"Master Tie?" Fan Xian aimed his eyes at the green flag, squinted slightly, flicked his sleeves and walked back to the ethnology, leaving the man in green outside in the cold.
The swordsmen from the six divisions of the Overwatch Council looked at the man in Tsing Yi vigilantly, and retreated into the house. Although they didn't know why the chief minister would stop them from chasing and killing the archer, but the court order was like a mountain, and no one dared to mention it. any comments.
The man in Tsing Yi tilted his head slightly, leaning on the green banner, as if he was a little stunned. Heavy snow fell in the darkness, gradually accumulating on his shoulders.
This scene was indeed a little weird. After being assassinated suddenly, Fan Xian was as quiet as if nothing had happened. He didn't pay attention to the man in Tsing Yi who suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked the shocking arrow for him. Pay attention, it seems that he has no interest in talking.
Looking at the closed door, the man in Tsing Yi couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, thinking that the legendary Mr. Fan is indeed a wonderful person.
He rearranged his clothes, walked to the wooden door of the ethnology very calmly, reached out his hand and knocked lightly twice in a very polite manner.
After a while, Fan Xian's calm voice came from inside the door.
"Please come in."
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The man in Tsing Yi put the green banner beside the wooden door of the ethnology, and the snow on the banner wet the gray ground. He lowered his head, he could see the smile on his lips, and he didn't salute Fan Xian directly, instead he laughed softly, "Compared with the rumors, your lord is a little more mad."
Fan Xian put his hands in front of him to warm the fire, but he still didn't speak.
The man in Tsing Yi said gently: "Is this how your lord treats guests?"
Fan Xian rubbed his warm hands, took a bag of fine wine from the subordinate beside him and drank a couple of sips, then said calmly, "It's freezing cold, you knock on the door, and I will let you in to avoid the snow. Pity your people, but don't treat you as a guest."
"If I don't knock on the door, my lord won't see me?" The man in Tsing Yi continued to ask, "Don't you have anything to ask me, my lord?"
Fan Xian glanced at him coldly, failing to see clearly the face of the man in Tsing Yi, and said, "What qualifications do you have for me to see you? What else do I need to ask you?"
The man in Tsing Yi slowly raised his head, and the ethnology hall suddenly lit up under the light of the fire.
This person's eyebrows are like swords, his eyes are as warm as jade, his lips are thin and slightly pouty, with a hint of sharpness weakened, a little more amiable, his appearance is unusually handsome, but his age is unusually young.
Even Fan Xian couldn't help being a little absent-minded, smiling and thinking, this guy is pretty good-looking, only a little worse than himself.
The man in Tsing Yi seemed a little unaware of Fan Xian's indifferent attitude, and said with a wry smile, "Why should my lord reject people thousands of miles away?"
Fan Xian took another sip of wine, looked away from this man's soft face, and said calmly, "Could it be that you have done something to me?"
The man in Tsing Yi thought for a while, and said, "Even if I'm not here tonight, that arrow will not hurt your lord in the slightest."
This is what has been said before.
Fan Xian put the wine bag beside him, looked at him and said calmly, "Since you are of no help to me, don't expect me to remember your favor. You have to understand this."
The man in Tsing Yi was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "Exactly."
Fan Xian went on to say: "I don't owe you anything, if you want to avoid the snow, then avoid it, if you want to talk, then speak... But don't make a mysterious, unpredictable appearance, I hate this very much."
The man in Tsing Yi was stunned, and said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency is right."
"What's more..." Fan Xian suddenly moved forward and said seriously, "Are you going to let me take you in?"
From ancient times to the present, from history to storybooks, this kind of encounter in the wilderness, with the turning of the wheel of history, will always be accompanied by incomparable idealism, courtesy, corporal, and loyalty. Dramatic, and as direct and aggressive as Fan Xian said... even ugly, I'm afraid it has never happened before.
Fan Xian stared into the eyes of the man in Tsing Yi and said, "Don't expect an equal relationship between us. If you want to be my subordinate, you must stand below me and pay attention to your own proportions, whether it's talking, doing things, or even your posture. So much so that your inner thoughts must be placed under the official."
He straightened up and said lightly: "If you want me to take you in, just give up those unrealistic fantasies and self-esteem. In this world, there is no one who will not turn around if there is no one. Hobby."
The man in Tsing Yi was hit hard by Fan Xian's words in a row, and stood in the hall a little depressed. After a long silence, he smiled wryly and said, "Your Excellency is indeed aggressive."
Fan Xian cut off calmly: "Because I have the qualifications."
Before the man in Tsing Yi could open his mouth, Fan Xian said, "If you have something to say, say it, or squat in a corner to warm up by the fire, and leave as soon as the snow stops."
The people in Tsing Yi never thought that things would develop to the present situation, so they couldn't help but shook their heads. He had to get close to Fan Xian before he entered the capital, and convey something to him... and he happened to know the whereabouts of the little arrow, so he took this opportunity to appear in front of Fan Xian, thinking that he would be able to get Fan Xian. Xian's good impression on the first face, did not expect that although Fan Xian was not suspicious, he pierced his mind extremely forcefully.
