefecture. He destroyed the reputation of the second prince and Prince Jing Li Hongcheng, and defeated the Cui family in the north into a rebellion.

In the year after autumn, Fan Xian went to the Ming family in Jiangnan, collected the inner treasury, and killed Changkun in Jiaozhou.

In everyone's opinion, Fan Xian's revenge on the second prince and Xinyang was already severe enough, and he regained enough benefits. There was no reason to take action again so strongly this night.

After a little silent, Fan Xian said calmly: "Why? Because I was ordered to investigate the administration."

There was silence during the meal. The prince sat high up and did not go to see Fan Xian. Instead, he looked at the second prince's expression with a few traces of conceivable expressions. The eldest prince shook his head and sighed: "There are not two days of peace in the capital, why can't you calm down?"

Fan Xian knew that the eldest prince was telling the truth. The current commander of the imperial guards had been in love with the second prince since childhood, but because of Ning Cairen and Wan'er, he is now standing on his own side and being in it. Naturally, he couldn't help but sigh: "Taiping? I haven't returned to Beijing for a year, and it seems that Kyoto has been peaceful for a whole year. Could it be that I am really a disaster star... No wonder no one is willing to let me be more peaceful in the valley outside Kyoto."

During the meal, the big guys vaguely understood that it was Fan Xian looking for a scene about the valley, but... the scene was too big and ridiculous.

"Many things in the world are ridiculous." Fan Xian seemed to know what these big shots were thinking. He said self-deprecatingly: "It's like the assassination of a low-ranking official in a valley. The court kept investigating, but because there was no evidence, he could never come up with an explanation."

He said slowly, "Who will pay attention to my subordinates? I said before that when the first crossbow arrow arrived, I wanted to snatch him back into the compartment, but he stood up and blocked me... I often asked myself, if I can't find any evidence, what can I do for him in one day?"

Governor Xue Qing of Jiangnan looked at Fan Xian meaningfully.

The prince said slowly: "The court naturally needs to investigate." This is the third time he said this tonight.

Fan Xian nodded and smiled, "It was this incident that made me suddenly think of a story I had heard a long time ago."

"In the past, there was a little white rabbit in the forest. It happily left the door early in the morning. Then it met the big bad wolf. The big bad wolf grabbed the little white rabbit and slapped it! It slapped its two big mouths and said: I told you not to wear a hat!"

Everyone looked at each other, for some reason why Fan Xian suddenly told such stories about children. He only listened to Fan Xian continue saying: "The next day, the little white rabbit put on his hat and went out again. As he walked, he met the big bad wolf again. The big bad wolf grabbed the little white rabbit again - slap! He slapped his two big mouths: I'll let you wear a hat!"

"The little white rabbit was very depressed, so he ran to the tiger to complain about the big bad wolf. After hearing the little white rabbit complain, the tiger said sadly, "Don't worry, I will naturally be fair for you... Then, the tiger found the big bad wolf and said to him: Old wolf, this morning, the little white rabbit came to complain to you, saying that you were looking for trouble and always bullying it. You see if you can beat it with another reason, for example, you can say: rabbit, go find me a piece of meat..."

"If it finds a fat person, you say you want to be thin. If it finds a thin person, you say you want to be fat. So you can beat it up again? Otherwise, let it help you find a female rabbit. If it finds a plump person, you say you like slim person. If it finds a thin person, you say you like slim person. If it finds a thin person, you say you like slim person!"

Fan Xian told stories very seriously, but his words were extremely childish and absurd. However, everyone at the banquet showed a deep thoughtful expression, including the prince and Xue Qing, whom he was thinking, and he vaguely understood who the tiger was pointing to... but no one dared to express his expression.

Fan Xian took a sip of wine and said seriously: "The old wolf was very happy after hearing this, and praised the tiger for being smart. But their conversation was heard by the little white rabbit weeding outside the house..."

