In the back house of the prefect's yamen in Huizhou, Fan Lian couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep these few days, and his mouth was covered with blisters.After hearing the news that Zhao Ji brought Xiao Jinbao and Fan Qing back together, he finally felt better. He called the kitchen for lunch, and before he had eaten two bites, someone rushed over to report, "Master, it's not good, Miss People took it away."

"Who did it?" Fan Lian threw his chopsticks and became furious.

The people under Li Tian's work were very clean, and the boy in charge of reporting the letter had no idea who the person who robbed Fan Xian'er was.

Fan Lian didn't suspect Zhao Ji at the first moment. Although he had his subordinates kidnap the members of the Xiao family, there were more than one or two people who had grudges against him in the entire Huizhou Prefecture.

Even if there was no enmity before, capturing the pregnant Fan Xian'er at the moment of King Wei's rebellion would be a great opportunity for promotion.

At this time, Fan Lian's heart was full of remorse. It's not that he hadn't thought about getting rid of Fan Xian'er secretly before others found out.

But Fan Xian'er has the blood of King Wei in his belly, which makes Fan Lian hesitate.Although the king of Wei rebelled and was not prepared enough, what if the king of Wei turned defeat into victory?Even if he can't become the Lord of the Great Jin Dynasty, as long as he can rule the river, his position can be moved up a bit.

Even if the king of Wei suffered a crushing defeat, with the blood of the royal family that has been left behind, it is not that there is nothing to do.

Maybe he can use this to draw up a force of his own, although he can only think about it in private, but before King Wei is completely defeated, Fan Lian cannot easily give up Fan Xian'er.

Now that Fan Xian'er was taken away, Fan Lian felt extremely regretful.

Fan Lian is only 49 years old this year, and he can achieve the position of the prefect of Huizhou, ignoring those shady methods, he has always felt that he is very capable.It's a pity that he has a bad background, he is just a juren, according to the unspoken rules of the Jin court, the fifth rank is already the highest position he can hold for a Zhuoliu official with a juren background.

When Fan Lian was young, he studied very well and passed the Juren examination at the age of 21. At that time, the county magistrate of his hometown saw that he had a bright future and betrothed his daughter to him.However, on the road of being a Jinshi, Fan Lian has not been going smoothly. He took the exam four times in a row. Until he was 33 years old, Fan Lian was still a Juren.

Although the imperial court has many subsidies for famous juren, there is also a corresponding tax exemption policy.However, he went to Beijing for four consecutive exams, and the Fan family naturally fell into poverty. At first, his father-in-law, who admired Fan Lian very much, persuaded him to give up the imperial examination and spend some money to select officials from the Ministry of Officials.

Fan Lian got some supercilious looks from his father-in-law, so he obeyed.

Unexpectedly, for more than ten years, Fan Lian has been successful in official career, and he is also good at making money. He has done more official affairs than his father-in-law.But Fan Lian has always been very dissatisfied with this situation, because of his family background, Fan Lian, who became the magistrate at the age of 39, has served as the magistrate for ten consecutive years, but has never been promoted again.

Four years ago when Fan Lian came to the affluent Huizhou Mansion, he was very happy at first, but in the past two years, Fan Lian has become more and more unwilling. There are further possibilities.

At first, Fan Lian also moved up and down, wanting to follow the path of a national teacher, and sent good-looking beauties, but they were used to reward his subordinates.Later, he contacted Cheng'en Gong's Mansion, and the treasures sent up were accepted, but Fan Lian had no contact with the real power holders of Cheng'en Gong's Mansion.

Finally one day, Fan Lian met King Wei who left the fief without permission and was dressed in a white dragon fish suit. Fan Lian offered his daughter, and King Wei accepted it with a smile. Although there was no special expression, it was better than Dong Jia who had no splash .

Especially after Fan Xian'er was pregnant, although it was inconvenient for King Wei to come to Huizhou Mansion again, the rewards and supplements never stopped.

Fan Lian originally thought that he could get a promotion opportunity with the help of King Wei, but who would have thought that King Wei would suddenly rebel.

In fact, it was not so sudden. Fan Lian had always known that Wei Wang was rebellious. After all, the current little emperor is still very young. Raise troops without adequate preparation.

On the second day when the news of King Wei's rebellion reached the Huizhou government, Fan Lian's management of the Dong family's relationship finally worked. On the way back to Beijing, a steward of the Dong family remembered that Fan Lian had defected to the Dong family. Come to his house to rest.

Fan Lian served him with good wine and good food, and the half-drunk steward said to Fan Lian, "The national teacher suddenly appeared in Jersey City, saying that he had obtained evidence that His Royal Highness Wei Wang meddled in the salt affairs, and directly forced His Royal Highness Wei back As a result, the national division had already contacted General Fuyuan, and His Royal Highness King Wei was beaten back as soon as he made a move. Although His Highness King Wei returned to Jersey City, the National Division arranged an internal response in Jersey City, and now Jersey has If the city is broken, His Royal Highness King Wei can only take his troops to guard the city."

