Chapter 51 – By the Official Road

Wang Qinian glanced at Fan Xian, seemingly wanting to see something strange on his face, after all, once Si Li Li left at this time, he would be in the deep palace forever, and I’m afraid that the two of them would never have the chance to see each other again.

Unexpectedly, Fan Xian’s face was still calm, his eyes were as clear as a clear pool, smiling, he walked forward and saluted Si Li Li through the pile of women, and was about to say something, when a pair of contemptuous gazes stared at him from the side.

Fan Xian felt slightly offended and looked sideways, realizing that it was an old Sister who was dressed in a way that made it obvious that she had some status.

Before he could speak, this old Sister had already said with great coldness and contempt, “This Southern Qi official, Miss Si has now set foot on our dynasty’s territory, so she doesn’t need to listen to your reprimands anymore, right?”

Fan Xian frowned slightly, wondering where this was coming from, and listening to this old Sister contemptuously whispering to herself, “This Southern Dynasty official, actually dares to stare straight at a girl, really without a trace of etiquette.”

This old ma’am is an old man in the palace, has always been extremely prestigious, Si Li Li when she was a child living in the palace of Beijing in Beiqi, has been served by her, this time, the Emperor of Beiqi is distressed by the suffering of Si Li Li in Southern Qing, and afraid that she is too much aggrieved by the officials of the Southern Qing all the way, so that he ordered this ma’am to come and pick up at the border, and wanted to let Si Li Li to recuperate a little bit.

Fan Xian frowned again, suddenly lifted his step toward the carriage where Si Li Li was standing, his own body qi overbearing, at this time just faintly dispersed a trace, will let those women around the aigoo pretty call a piece of the two sides fell, to give him an empty road, the end of the road, is the carriage under the somewhat uneasy Si Li Li.

“Good barbaric guy.” The old Sister was furious and scolded, “What do you southern barbarians want to do? Someone come, kick this person out.”

Hearing this, the brocade guards and officials on the Northern Qi side rushed over, and there were a few ungrateful fellows who were actually ready to pull out the curved swords on their waists. Beiqi reception mission officials, but know Fan Xian background characters, hall prime minister son-in-law, Shangshu eldest son, South Qing emperor’s same county princess son-in-law, will be Beiqi everyone Zhuang Mo Han provoked spitting blood of the Poetry Immortal …… This is not a general official!

Last year’s battle, Northern Qi lost in a row, and this time, when they concluded the diplomatic agreement, they were the weak-minded party, so where did they dare to be rude to such an important person. That official hurriedly repelled the brocade guards.

Old Sister was even more furious, pointing at the official and cursing, “How can we allow these southern barbarians to act unchecked above our dynasty’s borders!” This old fish-eyed beadle, relying on the fact that he had spent time in the palace and only knew the depths of the backwaters, how could he know the depths of this world, clenched his old bug teeth, puffed out his old cheeks, and swung his old withered-tree palm, and actually slapped a slap at Fan Xian’s face!

There was a snap! Fan Xian smiled as he held this old Sister’s wrist and inclined his head to look at her twice.

The old maidservant was a bit furious by these two glances, but stubbornly said, ”Let go of my hand! See if I won’t slap you for real!”

There was another slap! This time it was the old woman who was slapped in the face so miserably that her feet went soft and she fell down in the yellow soil of the official road. The old woman covered her face with raw pain and looked at Fan Xian in surprise, probably because she hadn’t been hit by anyone for many years, so she was so shocked after being hit that she forgot to cry out in pain for a moment.

Fan Xian withdrew his palm, somewhat disgusted that his palm had touched the old tree bark, and wiped it casually on his shirt, saying quietly, “Since you say I’m a southern barbarian, then I’ll be barbarian to you.”

This slap slapped everyone dizzy, no one could have imagined that a generation of poetry immortal Fan Xian Tiji, would actually take action against such an old woman, that official hurriedly wiped his sweat and came back to explain, saying, “This is an old man in the palace, even the general officials have to give a few moments of face.”

Fan Xian looked at the old woman who was covering her mouth and sitting on the ground, crying and howling in shock, shook his head slightly and replied with a light smile, “I’m not an official of your Beiqi, so naturally I don’t have to give her face, not to mention what an old man in the palace is, in my mind, it’s just an old shameless one in the palace.”

These words were really too arrogant, to the extent that they didn’t even have the face of the Beiqi Imperial Palace on their mind. That official gritted his teeth and bowed his head, knowing that the times were stronger than the people, and that even if Fan Xian had hit someone with his hands, he simply couldn’t say anything more.

Fan Xian walked directly from the path that had been vacated to the side of the carriage, and at this point, no one dared to stop him anymore. He looked at Si Li Li with a smile and said softly, “Take care of yourself in the palace.”

Si Li Li gave a shallow blessing, and her eyes, which were slightly flustered earlier, were already well concealed, pursed her lips lightly, and faintly said, “Your Honor has taken care of me all the way, and I can’t repay you for your kindness, but I am really a bit at a loss for words.”