"It's a coincidence? But the story is a coincidence. Let's continue..." Fan Xian sneered and said, "On the third day, the little white rabbit went out again and met the big bad wolf halfway. The big bad wolf said: Rabbit, go find me a piece of meat!"

"The little white rabbit said: Do you want to be fat or thin."

"The big bad wolf frowned and smiled and thought, fortunately there is a second trick: forget it, don't have meat anymore, go find me a female rabbit."

"The little white rabbit said: Do you like plump people or slim people?"

Fan Xian frowned and shook his head and said, "I met such a cunning rabbit. What should you do if you think this is done?"

During the meal, everyone began to think about what the big bad wolf would do next? I couldn't help but wonder what Fan Xian would say next. Fan Xian pursed his slightly dry lips and said with a smile:

"The big bad wolf was stunned for a moment, slapped the little white rabbit's big mouth and cursed... I told you not to wear a hat!"

I told you not to wear a hat!

The most unreasonable, shameless, boring, and nonsense in the world is the most sufficient reason. It is equivalent to saying that there is no reason, it depends on who has a bigger fist.

Fan Xian finally said seriously: "I don't want to continue to be a little white rabbit, I want to be a big bad wolf."

This was a joke he heard in his previous life, but it was a bit heavy to tell tonight. Everyone should have laughed loudly during the meal, but no one could laugh out loud at this time.

Everyone sighed in their hearts that the sniping of Fan Xian in the valley is afraid that it will never be clear. The Supervision Bureau assassinated the eight generals tonight. Without any evidence and Fan Xian does not admit it, it will never be clear. This is what happened in the world. Since there is no natural hostile land, no one can find sufficient reasons for each other, why do you have to find reasons? The power field is like a mountain, a wolf running to the rabbit, and a tiger looking at it, which is a natural principle.

The banquet has come to this point. Although it has not been destroyed, these great figures have no intention of continuing. The officialdom of Kyoto has been unable to calm down and it is even more embarrassing tonight. Although the Supervisory Office is doing things at night, it will probably not alarm too many people in Kyoto, but these great figures are still rushing back to the mansion and to deal with the aftermath, and at the same time make psychological and official preparations to welcome the situation in the new place.

Fan Xian sent Xue Qing to the door. When Xue Qing was about to leave, he turned around and smiled gently, saying, "Wolf is a social animal. Don't turn yourself into a lone wolf, that's always dangerous."

Fan Xian felt a little warm and bowed to thank him.

After a moment of silence, Xue Qing said again: "Although the emperor nods too much, he still needs to pay attention to his position, especially the face of the court, and he must always save some."

Fan Xian responded again.

After the car sedans of several big men slowly left Baoyue Tower, the prince also stretched his waist and walked down with the beauty in his arms. The person who served beside him had already put the precious fur on him. The prince glanced at Fan Xian and smiled and said, "This drama is pretty tonight."

The prince drove away the woman beside him and the idle people around him, looked at Fan Xian and said calmly: "That's right, that autumn a year ago, when I saw the first half of the show you and your second brother, I also felt it was good... After careful consideration, I and you didn't know what happened."

Fan Xian was slightly shocked. I don’t know what the words of the prince, who was very different from usual, meant.

"There has never been any problem between me and you." The prince closed his eyes slightly and said slowly: "If there is a problem, it was the problem of that year and should not be a problem between you and me. I hope you remember this."

Fan Xian understood that he and the prince had actually maintained some kind of peace, but the matter that the queen had participated in that year became a natural enemy. He didn't understand what the prince was going to do when he said this. But Fan Xian believed that the prince could never kill his old mother in order to win his support.

So...just talk.

No one left in the screen, and the second prince stayed strangely. He looked at Fan Xian who was walking upstairs, smiled slightly, slowly placed his left hand on the table, trying to suppress the absurd feelings deep in his heart. He used his two fingers to pick up a green fruit from the south and chewed it slowly.

