Qingguo's mission quieted down, and it was the other forces' turn to be anxious. Shopkeeper Sheng often came to deliver wine, humbly conveying Xinyang's compliments, and Zhong Zhong invited Fan Xian a few times again, and Fan Xian found an excellent The other party had no way to lose his temper. Instead, Marquis Chang Ning was so heartbroken that the fat slipped from his mouth, and he cried and urged him several times in front of Shen Zhong.
There may be some agreement between the eldest princess and Uesugi Tiger, but Xinyang does not have a deep foundation in Northern Qi after all, and always needs the help of the Overwatch Council. After Fan Xian's persuasion, Yan Bingyun finally agreed to his plan and prepared to Use the network laid out over the past four years.
The news from the south indicated that the Qing court was as stable as Mount Tai, without any fluctuations. It was just that the report of the Overwatch Council mentioned that there had been a few extremely strange murders on Shandong Road recently. The method is extremely cruel. This is a case of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but it has not been found out, so the Overwatch Council is now taking over everywhere.
Fan Xian didn't take this murder case to heart, and Yan Bingyun didn't notice it either. After all, the matter of going to Beijing was already a headache, and the two were planning that dark matter.
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Fan Xian's reason for denying all the banquets was very good, because he was often chatting with a village girl in the past two days, and as that village girl, neither Shen Chong nor Marquis Changning had the guts to compete with her for guests.
In a quiet alley in Shangjing of the Northern Qi Dynasty, a man and a woman were walking and chatting, their words floated gently, disturbing the butterflies who were greedy for honey in the flowers.
"Nature is the sky and the earth, and a person is the sky and the earth. The so-called unity of heaven and man means that human affairs must follow the natural way of heaven and earth, so that the two can be in harmony."
"Harmony is just an appearance. The adults think that the heaven and man are one, and what is the difference between the heaven and the man?"
"Oh, I'm not clear about this. I just feel that people follow the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature. Only in this way can harmony be achieved."
"Or harmony?"
"Harmony is the highest."
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"Master Fan's remarks today are so ingenious, Duo Duo really admires it." She said she admired it, but the village girl Haitang still shuffled with her hands in her big pockets, her face was calm, like a slut on the street Generally walking, there is no half admiration on the face.
Fan Xian rubbed his nose in a self-deprecating manner, like the day in the palace, imitating Haitang's appearance and walking "sweeping footwork", thinking that fortunately this street is relatively quiet, otherwise the two of them would walk like this, I'm afraid they would be watched Pedestrians died laughing. As if guessing what he was thinking, Haitang said, "I just feel comfortable walking like this. As for what other people think, I really don't care."
Fan Xian thought about it for a while, and found that this was quite true. People are lazy, so walking like this is indeed more comfortable than holding your head up. The question is - if you are really lazy, why don't you just lie down on the bed? Thinking this way in his heart, he said it naturally: "I still feel comfortable lying on the bed. If Miss Haitang is willing, we can lie on the bed and talk about literature and life..."
Haitang glanced at him.
Fan Xian smiled in embarrassment and didn't explain anything. He really didn't have too many thoughts about the sex of this wonderful girl Haitang, but for some reason, chatting with her along the way always made him feel very relaxed.
After rebirth, Fan Xian always wanted to experience many interesting things and meet many interesting people. This visit to Northern Qi was largely to satisfy his spiritual needs. Although there were assassination plots along the way, things weren't very interesting, but after getting to know Yan Bingyun and Haitang, two interesting people, Fan Xian felt that it was a good deal.
"I heard that Mr. Fan met Mr. Shen Chong a few days ago?" Haitang asked softly, stretching out her hand to push aside the green branches hanging down the street. It's already gradually entering summer, but it rained heavily a few days ago, so there is no heat Baking, the trees and flowers are still in spring.
Fan Xian nodded: "We broke up on a bad note." He knew that although Ku He was above the government, he could tell that the power of this line was still biased towards the Queen Mother, so he guessed why Hai Tang asked this.
"Parting on bad terms?" Haitang smiled, her usual face extremely gentle, "I'm just curious, Master Fan threw out that proposal in such a hurry, isn't it afraid that it will spread back to the south and affect your official reputation? "
Fan Xian's heart trembled slightly, but there was no expression on his face: "I don't quite understand what the girl is talking about."
Haitang said: "The Empress Dowager is very tempted by Your Excellency's proposal."
