The ancients said: "Damage is where blessings depend, blessings are where disasters are hidden, so Lord Fang is proud and in a high position. Do you really think that you can be worry-free from now on and get drunk in the flowers?" Pan Shangshu slowly stroked his long beard and said, although he was in prison, he still had a bit of calm official power in his conversation.

What Fang Zheng dislikes the most is his current style. He is about to be killed and pretends to be so sophisticated. He has been imprisoned. Is it disgusting to be completely decisive?

Fang Zheng bluntly knocked Pan Shangshu off his hand that was stroking his beard.

"Just speak well. Do you know what your identity is now? You are the people's sinner now! You are the target of dictatorship! Except for bowing your head and pleading guilty, any other posture is wrong!" Fang Zheng is more righteous and stern than him.

When Pan Shangshu was suffocated when he heard this, a look of anger appeared on his face, and then disappeared, returning to his indifferent expression.

Seeing that he was not angry, Fang Zheng felt even more strange. This old guy must be holding back something bad in his heart. He was not angry at him so rudely. He must be quite angry, so he must be careful.

"Tell me, what do you want to say?" Fang Zheng took off his shoes as if he had entered his own yard, sat cross-legged on the bed, his feet shaking, and looked like a rascal.

Shangshu Pan ignored his rude behavior and lowered his eyes halfway and said, "Mr. Fang, if I expected it is right, you are now in a state of entanglement, right? The court officials must have made suggestions to the emperor and demanded that you be deprived of your power, right?"

"Wrong." Fang Zheng admitted it openly. After all, Shangshu Pan had been in the court for decades, his vision was still quite vicious, and his predictions about the government were very accurate.

"I always have a plan to ensure that you firmly grasp the power in your hands, but the court officials have no complaints about you..." Pan Shangshu whispered in Fang Zheng's ear.

Fang Zheng was stunned: "You asked me to come here just to tell me?"

Pan Shangshu smiled and nodded.

Fang Zheng looked at Pan Shangshu up and down, his eyes were very strange, which made him feel guilty.

"Did I say something wrong?"

Fang Zheng smiled and said, "That's right. You said it was right. But you were wrong."

"What's the meaning?"

"Do you think that everyone in the world is like you, who likes to hold on to power and not let go, or even raise a rebellion to consolidate the power in your hands?"

Pan Shangshu murmured in a daze: "...Isn't this right?"

Fang Zheng sighed and said, "It seems that you are not wronged in defeat, and you are even more wronged in death... Maybe you are right and you think wrong. Lao Pan, I am not the kind of person you think. There are many beautiful things in this world, such as beauties, silver, silk, satin, and wine delicacies... I like them all, but I don't like power. In your thoughts, power may be the best thing in this world, but for me, power is a very dirty thing. It represents ambition, **, blood and bones. If you really think I want to hold on to power and don't let go, you will misread me... Alas! Don't be straight in your eyes! Do you know politeness? What are you thinking about when I talk to you? Alas, I have told you so much, do you think it is very profound and can't you understand? If you don't understand, you can lower your level and try to speak more simply..."

Fang Zheng said a lot of things in a gusto, and saw Pan Shangshu looking at him in a daze, and couldn't help but feel dissatisfied.

Pan Shangshu was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses and said, "...So, the power of the supervisory officials given to you by the emperor has the power to guard the capital. You don't want it at all? Do you mean that?"

Fang Zheng nodded with a smile and praised: "The son is a good teacher. I know what you are thinking now. You want to come up with a bad idea for me and use it to exchange conditions with me, such as saving your life or even helping you get out of prison, right? It's a good plan! It can not only make me fight with the emperor and even the prince, but also get rid of your current predicament and indirectly help you make a comeback. A small stone can be thrown out and three birds can be hit. There is an idiom that describes such despicable tricks. How can you say it?"

"Three birds with one stone." Pan Shangshu said stiffly with a straight face.

