Celebrating more than two years of peace in the world

Chapter 55
Go north.

No matter what month it is, the weather will turn cold after passing through the northern Ridge Pass.

The climate in the north is different from that in Nanqing.In Kyoto, people can even wear gauze clothes all year round, just change some cloth outerwear when winter comes, while in the north, even on holidays, people have to change into cloth clothes or even cotton clothes, because the hundred-day And night, not a temperature at all.

Fan Sizhe, who was only wearing a cage gauze, curled up in the corner of the carriage, wrapped tightly in the only blanket, and there were still three days away from the nearest post station.

What made the cold unbearable was the bone-piercing timidity and the pain of trembling internal organs. The carriage drove slowly, and the people from the Overwatch Council didn't have the slightest thought of stopping to rest. Fan Sizhe was physically and mentally exhausted from the long journey.

After some time, the half-asleep and half-awake Fan Sizhe felt the carriage stop, opened the curtain and saw that it had indeed stopped.

Stepping off the carriage, there was a warm pyre below, and a dozen Overwatch Council spies who were sharing food.

"My lord, you have superstitions." A spy saw Fan Sizhe woke up, walked up to him, first handed him some food and water, and then handed him a stack of letters.

The envelope was in the form of a secret letter. Fan Sizhe had never seen such an envelope in the capital city before. After he tore it from the side, a complete letter appeared in front of him. In an instant, tears streamed down my face.

"Handwritten by the family, personally signed."

This is the rule, if the document is sent by the secret order of the Overwatch Council, then no name can be written on the envelope, and the content inside does not matter, because it has been rumored for a long time that the Overwatch Council sends a secret letter, and if someone snatches it, the secret letter must be on the spot burnt.

So the secret letter of the Overwatch Council is actually very safe.

Fan Sizhe opened the letter tremblingly, and a lot of letters were scattered inside.

It is not difficult to distinguish among them, these are written by people in the family, Fan Sizhe picked up the nearest piece of paper in his hand, it is Liu Ruyu's own handwriting.

"My son."

After reading the beginning, Fan Sizhe couldn't hold back anymore, he seemed to vent all his emotions in an instant, and burst into tears.He clutched the envelope tightly in his hand.

Yes, it is a very painful thing to go on such a long road for no reason. This is not going to Beijing to rush for the exam full of hope. Human guilt, he is a fugitive.

"Mother! I miss you!" Fan Sizhe cried bitterly. At this time, regret filled his whole head, and a sense of horror hung over his head, like a thunderbolt, like a thunderbolt.

After a long while, it seemed that he was tired from crying, so Fan Sizhe wiped away his tears and nose, and looked at the letter paper in his hand, which had been rubbed into a mess by his excitement, but fortunately, he could still read it.

The letter is full of Liu Ruyu's concern, but more of it is comfort.

Fan Sizhe also knew that it was impossible for him to return to the capital, so Northern Qi would be his shelter for decades. If there was no turning point, he might end up alone in Northern Qi, or even die in Northern Qi , the bones will not return to the city of Kyoto.

Liu Ruyu's care was meticulous. She woke up early to wash her face, late to wash her feet and laundry, and said clearly when she went to bed. Fan Sizhe made up his mind to listen to everything his mother said. His shadow was too great, and it was precisely because of this incident that his perception of this era was completely reversed.

After reading Liu Ruyu's eloquent seven and a half pages of letter paper, his heart was full of turmoil. Now he must think of his mother who has been thinking about him most. He was still behind the last letter paper, and saw the dozen or so taels of silver that his mother had brought to him. He cried so bitterly that he bit the silver with his teeth, and put it in his arms with tears in his eyes.

I don't know whether to be happy or sad.

The second letter, Fan Ruoruo's, only had two pages, and Fan Sizhe opened it.

"You bastard, do you know how much trouble you have caused!"

Fan Sizhe immediately closed the letter and said loudly, "Sister, I know I was wrong, I'm sorry! I'm sorry..."

After saying this, he opened the letter paper again.

"Everything is fine at home, my brother, don't worry about it, go to Beiqi with peace of mind, I heard what my brother said, you are going to go to Beiqi to learn how to do business, you must accept it with an open mind, don't let your temper run amok and not do your job properly..."

A lot of preaching, watching Fan Sizhe's heart was infinitely warm but his scalp was numb.

The last sentence pierced Fan Sizhe's heart.

"I miss you very much. I hope to see you again when we meet again."

Fan Sizhe took a deep breath, and seemed to have made up his mind again that he couldn't disappoint his sister's good intentions.

Thinking of this, he once again opened the dozen or so letters that his father had written for him.

But after opening it, I found that there was no letter at all!

Instead, each one is a silver ticket of 1000 taels of silver!
A total of 1 taels!

