In the past, Fan Xian didn't really look at Si Lili with his "heart", and he didn't even pay much attention to her beautiful appearance, because Fan Xian himself had a very "what" face. But since leaving Beijing, this long journey together, for some reason, gradually, this woman has left some superficial marks on Fan Xian's mind.
Maybe it's because of her pitiful background, maybe the Overwatch Council's methods are too vicious, or maybe it's because, as the former director of the Seventh Division once said after entering the prison of the Overwatch Council for the first time——Fan Xian, his methods may be harsh , but the heart is actually still soft, at least in every part it is easy to become weak.
He became more and more embarrassed that he didn't want to pity her, but he felt even more pitiful about Si Lili. This kind of pity is not pretended, but a feeling that comes naturally from a life experience like duckweed, which is completely different from that princess who is so beautiful and not like ordinary people.
During the past few days, Fan Xian took out the medicine he carried with him, searched for a few plants in the wild by the lake, and prepared the antidote with some stupidity. This was his promise to Si Lili, since Si Lili told him Although I don't know if this idea is true, he will cure Si Li.
As for the white-sleeve tricks and the red-sleeve tricks, it was not within the scope of Fan Xian's consideration. What he considered was simpler and more direct.
After a few days of treatment, Si Lili didn't change much on the surface, but the number of outbursts increased. Fan Xian waited quietly by the side, which made the girl a little embarrassed.
The convoy of the mission gradually turned to the east and circled the Great Lake. In two days, we should be able to reach the Wudu River, where the Northern Qi army will come to take over the defense work.
"Actually, the Northern Qi people call this lake Beihai." Si Lili stood by the lake, sliding his fingers over the slightly rough reeds.
Fan Xian glanced at her and asked, "When did you go to Beiqi?"
"When I was very young, my parents took me and my younger brother to flee for our lives. The Overwatch Council hunted us down fiercely. Grandpa's cronies were almost dead. No one dared to accept us." Si Lili said with a wry smile: "Actually, I have a lot of love for grandpa. I don't have much impression, although I know that he was the prince who was most likely to take over the throne back then."
Fan Xian calculated the time. At that time, it should have been several years since Prince Qing was assassinated. He couldn't help but fell silent. From the corner of his eye, he watched Si Lili's clothes being gently blown by the lake wind, and smiled slightly, thinking that his mother killed the girl's grandfather, and she couldn't let her know about it. .
Si Lili sighed, brushed back his hair, which had been disheveled by the lake wind, and said frowningly, "Because the Overwatch Council chased me so hard, my father died tragically under the knife of Ouchi's guards, and my mother took My brother and I were lucky enough to escape, and there was nowhere to go in the vast world, so after thinking about it for a while, we had no choice but to flee to a foreign country, and finally settled down in Beiqi."
Fan Xian frowned slightly, his family was ruined, his father died tragically, and he went to the country to leave his hometown. It was indeed a very hard time.
Si Lili looked at the gradually rising mist on the surface of the lake, and sighed: "It's a pity that the stable days can't last after all. Somehow, the imperial family of Northern Qi knew our identities, so they took us to Beijing."
Fan Xian frowned again, and said, "The other party must have bad intentions."
Si Lili looked back at him with a smile and said, "Could it be that you have good intentions? Or is it that the emperor of the Qing Kingdom, the court of the Qing Kingdom will have good intentions for our family?"
Fan Xian was at a loss for words for a moment, and after laughing at himself, he said, "After all, it is an enemy country."
"Before my father died...that's what I said." Si Lili didn't know what to think of, and slowly closed his eyes, his long eyelashes fluttering slightly, "Later, my mother also died of illness, and only my brother and I were left alone. No one to rely on. Since the Northern Qi royal family wanted to take advantage of our background, they naturally wanted to control us, so we grew up in the Imperial Palace of Northern Qi."
"That's when you met the Northern Qi Emperor?" Fan Xian walked to her side and tightened the outer cloak for her. "After all, you and this young emperor were childhood sweethearts."
Si Lili smiled and said: "His surname is Zhan, how could he look a bit like an emperor at that time? He is about the same age as me, but like my younger brother, he plays around in the palace every day."
"Then why were you willing to act as a secret spy of the Northern Qi Dynasty and lurk back to the capital of the Qing Kingdom?" This was something Fan Xian was very interested in.
"The emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty wants to marry me." Si Lili turned around and looked at Fan Xian with a half-smile, "And I have national hatred and family hatred on my body, which is incompatible with the current royal family of Qing Kingdom, so I want to go back to the country for a very good reason. .”
Fan Xian shook his head: "This reason is too insufficient."
