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Chang'an Avenue leads directly to the city gate. Fan An was afraid of meeting these city-searching guards on the road, so he deliberately walked along the side road. He didn't expect to meet him on the side road. Fortunately, these people took a look at him and did not stop him for interrogation. .Fan An rode his horse all the way to the gate of the city, only to find that the gate had been guarded by the imperial guards.

Fan An stepped on his horse, and a man who looked like a school lieutenant came over to stop him.Without waiting for him to open his mouth, Fan An took out the official card from his arms and handed it to the man, saying: "I am the censor of Lantai, I have to go out of the city in an emergency." Then he asked: "Are you stationed at the city gate tonight? Did something big happen?"

The school lieutenant took Fan An's official card and glanced at it, then went up to look at Fan An by the moonlight, and said, "So it's Mr. Fan, the censor. I'm sorry. But I got the order, and I can't let anyone out of the city tonight. My lord." If there is something to do, let's do it tomorrow." As if he had never heard Fan An's question, he didn't mention the reason for guarding the gate.

Fan An knew that these people were very tight-lipped, and it was impossible to get any news if they kept asking. He just wanted to get out of the city now. "You bastard!" he said angrily, "I got the imperial order to go out of town tonight on errands, and if I miss it tomorrow, can you afford it?!" Someone accused him of falsely preaching the holy will, so just refuse to admit it.

The captain was not stupid either. "If Mr. Fan has obtained the order of the Holy One to do things, is there an imperial edict?" He said, "Looking at the observation of the villain, the villain will let him go immediately, and he dare not delay at all."

Fan An said: "I got a secret order, how can you just read it?"

The man said indifferently: "Without an imperial order, you are not allowed to leave the city."

Fan An squinted at him for a while, then sighed for a long time, and said okay, you're kind.As he said, he turned the carriage and walked back a few steps. The captain thought that he would go back obediently, but he didn't want Fan An to turn back at the [-] meters, and rushed over again suddenly!

The captain thought he would have the courage to rush in, so he quickly asked someone to stop him, but Fan An's charge was so fierce that he knocked away the guards who came up, and the captain took a long halberd and flew straight over. The spearhead slanted across the black horse's buttocks, but it was stabbed crookedly.The black horse ran faster with the pain in its buttocks, and before anyone else could catch up, it jumped over the thorn fence and headed out of the city quickly.

The school lieutenant cursed a few words, and told the seven or eight guards next to him to continue chasing him, but he himself was still guarding the city gate. After all, his target was not Fan An.The censor doctor didn't know what was wrong today, but he didn't think too much about it, so he turned around and called someone over, saying that he would report the situation to Commander Zuo immediately.How to deal with these officials themselves to ask each other.

After Fan An left the city, he went all the way to Ximian Fangshi.Along the way, I also met two imperial forest troops. These people didn't know that he forced his way out, and they didn't recognize him. They allowed him to ride his horse past without stopping him. During the period, a leader stopped him and saw clearly Bite his face and let him go again.

Fan An boldly asked the leader, who were the officials going to arrest in the middle of the night?As a result, the man didn't reply to his words, and even scolded him for meddling in other people's business.Fan An saw him leading nearly a hundred guards towards Ximianfang City, and hurriedly rode his horse to the western suburbs from another trail.

The gate of Li Jianbi's courtyard was closed tightly. Fan An looked in through the crack of the door and saw the faint candle red in the blue-gray oil-paper window. .

But the door of that compartment was quiet, and no one came to open the door for him.Fan An simply grabbed the vine flower next to him, stepped on the stone protrusion on the wall and climbed into the yard.He pushed hard in front of the door, and the door was not locked, and he opened it with a bang.

Li Jianbi was taking a bath in a wooden barrel, when he suddenly saw Fan An barging in, he couldn't hold back his anger under the horror, and cursed: "You bastard! Do you still have rules!"

Fan An couldn't control the rules at this time, he went up and directly pulled Li Jianbi out of the bucket, took the bed sheet next to him and wiped Li Jianbi indiscriminately, saying that something was wrong, someone knew where you lived, and the Imperial Forest Army was about to Search here!

Li Jianbichi was naked, holding the sheet in her arms, the bath water was dripping, and it was still falling from the thin hair on her forehead. "How is it possible..." Li Jianbi was stunned by what he said, and he turned back to God, "If you really want to arrest me, why would you send the Imperial Forest Army? The Imperial Forest Army will not be easily mobilized without the Holy Majesty's order. Are you mistaken?"

Fan An helped him take the long gown on the side, shook it open and put it on for Li Jianbi, saying oh my ancestors, everyone has been checked in Fangshi to the west, and what I saw with my own eyes can still be fake, and I will search for it in a while. Came here from the western suburbs.

