640 Growing Up Overnigh (1/2)
One person's sorrow could not loomy, particularly as the sorrow on Fan Xian's face alwaysin the wheelchair and looking at the young
It had been five years since Fan Xian saw Chen Pingping for the first tirow old and silent He had experienced how terrifying this elder could be He had never realized that Chen Pingping's smile could one day appear so pure, like a child's
The aura of darkness that usually enveloped the wheelchair was, for so appeared like a believer who had been vegetarian his entire life He person emanated a clean and likable aura It was as if he was completely transparent
Fan Xian stared in shock at his face He knew that one's appearance was decided by the heart He didn't knohat train of thoughts hadbecome like he was now The old man's eyes were dark but not a heartless indifference They were calhtly, he watched Fan Xian He then slowly said, ”Other than that poison, what else?”
”There is a lot We've talked about it before,” Fan Xian said with a sigh and stared into Chen Pingping's eyes ”You had Sir Fei Jie go through Dongyi and did everything you could to lengthen Sigu Jian's life…”
Froer used a questioning tone He said each word clearly like he was narrating facts
”Ku He did everything he could to extend your life because he saw clearly that the longer you lived, the more likely you and the Emperor would become hostile,” Fan Xian continued with his head down ”You want Sigu Jian to live longer because you had long planned to have the Sword Hut expose the Shadow's identity and force the E s word
Fan Xian was notpoisoned three years ago, looking at it now, it is also very clear You used this as an excuse to not enter the capital You allowed the Eldest Princess and eer to do as they wished On the surface, you were obeying the Es out In reality, you had a ly said, ”At that time, my situation was rather precarious I didn't have time to think deeply about it Only later did I understand The Eldest Princess's dao and the Overwatch Council spy the old Qin Master depended the most on, Yan Ruohai They were both your trusted confidants Although you were out in the wilds, you had a clear grasp of the rebellion With these two people helping you in secret, if you wanted to help the Edou would certainly not have fallen to such chaos”
Chen Pingping shtly sharp voice, he said, ”Then tell me, why didn't I control the situation?”
”You wanted the situation to be chaotic You wished everyone in the Palace would die,” Fan Xian said sloith his head down ”The Ehtly It killed too many people You had hoped that, in the end, the world would be a blank slate with just edy”
”There is still so you have not explained Why would I betray the Emperor? Did I have the ability toleft in Jingdou?”
”You have the power I never doubted that If the Edao and Yan Ruohai's uses were not fully dedao” Fan Xian looked at Chen Pingping and tasted sohtly bitter and sour ”As for why you betrayed the Ehed out loud and slapped the ar a Chinese yo-yo at full strength,time He stared intently into Fan Xian's eyes just like he stared at a sio Sinisterly, he said, ”Should I not?”
Fan Xian was silent He had no idea how he should reply to the question As the son of 's bone-deep yearning for Ye Qing
Chen Pingping was the Emperor's closest subject Fro'sBecause of that woh his life, the head of the darkest special operations organization in the world hid a dagger in his heart for over 20 years, hurting hi suddenly sat back in his wheelchair tiredly and said, ”You don't understand what happened in the past You don't understand”
Fan Xian had not been personally involved in the htly say that he understood He could only be silent, calculating, and secretly enduring, but he had no idea how to deal with it If there was only hate between people, perhaps the world would be ardless, the relationshi+ps between people were always complicated
”I also want to understand the second reason you took poison” Fan Xian looked at Chen Pingping's clear eyes His heart suddenly twisted with pain He felt the matters of the world truly hurt one physically and spiritually ”You thought the E Mountain You also destroyed his kingdom You tere ruler and official for a lifetime, so you decided to keep his to complete your relationshi+p as ruler and official”
Chen Pingping closed his eyes and said, ”After all, I watched the Erow up from a child into an Emperor I understand hi alone I worried that he would be afraid on the road betorlds, so I wanted to keep him company”
”Company?” Fan Xian's voice became harsh ”He has killed plenty of people There is no lack of people to keep his Did you need to do that?”
