Chapter 862 I Will Never Be a Dog for Others
Fan Xian smiled bitterly when he heard this: "What can you do? In order to force me to make this trip, Your Majesty even broke off the engagement. The only way is to have soldiers come to block the water and come to Tutun."
"Have you ever thought about why it has to be you?" Qin Hao guided.
"What was your father's attitude before leaving Beijing?"
Fan Xian was stunned: "My father is naturally strongly opposed to it."
"Did His Majesty or Chen Pingping give you any special tasks?"
Fan Xian subconsciously looked at Sean, and then winked at Qin Hao. The two of them returned to the handsome tent, and then Fan Xian whispered.
"Sean knows the secret about the temple, and the dean asked me to get it out of him."
At this point, Fan Xian also reacted: "Shawn has been locked up in the dungeon of the Inspection Institute for twenty years and has not revealed any secrets. Why do the Dean and Your Majesty think that he will tell me?"
"Think carefully about whether Sean's attitude toward you has changed along the way."
Fan Xian thought for a long time and was a little unsure: "I remember once, he mentioned Danzhou. I said that I grew up in Danzhou. His expression seemed to change, but he didn't feel that he was interested in me. What’s the change in attitude?”
"Who is Sean? The big devil of the Northern Qi Dynasty who was once as famous as Chen Pingping. He is very scheming. How can you easily see it?" Qin Hao analyzed.
"If I'm not wrong, Danzhou is a very special place for Sean. Either there are things that are important to him, or there are people who are important to him there."
"If you think about it carefully, what kind of person is Sean? In order to catch him, Chen Pingping became disabled and could only spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Just for Yan Bingyun, she let him go so easily. And before letting him go, he didn't destroy his martial arts. Isn't this letting the tiger go back to the mountain? "
"Perhaps Chen Pingping has been deploying this bureau a long time ago, and you have been a part of it even when you were very young."
After listening to Qin Hao's analysis, Fan Xian felt short of breath. If it was true as Qin Hao said, wouldn't his life have been controlled from the beginning?
For a moment, Fan Xian felt that the world had suddenly turned into a huge chessboard, and he was just an insignificant chess piece. The people playing chess were Chen Pingping, who seemed to love him very much, and Emperor Qing, who had been watching with cold eyes.
After a while, Fan Xian came back to his senses and felt that his back was soaked with cold sweat.
"What, are you scared?" Qin Hao patted Fan Xian on the shoulder.
Fan Xian swallowed and smiled bitterly: "If this is really the case, then Chen Pingping would be too scary, right?"
"Chen Pingping is indeed scary, but don't forget whose will he is executing."
"Yes, everything is His Majesty's will, and Chen Pingping is just the executor."
Qin Hao came close to Fan Xian and whispered: "If you want not to be a chess piece, you must have the ability to play chess. This trip to Northern Qi is actually an opportunity for you and me."
"you mean"
Qin Hao poured a cup of hot water for Fan Xian: "The Queen Mother is now in power in Northern Qi. The little emperor is about to reach adulthood. Once he gets married, he will not be far away from ruling."
"If the mother is strong and the son is weak, there will inevitably be a power struggle. The young emperor of Northern Qi should be happy to have another ally."
Fan Xian pondered for a moment: "After all, I am a Qingguo native and have no foundation in Northern Qi. I'm afraid that the little emperor of Northern Qi will look down on me."
"And me?"
Fan Xian was shocked: "Old Qin, this is no joke. If anyone finds out, this will be a crime of treason."
Qin Hao simply stopped pretending and directly showed his cards: "With my talent, what do you think are the chances of me being promoted to Grand Master?"
"You and I are the same age. I am barely at the eighth level now, and you are already at the peak of the ninth level. If there is anyone among the younger generation in the world who has the best chance of being promoted to Grand Master, it must be you."
"Then do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing for His Majesty that I become a Grand Master?"
Fan Xian frowned and thought: "Of course it's a good thing. If you advance to Grand Master, then Qing Kingdom will have three Grand Masters. Even if Dongyi City and Northern Qi join forces, they will not be Qing Kingdom's opponent. By then, Qing Kingdom will be able to dominate the world." ”
"What about after you dominate the world?"
"You mean"
Fan Xian suddenly woke up. Although he had never seen the horror of the Grand Master, he had seen Wu Zhu's abnormality. During this trip to Northern Qi, Wu Zhu was going to hold back the Grand Master Ku He. If he could not stand up to Wu Zhu, Looking at each other, we can see how strong the Grand Master is.
Once the Qing Kingdom unified the world in the future, the deterrence of the Grand Master would be useless. On the contrary, it would become an unstable factor for Emperor Qing to consolidate his imperial power.
