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"Then the two of you have no objections, so let's divide." He sighed lightly and looked at Li Jianbi, saying that the confidante is unlucky, and this servant is born with a noble spirit. If he is sold by an ordinary wealthy family, he will surely It was a good destination, but unfortunately, he was bumped into by this surly and unpredictable Mr. Fan. It can only be said that God destined him to have a hard time.Liu Fengshun greeted the yamen servant beside him: "Then...you go and catch this slave." He said to the master next to him, "Go call the executioner and divide him up."

Fan An asked: "What is the magistrate planning to do?"

Liu Fengshun said: "I have never divided people before, so I think I can only chop them with an axe." He couldn't bear it when he said this, and said, "Before you do it, knock people unconscious." The executioner had already taken the beheading knife to the front of the hall. Hearing Liu Fengshun said that he wanted to knock people unconscious first, he hurriedly told me to come!He put down the ax with a thud, took the hall stick at the side and walked up to Li Jianbi.

This man has been a hangman for more than ten years, and he usually does the work of killing pigs and dogs. In the early summer, he is also naked in the hall. When the flesh on his body shakes, he can feel that the whole ground is trembling.

Fan An sat on the chair and looked up at him, feeling that this man would definitely kill Li Jianbi with a stick.

The executioner had just swung the stick when Bai Guoqi, who was standing beside him, suddenly yelled. "Master Liu, do you really want to do it in front of the hall, and split it in front of everyone when you are knocked out?" He said, "When the time comes, people will be splashed with blood, so why don't people eat?"

Liu Fengshun let out an "uh" and said, "Master Bai thinks my sentence is not good, so you come here?" Bai Guoqi choked on him and fell silent.

"This practice is indeed cruel and contrary to human nature. No one at the booth wants to provoke this bad luck." Fan An put the tea bowl and stood up, and Mr. Fan who was next to him looked at him, thinking that he was merciful and wanted to forget about this slave. Give it to yourself, don't want to hear him say: "You take him to the back hall to chop, I don't want to see blood, so don't look at it. You divide it up, wrap it in a mat, I will take a look and leave."

Mr. Fan gave him a hard look, but Liu Fengshun felt that what he said was reasonable, so he hurriedly ordered Li Jianbi to be taken to the back hall.Bai Guoqi pushed Li Jianbi away and said, "I'll go and watch."

Li Jianbi entered the back hall only a few times, and Mr. Fan came back to his senses. "That's not right...why doesn't that servant scream at all? Are you trying to play some trick?" Fan Qishan suddenly said, "This is where you want to be, and I want to see it with my own eyes! Get him out!"

Fan An said: "When a person is knocked unconscious, there is no sound. You have to listen to the call, why don't you go back and beat your servant?"

Mr. Fan sneered, and got up to go to the back hall to see what happened. Fan An quickly stood up and held him back.Fan Qishan felt more and more that something was wrong, he shook his hands and wanted to run to the back hall, but Fan An refused to let go, the two were in a stalemate for a few minutes, and then hugged and tore on the ground again.

At this moment, a servant of Fan's family suddenly trotted in from outside the mansion. The man nodded and bowed to meet Liu Fengshun, walked to Fan Qishan and called out, "Master!"Fan Qishan was fighting so hard that he didn't have time to pay attention to him, the servant was anxious and shouted loudly: "Young master! The master told you to go back to the mansion immediately!"

"What are you going back for?!" Fan Qishan kicked Fan An and stood up, and said impatiently, "I'll go back after I'm done!"

"Master knows about this slave, and told you not to offend Mr. Gao..." The slave glanced at Fan Andao, "He said that if you continue to make trouble at Mr. Liu's mansion, you will be fined to go to Tianling Temple when you go back. Think about it for a year."

Mr. Fan looked at the servant in surprise, and couldn't help jumping up. He didn't scold the servant, but looked at the hall and said angrily: "Liu Fengshun, you actually complained to my old man?!" Liu Fengshun waved his hands Said: "It's not me!"

Mr. Fan was stunned for a moment, he usually delivered food and drink to the backyard of the magistrate, but Liu Fengshun didn't dare.At this time, Bai Guoqi came out from the back hall, Fan Qishan's eyes fell on him again, and suddenly said: "It's you!"

