"If you want to weaken something, you must strengthen it; if you want to abolish it, you must strengthen it; if you want to take it, you must strengthen it."
"After all, I still underestimated you. Everyone thought you had a soft spot for Guo Yu. Who would have expected that you actually have such thoughts." At night, Li Yi sneaked into Yan Qian's room without lighting the lamp.
, talking in the dark.
There is no moon tonight, there are only a few stars outside the window.
"You're wrong." Yan Qian turned away and looked out the window. There was a rare tenderness in the eyes of this simple-looking man: "I do have a soft spot for Guo Yu. Everything is just incidental."
Li Yi smiled sincerely: "Then I have to congratulate you. You have fame and a woman all at once. I'm afraid even Bao Wencai didn't expect such a result."
"There are so many things that he didn't expect." Yan Qian said casually: "There are so many things that he and you don't know. Also, people like us really shouldn't know so much."
"What are you talking about?" Li Yi didn't understand a word. He knew that although Yan Qian looked dull and didn't like to talk, he was actually a thoughtful and far-sighted character. From the beginning, he created a character who was passionate, lustful, and easy to bewitched.
You can see it from the image. Even so, Li Yi didn't pay too much attention to it before. After all, he always thought that Luncheng Mansion himself was far better than Yan Qian, but he didn't expect that Yan Qian's words seemed to expose his ignorance.
"What are we here for?" Yan Qian's voice was very soft, so soft that Li Yi could hear the faint chirping of insects in the courtyard. He murmured to himself: "It's to find out whether Fan Xian and other Hedong tycoons are powerful.
Conspiracy to rebel?"
"No, we knew they would rebel and had already taken precautions, but we still sent us to find out who was involved and what the extent of the plan was." Yan Gan turned to look at Li Yi and said softly:
"You should also understand that it is unnecessary for us to do this, right?"
Li Yi blurted out: "I also asked Bao Wencai about this matter, and he said there was no solid evidence. Just forcing a confession from Fan Xian would not be able to convince the public in the end. Only the first culprit would be punished, and the others would escape prosecution." After that,
Li Yi hesitated again: "Isn't it like this?"
"Of course not." Yan Qian said: "Looking at Wang Fujun's actions these days, the other party must have had the ability and means to subdue Fan Xian and other wealthy families, but that was just to subdue them. The imperial court killed a group of lawless people. Now
The matter can be revealed at this point, and there is no need to delay it until this time, but the matter has been delayed until this time. Whether it is Hedong or Fan Xian, their intentions have long been known, and the reason why they have not made a decision for so long, do you think
Is there really no solid evidence? What a joke. Since when did rebellion have to rely on solid evidence? Throughout the ages, who would rather kill by mistake than miss?"
Yan Qian finished speaking in one breath and looked at Li Yi with a solemn expression. Although he couldn't see his expression clearly in the dark, Li Yi could feel the other party's eyes as if they were real: "Fan Xian is just a bait, used to confuse people."
The other party is a bait to make them think they have a plan."
"Bait?" This is something that Li Yi and Bao Chu have always been elusive about. Unexpectedly, the unassuming Yan Qian said it. Li Yi opened his mind and seemed to have captured something: "Wang Fujun is in the great government of Hedong."
The emperor deliberately showed weakness and encouraged Fan Xian and others to be arrogant, but the salt and iron affairs did restrict their past operations, and Wang Fujun's concession alone was not enough to satisfy them. Since they could not stop the salt and iron policy, they could only
They raised troops and ruined the government, and the king of the palace happened to be 'weak and inactive'. This made them think that their rebellion had a good chance of winning, and it also made others think so..."
"Is the imperial court knowingly knowing that General Fan Xian has rebelled and deliberately using them as a trap to deceive someone bigger than Fan Xian?" Li Yi couldn't believe it, but had no choice but to tell his speculation. He looked horrified.
The look was like seeing the real hidden city of Yan Qian for the first time in his life.
"Use the trick and play hard to get. I'm afraid the next step is to lure the enemy deep, and then catch them all at once. This is the real temple." Yan Qian said lightly, although he was filled with emotion, his mood did not fluctuate at all: "With some people in the imperial court,
Compared with the prime ministers and ministers, what is our resourcefulness? We will do whatever they tell us."
