Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 424 You, the time traveler, don’t understand me, the time traveler

a few days later.

The Nanqing delegation, led by Fan Xian, left Kyoto City through the north gate, escorting Sean, a former ninth-rank master of the Northern Wei Dynasty who had been imprisoned in the Overwatch Council for twenty years.

The officials from the Honglu Temple were holding staffs in front, followed by the carriage carrying Fan Xian and Wang Qinian, and then the heavy prisoner van that was tied up with iron chains as thick as thumbs and reinforced with huge rivets. Behind them was the escort force consisting of four tiger guards and more than a dozen cavalrymen.

The leader of the Tiger Guards was tall, wearing tight clothes and holding a long sword, and he led the way with three other Tiger Guards. This kid had never stopped looking since he left the city. He kept looking left and right with a stern face, and from time to time he put his hands on the awning to look into the distance.

Fan Xian looked at the horse's butt and the swaying ponytail for a while, then touched the shoulder of Wang Qinian, who was playing the role of groom with a long whip: "What do you think this Gundam is looking at? We just left Jingdu City and walked only a dozen miles. Do we have to be so nervous?"

"Your Excellency, have you forgotten that person has not yet appeared?"

that one……

Hearing these three words, Fan Xian's expression turned a little unhappy.

The Northern Qi side wanted Si Lili and Sean. Now Sean was tied up and locked in the prison car behind him, and Si Lili... was not there.

Emperor Qing said that Chu Pingsheng would send people to Northern Qi with the delegation's convoy. Now he has been gone for a long time and still no one is seen. It is indeed a puzzling thing.

Where did Chu Pingsheng go?

Speaking of "that one", Wang Qinian's gossip got the better of him, and with a sly smile, he asked in a rather vulgar way, "Sir, why did Chu Pingsheng agree to return Si Lili to Northern Qi?"

"why?"

Fan Xian glanced at him with contempt on his face—not contempt for Wang Qinian, but contempt for Chu Pingsheng.

"Either Bai Feng and Northern Qi have some interests in conflict, or your majesty has offered Chu Pingsheng an offer that he cannot refuse."

Wang Qinian shook his head and sighed: "That day outside the Supervisory Council, he killed the Black Cavalry and chopped off Yuan Hongdao's hand. Later, he even pressured Your Majesty to have him executed by slow slicing. I thought he was a romantic man, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect..."

Fan Xian was actually quite surprised. At first he thought that Chu Pingsheng saved Si Lili in order to extract information from her that he knew Lin Gong was the murderer who planned and carried out the Niulan Street assassination case, in order to alienate the relationship between him and Lin Wan'er and achieve his goal of successfully marrying Lin Wan'er.

However, it turned out that Lin Gong was clearly killed by Wu Zhu, but Chu Pingsheng pinned the blame on Bai Feng. Because he forced Emperor Qing to torture Yuan Hongdao to death, and did not hide the fact that he slept with Si Lili, many people thought that Chu Pingsheng simply liked this Northern Qi spy, but the next scene was shocking. After sleeping with Si Lili for a while, Lord Chu was obviously tired of it and started to hang out in brothels, listening to music in brothels during the day and staying on boats at night, leaving Si Lili alone in the protocol courtyard.

Later, when the Northern Qi wanted someone, they agreed without any hesitation, which made people completely confused about the logic behind the Western Hu people's actions.

"I don't know if he's romantic or not, but he's definitely lustful."

Wang Qinian smiled and said, "Your Excellency is right."

Now everyone knows what happened at the night banquet in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. Fan Xian's reputation and talent were ruined overnight. Fan Ruoruo and Ye Ling'er had to marry Chu Pingsheng as concubines because they lost the bet. The two of them have completely torn their faces apart, and if it goes one step further, it will be a fight to the death.

Call...

At this moment, Gaoda, who was leading the way in front, pulled the reins to stop his horse, raised his right hand, and made a stop gesture to the convoy behind.

Wang Qinian straightened up and looked up: "Sir, it seems to be...that person's carriage."

In fact, Fan Xian knew it was Chu Pingsheng without him saying it.

There were two carriages parked on the open ground at the intersection of the official road and the poplar forest. One carriage was carrying people and had curtains and door curtains, and the other carriage was carrying cargo. A wooden cabinet more than one person tall was fixed in the carriage, with a large black iron lock on the outside. No one knew what was inside. The extremely aggressive white ape was sitting on the wooden cabinet of the cargo vehicle, holding a bright red pig head in both hands and gnawing on it in big mouthfuls. His lips were bulging from eating so much, and his hairy hands were covered with oil. This was why Wang Qinian recognized at a glance that the carriage outside the woods was Chu Pingsheng's vehicle.

"grown ups?!"

Gaoda looked back and asked Fan Xian to make the decision.

"Just leave."

"Sir," Wang Qinian advised, "This is not a good idea. Chu Pingsheng is the prince's tutor, a top official in the dynasty, and the highest-ranking person in the delegation. If he leaves without saying hello, it will be embarrassing if he is investigated later."

Fan Xian rolled his eyes at him and said, "If you want to say hello, go ahead. I'm not going anyway."

After saying that, he turned his body to the side.

If Emperor Qing hadn't promised that if he successfully completed his mission and returned, he would consider revoking the arranged marriage for Lin Wan'er and returning her to him, would he go to Northern Qi with a man like Chu Pingsheng? Don't even think about it!
"My lord, think about it, Chu Pingsheng is a ninth-rank official, and Bai Yuan is an even more powerful character above the ninth-rank. With them around, why should we be afraid of Sean getting into trouble? Even if his adopted son Shang Shanhu comes to kill us, we don't have to be afraid. Just bow your head and say hello, and you'll save a lot of worries in the days ahead."

