Joy of Life: Grandmaster of the Fan Family

In the end, the topic returned to the new generation of Emperor Qing.

The various situations described by Wang Buer must have occurred because something unexpected happened with the selection of Emperor Qing.

"It's a long story. The last person I wanted to tell you was Crown Prince Li Chengqian."

"Prince?"

This candidate was not someone Fan Bin had thought of before.

"What is Fan Xian doing? How could he let Li Chengqian become Emperor Qing?"

If Fan Xian himself didn't want to sit on that chair, he just wanted to choose a puppet.

Whether it was the original crown prince or the second prince, they were obviously not good candidates.

Their personal abilities are too strong, and the forces under them are even more complicated.

Once they have secured the throne of Emperor Qing, it will be difficult to replace them.

If things go wrong, we don’t know how many people will die.

There are many gamblers who want to gamble on their future for the title of Emperor Qing.

The remaining eldest prince, including the third prince who is not yet an adult, is obviously a better choice.

You can make a deal with the eldest prince, but you don’t even need to make a deal with the third prince.

"For some unknown reason, the Crown Prince teamed up with the Princess. A portion of the inner treasury originally controlled by Master Fan was also divided out by them. In addition, the power of the Junshan Society also got involved. The most important thing is..."

Speaking of this, Wang Buer seemed to have thought of something and his body couldn't stop shaking.

"What's most important?"

Fan Bin's voice seemed to have some kind of magic.

After Wang Buer heard this, his body stopped shaking and he seemed to be relieved.

"The palace has been occupied. Many ascetics from the temple have moved into the palace. All our people have been cleared out. There are also temple messengers inside..."

How powerful is the temple messenger?

Although Wang Buer only witnessed it once, it left him with a huge psychological trauma.

"I see."

After hearing the temple messenger and the ascetic, and thinking about the warning the temple had given him before, Fan Bin probably understood why Fan Xian was powerless.

Even if he joins forces with Si Gu Jian, there is still Wu Zhu.

Faced with multiple temple messengers at the same time, they also had no way to deal with them.

The strength of a single temple messenger is comparable to that of a grandmaster. When there are more of them, the deterrent power increases exponentially.

"Do you know how much is in there?"

"I am incompetent and have not been able to find out how many temple messengers are inside. No one except the new emperor can contact them."

It was precisely because of the strong intervention of the temple that Crown Prince Li Chengqian was able to secure the throne. The situation in the capital of Qing State became chaotic.

"New Qing Emperor, what a great title. Did I, Fan Bin, agree? How dare he sit on that chair?"

"grown ups!"

Wang Buer’s pupils widened, filled with shock.

He almost doubted his ears. Was this really what the adults in their family said?

Based on Wang Buer's understanding of his master, since Fan Bin dared to say such words, he did not take those temple messengers seriously.

It is not difficult to deal with them.

Thinking of the power of those temple messengers and what their masters said, Wang Buer suddenly felt that the heart disease that had troubled him for more than two months seemed to be about to heal.

"Is there any movement from Northern Qi?"

The capital of Qing Kingdom has been thrown into chaos.

On one hand, there is Li Chengqian who has the full support of the temple, and on the other hand, there is the eldest princess who cooperates with him.

On the other hand, there are Fan Xian, Chen Pingping, Lin Ruofu, and representatives of the Qing Kingdom’s military.

There is also the Grand Master Ye family.

These forces that can influence the court are all making their own calculations.

The balance they maintain is very fragile.

Once encountering external force, this balance will be broken instantly.

"Northern Qi is not quiet either. Their young emperor has sent a full 10 troops to station at the border. The one leading the troops is Uesugi Tora!"

Although the current situation is that two powers are competing for supremacy.

But before that, Northern Qi had actually been in a weak position.

When Fan Bin led the troops, if he had not had any concerns, he would have led his troops directly to attack Northern Qi.

Under the circumstances at that time, Daqing could even destroy Northern Qi.

Now, there are so many forces in Qing Kingdom, fighting each other.

Because of the chaos in the country, all their previous advantages have disappeared.

On the contrary, Northern Qi, which had been oppressed by them, was now in an advantageous position. On the surface, there was the great general Shangshanhu, leading 100,000 elite troops, watching covetously.

Secretly, Ku He, the imperial teacher of Northern Qi, was also cooperating in the operation. They seemed to want to take advantage of the civil unrest in Qing to unify Daqing.

