Not long after Jiang Fan left with Tieniu, Gu Haoran walked in with a cautious look.
Seeing his father sitting in the Taishi chair, deep in thought, he stepped forward to try the tea cup on the table in front of him. He found that the tea was already cold, so he poured the cup of tea away and made another cup for his father.
Gu Yanyan raised his eyelids and looked at Gu Haoran's actions without saying anything.
After filling up the tea, he picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and then sighed leisurely.
"Dad, what's wrong with you? Did Jiang Fan make you angry?"
Gu Haoran asked cautiously.
"Making me angry? No, I don't have any personal feelings towards Jiang Fan. Even if I want him to die now, it has nothing to do with my opinion of him, it's just about my own interests."
Gu Yan shook his head and said.
"Dad, why are you sighing?"
Gu Haoran looked puzzled.
Gu Yanzhi stared at Gu Haoran and said quietly: "Because Jiang Fan is about the same age as you and looks younger than you, but is obviously much better than you, so I
Very emotional.”
Gu Haoran's expression froze, and then he said with a grimace: "Dad, you just met him once and didn't even say a few words. How can you be sure that he is much better than me?"
"That's right, you don't need to be in contact with a truly outstanding person for too long. Often you can feel his difference just by meeting him face to face. Jiang Fan is such a person, but you... are not."
Gu Yan said in a deep voice.
"Okay, but after all, I am your son, so no matter how outstanding other people of my age are, they have nothing to do with you, dad."
Gu Haoran shrugged, as if he had long been accustomed to his father's verbal attacks.
There was no emotional overreaction in the whole person.
"Have you ever met Yan Wu? What did he say about Jiang Fan's situation?"
Gu Yan did not continue to hit his son, and the topic directly shifted to the Yan family.
"I've seen it. Yan Wuwo said that he didn't know that Jiang Fan. According to Yan Wuwo, that Jiang Fan was not from Linjia Village at all. Instead, he suddenly appeared in Linjia Village not long ago. It is said that he was related to that family.
People who are unwilling to sell their land are close friends, but I have never heard of Yan Wu before."
Gu Haoran shook his head helplessly, and then said: "I asked again about the situation of the seventh-grade masters who were following Jiang Fan, and Yan Wuwo's answer was a bit vague. At least from my own judgment, Yan Wuwo
There is indeed something hidden from us."
Gu Yanzhi nodded silently, and after being silent again for a while, he said: "There must be something weird about Linjia Village, but we are bound to get the land in Linjia Village, so Jiang Fan... let's take a look at his role in government affairs for the time being.
It’s about processing power.”
"If he, the city captain, does a complete mess, then I will take him down directly from the official position. Even Prince Wu's Mansion will not be able to say anything at that time. Your Majesty must tolerate King Wu going into battle shirtless. This is related to the reputation of the emperor.
But after all, you can’t do this shirtless thing too many times.”
"Otherwise, Your Majesty... will also be angry. And once His Majesty is angry, the consequences will be very serious. King Wu is absolutely unwilling to bear that kind of seriousness. The relationship between the two is already tense, and Prince Wu's Palace will not try to intensify it.
Such a contradiction."
Gu Haoran scratched his head and said: "Dad, this idea...isn't it a bit optimistic? What if Jiang Fan did a good job with the city captain? After all, Prince Wu's Mansion is backing him, and we want to trip him up.
, it’s not easy. As long as Jiang Fan does nothing wrong, it will be difficult for us to attack from the front..."
"If this Jiang Fan is really capable of doing this city captain well, then he can only think of other ways. You said that he is accompanied by two seventh-rankers... This is indeed very troublesome, but of course in our Great Zhou territory, ninth-rankers are not
It’s easy to find, but there are still some eighth-level people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for money and power.”
Gu Yan said in a somewhat solemn tone.
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At this time, Jiang Fan had already brought Tieniu to the main entrance of Prince Wu's Mansion.
Compared with the last time he came, he just climbed over the wall and broke in. This time, Jiang Fan honestly handed over his name card and then stood waiting outside the main door.
The concierge didn't let Jiang Fan wait long. He had obviously been greeted in advance, so after receiving Jiang Fan's name card, he handed it over without any delay.
It is said that there are seven rank officials in front of the prime minister. This is often the case. If you don’t give the concierge a certain door package for the name card you hand over, he may really hang on to you for a few hours and not hand it over to you.
You don't have any solution yet.
After all, you are an outsider, and others are the insiders.
People like Jiang Fan didn't know how to prepare a door bag, but the concierge still didn't dare to delay anything. It was really rare.
Soon, Jiang Fan and Tieniu were welcomed in by the concierge, and walked through the garden pavilions all the way, which made Jiang Fan feel like he was being dazzled.
The last time I broke in was at night, I had no time to appreciate the scenery of Prince Wu's Mansion. Now that I look carefully, it is a bit more delicate and delicate than Fujiang Garden.
After a while, Jiang Fan and Tieniu were led outside the reception room of Prince Wu's Mansion. The Crown Prince Zhou He was already waiting in front of the door.
Seemingly still dissatisfied with the attitude Jiang Fan showed when he was at the Lin family, Zhou He led Jiang Fan and Tieniu into the living room with a cold face and no enthusiasm at all.
There was only King Wu Zhou Di sitting in the drawing room.
Behind Zhou Di stood the middle-aged man he had seen before.
This was the first time Jiang Fan met King Wu of Zhou, so he instinctively took a few more glances.
After Zhou Di also looked at Jiang Fan carefully, he waved his hand with a smile and said: "Young Master Jiang is indeed handsome and handsome. He'er has always praised Young Master Jiang with me, but I have never believed it.
Now I know that Heer's praise was still conservative."
"Your Majesty is so complimentary. I don't know how to respond to this."
Jiang Fan sat on the seat where Zhou Di was sitting and said with a smile.
"Humility is something we should have, but this quality is related to age. At your and He'er's age, modesty is actually not necessary. Young people must be aggressive and have the courage to dare to go to heaven and earth. In this world
If you are modest and old-fashioned at your age, what will you do when you get to my age?"
Zhou Di waved his hand and said boldly.
"Your Majesty, I still don't know how to respond to your words. After all, you are not old. You are in your prime and in your prime. No matter how you look at it, you have nothing to do with being old-fashioned."
Jiang Fan touched the tip of his nose, looking a little embarrassed.
"Hahaha, that makes sense. Mr. Jiang, I directly appointed you as Heyang City Captain without asking for your opinion before. Do you have any complaints about this...?"
Zhou Di's eyes flashed and he asked with a big smile.
Uh? Now that the matter is settled, ask me this again... What does this mean?
If I have complaints, can I stop being an official?
Jiang Fan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, let me tell you a story."