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Fan An couldn't help feeling distressed when he saw the corner of his bloody mouth.He stood still for a while, then walked up and said cautiously: "Let me see what's going on." As he spoke, he reached out to grab Li Jianbi's chin.Li Jianbi was furious, and immediately waved his hand and said: "Get out!"

Fan An was swung half a circle by him and almost fell to the ground.He staggered to his feet, and stood there for a while in a daze.Li Jianbi was really angry, so he didn't dare to be harsh, otherwise, according to Li Jianbi's temper, if the two of them didn't kill one tonight, they wouldn't give up.

Fan An sneaked a glance at the fan on the ground. The bones of the fan were covered with thin gold, the tissue paper was white, and it was the color of moist snow under the candlelight.Such an industrial and exquisite fan must have come from the mansion, and the corners of the fan may be covered with the small seal of the mansion. Fan An really wanted to unfold it to figure it out, so as to know who he had been in contact with these few days.

But he looked at Li Jianbi's face next to him, picked up the fan and handed it back to Li Jianbi. "Okay, I was wrong, I'll return the fan to you." Fan An said, "Just treat me as insane just now, Mr. Li has a lot, please forgive me."

Fan An stretched out his hand to hold the handle of the fan, and asked if you want more.

Li Jianbi snatched the fan with his hands, covered his mouth and sat back on the stool next to him.Fan An helped the overturned table and went out to wring a towel for him.The towel was soaked in well water, and it was very cool to hold in his hands. Li Jianbi covered it for a while, and then he calmed down a little.

Fan An sat down across from him, and cheekily said don't be angry, I'm concerned about it, I'm afraid you will be cheated by others.Li Jianbi turned his head and glanced at him, Fan An rubbed his nose and said, "Okay, okay, when you entered the door just now, didn't you say that you have something important to tell me, I'll listen, tell me."

Li Jianbi didn't speak, Fan An glanced at him again and said that the corner of your mouth still hurts.

Li Jianbi said angrily: "It still hurts?! I want to know why not try it myself?"

"I would rather..." He touched his mouth and said, do you want to bite it back?Li Jianbi threw the towel in his hand at his face, Fan An caught it with one hand, and when he took a closer look, there was a large piece of blood red on it.He felt more and more guilty, and he was not in the mood to joke anymore. "I know, it won't happen in the future." Fan An said, "Is there any panax notoginseng in the yard? I'll go and make some medicinal juice for you to rub."

Li Jianbi was sullen and said, "No need."

Fan An groaned, and sat down across from him again. After a while, he remembered something, went out to wash the towel, and handed it to Li Jianbi when he came back.There was a dark red scab on the corner of Li Jianbi's mouth, which was no longer bleeding.

"What does Chen Yiqin have to do with you?" Fan An sat down opposite him, and suddenly said, "When I was not in the capital, he went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to investigate your exile case. He even came to my house a few days ago and accused you in person Ask me, doubt me. I think he cares about you very much, but I haven’t heard you mention it before, do you have any friendship with him? Or do you have a deep hatred with him, let him hold on to it like this. "

When he suddenly mentioned the name Chen Yiqin, Li Jianbi was taken aback. "He went looking for you?" Li Jianbi said, "When did it happen?"

"When we returned to the capital, he invited me to Zheng Kang's Shouyan." Fan An said, "I think this person has bad intentions and seems to want to harm me."

Li Jianbi closed his eyes and smiled. "You misunderstood, he didn't want to harm you, he just wanted to win you over." As he spoke, he pulled the blood scab on the corner of his mouth, so he pressed it with his index finger, and continued in pain, "The sage is critically ill, and the Daxuan has been so far. There is no crown prince. There are thirteen sons in the Holy House, who are either disfavored or sent away. Only two princes, King Huan and King Qi, are left. King Qi is eleven years old, and King Huan is fourteen years old. One of these two will be the emperor. And Chen Yiqin is the lecturer that King Huan has followed since he was a child, and he is the biggest confidant of King Huan. If you have a good heart, you should have rushed to curry favor, and you still have to wait for him to win you over .”

