Chapter 91 (1/2)
”Why did I have to do anything?” Wu Zhu rarely asked such rhetorical questions Ever since Fan Xian left Danzhou for the capital, he see never looht Even if Wu Zhu had helped raise Fan Xian, Fan Xian had no reason to de, it was Fan Xian as in Wu Zhu’s debt
In response to Fan Xian’s silence, Wu Zhu said coolly, ”I said this before; both Fei Jie and I have taught you for many years If you can’t take care of small matters like this, it’s your probleht master afterwards You also said before that my true power is level seven, but my abilities are level three I shouldn’t be able to match that brute by any means” Fan Xian smiled uneasily ”You say it’skilled?”
”Did you die?” A rare second rhetorical question froasped ”You were following ?”
”Yes”
”Why didn’t you interfere?” Fan Xian was suppressing his shouts of anger ”Those three guards died! Teng Zijing was hurt!”
”I don’t care about the life of anyone but yours,” Wu Zhu spoke without eathered by yourself If you want to have authority over their lives, then you uards’ lives are your responsibility, not ain he knew Wu Zhu was right
”I couldn’t help you too much,” Wu Zhu said ”In Danzhou, on the cliffs, I told you once: If I’ but trouble, troubles you definitely would not want to face”
Re how he had sheepishly told Wu Zhu ”I’ll protect you”, Fan Xian s
”You must remember, here in the capital, I will never stand by your side out in the open, unless you are dying Or… already dead,” Wu Zhu continued, still devoid of e as Wu Zhu was afraid of But hearing how resolute he was made Fan Xian nod without any further discussion
”So into the darkness
It was a guest, but not the one Fan Xian wanted to see at the loo With a suppressed voice, he ht? The envoy of Northern Qi wouldn’t adlu Te with Northern Qi, Dongyi, various vassal states, and also that assassination atte that the place was almost trashed, Fan Xian smiled bitterly ”Those youths sure are hot-blooded Well… of course Northern Qi wouldn’t ad’s people found out that another nation was able to send assassins to the capital so easily, I’cheng sun to break down As per His Majesty’s order, that envoy froe and all”
Fan Xian laughedup on Fan Xian’s hiddenfor the past few days Sohed, ”I don’t know if it’s because I owed you in one of my previous lives; I invited you out, and that lead toassassinated You’re one of the few people I know in the capital, a proper prince on top of that You norcheng somewhat blaht that Drunken Immortal Tavern was controlled by Northern Qi” He then considered it for a moment and said, ”For today’s visit, first of all, I’ize on the second prince’s behalf He did plan on co here himself, but as you know, the whole situation is a bit messy, so he can’t easily do so There are still many out there who believe the second prince and I were the ones responsible”
Fan Xian looked at hi at me so mysteriously? Must I be forced to confess?”
Fan Xian and Li Hongcheng laughed together He trusted that the prince wasn’t responsible For the second prince, ithout any strong support in the Irave loss At least, it was a loss greater than the benefit they would have received froreat difficulty, Fan Xian sat up on his bed A ure at the door made Fan Xian curse in silence Despite his serious injuries, the stream of visitors never seemed to stop Hoas he supposed to recuperate when he was suffering? The visitor this tier, who reported himself as an official froating the Niulan Road case under Imperial order The case involved officials of the Imperial court and various baseless rumors, so it was all handed over to the Overwatch Council
”May I ask your name?” A servant had already poured tea for that official Fan Xian squinted at hied into” the Council, this was the first time he saw one of Council’s officials This official was see Fan Xian of his damned teacher Fei Jie
”My nahtly tanned skin He said emotionlessly, ”Due to the severity of your condition a few days ago, a few issues need to be be clarified, which is the reason for arding this”
Fan Xian frowned It looked like this official didn’t know about the connection between Fan htly, ”I am tired Let’s talk about this some other day”
Mu Tie didn’t seem to expect this refusal He appeared uneasy