It's no surprise that the admiral's mansion, which had already become extremely quiet, became even quieter at this time. All the officials stared at Fan Xian at the door with dumbfounded eyes, and the navy generals pursed their lips subconsciously. , Smelling the smell of the coming storm, the whole venue fell into an inexplicable atmosphere of quietness and hidden confrontation.
The depth of the confrontation was actually the fear of those generals, because everyone in the world knew Fan Xian's identity and what the Overwatch Council did. The majestic supervisor of the Overwatch Council will go to the remote naval county to investigate the case, and he can imagine that the incident must not be too small.
The navy generals hid the worry in their eyes and looked at each other quietly, all guessing... Could it be that something happened in the East China Sea.
Unlike these generals and officials, those kabuki and maiko who were scolded aside had their eyes shining, staring at Fan Xian's handsome face. It was not so easy for a fairy-like figure like Mr. Fan See, secondly, everyone knows that this little Mr. Fan is now a leading figure in the industry, if this big man takes his fancy... the days to come will be beautiful...
It's just that the girls are not idiots. Feeling the weird atmosphere in the hall, they naturally know that there is no chance to use their beauty tricks today.
The generals and officials finally woke up after being stunned for a moment. The vice-admiral of the navy, Dang Xiaobo, had faintly become the spokesperson of the navy in the absence of Admiral Chang. Standing side by side, they saluted Fan Xian.
All the officials and generals didn't dare to sit in their seats anymore, they stood up with some fear, and saluted Fan Xian.
"I've seen Master Tis."
"I have seen the imperial envoy."
Due to the differences in civil and martial arts, as well as in different minds, the sailors and the Jiaozhou prefect called Fan Xian differently.
"no."
Fan Xian's jaw moved slightly, he nodded, and without squinting, he walked up surrounded by the officials, and then sat down... on the chair that belonged to Chang Kun, the admiral of the Navy!
The eight Overwatch Council officials behind him also followed, standing behind him, holding the handle of a knife, staring at all the officials in the hall.
A bit arrogant, but he has the qualifications.
Dang Xiaobo looked slightly worried when he saw the big man's gesture, but he was secretly happy in his heart. However, it is much easier to deal with such domineering people. It seems that the rumors about Mr. Fan's deep secrets are not necessarily true.
He coughed lightly, cupped his hands and asked, "I have seen Lord Tisi. I don't know what case Sir came to Jiaozhou to handle this time."
"You are the lieutenant general of the navy. Even if our court needs manpower to handle the case, it is impossible to ask you to transfer it." Fan Xian said calmly, then turned to the magistrate of Jiaozhou and said, "To handle the case today, there are not enough people around. Master Wu transferred the first battalion of the state army to me."
The magistrate of Jiaozhou, surnamed Wu, was named Gefei. He was one of the top three in the old government. He had also walked through Lin Xiang and Fan's family. Shu Tai responded with a smile: "Please give me your orders."
This Mr. Wu has one advantage, that is, he will be greedy for the money that should be greedy, but he will definitely be greedy if he dare not move. He is the most "honest person". Anyway, Jiaozhou is a poor place, and it is suppressed by the navy everywhere. A lot of government affairs are not coordinated, even if there are any big benefits, it will not be his turn, but he will be left clean.
Wu Gefei has long wanted to be transferred to another rich state, but there is no big person to talk to in Kyoto to help him. Hearing Mr. Fan's affectionate tone today, he has happily forgotten what his mother's name is. He forgot that if the Overwatch Council needed a warrant from the court and the Privy Council to deploy troops, he said something to the master directly. The master took the order to go, and he was unambiguous.
