Chapter 1253

From the Emperor's passing, the new Emperor succeeding to the throne before the spirit tablet, to the Empress secretly harboring a ghost fetus, and Yuan Shu coming to pursue the Empress, he told it all to Wei Xun.

"Ah?"

Wei Xun, who heard the whole story, was also extremely surprised.

The Emperor's passing was nothing.

Because since the beginning of the year, the Emperor had been seriously ill, and there had already been signs of his passing.

What shocked Wei Xun was that the Empress had actually had an affair with someone and secretly conceived a ghost fetus.

This...

This kind of thing could not be more shocking.

"So Yuan Shu came to pursue the Empress..." Wei Xun repeated.

Fan Xian nodded with a chuckle and said, "She can no longer be called Empress now; the He family is finished, and the Empress Dowager personally issued an edict to execute the entire He family."

"Dong Hou succeeded to the throne before the spirit tablet, the Empress Dowager is listening to politics from behind the curtain, and the Grand Tutor and the Three Excellencies are assisting in the government."

"The world hereafter... tsk tsk." Fan Xian shook his head while speaking.

"Is this why Brother Fan asked me to come?" Wei Xun looked at Fan Xian.

Fan Xian shook his head and said, "Of course not!"

At this point, Fan Xian lowered his voice and said, "Does Brother Zhongdao still remember the two brutes you and I saw on the second floor yesterday morning?"

Wei Xun nodded slightly: "I remember."

"Guess what," Fan Xian said mysteriously. "Didn't you and I see them looking hurried yesterday?"

"Didn't I send someone to follow those two at that time?"

"After those two left the city, they headed south all the way and went to the Caoyang Pavilion area, and the people I sent followed them secretly."

"And when I sent someone to inquire yesterday, the Tiger Bravery Army soldiers brought by Yuan Shu said that they intercepted the He family's accomplices at Caoyang Pavilion and intercepted a woman there, but unfortunately, that woman jumped into the river in the end."

"This... what does this have to do with those two subordinates of Duan Yu?" Wei Xun asked.

"Hey!" Fan Xian shook his head repeatedly and said, "Brother Zhongdao, you can't say that; how can it not be related?"

"Brother Zhongdao, think about it, why did those two subordinates of Duan Yu rush to take troops to Caoyang Pavilion?"

"But after arriving at Caoyang Pavilion, they returned without doing anything?"

After Fan Xian finished speaking, he let Wei Xun imagine it himself.

Wei Xun frowned slightly and thought for a moment, then said, "Brother Fan, do you mean that those two subordinates of Duan Yu were likely going to help the He family's accomplices?"

Slap!

Fan Xian clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Right! Of course, it's not Duan Yu's two subordinates, but Duan Yu!"

"It is that Duan Yu already had contact with the He family."

"Brother Wei also knows that a large part of the snow salt produced by that salt pond went into He Jin's pocket."

"Duan Yu's relationship with the He family was originally very good, so Duan Yu naturally had a reason to help the He family."

Wei Xun nodded first, but immediately shook his head and said, "Even if so, there is no way to prove it, and they didn't do anything; we are just suspicious, there is no evidence."

"Hehe!"

Fan Xian smiled and said, "Brother Zhongdao, you are confused; do we need evidence?"

Fan Xian shook his head while smiling: "This doesn't need us to prove anything; naturally, someone will go find the evidence. We just need to tell that person what we know."

"Yuan Shu?"

Wei Xun reacted immediately.

"Exactly," Fan Xian said with a smile. "There has always been conflict and struggle between the Yuan family and Duan Yu, and Yuan Shu has a grudge against Duan Yu."

"As long as we tell Yuan Shu about this, Yuan Shu will naturally go and find trouble for those two subordinates of Duan Yu, and then..."

A look of hesitation immediately appeared on Wei Xun's face.

Instinctively, Wei Xun did not want to participate in this matter.

But just as Wei Xun was hesitating, Fan Xian seemed to see Wei Xun's hesitation.

