Chapter 86 Chen Pingping secretly hides the Black Knight! Fan Xian stabs Lin Gong at night! (13, please subscribe!)
Li Changan never made friends with court officials. All the officials in the court knew about it, and whenever he came, he would be turned away.

Although he and Fan Ruoruo have a close relationship, Fan Jian rarely comes.

"Invite them in."

Fan Jian and his son were brought into the main hall, where Li Changan, wearing a dragon robe, sat upright.

Fan Jian had a smile on his face, but Fan Xian looked very uncomfortable, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

"Your Highness Prince Yong, I am here with my son to thank you for saving my life."

Li Changan did not intentionally send people to rescue Fan Xian, so he never thought that they would come to thank him.

If you think about it carefully, Xing Yusen and Wang Qinian each saved Fan Xian once.

In fact, Prince Yong's Mansion did save Fan Xian's life.

After Fan Jian finished speaking, he actually lifted up his robe and prepared to kneel down. Fan Xian could no longer hide the unnatural look on his face.

In fact, it was his duty to come and thank Li Changan, and he certainly had no psychological barriers.

But he had to kneel down again, which really made him feel embarrassed.

I had already knelt in front of so many people at the poetry reading, so it would be unreasonable not to kneel now.

Li Changan winked at Zhen Gangduan who was greeting the guests, and the two of them quickly supported Si Nanbo.

"Si Nanbo is a pillar of the country, so let's not give him this great gift."

Fan Xian watched as the two young eunuchs supported Fan Jian and showed no sign of helping him, so he could only kneel down helplessly.

"My dear boy Fan Xian, thank you very much, His Royal Highness Prince Yong, for saving my life."

Li Changan smiled and said, "You are welcome, father and son, Sinan. Just let Ruoruo come and play more often in the future. There is no need to come here specially to thank us."

Fan Jian, who had just sat down, realized that the person in front of him was Li Changan, who had been trying to abduct his daughter for many years.

The fact that he kidnapped Fan Ruoruo did not change even though he traveled around the world and owned the Hulong Villa.

Fan Xian instantly thought of the letter that Li Changan wrote to Fan Ruoruo when they were children. The reason why Ruoruo and Fan Xian were not close now was all because of Li Changan's preconceived notion.

Fan Jian cupped his hands and said, "Ruoruo will be a grown-up girl soon, and it will not be convenient for her to come to Prince Yong's Mansion often."

After hearing Fan Jian's words, Li Changan suddenly realized something and said, "It's not convenient. When Ruoruo grows up, you can ask His Majesty to grant her marriage."

"After we get married, we can live in the palace. We don't have to run here from Si Nanbo's palace all the time. It's so inconvenient!"

Fan Jian's smile froze on his face in an instant. Li Changan was really straightforward.

In fact, Fan Jian knew that His Majesty trusted Li Changan because of this.

Fan Xian, who was kneeling on the ground, heard Li Changan's words and always felt that Prince Yong was a little shameless, as if Ruoruo was born to be her princess.

Li Changan and Fan Jian were chatting while Fan Xian just knelt there.

Fortunately, the two did not talk about court affairs and did not have much to say. Soon Fan Jian helped Fan Xian up and left.

Before leaving, Li Changan said with a smile, "Mr. Si Nan and this idle nephew, please come and play more often in the future."

Li Changan's mother is a generation older than Liu Ruyu, so he always calls Liu Ruyu "sister". When he was a child, Fan Sizhe called Li Changan uncle.

Li Changan’s discussion of seniority was not wrong, not to mention that Fan Xian was Li Changan’s nephew.

Fan Xian didn't think so. According to Li Changan's intentions towards Fan Ruoruo, shouldn't he be the elder brother-in-law? Why is he still younger than him?

As soon as the two of them went out, Fan Ruoruo and Fan Sizhe ran in.

Originally they came together, but because Fan Jian and Fan Xian had something serious to discuss, they came in first.

