Bringing Up the Sword into the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 24 Secret Chats in the Mansion
Fan Mou took advantage of the situation and put his arm on the hand of the scholar in Jinyi. A warm smile appeared on his face. His eyes narrowed into a slit and he said: "Well, well, we haven't seen each other for many years, and now my nephew has grown up."
Now, I have become sensible."
After getting off the carriage, the scholar in gilded clothes carefully helped Fan Mou down from the carriage. The uncle and nephew, looking like an elder and a junior meeting each other after a long separation, came in chatting and laughing from the main entrance of Fan's house.
The servants all heard that the master had a nephew. When they saw this handsome young man helping their master into the palace, the servants, especially the young maids, were all attracted to the master's 'nephew' and whispered about his handsome appearance.
Face, until the master ordered that he and his "nephew" should have a good talk about their uncle-nephew relationship in the study room without being disturbed by others, he stopped all the servants from watching the fun and dispersed to go about their own affairs.
In the study, a table of new wine and food has been placed. The dishes are all the signature dishes of Zuixianju, the largest restaurant in Jianglin City. The wine is Xianrenzui brewed by Zuixianju. The uncle and nephew sat down in the study.
, Fan Mou waved his hand, and the servants closed the door and left, leaving only the uncle and nephew in the study.
Seeing that no one else was in the room, Fan Mou gently took away the hand that the scholar in brocade was holding on to him, walked up to the table, and stretched out his hand to signal his 'nephew' to sit down.
The scholar in Jinyi looked at the delicacies on the table. Seeing that Fan Youxiang no longer pretended to be affectionate as uncle and nephew, he also lowered his head and smiled, moved to the table and sat down, regardless of the fact that his second uncle was already gone.
He smiled kindly before, and now his slender eyes were staring at him. The scholar in Jinyi raised his chopsticks, picked up a piece of fried mutton with green onions in front of him, put it into his mouth, chewed it carefully, and showed an expression of enjoyment on his face.
"Well, the mutton is delicate but not smelly at all, not bad." The scholar in Jinyi seemed to be immersed in the delicious taste.
Fan Mou looked gloomy at this moment, frowning as he watched his nephew taste the delicacies on the table. Finally, he couldn't bear it any longer. He stroked his beard and said, "Your Excellency took such a risk to come to my house. I'm afraid it's not just for the sake of it."
Just try these few delicacies.”
"This crispy suckling pig is fat but not greasy. It melts in your mouth and is very sweet." The scholar in Jinyi picked up another dish and tasted it carefully. Listening to Fan Mou's tone, he put down his hands with a smile.
He picked up the wine pot and poured himself a cup of Immortal Drunk. He picked up the wine cup and smelled the aroma of the wine. Without looking at Fan Mou, he stared at the wine in the cup and said, "Why, your right minister forgot to drink it again so quickly?"
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"When have I seen you?" Fan Mou could no longer suppress the anger in his heart at this moment, and his tone became urgent.
Seeing this, the scholar in Jinyi spoke again, but his voice was no longer the voice of a young man, but as hoarse as an old man: "Master Fan, if this is the voice, do you remember it?"
When the hoarse voice came out, Fan Mou was so shocked that he could not speak. This voice was the voice of the man in black from the Northern Jin Dynasty in the dark alley last night. Fan Mou really couldn't compare the hoarse voice with the man in front of him.
Contact the handsome-looking scholar 'nephew'.
"Looking at Mr. Fan's expression, he must have remembered it." The scholar in Jinyi held the wine glass, his youthful voice returned, and he took a sip of Immortal Drunk: "Well, it's really good wine, but this Qi Yun's
The wine is too soft and not as intoxicating as the strong wine from our country of Jin."
Seeing that Fan Mou still looked shocked, the scholar in gilded clothes held a wine glass in one hand and took out the ink-black token from his cloak with the other hand, just like what Fan Mou saw last night.