Li Yiyou took a deep breath. It was only now that he truly realized that he was ignorant and arrogant to the extreme. He thought that the ministers of the court were just like this, but he did not expect that he was the most insignificant one: "What the court really wants to do is not Fan.
First of all, actually..." He said nothing and pointed in the direction of Jizhou to the east.
"I heard that Yuan Jizhou was chasing the remaining Heishan bandits near Shangdang, and there was turmoil between Qingxu and Qingxu, which caused all the officials to be deeply involved and had no time to care." Yan Gan nodded and said: "The imperial court has only been around for the past two days.
We are about to take action, and since Yuan Jizhou has begun to enter the situation, Fan Xian and others should remove them in advance to avoid the disaster."
Yan Gan's guess is actually roughly consistent with the plan of the emperor, Jia Xu and others, which is to use Fan Xian to drag Yuan Shao into the water. Now that Yuan Shao has not completed the key step of chasing Heishan, this is the reason why the emperor squeezed the Hedong pus in advance and broke through.
The best time to intercept the opponent's overall plan. But Yan Qian still didn't get the overall situation. This time, the trap carefully laid out with Hedong as the center was not just for Yuan Shao, but also involved many aspects that Yan Qian still didn't know.
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"Well, that's why Bao Wencai has been urging me to find out the details as soon as possible in the past two days." Li Yi was very impressed by Yan Qian at this time. He saw that Yan Qian was focusing on Guo Yu during this period, and he also
Thinking that he was indulging in sensuality, he had been communicating with Bao Chu alone, and Yan Qian also deliberately avoided him. The two rarely communicated like this: "Since Gongzhong, you have gained Fan Xian's trust, then I must
Things will be done soon."
After saying that, Li Yi felt a little uncomfortable, and pretended to smile casually: "I didn't expect that not only did I underestimate you, but I almost misjudged you!"
"I'm just a scholar, so I naturally have to learn how those people do things. How can I be compared to you knights?" Yan Qian chuckled, not forgetting to say that mantra. After the joke, his tone became a little serious.
He said: "This time I am doing Bowen a favor. Afterwards, I will take Ayu to find her lost brother and sister. I will also refuse any reward, so you and Bowen can take care of themselves."
"What?" Li Yi said in surprise: "With your talent Gongzhong, you will definitely have a place in the court in the future. Why do you say such words?"
"It's nothing, I just suddenly felt that being like Zhu Gongdao is actually quite good." Yan Qian smiled silently: "At least you don't have to worry so much about everything."
Li Yi was stunned. In the deep darkness, he could actually see Yan Qian's eyes, like stars in the sky.
"You are crazy. You are willing to give up your future for a woman."
Yan Qian nodded seriously. Although it was difficult to see his movements clearly in the dark, he still wanted to use this to tell the other party his firm attitude towards this matter.
"Stop joking with me." Li Yi stretched out his hand to pat Yan Qian's shoulder, but unexpectedly he patted the other person's chest. He patted Yan Qian a few times and said with a forced smile: "After this incident, you and I should stop talking.
You can also give orders to others, be a chief, or enter the court as a prince. When you have an official position, are you afraid that you can't find Guo Yu's family?"
Yan Gan laughed, but suddenly stopped laughing: "Do you know what I'm afraid of? Those who are good at wandering will be drowned, and those who are good at riding will fall. I'm just a scholar. If being an official is just fighting all day long, it takes a lot of energy.
, then I might as well retreat and plant melons.”
This time, his tone was really serious and serious. There was no trace of frivolity like before. Li Yi stared at the glimmer of stars reflected in Yan Qian's eyes and sighed: "You're right, you act too smart."
Yes, but there are many smart people, and you may die doing this in the future."
Yan Qian shook his head noncommittally, as if the other party's words did not hit the point.
"What are you going to do tomorrow?" Li Yi asked: "Can you really get that roster?"
"Yes, Fan Xian has multiple secret rooms in the Wubao in order to cover up secrets. But after observing it for the past two years, Ayu said that most of these places can be served by ordinary slaves, but there is only one place where Fan Xian
Cang Tou, a close confidant, brought food in, and one of her friends had entered the place by mistake and was beaten to death. If nothing unexpected happens, the things should be in that location." Yan Gan said in detail: "Tomorrow, Fan will go to the city to see you first.
Mr. Wangfu, I will take the opportunity to search at that time. Xiaoyi, prepare your fast horse in advance and wait for me at the back door."