Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

Royal palace, royal garden.

In order to entertain the prince and the left-behind officials, sumptuous delicacies were placed in the garden. The left-behind officials frowned secretly and wondered where Fan Xin was singing.

"King Yan, the current situation in the country is difficult, what do you mean?" Prince Li Ying asked on behalf of all the ministers.

Although I don't take this guy seriously, he must be at least passable in general.

Fan Xin smiled slightly, cupped his hands and replied: "Returning to Your Majesty, the state affairs are complicated and time-consuming. I thought that I would like to entertain everyone while His Majesty is away."

"Ah, so that's it." Li Ying breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face again: "In that case, dear friends, please sit down and have a banquet. Don't let down King Yan's wishes."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the King of Yan!" The ministers bowed and walked to the table and sat down one after another.

The banquet was very sumptuous. There were hundreds of dishes on the table, and everyone who ate nodded their heads.

While they were drinking wine, Fan Xin stood up drunkenly, holding the wine glass, and smiled at everyone.

"Some time ago, there were rumors that I and His Majesty had broken up. Hundreds of thousands of troops were marching towards Luoyang, which scared the emperor and fled to Chang'an overnight. Everyone, do you believe it?"

With these words, the noisy atmosphere suddenly condensed, and the smiles on all the ministers' faces disappeared.

This matter is not a question of belief or not, but a fact. Who doesn't know that King Yan's army is fighting with the official army? Otherwise, how could the emperor who was in charge of the world abandon the Eastern Capital and go to Chang'an.

Of course I know, but I must not say it out loud. If Fan Xin is angered, no one can be sure whether he will lose his life.

When no one spoke, Li Ying, an ally, coughed.

"The rumors in the world are all rumors. If you say that King Yan, who was loyal to the emperor and served the country, rebelled, he would not believe it even if he died."

Fan Xin cupped his hands gratefully: "Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness. Xiao Wang is very grateful. I would like to propose a toast to you."

After drinking the wine in the glass, Fan Xin walked down the steps with the wine glass in his hand and came to toast the ministers one by one.

Just as the atmosphere was getting heated, unexpectedly, a guard suddenly pulled out a knife and rushed towards Fan Xin, shouting.

"You treacherous minister who has brought trouble to the country and the people, give me your life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, amid the exclamations of the ministers, a knife was stabbed into Fan Xin's abdomen, and a stream of blood spurted out due to excessive force.

"No, protect the prince!" Qian Niuwei, who came to his senses, immediately pulled out his knife and rushed towards the assassin.

Soon the scene fell into chaos, with the assassins laughing wildly and the guards shouting angrily.

After a fight, the assassin was eventually captured and defeated, while Fan Xin closed his eyes tightly and was carried away, clutching his abdomen.

It wasn't until the palace door closed heavily that the Imperial Garden fell into silence again.

All the ministers, look at me. I can see you clenching your fists and showing excitement in your eyes.

Very good! They never dreamed that there would be such a chivalrous and courageous warrior among the guards, who eradicated national traitors for the Tang Dynasty.

This scene was so inspiring. If they were not in a land of tigers and wolves, they would have toasted to celebrate.

After about half an hour, the palace door opened, and Liuzi sent the two old doctors out of the door. He sighed when he found that everyone was still waiting.

"Everyone, I'm sorry. The prince is seriously injured and needs to stay in bed for a few months. You should go back first. If you have any questions, just ask His Highness the Crown Prince."

"In this case, I won't go in to visit. I will go to deal with state affairs first. You can stay here and take good care of Fan Aiqing."

Li Ying shook her head with regret and led the people away. The other ministers nodded and followed.

When everyone was gone, Fan Xin, who was lying on the bed, sat up, took off his python suit, put on his common clothes, jumped out of the back window and quietly left the palace.

After leaving Yingtian Gate, Fan Xin and Liu Zi came to the street. At this moment, they were both dressed in common clothes, and there was no trace of wealth on their bodies.

"Master, according to the information provided by Fan Chengcheng, there is a bad guy's stronghold in Sanyuan Town, the nearest town in Luoyang."

"We can go to the main altar in Chang'an through them."

"Okay, let's hire a carriage and let's go to Sanyuan Town."

Fan Xin raised his head and glanced at the end of the street, lifted his baggage, and the two of them rushed to Sanyuan Town in a carriage.

Along the way, when the carriage drove into Sanyuan Town, the night was already dark, and there was only one hotel on the street called Humen Inn that was not closed.

Seeing two customers coming, the shop assistant threw the towel over his shoulder and said with a smile.

"Two distinguished guests, what would you like to eat? We have braised noodles, braised noodles and Yangchun noodles."

"Can you give us two bowls of vegetarian noodle soup?" Liuzi said after looking at the surrounding environment.

"Okay, you two sit down for a while, and I will go make some noodles for you."

Looking at the back of the store clerk, Fan Xin said in surprise.

"I think this store has everything, why do you only want two bowls of some noodles?"

Liuzi glanced at the guests around him and whispered: "Master, you don't know something. This is a black shop. If you don't believe me, just look at the table."

Following Liu Zi's eyes, Fan Xin lowered his head and glanced at the table, and sure enough he found that it was covered with old knife marks.

While I admired Liuzi in my heart, I was secretly surprised that I actually entered a black shop.

"Master, if it's just a black shop, it wouldn't be a big deal. I suspect there is an informant here."

"If we don't even understand the rules of a black shop, the other party will definitely not believe that we are bad people."

Fan Xin nodded in agreement, glanced at the diners who seemed to be eating from the corner of his eye, and finally noticed something was wrong with them.

Are people who dare to enjoy food slowly in a dark shop an ordinary person?

While talking, the shop assistant walked to the table with two bowls of vegetarian noodles and said with a smile.

"Two distinguished guests, your plain noodles are ready. Please take your chopsticks and use them slowly."

"No need, we don't want to trouble others when we go out. We brought our own chopsticks." After saying that, Liuzi took out two pairs of chopsticks from the bag and handed one pair to Fan Xin.

Seeing this scene, the store clerk was stunned and said with a smile.

"That's alright, you two eat slowly while I go greet the other guests."

They were said to be two bowls of plain noodles, but they were actually noodles soaked in boiled water. The taste was bland, not to mention undercooked, but Fan Xin and the other two ate them with gusto.

Because only in this way is it consistent with the despicable status of a bad person.

Sure enough, after looking at the two of them, the diners stopped looking this way.

After throwing two copper coins to the store clerk, Fan Xin and Liu Zi went to the room on the left hand side of the second floor and hung a fan at the door before entering.

"Liuzi, do you think bad guys will contact us after seeing this signal?" Fan Xin stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the merchants coming and going in the yard.

"Master, we are using Fan Chengcheng's contact code. The other party will definitely contact us."

"Let's just wait patiently overnight. We'll probably have news within a day or two."

In fact, the bad guys were faster than Fan Xin imagined, and there was a knock on the door that night.

"Sir, there is not enough firewood in the stove pit. Can you change to an inn?"