Chapter 864 Seeking the Skin of a Tiger?

At the same time, Fan Xian was worrying about rescuing Yan Bingyun. He was more shameless than he imagined. He agreed to exchange hostages, but Sean was handed over to Bei Qi, but Yan Bingyun was never seen.

As a last resort, Fan Xian could only find a way on his own, but since he entered Shangjing City, he has been closely monitored by Hexian. The slightest movement will immediately attract Hexian's attention.

In desperation, he had no choice but to trick Guo Baokun and ask him to help attract the eyes and ears of some Jin Yiwei.

Guo Baokun also lived up to expectations, asking all over the streets where Jin Yiwei's prison was, making Jin Yiwei's spies dumbfounded.

"Well, it would be great if Lao Qin was here at this time."

Sitting in the inn where the embassy stayed, Fan Xian missed the days when Qin Hao was here.

Wang Qinian reminded: "Mr. Xiao Fan, you might as well hope that your heavy conscience will suddenly show up and you will surrender Yan Bingyun."

"This is Shangjing City. General Qin is still in Qingguo at the moment."

However, at this moment, Teng Zijing suddenly hurriedly handed a secret letter to Fan Xian.

Fan Xian opened the secret letter and took a look. He immediately felt energetic. Then he raised his eyebrows at Wang Qinian and said, "Facts have proved that nothing in this world is impossible."

After saying that, Fan Xian left the post house with Teng Zijing in a swaggering manner.

"Ah?" Wang Qinian was confused: "Did General Qin really come to Beijing? Or did he have a heavy conscience?"

Fan Xian had just walked out of the post house and was followed by a group of Jinyiwei spies. However, Fan Xian did not alert the enemy. Instead, he pretended not to notice and wandered around the streets as if he was on an official trip.

The Jin Yiwei spies behind him were also full of suspicion when they saw this. They just followed Fan for half an hour, and everyone was dazzled. The task given to them by the superiors was to tell everyone who Fan Xian came into contact with and what he said. To record it, the workload is not ordinary.

Just when the spies were exhausted, Fan Xian entered a tailor shop. One of the spies pretended to be a cloth buyer and followed him in, while the others watched from outside.

But after a cup of tea, Fan Xian still didn't come out. When they rushed into the tailor shop, they found that Fan Xian and Teng Zijing had disappeared, and the Jin Yiwei spy had also been knocked unconscious.

In a grocery store not far from the tailor shop, Teng Zijing was guarding outside. Fan Xian entered the back room and was overjoyed when he saw Qin Hao.

"Old Qin, you really don't talk about it. I just said it would be nice if you were here."

Qin Hao joked: "What? You think of me when you encounter a problem?"

"Haha." Fan Xian smiled sheepishly, and then explained the current predicament.

Qin Hao didn't hide anything and told Xiao En about cooperation with him.

Fan Xian was moved when he heard that Sean was willing to use the secret of the temple as a bargaining chip for cooperation. This was also the task assigned to him by Chen Pingping.

"Old Qin, I think we can cooperate with Sean and carry out heavy executions. Firstly, we can weaken the spy network of Northern Qi. Secondly, we can stir up discord within Northern Qi. If Sean comes back to power, and his adopted son Uesugi Tiger , will definitely cause a bloody storm in the Northern Qi court."

Qin Hao nodded: "I think so too, but Sean has a deep mind, a tough character, and even more ruthless methods. If he takes over, he may become a more terrifying existence than heavy in the future."

Fan Xian couldn't help but fell into deep thought after hearing this. Indeed, Xiao En is the King of the Night who is as famous as Chen Pingping. If he becomes powerful, his destructive power to the Qing Kingdom will be unparalleled.

For a moment, Fan Xian couldn't help but blame Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping for releasing this big devil.

"No matter, Sean will let Chen Pingping and Your Majesty have a headache when the time comes. Anyway, after returning to Qingguo this time, I will get married to Wan'er immediately and go to my hometown in Danzhou to live our little life."

Qin Hao secretly laughed, among your fathers, who else except Fan Jian can let you go easily?

In a cave outside Shangjing City, Sean was not particularly surprised by Fan Xian's appearance, and there was even some inexplicable meaning in his eyes.

"So, you agreed to cooperate with me to kill Shen Shen?"

Fan Xian smiled and said to Sean: "Then it depends on whether Senior Xiao is sincere or not."

Sean suddenly sighed: "In order to keep this secret, I was tortured by Chen Pingping for twenty years and locked in a dark dungeon for twenty years."

