Chapter 187: Backyard fire

Prince Yan Mansion in Beiping.

Zhu Di's face was terrifyingly quiet, and his face twitched.

Daoyan was flipping through a exquisite chess book as if nothing had happened, without even raising his eyelids.

In the inner courtyard flower hall, the air was as silent as if it had solidified.

After a long time, Zhu Di said coldly: "Guo Ying led 40,000 troops northward and advanced a hundred miles. How could he have such courage to provoke me? Is this what he meant or the court?"

Daoyan stared at the chess record and said lightly: "In the thirty years since the founding of this dynasty, the military generals were killed by the late emperor. Among the veterans of Long, only Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen and Wuding Marquis Guo Ying were left. These two lived the most careful and safest life. Otherwise, the late emperor would not let them live until today. If Guo Ying had not received the instructions of the court, how dare he mobilize his troops privately?"

Zhu Di's pupils suddenly shrank like the tip of a needle, and he said in a deep voice: "Is this what Zhu Yunwen meant? He asked Guo Ying to lead the army north and had entered our territory of Peking. What does he mean? Do you want to encircle and suppress me?"

Daoyan shook his head and smiled, "I'm afraid it may not be. It should be the emperor who gave Xiao Fan so much power. Xiao Fan issued an order to Guo Ying in the name of the imperial envoy. Now Xiao Fan has arrived in Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province. After Yanzhou, it will be Jinan, and after Jinan, it will be Beiping..."

Zhu Di sneered: "Xiao Fan's move is intended to demonstrate to me?"

Daoyan smiled indifferently and said, "I'm afraid that saving my life is greater than a demonstration. He told the prince in this way that the court's troops were behind him. If he had any accidents in Peiping, the court's army would suppress our territory in Peiping..."

Zhu Di laughed: "I have been in charge of troops for more than ten years. Are you scared? It's a joke!"

While talking a joke, Zhu Di's face showed an unnatural look.

Since ancient times, the court has represented orthodoxy and righteousness. There seems to be few troops of 40,000, but with the name of "the court", Zhu Di felt pressured. This invisible deterrence forced Zhu Di to be afraid of the rat.

Daoyan's eyes had moved from the chess score to Zhu Di's face. He stared at it very attentively, as if Zhu Di's face was painted with a wonderful chess hand.

After a long time, Daoyan smiled relaxedly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Those who have accomplished great things since ancient times are not focused on the details. If the Youth really wants to get rid of Xiao Fan and get it quickly, there are many ways, and the Youth should understand it..."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Yes, I will kill the imperial envoy blatantly. I will definitely not do such stupid things. Maybe the imperial envoy is not convinced by the waters and soil of the north, and may not necessarily die suddenly in the middle of the journey, and it has nothing to do with me..."

Daoyan looked at Zhu Di deeply and suddenly said, "Prince, what if the imperial envoy was not dead halfway? If he was ordered to hide, he would still come to Peking Prefecture to reward the vassal kings by the emperor's order. How should the prince deal with it?"

Zhu Di thought for a while and frowned: "Sir, what he meant is..."

"Prince, the emperor's intention to reduce the vassal state is inevitable. Our Yan army is not ready for everything now. We should not act too quickly. If we fail, we will fail! I think the prince should have a serious illness at this time..."

Zhu Di's eyes lit up: "The imperial court sent an imperial envoy to appease the vassal king, intending to delay. I am also pretending to be sick for a year or two. We will delay for a while. After everything is ready, we will fight the male and female on the battlefield in the future. Sir! … But what disease should I have this time?"

Daoyan smiled mysteriously and said, "The prince... is crazy from today."

God heard Xiao Fan’s pious prayer and gave him a strong martial arts master.

The martial arts master was beaten by Xiao Fan's slingshot skills before he could land. This was really a tragedy.

Xiao Fan held Taixu's head, his expression was both guilty and painful. Cao Yi stood not far away, his dark bearded face turned red, and he held back his laughter and endured it very hard.

At this moment, Taixu was lying on the ground, with a big bag bulging in the middle of his forehead, looking like a huge beauty mole, and looked very strange.

"Master! I didn't mean it..." Xiao Fan kept shaking Taixu's head, and his tone was very guilty.

While feeling guilty, Xiao Fan couldn't help but admire his slingshot's accurate head. He was aiming at the target, how could he hit the sky? And he just hit Taixu flying in the air. If this skill is used on the battlefield, if a million troops want to take the head of the general, where should he aim?

Taixu opened his eyes dizzyly under Xiao Fan's vigorous shaking, then quickly closed his eyes again, moaning and moaning, "Ah... so many stars, and birds' chirping..."

