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Fan An had no impression of Chen Yiqin. According to Wang Mingfeng, this person was a lecturer of King Huan, and he should be a scholar of the Imperial Academy. Logically speaking, he could not get along with Li Jianbi. Even if King Huan became the prince one day, he would He has become a first-rank prince and grand tutor, which is also a high-ranking but light-weight vacant position, and Li Jianbi has nothing to do with him.

Where did this person come to investigate Li Jianbi's case? Was he too busy to join in the fun?

Chen Yiqin probably came to join in the fun, but Xu Bochang certainly wasn't. When he was the cabinet secretary, he obeyed Liang Yenian. Although Liang Yenian was relegated to Shi as a servant, he was not in his position and was still planning to do something. , the whole court felt that he would not stay in the Ministry of History for too long, and that one day the Holy Majesty would be in a better mood, and he would definitely return to the cabinet to take power. Several assistant ministers in the cabinet were still afraid of him, and they had to dismount to salute the Minister of History when they met on the road.Xu Bochang came to check Li Jianbi's whereabouts, he must have been instructed by Liang Yenian.

Fortunately, he had asked Bai Guoqi to make a fake case record for Li Jianbi. Xu Bochang could only track him down to the Nanchang Mansion in Heyang, and the governor Bai Guoqi had been transferred back to the capital from Heyang by him, and he even reprimanded him. Whoever asked couldn't find one either.Fan An could already imagine Xu Bochang's befuddled appearance, and he felt that he had to explain it himself. After all, Li Jianbi's exile was arranged by himself at the time, and it would be too late to explain when Xu Bochang suspected himself.

The next morning, after finishing his official duties, he went to see Xu Bochang in the afternoon, and asked straight to the point if Mr. Xu had gone to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to check Li Jianbi's case record.

The Third Department of Daxuan is criminally independent, and no one has the right to consult the case records without the imperial order of the Holy Majesty.If someone else asked this question, Xu Bochang would definitely deny it, but Fan An belonged to Liang Yenian. When Liang Yenian was imprisoned for corruption, Fan An helped a lot in turning the tide. Everyone in the court knew that Fan An was loyal to Lord Liang. Your lord's benefactor.

Xu Bochang felt that he was one of his own, so he didn't hide it. "That's right, Mr. Liang was very concerned about Li Jianbi after he was exiled in Heyang, and asked me to check his whereabouts." He invited Fan An to take a seat, ordered his servants to make tea in the outside room, and turned his head and said, "But the Nanchang Mansion in Heyang unexpectedly I can't find Li Jianbi's assignment, and I can't even find the handover letter of the job at that time. It's really puzzling. I've been thinking about this for the past few days, and I was just about to ask you. Didn't you handle this by yourself at the time? "

"Your Excellency, I don't know. When I was writing the handover case record, I was afraid that Li Jianbi's party would pursue and rescue me, so I made a fake case record and handed it over to the Nanchang Mansion." Fan An said, "When you go to the Nanchang Mansion, don't check it out. For the name 'Li Jianbi', just look up the name 'Zhu Yan'."

"So that's how it is...Your Excellency is very considerate." Xu Bochang said, "But why didn't you say it at first!"

"Making false records is a serious crime of beheading, and I still yell about it everywhere?" Fan An said, "I dare to tell you when Mr. Xu is one of our own. You only tell Mr. Liang, and others must not reveal it. "

Xu Bochang said: "This person naturally understands, don't worry."

Fan An said: "My lord, let's go and investigate. Li Jianbi has been exiled in Heyang for half a year, and I don't know what the situation is now. If your lord knows, please let me know." After he finished speaking, he got up and said goodbye. There is something else, we have to go first.

Xu Bochang walked him to the door and gave him some tea.

Fan An knew very well that the records about Zhu Yan in Nanchang's Mansion finally indicated that he died in the Pingqing quarry, and the report written by field guard Liu Xie, Xu Bochang's investigation, at most ended here.He wished that Xu Bochang could tell Liang Yenian so that these people would stop pestering Li Jianbi's life and death.

When Xu Bochang got the news, he didn't know if he would pursue it further. Fan An didn't hear him bring up the matter again, and the situation was calm, as if the matter had just passed away.

The Holy Majesty in the palace is still ill, and has not been to court for more than a month, and there is no reply to the memorial sent for several days.Everything is off for a while, and I have a lot of free time.

It is easy to think too much when you are too idle, especially when you are still suffering from lovesickness.Since the last farewell, Fan An hasn't seen Li Jianbi for half a month.Li Jianbi is in the west of the city, only a hundred miles away from Chang'an Street, so close at hand, within reach.Fan An's heart was about to move, and finally one day he couldn't help it, and took advantage of the night to drive his horse out of the city to the west of the suburbs.

It was the two grooms who brought Fan An back from Heyang to ride horses. Hearing that Fan An was going to the western suburbs, he knew that Fan An was going to see Li Jianbi.These two people didn't know Li Jianbi's identity, they only knew that he was a slave bought by Fan An from Heyang, and was raised in Jinwuzang in the western suburbs.

At first, the two couldn't understand why the bought slave had to hide outside without making a sound.Until someone asked one day, Fan An pointed to Bai Qiongyu who was playing with her two sons by the pool in the atrium, and said, "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, do you understand?"

The two said aloud: It turns out that the family already has a big one, and if they buy a small one, they will definitely fight for favor and quarrel.The adults are considerate and thoughtful, and they are really romantic.