Fang Zheng slapped his thigh: "Yes! I'm killing three birds with one stone! Look, I'm right? You admit it yourself..."

"I didn't admit it, I just spoke idioms for you..."

Fang Zheng put on his shoes, patted the dust on his butt, walked out without looking back, and said, "Old Pan, you should lie in prison honestly. When the days come, wait for the knife. Don't mess around. People who are almost seventy years old will not do serious things all day long, and you are thinking about anything. Let me tell you, you are dead, and no one can help you..."

"Slow down! Lord Fang please stay!"

Fang Zheng turned around and looked at him.

Pan Shangshu sighed with a grim look on his face, and Xiao Ran said, "Okay, I will say a few words to you, there is no condition, so you can listen to it. After listening, you turn your head and leave. I will never stop you."

"Tell me, hurry up, I'm in a hurry..."

The two of them were life and death enemies, and after they had already decided on their victory or defeat, Fang Zheng always had a strange feeling in his heart when facing this old loser. Perhaps only now can the two of them speak calmly.

"Mr. Fang, as far as I know, the Crown Prince may have to attack you recently. If I expected it, the court officials have submitted a report to you recently. It must be from the instigation of the Crown Prince. The emperor has nothing to say about you, but he may not have made any other ideas. I have observed for many years and found that the emperor has been willing to be a sacrificial lord in recent years, but the crown prince has not made any big mistakes yet, so the emperor has never mentioned it. This time, the emperor used the great achievements of eliminating me to let you hold great power. Your Highness Fu must have also joined the Ministry of Personnel? This is the emperor who wants to use the technique of weighing the pros and confront you and reach a balance of the situation in the court. No emperor will watch his ministers dominate the family, even the crown prince. I am an example of iron and firmness..."

"Normality, the emperor generally does not oppose party struggles in the court. Party struggles mean checks and balances, which means that the emperor has the opportunity to win over one faction and attack one faction. If the faction that was drawn over the top is dominant, the emperor will decisively abandon it and turn to win over the faction that was hit before... After all, the emperor has been doing this all his life. The reason why I have not been attacked by the emperor in the court over the years is because there is no opponent of my husband in the court. Yu Chaozheng said that the emperor had no choice but to rebel, so he forced me to raise an army to rebel. He took a strike for all. Otherwise, just talking about the power of Chinese officials in the court, why should I be afraid of it?"

"Now the emperor finally pulled out this thorn in my flesh, how could he do the same thing again?

Therefore, His Highness, King Fu and you were praised at this time.

Looking at Fang Zheng's thoughtful expression, a hint of undetectable smile flashed across Pan Shangshu's face.

"I told you this because I hope you understand that some things are not as simple as the ruthless imperial family on the surface. No matter how much the emperor favors you, you will not make jokes about your own country. His Highness advises you to be more cautious about him. This person's ambition is the only thing I have seen in my life. With his personality, he will never wait honestly for the emperor to die before ascending the throne. At the latest one year or as early as a few months, he will force the palace. - I will give you another big gift here, listen carefully: Deputy General of the garrison in the capital, Qin Chong, General of the border army of Xingqing Prefecture, Guan Zheng, Qiangu, Palace Imperial Guards, Xu Bocun..."

Shangshu Pan leaned into Fang Zheng's ear and spoke the names of more than a dozen generals in an inauspicious voice.

"These people are..."

"I will be very worried about the generals in the army in this rebellion. Taking this opportunity, the emperor will definitely carry out a major purge on the generals in the army. The benefits of doing so are to consolidate the imperial power, and the disadvantages are also obvious. The unstable and dangerous people in the army are. As one goes up and down, the prince's power in the army has the upper hand. The names I just mentioned to you have secretly surrendered to the prince, which is only part of it. If the prince raises trouble in the future, they will surely lead their troops into the palace and force the emperor to abdicate." A glimmer flashed in Pan Shangshu's eyes.

