Chapter 318 Silly boy
Rouge shop in the backyard.
Fan Xian and Teng Zijing squatted in front of Fei Jie with their chins propped up in unison, listening attentively to his story of the past.
"Sean was the king of secret spies in Northern Qi at the time. His whereabouts were elusive. It took a lot of manpower to find out that his son was going to get married. Chen Pingping led his team to raid thousands of miles and captured Sean alive!"
Seeing the teacher pause, Fan Xian interrupted.
"I have heard of this. Please continue."
After saying that, he and Teng Zijing both changed hands to support their chins.
Fei Jie nodded and continued.
"That time, I arrived first. Sean and his son were very alert. I wanted to poison his daughter-in-law to threaten them, but I didn't expect something went wrong with Yanzhi."
With a wry smile, Fei Jie's eyes were full of regret and self-blame.
"In this battle, the Supervisory Council lost more than half of its personnel. His son and daughter-in-law died on the spot, and Chen Pingping...had both legs broken."
Upon hearing this, Fan Xian and Teng Zijing both put down their arms.
Fei Jie let out a long sigh.
"I always wonder, if I hadn't made any mistakes, would the situation now be different?"
Seeing the teacher falling into a whirlpool of self-blame, Fan Xian thought for a moment, stood up, walked to his side, patted his shoulder gently, and whispered.
“You don’t have to take all the blame on yourself; even if you hadn’t made the mistake, it wouldn’t have changed the outcome.
After all, how could a man like Sean surrender just because his daughter-in-law was poisoned?
Fortunately, you made a mistake, otherwise it would have alerted him in advance, aroused his ferocity, and the loss might have been even more severe!"
Fei Jie looked up at his apprentice with anticipation in his eyes.
"Is that true?"
Fan Xian nodded solemnly without hesitation.
"That's it!"
Upon hearing this, a gleam of light flashed in Fei Jie's small eyes for a moment, but soon dimmed and he spoke in a listless tone.
"I know you are worried about me, so you said this on purpose to comfort me. Don't worry, I'm not as fragile as you think.
This is just a little bit of reverie from time to time, I just take it as a warning! Always remind me not to make mistakes again. "
Seeing that the teacher understood everything, Fan Xian didn't say anything more. He patted the teacher's shoulder gently and was about to return to his seat.
The teacher suddenly reached out to stop him, and Fan Xian looked down.
Fei Jie tilted his head and looked at Fan Xian with his eyes slanted.
"I heard that you were going to Beiqi to see Sean off?"
Fan Xian didn't think much about it and nodded when he heard it.
"Yes, go and get Yan Bingyun back."
Unexpectedly, Fei Jie suddenly got angry and yelled after hearing this.
"Whose bastard's idea was this? We're not going!"
"Forehead…"
Fan Xian scratched his head awkwardly.
"It is...your Majesty's intention."
"Your Majesty..."
Fei Jie raised his head and opened his mouth to continue cursing subconsciously, but after he reacted, his face suddenly froze and his eyes widened.
He opened his mouth for a long time, mumbling something but no word came out. Finally, he could only close it in awkwardness.
This unlucky kid, why didn’t you tell me about this in advance? He almost lost his head because of his quick words. It was a close call.
Looking at the teacher's speechless eyes, Fan Xian smiled awkwardly and touched his nose. This situation was also something I had not expected, Sen Sen.
Fei Jie was embarrassed for only a moment before he began to think about his next response, his little eyes rolling around quickly.
If it were anyone else, he would have dared to defend his apprentice and fight him to the end, but His Majesty...
After thinking for a moment, Fei Jie made up his mind and stood up.
"I must get you out of Kyoto!"
When Fan Xian heard this, he was stunned. Escape...from Kyoto?
Upon hearing this, Teng Zijing was also surprised and looked up at Fei Jie, then subconsciously looked at Fan Xian.
Fei Jie didn't look at anyone and spoke thoughtfully.
"Get ready, we'll leave tonight."
Fan Xian came back to his senses and spoke immediately.
"It's not the teacher, listen..."
Fei Jie raised his hand to interrupt and spoke to him in a low voice.
"Xiao En hates the Supervisory Council to the core. I, Chen Pingping, can't hide my relationship with you!"
After saying this, he tilted his head and glanced at Fan Xian.
"If you go to Northern Qi, how will you deal with Sean?"