"This little girl really dares to think like that."

Fan Bin smiled bitterly.

Zhan Doudou took out all his family assets, not only because he didn't want to miss this opportunity, but he also probably took Fan Bin into account.

Before Fan Bin goes to the temple, the dispute between the two countries must be resolved.

What will you encounter in the temple? It's all unpredictable.

What if Fan Bin is inside and trapped for a while.

He didn't want the lives of the two countries to be ruined and his relatives to be implicated when he came out...

Zhan Doudou had obviously calculated this accurately.

Either the Northern Qi will unify Daqing, or Daqing will unify the Northern Qi.

Instead of waiting for Fan Bin to make a choice, it would be better for her to take the initiative and seize the initiative.

By then, even Fan Bin would not be able to say anything in the name of Xiao Ruogu.

"grown ups?"

Wang Buer didn't understand.

Although he is the leader of the secret guards, everything about the Fan family is not something they can monitor, nor do they need to protect them.

So Wang Buer was not clear about the relationship between Fan Bin and Zhan Doudou.

"Nothing. Let's go back to Daqing first to meet the new emperor."

What exactly does Zhan Doudou want to do?
At this time, Fan Bin didn't have the energy to care about it. What really concerned him was the Qing Palace and the new Qing Emperor who had just taken office.

"Yes."

Wang Buer made arrangements immediately.

If Fan Bin had gone there independently, it wouldn't have taken him much time and he could have arrived on the same day.

But Fan Bin did not do so.

He took a carriage and headed slowly towards the capital of Qing State.

Not only that, Fan Bin also asked Wang Buer to quietly spread the news that the Daqing God of War had returned and was about to go to Qingdu to take charge of the overall situation.

Everyone who should know this news must know it.

"My Lord, are you trying to alert the enemy?"

The venomous snake hides in the grass, and it is difficult to find it. The best way is to pat the grass to force the snake out.

"No, I'm just trying to scare the snake away."

Fan Bin replied with a smile.

Given his weight, there's no need to beat him, just burn the grass directly.

He wanted to see how many people in the capital of Qing Kingdom were not afraid of death.

Wang Buer obviously thought of this as well. The new leader of the secret guards suddenly felt that he might be out of date. His thinking always stayed at the previous stage.

Although the secret guards are powerful, they also have the tiger guards as helpers.

But if they want to achieve a certain goal, it is not something that can be done just by saying it. They need to plan, choose the right time, and judge the combat power of both sides...

All in all, it's a very troublesome thing.

But now, when their backer is Fan Bin, the situation seems different.

They don't need to think so much, they just need to find the enemy.

Whether it's putting out bait to fish or using any other means, as long as those people jump out on their own initiative.

As for the rest, they don’t need to worry about it at all.

Fan Bin can handle everything by himself.

This is the style of the invincible grandmaster!
Invincible Grandmaster is the evaluation of Fan Bin by everyone who knows that Fan Bin is alive at this stage.

No one has ever reached the realm above the Grand Master before, so naturally there is no title for it.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have it, they can help you get it.

Because we don’t know Fan Bin’s realm, and we don’t know what the difference is between Fan Bin and other grand masters?
Therefore, the names they chose could not be very elegant or fitting.

In the end, he was defined as the invincible grandmaster.

Not only a grandmaster, but also invincible in the world. Wang Buer felt a strong sense of pride in his heart.

This is almost exactly the same as his previous subordinates.

"The crown prince has become the emperor, but where is the second son?"

From what Wang Buer said, it seemed that the Second Prince Li Chengze had suffered a great blow.

As a result, none of the forces in Kyoto had even heard of his name.

"The second prince was crowned a king. The crown prince did not kill him, but instead crowned him a prince. However, this prince is not having an easy time either."

Wang Buer felt a little sad.

Although Crown Prince Li Chengqian, now Emperor Qing, hid himself very well.

But according to the intelligence gathered by the secret guards, Li Chengqian is not an easy person to deal with. He appears to be well-behaved and courteous, but in reality, he is no less ruthless than the vicious Second Prince.

Such a person, after ascending the throne and finding a backer, did not actually take action against his second brother whom he hated to the core.

It's really incredible.

"Li Chengqian is very cunning. The power of the entire royal family is actually suppressed now. He naturally cannot cut off his own arm! The second prince probably saw through this and deliberately kept a low profile."

