Chapter 99 Negotiations between the two countries and Chen Pingping's trap
In the evening, at Fan's house.

When Qin Feng came back, he found a red lantern hanging at the gate of Fan Xian's yard.

This is the secret code between Fan Xian and Wu Zhu. As long as the red lantern is hung, Wu Zhu will come over.

"What? There's no suitable opportunity?" Qin Feng walked in, chewing a sesame cake.

At this time, Fan Xian was discussing with Wu Zhu when it would be appropriate to enter the palace.

"In fact, every day is an opportunity, but you have to find the right one."

Fan Xian shook his head and said, "I thought that the Qi State delegation and the Dongyi City delegation would attract a lot of attention after entering the capital, but the popularity is not enough. We have to wait a little longer."

The main reason is that what Fan Xian has to do is too difficult. If he wants to escape from the palace safely, he must find the right time.

Or, find a powerful helper, such as Qin Feng.

However, he only has two promises from Qin Feng. If he uses one, he will have one less. So he should wait a little longer.

After all, the box hasn’t been opened for a long time, so there’s no need to rush.

"Wait a little longer, there will always be a chance." Qin Feng said with a smile.

"Brother Ye, what did you do today? You seem to be in a good mood."

Qin Feng said casually: "I went to practice a special technique that needs to be practiced outside the city."

"What about you? How are you today?"

"So annoying!" Fan Xian began to complain to Qin Feng about what happened today.

"Today, the people from the Censorate reported me for being absent from my post, and His Majesty called me into the palace and scolded me!"

"This is really inexplicable. My position as the Assistant Law Officer of the Imperial Household Department is just a sinecure. I don't have to do anything at all. Yet they are reporting me for this. The people in the Censorate really have nothing to do!"

"Then I was assigned a job as the deputy reception envoy!"

"Reception for what?" Qin Feng asked knowingly.

"The delegation from Dongyi City entered Kyoto at noon today, and the delegation from Beiqi entered Kyoto in the afternoon. These two delegations will negotiate with Qing Kingdom the day after tomorrow. I am the deputy envoy to receive them."

"So you're going to negotiate? Isn't that the job of the Honglu Temple?"

"That's right! But His Majesty asked me to be the deputy envoy, I can't refuse." Fan Xian said helplessly.

At this time, Fan Xian did not realize that Emperor Qing wanted him to be a lone minister.

Or rather, he realized it, but he did not understand what the lone minister meant, so he did not understand Emperor Qing's intention.

Fan Xian is smart, but he is too immature now and doesn't even know the nature of power.

Moreover, he was protected too well and had not experienced many things personally. He even had the illusion in his mind that Emperor Qing was fair.

If Princess Fan Xian were given evidence now that she had assassinated him, this guy might really go to Emperor Qing to file a complaint.

But what's the final result?
It will definitely not develop in the direction that Fan Xian wants!

Because his view of power at this time was too naive.

As the saying goes, one learns from one's mistakes.

No one wants to suffer this failure, everyone wants to learn from it.

But everyone has limitations in thinking. Ancient people had it, Fan Xian, the "time traveler", has it too, and even Qin Feng has it too.

People can only make judgments at their own level and cannot transcend it.

It's just like a math problem. If you don't know how to do it, you still won't know how to do it even if you do it a thousand times!
"Then I wish you a smooth negotiation." Qin Feng bowed to Fan Xian.

Although he knew Fan Xian's current predicament, he was not Fan Xian's father or master, and had no obligation to teach him these things.

Besides, he doesn't need to teach, because Fan Xian has several godfathers who will teach him slowly, especially Chen Pingping, who teaches the most seriously.

After all, in Chen Pingping's opinion, Fan Xian will take over the Inspection Institute in the future, so his character cannot be too bad, so he needs to be trained intensively.

"Brother Ye, Ruoruo will definitely tell you when the time comes. We received Deputy Envoy Fan Xian, defeated the State of Qi at the negotiation table, and gained all the benefits!" Fan Xian said excitedly.

Negotiation is still a very new thing for Fan Xian.

People are always full of expectations for new things, thinking that they will shine with their own intelligence and talents.

To be honest, Fan Xian now is like Guo Baokun who wanted to assassinate Fan Xian.

I also have the talent of a good general!

The difference is that Guo Baokun will always maintain a mysterious self-confidence, but Fan Xian is different. When he finds that something is wrong, he will suddenly realize it.

It turns out I’m a rookie.

"I hope so." Qin Feng smiled and returned to the room.

May 21st, morning.

