Vol 1 Chapter 25 (1/2)
Chapter 25: The Old man with the fleece blanket
Threeplate of fish with his hands After pouring solowed amber It was really beautiful The aroma of the mix of steamed fish with a little sauce perht and, with the ginger and vinegar steamed fish, ate happily
The next randmother, the servants reported that a thief ransacked the kitchen last night Fan Xian ihed involuntarily As he ed the Old Madaht, I heated some rice to eat There’s no need to be alarmed”
The person stared at hi master did not call for the servants to help hi with these things If he was not careful, someone could have been burned
Fan Xian knehat the other party was thinking He said cutely to the Old Madarandson (cutesy way to refer to hi on a method to steam fish That’s why I wanted to try it for myself If the taste was fine, I wanted to prepare it for Grandma Because it was to be a surprise, I didn’t dare let the servants know I did not intend to scare so randson knows better now”
The words were phrased logically and calmly No one could find any fault in it
After hearing thee in expression “Anything is fine However, no matter what you do, you have to reently
The Old Madam of the Manor has always been draconian towards Fan Xian; it was rare that she spoke in such a mild tone Fan Xian was rather uneasy when he heard those words He seemed to have(Sorry, no idea why the author starred the words here ~MCM) detected a trace of sympathy directed at him Nohy is that?
The Old madam continued softly, “I already knehat happened yesterday Housekeeper Zhou is not a very useful person Last night, you evenwithout anyone realizing That’s outrageous I have already kicked him back to the Capital to be dealt with by that useless person” (The mistress, I presume ~MCM)
Fan Xian was slightly shocked and only just realized that, after he had returned froot to folloith the incident with Housekeeper Zhou It was obvious that the reason the assassin could enter the manor and poison the food this time was closely related to Housekeeper Zhou To think that he was so careless this ti
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In the , he absentmindedly read the letters sent over fro the Manor with the intention of passing the market It was only then that he finally understood the true randmother’s words that “no matter what he does, he has to re”
A corner of the market was already a burnt wreck Mysteriously, it did not spread to the surrounding buildings The building that was burned cleanly and thoroughly was the only one; there was nothing left The passersby surrounding the scene were all debating fervently about it As Fan Xian was small, he could only stand at a side and listen to them Apparently, the fire had killed two people, both were rendered unidentifiable
The place that was burnt co in which Fan Xian had killed stood
Was this done to destroy the corpse and erase all evidence?
Fan Xian rerandmother’s words that she had already sent Housekeeper Zhou back to the capital Making the connection between that and the miserable pile of ashes in front of him, his sweat involuntarily turned cold as he finally understood what happened He could never fathorandmother was capable of such a careful sche in order to ensure her own grandson’s safety (It’s not surprising, really My own Grand and deadly Runs in the Chinese blood methinks ~MCM)
He recalled the i like a Buddha and could not bring hie in front of his eyes and the ie were connected
Fan Xian lue a new
A few of the residents around hih they wanted to say sonored them and left the rocery store
“The Housekeeper has already been chased back to the Capital,” Fan Xian said
Five-Ba the silent streets and did not react All the residents had already rushed to the market to see what happened; the streets were empty