Celebrating more than two years of peace in the world

Chapter 119 Only when it surfaced has a plan
The imperial city of the Qing Kingdom is in the middle of the capital city, surrounded by four square cities, and the east square cities are all residents, and the imperial city next to the east square city is the East Palace.

The prince sat firmly in the East Palace, and was studying in the Xuanhe Hall at this time.

The light is just right, neither bright nor dark.

The temperature is just right, neither cold nor hot.

The maids came from the front row to the back to serve tea and water, and the accompanying companions also sat on the side, grinding ink and adjusting brushes for His Highness the Prince.

It can be seen that His Royal Highness is in a very good mood.

It just so happened that not long after, a young eunuch ran outside the Xuanhe Hall, and after waiting for a long time to catch his breath, he knocked on the open door and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness, are you here?" report."

"Talk." His Royal Highness still looked down at the book, and did not raise his head to look outside.

"His Royal Highness, Mr. Xin Qiwu from the Ministry of Rites, please see me." The little eunuch said.

"See you." The prince said a single word.

The little eunuch immediately turned around and ran out, after a while, Xin Qiwu came in anxiously, he hurried to the door of the room, after thinking for a while, he knocked on the door, "Minister of Rites, Xin Qiwu, pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. "

"Yeah." The prince snorted lightly, then put down the book in his hand, he waved his hand, signaling the people below to go out.

Soon there were only two of them left in the room, the prince put it back to the original place, then walked down the stairs from the bookshelf, looked at Xin Qiwu with a smile, went to the tea table and poured water for him , asked, "What's wrong?"

"Your Highness, Cui Yiwen, is dead." Xin Qiwu spoke slowly, but clearly.

The prince was pouring tea for Xin Qiwu, after hearing this sentence, the prince still poured the cup of tea steadily, and then began to pour tea for himself, without any expression change, he said softly, "Continue talking. "

Xin Qiwu looked at the prince in shock. The other person's expression obviously caught him by surprise, but he still took a deep breath and continued, "Your Highness, it seems likely that it is the second..."

The prince blocked his desire to continue talking, and stretched out a hand across Xin Qiwu's face, "Tell me about Yu Qin."

Xin Qiwu looked at the prince, "Yu Qin... oh... Yu Qin... Yu Qin is ready to surrender, he has already confronted the minister of the Ministry of Industry, now it depends on what you mean, prince, this Yu Qin seems to be It’s also out of desperation.”

"Of course he was forced to do so." The prince smiled, "He doesn't have any direct lineage in the Qin Dynasty, and he doesn't even have a single person to talk to. After more than [-] years of officialdom, he is just a servant of the Ministry of Industry. Now the Minister of the Ministry of Industry is five years younger than him, what can he do? He will definitely not dare to resist the second brother of the current Qing Kingdom."

Hearing what the prince said, Xin Qiwu was taken aback, but still nodded, "Your Highness, what should we do next?"

"Find an excuse, get Yu Qin back to Cangzhou, and wait for Fan Xian's incident to happen, we'll warm up the wine and tea next to you, just watch the play." The prince said, he gently picked up the teacup in front of him, put it down He took a sip from his mouth, then blew on it again, took another sip, and said, "This time I went to meet Fan Xian, and I also let Cui Yiwen meet Fan Xian. At this time, Cui Yiwen has become an abandoned son. His death was something I expected."

Xin Qiwu looked at His Highness the Crown Prince, he seemed to be somewhat unable to recognize the Crown Prince in front of him.

The crown prince raised his eyebrows and said softly, "I met Fan Xian. Fan Xian must think that this matter has something to do with me, so he will continue to investigate, and Cui Yiwen is a very good opening. A reminder from Xian, asking him to find a breakthrough from Cui Yiwen, only in this way can he continue to investigate the following things, so Cui Yiwen's death is the end of Fan Xian, if he can't find some evidence from Cui Yiwen who was alive, Then he may leave Cangzhou today."

"Why did you leave in such a hurry?" Xin Qiwu was puzzled.

"Because of Dongyi City Sigu Sword." The prince laughed.

"Great Master? Why did he travel thousands of miles to Cangzhou City?"

"It's very simple, I let him go." The prince said.

Xin Qiwu was shocked.

