Chapter 3 family affairs

The great prince long years of war outside, although the western barbarians have long been less fierce than that year, but after all, the sands are more wind and snow, the light of the sword with blood soaked a few years down, this prince and in the capital of a few brothers have long been very different, the false set of things less, brutal military temperament more.

The return to the capital, to the identity of the great prince of the army, according to the rules can bring two hundred to five hundred pro guards into the capital, but he finally just picked two hundred pro name, think also do not want to let these officials in the capital and the palace more heart. But under these guards are also some brave generation, at this time and the delegation of the road, has been fast to suppress the murderous spirit, the two hundred soldiers rode on the horse, showing arrogance and contempt, the sand on the people down, will always look at these civil officials some bad eyes. But these hundreds of eyes cast to the carriage, know that the identity of the people in the car, actually do not dare to say anything.

The car is sitting in the future of the Imperial Princess, these western army down the murderer again straight rash, will not be stupid enough to fight for the matter of the road, offend the future mistress.

Secretary of the Ministry of Rites to welcome out of the city ten miles, at this time the officials present in his seniority is the most senior, the highest rank, in a piece of awkward silence, he is not difficult to stand out, ready to round up, a little said a few words what, but in a piece of horse neighing, but there are not a few people to hear clearly.

A hissing sound suddenly resounded, the western army troop battalion of riders like running water generally separated from it, dozens of horses were controlled with great precision, in the not magnanimous official road to make a large place, the sound of hoofbeats, a general clad in XuanSu armor patted his horse and came forward.

Fan Xian was standing beside the Grand Princess’s carriage, his brows slightly furrowed, and he was about to avoid it, but unexpectedly, the horses of the Grand Prince’s own soldiers actually took advantage of the momentum of the give way, and came barreling over. These generals had been out for many years, so they didn’t know what kind of character Fan Xian was, and when they saw this pretty son of a bitch talking earlier, they already had a stomach full of anger, and at this time, they were even more intent on scaring him to the ground and humiliating him, so the several high horses in front of them brushed against Fan Xian’s body, making it look extremely dangerous.

Fan Xian was smiling, bowing slightly, and bowed to the general on the horse, not paying any attention to the steeds jumping and hissing around him, “I, Fan Xian, have seen you, Your Excellency.”

The one who came on horseback was naturally the Grand Prince of the Kingdom of Qing. His eyes were glowing, with a natural killing force, his eyebrows were straight, his nose was straight, and his cheekbones were slightly high, but he didn’t look ugly, instead, he had a taste of martial arts. The great prince rode on the horse, the whole body armor reflection, looks really like a god in general, people do not dare to look directly at.

So Fan Xian did not look directly at him, but only slightly with a hint of disgusting shy smile, slightly bowed his head to salute.

The Grand Prince didn’t seem to have thought that the somewhat formal and humble courtier in front of his horse was Fan Xian, the most popular man in the capital, so he was slightly stunned and suddenly said: ”So handsome? Why are you smiling like a woman.”

The eldest prince’s temperament is rough, just thoughtless words, but did not pay attention to be surrounded by soldiers to listen to the ears, thought that the master is to deliberately humiliate this dare to compete with their own and other civil ministers, so all clamored laughter, laughter straight to the sky outside of Kyoto, with inexhaustible contempt for the mood. The Grand Prince froze slightly, but also did not bother, the corner of his lips floated up a trace of a smile.

And those horses that were being pleased with themselves were getting closer and closer to Fan Xian, and he could already hear the sound of the stallion’s nostrils flaring. Several long horse faces pressed towards him, and it was the Grand Prince’s own soldiers who wanted to force the legion away from the official road with their horses.

Fan Xian frowned slightly, not realizing that this Grand Prince was not giving face to his future wife, and it seemed even less likely that he would give face to his remote brother-in-law. Watching the face of the horse in front of him getting closer and closer, the excitement in the eyes of that huge horse rising, knowing that these warhorses were not easy to manipulate, with a blood-craving temperament, he could not help but sigh in his heart and prepare to retreat for the time being – anyway, the purpose of making a grudge against the Grand Prince had already been achieved, so let’s not really turn the tables on the other party, Fan Xian has never had much to do with the military, and this was originally Fan Xian has never had any relationship with the military, which is a major disadvantage for him, if he lets those old generals in the Privy Council think that he is deliberately losing face with the West Road Army, I’m afraid that it will be a bit hard for him to get through the court in the future.

He was thinking like this, but forgot that his subordinates were not thinking like this, seeing the situation of Lord Tisi in danger, hidden in the delegation of the Supervisory Yuan officials swordsmen have to show their shape, like a dozen light smoke like a general wandering out, or standing on top of the carriage, or looking for the high point next to the official road, have raised their hands of crossbow arrows, aiming at the approaching Fan Xian’s several horses.

