Chapter 42: My People, Their People
Non-famous comic Wang Qinian pushed open a slit and flashed in, a small dry old man of forty years of age like a fourteen year old child with a sharp hand and a humble attitude, only the occasional flickering look in his eyes revealed his inner fear.
Fan Xian was originally overjoyed to see him, but when he thought that this fellow had actually concealed from himself that he had brought Si Zhe back to Nan Qing, without even reporting back in secret, there were a few threads of anger in his heart, and he lazily ignored him, turning his head and continuing to say with a frown to Fan Si Zhe, ”The news that you are in Shangjing, I’m sure it can’t be concealed from anyone, and there are still Weihua’s jinyiwei guards there that can protect you, and after returning to the country, you are yet Be more careful of your personal safety, have to be careful, like today with an entourage on the street, although disguised, but in the capital you this little tyrant’s acquaintances can be quite a lot, and then there are a few of your entourage, I do know that you hired a bunch of Northern Qi masters, but ……”
He was somewhat annoyed at his brother’s carelessness: “The waist is still hanging those scimitar, blind people can not see that is the North Qi people …… I said your business talent, that is, the Qingyu Hall of those who are very much appreciated by the shopkeeper, how is it that these small places are so not careful?”
Wang Qinian wanted to interject from the side, but did not dare to speak. Fan Si Zhe sympathetically glanced at the little old man, explaining in a small way, “Using the identity of the Beiqi merchant group ……”
Fan Xian ignored his explanation and said coldly, “Anyway, coming back without authorization, that’s your problem.”
Fan Si Zhe looked at his brother’s back, his eyeballs rolled, his plan came to him, hehehe laughed, “To say …… that you acted without authorization, brother, I heard that you were not lightly injured in that valley, and I think that my father is definitely not allowing you to go out and wander around… …Why did you see me on the street?”
Fan Xian choked, not knowing how to speak, coldly grunted twice to stop, then said in a harmonious voice: “Let’s not talk about that, it’s good to come back, it’s been more than a year since I’ve seen you, I really miss you a little bit.”
Fan Si Zhe sighed, sat beside Fan Xian hugged his bladder complained: “This after half a year are in the management of business, although with those people in Northern Qi fights to share the interests of the also quite annoying, but always doing their favorite things …… brother does not know that the beginning of those months… …”
Junior Lang’s eyes as if floating in front of the snowy night, stone mill, donkey, beans …… these miserable images, trembling voice said, “That is not a human life ah ……”
Fan Xian suddenly a heartbeat, fingers counted Haitang at this time has long gone back to the capital, could not help but laugh and said, “Is it possible that she went back to the capital, you are in a hurry to run away? How dare you become so small?”
Fan Si Zhe said: “Brother, not all men in this world are as powerful as you, what kind of girl family can cheat …… like Haitang kind of tigress, but I don’t want to look twice.”
Fan Xian laughed, and slightly asked a few words of his younger brother’s life in the north, as for official business, in the two of them to and from the north and south of the letter has long been said I do not know how many times, but also too lazy to ask, just listening to his brother recounted in the city of the capital of the day, listening to the little age of him how to go in and out of the capital of the king’s mansion of the title residence, quite a bit of interest.
Especially listening to Fan Si Zhe has now become a regular guest of the Changning Marquis’ house, and often sparred with Wei Hua’s father, Fan Xian couldn’t help but laugh again, thinking that the body of that bad old man, I’m afraid that he couldn’t stand the killing of his own brothers and sisters with their continuous drinking.
Thinking of that bad old man in Shangjing, his eyes caught sight of the unusually quiet bad old man beside him.
At this time, Fan Xian’s mood had improved a lot, looking at Wang Qinian with a gentle smile on his face, his thin lips slightly opened, and he said softly, “Your Honor Wang, how have you been ……?”
Anyone who had contact with Fan Xian knew that when this little Lord Fan smiled most gently, that was when the evil fire in his heart was in full bloom, and at such a moment, no one was willing to mess with this good-looking young man.
Wang Qinian as Fan Xian’s beloved, of course, he knows this temper of his lord well, at this time, looking at the smile on the corner of his lord’s lips, his heart trembled, and he bitterly answered, “My lord, spare the little one ……”
“When did you arrive?” Fan Xian picked up the teacup beside him and drank two mouthfuls to moisten his throat, but he found that this teacup was permeated with a rouge aroma, which made him realize that it was the one that Shi Qing’er had drank, and frowned slightly, replacing his brother’s cup, but then he thought of another pile of things, and asked with a sideways glance, “Where’s that woman of yours?”
