Chapter 71 – It’s Not What It Seems

“Who is Fei Jie?”

“Which other person with the surname Fei in the courtyard?”

“Your honor is talking about Fei Lao?”

“I’m talking about that old monster.” Fan Xian had already done all that and called out for someone to bring in a basin of warm water, carefully purifying his hands and pulling a towel to dry them before he said to Yan Bingyun, “You’ve been tortured for too long, your heart chakra has been injured, and your martial arts cultivation has been greatly compromised.”

After saying this, he paid careful attention to the other party’s face and realized that Yan Bingyun had a calm face, as if she hadn’t heard it. He couldn’t help but greatly marvel at this, and in his heart, he even made up his mind that he must take this young man who appeared to be cold, but was in fact arrogant to the extreme, into his tent.

“After returning to the country, good conditioning and recuperation, it’s not that it can’t be cured, the nails were pulled out, will always grow back, the bones are misaligned, I’ll let that bald guy from the seventh division re-break them for you again, I’ll cure them again, how can I not turn into Chen Pingping’s kind of old crippled man.”

Fan Xian joked, but Yan Bingyun’s feeling was a bit strange, the entire Supervisory Academy, the spies all over the world, none of them dared to call President Chen an old cripple in front of the bystanders!

Yan Bingyun slowly squinted his eyes, as if he wanted to see through the truth behind this matter, such as …… why Fan Xian is so young, but is already the Tisan of the Supervisory Yuan. It was at this moment that a fiery sensation rose up from between his chest and abdomen, and even though his temperament was so resolute, he was shaken by this sudden pain that caused the corners of his eyebrows to twitch.

“There’s no harm in it, it’s just a means of forcing the poison, because I’m not sure what kind of stale poison is in your body, so the medicine I used was a bit overbearing, but with me watching from the side, you won’t be able to die.” Fan Xian didn’t care as he draped his clothes for him, “Just bear with it.”

Yan Bingyun’s forehead began to sprout soybean-sized beads of sweat, obviously extremely agonized, and said in a low voice, “Motherfucker, it’s even more unbearable than being poisoned, what kind of antidote is this.”

Fan Xian was overjoyed and exclaimed with high fives, “Brother Yan is willing to curse his mother, and rightly so, who is he going to look at with that cold demeanor? It’s good to act cool in front of the Northern Qi Brocade Guards, but don’t play this trick in front of me, I’m tired of seeing it since I was a kid.”

What he grew tired of seeing as a child was naturally that cool and handsome uncle Bamboo.

“Who did you learn this antidote to poison from? I don’t trust you.” Yan Bingyun asked in a chilling voice as he felt the part of his body outside where he had smeared the wound medicine also started to burn.

“It was said earlier.” Fan Xian looked at him with a smile.

A strange aura flashed in Yan Bingyun’s eyes, all but forgetting the intense pain inside and outside his body, and he hissed, “You’re Fei Jie’s disciple?” The words were full of surprise. Then he said, “Fei Jie doesn’t have a student like you.”

“Luckily, you still boast that you know everything about me before I was twelve.” Fan Xian began to pack up the bottles and jars by the bedside, sneering, “You don’t even know who my teacher was.”

Yan Bingyun looked at him and didn’t say anything for a long time. Fan Xian innocently looked back over, propping his jaw up to look at the earthworms all over Mr. Yan’s body, and said softly, “I say, Brother Yan, why do I always feel like you’re filled with anger when you look at me?”

This was a thorn in Fan Xian’s heart, since he wanted to take in Yan Bingyun, he must know why the other party had such a strong resistance to him, or else the days to come would definitely be very bad.

Binding:

“Mr. Tiji, I don’t know if you still remember, but five years ago, there was a murder case in Tanyu State that was never solved.”

Fan Xian’s hand, which was in the process of closing the box, did not pause for a moment, but in his heart, he was slightly surprised. Of course he remembered that murder case, it was the first time Fan Xian had ever killed anyone in his two lives, and to this day, the cold chestnut that had risen from the assassin’s throat still seemed to irritate Fan Xian’s palm.

“I know what you’re talking about.” Fan Xian frowned, “Does this matter have anything to do with you and me?”

Yan Bingyun laughed oddly, “That assassin was under the jurisdiction of all around, and it was because of this matter that I was driven to the north to be a rat.”

“So you hate me?” Fan Xian fell into silence, and after a long while, he suddenly laughed extremely quickly, “I thought that you should thank me.”

“What’s that?” The dizziness in his head faded a bit, and after feeling slightly surprised, Yan Bingyun immediately returned to his indifference.

Fan Xian stared into his eyes and said word for word, “Because I can see that you were born to be a spy in your bones, and you like this kind of life …… I think that these four years of lurking in Beiqi and being tense and restless day and night has been a very exciting and fulfilling life for you.”

Yan Bingyun said, “If you like it, my lord, you can also try it.”

