"Adopted orphan?" Everyone was shocked.
Fan Xian replied calmly: "It's just that the time is a little long ago. After Xiao En was arrested, the Northern Wei Dynasty fell, and the world was in chaos. That's when Uesugi Tiger happened to emerge." Naturally, the Overwatch Council had some other evidence, otherwise it wouldn't have happened. He came to this conclusion, but among the tasks of Fan Xian's trip to the north this time, there was one more thing to confirm Uesugi Tiger's sect.
"No wonder Uesugi Tiger is anxious to rescue Xiao En."
"This is a big problem for the Northern Qi court." Fan Xian stopped abruptly after saying this, and frowned slightly. Haitang wanted Xiao En to die, the emperor wanted to imprison Xiao En and force him out of the temple, Uesugi Tiger purely wanted the old man to have a happy old age, and the three most powerful parties in Northern Qi, because of Xiao En alone, turned into three directions It's a completely different power, and it's really exciting to watch.
Of course, Fan Xian also wanted to know the secrets of the temple, so he couldn't just be a spectator.
It was getting late and everyone was tired from the journey, so they began to arrange rest. As for tomorrow's arrangements, there are naturally relevant officials who have drafted the regulations, and Lin Wen just picked out a few important matters and reported them to Fan Xian. The most important thing for tomorrow is to enter the palace to face the saint, and then to negotiate the exchange of prisoners at Honglu Temple.
After thinking for a while, Fan Xian said, "Entering the palace is in the morning, as for Honglu Temple in the afternoon." He turned to Lin Jing and said, "I'm going to trouble the Deputy Envoy."
"Your Excellency?" Lin Jing looked at Fan Zhengshi suspiciously, thinking that the important occasion of exchanging prisoners and paying tribute could not be done by Zhengshi, so how could it be possible.
Fan Xian lowered his eyes slightly, and said quietly, "I have more important things to do." The prisoner exchange agreement had two pieces of paper, one white and one black, and Fan Xian valued the black paper more. . He had already handed over Xiao En and Si Lili, so he naturally wanted to confirm Yan Bingyun's location immediately.
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Fan Xian was sitting on the carriage heading to the Northern Qi Palace, yawning continuously. He is not a delicate person who chooses a bed, but he really didn't sleep well last night. Looking at Gundam and Wang Qinian who were by his side, they also seemed tired. It's not difficult Imagine that the members of the mission suffered from insomnia last night.
It is said that when I was about to go to bed last night. That Honglu Temple Shaoqing Weihua came again, although he didn't enter the backyard, several kabuki beauties ran into the room of the Nanqing lords with a burst of fragrance, and everyone shouted in shock.
How did Fan Xian know that this Northern Qi actually had such rules for sleeping with him, so he was taken aback. Although seeing the pretty girl kneeling at the foot of the bed with her big watery eyes was very tempting, the first time she came to Beijing One day, with such absurdity, Fan Xian still couldn't do it, so he had to ask her out.
Due to this commotion, naturally few people slept well. Instead, a kabuki entered Lin Jing's room and never came out.
While eating breakfast, Fan Xian looked at Lin Jing with a bad expression. Lin Jing was a little surprised, and explained with a smile that even when the Northern Qi mission went to the capital, Honglu Temple made such arrangements.
Fan Xian wiped the corners of his eyes and found that there was a lot of eye gum. Then he glanced at the energetic Wei Hua in front of the team, and couldn't help but cursed inwardly, guessing that the other party probably did it on purpose.
Going on a mission is actually... similar to the business trip in the previous life. Fan Xianzuo thought so. The carriage was moving steadily, and he greedily opened the window to look at the scenery on the street. After finally coming to Northern Qi to go to the capital, I have to enter the palace to kowtow without even taking a look at the street scene.
After getting out of the carriage and entering the palace, he smiled, caressed his hands, stepped into the deep doorway, and suddenly saw a ray of light, where there were many eaves, tens of thousands of palaces, most of the buildings in the palace were black, and they were extremely solemn. In it, there is still a trace of fresh and ancient style.
Fan Xian was slightly taken aback, and paused in place, looking at the palace in front of him, as if he had just arrived outside the capital, and was a little absent-minded. The Imperial Palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty is indeed very different from the Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty. It does not win by its size, but layers upon layers. It looks beautiful and quiet. It seems that every black beam and pillar is telling a story that happened in this palace. , each long wooden corridor is telling the visitors how many ancient great figures have walked by lightly.
Everyone in the mission fell silent, the seven tiger guards were naturally unable to follow into the palace because they were carrying long knives, so they stayed outside. Alongside Fan Xian, apart from Lin Wen, Lin Jing, and Wang Qinian, were some officials from the Ministry of Rites that were necessary in the mission.
I don't know how long I walked, walked through the long corridor, passed the flowing water beside the corridor, gradually went up, and finally came to the main hall of the Northern Qi Palace.
In front of the hall, the guards in the palace stood awe-inspiringly, with a resolute look on their faces, and one could tell at a glance that they were at least rank seven masters.
Outside the heavy wooden door, the head eunuch was half bent and waiting.
