Joy of Life: Starting from Teacher Fan Xian

Chapter 84 Fan Xian's First Visit to the Overwatch Council

As the brother and sister who know each other best in the world, Fan Xian can tell Ruoruo everything.

After chatting for a long time, Fan Xian finally brought up the topic of going to Beijing. He first talked about his experiences in the Qing Temple, and then asked his sister if she had ever heard of a lady in Beijing who loved to eat chicken legs.

Fan Ruoruo naturally had no idea. She wondered which girl would hide under the table to eat chicken legs, and it was as novel as the many stories her brother told her.

Fan Xian was not too disappointed. He turned around and asked about his fiancée. Only then did he find out that this girl was actually the illegitimate daughter of the current Prime Minister Lin Ruofu.

It has been causing quite a stir in Beijing these days and has become quite famous.

The illegitimate son and the illegitimate daughter, even Fan Xian himself couldn't help but make fun of them, they are really a perfect match.

Frowning, Fan Xian looked at his sister seriously: "The Prime Minister is greedy. If I marry her daughter, and the Master finds evidence to send her to jail, wouldn't I, as her son-in-law, be implicated as well?"

Fan Ruoruo smiled smartly: "It's possible."

"Then you can still laugh." Fan Xian scolded. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this marriage could not happen. Wasn't this a disguised way of going against his master?
"The Prime Minister is protected by His Majesty, so it will be difficult for you to bring him down," Fan Ruoruo analyzed.

It was not convenient to talk about political affairs for long, so Fan Xian simply complained and the two continued to talk about other topics.

Fan Ruoruo shared with him how the bookstore run by her husband made Dream of the Red Chamber a best-seller in Kyoto. Fan Xian listened with great interest and thought that her husband had really applied many of the marketing methods he had proposed back then.

In this world, Ruoruo is the person with whom he can talk the most, and Xiansheng is the person who understands him the most ideologically.

Fan Xian was very fortunate to have two friends around him who helped him find the feeling of the old world.

In the evening, Fan Xian met his long-lost father.

The two argued for a long time in the study about marriage.

From his father, Fan Xian learned the real reason behind this marriage and took back the inner treasury left by his mother.

……

The next morning after breakfast, the Fan family set out in a carriage. In addition to the sister who had been agreed to be with them, there was also a shameless and silly brother who was always looking for trouble.

But at this moment, Fan Xian didn't care about his uninvited brother at all. He was flipping through the Red Mansion that Ruoruo gave him, with surprise surging in his heart.

After a while, he asked his sister, "This Red Mansion is a little different."

Fan Ruoruo blushed and explained shyly, "The content of my brother's writing was too outrageous. It wouldn't pass the censorship without modification. The teacher made many deletions and additions before it was circulated on the market."

Fan Xian sighed, thinking that if there was no romantic flavor, could it still be called The Red Mansion? Most of the content in the book had turned to serious development, abandoning its original characteristics.

Even though Mr. Lu Xun's narrative technique has given "Dream of Red Mansions" a new style, it is still a classic, but it is not good because it lacks the original flavor.

However, Fan Xian did not take it too seriously. In order to make the listing look decent, he just silently bowed and apologized to Master Cao.

When Fan Xian put away the book, he saw Fan Sizhe looking at him in horror.

"The Red Chamber...was written by you."

Fan Xian ignored him.

……

On Tianhe Street, the building built of blue-gray stone still stands in its original location.

Compared to twelve years ago, the biggest change is that the sunlight shines in and the building is no longer dark.

In the Supervisory Yuan, in addition to officials coming and going from various places, there are also many new faces.

The officials no longer had expressionless faces.

In a large open office, a group of officials were busy handling matters.

These days are the peak period for case handling, and there are too many messes involved.

"Why don't you send it to the adults to see."

"This is a small case that you still want to show to your lord. Even though your lord has a good temper, you can't make such a fuss."

"The adults have been working non-stop for four days, so we should try to share the burden and not disturb them."

"Old Wang." A clerk stuffed a pile of processed documents into the front, "Please send it to His Excellency for his review."

“There’s no need to let the adults handle it.” Wang Qinian took it and shook his body.

"Your Excellency has to make the revisions, otherwise the order cannot be issued." The clerk said helplessly, "The dean has gone back to his hometown to visit his relatives, and you are the only one in charge of the dean, so we can only give it to him."

"Where's Lord Jug?"

"Master Zhuge is out on a case."

"Where is Lord Yan?"

"Lord Yan is trying a prisoner in the Heavenly Prison."

Wang Qinian asked a lot of questions and had no choice but to carry a pile of documents to a host room.

"Sir, there is work to do today."

"If there is no work that day, Old Wang must have gone out to be lazy again. I didn't see him yesterday." Mu Tie had already put a pile of documents on the table, waiting for adults to review them.

