Chapter 18: North Qi envoy

Fan Xian didn't dare to be arrogant, so he quickly stood up and bowed, then clasped his fists around him, looking at the diplomatic officials of Qing State with a gentle face, and said sincerely: "The Xiaguan has been in Taichang Temple for a few days, and he didn't even understand the music of the court. He served as the deputy envoy of the palace, and thought that he wanted to let the thieves of the Northern Qi Dynasty see that the people of Qing State can not be killed casually, but just let the Xiaguan be a archway. It may not be necessary to really do anything during the negotiation process." He smiled and continued: "The Xiaguan knew nothing about the exchanges between the states, and just asked not to drag you down. Please give me some advice."

After all, he was not a person who had lived in the officialdom for a long time. Fan Xian's words were a bit too much and reckless. However, such a bachelor's speech made the officials of Honglu Temple feel very comfortable. Originally, when they learned that Mr. Fan's son was going to join the negotiation process, these officials who claimed to be the most professional diplomats in Qing State would always feel a little uncomfortable, and they felt that a vulture that wanted to steal bones suddenly flew from a group of crows who were good at eating rotten food.

Since Mr. Fan stated that he was not here to compete for merit, the Honglu Temple was naturally much happier, and Xin Qiwu nodded with a little appreciation. Of course, everyone knew that if he could successfully demarcate the boundaries this time, ask for a large number of tribute silver and reward him in terms of merit, this powerful and noble child who was obviously here to gilt would definitely get the parts he deserved.

After the meeting, Xin Qiwu led Fan Xian to the small room prepared for him, pointing to the document filled with a large cabinet inside and said, "The relevant information is here. The most important thing in this negotiation is that if the Northern Qi side wants to send some money, they will take back a large piece of land. This land has now been occupied by us. Dongyi City has no requirements, but just wanted to settle the two assassinations. One Chun is the Niulan Street incident related to Mr. Fan. The two female assassins have proved to be the female apprentices of the two disciples of Sigujian. The second Chun is the manor at the foot of Cangshan. But..."

He glanced at Fan Xian, thought for a while, and continued, "You know that the matter is a bit complicated, so the court cannot provide too favorable evidence in this regard."

Fan Xian nodded, smelled the old air all over the room and started to have a headache. Could it be that he would deal with these things in the next ten days? As if he saw what he meant, Xin Shaoqing smiled and said, "If Lord Fan doesn't want to sit on duty, he can also take it home. However, the documents marked with red on the secret level are absolutely not allowed to be taken out of the yamen."

Fan Xian was overjoyed. Although he knew that the other party didn't want to see him here, he said gratefully: "To be honest, Xia Guan was still confused when he came here today. If the adults don't mind being lazy, the young ones would rather sleep at home every day."

Fan Xian is probably a rare anomaly in Qing State who is just eighth-rank Xielu Lang. He dares to make such a joke with the fourth-rank Honglu Shaoqing. Xin Qiwu was stunned when he heard this, then laughed loudly, and immediately lowered his voice and said, "Young Master Fan, the East Palace has great expectations for you."

Fan Xian smiled slightly. After knowing the other party’s identity, he dared not be vague. He quickly responded: “Please rest assured, my subordinates understand. My father often teaches his children in the family a lesson, as a minister, and keeps his way of being a minister.”

Hearing this reply, Xin Qiwu, who was the prince's confidant, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Mr. Si Nanbo is dedicated to serving the country, and his subordinates have always admired him."

The two said something neither salty nor light, and Xin Shaoqing left. Fan Xian looked at his left back and gradually narrowed his eyes. His father Fan Jian had indeed said that as long as the prince is in power, the Fan family will naturally be loyal to the prince, but he doesn't even believe this, and the other party, the obvious man from the Eastern Palace, naturally would not simply believe it.

Ren Fanxian was the deputy negotiating envoy, but the East Palace tried carefully to see if the Fan family was possible, and moved a little to the prince's chair, even if it was only a little bit.

For the next ten days, Fan Xian really locked himself in the mansion and slept every day as he said that day. Of course, for him, sleeping itself was a necessary process for practice. After he got some information about official affairs, he handed it over to Wang Qinian and asked him to make the decision to do it, and to ask for a very appropriate negotiation plan.

Fan Xian actually felt like a mirror in his heart. Wang Qinian would secretly report to the old lame man in the Supervision Bureau. Since this is the case, he handed over this complicated and boring job to Wang Qinian. Whether it is for his mother's sake or for his father's sake, he can't say that he will lose face in the court and the country, and of course he will deal with it properly.

He has never been polite when it comes to utilizing available resources.