The prince stretched out his hand, signaling for Xin Qiwu to drink a cup of tea. Of course, Xin Qiwu obeyed, and immediately took a sip from the teacup, but this sip was so hot that he spit it out immediately, coughing loudly, but he What he didn't notice was that the prince's cup was poured out later than his cup.

"This...His Highness...Chen..." Xin Qiwu looked at the prince quickly. He knew that the prince's water should not be vomited casually, even if it was magma, he had to drink it. Did not take this matter seriously.

The prince looked at Xin Qiwu indifferently, "It's very hot."

"Yes!"

The next moment, the prince slowly picked up the teapot again, poured the hot water into his teacup, picked it up with a smile, put it on his lips, blew on it, and slowly swallowed it, he felt During the whole process of scalding hot water from his lips and teeth, to the tip of his tongue, and finally into his throat, his face didn't show any abnormality at all.

He put the teacup on the table, "The great master also has desires, and the great master also has a thirst for knowledge. What he wants to know may only be told to him in my body, so he will not hesitate to do it himself and travel thousands of miles to find it. the truth."

After saying this, the prince said calmly, "You don't need to know about these things. What you have to do now is to send Yu Qin back, and her daughter will continue to do the rest, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Daughter?" Xin Qiwu was startled, and nodded hastily.

"Cangzhou is a very complicated place. Fan Xian's mission is very clear, and his identity is also very special. I understand what the emperor means, so I can also think that Fan Xian is the best person to help me win the inner treasury. Candidates." The prince said, "I can only blame the second brother for pushing too hard. Since he wants to take the world's wealth and power as his own, but he refuses to give me the cup of Cangzhou, then you can't blame me, the younger brother, for not giving it to me." Talk about human touch."

"It depends on human effort. It still depends on whether Fan Xian is alert enough. Everything has come to an end today. If Fan Xian hadn't left Cangzhou City, then my elder brother's pocketbook might be much thinner this time. "The prince said lightly, "Okay, step back."

Xin Qiwu responded, turned around and walked out of Xuanhe Hall.

He was covered in sweat, and his clothes were completely soaked. He had never felt such a sense of fear, especially when facing this kind and unscrupulous Prince Highness.

……

Dawn stepped on quietly, before the rising sun arrived, wantonly rendering Cangzhou City with the night.

Under the quiet night sky, it is only an hour before dawn, but today's Cangzhou City is particularly interesting.The small vendors on the street have already come out. These people always work hard from dawn to dusk, just to make a living for a few taels of silver.

When the door of the inn opened, a group of people came out in a hurry.

Haitang Duoduo and Fan Ruoruo held each other's hands, walked out of the inn first, and after they both got into the carriage, another group of people came out of the inn. After the luggage was placed on another carriage, it was done.

Then a man wearing a bamboo hat appeared at the back. He looked around and waved to the back. Then Wang Qinian came out with two boxes in his arms. The boxes seemed a bit heavy, and he walked unsteadily. The man wearing a bamboo hat and a black robe stepped aside, only then did a few hotel staff come to help.

After several people put the four boxes on the carriage completely, they all returned to their positions. Wang Qinian got on the horse, and the man wearing the bamboo hat sat on the carriage in front of Haitang Duoduo. He whispered to the carriage inside. Begonia Duoduo asked, "Let's go?"

After getting the permission, the team began to move slowly with a big whip, all the way to the north gate of Cangzhou City, and left the city when the night was dark and the sky had not yet dawned.

This group of people left the city almost under the watchful eyes of all the people in Cangzhou City, and some people even followed Cangzhou City to confirm.

The whole way, quietly, disappeared at the end of the horizon.

……

"My lord..." In the depths of the jungle, the two were walking on foot. The one in front was Fan Xian, and the one behind was Qu Han. Qu Han's walking was not good, so Fan Xian didn't walk too fast. Walking forward slowly, Fan Xian was in front, with a very relaxed expression on his face.

"Ah?" Fan Xian heard Qu Han calling him, and looked back, "What's wrong?"

"Why do you have to leave separately?" Qu Han didn't understand.

Fan Xian smiled, and didn't explain too much, he just murmured, "Do you still remember that a killer appeared at the intersection of the three state capitals?"

"Of course I remember..." Qu Han looked at Fan Xian in embarrassment. She recognized the killer by herself, and because of this killer, she discovered Deng Ziyue's identity.

"How did you find that killer?" Fan Xian asked.