Before Sean could finish his words, Qin Hao interrupted directly: "If I hadn't kept this secret, I'm afraid Senior Xiao would have been a pile of withered bones by now, right?"

"Yes, how could Chen Pingping deceive me with all kinds of coercion and inducements? If I tell the secrets of the temple, the only thing waiting for me is death." Endless hatred flashed in Xiao En's eyes.

Fan Xian shuddered subconsciously. What he saw in Sean's eyes was a kind of morbid madness. Suddenly he hesitated, whether it was right or wrong for him to cooperate with such a madman.

Sean was very happy and started to tell the story of how he and Ku He were looking for a temple. However, he deliberately concealed Ku He's cannibalism, probably because he was afraid that Ku He would settle the score with him. After all, the strength of the opponent's grand master still made him Very fearful.

In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is in vain.

Fan Xian was shocked because he heard a familiar name in this story - Ye Qingmei, who was his mother.

At the same time, what shocked him even more was that he was actually the illegitimate son of Emperor Qing.

"Okay, this is all the secrets about the temple. How about it? Can we talk about cooperation now?" After Xiao En finished speaking, he seemed to have put down a big stone on his heart, and there was a sense of relief.

Fan Xian questioned: "Old Senior Xiao, if the secrets of the temple are just these, why did Ku He kill you?"

"Back then, Ye Qingmei said that we should not tell others about her affairs. Ku He worshipped Ye Qingmei as a goddess and obeyed her words. He didn't want me to tell this secret to others, so he naturally wanted to kill me to silence me."

"That's all?"

"You don't understand Ku He. He is such a stubborn person." Xiao En suddenly sighed: "But perhaps it is for this reason that he can become a grandmaster."

Qin Hao's heart moved slightly. The reason why Ku He was able to become a grandmaster was due to the "Tianyi Dao Gongfa" passed on to him by Ye Qingmei, but Xiao En had also practiced this Gongfa before, but the effect was far inferior to Ku He.

In terms of qualifications and intelligence, Xiao En is definitely not inferior to Ku He. Comparing Lang Tao and Haitang Duoduo, they are both practicing the same kind of skills. Although Lang Tao has higher martial arts skills, Haitang Duoduo has the best chance of being promoted to the Grandmaster.

In other words, the "Tianyi Dao Kung Fu" requires a pure state of mind. The more distracting thoughts there are, the worse the effect of practice. This is a bit similar to the left-right fighting technique of the old naughty boy Zhou Botong.

Of course, in Qin Hao's view, the "Tianyi Dao Kung Fu" is a bit similar to the Taoist sexual skills. When practicing, there are many distracting thoughts, which is actually the "heart monkey" at work. As long as the "heart monkey" is tied, everything will come naturally. However, there is no Taoism in the world of Joy of Life.

"Just assume that what you said is true. How do you plan to get rid of Shen Zhong, Senior Xiao?" Fan Xian said seriously.

Xiao En said calmly: "I need to go to the palace and meet the Queen Mother in person."

"This is impossible. The palace is full of Shen Zhong's spies." Fan Xian shook his head when he heard it.

Xiao En turned his head and looked at Qin Hao.

"General Qin, with your strength, you should be able to do it, right?"

Fan Xian's eyes widened: "You want to break into the harem at night?"

Sean smiled and said to Fan Xian: "Master Fan has done this kind of thing a lot in Qingguo, right?"

"How do you know?"

"Master Fan doesn't really think that I have been imprisoned by Chen Pingping for twenty years, and I really have no foundation in Beiqi, right?"

Fan Xian looked at Sean's confident and domineering eyes, and suddenly understood why this man would let Chen Pingping pay the price of crippling his legs, and he would take him down.

This made Fan Xian feel like he was trying to get the skin of a tiger.

When the sun set, when Fan Xian's figure appeared in Shangjing City again, all the spies of the Jinyiwei were alarmed. There were three teams of spies following Fan Xian all the way, with more than 30 people. Even a blind man could see that he was being followed.

But Fan Xian pretended to be fine, and took Teng Zijing back to the posthouse leisurely, and never came out again.

Shen Zhong was interrogating the spy who had lost Fan Xian during the day in the dungeon. Upon hearing the report from his subordinate, he immediately dropped the barbed whip and said to his deputy: "Get rid of them all. Jinyiwei doesn't keep useless people."

"Yes."

The spy, who was beaten bloody and dying, whimpered and begged for mercy with his last bit of strength. The next second, his neck was cut. After a few breaths, there was no movement.

Shen Zhong rode to the outside of the posthouse.

"Are you sure Fan Xian never came out after he went in?"

"My Lord, I guarantee it with my head. The front and back are guarded by the brothers. Not even a fly can fly out."

