Chapter 345 Sweet and Delicious
After hearing Fan Xian's assessment of Sean, Mei Cheng'an shrugged and curled his lips, without making any comment.
But Wang Qinian didn't understand.
"Ah? Do we need to step up our defenses? No, sir, there is no need to be so careful. He has already been poisoned.
And didn’t Sean himself say that cooperating with us honestly and following us obediently was his best option at the moment?
There is nothing wrong with what he said. Since he understands this truth, there is no need for him to be dishonest. It will not do him any good. "
Fan Xian sneered and looked at him seriously.
"You'd better not believe a word this kind of person says."
Wang Qinian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, subconsciously glanced at Mei Cheng'an, then looked back at Fan Xian and scratched his head.
"What do you mean?"
Mei Chengan smiled and spoke softly.
"Before Sean was imprisoned, he was a resourceful, ambitious and restless person. So what if he was imprisoned for more than ten or twenty years?
Can he change his ways and become a peaceful person?
Look at his eyes. Besides being full of malice and viciousness, they also contain a terrifying ability to see through everything and a burning ambition!
If he only wanted freedom, he might cooperate with us, but someone like him with extremely strong desires and ambitions obviously couldn't ask for just this, he must want more.
In this case, it is impossible to expect him to cooperate with us honestly, because he will definitely try every possible way to escape! "
Fan Xian took over the conversation.
"In the prison of the Overwatch Council, he was under strict guard and could hardly move. He had no chance of escaping, but...
On this long journey north, he had too many chances to escape, and the delegation's defensive force was simply not enough.
Therefore, in addition to ensuring that he is alive, we must also weaken his combat effectiveness and desire to fight as much as possible.
We must also strengthen our vigilance as much as possible in terms of protection, because up to now, none of us can accurately judge how much strength Sean still has, so we can only be careful and cautious! "
Mei Chengan suddenly hissed and said with interest.
"Hey, you said, Sean was one of the few ninth-grade masters in the world. If he hadn't been suddenly attacked and imprisoned by Chen Pingping, and if all kinds of drugs hadn't been fed into his stomach like they were free, damaging and eroding his meridians, wouldn't he have been able to be promoted to a grandmaster?"
Fan Xian thought about it and sighed.
"Don't tell me, it's possible."
Wang Qinian uttered a "hmm" and stretched out his hand.
"Let's not talk about the Grandmaster for now. I still don't understand why he wants to escape. If he has ambitions, it doesn't conflict with us if we cooperate with him. If he wants something, he can ask the Emperor of Northern Qi for it when he returns to Northern Qi. We can negotiate. It has nothing to do with us."
Hearing this, Mei Cheng'an and Fan Xian looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
Wang Qinian looked left and right, not understanding what the two were laughing at.
Mei Cheng'an chuckled and waved his hand to signal him to be patient, then raised his hand towards Fan Xian, signaling him to give an answer.
Fan Xian shrugged and immediately spoke with a smile.
“Old Wang, I can see that you didn’t listen carefully when we were talking to Sean just now. Didn’t your young master say that?
Now the regime in the north is no longer the Northern Wei Dynasty where Sean had served for many years and even been imprisoned, but the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Although the former Marshal Zhan Qingfeng of the Zhan family of the Northern Qi royal family had a very good relationship with Sean, the dynasty had changed after all.
Sean has been imprisoned for so many years, and he probably has no idea how the emperor in the north will treat him now.
If the Northern Qi royal family felt that he was still useful, they might treat him as a guest of honor, but did he still have value?
Sean himself probably felt vague about this question. After all, a new emperor appoints new ministers, and the old ones are replaced by the new ones. He was not sure.
If there is value in it, then everything is fine. If not, then unless the Northern Qi royal family is crazy, they will never allow Sean, a former terrorist spy chief, to gain a foothold in Shangjing City again when the Northern Qi government is about to stabilize."
Wang Qinian roughly understood it. Before he was sure of the Northern Qi royal family's attitude towards him, Sean would never hand over his life to them. That would mean losing the initiative, which was too risky.
He understood this question, but Wang Qinian soon had new doubts, so he asked directly.
"Since they don't plan to use him, why did the Northern Qi royal family go to all that trouble to bring Sean back? What's the point?"
Because the Northern Qi royal family wanted to know the secret that Sean was hiding in his heart.
Of course, this was what Fan Xian really thought, but he said this.
"Who knows? Maybe it's for Zhuang Mohan? Or maybe it's for Shang Shanhu, the great general of Northern Qi. It's all possible."
Wang Qinian suddenly realized that it was possible that a biological brother and an adopted son both played important roles in Northern Qi.
After figuring it out, he stopped questioning and asked about the follow-up.
"If Sean wanted to escape, when or where would he do it?"
Mei Cheng'an glanced at the carriage and spoke thoughtfully.
"Before leaving the country, once he enters Northern Qi, if he escapes then, it will have nothing to do with us and it will be Northern Qi's responsibility."
Wang Qinian thought for a while and said.
"No one trusts Bei Qi anymore, so why does he still care about these things?"