Qu Han was startled, and then she turned around and thought about it. She remembered that the most obvious part of the whole incident was that Deng Ziyue sneaked out at night to exchange resources with this person, and she was sure that the killer provided Deng Ziyue with some clues. Then Deng Ziyue handed over a piece of information to the killer. Unfortunately, after she left, she didn't collect that piece of information. Apparently when Fan Xian sent someone to guard the rescue site, the killer had already passed on the information before that.

Fan Xian shook his head, "Deng Ziyue is not sending a message to Xinyang."

"Ah?" Qu Han frowned and looked at Fan Xian.

"Do you still remember those killers in Danzhou?" Fan Xian asked.

Of course Qu Han couldn't forget that those children were devils dressed in kindness. With butcher knives in their hands, they killed so many people with unimaginable strength.Thinking of those people, Qu Han nodded, "They don't seem to be trained by ordinary people, they seem to be very skilled in killing people."

"You're right. They are professional killers. They were born to kill. Don't you think there are some similarities between them and the girls from Xiuyutang?" Fan Xian said as he walked.

"Similar?" Of course Qu Han didn't understand Fan Xian's statement, "I don't think there is any similarity between the two. My lord, the similarity you mean..."

"They are also children of poor families. They were also born in very desolate places, even places where there is nothing to eat. They don't have the ability to continue to live and even need to sell their bodies to continue to live." Fan Xian said .

"Isn't this very common?" Qu Han said, "My family used to be like this. Sir, if you go to the north or west, many villages are like this. The land there can no longer grow food. Those farmers All you can do is wait to starve to death."

"Why can't we grow food?" Fan Xian asked suddenly.

His question came so suddenly that Qu Han couldn't understand it at all. Qu Han looked at Fan Xian with a masked face, "Ah? Is there a drought?"

"Drought?" Fan Xian smiled, "Do you know what a drought is? This year's grain cannot be grown, and next year's harvest cannot be harvested. Is this called a drought? A drought is when the land is cracked, there is no rain, and there is no rain in the entire region." Dripping water, this is a drought, and it is a drought that does not drip for several years, you know?"

Qu Han was dumbfounded.

"I've been to Northern Qi, do you know? It's raining all over Northern Qi, so why doesn't it rain in the north of Qing Kingdom? If the western frontier pass is really in severe drought, officials and businessmen can still sit there lightly? I don't want to brag, If it's really a severe drought for several years, the two of us will fetch ten buckets of water from the capital city to go around the western frontier and come back, and we'll make a lot of money, do you know?" Fan Xian laughed, walking and talking , "This year, right now, in my carriage, there are melons, fruits and grapes from Tubo in the Western Regions, do you know?"

After saying this, Qu Han finally understood. She looked at Fan Xian in a daze, and asked, "What do you mean, is this severe drought fake?"

"I finally understand that the meaning hidden in the words some people brought me is actually like this." Fan Xian shook his head and smiled wryly.

He remembered what Cui Yiwen whispered that day when he first met him.

"Do you want to know why Prime Minister Lin stepped down?"

After that sentence was finished, Fan Xian obediently went to see the Crown Prince of Qing Kingdom, but the Crown Prince didn't mention anything about Prime Minister Lin's resignation. On the contrary, he expressed some wooing tactics with himself, which obviously paralyzed Fan Xian. Xian, so that Fan Xian thought that the prince was still a person who didn't know what was going on in his head.

But when Fan Xian re-examined the whole incident, he realized the most important thing.

It was this old man who uncovered the whole story that the eldest princess Li Yunrui was in charge of the inner treasury and was corrupt.

My own father-in-law, Lin Ruofu!
Lin Ruofu never said a word to Fan Xian, not even a metaphor. It can be said that Fan Xian didn't know anything about the inner treasury between Fan Xian and the eldest princess, or even the whole trip to the north. , Lin Ruofu is an insider of this matter.

But from Fan Xian's point of view, he is a bit stupid, because his preconceived enemy turned into the eldest princess, and then assimilated Lin Ruofu, which led him to fully understand the development of the whole incident until now. This matter, Lin Ruofu's resignation, he shouldn't even ask why.

Lin Ruofu and the Eldest Princess had a daughter, and such a relationship must be very close, so it is impossible for Lin Ruofu not to know what the Eldest Princess Li Yunrui is doing and thinking.When His Majesty the Emperor named Fan Jian, Minister of the Household Department, to control the severe drought, Fan Jian's feedback was that he couldn't manage it at all, and said that the emperor's treasury did not have enough money.

