Chapter 110 Before morning court

"You two are enough!" Liu Sanwu burst out. He slapped the table heavily, stood up tremblingly, and pointed at Xiao Fan with trembling all over: "Do you think I'm dead? I'm too bullying!"

Princess Jiangdu was so cute that she spread her tongue and returned to her usual quiet appearance. She sat on the chair with her head hanging down, like a child who had done something wrong, blushed and said nothing.

Xiao Fan advised with great sincerity: "Mr. Liu, the elderly should avoid excessive liver fire..."

"Shut up! Lord Xiao, you trespassed the old man's house without my permission. What do you mean?"

Xiao Fan innocently pointed behind him: "Your door is not closed..."

"You..." Liu Sanwu couldn't help but feel angry, trembling for a long time before snorting angrily: "I will argue with you later..."

As he said that, Liu Sanwu turned his head and said to Princess Jiangdu: "Your Highness, what you asked just now, please forgive me for being powerless. Your Highness, please come back."

Princess Jiangdu had a pretty face full of disappointment. She looked up and looked at Xiao Fan inadvertently, with a very resentful look.

"Mr. Liu, can you think about it again? This matter is related to Xiao...the wealth and life of many people. Lord. Liu please think about the parents, wife and children behind these people..."

Liu Sanwu said firmly: "The princess doesn't need to say too much. I have decided my intentions and must not be changed! The three methods of recruiting scholars in those days were decided by Your Majesty. How could I violate the scientific law he set?"

He looked at the princess coldly, and Liu Sanwu said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, His Royal Highness the Grand Prince came to my house, and what he asked for was the same as the princess, and I refused."

The implication is very clear. Even His Royal Highness the Grand Prince doesn’t have such a face to change my mind. If you interfere with the wife, you don’t have to join in the fun.

The princess looked even more disappointed when she heard this. Her mouth opened slightly, but she didn't know what to say. She slapped her long eyelashes a few times, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

Xiao Fan was surprised when he heard this. Hearing Liu Sanwu's tone, Princess Jiangdu came to ask Liu Sanwu to change the list of tribute scholars today. Who can be so proud of her that she can even invite the princess to be the boss?

Xiao Fan couldn't help but turn his head curiously to look at the princess, and happened to meet the extremely sad look that the princess looked at him. The two of them met, and the princess's pretty face became hot, so she quickly turned her head away.

Seeing this, Xiao Fan couldn't help but feel moved. The woman's face turned red and thought to herself. She heard that the princess was about to marry Changxing Hou's son. Can she be in a sensitive period of spring now? Such a beautiful cabbage, but unfortunately she was going to be robbed by others. It's a pity that she will be punished by the ages.

Liu Sanwu broke the faint ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them ignorantly. He stood up and bowed to Princess Jiangdu and said, "Princess, please come back. My intentions cannot be changed. It will be futile if the princess advises her any more!"

Others were driving out the guests. Princess Jiangdu is a daughter's house and is already thin, so she is naturally embarrassed to stay. He heard that he had to get up and say goodbye. When he left, he turned his head and looked at Xiao Fan deeply. The resentment and sadness in his eyes made Xiao Fan's heart twitch suddenly.

Seeing Princess Jiangdu gradually fading away, Xiao Fan scratched his head in confusion. The princess looked at me very strangely. Her object of her childhood... Could it be me?

"Hmph!" Liu Sanwu's angry snorted interrupted Xiao Fan's thoughts, "Mr. Xiao, you are so domineering and domineering today. Is it because the Jinyiwei is planning to jail me?"

Xiao Fan smiled gently and elegantly: "The boss is worried too much. The official came here alone today, not to harm the boss."

Liu Sanwu smiled enlightened and said coldly: "Mr. Xiao is here to persuade me to change the tribute list?"

"The boss is indeed an old man... Cough cough, I'm wrong, he is wise and extraordinary. The lower official came for this matter."

Liu Sanwu smiled at the sky for a long time, then glared at Xiao Fan and shouted: "No way! If you have the ability, just take me to prison. The list will never change!"

Xiao Fan said seriously: "My elder, this case is getting worse and worse. The emperor is furious and has already murdered the elder. Dozens of examiners in the same exam have been taken to prison..."

Liu Sanwu interrupted Xiao Fan and said loudly: "Then you should take me to prison too! Why should I be afraid of it!"

Xiao Fan was suffocated and said patiently: "Master, you only need to raise your hands and change a few names at will. These dozens of examiners, including their hundreds of family members, can be avoided. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. The old man can't bear to see so many colleagues who are different because of your will, right? Besides, the officials are handling cases impartially, and now their situation is in a dilemma..."

Liu Sanwu stroked his beard and smiled and said, "I've been talking for a long time. It's not for your own life. Why should Lord Xiao make things difficult? If you throw me into the prison, then everything will be solved?"