When Fan Sizhe saw Li Changan, he slid down to his knees happily and said, "Greetings, His Royal Highness Prince Yong!"

Then, without waiting for Li Changan to call him, Fan Sizhe stood up on his own.

Fan Xian looked at it with a grin, he would never come to Prince Yong's Mansion often!
If you come often, you must kneel often!
Fan Ruoruo said to Fan Jian and Fan Xian, "Dad, Fan Xian, you two go back first. Sizhe and I will go home after dinner."

Fan Xian looked at the sun. It was less than half an hour after noon, but when Fan Ruoruo said this, it seemed as if it was already evening.

Fan Jian and Fan Xian left, and heard Fan Ruoruo's words from afar, "Your Highness, four years ago I felt that Si Lili had bad intentions, and now the truth has finally been revealed!"

Li Changan said solemnly, "Si Lili is indeed a bad woman, she should be beaten up!"

After leaving the palace, Fan Jian asked in surprise, "Xian'er, why didn't you say anything just now? Why did you kneel for so long?"

Fan Xian was a little surprised when he heard this, "Your Highness Prince Yong didn't let me get up, how can I talk while kneeling?"

Fan Jian's eyes widened as he said, "If you don't say anything, how will His Highness know that you remember it?"

"You were silent the whole time, I thought you were going to kneel down to express your gratitude."

Fan Xian was really speechless. It seemed that he had kneeled too little and didn't know that there was a science to kneeling.

"Father, you are mistaken!"

"My legs are just numb and I can't get up!"

In Prince Yong's Mansion, Fan Sizhe eagerly followed Gao Wuniang to learn the art of business planning.

Gao Wuniang is one of the few women in the Shadow Secret Guard. She has an eighth-grade talent in martial arts and an eighth-grade talent in business. Her talents are extremely rare.

She was discovered by Shen Wanshan, studied with him for four years, and then went to Langya Mountain to improve her intelligence skills.

After completing her studies, Zhao Gao sent her to Kyoto at Li Changan's request.

After Gao Wu Niang came, she was responsible for managing the salaries of the Shadow Secret Guards to prevent some commanders from taking advantage of it.

Now that Fan Ruoruo is not deeply involved in Fan Xian's affairs, her main focus is on studying music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Especially after Lin Wan'er became famous for her poetry and chess, Fan Ruoruo felt a strong sense of crisis.

After seeing off Fan Ruoruo and her brother after dinner, Jingwei continued to report the information that had been interrupted.

"Your Highness, Chen Pingping is still in the Black Cavalry Camp outside Beijing and can return to Beijing at any time."

The Black Knights of the Inspection Institute are elite soldiers who have fought in many battles. They have two iron rules: one is that their number should not exceed a thousand, and the other is that they should never set foot in Kyoto.

"Jingwei, how many people did we send into Shijia Village?"

Shijia Village, located at the border between Northern Qi and Dongyi, was originally called Yejia Village.

Shijia Village is a base built by Chen Pingping. This time when Chen Pingping returned to his hometown, he actually secretly visited this place.

Jingwei replied, "Not yet. You have to be a die-hard fan of Chen Pingping in the Inspection Institute to have a chance to be sent there."

"After Chen Pingping left, my subordinates mobilized three peak eighth-grade hidden masters from various places to investigate the situation in Shijia Village."

"Even so, they didn't dare to go too deep because the defense there was very tight, almost the same as the Luowang Base in Langya Mountain."

The Shijia Village of the Inspection Institute and the Luowang base set up by Zhao Gao in Langya Mountain both concentrate various secret protection measures.

It can be said that if Li Changan had not been foresighted, it would have been difficult for him to find this place.

“Are there any black cavalry hiding in Shijia Village?”

Jing Wei said, "According to preliminary estimates, there should be more than 3,000 people, and they are all black cavalry who can fight ten to one!"

"I can't believe that the director of the Qing Kingdom's Inspection Institute actually has a private army!"

Chen Pingping secretly hides the Black Cavalry, and Fan Jian raises death warriors among the Tiger Guards. These two are really capable, using Emperor Qing's money and food to support their own forces.

