After rebirth, I was entangled by the enemy's protons

Chapter 170
Manrong is different from several countries in the Central Plains. They do not have a unified land and city, but are scattered on the snowfields and deserts that stretch for thousands of miles, bordering on the Yong Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom.

There are dozens or hundreds of tribes in the barbarians in the snowfield. The two largest factions are the snowfield royal court led by the barbarian Shanyu Luan Timotun, and the other is the Ashina tribe that is close to the Central Plains.

It was Morton Chanyu's Xueyuan Royal Court who provoked and invaded the Central Plains year after year, and they were the biggest enemies of the Yan Kingdom.

All the other barbarian tribes can exchange goods and trade with all parts of the Yan Kingdom, but only the people of the Xueyuan Royal Court, the Yan Kingdom will never communicate with them.

A few days ago, Su Jingyuan had a great victory, and the one who defeated was King Zuoguli of Wang Ting.

Only people from the Xueyuan Royal Court who have never married a Central Plains person will have red hair.

Fan Qian's face twisted slightly, and his expression was a little ugly.

Unexpectedly, when the prison supervisor went to Fan's mansion to arrest Fan He, he actually saw that woman.

The concubine of Manrong that the eldest princess said was given to him by the envoy of Manrong two years ago.

Because the eldest son Fan Muyuan liked it, he took him into the mansion as a concubine.

In the past two years, that woman has never left the house once. Except for a very small number of Fan family members, outsiders don't know her existence at all.

Fan Qian originally planned to deal with her secretly after Fan Muyuan was imprisoned, but he didn't expect that Fan Muyuan himself was in prison and still worried about the concubine's safety, so he sent several messages to beg him, but he didn't get rid of her.

After all, Fan Muyuan was his only remaining legitimate son, and he still hoped that one day he would be able to get him out of the dungeon.

That barbarian concubine turned out to be a trick in the hands of the eldest princess. If he had known this, he should have dealt with her secretly.

Fan Qian hated secretly in his heart, but on the surface he regained his composure, and explained unhurriedly:

"She's just an ordinary woman of a different race. Even if she has red hair, it doesn't matter. Other tribes of the barbarians, even the Ashina tribe who intermarried a lot with the Central Plains, still have a small number of red-haired people, but the number is relatively rare."

"If this is colluding with the barbarians, isn't the ice-drinking girl next to Princess Yongning also a foreign race? Could it be that the princess also colluded with Huihe? By the way, the third prince said in public that he liked the ice-drinking girl. Could it be that he also colluded? Huihe?"

"Presumptuous, how can Yongning allow you to speculate at will?" The emperor scolded angrily.

He dared to use his Liuliu as an example, Fan Qian really deserved to die, Chu Tingxiao's anger was instantly ignited.

However, he seems to have forgotten something.

"The minister made a slip of the tongue, but he spoke from the bottom of his heart." Fan Qian said in a low voice.

Under everyone's different gazes, the eldest princess nodded slightly to Fu Zhili and Chu Yi.

Chu Yi squinted her eyes, and gently curled up the knuckle of her right index finger on her side.

"It's really nothing to have a barbarian concubine in the house."

Fu Zhili, who also received the signal, came out from among the ministers. He was dressed in a blue official uniform, gentle and refined, with an exceptionally clear and pleasant voice.

Fan Qian looked at Fu Zhili, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

He didn't believe that this man would speak for him so kindly, and he became nervous all of a sudden.

As the son-in-law of the eldest princess, Fu Zhili has always kept a low profile, but in fact, Fan Qian knows him very well. This man is extremely outstanding in terms of talent, character, and ability to handle political affairs, even far better than himself.

He doesn't fight for anything because he doesn't want to use his status as a son-in-law to make others talk, and he doesn't want the eldest princess to interfere in the government affairs, but if he really wants to fight...

Fan Qian felt that the position of prime minister under his buttocks suddenly shook.

Even if it can be delayed until Su Jingyuan returns to the capital, if he loses his aspect, with Su Jingyuan's temperament, it is impossible to help him get it back.

Under Fan Qian's uneasy eyes, Fu Zhili's gentle and elegant face showed a trace of coldness, and said: "But how can the prime minister explain that there is enough food and water in the secret room of the back house of Fan's mansion to sustain three or forty people?" Woolen cloth?"

Fan Qian's complexion changed, and there was a bang in his mind, and he subconsciously looked at Chu Zhao, who had never stood in line from the beginning to the end.

How did Fu Zhili and the eldest princess discover the secret room in their back house?
Since when I went to the court this morning, I saw Control Hesi appearing, and they have searched the Fan Mansion in less than half an hour, and then the Eldest Princess will have an audience...

The secret room was designed extremely ingeniously. In such a short period of time, not to mention a little princess playing tricks, the Crane Control Division, even the emperor's dark hall, would not be able to find out the location of the secret room so quickly. place.