Bai Guoqi was stunned, and hurriedly said: "It's not me!" Mr. Fan said: "It's not who you are! I haven't said anything yet, you know it's not you?! I think it's you!" Bai Guoqi was drunk by him, Didn't even dare to speak.

At this time, the executioner came out from the back hall and said loudly: "My lord, the slaves are done!" He waved his hand, and a government servant carried out a bloody corpse from the back hall. The left and right were separated by the saw axe, and the face was soaked in blood, and the facial features could not be distinguished.

The straw mat that wrapped the corpse was placed on the ground, and the corpse was opened left and right, and all internal organs flowed out, mixed with red and black blood, and the stench hit the face.Mr. Fan only glanced at it, and couldn't help but turned his head and vomited.Fan An covered his nose, stepped forward to take a look and asked, "Is this the slave?"

"Yes." The executioner said: "Master Gao, Mr. Fan, you guys collect the corpse."

Mr. Fan turned his head to look at the corpse, and couldn't help covering his mouth. He straightened his body and glanced at his servant, remembering the old man's words, and said: "Forget it, I don't want it anymore."

"If you don't want it, give it to me." Fan An said, "Didn't you just say that even if you feed it to the dogs, it won't be cheap for me? I'm afraid the young master will regret it, so you should take this half body. "

"The dogs in my Fan family despise this look." Fan Qishan said, "It's so cheap in the world, if you want it, I'll give it to you, okay?" Fan An ouched, and said: "Then I thank Mr. Fan .” Fan Qishan snorted, shook his robe and led the people away.

Fan An heaved a sigh of relief, glanced at the corpse, and told Bai Guoqi beside him, "You should bury him." Then he asked, "Where did this corpse come from?"

Liu Fengshun next to him wiped his sweat and said, "My lord, this is a corpse brought from the workshop. A murder case happened in the town two days ago. A woman went out of the wall and poisoned her husband. This corpse was released." It was not disposed of in the morgue, so it happened to be used. Fortunately, Mr. Fan didn't see the flaw."

Bai Guoqi said: "It's not that he can't see the flaws, but because of his father's words, he doesn't dare to pursue it."

Fan An glanced at the back hall and asked, "What about Qian Wu?"

"I asked someone to take him to the backyard." Bai Guoqi said, "Qian Wu is dead now, in order to avoid suspicion, my lord will wait until it gets dark before picking him up. Then go through the back door of the magistrate's mansion and don't let anyone see him." .”

Fan An felt that it was reasonable, and he repeatedly ordered Liu Fengshun to bury him properly, and wandered around the gate of the prefect several times before reluctantly leaving.He went back to Nanchang's Mansion to pack up his belongings, and said that I was going to go to Yugan County for inspection this time, but now I have been delayed in Heyang for so many days, and there is such a big commotion, I am afraid that people in the capital will find out No, I went to the magistrate to pick up Qian Wu tonight and left overnight.

Bai Guoqi picked him up and arranged the carriage, and said sarcastically, my lord, Heyang is too poor, and I have lost two circles of weight in the five months since I arrived here.Being the prefect here is better than being a prison magistrate in Tanping.Now that you have offended the Fan family again for the sake of your lord, the days to come may be even more difficult.

Fan An knew what was going on in his mind, and said bluntly, don't worry, when I return to the capital, I will transfer you to Yushitai and work directly by my side.As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Guoqi again, and said with a smile: You see, you know about Mr. Li, if you don't bring you with you, you can only silence him.

Bai Guoqi was so frightened that he broke into a sweat, he hurriedly said that he didn't dare, in the future he would be lucky enough to work beside the lord, and he would never hesitate to die, and he would never say a word.

In the evening, Fan An left Nanchang Mansion in a carriage.It was cloudy all day from morning, and it rained heavily before dusk.

According to the usual practice, two or three people go together for Beijing official and local inspections, even for private visits in microservices, but Fan An came in a hurry this time, and was alone, without even bringing a bodyguard with him.Knowing that he was going to Yugan County, Bai Guoqi made an exception and transferred two servants to go with Fan An.Bai Guoqi said: "My lord is a high-ranking official from the capital city. If you serve well, you may be able to stay in the capital as errands in the future. You and your family can walk out of the poor place of Heyang. But if you serve the prince well No, there is something wrong, it is a serious crime of losing your head, understand?"