“No!” The Minister of Rites was alarmed, actually using force outside of Kyoto? If this were to spread to the world, where would the court have any face left? The Minister of Ceremonies himself would naturally not have to do it, but would you, the Grand Prince, still be able to have a good time? Even if you Fan Xian had the backing of the Supervisory Yuan, wouldn’t His Majesty reward you with a slap on the wrist?

It was only then that the greeting ministers reacted, looking at the cold officials of the Supervisory Yuan, and remembering Fan Xian’s frightening identity, they all yelled, “Stop it! What nonsense!”

The Grand Prince looked at this scene with cold eyes, and somehow looked much more favorable to this pup of the Supervisory Yuan named Fan Xian. In his mind, anyone who dared to go head-to-head with himself was considered a guy with guts.

Fan Xian at this time, but in the dark bitter, under these officials of the Supervisory Yuan, all the way above by their own excellent conditioning, did not think that at this time is worried about their own safety, but do not care about the face of the court, and dare to crossbows and arrows on all the way back to the West Road Army, we must know that these generals but outside the country for a long time to fight for the country, this thing to be spread out, I’m afraid that Chen old man crippled will be difficult to a good time.

The Grand Prince smiled, seeming to see Fan Xian’s inner worries, ready to see how he would handle this matter.

His personal battalion saw that someone actually dared to threaten himself, and the bloodthirsty aura that had been refined over the years suddenly surged up, shaking the heavens with a roar in unison, lifting their snatches and opening their bows to encircle the front ranks of the legation, while at the same time …… the horses had already encircled Fan Xian in the midst of it!

Fan Xian raised his hand, flexed his middle and ring fingers, and clearly gestured a hand signal in the midst of the several horses.

When the officials of the Supervisory Court and the swordsmen saw this gesture, they were expressionless, collected their crossbows, dismounted, and returned to the line, in a neat and tidy manner, without any hesitation at all.

The Grand Prince rode on his horse, the half of his face that showed his armor remained unchanged, but deep inside he was a bit shocked. In front of the eyes of this seemingly weak courtier, actually harnessed so strict, when this situation, actually a gesture will be able to let all the people immediately stop, this kind of discipline, even if it is their own west road army, I’m afraid that can not be done.

The Grand Prince was clear in his mind that in the outskirts of Kyoto, it was impossible to really how, not to mention that there was still the Crown Prince and Lao Er waiting at the city gates, so he gently lifted the reins of his horse and waved his hand to signal the generals to stand down. An untidy clattering sound rang out, the soldiers withdrew their bows and arrows with some reluctance, pulling their horses back, compared to the Inspector General’s aura of stopping at the sight of an order, it was really quite a bit worse. The Grand Prince could not help but frown.

At this very moment, the horses surrounding Fan Xian were about to pull back, unexpectedly the distance was too close, coupled with the fact that the loess laid on the official road had lightly and gradually dried up, raising dust and filling the nose of a tall horse, which kicked its hooves and twisted its long neck, instantly causing these horses to mess up at the same time.

The two horses then charged towards Fan Xian at the same time!

This was purely accidental, and the Grand Prince, watching from a distance of ten feet, could not help but be shocked. If he really ran over this red man in his father’s eyes, I’m afraid that his own achievements in the west would all be wasted! But he immediately thought of the legendary Fan Xian’s ability and couldn’t help but have a glimmer of hope, thinking that since you’re a supervisory authority’s chief inspector, you’re not going to be run over by a couple of horses, are you?

Hiss! The horse rushed straight through, instantly obliterating Fan Xian in the rising dust, and only the experts could faintly make out two bright lights ringing out in the dust.

After two muffled thuds and the dust gradually fell, Fan Xian still maintained that abominable smile and stood in the center of the field with some restraint, while the two terrified horses swept past his body and collapsed to the ground. The rider on the horse seemed to have fainted, but the two horses were not so lucky, only to see that the horse’s head had already flown far away with two puddles of blood, and the steeds’ corpses shook and cracked the yellow soil on the official road!

Behind Fan Xian, two brown-clothed swordsmen gripped their long swords with both hands, their faces cold and their eyes chilling as they looked at the camp of the Grand Prince’s soldiers not far away.

Two knives down, raw cut two horse head, good fast knife, good fast shot!

The pupils of the Grand Prince shrunk slightly, looking at the two knives behind Fan Xian, somehow feeling that the other party’s strikes were somewhat familiar, his fingers gently tapping on the armor of the outer thighs, dangdang faintly sounding, looking at Fan Xian, he said word by word: “Your Majesty Fan is really formidable, this king has been on the warpath for several years, but I did not think that as soon as I came back to Kyoto, your Excellency would be beheaded by your Excellency in front of the public! So this is how the court welcomes its soldiers home.”

