Vol 2 Chapter 90 (1/2)
Chapter 90: Investigation
There ca at the person in the ba at the uessed he was a sorcerer, the unier due to Fan Xian al at the hands of that brute
The figure politely saluted Fan Xian and prepared to leave
There was about twelve meters between them That sorcerer specialized in wind sorcery and therefore was confident in his ability to escape Except for the Four Great Grandmasters, there were no one in the world who could catch hiravely injured Fan Xian—with the assassination plan failed, it was natural for hinified manner
Seeing the figure still abiding by forer He raised his left arer At the ure clutched his throat and fell to the ground, dying after letting out a cry of pain A thieves’ crossbow arrow stuck out froers
”Idiot”
Fan Xian then fed Teng Zijing aZijing regained consciousness, but still needed medical attention to deal with the rest of the poison as well as his injury Fan Xian’s handsoht now and drenched in the brute’s blood, giving hi at the now-conscious Teng Zijing, he said, ”Press down here”
He was pointing at a place near the base of Teng Zijing’s thigh; that place held a major artery
Teng Zijing’s leg was broken, and the pain drained all color fro applied pressure to the base of his thigh with shaking hands, but accidentally agitated his injury in the process,him scream out He proved himself a realwith a rag and applied power to his wound, which he watched without uttering a single sound, even though it caused him even more pain
The fifteensuch injuries were considered to be the ”golden period” for treat up Teng Zijing and h of relief, alround
With great difficulty, Teng Zijing said, ”Young Master, your wound…”
Only after being reminded did Fan Xian feel the pain of his own injuries Grunting from the pain, Fan Xian directed zhenqi towards the site and discovered his meridians were unhar Zijing, ”Stay down for a moment”
Fan Xian still hung on to a thin string of hope that the other three guards ht still be alive, so he walked towards as left of that wall Behind it, the ground was covered with corpses, ed to the boere slain by those brave guards Fan Xian then saw three more corpses, all curled up with their skulls smashed in
Curling up was the result of the poison, and their skull ithout a doubt s brute
Confir Zijing in silence and began to tend to his oounds without saying a word Together, they waited for the arrival of anyone, friend or foe
This incident on Niulan Street beca through the capital in the do tiht, to the point where even nor of an assassination of Minister Fan Jian’s eldest son in broad daylight
While Fan Xian still wasn’t registered in the family record, this was even different froet Even nificantly, this assassination atte archers to kill souarded capital far breached the bottom line of Imperial law
The internal institutions of the great Qing Kingdoan to take action After a short period of time, they found out the ”truth” of this assassination attempt This was in part thanks to Fan Xian; if he hadn’t retaliated and killed his attackers, there wouldn’t be any evidence left behind, and this case would forever remain a solvable mystery
It turned out that the brute who ell known, so the investigation didn’t take toofrom the fact Director Chen and Fei Jie still didn’t hurry back to the capital, this incident was nothing major
That brute’s na frodom of Northern Qi His body was trained to be resistant to both the sword and spear More iorous zhenqi He was one of the few Level 8 ot their throats crushed by Fan Xian, they were killers from a small vassal state However, the Overwatch Council was secretly aware that they had always been controlled by Northern Qi
The case seedom had ordered this assassination in secrecy However, whether it was ordered by that young emperor or the priest Ku He was still unknown
The capital was filled with people gossiping about, questioning why Northern Qi Kingdo declined, the country was still a powerful force to be reckoned with