"How dare you! Fan Jian, do you know who he is?”
Qi Siyong never thought that Fan Jian would openly disregard the law and imperial power, and just like that, he wanted to punish Qin Feng without asking a single thing.
Originally, when the official went to invite Chang 'an Magistrate Fan Jian to come, he thought that Fan Jian would definitely come to him on account of his face, not to mention that Qin Feng was wronged.
"Who is it?" Fan Jian asked nonchalantly. A mere Lantian County man is nothing to me.”
It was true that the county men could be passed down, but as the lowest rank of nobility, there were quite a number of them. The Chang 'an Order was under the feet of the emperor, and it was a powerful figure. It was true that they had the capital to not take the county men seriously.
"What if he's Uncle Lan Tian?"
Uncle Lan Tian? Not to mention that Qin Feng had become an Earl at such a young age, even an older Earl could make Fan Jian wary.
Moreover, Fan Jian was in charge of Chang 'an City, so he had never heard of a man from Lantian County, let alone Uncle Lantian. Perhaps Qi Siyong had thrown this out to scare him, but why did Qi Siyong lie so much for this kid?
Looking at He Ren suspiciously, Fan Jian wanted to confirm Qin Feng's identity again.
" Sir Fan," He Ren replied," that day, Assistant Minister Sun Muyu confirmed that he was a county man.”
Qi Siyong laughed coldly and said,"Hehe, that afternoon, His Majesty conferred him the title of Uncle Lan Tian again."”
The matter of that day was originally limited to a very small circle of people. At first, Qi Siyong did not believe it, but after hearing Qin Feng's words and seeing the attitude of Minister Sun and the others, he completely believed it.
Fan Jian had been sent to investigate the drought for a few days. He was not even in the morning court, and the Emperor had not issued an edict. He did not even know the title of Lantian County Man, let alone Lantian Earl.
Fan Jian really couldn't think of what kind of peerless contribution such a young man could make to make the Emperor continuously be conferred the title of Earl. This was definitely Qi Siyong's delaying tactic.
Comparing the two, Fan Jian still chose to cling to Minister Sun's thigh. Not only for Minister Sun, but also for the aristocratic families behind him.
Fan Jian made the worst choice of his life and said,""Men, capture this person and bring him back to the prison for interrogation.”
"Da da da…"
The sound of horse hooves approached from afar. A long convoy slowly advanced along the Vermilion Bird Avenue.
The carriages from the palace had brought many things. Could they be rewards for someone?
The commoners surrounding the ice shop opened up a path for the convoy to pass.
Qin Feng recognized the person in the lead. He was the eunuch beside the Emperor. A few days ago, he had given him a waist token at the entrance of the Imperial Palace.
"Eunuch Gao."
Gao Shichang was Eunuch Gao's real name. These days, Second Emperor Li had been busy testing Qin Feng's horseshoes and salt making, causing the eunuchs to stay up all night.
For the first batch of horseshoes, Li Erming selected 20 high-quality horses, with 10 of them in a group. One of them was assembled with horseshoes, and all of them set off from Chang 'an to Luoyang and back.
In the end, not only did the ten good horses with horseshoes not have any wear and tear on their hooves, but they also returned half a day earlier than the good horses without horseshoes.
These horses were all carefully selected warhorses. Their speed was about the same, and their daily diet was the same. It was impossible for them to be half a day's journey apart. In that case, all of this was because of the horseshoes.
The Turks were powerful because their cavalry was strong enough. After several thousand of them had burned, killed, and looted, they still left, leaving the Tang cavalry in a panic.
But with these horseshoes, it was different. They could make up for the difference between the horses of the two countries. In terms of fighting strength, Li Er believed that the soldiers of the Great Tang would not lose to the Turks.
After wiping away the shame brought by the alliance at Weishui River, Li Eryi felt pretty good. Not only could he have a good sleep, but he also ate twice more than usual. Therefore, he kept praising Qin Feng.
Then, he suddenly remembered that he had been so busy these past few days that he seemed to have forgotten about the reward for Qin Feng and Uncle Lan Tian. He ordered the treasury to prepare the reward and draft an imperial edict.
After everything was ready, Li Er ordered Gao Shichang to send the reward to Qin Manor.
Gao Shichang was deep in thought when he suddenly heard someone calling him. Eh, isn't this the Lantian Earl Qin Feng? What a coincidence.
Gao Shichang stopped the convoy and walked up to Qin Feng with small steps. He said fawningly,"Uncle Lan Tian, why are you here? I brought the imperial edict here and was preparing to go to your residence.”
As a eunuch by the Emperor's side, Gao Shichang was usually arrogant and would not pay attention to ordinary officials.
Qin Feng was an exception. At such a young age, not only did he make strange things, but he also made the Emperor in a good mood and revealed a smile that he had not seen for a long time.
As eunuchs, they could only be happy when the emperor was happy.
Qin Feng replied,"Today is the opening day of the ice shop. I'm here to look after it."”
Gao Shichang slapped his head and said," Oh, look. I've been so busy with His Majesty that I forgot about this. How's the business of the ice shop today?"”
Qin Feng roughly calculated and said,"A conservative estimate would be five hundred strings.”
"Hiss!"
Gao Shichang had been in the palace for many years, so he was considered a man who had seen the world. However, he was also shocked by this figure. It was absolutely unique for a shop to earn 500 strings of money on the opening day. It was no wonder that the Emperor favored him so much.
"Then I'll congratulate Uncle Lan Tian first. Why don't we go back to the mansion to hear the title?”
Qin Feng pretended to be in a difficult position." I'm afraid that won't do. This Chang 'an Magistrate Fan Jian is preparing to handcuff me and bring me back to be tortured."”
Only then did Gao Shichang notice Chang 'an Magistrate Fan Jian beside him. He snorted and said,""Chang 'an Ling, you have great official prestige!”
The same sentence had great authority. Qi Siyong's words could only make Fan Jian a little afraid, but Gao Shichang's words were even more serious. After all, he often served Li Er. A casual bad word could ruin his career.
Fan Jian fell to his knees and begged,""Eunuch Gao, I really didn't know he was Uncle Lan Tian. This is all a misunderstanding.”
"Misunderstanding?" Qin Feng asked. Sir Fan didn't seem to have misunderstood just now. Was it a misunderstanding that he wanted to take me back without any explanation?”
"This…"
Qin Feng interrupted him." Don't do this and that. Sir Fan, quickly handcuff me and bring me back to prison for torture."”
Fan Jian's legs went weak when he heard this. At this time, he still added fuel to the fire.
Gao Shichang chose to stand on Qin Feng's side and said,"Sir Fan is truly a good father and mother to the people. When this matter is over, we must report it truthfully to the Emperor.”
Fan Jian couldn't hold on any longer. He sat on the ground and muttered,""It's over, it's all over."
Chang 'an Ling would at least be dismissed and investigated. As for these young masters who had framed him, the situation was not much better.
Qin Feng followed the convoy and returned to the Qin Residence in a grandiose manner, preparing to receive the title.
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