Two sentences asked two separate people.
Fan Si Zhe said with a hefty smile on the side, “Resting in the Upper Capital, tied up all day long, is really a bit tiresome.”
Wang Qinian said honestly on the side, “I really arrived yesterday, and have already gone to the courtyard to report to Lord Yan, only that the courtyard said that the lord was not feeling well after his injury, and asked me not to rush into the house.”
Fan Xian glared at his younger brother, thinking that this kid will be sixteen years old this year, and said something that made him feel like a middle-aged married man. However, when he thought of Si Zhe’s young age, he started to run a brothel, and the early opening of the bud is simply human and God’s indignation, this life is certainly very difficult to know what it means to cherish a woman.
He then frowned and asked Wang Qinian, “You should know the arrangements for this return.”
Wang Qinian ricked his body and hemmed and hawed, “I’ve heard that it’s for me to take over the position of the adults to lead a …… place I’m not going to do it.”
Fan Xian was stunned and opened his mouth to scold, “Even the dean guessed that you would say that, that’s the only one in the eight offices, such a good position, if you don’t take it, how can I rest assured? You have stayed in Beiqi for a year and a half, your seniority and experience are here, if you are not allowed to go up, the other people in the courtyard will only have ideas in their hearts.”
Wang Qinian deliberation a little after seriously said: “Mu adults in a good, I well ……” he shook his head and sighed: “a dry old man, the family has a wife and daughter, thought this life on the slow in the yard Yamen mixed to the old death! I didn’t expect to be adults you slipped out, these years also counted over the tension and excitement, but still feel comfortable in the adult side of the office.”
“在我身边…… “范闲沉吟着，他也是極喜欢身边的启年小组由老王打理，这近两年的时间中，启年小组先交给邓子越，后交给苏文茂，最后这半年基本上是洪常青在负责，这三个人 All are extremely attentive and perceptive characters, and there is no problem with their own loyalty, but …… Fan Xian always felt that there was no just entered the capital as fast as that.
He looked at Wang Qinian and said with a smile, “It won’t be calm all the time, in the valley, but a lot of people died.”
The room was quiet, after a long time, Wang Qinian said: “Because of this, I still think, adults around the affairs, or let me deal with it …… at least my nose, run faster, six in the sword hand although the ability is not small, but to say that prevention is better than cure, I have more confidence in myself. myself more confident.”
Fan Xian lowered his head, his fingers pinched the small tea cup and turned, his heart calculating the future arrangements, and couldn’t help but frown. Wang Qinian looks funny, in fact do things to watertight, this more than a year in Beiqi, actually did not let Fan Xian bother what to do, successfully and Beiqi royal family, jinyiwei yamen constructed a good relationship, and let the year because of the speech Bingyun accidentally exposed into a pool of stagnant water six Beiqi spying network, re-activated successfully.
The smuggling of Jiangnan’s inner treasury to Northern Qi, and Fan Xian’s understanding of Northern Qi’s movements, all relied on this dry and thin old man in front of him.
These things have proved Wang Qinian’s ability, this silent but powerful Supervisory Yuan officials is Fan Xian into the capital after a treasure, Fan Xian wants him to take over a place, is also counting on him to be able to secretly detect the Kyoto officials, in the Kyoto shock waves, can have a close friend who can grasp the whole situation.
If Wang Qinian only returned to his own side as the head of Qinian’s team, in Fan Xian’s opinion, it was really a bit of a waste. However, Wang Qinian was really insistent, and Fan Xian was a bit embarrassed.
He frowned and said, “This will be discussed again …… but in these few days after the New Year’s Eve, you will explain the affairs in the north to Zi Yue, be more careful, he has no experience in activities outside of the country, you teach more.”
Wang Qinian knew in his heart that Lord Tishe was tantamount to acquiescing to his request in disguise, and couldn’t help but smile.
Fan Si Zhe watched as his brother began to deal with the affairs of the Supervisory Yuan, and felt that it seemed a bit inappropriate for him to sit here any longer, so he stood up and prepared to leave.