Dang Xiaobo, the deputy general of the navy, watched coldly from the side, slightly startled, and thought to himself that the commissioner had just arrived in Jiaozhou, and he hadn't given any score, so he wanted to borrow troops from Jiaozhou, what was he planning to do? But after thinking about it, he immediately calmed down. The local officials in Jiaozhou are weak. Even the state army has only a few hundred people, and they have always been poorly trained. They are no match for naval officers and soldiers. If the Overwatch Council is really looking for them For the troubles of the Jiaozhou navy, it is impossible for Fan Tisi to bring seven or eight people in, and it is impossible to mobilize the state army in front of his own face.
So Dang Xiaobo wasn't terribly afraid, but he was a little puzzled, what the Overwatch Council... is trying to do today
"Where's the admiral? The Holy Spirit has a will, why doesn't he follow it?" Fan Xian frowned and asked.
Dang Xiaobo's face was embarrassed, and he also felt strange, how come the admiral didn't notice such a big commotion outside? Even if you are an old man playing with women behind, it's time to come out, really offended Fan Xian, no one will have a good life.
With a wry smile, he explained a few words to Fan Xian, and with a wink, he sent the soldiers of the admiral's mansion into the back garden to inform the admiral.
Fan Xian watched this scene coldly, but secretly counted the time in his heart.
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After three breaths, an extremely shrill scream sounded in the admiral's mansion, the sound directly cut through the quiet night sky of Jiaozhou, and spread far away.
Everyone in the hall was startled, they didn't have time to say anything, they pulled out their weapons indiscriminately under the table, and ran to the back of the garden. Although no one dared to believe that something would happen in the majestic Jiaozhou Admiral's Mansion, the scream was not fake.
Dang Xiaobo's eyes were a little weird, he didn't leave, but just stared at Fan Xian strangely.
Fan Xian didn't even look at him, and there was a trace of deep worry in his frowning brows, and he said, "Could it be that you're late?"
When he finished speaking, he had already grabbed Wu Gefei, the magistrate of Jiaozhou who was screaming, and with a flick of his body, he came to the back garden together with those anxious navy generals.
There was a pool of blood in the backyard.
Seven or eight personal soldiers of the admiral's mansion were lying in blood, some were decapitated, and some had blood holes in their chests.
Seeing this scene, the civil officials in Jiaozhou couldn't help but their legs went weak with fright.
However, the generals of the navy stared at the man in black behind the pool of blood, with extremely excited expressions. It seemed as if they wanted to rush up and tear each other into pieces and eat them, but they were just anxious and angry, but they didn't dare to make any changes at all.
Because the masked man in black was holding the body of Master Chang Kun, Admiral of the Jiaozhou Navy!
A stream of blood slowly flowed from Chang Kun's body and dripped on the ground, but the head of the Jiaozhou local emperor was lowered, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
Looking at the dead bodies in the garden and the body of the admiral whose life and death are unknown, the eyes of the sailors are about to burst, and their eyes are already red. How could these powerful soldiers who have been killing people at sea all the year round think that there are assassins who dare to assassinate in Jiaozhou, dare to do so in front of themselves? In the face of many people, so many brothers were killed!
"Put down my lord!"
"You bastard, put down the sword!"
All the generals roared and surrounded the man in black, but naturally they didn't dare to move the so-called mouse-throwing weapon.
Fan Xian indifferently put down Wu Gefei, the magistrate of Jiaozhou, looked at the man in black in the venue, and seemed to be talking to himself, "Sure enough, he arrived earlier than me."
After being shocked, Dang Xiaobo had already woken up, and he deeply felt that there was something weird about this matter. Why did the Commissioner of the Overwatch Council come to Jiaozhou in person? Why did you go straight to the birthday banquet instead of handling the case secretly? Why did Fan Xian's previous expression seem to indicate that he knew someone was coming to assassinate the Admiral? Why did Fan Xian say that the other party arrived earlier than himself
His mind was spinning rapidly, knowing that this matter must be related to the small island in the East China Sea, but he is not Chang Kun, he didn't know that Junshan would exist, but he just vaguely knew that his admiral was working for a certain organization. Listening to Fan Xian's deliberate words, he couldn't help but fall into an absurd imagination.
