Chapter 233 (1/2)

Hiding the pills, Fan Xian twitched his nose For so, and the powerful zhenqi in his body had begun to flow quickly through his vast reedily absorbing all of the energy that they could

The faint ser Guard longsword fronition He felt its weight in his hand, and using a cloth band, he carefully fastened it to his back, ht need to draw it As for the slender black dagger he carried strapped to his leg, after all these years it seemed like it had become a part of his body, and it required no further attention With a creak, the door was pushed open wang Qinian walked in, bowed to Fan Xian, and said solanced over the leftover tools on the table, and indicated that he had begun

wang Qinian smiled aardly ”My craftsmanshi+p is nowhere near yours, sir”

”You never saw ly ”How do you know you're worse than me? You were a wanted thief in uise?”

”Did you not take care of the person in the next roo hi nobody else knows, but in my view you're like a God come to earth”

”Nonsense” Fan Xian sat down on a stool and laughed ”There are clay idols in the roadside shrines of the capital that look better than I do”

One was brazen, one even more so The two of the the last worries still left behind in Fan Xian'sQinian was his closest aide, and save for the tracking outside Cangzhou and his recent responsibility for ence network, he had never played a uy, and able to help Fan Xian relax

wang Qinian picked up a dagger and shaved Fan Xian's eyebrows, then scooped up soan to apply it to Fan Xian's face The paste-like texture and the color looked somewhat unusual on Fan Xian's face He couldn't help but frown ”Maybe sohed ”Where would we find some? The other day I snuck into the house of an official and took soe residence in the south of the city, holding their torches high in the vast courtyard, a dozen or so people waited silently, dressed in black froed h chair, his eyes closed His right hand caressed the sleek jet-black arly on the bluestone tiled floor

This was General Shang Shanhu, who had led Qi in seven years of fighting against the barbarians of the north There were few generals whose naest and most well-known of all theShanhu slowly opened his tiger-like eyes His cold, piercing gaze penetrated the person kneeling in front of hin h those southerners would have h price, no one knohat I have planned”

His voice was not loud, but it was still deep and resounding, like the sounding of a bell One could tell that this general was a reat power

The one who kneeled before hiloomily in the capital after he had been soundly beaten by Gao Da in front of the diplomatic mission He cupped his hands in salute ”Master, the southerners are cunning Take caution”

”I a Shanhu Today was the last ti Emperor still would not profess his trust in hier continued to hold Xiao En in captivity Shang Shanhu worried for his adoptive father's safety, and he had no alternative but to prepare for this cri scion of the Zhan fahed bitterly If it weren't for the secret his adoptive father knew, then he presuh the young Emperor was rather soft and effe power of his father Zhan Qingfeng He could not give hithen the nation in a short period of time, and even lead troops south to unite the land So there was no way that Xiao En could leave his prison alive When he thought of the decades of h, tears welled in his eyes

”Go” He waved a hand, and then returned to the rear courtyard, where his as preparing the gifts for the Eround, Tan Wu acknowledged his order and left

In a residence outside Chongwu Gate in Shangjing stood a sle of streets and alleyways that surrounded the houses were so interweaved that even long-ter could find themselves lost A short distance away from this courtyard stood a handful of trees which were a coht as blades, their off-white bark clearly visible in the dark night Thanks to the arrival of summer and the plentiful rains, their branches and leaves had flourished

Fan Xianto control the zhenqi in his meridians Clothed in black, his body blended in with his surroundings, h the tree's leaves, which were the size of the pal into the residence below hi Shanhu's operation to rescue Xiao En to begin