Confucianism disrupted the law with literature, and chivalry violated the law with martial arts. This has been the case since ancient times.
"Are you planning to make the bandits proud?"
Qin Hao shook his head: "I just left a way out for myself."
"Those who practice martial arts can sacrifice their lives for the country, but they cannot treat others as dogs."
Fan Xian was convinced when he heard this: "Yes, although I don't have the grand ambition of my mother to make everyone in the world like a dragon, I will never treat others like a dog."
The Qingguo envoy stayed in Qin Hao's military camp for three days.
The imperial court's urging came down, and Fan Xian had to bid farewell to this comfortable life and embarked on the difficult road north with the mission.
Qin Hao personally led the army to send Fan Xian and his party to the border.
"I have to say goodbye after a long journey. Old Qin, let's have a drink when I come back." Fan Xian waved his hand boldly.
When Wang Qinian passed by Qin Hao, he said with a smile: "General Qin, see you later. If one day I no longer follow Mr. Fan, I will join you."
Teng Zijing slapped the horse's butt angrily, and the horse jumped far away carrying Wang Qinian.
"See you later." Qin Hao cupped his fists and handed over to Teng Zijing.
Teng Zijing also clasped his fists and returned the salute, then rode up to catch up with Fan Xian.
Less than half an hour before Qin Hao led his troops back to camp, the mission's convoy was stopped.
There was only one person blocking the convoy, and she was a woman, but no one dared to look down upon her.
Haitang Duoduo sat on a stone on the side of the road with a dog's tail grass in her mouth, and said to Fan Xian, "No one will help you this time, right?"
"Leave Sean to me. I will only kill him to avoid hurting innocent people."
Fan Xian said helplessly: "That means there is no need to discuss?"
"You can't beat me."
"You have to fight it before you know."
As he spoke, Fan Xian had already rushed towards Haitang Duoduo, intending to strike first. However, the reputation of a ninth-grade master was not in vain. After receiving less than ten moves, Fan Xian was already showing his defeat.
Seeing that he was about to be defeated, Fan Xian took advantage of the moment when he was knocked back by Haitang Duoduo's axe, and threw a medicine bottle at Haitang Duoduo's feet.
After the medicine bottle shattered, a burst of red mist was emitted, but Haitang Duoduo didn't care.
"Don't you know that ninth-level warriors are already immune to most poisons?"
"I know, but this is not poison."
"what is that?"
"It's an aphrodisiac."
Haitang Duoduo felt her energy and blood rising, and her face, which was originally as white as a cloud, had two red clouds floating on it. Everyone in the Qingguo envoy burst into laughter upon seeing this.
"Just wait for me!" Haitang Duoduo stamped her foot, put down a harsh word, gritted her teeth and left.
After Haitang Duoduo left, Fan Xian took a deep breath and greeted everyone in the delegation: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and leave."
Wang Qinian and Teng Zijing were teasing Fan Xian. Fan Xian had no intention of flirting with them. If Haitang Duoduo reacted, he would no longer be able to resist.
After driving all night, when they were about to arrive at the capital of Northern Qi, the Qing Dynasty envoy was stopped by a group of people again.
This time, it was neither Begonia Duoduo nor Tora Uesugi who blocked the road, but Guo Baokun.
But it is a pity that these Qing Kingdom veterans who Guo Baokun paid to hire are indeed first-class heroes on the battlefield, but they are not enough in front of Fan Xian, an eighth-level warrior.
Seeing that there was nothing they could do, these veterans quickly ran away. Guo Baokun was in misfortune. Wang Qinian used Qinggong and caught him like an eagle catching a chicken.
Fan Xian had a long night and had many dreams, and had no time to pay attention to Guo Baokun. He drove all night and finally arrived in Shangjing at noon the next day.
"Master Xiao Fan, is your aphrodisiac so effective? That Begonia Duoduo hasn't appeared for so many days?" Wang Qinian suddenly asked curiously.
Fan Xian rolled his eyes at him angrily: "How many times have I told you that the aphrodisiac I gave her was not aphrodisiac, it was a lie."
"Why is that girl blushing like that if it's not an aphrodisiac? You dare to do it, but you are a beast." Teng Zijing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly added his sword.
Fan Xian couldn't argue. He couldn't even wash himself off if he jumped into the Yellow River.
"When Wang Qinian said this, I remembered that not only Begonia Duoduo, but also Uesugi Tiger has not appeared again. I'm afraid there is something fishy about this."
In fact, both Haitang Duoduo and Shan Hu were secretly retained by Qin Hao.
After seeing Fan Xian and his party off that day, Qin Hao received a secret order from the Inspection and Inspection Institute, asking him to secretly escort the Qing Dynasty envoy to Shangjing. This secret order was a bit strange. After all, Shangjing was the capital of Northern Qi and was heavily guarded. , There are so many masters, if you go away, you may never come back.