Everyone came to the front of the hall with light steps. The head eunuch opened his eyes, looked at these Nan barbarians weakly, shook his hand whisk, and shouted in a male duck voice: "The envoy of Nanqing has arrived!"
The eunuch's voice was not loud, but the two wooden doors behind him slowly opened in response, revealing the true face of the power center in the north of the continent to the visitors.
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The main hall of the Daqi Imperial Palace is extremely spacious, with a huge internal space, and the eaves above are all made of extremely expensive glass, so the skylight penetrates into the hall without any cover, blowing away all the gloomy smell that the palace often has, and it is clear and bright. cool.
The two sides of the palace are columns made of unknown materials, which are used as supports. The top of the columns is painted black and decorated with gold patterns, and each column has a picture of a dragon entering the clouds, which looks exquisite.
Behind the column are layers of gauze, behind which there is a faint figure, whether it is a court lady or a eunuch.
Entering the palace, the first thing that caught Fan Xian's eyes, and he remembered it deeply, was the long straight road in front of the door, with two pools of clear water on both sides of the straight road!
Under the leadership of the eunuch, the mission slowly moved forward along the straight road. The officials of the Qing Kingdom who entered this palace for the first time, like Fan Xian, were unavoidably shocked—the straight path under their feet was actually made of sapphire! There is a gorgeous blanket on it, and the feeling of the soles of your feet falling on it is extremely gentle.
And the clear water on both sides of the straight road is even more unexpected to everyone. In such a big palace, there are actually two pools built! The water in the pool is extremely clear, and there are still golden fish swimming freely in the water. If you have sharp eyesight, like Fan Xian, you can still see clearly the deepest part of the pool. There are two big fish, one black and one white, waving their tails gracefully and luxuriously. , Fu on the white sand.
Deputy envoy Lin Jing looked at the scene in front of her, and couldn't help sighing in her heart: "Such a luxurious palace is enough to show what kind of national and financial resources Northern Qi has after inheriting the family property of the largest country in the past, the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was the extravagance that fostered the Northern Qi's decadence and weakness, and it was the reason why it was defeated by our own country year after year."
After the long road, it was the place where the courtiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty lived. The water rippled gently behind them, and there was no reason for the breeze to rise in the hall.
High in front of him was a dragon chair, and the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty was looking at the envoys from foreign countries who were approaching with great interest.
The envoys knelt on the ground and paid homage to the emperor of the enemy country as a courtier, saying long live.
"Let's get flat." The Northern Emperor smiled slightly, as if being able to make Nanqing's courtiers bow down at his feet was indeed a very comfortable thing.
Fan Xian heaved a sigh of relief and stood up, only to find a pair of eyes on his face. He was a little surprised, but when he looked back, he found that the young emperor on the dragon chair was looking at him with somewhat ambiguous eyes.
The young emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty has only been in power for two years. He should be only seventeen years old this year. He is the same age as himself. The teacher in literature is Zhuang Mohan's second son, and the teacher in martial arts is the big apprentice of Kuhe Guoshi. Now the text is not good, and the martial arts are not good. This person is not a womanizer, somewhat similar to His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Kingdom, a bit playful, respectful yet fearful and angry towards the Empress Dowager, and rewards more than punishes the officials.
Well, the young emperor seems to still believe in such things as love.
This was the many messages that immediately came to Fan Xian's mind when he saw the slightly immature face of the Son of Heaven. But he immediately knew that he was rude. When the lord of a country looked at him, as a subject, he had absolutely no reason to look at him.
So he hurriedly lowered his head slightly, and stood aside silently, but he was puzzled by the pair of ambiguous eyes he saw earlier.
Lin Jing's sonorous and forceful voice sounded beside him. As the Deputy Envoy, under the condition of Fan Zhengshi's extreme laziness, he reluctantly shouldered all the complicated etiquette and official duties. It is a letter of credence personally drawn up by His Majesty the Emperor of Qing.
Fan Xian listened casually from the side, knowing that they were just high-sounding words, the friendship between the two countries is eternal, brothers from generation to generation, these lies can't even be fooled by Dong'er who sells tofu in Danzhou, yet they still have to read them out solemnly .
Sure enough, His Majesty the young emperor of Qi State kept nodding his head slightly, expressing his approval to his colleague from the south.
Fan Xian laughed in his heart, but smiled respectfully and restrainedly on his face, as if he had been intoxicated by the friendly atmosphere between the two countries. Immediately afterwards, the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Northern Qi Dynasty came out again, exporting babbling and beautiful Chinese as usual, and this matter has a preliminary result.
But Fan Xian still felt very uncomfortable, because at this time he found that besides the young emperor, there were many more eyes looking at him, no matter how stable his mind was, he began to wonder.
In fact, it was the officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty who were puzzled. Everyone knew that the envoy from the Southern Dynasty was the poet Fan Xian of that generation, so everyone was very interested in the young and romantic figure who could make Zhuang Mohan, a great master of the country, return to the country. Exactly what it looks like, today in the palace, this Fan Xian has never opened his mouth, and even such important matters as reading the national book are all entrusted to the deputy envoy.
The ministers couldn't help becoming more interested in this handsome young celebrity.