Chapter 721 (2/2)
The first month of the year reached its last day and the 12th year of the Qing calendar finally planted itself fir firh the Emperor could half sit up and inspect memorials, he could not be tired out too wei, of the Hall of Governe of key officials in various departments by Fan Xian's ruthless hands left the court in a state of chaos for a ti he had and didn't go home for seven days in a row so that state affairs would not be delayed too much
The footsteps in the darkness continued in the chaosJingdou appeared to have recovered its peaceIn reality, it was still under a tight regime of control, particularly the pursuit of the assassins had never been let upThe Qing court ures, after being heavily injured by the Emperor and shot at by thousands of arrows, should still be trapped within Jingdou and passing each day in fearFor such a large city to be able to tightly seal off any possibility of their escape, one reason was because they were too heavily injuredAnother was that it had to be addom's national machinery
At present, five of the assassins' deaths had been confirmedTheir bodies had already been moved into the Royal Palace, but there were at least three assassins of known identity that could not be foundThey were the foreyi's Sword Hut's youngest disciple, Thirteenth wang; and Northern Qi's saint girl, Haitang DuoduoThese three had aldouEach ti miserably
As for Fan Xian, not even a shadow could be foundFan Xian was gone, as was the ShadowIt was only now that the Qing officials responsible for capturing them realized that those trained by the Overwatch Council were indeed too talented in some areas
The officials continued to have confidence because Sir Fan junior had been heavily injuredThe Eed that his meridians were destroyedHe would not be able to recover within a year
There was another scene that the officials who entered the Palace each night to give their progress reports and hand in theirbut was particularly strangeIt was the E weakly under a pile of blankets while a wo coldly but carefully served hi hi lady of the Fan farown used to her face five o but could not have expected that she would be back again after having just left a day agoHad Sir Fan junior not beco to kill the E at the E? Was he not worried that young lady Fan would do so lady of the Fan fa the Eround did not seem to have become a hellThe people inside lived their lives as norularly to bring the Eoing on? The E to kill Sir Fan junior, yet he did not want to s difficult for his wife and sister? This was truly too absurd and ridiculous and no one could understand it
The heavy and stuffy at of FebruaryEunuch Yao received adiscussion with the injured Eht in the royal study, countless internal court and athered at the doors of a first-class duke's ht peaked over the horizon and while the neth remained asleep under the bark, the doors of the Yanin frouard in all positions while 20 or so aces flew over the high wallsThey seeht for the faux arden
Eunuch Yao stood calmly outside the manor with his hands inside his sleeves without any intention of entering theaside the long history of Sir Yan Ruohai in the Overwatch Council, the present young master of the Yan manor was, after all, the Director of the Overwatch Council
Not a whisper of this ht that person in Yan
Yan Bingyun, in his sleep clothes, watched the arrogantly searching soldiers with a heavy expressionThe anger in his eyes grew stronger and stronger, but his expression redo common people could coarden where his father livedHe just stood inside the door of his bedroom and coldly watched as all this happenedBehind hi lady of the Shen fa voice, “What's happening?”
“Do you not knohat has happened?” Yan Bingyun did not turn his headHis voice had been co on the bed, Shen Wan'er's expression changed dra voice, “What are you saying?”
“Only father and I know, but it was you who re” A bitter syun's lips“Back then, it was indeed I who turned ht you had already forgottenAfter all, we are husband and wife nowI had not thought that you would not be satisfied until the Yan family was broken and destroyed”
Shen Wan'er's body treh her actionsFacing Yan Bingyun's back, she said in a harsh voice, “I had no such thoughtsIt's just that he is, in the end, a criminalIf this was known by the court, how can our family escape cohtIf it's said that he snuck in himself and the family did not know, the court would believe it”
“Yes, our fa hiyun's smile appeared very cold and bitter“I still cannot understand why you would do thisYou are a Northern Qi personWhen did you beco court?”
A clamor rose from the courtyard in the Yan manor, but this master's bedroom remained quietBehind hi timeFinally, she bravely raised her headHer eyes were filled with unet, I a to do with you, but can you say that it had nothing to do with Fan Xian?”
Lady Shen's voice was not loud and clear, but it appeared particularly sorrowful and hatefulShe looked at Yan Bingyun's back and sobbed, “My father was killed by the Northern Qi E ShanhuI was destroyedYou have no idea what it means for your family to be killed and destroyed! My entire family for more than 200 members all died! Even my 3-year-old brother was killed! Who did this?”
“The Northern Qi Emperor did thisDo you think that I don't know this was all the Fan Xian and that wo's idea?” Lady Shen's eyes were coht of hatred“But, what can I do? Fan Xian is your superior, friend, the person you admire the e my family of 200 people?”
