694 Rain At The Qing Temple (1/2)
A slight sound of footsteps rang out in the courtyard outside The sound was very light, particularly as the market at the end of the alley was still noisy and would be so until dusk Thus, these quiet footsteps had al
However, these gentle footsteps rang out with unusual clarity in Fan Xian's ears He narrowed his eyes and focused on the sounds outside His index finger and htly Only then did he realize that this black dagger had long fallen in the rain in front of the Royal Palace and was not with him But, he remained calm, still confident that he would be able to subdue the person outside in one strike
Hong Yiqing gripped his dagger tightly He carefully and silently crouched behind the door He te closer Strangely, the person approached the door and gently knocked Hearing the rhythnal was a way to identify the members of the Qinian Unit
Fan Xian did not relax because he was not confident about whether the Qinian Unit had been infiltrated by the court or if contact had beenfro back froence reports had far surpassed Fan Xian, as well as Chen Pingping's deductions Furthermore, the internal court probably had many loyal officials hidden in the Overwatch Council Otherwise, it would have been difficult for Yan Bingyun to control the sinister Council within seven days
”It's me,” the person said in a raspy voice He see this voice, Hong Yiqing did not recognize who it was, but Fan Xian's expression ied It was somewhat joyful, emotional, and surprised
The door was pushed open Acodou walked in
”Leader wang?” Hong Yiqing lowered his voice and looked in disbelief at the person He deduced the person's identity from the familiar warm smile in his eyes After all, he had been personally chosen by wang Qinian to join the Unit However, in the heart ofQinian had died three years ago in the Dong Mountain incident How could he be standing alive in front of hi's shoulder He then intently focused his attention, while forcefully suppressing excite behind the desk
”We'll talk another day We'll see each other again Go do what needs to be done” Fan Xian s The expression on Hong Yiqing's face was one of disbelief and surprise He knew ent, so he did not waste tirasslands in to search for Songzhi Xianling
Fan Xian walked out fro Qinian He looked at hied hihtened and saw the tiredness that wang Qinian's disguise could not hide
Fan Xian gazed at wang Qinian, and wang Qinian also gazed at hi tihed and said, ”It really has been a long tiyi, wang Qinian had desperately stopped the Overwatch Council carriages and infor news At that tih about anything Fan Xian had i
Calculating carefully, it had been exactly eight days since Fan Xian had returned to the capital Noang Qinian had returned to Jingdou Before this, wang Qinian had traveled rapidly and with great difficulty fro-distance treks had exhausted the aging wang Qinian Even though he was one of the tings of the Overwatch Council, he had reached the end of his strength
Fan Xian helped him sit down in a chair After a moment of silence, he said, ”Where have you been these years?” This question was asked lightly, but it was very emotional Fan Xian knew he had not died and that with Chen Pingping's arrangeed their identities and gone into hiding For the sake of Lao wang's faiving up During these three years, Fan Xian often thought of the lovable Lao wang, his closest subordinate, who knew more of his secrets than anyone
”I never actually left the capital I was by the Director's side the entire tih to know that you were doing well,” wang Qinian said in a raspy voice They had not seen each other in three years, but there was no sense of distance between theot back too late”
wang Qinian lowered his head and was silent for a long tie to you too late”
Both of them had actually done their best However, they were still unable to change what had happened A faint sense of sorrow and self-criticisht?” Fan Xian asked
”Yes, the court shouldn't be able to find theood Coht”
After this natural back and forth, Fan Xian's long icy heart felt a rare glimmer of warroup to Dongyi How cohts have entered Dongyi territory Aroup should have headed toward Ten Faave me, so I hurried back I was delayed for two days, so I a Ge, the old roup Theto be gathered in Ten Fae”
Fan Xian was silent for a moment He then sht that the e also wouldn't be able to escape his notice?”
”The Director will always find out what he wants to knoang Qinian said
”Let's not talk of this anys will be s like today, I would not have needed to waste seven days to wor Qinian understood dou He couldn't help but sigh ”If the Overwatch Council was still in our hands, it would be s”
The only people Fan Xian could truly trust and use, other than the Qinian Unit, were his confidants and subordinates scattered all under heaven However, the Overwatch Council headquarters was already beginning to gradually crack and split off, particularly the Fourth Bureau that the Yan father and son controlled If this went on, Fan Xian's influence, as well as the influence of the older officials, inside the Overwatch Council would probably become weaker and weaker
”In the end, this world is the Emperor's Even if the officials of the Council syh time, they had to accept this reality After all, one has to be patriotic and loyal to the Ehtly He only showed his contempt and disdain of imperial power in front of very few people ”How many people would openly oppose the throne?”
”Sir Yan is not that kind of person,” wang Qinian said in his raspy voice Naturally, the Sir Yan in his words pointed to Yan Ruohai ”I don't understand what Yan Bingyun is thinking”
”The Director left instructions for hihtly ”The Director does not want the world to bleed because of him He had exhausted all means to ensure that the power in my hands continued to exist, so he severed ined, in just a few years, I will clirown old”
This was Chen Pingping's wish The outward appearance of this wish perfectly aligned with Yan Bingyun's attitude of putting the world first Thus, Yan Bingyun had steadily and fir had planned Afterward, it would just depend on Fan Xian's attitude
”Yan Bingyun won't watch the Overwatch Council becoe Public tools cannot be used like that This is probably a very new thought,” Fan Xian said cals to the Emperor All of the officials and ht mockery, he said, ”Unfortunately, our Sir Yan junior cannot understand this It is not so easy to be a faithful official and filial son I hope that he will be able to continue steadily in the Overwatch Council”
wang Qinian could tell that Fan Xian did not have any great hate toward Yan Bingyun He narrowed his eyes and said, ”What do we do next?”
”You should rest We can't just fight all the tiently pressed down on his slightly slumped shoulders Evenly, he said, ”You're worn out from these few days Find a place to stay in the capital I expect that notfor you to do”
Given wang Qinian's skill in following trails and going into hiding, even if the court's net was still spread out outside the Fanup With hidou, his voice could finally get out It would not be as difficult as it had been these past seven days
wang Qinian already knew about the h the Qinian Unit He did not estions for the plan He just didn't know if Fan Xian was showing his cards or passively carrying out a defense and hiding these powers outside Jingdou to be called upon at an appropriate opportunity
”I hope Zi Yue can coht worry ”I had originally planned to have hio back to Northern Qi to do this, but I was never at ease After all, even if they are willing to follow dom Perhaps in their eyes I have always been a part of the royal fahteous If it's Northern Qi…”