Chapter 60: Tan Wu not to play with words

Release Date: 2024-07-09 22:54:11
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After all, no one wants to make a big deal out of it, after a little punishment, Fan Xian waved his hand and prepared to let these subordinates in the field back, the imperial guards began to reorganize the order of the courtyard entrance, the Wei commander spat on the ground, thinking that these Chang’an Marquis’ family members are also inexplicable, if it is a duel, how to let the famous fop in the capital to sneak attack? Now the world is not the Northern Wei Dynasty unification of the situation, this Qing country to make where is good to be messed with?

At this time, suddenly a tough man from the periphery walked by, saw the lively scene here, can not help but frown, feet on the ground, stirring up two clouds of smoke and dust, the whole person has rushed into the field, punch straight, cross leg and kick, moves cleanly and efficiently, actually not dragged mud and water, but a blink of an eye has been out of the seven or eight strokes, respectively, to have not stopped to the Supervisory Yuan officials on the body to attack.

This man out of the fist is extremely simple, but wins in the fast and severe kill, actually at the same time so that those officials did not fall into the favor of the Supervisory Yuan, was forced to leave the original position, there are a few are in accordance with the orders of the Fan Tisi backward person is actually a leg on the foot, the figure shook, almost fell.

Fan Xian slightly inclined his head, thinking, “Where did a military expert come from? This person’s level of martial arts could not be seen for the time being, but he was born with the might of an army’s iron armor and bloodshed, and he had actually forced all of his subordinates back.

After that man relieved Chang’an Marquis’ family, he stood in place with his long body, his eyes slightly narrowed, as if he was a little surprised that he hadn’t knocked down a single enemy after this series of ferocious strikes earlier. At a glance, he saw that Fan Xian, who was standing on the stone steps, was the leader, and said with a frown, “What an imposing Southern Qing legion, and to think that anyone in the legion who is randomly sent out is an expert of the Sixth Grade or above!”

Fan Xian glanced at him and said quietly, “The first thing to do when traveling to a foreign country is not to degrade the country’s prestige… Since you are a member of the military, don’t you understand this reasoning?”

The man glanced at the people on the ground, frowning, “These are just lackeys, even if that child is rude, do you rely on this child and the subordinates to establish your authority?”

Fan Xian narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, “Then, according to your opinion, I should let the people spit in their faces?”

The man was stunned, not knowing what had come to his mind, and his face dimmed slightly. On this side of the room, Commander Wei recognized who this man was, and with a look of respect, he went forward and saluted, “General Tan, why are you here?”

This military person surnamed Tan did not recognize this imperial army commander for a while, Wei Commander hurriedly said, “My officer Wei Wuji.”

It turns out that this Tan General, surnamed Tan name Wu, is the northern region of the general on the Sugi tiger’s competent subordinates, has always been in the north of the ice and snow to resist the barbarians, last year with the Uesugi tiger general transferred back to the Kyoto, who knows that has been living in idleness without a job, just occasionally go to the Ministry of the Army to point out the dawn, although the military colleagues in the capital to respect the Uesugi tiger lineage of fierce and loyal and courageous, always respect, but in the end, or to live a little bit of a bad time, today occasionally pass by here, did not expect to be Today, occasionally passing through this place, I did not expect to run into a farce in front of the South Qi mission.

Tan Wu glanced at Wei Wuji, and said helplessly, “How can we let these Southerners run so rampant in my Shangjing?”

Wei Wuji smiled bitterly and said, “The palace has strict orders to guard the safety of the envoys, and as this is a matter of state, I dare not be negligent.”

Tan Wu thought of Da Qi’s consecutive years of defeat, but he and Tiger Marshal did not have the opportunity to go south to fight at all, could not help but feel depressed in his chest, and then look at this ground full of wounded, it is even more despicable in the midst of the anger, he suddenly lifted his head, and said to Fan Xian on the stone steps with an arch of his hand, “Dare I ask Your Excellency, is it the main envoy of Southern Qi this time, Mr. Fan Xian?”

Fan Xian arched his hand and said, “Precisely.”

Tan Wu’s face was solemn as he snapped, “Tan Wu of Northern Qi, asking for advice from Lord Fan.” After saying this, he gently rested the saber at his waist on the ground.

Fan Xian shook his head, knowing that the other party did not refer to himself as an official, that this was a preparation to follow the rules of a civil duel, and said softly, “Lord Tan, before you, this official has already collected two sacks of daggers, so even if you want to have a duel, perhaps you’ll only have to postpone it for some days.”

Tan Wu frowned and said, “As the saying goes, it is better to choose a day than to fight on it, so please enlighten us, Lord Fan.”

Fan Xian shook his head again.

Tan Wu said angrily, “I know that Lord Fan is not only talented in poetry, but has always been extremely skilled in martial arts as well, having killed the national expert Cheng Jushu in a single combat last year, so could it be that Lord Fan is looking down on me?”

Fan Xian glanced at him, knowing that this soldier was bloodthirsty, smiled and said, “Although I am the leader of the delegation, and I did look like a troublemaker just now, but I have always respected the good men on the battlefield, and I know that your honor has been resisting the barbarians in the snowy north for many years, so I respect you more than I can say. Why do you have to divide them in fists and feet?”

Tan Wu was a straightforward man, and hearing the gentle meaning of Fan Xian’s words, his face cleared up a bit, but he still screwed up his temperament, arching his hands in the air.

