Celebrating more than two years of peace in the world

Chapter 17 Ming Xiu Plank Road
"Dead again?" The second prince was sitting at home playing chess.

"Well, it is rumored that he died of exhaustion at the gate of the city." The people under him knelt on the ground.

"Where's the corpse?" The second prince asked without changing his expression.

"The body...was in the carriage and was picked up by the people of the Fan residence." The people under him tremblingly said.

The second prince nodded, "Go down."

"What do you think?" The person sitting on the opposite side of the chessboard is Li Hongcheng, Prince Jing's heir. gone."

"Impossible." The second prince shook his head, "As long as he has a little bit of evidence, with his character, he has already rushed in to arrest people. He hasn't acted yet. It is probably because he has no evidence in his hand. He just heard that Just a few clues."

Li Hongcheng nodded, "What should we do next?"

"Let's talk to him." The second prince said, "I think he will understand the disparity in strength when he accepts my return to the capital this time, right?"

Li Hongcheng sighed, "Fan Xian's rebelliousness is related to His Majesty's favor. I hope this time he should know that a man who understands current affairs is a hero. If we continue to fight against us, it will not benefit him at all."

The second prince nodded, "I also hope he can understand, after all, this assistance will also be my greatest helper."

"Yo, I lost." Li Hongcheng smiled.

"You're impatient." The second prince smiled lightly.

……

When Fan Xian walked up to the third floor of Yishiju, shopkeeper Cao and Li Hongcheng were waiting for him.

Shopkeeper Cao stood by the table, smiled politely at Fan Xian, and said, "My lord, you are here."

Fan Xian ignored him and sat directly opposite Li Hongcheng, "His Royal Highness."

"I heard you died again?" Li Hongcheng smiled, "Look at you quickly, if you don't see you while you are alive, you may die again in a day or two."

"Thanks to His Royal Highness, the servant will not die for the time being." Fan Xian laughed.

"You and I are also friends, why should we be so born? I have another good thing to tell you." Li Hongcheng said.

Fan Xian raised his eyebrows, "What good thing?"

"I have proposed a marriage contract with His Majesty, and His Majesty has already agreed, and our two families will get married soon." Li Hongcheng was overjoyed.

"Oh? Princess Roujia wants to be my concubine?" Fan Xian was taken aback.

Li Hongcheng was also stunned.Princess Roujia is his sister, so he naturally didn't expect Fan Xian to say that, but he still smiled and said, "No, no, I want to marry Miss Ruoruo."

Fan Xian looked clear, "Oh...so that's the case, but you said that His Majesty would agree to this marriage if he knew that His Highness the First Prince and His Highness the Second Prince could pocket 3 taels of silver from the internal treasury every month. Well?"

"He won't know." Li Hongcheng stood up, walked to Fan Xian, and pressed his shoulder, "Miss Ruoruo's brother will not agree that her husband is such a person. Fan Xian, I know You are about to take over the inner treasury soon, and now you may not understand what a terrifying monster it is. 3 taels of silver a month is nothing to the inner treasury, even a drop in the bucket, and 3 taels of silver can make me Living with you in this capital city is better than anyone else."

Fan Xian turned to look at Li Hongcheng who was beside him, "Oh? Then you think the master of the internal treasury will allow someone to touch his money?"

"Fan Xian, you can't stick to the present, you have to look at the long-term." Li Hongcheng smiled, "Now His Royal Highness the Second Prince is flourishing, with more and more power, and more and more powerful officials under him, even your There are loyal people around him, even if you know, there is nothing you can do."

He was talking about Yan Bingyun.

Fan Xian smiled coldly, "I will deal with Yan Bingyun sooner or later, don't worry."

"Don't be so stubborn, Fan Xian, take it easy." Li Hongcheng said, "It's better to let him go, Yan Bingyun can turn an enemy into a friend, and you and I can enjoy endless blessings in this capital city. The house is full of children and grandchildren, and the world is peaceful."

"Ideals are beautiful." Fan Xian said.

"Do you think you have evidence?" Li Hongcheng's conversational skills are very proficient. "If you don't have evidence, the Overwatch Council will not be able to arrest people. It will do you no good if you spend it like this, only harm."

Fan Xian put his feet directly on the table, lay back, and pillowed on his hands, "Evidence? What evidence do I need?"

"Doesn't the Overwatch Council need evidence to arrest the prince?" Li Hongcheng smiled, "Even if it is to arrest me, there must be evidence."

"Why did I arrest the prince, and why did I arrest you?" Fan Xian had a puzzled expression on his face, "I only know that the shopkeeper of Yishiju and his son have hidden a large amount of official money. It was instructed."

"You!" Li Hongcheng was full of astonishment, and the shopkeeper of Yishiju's face was extremely pale. He immediately ran to Fan Xian's side, "My lord! My lord! Think twice, my lord!"

"Shopkeeper Cao and your son are afraid that they have never been in our Overwatch Council cell, but there are so many interesting things in there." Fan Xian said, "Have you ever pulled out your nails? Or... have you ever sat on a tiger stool? "

Shopkeeper Cao's face changed drastically. He naturally had never heard of these things, but when he thought of pulling out his nails, he immediately knelt down, "Lord Fan!"

Fan Xian turned his head away, "It's a matter of time before I find the evidence. The Overwatch Council has a secret passage leading directly to the Imperial Study Room. Do you think my evidence is moving faster, or is His Royal Highness' plan moving faster?"

Li Hongcheng's face also became extremely ugly.

Fan Xian stood up and stretched out his clothes, "His Royal Highness, please prepare more words next time, I still have countermeasures, who would have guessed that you are gone."

Being angry with Fan Xian could really make him vomit blood. Li Hongcheng's face was sullen. He never thought that he had basically exhausted all his skills, but in the end it was nothing more than a performance in Fan Xian's eyes. Xian firmly controlled it. From the beginning of his words until now, Fan Xian looked down on him like a strong man with a certain chance of winning.

It was the first time I felt such a feeling, it was a feeling of ruthless oppression, no doubt this was Fan Xian's careful planning, Li Hongcheng felt his naivety.

When Fan Xian walked away, he didn't care about the life and death of shopkeeper Cao, and took away the twenty or so Overwatch Council spies who were sitting at the door.

Shopkeeper Cao, who was kneeling on the ground, crawled towards Li Hongcheng in front of him, shouting loudly, "His Royal Highness! Your Royal Highness! This old servant did his best for you! For you and His Highness! Don't... don't let them catch this old slave and go away!" Ah, this old slave has only one son! Please...please..."

(End of this chapter)