Fan Xian sighed and reached out to cover his mouth and nose, seemingly disliking that the smell of the horse’s blood was a bit harsh, and explained, “Your Highness, if I had a thousand guts, I wouldn’t dare to kill Your Highness’s warhorses.” He realized at this time, this highness, although rough, but not stupid, words and phrases buckle their own, to be heard the great prince called himself this king, then remembered, in the decree to tour the west to make the great prince return to the east, his majesty has already sealed the great prince knighthood, this is all the royal children, the first to be sealed the king of the people.

Thinking that he had offended the other party today, Fan Xian could not help but frown as well.

While the Grand Prince’s face grew cold, the personal guard beside him came forward and said a few words. Hearing these few words, the Grand Prince’s gaze was fixed as he looked at the two swordsmen behind Fan Xian and frowned, “So it’s the Tiger Guard.”

Gouda also whispered behind Fan Xian at this time, “The one beside the Grand Prince is a Tiger Guard.”

Fan Xian raised an eyebrow and asked, “You recognize it?”

“Subordinate doesn’t recognize it, but subordinate knows it.” Gao Da answered in a deep voice, the horse’s blood on top of his long blade still dripping down at this point.

Fan Xian said, “Since you are a Tiger Guard, how can you be so rude to the Grand Imperial Prince?”

Gao Da said in a deep voice, “Young master, His Majesty has decreed that my subordinate is only required to protect the young master safely, and as for who the other party is, there is no need to consider it.”

The two spoke in extremely soft voices, and a few inexplicable colors suddenly appeared between Fan Xian’s brows, and after a long moment of silence, he suddenly gave a long salute to the Grand Prince’s mount without saying anything more.

At this time the big prince subordinate troops battalion has long been fainted two troops carried back, only waiting for his highness a command, will rush over, will make the mission of people a good beating, bias at this time the big prince but fell into the silence. Suddenly, the Grand Prince rode up on a single horse and meandered over to Fan Xian’s side, slightly lowered his body, and lowered his voice to say: ”I like this temper of yours. But it’s ominous for you to kill a horse, and when you enter the capital, beware of this king looking for trouble.”

Fan Xian sighed and said, “Your Highness, it really has nothing to do with the micromanager, please be clear, Your Highness.”

The Grand Prince snorted coldly. As a royal son, he was naturally aware of the Tiger Guard’s jurisdiction, thinking that it was the bodyguard that his father had placed for the legation, and that it really had nothing to do with Fan Xian, but deep down, he was still extremely annoyed.

“It is the meaning of this palace, if your highness has any dissatisfaction, don’t make it difficult for Lord Fan.” The princess’s voice, which had been quiet in the carriage for a long time, finally rang out again.

At this time the officials surrounded up, Ren Shaoan pulled Fan Xian’s hand, Xin Qit hugged the eldest prince’s leg, the palace’s small yellow door dead touch the eldest prince’s horse reins, the Minister of Rites blew his beard and glared at those who wore the color of hatred of the troops battalion scolded back, there is another Privy Council of the oldest as a horse after the peacemaker, in short, is the Qing Dynasty court mobilized to surround the eldest prince and Fan Xian in the middle of the, to change the war into peace, to change the hostility into peace! The court mobilized to surround the Grand Prince and Fan Xian in the middle, turning the hostility into peace.

This much officials surrounded over, the mission and the west road army conflict naturally have to be just. Otherwise, if you really hurt an old man, it would be like not giving face to the court.

What is the court? Not the three courts, six departments and four temples, but face, the face of all the subjects.

At this time, the city gate looked at this side from afar what seems to happen, finally reacted, a horseback ride to the dust, asked half a day to understand, the original is the mission arrived early, and the great prince to fight road. This is a major event where the subordinates can deal with, hurry to return.

At this time both sides are fighting for sex, even if Fan Xian and then want to retreat, the princess in the carriage, the civil officials in the mission also do not want to retreat, hard to be more than the big prince advanced into the city can not be.

But the great prince today, two horses died, fell a big face, if not know the tiger guards is the father of the Emperor’s close friends, is never a subject can support, has long ordered a chaotic gun to open the road. At this time he was also provoked temper, where willing to let the delegation advanced into the city, what bullshit princess, your future is not to give the king end of the foot wash goods!

Argument, by the court officials to hold the legs of the legs, stop the horse to stop the horse, this fight is not natural, so had to play some oral lawsuit, but those West Road Army generals fighting or powerful, playing a war of words, and how is the delegation of these good at the art of sophistry of diplomacy rivals, from the rules of the court to the friendship of the two countries, from His Majesty’s sacred heart to the face of the officials, gradually the great prince side fell on the side of the downtrodden, but it is Very forcefully blocked the official road, refused to let the delegation advanced.

