Chapter 116: Blackmail

"I'm going to deal with it? Is this what Your Majesty mean?" In the inner hall of Xiao Mansion, Xiao Fan looked at Zhu Yunwen with a look of surprise on his face.

Zhu Yunwen chuckled twice and said, "Yes, the emperor's grandfather said, since you were stabbed and you are the Tongzhi of the Jinyiwei, this matter will be left to you to deal with. At least this case is in your hands, even if you are favored, it is your own business."

"Uh... what else did your Majesty say?"

"The emperor's grandfather also said, you are a smart person, you know what you should not do and what you should want."

Xiao Fan smacked his lips and carefully savored Zhu Yuanzhang's words. After savoring them for a while, he finally understood what he meant.

To be honest, everyone knows who was in charge of this matter. Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning is very clear. If you solve this matter yourself, I don't care whether it is good or bad, but the premise is that you cannot lose the dignity of the court. The prince sent someone to assassinate the ministers. This matter is not a decent matter after all, so... you can compensate in your way, but you don't have to hold Zhu Di unwilling to let go. Forgive others if you have to.

Xiao Fan couldn't help but lament in his heart that this is the difference between the treatment of a prince and a foreign minister!

When Zhu Yunwen was assassinated by Jiangpu, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely angry and slaughtered the court. Thousands of people died for this. It was his turn to Xiao Fan, but he had to be careful not to show off and cover up the matter with a look of shame.

To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang may be a good father and grandfather, but he is definitely not a good boss.

As an employee of his subordinates, Xiao Fan was full of resentment towards him at this moment. The Zhu family was all precious, and the ministers and people under him were destined to be like grass. What made Xiao Fan most confused was that he could not change jobs because strictly speaking, it was his Zhu family in the world, and it was useless to jump anywhere. Just overthrow this boss who protects his calf. Xiao Fan didn't have the courage...

When Xiao Fan was struggling, Zhu Yunwen turned his head over, blinking his eyes very cutely and ignorantly, and asked naively: "What should the emperor and grandfather say that he shouldn't do it? What should you want?"

Xiao Fan glared at him. At this moment, he didn't like the people from the Zhu family and really wanted to give him a powerful crack in Huashan.

His hands were venting their anger, and Taixu limped in, humming as he walked, his expression was so painful that he could twist out bitter water.

"Oh, it hurts so much that Master Dao, I can't live..."

Zhu Yunwen immediately stood up and supported Taixu, sighing and said, "The Taoist priest has suffered, and those thieves are indifferent to the king's laws. We really should punish them."

Taixu nodded in agreement: "Yes! Those guys are too obscene. I just shot my thighs and got an arrow on my butt. Dao Ye suspects that they are so male. By the way, apprentice, this may be a clue. You can follow this clue to detect. Whoever is better male is the murderer!"

Xiao Fan said with a dark face: "Master, please take a good rest. Leave this matter to me... By the way, Master, is that arrow on your thigh okay? Do you still have the ability to find a master's wife for your disciple?"

Taixu was stunned and then said furiously: "Bastard! Dao's life root is as hard as iron and invulnerable as swords and guns. Is it so easy to get hurt? If it weren't for inconvenience last night, Dao could take it out as a weapon and swing them out one by one..."

Xiao Fan and Zhu Yunwen looked at each other, and they wiped sweat at the same time. This bragging man is so shameless.

Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief and said with relief: "It's good that Master's Fan Gen was not injured. My disciple was very worried. I almost planned to give you an embroidery needle so that you can learn to embroider at home like Dongfang Bubai's sister to cultivate your body and cultivate your character..."

Zhu Yunwen chuckled, then leaned forward and backward.

He was too stunned for a moment, and then furious.

Xiao Fan had to hold Taixu's shoulder and press him to sit on the chair, but the result was...

As soon as Taixu sat down, he started to bounce and screamed loudly: "Ah--Little Bastard, you hurt me again! You know that my butt was injured..."

"Master, I was wrong... You should stand up, come and serve tea to Master..."

Xiao Fan glanced at Taixu and added: "...Super chrysanthemum tea."

"What's the meaning?"

"Add to make up."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Xiao Fan to deal with the assassination himself. What should he do?

Xiao Fan sat alone in the chair and thought for a long time, and finally got the standard firmly.

Lao Zhu implicitly means not to make this big deal, so I will keep a low profile. My arms can't resist my thighs, and Lao Zhu dare not refuse to implement his will. However, Lao Zhu also said that he knew what to do.