The two servants nodded repeatedly when they heard the words, waited on Fan An, and rode their horses towards the direction of the magistrate.

Fan An ordered the two to park the carriage at the end of the street, and walked to the back door of the magistrate wearing a hat.It was raining, muddy water accumulated on the road, and the hem of my clothes got wet after walking a few steps.

The back door of the magistrate was open, and there were two guards standing at the door. Seeing Fan An approaching slowly from a distance, they asked who it was.Fan An said: "I'm from Chang'an passing through Heyang. I bought a slave from Boss Sa yesterday, and I sent him to the prefect's backyard for some business. I'm here to pick him up now."

The sentry sized him up and entered the door. Fan An waited outside the door for a while, and then saw the master of the mansion coming from the backyard holding a yellow bamboo umbrella. The scholar is Li Jianbi.

The master stood under the eaves, slipped the umbrella into Li Jianbi's hand, turned to Fan An and said, "My lord, you can go out of the city after you pick him up, Mr. Fan is still thinking about this servant, if someone from the Fan family sees it, You must come to the magistrate to make trouble." He looked around and pushed Li Jianbi down a few steps as he spoke.

"Understood, Prefect Liu has helped a lot this time, thank you for me." He stretched out his hand and dragged Li Jianbi down the steps, and pulled Li Jianbi away without saying a word.Li Jianbi was dragged by him for a while, holding an umbrella and not saying a word.Turning straight into the corner of the street, Fan An took off his hat, looked up at Li Jianbi, and said, "Master Li."

Li Jianbi's eyes met his, and there was no shock or ripple in his eyes, which were so deep that he could not see the bottom. "Ah, Master Fan, you saved my life again this time." He was silent for a long time, and then suddenly said, "Since I met you, you have saved me twice, and your kindness is as heavy as a mountain. I'm afraid it's hard to report just in case."

Fan An was taken aback for a moment, he felt something was wrong with Li Jianbi's tone of voice.But after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't figure out what was wrong, so he let out a bewildered uh, and said, "You should be a lower official..." Li Jianbi laughed suddenly when he saw him, and said, "Didn't you want to Take me back to the capital? Then let’s go. The rain is so cold, I’m so cold standing there.”

Fan An snorted, and hurriedly said you come with me, my carriage is not far ahead.He turned around as he spoke, and just walked a few steps forward, wanting to turn around and hold Li Jianbi's hand again, but he didn't want Li Jianbi to suddenly throw away the yellow umbrella in his hand and quickly ran into the depths of the alley.

Fan An froze for a moment, and shouted: "Lord Li! Where are you going?!" Li Jianbi didn't reply to his words, and disappeared around the corner in a flash.Fan Anjing stood there for three counts before she came to her senses: Is this person trying to run away? !There was a thump in his heart, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back, and he hurriedly ran after him.

This is a nine-turn alley with alleys in a mess. Li Jianbi ran a few steps in a hurry and suddenly reached a dead end.He was about to turn around and run back, but when he turned around, he saw Fan An blocked in the alley.Panting heavily, Fan An approached and said, "Master Li, why are you running away!"

Li Jianbi didn't reply to his words, and rushed up to push Fan An away, but Fan An quickly grabbed him.Li Jianbi struggled to make a few bucks, and suddenly kicked Fan An in the stomach. Fan An was kicked back a few steps, straightened up and threw Li Jianbi down.

The two of them fell into the rain together. Seeing that Bi was stained with mud and being pressed under him, Li opened his mouth to curse: "You bastard! Do you really think that I missed you and came to save me? You ungrateful villain ! Why are you still refusing to let me go! Could it be that I am willing to take my life myself?!"

Fan An grabbed his hand vigorously, listening to his hoarse curses.Damn!villain!You insult me ​​and hurt me!Even if you kill me, I'm a ghost and I can't spare you!Fan An thought: What is this all about... He was stunned, and suddenly a cold light flashed in front of his eyes, and Li Jianbi actually pulled out a dagger from his boots!

This man just came out of the prefect, when did he hide a murderous dagger on his body!Fan An quickly leaned back, the blade slashed across his neck, almost killing him!