Fan Mou suddenly came to his senses, hurriedly stood up and left his seat, knelt down in front of the scholar in brocade clothes and saluted: "I said goodbye to the envoy last night. Fan Mou actually didn't know that the envoy was coming in this capacity today, so please forgive me."
"Those who don't know are not guilty. Master Fan, please get up and speak." The scholar in Jinyi put the token away, raised the cup and drank it in one gulp.
Fan Mou stood up and did not dare to sit down. When he saw the scholar in gilded clothes finishing the glass of wine, he hurriedly stepped forward to pour the wine from the pot, refilled the wine glass for the envoy, and said: "The envoy has already explained the affairs of his subordinates last night, why don't you do it today?"
Go and come back again."
The scholar in gilded clothes looked at Fan Mou who was pouring wine playfully and said, "Why, Sir Youcheng doesn't want to be a guest in my house?"
Fan Mou was extremely panicked at this moment. Where was his Youcheng Mansion? It was at the feet of Emperor Qi Yun. If the identity of this scholar in gilded clothes was discovered, he might not be able to wait for the Northern Jin Dynasty's army to march south.
Emperor Qi Yun was about to chop him off, but after thinking about it in his heart, he replied respectfully: "I don't dare, I just saw the envoy and came back. There must be important errands for me to do, so I'm talking too much."
Don’t be surprised if you ask the envoy if you ask.”
Seeing Fan Mou's respectful look at this moment, the scholar in Jinyi no longer pretended to be an envoy, and said: "I have considered the plan you reported last night to alienate the two princes Qi Yun, and your plan is good.
But according to what I found out, although the current prince of Qi Yun is a waste, his younger brother Ning Wang Qitao is smart and agile. I heard that in recent years, his prestige has been increasing both in the court and in the hearts of the people. Emperor Qi Yun
Shao is not a blind man, and he has to pass the throne to a loser instead of passing on his clever son."
When Fan Mou saw that the envoy agreed with his plan, he respectfully replied: "Envoy Qi, you don't know something. The Qiyun Dynasty attaches great importance to the ancient etiquette. It is not to establish the young, but to establish the elders. Even if Ning Wang Qi Tao receives another
After all, the emperor's love is not as good as this ancient etiquette. His subordinates have been hiding in Qiyun for many years, and now they are also the leaders of Qingliu, the internal officials of Qiyun Dynasty. A few days ago, some courtiers in Qiyun Dynasty reported to the court that they would establish another prince.
With the help of the media, these Qing gossip officials used ancient etiquette to advise Emperor Qi Yun. Even Emperor Qi Yun was ultimately unable to resist the opinions of these scholars, and he issued an order not to discuss the establishment of another prince."
When the scholar in Jinyi heard what Fan had said, he smiled and said: "It is the scholar who is useless, and it is these useless people who will bring trouble to the country. Master Fan, you have done a good job."
Hearing the envoy praising him, Fan Mou calmed down a little in his panic. He bowed to the scholar in gilded clothes and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Glancing at Fan Mou, the scholar in Jinyi said, "What's the matter?"
Fan Mou took a step forward as if claiming credit, and said in his ear: "My subordinate's plan is to kill two birds with one stone. Firstly, it will make the two princes Qi Yun feel dissatisfied for the throne. Secondly, this matter of Li Kurong, I have already used it to kill two birds with one stone."
This errand has been put on Prince Ning Qi Tao. Even if Prince Ning succeeds in this matter, I am afraid that Emperor Qi Yun will not praise him."
The scholar in Jinyi said with great interest: "Oh? What's the mystery here?"
Seeing that the envoy was interested, Fan Mou replied: "This Emperor Qi Yun is extremely scheming, but like all emperors, he is afraid that anyone will threaten the imperial power. When there was a turmoil over the establishment of another prince in the court, he
A group of important ministers in the court, headed by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, supported King Ning. This was against the emperor's taboo. If King Ning conquered Wangli Villa this time, I am afraid that Emperor Qi Yun would have some objections to King Ning.
So scared."
