Sword Qi of the heavens

Chapter 174 The Eve of the Great War
Emperor Qing was the closest person to Ye Qingmei.

Of course he knew that there were not only four great masters as the world thought, and Wu Zhu was the first great master who followed Ye Qingmei.

After Ye Qingmei died, Wu Zhu followed Fan Xian all the time.

Fan Xian got along with Li Changlan since he was a child. Wu Zhu and Li Changlan are also great masters. It is impossible to hide their tracks within such a short living distance.

These two must have known each other very well, and they were even in the same group at all.

From Emperor Qing's point of view, the most urgent task is to find out Fan Xian's position.

Is he really being threatened by Li Changlan as a hostage, or is it that the two of them have teamed up to betray Nanqing long ago, intending to seek refuge in Northern Qi.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have received news."

"Wu Zhu had set off early before Fan Xian set off for Northern Qi, and fought against Ku He. Both of them suffered serious injuries."

Chen Pingping's tone was very calm.

He seemed to only answer Wuzhu's whereabouts, but in fact he was also expressing the idea that Wuzhu and Kuhe may not have come together.

Emperor Qing raised his brows high and asked, "So, do you think Fan Xian might really be detained by Li Changlan?"

Fan Jian's heart sank when he heard Emperor Qing's words.

He slowly rubbed his fingers hidden in his sleeves, secretly thinking that Emperor Qing really couldn't maintain absolute trust in Fan Xian because of his mother Ye Qingmei.

Chen Pingping replied: "I don't know yet, but there is one thing I can confirm."

Emperor Qing asked, "Which point?"

Chen Pingping said in a deep voice: "If we really start a war with Beiqi, the lives of Fan Xian and the Eldest Princess Li Yunrui may not be guaranteed."

Emperor Qing's eyes became colder and colder, knowing that this was definitely not nonsense.

Then Li Changlan looks young, but in fact it is very likely that he has survived for many years. How can such a person care about the opinions of people in the world?
Chen Pingping suggested again: "I feel that we must prepare for war in advance, but before that, it's best to send another team to Northern Qi to investigate the situation of Fan Xian and Li Yunrui, and see what the other party wants. Also find out whether they really want to start a war, or they are going to take the opportunity to negotiate terms with us and get back the state they lost."

Emperor Qing thought for a moment and sat down again.

He lowered his head slightly, rubbed his temple with one hand, and sighed: "Okay, you all go back first, I need to think about it again."

Chen Pingping and Fan Jian responded and left at the same time.

After the two left the palace, the carriages drove in different directions, but in Chen Pingping's carriage, there was an extra Fan Jian who should have left.

"Chen Pingping, what are you going to do?"

Fan Jian no longer played around with Chen Pingping, he was also the owner of the Fan Mansion after all.

He didn't get along with Fan Xian for a long time, but he chatted with Fan Xian a lot, and met Li Changlan a few times by the way.

He didn't believe that Chen Pingping knew nothing about Li Changlan's real purpose.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just changing the owner of this country." Chen Pingping looked calm and said such shocking words lightly.

"Chen Pingping! You really have hidden evil intentions!" Fan Jianben suspected that if Li Changlan was really imprisoned by Chen Pingping, how could he not take any revenge on the latter when he fled.

now.

Hearing Chen Pingping's words, he was sure that Li Changlan had definitely reached some kind of deal with Chen Pingping.

"Chen Pingping, are you going to betray the Qing Kingdom?!" Fan Jian stood up abruptly with an extremely angry expression.

"Fan Jian, you can see that His Majesty is already suspicious of Fan Xian." Chen Pingping was very calm, and raised her hand to signal Fan Jian to calm down, "I will never betray my country, but I will never tolerate Fan Xian either. hurt by anyone."

Paused.

Chen Pingping said again: "What's more, the real culprit who killed Miss back then has not been sanctioned. After so many years, it's time to pay back."

When Xu Shi heard Ye Qingmei's name, Fan Jian suddenly froze.

Chen Pingping gently stroked the armrest of the wheelchair.

"Fan Jian, after so many years of secret investigations, I have laid out enough plans. It would have taken some time to close the net, but since there is such a change as Li Changlan, some plans should be implemented in advance."

Fan Jian's cheeks twitched slightly, and he took a deep breath.

"Chen Pingping, I know that her death back then was quite strange, but you can't force Fan Xian to take such a dangerous path, you are harming him!

"Fan Xian has the support of two great masters behind him. Do you know what this means?" Chen Pingping suddenly interrupted Fan Jian, "Fan Jian, do you still remember why Miss died back then?"

Hearing this, Fan Jian suddenly froze.

Seeing that Fan Jian understood the key point, Chen Pingping continued, "Li Changlan promised me that Fan Xian can be the emperor of Nanqing."

Fan Jian sneered and said, "Chen Pingping, do you really think Li Changlan can be trusted?"