Li Jianbi broke free from his restraint, got up and ran out of the alley quickly. "Master Li..." Fan An got up and stood up, heartbroken, his heart aching with grievance, almost making people cry.But he still chased after Li Jianbi's figure, and said loudly: "Master Li! Don't run around!"

The two ran for hundreds of meters along the street one after the other. Li Jianbi thought that no one would find him when he ran out of the end of the street.Unexpectedly, two of Fan An's servants happened to be waiting at the end of the street, and Fan An shouted behind him, "Grab him!"

Fan An came close to take a few breaths, took a few strings from the carriage, tied Li Jianbi's hands and feet, and said, "Take him to the carriage and leave the city immediately."

The two didn't know why, but they did it.Fan An climbed into the carriage and ordered the two to hit the horses.He lowered the curtains and threw himself into the carriage.

Li Jianbi was sitting halfway on the other side. After running such a long distance, his chest was heaving and he was too tired to swear.The clothes of both of them were soaked and covered with muddy water, and the carriage was dirty after a few strokes.

"Master Li, what are you running for?" Fan An took a few breaths and sat up, "I thought I was here to kill you?"

Li Jianbi looked at him with cold eyes and didn't speak.The sound of the rain outside was getting louder, crackling on the roof, like rolling jade and smashing jade. "If I want to kill you, do I still have to go to Heyang myself? Just in the prefect hall, I can clearly and honestly kill you." Fan An said, "Don't think about it, I really want to take you Go. You will die sooner or later in exile here, I have tried my best to help you."

Li Jianbi was silent. After a long time, he lowered his eyes. He leaned on the car window as if he was exhausted, and said, "I'm an exiled slave with no power or influence. What good does it do for you to help me?"

Fan An choked on his words, but silently clenched his fists involuntarily.Li Jianbi, are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? You have been an official in the same court as me for more than a year, and all kinds of things between each other can't make you understand my intentions?

"When I was a censor, I once killed someone. That person was the former Shaoqing of Dali Temple, who murdered my father. When he was exiled to Shanpi, I personally went to Shanpi to kill him by various means. Got it out. Back then, the Holy One couldn't bear to kill him, so I killed him with my own hands." Li Jianbi murmured, "No matter how he used to call the wind and rain, once he loses power, his life is like an ant, and anyone can play with him in the palm of his hand."

"God has eyes for retribution and is not happy. How I treated that person back then is treated the same now." Li Jianbi straightened up and smiled wryly, "Fan Pingqiu, if you are ordered by Liang Yenian to come and kill me, you can just say so. I don't blame you." He said, "What's more, you bought me now, I am your slave, life and death are yours, it's only right and proper."

Before he could finish his sentence, Fan An suddenly threw himself on him and knocked him down.Li Jianbi's heart beat wildly, thinking that he was going to make a move, but he didn't want this person to lean down and bite him hard on the mouth, Li Jianbi let out a cry of pain, suddenly Fan An's tongue came in and swept back and forth in his mouth for a while.His mind went blank for a moment, and he subconsciously wanted to turn his head away, not wanting Fan An to hold his head and neck so hard that he couldn't move.Li Jianbi whimpered a few times, he could even feel Fan An's body fluid overflowing the corner of his mouth, Fan An refused to let go, forcing him to keep swallowing.

He pushed him a few times with his hands, but he couldn't shake him.Li Jianbi's eyes widened, feeling an unprecedented humiliation.Fan An didn't let go of his hand until he was out of breath and his heart was throbbing with pain. "You are right, you are no longer Mrs. Li, you are Zhu Yan, or Qian Wu, my slave. I am the one who lives and dies, and I am the one who beats and scolds me! So what if I just use you as a pet?! It’s just a joke for you to show your ambition by death!”

Li Jianbi stiffened when he heard this, and looked at him almost in disbelief.

Fan An reached out and touched his cheek, but the eyes full of anger softened quickly. "But I don't want to do this, I don't want you to be so humble!" He said, "What you want is to make a comeback! I want you to be under one person and above ten thousand! I just want to see your gentleman like a jade dragon and a phoenix. , looking down at the ministers from a high place, makes a despicable and shameless traitor like me ashamed to admit defeat!"

"The only one to die through hardships through the ages, how can you say defeat so easily before your last breath?!" Fan An said, "The leader of the majestic orchid platform, Li Jianbi, you can only struggle to this point?"