Fan Xian said with a grim expression, "Miss Haitang should know that these days, I have been retreating and refusing visitors. The reason why I come out to accompany you for a walk whenever you speak is because I feel that although the girl was on the bank of the Wudu River Take the shot, but after all, you are an expert in the world, and you won't talk about these worldly affairs... Miss Haitang, you have disappointed me."
"If I don't say this, I'm afraid Lord Fan will be even more disappointed." Haitang was so clear-headed that she would never be fooled by Fan Xian's rhetoric, "The Empress Dowager invites you into the palace."
Fan Xian chuckled, cupped his hands and saluted, "Please trouble Miss Haitang to pass on 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 bright jewel-like eyes made Fan Xian feel dazed for a while, "Since you know the way, why not do it? Honestly, isn't it easy?"
Fan Xian took a deep breath, slowly channeled the weird domineering zhenqi in his body, resisted the pressure from Haitang, and said with a smile: "Be honest with others, sincerity can be said to be big or small. , Sincerity to the world, Dao is also... If Miss Haitang treats people with sincerity, why don't you tell me what secret Xiao En has, so that even an expert like Ling Shi is tempted."
"Honest to the world?" The corners of Haitang's lips curled up slightly, "My teacher is sincere to the world, so I can't say too much, but the secret in Xiao En's heart has saved his life for twenty years. There will be chaos for twenty years."
Fan Xian was slightly taken aback. He knew something that no one else knew—according to Haitang, is there any danger in the temple
The two of them returned to the way of talking, but they were messing around in the mysterious and mysterious ways of philosophy and theology. Anyway, Fan Xian had a background in the history of Chinese philosophy in his previous life, and randomly picked up a few theories from Dong Luwang's theories to make a false reply. It surprised Haitang. It was only after many years that Miss Haitang slowly recalled and began to sort out the theories of Fan Dacai, only then did she realize that the young man hadn't said anything back then.
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I don't know why, when Northern Qi went to the capital in late spring and early summer, there was so much rain. Previously, the spring was still light and warm, but when a slight cold wind blew, some raindrops splashed down through the branches above the two of them.
With a bang, Fan Xian opened the cloth umbrella beside him and covered Haitang's head. Under normal circumstances, with Fan Xian's status, it is natural for his subordinates to hold umbrellas when they go out in the rain, but now there are only the two of them, and based on purely superficial identities, it is only natural for him to hold an umbrella for Haitang.
The rain gradually wet the street, Fan Xian looked calmly at the people sheltering from the rain, but actually carefully observed Haitang's steps. At this time, water was all under the two shoes, and Fan Xian had already withdrawn from the village girl's step, hoping to see how Haitang would go. Haitang still walked like that.
Fan Xian shrugged helplessly. Only then did he realize that although Haitang's feet were dragging on the water, there seemed to be an invisible force under the shoes that was supporting her whole body. There was no contact between the soles of the shoes and the water surface. touch! This kind of skill, Fan Xian thought to himself was not at the level that he could achieve, so he couldn't help laughing at himself: "Begonia floats on the water."
Haitang ignored him and continued walking like that.
Fan Xian sighed and said, "I don't believe you can walk comfortably like this."
"I don't like that person named Yan Bingyun." Haitang said suddenly.
"I think, Miss Haitang has always lived in the palace in the mountains, so she should have no contact with the talented Yun Daqing of our Daqing Dynasty."
"It's quite shameless for Haitang to gain her own interests by deceiving women."
"We are officials, not ordinary people." Fan Xian explained for Yan Bingyun. He didn't want Mr. Xiaoyan to be remembered by a strong man of ninth rank all his life. things, we have to do it.”
Haitang said: "Ugly is ugly, don't use officials to cover it up."
Fan Xian smiled and said: "Although ruthless may not be a real hero, but if the heart is too soft, how can you survive in this troubled world?"
"Master Fan thinks that today's world is in trouble?"
"People are confused."
"Master Fan, do you think heroes can only emerge in troubled times?"
"I don't want to establish myself in the name of a hero, I just want to be a man worthy of this life."
The two of them talked and stopped, and they had already reached the outskirts of a small temple. At this moment, the rain that was falling all over the world happened to stop. This place is far away in the outskirts of Beijing, very quiet, with no trace of people 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, and after a moment of distraction, he saluted and said, "Miss Si, long time no see."
The corners of Haitang's lips curled up slightly and said: "Master Fan is going to be a man, but unexpectedly, he is as I expected, a person who loves fragrance and loves jade."
With a swish, Fan Xian closed the wet umbrella, looked at Si Lili who stood up to meet him, and said with a smile, "Ruthless may not be a real hero, why is Lianzi not a husband?"