Vol 2 Chapter 97 (1/2)

Chapter 97: The Official’s Suicide

Ushering Fan Sizhe out of the bookshop, Fan Xian had a sudden thought He turned and spoke sincerely with Ye the shopkeeper ”Could you deal with the things we've talked about the past few days? I don't want too many people to know”

Although Shopkeeper Ye did not understand why his young boss was interested in the people who had plundered Qingyu Hall, he nodded in response Those seventeen shopkeepers had long gotten used to life in the capital, following the orders of the princes' estates; although they had no way of doing their own business, they lived lives of riches and honor

”Deal hat?” asked Fan Sizhe curiously

”Do you knohat Qingyu Hall is?

”Of course I do” This shopkeeper Ye was the one that Fan Sizhe had spent a large sum of money on to invite back Of course he knew ”This is a shopkeeper froo into business and have a team of capable people under me It’ll be better”

Fan Xian was surprised, and increasingly felt that he had been acting too cautiously It seemed that the name of the Ye family had becoer saw it as taboo When the carriage ca inside it Fan Xian bla, I'd have left sooner” Fan Sizhe looked at his sister and felt an inexplicable fear ”I just ca to do with me Don't tell father”

Hearing this, a smile broke out across Ruoruo's cold face ”We are faet in trouble?”

Dongchuan Road had quieted down after its noonday bustle The Fan estate carriage rolled along toward the east side of the city with the family's three children inside it The sun set in the west, and the carriage's shadow lengthened, spilling out onto the paving stones Springing up froht chill see itself into the fiery twilight

There was oneFan Xian felt that his farasped a few strands of happiness, one ht So when it came to the attempt to assassinate him, Fan Jian—Count Sinan— was bound by his status as an official It was not possible to find out the truth, so there was no choice but to endure it for the ti And Fan Xian was a free and unfettered soul, so he had no s

In order to achieve the three goals that he had set for hierous environment In his previous life, the United Nations had once said that people had the freedoh Fan Xian did not understand politics, he thought that even if he had passed through to the next life, there had to be sohts

wang Qinian sat ashen-faced at a table The building was a place rented with Fan fa the city; it was in an unremarkable location, where no one would pay any attention to it

Fan Xian quickly gave hiies”

He noticed that he was using for Qinian did not dare accept It was his duty to report iroup with Si Lili returned to the capital, they were intercepted on the road But the state had prepared for that The ene to the zhou, the subordinates had followed the state's troops and were pretending to be highwaymen, but after their retreat they found evidence that they were soldiers”

Fan Xian was shocked He wondered how soldiers could have gotten in ”Was it soldiers from the state capital or someone else?”

wang Qinian thought for ato the master's instructions,” h

e continued, ”they were only tracking thee had escaped to Wuzhou”

”Wuzhou?”

”Correct That night that officer ht of so else he had to explain ”There was so them at that time,” he hurriedly continued

”Who?”

”Zong Zhui”

Fan Xian suddenly realized ”You were talking about hi Zhui was just as well-known as you Didn't you say he was always by Director Chen's side?” Suddenly, he understood It seemed just the same as him The Overwatch Council had used Si Lili as a pretense to track down clues behind the scenes

”Correct That day I saw Director Chen's carriage frohts were also there If they weren't, they would have been unable to hold back the cavalry” wang Qinian was somewhat uneasy as he asked ”Master Fan, since the state has already tracked them down, shall we continue?”

”Mm Do not worry too much about them Which official joined the army at Wuzhou?”

”Be careful His surnaround; he is just a distant relative of General Fang of the city guard”

Fan Xian frowned as he thought This official of the city guard had indeed acted disgracefully in thishi himself out of this hole? If too many people were implicated, matters would come to a difficult end Someone who had been coht be forced to play the role of someone else