Xiao Fan's anger gradually rose, and he still maintained his last trace of patience and persuaded him with great painstaking advice: "My lord, the wealth and life of hundreds of people are all in your mind. Besides, the whole world belongs to the emperor. The emperor wants you to change the list of tribute scholars. If you change it, why bother to ruin so many people's lives for your little scholarly aura? Please consider this kind of good advice from the old master..."

Liu Sanwu looked like he was not getting into the air, and snorted stubbornly, saying, "I have decided my intentions, so there is no need to consider it! The names on the tribute scholars list are carefully reviewed by me and my colleagues, and they choose the best ones. Since ancient times, there is only the difference between the good and the bad of the article. It is simply ridiculous to choose scholars from the north and south without any reason! Your Majesty's order is a mess, and I would rather die than follow the imperial edict! Lord Xiao doesn't need to say much, if you have the ability, you will be imprisoned..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Fan burst out like a furious lion, rushed to Liu Sanwu with one step, then grabbed Liu Sanwu's clothes and lifted the thin and wilted old man up, swaying hard in the air like a piece of bacon.

"Give you to jail, and take you to jail! You said over and over again, are you dying old man sick? So if you want to go to jail, are you born to suffer? I can't control you if you want to die, don't implicate so many people to accompany you to die! I haven't lived enough yet!"

Liu Sanwu was lifted by Xiao Fan in the air, and his two old legs were stomping around, stepping on Lingbo's slight steps. His old face was scared by Xiao Fan's hideous face and turned into a black purple color. He shook his lips for a long time without making a sound.

Xiao Fan burst into anger. The damn stubborn old man, he wouldn't let go of this little bit of trouble, and he didn't care about the lives of so many people. It's your business to keep your bullshit and honest. My life is in your hands. Does your righteousness mean that I have to pay for your life with you? These pedantic scholars are too selfish! Fortunately, they have left a reputation for eternity in history books. God is simply blind!

After yelling hysterically for a few words, Xiao Fan calmed down and found that Liu Sanwu was being held in the air and his eyes turned pale, with signs of shock. Xiao Fan was shocked, but don’t scare this old guy to death, otherwise something big would be wrong, and Zhu Yunwen would definitely hate him to death.

He hurriedly placed Liu Sanwu on the chair. Xiao Fan also kindly helped him smooth the wrinkles on his clothes, and then restored his elegant temperament. With a shy smile, he whispered: "Forgive me, my elder brother, I'm a little out of control..."

Liu Sanwu's face was still black and purple, and he sat on the chair in dismay, his whole body trembling uncontrollably...

Xiao Fan couldn't help but take on his worries, shook him, and said carefully: "Sir, sir, are you okay?"

After a long time, Liu Sanwu's face gradually improved. He shook his lips and stuttered, "Mencius said: "Majestic...Majestic cannot be betrayed, I... I will never be threatened by you!"

Xiao Fan was almost crying. Did the ministers of the Ming Dynasty collectively get crazy? They all have deep stinking problems. Huang Zicheng is like this, Huang Guan is like this, and Liu Sanwu, who is nearly 80 years old, is like this. What kind of book are these guys brainwashed by? It is even more terrifying than the pyramid schemes in their previous lives...

He slapped the table hard, and Xiao Fan said angrily: "Mr. Liu, you just don't listen. Please ask you if you want to change the list or not?"

Liu Sanwu's mood returned to normal. He heard this and stubbornly stubbornly, and said with a determined expression: "Don't change! Mencius said: Those who sacrifice their lives for righteousness are the ones who can break their heads and blood can flow, and the list will never change! Since ancient times, no one has died, so I will keep the pills..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Fan turned his head and walked out, saying viciously: "I have no time to listen to you chant poetry. I have done my best to be kind and righteous. Since you are stubborn, I will not be polite to you. Wait, let's see how I turn the world around in the Golden Palace tomorrow! Damn! I can't stand you, you old nerds, for such a little bit of reputation, they all feel like they have self-abuse..."

The voice gradually faded away, and in the inner hall of Liu Mansion, only Liu Sanwu was sitting on the chair, trembling with anger all over his body...

"Robber, rogue! It's simply a gentle scum!"

The angry Xiao Fan just walked out of the gate of Liu's mansion, and Cao Yi and more than a dozen Jinyi lieutenants who were guarding the gate came forward.

Xiao Fan looked at Cao Yi and others in surprise and said strangely: "Why are you here?"

Cao Yi was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, saying, "Sir, it's already evening. Tomorrow, you have to go to the Golden Palace to report to His Majesty before dawn. At this time, you can't make up your mind to take down the old guy Liu Sanwu? Sir, order the arrest of the people. Your Highness the Grand Prince of the Grand His Majesty slowly explains that if you don't arrest him, you will have to lose your head tomorrow!"

Xiao Fan shook his head and said, "You can't catch me. Mencius said: Those who sacrifice their lives for righteousness..."

Cao Yi stomped his feet in anger and said, "When did you learn such sour words?"

