Chapter 601: One stone falls and the whole city is shocked
"...Your Majesty is relieved, and I am grateful. But now that the matter has come to this, I dare not take any chances."
"Oh, my condolences, Prime Minister." Emperor Qing sighed and said, "Let's put off the sacrifice to heaven for a few more days. You can go back to your home to recuperate, and the Overwatch Council will continue to dig. If there is any new progress, I will Immediately send someone to the Prime Minister’s Mansion.”
After hearing these words, Lin Ruofu stood up, bowed respectfully, and choked with sobs: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!"
"Old minister, please retire!"
After saying that, Lin Ruofu bowed his head respectfully and held his hands in front of him, then walked backwards and left the imperial study room.
Emperor Qing watched Lin Ruofu leave. When his footsteps gradually faded away, he said thoughtfully: "Eunuch Hou, tell me, is Lin Gong dead?"
The eunuch waiting next to him immediately replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, I feel that if the Second Young Master Lin had left at that time, there might be a glimmer of hope of survival, but if the Second Young Master Lin was also in the manor at that time, he must have died. Under the power of God!"
Emperor Qing nodded and said, "I think so too."
"The power of God...the power of God..."
Emperor Qing sat on the edge of the dragon bed, looking deeply at the bright moon on the palace wall outside the window.
At the same time, there was also a person in the Overwatch Council who was looking at the bright moon through the skylight.
Holding the fold in her hand, Chen Pingping in the wheelchair suddenly remembered the mysterious young man she had seen during the day.
"Heaven...Heaven..."
"If heaven really exists, it should be easy to elicit such power, right?"
Chen Pingping lowered her head and looked at the book in her hand, her eyes becoming extremely complicated.
However, if heaven really exists, why hasn't it appeared in the past?
Or is it that Heaven is just a larger Qingguo?
If that's the case, then I can only rely on you, Fan Xian...
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That night, everyone in Kyoto had no intention of sleeping because of the heavenly punishment.
Fan Xian is naturally the same, and he also has a headache to deal with Lin Gong.
So he thought about it all night, until the rooster crowed in the morning, then he opened the door and looked at the sky with a wry smile on his face, full of exhaustion.
"Lin Gong, Lin Gong, what should I do with you..."
"Is there anything you can't say properly? You have to do such an extreme thing."
"If someone around me really dies because of you, do you think I should kill you or not?"
Fan Xian sighed in his heart. Although he was still dissatisfied with Lin Gong's actions, he was already leaning towards letting Lin Gong go.
After all, in the Niulan Street assassination case, except for the destruction of a carriage, he did not lose anything. On the contrary, Lin Gong was almost killed by the two powerful bodyguards around him.
Of course, the above sentence is just a conclusion based on the results.
If we look at the causes, Lin Gong did go a bit too far.
Fan Xian thought about it all night and finally made an eight-character comment on Lin Gong's behavior——
His heart can be punished and his feelings can be forgiven.
After all, he knew how good Lin Gong was to his sister, and after he came to Kyoto, he slandered his reputation in order to break off the engagement. In the eyes of his brother who loved his sister, he really wanted to kill her.
Considering the attitude of his fiancée Lin Waner, Fan Xian finally decided to let Lin Gong go.
But before letting him go, he planned to have a good chat with his second-in-law who was always ready to assassinate his brother-in-law.
Just as he was about to walk to Yamu's room and ask where Lin Gong was being held, his sister Fan Ruoruo suddenly hurried over.
"Brother, there is a person outside the door. From what he says, he seems to be an aide of the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"...a staff member of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, then frowned slightly, wondering why the prime minister's staff came to visit today.
Could it be that the Prime Minister's Office knew that Lin Gong was in his hands?
How can this be? !
After thinking for a moment, Fan Xian decided to meet the staff member first.
"May I ask your name, sir?"
In the flower hall, Fan Xian smiled and handed over to the staff member.
The staff returned the greeting with a smile, and said: "I am Yuan Hongdao, a staff member of the Prime Minister's house. I am here today mainly to convey some news and attitude to Mr. Fan on behalf of the Prime Minister."
"……what news?"
Fan Xian asked calmly.