Fan Qian didn't believe that Fan He immediately confessed this seemingly unimportant matter just after he was arrested.

Moreover, the eyes of Fu Zhili and the eldest princess told him just now that they clearly knew that there was a secret room in their mansion, and they just waited for the crane commander to go to his mansion to confirm.

Apart from the Fan family, the only one who knew about the secret room was Chu Zhao!
Fan Qian's eyes were full of disbelief.

He never dreamed that overnight, the Liu family turned against each other, Yipin betrayed the concubine Xian, and even confessed Wang Zhi, but in the end the problem turned out to be Chu Zhao.

Fu Zhili swept across Chu Zhao calmly, feeling in his heart that the fourth prince became ruthless, and even told others about the secrets of his mother's family.

A few days ago, the fourth prince found him, told him about a secret room hidden in Fan Mansion, and explained to him how to enter that secret room.

He didn't believe it at first, but the fourth prince said, didn't the son-in-law and the eldest princess secretly investigate the Fan family according to the emperor's order, and you will know if what the palace said is true or not.

Fu Zhili told Chu Yi about this, and that's how Chu Yi asked the Hesi to go to Fan's mansion to catch Fan He.

Their original intention was to catch those barbarian assassins in the secret room and wipe them all out.

Otherwise, since Fan He's criminal evidence is conclusive, it is enough for the yamen or the dark hall to arrest people, so there is no need to search Fan's residence.

Just now Chu Mingsu nodded to him and Chu Yi to tell them that what Chu Zhao said was right, that the Controller of Hesi had indeed searched out the secret room that Chu Zhao talked about in the back house of Fan Mansion.

"There were about three or forty barbarian assassins who assassinated the princess, and the secret room in the prime minister's back house can just hide three or forty people, as well as food to keep them alive and traces of the lives of thirty or so people. Prime Minister, how do you explain it? "

Fu Zhili asked word by word, his clear and calm eyes made Fan Qian sweat profusely.

Chu Mingsu looked at Fu Zhili like this, his eyes were full of unconcealable pride and admiration, and he whispered to Chu Yi next to him, "Yi'er, look at your uncle, isn't this pretty?"

Back then when Fu Zhili was the No. scholar in high school, when he was parading through the streets of the capital on a steed, he was so handsome as a pines and cypresses, with a high-spirited appearance, which made the young and romantic Chu Mingsu fall in love with him at first sight, and married him as a princess.

Chu Yi was sitting well, when suddenly she was kicked.

"...What my aunt said is very true."

If he had known that she should have gone to court with Xiao Yan.

Fan Qian was stunned for a long time, and finally a light flashed in his eyes.

"Is there anyone in the secret room? The secret room is the warehouse where I store the grain in the mansion. Because of the poor harvest this autumn, I was worried that the mansion would not have enough grain, so I secretly hid some grain. As for the traces of life, it is naturally the servant who guards the warehouse... the minister is indeed Guilty, but definitely not harboring assassins!"

He gritted his teeth, and finally calmed down even more plausibly.

Yes, it is impossible for the Crane Control Division to catch those barbarians in the secret room, because just a few days ago, he cleared the checkpoint and let Luan Tikong and his team leave the capital.

Although the whole of Dayan is currently searching for the barbarians coming and going, Luan Tikong and the others will not be found for a while.

Even if they were really caught, within a short period of time, they could bite back at the prince, saying that the person who bought them was the prince.

At that time, Dayan Chaotang will be in chaos, and when Su Jingyuan returns to Beijing, he will be able to preside over the overall situation!

He glanced at the officials behind him from the corner of his eye and coughed.

Those people came to their senses suddenly, knelt down on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, what the prime minister said is absolutely true. There is no one in the secret room, only food, which means nothing at all."

"The Prime Minister is the elder of the three dynasties. He has worked hard for the country and the people for so many years. He has never bent the law for personal gain. Your Majesty, please think twice."

"Your Majesty, although the prime minister has committed the crime of knowing people without knowing them, he has never colluded with the barbarians."

"Yes, Your Majesty, one yard counts for one yard. Fan He is guilty, but the prime minister is innocent."

These Xiangdang members around Fan Qian acted according to the wind, and when they heard that Fan Qian had found a reason to clear the charge, they immediately clamored.

"enough!"

Chu Tingxiao also finished reading what Concubine Xian and Wang Zhi explained by the way, and roared angrily, and the court fell silent.

The emperor's eyes were burning with anger, he looked around the crowd coldly, his dark eyes were filled with murderous intent.

The civil and military officials suddenly realized that the emperor in front of him was no longer the emperor who was left to them when he had just ascended the throne for a year or two, and he was not a foolish emperor like the Xiancheng emperor.

"Wang Zhi confessed that Concubine Xian bought him to break the iron chain for the matter of the snow wolf breaking the cage in the Wolf Garden, in order to implicate Cen Xiao, the captain of the Yulin Army at that time, and also involved Liuliu and the head of Yongjia County. Safe—" the emperor said slowly.