When you see someone coming, don't forget to be dark.

Sitting at the table, Lin Ruo lowered his head, dressed in black as ink, with coldness and tenderness coexisting in his narrow eyes. Twelve years have passed, but his face remains the same, without any sign of the passage of time.

Hearing this, Lin Ruo smiled faintly: "It's good to know, don't say it out loud, give Lord Wang some face."

Wang Qinian put the document down and immediately protested: "Sir, I was ordered to go out and gather intelligence for you yesterday. It would be meaningless if you turned your back on me."

"It's very thoughtful of Lord Wang to be able to explore for a whole day." Lin Ruo replied as he made the corrections.

Wang Qinian shut up immediately.

Mu Tie added fuel to the fire: "Find a single room, lock Lao Wang in, put a lot of documents in it, and don't let him eat until he finishes revising them. This is the way to make him work hard."

"Okay." Lin Ruo nodded in agreement.

Wang Qinian's face darkened: "Don't worry, sir. I will pay attention to it next time."

"Okay, then you can revise these documents. Let me see your sincerity." Lin Ruo stood up and pointed at the pile of documents that Wang Qinian brought.

With authorization from his superiors, Wang Qinian carried the pile of documents out the same way he had come, tears in his eyes.

……

After resolving a small incident, the Fan family’s carriage came out of the restaurant and drove onto Tianhe Street.

In the carriage, Fan Sizhe licked the little sugar man and said arrogantly, "Hey, I just helped you deal with that kid named Guo. You should give me something in return."

"Are you sure I'm not the one helping you? Otherwise you would have been beaten into a pig's head." Fan Xian smiled with his fake smile. He had laughed enough at this silly boy.

The next day when he entered the capital, he accidentally offended the son of the Minister of Rites, which made Fan Xian unable to laugh.

"Just tell me whether this young master has gone to bed or not." Fan Sizhe snorted.

At this time, a cold voice sounded.

"Hand out."

Fan Sizhe turned his head away in fear: "Sister, I didn't bully him."

Fan Ruoruo took out the ruler and said, "If you don't stretch out your hand, go and ask your father for justice." When he heard his father's name, Fan Sizhe lowered his head and stretched out his hand obediently.

Two slaps of the ruler landed on the chubby palm, and tears welled up in Fan Sizhe's eyes: "Sister is biased, helping outsiders instead of her brother."

"This is your brother, not an outsider. From now on, you must call him brother first when speaking." Fan Ruoruo said sternly with indifference in her brows.

Fan Sizhe pursed his lips and dared not say a word.

Fan Xian, who was standing next to him, was stunned.

Fan Ruoruo regained her sweet smile: "It's okay, I have the right to discipline him. If he disrespects me again in the future, I will definitely punish him."

Fan Xian shrugged: "Madam Liu only has this one son, don't hurt him."

"Then you worry too much, brother."

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Supervisory Council, and Teng Zijing helped the three people get off the carriage one by one.

Thinking of meeting his teacher whom he had not seen for many years, Fan Xian was very happy. He took out a piece of silver from his pocket and gave it to the crying Fan Sizhe: "Go buy some candy."

Fan Sizhe's eyes lit up, and he was about to take it, but he shuddered and retracted his hand: "What do you mean, you want to throw this young master out, right?"

This is exactly what Fan Xian was thinking. As for the restaurant incident, he knew that this kid had many of the habits of a dandy boy.

The Supervisory Commission is not a place where one can do whatever he wants. If he gets into trouble, the trouble will be difficult to deal with.

Having said this, Fan Sizhe still snatched the silver. He didn't like entering this gloomy place in the first place, so he snorted, "Hurry up."

Teng Zijing accompanied him.

Fan Xian did not enter the Supervisory Office immediately with Ruoruo. Like Lin Ruoruo when he first arrived twelve years ago, he set his sights on the stone tablet in front of the gate.

Looking at the words inscribed above, Fan Xian took a long breath, his mind constantly guessing that the information and words were too advanced and did not seem like the kind of thinking that should be produced in this era.

His eyes moved downwards and he saw the signature at the bottom. Fan Xian could no longer conceal the turmoil in his heart.

Ye Qingmei...isn't she his mother? How could she be engraved on the stone tablet of the Supervisory Council?

Could it be that this Supervisory Council... Fan Xian had a very bold belief.

Fan Ruoruo interrupted his thoughts and said affirmatively: "She established the Supervisory Council."

Fan Xian was startled: "Do you know Ye Qingmei?"

Seeing Fan Xian was too excited, Fan Ruoruo didn't understand and shook her head, saying, "I only heard Mr. Xian mention it."

Ruoruo didn't even know that she was her mother... Suppressing his agitated thoughts, Fan Xian walked into the building.