Yuan Hongdao smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that the prime minister wants to ask Mr. Fan how to decide the wedding date."
Hearing these words, Fan Xian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
After coming back to his senses, Fan Xian said with piercing eyes: "This... we have to let the Holy One make the decision, right?"
Yuan Hongdao patted his head, stood up and offered Fan Xian his hands with a smile: "Young master Fan is absolutely right. Yuan is confused. Since His Majesty has proposed the marriage, it will naturally be decided by His Majesty. Yuan will leave now!"
With that said, Yuan Hongdao bowed his hands, turned around, and left the flower hall neatly.
Such an anticlimactic meeting left Fan Ruoruo waiting next to him a little confused.
"...are you leaving now?"
Fan Xian had come to his senses at this time, and immediately raised the corner of his mouth, glanced at her and said, "The words have been conveyed, so of course I have to leave."
Fan Ruoruo looked confused, blinked her big eyes and asked: "What words were said, how did you say them, why can't I understand them?"
Fan Xian smiled and picked up the untouched cup of hot tea and said softly: "Xiang Lin is taking advantage of the wedding date to convey his attitude to me - he has approved the marriage between me and Wan'er!"
Fan Ruoruo thought for a moment and suddenly realized: "So that's what it means."
Fan Xian put down his tea cup, shook his head and said, "This level of kindness is not enough. I have to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to talk to him."
"Ah?" Fan Ruoruo said in surprise, "What are you talking about?"
Fan Xian sighed: "Let's talk about family harmony in the future."
After saying that, Fan Xian immediately stood up and found Ya Mu in the room.
"Brother Mu, accompany me to the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"..." Yamu glanced at him, "Now?"
Fan Xian nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, and if possible, it's best not to let others find out."
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Half an hour later, two black shadows appeared on the roof of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Yamu squatted next to Fan Xian, pointed to a room next to a rockery in the courtyard and said, "That's where Prime Minister Lin is."
Fan Xian looked at Ya Mu in surprise: "How did you know?"
Yamu glanced at him and said lightly: "Aura."
Fan Xian nodded thoughtfully, and then complained: "Brother Mu, I'm not talking about you, why are you talking like Uncle Wu Zhu now? Could it be that you were infected by him?"
Yamu twitched the corner of his mouth and sighed: "Is it possible that I am a taciturn person to begin with?"
"You? Silent?" Fan Xian glanced at Yamu in surprise, shook his head and said, "I can't tell."
Yamu rolled his eyes, raised his hand and grabbed Fan Xian's collar, and said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, get down quickly!"
After saying that, Yamu raised his hand and threw it. Fan Xian immediately flew out with a low cry, adjusted his body in mid-air, and landed accurately outside the study.
After landing, Fan Xian stabilized his body, raised his head and glared at Ya Mu, gave him the middle finger in return, then straightened his clothes and strode outside the study.
At this time, Yuan Hongdao had returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and was explaining today's meeting to Lin Ruofu in the study.
"...According to Yuan, Mr. Fan is quite clever. I just mentioned it and he immediately understood what the prime minister meant."
Lin Ruofu nodded and said: "Fan Xian can write a quatrain like "Ascend the High", so he is certainly not a mediocre person."
Yuan Hongdao hesitated and said: "It's just that as Mr. Fan, it seems difficult to escape political strife. It is extremely difficult to have a stable life in the future. If the eldest son and Miss Chen are entrusted to him in the future, it seems not very stable."
Lin Ruofu shook his head and said, "Even if his surname is not Fan, as long as he marries my daughter, he is bound to be unable to escape these nets."
Yuan Hongdao sighed softly, and then whispered: "Where is the eldest princess?"
Lin Ruofu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said coldly: "Although Li Yunrui is a crazy woman, she understands His Majesty best."
"She asked Wu Bo'an to plan the assassination. This was a three-win strategy. By killing Fan Xian, she could regain the power of the inner treasury. By persuading Gong'er, she could use this as a rope to tie my prime minister's office tightly. On her body."
"It's just that she didn't expect that Fan Xian is not so easy to kill..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden noise outside the study.
Lin Ruofu and Yuan Hongdao were immediately alert and shouted coldly: "Who is it?!"