Sure enough, a few days later, Wang Qinian came to the small house that had been agreed upon by both sides and handed over a thick clip. Fan Xian opened his mouth curiously, and his eyes lit up. He saw that it was divided into two parts, one was an internal reference material that was only allowed to be viewed by senior officials of the Honglu Temple, and the other was a drafted negotiation volume with the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The information clearly analyzes the internal situation of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The intrigue between the young emperor and the empress dowager. The Kuhuo National Master was a pacifist, and so on. The information clearly states that the empress dowager's younger brother Ning Guohou was attacked by civil officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty because of his defeat. Therefore, the young emperor did not care how much money he had to pay or how much land he had to cut. As long as the public grievances were apart, he could take this opportunity to cut off many forces in the party. The empress dowager was eager to calm the incident and took action to rectify the government affairs. The instructions for this negotiation were also tolerant.

Of course, these things hidden in the dark cannot be seen by the Qing Dynasty diplomatic officials. Only when the Supervisory Office has a huge secret force, through secret spies everywhere in the Northern Qi Dynasty, can such a clear conclusion be drawn.

"Da Miao." Fan Xian sighed: "With this information in hand, the officials of Honglu Temple will burst into laughter." He paused and asked curiously: "How reliable are these situations?"

Wang Qinian's eyes drooped, and it seemed that he had not had a good sleep in recent days: "There is very high reliability. Yan Bingyun has opened up in the Northern Qi Dynasty. The entire intelligence network is laid very reasonably and has referenced each other, so there should be no problem."

Fan Xian couldn't help but feel a little respect for the young man named Yan Bingyun. For the sake of national interests, he was content to be a mouse hidden in the dark. He worked for several years. It was indeed not easy to be the son of a high-ranking official in the court. How could he know that the reason why Yan Bingyun stayed in Northern Qi was entirely because of the attempted assassination when he was twelve years old. If Fan Xian knew about this, he would feel guilty or laugh out loud.

"Wang Qinian, I didn't expect that you are good at tracking and are also good at intelligence analysis." Fan Xian knew exactly where the file in front of him came from, but he didn't find it out.

Wang Qinian couldn't say anything about his suffering, so he had to be cowardly and did not dare to take credit for his reputation.

"Okay, I'll go to the Honglu Temple tomorrow to discuss with Master Shaoqing." Fan Xian looked at Wang Qinian's expression of wanting to speak but stopped, and asked curiously: "What else is there?"

Wang Qinian said in a dilemma: "Sir, this information cannot be handed over to the Honglu Temple."

"Why?"

"Because... the secrets involved are all the highest-end, and the entire Honglu Temple, including the Honglu Temple Minister, are not qualified to contact."

Fan Xian slapped his forehead and smiled bitterly, "What do you think you should do? Just let the hospital go through normal channels and directly to the Honglu Temple."

Wang Qinian sighed, thinking that if the dean hadn't thought that you had made a shocking move in this negotiation and paved the way for the future, how could you have ordered the entire six departments to run overnight before writing such a file? This file seems ordinary, but in fact it contains the hard work of the Information Analysis Expert of the Supervision Bureau. If you want to give it to the Honglu Temple, the adults in the courtyard would jump out of the wheelchair in anger.

At the end of summer, the lotus showed its residual meaning, and the heat was still there. The pedestrians and black dogs on the road in Kyoto were all a little depressed by the weather. On the eighth day of the eighth month, it was a good day. The Northern Qi delegation and the Dongyi delegation arrived at the last official post in the northwest of Kyoto at the same time. The Emperor Qing State issued a personal order to allow the two delegations to stay in the emperor's palace. The three parties disturbed the concierge for several days, and finally formulated the schedule and arrangement for entering Beijing.

The people of Kyoto were all excited and felt that in their ordinary and boring life, there was a sudden autumn rain. In their minds, the two countries came not to negotiate, but to submit letters of surrender.

As the deputy negotiating envoy, Fan Xian was naturally in the welcoming mission team. He waited for the officials of the two countries from the west gate of Kyoto and arranged for them to move into the Kyoto official post. The Northern Qi mission obviously looked not very good-looking. After all, they were the losers in this battle directing the various states of the states, and many soldiers of the Northern Qi were captured, and the most important thing was that they were occupied a lot of land.

"Sir Shaoqing, who is this?" The highest-ranking middle-level mission of the Northern Qi Dynasty was the queen's younger brother, Marquis Changning. He looked at the beautiful young master from a high point and was extremely angry. Qingguo did not value him very much. The righteous envoy who was equally receiving was just a Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, but it was a kind of contempt for him to let such a young man serve as the deputy envoy.

"Secretary Fan Xian, pay homage to the Marquis."
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