Dang Xiaobo stared anxiously at the man in black, looking at the Admiral in his hand, his temple felt red and hot, and thought to himself... Could it be that the imperial court wanted to investigate that organization, so that organization wanted to kill the Admiral to silence him? That's why Master Xiao Fan condescended to come here in person? Otherwise, why was Fan Xian so anxious before? It's just that this idea wasn't enough to convince him. He also had a trace of doubt about the Overwatch Council in his heart, so he couldn't help but sneak a glance at Fan Xian at this moment.
Fan Xian frowned, looking at the man in black behind the pool of blood, he felt indescribably worried and worried, and still had a lingering sense of heaviness.
"Don't come here, whoever comes, I will kill him." The man in black hissed, with a hint of ruthlessness and confidence in his words.
The admiral of the navy, this is an important member of one party, his life and death will inevitably alarm the government and the public, and will affect all the people in the Jiaozhou navy. So at this moment, although the navy generals in the garden were anxious, they didn't dare to move at all, for fear that if the man in black shook his hands a little, Master Chang's head would be cut off.
The naval officers and soldiers outside the admiral's mansion had already surrounded them, occupying the commanding heights of the courtyard wall, and all of them raised their bows, aiming at the man in black in the garden.
Surrounded by the army, how else can the man in black escape
It's just that no one dared to order an attack. The generals of the navy did not dare to take this responsibility. They looked at Jiaozhou Zhizhou very angrily and cautiously.
At least in name, this is an incident that took place in Jiaozhou City and should be handled by the magistrate of Jiaozhou.
The magistrate of Jiaozhou was shocked by these fanatical gazes. He woke up from his previous fear and fear, and began to scold his mother in his heart. But if you have to push yourself to the front to block the arrows, you won't do it yourself.
The magistrate of Jiaozhou bit his lip. The person with the highest status in the garden at this time was naturally Fan Xian, the Chief Commissioner of the Overwatch Council who had just broken into the birthday banquet.
So everyone looked at Fan Xian eagerly, but the generals of the navy were a little scared. This little Mr. Fan is notorious for not loving life, and he values the face of the court. If he lets the sailors shoot arrows... Lord Admiral Can't survive.
Fan Xian still frowned, took a step forward, stared at the man in black and said, "I don't care who you are, but assassinating an official of the court is already a death penalty for family and family... My name is Fan Xian, you You should know my identity, even if I let you go today, I can still find out who you are... Please believe me, just let me know who you are, your parents, your wife and children, your friends, you Your childhood companions, your folks, even the country woman who gave you a glass of water on the way... I will find them all."
There was a gentle smile on the corner of his lips: "And I will kill."
The arena was quiet, only the rapid breathing of the officials could be vaguely heard, and the sound of the bowstrings being rubbed against the fingers of the archers on the courtyard wall.
A navy general was terrified, thinking that the most important thing was to save the admiral, what would be the consequences of Fan Xian's threats, and was about to say something, but Dang Xiaobo frowned and signaled him to shut up.
Dang Xiaobo looked at Fan Xian's profile with strange eyes, knowing that Fan Xian's words were offensive.
Fan Xian looked at the man in black and said slowly: "Put down the admiral, tell the person who ordered you clearly, and I... will only kill you."
"You can also kill Lord Admiral, and then I will kill you and the people I mentioned earlier." Fan Xian stared at him and said, "Everyone in this world who is related to you, I will kill them one by one." kill."
Dang Xiaobo settled down a bit, knowing that Mr. Tisi's method was the only way out of desperation, and it depended on whether the assassin's defense would loosen.
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"Lord Xiao Fan?" The man in black hissed with a laugh: "I really didn't expect you to come to Jiaozhou. This time I miscalculated."
"It has nothing to do with me, even if I'm not here, you can't escape." Fan Xian said indifferently: "I didn't expect that you would do it so quickly."