"..."

Fan Xian rolled up his sleeves and didn't even look at Wang Qinian.

Does he need Chu Pingsheng and Bai Yuan to support him? Don't be ridiculous. Wu Zhu has been following behind him. He was not afraid even when Ku He came, let alone Xiao En, his adopted son.

"You said you...what can I say about you?"

Wang Qinian frowned, nodded at Fan Xian, and finally jumped off the carriage with a long sigh. With the thought that helping Fan Xian was helping himself, he trotted to the open space beside the woods, bowed to the carriage, and said with a smile: "Master Chu, Master Fan saw that your carriage was parked here, so he sent me here to ask if I can help you."

The blue cloth door curtain swayed slightly, and was pushed aside by a hand from inside: "Well, you guys go your way, I will follow." "Okay."

Seeing that he was so easy to talk to, Wang Qinian nodded and bowed, then retreated.

"and many more."

Snapped.

A golden light flew out and landed at his feet.

Wang Qinian took a closer look and found that it was actually a gold ingot, weighing at least ten taels.

"I'm very curious. Fan Jian has moved from the Ministry of Revenue to the Ministry of Personnel, and Fan Xian's bookstore has closed down. Can he still afford to hire you? Wang Qinian, would you consider following me?"

"This..." Wang Qinian's eyes rolled around and he smiled charmingly, "Sir, can you allow me to consider this?"

"no problem."

The hand that pushed aside the green cloth curtain retracted, and the gap closed.

Wang Qinian bent down, picked up the gold ingot on the ground and put it into his sleeve, then walked towards the convoy of the delegation behind with a smile on his face.

When passing by Gundam, the latter glared at him fiercely with contempt on his face.

Wang Qinian didn't care. After all, Fan Xian only gave him fifty taels of gold a month, while Chu Pingsheng would give him ten taels of gold ingots at a time. He could already imagine how happy his wife would be when she saw the golden ingots.

"Sir, Lord Chu told us to go first and he will follow behind."

Fan Xian waved his hand, Gaoda clamped his legs together, and rode his horse northward.

"Wang Qinian, what else did he say to you?"

"do not have much left."

"Then what were you doing just now when you bent over and stuck out your butt?"

Wang Qinian chuckled and said, "Sir, have you forgotten what my specialty is?"

Fan Xian curled his lips: "Run fast, especially when danger comes."

"How could that be? It's the tracking technique, sir. I put in a lot of effort to catch up with Si Lili." Wang Qinian leaned closer to Fan Xian and whispered in his ear, "Sir, I've looked carefully. Judging from the ruts on the second carriage, the vehicle weighs at least 600 to 700 kilograms, and the white ape weighs at most 130 to 140 kilograms. What's the remaining 500 kilograms? Don't you find it strange?"

As expected, Fan Xian frowned when he said this, and turned around to look at the two carriages that had already started moving. You know, the gifts that Qing State brought to Qi State were all southern specialties, handicrafts and the like, which were all in the cabinet of the carriage behind Sean's prison carriage. There was no need for Chu Pingsheng to prepare separate items.

So the question is, what is in the carriage?
"Wang Qinian..."

"grown ups?"

"Do you think Ku He will attack Bai Feng?"

"Probably so."

Wang Qinian thought about it and felt that even if Ku He didn't fight to the death, he should at least test Bai Feng's strength. After all, even a fool could see that Bai Feng and Emperor Qing had an ulterior motive, and Emperor Qing's greatest wish had always been to annex Northern Qi.

"If two grandmasters fight one grandmaster, what do you think will happen?"

"Two Grandmasters fighting... one Grandmaster?"

Wang Qinian was confused by what Fan Xian said. He didn't know where the other grandmaster was or who he was.

Fan Xian smiled and did not respond to his doubts. He just sighed in his heart that once Bai Feng died, Chu Pingsheng would have nothing to rely on.

……

Fan Xian was wondering what Chu Pingsheng had brought with him, and kept looking back at the carriage at the back. Si Lili looked at Sean's prisoner car again and again with a worried look on her face.

"Are you worried about Zhan Doudou? I don't understand why she asked for Sean?"

"..."

"As far as I know, Qing launched two northern expeditions against Wei. In the first northern expedition, Li Yunqian was paralyzed and trapped in a desperate situation. Chen Pingping led the Black Cavalry to rescue him after a thousand-mile raid. This northern expedition ended in failure. The reason for all this, in addition to Li Yunqian's own problems, was also due to the contributions of Sean, the intelligence chief, and Zhan Qingfeng, the general of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Afterwards, Qing learned its lesson and marginalized Zhan Qingfeng by means of alienation. Then, while Sean's son was getting married, Chen Pingping personally led people to capture him and brought him back to Qing. After that, Li Yunqian launched the second northern expedition and crippled the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was at this time that Zhan Qingfeng rose strongly with the help of Ku He, replaced the Northern Wei royal family, and established the Northern Qi Dynasty."

Chu Pingsheng first recounted the background of the incident, and then slowly told her what was on her mind: "Xiao En is loyal to the Northern Wei royal family, not the Northern Qi Zhan family. You are worried that he will shake the political situation and overthrow the Zhan family after he returns, right?"

Si Lili said: "I can't hide anything from you."

(End of this chapter)