Fan Sizhe burst into laughter. He was penniless when he was on the road. Just now, he was thinking about how to survive in the strange environment of Northern Qi with the ten taels of silver his mother gave him, but at this time, it appeared like a windfall. With so much money, Fan Sizhe was so overjoyed that he even laughed out loud!
And on the last bank note, Fan Jian only wrote two words.

"Alive."

"Father!" Fan Sizhe cried again, the father's stern face suddenly appeared on Fan Sizhe's face, he didn't know whether it was because of fear or longing, tears fell down his face again, and he trembled again Then he divided the banknotes into three parts and put them in his shoes. After holding them in his arms, he folded the last piece of paper and put it in the envelope.

In front of me now, only the last few pages are left.

It was Fan Xian's letter to himself.

After opening Fan Xian's letter, Fan Sizhe calmed down, ate the steamed buns and drank a sip of water, and then began to read slowly. He had never read a letter so seriously before. After all, this A letter may affect his later life, even life.

In front of the letter was the official document of the Overwatch Council, which introduced in detail the whole incident of Baoyuelou, and finally, the punishment imposed on each person in the palace. Fan Sizhe read it carefully, and then suddenly realized.

Although Fan Sizhe was in Baoyue Building before, he knew nothing about it except the operation, not to mention the private prison, but he only heard about people dying in Baoyue Building. There have been comments on some accounts, and other than that, he is using the 800 taels of silver he invested in to make money every day, and the account book he holds is still fake.

Thinking about it now, it was a complete scam, and Fan Sizhe, who was deceived and deceived, of course regretted it at the beginning, because his ignorance caused the current mess, he has no right to blame anyone, on the contrary he wants to Thanks to his own brother Fan Xian, if it wasn't for Fan Xian, he would have been in prison or in front of the vegetable market by now.

Trembling in his heart, he picked up the letter written by Fan Xian, and transcribed the original text as follows:
"My brother, dear."

"After a few days away, I miss you very much. I personally supervised the matter of Baoyue Tower. It is not a trivial matter. If you were not involved, maybe the matter would not be so complicated. But since you have been arranged to enter the game, I can only do what I can. , wronged you, I hope you don't blame me."

"Brotherhood, keep it in your heart."

"This trip to the north is only a matter of time. I will tell you the matter now. I hope you can understand the importance of the matter and don't act recklessly."

"The internal treasury is not something that is privately owned by the imperial power. It is only taken over by the royal family because of its excessive profits, but you have to understand that although the power of the internal treasury is in the hands of the eldest princess, it is only the financial power of the Qing Kingdom's internal treasury. , compared with the Northern Qi Neiku and Dongyi City Neiku, the Qing Domestic Treasury is equivalent to the main warehouse, while the other internal warehouses are sub-ku, although the Northern Qi Neiku and Dongyi City Neiku are only controlled by our Qing Domestic Treasury Management, but the following trivial matters, even business matters, are all self-management, so to investigate the Northern Qi internal treasury and Qing domestic treasury, and even the connection to the capital city and Jiangnan, you must enter the Northern Qi internal treasury to investigate clear thing."

"So it was an inevitable move for you to enter the Northern Qi Dynasty. After all, my father holds the power of the household department. If I take over the financial power of the inner treasury, it is your duty to help my father and elder brother."

"Everything in Northern Qi has been arranged for you. You can go on the road with the Overwatch Council with peace of mind. They will hand you over to my most trusted person in Northern Qi. You also have to work with Guo Baokun. Remember to let go of those indifferent things and survive in other countries. , Be cautious and don’t act impulsively.”

"Finally, remember to write letters in the future, be careful, be careful, and be careful."

"The dozen or so people in front of you are your confidantes from now on. They have all been screened by me, and they have already arranged everything in the family. You can dispatch them as you like, and remember their names. These are your brothers who will share weal and woe in the future." , Don’t underestimate anyone, they are your best protection when you are in danger.”

Fan Xian basically said all the words he could say, and said them to the maximum. He thought that Fan Sizhe should be able to understand. Fan Sizhe looked at the letter paper in his hand with a sad face. What's right, the immature childish look on his face receded a bit, and it was the first time that such a serious face appeared, but Fan Xian and Fan Jian didn't see it, otherwise they would be gratified, Fan Sizhe's Growth is closely related to each of them.

At this time, Fan Xian was rarely idle.

He was strolling around in the Tai Academy, and his hands and feet were a little tired from the busy morning. It didn't mean that he had found a secluded place and planned to rest.

When he came back from Northern Qi, Fan Xian didn't feel that there were so many books in the carriage, but he was shocked. This Zhuang Mohan is worthy of being a master in the literary world, and he has so many works. If he didn't know when he learned it In which year and month can I finish my studies.Unexpectedly, it would take time for him to feel overwhelmed when he really started to study.