Fan Xian sighed and shook his head, saying softly to Gao Da behind him, “Point blank.”

Gao Da slowly placed the longsword behind him on the ground, walked to the bottom of the stone steps, and steadily extended his right hand in an inviting gesture to this notoriously valiant general of Northern Qi.

Tan Wu’s eyes narrowed slightly, sensing a hint of a dangerous atmosphere from this guard’s body, knowing that the other party was indeed an expert, and that the Southern Qi Legation wasn’t exactly humiliating themselves by letting him come out to compete with them, so he lightly exhaled a breath, and with a mistake of his palms, he attacked Gouda.

Palm shadow, a muffled grunt sounded, under the strength of the collision stirred up a burst of dust, after the dust fell, only to see up to the right chest was hit by a palm, the corner of the lip there is a trace of blood seeped out. And up to that pair of cold right hand, but has been choked consumed Tan Wu’s throat! The calluses from years of sword practice scraped the skin of Tan Wu’s throat, sending a chill down the spine of this Northern Qi general who had never known fear.

Gao Da slowly withdrew a step back and lowered his right hand.

Tan Wu looked at this unknown expert, his heart in a state of shock, the other party had sent out a random one from their embassy, and was able to leave himself without the slightest power to fight back! Earlier that moment, he cut the other party’s sternum, actually did not see clearly, the other party’s hand is how to reach in front of his own body, he knows, if not the other party mercy, he has long been throat bone broken!

Tan Wu was also clear that if it was a real fight, this expert, who was obviously using a sword, would definitely not give himself any chance to touch the other party’s body. He bowed deeply to Gao Da and then to Fan Xian, and after admitting defeat, he left the doorway of the legation without looking back.

It was but a one-move battle, yet it was still thrilling.

The carriage drove along the streets of Shangjing towards the Ministry of Ceremonies, surrounded by soldiers of the Imperial Forestry Army, never giving anyone a chance to get close to the Southern Qing delegation. Fan Xian sat on the carriage with his eyes slightly closed, and said to Gouda beside him, “Why did you take that slap just now?”

Gouda coughed twice and explained, “The other party was a soldier, so my subordinate was willing to be a bit more direct, and I didn’t want to display my strength too fully.” He glanced at Fan Xian and bowed his head, “And Young Master seems to want to befriend this person, so my subordinate is of the mind that I should sell him short.”

Although the Tiger Guards were His Majesty’s secret guard force, after all, they were cultivated by Sinan Bo Fan Jian over the years, so Fan Xian viewed these seven Tiger Guards who had accompanied him northward as if he were viewing these underlings of his family, Fuji Zijing, with more sternness in addition to cordiality. He coldly glanced at Gouda and scolded: ”I don’t even know how many arms that Tan Wu has, what’s the point of befriending him? The world’s strange and unusual people, not to mention his Tan Wu in addition to a few military bravery, there is not a trace of rare, even if he is really strange and unusual people, do I have to make friends? Wouldn’t I be busy for the rest of my life? Do you still let me eat? Do you still let me play?”

Gao Da froze, thinking, “Isn’t it every family’s favorite thing to make friends with the high and mighty? Did he do something wrong? The question was, even if that was the case, why was it related to eating and entertainment?

Fan Xian dug around in his pocket for half a day, and finally fished out a pill and threw it to Gouda, telling him to take it.

Wang Qinian joked next to him, “Is it Chen Pei’s again?”

Fan Xian said in no uncertain terms, “This is injury medicine.”

Gao Da took it, but still somewhat confused, saying, “Didn’t you say it’s point blank?”

Fan Xian laughed and scolded, “Which of your fingers pointed to that Tan Wu?”

Gao Da was silent.

“I wonder whose idea it was for the youngest son of the Marquis of Chang’an to come and cause trouble.” Wang Qinian’s mind was mainly focused on that earlier scene, “Logically speaking, since the Emperor of Northern Qi is willing to fulfill the agreement this time, and appreciates Lord Tiji enough to let the imperial guards ensure the safety of the mission, this is enough to send a clear message to all sorts of people in the Upper Capital, and that there would still be people coming to make a scene, this is a bit fishy.”

“Don’t forget that even the agreement between the two countries seems to have leaked out.” Fan Xian gently knocked on the window pane of the carriage, and outside were the soldiers of Northern Qi, so the three in the carriage spoke in extremely low voices, “It seems that this Northern Qi is even more of a mess than our southern side, and that young emperor still doesn’t seem to have a firm enough grip on power.”

“As long as it doesn’t affect our mission this time.”

He was a little busy today, entering the palace in the morning, then accompanying that young emperor to chat, walking with Haitang all the way, and receiving a scolding at the entrance of the mission, being in the first day of Beiqi, he was actually so busy that he didn’t even have any food, and the only thing inside his stomach was the cup of tea given by the Beiqi emperor.

Do not want to okay, a thought stomach began to grumble up, Fan Xian smiled to himself, thinking that he is really a life of labor – the reason why today to make themselves so tired, because Fan Xian made up his mind, have to hurry to say Bingyun from the North Qi strict cold prison out, otherwise if he is outside to eat and drink spicy, I am afraid that it is also difficult to eat I’m afraid that if I were to eat and drink outside, I wouldn’t be able to enjoy myself.

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