"Brother Zhongdao, you wouldn't be... afraid, would you?"

Fan Xian looked at Wei Xun and said, "Have you forgotten who killed your uncle, Wei Ban?"

"I am doing this, and a large part of the reason is that I want to vent your anger."

Hearing Fan Xian's words, Wei Xun could only nod.

Subsequently, the carriage they were riding in headed all the way toward the County Government where Yuan Shu was.

In front of the County Government.

Ji Ling, who had been punished, stood guard in front of the two huge vermilion gates of the County Government.

Anyone could see the expression on his face; Ji Ling was very angry right now.

The soldiers standing on both sides of the County Government gate all kept their heads down, not daring to look at Ji Ling, who was sulking.

The carriage carrying Fan Xian and Wei Xun soon arrived in front of the County Government.

The two got off the carriage one after the other.

Ji Ling frowned as he looked at the two.

Just from their clothing, one could see their wealthy family background.

"This General, I am Fan Xian of the Anyi Fan family, and this is Wei Xun of the Anyi Wei family; we two have come to visit the Middle-General."

"Please trouble this General to pass the word," Fan Xian said politely to Ji Ling.

Ji Ling pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist with one hand and scanned Fan Xian and Wei Xun up and down.

Then he frowned and said, "I have received the name card; you go back and wait. When the General says he will see you, naturally someone will pass the word."

After Ji Ling took the name card from Fan Xian's hand, he waved his hand to drive them away.

However, Fan Xian's footsteps did not move.

Instead, he continued to bow and said, "General, we have come here because we have important matters to report to the Middle-General."

Fan Xian lowered his voice and said, "It is about the He family."

Hmm?

Hearing the two words "He family."

Ji Ling frowned instinctively.

If it weren't for this matter, he wouldn't have ended up in this place.

"General, we really have extremely important intelligence," Fan Xian added.

Ji Ling looked Fan Xian up and down again and then said, "You had better be telling the truth, otherwise I will throw you out personally later."

With that, Ji Ling turned around, looked at Fan Xian and Wei Xun, and said, "Follow me in."

Fan Xian smiled, then beckoned to Wei Xun, and the two followed Ji Ling's footsteps into the County Government.

Fan Xian and Wei Xun were extremely familiar with the layout of the County Government.

Even without following Ji Ling, they could find where everything was.

Soon, the two followed Ji Ling all the way to the back residence of the County Government.

At this time, in the main hall of the back residence of the County Government, Yuan Shu, wearing a white bathrobe and stepping on a pair of white felt socks, was sitting in the hall eating breakfast.

Rich dishes, wine, and meat were spread all over the table in front of him.

Hearing the sound of footsteps coming from outside the hall, Yuan Shu finally raised his head.

"General, these two want to see you, saying they have intelligence about the He family to tell you."

After arriving outside the hall, Ji Ling bowed and saluted Yuan Shu.

When he heard the two words "He family," Yuan Shu's eyebrows twitched.

Fan Xian had already stepped out from behind Ji Ling and introduced himself: "Fan Xian of the Anyi Fan family, I have met the Middle-General."

"This is Wei Xun of the Anyi Wei family."

Fan Xian.

Wei Xun.

"Wei Xun? Wei Zhongdao?" Yuan Shu looked at Wei Xun first and asked, "Are you the Wei Xun, Wei Zhongdao, who is engaged to Cai Yong's daughter?"

Wei Xun nodded, bowed, and saluted: "Returning to the Middle-General, yes."

"Heh." Yuan Shu chuckled, looked at Wei Xun carefully up and down, and said with a smile, "You have good fortune."

"Speak, what intelligence do you have about the He family? Tell me carefully one by one. If this is true, when it comes time to ask for credit in the future, I naturally won't forget your contributions."

After Fan Xian said a word of thanks, he told Yuan Shu the cause and effect of what happened yesterday. ===== CHAPTER 1255 =====