The idea that a disaster is a warning sign from heaven is usually a lie concocted by the court or the emperor to manipulate ordinary people in order to prevent unrest in the world.
Ignorant people may believe this kind of rhetoric, but for the knowledgeable people in the court, they don't believe it too much.
Nowadays, this method is actually used by aristocratic families to deal with His Majesty Li Er, so the emperor can only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, swallowing the bitter fruit himself.
In fact, everyone knows very well in their hearts that the so-called emperor is the son of heaven and can connect heaven and earth. It is just a high-sounding slogan and is pure nonsense!
Because today, His Majesty Li Er is the emperor, and he is the son of God. Tomorrow, someone else becomes the emperor, and everyone else is still the emperor...
Since there can be so many emperors, it means that the emperor is just a high-sounding reason for sitting on that supreme position.
Of course, it doesn't matter whether His Majesty Li Er is the real emperor.
There is no need to verify whether this nonsense is true or not. Is it necessary to issue an edict to ask God for forgiveness?
Everyone present only knew that this was a game between the noble family and the emperor.
It's just that neither side can say it openly, it just depends on who can pull it off!
Now Yang Fan is claiming that Cui Fanbo and others have no real evidence, saying that they deliberately let His Majesty Li Er issue the imperial edict to sin against themselves. In fact, it is just speculation.
But no matter what, Yang Fan's appearance today was really exciting.
After all, this was the first person to fly over the imperial city from the sky, so the credibility of Yang Fan's words was much higher.
If a majority of people really support Yang Fan's remarks, according to the "Datang Code", Cui Fanbo and others have really committed the crime of slander.
False accusations and slanders about others are at best an apology, which is no big deal;
But now it is false accusations and slanders against the emperor, which will cause a big fuss. It is not an exaggeration to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.
Therefore, Yang Fan's words actually have a deterrent effect.
It is simply impossible for Cui Fanbo and others to use this matter to morally kidnap His Majesty Li Er, or even to benefit their own family.
Yang Fan's intention is very obvious. If Cui Fanbo and others do not have real evidence, they will let His Majesty Li Er kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
We can't let His Majesty Li Er beat Cui Fanbo and other officials from aristocratic families like this without any pain. It will only give them a good reputation and enhance the prestige of their family.
In Yang Fan's opinion, if you want to start, you should be ruthless. Anyway, you are killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, so kill the chicken that jumps the most and is the fattest first.
Yang Fan's meaning is very clear. The Cui family is this chicken. Just treat this chicken as a meal and see if the monkey can be frightened.
If you are scared, everyone will be happy. If you can't be scared, then you have to kill them sooner or later. What difference does it make if you kill them early or later?
As the saying goes, if you continue to cut off, you will inevitably suffer chaos!
Of course, the prerequisite for all this is that Yang Fan also has evidence that Cui Fanbo and the others are lying.
Therefore, the key to their game is to see who can prove that their point of view is correct.
In fact, everyone can see that this is the reason why Yang Fan proposed the bet.
Whoever wins is right!
As a result, the gambling battle between Cui of Qinghe and Marquis Zhongyi of Yang Fan became the key.
If Cui Fanbo wins, the prestige of the Cui family in Qinghe will reach unprecedented levels, and even the emperor will no longer be able to suppress it.
If Yang Fan wins, Qinghe Cui will become the "chicken". If this "chicken" is killed, the monkeys will naturally be shocked.
If they lose, the Cui family of Qinghe will be too pitiful, because the Cui family will completely become a tragedy...
However, now Yang Fan's words directly put Cui Fanbo in a difficult situation, and there was no room for turning back.
As long as he didn't dare to accept the bet, just like Yang Fan said, everything they said was false accusation and slander.
Cui Fanbo's only way out is to accept Yang Fan's bet and win. Therefore, Cui Fanbo is no longer stable!
Even though Cui Fanbo had his legs broken by His Majesty Li Er's order just now, he still maintained his calm and relaxed character.
Now being forced to go to Liangshan by Yang Fan, Cui Fanbo was completely panicked and said angrily: "Yang Fan, how can you be so vicious? You actually want to uproot my Cui family... Humph, so what if I agree to your offer? How do you want to make a bet?"
"Could it be that if you invented a weird Kongming Lantern, it can really fly to the Heavenly Palace? I really don't believe in that evil..."
Cui Fanbo finally saw that Yang Fan was really bad!
If he didn't dare to agree to the bet, Yang Fan's advice that he had framed and slandered him would become a fact, and His Majesty Li Er would probably kill him right now.
The Qinghe Cui family was completely defeated in this contest, and Cui Fanbo will become the eternal sinner of the Qinghe Cui family!
Yang Fan, don’t you want to make a bet?
I just want to accompany you!
Yang Fan chuckled, knowing that Cui Fanbo didn't dare not agree.
Since the Cui family has always wanted to cause trouble for him, Yang Fan, let's solve it once and for all!
Let other aristocratic families stay away from you when they see you in the future, and don't dare to provoke you easily.
