Chapter 143 ends with going out.

"Golden God, who is taking your place outside to deal with those martial artists? Go to the inn in the city first and bring Guo Baokun back. He is no longer useful as bait."

Gao Da was better off not listening to the conversation between the two. Although he was arranged by Fan Jian himself, Fan Xian didn't want to reveal too much information to others.

"Brother Qinian is dealing with it temporarily."

Gaoda held the long sword in his hand, clasped his fists and saluted, then went out from the back door to pick up Guo Baokun at the inn in the city.

It's not like Fan Xian has been doing nothing these days.

He had secretly contacted He Daoren. The other party said that he owed Chen Pingping a favor and would help Fan Xian to pay off the debt. After Fan Xian handed over the token, he gave Fan Xian the information of the shops and people who concealed their identities in Shangjing City, so that he could restart the spy network in Northern Qi.

In this way, Taoist He has repaid the favor.

With Li An's intervention, Fan Xian's mission was basically successfully completed. As for Sean's affairs, they were all handled by Li An.

"In that case, I will hurry up and check the accounts these days. Once this matter is settled, I will also return to Qing Country."

Fan Xian told his next plan. A few days might not be enough. After all, he had to check the account books openly and arrange the spy affairs secretly. He thought that he would leave in about ten days.

"But I am very interested in the bitter lotus you mentioned." Fan Xian coughed twice and said with a smile on his face.

"You don't have to leave in a hurry. In half a month, it will be the birthday of the Queen of Northern Qi. When you finish your work, you can attend the banquet and then return to Qing Kingdom."

In response to Fan Xian's unexpected statement, Li An casually said, "As for Ku He, he is just a stubborn old man. However, after you reminded me of this, I remembered two things!"

"Oh?" Fan Xian perked up and listened carefully.

"The first thing is actually nothing big." Li An took a sip of tea and spoke carefully.

"Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping have been setting up a trap for more than ten years. They made Sean think that you are his grandson, and used the opportunity of a diplomatic mission to Northern Qi to make him reveal the secrets of the temple to you."

Looking at Fan Xian's dazed face, Li An continued, "I have actually told you all this before. Just pick out what you can say when you go back."

Li An was about to say the second thing, but was interrupted by Fan Xian: "Where is the exact location of the temple?"

"Arctic."

Li An told Fan Xian all this according to the previous arrangement, but he did not tell Fan Xian the conjecture in his mind: there might be more than one entrance to the temple, or that entrance might be movable at any time. But no matter what, he would go to the underground of Taiping Villa in the future!

Seeing that Fan Xian looked calm, as if he had already guessed it, he continued to talk about the second thing:
"Although the Northern Qi royal family agrees with this deal in principle, we still have to play it safe. Maybe, I mean maybe! It's possible that Ku He will send someone to kill Sean, and it will definitely make things difficult for you. You have to give some strength and help deal with it when the time comes."

"what?"

Fan Xian was shocked, and with anger flashing in his eyes, he said, "That's not what you said a few days ago!"

"Does Ku He know about the deal between us? Didn't you say he agreed?"

Li An quickly said, "We just haven't notified everyone yet. They definitely agree."

It was still unclear whether Ku Hetong agreed or not. Anyway, his eldest disciple Lang Tao was on the way, coming to kill Xiao En. In order to make Emperor Qing believe that Fan Xian had obtained the secret and to prove the trap set by Li An, Fan Xian had to stop it no matter what.

"Brother Li, are you still reliable? You made the decision yourself, but the little emperor just cooperated with you and even deceived the foreign ministers?"

Thinking of the fierce attack with Taoist He a few days ago, Fan Xian shuddered and then said, "Besides, you think too highly of me! I can hardly cope with Taoist He, and now here comes a disciple of a great grandmaster. So, how strong is this person?" "His name is Lang Tao. Now he is among the top three in the ninth level. It's hard to say what he will be like in a few years." Li An replied.

"You might as well kill me!"

Fan Xian is in a bad state.

Just as Li An was about to comfort Fan Xian, he saw a figure jumping out from near the courtyard wall, shouting at Fan Xian to take it, and then kicked Li An in the temple.

Because Li An was sitting with his back to that person, the visitor couldn't see the target clearly and thought that Li An was Fan Xian!
Helplessly, Li An, with a frown on his face, used his magical finger to make the visitor's right leg numb, and he stopped where he was and couldn't move.

"Ah! My diamond legs!"

The man cried out in pain, but was unable to move due to the numbness and soreness, and couldn't even hold his injured leg.

Li An just swung his wide sleeves, and the man slammed into the courtyard wall, creating a big hole in the wall with a bang!

"I think you are not good at Diamond Legs, you are good at Iron Head Kung Fu."

Fan Xian smiled and stood up, saying goodbye, "I don't know how Gundam does things. They actually let the challenger in. Sorry to bother Brother Li today!"

"It's not really a bother. But this Gundam is a talent."

Li An had a puzzled look in his eyes, and lamented that Fan Xian had a good father.

"Hey! He's just a rough guy, don't worry about him, Brother Li." After saying that, Fan Xian clasped his fists and walked towards the main gate. After a while, the noisy sounds in the front yard disappeared.

After Fan Xian left, Yan Xiaoyi jumped over from the rooftop of a building three hundred meters away.

"gentlemen."

Yan Xiaoyi glanced at the unconscious warrior in the corner, asking with his eyes whether he needed to be cleaned up.

Li An nodded as a greeting, but ignored the man and asked Xiang Yan Xiaoyi, "Did Sean escape?"

"That's right." Yan Xiaoyi put the longbow on the stone table and said, "Shen Zhong did a perfect job. Shang Shanhu has already left the camp secretly and led two hundred soldiers to the suburbs!"

The time has come, that's about it.

I wonder how many more people will be added to my team after today?

Li An smiled slightly, secretly cursing those two beasts, Wang Shisanlang and Hong Kaijia, for running off to some brothel again, leaving him with no one to use and having to do it himself!
He stood up, summoned a sword case out of thin air and put it on his back, and said with a smile: "Let's go and finish it!"

Yan Xiaoyi nodded and turned to lead the way.

A look of surprise flashed across his face. Although it was not the first time that he had seen the master use such means, every time Yan Xiaoyi wanted to rely on his own eyes to see how Li An took out the sword box, he always ended in failure!

I guess only people in the temple have such means!
However, I don't quite understand Ang Lee's explanation of what he meant by "hidden secrets".

Both of them were top-notch, and ordinary people could not detect them at all when they used Qinggong. Only the big hole in the courtyard wall and the rubble on the ground were left waiting for the arrival of Butler Chen.

(End of this chapter)