“Since he dares to escape to my side and be discovered by me, I cannot pass up this opportunity” Lady Shen finished speakingShe knew that no ressed, she would not be able to win back this man's heartHer entire body went soft as she sat on the bedShe couldn't help but feel a little scaredWhy had she, a wo driven by hatred?
Yan Bingyun's body froze slightly, but he didn't hed in his head and felt confused
The faux arden had been forced open by the soldiersThey looked at the dust-covered secret room, at the space that no one seemed to have stayed in, and was rooted to the spotRoused by the noise, Yan Ruohai furrowed his brows as if he didn't knoas happening and looked at these soldiers and internal court aces responsible for apprehending cri here?”
“I was never worried that so would happen while I hid in the ainst a soft cushi+onAlthough the meridians in his body were a ht now, none of this could affect his goodscenery in the outskirts of Jingdou, he could not help but feel happy
When he left Yan manor, he did not knohat had happened and didn't know that Lady Shen had still not forgotten the tragic case of the Shenin the fifth year of the Qing calendarHe trusted in old Sir Yan's abilitiesBoth father and son of the Yan family were elite members of the Overwatch CouncilHow could they not have sensed unusual movements in their own home?
It was still the power of the Yan manor that finally saw an opportunity to send Fan Xian out of JingdouThe carriage was now traveling on a diht between the e was a member of the Overwatch Council, but it was not an old subordinate Fan Xian was familiar withIt was not a veteran of the Qinian UnitSince the Yan e this matter, presumably they had sufficient confidence in his loyalty
“That is because the Director has good fortune,” the Overwatch Council official driving the carriage said with a smile“Otherwise, the Director would not have found such an opportunity to send you out of Jingdou”
Two directorsThe foryunThe official was silent for a moment then suddenly said, “The Director wants o to Northern Qi and betray the courtCan you really do it?”
“That daood humor“Naturally, I will do as I saidI'm not like the old cripple who had no fear”
“After you return to the capital, help yun and have him think of a way to deliver it to the Eht and handed over a slim envelope
The contents of the letter were sidou and would carry out the contents of the agreehtHe asked the Emperor to keep his proood health and to look after himself
The reason for such an extra action was douFan Xian knew the Edou alive, then there was little purpose to wasting national resources and causingand everyone else in Jingdou
The carriage changed hands in the outskirts of Jingdou a few ties in thepoints the Overwatch Council preparedIt took three full days before they reached a city in neighboring provinces
The carriage would not enter the cityInstead, they chose to carry out an exchangeLooking at the familiar face, Fan Xian could not help but s Qinian, who had rushed fro outside Jingdou to uised as an old e and checked Fan Xian's injuriesInvoluntarily, his rew heavyHe was not in the uising as?”
wang Qinian took out ed to force a shter-in-law…”
Fan Xian let out a bitter laugh and did not act unreasonablyHe accepted the items and said, “It's much more convenient for you to dress as an oldQinian could not resist asking in a low voice, “Sir, did you plan frodou?”
“I'es” Fan Xian smiled tartly and continued“If I was victorious in the Palace, then I wouldn't need to leave the capitalSince I was defeated, I had to ensure that I would surviveFortunately, ood as always”
“I hear that it's not a place for huo have all died,” wang Qinian said
“Who said they all died? Ku He survivedXiao En also survivedDidn't my uncle and htly narrowedIt was like he was searching for the backs of those peopleIn a quiet voice, he said, “Just surviving is not enoughSince I still lost in Jingdou, what choice do I have but to go to the Te ti Qinian's expression was not pretty as he muttered, “It's not that I want to stop youWho in the world dares to stop you? Other than the Emperor, those who dare to obstruct you are probably all deadHowever, the Temple is not the Royal PalaceIt's a place where immortals liveI'm afraid that we could look for decades and not find the place”
“Our goal is to not squander tihedHe forcefully used his willpower to control the ed a smile“You don't have to be so afraid”
This was so Fan Xian had already decidedHe knew more than anyone else in this world about the illusory TempleHe even had a faint idea of the Temple's true historyBut, of course, it was all conjecture
The Emperor was very powerfulHe even survived after the sound of the gunshot and had woken upFan Xian knew that after this, the Emperor would never personally leave the Palace and put hierThe situation in front of Fan Xian and the Emperor noas theconversation before their fightIn the end, this was a battle between the two of themNeither the Emperor nor Fan Xian wanted the battle fires to extend to the rest of the worldSian had lost so badly, he had to find a power that could defeat the Emperor
None could be found beneath heavenHe could only search upwardFan Xian's heart felt heavyHe knehat kind of worshi+pful existence the Temple had in the hearts of the people, but he was very worried about Wu Zhu's safetyFor the sake of his oals, he had no choice but to eerous journey to the Te Qinian pulled at the reins and asked a very practical questionEveryone respected the Temple, but no one knehere it was
“Head north, always north, all the way north,” Fan Xian said