Fan Xian's fathers are all very powerful. Li Changan said with a smile, "Let's not talk about Chen Pingping, how many troops does Zhao Gao control now?"

Jingwei replied, "All the 50,000 troops of Western Qin are under the control of Lord Zhao.

With the money and food from the Wanshan Chamber of Commerce, our combat effectiveness is gradually increasing."

"In fact, with the financial resources of the Wanshan Chamber of Commerce, Lord Zhao can at least expand the army three to five times, but that will definitely attract the attention of Northern Qi."

Since Western Qin did not have a grandmaster, it could only be a vassal state of Northern Qi. Only a country with a grandmaster could dominate.

"Let Zhao Gao and Shen Wansan accumulate money and food first. When I break through to the Grandmaster level, the Western Qin Kingdom can begin to rise."

Shen Wansan's wealth is growing, and one day he might be targeted by Southern Qing or Northern Qi. In the era of imperial power, wealth is like a tree without roots if it is not protected by power.

Therefore, the headquarters of Wanshan Chamber of Commerce has been moved to Western Qin State. The military force of Western Qin State is the strongest protection for the Chamber of Commerce.

Although Zhao Gao was very good at political strategy, he was not good at leading and maintaining troops.

When the system settles next time, Li Changan plans to summon a famous general to lead the army of Western Qin.

If you want to gain a foothold in this world, power and wealth are only auxiliary, and martial arts are the foundation.

Therefore, breaking through to the Grand Master level is Li Changan’s most urgent goal.

……

After leaving Prince Yong's Mansion, Fan Xian went straight to the Inspection Institute.

Fan Xian got the support of Yan Ruohai, and the Inspection Institute quickly vacated a hall for him, which was also an office.

Fan Xian and Zong Zhui sat opposite each other. Zong Zhui was the person Fan Xian trusted most after Lao Zhang and Lao Zhao.

"Sir, Nuowei told me Lin Gong's name, but he never publicly identified Lin Gong?"

Lin Gong was a retainer of the Crown Prince, and this was something known to all officials in Kyoto.

The Crown Prince and the eldest princess' clique were extremely powerful, and anyone who betrayed Lin Gong might have their entire family killed, and this almost happened.

Fan Xian really didn't want to see Fang Daren and his entire family being murdered, so he transferred the risk of confessing Lin Gong to Nuo Wei.

In comparison, Nuowei, who is in the dungeon of the Inspection Institute, is much safer than Fang Daren, and Fan Xian can also use his power to protect her.

"Yes, and Ruowei is a spy from Northern Qi. Her testimony alone cannot bring Lin Gong to justice."

"Behind Lin Gong are the crown prince and the eldest princess. Even if Lin Gong pleads guilty, will he get the punishment he deserves?"

Zong Zhui asked tentatively, "Sir, have you ever thought that Lin Gong was also instructed by someone else, and there is someone else who really wants to kill you!"

As a veteran in Kyoto, Zong Zhui has seen too many assassinations. The second prince has even assassinated the crown prince several times.

But how can one get to the bottom of such a matter? Once the investigation reaches a certain level, there will always be someone who will come out to stop it.

Trying to bring the real murderer to justice through the overt judicial punishment is several times more difficult than climbing to the sky.

After hearing about Lin Gong, Fan Xian's expression turned angry. "It's so difficult to even find Lin Gong now, let alone trace him further up."

"Cheng Jushu, who directly assassinated me, is already dead. Now that we have found Lin Gong, Lin Gong must die!"

Zong Zhui raised another concern, "Lin Gong has a close relationship with Princess Yichen and has taken good care of her since she was a child..."

"Once you kill Lin Gong, the people behind Lin Gong will definitely tell Prime Minister Lin and the princess that you are the murderer."

Hearing about Princess Yichen, Fan Xian couldn't help but hesitate. If he killed Lin Gong with his own hands, then there would be no possibility for him and Lin Wan'er.