Xiao Fan said sadly: "Master... Everything is an illusion and cannot scare you!"

After moaning for a long time, Taixu finally recovered, pressed the big bag on his forehead, grabbed Xiao Fan's hand, stared at him with a burning gaze, and said weakly: "Tell me..."

"What did you tell me?"

"Why are you so accurate in the fight? Have you been aiming at me long ago, just wait for me to fly up and then you will hit me..."

"Misunderstanding, Master, this is actually a very simple stroke of magic..."

"Disasters, disasters..." Taixu sighed sadly.

After taking a nap, Taixu gradually recovered. Except for the bag on his forehead that had not yet disappeared, his mind had slowly returned to normal.

It was not until this time that Xiao Fan asked excitedly: "Master, why did you come to Yanzhou? Didn't you refine alchemy at your home in the capital?... By the way, Master, didn't you come with you?"

Taixu stuttered a few times, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he heard a voice under the pavilion in the front yard of the official office saying slowly: "Amitabha Buddha... I am here."

Xiao Fan turned his head and saw Zhang Sanfeng wearing a gray Taoist robe in the pavilion sitting on a stone bench, with a sense of elegance like a fairy-like Taoist bone, smiling at them with a white beard.

Seeing Zhang Sanfeng's calm and composed appearance, Taixu saw that he was so miserable and depressed, and couldn't help but feel sad and moaned like a sob: "Senior Brother, how did you come in?"

Zhang Sanfeng raised his hand and pointed to the gate of Guanyi, and said leisurely: "Of course, I came in through the gate, this is the normal way to visit..."

Taixu's facial skin twitched hard a few times: "…………”

Xiao Fan was overjoyed and hurriedly met him, saying, "Master is here too. Are you here to protect me from going to Peking? Sure enough, the people from the Master are still reliable!"

Zhang Sanfeng, who was so fairy-like, laughed awkwardly, and his smile was ugly.

Taixu's old face became ashamed, and his eyes rolled a few times, avoiding the topic, and intimately hooked Xiao Fan's shoulders and walked towards the inner courtyard.

"A disciple, I haven't seen you for a long time. Today I found that your Yin Tang was a little dark. I calculated that you have been in a fire rush recently, and there are bad signs..."

“…………”

The arrival of Taixu and Zhang Sanfeng was considered as a guarantee for Xiao Fan's life. With two peerless masters with perverted martial arts around, it would probably not be so easy for Zhu Di to send someone to assassinate him.

Xiao Fan was so happy today that he was very happy. Although Taixu, an old liar, was greedy for life and fearful of death, he still had a principled position on the issue of right and wrong. His apprentice went deep into the land of tigers and wolves to take risks. His master and uncle followed him to protect him without saying a word. Such a kind and kind teacher's friendship was really touched. - When he was deceived into the Wudang Sect by Taixu, it seemed that he had made the right choice for his life.

When the master and uncle arrived, Xiao Fan naturally held a big banquet in the official post to welcome the two elders of the master.

Fang Xiaoru, a great scholar who followed Xiao Fan to Peking, also gave him a lot of face today and came out to accompany him in person.

Taixu was sitting in a state of sitting, eating without eating, holding a fat hooves in one hand, holding a wine pot with the other hand, and opening his bows left and right, eating happily. Xiao Fan looked at him with a smile on his face. In the past, he looked at Taixu's various appearances, but today, he felt warm.

During the meal, Fang Xiaoru was shocked when he heard that Zhang Sanfeng was actually the Tongwei Xianhua real person, the late emperor Qinxian, and looked a little more respect. He had talked with Zhang Sanfeng about Laozi and Zhuangzi's health and health preservation for a long time, and also repeatedly shouted that Zhang Sanfeng's name is indeed well-known and benefited him a lot.

As for the ugly Taixu, Fang Xiaoru chose to ignore it. This great scholar looked down on Taixu. In addition to his quality issues, he probably had another layer of identity reasons. Lao Fang was only interested in Taoist priests certified by the court.

"I am very happy in life. I met an old friend in a foreign land. Today, I met an elder in a foreign land. I am even more happy. Master, uncle, and disciple to pay tribute to each other. Thank you for traveling thousands of miles to protect your disciple from the West to obtain scriptures... Cough, no, protect your disciple into the land of tigers and wolves in Peking. The future is dangerous and your disciple's life is uncertain. The two elders have much trouble..." Xiao Fan stood up and toasted them with a glass of wine.

Cao Yi also stood up quickly and drank a drink with him.

Zhang Sanfeng laughed and drank it all. After drinking it, he said with a blank expression: "Go to Peiping? Who is going to Peiping?"