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. As soon as Yan Yunkai appeared in King Wei's fiefdom, Princess Wei sent a letter to Duke Cheng'en's mansion by flying pigeons. Before the Dong family could react, the news that King Wei was forced to raise troops spread again. Back to the capital.

After all, the content of Feige's message was limited, and Duke Cheng'en's mansion also sent out people to inquire about the news, but after receiving two messages, the channel for using pigeons to send news was cut off.

The steward who came to rest at Fan Lian's mansion was the first batch of people sent by the Dong family. He thought that the Dong family could always receive letters from Feige, so he dared to drink and sleep at Fan Lian's mansion before he could get a good night's sleep. He rode back on a fast horse again.

The steward of the Dong family did not know that Fan Lian gave his daughter to the king of Wei as a concubine, and treated him as a lower-level official attached to the Dong family, and said to him very sincerely, "Master Fan, you should pay more attention to Zhao Ji. This man. Because of offending him, our Young Master Jia Yuan was sent to prison by the national teacher. If the Queen Mother hadn’t kept him, he would have been decapitated by now. It’s not easy like this, and he was sentenced to eight years in prison. /ban."

Fan Lian laughed along with him, and said respectfully, "It's not a secret that Zhao Ji has a good relationship with the national teacher. I see that the gentleman is in charge, does he know some unknown news, so I will be more knowledgeable by talking about it." .”

Although the seventh-rank officials were in front of the prime minister, it was rare for Fan Lian to be so savvy, and the dignified fifth-rank officials were willing to support him like this. It would save face, and it would make him feel happier than giving money directly.

So the half-drunk steward smiled lewdly and said, "I don't know if Mr. Fan has seen Zhao Ji. He looks like that. It is said that he is very succulent. You know the second master of the Jingguo Mansion. He said that if he can kiss Fangze, I am willing to die. Master Fan, if the emperor is only cured of his illness, will the national teacher take him with him every day? This time the national teacher is going to the south of the Yangtze River, and he is reluctant to leave him in the capital for such an important matter."

Zhao Jiyuan was in Huizhou Prefecture, and he didn't know that his fame had spread all over the capital.Both Li Tian and Yan Yunkai were sending news to the capital, but such a precious channel, of course, only conveys major events that affect the overall situation.What's more, there have always been many rumors about Yan Yunkai's delicacy. Those who stayed in the capital would certainly not deliberately tell him these rumors of three religions and nine streams. Even Yan Yunkai didn't know about it. There were already rumors about his affair with Zhao Ji in the capital.

After the steward of the Dong family left, Fan Lian started his own plan.

First of all, Zhao Ji must be controlled in his hands. If he can grasp the handle to threaten Zhao Ji, and then quietly put Zhao Ji back to Yan Yunkai's side, then he will never have to worry about it again.

Fan Lian felt that the most ideal state would be to allow Zhao Ji to leave a child.

So Fan Lian asked three times and four times at first, just to trick Zhao Ji into the house and give him medicine, but Zhao Ji never agreed.

As time went by, although he couldn't get any new news about the battlefield, Fan Lian became more and more suspicious.What if the king of Wei was defeated and someone confessed his relationship with the king of Wei.

King Wei may not say anything in the case of his heirs, but there are always five or six of King Wei's subordinates who know of Fan Xian'er's existence. It is difficult to guarantee that these people will say something in order to protect themselves .

Fan Lian became more and more anxious, and finally made up his mind to make a ruthless move and directly arrest Zhao Ji, but in order not to arouse suspicion, Fan Lian even found someone who was the scapegoat, who was proficient in martial arts and had a grudge against Zhao Ji Qu Xiong.

At that time, it's fine if Yan Yunkai doesn't bother him. If his life is threatened, he has at least one life-saving talisman in his hand.

In order to gain Qu Xiong's trust, Fan Lian spent all his money and directly told him the rumors about Zhao Ji and Yan Yun.

Who knew that Qu Xiong, who was used as a scapegoat, humiliated Zhao Ji face to face, which attracted Zhao Ji's attention. Fan Lian thought he was hiding behind the scenes, but he didn't know that the curtain was too short, not even covering his own feet.

After locking Fan Xian'er, Li Tian, ​​who was full of food and drink, turned back to the place where Fan Qing was being held. Xiao Jinbao had no useful news, but Li Tian believed that Fan Qing must have something in his mouth.

Fan Qing is the person in charge of helping Fan Lian carry out orders, and also Fan Lian's most trusted old servant, but he also enjoyed the blessings for more than ten years, and finally couldn't stand the torture, and soon wiped out Fan Lian's old background net.

Zhao Ji also heard about his fame in the capital and Fan Lian's plan to implement on him, thinking about it made him angry.

He felt that he was being treated as a soft persimmon, and others could handle it as they wanted, and the clay figurine was still a bit fiery, so he had no temper, right?

Zhao Ji took out two sleeping pills and said to Li Tian, ​​"This medicine is more effective than Mongolian sweat medicine. Although it has a slightly bitter taste, it has no smell. It is ground into powder and poured into Fan Lian's tea. Didn't Fan Lian want to arrest me?" Well, I'll let him come and reunite with his daughter."

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