Fan Xian and Fan Ruoruo were taken back to Fan's Mansion. Mrs. Fan invited the best doctor in Danzhou to make sure that the two children were fine, and asked her servants to take good care of them. She went back to her room and called an old man from Fan's Mansion.
"Aunt Rong, look at Wang Gang today, does he look familiar?" Mrs. Fan asked softly.
Grandma Rong has stayed in the Fan family for almost fifty years. She raised Fan Jiandu by herself, so she naturally understands what Mrs. Fan means.
"That child is indeed somewhat similar to the master." Grandma Rong lowered her head and replied.
Old Mrs. Fan suddenly said with hope: "Do you think Wang Gang will be the same child back then?"
Grandma Rong's heart trembled and she didn't dare to reply.
There is something about the Fan family that not many people know about, and even those who know it dare not mention it in front of Mrs. Fan.
Five years ago, the Taiping Courtyard incident was taboo in the Fan family. There were only a few people who knew the inside story, and Grandma Rong was one of them.
Fan Jian used his own son to replace Ye Qingmei's son and sent him to the palace, just to provide Ye Qingmei's child with time to survive while Ye Qingmei's Wu Zhu rushed back to Kyoto.
?Grandma Rong almost thought Fan Jian was crazy.
"Old madam, that child fell off the cliff and had no chance of surviving." Grandma Rong thought for a while, then gritted her teeth and said, "That Wang Gang looks like he is eight or nine years old, and he is not that old."
After hearing this, Mrs. Fan seemed to be discouraged and leaned on the chair. Aunt Rong quickly poured her a cup of tea to calm her shock.
Aunt Rong advised again: "Old madam, please be more open-minded. People cannot be resurrected after death. The young master has also been working hard to avenge that child these years."
Mrs. Fan snorted coldly: "It's because he has been biting the Queen's mother's family that he has caused today's trouble."
The men in black who kidnapped Fan Xian and Fan Ruoruo today came from Jiangnan and were most likely sent by the Queen's family.
Since the Taiping Courtyard incident five years ago, Fan Jian has been targeting the Queen's family, almost killing them, so he sent people to kidnap his two children.
The reason why Fan Jian dared to blatantly target the Queen's natal family was because Emperor Qing tacitly approved of it. He himself blamed the Queen for his son's death.
Mrs. Fan took a sip of tea and suddenly remembered something and asked: "When the child fell off the cliff and there was no body left, was it possible that only one part of the body was recovered? Which part was it?"
Seeing that Mrs. Fan still didn't give up, Grandma Rong could only say: "It seems to be a small arm. I can't remember the details. I have to ask the master."
Mrs. Fan suddenly stood up from the chair and said tremblingly: "Is it the right arm?"
Grandma Rong also remembered that Wang Gang was missing his right arm.
"I'll write to the master right away to find out." Grandma Rong said.
"No, I will write the letter myself, and you should do something right away." Mrs. Fan said excitedly: "Send someone to the tavern to keep an eye on him and never let him leave."
"What if Wang Gang insists on leaving?" Grandma Rong asked.
"Then let someone follow you. If you lose me, you will be punished accordingly." Old Mrs. Fan said with a cold face.
"Yes." Grandma Rong took the order and left.
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In the tavern, Wang Gang was sitting in the yard, stroking the hair on his companion's body, and felt something for a moment.
Lao Hu came over and said to Wang Gang: "Master, I found some secret sentries outside the tavern. They should be from the Fan family."
Wang Gang sighed and said: "Old Hu, my identity should have been exposed. You pack up and we will leave Danzhou immediately."
Lao Hu hesitated and said: "Master, you are a descendant of the Fan family, why don't you take this opportunity to recognize your ancestors and return to the clan?"
Wang Gang glanced at Lao Hu and said nothing.
"I'm sorry, Master, I overstepped my bounds." Old Hu said in fear.
"Forget it, it's none of your business." Wang Gang looked up at the sky and said, "Actually, I don't have much resentment towards the Fan family, otherwise I wouldn't have saved Fan Ruoruo today."
Lao Hu looked at Wang Gang sympathetically. He was one of the people who knew the inside story five years ago, and he also understood who Wang Gang hated in his heart.
Wang Gang smiled and said: "The Fan family is too close to the imperial power. What Fan Jian has done will either make the Fan family dragon fly to the sky, or all nine clans will be destroyed. In short, the Fan family is in a lot of trouble now, and I don't want to ask for trouble."
Lao Hu said in confusion: "Master, now that we have been exposed, can we still leave?"
After Wang Gang was silent for a few seconds, he shook his head and said: "It's really troublesome. Unless we go to Northern Qi, it will be more difficult to avoid the Fan family's eyes and ears in Qingguo."
"Are you still leaving then?" Old Hu said naively.
"I'm not leaving, go and do your work!" Wang Gang sighed.
Lao Hu left happily. He always felt that Wang Gang should return to the Fan family and get back what belonged to him.
