Fu Xiaoguan spent an incense stick of time to finish reading Xue Dingshan's information.
Judging from this information alone, Xue Dingshan is indeed a big shot.
In the first year of the Xuanli reign, His Majesty posthumously conferred the title of Queen on Xue Binglan and appointed Xue Dingshan as the General of the Western Frontier Army. Now, eight years have passed, and he has indeed managed the Western Frontier Army in an orderly manner.
At least on the border between the Yu Dynasty and the Fan State, the two countries have lived in peace for the past eight years.
This man studied at the Jixia Academy in the 35th year of Taihe, majoring in military strategy. He was 17 years old that year, and now he is 44 years old.
This document does not contain any information about his life before he was seventeen years old, but it does say that Xue Dingshan used a knife that was two meters long and weighed forty-four pounds and seven ounces. This shows that this man was skilled in martial arts, otherwise how could he wield such a heavy knife.
Official Fu wanted to see Xue Dingshan's information simply because he was the uncle of the First and Fourth Princes. As long as His Majesty didn't appoint a crown prince, the feud between the two princes would continue. And all signs indicated that his kidnapping last year seemed to be related to the Fourth Prince.
Then he must find out what kind of strength this fourth prince possesses.
Now we only know two places, one is Yuhuatai and the other is Xuedingshan.
He had never seen the Fourth Prince's mother, Concubine An, and didn't know what kind of woman she was, but since she was born in the Xue family, she must be no simple person.
What the hell, Fu Xiaoguan just can't understand, I'm just a nobody, why are you, a prince, staring at me!
It is certainly not easy to touch the Fourth Prince, at least he does not have the capital to do so now.
Now we can only investigate secretly. As for opportunities, they are given to those who are prepared.
Not long after, Ye Wusui from the twelfth floor came trotting in. He knelt down before Fu Xiaoguan with a plop, and said with tears and snot, "I was blind and didn't know that you were..."
Fu Xiaoguan waved his hand and frowned, "Get up, I just want to ask you one thing, where are the records about Fei An that I want?"
Ye Wusui hurriedly took out a few pages of paper from his sleeve pocket, "It's all here, it's all here, please take a look, sir."
"I told you to get up!" Fu Xiaoguan's voice became even louder, which frightened Ye Wusui so much that he stood up hurriedly and stood beside Fu Xiaoguan with his head lowered.
Fu Xiaoguan picked up the pages and began to read. "On New Year's Eve, the Nanling County Magistrate and a servant entered the Nanling Villa at dawn and left at midnight. No one visited that night."
Fu Xiaoguan looked up and asked, "Do you know what time it is today?"
"Sir, today is the sixth day of the lunar new year."
"Then why are you only showing me what happened on the 30th night now? If I hadn't asked you to come, would you not have shown it to me?"
Ye Wusui knelt down again with a thud. "No, sir, this is not important. The Nanling County Magistrate is already on good terms with Fei An and visits him every year. I thought, I thought..."
"You think you're shit!"
Fu Xiaoguan was furious. He slammed the information on the table with a loud "bang" and stood up suddenly. He gritted his teeth and wanted to kick the guy, but after thinking for a moment, he didn't kick him. He asked, "Who is the servant that the Nanling County Magistrate brought with him?"
Ye Wusui had no idea how to answer. He was extremely frightened at the moment. Thinking of Xilou's punishment, his nose and tears started to flow again.
Fu Xiaoguan suddenly helped him up and said softly, "Alright, alright, it's not a big deal. Continue to monitor Fei An. I'll also give you another task. If you do it well today, your mistake will be forgiven. If you make a mistake again... don't blame me for being ruthless."
"I will definitely do it, absolutely. Please give your instructions, sir."
Fu Xiaoguan took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, ground the ink carefully by himself, and then wrote an article in a very eloquent manner.
"Make a copy of this now."
Ye Wusui got up and took a look: Fei An, the number one sinner in the world!
Ye Wusui's heart, which had not yet calmed down, trembled violently again. What was this new master going to do?
Then he looked at the back of the page, becoming more and more frightened, and even the hand holding the paper began to tremble uncontrollably.
The text detailed the events of the second year of the Xuanli reign, when the southern border army suffered a crushing defeat and Fei An ordered his deputy, Lin Ping, to massacre 800 villagers in a village and send their heads to the capital to commend him. At the end of the text, the text was extremely pointed, stating that Fei An's wolfish ambitions would be punished by heaven, that the law was strict and that the souls of the 800 villagers would transform into evil spirits and demand his life.
This is simply a declaration of war, involving the former general of the southern border army. Although there is not a single word pointing to the Fei family, how can the Fei family be uninvolved?
If this article were to get out... Ye Wusui couldn't imagine what would happen in Shangjing, and what would happen in the court.
He thought that Fu Xiaoguan asked him to copy this thing as a token of his loyalty, but after he copied it tremblingly, he realized how naive he was.
"Very good. What I want you to do is to find a bookstore and print ten thousand copies of this article. Remember, at least ten thousand copies, and they must be printed before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Then, on the night of the Lantern Festival, send people to distribute this article. The more people there are, the better, such as Lantingji."