"You old guy is not fooling you? The prince has such a great force in the army? How long has he been the prince? You have been the prime minister for thirty years but can't compare to him? Are you stupider than him?" Fang Zheng looked at Pan Shangshu with a look of embarrassment, but he was secretly shocked.

Pan Shangshu smiled bitterly: "Then you are wrong. Although he has been the crown prince for ten years, what the people in the world want is legitimate. Although I am the chief minister and have been in the court for more than 30 years, I am nameless and unfair, so how dare I make friends with generals in the army? This is also one of the reasons why I failed to rebellion. But the crown prince is different. He is the crown prince of the country and the future emperor. His identity has given him the greatest convenience. In the hearts of ordinary ministers and generals, loyalty to him is not much different from loyalty to the emperor, so the crown prince is more effective than me. Do you understand what I say?"

"Since I have such a great power, why didn't he lead the army directly to force the palace? Instead, let the emperor arrange for me and King Fu to check and balance him?"

"This is a matter of status. If the prince forces the palace to be forced to the palace, he will not escape the long and wide mouths of the people of the world. The crown prince, who was originally justified, has become a traitor. How many years will it take for him to fight back the hearts of the world after he ascended the throne? The emperor is getting older and his health is getting worse day by day. If it were you, would you choose to wait quietly for a year or two, then ascend the throne in a legitimate manner, or to raise an army to force the palace in a hurry, and then spend several years to win over the hearts of the people of the world? What's more, except for King Fu in the capital, the other three princes are all in other places. If the prince dares to force the palace, those three princes are not a good deal of fuel..." Pan Shangshu sneered.

"Okay, tell me honestly, what do you mean by telling me about these things? Let me say ok first, I won't give you much reward. Let me tell you the truth, if you are dead, your whole family is dead, and no one can save you."

Fang Zheng felt a little enlightened when he heard Pan Shang have a lot of people. He didn't believe it at all. Pan Shangshu told him so much was out of kindness. Both of them fought to the death, whether in the court or in the battlefield. Pan Shangshu would not be so kind-hearted and came to give guidance to Fang Zheng, a rookie in the officialdom before he died. He must have his purpose.

Pan Shangshu suddenly raised his head and laughed: "I am nearly seventy years old, so why are you afraid of death? I just want to watch a good show of father and son fighting each other in the nine springs. I want to know a loving emperor, a vicious prince, and a few princes who are watching the dantian. Who can sit in this world and put whom to death? Retribution is what I punished them on behalf of God!"

So that's it. The old guy is indeed vicious enough. He never forgot to hold someone to take care of the prince after he died. He even helped the fat man to take the throne and add some help to the emperor. He deliberately only said part of the strength of the prince. This is to cause a fierce battle between the Emperor Huachao and the prince. No matter who wants to win this battle, he will definitely go to great lengths of hardship. The old guy saw that he could not surrender to the prince, so he said this.

In general, Pan Shangshu thought that the emperor and Fang Zheng were no longer as strong as the prince, so he secretly reminded him that if he wanted to balance the strength of the two sides to compete for the throne, the scene was more exciting and bloody, and he was happier to watch. This guy was just a person who harmed others and did not benefit himself.

"In addition, I still have a heartless request..."

"You said, can't I agree to you first?" Fang Zheng resisted the urge to kick him hard on the face and said lightly.

"Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you. My eldest son Pan Tao is still in prison, right? Didn't he betray me and want to ask for a whole body? I asked Lord Fang to take it back and judge him Lingchi!" Pan Shangshu gritted his teeth when he said this.

"Why?" No matter how much he betrayed him, he was his own son at least. How could the father be so vicious? No wonder this old guy failed so much.

"Everyone can betray me, but my family is not good! Even more so, my own son! If I betray me, I have to pay the price!"

This guy is simply a lunatic!

Fang Zheng secretly thanked that he had defeated him. If he had been defeated by him, he would have suffered a lot of torture.

