Chapter 20: Fan Zhongyun

For He Haolin's question, until the end, Zhao Zhi did not give a clear answer, in this regard, Li Xun felt that he had done his best, whether he could help He Haolin or not depended on his creation.

"Dog, go sit with me?"

Out of Li Yi's residence, Zhao Xun invited Li Xun to sit with him, Zhao Xun had a separate residence in the palace, and there was also a Qi palace outside the palace.

Li Xun thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I still have to visit a friend." ”

Zhao Xun nodded, and before leaving, he whispered: "Dog, you did the right thing today, and my cousin is impressed with you." ”

Li Xun smiled and walked towards the outside of the palace with Li Mancang.

"You kid is too bold today, you dare to say such things in front of the emperor."

Li Mancang complained about his son.

Li Xun smiled bitterly and said: "Old man, I'm saving people, is it still wrong?" ”

Li Mancang scolded: "You are a common man, whether He Haolin is dead or alive, you don't care about your!" ”

Li Xun shook his head, silent, he didn't want to argue with his father, his father was rich and peaceful, this is his character, and it was also created by the bad circumstances in which he once lived, there is nothing wrong with this, but just after listening to Li Yi's words, Li Xun suddenly had some realization, his current rich and stable life is all obtained by Li Yi, if Zhao Xun fails in the competition for the crown prince, the new emperor will ascend the throne in the future, what kind of fate will Li Yi and Zhao Xun have?

Li Xun couldn't help but think of the court dramas he had seen on TV, the first thing any new emperor did when he ascended the throne was to eliminate dissidents and stabilize the throne, the first thing to bear the brunt of was his brother, the bloody and tragic ones, how cruel and ruthless, if Li Yi and Zhao Xun failed, this kind of rich and stable life, can they still live?

Out of the imperial city, Li Xun said to Li Mancang: "Father, you go back first, I'll go to Fan Zhongyun's house to see, he hasn't been to our house for a long time, something should have happened." ”

Li Mancang nodded: "Fan Zhongyun has been working in our family for four years, although he is a little lazy, but he is a good person, you can go and take a look, if he has any difficulties, it is okay to give some money." ”

"Father, don't worry, I have my own decision."

Li Xun answered and left with Da Hei and Er Hei.

Fan Zhongyun, the left general history of the East Palace, from the seven-rank official position, now the position of the prince is vacant, and all the officials in the East Palace are idle.

Five years ago, after recognizing Li Yi, Li Yi gave Li Mancang a mansion and a large amount of land, and selected ten officials from the East Palace who were of excellent quality and came from a poor family to associate with Li Mancang and supervise and teach him.

It's a pity that in less than a month, although these people were from poor families, they felt that being with a character like Li Mancang was insulting their reputation, so they found excuses to leave one after another, only Fan Zhongyun stayed, and the relationship with Li Xun was very good.

Fan Zhongyun knew that Li Xun didn't like to read, but he loved to read history very much, so he often explained ancient and modern history to Li Xun, and deeply analyzed the famous events that happened in the past dynasties, and he also saw the situation in the world very thoroughly, often before others, in one sentence, so Li Xun admired him very much, and felt that although this person was a small official and had no power and a bad reputation, he was a real talent.

Fan Zhongyun's home is even worse than He Haolin's, but there is a fairly small yard, some vegetables are planted in the yard, more than a dozen chickens, ducks and poultry are raised, two dilapidated houses, a study, a living bedroom, and a simple small house is built next to it, which is a place for cooking on the fire, even if it is such a dilapidated place, it does not belong to Fan Zhongyun, but to rent someone else.

Although Fan Zhongyun's official character is not high, and he has no real power in his idle position, he also has five taels of silver per month, so he will not live so unbearable, the reason why this is the case is because his wife Niu's is seriously ill and has been bedridden for many years, and the monthly cost of decoction and medicine is as high as ten taels of silver, Fan Zhongyun is simply unable to make ends meet, overwhelmed, but he has not given up the treatment of his wife, and he has persevered, and Li Xun is extremely admired by this affection alone.

