Chapter Fifty-Three: The mottled city wall is dark at night
"Meet Lord Tis. "The one who interrupted Fan Xian's meditation was the co-envoy of the Qingguo Hall in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Lord Lin Wen.
Fan Xian withdrew his gaze from the mottled city walls and said, "In this country, it's better to call me Fan Zhengzhi." ”
Lin Wen was slightly stunned, he had always been far away in a foreign country, so he didn't know the details of what happened in Kyoto, but he also knew that this Lord Fan Tisi was a popular figure in the court, but he didn't expect that the first sentence of the salute was rejected by the other party, and then looking at the other party's expression, he couldn't help but think that this young official was relying on his father Yin Shengze, and he was an exaggerated person, and he couldn't help but be a little worried.
Lin Jing, the deputy envoy of the mission, smiled slightly and explained: "What Lord Fan means is that since you are here to Xuanyi, you should not use the identity of the Supervision Yuan, so as not to make the other party unhappy. ”
Lin Wen came to his senses and said with a smile: "Everything is arranged by Lord Fan." ”
Fan Xian glanced back at the official stationed in Northern Qi, this person had a good face, but he was a little familiar, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled. Lin Jing explained with a smile on the side: "Lord Lin Wen is the cousin of Xiaguan. ”
Fan Xian realized and said with a smile: "I see, the so-called father and son soldiers in battle, fighting tiger brothers, there are two of them by the side, and the matter of this envoy will definitely go well."
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A Northern Qi official walked over, and the three of them duly stopped talking, and instead began to study the traces on the walls of the capital and the routes of ants crawling. It wasn't until the official walked behind the three of them that Lin Wen seemed to suddenly find out, and said in surprise: "Brother Wei Hua is also here today?"
Fan Xian turned around and looked at the Northern Qi official named Wei Hua. Smiled slightly, it was inconvenient to say anything.
That Wei Hua bowed, seemed to be quite familiar with Lin Wen, and scolded with a smile: "If it weren't for the mission to pick up you, I'm just afraid that I would still be happy in Lixiang Courtyard at this time." ”
Fan Xian's heart was happy, it seems that this person is like Li Hongcheng, and he is very good.
Lin Wen hurriedly introduced to Fan Xian: "This Northern Qi Honglu Shaoqing Lord Wei Hua. He introduced to Wei Hua again: "This is ......"
Unexpectedly, Wei Hua waved his hand with a smile. said: "Lord Fan is famous all over the world, why use Brother Lin to introduce him?"
Fan Xian was slightly stunned, and arched his hand: "There is a thin name." Don't dare, don't dare ”
"Master Fan is too humble. "Wei Hua's facial features are quite delicate, but there is always a loose taste in his eyes, not like an official, but like a madman," a dignified generation of poets and immortals actually became the secretary of the Supervision Yuan. In the coming year, I was afraid that I would still be in charge of the inner treasury of the Southern Dynasty, and before the envoy, the Chunqiu fraud case was exposed, and the heads of seventeen officials fell to the ground. Coo-goo-......goo- Lord Fan turned to Northern Qi. ”
He laughed twice and said, "I don't know what His Majesty the Emperor of your country thinks? Of course, such an important person as Lord Fan has to stay in the capital to live and raise, how can he get our Great Qi Kingdom to suffer......? What can I do if I get some wind chill on the way?"
Fan Xian heard the faint threat in the other party's words, but he didn't care at all, and said with a smile: "How can you be so weak?"
Wei Hua found that this extremely talented young official seemed to be very interested in the city wall of Shangjing, and couldn't help but say proudly: "This city has been built for three hundred years, and no foreign enemy has ever invaded it.
Fan Xian smiled slightly and said: "Majestic is naturally majestic, but it seems to be a little old, and it seems that your country needs to find a time to repair and repair." ”
In the words of the two, they secretly damaged each other, and everyone was silent. After a while, Wei Hua said softly: "Lord Fan is coming from afar, and this official will naturally be the host, and after the official business is completed, please also ask the lord to appreciate his face." ”
Fan Xian glanced at him twice, thinking why this person always showed a faint hostility between the lines, but this hostility did not reach the point of hatred, he couldn't help but be a little curious, he had never met this person, how could he offend the other party?
Lin Wen laughed beside the two at this time: "Good teacher Fan Zheng knows that this Lord Wei Hua is the eldest prince of Changning Hou who sent an envoy to this dynasty last year, Fan Zheng made a fight in the palace last year, and the Hou Ye was not drunk, and he has been thinking about it after returning to China, saying that there is a powerful young man in the Southern Dynasty, not only the poems are well written, but the amount of wine is also amazing." Lord Wei Hua often listens to it, and naturally wants to compete with adults. ”
"I see. Fan Xian smiled bitterly, and then looked at this Lord Wei, and sure enough, from the other party's face, he saw some similarities with the Marquis of Changning, last year he was the deputy envoy to receive the Northern Qi mission, and the Marquis of Changning was not small, and later at the time of the banquet in the palace, he fought hard to drink, and he was also half a drinking friend, so he couldn't help but arch his hand and said: "If Brother Wei wants to avenge his father, he has to wait a few days, otherwise it doesn't matter if I am confused, it will mess up the business between the two countries, and it is not good to explain it to His Majesty." ”
Everyone laughed and saved the matter for a later date.