In a courtyard near the Honglu Temple, since Zhuang Mohan moved in last night, the gate has been almost broken down by students.

The literary masters still have great influence, and countless students and dignitaries want to visit them and ask for their calligraphy.

But Zhuang Mohan closed the door and refused to see anyone. Without exception, everyone was turned away.

Zhuang Mohan is a big shot with a special status, so the Inspection Institute will naturally send people to supervise and protect him.

The person sent by Chen Pingping was Zhu Ge from the First Division.

Similarly, this is also one of the steps to catch the big fish Zhuge.

There is a traitor in the Inspection Institute. Chen Pingping has known about this for a long time. The news always leaks out. The assassination of Fan Xian in Danzhou was also done by the traitor.

After investigation, Chen Pingping roughly identified this person as Zhu Ge.

But as a main organizer, Zhuge's work was so flawless that there was no evidence to catch him.

Therefore, Chen Pingping began to set up the plan long in advance, acting with Yan Ruohai to create the illusion of discord, and began to lure Zhu Ge into the trap.

In a secret courtyard, under the call of Yan Ruohai, a group of colleagues from the Inspection Institute gathered to discuss how to kill Zhuang Mohan.

Their ideas were rather radical. They thought that since Qing was now so powerful, they could not negotiate and had to take down Qi in one fell swoop.

But in the eyes of Chen Pingping and Emperor Qing, this idea is a "useless chess piece" that will destroy the overall situation.

The only outcome for such a useless chess piece is that it will be cleaned up like garbage.

After all, in Emperor Qing's view, destroying Qi is not the goal, at least not for now, because Ku He is still there, and destroying Qi is impossible.

The most important thing is to learn the secret of the temple from Sean!
"Zhu Ge from the First Division is now protecting Zhuang Mohan. All the First Division members are out in full force. Fei Jie from the Third Division is not in Kyoto, and I have also transferred all the masters from other divisions."

"Everyone working in the Inspection Institute today is our man!"

Yan Ruohai explained the current situation of the Inspection Institute to everyone, asking them to relax their vigilance.

"With our current military strength, we can't kill Zhuang Mohan." Someone said.

Yan Ruohai smiled and glanced at everyone.

"Zhuang Mohan is just a cover. The one we want to kill is actually Chen Pingping!"

In the TV series, even though Yan Ruohai just said it briefly, this group of people really went to kill Chen Pingping.

They are not stupid, but this is the result of Chen Pingping's early planning.

To this end, Yan Ruohai brainwashed these people for several months.

Now with Yan Ruohai leading the charge, they are naturally full of confidence.

"Chen Pingping is our biggest obstacle. As long as we kill Chen Pingping, the Inspection Bureau will return to the hands of our loyal party!"

The group rushed towards the Inspection Institute with murderous intent.

at the same time.

Fan Xian and Xin Qiwu just visited the place where tomorrow's negotiations will be held.

When he was about to go back home, Shadow came to him. "Someone wants to kill Dean Chen."

"There are so many people like this." Fan Xian didn't care.

"But this time it's different. The killer will take action within half an hour."

Hearing this, Fan Xian became serious, "Where is Dean Chen now?"

"Inspection Institute."

"What's there to be afraid of? Who in the Inspection Office can kill him?" Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief.

"What if the killer is from the Inspection Institute? And there is no one around him to protect him."

"Don't we still have you? You are a ninth-rank master." Fan Xian knew how powerful Shadow was.

"I'm not enough alone!" Shadow shook his head.

"Let's go to the Inspection Institute first!" No matter what, Chen Pingping has always been helping him, and Fan Xian has to go and take a look for both moral and practical reasons.

Just like that, a plan targeting Sean officially began.

Chen Pingping and Shadow will guide Fan Xian to Sean's side, and then give Sean information through words, allowing him to guess and think for himself.

During this period, they will also bring Si Lili with them and continue to instill information into Sean through Si Lili's mouth.

This is actually a grand plan that has been planned for more than ten years, and now it has just officially begun.

Inside the Inspection Institute, Shadow led Fan Xian to quickly find Chen Pingping.

In the following period of time, just like in the TV series, Fan Xian was led by Shadow and Chen Pingping's words from beginning to end and came to the dungeon.

In fact, with Fan Xian's intelligence, if he calmed down and thought carefully, he would be able to find that this was a test for him.

But because the matter was urgent, and he was really worried about Chen Pingping, he became a pawn in this game.

When he entered the dungeon, he also saw Si Lili, so he immediately went forward, opened her cell and released her.