Yang Fan stole a glance at His Majesty Li Er and was a little moved when he saw the emperor, but more worried.
Yang Fan knew in his heart that His Majesty Li Er was afraid that if he could not win the bet, it would only encourage the family's morale and the situation would be out of control.
Yang Fan was also secretly worried that if His Majesty Li Er was too cautious, he might directly stop this bet.
My mother-in-law!
I really hope that His Majesty Li Er, who is so touted as a wise man, will not miss this opportunity.
Opportunities to take down a behemoth like the Cui family in Qinghe don't come easily!
In Yang Fan's view, although this bet is not 100% sure, at least he has an 80% winning rate.
If His Majesty Li Er did not dare to take risks, all his plans would be in vain. Fearing that His Majesty Li Er would regret it, Yang Fan quickly said: "Let me make a bet for you. The drought in the Guanzhong area has nothing to do with the grievances of students all over the world, and has nothing to do with the imperial examination." It’s even less relevant, and as for being related to His Majesty, it’s even more irrelevant, do you dare to bet?”
After hearing what Yang Fan said, Cui Fanbo was determined and asked narrowly: "Haha, just gamble, why not? I just don't know how Zhongyi Hou wants to gamble? How can we decide the outcome? Do you really want to go to heaven? Can’t I ask?”
In his opinion, although he could not provide evidence to prove whether the drought was related to the imperial examination, Yang Fan certainly could not provide evidence whether it was unrelated!
Because this kind of thing is too ethereal.
Is it true, as Yang Fan himself said, that he can really ask people to go to heaven and ask?
Just relying on that weird Kong Ming Lantern, it’s just a fantasy.
Yang Fan said with a smile: "Of course we ordinary people can't go to heaven to ask. If you say that drought is a warning from heaven, then it means that as long as rain falls from the sky to solve the drought, then your words are slander and slander. Do you agree?"
Cui Fanbo did not reply immediately. He thought about it carefully and found no trap in Yang Fan's words, so he nodded and said, "I agree."
Yang Fan said again: "Then, can I understand it this way? As long as your majesty has not issued a sinful edict, but God has rained, does that mean that the drought has nothing to do with the imperial examination?"
When His Majesty Li Er heard this, his eyes lit up and he understood Yang Fan's intention.
The invisible roommate Xuanling and others exchanged glances, and when they saw their nods, their confidence suddenly increased a lot.
This is a good plan to deal with the aristocratic family!
After listening to Yang Fan's explanation, Yu Wenhong smiled coldly. This was simply a trap.
But this Marquis is too naive. Do you really think that none of them can see it?
So he reminded Cui Fanbo: "Master Cui, be careful not to be deceived by this kid. God is good at life. This severe drought is just a warning from God to the world."
"Even if Your Majesty doesn't issue the edict of sin, God will not let the people starve to death. After a period of severe drought, there will still be rain!"
This means that no matter how severe the drought is, it cannot last forever. It will eventually rain.
As long as it rains, doesn't it mean that Yang Fan will win? This is simply a trap, a trap that Yang Fan will definitely win.
You can't say that at that time, Your Majesty can take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, saying that if there is a traitor in the court, God will send a severe drought!
Who is the traitor?
Haha, besides Cui Fanbo and the others, who else is the leader?
This Yang Fan is so hateful!
Cui Fanbo suddenly woke up with a cold sweat on his back and said displeasedly: "Marquis Zhongyi, don't you think this is too shameless?"
I secretly believed that Yang Fan was so cunning and cunning at a young age, and it was really difficult to deal with him.
If Yu Wenhong hadn't reminded him, he might have gotten into trouble by being careless.
But does Yang Fan really think that no one in his family can see this?
If he hadn't been so angry and worried, he would have been able to tell the difference easily.
However, Cui Fanbo still gratefully gestured towards Yu Wenhong...
As for His Majesty Li Er, although he knows that someone from the family may find out, Cui Fanbo may not be fooled.
Now that he was exposed on the spot, he still couldn't hide his disappointment. It seemed that Yang Fan's plan was not that high.
However, as a party involved, Yang Fan was not at all as angry as when someone exposed the plot.
I sighed slightly in my heart, thinking to myself that although people from aristocratic families are arrogant, they are not stupid.
But Yang Fan's calculations didn't stop there, so he said calmly: "Sir Yuwen really knows everything. You have said so. What else can I say? Then Cui Zhongcheng, you can decide for yourselves whether you want to make this bet or not." ?”
Cui Fanbo and Yu Wenhong murmured a few words, and then said: "Marquis Zhongyi, you proposed the bet, but you treat us like child's play. Do you really treat us like monkeys?"
"If you don't want to continue to execute the bet, you can just admit defeat and bear all the consequences."
"As for you deliberately trying to flatter us, I don't want to pursue it too much. As long as you hand over the management rights of Junyangfang to us, if not, we will have to give you an explanation."
Yang Fan was so frightened that he made his final struggle: "I want the management rights of Junyangfang, unless I die..."
Then he changed his tone and said angrily: "Huh, tell me, if we continue the bet, how can we determine the winner?"
