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Fan An was taken aback for a moment, what's so good about this court, intrigues and intrigues, is it worth your life and death for it?There is nothing more important than life in the world.Fan An thought, Li Jianbi is still young, and he will think about it when he gets older.

Li Jianbi said: "You don't understand."

"I really don't understand. Is high position and power so important? Master Li, those are just floating clouds. As a human being, the most important thing is to be happy." Fan An sighed and stood up and said, "By the way, are you still hungry? Two, I'll give you something to eat next."

"I'm not hungry." Li Jianbi looked up at him and asked, "When are we leaving here?"

"Since you have said that the magistrate of Yugan County is a good official, and the arrears of taxes has nothing to do with the officials here, then why should I investigate." Fan An went to the bed to tidy up the quilt, and said, "Let's go tomorrow, I will Go back and write a memorial report casually, I will listen to you and will not expose Shen Nanting's embezzlement of taxes."

Li Jianbi asked him with great interest: "You are now an imperial envoy. Why don't you go to various officials' houses for a visit? Those people who pay filial piety to you casually will be enough for you to serve for three years." Lu." Li Jianbi shook the leftover steamed buns in his hand, "There is still more than 2000 miles to go back to the capital, how many burdens do you have on your body, do you want to eat steamed buns for two months?"

Fan An could hear some complaints in those words, he walked over and took the steamed bun that Li Jianbi had bitten, and put it into his mouth, "The steamed bun is also delicious." He drank his saliva with a smile, turned around Went to bed.

The next day, the four of them drank a few bowls of porridge and headed east.Fan An spent a few copper coins to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.Li Jianbi asked him why he bought this, and Fan An said, "It's not that you don't want to eat steamed buns, I'll cook for you along the way."

The corners of Li Jianbi's mouth twitched, thinking how stingy this person is on weekdays, a majestic royal doctor, who has to bring pots and pans with him on the way, can make people laugh out loud.

But Fan An is not joking. When he was wandering and fleeing famine in his early years, he could even make bark and grass roots into food. Now that he has salt and rice, isn't it easy to cook a few dishes on the road?Li Jianbi followed him, eating day lily after eating the gardenia, eating amaranth, tree buds, and Chinese toon after eating the day lily, with a few fish and rabbit meat from time to time.

Li Jianbi looked at the fish soup in his hand, and thought that if any woman married someone like Fan An, it would be considered a blessing for several lifetimes, not to mention anything else, at least she would not have to worry about eating and drinking.

Fan An behaved well and spoke honestly, cared for others carefully and considerately, after two months, Li Jianbi didn't say he liked him, at least the previous wariness was gone.When I was hungry, the first thing that came to my mind was Fan An. When it came to eating, I was almost dependent.

Naturally, Fan An is happy to serve Li Jianbi. He cooks every time he cooks, and what he thinks about most every day is what to eat for his next meal.That's right, the wind is clear and the clouds are calm, the flowers sleep in the willows, and the beautiful scenery on a good day, how can I bear to spend my mind thinking about other things.

In the middle of the night two months later, the group approached Chang'an City.Standing on the teahouse outside the city, Fan An looked up and could see the fireworks and glass of Chang'an City stretching for thousands of miles. The roof tiles were undulating like mountains, glowing with a rich and gorgeous golden color.This is the place where Li Jianbi's heart longs for, the capital where he will live and die.Fan An turned his head to look at Li Jianbi who was standing by the railing. This person looked forward, stroking his hair slightly, his face was calm, and there was no joy in his eyes of returning after a long absence.

Fan An couldn't understand what this man was obsessed with about the capital. "Is it because you were born here that you like Chang'an so much? Or is it because of the luxury and wealth here?"

Li Jianbi smiled, but didn't speak.

The world of fireworks is peaceful and happy.As an official, what he wants in his life is nothing more than this.

In the early morning of the next day, a group of people left the teahouse and headed west of Chang'an.In Chang'an City, you can see Gaofu Guiyuan everywhere, and you can meet an official in a few steps on the street. Li Jianbi has stayed in the capital for more than ten years, and knows countless people. It doesn't take long to be recognized by people after entering the city. , At that time, if he is arrested as a fugitive, it will be a capital offense.