"Your Excellency is right. The Second Prince has indeed become much more low-key, but because of this, his base has been disrupted. The eldest princess who originally cooperated with him is now cooperating with the crown prince."

Perhaps because of years of habit, Wang Buer still likes to call Li Chengqian the Prince.

In Wang Buer's mind, the only person worthy of the title of Emperor Qing is the previous Emperor Qing.

"And those ministers who originally defected to the Second Prince have also split up. Some defected to the Crown Prince, and some defected to Young Master Fan, that is, our Fan family."

Fan Xian is now the spokesperson for the Fan family.

Anyone in Kyoto who wanted to join the Fan family would naturally have to join Fan Xian.

"Okay, that's quite scheming."

If you put yourself in the second prince's shoes and think about it, it is not difficult to find that his current approach is undoubtedly the smartest.

Except for a few core subordinates, such as Xie Bian and his men, the Second Prince sent away all the other subordinates and ministers who had joined him.

Changing one's allegiance is a huge matter.

It will never be as simple as Wang Buer said.

Now that Wang Buer has said this, it means that this thing has already happened.

The only reasonable explanation is that the second prince took the initiative to send those people away.

Although these people he sent out would not be reused after they joined the new master.

But at least, they were saved and did not get liquidated at that time.

It doesn’t need to be long, just a few months will be enough.

When Fan Bin returns to Kyoto, all the rules will have to be repeated again.

This was the opportunity the Second Prince had been waiting for.

"A bit of a Taoist skill. Bu Er, who do you think will contact us first?"

With Fan Bin's invincible grandmaster strength, there is definitely no one who dares to take the initiative to cause trouble for him.

On the one hand, there's no point in doing that.

No matter how strong the killer is, he can't kill Fan Bin.

On the other hand, if they did that, it would anger Fan Bin.

As for the consequences of angering Fan Bin, no one and no force would be willing to bear it.

"I have received your message and have passed it on through our channels. The Lord did not return to Danzhou, but went to Kyoto. Judging from the distance, it should be Lord Fan..."

Although Fan Xian is a grandmaster, he also has two grandmasters helping him.

Four swords, five bamboos.

Both of them were stronger than ordinary grandmasters. But that didn't mean Fan Xian's life would be easy.

Precisely because the Fan family is now the strongest, Fan Xian must also take up the banner of confronting the new Emperor Qing.

To put it bluntly, it is an indirect confrontation with the temple.

Through the battle at Mount Dadong and the word of mouth from the warriors who came down from Mount Dadong.

Many people have recognized the truth about the temple and will no longer be superstitious about it.

But there is still a large number of people whose belief in the temple is deeply rooted.

After all, this has been going on for so many years for the temple priests, and they have long been accustomed to it...

The Fan family is the enemy of the entire temple, and in the eyes of these people, they are unforgivable criminals.

This is the first pressure Fan Xian faces.

Secondly, it is about the powerful people in the Qing Kingdom’s Palace.

Until now, Fan Xian still hasn't figured out how many temple messengers there are in the Qing Kingdom's palace?
Although he has broken through to the level of Grandmaster, he is still protected by two Grandmasters.

But once something like the Temple Messenger could be mass-produced, the number produced would undoubtedly be staggering.

Not to mention hundreds or thousands, even if there are only ten or eight of them, it would be enough to give them a hard time.

These two things alone are enough to give Fan Xian a headache.

In addition, there are the intrigues in the Qing court and the balance of power with other forces.

Fan Xian had never felt so tired before.

So according to common sense, he should be the one who is most looking forward to Fan Bin's return.

After all, as long as Fan Bin comes back, Fan Xian can unload the burden on his shoulders.

"That's not necessarily the case..."

Fan Bin shook his head.

Although Wang Buer had been in the palace and was the leader of the secret guards, there were some things that were destined to be beyond the ability of a single subordinate like him to see through.

"What do you think it will be?"

"They're coming."

Just as Fan Bin opened his mouth, some people appeared in front of their team.

"Your Majesty, the Lord Protector of the Country, we, the humble servants, are following your Majesty's orders to respectfully welcome you, Lord Protector of the Country."

When Wang Buer heard the voice, his eyes almost popped out.

"Why is it the prince?"

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(End of this chapter)