Chapter 710 (1/2)
Published
at 3rd of July 2019 04:07:00 PM
Chapter 710
This line of houses at the wall of the Royal Palace were not eye-catching, but it was the important location where the Hall of Governh a courtyard by the back corridor, one could directly enter the PalaceIt was the uarded it tightlyEven when the rebel soldiers had surrounded the Palace that year, they had not thought tofrom here because there were still layers of palace walls behind the Hall of Governer abounded in all directions
In the blink of an eye, almost seven years had passed since he left Danzhou in the fourth year of the Qing calendarOther than the two years he spent sporadically in Jiangnan, the truly exciting, nerve-wracking, and memorable tidouHis identity was not like that of domHe had entered the Palace too ardless of whether it was his identity as the Coitimate child of the Emperor, they both made the prohibitions around the Palace not exist for him
On Jan7, Fan Xian walked to this row of houses at the foot of the Royal Palace like he was taking a strollAlthough the New Year Festival had just passed, the Hall of Governmental Affairs was still busy with officials fro to discuss affairsBy the outer boundary, no one noticed a figure holding a black uuards responsible for inspection becaentle smile and watched in a daze as he just walked in
Fan Xian had couards were used to seeing this young man come in and out of the Palace without obstructionFor a tie to react and allowed hiuards until he reached the main room of the Hall of Governmental Affairs
Inside the main room, there were tarm benchesLayers of items were piled chaotically on themThere werewith edicts the Econditions of the headquarters of the Qing court did not seeoodA few on-duty scholars and scribes ran around busily until Fan Xian put down the black u with snow
The main room of the Hall of Governmental Affairs was silentEveryone looked at Fan Xian in a dazeThey didn't knohy this figure, who had been severely disciplined by the Emperor, would suddenly appear here
While Fan Xian walked through the streets and alleys of Jingdou, various changes were happening in various restaurants and ya of the attacks this time had been controlled preciselyWhen Fan Xian entered the main rooe around Jingdou had just been litThe news had not yet reached the Palace
The first person to react to Fan Xian's sudden arrival was the one closest to the doorTaking advantage of the bright light, Scholar Panling, an aged scholar, stared with his slightly far-sighted eyesLooking at Fan Xian, he said with a cough, “Why are you here?”
Ever since he was young, Fan Xian had raphy and had depended on the newspaper edited by hih they had not dou, Fan Xian had always been respectful toward himWith a smile, he replied, “The Emperor has summoned me to enter the Palace after mid-dayI had just reached the tunnel to the Royal Palace when it suddenly began to snowThinking that there wasn'ttime in the snow, I decided to come here to see everyone”
With these words, only then did everyone in the room re Fan Xian into the PalaceRelaxing, they each sreet himThe Hall of Governmental Affairs did not have officials like the other ya with the flow and being ryParticularly as they were the officials closest to the Emperor, they understood Fan Xian's true position in the courtSo, no one dared to neglect hias the last to stand up and walk overThere was a sliver of self-restraint in his calm expressionWhen he made his appearance, the entire main room of the Hall of Govern coughed and left with his back hunched over
Everyone knew that Scholar He had orders for the pitiful rethEveryone also knew that during these years, Sir Fan junior and Scholar He had never gotten along harmoniously, not even onceHowever, the situation at present had changed a long tiht of his powersHis position in the Hall of Governuely about to surpass that of Scholar Hu'sFaced with Fan Xian, who had now sunk into a difficult situation, ould he say? What would he do?
“Long ti at Fan Xian“It's still earlySit first and have a cup of hot tea to war tiain”
The words were said warmly, sincerely, and easy; it made one feel movedEveryone could hear the concern that caave one the sense that no proble officials of the Qing court
But, the truly wise person certainly heard another ence from a victor to a loserIt was concern froround
The corners of Fan Xian's lips twitched slightlyHe gave a not-quite-there smile and raised his headHe looked at the scholar in front of hihtly dark complexionAfter a pause, he calmly said, “I came here today to speak with youYes, my time has not come… But your time has come”
No one could understand these wordsNot even He Zongwei hiround htly and furrowed his brows as he looked at Fan XianIt was as if he wanted to say so from outside the main room of the Hall of Governmental AffairsThere were soht within the noisy clarily criticized with a heavy expression as he looked at the official who had charged through the door
“Sir! Deputy Cheng of the Supre, have both been killed on the street!” The officials fearfully reported the infor this news, it was as if a bomb had exploded within the room as cries of surprise broke outThe officials of the Hall of Govern courtWhen had such high-ranking court officials ever been assassinated in the street?