Xiao Fan pointed to the Liu Mansion behind him and said, "I just learned from that old guy inside, I learned and sold it now..."

The Jinyi lieutenants behind Cao Yi raised the iron chains and shackles in their hands and said in a lingering manner: "Sir, order to arrest people! As long as you give the order, we will rush into the Liu Mansion and take the old guy Liu Sanwu into the imperial prison. As long as you go to the imperial prison, your subordinates are sure to get his confession within two hours. You can assign him any crime, and he will have to admit it even if he doesn't admit it!"

Xiao Fan sighed and said, "You have forgotten all my daily teachings? Civilized law enforcement, do you understand? Solving problems cannot be done by killing people. You have to use your brain, do you understand?"

Cao Yi said anxiously: "It's now, I'm still just trying to get crazy! If Liu Sanwu doesn't die, you will have to die! What else do you have?"

Xiao Fan frowned and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, a familiar smirk of Cao Yi gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth, and that kind of smile... Anyway, he was not very kind.

"It's up to people, who said I can't do anything?" Xiao Fanjun's face was full of confidence at this time.

Under everyone's confusion, Xiao Fan said, "Brother Cao, you are here just in time. I need to ask you to help me with something. This matter is very important. If I fail, my life will be really over."

"Sir, please give me instructions."

Xiao Fan approached Cao Yi's ear, this, this, this...

The more Cao Yi heard, his brows became more and more relaxed. Finally, he looked at Xiao Fan with a strange look, wanting to speak but stopping.

"Brother Cao has something to say?" Xiao Fan smiled brightly.

"Sir, your method... is better than killing Liu Sanwu with one knife."

Xiao Fan said seriously: "How can that be done? I am a gentleman, a gentleman does not kill people..."

Cao Yi smiled bitterly, if you don’t kill anyone, you are heartbroken...

The night became deeper, and the eunuchs who were on the night beat twice, and it was the second day.

In the Wuying Hall of the Imperial Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang closed the book in his hand, rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and asked lightly without raising his head, "Qingtong, is there no movement there yet?"

Qingtong tiptoed to Zhu Yuanzhang and replied softly: "Your Majesty, no news has come from outside the palace. I believe Xiao Fan still did not take Liu Sanwu."

Zhu Yuanzhang's movement of rubbing his eyebrows froze, then slowly raised his head, and the fierce look in his eyes flashed away.

"I will go to court in two hours, but Xiao Fan still won't do anything? Could it be that he is really like those sour and corrupt scholars, who would rather sacrifice his life for the so-called righteousness?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, his expression of disappointment.

Xiao Fan, have I misread you? Like those pedantic ministers, you are actually a mediocre talent who is useless?

Then Zhu Yuanzhang's face burst into sharp murderous intent. If you are really a mediocre person, what use do I want you? Keeping you by Yun Wen's side will have no benefit to our Ming Dynasty! Even if Yun Wen blames me in the future, I will kill you!

The night wind blew into the hall, and the golden palace lanterns, the candlelight flashed and darkened, reflecting Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous face, so hideous and terrifying...

Qingtong was so scared that his face was pale. He hurriedly bent down, not daring to move, and the cold sweat on his forehead fell on the carpet.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not aware of it, and his expression was as quiet as water.

Xiao Fan, in the morning court two hours later, you can earn your life for yourself. I will not show mercy for you anymore.

This night was very long, and I don’t know how many people tossed and turned, unable to sleep all night.

At three ominous moments, the bronze bell from Wufeng Tower in the imperial palace was ringed three times, and the melodious and dull bell echoed in the night sky of the capital.

A carriage with an official sedan chair and a carriage, walked out of the houses of the ministers in the capital, and walked towards the imperial palace Chengtian Gate without any rush or slowness.

A very unusual morning court on a normal day is about to begin.

The ministers gathered at Chengtian Gate one after another. What was different was that no one greeted and chatted with each other today, and no one was making noise. Everyone had a mysterious expression on their faces, looking at each other, and then exchanged a knowing look. Everything was indifferent. In the silent atmosphere, a gloomy chill circled among the officials and lingered.

At the moment of Yin, Xiao Fan came to Chengtian Gate in a sedan chair.

As soon as he walked out of the sedan chair, countless pairs of eyes focused on him. The meaning of the eyes was very complicated, including resentment, viciousness, and sympathy.

Xiao Fan gently stroked the lapel of the official's clothes in a ignorant manner, then stood with his hands behind his back, proudly greeting the officials with a faint and bizarre sneer on his face.

An irreconcilable aura of hostility suddenly became rich and intense in the air.

The huge capital could not hide the news, and Xiao Fan had not moved Liu Sanwu at all. The ministers had already known it. Everyone admired Xiao Fan's courage. But at the same time, everyone secretly thanked that the executioner of the Jinyiwei who killed dozens of ministers would inevitably be executed by His Majesty today.

Does anyone who violates His Majesty’s will have a way out?
To be continued...