Having determined the direction, Fan Jian didn't linger.

After all, it's not a good thing for a vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue to stay in the Censorate for too long.

They went straight back to the Fan residence.

His whereabouts were revealed to Li Yunrui by someone from the Control Yuan.

Given the sensitive nature of the occasion, Fan Jian's visit at least twice suggests there might be some underlying reason.

Even ghosts wouldn't believe it.

Unfortunately, despite trying every possible method, this person failed to glean any useful information.

He had no idea that he was frantically teetering on the edge of death.

One wrong move and you could be reduced to ashes.

Chen Pingping would absolutely not allow any accidents to happen.

Especially since this matter is so big.

Emperor Qing's decision to let him investigate himself was essentially a test of whether he could cover his tracks.

As Fan Jian walked back to the Fan residence, he felt that his back pain had subsided.

As I walked in happily, I heard a sweet shout:

"Oh, sir, you're back."

The smile on Fan Jian's face vanished instantly.

Seeing Liu Ruyu swaying as she approached, he had a bad feeling.

What are you doing?

Liu Ruyu rolled her eyes at Fan Jian.

"Doesn't the master like me this way?"

Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken Sizhe to the palace.

Moreover, I heard from the two of them that they received an incredibly good thing.

Good heavens, those two imperial edicts almost scared me to death.

We quickly placed it in the ancestral hall; I heard that if things go well...

Will the price of Sizhe also rise accordingly? Is that really true?

When this matter was mentioned, Liu Ruyu's face lit up with joy, her happiness almost overflowing.

Everyone can feel it and be happy along with it.

Fan Jian tilted his head back and said loudly:

"Yes! I personally led them in."

I didn't expect that person to be so accommodating.

"Oh, so it's true."

Hurry, come in quickly, I have prepared a grand feast for you today.

We've been waiting for you to return, sir, to host the banquet.

As she spoke, she pulled Fan Jian towards the lobby.

This action made Fan Jian's back, which had already improved, start to ache again.

"Am I really getting old?"

Fan Jian muttered to himself.

No one else heard it.

Inside the room, Fan Xian and Fan Sizhe saw Fan Jian arrive.

He hurriedly stood up and bowed.

Who knew?

Fan Sizhe immediately pushed Liu Ruyu's hand away and hugged Fan Jian tightly.

He shouted happily:

"Thank you so much, Father, for thinking so highly of me."

Thank you, Father, for supporting me so much.

Fan Jian assumed that Fan Sizhe was just venting his emotions after being cooped up in the Cloud Palace for too long.

They didn't notice Fan Xian's strange look.

He patted Versace on the shoulder and smiled:

"You've grown up to the age of twelve, and you'll be following in your brother's footsteps from now on."

"Get your job done, you hear me?"

Versace released his grip and bowed deeply!

Fan Jian still didn't react.

then.

The family enjoyed a pleasant and relaxing feast.

That night.

Fan Jian was pulled into the room again.

In Liu Ruyu's eyes, it was because of her performance that she had earned a future for Versace.

The funny thing is...

The next morning, Minister Fan of the Ministry of Revenue of Nanqing was absent from his post for the first time, and asked his servant to ask for leave.

This left the officials in the Ministry of Revenue completely bewildered.

When Fan Jian woke up, Fan Xian and Fan Sizhe had already gone out to run errands.

Fan Jian thought of how pathetic he looked in front of Li Chengxian at Yuntian Palace yesterday.

He immediately offered to have Liu Ruyu put five thousand taels in her pocket.

But the result was...

"What! You're saying those two brothers embezzled a huge sum of money? How much?!"

Fan Jian looked like an old man who had just woken up, unaware of what year it was.

"Fifty thousand taels? Didn't Versace say that you agreed to it?"

Fan Jian rubbed his head, his mind replaying the memory of how attentive Fan Sizhe had been the night before.

And Fan Xian's expression, sometimes wanting to laugh, sometimes not.

It suddenly dawned on me.

My house has been robbed!

Fifty thousand taels.

As expected, this old man has once again experienced what it means to spend money like water.

At this moment, Fan Xian entrusted the task of finding the academy's location to Fan Sizhe.

He then went to the Control Yuan.

On his first day in office, Fan Xian was a little nervous and stood outside the gate of the Supervisory Council for a long time, hesitant to go in.

His actions did indeed attract the attention of the gatekeeper.

She couldn't help but smile at him:

"Sir, you've been standing here for quite a while now. What's the matter?"

Who are you looking for?

Should I inform them for you?

Huh?

Fan Xian was taken aback. The Overwatch Council offered this service; it really was a comprehensive organization.

After thinking about it, I remembered the name I had learned from my cheap father, Fan Jian.

"Please ask this clerk to help inform Dean Chen that Fan Xian has come to report."

To everyone's surprise, the clerk glanced at Fan Xian and didn't move for a long time.

"what happened?"

Fan Xian was a little confused.

The clerk extended his hand.

"Look at this gentleman, dressed so richly."

You must know that the Audit and Inspection Service doesn't offer any "find someone" services.

This is a side job I've taken on, so you understand, sir?

Fan Xian immediately laughed.

Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world.

However, the document in front of us seems quite unusual.

He used his power to find the dean himself.

Shouldn't a normal person be eager to run in and report, trying to curry favor with them?

This guy actually did the opposite.

They don't respect me at all.

Just like Versace, who is obsessed with money, he even dares to scheme against Fan Jian.

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