This is a personal compensation to Xiao Fan.

very good!

Xiao Tongzhi, who was frightened physically and mentally, needs compensation now.

In the afternoon, several assistant officials from the Jinyiwei and thousands of households came to visit the door to express their deep condolences to Lord Xiao Tongzhi, who was chased and killed last night and ran across most of the capital streets.

These people are their own direct subordinates, the most important and direct part of the power held by Xiao Fan, and may play a great role in his career in the future. Therefore, Xiao Fan warmly welcomed them. During the conversation, he condemned the bad behavior of the master behind the scenes to carry out terrorist assassination in the capital, and made specific arrangements for the next stage of the anti-terrorism exercises of the Jinyiwei in the capital...

After a group of subordinates deeply understood the spirit of Lord Xiao’s instructions, they said goodbye and returned to the yamen.

Xiao Fan left Cao Yi alone.

Cao Yi looked at Xiao Fan deeply and said, "Sir, what do you think about the assassination?"

Xiao Fan smiled and said, "Brother Cao has learned the rules of officialdom more and more thoroughly. Now there are only two of us in the inner hall. You don't have to do this. Just like before, you call me Brother Xiao, and I call you Brother Cao."

Cao Yi was originally a ready-made man from the army. He smiled and said, "Okay, Brother Xiao, what do you think about the commander behind the scenes?"

Xiao Fan said seriously: "My idea is very complicated. To put it simply, I can definitely draw a conclusion for this person behind the scenes..."

"What conclusion?"

“…He’s a bad guy.”

Cao Yi rolled his eyes to the sky: "..."

Xiao Fan smiled and looked at Cao Yi and said, "Brother Cao, we are friends who are suffering from life and death. Some words do not need to be hidden in our hearts. I believe you must know that the person behind the scenes does not need to check it, it must be..."

The muscles on Cao Yi's face pounded for a moment, and two words burst out from his teeth: "King of Yan."

Xiao Fan smiled and said, "Yes, I think it's him. Although I have made many enemies in the court, the people in the court are all literati and cannot do such crazy things. The only thing left is His Royal Highness, who holds military power..."

"What are you going to do? Revenge or tolerate?"

"Brother Cao, although I am gentle, I am extremely strong and must be avenged if I have any grudges, and I cannot endure them."

Cao Yi tugged the corner of his mouth and said, "What are you going to do?"

Xiao Fan waved his sleeves casually and said, "Go to come to the door with dignity."

Cao Yi said without hesitation: "Okay, I'll accompany you."

Xiao Fan looked at Cao Yi with a smile on his eyes: "Brother Cao isn't it difficult?"

Cao Yi laughed: "Yesterday is as dead as yesterday. Although I was once a general under the command of the King of Yan, he treated me very well at that time. However, I killed Tartars on the battlefield and beheaded countless times. I have already repayed his kindness for knowing him. From the day he treated me as an abandoned son and abandoned him mercilessly, I thought I was dead and died for him. Today I can stand here in a flying fish suit because my boss is my friend, not my master."

Xiao Fan's eyes were slightly moved: "Brother Cao, don't worry, no matter whether we are subordinate or only friends. At least one thing I am much better than King Yan, that is, I will never abandon my friends at any time, live and die together, and will never betray them."

Cao Yi smiled boldly and said, "With your brother Xiao's words, what if Cao's life is sold to you? How happy!"

Xiao Fan also smiled: "Then let us two brothers have a companion today to find the bad luck of His Royal Highness Yan?"

"How do you plan to find him bad luck?"

Xiao Fan smiled mysteriously: "Since His Majesty means to deal with it in a low-key manner, I have to keep a low profile, but I believe His Highness Yan wants to keep a low profile..."

Inside the Yan King's Villa in Wuyi Lane.

On the wall of the second hall, there is a huge picture of a tiger going down the mountain. The white-headed tiger is fierce and ferocious. The eyes are glaring at the front, with a momentum of devouring mountains and rivers, making people unable to help but feel fear of surrender.

King Yan Zhu Di sat in front of the tiger map, with his legs wide open, his fists clenched with both hands and looked straight ahead. His expression and momentum were faintly consistent with the tiger map, like a dragon, lying on the tiger map, looking proudly at the world.

Monk Daoyan sat quietly on the right side, with deep appreciation in his eyes.

In the 18th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang selected ten monks from the people and wanted to give them to the vassal kings to preach and recommend blessings. Of course, not all the monks in the world had pure six senses. In fact, there were too few monks who were truly pure six senses. The monks gathered together and were discussing the power of which vassal king, which vassal king had more money, and which vassal king was stupid. Only monk Daoyan remained alone and disdained to be with those vassal monks.