A bright yellow car, then in the Qing country since the founding of the country, the entire court the most lively once in the market splash sound, slowly approaching the scene of the accident.

Finally, someone realized it and hurriedly stopped talking. And at this time, Fan Xian had long since retreated, coming together next to Yan Bingyun’s carriage not knowing what he was talking about, and having been reminded by Yan Bingyun, he also immediately discovered this carriages, and hurriedly greeted him, organizing his official clothes, following those officials around him, and performing a great salute.

“Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!”

The Crown Prince had originally followed His Majesty’s imperial decree and was at the city gates ready to welcome the Grand Prince back to the capital, where did he know that this place was causing such a ruckus, so he had no choice but to condescend to come and mediate in person.

See is the crown prince came, the big prince also dare not let loose again scolding, hurriedly dismounted, with armor to the crown prince car driving before, will be kneeling to worship. At this time, the crown prince is already off the car, hurry to stop, hard not to let him kneel down, mouth also kept saying: “big brother, you in the armor in the body, do not need to perform this great gift, not to mention you are elder brother, how can you let you worship me.”

Great Prince’s temperament is really direct, the Crown Prince said not to let worship, he did not worship, straightened up, took off his helmet. Although the officials of the Taishang Temple and the Ministry of Ceremony beside him were muttering something in their hearts, but it was a matter of two brothers, since His Majesty didn’t care about these rituals, what would they, the courtiers, have to say more about it.

The crown prince looked at his elder brother’s cheeks, some emotionally said: “big brother long years outside to fight for the country, this wind and sun, people also thin.”

The eldest prince smiled and responded, “What’s wrong with that? Running a horse outside is also considered comfortable, you also know that my elder brother doesn’t like to stay in the mansion, suffocating individuals. This is not the case, if Grandma did not definitely want me to come back, I would hate to stay outside for some more days.”

The Crown Prince chided, “Not only Imperial Grandmother, Father and Empress, Consort Ning, and all of us brothers, all want you to come back sooner.”

The eldest prince squinted at Fan Xian and said, “I’m only afraid that some people don’t want me to come back earlier.”

The crown prince saw that his face looked unsettled and asked what had happened, but he couldn’t help but laugh. This laughter was a bit odd, and those ministers didn’t know what kind of mystery the Crown Prince was playing. Only to see the Crown Prince gently beckon, causing Fan Xian to come over and chastise him, “It was you who fought with the Grand Hall of Justice over the Dao? Do you know that this is a felony.”

Fan Xian smiled and explained, “I don’t have the guts to do that, it’s Your Highness, the Grand Princess of Northern Qi, who traveled all the way here and contracted some wind and cold on the way, so she really can’t afford to wait outside of the city any longer.”

The Crown Prince nodded slightly, and carried his eldest brother’s hand to that carriage, and saluted softly, before turning back to his eldest brother and said with a smile, “You also don’t bother with these courtiers, besides, you were not in the capital for these two years, and didn’t know what happened, and thought that you also didn’t know about Fan Xian. Come, come, this palace will introduce you.”

Fan Xian and the Crown Prince actually hadn’t met much at all, but seeing the Crown Prince’s gentle expression at this time, he knew that the other party was trying to show his close and friendly relationship with himself in front of all the officials, so he walked up with a smile on his face, and bowed to the Grand Imperial Prince: “Minister of Imperial Learning Fengzheng Fan Xian, I’ve met you, Grand Imperial Prince.”

“You are the Fourth Grade Curator.” The crown prince chided, “How could you forget your official position.”

Fan Xian shook his head with a bitter smile, “This journey north and south has been a bit confusing, so I ask the Crown Prince’s forgiveness.”

The Crown Prince said softly to the Grand Prince, “Fan Xian is doing Lord Dean a favor nowadays.”

“This I am aware of, the Supervisory Academy’s Tisan, what a great official authority.” The Grand Prince said with a cold smile.

The Crown Prince smiled and rounded off the situation, “It’s just that, even if you don’t look at my face, you can’t treat your anger with him in the face of Maiden Chen. That said, when you were a child, you and Chen Yaotou were extremely good …… After all, Fan Xian is also our brother-in-law, are a family, what kind of anger are you angry.”

The eldest prince snorted coldly, looked at some constrained Fan Xian: “I am angry with this, Chen’s child in the palace that is the heart of the baby, actually married to such a sissy, look at it is irritating! In less than half a year of marriage, she actually asked to go on a mission and left her new wife in the palace.

Fan Xian laughed bitterly, then realized that he had completely mistaken the direction, the original fight is indeed a family affair, but not between the great prince and the future consort of the family affairs, but the prince and his own brother-in-law between the family affairs.