Chapter 243: Fist
Mei Cheng'an chuckled and stopped talking in time.
After speaking for a long time, I felt a little thirsty. I drank a cup of tea to moisten my throat and continued to eat broad beans.
After untying his knot and feeling relieved again, Fan Xian rolled his eyes at his fellow villager, looked at the table, picked up an orange and started peeling it.
"By the way, did you know that I was transferred to the Honglu Temple to participate in the negotiations?"
Mei Chengan nodded.
"I know, what's wrong?"
Fan Xian stuffed a slice of orange into his mouth.
"Hey, aren't you the second-in-command of the Honglu Temple? Have I, the deputy reception envoy, taken your position?"
Mei Chengan rolled his eyes.
"Why are you bringing up something that is not relevant? I would have forgotten about it if you hadn't mentioned it. Damn! You are such a terrible person!"
"..."
Fan Xian was embarrassed, he was just saying it casually.
"No, I... No way, did I really take your position?"
Mei Cheng'an looked him up and down with his eyes slanted.
"Playing dumb, are you playing dumb? Don't you know whether the robbery took place or not?"
"..."
It’s unfair, Master Qingtang!
Fan Xian, who was misunderstood, felt that the orange in his hand no longer smelled good, and he quickly explained after hearing this.
"No, I really don't know. I received the notice suddenly, and then I was taken to the Honglu Temple by Xin Qiwu.
I had to ask him and only then did I find out that it was the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Lin who recommended me. I didn't know that this was to take your position.
Don't worry, I will resign from your Majesty later. I know nothing about negotiations and it would only cause trouble if I went."
Mei Cheng'an suppressed his smile and glanced at him.
"Just stay here, you just finished talking to me and you turned around and asked to leave. I wonder if I did something to you.
Ah, I understand. You did it on purpose. You wanted to pretend to be innocent so that everyone would think you were innocent. I am narrow-minded.
Sure, my friend, you are quite scheming. "
"..."
Fan Xian became anxious.
"I, you, are not, oh, shit, how could you, I really, swear to God, you misunderstood me!"
Seeing Fan Xian's face flushed with anxiety, scratching his ears and cheeks, and talking incoherently, the satisfied Mei Cheng'an finally couldn't help laughing.
"Hahahaha, look how panicked you are. I was just teasing you. You can't even see this? You are so stupid, hahaha.
In negotiations between two countries, although the Honglu Temple is the main negotiating body, it cannot be responsible for receiving the chief and deputy envoys.
If you are not related to someone else, you should always leave a chance for others to share a piece of the pie. It is better to give it to you than to others."
"..."
Fan Xian's fist became hard. Realizing that he was being fooled, he became hard and was successfully made red and warm by Mei Cheng'an.
Seeing that Fan Xian was about to take action, Mei Cheng'an quickly reached out to stop him.
"I advise you not to be impulsive. You are no match for me. Don't let yourself get beaten up instead of being beaten up. That would be ugly. Stay calm!"
"..."
This wave of threats of force successfully poured cold water on Fan Xian, who was in a state of panic, and calmed him down.
Eighth-grade might be enough for one fight, but ninth-grade...
Forced to stop, Fan Xian had a gloomy face and raised two middle fingers to Mei Cheng'an. One finger was not enough to express his anger.
Mei Cheng'an accepted it with a smile, it was no big deal.
"Are you cheating?"
Fan Xian rolled his eyes and asked the question he had thought of asking last night.
Mei Cheng'an was stunned for a moment.
"What kind of cheat?"
Fan Xian squinted his eyes.
"It could be some kind of cheat, a force cheat, otherwise how could you advance so quickly?"
Mei Cheng'an was stunned and then shook his head with a dumb smile.
"Is it possible that I am a genius?"
Fan Xian's face darkened again.
"Impossible, I don't believe it, swear on it."
Mei Chengan rolled his eyes at him.
"Go away, believe it or not."
Fan Xian pointed.
"Then you have it!"
Mei Cheng'an first snorted and glanced at him, then thought for a moment and spread his hands.
"If this makes you feel better, then fine, just take it as a favor from me."
"..."
With a "puchi" sound, Fan Xian felt like he was stabbed in the chest. The knife had no blade, but it had a groove, and the blood kept flowing.
Deeply heartbroken and defeated, Fan Xian walked away staggeringly, hunched over.
Mei Chengan looked at his desperate back and shook his head. This unlucky kid came up and stabbed him, what could he do? He couldn't stop him, oh, let him go.
Thinking of this, Mei Chengan threw a few broad beans into his mouth and started chewing them with a crunching sound, as if he was thinking about something.
Well, the five-spice taste is not as good as the pepper and salt one, it’s almost the same!
……
On the second day, the Honglu Temple meeting continued as usual, and was even more relaxed than the first day. In fact, everything that needed to be summarized on the first day had been summarized, and today was just a review and a check for deficiencies and gaps.
He left the Honglu Temple at 0:00 . and just as he got on the carriage, Wang Qinian handed him a package.
"Master, the dean has prepared everything you want, but the dean specifically reminded you to share this information with Master Fan and not to spread it to anyone else, not even the Honglu Temple."
Mei Cheng'an's face lit up when he heard this and he quickly took it. He had anticipated Chen Pingping's conditions and was not surprised.
"That's good efficiency. Thank you for your hard work, Lao Wang."