Xiao Fan wiped his sweat and said, "Master, we all go to Peking. You two are hardworking and always be by my side to protect me..."

Zhang Sanfeng looked even more confused and turned his head to Taixu and said, "We still need to protect him? Didn't you say that before you come? Didn't you say that you would travel around the world when you meet your disciple?"

Taixu quickly coughed heavily and secretly pulled Zhang Sanfeng's sleeve.

"Advisor, I won't say anything. What is the loyalty of the master? I and my senior brother will definitely accompany you to Peking. My senior brothers and I will ensure that you are completely harmless!"

Xiao Fan said gratefully: "The master is really affectionate to his disciple. He remembers this love in his heart and will never forget it forever!"

Taixu smiled and said, "Don't look at me greedy for life and fear of death on weekdays, but I still have a heroic side. I have an old family, if there is a treasure, you will slowly discover that I have many bright spots in my body..."

"By the way, Master, when my disciple left the capital, I asked you to come out to protect me. You said you wanted to refine the alchemy, but you refused to agree. Why did you suddenly figure it out and catch up so quickly?" Xiao Fan was really puzzled by this question.

"Cough cough cough cough cough..." Taixu coughed constantly as if he was angry. He picked up the wine glass with guilt and found a direction and started to toast: "... Come, drink, drink, don't go home if you don't get drunk..."

“Master…”

"What?"

"There are so many people on the table, and you toast to the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall. What does it mean?"

Taixu: “…………”

After the banquet ended, everyone took advantage of the slightest drink to take a walk in the back garden of Guanyi to enjoy the flowers.

Taixu didn't know what he said to Fang Xiaoru. Fang Xiaoru, who had originally disliked Taixu, changed his attitude towards him greatly. He pestered him intimately and looked mysterious. No matter what Fang Xiaoru asked, he always replied, "The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed, only if you give money will be revealed..."

Cao Yi and Xiao Fan walked at the end, and the two discussed the itinerary.

"Everything is ready, and you can enter Peking Prefecture tomorrow."

Xiao Fan sighed: "This time, Wuding Marquis Guo Ying arranged a formation on the Beiping border and advanced nearly a hundred miles north in the name of martial arts. This is a bit of courage for us. Even if the King of Yan wants to kill me, he will definitely not dare to be too blatant."

"The King of Yan has always been very careful in his actions, without any hesitation. The imperial envoy represents the emperor. Unless he makes up his mind to rebel explicitly, he will not dare to send troops to kill you openly."

Xiao Fan smiled and said, "He will definitely not dare to send an army to kill me openly. Now, the 150,000 soldiers under the command of the King of Yan consume countless food every day. The food and grass stored in each battalion are only enough for him to maintain for half a year. Even if the Yan army is invincible in the world, it will definitely not be able to defeat the imperial army in half a year. The King of Yan is not a lunatic and has insufficient preparations. He will not choose to rebel now. Since he does not dare to rebel, I, the imperial envoy, will be relatively safe..."

Cao Yi said worriedly: "I'm afraid he won't come open, but I send assassins to assassin secretly and poison..."

Xiao Fan smiled and looked up at Zhang Sanfeng and Taixu who were walking in front of him. His smile was full of warmth and touching: "...The two elders came to chase me from thousands of miles to protect me. No matter how powerful the assassin is, he may not be able to withstand the attack of the two peerless masters in the world. They... are good people! There is true love in the world, and happiness is like a flower blooming..."

Cao Yi scratched his head and muttered softly: "...Why do I think the two old gods are so strange? The way they came from seems to be very wrong. Could it be that they caused any trouble in the capital..."

Xiao Fan glared at him unhappily and said, "Nonsense! Two elders came to protect me from all the time. How could you doubt their intentions?"

Cao Yi thought for a while but couldn't figure it out. Finally, he waved his hand indifferently and laughed: "Forget it, no matter what their purpose is, as long as the backyard is fine, no trouble, and no fire, we will feel at ease when we go to Peking..."

While the two were discussing, a Jinyi School Captain hurriedly ran into the official post. After saluting, he handed a hot report to Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan was stunned, and when his hand touched the urgent revenge, he immediately felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

Some of them were eager to tear open the cover, and there was only one piece of letter inside.

When Xiao Fan saw it, his face immediately became shocked and angry, and his body staggered uncontrollably.

Cao Yi was shocked and hurriedly supported him and asked anxiously: "What's wrong? Is this an urgent report from the capital? What happened?"

Xiao Fan couldn't stop trembling all over, and said tremblingly, "Beijing...the backyard of the capital..."

“What’s wrong with the backyard?”
To be continued...