Although Lin Wan'er clearly stated that she was unwilling to marry him, His Majesty's intention to grant the marriage was still there, and Fan Xian still had some confidence in himself.

However, the distress that the arranged marriage incident caused to Fan Xian could not compare with the hatred for the death of his two bodyguard brothers!

Lin Gong must be killed!

"Zong Zhui, what would happen if I killed Lin Gong and then fled Kyoto overnight?"

Seeing Fan Xian's uncertain expression, Zong Zhui spoke from the bottom of his heart, "I guess the dean and Si Nanbo will definitely help you!"

"It's difficult for you to use judicial punishment to kill Lin Gong for revenge. It's also difficult for Prime Minister Lin to use judicial punishment to arrest and kill you!"

Hearing this and thinking about the care and love that Fan Jian had shown him over the past month, Fan Xian suddenly realized.

"Zong Zhui, I think... he has quite a background as well."

Zong Zhui saw that Fan Xian was on to something, and continued, "You are the director of the Inspection Institute. If you wait for the director to come back and train you for a year or two, you will have terrifying power!"

"By that time, even if you kill Lin Gong, you can still throw dirty water on him and clear yourself of all charges!"

Fan Xian also knew that the Inspection Bureau was extremely powerful, and it was not impossible for it to use such power to seek revenge.

"Zong Zhui, I'm impatient and won't wait any longer!"

In the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Before the Niulan Street assassination, Lin Wan'er left the Prime Minister's Mansion and returned to the royal villa.

After all, she has a special status, so she can't stay too long when she visits Lin Ruofu and her two brothers.

Late at night, Fan Xian secretly came to the outside of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He hid a large amount of poison in his nightgown, had a hidden crossbow on his wrist, and the dagger in his hand was tempered with a deadly poison that could kill instantly upon contact with blood.

Fan Xian's assassination ability and poison skills have almost reached the maximum, and he has made a lot of additions in three places in the past few days. Stealth assassination is his best ability now.

Fan Xian had already retrieved the structural drawings of the Prime Minister's Mansion from the Inspection Institute, so he was still very confident about this assassination.

Fan Xian jumped into the yard from the backyard, then avoided the sight of the patrolling guards and slowly reached the front yard.

He knew the room where Lin Gong lived. He first took an antidote pill and then threw the burning poison ball into Lin Gong's window.

Afterwards, he used his domineering inner energy to climb up the wall and removed the tiles to check what was going on inside.

Relying on the specially trained killer's night vision ability, Fan Xian saw the situation in the room. There were more than a dozen people sleeping in one room.

Lin Gong was sleeping on the bed, and next to him were the guards sleeping on the floor.

It seems that Lin Gong learned that Fan Xian had been interrogating the courtesan for several days and might have found out the mastermind behind the scenes.

Therefore, the strongest master in the prime minister's mansion was not protecting Lin Ruofu, but protecting Lin Gong.

Fan Xian saw that the two guards sitting on duty outside had collapsed due to the poison and were completely knocked unconscious.

As the poisonous smoke spread in the room, the two guards closest to Lin Gong's bed suddenly turned over and sat up.

"Oh no, there is poisonous smoke, protect the young master!"

These two guards are both of the eighth rank, so they have strong true qi and strong resistance to poison.

The two men turned over and only woke up the three guards around them with their kicks, while the others were completely knocked unconscious by the poison!
Lin Gong was only at the seventh level of cultivation and was unconscious at the moment.

The five guards quickly picked up their weapons, one carried Lin Gong, two stood guard around, and the other two began shouting loudly!
"Someone has sneaked in!"

"Catch assassins!"

In the prime minister's residence, dozens of masters above the seventh rank suddenly appeared!
Lin Gong has some talented people under his command, otherwise he would not be able to subdue Cheng Jushu.

When the guards were carrying Lin Gong towards the door, a shining black crossbow arrow suddenly shot out from the roof!

It seemed that the poison arrow was about to hit Lin Gong in the face!

(End of this chapter)