Wang Qinian snorted and did not dare to take credit for it.
"In fact, I didn't contribute much. The dean gathered the people from the Second Division to sort it out for a whole day, and more than a dozen intelligence analysis experts came up with the analysis. I just ran errands, so I don't deserve the word hard work."
"That said, you all have your own division of labor, and you've all worked hard."
After comforting Wang Qinian, Mei Cheng'an touched the slightly tattered package and after thinking about it, he decided not to open it in a hurry.
Such top-secret information, the result of the hard work of so many people, would seem a bit disrespectful to others if it was opened casually on a moving carriage.
It would be safer and more prudent to wait until you get home, wash up and change clothes before checking.
There was no conversation along the way. In front of the Mei Mansion, after getting off the carriage and instructing Wang Qinian to fetch Fan Xian as well, Mei Cheng'an entered the house carrying the package.
After a brief wash and change of clothes, Fan Xian had already arrived.
"I was supposed to come later, why did you ask Lao Wang to make that trip? Is there something urgent?"
Mei Cheng'an looked at Wang Qinian.
"You didn't tell him on the way?"
Without waiting for Wang Qinian to speak, Fan Xian said.
"Old Wang told me that you have a piece of intelligence analysis from the top leaders of Northern Qi. What I don't understand is, what does this have to do with me?"
Mei Chengan rolled his eyes at him.
"You are the deputy envoy for reception of the diplomatic mission. Even if it is just a formality, you can't be so indifferent to the negotiations, even if you are just pretending."
Fan Xian was stunned when he heard this.
“Is it related to the negotiations?”
Mei Chengan spread his hands.
"Otherwise, it has nothing to do with the negotiations. I'm studying the intelligence of Northern Qi right now. Stop talking nonsense. Sit down. Let's watch it together. Old Wang, you should sit down too."
Fan Xian touched his nose and sat down obediently.
Mei Chengan sat next to him and opened the rotten package on the long table. Inside was a thick folder.
Throwing the package aside, he placed the folder between him and Fan Xian and opened it.
After a rough look, I found that there were two documents in total. One was a reference material compiled by the Second Department from various intelligence.
The other is the analysis conclusions drawn by intelligence experts and the strategic recommendations for negotiations with Northern Qi based on them.
The two looked at each other and started looking at the reference materials. You know what, the intelligence from the Northern Qi royal family was quite interesting.
The intrigues between the young emperor of Northern Qi and the empress dowager were as intense as fire and water, no less intense than that between the crown prince and the second in command in the Kingdom of Qing.
The Qing Kingdom has Emperor Qing to control it, so everything is under control. But it's different with Northern Qi, it's a direct confrontation between ace and ace.
Fan Xian sighed.
"It's not unfair that Northern Qi was defeated."
Mei Cheng'an agreed with this deeply. He also found out after reading the information.
It turns out that the Ningguo Marquis who presided over the national war in Northern Qi was actually the Queen Mother's younger brother.
Because of this defeat, Marquis Ningguo was severely scolded by many civil officials in the Northern Qi court. They all demanded that he be held accountable and investigated, which made the Queen Mother of Northern Qi very anxious.
The rest of the news was not very important, but it was not related to the current negotiations, so the two of them ignored it.
The second document is interesting.
According to intelligence experts, it was because Ningguo Hou lost the national war, and the young Northern Qi emperor, who was at a disadvantage in the dispute between mother and son, did not care how much land would be ceded or how much compensation would be paid in this negotiation.
What he was thinking about was to use this disastrous defeat to stir up public resentment, thereby greatly striking a blow to the arrogance of the Queen Mother's party and severely weakening their power.
As for the Queen Mother of Northern Qi, because it was her own brother who lost the national war, her prestige was greatly reduced, so what she most hoped for at this moment was to settle the dispute as soon as possible.
Exchange time for space so that he can free up his hands to reorganize the court as quickly as possible and prevent the little emperor from taking this opportunity to stir up trouble.
Therefore, her requirement for the Northern Qi delegation's negotiations was that as long as the conditions were not too excessive, they should be as tolerant as possible and get it done as soon as possible.
In a sense, although the young emperor and the empress dowager of Northern Qi had different thoughts, they inexplicably reached a consensus in the negotiations.
I have to say, it’s quite wonderful.
After reading it, Fan Xian slammed the table.
"If what's said here is true, then it's great news for our negotiations. I just don't know if the news is reliable."
After saying that, Fan Xian looked at Mei Cheng'an. Mei Cheng'an smiled and then glanced at Wang Qinian.
Wang Qinian spoke immediately.
"It should be very reliable. The dean said that all this information was passed back by Young Master Xiao Yan. He has successfully opened up the situation in Northern Qi. The entire intelligence network is laid out in a very reasonable and comprehensive manner. With reference from many parties, it is extremely reliable."
Fan Xian was a little dazed when he heard this. The name "Young Master Yan" reminded him of the meeting with Yan Bingyun on the way to Beijing, which was not really a meeting.
At that time, Yan Bingyun wanted to forcibly surrender his command card, but thanks to the teacher's help, Yan Bingyun was suppressed.
Three or four months passed in a flash, and Yan Bingyun, who was forced to go to Northern Qi to take over the spy network, is now shining again.
It seems that gold will shine wherever it goes!
Hold your fist!
……
(End of this chapter)
