The news that Wang Gang had left the Loulan Mountains and gone deep into the grasslands soon reached the Kyoto Inspection and Examination Institute. After Chen Pingping received the news, she was filled with doubts.
"Why did he go to the grassland?" Chen Pingping touched the love newspaper, lowered her head and said to herself: "Did he really be forced by those people to take refuge in the grassland?"
It’s no wonder that Chen Pingping thought wrong, because since ancient times, no one has accomplished the feat of unifying the grasslands.
Today's Xihu is the collective name for the grassland tribes in the Central Plains. In fact, there are dozens of tribes, large and small, in the grasslands.
These tribes live a nomadic life, and it is difficult to have a fixed territory. They also have different cultures, traditions, and even beliefs, and they are constantly fighting.
For thousands of years, there have been constant collisions and frictions between the grassland nomads and the Central Plains farming civilization. No matter which Central Plains dynasty, they all regarded the grassland as a foreign race.
More than ten years ago, the Qing Kingdom rose up and fought a battle with Zuozhang Wangting, the largest tribe in the grassland. Qingguo defeated Zuozhang Wangting and annihilated hundreds of thousands of grassland cavalry, which led to changes in the form of the grassland.
Today's grassland is very chaotic due to the decline of Zuozhang Royal Court and the various tribes vying for power. The Inspection Institute has also sent agents to sneak into the grassland in an attempt to solve this serious problem in one fell swoop, but with little success.
It can be said that the inspection agency has very little understanding of the grassland pattern. Once Wang Gang goes deep into the hinterland of the grassland, Chen Pingping will not be able to monitor Wang Gang.
However, because Wang Gang, the "son of Ye Qingmei", attracted most of the firepower, Fan Xian, who was far away in Danzhou, was much safer.
Chen Pingping specially sent Fei Jie, the director of the Third Division of the Inspection and Examination Institute, to Danzhou to teach Fan Xian.
"Dean, Sir Fan is here again." Chen Pingping's confidant, the "shadow" in charge of the Sixth Division of the Inspection Institute, came to report.
"Let him come over!" Chen Pingping sighed and put down the information in her hand.
Fan Jian quickly ran over and the first thing he said when he saw Chen Pingping was: "Where is my son?"
Chen Pingping looked at Fan Jian calmly and said, "Isn't Fan Xian in Danzhou?"
"You know who I'm talking about!" Fan Jian gritted his teeth.
Chen Pingping handed over the information she just received to Fan Jian.
When Fan Jian learned that Wang Gang had gone to the grassland, he was furious. He grabbed Chen Pingping by the collar and said angrily: "Chen Pingping, it was you who forced my son to escape to the desert. You give me back my son."
Chen Pingping still said calmly: "Wang Gang ran to the desert by himself, what does it have to do with me?"
The shadow silently came behind Fan Jian, and a cold light flashed in his sleeves. As long as Chen Pingping nodded, Fan Jian would be splashed with blood in five steps.?
?Chen Pingping secretly shook her right hand at Shadow and asked him to leave.
Shadow put away the dark sword and left the room silently.
"I just wanted to protect Fan Xian before spreading the news that Wang Gang was Ye Qingmei's son. I didn't want to force him into the grassland." Chen Pingping broke away from Fan Jian's hand and said:
"All the people I secretly sent to protect Wang Gang died on the grassland, and the Inspection Institute also suffered heavy losses."
Fan Jian said angrily: "If it weren't for you, our father and son would have recognized each other by now."
Chen Pingping said amusedly: "It's not like you don't know Wang Gang's attitude towards you. Even without me, you and your son will eventually become strangers."
"I don't care, you must find my son back for me." Fan Jian gritted his teeth and said, "He is my only son."
Chen Pingping raised her eyebrows and said, "I heard that your new wife Liu is about to give birth. The imperial doctor checked her pulse and found that the baby is a boy."
Fan Jian's face was gloomy and he didn't speak for a long time.
"Don't worry, I will send people to sneak into Xihu again and find a way to find Wang Gang, but you also have to pay attention to Fan Xian. I will send Fei Jie to Danzhou to teach Fan Xian, and please take care of Mrs. Fan."
Fan Jian nodded silently and chatted with Chen Pingping.
At this time, the shadow ran over again.
"Dean, someone from the palace has sent word that Your Majesty invites you and Master Fan to enter the palace!"
Chen Pingping and Fan Jian were startled at the same time and looked at each other.
At this time, the two of them had determined that Emperor Qing was the mastermind behind Ye Qingmei's murder, but they were both unsure of how to deal with Emperor Qing. At the same time, they chose to pretend that they did not know the truth and pretended to be false.??
??"You have been coming to my place too frequently recently, which should have caused Emperor Qing's dissatisfaction." Chen Pingping guessed.
Fan Jian said with a gloomy face: "Go to the palace first, we will adapt accordingly."