"Well... it's not easy to deal with. I agreed in advance that Young Master Chi changed to hang himself. Now that I regret it, wouldn't it make people say that I am untrustworthy and I won't do a loss-making business..." Fang Zheng rolled his eyes and said with his teeth.

My fingers were rubbed habitually a few times...

A little contempt appeared in Pan Shangshu's eyes, and then he said lightly: "I still have a villa outside the city. There are ten boxes of gold buried under an iron tree in the back garden of the villa. I was originally prepared for the uprising..."

Fang Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and his eyes emitted thousands of golden lights. He happily patted Pan Shangshu on the shoulder and laughed: "Look at what you said, is this official like a greedy person? Who among us is following each other? Isn't it just to lingchi your son? Okay, please be fine, this matter is covered by me.

If my son dies so happily, I'm sorry for you..."

——This is really awkward to say...

After saying that, Fang Zheng walked out of the prison door without looking back.

Shangshu Pan was shocked: "You...why are you doing?"

"Search the house!"

"Whose house is scouted?"

"Crack your house!"

“…………”

After a while, Fang Zheng's head poked out from outside the prison door again.

"Hey, Lao Pan, do you have gold and silver hidden elsewhere? Come and tell me, I will say hello to you, and cut your whole family into pieces..."

"Get out! You despicable villain!" Pan Shangshu's angry roar came from the prison.

Zheng's head quickly shrank back with the roar.

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After leaving the prison, Fang Zheng strode towards Pan's mansion, and while running, he ordered Wensen: "Hurry up, ask the Shadow Brothers to gather and go to Pan's mansion to search the house!"

Wen Sen followed Fang Zheng and staggered, complaining: "Sir, don't be so anxious, right? Go slowly..."

"Can you do it if you don't rush? I'm rushing to make a fortune. Everyone will share some of my brothers later. Don't be polite... Hey, I said, can you do it quickly? You are not active in getting rich, you are too unmotivated!"

“…………”

The Pan Mansion has been surrounded by soldiers from the Longwu Army. After the rebellion of Pan Shangshu, the servants of Pan Mansion had already been taken down and were sent to the Heavenly Prison. The mansion was already empty.

When Fang Zheng arrived at Pan's mansion, his shadow subordinates were already waiting for him. In addition, there were a large group of people watching the fun in front of the mansion. On the night the rebels entered the city, many innocent people were killed in chaos, so the people hated Pan Shangshu to the core. When they heard that Fang Zheng wanted to copy Pan's mansion, everyone praised him.

The shadow subordinates stood in line in a straight line, lined up in front of the Pan Mansion, including the 500 new members who were training, all arrived. Perhaps Wensen said hello in private and would let them all enjoy the benefits later, so the shadow subordinates all looked at Fang Zheng with joy and looked gratefully on his face.

Fang Zheng was scratching his head at this time, the army had to make a pre-war mobilization to increase morale. I wonder if I should make a pre-war mobilization with these bastards? I thought about it and said a few words, and led a group of people in to smash and loot without saying anything. It would be too unpolite...

After coughing, Fang Zheng looked at his shadow's subordinates and cultivated his emotions. He felt a little proud and said loudly: "Brothers! Do you know what we are doing here?"

"I know!" The subordinates' voices were loud and their emotions were in place.

“What are you doing?”

"Get rich!" The crowd was excited and the shouts were shocking.

"Pu!" Fang Zheng fell to the ground with no image, hurriedly got up, and then glared at Wen Sen with a vicious look.

Wen Sen looked embarrassed and kept smiling at Fang Zheng while wiping the cold sweat all over his forehead.

Fang Zheng looked embarrassed and in front of the people watching in surprise, he jumped and scolded: "Fuck! Who told you that you are here to make a fortune? We are searching the house! Do you understand? It means filling all Pan Ni's property into the national treasury! We don't take any money! Who dares to talk nonsense anymore and go to prison for me!"
To be continued...