After pondering for a moment, the man in Tsing Yi smiled and said, "On the way back to Beijing, the grass-roots may be able to protect you a little bit."
"There's no good reason." Fan Xian shook his head, "You and I both know that it's just Xiaojian, and I won't take him seriously."
The man in Tsing Yi thought for a while, finally sighed and said, "I have some news for my lord."
"what news?"
"News from the East."
Fan Xian suddenly raised his head, staring into the eyes of the man in Tsing Yi.
The person in Tsing Yi accepted it as usual, but this person was actually the top figure among the young people in the world, so facing Fan Xian's power, he was able to be so calm.
Fan Xian clapped his hands.
All the swordsmen and spies of the Overwatch Council in the central hall stood up silently and walked out of the gate of ethnology. Hong Changqing turned around and carefully closed the wooden door, leaving a quiet place for Fan Xian and the man in Tsing Yi.
After the room returned to silence, the man in Tsing Yi smiled and saluted, "Dongyi City sends greetings to Lord Tisi."
Fan Xian fell silent, took a few deep breaths slowly to calm himself down, a cold light flashed in his pupils, and asked coldly, "Report your name."
"The Thirteen Sword Hut disciples, Prime Minister Tie."
"Si Gu Jian only accepted twelve apprentices," Fan Xian said, looking at the man in Tsing Yi, "and I have never heard of a young man named Tie Xiang in Dongyi City... I have never heard of someone, just does not exist."
With the Overwatch Council's intelligence network all over the world, Fan Xian spoke with great confidence.
The man in Tsing Yi lowered his head and was silent for a while, then smiled and said: "My real name is Wang Xi, I was ordered by my teacher to travel to the Qing Kingdom, and changed my name to Tie Xiang."
"Wang Xi?" Fan Xian said casually, "Good name."
The man in Tsing Yi, Wang Xi, smiled and said, "The name may not be very good, but this person is still useful."
At this time, Fan Xian should have asked, you Dongyi City and my Overwatch Council are indissoluble enemies, why did you come to vote for me, but the strange thing is that Fan Xian didn't ask, and Wang Xi didn't take the initiative to ask. explain.
These two young people have wisdom and calculations far beyond their peers, and they can see through each other's thoughts in a flash. For Fan Xian, Dongyi City should have sent someone over to contact him a long time ago, but he did not expect that such an incomprehensible young man would come.
That's right, Dongyi City has always had a good relationship with Xinyang. Presumably that Si Gu Jian is also enjoying the worship of Junshan Society just like Ye Liuyun. It's just that Fan Xian knows that there are no permanent enemies or friends in this world, only permanent interests.
Although Si Gu Jian was an idiot back then, he was able to protect Dongyi City and those small kingdoms for twenty years with a single sword, of course not only by relying on the sword in his hand.
Those who hold the country must be cautious. Under the strong pressure of the Qing Kingdom, if Dongyi City wants to survive, it must maintain close ties with the highest power class in the Qing Kingdom. The relationship between Sigu Jian and the eldest princess is It developed like this.
It's just that with the appearance of Fan Xian, the power structure of Qing Kingdom has undergone great changes, especially after taking charge of the Overwatch Council and the Internal Treasury, Fan Xian already has the strength to threaten Dongyi City. In comparison, the eldest princess has fewer and fewer chips.
It is impossible to put all eggs in one basket, and the chips cannot be bet on the big one forever. It is impossible for all the girls in the family to marry into the same family. This is a matter of risk sharing.
Si Gu Jian is still in custody of the eldest princess, and the close relationship between Dongyi City and Xinyang is unmatched by Fan Xian. What's more, since Fan Xian made his debut, he has formed an intractable enmity with Dongyi City, such as the one on Niulan Street. Two female assassins, such as Shang Yun Zhilan by the West Lake, were suddenly attacked.
But Dongyi City still had to contact Fan Xian.
If the eldest princess falls, there is no doubt that Fan Xian will be the first choice of Dongyi City, and before this choice, Dongyi City must first express its goodwill.
Politics is indeed very strange. Obviously Fan Xian and Dongyi City are still hostile, but both sides know that in addition to hostility, they must start tentative contacts. Say joy.
In the face of huge interests, any kind of enmity can be washed away. Although Fan Xian doesn't think so, Si Gu Jian must think so.
However, Fan Xian also knew that Dongyi City and himself could only be flirting with each other in the dark. That idiot Si Gu Jian still had most of his bargaining chips on the Eldest Princess, just like Lin Xiangye analyzed in Wuzhou. That thing really happened, Dongyi City can guarantee decades of safety, so there is no need to come to him.
The reason why this white-clothed man named Wang Xi came to contact him today was just to open the way in advance.
"Is this what Lingshi meant, or Dongyi City?" Fan Xian asked.
After thinking for a while, Wang Xi replied with a smile, "It's what my teacher meant."
After a question and an answer, the two sides became clear, this kind of contact is still not on the table, this is just a hidden move of Si Gu Jian's sophistication, this move cannot be known by anyone.