As he spoke, he squatted down in front of Li Jianbi and helped him fasten his belt.Li Jianbi shook off his hand and said, "What are you still wearing, quickly get your things and go out through the back door!" He took the coat next to him and put it on, and after blowing out the candles, he was about to go to the back door.Fan An hurriedly said to bring the silver!Li Jianbi turned around, fumbled around in the cabinet, and stuffed a few ingots of silver into Fan An's arms.

Fan An sent money to him every now and then, but Li Jianbi had money and had nowhere to spend it, so he put it in the cabinet and accumulated it, so he grabbed four ingots of silver, at least more than 20 taels.

It was too late to tidy up his luggage and clothes, so Fan An grabbed Li Jianbi's hand and went straight to the side road of Fangshi.To the west of the western suburbs is the city wall, and if you want to go out, you must pass through the Fangshi in the east. When Fan An came to that Fangshi, someone had searched there. Fan An didn't dare to go directly, so he walked along the river in Fangshi.

Half a mile away from the river is a busy city, but the bank is remote, and few people come and go.The two hurried for a few miles, and they were about to go around. They didn't want eight or nine guards to come to the port suddenly, and they came here in groups.Fan An saw at a glance that it was the Yulin Army of the Imperial City, and was startled, grabbed Li Jianbi's hand and immediately turned around and walked back.

There were not many people on the river, Fan An turned around and immediately attracted the attention of the guards, so he shouted from a few hundred meters away: "Hey! The one in front, stop for me."

Fan An was so frightened by his shout that his heart rose into his throat. Some of these people must know Li Jianbi. If he saw it at a glance, he would not immediately arrest him and throw him into prison. promotion.Fan Zhuang didn't hear it, so he pulled Li Jianbi and continued to rush away.

"Hey! Those two in front! I told you to stop, did you hear me!" The leader yelled a few more times, seeing that Fan An didn't respond, he felt something was wrong, so he quickly chased after him.Fan An heard the sound of the sword clinking behind him, went back and took a breath, grabbed Li Jianbi's hand and ran without saying a word.

"Follow me! I think the one in front is the one we are looking for! If you catch him, there will be a lot of rewards." The leader shouted while chasing after him. Fan An hurried a few steps, and saw a man parked on the bank. The small boat with a black awning ran over to untie the rope and then went into the boat.Li Jianbi said, "Don't get on the boat! Where can you go if the river goes around Chang'an? If he sets up a checkpoint in front of us, we will be caught!" Went to Fangshi in the east.

There will only be more people searching in Fangshi, but now they are desperate and there is no other way.

The two rushed into Fangshi and ran along the busy streets, overturning many stalls. The guards behind them chased after them, shouting loudly, "There will be rewards for catching fugitives!"

Such a big commotion can be heard across several streets, and without counting, it will inevitably attract other imperial guards in the city. Fan An wanted to find an alley to hide in, but this road leads all the way. After all, the sideways are crowded with businessmen.Until the two of them passed a three-story brothel, Li Jianbi gritted his teeth, grabbed Fan An, turned his head, and went into the brothel.

The two fell headlong into the building and waited for a while on the edge of the Zhangtai in the building. The gate was bustling with birds and birds, surrounded by greenery, but the guards did not chase them in.

Fan An panted, "Did we get rid of them?"

"Of course not. They must have seen us enter the building. But the brothel is surrounded by windows, so it is not easy to find us after chasing us." Li Jianbi said: "They have secured the Bamian gate and sent people to find reinforcements. "

Fan An asked, "How do you know?"

"The style of the pro-guards is not like that of an ordinary yamen. There are already rules on what to do in any situation. If you mess up and let the prisoner escape, you will be punished." Li Jianbi said, "Before the reinforcements surround this building , we have to find a way to get out."

The old bustard in the building in the speaking room had already walked over with a round fan and a smile. Li Jianbi didn't wait for him to say anything polite, and asked, "Is there a male servant in your building?" He said and glanced at Fan An next to him. Said, "This lord is very masculine, you go and find him a lighter man, money is not a problem."

Fan An stared at him with his mouth wide open, Li Jianbiquan pretended not to see his expression, reached into his skirt and took out ten taels of silver and gave it to the old bustard.

The money is all stuffed into the hands, so if you don't have it, you have to have it.The old bustard choked, and suddenly laughed again, saying that yes, yes!The most indispensable thing in our Canary Tower is a male servant!

He told Li Jianbi to follow her, and the two went upstairs, walked through the floating corridor to the door of a side room, the old bustard knocked on the door vigorously, and shouted "Tang Man! Tang Man!" After a while, Then a sleepy man came to open the door.