He found two handy generals from the supervisor of the Eighth Division of the Overwatch Council, and then captured Deng Ziyue and Wang Qinian, and entered the Imperial College together. These people bound for a whole morning, not only did not make much progress at all, they even made no progress towards the future. One month's life has a huge fear.

Later, Wan'er asked to enter the palace and brought Fan Ruoruo to help Fan Xian. Emperor Qing nodded and agreed, why not?

The emperor's imperial edict is not a joke, so of course it must be bound, but Zhuang Mohan's works are not like the bookstore in Fan Xian's impression, they are sorted and sorted bit by bit. Zhuang Mohan's servants in the car were also illiterate.

In addition, Zhuang Mohan has a wide range of research. He has a deep research on any academics, styles, and works. There are all kinds of books and documents, and there are many unique books from the previous dynasty. Inside, this cart of books was pulled out, at least it shocked half the world!

"This Zhuang Mohan is no less than a master in the literary world. He really covers everything and makes my hands itch!" Deng Ziyue also followed and walked towards Fan Xian. He had just cleaned up Zhuang Mohan. The works, can not help but sigh.

It was only then that Fan Xian remembered that Deng Ziyue was the candidate for the Spring Festival this time, and he should have some ink in his stomach. Of course, it was very normal for him to look up to Zhuang Mohan, so Deng Ziyue at this time was very different from the dying Wang Qinian.

Fan Xian was too lazy to talk to Wang Qinian, but he said to Deng Ziyue, "Dean? Where did you hear that?"

"Of course it is combined with your works by Fan Shixian." Deng Ziyue was of course happy when he heard that Fan Xian was able to discuss academics with him, and he directly pulled out a copy of the best-selling "Anthology of Half-time Poems" in the Qing Kingdom from his pocket, and picked it up. "There is an article in the adults' book that the emperors of Yujing gather the Big Dipper, or ride the phoenix."

He turned a few pages and said, "My lord has another article, what I heard is extremely shocking!"

After that, he stood up and read aloud.

"How is Zongfu Dai? Qi Luqing is not finished yet."

"Fortune Zhong Shenxiu, yin and yang divide the dawn."

"Swinging the chest gives birth to Zeng Yun, and judging the canthus into the returning bird."

"You will be the top of the mountain, and you will see all the mountains and small ones at a glance."

After finishing the recitation, Deng Ziyue expressed envy and longing, "In the collection of poems Mr. Zhuang commented on, this article has an annotation, but it is said to be a deep mountain in the sky, towering so high that people can't help but kneel down and admire it , and this article is just like that, according to what the villain sees, if it weren't for the heavenly mountain in today's world, it would definitely not have such courage!"

Seeing Deng Zi talking more and more happily, Fan Xian was beating his nerves.

Du Dashisheng, don't blame me!
sorry Sorry……

"These two poems are unparalleled poems in the world. It makes people feel as if they are in the fairyland, forgetting everything, and yearning for it."

The person who spoke was not Deng Ziyue at the side, but the person who came out at the door with more than a dozen court ladies behind him. Fan Xian knew this person, and it was Concubine Shu in the deep palace.

This is Tai Academy, and Concubine Shu often goes to and from Tai Academy. At first, people always talked about Concubine Shu, but later I realized that Concubine Shu really loves learning, she has read a lot of books, and She also loves books, and there are many treasures in her home, which makes people admire. The most talented woman at that time is probably none other than Concubine Shu.

Although this evaluation was well-known, Fan Xian always felt that there was a sense of flattery in it. After all, this is a noble concubine, so how can you not brag about it? Fan Xian always believed that the title of the most talented woman in the world should belong to Fan Ruoruo.

After all, she is a woman who has seen the Red Chamber.

Standing in front of Concubine Shu, Fan Xian couldn't be unreasonable. Although he hated this cold-faced concubine very much now, he couldn't be too thorough, so Fan Xian still had to salute Concubine Shu respectfully.

Concubine Shu walked into the side hall, she still had the same tepid appearance as if she had abstained from sex, she cast a cold glance at Fan Xian, and walked to his side, then Deng Ziyue and Wang Qinian were not ignorant, Immediately withdrew from the partial hospital.

"You all go down." Concubine Shu waved to the maids behind her.

At this moment, only Concubine Shu and Fan Xian were left in the yard. Concubine Shu showed a stiff smile, and she got up to pour tea for Fan Xian. Fan Xian would dare to do anything wrong, of course he quickly brought the teapot over and poured it. After filling two cups of tea, I sat down by myself and looked at Concubine Shu, "My Lady, what advice do you have?"

