Ninefold above

Chapter 16
It's no wonder Xie Jiuxiao guessed that Fan Shizhou had already given all the money to Wang Xiuwen regarding the small building in the middle of the lake. He only lived in Yanjing except for Fan's house. There is nowhere to hide.

But Fan Shiyuan never expected that the matter would be broken by an idiot!
They didn't keep anyone behind that night, and they didn't dare to say anything about it afterwards. This account book, whose whereabouts are unknown, might become a life-threatening knife for the Fan family in the future.

Six days after Dali Temple's interrogation of Fan Jie, Dali Temple Minister Wu Daoyuan kowtowed in person, left the palace around dusk, and Fan Jie returned home without charge.

Just after nightfall, the Fan family's carriage was waiting in front of Dali Temple. Fan Shiyuan took the helper into the carriage and lowered the curtain. He smiled at Wei Zongde who came to see him off specially: "Master Wei, please stay."

Wei Zongde knew in his heart that Fan Jie avoided this difficulty, and it was no accident that he was the official minister of the Ministry of Rites. With a warm smile, he raised his hand and made a request. Fan Shiyuan lifted the curtain and entered, and the Fan family's carriage was very fast. Turn on a secluded road.

Fan Jie closed his eyes and rested his mind, even after entering the Dali Temple, he still had a dignified manner, Fan Shiyuan thought about it and said, "Father, I lost the account book."

Fan Jie opened his eyes suddenly and said, "What's going on?"

Fan Shiyuan told the whole story of the matter, and at the end of the moment, he thought about it and said: "I went to Lefang to investigate Fu Dan, but there was no clue. What stage, but some looks have no clear relationship with Shizhou."

Fan Jie tilted his head and pondered for a moment, then said, "Fu Dan...is it the daughter of the Fu family who is a doctor in the Ministry of Industry?"

Fan Shiyuan replied, "Exactly."

Fu Chang, the former doctor of the Ministry of Industry, was dismissed for offending Shengwei and dereliction of duty. The men were exiled and the women's family members were sent as slaves to the Lefang Division.

Fan Jie said: "I heard that Fu Chang and his son died of illness during their exile."

Fan Shiyuan said: "Yes, the news came back in the year."

Fan Jie was silent for a moment, and said a little tiredly: "This person killed Fu Dan and stole the account book but didn't hand it over to Dali Temple. He obviously had a conspiracy, and he will definitely find the Fan family in the future."

Fan Shiyuan was worried, and said: "This son knows, but it's always difficult to feel at ease. A person will have desires. If this person asks for money, that's great, but if he asks for something else... I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Fan family to be controlled by others in the future."

How could Fan Jie not know the power of this, he was silent for a while, then sighed helplessly: "The matter has come to this, now we take one step at a time."

Fan Shiyuan nodded lightly, and the two ended the topic.

Fan Jie was silent for a long time, then suddenly asked: "Le Fang Division... You went to Le Fang Division, did you ask Lu Chengfeng?"

Fan Shiyuan said: "I also asked, Director Yu was very impressed with her. It is said that Lu Chengfeng's life in the Lefang Division has not been easy in the past few months, presumably because of the Subei incident, he was excluded."

Fan Jie said: "It's normal for Lu Feng to be excluded because of collaborating with the enemy. Now that General Xie Cen is going to Xie's mansion, this move has dispelled many people's thoughts. Since Subei's defeat, the generals have changed over and over again, but they still can't change Su. The chaotic current situation in Beijing, the thoughts of the Yanjing family, on the surface, who is clean behind the scenes?"

Fan Shiyuan nodded, thought for a while, and asked doubtfully, "Then why is General Xie Cen going? According to the current power of the Xie family, there is no need to go through this muddy water at all. Not to mention the benefits, it will make people feel sick and lose their mouths." , isn’t it worth the loss?”

Fan Jie said: "Xie Cen has a perverse personality, he doesn't have any rules to follow."

Fan Shiyuan changed his mind and said with a smile: "Father may be too worried. After all, Lu Chengfeng is just a girl, so it doesn't matter where he goes."

Fan Jie shook her head in disapproval, as if recalling something: "I have seen this woman once."

Fan Shiyuan said, "Father has seen her?"

Fan Jie recalled the past and said: "I was the doctor at that time, and Xie Cen was only ten years old, but his face was already very eye-catching. I don't know which thief who borrowed his courage from the heavens actually set his mind on Xie Cen. , is also a ruthless hand, and after bewildered, he bid a good price and sold it overnight. The Xie family turned Yanjing City upside down, and it was six days after they got the clue. It's hard to find, and Xie Yi couldn't afford to be seriously ill because of the big blow. This incident alarmed the emperor, and I was ordered to take a team to Subei to investigate, and I actually ran into it."

Fan Shiyuan was seventeen at the time, vaguely remembered this incident, and said, "Father met Lu Chengfeng?"

Fan Jie squinted her eyes: "At that time, she seemed to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, but she was tall and slender. Xie Cen, a half-year-old boy, was much shorter than her. Those who didn't know thought they were a pair of siblings. What did she do? He didn't say anything, he just asked me my name and official position, and asked me to show the official order, and then handed Xie Cen to me."