The two of them tidied up and quickly entered the palace to meet the saint.
Emperor Qing met the two of them in the palace. Fan Jian and Chen Pingping were standing outside the palace. Emperor Qing was inside the palace. There was a screen in the middle. They could only vaguely see Emperor Qing's shadow.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Emperor Qing did not speak, Fan Jian kept kneeling, and Chen Pingping was sitting in a wheelchair because of her disability.
After a long time, a crossbow arrow suddenly shot out from the screen, grazing Chen Pingping's ear with a "swish" sound, and hit a set of armor not far away.
Fan Jian was so excited that he broke into a cold sweat. Chen Pingping was calm, but her hand unconsciously touched a mechanism on the handle of the wheelchair.
"I have been studying armor-piercing arrows for many years and finally succeeded. Let's see how effective it is, my dear friends." Emperor Qing's deep voice came from behind the screen.
Chen Pingping and Fan Jian looked back at the same time and found that the armor-piercing arrow on the armor penetrated five inches into the armor.
"Your Majesty, you are a great talent. With this armor-piercing arrow, our soldiers from the Qing Kingdom will be invincible on the battlefield." Chen Pingping fired a rainbow fart first.
Fan Jian lowered his head and twitched the corners of his mouth, but did not express any opinion.
"If the soldiers of the Qing Kingdom want to be invincible, in addition to having sophisticated weapons, they also need generals who are good at fighting." Emperor Qing said coldly:
"Yesterday the queen came to me again to cry and redress for her mother's clan."
Fan Jian was shocked, knowing that this was a warning given to him by Emperor Qing.
In order to avenge Ye Qingmei, Fan Jian and Chen Pingping have been killing the murderers of the Taiping Courtyard massacre and the forces behind them.
The queen's natal family was wiped out by these two men, and the queen had no idea what to do because this was the tacit approval of Emperor Qing.
Fan Jian and Chen Pingping already understood at this time that Emperor Qing was using a borrowed knife to kill people and eliminate the influence of his relatives.
Qingguo developed too fast. In just twenty years, it became the most powerful country. While it grew stronger, there were also many hidden contradictions in the country.
Although Emperor Qing was called the king of a country, he was restrained by many forces and his power could not be concentrated in one person.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Taiping Courtyard Massacre, on the surface it was Emperor Qing who wanted to kill Ye Qingmei, but in fact it was his first step to take back power.
Now, the two major forces under Ye Qingmei, the Ye Family Firm and the Inspection Institute, are all under the control of Emperor Qing.
The influence of the queen's natal family was uprooted, many nobles in Kyoto were destroyed, and Emperor Qing became the biggest winner.
Today's Emperor Qing can be said to be the only one in Kyoto. This is why Chen Pingping and Fan Jian have not dared to avenge Ye Qingmei.
However, everything is too much, and Emperor Qing did not want Chen Pingping and Fan Jian to make people angry, so he wanted them to stop.
"Your Majesty, I will obey the imperial edict, and everything will be peaceful in Kyoto from now on." Chen Pingping gave Fan Jian a secret look.
Fan Jian felt unwilling to give in. Although he said nothing, he bowed deeply to express his attitude.
"I know that you two are loyal, especially Fan Aiqing, who has sacrificed a lot. I promise that your child will be rich and prosperous for the rest of his life."
Emperor Qing said loudly: "It is hereby announced that Uncle Sinan has been kind to the country and has been specially promoted to the first rank."
There are five levels of nobility in the Qing Dynasty. Male princes and uncles cannot be given titles except for military merit. If the earl rises to the next level, he will be a marquis.
"I heard that Lord Fan's concubine is pregnant. When the child is born, if it is a boy, he will be named the crown prince and inherit his title."
Fan Jian said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I want my eldest son to inherit the title."
Emperor Qing said quietly: "I heard that your eldest son is an illegitimate son, and it is inconsistent with etiquette to accept the title."
Emperor Qing emphasized the word "eldest son", and both Fan Jian and Chen Pingping understood what it meant.
Fan Jian wanted to talk more, but Chen Pingping secretly tugged on his robe.
"I obey." Fan Jian reluctantly thanked him.
Fan Jian knew in his heart that Emperor Qing knew about Wang Gang's existence, but for the sake of his son, he wanted Wang Gang to replace Fan Xian and become Ye Qingmei's son forever, attracting all the firepower.
Emperor Qing blocked all Fan Jian's escape routes just for the sake of his own son.
Fan Jian made up his mind to secretly develop his power and wait for the opportunity to kill Emperor Qing.
"Fan Jian, I know your sacrifice, don't worry! I will give you satisfactory compensation."
Emperor Qing gave Fan Jian a sweet date with a stick, and promotion was only part of the compensation, but it could no longer change Fan Jian's mind.
He must kill this emperor, and it won't be easy for anyone else to do it.
