63 Seals - 21.2 (1/2)

Before Fan Hui Zhong could even ask, his brother turned to him in a panic and hurriedly spoke.

”Brother, the stasis seal that I placed on father when he fell into a coma was broken! The wards that I placed to monitor his condition and surroundings indicated that there was an assassin who managed to sneak past the guards and break my seal but before he could do anything else, the protection seal I left activated, giving the guards enough time to incapacitate the assassin. Unfortunately they were a second too slow and the assassin managed to swallow a poison pill hidden in one of his teeth.”

Sensing the gravity of the situation, Fan Hui Zhong's expression turned grave.

”Liang'er go to Father and check to see if you can delay the effects of the poison on the assassin, I'll get Xia'er!”

A look of understanding spread across Fan Hui Liang's face before he nodded once and quickly left the Blooming Phoenix Courtyard.

Turning on his heel, Fan Hui Zhong made his way to his daughter's room and also happened to bump into Min Sheng who just came back.

Seeing the dark expression on his face, Min Sheng immediately felt something amiss, as he hurriedly turned to bow but his movements were stopped mid-way.

”Min Sheng, an assassin has made a move against Father, go and have several of our elite groups of soldiers from the Lei Sha Di Army secure out estate and make sure that no one gets in or out at this time, no exceptions! If Xian'er comes back, have him proceed to his mother's courtyard and stand guard there. As for Li Jie, have him help you in finding any intruders and taking control of the estate as well as the servants, also, go find Yong Rui and have him come to his grandfather's courtyard, understood?”

”Affirmative, Lei Wangye!”

Departing quickly, Min Sheng disappeared like a gust of wind, and resuming his earlier plans, Fan Hui Zhong quickly arrived in fromt of Fan Zhu Xia's door and gave it three sharp knocks.

Hearing it, Fan Zhu Xia's gaze was drawn to the door and instead of sitting down at the table where a light lunch of snow lotus congee, steamed fish and pickled vegetables were arranged, she immediately walked towards the door and pulled it open.

Seeing his daughter's familiar face devoid of any traces of makeup, making her look younger yet also more delicate because of her pale countenance due to her fatigue, Fan Hui Zhong felt a tinge of hesitation before his eyes took on a determined glint.

Fan Zhu Xia who had just finished changing into a plain white dress that was cinched at the waist by a wide, bamboo-green belt and had half of her hair pinned up by a single hairpin made of white jade with the rest cascading down her back softly was preparing to eat some food first before taking a nap immediately realized that there was something wrong the moment her eyes met Fan Hui Zhong's.

”Father, is something the matter?”

”Zhu Xia, something happened with your grandfather. We need your help.”

Hearing her father's words and seeing such a grim look on his face, Fan Zhu Xia quickly spoke and said, ”Let's go then! I'll see what I can do to help.”

Giving her a small tense yet grateful smile, Fan Hui Zhong then bent down and took Fan Zhu Xia into his arms and carried her princess-style and swiftly left her courtyard. His speed was extremely fast with the use of his qinggong and they arrived at a large courtyard that was heavily guarded by armored guards who gave a respectful salute towards Fan Hui Zhong before going back straightaway to their duties.

Wasting no time, Fan Hui Zhong proceeded inside with Fan Zhu Xia still in his arms this giving her no time to look around and appreciate the simple yet elegantly decorated courtyard but was instead promptly brought to the courtyard's main master's bedroom where her uncle; Fan Hui Liang was standing beside a bed as he made several hand signs as a seal was manifesting on top of the bed where a person was lying unconscious.

Catching her curious look, Fan Hui Zhong softly murmured in her ear and told her, ”That's your grandfather.”

A look of understanding appeared in Fan Zhu Xia's eyes as she nodded while Fan Hui Zhong set her gently down her feet before he turned around and shot a furious look towards a corner where two guards held a man in all black clothes down while another two had their spears pointed at him.

Following her father's gaze, Fan Zhu Xia asked, ”That is?”

”An assassin that tried to kill your grandfather.”

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Looking at the man's pale and sweaty face and noting that he has bloodshot eyes while his lips had taken on a purplish hue, Fan Zhu Xia frowned and spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.

”He's poisoned.”

”En. He tried to commit suicide the moment he got caught, luckily they were able to stabilize him.”

Staring at the man closely, Fan Zhu Xia sighed and shook her head as she turned to Fan Hui Zhong and told him, ”He's not going to last any longer. If Father intends to interrogate him, then the sooner the better.”

”I agree, but...”

Just as Fan Hui Zhong was about to reply a familiar voice spoke up from the door, drawing the gaze of both father and daughter as they saw a familiar figure walked in.

”Yong Rui!”

”Cousin!”

Giving them an indolent smile, Fan Yong Rui called to both of them respectively with a nod in their directions.