Fan Xian, however, called him back and said with a smile: ”What you are doing in the north is not just doing business, this Moonhugger House has opened six branches in the world, and the branch in the capital of Northern Qi will be opening soon, and a whole lot of intelligence gathering must be paid attention to, and I’ll give the south to Sang Wen, and the north will be handed over to you …… and so on, if you’re also a supernumerary member of the courtyard nowadays. Is the courtyard supernumerary personnel, today these things you listen to listen to no harm, stay a while Deng Ziyue over, you also want to get close to him, although he is my subordinate, but in the coming year in Beiqi, the two of you have to cooperate with the line, never self-respect identity, how how.”
This is one of Fan Xian’s most pressing thoughts after the sniping in the valley, he must put his own intelligence system in place, this system doesn’t need to be too big, but rather to draw sustenance from the big tree that is the Supervisory Yuan, or else once the Supervisory Yuan is dumbed down, and once it closes off to itself, Fan Xian is very worried about becoming blind once again, just as he was in the valley.
As he was talking, the door to his room was knocked on, and the visitor used the very standard tactic of the Supervisory Yuan of reporting to one’s superiors.
Fan Xian smiled and answered.
Deng Ziyue, who was dressed in a black lotus suit, pushed the door in and bowed to Fan Xian on one knee, and after getting up, he looked at Wang Qinian above Fan Xian’s hand and said excitedly, “Lord Wang, you’ve returned to the capital?”
When Fan Xian group qinian group, just picked wang qinian a person, behind the subordinates are all wang qinian hand-picked into, and deng zi yue is wang qinian picked into the group of the first person, so he has been to wang qinian to division to the superior view, today suddenly see its people, can’t help but be joyful.
“Get.” Fan Xian laughed, “Don’t always talk about parting feelings in this building today, the arrangement has to be done properly.”
He paused and asked, “How many days until Wan Er and the others arrive?”
“Three more days.” Deng Ziyue calmly replied, “There are tiger guards and swordsmen accompanying them all the way, plus after hearing about the assassination of the lord, all the states are afraid and have strengthened their defenses, so there should be no obstacles.”
Fan Xian nodded, he actually wasn’t too worried, assassinations like this always need to have benefits, killing himself was too tempting for those people, but assassinating other members of the royal family didn’t have the slightest benefit.
The room is quiet, Fan Xian is the Supervisory Yuan, the rest of the two are also equivalent to the level of the eight heads of senior officials, this level of hospital affairs meeting, Fan Si Zhe or the first time to participate in the atmosphere and their own in the north to convene the merchants to get girls counting money is very different, can not help but be a little nervous, subconsciously playing with their thick and clumsy fingertips.
Fan Xian was quiet.
After a long silence, Wang Qinian opened his mouth and asked, “My lord, there are more people coming?”
Fan Xian nodded and said with a slight frown, “He should be coming.”
Wang Qinian scratched his head and said, “I made an appointment with the second young master to meet here, and Zi Yue was informed by your lordship……. Who else?”
Fan Xian laughed, “Now that all the forces in Kyoto know that the Moon Embracing House is my turf, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at this place, and I’m afraid that what we’re talking about here will only be rumored into the various royal residences in a little while, and that boy won’t relax his surveillance of this place.”
He slowly lowered his head and said, “Since he knows I’m here, why wouldn’t he come?”
Wang Qinian, however, smelled a hint of something else in these words.
After a long time, the quiet wooden door resounded with a steady knocking sound for the third time today.
A young gentleman pushed the door in, his white clothes were snowy, his eyebrows were cold and frosty, and his body was so chilly that it suppressed the snow that was drifting and dancing outside this moon building.
Fan Xian sighed in his heart, the depressed feeling between his eyebrows was swept away, and he smiled and said, “Count on you to come quickly.”
The man in white was not wanting to joke with him, and said coldly, “As the Plenipotentiary Tisan of the Supervisory Yuan, your lordship should know that your life is more than just a matter of your own.”
At this time, all the people in the seat hurriedly got up and saluted, asking, “I have met Lord Xiaoyan.”
The person who came was none other than Fan Xian’s brain, that always cold and icy Yan Bingyun. The five people in the room at this time, all of them were the new generation of powerful figures of the Supervisory Academy, and it was amazing that these five people happened to also be the key figures who had clashed head-on with the Second Prince a year ago because of the matter of the Moon Embracing House, and on the night that Fan Xian had expelled Fan Sichert from the Kyoto, all of the five people had stayed in one place.