Fu Xiaoguan placed the copy he had written in the stove, and it turned into a wisp of smoke.
At this moment, Ye Wusui was holding the paper he had written, and he even wanted to die.
"What? Can't do it? Or are you scared?"
Fu Xiaoguan sighed. How could such a person be competent in intelligence work? He was completely useless!
"Use the most ordinary paper, find a small bookstore in a county outside the capital, give it some silver, and use your brain when distributing this article—no, if you can't do it, I'll ask someone else to do it. I feel bad seeing you like this, or I'll ask Eunuch Nian to take you away."
Fu Xiaoguan was really impatient. Who the hell was this person? He was still the owner of the twelfth floor. He had to ask Bai Yulian to arrange for some people to come over. This person had to be replaced! Otherwise, how could anything be accomplished?
"Ah, no, no, no, I can do it. I'm just... a little scared."
"Your home is in Lihua Lane. You have three wives and concubines and six children. Remember this, if anything goes wrong, I will make sure they are all killed!" Fu Xiaoguan had a sinister look on his face and did not look like a boy under seventeen at all.
"I will definitely get it done, please rest assured, sir!"
Su Su had been watching outside with a puzzled look on her face. She couldn't understand this person. Why did he act differently every moment?
Well, how should I put it? Su Su thought about it. Sometimes he looks like the second senior brother, who is naive and cute. Sometimes he looks like the fourth senior brother, who is serious but decisive. Sometimes he looks like the fifth senior brother, who smiles but hides a knife in his heart... So what is his real appearance?
Su Su was confused. She turned and walked towards Taoranting, sat on the swing, and swung. She looked at her third sister who was still embroidering and said, "He... seems to be a person wearing many masks."
After hearing this incoherent sentence, Su Rou raised her head, opened her narrow eyes and glanced at Su Su.
"But he has only one true appearance."
"Which one is that?"
Su Jue put down the book in his hand and replied: "A heart of bodhisattva, a method of diamond."
Su Su widened her eyes and thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.
Fu Xiaoguan also came out with a sunny face, without any trace of the anger he had just shown.
"Big Brother, there's something I need you to do."
"What's up?"
"I need two maps. One is the map of the Nanshan Royal Hunting Grounds, and the other is... the defense map of Shangjing City."
"I'll give it to you in three days."
"OK!"
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Eunuch Nian of the Dieyi Palace recounted the details of his meeting with Fu Xiaoguan to Concubine Shang. Concubine Shang smiled and said to Yu Wendao, "Look, he's finally taking action against Xiyu Tower, but the force is still a little weak... He's only been in charge of Xiyu Tower for a short time. Just wait and see, he'll completely transform Xiyu Tower."
"But if he does that, his identity will be exposed. Wouldn't that make it even more inconvenient for him to act in the future?"
"This is exactly what he wants. This move sends two signals. One is for the enemy, letting them know that I have his back, and making them act with a bit of fear. The second is for me, letting me know that handing Xiyu Tower over to him is the right thing to do."
Yu Wendao thought to himself, "This guy has so many little tricks up his sleeve. But if he replaces the old ones, how will Mother know what's going on in the world?"
"You're wrong again. I don't need to control the world's trends, nor do I need to control those people. I only need to control Fu Xiaoguan."
"No, mother, do you trust him so much?"
Imperial Concubine Shang hesitated to speak, as if recalling something. Then she smiled and said, "There aren't many people in this world that I trust, but Fu Xiaoguan is one of them. If you're okay, I think you could really learn from him."
Yu Wendao felt unwell.
Well, it’s hard to disobey mother’s orders. This is not the first time I’ve said this to him.
"Where has my sister been these past two days?"
"The Empress Dowager has called her. She said she has invited a troupe to rehearse A Dream of the Red Chamber. They will perform a play in the Cining Palace on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the Empress Dowager's seventieth birthday. If you'd like, you can go and see it then."
Yu Wendao pursed his lips and said, "I won't get involved in this matter. It's boring."
"But what if the Queen Mother wants to summon Fu Xiaoguan on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month?"
Yu Wendao was stunned, thinking that the Queen Mother summoned Fu Xiaoguan to make a decision about his sister's affairs.
Fu Xiaoguan is still not even close to being granted a title of nobility or becoming a prime minister. If his sister wants to marry down, the rules will have to be changed. I heard about this from my father a few days ago, but my mother means that it is better for the empress dowager to step in. If the empress dowager brings it up, Your Majesty will of course have to obey. Then if Your Majesty brings it up again, the court officials will have no excuse to refute.
The Queen Mother likes the Ninth Princess and is willing to change the rule. Could Your Majesty object?
This is filial piety. Your Majesty cannot object, and the ministers have even less reason to object. Then the matter between my sister and Fu Xiaoguan will naturally be settled.
"So, on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the Empress Dowager will invite some senior officials to celebrate her birthday. And the date she wants to see Fu Xiaoguan is set for the tenth day of the first lunar month. There are still four days left. Whether it will succeed or not depends on whether the Empress Dowager is happy on the tenth day of the first lunar month."
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