Officials in black uniforms came and went in the Supervisory Council, and no one noticed this very handsome young man.

Fan Xian randomly grabbed one and greeted him with a smile: "Hello, I'm looking for..."

Before he could finish his words, the official broke free, his expression and movements all showing that he was busy, and he said impatiently, "To appeal, go to the second room on the left."

This was the first time that Fan Xian was rejected.

Fan Ruoruo laughed and patted her brother: "Sister will take you in. The master said that if you want to see him, you can find an adult."

Fan Xian smiled bitterly. He was so reckless that he even forgot that he had a sister who could lead the way.

Leading Fan Xian, Fan Ruoruo found the way and went into a small office in the huge Supervisory Office.

He found the acquaintance in the thick pile of documents and bowed: "Lord Wang, long time no see."

Wang Qinian was staring at the pile of documents in a daze, his face changing from gloomy to bright. When he was interrupted, he subconsciously waved his hand and said, "No outsiders are allowed to enter here."

"It's me, Fan Ruoruo."

Hearing the name, Wang Qinian finally turned his head and smiled at the right time: "It's Miss Ruoruo, then everything is fine."

"You want to see an adult, right? Wang will take you there."

Wang Qinian stood up and noticed that there was a good-looking boy standing behind the little girl. His eyes froze and his smile froze.

Fan Xian reacted much faster than him. He smiled and bowed, saying, "It turned out to be Lord Wang. I couldn't forget seeing you yesterday."

Wang Qinian felt more and more unlucky today.

Fan Ruoruo was surprised: "Brother, do you know Lord Wang?"

Fan Xian said in a mature and dignified tone, "Lord Wang's good conduct is well known throughout Kyoto. It's hard not to know him."

My brother was always good at secretly mocking people, so how could Ruoruo not hear it? She smiled and said, "Master Wang, please lead the way."

"It turns out that Mr. Fan is Lord Lin's student. It's fate that we meet in such a vast crowd. It's really a great honor for me." Wang Qinian took the two of them to the inner courtyard, trying to save his image with his mouth.

Little did he know that his image had already been fixed in Fan Xian's mind.

Fan Xian smiled and said, "Not only that, I am also Master Fei's student."

"Lord Fei, which Lord Fei?" Wang Qinian was resistant when he heard these three words. It was not until he was sure that there was only one Lord Fei in the Supervisory Council, Fei Jie, that the smile on his face completely froze and goose bumps appeared all over his body.

Wang Qinian took a few steps back to the side in an extremely stealthy manner and secretly wiped the parts of his body that had come into contact with the young master of the Fan family, feeling waves of panic in his heart.

His breathing paused, and Wang Qinian suddenly remembered the silver he received yesterday. His restless heart could no longer calm down.

The key point is that he put the silver in his mouth and bit it...the closest he ever came to death.

"Lord Wang, why do you look so ugly all of a sudden?" Fan Xian asked, not quite sure.

"It's okay, it's okay." Wang Qinian was in pain but couldn't express it in words.

Entering the inner courtyard, there were more officials from the Supervisory Council coming and going, and the noise was quite loud.

The three men heard an official's scream from afar.

Fan Xian glanced at Wang Qinian, trying to find the answer.

Wang Qinian slowed down his pace, and a bad feeling rose in his heart again. Sure enough, the next moment, an official rushed out in a hurry: "Run, Senior Brother Leng is here."

Wang Qinian stopped dead in his tracks: "Why don't you two come back another day?"

Fan Xian thought this was ridiculous. It was happening right in front of him, so there was no point in waiting until another day.

Fan Ruoruo asked casually, "What's wrong, Lord Wang?"

Wang Qinian said in a trembling voice: "Didn't you hear? Senior Brother Leng is here."

"Who is Senior Brother Leng?" Fan Xian blurted out the question.

Wang Qinian glanced at him angrily, thinking that Senior Brother Leng and you are from the same school, and even your family members can't recognize you. He explained carefully: "Senior Brother Leng and Master Fan are from the same school, and both are taught by Master Fei."

"Then we have to get to know each other." Fan Xian said excitedly.

Wang Qinian silently took another half step back, saying sternly, "Senior Brother Leng doesn't have any hobbies on weekdays, he just likes to make poisons and then test them on the people in the courtyard."

Having said this, Wang Qinian was slightly startled, and then heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the figure that suddenly appeared and entered a room. He said to the two of them, "You two should go look for the master later."

Seeing a second old villain like Fei Jie, Fan Xian felt it was amazing and still wanted to pay him a visit. He said, "I don't think Senior Brother Leng would poison an outsider."

"Senior Brother Leng has entered the adults' room." Wang Qinian finally revealed the reason for the delay.

(End of this chapter)