Fan Xian thought with his toes and knew that Concubine Shu immediately came here to block him after inquiring about his entry into the palace. It wasn't because of the second prince's affairs that there was a ghost, but he had to pretend to be a fool. After all, these empresses in the harem He knew too well the deeds of the Qing Dynasty, even if he knew not about the Qing Dynasty but about other dynasties, it would still be the same.

These ladies don't like people who are too smart.

Concubine Shu's eyes flickered and she didn't know where she was looking. She looked in front of her nervously, as if she didn't want to look at Fan Xian again. She twisted her body a few times, her eyes rolled around a few times, confused He looked vaguely at Fan Xian's shoes.

After tweaking for a long time, Concubine Shu seemed to feel very uncomfortable.

This made Fan Xian find it funny, but he didn't show it, he kept his head down and didn't speak.

"You..." Concubine Shu said, she took a breath, made a hissing sound through her white teeth, thought for a moment, and then said, "How is He Wan'er recently?"

"Well, we..."

Before Fan Xian finished speaking, Concubine Shu immediately said, "You don't even dare to do anything to Wan'er, she will be able to live well on her own, there is nothing wrong with you, if you bully Wan'er, you will soon die."

"Ah? Ah... um..."

Fan Xian didn't know what to pick up. Concubine Shu's spirit seemed abnormal. He looked at Concubine Shu and smiled awkwardly.

"Your poems are good." Concubine Shu smiled.

Fan Xian was startled, "Which...which song?"

"It's all good..." Concubine Shu started to remain expressionless again.

The most talented woman in the world doesn't know much about complimenting others, Fan Xian thought to himself, but when he thought of this, he knew that the other party had something to ask for.

"Don't write about the Red Chamber anymore?" Concubine Shu asked.

In fact, it’s not that he stopped writing. Fan Xian wrote more than 60 times. He wanted to save some time to seduce the Northern Qi emperor. After all, the Red Mansion only wrote 80 times. If he finished posting by then, the little Northern Qi emperor asked himself to get up Even if Fan Xian was forced to death, he would not be able to write No.[-] once, so Fan Xian had no choice but to say, "Recently, I have been busy with work, and I don't have extra time to write about the Red Chamber."

"Oh……"

"That……"

"Um……"

Concubine Shu took a deep breath, she looked at Fan Xian, "Chengze is the prince."

The sudden sentence made Fan Xian quite embarrassed again, but this time it was good because Fan Xian knew what she was talking about. Looking at Concubine Shu, Fan Xian nodded, "I know."

"Hey, this kid is just too high-minded, so he just doesn't want to talk about it." Concubine Shu continued to grumble, "Look, I don't know what's wrong, didn't you tell me that the two of you hit it off right away? This is now How did it happen?"

Fan Xian smiled, "It's still like old friends at first sight, but you're right, I was deceived by him, he has deep thoughts and never hits it off with anyone."

"Oh..." Concubine Shu was silent for a moment, and then she said, "He is the prince, what are you arguing with him? Could it be that you have already taken refuge with the prince? Or... that's not right, you must have hit it off with the prince..."

"Imperial Concubine." Fan Xian stood up. He knew the meaning of Concubine Shu's visit and what Concubine Shu wanted to say, but he didn't want to spend too much time with this woman here. He said respectfully, "The subject did not seek refuge with the prince, nor did I have anything to do with others, and I did not argue with the second prince. It was he who wanted to rule the subject to death, and the subject was just saving his life."

"The monarch wants the subject to die..." Concubine Shu looked at Fan Xian.

"He's not a gentleman yet..." Fan Xian's expression changed. He looked at the Concubine Shu in front of him. Is she the most talented woman in the world?If Fan Xian turned around and handed these four words to the emperor's ears now, then this Concubine Shu would have to die here even if she couldn't get out of the courtyard of the Imperial College. What kind of talented woman is she talking about with her IQ in front of him? Fan Xian was cold smiled.

"Your servant still has important matters to attend to from the Overwatch Council, so I leave." Fan Xian left this sentence and left without looking back.Just as he walked out of the gate of the courtyard, he heard Concubine Shu muttering to herself.

"This child is also, why do you have to fight against it?"

"It's still a long time, what's the rush..."

"This child... hey..."

Mothers are such anxious people, they will immediately rush out to protect their children in all aspects. Originally, Concubine Shu didn't have to go through this, but she was scared. This was the most useful news Fan Xian got. The woman was scared. Didn't the second prince suffer this time? He did it over and over again. In just a few months, the second prince had already broken Fan Xian's body twice.

In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the second prince had already lost his troops to the limit, and the current second prince could no longer stand the toss.

In fact, what Concubine Shu Gui didn't know was that Fan Xian no longer wanted to torment the second prince in his eyes.

Because there is no rush to push this person to death.

(End of this chapter)