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Dang'an was also a little panicked. Tang Jinglong was arrested by Jin Yiwei for half a month on the charge of treason, and more than a hundred court officials were implicated.The first batch of lists suspected of treason were submitted, Liu Xizhu approved them, and directly executed [-] of them. They were not reviewed by the third department, and they were not even recorded by the Ministry of punishment. They were dragged directly to the gatekeeper and beheaded. Not yet.

Among these people, there are many old heroes who will retire from office in two or three years, so there is no intention of rebellion.Liu Xi's knife ended in a frenzied way.

But this is not over yet, Liu Xi ordered to continue the investigation: "The serious crime has not been committed, and its heart can be punished. What you can detect is only superficial, and a tree will live long if it is three-pointed into a tree. It will not burn branches and pull out roots, and leave no leaves. Don't stop." , With just one word, all the people in the Manchu Dynasty felt that their heads were hung on the waistbands of their trousers, and they might fall off when they moved.I don't know what's wrong with this holy majesty, he lost all his benevolent and generous disposition in the past. Could it be that his heart was darkened by his terminal illness, and he no longer distinguishes between right and wrong? ——Everyone thought so in their hearts, but Huang Weihehe, no one dared to say it.

one night.Wang Ming Fengye came to look for Fan An, and said that he was lucky to be promoted by an adult to be the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment. A few days ago, he had some kind of physical problem, his waist and knees were sore, and he might not live long.

Sitting in front of him, Fan An saw that his face was glowing red, and he was very energetic, and he didn't look like he was sick at all.

"Master Wang wants to resign?" Fan An said, "Why do you and I say such things? You know the current situation, even if you hand in your resignation letter, the Holy Majesty will not approve it. You will return to your hometown in half a month One batch after another, not to mention that the majesty did not agree to any of them, even if he agreed, it will be your turn, and you don't even know what the year of the monkey is."

He saw through Wang Mingfeng's thoughts, and he didn't feel any embarrassment. "This official also knows, but you are good friends with the senior officials in the cabinet. Don't you want you to intercede on behalf of the lower officials? Your Majesty is critically ill, and the cabinet is in charge. I have already made an agreement with Mr. Wu from the Ministry of Officials. As long as If the cabinet agrees, the next official will be able to step down." Wang Mingfeng said suddenly sadly, "Your Excellency, you know, I have seniors and juniors, and I really can't die. I don't ask much, I just want to live a peaceful life. gone."

Fan An rolled his eyes in his heart: Why do you want to be an official if you want to live a stable life? Why did you go so early?Don't go to Beijing to rush for the exam if you have the ability. "Your Majesty Wang is too worried. We will do our best for the Holy One. If there is no credit, there will be hard work. The Holy One knows in his heart that he will not do anything to us. It is other people's business if others want to rebel. You and I have a clear conscience. What are you afraid of?"

That being said, Fan An himself was also worried.Ten days ago, Jin Yiwei captured the three ministers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he was still calm until the night before yesterday, when his Yushi Zhongcheng was also captured.When Fan An heard the news, he almost dropped the teacup with a shiver.

The censor Zhongcheng was personally supported by Fan An. Liu Xi had been a minister in the cabinet when he came to the throne, and he had been an official for decades. His brother was in the textile business in the capital. , I don't know what Liu Xi thought, but he actually thought that he would rebel.

Even his censor Zhongcheng will rebel, Fan An feels that the day of his rebellion is not far away.Every day on the way to court, when I come across six books and several ministers, I can't help but ask the other party how many people died yesterday, and how many people were arrested again.Fan An thought that in a few days, his subordinates would say, "Ah, my censor was also taken away yesterday."

"Don't say you have seniors and juniors. I also have two sons. There are many wives and concubines in my house. Could it be that there are fewer people who care about you than you? I can really get resigned at this critical moment. What am I still doing here?" Fan An Dao, "Okay, don't think about it, wait for a few more days and wait for the holy man to recover from his illness, and this gust of wind will pass. How many years have you worked hard to get to the Minister of the Ministry of punishment, so it's a pity to resign so easily."

What's more, you can't quit, the Holy One really believes that you are going to rebel, and you will still be arrested and beheaded when you run back to your hometown. "Recently, the Holy Majesty has strengthened the garrison in the capital, and I'm afraid that the officials at the bottom will be frightened and make trouble. You may be fine if you stay at ease, but you want to run away? If you get caught, you're absconding in fear of crime." Fan An took a bite of the orange, turned his face and vomited Taking a mouthful of orange seeds, he sighed and said, "Don't worry about it, just let it be fate, I'm really worried, first settle down the wives and children at home, and then one by one will escape."