He calmed himself and said heavily, ”Besides, he didn't die”
”It is difficult to hed these words for the first ti at him, he slowly said, ”I never underesti the execution, I was always cautious and predicted all possible failures Even if I failed, I would not leave behind any leverage or i and suddenly felt a powerful sense of worshi+p in his heart He was too fas that he did not hide from his Chen Pingping had done
In this world, probably only Chen Pingping could secretly plot to overthrow the Emperor and keep it from the Emperor This creator of the Overwatch Council's ability to scheme was too powerful, to the point that he didn't have to purposely create anything He only er picture and occasionally added a few dark brush strokes to potentially trap the Edom without any hope of reprieve
It was only because the E able to easily shatter all sche was also truly remarkable Even in such circumstances, he still did not reveal any o
Chen Pingping did not care about his life and death The retreat he cared about was one where Fan Xian was safe after his death After the Shadow's accidental stabbing of Fan Xian at Hanging Te the attack in the valley and thehis connection with Fan Xian
Even if one day these things caht, these matters that had been hidden deeply would all contribute to the separation between Chen Pingping and Fan Xian In front of the painstakingly collected evidence, the E wanted to kill Fan Xian and that Fan Xian had nothing to do hat Chen Pingping did
As for why Chen Pingping wanted to kill Fan Xian, that was so the Emperor needed to think about Fan Xian suffered a heavy injury in the Hanging Temple and almost died He also teetered on the brink in the valley These two pieces of evidence were too strong
Fan Xian could feel Chen Pingping's painstaking efforts Looking at his old face, he experienced afresh aura rising from his heart His heart was 's expression was cals three years ago That day before the Chen Garden was repaired, you had said soain today?”
”The Emperor would eventually coyi,” Fan Xian said ”I cayi were arranged three years ago After I pro said with a so, do it reed to have me be the Director of the Overwatch Council You can completely retire”
”Retire? That won't be any different to oing to say that in front of , even if I'm the Director for 10 more years, this Overwatch Council is still yours”
”Oh, no,” Chen Pingping said with a smile ”The Overwatch Council is the Ehed ”Two parts of the Overwatch Council are the Emperor's, and three parts are mine The other half is yours It is forever yours”
After working in the Overwatch Council for so long, Fan Xian knehat disturbing extent of control the old cripple in front of him had over the Overwatch Council Under the control of Chen Pingping's old hands, the Eanization had long becoanization On one hand, this was because the E at his side On the other hand, it was because Chen Pingping's prestige in the Overwatch Council was too high He had too many officials ere loyal to the death
Fan Xian did not doubt that if the palace issued an edict to bring down Chen Pingping, people like Yan Ruohai and the bald head of the Seventh Bureau would not even think before standing behind Chen Pingping
Everything for the sake of the Qing Kingdoe official of the Overwatch Council, the Qing Kingdom was perhaps the Emperor In the hearts of the middle-rank official who truly held the power, other than Chen Pingping, there was no one else
”H looked at Fan Xian and asked with enjoyment This seemed to be a nore between two terms of Overwatch Council Directors
Fan Xian suddenly lowered his head and sighed sadly ”Before I caet ready to bring all eight bureaus and the branches of the Fourth Bureau in each province to heel, to sever any possibility of you extending your hand into the Council However, I know that if you yourself do not pull back, there is not yun bring down his old hed out loud ”That h, there are ined”
The oldabout was the personthe upper-ranks of officials in the Overwatch Council
Fan Xian sat forward and gently held Chen Pingping's very wrinkled hands ”Let go”
”Why are you holdingasked with a smile ”You can try to sever the hand I extend into the Overwatch Council, but I can proine”
No sht! These old men were there from the start They were the Overwatch Council's first clutch of eggs They had countless disciples and grand-disciples in the Council It would be difficult to sweep therily said, ”The two of us have gotten along well these years, hardly any different froht this battle with me?”