Fan Xian sat opposite him, picked up the wine pot, started to pour and drink by himself, and suddenly he had ten cups.

The eldest prince held the wine jar and drank from the side, as if he wanted to get drunk.

Fan Xian put down his wine glass, clapped his palms, and the third prince walked out from behind the curtain in a proper manner. He glanced at the eldest and second brothers with some embarrassment, and then sat next to his teacher.

The eldest prince glanced at Fan Xian with disagreement, and seemed to be saying in his eyes, why bother to involve the younger ones in the matter of adults?

At this time, there were three princes on the third floor of Baoyue Tower, plus Fan Xian. If it were not considered the prince who had left before, the bloodline left by Emperor Qing in this world, he would have been there.

The previous Hongmen Banquet has become a family banquet with a strange atmosphere.

"You're scared."

The second prince put down the green fruit that had been gnawed halfway, stared at Fan Xian's eyes, and said softly.

Fan Xian's hand holding the wine glass froze and responded slowly: "What am I afraid of?"

"You are not afraid, why do you have to do such a big move tonight?" The second prince smiled slightly and said softly: "Only those who are afraid of themselves will act like you tonight. If you kill my generals and arrest my confidant, will it have any impact on the overall situation?"

Fan Xian took a deep breath, his face calmed down, and said, "There is no outsider here, so it's okay to just say it. Your subordinates have been cleaned up by me today. But... you have no evidence. Just like the land mentioned before, I have no evidence for the sniper in the valley. But you still do it."

"I don't know about the sniping in the valley and I haven't participated." The second prince stared into Fan Xian's eyes and said seriously.

Fan Xian shook his head: "What about Niulan Street? Xiaobai has not been slapped too many times... I admit that I don't know who did the valley affairs yet, but this does not prevent me from taking action."

He lowered his head and said, "There are enemies everywhere. Since I don't know which enemy is doing it, of course I have to shoot arrows. If I occasionally hit the main person, I will get the advantage. If I hit the person next to me, I will not suffer any loss, but I will also take advantage."

"Niolan Street..." A trace of bitterness flashed through the second prince's thin smile, "I think it was just this kind of thing, but you remember it until today."

Fan Xian raised his head and said calmly: "I am a very revengeful person, and you also know that this matter has nothing to do with revenge. If you don't give up for a day, I will continue to do it all day."

Without the ministers and the prince, Fan Xian and the second prince, the young powerful men with very similar temperaments, seemed so direct and simply, they were all delicate people, and knew that they did not need to cover up with too many words.

The second prince looked at the third prince beside Fan Xian deeply and suddenly spoke, "Sometimes, I will feel that life is unfair... Not to mention the things in the Cui Jiaming family, I only say that in this palace, my beloved sister married you as a wife, and my two brothers who have been kind since childhood are now on your side."

The second prince raised his head, and there was a hint of hidden anger in his handsome face: "It would be fine if my king was not as capable as you, but... this was just because of some ridiculous reasons and stories from his previous life, which caused the current situation. If the father was willing to hand over the Supervisory Office to me, would I do worse than you? If the father was willing to hand over the inner treasury to me, would I really not be able to make the national treasury sufficient? If you can repair the embankment, you can't repair it, and you can only pay money... Anzhi, Anzhi, don't you think it's unfair? After all, I am the real prince."

Fan Xian was silent for a long time, knowing that the distorted power he could obtain in Qingguo for the whole life...is entirely because of the legacy of the woman in the past. Of course, that woman also brought him countless troubles and dangers. What the second prince said was actually not completely unreasonable. If he had changed his land with him, he might not have done better than him. The second prince was not without ability, but had never had the stage to display his abilities.

He said slowly: "The world is never as good as it is."

"Yes, so now you have the Supervision Office on your left hand and the Inner Treasury on your right hand..." The second prince said slightly sarcastically: "I think only Lingtang once had such a great power... So, you are starting to be afraid in advance."

Fan Xian's face froze again.

