Time passed unknowingly, and Fan Xian had lived in Danzhou for sixteen years.
Ten years ago, Fei Jie, the head of the Third Division of the Inspection and Inspection Institute, came to Danzhou and accepted Fan Xian as his disciple. In name, he became a teacher in Fan's house, but in fact he taught Fan Xian how to use poison and medicine.
Fei Jie stayed in Danzhou for six years, passing on all his skills to Fan Xian and establishing a relationship with him as both master and father.
After Fan Xian left school, Fei Jie resigned as a teacher and returned to Kyoto, where he was sent by Chen Pingping to the grassland to investigate Wang Gang's whereabouts.
It was also this year that Fan Ruoruo was taken back to Kyoto by Fan Jian and raised by Aunt Liu. Since then, Fan Xian had no one around him who could talk to him and could only communicate with Fan Ruoruo through letters.
He was worried that his sister would be squeezed out by Aunt Liu, so he secretly taught him some survival skills in the backyard.??
Aunt Liu gave birth to a son, Fan Sizhe, for Fan Jian. He was established as the heir apparent of the Hou family as soon as he was born, and he enjoyed unlimited fame.
Fan Jian had been working under Emperor Qing in these years and kept a low profile. He openly took the position of Minister of Household Affairs and secretly established the "Tiger Guard" with the help of Aunt Liu's natal family.
Among the "Tiger Guards", every one is an eighth-level master and is good at combined attacks. Even ninth-level masters can kill. However, Fan Jian knew that Emperor Qing was a grand master and did not dare to attack casually or even show off.
He had some thoughts of regicide.
Since Wang Gang went deep into the grassland, there has been no news. Chen Pingping sent many people into the grassland to find his whereabouts. Fan Jian also sent people there, but found nothing.
Because the power of Zuozhang Royal Court was greatly damaged, the grassland became more and more chaotic. Dozens of tribes, large and small, were fighting endlessly. Many Qing and Qi spies were trapped in the grassland.
Chen Pingping even sent Fei Jie to the grassland in the end, just to give Fan Jian an explanation. Wang Gang wanted to see people in life, and he wanted to see his body in death.
But no one expected that two months after Fei Jie went deep into the grassland, he completely lost contact with the inspection agency and disappeared for four years. Chen Pingping was so frightened that she did not dare to send anyone to the grassland again.
He vaguely sensed that something big must have happened in the grassland, but due to the serious losses caused by the spying and in order to deal with Emperor Qing, Chen Pingping did not dare to weaken the strength of the Inspection Institute.
The fourth year of the Qing Dynasty is destined to be an extraordinary year. Fan Xian is already sixteen years old. According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, he should have a crown ceremony to represent his adulthood.
But in recent years, Fan Jian deliberately downplayed the information about the illegitimate child and turned a deaf ear to Danzhou.
For the sake of Fan Xian's safety, Old Mrs. Fan didn't get close to him on the surface, but she was secretly nurturing him.
Because everyone knows the terrifying enemies Fan Xian will face in the future.
Emperor Qing has been hiding in the palace for ten years. In addition to controlling the court, he also studies armor-piercing arrows.
In recent years, Qing State has stopped its external expansion and established good relations with Qi State. It even sent ministers to the grassland. However, because the situation in the grassland was too chaotic, one of them died. In the end, the ministers regarded Xihu as a scourge and no longer dared to do so.
On a mission.
On this day, Fan Xian was having dinner with Old Mrs. Fan, and suddenly realized that a dish contained poison. He ate all the poisonous dishes without giving Mrs. Fan a bite.
After finishing the meal, Fan Xian ran to the back garden to induce vomiting and vomited out the poison.
Initially he thought the matter was over, but not long after everyone in the Fan family was poisoned and fell to the ground.
Fan Xian realized that there was something wrong with the vegetables delivered to Fan's house, so he immediately went to the uncle's home, but he was still late.
When he arrived, the uncle's family were all killed and had their necks wiped.
There was only one man in black at the scene, whom Fan Xian had never seen before.
"Who are you?" Fan Xian thought the man in black was the murderer and immediately went to arrest him.
The man in black didn't explain, he just threw out his cloak, and there were hidden weapons and darts under the cloak, and they shot out quickly.
Fan Xian has been practicing "Hegemony Qi" for ten years and often sparring with Wu Zhu. He has reached the seventh level of combat power. If he hadn't been distracted by studying medicine, his achievements might have been even higher.