The two people understood this, and they kept their mouths tighter.Sometimes Bai Qiongyu stood guard at the gate of the mansion, caught these two people and interrogated them, saying that Mr. Fan often goes out in the middle of the night these days, you two follow, do you know what you are going to do?The two said in unison that they did not know.Later he said: "Your Excellency has many friends in court, and they drink wine at home as Yan Yan. Please go, Your Excellency, but you can't refuse, so you go."

Bai Qiongyu didn't believe a word these two said, thinking in her heart that this person must have gone to those brothels and restaurants outside the city to have a fling.But Bai Qiongyu has a lot of knowledge and a wide heart: he doesn't care how flamboyant this person is outside, as long as he doesn't bring him home, he will pretend he didn't see it.

This Bai Qiongyu pretended not to see it, let alone the other servants in the mansion.

In fact, Fan An was not going to have fun, he drove out of the city every night, and he didn't even look at the brightly lit Fangshi restaurants along the way, and it was nearly midnight when he arrived at Li Jianbi's yard.

Every time he went there, he would hold supper, mung bean, white fungus and white porridge in his hand. The first time Li Jianbi saw him in the middle of the night, he was still a little surprised and moved, until every second time, every third time and the tenth time... this man every time They knocked on his door in the middle of the night, so that he couldn't go to bed early, and when they came, they greeted him as if they hadn't seen each other for three years, and even wanted to get close to him.

Li Jianbi pushed away his approaching face, and said coldly that I won't open the door for you again.Fan An felt that he was not joking, so he could only obediently let go of his hand.

Once, Fan An took his hand before leaving, and said out of emotion: "Lord Li, I walk on thin ice every day in the court. I don't dare to say a word, dare not blink. I can only be with you every day." When we are together, I am the happiest, and I feel that I am really alive..." When he said these words, he didn't know if he was moved by himself, and he hugged Li Jianbi and cried softly.

Li Jianbi was hugged by him, looked up at the moon hanging high in the courtyard, and sighed helplessly.

The two meet every day, black and white reversed.Li Jianbi can also catch up on sleep in the morning.But Fan An had to work in the government office every day, and he didn't get enough sleep for more than ten days. His eyes were dark, his face was haggard, and his body was about to fail.

Bai Qiongyu watched him fade away quickly, and cooked pot after pot of bullwhip for him. Fan An asked him what it was for, and Bai Qiongyu said sourly: "It's for your lord to invigorate your kidneys. My lord has been out every night for the past few days. There are so many things to do every day, be careful not to drain your blood."

Fan An made a sound and didn't argue, took the bowl as a mouthful and gnawed slowly.

He ate the bullwhip for three days in a row, and it was midsummer, and he became even more angry.One night in the middle of the night, Li Jianbi was reading a book in his room in his middle coat, waving a paper fan with one hand, and pulling at his lapel with the other. Fan An, who was sitting on the other side, looked up and suddenly had a nosebleed.Without saying a word, Li Jianbi turned cold, and pulled Fan An's skirt to drive him out of the house.

Li Jianbi didn't open the door for him for several days, Fan An couldn't help it, and finally took the opportunity to rest for a few days.He didn't eat the bullwhip that Bai Qiongyu had stewed for him, and after a few sleeps, his complexion quickly recovered.

Liu Xi in the palace has been ill for more than a month, and it seems that he is getting better, and he has begun to recover early.

The day ends early.Fan An paid special attention to Chen Yiqin.This person was a lecturer of the Imperial Academy at that time, and also a lecturer of King Huan. His official rank was from the third rank. He used to stand a few rows behind Fan An, but Fan An never noticed it.Ever since Wang Mingfeng told this person that he had investigated Li Tujianbi's case last time, Fan An had paid more attention to him.

Everyone retreated and walked towards Hongwumen. Fan An looked around and followed up.He walked quickly on purpose, rubbed Chen Yiqin's shoulder, turned around and bowed his hands, saying ouch, I'm so sorry.

Chen Yiqin was staggered by him, stood firm and raised his head to look at him, saw that it was Fan An, smiled quickly, cupped his hands back and said: "So it's Master Fan." He added, "Is there something urgent in such a hurry."

The voice was soft and deep, with little ups and downs, and there was a natural coldness in speaking.Fan An raised his eyes to look at Chen Yiqin. He had a slight smile on his face, but his eyes were as cold and calm as a rock and a deep well, and he could not feel any sense of intimacy.

Fan An laughed and said, "No, I've been busy with work these past few days, and I haven't slept well. I'm probably old, and my eyesight isn't working well. I walked so fast that I didn't notice you." He patted Chen Yiqin's arm and said Master Chen, forgive me.

The smile on Chen Yiqin's face didn't move, he didn't dare.As he spoke, he started and walked slowly towards Hongwumen.Fan An naturally followed his steps.

"Master Fan has just come back from a field inspection these few days." Chen Yiqin saw him coming up, and said as he walked, "I heard from others that your lord went to Yugan County, traveling thousands of miles, but did you gain anything?"

"There is nothing special worth mentioning." Fan An said, "I heard that the Imperial Academy is redoing the compilation of the memorabilia recently, Mr. Chen must be very busy, right?"

"Not busy." Chen Yiqin said: "By the way, the middle of next month will be my father's [-]th birthday. Will Mr. Fan come to celebrate?"

Fan An was taken aback for a moment, he couldn't figure out who this person's father was for a while, so he hurriedly replied, "Definitely."

Since Fan An took office, it was the first time he spoke to Chen Zhenqin. The two officials had no overlap in official positions. After a few polite words, they immediately had nothing to say.After leaving Hongwu Gate, they handed each other farewell, Fan An noticed that the smile on his face was still there, as if he had never moved.