However, the Emperor Qing had no choice but to use Lin Ruofu to handle these matters. Fan Xian didn't know how Lin Ruofu handled this matter, but only knew that he solved it in less than three months. Disaster problem.

It is a disaster, but is it a drought?Fan Xian smiled wryly, it wasn't a drought at all, it was collusion between officials and businessmen, and it was exploitation at every level. That's why His Majesty the Emperor asked Fan Xian to come to Danzhou City first!

The replacement of the land has already made Fan Jian not want to extend his hand to take care of it. Although he is the Minister of the Household Department of the dynasty, the matter of the internal treasury cannot be resolved. Things, but all the city, all the people's things.

This is a class-by-class festering, a deep-seated festering, and it is not something he can solve as a household secretary. This also explains why Fan Jian, who has always resisted Fan Xian's calling as a member of the Overwatch Council, suddenly agreed. his joining.Everything has cause and effect.

This is also the reason why Lin Ruofu resigned. He almost offended the entire western and northern forces. At that time, he should have done something that hurt the interests of this huge group. The second prince had no choice but to move Lin Ruofu from the position of prime minister. After all, the reason why this is possible must be that the eldest princess Li Yunrui communicated with the queen mother in the harem. After all, only that person can say that Lin Ruofu is willing without disturbing anyone.

Then came the betrayal. In fact, there were two people who betrayed Lin Ruofu. These two people became the key reason for Lin Ruofu's resignation. The first one was his counselor Yuan Hongdao.Fan Xian believed that Lin Ruofu did not believe in this person's rebellion, but if he was a rebellion, Lin Ruofu would of course be able to know immediately. After all, if Lin Ruofu went to the northwest, Yuan Hongdao would definitely be the right-hand man for the overall operation, so his Defection is decisive.

And the second person is his son, Lin Gong.

No matter what purpose Lin Gong had for killing Fan Xian, his collusion with Bei Qi was solid. The emperor just wanted to find an excuse to go to war with Bei Qi, but Lin Ruofu couldn't think like that. What he wanted to think about was why Lin Gong Being able to connect with Si Lili was something he still couldn't understand.

Lin Ruofu didn't know, but Fan Xian knew that the link between Si Lili and Lin Gong was the second prince.

At that time, Fan Xian and others thought that when the eldest princess was assisting the prince, the second prince had already started to sneak in. At that time, their goal was not actually Fan Xian. At that time, Fan Xian was just a little girl. Hello, their real target is Lin Ruofu.

Once you understand these things, it will be easier to think about the next thing.

Fan Xian followed all his thoughts, and of course he understood what he was about to face, the Ministry of Industry.

"The entire Qing Kingdom is outside of the capital city. I haven't seen anyone who manages more things than the Ministry of Industry." Fan Xian laughed.

Of course Qu Han understood what Fan Xian said, she looked at Fan Xian hesitantly, "But that Yu Ping'er is not..."

In the middle of the sentence, Qu Han stopped. She looked at Fan Xian and didn't continue. It seemed that she had understood something. She looked at Fan Xian and sighed.

"I think the same as you." Fan Xian picked up a branch by the side of the road and said wobbly, "But I don't have any evidence to prove that Yu Ping'er is doing the same thing as his father, so I didn't think about what to do with Ping'er, but I gave her a test. If there are no problems, Yu Ping'er should not be like Yu Qin. After all, she doesn't act like a cautious person who doesn't worry about people's investigation. .”

"Test?" Qu Han looked at Fan Xian puzzled, "What test?"

Fan Xian smiled, but did not answer.

……

"gone?"

The one who spoke was the person sitting on the head seat of the Cui family, Cui Zhen's son, Cui Xian, who was also the elder brother of the dead Cui Yiwen.At this time, he was talking to the people below, and he said with a smile, "Dalong, Kong Cheng, you are the most useful people of the new generation. Much more useful."

Below, Kong Cheng and Cheng Dalong sat on the chairs, and they smiled awkwardly without making a sound.

"The two of you will take the lead in Xiuyutang from now on. I have many chores and it's inconvenient to go there all the time. You two will be responsible for taking care of Xiuyutang." Cui Xian said with a smile.

This matter should be a certainty, so Kong Cheng didn't show any surprise, but started talking about another matter, "They have already left, that princess."