Cui Fanbo invited a group of officials from the aristocratic families to discuss for a while, and then said: "In our opinion, if His Majesty does not issue an edict to sin against yourself, it will not rain in the short term. What do you think?"
As he said that, Cui Fanbo became a little proud.
In his opinion, the initiative now lies in the hands of their family.
I originally thought that Yang Fan would be a difficult opponent, but this guy is still too young.
With this bet, not only could they make His Majesty Li Er compromise, but they could also snatch the treasure trove of Junyangfang from the hands of the emperor and Yang Fan. It was like shooting two birds with one stone.
At this time, Yang Fan was a little angry: "Are you bullying me when I am young? Just now I said that God will definitely rain and you said that I am shameless. Now you use a specious word like 'short term'. Don't you feel that you are shameless? Just now you said Why are you talking about me?"
Hearing this, Cui Fanbo was a little embarrassed.
Indeed, what he said was similar to what Yang Fan said just now.
They just called Yang Fan shameless, but now they use the same method. Doesn't that mean they are indirectly calling themselves shameless?
Wouldn't this make His Majesty Li Er think that he obviously wanted him, the emperor, to look bad?
Cui Fanbo was sweating profusely and was a little anxious: "Marquis Zhongyi, in your opinion, how should we make the decision?"
I have no choice but to take a step back!
Yang Fan said slowly: "Let's set a time limit. Whoever rains rain from the sky within a few days will win. What do you think?"
Cui Fanbo also thought this was better and asked: "Then you said it will rain in a few days?"
Yang Fan said with certainty: "Within seven days!"
Cui Fanbo was overjoyed, thinking that Yang Fan would definitely lose.
I remembered that people in Sitianjian had said that there would be no rain in the Guanzhong area within ten months.
However, in order to prevent accidents, Cui Fanbo deliberately said with a straight face: "Seven days is too long, I think it is inappropriate!"
Yang Fan gritted his teeth: "How about I bet it will rain within three days?"
Cui Fanbo was ecstatic. Sure enough, his persistence was right. This kid is so arrogant!
But he secretly laughed at Yang Fan's stupidity.
Could he really be better than those experts from Si Tianjian and the Taishi Bureau who have been observing astronomical climate all year round?
Thinking of this, Cui Fanbo turned to His Majesty Li Er and saluted: "I wonder what your Majesty thinks?"
His Majesty Li Er was a little worried. What other means could this Yang Fan have to turn the tables?
This guy actually said it would rain in three days.
Could it be that this kid still has the ability to discern the secrets of heaven and tell when it will rain?
But His Majesty Li Er asked Li Chunfeng to calculate. This awesome Taoist priest said that it would not rain within half a month!
Seeing His Majesty Li Er's hesitation, Yang Fan quickly said: "Your Majesty, if it doesn't rain, please do whatever you want!"
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His Majesty Li Er gritted his teeth: "Okay!"
His Majesty Li Er is aware of Yang Fan's various methods. He hopes that Yang Fan can create miracles again this time.
Even if he loses in the end, it is just another compromise with the family.
But if he wins, he will break the siege of the aristocratic families. In the future, these aristocratic families will definitely restrain themselves because of this killing of chickens and monkeys.
No matter how bad things get, when the situation cannot be dealt with, the worst possible outcome is to kill him directly!
As an emperor, who are we afraid of?
Cui Fanbo nodded in agreement: "Since His Majesty has made the decision, I will agree!"
"Wait a minute!" Yang Fan interrupted displeasedly: "Is it possible that Cui Zhongcheng is deliberately cheating?"
"What do you mean?" Cui Fanbo frowned.
Yang Fan looked like he did it on purpose: "If I lose, you will have the management rights of Yangfang. If you lose, what can you give? It can't be just a word, right? You don't have such a big face!"
Cui Fanbo was a little angry. What did this kid say? Do I want to bet with you?
But he was really afraid that Yang Fan would deliberately cancel the bet for this reason, so he could only hold back his anger and asked: "I would like to hear the details. As long as they are fair to each other, I have no objection."
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Cui Zhongcheng is really grand. If I lose, I will transfer the management rights of Junyangfang to you, remove the official title from me, and promise never to enter the court."
"If you lose, I don't want any gold or silver. All you have to do is kneel down in the middle of Zhuque Street and loudly say that you deliberately wronged the emperor. Everything was deliberately framed and spread by the Cui family."
"Haha, after all, you still took advantage, but I respect the old and love the young, and I just don't like letting people suffer..."
Cui Fanbo remembered trembling all over and looking at Yang Fan angrily.
Are you still respecting the old and loving the young?
Are you still suffering from this?
What a loss, you little bitch!
Junyangfang is just a cornucopia, not a big deal;
But if I admit my mistake, I will tear off the Cui family’s face and trample it under my feet!
I, Cui Fanbo, represent the Cui family of Qinghe and am the vanguard of the aristocratic families. If I admit my mistake, all the aristocratic families will admit their mistakes!
But who can you, Yang Fan, represent?
No one can represent anyone!
Is this fair?