Fan An wandered around the market in Xiji, Chang'an, and found a courtyard in a slightly remote place. Li Jianbi leaned halfway in the carriage, watching him take out two silver ingots from his arms and hand them to the seller.Fan An came over and said, "I bought you a yard. This place is relatively remote and far away from Fangshi. Come down and have a look, and you'll be satisfied."

Li Jianbi lifted the curtain and asked, "Where did you get the money?"

"When I came out of Heyang, Bai Guoqi gave me 31 taels of silver." Fan An laughed, "We lived frugally along the way, and the four of us spent less than one tael. I bought this for you for 20 taels." Yard, you can use the remaining ten taels." He helped Li Jianbi out of the carriage, walked over and opened the courtyard door and said, "You will live here from now on, and I will come to see you when I have free time."

Li Jianbi walked in and looked around for a week. The yard was not very big, but it was rarely clean and tidy.When he turned around, Fan An was standing by the courtyard gate.

"Master Li, I'm leaving." He took out all the money in his arms and stuffed it to Li Jianbi, "Take good care of yourself, I will come to see you every few days." Fan An held his hand, thick palm Fiery and powerful, Li Jianbi looked down, feeling reluctance for the first time in his heart.

Fan An looked at his face, and asked suddenly: "Are you reluctant to part with me?" He was smiling when he said this, his eyes were bright, as if he suddenly knew something happy.

Li Jianbi heard his playful laughter in his ears, and the reluctance that had just surged was instantly extinguished. "Master Li..." Fan An watched for a while, couldn't help but lowered his head and wanted to kiss Li Jianbi, but Li Jianbi suddenly withdrew his hand, slapped his face, and cursed softly: "Get out!" He said Turn around and walk into the bamboo corridor in the yard.

Fan An stood for a while, but turned his head resentfully.There were two grooms standing at the door, and they were a little embarrassed to see this scene. Normally, these two people would have rolled up their sleeves to argue with Li Jianbi, but along the way, they saw Fan An's hot face sticking to his cold butt. At this time, seeing that he was being beaten by him, he just stood there.

Fan An walked over and stroked his face, and murmured, "What did I say wrong again..." The two grooms looked at each other for a while, and one said, "My lord, it should be because your smile is wrong..."

Fan An was stunned for a while, stroked his face and said, "Did I smile just now?" He turned his head to look at Li Jianbi again, sighed and said, "Let's go."

When Fan An returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it was already past noon after packing up.He sorted out the memorial of the local inspection, and planned to go to the palace in the afternoon to greet Liu Xi for his return, and to hand it back to the Supervisor of Rites against the imperial order at will.

When he was writing the memorial, Yushi Zhongcheng Zhang Zhilong came to see him, brought him some tea, cared about Fan An's health, and said some polite words.He saw Fan An writing the memorial, so he asked Fan An if he was going to enter the palace in the afternoon.Fan An said yes, and Zhang Zhilong persuaded him after hearing the words: "The Holy Majesty has been unwell for the past few days, and he is a little angry. Your Excellency, go back early and don't stay in the palace for too long."

Fan An remembered that Liu Xizheng was sick when he left. "The Holy Majesty has been ill for two months, right? Is it still not cured?" Fan An said worriedly, "What did the imperial physician say?"

"The news that came out only said that the Holy Majesty is going to rest. The Holy Majesty has not been in court for nearly half a month. He only approves some memorials in the Jinshen Hall when he is in better health." Zhang Zhilong said, "I may not have seen the Holy Majesty for a long time, so I don't know how it is going. "

Fan An let out a groan, thinking that Liu Xi was old, and this time he had been ill for a long time, so it might be a bit ominous.He sent Zhang Zhilong away, and went to meet Liu Xi in the afternoon. Liu Xi also greeted him for his hard work in Jinshen Hall as a routine. When Fan An raised his head to answer, he saw that he looked haggard and his face was very haggard.Fan An knew that he couldn't disturb him too much, so he hurriedly left after saying a few words.

The next day he was working in the government office, and the servants of Yushitai, Zhongshu, knew that he was back, so they came to see him one after another.

In the two or three months since Fan An left, many things happened in the court.The most horrifying thing is the jailing of Tang Jinglong's only son.