Cui Xian looked at Kong Cheng, his face trembling slightly, and he asked, "Are you sure?"

"My people in the three state prefectures have seen them go to the sandbar. I counted them carefully. There are not many people on it. There shouldn't be any problem." Kong Cheng said.

Nodding thoughtfully, Cui Xian suddenly laughed, "Since those people have already left, then we don't have to worry about it, you should pay attention around, although the people in the capital city have left, the other eyes are still there. watching."

"Understood." Kong Cheng said frankly.

Only then did he and Cheng Dalong walk out slowly.

The hall seemed to be quiet, but Cui Xian didn't leave. At this time, a figure appeared beside him, not someone else, but Yun Zhilan.

"Patriarch Cui." Yun Zhilan said lazily.

"Hero Yun." Cui Xian stood up, looked at Yun Zhilan, and said respectfully.

"The matter is almost over, and I'm going back to Dongyi City." Yun Zhilan said.

"This time, I would like to thank Daxia Yun for his help. Without Daxia Yun, it would be impossible to handle this matter so well." Cui Xian said calmly.

"You didn't tell the two of them about Fan Xian. It seems that you don't trust these two people." Yun Zhilan said.

"The two of them have followed three masters. Although they have always been my people, I will inevitably have doubts. You have to understand. After all, businessmen like us have to leave notes for themselves in everything. No matter what the back road is, you must have a place to retreat in your heart, otherwise you might be sold out." Cui Xian said.

"Okay, then Patriarch Cui is welcome to do as he pleases, and I will take my leave here." Yun Zhilan said.

"Please."

"Please!"

After sending Yun Zhilan away, Cui Xian went straight to the main room. He walked in slowly, as if he was worried about disturbing someone. He walked to Cui Zhen's bed and looked at him tenderly, "Dad , that Fan Xian who came this time has left again."

Cui Zhen couldn't hear him at all, and lay there expressionlessly. He had been lying there for a long time.

Cui Xian stroked Cui Zhen's hair, and said helplessly, "You said he's been here for so long, but he hasn't found anything. I thought the Overwatch Council was very powerful. You've been terrified for so long, no? Was he also easily avoided by the child? Although the affairs in Xiuyutang are not so obvious, after all, standing behind me is His Highness the Second Prince. Now His Highness is out of the palace again. This time is His Majesty's chance. With one hundred thousand iron cavalry in his hands at the western frontier pass, isn't he going to really become the new emperor?"

"People in the Overwatch Council should also be afraid of royal power." Cui Xian laughed. "You said that His Majesty established the Overwatch Council, but you really know what it is for. You say to monitor the world, to monitor hundreds of officials? It's his, what is he monitoring? The princes and princes don't dare to move, and the corrupt officials are under His Royal Highness's hands, and they dare not move. Do you think Chen Pingping has been blown too far? She doesn't even Knowing that I am really a dog."

"And this Fan Xian, I don't know where he got his aura. If he hadn't been accompanied by a princess, he would have considered himself some kind of general." Cui Xian smiled, and looked at his face again. Father, his expression contained affection, he sighed, and said to Cui Zhen, "Father, the boy is really forced to do so, you said that the boy has been with the second prince for so many years, there are many things that are not Maybe let it go, if you insist on selling Xiuyutang, even if you say that the boy can't do what you want, after all, this is the order of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and it's not my own problem. "

"It would be great if you agreed? Now we, father and son, enjoy the family happiness, how wonderful." Cui Xian said with a smile, "Look at the present, I can only drink some medicine, and I can't let If you are dead, you cannot be brought back to life, and being a son is also very uncomfortable."

Saying that, a maid walked in from outside the house. This maid was the one in Baoyue Tower. The maid walked in without any expression, holding a wooden box in her hand. There was a pill in the box, Cui Xian took the pill and asked softly, "Where is the person who made the medicine?"

"As you ordered, kill them all." The maid said softly, and after she finished speaking, she slowly took out a dagger from her waist.

Cui Xian didn't even look at her, but turned to his father and put the pill into Cui Zhen's mouth.

At this moment, the maid actually picked up the dagger and stabbed it into her own neck.

In an instant, blood flowed all over the place.

Cui Zhen watched the pill enter Cui Zhen's mouth calmly, and said quietly.

"Father, my child misses you!"

(End of this chapter)