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Northern Qi Shangjing, really a prosperous, although the street is not wide, but along the way are full of restaurants, green tiles and light walls, tall trees shade, the scenery is quite beautiful, the street pedestrians are also a gentle smile, full of confidence and self-restraint, which is like a defeated country.
Under the reception of Wei Hua, the delegation went to the west of the city, and the group arranged to live in the royal courtyard behind the Honglu Temple, from which it can be seen that the Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty gave enough face to the Qingguo mission.
Along the way, Fan Xian chatted with Wei Hua, and found that this son knew a lot about the officialdom of Qingguo, not only could he say the names of some powerful people, but also looked at his tone, it seemed that he even knew Li Hongcheng, the son of King Jing, which made Fan Xian feel very surprised, the two countries were quite far apart from each other, and they didn't know how they got acquainted.
During the conversation, Fan Xian also had a vague understanding of the current government of the Northern Qi Dynasty, of course, before going north, he had read countless files in the Supervision Yuan, and knew that the Northern Qi Imperial Court was far from being as harmonious and golden as Wei Hua said.
The Empress Dowager of Northern Qi is only in her thirties at the moment, and she is still young, and His Majesty the Emperor has not been in power for a long time, and she cannot completely control the government at all. If it weren't for the reason for the complete defeat of the Northern Qi in the war between the two countries last year, the contradictions would have been suppressed for the time being, and I am afraid that the current Shangjing would have already been in chaos.
And Uesugi Tiger was originally a general in the north, and it was for this reason that he was transferred back to Shangjing.
Fan Xianzuo asked unintentionally: "I heard that General Uesugi is an immortal hero, when will Brother Wei take me to visit." ”
Wei Hua said, "Lord Fan is interested in General Uesugi?"
"Although I am not a weak scholar, I always admire the heroes who resisted the barbarians. Fan Xian smiled gently.
Wei Hua's face was different, and he didn't seem to want to talk much about that Uesugi tiger. Fan Xian looked at his expression, didn't say much, and smiled slightly.
When the group arrived at the other hospital, their own relevant people were responsible for arranging accommodation, and they were busy for a while, and finally arranged it properly. Wei Hua, as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, naturally wanted to arrange dinner, and tested Fan Xian's amount of alcohol a little at the banquet, and found that this young official actually drank wine as water, and really perfectly practiced the true meaning of the word wine, and couldn't help but be shocked, and suddenly weakened the idea of fighting to avenge his father.
When the people dispersed, only the mission's own people were left in the whole house, and the guards of the Northern Qi Dynasty were very polite to only guard the outer gate, and handed over all the matters in the inner courtyard to the mission itself.
There were only five people in the room, Fan Xian, Lin Wen, Lin Jing's two brothers, Gao Gao and Wang Qinian.
Fan Xian closed his eyes for a long time to make sure that no one was eavesdropping around the room, and then said softly: "We are in the heart of the enemy country, and we should be careful in what we do and speak." ”
Lin Wen and Lin Jing's two brothers, they are indeed a little quiet, and they bow their heads slightly, but they see that Wang Qinian and Gundam seem to be Fan Tisi's henchmen, and they may not know much about the recent situation in Northern Qi.
"Is the Uesugi Tiger an idle position?" Fan Xian frowned, this was completely different from his prior judgment, the Supervision Yuan originally thought that the most capable general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, since he was transferred south from the wild ice and snow land, it must have been to deal with the aggressive offensive of Qingguo, how did he become an idle post again?
"General Huaiyuan, although the name is good, but he is in Beijing, and there are only a hundred private soldiers beside him. In this capital, there is a garrison in Shangjing, three commanders, and a hussar general...... Although General Huaiyuan has a big character and a respected status, he has no soldiers in his hands, and even if he has peerless bravery, he can only honestly go up and down, hugging his aunt and sighing. Lin Wen said with a hint of mockery: "The tiger is raised in the sheng, no matter how powerful it is, it can only scare people." ”
Fan Xian knocked lightly on the table, shook his head and was very puzzled: "What are you doing? Transfer such a guy back to Kyoto, don't let him go out to fight, just raise it like this, is this Northern Qi too much money and no place to spend?"
Lin Wen sighed and said: "The emperor and queen of Northern Qi are fighting, and everyone wants to win the support of the Shangshan Tiger, but everyone is afraid that the Shangshan Tiger will completely fall to the other side, so now they have to put it first." However, Uesugi Tiger's name is here, and his appeal in the military is too strong, even if there are only 100 guards in Beijing, no one dares to despise him. ”
Fan Xian shook his head and sighed: "No wonder this time on the edge of the Wudu River, just a few private soldiers came, I wonder that in response to such a big thing as Sean's escape, Uesugi Tiger will not be so negligent." ”
Lin Wen was stunned, he didn't know what had happened to the mission along the way. Lin Jing hurriedly explained in a low voice on the side. Lin Wen was shocked, and saw that Fan Xian didn't seem to be injured, so he put his mind at ease and said worriedly: "What is the relationship between General Uesugi and Sean?"
Fan Xian fell into silence, and only after a while did he whisper: "If there is no judgment in the yard, Uesugi Tiger should be an orphan adopted by Sean back then." ”