Fan Xian smiled.
"He fled only to protect himself, and to mediate with Northern Qi while ensuring his own safety, not to turn against Northern Qi.
His ultimate goal must be to get Northern Qi to recognize his status. If that is the case, he certainly cannot blame Northern Qi for this."
Hearing this, Mei Cheng'an also laughed, and the laughter of the two echoed between the pergola. Wang Qinian suddenly realized and said no more.
After a long time, Mei Chengan stood up and glanced at the two of them.
"It's time to go back to the house and rest. We have to travel early tomorrow morning."
Fan Xian and Wang Qinian nodded and stood up. After taking the food boxes, they turned around and left the night and entered the inn.
Not long after they left, in the closely guarded carriage, Sean, who was listless and full of pain, suddenly opened his eyes. There was a complicated emotion in his slightly cloudy eyes.
There is pain, suspicion, confusion, uncertainty, and even a hint of surprise that is hidden deep and difficult to detect.
There was a hint of disbelief in between the flashes, because he felt that the balance that he had maintained in his body for many years was showing signs of loosening.
The sign was so faint and fleeting that he couldn't be sure whether it was his illusion or real.
After frowning and thinking for a moment, he slowly closed his eyes again, his face still full of pain, because the drug was incredibly strong.
Hiss~hoo~
Since it cannot be determined for the time being.
Then wait and see...
Kyoto, Guo Mansion.
Upon learning that Zhao Da had arrived, Guo Baokun did not even have time to put on his clothes. He hurried out of the house holding his clothes, sword and boots.
He ran into Zhao Da who was about to come to him to report the news.
Seeing that he looked very anxious, Zhao Da didn't have time to greet him and started reporting the progress directly.
"Master, everyone is here."
Guo Baokun kept walking. He turned his head to glance at him when he passed by him, with a look of relief in his complaint.
"We are finally here. Quickly prepare your horses and chase them overnight."
As they were talking, figures were crossing each other. Zhao Da thought he was in a hurry to do something, so he turned around and reminded him when he heard it.
"The city gate is closed!"
Upon hearing this, Guo Baokun stopped in his tracks and turned to look at him.
"what?"
After a moment's pause, he finally reacted.
"Oh, my goodness."
After saying that, he turned around and started walking back, this time his steps were much slower and he was no longer anxious or impatient.
When he got in front of Zhao Da, Guo Baokun threw the clothes he was holding in his arms to him.
"Take it."
Zhao Da took it, reached out and pressed it down to avoid blocking his sight, and then took the sword he handed over.
Guo Baokun walked two steps to the side with his boots in his hand, threw them on the ground, turned around, leaned against the railing at the side of the corridor, looked at Zhao Da and spoke.
"Then, leave the city tomorrow!"
Zhao laughed.
"Hey, that's right, Master."
Guo Baokun bent down and put on his boots, suddenly remembered something, then looked up at Zhao Da and said excitedly.
"Hey, where are those assassins? Call them over so I can see them."
"Forehead…"
Zhao Da looked a little embarrassed.
"Outside the city. Meet up tomorrow..."
When Guo Baokun heard this, the smile on his face slowly disappeared. After thinking for a while, he quickly put on his boots, stood up, and asked in confusion.
"What are you doing outside the city? Why don't you go into the city?"
"Forehead…"
Zhao Da looked a little embarrassed.
"Because the things I brought are... a bit tricky, I can't get into the city."
Guo Baokun's eyes lit up instantly when he heard this. He quickly took a few steps forward and approached Zhao Da, and asked in a low voice with a beaming face:
"Is it... a weapon?"
"Forehead…"
Zhao Da forced a stiff smile.
"Not really. You will know when you leave the city tomorrow."
Guo Baokun tilted his head, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Zhao Da with a mysterious smile that I understood.
"Well, okay, okay."
"Uh... hehe, hehe..."
Silent all night.
Early the next morning, outside the city gate.
"Hey, don't miss it if you pass by."
"Let's go buy some fresh vegetables."
"It's sweet and delicious. I guarantee you'll want to buy more after you try it."
"Don't worry, I'll weigh them one by one."
Guo Baokun stared in amazement at five strange-looking men who were shouting at passers-by behind a cart full of vegetables in the aisle. His head was buzzing and he could not recover.
But Zhao Da, who was standing next to him, was different. He looked at the grand scene of selling vegetables over there and smiled foolishly with his mouth wide open.
"These... people, are they the killers you mentioned?"
Zhao Da looked at him with a smile.
"Yes, Master."
"Are you... sure that they will kill people?"
"Tsk, Master, didn't I tell you yesterday? The murders and robberies are guaranteed to be above standard."
"So he, they, are they... selling, selling vegetables now?"
Zhao Da chuckled.
"I brought them all from the countryside. Since I don't have a pass, I can't enter the city gate, so I have to sell them here."
Guo Baokun glanced at him and shouted urgently.
"I told them they were here to kill..."
When Zhao Da heard this, his smile disappeared instantly and he quickly grabbed him.
"Shh~"
……
(End of this chapter)