Fan Xian smiled, picked up his medicine chest, and walked out of the compartment like a bone-setter, closing the door with his backhand. He shrugged his shoulders in a way that was not easily noticeable, and ticked the dab of ecstasy under his fingernails into the side of the box, warning himself in his mind that using ecstasy on his own people would be a one-time thing, and there would be no next time. Yan Bingyun is really powerful, under the effect of Brother Luo Fang even immediately woke up, if let him know that he used his own means, I am afraid that the relationship between the two will be difficult to get along again.

Hearing this story from Yan Bingyun’s mouth made Fan Xian feel very touched, and at the same time, knowing the other party’s real reason for looking at himself in a bad light, Fan Xian felt very comforted.

It didn’t occur to him that he and Yan Bingyun would have such an odd connection;five years ago, because of the attempted murder in Tanyuzhou, Yan Bingyun had been driven to the northern frontier, and had ended up becoming the head of the Procuratorate’s secret spies in Northern Qi. And five years later, it turned out to be himself who came to personally pick him up and return him to his country. Thinking of this, Fan Xian couldn’t help but smile, things in this world really can’t be said to be reincarnated one day.

“My lord, Boss Sheng has brought wine.” A subordinate asked for instructions.

Fan Xian waved his hand and said, “You guys carry on, I don’t want to see him.” The subordinate answered and went out. Fan Xian frowned, only after educating Duke Cui, a letter came from Xinyang, that Elder Princess is really chasing after him. Just as he was thinking, Wang Qinian came in from outside, holding a letter in his hand, and said softly, “Sheng Huairen brought a letter.”

Fan Xian tore open the seal and read it carefully, a hint of worry appearing between his brows as he muttered to himself, “What exactly are these people playing at?” With a raised eyebrow, he entered the backyard.

Yan Bingyun was very alert, and when Fan Xian pushed open the door, his hand was already touching the saber he wore at his side.

“Relax a bit.” Fan Xian looked at him, who still had his eyes closed, and said, “No one will try to assassinate you here.”

Yan Bingyun slowly opened his eyes and looked at Fan Xian’s face, a cold color flashing in his eyes as he said, “What medicine did you give me? Why has my head been a bit fuzzy?”

“Some tranquilizing potion was used.” Fan Xian explained calmly, “Your mind was too depleted, if you want to recover as soon as possible, then you need a good night’s sleep, it just didn’t occur to me that your bodily functions were already strong enough to resist the medication, it wasn’t of much use, it’s a pity.”

With these light words, the previous ecstasy matter was covered up, Fan Xian’s slender, clean and dustless face was really the best disguise for intrigue.

Knowing that the other party must have something to ask when he turned back into the room, Yan Bingyun’s gaze fell on his hand and said with a frown, “Lord Fan, what is it?”

Fan Xian shook the letter in his hand and said with a smile, “A letter from the eldest princess.”

Yan Bingyun was a bit surprised, but didn’t show it on his face, saying faintly, “What does this have to do with my humble servant?”

“Before returning to the capital, you are still the Grand Commander of the Qing State Supervisory Court’s secret spies in Northern Qi.” Fan Xian smiled and said, “So if the court wants to do something, I naturally have to ask for your opinion.”

“Your Excellency, please speak.” Yan Bingyun did not move.

After Fan Xian had made clear the contents of the two consecutive letters from Xinyang, Yan Bingyun’s brow furrowed, and with a few silver threads caught in his eyebrows, he looked a bit breathless as he asked softly, “Why does the eldest princess want to be in charge of these things?”

Fan Xian said, “I just came to seek your opinion on this matter, whether the courtyard should intervene or not.”

Yan Bingyun shook his head, “The courtyard wants Sean to die, but the Eldest Princess wants us to cooperate with the Uesugi Tiger to get Sean out, these are supposed to be two opposite purposes, how can we cooperate?”

Fan Xian sat down and looked at Yan Bingyun’s cold face and said, “Let’s not discuss this first, I need to know from your mouth what the current dynastic situation in Northern Qi actually looks like.”

Yan Bingyun glanced at him and stretched out three fingers and said, “Three sides. One side is the Empress Dowager, one side is the Emperor, and one side is Uesugi Tiger …… However, since Uesugi Tiger has been transferred back to the Shangjing, his strength is too damaged, and he must choose between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.”

Very simple and rough words, but a confident judgment – Fan Xian was silent to signal him to continue, and Yan Bingyun continued, “According to your lordship, if Sean is Uesugi Tiger’s righteous father and the Bitter Lotus State Master wants Sean to die, it would seem that Uesugi Tiger will inevitably end up falling to the emperor’s side. ”

“Why?”

“Because the Empress Dowager will definitely listen to Bitter Lotus.”

Fan Xian subconsciously twitched his eyebrows and hesitantly asked, “The empress dowager is indeed quite young …… but does the Bitter Lotus State Master still have this kind of mind?”

Yan Bingyun was stunned, and only after a long time did she realize that this young adult, who was outwardly clear and beautiful but inwardly trivial to the core, had misunderstood her meaning, and gave Fan Xian a contemptuous look and said, “Things aren’t the way you think they are.”