Finally, several people talked for a while in front of Sean's door deep in the dungeon, mainly to introduce Sean's situation to Fan Xian so that he could get to know Sean better.

Afterwards, the mission was completed, Shadow stopped pretending and went out to wipe out those people like chopping melons and vegetables.

Only then did Fan Xian realize that Dean Chen was fishing.

Use yourself as bait to save the Inspection Institute from being tarnished!

The follow-up was some finishing work. Chen Pingping recalled all the heads in Beijing and announced publicly that Fan Xian was his successor.

In this way, he could show his own stupidity and Yan Ruohai would have a reason to hate Chen Pingping.

He also deliberately walked with Zhu Ge to express his dissatisfaction with Chen Pingping's ideas and increase his trust.

This routine is really a series of tricks that are directed at Zhuge.

Maybe he won't be fooled at first, but he can't resist it because he does it so many times!

I believe it won’t be long before Zhuge will really be fooled.

in the afternoon.

After leaving the Inspection Institute, Fan Xian did not go back directly, but went to the royal villa to share his joy with Lin Wan'er.

Then, he went home.

When he saw Qin Feng, he also greeted him happily, "Brother Ye, you will never imagine what I have been through today."

"What?" Qin Feng asked in cooperation.

"President Chen was assassinated, and the murderer was from the Inspection Institute!"

"and then?"

"I protected him and entered the dungeon of the Inspection Institute, where we met a big devil named Sean. All the people outside were killed by Shadow. Dean Chen also asked me to take over the Inspection Institute in the future!"

"That's the Inspection Institute. What a huge power! Dean Chen actually wants me to take over!"

"Brother Ye, when I become the dean, I will make you the vice dean for fun."

Qin Feng smiled and did not discourage his enthusiasm.

He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait."

"Perfunctory!" Fan Xian said with a chuckle, "Why are you just like Uncle Wu Zhu? Nothing seems to surprise you."

Fan Xian only discovered this recently. Qin Feng and Wu Zhu are so similar.

He is not surprised at all by major events, as if he is out of this world.

"No, I was obviously surprised."

"Boring, I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go to the Honglu Temple. I have to negotiate tomorrow. I have a lot to learn."

After saying this, Fan Xian left.

There are many etiquettes to follow and many things to pay attention to in negotiations between major powers. He doesn't need to learn all of them, but at least he has to understand them.

May twenty-second.

Today is the day for formal negotiations between Qing and Qi.

As for Dongyi City, there was no need for negotiation. It was mainly a unilateral apology from Dongyi City, so the process was completed quickly.

The negotiations with the State of Qi were a big deal.

When the negotiations were about to begin, Fan Xian frantically sought advice from Xin Qiwu, imagining that during the negotiations, he would argue his case and make contributions to the Qing Kingdom.

"Master Fan, don't be nervous. This negotiation is a war of words between the two countries. The most important thing is to speak!"

"We are a great country, so we should be magnanimous in our words, so as to show the magnanimity of our great country!"

"Lord Xin, I am grateful for your advice." Fan Xian said seriously.

Not long after, the Qi envoys took their seats.

After exchanging greetings, today's negotiations began.

As for the content of the negotiations, this had been notified to each other long ago, and it was not something that had to be thought about on the spot. Now we are just adding to and deleting from it based on the conditions of both sides.

"There is absolutely no way that my mighty army will return the state we have occupied to you!" Xin Qiwu slammed the table at the beginning, going straight to the point of taking advantage of the situation.

After he finished speaking, he whispered to Fan Xian, "Master Fan, this is called taking the initiative!"

Fan Xian: “.”

I know this is called taking the initiative, but didn't you just say that our Qing Kingdom should demonstrate the magnanimity of a great country?

"That is our territory. Peace talks should be based on peace. You are forcibly occupying our territory."

"Your territory?! If you have the guts, send troops to fight! If you don't dare to fight, just hold back. I, Qing Country, will never give this state back to you!"

Look at the negotiators between the two countries spitting and arguing here!

What happened to your promise to reason and argue your case?

What is this situation?

Fan Xian's beautiful fantasy about the negotiation was instantly shattered.

The negotiations in the morning were mainly about the two sides making moves against each other, and there was almost no progress in the negotiations.

After the half-time break, the two sides continued negotiations in the afternoon.

But this time, before the talks had lasted long, a sudden piece of news brought Qing's negotiations to a standstill.

Yan Bingyun, the Qing Kingdom's secret agent lurking in Northern Qi, has been captured!

(End of this chapter)