Chapter 33 – White Sleeve Strike

Out of the Kyoto Road, the speed of the mission immediately became faster, all the way without the guard division generals far from the contemptuous gaze accompanied, the members of the mission, including the officials of the Supervisory Yuan appear to be a lot more relaxed.

At this time is the time of spring and March, the more north, but the more dense spring color, really some wonderful.

Along the way each road counties have local government offices to receive, know that this mission is out of Northern Qi, naturally no state officials dare to slow down, not to mention that this mission is the capital of the famous small Fan, so the officials around the reception is more extra attentive, although not dare to delay the schedule of the mission travel, but each to a place, is always a feast open, beautiful beautiful e to accompany the seat is not stop patting Fan Xian’s ass.

At this time, Fan Xian realized that his own reputation in the country of Qing is so loud, can not help but be a little fluttering, the beginning of the banquet is actually a not refused. Just go more often, but also can’t help but tired of it. And every time to repeat their own no longer make poetry oath, is really troublesome.

Wang Qinian is quite like to go, because the banquet above the songstress with light veil and dance, very entertaining, and every place, the parents will always be extravagant arrangement of the local red card girl accompaniment, night and day, a variety of tricks, and where is the capital in the yellow-faced women can be compared.

But this kind of arrangement could not attract Fan Xian, because there was a girl in the delegation who even the Emperor of Northern Qi could not forget, the most popular woman in Kyoto, Siri Li.

So gradually Fan Xian no longer easy to go to the banquet, just pick some father and some old friendship with the uncle of the local officials to catch up a few words, more often still stay in the mission station, on the one hand, close to the guard Sean, on the one hand, but also can be more in the Si Li Li’s carriage to stay for a while.

Counting on one’s fingers, it has been half a month since he left Kyoto, and during this half a month, Fan Xian has spent most of his time on Si Li Li’s carriage. Rightly so, a large group of big men, the comic relief to listen to more than also tired, where there and a beautiful woman in the car to chat a few words to refreshing?

Si Li Li carefully peeled the orange, then carefully picked off the white veins, before sending the orange flesh into Fan Xian’s lips.

Fan Xian was the biggest in the delegation, the officials of the Supervisory Yuan looked up to him, and the Tiger Guards were even more loyal, so no matter what he did, naturally no one dared to say anything.

But when Fan Xian closed his eyes and slowly chewed on the orange flesh, he somehow thought of his sister, when he was in Kyoto, Ruo Ruo also often served himself this way to eat fruits, and then naturally thought of his wife, Wan Er, who stayed at home, and opened his eyes slightly, and secretly looked at Si Li Li, who was concentrating on dealing with the oranges, through a small slit in the curtains, and a trace of something wrong surged up in his heart.

In fact, during this journey, the two of them, he and Si Li Li, did not do much. Just chatting a few words, eating some fruits, passing the boring time, even the arrangement after going to the upper capital of the Northern Qi State is rarely mentioned …… Of course, occasionally rubbing the tired body is there, occasionally holding the small hand is there, occasionally cuddling and looking at the scenery outside the window is there.

“Thinking about what?” Seeing Fan Xian dazed, Si Li Li said with a sweet smile, these days together, what she saw in front of her eyes was Fan Xian’s gentle and delicate side, she had forgotten the horrible scene of the Heavenly Prison bullying the weak girl, the girl seemed to like the feeling of sitting in this kind of carriage and chatting, and deep down in her heart, she vaguely hoped that this journey wouldn’t end.

“In thinking ah …… these recent days you have been well nourished, this body of richness gradually come back.” Fan Xian teased, “Just out of the capital when this body touched …… hands are painful.”

Si Li Li said with a slightly red face, “Then you don’t touch ah.”

Fan Xian smiled and held her hand, clutched her wrist, and wrapped her into his arms, his palm slowly caressing her body as he said softly, “You don’t like it?”

“My life is bitter, together with being bullied by you, on the courtesan boat was drugged and charmed by you, in the heavenly prison was tortured by you, now this car still can’t escape your clutches ……” Si Li Li said so, the whole but all crouched down in Fan Xian’s embrace, feeling that this young man’s embrace is really She felt that this young man’s embrace was really warm and didn’t want to leave, and felt Fan Xian’s hands moving on her buttocks through her clothes, her heartbeat slightly messed up, and her lips slightly opened, blowing a breath into Fan Xian’s ear.

Fan Xian’s ears were hot and itchy, and his palms subconsciously became a bit heavier.

Si Li Li softly called out, her charming voice like silk, softly and slightly panting in his ear and quietly said, “Take me, going to Shangjing doesn’t have a good ending anyway.”

A moment later, Fan Xian smiled and jumped off his horse, but there was a trace of strangeness in the smile on his face.

Si Li Li’s body was poisoned, chronic poison, these days of tussling Fan Xian had long since found out, it seemed to have been planted in beforehand by the Inspectorate.

This kind of poison Fan Xian had seen in the book left by Mr. Fei, but had never seen an example of it, this kind of poison would be slowly released in the woman’s body, and then transmitted to the man through intercourse. As long as the Emperor of Northern Qi had a one-time spring fling with Si Li Li, he could be infected with this toxin, while the symptoms of the attack were extremely similar to the usual philandering disease.

