Chapter 324: Long time no see
Fei Jie was stunned by Chen Pingping's yelling. After a moment's silence, his eyes rolled around and he stopped talking.
It seems... that's indeed the case, I was indeed thinking in the wrong direction.
Just when he was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, Fan Xian suddenly walked in from outside and greeted him as soon as he entered.
"Hey, you're all here, what are you talking about?"
Hearing this, Mei Cheng'an, who was watching the show with a timid heart, Chen Pingping, who was still angry, and Fei Jie, who was extremely embarrassed, all looked at him with different expressions.
Seeing this, the smile on Fan Xian's face froze and he subconsciously stopped walking. Hiss~ It felt like the atmosphere was not right.
His eyes moved between the three people, and finally settled on his fellow villager. Fan Xian asked with a questioning look, what's going on?
Mei Cheng'an spread his hands, glanced in the direction of Chen Pingping and Fei Jie, and then curled his lips.
"..."
Although the fellow villager didn't say a word, Fan Xian still understood what he meant and had a general idea of the situation in the room.
Turning his gaze to the teacher and Chen Pingping, he showed a hint of helplessness in his eyes. Needless to say, the two of them were arguing about their own affairs again.
"What are you quarreling about this time?"
Fei Jie gave a wry smile, Chen Pingping coughed lightly, sat up straight, looked at Fan Xian with a smile, and said softly.
"No quarrel, no quarrel. I just discussed the issue of the mission's defense with him. We have finished the discussion. It's all right now, right?"
Chen Pingping said the last two words with gritted teeth, and patted Fei Jie's back hard as he spoke.
Fei Jie's body swayed forward when he was patted. After glancing at him, he immediately looked at Fan Xian and said with a wry smile.
"That's right, we have discussed all the minor issues."
"..."
Fan Xian blinked. Should he believe it or not?
……
After a cup of tea, at the gate of the Supervisory Council.
Chen Pingping sat alone in a wheelchair, while Mei Chengan, Fan Xian, and Fei Jie stood side by side from right to left behind the wheelchair.
The four of them looked up at the gate of the Supervisory Council, waiting for Sean to be escorted out. No one spoke for a while.
Perhaps he felt bored, Fan Xian put his hands on the handles of the wheelchair and gently touched Mei Chengan, who was standing with his hands behind his back, with his shoulder to his right.
"Eh."
Mei Cheng'an turned his head and looked at him.
"how?"
Fan Xian leaned closer to him and whispered.
"After I sent Wan'er home yesterday, I ran into Lao Er and Xie Bian on the way home."
Mei Chengan raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
"A chance encounter?"
Fan Xian shook his head.
"No, they were waiting for me on the road, saying they wanted to buy me a drink to see me off."
Mei Cheng'an said "oh" and asked casually.
"and then?"
The Second Prince had always admired Fan Xian and wanted to win him over, so it was not surprising that he invited him to drink and see him off, and Mei Cheng'an did not think much about it.
Fan Xian suddenly made a sound of sighing.
"You don't know, just for a drink, the second brother brought a group of laborers and built a pavilion in the middle of the street.
The flying eaves, brackets, hanging curtains, plaques, coffee table cushions, gold cups and jade bowls were all available. Ha, I was stunned at the time. "
Although Mei Cheng'an had no impression of it before, he immediately remembered which plot it was after listening to Fan Xian's description.
Suddenly he smiled.
"It sounds a bit exaggerated, a bit like making a meal of dumplings just for a plate of vinegar."
Hearing his fellow villager trying to evade the main issue and deliberately downplay the matter, Fan Xian couldn't help but frown and glanced at him.
What the Second Prince did had a great impact on him, and it can be said that it greatly changed his impression of the Second Prince.
What was originally a very serious matter was downplayed into a simple exaggeration by the locals, who compared it to vinegar and dumplings.
My fellow countryman, this is...
After recalling this plot, Mei Cheng'an knew what Fan Xian wanted to complain about, but you have to consider the occasion when you want to complain.
Noticing the guy's gaze, Mei Cheng'an gave him a look to signal him to pay attention to the situation.
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment when he received the look. He glanced around and suddenly realized what was going on. He touched his nose awkwardly and smiled wryly.
"Who says it isn't?"
Mei Cheng'an rolled his eyes at him and simply skipped over the topic and asked about the follow-up. He didn't want to listen to the Second Prince's golden words anymore, for fear that he would not be able to help but express some emotion while speaking.
"What did you talk about with him at the table?"
I wanted to say some of the things before drinking, so Fan Xian was a little uninterested in talking about the subsequent parts.
"Nothing, just the same old story. He said that when I come back and my reputation is high enough, he will continue to recommend me as an examiner for the Spring Examination and so on."
Mei Chengan said "oh" to indicate that this topic could be ended.
Unexpectedly, Fan Xian suddenly remembered something that the Second Prince had mentioned to him casually. It wasn't a big deal, but it was related to the diplomatic corps' journey north. After thinking about it, he still told him.
"Oh, he also mentioned that the commander of Fengming Pass is his man, and if we pass by, he will arrange for that man to escort us.
As soon as I thought we were not going that route, I declined the offer, and there was nothing else to say."
"..."
If he hadn't told him, Mei Cheng'an really wouldn't have remembered this. He remembered the plot, but the only part that impressed him most was the one that Fan Xian wanted to complain about. He had no memory of what happened afterwards.
Who knew that the real big melon was hidden behind. Mei Cheng'an stared at him with wide eyes and opened his mouth with dry mouth.
"Did you tell him we're not going that way?"
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment.
"Yeah, why... don't worry, I only said we wouldn't take that road, I didn't tell him our specific route."
