Chapter 73 – How a Compassionate Son is not a Husband
Qing’s mission quiet down, it is the turn of other forces anxious, Sheng shopkeeper often come to send wine, humbly conveying Xinyang side of the salute, Shen Chong also re-invited Fan Xian a few times, Fan Xian found an excellent excuse to put off, the other side also has no way to lose their temper, on the contrary, Changning Marquis some heartache to the edge of the mouth of the fat slipped out of the Shen Chong before the weeping urge a number of times.
There may be some agreement between the Princess and Uesugi Tiger, but the Xinyang side in Northern Qi after all does not have too deep roots, is always the need to help the power of the Supervisory Yuan, after Fan Xian’s persuasion, Yan Bingyun finally agreed to his plan, ready to use these four years to spread the weaving of the network.
The news coming from the south is that the court of Qing is as stable as Mount Taishan, without a single fluctuation, but the report of the Supervisory Yuan mentions that there have been a few extremely strange murders in Shandong Road recently, and the murderer killed ordinary people, but the method of action is extremely ferocious. This is a case of the Ministry of Justice, but it has not been investigated, so now it is the Supervisory Yuan to take over.
Fan Xian did not put this murder on his mind, Yan Bingyun also did not notice here, after all, the things in the capital has enough headaches, and the two are planning that piece of yin carving thing.
Fan Xian’s reasons for putting off all the banquets were sound, for he had often been chatting with a village girl over the past two days, and given that girl’s status, neither Shen Chong nor the Marquis of Changning would have had the guts to go robbing guests with her.
In the middle of a quiet street in the upper capital of north qi, a man and a woman were walking and chatting, the words gently floated up, disturbing the butterflies that were perched in the flowers and coveted honey.
“Nature is the sky and the earth, a person is the sky and the earth, the so-called unity of heaven and man, that is, personnel must follow the natural way of the sky and the earth, the two can be harmonized.”
“Harmony is only the symptom. Your honor thinks, what is the difference between the unity of heaven and man, and the harmony of heaven and man?”
“Oh, this point this official is not clear, just think people law of the earth, the law of the earth, the law of the sky, the law of the sky, the law of the road, the law of nature, so that harmony ah.”
“Or harmony?”
“Harmony is the highest.”
“Lord Fan’s theory today is unique, Duo Duo is really admired.” With admiration on her lips, the village girl Haitang was still sticking her hands in her big pockets, dragging her steps with a serene face, walking like a lazy woman on the street, with no trace of admiration on her face.
Fan Xian mockingly touched his nose, as in the palace that day in general, learning Haitang’s style walking “sweeping steps”, thinking that fortunately this street is relatively quiet, otherwise the two of them walk like this, I’m afraid that will be onlookers will laugh at the death of the pedestrians. Seemingly guessing what he was thinking, Haitang said: “I just feel comfortable walking like this. As for what the onlookers think, I really don’t care.”
Fan Xian thought about it for a while and realized that this was also quite true, people are all good and bad at work, walking like this is indeed more comfortable than holding your head high, the question is – if you’re really lazy, why don’t you go to bed and lie down? He thought in his heart, his mouth naturally said: “I still feel comfortable lying on the bed, Haitang girl to be willing, we can lie on the bed to talk about literature, chat about life ……”
Haitang glanced at him.
Fan Xian smiled with some embarrassment and didn’t explain anything, he really didn’t have too many ideas about men and women for this marvelous girl, Haitang, it was just that he didn’t know why, gossiping with her all the way would always make him feel relaxed.
After being reborn, Fan Xian had always wanted to experience many interesting things and meet many interesting people, and this trip to Northern Qi was largely to fulfill this spiritual need of his. Although things hadn’t been very interesting with assassination plots sandwiched in along the way, but having gotten to know two interesting people in the form of Yan Bingyun and Haitang, Fan Xian felt that it had been more than cost-effective.
“I heard that Lord Fan had a meeting with Lord Shen the other day?” Haitang asked softly, reaching out to pluck away the green branches hanging down by the street, now that the time of day was already turning into summer, it was just that the rain had fallen densely the other day, so there was no heat to bake in, and the trees and flowers were still in their springtime splendor.
Fan Xian nodded: “Unhappy.” He knew that although Bitter Lotus was above the dynasty politics, he could see that the power of this lineage was still in favor of the Empress Dowager’s side, so he guessed why Haitang was asking this.
“Unhappy?” Haitang smiled, that usual face gentle, “I’m just curious, Lord Fan threw out that pile proposal in such a hurry, aren’t you afraid that it will spread back to the south and have an effect on your official reputation?”
Fan Xian’s heart fluttered slightly, but his face was expressionless, “I don’t quite understand what the girl is talking about.”
Haitang said, “The empress dowager is very moved by your lordship’s proposal.”
Fan Xian said with a slightly sullen expression, “Miss Haitang should know that these days, this official has been shutting down and refusing guests, the reason why I came out to accompany you for a walk as soon as you spoke is because this official feels that although the girl has made a move on the banks of the Misty River, she is, after all, a person of high rank in the world, and won’t talk about these trivial matters in the world … …Miss Haitang, you have disappointed this official.”