Qin Hao guessed that this order was probably issued by Emperor Qing, and that the old Yinbi might have wanted to use Ku He to kill him.
But Qin Hao is not worried. After all, Ku He is currently being restrained by Wu Zhu. Before Fan Xian leaves Beiqi, he should not be able to take action against him. As for Lang Tao and Haitang Duoduo, the two together may not be him. opponent.
Haitang Duoduo was straightforward. After seeing Qin Hao appear on the border of Northern Qi, she immediately went back to resume her life.
Uesugi Tiger, on the other hand, almost fought Qin Hao directly after being blocked from rescuing Sean.
"Now that the Qing Dynasty envoy has arrived in Northern Qi, do you think Jin Yiwei Zhen Fu Zhong will let you rescue Sean so easily?" Qin Hao grabbed Uesugi Tiger's spear with his bare hands and said slowly.
Uesugi Tora heard this and his tiger eyes turned red: "If you hadn't blocked it, I would have rescued my adoptive father long ago."
"You must have heard of the reputation of the Qingguo Inspection and Investigation Institute. What the Jinyiwei can do in Northern Qi, can't the Inspection and Inspection Institute in Qingguo be able to do? Even if it is not me, there will be other ninth-level masters who can stop you from saving your life. Sean, you and I are not just pawns on a chessboard."
Seeing that Uesugi Tiger was touched, Qin Hao let go of the spear in his hand and said seriously.
"Actually, it's not difficult to save your adoptive father. What's difficult is how to make your adoptive father make a comeback."
Uesugi Tiger snorted coldly: "How easy is it to make a comeback? Now the Empress Dowager has a heavy trust in the governor of Jinyiwei. This man is ruthless and has always been afraid of my adoptive father. If my adoptive father falls into his hands, I am afraid it will be a disaster. If not, why would I risk crossing the border to Qingguo to save people?”
"So, we have to work together to get rid of Shen Zhong. Not only will your adoptive father save his life, but if Shen Zhong dies, the Queen Mother will have no confidant and will definitely use your adoptive father. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"
"It's easy to say, why don't you tell me how to get rid of Shen Zhong?"
Qin Hao smiled playfully: "You don't have to worry about this, I naturally have my own way, why don't we make a gentleman's agreement, if I get rid of Shen Zhong, you and I will form an alliance, how about it?"
After a little hesitation, Shangshan Hu gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, if you can kill Shen Zhong and help my adoptive father make a comeback, I will join you. We will advance and retreat together."
"Then it's a deal?"
"It's a deal, but how can you ensure that Shen Zhong will not kill my adoptive father!"
Qin Hao said slowly: "Jinyiwei Shen Zhong seems to be powerful, but in fact he is just doing dirty work for the Queen Mother. Do you think the Queen Mother will trust him without reservation? In the eyes of the Queen Mother, Sean and Shen Zhong are the same, as long as they can work for her. "
"Sean's life and death is not decided by Shen Zhong, but by the Queen Mother. Keeping Sean is to warn Shen Zhong."
Uesugi Hu thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be true.
"Okay, then I will trust you this time."
After that, Uesugi Hu left with his men.
Qin Hao looked at Uesugi Hu's back and smiled playfully. Next, he only needed to watch Fan Xian's performance, and he would reap the benefits.
On the other hand, after Fan Xian arrived in Shangjing City, he was immediately intimidated by Shen Zhong, who not only killed the nanny beside the Queen Mother, but also broke Sean's leg in public.
When entering the city, the people of Northern Qi on both sides of the road prepared a "luxury rotten vegetable leaf gift bag" for the Qing Kingdom delegation.
Fan Xian jumped on the roof of the car to provoke, and Shen Zhong's conspiracy was resolved invisibly.
However, Fan Xian soon found that he was set up by Shen Zhong. After he handed Sean to Shen Zhong, Shen Zhong did not mean to hand over Yan Bingyun, and even kept the delegation in Shangjing City on the pretext that the Queen Mother's birthday was approaching.
After a battle of wits and courage, Fan Xian successfully connected with the little emperor and began to lay out a plan to eliminate Shen Zhong.
Shangshan Hu was anxious after learning that Shen Zhong had tortured his adoptive father Sean. He happened to meet Fan Xian seeking cooperation. The two sides hit it off and decided to use force to rescue Sean in advance.
But he just fell into Shen Zhong's trap, not only killing the only loyal subordinate in Shangjing City, but also giving Shen Zhong a legitimate reason to kill Sean.
Seeing that Sean had been beaten back by Lang Tao and his life was hanging by a thread, Qin Hao, who was hiding in the dark, took action.
"Who are you? When did Shangjing City have such a master?"