Chapter 287 Fan Jian and the Secret Letter
"You are now a unique high-ranking official. With Yun Chen's ability, it is only a matter of time before you achieve military exploits that will go down in history. You are very close to her now. The only thing left is the last step, which is also the most difficult one."
"What?"
"Huo Gannian."
"He's done me a favor. If he hadn't used his connections and money to help smooth things over and shoulder the responsibility for the 5,000 casualties in Guying City, I'm afraid I wouldn't have survived."
"Oh, but your eyes are full of hatred for him. Because of Yun Chen, you have long hated Huo Gannian, right? He is the biggest obstacle between you and Yun Chen. Defeat him, and Yun Chen will be yours."
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Fan Jian was a man in his thirties, with a small head and a gloomy face. He had no relatives or friends, and no possessions. He had only two hobbies:
One was good at dealing with animals and could speak animal language, so he entered the palace to become an animal trainer;
Secondly, he likes to drink. He can't drink much, but he likes to have a few sips with every meal, and after drinking, he always makes mistakes in his work.
Fortunately, he works as an animal trainer, dealing with animals all day long, so even if something goes wrong——
For example, bird food was mistakenly added to the golden monkey, the miniature puppy was mistakenly locked up in the lion cat's den, and the black ferret was accidentally thrown into the leopard house, and no one who could speak human language went to report him.
Fan Jian lived like this until the pure black ferret screamed and yelled at him. Just as he was about to slap the ferret, he saw a beautiful woman like an angel coming over.
When the black ferret saw the person coming, it immediately ran over and climbed up the expensive and gorgeous official robes.
Zhiluo hugged Momo intimately for a while, and then said to Fan Jian:
"Thank you very much. I raised Momo since he was a child. Now that he's in the palace, it's inconvenient for me to always bring him with me, so I can only entrust him to the Beast Garden. Thank you, Manager Fan, for your concern."
Fan Jian almost drooled when he saw Zhi Luo's beautiful face.
He took a step forward, touched Mo Mo's head as if he was familiar with her, and said with a flattering smile:
"You are too kind, my lady. This animal is very easy to take care of. It's not a big deal!"
Mo Mo bared his teeth and whimpered twice, then turned around and bit Fan Jian hard.
Fortunately, Fan Jian dodged quickly. He withdrew his hand awkwardly and said:
"I don't care about animals, they don't know what's good for them and they don't know how to be grateful."
Fan Jian was standing very close to Zhi Luo, and she could clearly smell the garlic odor in Fan Jian's mouth.
Although his stomach was nauseous, Zhi Luo showed no displeasure on his face. He just thanked Fan Jian again.
In this way, because of Mo Mo, Zhiluo gradually became familiar with Fan Jian.
Fan Jian also began to dream of winning the beauty, and at night he had to gasp and repeat Zhiluo's name before he could fall asleep.
It’s not that he had never met a woman before. He often went to the alley where the smell of cosmetics was pungent. But he had never met a woman as pure and white as Zhiluo.
Once, when Momo jumped into Zhiluo's arms, Fan Jian "accidentally" touched Zhiluo's finger while stroking Momo.
He looked at Zhi Luo's expression a little nervously, but didn't see any unhappiness.
He couldn't help but feel ecstatic.
Zhiluo caressed Momo with a gentle expression, and his tone remained soft:
"Manager Fan, I have a job for you. If you do well, I'll transfer you to the Shangyi Bureau. What do you think?"
Fan Jian's eyes lit up. The Shangyi Bureau? That's where all the female officials lived and worked! They were all top-notch beauties! What a lucky job!
He smiled happily and said, "Sir, please give me your orders. I will do my best to obey you even if it means death!"
The words "I will not refuse even if I die" seemed to hit Zhiluo's funny spot. She covered her mouth and laughed for a while, then handed the two scrolls of secret letters and a token to Fan Jian, saying:
"After the city is under martial law tomorrow, you can walk the streets with the official's token. Wait outside the Huo Mansion. After the three officials have gone there, change into the official's clothes and go back. Just say that the princess sent you to report from Mount Li. Don't say anything else."
Fan Jian took it to heart and nodded repeatedly in agreement.
Zhiluo took off a jasmine flower jade hairpin from her head and placed it in Fan Ji'an's hand, saying:
"Remember, if it is General Huo who receives you, you will give him the secret letter sealed with black lacquer; if it is General Yun who receives you, you will give him the secret letter sealed with white lacquer."
Fan Jian took the two bamboo rolls of secret letters and took a closer look. They were indeed sealed with one black and one white.
He repeated Zhiluo's words in his mind seven or eight times, and then, with the secret letter in his pocket, he arrived outside the Huo Mansion at the agreed time.
As Zhiluo had said, at nightfall the entire city was suddenly placed under martial law in a panic.
Fan Jian was able to move freely with Zhiluo's token, and he watched with his own eyes as three messengers knocked on the door of the Huo Mansion one after another.
After the three messengers left, Fan Jian took a big sip from the small wine flask he carried with him and felt much braver.
He went forward and knocked on the door, and ran into Yun Chen, who was hurriedly riding a horse and was about to rush to Mount Li Road with a large group of Huo Gang guards.
In the light of the torch, Fan Jian was stunned by the young general in front of him. He was tall, had an extraordinary temperament, a feminine and handsome face, and was dressed in armor and looked heroic. He was suppressed by Yun Chen's murderous aura of preparation for war and dared not look directly at him. He completely forgot everything Zhi Luo had told him about black and white.
Fan Jian only felt that in an instant, he had been carefully examined by a pair of straightforward but sharp eyes, which made him feel a little guilty and weak in the knees.
Yun Chen asked him:
"Are you from the palace? Are you here to report the news? What's your name?"
Fan Jian quickly saluted and replied respectfully, "I am Fan Qin, coming from Mount Li. Her Royal Highness the Princess has a secret letter for the General."
Yun Chen was alert, "Do you have an identity token?"
Fan Jian took out the token Zhiluo had given him, and handed the jasmine flower hairpin to Yun Chen.
Yun Chen took the hairpin and looked carefully at the workmanship and style. It was indeed the hairpin that Nan Lijun wore most often. There was a tiny word "Li" engraved on the tip of the hairpin, which was an exquisite mark that could only be made in the palace.
Nan Lijun is now trapped on Mount Li Road. It is impossible for him to have the East Palace Order and seal at hand, so he can only use personal belongings as evidence.
Yun Chen accepted the hairpin and asked, "Which general is the letter for?"
Fan Jian was stunned. He couldn't be so audacious as to ask, "Which general are you?" He could only say, "It's for General Huo."
After a brief thought, Yun Chen felt that the situation was complicated and treacherous, and he couldn't let others know that Huo Gannian was unconscious, so he said:
"I am General Huo, give it to me."
Seeing the large group of guards around him, none of them looked surprised. Fan Jian was certain that the general in front of him was not lying, so he quickly presented the bamboo tube with the secret letter sealed with black lacquer.
Yun Chen took the letter, quickly opened it and looked at it. His expression suddenly changed drastically, and then he said to the Huo Gang guards:
"Brother Ye, all of you stay here and wait! I need to go to the palace!"
Then she jumped onto the water dragon and rushed towards the palace at lightning speed.
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