Chapter 254: Moving

Returning to the Privy Council Mansion, Xia Fan saw several familiar figures.

"Qianzhi, come and visit!" the little girl shouted from a distance.

The other three people were Fang Xiandao, Fang Yanni and Qian Yan.

"Why are you here today?" Xia Fan asked curiously, "It shouldn't be the date of the ice-making appointment yet?"

"Ahem... Well," Fang Xiandao showed a rare expression of embarrassment, "Master Xia's affairs bureau is probably not full yet, right?"

Lord Xia? Xia Fan raised his eyebrows. This was the first time he heard this title from the other party.

"It's not just that it's not full...there's literally a shortage of people everywhere."

"That's good. Is the same true for the arrest team?"

"Seizure team, we are not recruiting new people there for the time being."

Fang Xiandao's expression suddenly froze.

Xia Fan glanced at the other party unexpectedly, "Why are you suddenly concerned about the affairs of the Secretariat?"

"Let me speak." Qian Yan took a step forward and said, "The Fang family has sent someone over."

"Oh? Are they willing to lend out the living dead?" Xia Fan couldn't help but feel happy, "Where are the visitors? How many are there?"

"There are...more than one hundred and fifty." After Qian Yan finished speaking, he secretly looked away.

"More than a hundred - what did you say?" He froze on the spot, "More than a hundred and fifty living dead? Is the Fang family so strong?"

The living dead were all Qi sensers similar to demons. He took out hundreds of them at once, and Xia Fan even began to doubt whether he could afford the reward.

"No, it's the entire Shufa Fang family and the living dead family." Qian Yan corrected, "In addition, a month ago, the Fang family in the secular sense ceased to exist."

Xia Fan automatically skipped the content that was difficult for him to understand, "Where are these people now?"

"In a refugee camp just outside the city."

…

Xia Fan did not expect that his first meeting with the head of the Fang family would be in a refugee camp.

But when I saw each other, I found that they were indeed very similar to refugees - their clothes were as dirty as if they had been rolled in the mud, and their hair was a mess, and they had undoubtedly not been taken care of for many days. If you tell others that this is the Fang family, one of the six great families, few people will believe it.

"Hey, isn't this Chichi-chan?"

"Qianzhi, come here and let me give you a hug!"

"So you're still alive, kid."

Walking into the crowd, many living dead with yellow talismans on their heads like Qianzhi came forward and hugged Qianzhi, leaving Xia Fan dumbfounded.

"Are you quite popular..."

"Hey, Qianzhi is originally... short in appearance..." The little girl was rubbed so hard that her voice changed.

Only where Qian Yan walked, everyone would consciously step aside five steps, as if there was invisible ice surrounding her. Even though they were both living dead, they looked at her with only awe and no intimacy in their eyes.

At the end of the crowd were two elderly people. There was no doubt that they were the old man Fang Jiuzhang and the old lady Fang Yu that Fang Xiandao mentioned.

"You must be His Excellency Xia Fan, the Prime Minister of Jinxia Mansion. I have admired you for a long time." Fang Jiuzhang was the first to speak, with wrinkles piling up on his face. "You are indeed a talented young man. At such an age, you have already reached the fourth rank and occupied the first rank." The first person in the mansion, oh, it’s really——”

"Okay, don't embarrass yourself here. We are here to cooperate, not to seek refuge." Fang Yu stepped on his wife's instep and then passed him, "I have met Mr. Fu Cheng, I am from the Fang family—— No, it’s the mother of these people, this is—”

"Senior Fang Jiuzhang. Fang Xiandao has already told me." Xia Fan took the initiative to answer. After all, respecting the elderly and caring for the young is a traditional virtue. "Welcome to Jinxia City. I have already arranged for someone to be responsible for your registration. , this is a shelter for Leizhou refugees and is not suitable for you to stay.”

"Leizhou? That's not close to Shenzhou." Fang Jiuzhang said in surprise.

"Yes, there is a big problem in Leizhou, and there are quite a few refugees who have come to Jinxia." Even Xia Fan found this a bit strange. According to the news from the refugees, Leizhou is now in chaos. It is said that the Gao people have already Those who fought in Suzhou said that the Gao State was fighting other countries in Leizhou, and some said that the Qi State army was colluding with the Gao State. In short, there were various theories, and it was difficult to determine the specific situation there. .

The princess also sent letters to Xiang Yuancheng many times to inquire, but she never received a reply. The team sent to Leizhou to investigate the situation has so far only asked the refugees to bring back one piece of information, that is, the main road to Leizhou has been blocked by Gao State, and most of the refugees who can still escape to Shenzhou are from the West who have left Leizhou before. people.

It's just that this news has nothing to do with the Fang family, so he doesn't want to go into details, "But you guys...why did you get into such a mess along the way?"

Fugitives usually leave in a hurry, have little money, and are not allowed to enter the towns they pass by. They are under the pressure of survival every day and naturally have no time to care about their image. But the Fang family shouldn't be like this - as long as they spend some money on the road, staying in a hotel and eating will be no problem.

"To be honest with Mr. Xia, there is no difference between us and the refugees." Fang Yu said calmly, "The Privy Council no longer intends to delegate the power of recruiting Qi-sensitive people to others, and has launched an eradication operation against the aristocratic family. Although they are not I would attack the Qi-sensing disciples, but I’m used to being idle and don’t want to die serving the Privy Council, so I disbanded the Fang family and fled all the way to Jinxia City.”

It took a while for Xia Fan to realize what the other party was saying, "The Privy Council—plans to ban the family?"

"Yes, your reaction is faster than most people." Fang Yu nodded, "Then Mr. Fu Cheng, do you want to report this matter to the Gyeonggi Privy Council?"

"Old lady!" Fang Xiandao frowned.

"This matter will spread sooner or later. Instead of guessing later, it is better to ask clearly at the beginning." Fang Yu insisted.

"Shangyuan is Shangyuan, Jinxia is Jinxia, ​​I don't think we need to obey the command of Jingji here." Xia Fan said indifferently, "Besides... Isn't the Fang family gone? What do I have to report?"

Fang Yu also smiled, "Your Excellency is right."

"Are all of you here?"

"Five or six left. Some want to stay at home, and some want to take the exam in three years. But you can rest assured that they won't leak the news."

"Then the remaining more than one hundred people... are all Qi sensers?"

"Of course not." Fang Yu smiled, "There were only more than twenty disciples of the Fang family, and the rest were from the branch family, that is, the living dead family. Unlike the Fang family, they did not live separately. Most of them are ordinary people, and there are twenty-four living dead among them."

Xia Fan had only one thought in his mind.

That is to make a lot of money!

More than 20 zombies, if they form a cold chain, I'm afraid the entire Shenzhou can be covered!

He suddenly thought of a question, "Will these Fang family disciples and zombies be willing to work for Jinxia City? Of course, the work content here is open and transparent, and they won't take on life-threatening tasks like the alchemists in the Privy Council."

The old man suddenly came over and said, "Yes, yes! Or please give them a job!"

"Uh... really?" Xia Fan was surprised by the other party's enthusiastic attitude.

"Otherwise, who will bear everyone's expenses? We have almost eaten all the food along the way, and the money has been distributed to the disciples who left. If we don't make a living, we will starve to death." The old man complained. "I haven't had meat for many days."

Fang Xiandao couldn't help covering his eyes.

Xia Fan suddenly understood why he was hesitant before...

Maybe this outstanding disciple had foreseen this scene in the divination.

Merry Christmas to everyone^^