The man in black paused, then suddenly sneered and said: "Don't try to trick me, I'm just here to kill people, I don't know why I want to kill this admiral."
"Really?" Fan Xian took a few steps forward, and said with a smile, "What do you and Master Yun call you?"
Yun everyone? Yun Zhilan, master swordsman of Dongyi City? The first apprentice of Sigu Jian? Everyone in the garden looked at each other, and never thought of Fan Xian's words, especially the generals of the Navy were extremely shocked. The Jiaozhou Navy has always had some unclear relationship with Dongyi City. Dongyi City Why would you do something like this today
But to be able to break into the mansion under the heavy protection outside the admiral's mansion, and kill so many people not far from the main hall, indeed only those ninth-rank assassins in Dongyi City can do it.
The generals glared at the man in black, but because Fan Xian and the people from the Overwatch Council were by his side, they didn't dare to curse at all.
Dang Xiaobo still didn't believe the judgment in his subconscious mind, and still didn't believe that the man in black was from Dongyi City.
Sure enough, the man in black said coldly: "I'm not from Dongyi City, and Yun Zhilan has nothing to do with me. As for that old dog Sigujian, don't mention it in front of me."
Even if the other party wanted to conceal his identity, if Si Gu Jian was really from Dongyi City, he would not be able to call Si Gu Jian an old dog in front of everyone. Hearing these words, everyone knew that Fan Xian's judgment was wrong, and the man in black must have come from another source.
Fan Xian frowned even tighter, as if he hadn't thought that the man in black was not from Dongyi City, and laughed softly at himself, "It seems that there are quite a few people who compete with me for business."
The man in black hissed indifferently: "Let go of a road, prepare three horses and three days of food and water three miles outside the city, and I will let the people on my hands go."
"How do I know whether the person in your hands is dead or alive." Fan Xian spoke in a more indifferent tone than him, and seemed to care even less about Chang Kun's life or death.
The man in black froze for a moment, perhaps because he knew that he was no match for the Overwatch Council in terms of words and negotiations, so he simply shut up.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll poison the drinking water?" Fan Xian continued indifferently, "And the previous threat, it seems that you really don't care."
"I won't let you go."
"If you want to kill Lord Admiral, just kill him. What does it have to do with me?"
Although he knew that Fan Xian was trying to attack his heart, Dang Xiaobo looked at the admiral in the hands of the man in black, and was still quite frightened by these words, and the navy generals screamed anxiously.
The man in black looked around and said with a sneer, "You don't care, someone cares, as for what you said earlier... I am an orphan, and no one in this world treats me well, so I don't care if you kill everyone in this world afterwards." die."
Fan Xian lowered his head slightly, feeling a strong sense of absurdity in his heart. The man in black on the opposite side is naturally a shadow, but after this negotiation, it seems to be more and more real.
"Little boy, make a decision quickly." Seeing that everyone in the garden couldn't deal with him, the man in black gave the final notice indifferently, with the cold sword in his hand pressed against the back of Chang Kun's neck.
"Can you say those three words again?" Fan Xian narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light shot over, pointing a cold finger at the face of the man in black with murderous intent.
The man in black opened his lips and was about to say something.
Fan Xian's fingers in the air trembled slightly, and a black crossbow in his sleeve turned into black light, stabbing silently!
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The man in black screamed strangely, and before he had time to block his body with Chang Kun, he leaned back and dodged twice in an extremely strange manner, dodging the hidden crossbow.
And in this fleeting moment, Fan Xian had already stalked forward, flicked his finger, and it was on his veins, and with a flick of his wrist, he grabbed the wrist of the man in black.
Dump!
Fan Xian himself was very satisfied with this move with the force of splitting the coffin, and with a flick of his right arm, he pulled Chang Kun's body back, and then tiptoed, and the man in black entangled in one place.
