With the cold wind biting his bones, Liu Xingyuan stood under the eaves and watched Master Lu Zuo and his apprentice disappear into the night. He had not left for a long time. His mind was filled with thoughts. Can he really help his father win the throne? Will he be a capable minister who can help the world? Will he be someone who works hard to govern like Brother Cui? Will he even be his second brother's right-hand man in the future?
After Fan Enyu came to Beijing to express his gratitude to the emperor, it was already the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the coldest season. He originally planned to take advantage of this season to go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year. However, because of the few acres of land he bought in the southern suburbs, Yuan Li sent someone to say that it could be transferred. It happened to be Settle the matter before the year ends. When Fan Enyu learned about it, he was secretly happy. He didn't expect that things would happen faster than expected. He originally thought that the matter would be postponed to the end of the year. Since he has come to the door now, why not just get things done before the year? . So he went to Yuan Li's farm in person to hand over the money and exchange for the land deed. Immediately afterwards, Fan Enyu went to the Lu Mansion to ask for a meeting with Lu Zuo.
Nuange Inland Assistant had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Fan Enyu knocking on the door and coming in, he bowed to him and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Fan! Please feel free to come to my place!" He pointed to the opposite seat and said, "Sit down! "
Fan Enyu nodded, then sat down on the side, and said happily: "Brother Lu, the things you entrusted to me are almost done. I have also obtained the land deed from Yuan Li's side. What should I do next?"
"Oh? That's quite fast!" Lu Zuo laughed, "Have you brought the land deed?"
Fan Enyu took out the land deed from his pocket and placed it on the table, "This is the land deed!"
Lu Zuo took the land deed and looked at it carefully. After reading it, he put it on the table and said with a smile: "The land deed... is fake!"
"Fake?" Fan Enyu's eyes widened, he stood up and asked in surprise, "How could it be fake?"
Lu Zuo signaled Fan Enyu not to be angry, "Sit down and talk!" Then he pointed at the deed and said, "Look at the seal at the end of this deed. It was supposed to be half stamped with the other deed. It's a good thing for you, it's all stamped." .”
"How dare they be so bold as to forge land deeds!" Fan Enyu slammed the table and said angrily, "It's truly abominable."
"Originally, I thought you would show off to them again, but now it's okay, they came to the door on their own initiative."
Fan Enyu gave Lu Zuo a thumbs up and said: "Brother Lu, you are amazing. You originally gave me two ways to show off to them, but I didn't expect them to jump in now. What should I do next?" How to do it?"
Lu Zuo smiled and said, "Tomorrow you can go to the southern suburbs to see the land. It will be lively soon."
The next day, it was indeed a rare good weather. The sky was blue and the sun was high in the sky. There was no feeling of winter at all. Fan Enyu got up from the inn early and led seven or eight of his men on horseback to the southern suburbs of Kyoto. Although it is already a severe winter, the scenery along the way to the southern suburbs is beautiful. The official roads are vast and the weeping willows on both sides of the river bank are withered and skinny, but they are very charming. Look at the villages along the way, with smoke curling from cooking and wine shops with flags waving. Fan Enyu knew the purpose of his trip, but he still did not forget to appreciate the surroundings. From time to time he raised his riding whip and pointed at various places and praised: "This Kyoto really has beautiful mountains and rivers! Even the suburbs are ten times more beautiful than our Lanzhou." times."
After a while, the group of people arrived at the piece of land they had just bought in the southern suburbs, but saw a group of people shouting loudly around a place just a stone's throw away. Fan Enyu and his men reined in their horses, put up a pergola and looked around, when they suddenly heard the loud sound of firecrackers in that area.
A clever subordinate reported to Fan Enyu: "Master, that piece of land seems to be the piece of land you just bought from Mr. Li's family!"
"Oh?" Fan Enyu smiled confidently, "There seems to be some happy event, let's go! Let's go and take a look."
There was a sound of shouting, and the people gathered out of the way. Fan Enyu walked towards the crowd with his head held high. Standing in the middle of the crowd was Xia Tong, the son of Xia Jingying, and standing on the left and right was Mr. Li. Mr. Wu and Mr. Wu already knew in their hearts that these three people were clearly waiting for them here, and they even called so many people. It seemed that they wanted everyone to see their jokes.
Xia Tong met Fan Enyu from a distance, smiled proudly at him, and cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Fan, we meet again! Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!" After saying that, Li laughed out loud. Young Master and Young Master Wu also smiled and bowed their hands.
Fan Enyu came forward and returned the greeting: "Mr. Xia, it's a pleasure to meet you! What kind of wind brought you here this early in the morning?"
"Haha..." Xia Tong stopped laughing and said pointedly, "I should be the one asking you this! I really don't know if we are by chance? Or...we are enemies on the same road?"
"Young Master Xia is joking!" Fan Enyu sneered, then pointed at his feet and said: "Young Master Xia, you may not know something, but the land under your feet... haha... now belongs to my family!"
"Oh?" Xia Tong pretended to be surprised, "What a coincidence! I just found out that this land belongs to our family!"
"It seems like a coincidence. I transferred this piece of land from Mr. Li's wife's house a few days ago. I wonder if Mr. Xia is talking about the piece of land under your feet?"
"Really? Not only am I standing on my family's newly purchased land..." Xia Tong said, he also pointed at the feet of Fan Enyu and the others, "Even the place where you and your subordinates are standing is my family's territory." Son! Haha..."
"I think Mr. Xia, you may have remembered it wrong!" Fan Enyu said and winked at his men, "Take out our land deed and let Mr. Xia take a look!"
Fan Enyu's men respectfully took out the land deed and handed it into Xia Tong's hands. The people watching the excitement looked at Monk Zhang Er and was confused.
Xia Tong took the land deed and looked at it for a long time, then smiled and said, "Master Fan, where did you get this land deed?"
"Of course I bought it from Yuan Li."
"In my opinion..." Xia Tong suddenly said sternly, "This is obviously a forgery! Fan Enyu, you are so brave. You dare to forge the official seal and seize other people's land. Based on your two charges, I am now You can let my father put you in jail."
Fan Enyu remained calm-faced, "This was signed and pledged on the spot by Yuan Wai and I yesterday. Since you say that my land deed is fake, do you have any evidence?"
Xia Tong said solemnly: "First of all, the seals on your end deed were stamped in the wrong place. Originally, they should have been stamped half and half, but on yours, it was the opposite." He threw it to Fan Enyu's men, then took out a deed from his sleeve and showed it, "Look, this is the real deed!"
Fan Enyu's face turned pale in an instant, and the people watching gathered in front of Xia Tong, staring at the deed and pointing, "That's right! This one from Mr. Xia is the real one! This one is the real one." .”
"Whether it is true or not, it doesn't matter what you and I say now." Fan Enyu was so anxious that he was blushing when the people pointed at him, "We will call Yuan Wai Li to confront him on the spot to see whose deed is the real one! "