"He wanted to win me over, but he didn't do anything to please me. As soon as he came, he asked about you, he only cared about you, and didn't even look at me." Fan An said, his eyes drifted to Li Jianbi's face , Li Jianbi raised her head and said, what kind of look is that in your eyes?

Fan An said it's nothing, I just think this person seems to have feelings for you.

"Of course he has feelings for me." Li Jianbi said, "When my father was the chief assistant of the cabinet, Chen Yiqin's father was the second assistant, and he and my father were sworn brothers. I studied and attended classes with him in the Imperial College. Get along day and night, do you think there is love?"

Fan An let out a long sigh, fell silent for a moment, and said: "But in the two years I have been an official, I have never heard you mention this person. If you really have such a deep friendship with him, why don't you see him walking around. I think when you were in exile, I didn’t see this person beg for your love once, or shed a single tear.” Thinking of this, he sighed, saying that at that time, I was crying every night until dawn, and I lost many circles of weight .

Li Jianbi was disgusted by him, saying that you don't need to know too much about some things.You just remember that this person will not harm you.He also reminded: "Since he invited you to Zheng Kang's birthday banquet, you must go."

Fan An heard him defending Chen Yiqin like this, but couldn't help looking at Li Jianbi with that look.Intuition told him that the relationship between these two people was not as simple as Li Jianbi said.

Fan An was not without anger and resentment in his heart, since he first met Li Jianbi, he has devoted his heart and soul to Li Jianbi.But when Li Jianbi was with him, he always liked to hide it. Fan An didn't know when this person would be able to trust him completely. is going to die.

Fan An sighed, and said that the night is coming to an end, I'll go and smash some Panax notoginseng herbal medicine for you, you rub it on, so as not to cause inflammation.

There was Panax notoginseng in the yard. Fan An picked a few leaves, pounded some green juice with a wooden pestle, mixed it with some Jinchuang powder, and wiped Li Jianbi's wound with his fingers.Li Jianbi said let me do it myself, Fan An grabbed the tile and said let me do it, lest you get your hands dirty.

Li Jianbi's lips are soft and thin. It is said that people with thin lips are fickle. If you put all your effort into him, it may not make him fall in love. Fan An's index finger rubbed the corner of his mouth, thinking of Li Jianbi's ruthless and indifferent temperament, he reckoned I'm afraid I'll wait until the day when Li Jianbi falls in love with me for the rest of my life.

The more he thought about it, the sadder he became, and he couldn't help crying when he touched it.

Li Jianbi thought that this man was crying because of guilt, so he couldn't bear it, so he said, "Don't cry, I don't hurt anymore." He didn't reprimand, but reached out to wipe his tears for him, and only cursed softly: "One A big man who cries all day long is not disgusting."

Fan An felt his fingers swipe under his eyes. In the night, there was a sense of coolness, and he flicked back and forth twice, easily dispelling the repressed anger and hatred in his heart.Ask what love is in the world, but one thing is one thing, Fan An is destined to fall into the hands of this ruthless man in his life.

Thinking of this, Fan An felt sad for himself, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Li Jianbi couldn't bear it anymore, before he could start wiping tears, he kicked him out of the door.

On the second day after Fan An returned to Fan Mansion, he called the two grooms and said that I recently suspected that Zhu Yan was stealing people.You have been watching for me in the western suburbs these days to see if he has gone out to meet anyone.

The two grooms were very surprised when they heard what he said, and said, Sir, you are so kind to him, you go to see him every night, and you don't have to send gold and silver, food and clothing, that slave is not satisfied?He dared to steal someone behind his master's back, so why should such a cheap hoof be staring at him, he just beat him to death!

Fan An was shaken by the two people's words, and reprimanded: "What nonsense! If you dare to touch a hair on him, I will not spare you two! I tell you to keep an eye on it, just do what you say!" The two men After being scolded by him, he quickly said yes, the young one will help the adults to keep an eye on him, and he will never leave a hair of him.

