chapter 34- learning from shaun

Out of Cangzhou, the legation moved slowly but surely toward the north under the distant escort of the Black Riders. The Northern Qi Kingdom was not actually directly north of the Qing Kingdom, but rather northeast, with a large number of autonomous and powerless vassal states on the border between the two countries, and on the easternmost seashore there was also this world’s largest city and most prosperous seaport, Dongyi City.

The route chosen by this mission did not pass through the vassal states, because the more cities and towns one passes through, the harder it is to guard against them. Of course, the implementation of the secret agreement between the two countries is even more unlikely to pass through Dongyi City, in case the once demented Four Gu Swords suddenly starts to go crazy, causing the three countries to have a messy war, who can bear the consequences.

So the mission is along the wilderness north, and then in the Great Lake at the detour to the east, although the road a little farther, but better in the quiet, in addition to some horse thieves, there should not be any unsuspecting powerful forces.

Silence all the way, Sean was silent, Si Li Li was silent, even the most important person in the mission – Fan Xian also began to be silent. Everyone’s silence had their own reasons for being silent.

Fan Xian pulled the fine needle out of Sean’s hand and scrutinized the old man’s face, which was becoming more and more dejected with each passing day. Sean suddenly opened his eyes, and the two cold lights in his eyes hit Fan Xian’s face like substance. He said with a slight smile, “The late generation has thick skin and is not afraid of being looked at.”

“I have a question.” Sean slowly closed his eyes, “Why did you tie my arm with that cloth band, I can guess that this method makes my veins stand out more, it’s just that you worked so hard to inject the venom into my veins, is that necessary?”

“There is.” Fan Xian smiled, intravenous injection is certainly faster and more violent than food poisoning, no one in this world knows the means of intravenous injection, but it doesn’t mean that Fan Xian won’t, this terrifying Sean in front of him, ordinary poisons can’t work at all, and the true qi is too amazing. The only way to achieve an effect was to use an intravenous injection.

Sean frowned, and after a long time suddenly said, “This technique looks somewhat familiar to me, and I admit, it does work …… Unfortunately, it’s probably really old, and I actually forgot who it was.”

Fan Xian was shocked in his heart, but his face didn’t have a single reaction as he smiled and said, “Mr. Xiao take your time to think about it.”

“Those cavalrymen in the distance, should they be those black little children under Chen Pingping?” Sean suddenly spoke very normally.

Fan Xian was slightly stunned, thinking about the fact that this carriage of his had no windows on either side and was spaced out with iron plate sandwiches, and the other party was able to know the condition of the black cavalry ringing in the distance, it was really a bit of a miracle, and then he responded mildly, “It is precisely the black cavalry, and back then when there was a thousand-mile raid, it was the forefathers of the current group of cavalrymen.” This is talking about many years ago, Chen Pingping led the black cavalry to return home from the wedding captive Sean alive.

That incident was Sean’s greatest humiliation in his life and brought him indelible trauma.

“When are you going to make a move to kill me?” Sean again said a very unusual sentence, without a single fluctuation in his tone.

This series of several jumping questions implied some kind of psychological hypnosis, and if it was an ordinary person, he might subconsciously fall into the trap – but Fan Xian was not an ordinary person, and he was slightly surprised and said, “What?”

Sean smiled faintly, a faint red color radiating from his narrowed eyes, “I think Chen Pingping would not want me to return to the north.”

Fan Xian shook his head, “I’ve always been too lazy to think about what the older generation thinks, as long as I do my duty well.”

“You are a very good young man.” Shawn looked at him quietly and slowly moved his wrist, resting the heavy chain on the table.

“Why does Mr. Shaw say that?”

“Having traveled together for many days along the way, Lord Fan did not forget his duties because of his lust for springtime, even though he lingered in that little girl’s car from time to time.” Sean said lightly, “The key is that you never stopped practicing twice a day, in the morning and late at night, this kind of perseverance, even back in my day, was far inferior to yours.”

Fan Xian smiled and responded, “The stupid bird flies first, I know I’m not strong enough, I don’t have enough talent, so naturally I need to practice more.”

Sean shook his head, “Your talent is very good, your strength is already very strong, it’s just that you’ve never challenged a truly strong person on your own, so you’re unable to stimulate the true strength within your body.”

Fan Xian quietly looked at the old man’s pale face, those eyes that were as deep as an ancient well, and couldn’t help but think in his heart, “Could it be that you are the first truly strong person I will have to face independently?

After leaving Cangzhou City, the delegation entered the jurisdiction of the Dingbei Army. This place was a grassland, and the military camp was a hundred miles away. Fan Xian didn’t want to meet with Yan Xiaoyi, the strongest person on the ninth rank, so the delegation naturally took a detour, and anyway, with the black riders protecting them along the way, he thought that no one in the world would dare to come and do anything about it. Some days ago, there had been a few sets of mountain bandits sent scouts to spy, but far from seeing the delegation and the black riders of the sound of the side, has long been scared to return to the mountains, months do not dare to go out lightly.