The second prince said calmly: "Have you ever thought about the future? Who are you working hard for today?" He turned his eyes slightly, and glanced at the third prince. He smiled and said: "No one of my royal children is easy to meet. You are one of them yourself, so of course you understand the truth."

The third prince lowered his head and did not dare to interrupt. Fan Xian knew that the second son was not exaggerating, but he had his own plans and plans.

The second prince said lightly: "You are really afraid... Think about your lonely minister now, you are about to go to the road of Juechen. No matter who ascends the throne in the future, how can the Qing Kingdom tolerate you? How can the Supervisory Office be tolerate the Supervision Bureau?"

Fan Xian listened calmly. The second prince continued, "The reason why you are afraid is because you are a smart person. You know that although your power is vast, it is just a cloud, and you can't even have a piece of tissue paper."

The second prince sighed: "Because all the power you have at hand is given to you by your father. Just need an edict, you can be demoted to the mortal world and never turn over... Although the father loves you, he is not without being wary of you. In the past few years, you have been through any path, but you will never get involved in the army. The profound meaning of it is, I don't need to remind me."

Finally, the second prince concluded: "Because you are afraid, you have to...destroy your own authority!"

The eldest prince took a sip of wine and looked at his two brothers indifferently talking like two cocks fighting.

Fan Xian was silent for a long time, but did not answer the second prince's words, but just said softly: "Power is a cloud. How could there be an invincible general or an immortal clan in this world? Your Highness is the prince, and his heart is in the world, but I am just a minister. I want to protect my own and my family's health..."

The second prince stopped his words and said coldly: "I know that you, a great poet, have never been proud of the royal bloodline. Instead, you deliberately avoid this point. But ask yourself, if it weren't for the royal bloodline you dislike, how could you live to this day and still live so gloriously?"

There are four brothers in a city, two are silent, and two are confrontation.

"Let go." The second prince said sincerely: "Your power is actually empty. You dare not kill me, so you can only watch it pass by day, but you are dangerous day by day. Since you have found this, why not just let go more thoroughly? With your reputation in this world, you are Wan'er's husband, you are the son of your father, and you are a guest at the Northern Qi Dynasty... Who will make things difficult for you? Who dares to take unnecessary risks to make things difficult for you? Ling'er once said that you like to travel around the world the most, so why are you still limited to this dangerous Kyoto and unable to extricate yourself?"

Fan Xian's brows gradually frowned, and his fingers slowly pinched the wine glass, and said, "Your Highness, I said before... I have the same idea as you."

He raised his head, his face shone brightly, and looked at the second prince and said calmly: "A year ago, I said in the tea shop outside this building that if you don't let go, I will hit you until you let go. And the facts have proved that now I have this strength... You can never see the eight generals in the tea shop again, which is a very sufficient proof."

Hearing the word "tea shop", the second prince's face suddenly condensed, and he thought of the conversation with Fan Xian in the tea shop outside Baoyuelou more than a year ago. The conversation at that time took place between the prince and the minister. A year later, Fan Xian's power expanded like a balloon. The most important thing is that the real identities of the two people gradually became equal.

"Why should I let go?" the second prince said self-deprecatingly, somewhat nervous.

"Your Highness was poisoned by the eldest princess, I will help you." Fan Xian said coldly: "The words at the beginning are still valid. When will Your Highness keep a distance from the eldest princess and truly let go, I promise you... peace for a lifetime."

"Why are you?" The second prince looked at Fan Xian's eyes seriously, "Is it just for the Supervision Bureau and the Bank?"

Fan Xian shook his head and said, "No, it's just that I owe the imperial concubine a favor and Wan'er a promise. Your Highness should know in his heart about what to do tonight. I want to clear your highness's private power and beat you out of this pool of rotten water."

When the second prince thought of the huge losses he suffered tonight, he could no longer suppress the coldness in his heart and said angrily: "Why is it me? My father is not just me, but you are too!"
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