Wang Mingfeng was trembling at what he said, chatted with Fan An for a few more words, and had no choice but to leave.

Two days later, another person from the court was arrested for treason.Under the bloody storm, there are always a few people arrested every day, which is nothing worth noting, but this time this person is something Fan An never expected: Dali Temple Qing Baihezhou.

When Tang Jinglong was just imprisoned, it was Baihezhou's first trial.It was also Bai Hezhou's idea to write a case record to test the Holy Majesty first.At that time when the case was transferred from Dali Temple to Jinyiwei, Bai Hezhou also said to Fan An and Wang Mingfeng: "Look, this case has been transferred to the Third Division, which saved us a lot of trouble." I don't want to be transferred to Jinyiwei for less than a month. He became an accomplice of the rebellion.

If Bai Hezhou had known earlier, he would have cleared Tang Jinglong's grievances in life and death.

The capital of the three divisions has become an accomplice, is it still far away for him to be the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?Fan An came back from the morning and walked slowly back to his house step by step.Liu Xi has not been in court for nearly three months, and he hardly remembers what he looks like.

Seeing him coming back from outside, Yuanzhu took off his official uniform for him, and said what's wrong with your lord, his face is so ugly.Fan An sighed, sat at the table in silence for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Miss Yuan, do you still remember the vow you made before?"

Yuan Zhu was folding her clothes, she was taken aback when she heard the words, and said, "What oath?"

"You said that if I die one day, you will find a good home for my two sons." Fan An said, "You promised me when I was Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."

"My lord, what are you thinking about? My lord has endless blessings, how can there be such a time." Yuanzhu came over and stood up, bowed his head and said, "I will never forget what Yuanzhu said. If there is such a day, I will try my best to protect both of you." The thoroughness of a bastard."

Fan An smiled and said yes, you can send the two young masters out of the city tomorrow.Let the two of them study at Mr. Zhou's for the time being. The city is very chaotic these days. Don't come back without my order.Wei Wei said again: Remember to bring Mr. Bai and Tang Man with you.

Yuanzhu responded, saying yes, I will arrange it tomorrow.

Before dawn on the second day, Fan An personally sent his two sons out, and returned to go to the morning court as usual. Liu Xi still didn't show up, so he came back early. He made a few records in the official hall, drinking tea After sitting in a daze for a while, a servant came to pass word that his two grooms had returned.

Before, Fan An suspected that Li Jianbi was secretly meeting someone outside the city, so he specially ordered the two to keep an eye on him.After half a month, he came back suddenly, could it be that something happened.In the past few days, the wind in the city was so tight that Fan An didn't dare to run to Li Jianbi's residence. He was worried about Li Jianbi for a long time, wondering how that person was doing.

Fan An asked those two people to come and enter the house, put down his pen and asked, "How is Zhu Yan? There's been some chaos in the city these few days. I don't know what's going on outside the city?"

The groom mumbled for a while, looked at each other but dared not speak.Fan An felt cold, straightened up and asked, "What happened?! Another guard went to search for people?!"

"That's not..." One person said, "Your Excellency suspected that Zhu Yan was stealing people outside, we watched for half a month, and found that he seems to be someone outside." Fan An was taken aback for a moment, and asked: "What? What did you say?"

"The two of us have been watching outside the courtyard for the past few days, and we found a man who went to Zhu Yan's room every now and then, and Zhu Yan opened the door for him, which shows that the two have known each other for a long time." You've got it."

Fan An froze for a long time, then asked lightly, "Do you see who it is?"

One person said: "No, the man came late at night every time. We listened to what the adults said, so we didn't go up to take a closer look in order not to startle the snake. The man was riding a horse when he left. We couldn't catch up. I'm going to buy a horse, but unfortunately I don't have enough money."

Fan An waved his hand and said yes, I'm a little dizzy, you guys go down first.

Those two people looked at Fan An's face and said: "My lord, don't be angry, it's not worth it for such a cheap hoof. One day we will bring people to block that adulterer and beat him half to death to vent your anger on your lord!" He rubbed his forehead and said: "I'm tired enough these few days, don't make trouble for me, just stay in the mansion these few days, don't go anywhere."

The two looked at each other, answered in a low voice, stepped back a few steps and walked out the door.