No wonder Chen Pingping so solemn, the original red sleeve trick is not a replica of Xi Shi into Wu, but a poisonous man program.

This kind of poison is not hopeless, but it can effectively weaken the other party’s body spirit. Imagine if the Beiqi emperor really favored Si Li Li and asked for sex night after night, I am afraid that he would soon become seriously ill, and with the current situation of the Beiqi rear party and the emperor’s party confronting each other, once the young emperor became seriously ill, I am afraid that Beiqi’s dynastic government would be plunged into a great chaos again.

Fan Xian sighed, Si Li Li knew that there was poison in her body, but thought that it was just a means for the Supervisory Court to control her, but didn’t realize that it was something that could be passed on to the men she was having sex with.

He was a little uncomfortable that Chen Pingping did not tell himself the hidden truth of this matter, if he did not feel something strange when he was making out with Si Li Li, he would definitely not have found out, of course even if he had contracted this poison, he could be cured right away, but this feeling of being kept in the dark was still not a good feeling.

“Red sleeve trick?” He laughed bitterly as he sat in his carriage, “So it’s the White Sleeve Recruitment, the Recruitment of Souls.”

He knew that compared to Chen Pingping, Fei Jie, and even Sean in the carriage behind him, his own methods were still not venomous enough, his own heart and soul were still not cold enough – Si Li Li was just a pawn, a pawn that would be discarded at any time, he just didn’t know what Chen Pingping had promised her, able to make her willingly be a blackcloth-covered Pawn.

But what really shocked Fan Xian was something else, and that was the real reason why Fan Xian and Si Li Li had been springing for more than ten days without anything really happening.

Si Li Li was still a virgin.

The mission had reached the northern border of the Qing Kingdom, and in front of it was Cangzhou, the last great city in the north of the Qing Kingdom. Looking at the silhouette of that city from afar, Fan Xian squinted his eyes slightly, realizing that the sky had become a bit duller, the north wind was strong, actually blowing the springiness away in all directions, and the sky was covered in dark clouds, it was really unpleasant weather.

After the last state troops responsible for escorting came to salute, they began to fold back, leaving only the legation’s own caravan, although the caravan was extremely long, but in the wilderness outside of Cangzhou city, it still looked a bit small and pitiful.

“How long will it take to go out from Cangzhou and then to the borderline?” Fan Xian squinted his eyes, gazing into the northern sky.

Wang Qinian replied respectfully, “This time, we’re going around the Great Lake, so it’s farther, and it will take at least another twenty days.”

Fan Xian frowned and said, “The real danger should be in these twenty days.” With a slight sideways glance at the carriage that had remained quiet, he asked, “How is Sean’s current state?”

“His Excellency has been injecting large doses of poison into him every day, so I guess he is using his strength to force the poison, so he has been very quiet, and since the other day, he has become silent and seems to be thinking about something.”

“Be careful.” Fan Xian sniffled, seeming to smell that the smell of blood in that carriage was getting heavier and heavier.

“Yes.” Wang Qinian asked for guidance, “The state army has already retreated back, the Cangzhou army is not quite at ease, and your honor is well aware of what happened last time when he escorted Siriri back to the capital.”

Fan Xian smiled and said, “Fear not, after Cangzhou, in terms of escorting instead, I am most at ease, what I am worried about is only the internal problems of the mission.”

As his words fell, a group of cavalrymen appeared far above the short hills at the edge of the wilderness, numbering around five hundred, the cavalrymen were all wearing black armor, and in the dim daylight, they were permeated with a chilly and clear killing aura.

Wang Qinian laughed, “So the black cavalry is here, then naturally I don’t have to worry about anything.”

A gust of wind blew over, blowing the gravel on the ground slowly rolling, Wang Qinian and Fan Xian were ready to get on the car and head in the direction of Cangzhou City. Fan Xian suddenly had a lurch in his body and slowly turned back to find that Si Li Li had gotten off the carriage and was standing by the side of it, looking at himself with a very perplexed gaze.

“Call out for someone to add a coat for Miss Si, it’s getting colder the further north we go, this spring is coming so damn late.” Fan Xian said seemingly calmly, but his heart trembled slightly, these days he had seldom been on Si Li Li’s carriage.

Wang Qinian gave Fan Xian a somewhat odd look and beckoned for his subordinates to do their work. There were three ambassadresses in the delegation, originally used to serve Si Lili, the future woman of the Beiqi Emperor, only that Fan Xian had been staying in Si Lili’s carriage for the past few days, so these three ambassadresses could only be dragged at the back of the delegation’s caravan. After a while, the ambassadresses came to Si Li Li’s side, added a reddish-colored cloak to her, and urged the girl to go back to the carriage to rest.

Si Li Li let them tie the cloak around herself, but did not go back to the carriage, only quietly looking at Fan Xian, as if she wanted to see something in his face.

The black cavalry in the distance, the soft women in their dark reddish-colored cloaks in the near distance, and the pale white sun hanging obliquely in the sky, it was a very beautiful, yet heartbreakingly powerless picture.