Bidding farewell to Zigong, Fan Li hit his horse and headed north. It's just a day and night stay, and there is nothing to say all the way, and it doesn't take a day to come to the border of Qi country. I saw that the land of Qi was thousands of miles of plains, full of crops, villages and towns, and neat houses. Passers-by and farmers are neatly dressed and ruddy.

It can be seen that after several years of cultivation and recuperation, the Qi State has healed the wounds caused by the last war. But how to provoke Qi to use troops abroad? Fan Li didn't have a plan in his heart.

On this day, Fan Li believed in the reins of the horse and was walking on the road. Suddenly, I heard the sound of horses' hooves behind me, and when I looked back, I saw a team of guards behind me, escorting a luxury chariot, and the bee chrysalis came.

Fan Li thought to himself, which palace family could be traveling, right? Then they circled the horses and let them go by the roadside, and when the people had passed, they walked slowly.

The carriage walked to Fan Li's side, only to see that the canopy on the carriage was made into the shape of a house, decorated with a moire beast picture, which looked extremely luxurious, and even the horses that pulled the carriage were decorated with colored silk.

Fan Li has seen a lot of these situations, and he doesn't care very much. At that moment, there was a window on the side of the carriage, covered with a stained curtain. Suddenly, the curtain opened, revealing a woman's delicate face through the window.

When the woman saw Fan Li, she seemed to be taken aback, and then her face turned red, and the curtain was lowered immediately.

The carriage drove slowly. After walking more than a dozen steps, I suddenly saw a woman's face poking out of the car window, turned her head back, and looked at Fan Li, that is, in an instant, the woman's face retracted into the car window.

Fan Li smiled secretly in his heart, his good-looking face would receive some greedy eyes wherever he went. He has seen a lot of these things, and he doesn't care about them. Then he shook the reins, followed the carriage, and walked slowly.

Before I knew it, it was dusk, and a round of red sun seemed to be held up by clouds, suspended on the distant horizon. The vast and empty plain was shrouded in the sunset, and the fiery clouds on the horizon were unpredictable and gorgeous.

There is a large number of houses in front of it, and it is a large and prosperous market town. Fan Li jumped off the horse in front of a hotel, and a fat middle-aged man came out of it, and saluted Fan Li with a smile: "Do you want to stay in the hotel?" ”

Fan Li said: "It's getting late, so I naturally want to stay in the hotel." ”

The boss stretched out his hand to take the reins and said, "Please come in, the small shop is clean and suitable for rest." ”

Entering the store, the boss went to take the horse and turned around and said, "Does the guest officer eat first, or take a look at the room first?" ”

Fan Li said: "Can there be a clean room? ”

The boss smiled: "The shop has always been clean, please come with me." After that, he led Fan Li to the backyard, the small courtyard, which was really quiet and elegant. The boss pushed open a door and said, "How about a guest officer, take a look at this room?" ”

There are a few potted plants in front of the door, and although it is the middle of winter, the few clusters of green are pleasing to the eye, and the house is clean and spotless. Fan Li said: "Very good, this is it." ”

The boss said, "What do you want to eat?" ”

Fan Li said: "Don't pay attention to it, just be plain." ”

The boss went out, called warm water, and said, "The guest officer washes up, wait a minute, and the meal will be delivered immediately." ”

After a while, the boss sent a few side dishes, a pot of wine, and bread porridge. The boss said, "The guest officer is slow to use." "Go and do your own work.

Fan Li sat under the lamp, a bowl of wine in the town, drank slowly, and ate slowly. The lights were burning and squeaking slightly, and it was already dark outside. Occasionally, there was the sound of soft footsteps. Other than that, there was silence.

After drinking a bowl of wine, Fan Li felt that it was not interesting. After a few bites of food, he put down his chopsticks. When he came to the courtyard, he saw that the sky was full of stars, the Milky Way was like a faint cloud, and a crescent moon hung on the roof of the west, and he looked lonely.

In the era of extremely underdeveloped communications, the flow of information was slow, and the amount of information available to countries was extremely limited. Fan Li didn't know much about Qi Guo's situation. He turned out to be related in the Qi State. When the doctor Xiong flew out to envoy Wu, because of illness, he was carried to Yue by horse, and happened to be rescued by Fan Li, if Fan Li went to him, he would definitely help enthusiastically.

However, according to the information obtained, "Xiong Fei was degraded to a foreign country because he offended the Chen family, and he is no longer in the capital." In this way, Fan Li has no one to recommend. It was too abrupt to go to see Qi Hou in such a hurry.

Intelligence shows that Chen Heng is currently the prime minister of Qi State, and his power is growing day by day, and there is a tendency to replace Qi Hou. Jian Gong was forced by the power of the Chen family and had to obey Chen Heng. On the other hand, there are also some ministers who are loyal to the Marquis of Qi, such as the Guo family and the Gao family, which are also high and powerful in the court. seriously checked and balanced Chen Heng.

Qi is a large country in the north and has strong power, but after Yan Ying's death, internal strife continued, foreign wars were repeatedly defeated, and national strength declined. At present, domestic contradictions are also intricate and complex, how to use these contradictions to exert influence at the top level? Fan Li couldn't figure it out for a while.

Fan Li stood in the courtyard for a while, feeling bored, so he went back to the house, cleaned up, and prepared for bed. Suddenly I heard a gentle knock on the door outside. Fan Li said: "Please come in!" ”

The door opened, and the boss walked in, saluted, and said, "The guest officer is going to sleep?" ”

Fan Li said: "I was going to bed, the boss has something?" ”

The boss said: "Someone outside asks to see the guest officer, do you see it or not?" ”

"Oh?" Fan Li was stunned, he had no relatives and no reason here, no acquaintances, who was visiting at night? Anyway, the winter days and nights are long, and I can't sleep for the time being, to see who is visiting. He said, "Let him in." ”

The boss exited the door and said outside, "Girl, please come in." ”

I saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl walk in outside, with a high bun and a face like a peach blossom, according to the outfit and hairstyle, Fan Li judged that this was a maid of everyone.

The girl smiled shyly, deeply blessed, and said: "Come to visit at night, abrupt and presumptuous, please Mr. Haihan!" Words and deeds, down and down, with the gestures, only to feel the fragrant breeze blowing on the face, the hut suddenly full of spring.

Fan Li hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Xian Ji's night visit is a surprise. Girl, please take a seat. ”

The girl sat down, her eyes sweeping over Fan Li from time to time. Fan Li said: "May I ask who the girl is?" ”

The girl smiled: "Concubine, Tian Jiye." Mrs. Xiangguo called by her side. ”

Fan Li was shocked, this girl turned out to be the maid in front of Chen Heng's wife. I was happy again in my heart, maybe this is an opportunity to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion, as long as I can enter Chen Heng's Mansion, things will be divided into eight points. Hurriedly said: "It turned out that Miss Tian Ji came to visit, and I was flattered." ”

Tian Ji "eats" and chuckled, and said, "Mr. is Fan Li, a famous man in Jiangnan?" ”

Fan Li was shocked again, this girl actually said her name in one mouthful. And he didn't know anything about her. This can be dangerous for a person on a special mission. Fan Li said with a little embarrassment: "It's Fan Li down there." I don't know how the girl knew her name, and she could say it in one bite. ”

The girl raised her head, glanced at Fan Li, smiled reservedly, lowered her head again, and the flush flew to her cheeks. said: "The concubine was once fortunate enough to see Mr., so she could call out Mr. by name as soon as they met." ”

At this time, Fan Li opened his mouth wide in surprise, when did he cross paths with such a beautiful girl in Qi Country?