Fan An hadn't eaten that day, and Yuanzhu saw him sitting in the official hall all afternoon, and didn't drink a sip of water at night.Several drops of red ink had already dripped on the record book in front of him, Yuan Zhu reminded him, saying that you haven't eaten all day, my lord, so this servant will make you some porridge.

Fan An put down his pen and said in a hoarse voice that I couldn't eat.

Yuanzhu saw that his face was a little scary, so she went out and ordered someone to invite a doctor to wait in the mansion.Fan An sat dryly in the official hall, no one would persuade him.In the middle of the night, probably because my back was so sore that I couldn't bear it, I stood up and went to the bedroom in a daze.

Fan An slept through the night in his clothes, but couldn't get up the next day.What happened to Tang Jinglong had made him worry for more than half a month, and it was already a serious illness in his heart. Hearing about Li Jianbi yesterday, he was like a needle piercing a water polo.The little maid who waited on Fan An to change clothes hurriedly told Yuanzhu that the girl was really clever, and that the lord was going to be sick, and she really was.

Yuanzhu hit the little servant girl with a chestnut, saying that you are still so happy that your lord is sick.She woke up the doctor who was sleeping next door, and led her to see Fan An. The doctor took Fan An's pulse and said it was all right, Mr. Fan was depressed and worried too much.

Yuanzhu said that since there is no serious illness, let's prescribe a prescription.

"This disease is the same as that of lovesickness. No medicine is needed." The doctor said, "Just think about it in your heart. If there is any happy event at home, tell him to cheer him up."

At this time, what kind of happy event is there for Energy Conservation?The two young masters and Bai Qiongyu in the backyard also left, the house was deserted and very sad.Yuanzhu sighed, took some money and sent the doctor away, and asked someone to tell Bai Qiongyu outside the city about Fan's illness, and asked someone to go to the eunuch who was in the palace to ask for leave, saying that he would not come to court today.

Lord Bai Qiongyu and Tang Man heard that Fan An was ill, and rushed back from outside the city without stopping.Seeing Fan An lying on the bed, the two wiped away their tears and said that it had only been a day since they had seen each other, so why did your lord look haggard like this.

Fan An frowned and said nothing.Bai Qiongyu boiled the medicine herself, and waited on her saddle.But Fan An didn't take medicine, and he turned a blind eye to these people busy in front of his bed, and only thought of Li Jianbi.He felt that he was going to die, and wanted to see Li Jianbi as if it was the last time.

Li Jianbi, Li Jianbi, he chanted this name with hatred and fascination at the same time.Let me see you again, I don’t want to see you again, I’m afraid I won’t have the energy and life to see you again...

Yuan Zhu supported the stumbled Fan An, and said, where are you going, my lord?You haven't eaten all day, so drink some water first.

Fan An said no, you just let me die.After he said this in a fit of anger, a waiter suddenly ran over and said, "My lord! There is an imperial edict!"

Fan An straightened his body abruptly. Eight times out of ten out of ten imperial edicts in this season are for people to be dismissed from office and imprisoned. Baihezhou has just entered Jinyiwei Prison, so it's his turn so soon? !Unwilling to reconcile, Fan An tightened his fingers and asked, "Who is the person who proclaimed the decree?" The man replied, "It's Eunuch Shang."

Fan An felt another thump in his heart.At this time, someone shouted loudly outside the door: The imperial decree has arrived, Fan Pingqiu, the imperial historian, will accept it!

Fan An Jing stood for a while, and slowly walked to the entrance of the official hall with his last breath.He took a look, and the leader was indeed Shang Zhongxi, followed by a few court ladies and eunuchs, and there was no Jin Yiwei commander Shi Xuegang.

Fan An felt relieved, knelt down while supporting Yuanzhu's hand, and said, "My lord, Fan Pingqiu accepts the order."

"The decree of the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager is passed on. I heard that Fan Pingqiu, the head of Lantai, has an outstanding appearance, a beautiful land, and a lack of a regular wife. It is appropriate to choose a virtuous woman to match. Today there is a daughter of the Zheng family, Zheng's Weier, who is twenty-five years old. She is dignified in appearance, elegant in appearance and well-intentioned. She is specially assigned to be the wife of the Fan family, and she is willing to have constant attendants, never to be away from day to night. I admire you."

Shang Zhongxi accepted Yi's decree, approached Fan An and said, "Lord Fan, congratulations. There haven't been any happy things in this palace for a long time, and the Queen Mother's marriage is really timely. Don't you want to accept the decree soon? "

Fan An raised his head and glanced at him, suddenly his eyes darkened and he passed out.