"Still asleep! What time is this! The moon is shining on your buttocks and you're too lazy!" The old bustard scolded a few words, then turned and smiled at Fan An, "Look, sir, are you still satisfied?"

Fan An went to see Li Jianbi, and Li Jianbi said: "It's good." He said, pulling Fan An into the door, closing the door left and right, saying that we are doing business, so go ahead.

The old bustard responded twice, and went down happily.

Li Jianbi closed the door, walked into the house and opened the south window, the breeze helped the face, and the moat was downstairs.He took out another ingot of silver from Fan An's pocket, waved it to the man named Tang Man and said, "Did you see it? Do something for us, these ten taels of silver are yours."

The man looked at Yin Zi with pitiful eyes, and said yes.Li Jianbi said, "Take off your clothes first."

Hearing that, the man began to undress shyly.Li Jianbi looked at him and kept urging him to hurry up.Fan An stood at the side holding his breath. Seeing this situation, his mind was dizzy and he didn't dare to take a breath.

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside the door, accompanied by the women's screams and a few crisp sounds.Fan An and Li Jianbi looked at each other: the imperial guards have surrounded the brothel and come in to search!

The man stopped when he heard the voice, and said softly, "What's going on outside?"

"Don't worry about what's going on outside! Quickly take it off!" While speaking, Li Jianbi quickly took off herself completely, picked up the man's clothes and put them on.Fan An just came to his senses at this moment, he picked up the clothes that Li Jianbi had taken off, and half-forced them on the man's body.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps from the stairs, and the sound of the door being smashed came from far and near.Li Jianbi fastened his belt and hid behind the door, within three counts, the door was kicked open by a person, Fan An was standing by the window, watching the man come in and exclaimed, hugged the man next to him, turned over and Jumped out of the window!

At this time, the leading guard chased to the window and said loudly, "That's right! It's these two!"

The person who followed seemed to be a leader. Hearing this, he glanced under the window and said, "It doesn't matter. I have ordered people to set up people by the river, and they can be caught when they go down." He then turned his head and led the people out. Wing.Li Jianbi stood behind the door holding his breath, and none of the 20 or so people noticed him.

As soon as Fan An fell into the water, he was caught by the guards waiting by the river.He was dragged up from the water, still holding tightly to the man named Tang Man.The two of them stood on the bank with wet bodies for less than half a moment, when someone who looked like a leader came directly to him from the building.

The leader was Zheng Kang's confidant. He had seen Fan An on weekdays, so he recognized him immediately. "Lord Fan?" He looked at it again and again by the moonlight, and said, "How could it be you!"

Fan An wiped his face with water, and cursed loudly: "Of course it's me! Who else can it be if it's not me?! I'm in a good mood tonight, and I want to come out to enjoy the wind. What's the matter with you guys? I've been chasing you since the river. Follow me!"

Fan Andai wept and said: "I just came out to have fun! I knew I was hurting my body, so I sneaked here, but you are chasing me so fiercely, you want to force me to jump into the river before you give up?" ?!"

The leader was also annoyed. "Master Fan misunderstood, I was ordered to hunt down Tang Wanyu! It was you who ran away in panic all the way, making me think that the one beside you..." He pointed at the pitiful Tang Man behind Fan An, and said, "I thought this person was Tang Wanyu!"

Fan An was stunned for a while, and after tossing for a long time, it turned out that these imperial guards were not dispatched for Li Jianbi at all.His heart was turbulent, and his anger was uncontrollable. Tang Man, who grabbed one side, pushed him in front of him, and cursed: "You idiots, you made me go all this way! Look carefully! Is this man Tang Jinglong's son Tang Wanyu! "

"It's not Tang Wanyu, why are you running so hard?"

Fan An groaned and said, "If you hadn't chased me, how could I run away!"

"If you don't run, I won't chase you either!"

The two of you said one sentence to another, full of anger, and felt that they had been played by the other party.That Tang Man was pushed to lean against the leader, not knowing what happened. He raised his eyes and saw the cold and angry face of the man, and was so frightened that he began to cry: "My lords, please spare me, I don't know anything about this little one." ah……"

Fan An was afraid that he would slip up, so he hurriedly scolded: "Why are you crying! Get up!" The man stood up sobbing, and carefully hid behind Fan An.

The leader stood for a while and said: "In this case, we have arrested the wrong person. The officer is alive and needs to investigate elsewhere, so I won't accompany you." The matter has come to this point, there is no point in stalemate, Fan Although An was still filled with righteous indignation, he had no choice but to give up.The leader cupped his hands and left with his troops.

