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Fan An was indeed a tough guy, if someone else had suffered so much in Li's residence, he would probably have been lying in bed complaining.But Fan An not only rode back to the mansion, but also went to the palace in good spirits after changing his clothes.

At this time, Liu Xi was writing the music, and Fan An, led by the eunuch, limped towards the imperial study.The eunuch looked at his bruised and swollen face, clicked his tongue twice, and said, "Hey, Mr. Fan, what's wrong with you, did you fall?"

Fan An chuckled and said yes, yes, he accidentally fell.He was worried, and he was already ahead of the eunuch while talking.The eunuch trotted after him to the imperial study, shook his wrinkled pendant for him, and said don't be in a hurry if you have anything to do, and speak slowly, the Holy Majesty doesn't want to see the minister's hasty temper.Fan An oh oh twice, said I got it, thank you father-in-law.

The eunuch went in and made a notification, and then signaled Fan An to go in after he exited.Fan An shunned his breath, stepped in, lifted his robe and knelt down a few feet in front of the imperial case, and said slowly: "My minister, Fan Pingqiu, respectfully invite Your Majesty to be safe."

"Get up." Liu Xi glanced at him, smiled lightly, and said, "It's not something you do on weekdays, so today's face-to-face performance is something good?"

Hearing this, Fan An straightened up on his knees, wiped his face, and said sadly: "This minister is here to plead guilty today." He cut to the chase and said directly, "Your Majesty, this minister met Lord Li of Lantai on Chang'an Street this morning. By chance, my servant accidentally bumped into Mr. Li. At this moment, Mr. Li is ill and is lying in the mansion..."

"Li Aiqing and Fan are sick?" Liu Xi straightened up when he heard the words, and asked, "How is it now?"

"The servants of the Li family refused to tell me, and I am very worried..." Fan An said, "I heard that Lord Liu of the Imperial Hospital is very skilled in medicine, please send him there for a consultation." Liu Xi looked at it in surprise. Fan An glanced at him, wanted to ask something, but first said to the eunuch at the side: "Pass on my oral order and ask Liu Huichun to take someone to Li's residence quickly." The eunuch said and hurried away.

"Why did you bump into him?" Liu Xi frowned, "What's the reason? Aren't the two lovers pretty good a few months ago?"

"Wei Chen and Master Li are very good, but something happened today, and Master Li's horse was startled in the street. Master Li fell off the horse, and it seems that he hurt his internal organs, which made him fall ill." Fan An He knocked heavily on the ground, "I know Lord Li is His Majesty's capable minister and a talent of great publicity. This mistake is a heinous crime. Your Majesty, please punish me now!"

Liu Xi thought: This person bumped into Li Jianbi in the morning, and no one in Li's residence came to tell him, but he came to apologize first.It can be seen that the situation is not light and can't be taken care of, so he deliberately came to confess the crime first. This person is tactful and smart, and he has improved a lot compared to ten years ago.

"If it wasn't intentional, forget it. What crime can I punish you now?" Liu Xidao, "Li Aiqing's illness is the most important thing right now."

Fan An said: "I feel guilty in my heart."

"Those who don't know are not guilty." Liu Xi glanced at him and said, "But if it's because of the quarrel between the ministers and the fight, I will definitely not let you off lightly."

Hearing Yu Shang's cold voice, Fan An hurriedly kowtowed and said, "I understand. When Master Li wakes up, I'll let him deal with it." He burst into tears as he spoke.

Liu Xi asked, "Why are you crying?"

"If Mr. Li is fine, I can do whatever I want to make amends. I'm afraid something might happen and I won't be able to wake up..." He closed his eyes, and the tears flowed down: "Mr. Li, if there is anything wrong this time No way, my humble minister... I don’t want to live anymore!"

"Okay. His illness has been going on for a long time. He has suffered from it before, but he has recovered. You have a deep friendship with his teacher. If it wasn't on purpose, he wouldn't blame you." Liu Xi looked down at him With a look of remorse, he comforted: "You have time to make amends. Although Li Aiqing is young, she is not a petty person."

Fan An wiped his face when he heard the words, and said that this minister knew that Mr. Li has a lot of talents and is famous in the court.I'm not afraid that he will blame me, I'm only afraid that if his body breaks, I will die forever.

"Aiqing is serious. Both you and Li Aiqing are talented, and I won't be partial to either one." Liu Xi sighed, only to find that there were bruises on his raised face, and he couldn't help saying, "What's wrong with your face?" ? Why are you injured?"

Fan An covered his face when he heard the words, Liu Xi saw his embarrassed appearance, and asked, "Did someone from the Li family beat him?" Fan An didn't dare to bully the king, so he murmured twice, and said softly: "Yes... "

Liu Xi didn't say anything, just looked at Fan An.Fan An raised his head and met his eyes coldly, speechless, his heart twitched inexplicably.Liu Xi is old, and sometimes seeing him with his eyes slightly closed, he always makes people feel old-fashioned, fuzzy and unreasonable.But Fan An knew that those eyes were still deep and shrewd. There were hundreds of officials in the Xuan capital, which ones were which, and what kind of virtues they had. He was very clear in his heart.

Liu Xi suddenly sighed.