Fan Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Teacher, I can do it, believe me..."
Fei Jie interrupted again.
"No need to say more, just listen to me."
"..."
Fan Xian's eyes were full of helplessness. Seeing this, Teng Zijing shook his head and stood up silently. After all, the apprentice could not defeat the teacher.
Fei Jie muttered to himself thoughtfully.
"Let's go tonight. I'll arrange an escape route."
As he said this, he started walking towards the back door. Fan Xian was hesitant and didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only follow him.
At this moment, Teng Zijing suddenly called Fei Jie from behind.
"Hey, Mr. Fei, I need to follow..."
Fan Xian rolled his eyes at him. If you don't want to help, please don't make trouble. Can't you see that I don't want to leave? Why do you want to leave...
Shit! I almost forgot that this guy wanted to escape from Kyoto. Damn, this bastard is really going to do it.
Fei Jie stopped walking when he heard that and shook his sleeves impatiently.
"You wait here, let's go together tonight!"
Teng Zijing said "oh" and stopped immediately, then he curled his lips and spread his hands towards Fan Xian who was glaring at him frequently.
After giving him a final fierce glare, Fan Xian quickly turned around and took two quick steps to catch up with his teacher, then stopped him in front of the gate.
"Teacher, listen to me. Now that the imperial decree has been issued, neither the Overwatch Council nor the Imperial Guards will let me go."
Upon hearing this, Fei Jie curled the corners of his mouth and sneered, gently pushed Fan Xian's hand away, took a step forward and opened the back door.
"I will kill anyone who stops us... What are you looking at?"
Fei Jie was sneering and threatening his apprentice, but as he was speaking, the apprentice suddenly looked outside the door with a strange expression.
He asked with confusion and turned his eyes away, then he was stunned.
Outside the door, Chen Pingping was sitting in a wheelchair, Mei Chengan was standing behind the wheelchair, and Wang Qinian was standing behind Mei Chengan's right.
The three of them smiled and looked at Fei Jie who was in a daze at the door. Mei Chengan smiled and waved at him.
"Hi, long time no see, Mr. Fei."
After saying that, he waved to Fan Xian and Teng Zijing at the door.
Fei Jie glanced at him and twitched his mouth, thinking back to the time when they first met, they had a grudge against each other. He didn't expect that this guy could still greet him with a smile, how could he be so thick-skinned? He was impressed.
But I heard that this guy is a good friend of my apprentice, so it would be bad to show off being too petty in front of my apprentice.
With a faint "hmm" in response, Fei Jie lowered his head and looked at Chen Pingping, who was sitting in a wheelchair, smiling but not saying a word.
Looking at him with a smile for a moment, Chen Pingping leaned forward with interest and put his arm on his knees.
"Who are you going to kill? Me?"
"..."
Fei Jie put down his hands that were grabbing the door, looked at him helplessly and asked.
"How do you know this place?"
Chen Pingping leaned back and replied with a smile.
"I always knew."
Fei Jie was speechless. He thought his lair was so secretive, but it turned out that his feelings had been right under other people's noses.
"What are you doing here? Want to stop me?"
Chen Pingping looked down at the black wooden block in his hand and said softly.
"I came to... talk to you."
Fei Jie refused without even thinking and raised his voice.
"What are we talking about? What is there to talk about? I tell you, Chen Pingping, no one can help today. I must take Fan Xian away!"
Chen Pingping's face instantly drooped and he shouted in a low voice.
"Why are you shouting? Are you afraid that others won't know? Do you want to kill Fan Xian?!"
After being scolded by Chen Pingping, Fei Jie subconsciously glanced at the large number of pedestrians around him and shut his mouth in annoyance.
Chen Pingping took a deep breath, suppressed his momentary anger, and tried to speak to Fei Jie in a gentler tone.
"Talk to me, and after the talk, whether you want to leave or stay, I won't stop you."
Fei Jie hesitated for a moment, then looked back at his apprentice. After some hesitation, he sighed deeply and stepped aside.
After a moment, the crimson door closed again.
Fan Xian stood outside the door, took a breath, turned around and looked at his fellow villager who was standing beside him with his hands behind his back, and said with great relief.
"Luckily you guys arrived in time, otherwise I might have been taken away from Kyoto by the teacher without knowing what was going on."
Mei Cheng'an was amused by his words.