Fan An waited for the leading troops to leave the Golden Bird Tower before slowly walking back to the second floor.There was no one of Li Jianbi in the room anymore, Fan An stood in the room and called Zhu Yan a few times, but no one responded.Confused, he went downstairs and searched all the rooms, but Li Jianbi was nowhere to be seen.

Fan An asked the old bustard in the building where the son who came with me just now went.The old bustard supported the table and chairs that had just been overturned by the imperial guards, and said that it was such a mess at the time, how could I remember, I didn't see it at all.

Fan An snorted, thinking that this person must have gone back to the western suburbs first.He glanced back at Tang Man who was following behind him, and suddenly asked the old bustard: "I want to redeem this man, how can you sell him?"

The old bustard glanced at Fan An, quite surprised, Tang Man's appearance is not outstanding, he earned it from a bet with male prostitutes at the beginning, and he went to Jinque Tower to do odd jobs on weekdays, never thought that this person could pick up customers for him Making money, how can this man who has never seen him fall in love with Tang Man and want to redeem him?

The procuress smiled and said: "If you want this man, I will give you 100 taels of loss. My brothel is not in the male sex business, and this man is useless to me."

Fan An said yes.He gave him a green jade finger wrench in his hand, and said that my thing is worth a hundred and eighty taels first, and you can see how it goes.The old bustard took it over and looked at it carefully, and said okay, you take this man away.

Tang Man was a little flattered, looked at with tears in his eyes, and said that Man'er thanked his benefactor, and would definitely serve his master well in the future!Fan An choked on his self-proclaimed "Man'er", and agreed, you just follow me from now on.

He led Tang Man out of the Golden Sparrow Tower and went directly to Li Jianbi's residence in the western suburbs.

The courtyard door was still locked, so Tang Man followed Fan An, saying that this is the master's residence?Fan An teased him, saying what's wrong, do you think this place is dilapidated?Tang Man hurriedly said, of course not, as long as I follow the master, I can go anywhere.

Fan An heheed twice, saying that you are waiting for me here.Tang Man thought he was going to take out the keys, but he didn't want this person to push the door without pushing it, and just grabbed the wall vines next to him and climbed in? !

Tang Man took a deep breath, this gentleman-looking scholar must be a habitual thief.He thought of standing here and looked around for a while, his eyes staring at the wooden door, and his palms were sweating.As soon as he swallowed, Fan An crawled out again, and he quickly supported Fan An to help him get off his feet, shook his clothes and stood aside.

There was no one in the room, and Li Jianbi had never been back. Where could this person go? Could it be that he got lost?Fan An sighed, sat down in front of the courtyard gate, and stared at the way he came from without saying a word.He fell asleep at some point, and was awakened by a nightmare. When he opened his eyes, it was still dark, and half of his body was pillowed in Tang Man's arms.

Fan An straightened up, rubbed his face, and said, eh?You didn't even run away.

Tang Mandao: Where the master is, the younger one is there, how could he escape.Even if the master is in the business of stealing chickens and dogs, Man'er will follow you.I can keep you posted.

Fan An's heart warmed when he said that such an honest person is rare in this world.He stood up with a sigh and said, "I'll take you home."

Fan An brought Tang Man back to Fan Mansion.Bai Qiongyu, Yuanzhu and a few bodyguards were waiting for him at the door. When Bai Qiongyu saw him coming back, she ran over first, took Fan An's hand and said that the Lord would not tell us when he went out at midnight, and he was really worried. !There was thunder in the west just now, and the two sons were arguing for you, so I managed to put you to sleep.While speaking, he noticed Tang Man behind Fan An, his face froze, and he asked, "Who is this person?"

Fan An was exhausted, looked back at him, and said, "This man is the man I bought from the Canary Tower. By the way, Yuanzhu, you remember to arrange a place for him."

Bai Qiongyu and everyone around her were stunned.

But Bai Qiongyu is a wonderful person, she immediately laughed without being surprised, and reacted faster than Yuanzhu next to her: "What is Miss Yuan still doing blankly, quickly tidy up a clean place for this young master."

Fan An didn't care what Yuanzhu arranged, he went straight back to his dormitory and fell asleep.Early the next morning, he called two grooms over, saying that you should hurry to Zhu Yan's residence to see that man is in the yard.

After he finished his confession, he went to the palace. Liu Xi was not feeling well, so he didn't come to court and came back early.The two grooms came back from outside the city in the afternoon, and said that Zhu Yan had gone somewhere, and he was not at the residence. I searched around, but I didn't see anyone else.

With a thump in his heart, Fan An realized a big problem: he had lost Li Jianbi.