In the next few days, everything was calm in Danzhou City, and the Fan Mansion strengthened the protection of Fan Xian and Fan Ruoruo.
If there is any difference, it is that Mrs. Fan, who had always lived in seclusion, began to frequent the tavern, and every time she came, she would drive away all the guests and ask Wang Gang to serve her personally.
Wang Gang could bear it once or twice, but Mrs. Fan came more and more frequently, and she liked to chat with him every time, so Wang Gang couldn't stand it.
It's not that he can't stand Mrs. Fan's nagging, but he can't stand the way she looks at her grandson.
Fan Xian was in danger because he took Fan Ruoruo out of the mansion without permission, so he was punished by Mrs. Fan to kneel in the ancestral hall and was not allowed to leave the mansion for a month.
There was no punishment for Fan Ruoruo. After recovering from her injury, Mrs. Fan still liked to bring her granddaughter to the tavern.
Ever since Fan Ruoruo knew that Wang Gang had saved her, her attitude toward him became more intimate. Mrs. Fan made the decision and asked Fan Ruoruo to call Wang Gang "brother."
Of course Wang Gang was unwilling. Fan Ruoruo called him "Brother Gang" in order to distinguish himself from Fan Xian. Wang Gang had no choice but to accept it.
Although Wang Gang didn't like Mrs. Fan bothering him, every time she and Fan Ruoruo came, they would order the kitchen to prepare some special dishes.
Mrs. Fan later wished she could eat three meals a day in a tavern.
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Qingguo Kyoto, Fan Mansion.
When Fan Jian received the letter from his mother, he thought it was just an ordinary letter from home, so he didn't pay much attention at first and asked his concubine Liu Ruyu to keep the letter until he came back from work to read it.
Fan Jian has been having a fierce fight with the Queen's family recently. It has reached the most critical moment and he is also a little busy.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Liu Ruyu placed the letter in Fan Jian's study, but did not peek at it.
In the evening, Fan Jian came home from business, and Liu Ruyu told him some good news.
?She is pregnant, almost four months old.
Fan Jian was overjoyed, but remained calm on the surface. He just asked Liu Ruyu to pay more attention to rest and sleep in separate rooms at night, while he slept in the study.
Liu Ruyu had some objections to Fan Jian sleeping in the study, but for the sake of the child in her belly, she still agreed.
At the third watch, Fan Jian was about to go to sleep, and then he remembered his mother's family letter. He quickly found it from the desk, opened it, and his expression changed.
"Maybe that child is still alive?!" Fan Jian's hand trembled when he took the letter. The thin piece of paper seemed to weigh a thousand kilograms.
"No, I have to go to Danzhou." Fan Jian couldn't sit still anymore, opened the study door and called someone.
"Here, prepare a car."
Fan Jian stood at the door of the study and jumped up and down, wishing he could put wings on his back and fly back to Danzhou right now.
"Master, it's so late, where are you going?" Liu Ruyu heard the voice and walked out and asked.
When Fan Jian saw Liu Ruyu, he felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured from head to toe.
"I, I'll go, I'll go to the Supervisory Yuan to find Chen Pingping."
"It's so late. If you have anything to do, go tomorrow morning!" Liu Ruyu advised.
"It's an urgent matter, we can't delay it for a moment." Fan Jian looked gloomy, summoned his servants and went out immediately.
Fan's carriage quickly arrived at the Overwatch Council, and a man was already standing at the door to greet him.
"Master Fan, the dean is waiting for you in the room."
Fan Jian recognized that the person was Chen Pingping's confidant Yan Ruohai, and without any nonsense, he immediately rushed into the Supervisory Yuan and arrived at Chen Pingping's room by a familiar route.
At this time, Chen Pingping not only did not sleep, but seemed to have been waiting for Fan Jian to come over.
"You know what happened in Danzhou, right?" Fan Jian didn't beat around the bush and asked directly: "Is that child my son?"
Chen Pingping took out a document and said, "I have investigated all the people around Fan Xian. There is something special about Wang Gang, and I can't figure it out."
Fan Jian was startled and asked: "What do you mean, there are still things in the world that your Supervisory Yuan cannot find?"
"This Wang Gang is very mysterious. He seemed to pop up suddenly half a year ago. His identity and age are all fake," Chen Pingping said:
"But I found out that the first time he appeared was in the woods outside Kyoto. At that time, he was dressed as a wild man and sold some wolf skins, which attracted the attention of spies.
?And the place where he appeared is very close to the place where your son died."
Fan Jian's eyes widened and he couldn't bear it anymore.
"He must be my son!" Fan Jian said excitedly: "It turns out my son is not dead!"
?"Your son must have known about his life experience and went to Danzhou to get close to Fan Xian. He had to be on guard."
?Fan Jian got excited and said to Chen Pingping sternly: "I'm warning you, don't hurt my son."
?"For Fan Xian's safety, I think you need to bring him back to Kyoto." Chen Pingping's dead fish eyes flashed with a little cold light.