"What benefits do I have?" Fan Xian asked straightforwardly, "A large number of ninth-rank masters in your Sword Cottage want to assassinate me in the south of the Yangtze River. I can't just pretend that nothing happened just because of your words."
"There is no benefit, only attitude." Wang Xi explained gently: "Dongyi City and your lord are still enemies, but I am not... I am the attitude expressed by Master. Few people including Dongyi City know about my attitude." Existence, as long as adults are willing, I will stand by your side, this will never change."
"Even your elder brother wants to assassinate me again?" Fan Xian picked up the iron chisel, pulled the charcoal in the basin, and said casually, "You will stand by my side and kill all the people in Dongyi city." clean?"
"Yes." Wang Xi replied very seriously, "Anyone who is unfavorable to the adults is my enemy."
Fan Xian couldn't help laughing, and sighed, "Si Gu Jian, Si Gu Jian, what this idiot thinks is really interesting."
When he said this, Fan Xian watched Wang Xi's reaction out of the corner of his eye. When he mentioned the word "idiot" - the biggest taboo in Dongyi City, the other party remained calm and unmoved.
"The Thirteen Sword Hut Disciples..." Fan Xian narrowed his eyes. The four great masters in the world, plus Uncle Wuzhu, Kuhe’s real closed disciple is Haitang, and Uncle Wuzhu’s closed disciple is of course himself. If the man in Tsing Yi in front of him is really Si Gujian’s closed disciple, he should also be a very powerful character. yes.
"I will call you Thirteenth Wang from now on." Fan Xian said calmly, "Thirteenth Lang... Have you ever thought that with my vengeful personality, you Dongyi City will follow that crazy woman to deal with it in the future? Me, how could I let Dongyi City go because of you alone?"
"Cooperation is beneficial to both." Wang Xi smiled unrestrainedly, indescribably chic, "As for the person who offends your lord, you can find a way to kill them. Master let me travel in the celebration, and I didn't hide any evil intentions. Of course I wanted to." survived."
"As long as I survive," Wang Xi said calmly, "Dongyi City will continue to live as it is now."
Hearing these plain but actually very unusual words, Fan Xian lowered his head slightly and said, "Are you going to Beijing too?"
"Yes." Wang Xi sighed leisurely: "Since it is a tour, of course we have to go to the capital of the Qing Dynasty. I heard that there is a Baoyue Tower in Kyoto...there are countless beauties in the tower, so you must have a good taste."
Fan Xian didn't raise his head, "I won't give you a discount."
Wang Xi smiled and said, "I can earn a lot of money by telling fortunes."
"Didn't you say earlier that you are not a fortune teller?" Fan Xian said.
Wang Xi replied softly: "My lord... the fate is too strange, the wind enters the clouds, and the stars flicker, which is beyond the calculation of mortals."
Fan Xian's heart moved slightly, and he said slowly after a long while: "Back to the original topic, let's wait and say... You are Si Gu Jian's attitude, an attitude of a small part, and has nothing to do with the general purpose of Dongyi City. ?”
"You can say that." Wang Xi responded neither humble nor overbearing.
"Very good." Fan Xian rubbed his hands that were starting to get cold again, put his hands on top of the brazier, looked at the bright red in the white ash in the basin under his hand, and said, "I don't like going back to Beijing all the way. A very powerful archer peeps in the dark, and will shoot a few cold arrows suddenly."
Wang Xi was silent.
"Go and break that little arrow outside." Fan Xian looked up at him, "Since you have the attitude of Si Gu Jian, I want to see your attitude. Before entering Beijing, I want to see that little arrow." head."
Wang Xi continued to remain silent, and then nodded lightly after a long time. He picked up the long blue flag from the door, and when he was about to push open the wooden door with both hands, he suddenly turned around and said, "I don't like killing people very much, can you change the content?"
Fan Xian lowered his head again at this time, and said indifferently: "If you can't kill people, what's the use of me keeping you?"
"My skills are good." Wang Xi said calmly, but there was an unfathomable taste in his words, "I can protect you."
"Protect me?" Fan Xian twitched his lips and laughed, "I don't think you are qualified to say that."
Wang Xi smiled and said, "I have the qualifications, sir, you can try."
With Fan Xian's current state, Wang Xi dared to say such a sentence, which shows that he has quite strong confidence in his own level. But Fan Xian still didn't raise his head, and just said softly: "Don't talk big in front of me, Qing Kingdom is not Dongyi City, you may die in the wilderness at any time, and you don't know where the rope for your life comes from." A piece of sky hanging down."
As the words fell, the light in the ethnology room suddenly dimmed, and a gust of wind blew away the ashes like snow in the brazier, and a powerful, secret, murderous aura enveloped Wang Xi at the door.
Wang Xi's hand holding the green flag trembled slightly, and the black feathered arrow that had been stuck on the green flag's pole shattered piece by piece!
Wang Xi coughed twice, and took two steps back, but there was no trace of panic on his face. Instead, he smiled and said, "No wonder my elder brother came back from the south of the Yangtze River. There is such a master by your side." Protection, of course I don't need it... well, then I'll kill a few people for you."
After saying these words, he pushed the door out and disappeared into the night. The long green flag appeared and disappeared in the night snow.