"Li Aiqing is a person who can't stand the sand in his eyes. He may be a bit mean and ruthless in his daily affairs, but he is honest and wise, and he is a rare loyal minister." Liu Xidao, "People in the world often say that the white head is like new, and the friendship is as good as before. Age is not used as a ruler. You are actually the same person as him, and I once thought you would be friends."

"He is young, but he holds a high position, and his job is wide and powerful. Do you have dissatisfaction with him?" Liu Xidao, "I heard that you went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate a few months ago. But did it offend you?"

The words are so clear, no matter how vague Fan An is, he should understand. The emperor actually thought that he had a grudge against Li Jianbi, and intentionally hurt him to avenge himself? !He was terrified, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty misunderstood this minister! This minister has only admiration for Mr. Li! There is absolutely no dissatisfaction!" He was so anxious that he burst into tears, "He is a student of Duke Cuide, a role model for all officials. , As Your Majesty said, honest and virtuous, he is a rare loyal minister, if I have any personal grudges against him, I will be a minister in vain, and when he goes west, he will have no face to see his teacher in the ground."

"It's good that you understand these principles." Liu Xi sighed and said, "If people in the court are as reasonable as you, Li Aiqing won't have to work so hard."

Fan An thought that this "hard work" was a casual remark, so he hurriedly echoed: "I understand that Mr. Li is really hard work."

You haven't returned to the court for more than ten years, so you don't understand... Liu Xidao: He was only a young man when he was the assistant minister of Lantai Yushi, but his talent is outstanding, and it is hard to hide it.He comes from a famous noble family, and is the son of the former prime minister, so it is not unreasonable to be the head of the Lantai.

Fan Anxin said, don't talk about it, I know the truth of it very well, Holy Master Mingjian, I don't have any dissatisfaction with this!

At that time, I had intended to mention him as the imperial historian, but he was really young, and the cabinet objected.Liu Xi continued: "That's why he was the head of Lantai back then. He was not recommended by the cabinet, but I made a decree and deliberately promoted him.You know, Aiqing, most of those who become officials because of the central purpose are not ashamed by the public, because they can't convince the public, but rely on the power of the joint purpose.

Liu Xi laughed and said: I have been emperor for more than [-] years, and I have never dared to be an official.I'm afraid that if I download it, others won't dare to pick it up.But Li Aiqing accepted it. He has been infamous for so many years. He has impeached many high-ranking officials and offended many people. Do you know what caused his old illness?

Fan An lowered his head, saying that Master Li had never mentioned anything to Weichen, and Weichen didn't know.

Then I tell you.Liu Xidao: He took over Zhang Fa's killing of good people back then, and used the heads of good people to pretend to be Japanese pirates' heads, counting the case to invite rewards from the imperial court.At that time, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple were afraid of Zhang Fa's prestige and did not dare to take over, so they could only leave it to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.He solved the case within three months after taking over, and executed Zhang Fa for the crime of deceiving the emperor and plotting chaos.On the day of Zhang Fa's execution, he was assassinated on the execution platform in retaliation. He grabbed the blade with his bare hands and was stabbed in the heart by the assassin.It was the heaven that cared for him, so he didn't kill him, but he was inevitably left with a hidden disease.

He has been an official for so many years, how many open and dark arrows he has suffered, some of which I know, some of which I don't know.Fortunately, he is a smart man, and the city is deep, so he is not so easy to be calculated.

Liu Xidao: That's why I say that he, the leader of Lantai, has worked hard, and his current reputation is due to his wounds and blood accumulated step by step.do you understand?

Fan An knelt down, his heart was pounding like a drum, and he said for a long time: "I understand." Liu Xi said: "Since you understand, then you can go. When his condition stabilizes, I will personally go to his residence to see him. "

Fan An kowtowed and walked backwards out of the imperial study.

He went out of the imperial city all the way, and when he passed the Jinshui Bridge, he heard the sound of gurgling water under the bridge. The green water carries apricot blossoms, and goes slowly along the jade canal wall to the Rouge Harem.

Fan An thought, what if he was a stick of duckweed on the water?No need to struggle, no need to think, born from water, destroyed by the sky, safe and secure without worrying about wind and waves.

This imperial city full of glass and golden roofs, how can it compare to Gaoyang in the field of wild flowers...Three lives without changing ambitions, ten thousand deaths always leave bamboo knots, he is a pariah, he can't do it, let alone dare to do it.He just wants to go back to his old home, read and write, and plant rice seedlings.It is better to leave it to others to illuminate the history of blood.

It's just that Li Jianbi... Hearing what the Holy One said today, he felt that the peony flower in the dream was difficult to pick, even if he held it in his hand, he was not worthy of it.But she was as beautiful as jade and as proud as a pine tree, and he couldn't help but yearn for her, lusting for her, worrying about her, cutting her off constantly, and couldn't let go.Fan An thought of this and felt sad for himself, sobbing.The eunuch next to him couldn't stand it anymore, so he came up and asked, "Master Fan, why are you crying again?"

Fan An said: "I'm worried about Master Li's body."

"Go back and have a look if you're worried." The eunuch said helplessly, "Your Excellency, please go faster."

Fan An glanced at the man and said, "You're right." After saying that, he straightened up and limped out of the palace gate.