Sean still silent, Si Li Li also still silent, and gradually show haggard to.

Fan Xian indifferently looked at the two people he was escorting, but in his heart, he didn’t know what he was thinking. These days together, for some reason, for Si Li Li was born a trace of pity, one is pity for her life, two is pity for her future encounter, but Fan Xian is confident that his mind is clear, will not make a small loss of initiative, if he really with Si Li Li happen something, then the monitoring institute in the north qi plan will be a big problem.

I don’t know how the young emperor of Northern Qi knew that Si Li Li was still a virgin, but if when the other party found out that Si Li Li had lost her virginity, the Red Sleeve Recruitment Program would naturally not work.

But Fan Xian seems to be reluctant to face Si Li Li’s somewhat perplexed face, and seems to be not so sure of himself, so he never got on Si Li Li’s carriage again, but instead more often boarded Sean’s carriage, and from the mouth of this seemingly silent old man, he would obtain some of the gossip news and secrets of the jianghu from many years ago. On the one hand, he was really learning a lot from this once most terrifying secret agent leader, on the other hand, Fan Xian didn’t want to give Xiao En too much time to arrange his backstabbing.

The conversation between the two old and young shady characters gradually shifted from the Northern Wei of that year to the world of today as the journey moved forward and as the temperature outside the car lowered.

“No one can truly unify the world.” Sean looked at him and said lightly. These days, he had also gradually adapted to Fan Xian’s conversations with himself, and this young official called Fan Xian was indeed a good person to chat with.

“His Majesty the Emperor of my country has had two opportunities. Once was after the Third Northern Expedition.” Fan Xian frowned, “With Qing’s extremely powerful military at the time, it was completely enough to go north and destroy Northern Qi in one fell swoop.”

Sean shook his head, “Although I was already in jail at that time and hadn’t heard much, but listening to your explanations these days, I think that the reason why the Emperor of Qing suddenly stopped moving forward in the first place could only be due to two reasons: on the one hand, it was a problem within the dynasty, and on the other hand, it was that he encountered some sort of strong resistance that made him feel that going north in a hurry would be a very risky idea after making trade-offs .”

Fan Xian thought for a moment, at that time, the Ye family’s affairs had not yet broken out, and the imperial government was basically within the control of the emperor and his mother’s subordinate set of people, so it was reasonable that there shouldn’t be any internal problems. As for external enemies …… his brow wrinkled, could there be any power in this world that could intimidate the powerful Qing state apparatus?

“The temple.” Sean seemed to have guessed what Fan Xian was thinking and gave a reference answer.

Fan Xian shook his head, “An object that is too vain and ethereal is not enough to resist human ambition or the desire for power, the temptation to unify the world and return the four seas to one is too great for an emperor.”

Sean smiled slightly and acknowledged this statement of his, “Between the north and the south, there have been consecutive years of war, even if Nan Qing defeated Qi, but if he wants to truly stabilize the situation and eliminate all the restoration forces, it will take at least a decade or so. What’s more, you don’t forget Dongyi City …… the most concentrated place of nine experts on earth, this force is not enough to protect the country and open up the border, but if it is entangled into a stick, under the leadership of the idiot of the Four Gu Swords, it is really possible to do some crazy things.”

“Triangles are the most stable, and the three kingdoms are actually the most stable kind of structure.” Fan Xian nodded, “Even if there is a difference in the strength and weakness of the three parties, whoever wants to take the lead in breaking this balance is most likely to suffer a backlash.”

“It’s the same with Qing’s court today.” Sean looked at him, seemingly smiling, “The emperor, the courtiers, and the seemingly crazy, but actually sinister and incomparable Rapunzel that you speak of, form the triangle that you speak of, and whoever tries to take the lead in breaking this balance will suffer.”

In these days, Fan Xian didn’t shy away from telling some of the things that happened inside the court of Qing, it wasn’t like it was a secret anyway, and if this old man in front of him was able to go back to Beiqi without dying by his own hand, there must be plenty of ways to know about it as well.

Fan Xian’s temples ached a little, and somehow began to miss Si Li Li’s gentle fingers, and said softly, “If everyone is smart enough, let’s maintain the balance at hand first.”

“No way.” Sean looked at him, “Because you made the first move, so the other side must have reacted, I bet that Kyoto today, has long been in chaos, Lord Fan sent me back to the north this time, but happened to miss the hustle and bustle, it’s a bit of a shame.”

Fan Xian was startled, and then began to listen to Sean somewhat indifferently begin to analyze the situation in the capital.