Shen Zhong patted him on the shoulder with the whip and said with a smile: "Well, not bad, then I'll go in and take a look. Fan Xian had better be inside, otherwise..."

When Shen Zhong entered the posthouse, the spy felt his back soaked with cold sweat and almost fell to the ground.

"Sir Shen, it's getting late today. My master has gone to bed. If you have anything to say, please come back tomorrow." Wang Qinian stopped in front of Shen Zhong and said politely.

Shen Zhong glanced at the still bright sky and said with a fake smile: "It's not even the morning hour yet. Your master went to bed a little early, right?"

"My master is used to going to bed early."

"Alas, Sir Shen, what are you doing?"

Shen Zhong pushed Wang Qinian aside and opened the door behind him. As a result, a puff of steam hit him in the face. Fan Xian was actually taking a bath.

"Sir Shen, what are you doing?" Fan Xian was like a wronged young wife, with his hands covering his chest.

Shen Zhong's face was ashen. He had been anxious and angry all afternoon, but this guy was taking a leisurely hot bath here.

"If Lord Shen has any special hobbies, he can go find someone else. I don't like them."

Fan Xian's words almost made Shen Zhong's nose crooked. In anger, he could only turn around and say to Fan Xian: "I have something to talk to Lord Fan about. You'd better change your clothes quickly. I'll wait for you in the front hall."

Watching Shen Zhong leave with a wave of his sleeves, Wang Qinian secretly gave Fan Xian a thumbs up.

Fan Xian would naturally not listen to Shen Zhong's words obediently. His purpose of coming back was to delay Shen Zhong and attract the attention of the Jinyiwei. So he washed for half an hour and almost rubbed off his skin before slowly coming to the front hall.

Shen Zhong had already drunk several cups of tea and almost broke his bladder. When he saw Fan Xian, he said in an angry tone: "Master Fan has a good trick."

"I don't quite understand what Lord Shen said." Fan Xian picked his ears, looking confused.

Shen Zhong snorted coldly and clapped his hands. Soon, a man with bruises all over his body was dragged in.

Teng Zijing immediately recognized that this was the person who sent him a secret letter during the day, and subconsciously looked at Fan Xian.

Fan Xian was calm and composed. According to Qin Hao, this person was one of the Jinyiwei’s own people, and it was none of his business if he was caught.

"Does Mr. Fan have any impression of this person?"

"No, Mr. Shen, I have never seen this person. If he commits any crime, don't blame me."

Shen Zhong snorted coldly: "This person was originally a member of my Jinyiwei, but I didn't expect that he helped Mr. Fan to pass on the news. That's why I said that Mr. Fan is good at tricks. You are the first one to do something under Mr. Shen's nose in Shangjing City."

"Mr. Shen, the more you talk, the more confused I am. I don't know this person at all, and I haven't received any news." Fan Xian looked like a bachelor and a rogue.

"Oh, really? Then Mr. Fan, can you tell me where you went during the time you disappeared in the afternoon?" Shen Zhong half-squinted his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Fan Xian was just about to pretend to be confused and continue to delay time, when a Jinyiwei spy suddenly broke in and leaned over to whisper something in Shen Zhong's ear.

Shen Zhong's face changed immediately, and he stood up and walked out without saying a word.

"Sir Shen, we haven't finished talking yet? Why are you in such a hurry to leave? You can stay for a simple meal, so that others won't say that Fan didn't treat you well."

Shen Zhong turned around and glared at Fan Xian, then jumped on his horse and galloped all the way to the palace.

Outside the imperial city, Shangshan Hu knelt down in the direction of the imperial palace, and this scene attracted the attention of many imperial city guards.

As a general of Northern Qi, Shangshan Hu had outstanding military exploits and a great reputation. He had a very high status in the army. This move naturally made people imagine endlessly.

"General, if you have anything to say, why don't you talk about it tomorrow? You should know the rules. After the hour of Mao, the city gates will be locked and cannot be opened without reason." The captain of the guard tried to persuade him.

However, Shangshan Hu was unmoved and still kept his head bowed and knelt.

There was a sound of horse hooves, and Shen Zhong rode his horse and whipped it to the outside of the imperial city. Seeing this scene, he had an inexplicable ominous premonition.

In his impression, Shangshan Hu was a hard-headed person who would rather break than bend. Relying on his outstanding military exploits, he angered the queen mother and was recalled to Shangjing City, where he fell into a state of decline.

Now this hard-headed person suddenly softened.

Shen Zhong seemed to smell a scent of conspiracy. (End of this chapter)