I heard that the reason was that a prisoner escaped from the prison of the Ministry of Justice last month. Wu Wei of the Ministry of War assisted the Ministry of Justice to capture the fugitive, but somehow broke into the Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies.He said that he saw the fugitive hiding in the Tang Mansion and wanted to search the Dudu Mansion.But who is Tang Jinglong, the leader of the Five Armies, who can be searched by his family?The two groups fought without saying a word, and Tang Jinglong's only son Tang Wanyu accidentally killed the leader Wu Wei.

In fact, a mere military guard would kill if he said so.The Tang family has great achievements and great prestige, and no one can do anything about it.But someone was talking too much, and this matter reached the ears of the Holy Master, who was furious, and immediately summoned Tang Jinglong, asking him to explain the matter.Mr. Tang was used to being arrogant and arrogant, at first he didn't care, so he admitted that Tang Wanyu had killed Wuwei of the Ministry of War, and said that he knew it was wrong, and asked His Majesty to forgive him.I didn't want Liu Xi to finish listening, and only said one sentence:

"Kill for life."

This frightened Mr. Tang, he quickly kowtowed to intercede, saying how disrespectful the military guards were at that time, how arrogant the men and horses they were leading, how the dog killed him by mistake, and asked the Holy Majesty to give him a chance to reform himself.

The Holy Majesty has been in power for 30 years, and has always been generous and benevolent. But this time, I don’t know if it is because of illness, but he insisted on asking Tang Wanyu to pay for his life. Regardless of Tang Jinglong’s various pleadings, he ordered Tang Wanyu to be thrown into prison. Beheaded everywhere.

After the servants finished talking about this, they all said: "Your Majesty has an abnormal temper these few days, and he is easily blamed. My lord, you should be careful in what you say and do."

Fan An was slightly shocked after hearing this. "Killing to pay for life is justified. A prince who breaks the law is as guilty as the common people. There is nothing wrong with the Holy Majesty's move. I am an official in the court and work hard. The Holy Majesty knows the details, so why can't I help you? "Fan An casually said a few words , leaving a few servants to eat some snacks, and divided out the tea leaves sent by Yushi Zhongcheng before politely sending them away.

When he came back and sat in his seat, he began to feel uneasy, and he finished the review early and went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice as a guest.Wang Mingfeng, the current Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, used to be Fan An's confidant and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. After Fan An was promoted to Lantai, he promoted him to be Shangshu. Because of his promotion, Fan An was naturally polite and respectful when he saw Fan An coming.

Fan Anyu drank a pot of tea, during which he mentioned the case of Li Jianbi's exile half a year ago, and asked Wang Mingfeng if he still remembered.Wang Mingfeng said he remembered. "Li Jianbi has been exiled in Heyang for nearly half a year, but has anyone asked the Ministry of Criminal Justice for the case file and has traced the follow-up of this case?"

Hearing this, Wang Mingfeng put the teacup away, pushed away the servants from left and right, and said softly: "Yes, there are officials from Lantai, Xu Bochang, the current chief assistant of the cabinet, and Mr. Chen from Prince Huan's residence."

Fan An took a breath and said, "Lord Wang, you must remember that the case file of your Ministry of Criminal Justice is not allowed to be read casually!"

"Of course the lower officials know. After Mr. Li was exiled in Heyang, many speech officials from Lantai came to me and asked to read the documents of Zai Jue, and I sent them back one by one. But Xu Bochang is the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he wants to check it. I can't stop it either."

Fan An asked, "Did he say he found something wrong?"

"He found out that Li Jianbi was exiled in Heyang, and he once wrote an order to the governor of the Nanguo Mansion in Heyang, asking the Nanguo Mansion to inform him of the exact location where Li Jianbi was exiled." Wang Mingfeng said, "My lord, not long after you left the capital, Mr. Xu started I checked, but it seems that nothing has been found so far.”

Wang Mingfeng said: "Nanguo Mansion is more than 3000 miles away from the capital, and it will take a long time for news to reach the capital." After he finished speaking, he raised his head, saw Fan An's pale face, and asked quickly, "My lord, what are you doing?" gone?"

Fan An rubbed his face, and said: "Your tea is not good, I feel sick to my stomach after drinking it." He got up, said that there was still something to do in the mansion, and he wanted to leave first.As he spoke, he took two steps, then stopped suddenly, and asked: "By the way, just now you said that there is another person who has investigated the follow-up of this case. Who is it?"

Wang Mingfeng said: "It's Mr. Chen Yiqin, the lecturer of King Huan. You must have seen this man when you went to court."