Chen Pingping laughed lightly, and laughed at herself: "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, the important thing is whether Fan Xian believes in him or not. Fan Jian, you don't really think that Fan Xian calls you father, you are really his father, do you?"

"If there is a day, Li Changlan will have a conflict with us."

"Guess, will that little fellow Fan Xian choose to help us or Li Changlan?"

Fan Jian's expression gradually became still.

He sighed again and again with a complex expression, trying to understand the key to the matter.

The situation in this world.

Li Changlan can make the decision alone, and Fan Xian will absolutely choose to support him without hesitation.

That being the case, once Li Changlan's ambition is confirmed, it is absolutely impossible to avoid war between Northern Qi and Nanqing, and Fan Xian will definitely be on the opposite side of Northern Qi.

If you want Fan Xian to survive the war.

Even if the Northern Qi Dynasty did not perish, Emperor Qing must die, otherwise, with Emperor Qing's suspicion, he would definitely look for an opportunity to get rid of him.

after awhile.

Fan Jian was still very hesitant, unable to make up his mind.

"Even so, you don't have to kill His Majesty, do you?"

Chen Pingping said leisurely: "Before Li Changlan left the Inspection Institute, he told me many secrets, one of which was about our last great master in Qing Dynasty."

Fan Jian raised his head and asked, "Huh?"

Chen Pingping snorted heavily, and said with a sneer, "You think well, the last one is our Majesty."

Fan Jian was stunned suddenly, and his eyes gradually became cold.

……

Northern Qi Dynasty.

Just as Xiao En and Uesugi Tiger returned to the throne, they began to mobilize the army.

A large number of eighth-rank and ninth-rank masters in the country were also secretly mobilized to obtain their identities and orders, and entered their respective departments to prepare for the upcoming war in advance.

A house in a forest somewhere.

Li Changlan lay leisurely on the recliner, taking a nap with his eyes closed.

Shen Wan'er gently pinched Li Changlan's shoulders, while Fan Ruoruo was feeding him fruit.

Fan Xian squatted on the ground beside him, processing all kinds of fresh ingredients, taking advantage of the opportunity to light the fire for the hot pot that was just prepared, and kept busy.

"Sir, you said that a fight is about to start, why are you still here?"

Fan Xian was choked by the smoke and coughed again and again. He kept waving his hands, trying to fan the blinding smoke in front of him.

Hearing Fan Xian's words, Duoduo, who was holding a cucumber gnawed in his hand, also turned his head to look at Li Changlan who was there, and asked, "Yes, our Majesty is extremely busy in the palace, and has been making plans to deal with Nanqing. Your plan, you are the key to the plan, why are you still doing nothing here and being served all day long?"

Whether the Northern Qi Dynasty can rise depends on Li Changlan alone.

Zhan Doudou knew this very well, so in order to contact Li Changlan in time, he asked Haitang Duoduo to follow him.

As for Zhan Doudou's personal safety, it was replaced by the wolf peach sent by Ku He again, which also prevented Northern Qi from attempting to assassinate him.

At this time.

Li Changlan slowly opened his eyes, looking at the blue sky in the distance.

"The key to the war has never been the army, but me and several other great masters."

Seeing that Li Changlan was finally in the mood, he was willing to say a few more words.

Fan Xian immediately got up and came to Fan Xian with a smile, and asked, "Sir, I've always wanted to ask, where is my Uncle Wuzhu? Are you coming over later?"

Li Changlan shook his head and said: "He was injured and is recuperating, but he didn't go far, so he hid in Nanqing, secretly protecting the safety of Chen Pingping and others, and passing the news to someone over there for me."

heard.

Fan Xian pouted, and walked back bored.

Li Changlan laughed lightly, and said, "In my opinion, what you're thinking of isn't Wuzhu, but Lin Wan'er in the capital, right?"

When Li Changlan said this, Fan Xian blushed instantly.

Fan Ruoruo and Haitang Duoduo showed teasing smiles and looked at Fan Xian together.

"Brother, you haven't gotten married yet, so you're thinking about taking over my future sister-in-law?"

Haitang Duoduo took another bite of the juicy cucumber, made a crisp chewing sound, and said vaguely: "I didn't realize that Fan Shixian is still an infatuated man. When he arrived in the Northern Qi territory, he still missed Nanqing's wife. After getting married, wouldn't you be the same as Wang Qinian, a person who is afraid of his daughter-in-law?"

Fan Xian was a little ashamed and angry.

He raised the ax he used for chopping wood and pointed at Begonia Blossoming.

"Begonia Duoduo, do you still want to eat this meal?"

suddenly.

Li Changlan's eyes flickered slightly.

An astonishing ray of sword intent filled the sky, dispelling all the clouds and mist in the sky, revealing an incomparably blue and pure sky.

"It seems that the person I was waiting for has finally arrived."

(End of this chapter)