"Fan Qian, you said that the crimes are all on Concubine Xian and Fan He, but I would like to ask, Concubine Xian is a concubine in the harem, why frame Cen Xiao?!"

"Chen, minister..."

This time, Chu Tingxiao didn't wait for Fan Qian to think of a reason. He waved his hand and said in a cold voice:
"Su Xuan, I ordered you to lead the Yulin army, personally push Fan Qian into the dungeon, carefully investigate everyone in the Fan residence, and don't let go of any clues!"

A young man in black armor quietly appeared in the corner, clasped his fists and said, "I obey the order."

"There is also Liuliu's Crane Control Division, who can take charge of this matter together with Su Xuan."

Chu Yi stepped forward: "Yongning obeys the order."

Fan Qian looked at the guard in the crane robe who appeared in front of him, turned his head with red eyes, and stared at Chu Zhao firmly.

The matter of the wolf garden, there is still a turning point, he may not be imprisoned... as long as Chu Zhao pleads...

But he is completely indifferent!

Only then did Fan Qian understand what his sister Fan Qiongran had been worrying about.

She said that she didn't understand that everything she did was for Chu Zhao, but why the relationship between her and Chu Zhao's mother and child seemed to be getting weaker and weaker.

Isn't everything the Fan family did for Chu Zhao?He and Fan Qiongran risked their heads to assist Chu Zhao, hoping that he could replace Chu Ye as the crown prince——

But this person, he doesn't care about those?

Chu Zhao closed his eyes calmly, with a relieved smile on his thin lips.

No one knew that when he traveled thousands of miles back to Beijing and saw Chu Yi in Xiao Yan's arms who didn't know his life or death, he decided to do so, and the death of Lian Qiao made him realize the reality thoroughly.

All along, he didn't ask for anything, only for Chu Yi to be well.

But if he brought more disasters to her because of himself, then what's the point of everything he did?
Chu Zhao even thought of an extremely terrifying possibility after careful consideration.

——If Fan Yunsheng hadn't died, if he didn't know that Chu Yi didn't like Fan Yunsheng at all, then when the Fan family arranged for someone to assassinate Chu Yi, he would definitely not kill him.

Could it be that he can only watch the one he loves get hurt?Can only watch others save her as a hero?Only to see her being tricked by the Fan family?

Many years ago, if it wasn't for bringing Chu Yi to Yong Kingdom, Chu Yi wouldn't have fallen into the ice lake and almost died.

From then on, he swore that he never wanted such a thing to happen again.

Even if it is the enemy of the Fan family and Fan Qiongran, it will not hesitate.

Those who do wrong should be punished.

Including... himself.

"Heavenly Prison..."

Fan Qian let the guards of the Crane Division capture him, muttered to himself, and almost resigned to his fate.

Sky Prison is at least better than Zhao Prison.

Now his only hope is Su Jingyuan.

He looked at Su Xuan who was walking in front of him, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat.

This young man is the nephew Su Jingyuan cares most about. He probably doesn't know what kind of person his uncle is. If he knows...

"Commander Su manages all kinds of opportunities every day. Let the minister hand over the matter of handing over the prime minister to the prison."

Chu Zhao suddenly thought of something, opened his eyes suddenly, stepped forward, and spoke lightly.

Now that things are up to now, it's better not to let yourself, this uncle, add any more details.

"The prime minister is my uncle, and the virtuous concubine is my mother and concubine. I am also guilty of all kinds of things here. I beg to resign from the dark hall. I am willing to be punished. I just want to do more things for your majesty."

Fan Qian opened his eyes wide, unable to believe it.

Chu Tingxiao was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Chu Zhao would never intercede for the Fan family during the whole process, and now he even didn't expect that Chu Zhao would directly make trouble.

What's more, what he said was almost an admission of the crimes laid on the Fan family, and it was no different from killing relatives in righteousness.

Chu Tingxiao couldn't help thinking, alas, this rebellious son is really cruel, and he doesn't know who he looks like.

But since he spoke, he did not object:

"One yard is one yard. The matter of the Fan family is still unclear. As for the matter of your mother and concubine, it has nothing to do with you for the time being. Your position is another matter to discuss. But since you think so, Su Xuan will step down and let the fourth prince Take Fan Qian to the sky prison, and when we catch those barbarian assassins and thoroughly investigate this matter, I will give Liuliu an explanation."

"Yes." Su Xuan turned around and disappeared silently, concentrating on being his bodyguard.

"Your Highness, are you crazy?!" Fan Qian finally couldn't help asking the question he had always wanted to ask.

　The thing that Chu Zhao thought about and feared was actually the truth about Chu Yi's assassination in his previous life. The Fan family wanted Fan Yunsheng to save the beauty and marry the princess. But after the war started, Chu Yi still didn't like Fan Yunsheng. It's cool.

　　
　
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