Si Lili smiled slightly and said: "The main reason is that the Empress Dowager did not allow me to marry the emperor at all, so she allowed me to return to the country and asked the Northern Qi spies to cooperate with me to build a stronghold on the Liujing River in the capital."
Fan Xian thought of something, but hesitated to speak.
Si Lili guessed what he was thinking, rolled his eyes, revealed a hint of charm, and explained softly: "Si Ling and those companions beside me are all masters in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and some are good at using drugs. , Those guests who entered the curtain naturally couldn't get close to my body, and they had someone to take their place."
Fan Xian raised his eyebrows, and there was a sense of insignificance on his delicate face. He said with a smile, "Why explain this to me?"
"Don't you want to hear it?" Si Lili was a daughter after all, with a crystal-clear heart, and had seen through some of Fan Xian's little thoughts, so she was not angry, but asked softly.
Fan Xian smiled and said quietly, "At least you didn't charm me that night."
"If I had known that you were Fei Jie's student, I would have avoided you far away, so that I would not... have to worry about you getting addicted to drugs and taking drugs." Si Lili gave him a gouged look. , charming, rippling.
Fan Xian felt a little uncomfortable when he was seen. He chuckled, looked into the girl's eyes and counterattacked: "Then when I wake up that day and find myself unconscious, will I be afraid? Will I think that my daughter is like this?" Throwing it away indiscriminately, is it worthless?"
The wind by the lake didn't have much of the warmth of early spring, but was a bit chilly, blowing those reed branches that were not even a little green and swaying uncontrollably. The wind blew on Si Lili's face, and she felt that the heat on her face seemed to disappear. It faded a little, but she didn't know that there were still two touches of red at this time, revealing her shyness.
After a while, Si Lili bit her lower lip lightly, and said, "After waking up that day, I naturally felt a little resentful, but thinking about..." She raised her head bravely, looked at Fan Xian's extremely handsome face, and smiled. Said: "It's worth it to spend the first night with a beautiful boy like you."
Fan Xian never expected that Si Lili's words would be so bold and pungent, and he didn't know how to reply for a moment, and it took a while before he said, "This... this."
"That... what?" Si Lili smiled, looking at Fan Xian softly.
"I always feel that since the girl is from the royal family of the Qing Dynasty, she hangs around on the flower boat every day, so it's really dangerous. What if the other party is not me, but a drugged pervert?" Fan Xian coughed twice. Well, for some reason, he was a little concerned about Si Lili's precarious situation back then.
Si Lili's expression was slightly stagnant, and he said softly: "I never thought that I was an empress of the royal family. I was just a poor woman who had a blood feud but didn't know how to avenge it. Don't misunderstand me, Mr. Fan."
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At night, the mission's convoy pitched their tents along a high ground by the lake. The carriages lined up in a semicircle to guard the outside. The lights of the tents in the middle had already been extinguished. Si Lili was next to Fan Xian's residence. I don't know if the heart-to-heart talks during the day were too exhausting for the minds of this strange young man and woman, so they didn't climb over the wall, there were no rags, and there were no eclectic stories in the night.
Everything was very quiet. In the distance, there was an outpost of the Black Cavalry faintly spying on the slope. Around the camp, there were also mixed formations of Tiger Guards and Overwatch Council spies patrolling the camp.
The white moonlight in the sky shines on every corner of the earth. Tonight there is no cloud, no wind and no stars. The silver moonlight is like the hands of a fairy stroking the people in the camp, urging them to sleep quickly in order to prepare for tomorrow arduous journey. Fan Xian would not allow Sean to get out of the carriage, so he still sat in that well-sealed carriage. The moonlight shone on the black carriage, reflecting a strange light.
Late at night, the entire camp seemed to be in a dark dream. Like a gust of wind, a black image floated to the side of Sean's carriage. He took out the key on his body, dipped it in an oiled cloth towel, and then inserted it into the keyhole of the car door. .
The car door was pushed open, and Sean slowly raised his head, staring at the night walker at the door. The fine iron shackles that should have bound his hands and feet had already been untied and rested on the car board smoothly.
Xiao En got out of the carriage, with long white hair draped behind his shoulders, competing with the moonlight in the sky for silver. He glanced around coldly, frowning slightly, knowing that there was a big problem. But at this moment, it was too late to think about it. The old man glanced at the camp where Fan Xian was. He disappeared into the night by the lake like a black shadow.
Fan Xian, who should have fallen asleep a long time ago, now had his eyes open, sitting on a chair in the tent, fingering the teacup lightly. In the teacup was a very light drug, hibiscus tea seeds, and Once the tea flavor is mixed, it is extremely difficult to taste it.
Sensing the slight change in the breath outside, he began to count.
"one two three four… "