When the kings came in, Monk Daoyan took a look at Zhu Di with a smile and calm expression at first glance. He knew that this was the person he was looking for for half his life, the person who could realize his great ambitions throughout his life.

Just as Zhu Di passed by him, Daoyan, who had been silent, seized the opportunity and suddenly said, "Your Highness, King Yan, I am willing to follow you."

Zhu Di was stunned. He glanced at the monk who didn't understand etiquette and didn't know how to advance and retreat, but had a gentle and generous smile on his face and asked, "Why do you want to follow me?"

Daoyan smiled and lowered his voice and said, "If Wang uses me, he will give Wang a white hat."

The word "white" is the upper part and the word "wang" is the lower part. What is the word "added"?

Zhu Di was shocked and angrily scolded: "Bold! Who are you? Are you dead?"

Daoyan smiled slightly, remained silent, and meditated directly with his eyes closed. He knew that Zhu Di would come back. In essence, he and Zhu Di were the same type of people. Daoyan had Daoyan's ambitions and Zhu Di had Zhu Di's ambitions. He would not be willing to be a small king of Yan from now on. There must be a higher position in this world waiting for him to sit.

Sure enough, not long after, I heard Zhu Di's slightly panicked but extremely firm voice, and the voice was almost too low: "Come with me."

This is the process of acquaintance between Daoyan and Zhu Di. From then on, two people with different ambitions joined together and began to make intensive preparations to subvert the world, until today.

Looking at Zhu Di's sitting in awe, Dao Yanda felt a little relieved and satisfied from the bottom of his heart.

Twelve years have passed, and the king he followed has conquered all directions, which has gradually emerged among the kings and has dominated the world.

Facts proved that he chose to follow Zhu Di's vision back then was correct.

It’s gold, and there will always be a day when shining. Now His Highness, the King of Yan, is already a time of brilliance. How lucky is it to meet a wise master in life!

"Your Highness, hasn't the emergency military report from Peking yet?"

Zhu Di raised his eyelids and lowered them again, and said in a deep voice: "I guess it's only been a few days. I don't worry about the errands I'll let me down. He won't let me down."

Daoyan smiled and said, "General Zhang is both wise and brave. He is a rare brave general. Now he must have successfully angered the Beiyuan Qierjis tribe and led their troops to surround the city of Beiping. The military newspaper that was in a hurry in Beiping must have been on the way to the capital day and night. Your Highness can rest assured."

Zhu Di nodded and sighed: "This time I returned to Beijing is much more dangerous than in previous years. One mistake on that day actually aroused my father's intention to reduce the vassal state. The capital can no longer stay. I just hope that Zhang Yu can spread the military report early. If Peking is in a hurry, my father will have to let me go back to Peking to preside over the enemy. I will be like a fish entering the water, like a dragon soaring into the clouds. At that time, all 100,000 elite soldiers and generals in Beijing were in my hands. No matter what changes happened in the capital, it would be as helpless as it is now."

Daoyan nodded and said, "Your Highness should indeed leave the capital early. The capital is not a place to stay for a long time. If it is late, it will change... Your Highness, the capital is in a panic. Your Highness shouldn't have sent death soldiers to assassinate Xiao Fan last night. This move can only become more and more firm in the emperor's intention to reduce the vassals. Your Highness, you have made another mistake!"

Zhu Di shook his head as he was as deep as water and said, "No, I am right this time. Xiao Fan cannot keep this person, and he will be a disaster in the future! Since his father's intention to reduce the vassals, Xiao Fan's method of reducing the vassals before his father's emperor pointed out the weaknesses of the vassals. Moreover, this person is deeply trusted by his father and grandson. If this person is not eliminated, he does not have to wait for the king to return to Peking, and he may have killed me..."

Daoyan disagreed and said, "This Xiao Fan... is not as powerful as His Highness said? I saw that he was handsome, his eyes were not right, and his eyes were flashing. This appearance was the appearance of a hypocrite. Even if he was favored by the emperor, he was just a small Jinyiwei magistrate. Why did His Highness attach so much importance to him?"

Zhu Di said with a serious expression: "This person should not be underestimated. Not to mention the matter of reducing the vassal states, did you hear about the Ding Chou case in the capital a few days ago?"

"This case has caused a lot of controversy in the capital, so of course I heard about it."
To be continued...