"What you said doesn't make sense. Why don't you just say you're not leaving? How can he kidnap you?"
Fan Xian said quietly.
"He's really capable! You don't know my teacher. As long as it's for my own good, he really has the potential to knock me down and take me away."
"..."
Mei Chengan's smile slowly disappeared, and there was a hint of sympathy and pity in the look he gave Fan Xian.
Tsk tsk, it seems that having too many fathers is not necessarily a good thing.
……
inside the door.
Fei Jie stood in front of Chen Pingping, lowering his head and not looking at him.
"Fan Xian can't go to Northern Qi!"
Chen Pingping looked up at him slightly and spoke slowly in a low voice, appealing to his emotions and reasoning with him.
"You know the consequences of disobeying an imperial order. If Fan Xian escapes, he will never be able to gain a foothold in Qing Kingdom for the rest of his life."
Fei Jie suddenly exploded, waving his sleeves and shouting at the top of his voice.
"That's better than going to Northern Qi to die!"
Veins popped on Chen Pingping's forehead, and he could no longer suppress his anger.
"So what? Oh, traveling around the world with an old man like you? Never seeing my family and old friends again in my life?"
Fei Jie doesn't care about that.
"I'm old. I've been in the Overwatch Council for so many years, and I've seen a lot of life and death farewells!"
The voices grew louder and louder, with more and more anger. Fei Jie pointed at Fan Xian outside the door and started yelling.
"I can't watch him end up like this!!"
Chen Pingping glared at him, too angry to speak, and the hand holding the black wooden block began to tremble uncontrollably due to the surging of blood and energy.
Fei Jie noticed Chen Pingping's condition and felt inexplicably scared. He had never seen him so angry in all these years.
After thinking about it, he began to play the victim in a low voice to gain sympathy.
"Besides, after I die, there will have to be someone to see me off."
Chen Pingping's anger subsided a lot after hearing this. He slowly lowered his eyes and looked somewhat moved.
Fei Jie continued in a low voice.
"Fan Xian is gone, I can't find another one!"
Chen Pingping lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time, then slowly let out a sigh of relief.
"If only one person can stay in the world, I would choose Fan Xian!"
After whispering, he raised his eyes to look at Fei Jie, hoping that he could understand that he had no intention of harming Fan Xian.
Fei Jie also understood his feelings for Fan Xian, so he was even more confused. His face was almost wrinkled with anxiety and depression.
"Then why did you ask him to send Sean to Northern Qi?!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Pingping immediately let go of the wooden block in his hand, waved his sleeves, grabbed the rims on both sides of the wheelchair, slid it in front of him and stopped, looking up at Fei Jie with an excited expression, and whispered in a calm tone.
"You know what? This time when he comes back, the future of Kyoto will all be in his hands..."
Fei Jie had a sad face and was so anxious that he almost jumped up.
"It's dangerous, Dean Chen!"
Chen Pingping yelled directly at him.
"Life is always in danger!!! If he lives under our shadows, he will be ruined. Don't worry, I will definitely keep him safe!!!"
Fei Jie pointed at his leg.
"Stand up! If you stand up now, I will believe you! It was because of me that I failed to guarantee your safety!"
Fan Xian, who was sitting on the doorstep outside the door and listening to their conversation, couldn't help but stand up, pushed the door open and rushed in.
Listening to the two people yelling louder and louder, it was obvious that they were really angry. If they continued to quarrel like this, it would really hurt their feelings.
Seeing Fan Xian go in, Mei Cheng'an, Wang Qinian and Teng Zijing followed closely behind him and entered the yard.
The moment the door opened, the furious Fei Jie and Chen Pingping turned their heads to the other side and closed their eyes to calm themselves down.
Walking quickly in front of the two of them, Fan Xian grabbed his teacher's arm and spoke in a warm and sincere voice.
"Teacher, I am willing to go to Northern Qi."
Fei Jie closed his eyes because of a headache.
Fan Xian continued to speak frankly about his inner thoughts.
"Li Yunrui betrayed Yan Bingyun in order to defeat me. This matter is caused by me, and I must take him back!"
Hearing Fan Xian's decisive tone, Chen Pingping couldn't help but look up at him with relief.
Fei Jie also opened his eyes and looked at his apprentice helplessly, what a silly child.
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(End of this chapter)