Fan Xian smiled and said, “Hand and foot …… are naturally good, you can rest assured.” In a few simple words, the future of Si Li Li’s brother who stayed in the capital was settled. Fan Xian retreated in silence, standing far away in the middle of his own mission’s caravan, watching the old man and woman who had traveled with him for a long journey, get into the carriage of the Northern Qi side.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling somewhat marvelous. The Northern Qi side did not seem to be operating this matter as a secret agreement, Sean, this person, by all rights, should be sent to Shangjing covertly, today there are so many jinyi guards coming, there are so many people and so many mouths to feed, it is impossible to hide it, if Uesugi Tiger asks for someone from the Imperial family of Northern Qi, how should that young emperor cope? Haitang’s side is another opposite force, it seems that the Beiqi royal family is going to have a headache.

Fan Xian is also very strange Si Li Li was treated, it can be seen that the emperor is really like her, otherwise it will not be so attentive to pick her up, but Si Li Li even if it is the granddaughter of the Prince of Nan Qing, but so many years have passed, in fact, has long been no use …… Could it be that the young emperor still really believe in love this kind of thing I’m not going to be able to do that. But with such a serious matter, wouldn’t the Empress Dowager be furious? How should Siriri enter the palace?

The old man with broken legs got on the carriage in silence. Fan Xian couldn’t help but sigh lightly in his heart. Sean had just gotten off the prison wagon, and then got on the prison wagon again, how could a wagon carry these twenty years of sadness, and how much unfreedom.

After entering the border of Northern Qi, the black cavalry naturally returned quietly to the quarters next to Kyoto, the safety of the mission was handed over to the Northern Qi Brocade Guards and the army along the way, Fan Xian rarely stole half a day’s leisure, so cozy, anyway, in the land of his country, I think to give the other side of the eight hundred guts, would not dare to the mission how.

All the way to spring is just right, most of the people in the delegation are the old man who came to Northern Qi, even Wang Qinian year also used to do some business between the two countries do not want to money, the only seem some excitement abroad, only Fan Xian, and the seven tiger guards.

Although the Tiger Guards, led by Gao Da, still maintained the sense of coolness that masters seemed to be supposed to maintain, looking at their fiery looks as they kept looking out of the window, it was clear that they were very interested in the exotic scenery.

Fan Xian said with a smile, “We are also considered to have had a taste of foreign food, but the scenery of this Northern Qi is similar to that of our Qing Dynasty, just that the species of trees are not quite the same, and even the temperature does not feel cold, and it is much warmer than that piece of wilderness southwest of the Great Lake.”

Wang Qinian explained, “Although Northern Qi is in the northeast, the climate is actually excellent.”

Gao Da suddenly spoke in a jar, and since this person rarely spoke, Fan Xian was also very interested, only to hear him say, “The scenery in the north is indeed good, and the greatest wish of my subordinate’s life is to follow His Majesty in the fourth northern expedition, to bring this territory under the jurisdiction of Qing, and to help His Majesty to unify the world.”

The carriage was speeding along the official road, and those deciduous trees outside the window were hanging with large and small green leaves, swaying lightly with the wind brought up by the carriage, seemingly shaking their heads and sighing lightly.

Fan Xian sighed, “On this bright spring day, it’s better to talk less about fighting and killing.”

Having said that, he still softly explained all the matters that he should pay attention to when he went to the capital, there was no need to negotiate this time, and the implementation of last year’s agreement shouldn’t be too difficult, but there were some things that he should pay attention to, but he still had to be careful. In addition to Fan Xian, Wang Qinian, Gao Da, the carriage is the deputy ambassador of the mission, from the Honglu Temple of the Lord Lin Jing, so the four people talk nothing to avoid, as long as it is not heard by the outside of the Northern Qi people on the good.

From Wudu River to Shangjing there is still a long distance, with the carriage day by day to the east and then to the east, Fan Xian’s brows gradually frowned, no longer care to look at the car outside those repeated boring scenery, but in the heart is thinking, Sean at this time should be where? Where was Siriri? What kind of identity would that young emperor arrange for her before she entered the palace? The red sleeve trick designed by Chen Pingping had been secretly broken by Fan Xian, and did Fan Xian’s red sleeve trick plan really come true that day?

Seeing that Fan’s mood seemed to be a bit low, the deputy envoy, Lin Jing, said respectfully, “My lord, although the mission is safe, it’s a long journey and a bit of a hard one, so my lord, please bear with it.”

He was very clear about Fan Xian’s identity, that day on the banks of the Misty River when he slapped that old Sister, Lin Jing didn’t think it was much of a big deal, with Fan Xian’s identity and temperament, in the Kyoto of Qing Kingdom, even the people of the Guo family and the only daughter of the Guardian Ye dared to lay their hands on him, not to mention a mere servant. He is also very clear, this mission all according to the orders of the Fan Tisi act, he is only a small role in dealing with miscellaneous matters, so afraid of Fan Xian mood is not good, the wrong thing, and hasten to explain and laugh: “The Shangjing is also the world’s most prosperous place, where the women of the Kyoto River on the Red Makeup, but also have a different style, when the adults can go to look at. “