There was silence outside the study for a moment, and then it was slowly opened, revealing Fan Xian's expressionless face.
"……It's you?"
Yuan Hongdao looked at Fan Xian in shock.
Fan Xian ignored him, just stared at Lin Ruofu and said slowly: "It turns out to be the eldest princess..."
Lin Ruofu frowned, turned to glance at Yuan Hongdao, and signaled him to leave.
Yuan Hongdao understood, raised his hands towards Lin Ruofu, and then saluted to Fan Xian before taking steps and passing by Fan Xian.
Fan Xian did not stop him, he just looked at Lin Ruofu and said, "Why?"
Lin Ruofu waved his sleeves, sat behind the desk, glanced at Fan Xian and said, "Didn't you hear it already?"
Fan Xian said calmly: "You said you could achieve three results with one stone, but I only heard about two results. What about one more result?"
Lin Ruofu shook his head and said: "This third achievement has nothing to do with you, it is His Majesty's grand cause."
"In the Northern Expedition, Your Majesty did not complete the victory, and you have always been resentful about it. Now that Li Yunrui has ordered Cheng Jushu to kill you, it can be regarded as giving Your Majesty an excellent reason to start the war. Even if His Majesty does not like her taking the initiative, he must accept her sentiments." , it is impossible to punish her severely."
"So, just forget about this!"
After saying that, Lin Ruofu didn't care about Fan Xian's reaction and waved gently: "I won't ask how you got in. Since you are here, come and sit down and let us have a good chat."
"..."
Fan Xian walked over with a complicated expression and sat opposite Lin Ruofu.
Lin Ruofu looked at him quietly for a while, and suddenly said in shock: "What do you think about Gong'er trying to kill you?"
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, and then said calmly: "After I came to Beijing, in order to break off the engagement, I did a lot of ridiculous things to slander my reputation. It's natural that the second young master doesn't want his sister to marry me. Besides... you just said Didn’t I say that the mastermind of the assassination was the eldest princess?"
Lin Ruofu frowned and said, "I told you to forget about this."
Fan Xian smiled and said, "Things that have been recorded in my mind are not so easy to forget."
Lin Ruofu shook his head and blamed: "You are still too young... As I said just now, the eldest princess's move is in line with His Majesty's wishes. Even if you expose it, you will not be able to make the eldest princess guilty. At most, I only got a few scoldings from His Majesty."
"I'm asking you to forget this, not to kneel down and beg for mercy, but to hide your fangs and wait for the right time."
Fan Xian's eyes moved slightly and he couldn't help but ask: "Why does the Prime Minister think about me so much?"
Lin Ruofu looked at him deeply and suddenly said calmly: "I have only two sons and one daughter in my life. The eldest son fell ill when he was young. Although his body was cured by famous doctors, his mind was unable to grow and remained at the level of a three or four-year-old child. s level."
"Although my little girl has a normal mind, she was born weak and suffered from tuberculosis. Her identity cannot be revealed to outsiders."
"As a father, I have not been able to meet my little girl even once since she was born."
"Among the three children, only the second, Gong'er, is the future hope of the Lin family. But now, he and the thief Wu Bo'an..."
Having said this, Lin Ruofu paused, a hint of coldness and sadness flashed in his eyes.
Then, he asked softly: "Do you know Wu Bo'an?"
Fan Xian immediately replied: "I know, and it's not just Wu Bo'an. I also know about the meteorite and the manor."
Lin Ruofu narrowed his eyes: "Do the Fan Mansion and the Supervisory Yuan actually communicate with each other to this extent?"
Fan Xian smiled slightly and did not answer.
Lin Ruofu waved his hand: "That's all, in short, there is little hope for Gong'er's survival now. For the sake of my children's livelihood, I can only place my hope on you, my future son-in-law..."
Fan Xian said thoughtfully, "That's why you want to know my attitude towards this matter."
Lin Ruofu nodded: "That's right."
Fan Xian blinked and said, "What a coincidence, I also have something to do. I want to see the prime minister's attitude."
Lin Ruofu raised his eyebrows: "You tell me."
Fan Xian stared into Lin Ruofu's eyes and said with the same shocking words: "Lin Gong is not dead yet, he is in my hands!"