While telling people to keep an eye on Li Jianbi, he sent people to investigate Chen Yiqin's details.Chen Yiqin's background is clean and simple, just as Li Jianbi said, his biological father was the second assistant of the former cabinet, and eight years after his father died of illness, he worshiped Zheng Kang as his father.

Chen Yiqin was five years older than Li Jianbi, and they became officials in the same year.Li Jianbi entered Lantai as the censor's servant, and three years later he was appointed as the head of Lantai by the imperial decree.And Chen Yiqin entered the Imperial Academy, and has been serving as the editor of Qipin.

When Fan An was reading the promotion book of the two, he was a little puzzled when he saw this: Li Jianbi had been promoted step by step in three years, while Chen Yiqin, who became an official at the same year as him, had been going around in the Imperial Academy, and was occasionally recommended for promotion. It was even rejected by Li Jianbi to enter the sixth part.

Fan An thinks that Li Jianbi is a little unkind, at least he has a classmate with you, and you are a second-rank official, so it’s fine if you don’t pull Chen Yiqin, and you will suppress him everywhere, I’m afraid this person will be transferred from the Imperial Academy. out.

But continuing to read, Fan An seemed to understand Li Jianbi's painstaking efforts: in the 23rd year of Daxuan, King Huan Liu Lin was three years old and wanted to choose a bachelor from Hanlin as a lecturer. Li Jianbi personally recommended Chen Yiqin.And as early as before Liu Lin was three years old, Li Jianbi had recommended Chen Yiqin seven times.

At that time, Liu Lin was not yet King Heng, nor was he the most favored prince in the palace. A prince was an official. Although his official rank was from the third rank, he was still a lecturer. seat.

After that, Chen Yiqin worked as a lecturer beside Liu Lin. He taught for ten years and never got promoted.

But Li Jianbi and Chen Yiqin's visits became less and less. Ten years later, almost no one could remember how deep the friendship between these two people was.When Li Jianbi was convicted, this person did not intercede; when he was imprisoned, this person did not show up;

The relationship between the two seems to have gone from a deep friendship to a stranger, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that the city's calculations are almost outrageous.

Fan An once remembered that Li Jianbi said: I still have a chance to make a comeback.He also remembered what Li Jianbi said: The Holy Majesty has always been ruthless, and the officials who have been discarded will never be recalled for continued use.He has been an official for more than ten years, and he is familiar with Liu Xi's temperament. The so-called comeback does not mean that Liu Xi will remember his old love one day and call him back to the court.What this man was counting on was King Huan who had not yet become the prince.

He probably knew that such a day would come to him, and arranged for Chen Yiqin's chess piece early on.He suppressed Chen Yiqin in the Imperial Academy for so many years, just to send him to Liu Lin's side.Chen Yiqin was not the only lecturer beside Liu Lin, but Chen Yiqin was the only one who stayed by Liu Lin's side for ten years and never left. To keep a talented person from being promoted for ten years, it took nine years and two tigers to come to Li Jianbi.

The prince talks about being an official, it's too inconspicuous, fighting in the officialdom is life and death, but Chen Yiqin is in Taoyuan, from the beginning to the end, not a single drop of blood was spattered. -------Li Jianbi protected him very well.

Fan An couldn't think of why Li Jianbi would bet on King Huan. At that time, there were many princes in the palace, and Liu Lin would not be favored if he could not meet.But in any case, looking at it now, Li Jianbi made the right bet.

He has calculated the hearts of all people, the development of the matter, and the retreat that can be taken. He has scheming and planning. In Fan An's view, Li Jianbi has achieved the ultimate in the city.But he still lost to Liang Yenian, and he was not wronged at all. After all, that person was not inferior to Li Jianbi in any aspect.

There are only flowers and willows, but there is no Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; only glory and wealth, but no violent wind and rain.

Officialdom is like a killing field, how can it be so easy to stop.