He Zongwei's body frozeThe deputy of the Supre had both been his trusted aides, particularly Guo ZhengHe had always regarded Fan Xian as his greatest enenanHe had achieved great things for the E hidou, he died?
A glimmer of white flashed across his dark face before i his head abruptly, he stared at Fan Xian's handsohtly could be seen within thewei to speak, Fan Xian gently shuttered his eyes and quietly said, aasps, “The Minister of Revenue is also dead, as well as two vice-ministersThis is a list of names I've draftedHave a look to see if there's anyone”
After he said this, Fan Xian took out a thin piece of paper and handed it overHe Zongwei's hand began to shake involuntarilyAccepting the paper, he swept a cursory glance over it and saw a dozen officials' names and positionsThey were all his trusted officials
After Fan Xian handed the list to Scholar He, the entire main room of the Hall of Governmental Affairs immediately fell silentIt was so silent, one would be able to hear a pin drop to the floor
Fan Xian casually touched his teers into his hairCalmly, he said, “I don't want to indiscriminately kill innocent officials, so please confirm it for meIf these are all your people, then I can rest easy”
The paper filled with naroundIt was absolutely silent inside the roomEveryone knew that all the blood had been spilled by Sir Fan juniorHowever, they didn't knohat he said was trueDid all those court officials die today?
He Zongwei understood Fan Xian, so he knew that Fan Xian was not lyingThe names on that piece of paper had probably already dissolved into wisps of resentful spiritsHe raised his headA bitterly resentful fire from the netherworld burned in his eyesHe stared fixedly at Fan XianHe didn't knohy Fan Xian did thisDid he not know that doing this was a road to certain death? He Zongwei actually felt a faint prideHe had le
“Why… Come! Capture this murderer!” The word “why” left his rily criticize Fan Xian's inhumane and evil actions in front of all the officialsUnexpectedly, halfway through his sentence, He Zongwei cried out in a loud voice and moved as quickly as possible toward the back of the officials
It was still He Zongho knew Fan Xian bestsSince the other had disregarded his life and killed all over Jingdou, he had the intention of fighting for his lifeSeeing as he came especially to the Hall of Govern the Palace, it was not to use these dead people's nawei
Until now, still no one believed that Fan Xian would start killing people in the dignified headquarters of the Qing Kingdowei believed itHe knew that once this ruthlessly young noble went crazy, there was nothing he wouldn't doThus, he disregarded the dignity of an official and yelled for iht escape toward the back of the officials
Fan Xian did not chase hiaze to watch his actions, looking at the pale face behind the crowd
This was, after all, the Hall of Govern before He Zongwei had shouted, iuards had already noticed the co, a dozen guards and three generals of the Ied into the main room of the Hall of Governmental Affairs, pulled out their knives, and cautiously surrounded Fan Xian
No matter hoerful Fan Xian, he could not kill his way out of the encircle at this scene, everyone relaxed a littleBehind the crowd, He Zongwei's coloring becaoneThere were noo spots of color on his cheeksIn the back, he shouted in a severe voice, “Quickly, capture this murderer!”
Men have reputations, and trees have shadowsEven if everyone knew that the blood in Jingdou today had been spilled because of an order froated clearly, who dared to capture Fan Xian? Particularly in the situation where Fan Xian had not uards dared to rashly go forward?
Commotion broke out at the foot of the Royal PalaceThe sound of soldiers beingout all aroundIn an instant, countless hurried sounds came from outside the main room of the Hall of Governmental Affairs as countless ihtly, encircling Fan Xian and the officials who actually controlled Qing court inside the roos, he would probably still not be able to escapeHowever, it seemed that he did not want to escapeHe just looked calwei behind the crowd and casually took one step forward
This step broke the daring of countless officialsA cry of surprise rose in the roo Fan Xian pressed forward