“If I don’t talk about this, I’m only afraid that Lord Fan will be even more disappointed.” Haitang’s mind was clear, and she simply wouldn’t be fooled by Fan Xian’s flowery words, “The Empress Dowager invites you to enter the palace.”
Fan Xian laughed, arching his hand and saluting, “I’m sorry to trouble Miss Haitang to deliver the message, it’s hard work.”
“Lord Fan said earlier that sincerity is the way of heaven, and sincerity is the way of man.” Haitang’s eyes were as bright as jewels, looking at Fan Xian in a trance, “If you know the way, why don’t you do it? Wouldn’t it be easier to serve others with sincerity?”
Fan Xian took a deep breath, slowly activated the strange and domineering true qi in his body, resisted the pressure coming from Haitang, and said with a smile, “Treating people with sincerity, there are different sizes of sincerity, sincerity in people is a small way, sincerity in the world is a big way. …… If Miss Haitang treats people with sincerity, why don’t you tell me what secrets Sean actually has, and how could even your master be like that? What secret, actually even your master such a worldly master also moved.”
“Sincerity in the world?” The corner of Haitang’s lips curled up slightly, “My master is sincere to the world, so I can’t say much about it, it’s just that that secret in Xiao En’s heart has saved his life for twenty years, if that secret were to spread to the secular folk, I’m afraid the world would be in chaos for twenty years.”
Fan Xian’s heart was slightly stunned, he knew something that no one else knew – according to Haitang’s words, could it be that there was some kind of danger at that part of the temple?
The two of them returned to the way of clear talk, is no more than in the philosophy of theology these esoteric and esoteric doorway on the mix, anyway, Fan Xian has the previous life of the history of the Chinese philosophers, from the theory of the king of the Dong Lu randomly flicked out of a few out of the false response to the, then let Haitang greatly surprised. It was only many years later that Miss Haitang slowly looked back and began to organize Fan’s theories, only to realize that the young man hadn’t said anything at all back then.
I don’t know why, in the late spring and early summer in the capital city of Northern Qi, the rain would be so abundant, earlier it was still a light warm sunshine shining in the spring light, a small cold wind blew, then there were raindrops splashing down through the tree branches above the two of them.
With a loud bang, Fan Xian opened the cloth umbrella beside him and blocked Haitang’s head. Normally, with Fan Xian’s status, he would naturally have a subordinate to hold an umbrella when he went out into the rain, but at this time, there were only the two of them, so purely based on their superficial status, it was only right for him to hold an umbrella for Haitang.
The rain gradually wet the street, Fan Xian was calmly looking at the people on the street hiding from the rain, but in fact, he was carefully observing Haitang’s pace. At this time, their shoes were full of water, Fan Xian had already withdrawn the village girl’s step, and wanted to see how Haitang would walk. Haitang was still walking like that.
Fan Xian shrugged his shoulders somewhat helplessly, only then did he realize that although Haitang’s feet were dragging on top of the water, it seemed that there was a kind of power that could not be seen clearly under her shoes, which was supporting her whole body, and the soles of her shoes did not touch the water! This kind of power, Fan Xian thought to himself that it was not something he could achieve, and could not help but laugh to himself, “Haitang floats on water.”
Haitang ignored him, still walking like that.
Fan Xian sighed and said, “I don’t believe you can be comfortable walking like that.”
“I don’t like that person called Yan Bingyun.” Haitang suddenly spoke up.
“I think that Miss Haitang has always lived deep in the mountains and palaces, so she shouldn’t have had much interaction with our Great Qing Dynasty’s Great Talent Yun.”
“Using the means of deceiving a woman to gain your own benefits, this is something that Haitang is quite shameless about.”
“We are officials, not the general public.” Fan Xian opened up for Yan Bingyun, he was not willing to have little Lord Yan remembered by a strong person on the ninth rank for the rest of his life, “For the sake of the interests of the Kingdom of Qing, there are some last resort things that we have to do as well.”
Haitang said, “Ugly is ugly, don’t use officials as a cover anymore.”
Fan Xian smiled, “Though ruthlessness may not be true heroes, if the heart is too soft, how can we survive in this chaotic world?”
“Lord Fan thinks that today’s world is a chaotic world?”
“People’s hearts are in chaos.”
“Does Lord Fan think that heroes can emerge from a chaotic world?”
“I don’t want to be known as a hero, I just want to be a man who is not ashamed of his life.”
The two said stop, has come to a small temple on the periphery, just at this time, the world’s flurry of rain coincidentally stopped. This place is far away from the outskirts of the capital, very quiet, there is not a trace of human interest around.
A leaf fell under the stone steps in front of the temple.
The temple door was slowly pushed open, Fan Xian looked at the woman sitting beside the incense table in the temple, slightly lost in thought for a moment and then saluted and said, “Miss Si, long time no see.”
Haitang’s lips curled slightly and said, “Lord Fan wants to be a great man, but I never imagined that he is, as I expected, a man of compassion.”
With a swish, Fan Xian gathered his wet umbrella, looked at Si Li Li who got up to greet him, and said with a smile, “Emotionlessness may not be a true hero, how can a compassionate son not be a husband?”