Li Xun glanced at the messy yard, pushed open the kitchen, looked at the rice jar that had bottomed out, couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, took out twenty taels of silver, and asked Da Hei to go to the street to buy supplements and daily food, and let Er Hei clean and take care of the yard.

Li Xun walked towards the living bedroom, the door was not closed, there was a coughing sound from inside, and before he entered the house, Li Xun had already smelled a strong smell of medicine.

A thin man dressed in white was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a bowl in his hand, the bowl was black and mushy, and the smell of medicine wafted out from it, and a woman of about thirty years old was lying on the bed, with a sallow face, a thin and dry body, and a sickly face, but the facial features were standard and fine, and she had a good appearance.

"Li Gongzi, you're here."

The man in white was Fan Zhongyun, and the woman lying on the bed with a sickly face was Fan Zhongyun's wife Niu, Niu saw Li Xun who walked into the house, with a smile on his face and a low voice.

Fan Zhongyun glanced back at Li Xun and said, "You find a place to sit by yourself, I will feed the medicine and come to greet you again." ”

Niu said in a low voice: "Husband, don't be rude to others, you put the bowl on the bed, I can do it myself." ”

Li Xun hurriedly walked over and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, it's not the first time I've come to you, why be so polite, if you don't let Brother Fan feed him, then I'll do it for you." ”

Niu smiled bitterly, Fan Zhongyun fed the soup spoon to his wife's mouth, and said in a low voice: "Li Xun won't care about these small sections, hurry up and take medicine." ”

Niu finished taking the medicine, soon fell asleep, Niu's disease, it is actually very simple, that is, he can't eat, so that his body is getting weaker and weaker, if he is forced to eat, the stomach pain is unbearable, so that he vomits blood, Fan Zhongyun has found all the famous doctors in Fengjing, all of them are helpless, even if they are those skilled imperial doctors in the palace, there are so many who were invited by Fan Zhongyun to be treated, but the final result is still no medicine to treat, and he can live one day at a time, but Fan Zhongyun has not given up, so it has been ten years.

Fan Zhongyun invited Li Xun to sit down in the study, and after looking for a long time, he didn't find tea, so he could only pour a glass of boiled water for Li Xun, and said with a wry smile: "The money in the family has been used to buy medicine, and this tea can only wait until the next dynasty to come out of the palace." ”

Li Xun sighed, he knew something about Fan Zhongyun's past, this person was the champion of Guangyuan for three years, he used to be high-spirited and promising, but now he is down to the point where he is now, which is really not very emotional.

Without saying anything, Li Xun took out five silver tickets from his arms, each with a denomination of one hundred taels, and put them on the table.

Fan Zhongyun glanced at the silver ticket and shook his head: "I already owe you too much, I can't ask for this money." ”

Li Xun smiled: "How much money do you owe me?" ”

Fan Zhongyun said silently: "One thousand and twenty-five taels and three hundred and eighty-seven words." ”

Li Xun was stunned: "You remember it better than me, I have long forgotten the fraction behind it." ”

Fan Zhongyun said softly: "If it weren't for the clumsiness, I, Fan Zhongyun, would never owe anyone a favor." ”

Li Xun smiled: "When you pay off the money you owe me, you are talking such a big thing, you can accept this money quickly." ”

Fan Zhongyun smiled bitterly: "You gave it to me, and I can't afford to pay it back, so why bother!" ”

Li Xun shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Anyway, you can't afford to pay it back, lend you more, it doesn't matter to me anymore, it's just a number." ”

Fan Zhongyun still shook his head.

Li Xun frowned, and said in a cold voice: "Fan Zhongyun, don't let me look down on you, can face save your wife?" Why didn't anyone come to you to collect the hundreds of taels of silver you owe outside? That's because I've already helped you pay it off, I, Li Xun, are your friends, so treat it wholeheartedly, if you don't want this money, you don't recognize me Li Xun as a friend, from now on, you and I will never get along. ”

Fan Zhongyun was extremely moved in his heart, silently put away the silver ticket, looked at Li Xun, and asked, "You came to me today, what's the matter?" ”

Li Xun said: "You said that you can't come to my house for three or five days, but this trip is more than half a month, and there is no news at all, I am afraid that something will happen to your family, so I came to visit." ”