In addition to Jing Ge, the black rider in the camp outside the capital, and Su Wenmao, who stayed in Jiangnan to deal with the internal treasury, plus Mu’s uncle and nephews outside the room, as well as Hong Changqing, who was keeping records in the courtyard, this room was all of Fan Xian’s direct line in the Supervisory Yuan.
As each of them took their seats, Fan Xian looked at Yan Bingyun with a smile on his face, rubbed his brow with his index finger, and said, “Three things.”
Everyone listened to the order in silence, and even Yan Bingyun slightly gathered his hands.
“One, His Majesty has summoned fourteen young officials to the palace.” Fan Xian calmly said, “The court is going to change a batch of blood, but I don’t know how big of a commotion it’s going to be, within tomorrow, send the dossiers of these fourteen people to me, those who can be controlled, start working on controlling them right away, and those who can’t be controlled, find out about the unlawful things that were done back in the day when he was still wearing crotchless pants …… and also find a way to control down.”
Open crotch pants …… naturally want to dig deep into the deepest part of the soul of the officials.
The people in the room were quiet, with some slight uneasiness in their hearts, the court promotes officials, it is true that sometimes it is necessary for the Supervisory Yuan to review their past eunuch experiences beforehand, but like the Lord of the Tishek such a command, it is obvious that they are not doing something for the court, but ……
Fan Xian knew that his inner circle had heard and understood, and did not explain more. Because of his own assassination, the emperor would definitely take the opportunity to do something, and this was an extremely rare opportunity for him, these young officials, except for a few, did not have any obvious factions, because of their cleanliness and lack of a big power to do backing, but instead gave Fan Xian a chance to secretly meddle in the imperial government.
Yan Bingyun suddenly shook her head and said, “Mine too?”
Among the fourteen young officials, there was also the name of Yan Bingyun, this was only a matter of a few hours ago, Yan Bingyun was out of the palace and knew that Fan Xian had come to the Moon Embracing House and rushed over, but it was also clear that there were not too many things that could be hidden from Fan Xian’s eyes and ears in this Kyoto.
“Fake or write one.” Fan Xian did not have the good sense to say, “Qin Heng is not necessary, the case file in the courtyard is clear, the focus is on He Zongwei, this person …… seems that His Majesty appreciates him.”
He whirled and sneered, “But …… I very much do not appreciate him.”
“The second thing.” Fan Xian said softly, “There is a spy in the courtyard, after Zhu Ge’s death, the internal kerning seems to be weaker, pull him out, I don’t want to have problems in the future.”
Yan Bingyun smiled and said nothing. Fan Xian, however, favored not smiling and glared at him.
“Third thing.” He looked at Yan Bingyun and said, “You prepare some paper and prepare to wipe the yard’s ass …… I’m going to kill a few people.”
“Kill what people?” Yan Bingyun looked straight into Fan Xian’s compelling gaze and calmly asked, “If it’s a high level official, I’d express my opposition, after this assassination, his majesty is no longer able to tolerate it, and if you do it rashly, it won’t help matters instead.”
Fan Xian slightly lowered his head, his palm subconsciously rubbing his brother’s head beside him, and raised his head to say, “Killing is not an end in itself, nor is it a means of obtaining some kind of benefit, it’s just a kind of warning and teasing …… The Dean of the Lord’s heart, I’m sure that you are also clear about one or two of them, and you should know that at this time to add another fire along the way , for the big picture is favorable.”
The rest of the few people could not understand, even less clear what the so-called big picture of Dean Chen means, but Yan Bingyun was bitter in the lips, said with a bitter smile, “If you want to fool around, just fool around, just very childish revenge and out of anger, don’t get involved with what the big picture.”
“I just want revenge.” Fan Xian narrowed his eyes and said, “You’re all my people, and the ones who died in the valley were also my people, and since my people died, theirs will die as well.”
He finally instructed these most beloved subordinates, “The day before Wan’er returns to the capital I’ll host a banquet at the Moon Embracing House, inviting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the First Prince, the Second Prince, Qin Heng, and the two Vice Ambassadors of the Privy Council …… you to prepare.”
“Grand Duke Yan?” Wang Qinian reminded as he realized that Fan Xian had left out an important figure from the Eldest Princess’s faction.