The scholar in gilded clothes moved his eyes slightly. He already knew what Fan Mou meant, but he said, "How could Mr. Fan know that the emperor did not intend to train Prince Ning and let him do more errands and gain more experience?"
Looking at the sly eyes of the scholar in Jinyi, Fan Mou ignored his stupid tone and said: "If I was just guessing before, then when I entered the palace again today, I saw Yan Ruohai's son Yan Qingchuan holding the Emperor's Sword and being ordered to follow Ning.
The king went north to Wangli Villa." Fan Mou only reported to the envoy that King Ning went north to Wangli Villa, but deliberately concealed the fact that King Ning went north to investigate the plundering of the Northern Jin Dynasty. Fan Mou knew that the truth was not that of the Northern Jin Dynasty.
What Jin did was done by his own nephew, Steward Wang.
"Yan Ruohai, the Flying Dragon Scale Abyss Palm on the 'Shenzhou Ling Jue Ranking'? How interesting!" Ordinary people can't help but respect Yan Ruohai when they hear his name, but this time, the scholar in Jinyi said it with ease.
Extremely.
Looking at the scholar in brocade clothes in front of him, Fan Mou felt a chill in his heart. Yesterday, he was dressed in black and silently abducted him into an alley. He must have been the one who learned about the murder of the Nine Gate Guards today.
What he did, and he said last night, it was also Li Kurong who went crazy and became possessed. This person was only in his twenties, but he had such martial arts skills and scheming. As a secret agent of the Northern Jin Dynasty, he dared to sneak into this place in Qiyun Capital alone.
Such courage made Fan Mou want to know the true identity of this scholar in gilded clothes.
"What is Mr. Fan worried about?" The scholar in Jinyi asked when he saw that Fan Mou, who was standing at the side with a bow, did not continue to speak. His slender eyes were moving wildly, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.
At this moment, Fan was thinking about the identity of the scholar in Jin. When he heard him ask himself, he collected his thoughts and returned: "Yan Ruohai is an old minister who has followed Emperor Qi Yun for many years. He also has the emperor's trust. Let Yan
The son of Ruohai holds the Emperor's Sword instead of directly giving the Emperor's Sword to Prince Ning. The profound meaning of this must be well understood by both Yan Ruohai and Prince Ning."
"You mean that the emperor gave the Emperor Sword to Yan Ruohai's son with the intention of monitoring Prince Ning?" The scholar in Jinyi smiled and continued: "This emperor of yours is really interesting. He wants a son.
When doing things, you have to prevent your son from threatening the imperial power."
Seeing that Fan Mou didn't know how to respond to his mocking words, the scholar in Jinyi continued: "I was in a hurry last night and didn't hear about your plan about Wangli Villa in detail, and how did you get the thing you talked about last night? Today
Tell me everything in detail so that I can report back to Your Majesty."
Fan Mou said: "These two matters are complicated to talk about. There are many people in my house with mixed eyes. It is better to go to a quiet place and wait for my subordinates to report in detail."
The scholar in gilded clothes smiled and said: "Where else can there be a safer place than your right minister's residence?"
Fan Mou replied respectfully: "Since my subordinate is an official in the Qi Yun Dynasty, it is natural that some enemies will keep an eye on my subordinates. On weekdays, we communicate with my martial arts spies by carrier pigeons, and most of the secret messages are transmitted in code, so others can take them.
The secret letter can't understand the chill in it, but today's matter is too important. There is a place in Jianglin City, and no one would dare to set up spies there, so it is most appropriate to go there."
"Yes, second uncle, 'nephew' will go with second uncle right now." When the scholar in Jinyi stood up, the expression on his face instantly changed into the respectful look of the 'nephew' when he entered the house.
At this moment, Fan Mou was supported by the scholar in gilded clothes. He completely lost the appearance of the master when he entered the house. The two pushed the door open and ordered the servants to prepare the carriage and horses. The 'nephew' supported the master while the servants watched.
"Uncle and nephew" walked out of the main entrance of the Prime Minister's Mansion, laughing and chatting.