"..."
Mei Chengan looked at him speechlessly.
“There are only a few routes going north, what’s the difference between telling him which route not to take and telling him which route to take?
The mission is such a big target, if he is interested, he can send someone to investigate and eliminate it, and then our actual route will be revealed."
Fan Xian was stunned, thought about it, and swallowed unconsciously.
"Yes, there shouldn't be any problem." Chen Pingping and Fei Jie were right next to the two of them, so they heard everything clearly. Fei Jie immediately became anxious and pulled Fan Xian.
"What happened? Was the route leaked? Is there any danger?"
Chen Pingping turned his head and looked at him and said sternly.
"Keep your voice down!"
Fei Jie lowered his voice and looked at Fan Xian urgently.
"Why are you telling him this? There are so many people watching you, what if they accidentally hear it?!"
Fan Xian gave a bitter smile.
"The second prince... He usually admires me, and he and the eldest princess have always been very distinct, so I wasn't too wary of him."
Chen Pingping's eyes flashed but he said nothing.
After hearing this, Fei Jie thought about it and felt relieved. His anxiety eased a lot, but after thinking about it, he still warned Fan Xian.
"Even so, we can't be completely defenseless against him. People's hearts are hard to predict. You can only know a person's face but not his heart, my silly disciple!
Just because they don’t have any contact on the surface doesn’t mean they don’t have any contact in private. Do you know if they are in the same group in private? "
Chen Pingping: "..."
Hiss~ Could it be that this guy knows the truth?
Mei Chengan: “…”
Hiss~ The truth is revealed to my old baby!
Fan Xian looked at the teacher and scratched his head awkwardly.
"Probably not."
Fei Jie said.
"No one can tell whether it will happen or not, but you better remember this in the future, you must always be on guard against others!
Don't be silly and open your heart to anyone just because they smile at you. You can't trust anyone except yourself!"
Chen Pingping suddenly took over the conversation.
"Your teacher is right. You can't trust anyone except yourself. Let it go this time, but you have to be more careful next time."
Fan Xian nodded.
"understood."
Mei Cheng'an glanced at Chen Pingping who was trying to smooth things over, shrugged his shoulders and said, "You're just pretending to be stupid. You act like you know nothing."
"Maybe I'm overthinking this time, but I beg you to be more careful when talking to people next time, otherwise my heart won't be able to take it."
Fan Xian smiled awkwardly.
"I know, I know."
Fei Jie took back the right to speak.
"Don't just know it, you have to remember it in your heart. I'm going to emphasize it to you again, you can't trust anyone except yourself! Remember it?"
Fan Xian's panic subsided, and he hugged Fei Jie's arm and began to smile playfully.
"Remember, remember. From now on, I will only trust myself and my teacher."
Fei Jie was at a loss for words and tapped his forehead with the back of his hand.
"Silly! I can't believe it either!"
Fan Xian chuckled.
"Yes, yes, yes. I have to believe in the teacher even if I don't believe in myself."
Fei Jie was amused by his shamelessness and took out a beautifully decorated small medicine bottle from his arms and handed it to him.
"Give!"
Fan Xian's eyes lit up, he let go of his arm and took it.
"What is this, teacher?"
He asked while looking at the medicine bottle in his hand.
Fei Jie said with a smile.
"It's newly made. If you smash it at a critical moment, it won't kill you or hurt your body. But even if a grandmaster comes, he'll be dizzy for a while."
“So amazing!”
When Fan Xian heard this, his eyes lit up as he looked at the medicine bottle in his hand. After looking at it for a while, he looked up and gave his teacher a thumbs up.
"As expected of you, you are the Overwatch Council. No, you are the best poison master in the world. Your poison making skills are truly unmatched in the world!"
Fei Jie smiled so hard that his eyes disappeared after being praised by his beloved disciple.
"Go! Stop flattering me."
Fan Xian chuckled and was about to put away the medicine bottle when Mei Cheng'an suddenly snatched the bottle from his hand and looked at it.
He took a look and said nothing, then bowed deeply to Fei Jie.
"Thank you teacher!"
Fei Jie looked at his beloved disciple who slowly suppressed his smile and said softly.
"You're welcome. Just stop showing off."
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he smiled and replied softly.
"I understand, teacher."
Just as he finished speaking, there was a sudden noise at the gate of the Supervisory Council. Fan Xian and Fei Jie turned their heads to look.
Mei Cheng'an naturally noticed it as well. He tilted his head to take a look, then put away the medicine bottle in his hand, raised his foot back to its original position, and looked forward.
Sean finally came out.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of iron chains rubbing against each other, Sean, who was tied up by four iron chains in different directions, slowly appeared above the steps at the door, and was restrained and slowly walked down the steps.
He was wearing tattered clothes and straw sandals, so dirty that you couldn't even see the color, just like his skin at this moment.
His messy, dry hair covered most of his face, and he couldn't see his features clearly because he lowered his head.
Halfway down the stairs, Sean suddenly stopped by grabbing the chains on the left and right sides.
The Supervisory Office staff member who was responsible for dragging the two chains turned around immediately and was about to pull hard, but when he saw Yan Ruohai raising his hand behind him to signal, he stopped.
Sean lowered his hands, blinked his cloudy eyes continuously to adapt to the light, then slowly raised his head and looked at the sky.
Perhaps the light was too dazzling, he raised his hands and shook his five fingers continuously, sometimes blocking his eyes and sometimes moving them away, his movements were like a priest in the tribe praying for rain.
After a while, he spread his hands, squinted his eyes and looked at the sky, took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, muttering.
"It's been a long time since I last tasted the smell of sunshine."
……
(End of this chapter)