In just a short while, the two of them rushed from the garden to the top of the wall, turning into two terrifying black shadows, fighting at a strange speed. There was no wind in the sword, there was no sound in the punch, but they were full of strength, and they smashed the bow and arrow on the wall. The tremor opened a gap.
Inside the wall, Dang Xiaobo had already rushed over and caught the body of Chang Kun, the admiral of the Navy. The eight officials of the Overwatch Council did not go to help Fan Xian, but stood in front of Dang Xiaobo nervously, for fear of coming out again. Several assassins killed Mr. Chang, the sense of urgency was very obvious.
Dang Xiaobo looked at the two black lights on the wall, and shouted anxiously: "Master Fan, stand back and let the arrows go!"
Not to mention that Fan Xiancai will rescue the admiral of the navy, but in Fan Xian's own capacity, some soldiers of the Qing Dynasty dared to shoot arrows at him.
With a loud shout from the wall, Fan Xian was hit hard on the shoulder, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. At the same time, he shrank back, and the black dagger in his boots was unsheathed, and it was directly inserted into the chest of the man in black!
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But at this time, those archers were in a strange formation, as if someone was making trouble inside, making the gap a little bigger.
The seriously injured man in black clutched his chest, passed quickly, beheaded several people with his sword, and disappeared into the night.
Several naval generals were about to lead their troops to chase, but found that Jiaozhou was dark at night, and there were no traces of assassins anywhere.
Fan Xian clutched his left shoulder, a little annoyed that Shadow had hit so hard, he coughed twice, coughing up some blood, looked around with stern eyes, and said, "Everyone come back, stop chasing. "
At this time, the generals of the navy were a little uneasy and a little scared, but they all looked at Dang Xiaobo.
Dang Xiaobo's eyes flickered slightly, and he frowned and said, "Master Tisi has orders, who dare not listen?"
After hearing this, the generals of the navy stopped their pursuit nonchalantly, and hurried over to see Master Chang Kunchang's injuries.
Naturally, Fan Xian also walked over. Looking down, he saw that the wound on Chang Kun's chest was a bit wide. Unexpectedly, the moving hands and feet of the shadow must have covered the wound very well. At this time, Chang Kun was already dying. With air in but not out, it seems that he may die at any time, but for some reason, he has not died yet.
"Get out of the way." Fan Xian gave the generals a disgusted look and walked over.
Dang Xiaobo looked at the miserable state of his old boss, and was at a loss as to what to do, when he suddenly thought that Master Xiao Fan also had the status of a genius doctor, so he suddenly had a little more hope in his heart.
Fan Xian checked for a while, got another pulse, and finally shook his head: "I'm still alive, I can't be rescued." In fact, there is no need to get a pulse, because he killed the person himself, and he himself hanged himself in the end. He knows Kun's situation best.
The generals in the field felt as if they were struck by lightning, but they knew that Mr. Fan would not tell lies, so they couldn't help but looked at each other, not knowing what to do next.
Dang Xiaobo shook his body, his face was pale, he barely stabilized his figure, but he quietly called a entourage, whispered a few words in his ear, told the entourage to hurry up After leaving the city, the officers and soldiers from the water diversion battalion came.
At this time, the scene was very strange. Although Dang Xiaobo was also very grateful for the Overwatch Council's help, he still felt that something was weird, so he forced himself to salute Fan Xian: "My lord has a body of a thousand pieces of gold, and my subordinates are inexplicably sensitive... "
Before the words were finished, Fan Xian interrupted, "What happened when the assassin escaped earlier?"
Dang Xiaobo was taken aback, wondering if there were assassins inside the navy
Fan Xian turned around and said coldly to Wu Gefei, who was still in shock, "Where is the state army that you were asked to transfer? Immediately close the city gate, call for the murderer, and surround the house at the same time. Get out of this house!"
"grown ups!"
Two voices sounded at the same time. Wu Gefei accepted the task happily, but Dang Xiaobo felt extremely uneasy from Fan Xian's words and wanted to speak out to object.