Even though many years have passed, Fan Jie still remembers that girl who was in a hurry but flamboyant like a strong wind.

The girl on the horse looked down at the man, with a haughty expression: "Fan Jie, I remember you, I will leave the person to you, and you will cooperate with the local government to send him home."

Fan Jie raised her hand politely: "Thank you, miss."

Sitting in front of her arms, Xie Cen raised a frightened face: "Sister..."

Lu Chengfeng smiled at the person in his arms, his smile was like the scorching sun above his head, and he comforted him with certainty: "Don't be afraid, he can send you home."

Xie Cen believed her words and said, "Sister, will we meet again?"

Lu Chengfeng didn't want to deceive the children, he thought for a moment, and replied: "I'm going to the military camp, and I'm going to fight in the battlefield in the future, you are from Yanjing, and Subei is far away from Yanjing, even if you take a fast horse, it will take six or seven days. If there is no accident, we will never see each other again."

Xie Cen's face was full of reluctance, and he refused to let go of the person in his arms: "Sister, then I will come to Subei to find you in the future, okay?"

Lu Chengfeng pinched his pretty face, and said, "I'm afraid it won't work. It's an important military camp, and ordinary people can't get in. Xie Cen, let's leave now."

Xie Cen's eyes were red when he heard this, but he was only 11 years old at the time, and he was no match for Lu Chengfeng's strength. Said: "Little guy, boys should cry less in the future."

After she finished speaking, she turned the horse's head, turned her head and glanced hastily, and walked away regardless of Xie Cen's yelling.

Because of this incident, Fan Jie was promoted to Minister of Rites quietly in November.

Fan Shiyuan was surprised: "According to father, isn't Xie Cen repaying Lu Chengfeng's kindness back then?"

Fan Jie said: "It should be, but I guess that no one except Xie Cen and I knew about Lu Chengfeng's rescue of people back then, and Xie Cen never told anyone else. Thanks to the support of the Xie family, the Fan family gradually gained this splendor. But at first I didn’t know that she was the legendary little overlord of Subei. Later, on the way back to Beijing, I carefully thought about what she said to Xie Cen. Recalling the long spear she was carrying on horseback at that time, Lu Chengfeng, the second daughter of the Lu family, was flamboyant by nature, and was taught by a famous teacher to be excellent in martial arts, so she guessed it should be her."

Fan Shiyuan was silent for a moment.

Fan Jie raised a corner of the curtain with his hand, glanced at the scenery outside, saw that he was not far from Fan's residence, and said: "Your younger brother is hard to become a master, so I will ask your mother to make arrangements for his marriage as soon as possible. I hope he will take his temper after he gets married."

Fan Shiyuan nodded in response.

Following Fan Jie's departure from Dali Temple, the bloody storm in Yanjing turned from here, and soon entered the summer.

Since being reprimanded by Xie Yunqian last time, Xie Jiuxiao's injury has been recuperated for many days and finally healed, and he is almost suffocated. When he was talking with Shisan about going out, Tang Nineteen was ordered by Xie Yunqian to inform him that he would go to Fan's family banquet tonight .

After Tang Nineteen left, Thirteenth said, "Master, the Fan family is very loud, but isn't it afraid that the officials will give him another book with such flamboyance?"

Xie Jiuxiao was looking down at the music score, and said: "The appointment letter from the Ministry of Officials has come down. Fan Jie was promoted to the Minister of Rites. It will be important to talk to the elder brother in the future. It coincides with the first year of Fan Shiyuan's daughter. In the name of grasping the Zhou ceremony, a promotion banquet is held. , others can’t catch the mistakes.”

Thirteen stroked his head, thought about it and said: "I think the Fan family also wants to take this opportunity to let others see. The Fan family will survive this catastrophe, and it will be a blessing in the future."

Xie Jiuxiao turned a page and said nothing.

Thirteen didn't expect him to answer, and said to Lu Chengfeng who was silent, "Chengfeng, what do you think?"

Lu Chengfeng didn't stop, he turned his wrist lightly in a circle in one direction, and said, "What are you talking about?"

Thirteenth said: "Do you think the Fan family's banquet is as I said?"

The ink was black and shiny, obviously it had been inked for a long time, she concentrated on it, and after confirming that it was almost the same, she put the ink body aside, took the pen and handed it to Xie Jiuxiao, then straightened up and said, "I am happy to be promoted."

Thirteen scratched his head: "I know that, it's just that the Fan family has experienced so many ups and downs half a month ago, with such a big fanfare, even if it is covered by Zhou Li, the palace will not be happy."

Xie Jiuxiao was making notes on the dictionary, but Lu Chengfeng couldn't understand, so he looked at Shisan, sighed in his heart, and said in a helpless tone, "San Shisan, why do you think Fan Jie came out of Dali Temple intact? "

Thirteen stared, and said, "Isn't he the one who released the account book because he couldn't find it?"

As soon as the words fell, he found that both of them were speechless looking at him.

Thirteen scratched his head in embarrassment: "Isn't it..."

(End of this chapter)