Facing the hidden weapon coming from the shop, Fan Xian easily dodged it and then struggled with the man in black.
The man in black has mediocre boxing and kicking skills and only has a sixth-level cultivation level, but his advantage lies in his rich experience in actual combat.
Fan Xian was more powerful, but had little experience in fighting with the others, so the two were barely able to draw.
At the end of the fight, Fan Xian and the man in black were both injured. Fan Xian was hit by a dart in the shoulder, and the dart was poisonous.
The man in black was punched by Fan Xian, and his internal organs were almost displaced, temporarily losing his ability to fight.
"Who are you and why do you want to poison everyone in my Fan family?" Fan Xian fell to the ground and weakly asked the man in black.
"I didn't poison the entire Fan Mansion, my target was just you."
The man in black is Teng Zijing from the Inspection Bureau. He came to Danzhou to assassinate Fan Xian on orders from his superiors.
Originally, his target was only Fan Xian, but he didn't expect that everyone in the Fan family was poisoned, so he came to the home where the food was delivered to investigate. Unexpectedly, he met Fan Xian and caused a misunderstanding.
Fan Xian naturally did not believe Teng Zijing's words. When he was about to ask again, a large group of killers rushed in from the door.
"kill!"
Fan Xian's expression changed, thinking that Teng Zijing's helpers were coming, but he didn't expect that at the next moment, several steel knives were also heading towards Teng Zijing's head.
"Not a group?" Fan Xian was confused, but he didn't move slowly. He instantly stood up and dodged several attacks. There was no sign of poisoning at all.
The next moment, Fan Xian and Teng Zijing were back to back, surrounded by a large group of killers.
The two were forced to join forces and fight against a large group of killers, but they soon fell into a disadvantage. Teng Zijing even suffered a loss and was stabbed in the arm.
Fan Xian was wondering why Uncle Wu Zhu hadn't arrived yet, when an arrow suddenly pierced the throat of a killer.
Whoosh whoosh!
Long arrows shot through the air, harvesting the killer's life. The pressure on Fan Xian and Teng Zijing suddenly disappeared.
Fan Xian discovered that there was a young man standing on the roof, shooting arrows with a bow. Every arrow fired accurately could kill a killer.
With this powerful foreign aid, Fan Xian and Teng Zijing immediately felt relaxed and cooperated with the sudden appearance of the archers to harvest all the killers.
Fan Xian originally wanted to leave one alive for questioning, but the last two killers realized something was wrong and immediately committed suicide by taking poison. Fan Xian couldn't stop them even if he wanted to.
After all the killers were dead, Fan Xian looked at the young man on the roof.
The young man put away his bow and arrow, turned over and jumped off the eaves, showing off his superb light skills.
"Tiger Guard Fan Qing, I have met the young master." The young man knelt in front of Fan Xian and said respectfully.
"Who are you and why are you helping me?" Fan Xian asked confused.
"I am ordered to protect the young master." Fan Qing said.
"Are you a person sent by father?" Fan Xian asked.
"Yes." Fan Qing said, "The Marquis asked me to personally protect the young master."
Fan Xian asked curiously: "Do you know who sent these killers?"
Fan Qing shook his head and said: "I just arrived in Danzhou and found out that something happened in Fan's house. I immediately ran to protect the young master without knowing the identity of the killer."
Fan Xian was a little disappointed, then looked at Teng Zijing and asked, "Do you still want to kill me?"
Teng Zijing glanced at Fan Qing and sighed: "He has an eighth-level cultivation level and is an archer. His combat power is comparable to that of a ninth-level man. I can't kill you."
Fan Xian smiled and said, "Without him, you can't kill me."
Teng Zijing and Fan Xian didn't know each other before, so he took the initiative and said, "I'm Teng Zijing from the Inspectorate."
"Are you from the Inspection Institute?" Fan Xian was surprised and took out his badge from the Inspection Institute, startling Teng Zijing.
"You are the director of the inspection agency, why do you want me to kill you?" Teng Zijing said in surprise.
"There must be a conspiracy!" Fan Xian curled his lips disdainfully and said, "Follow me home first, and I will definitely find out the truth."
"I will investigate the truth myself." After Teng Zijing finished speaking, he stood up and left.
Fan Xian did not stop him, he just took Fan Qing back to Fan Mansion and met Old Mrs. Fan.
Everyone in Fan's house was poisoned. Fan Xian suspected that there was a ghost in the family and rushed home to catch the ghost.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he got home, the housekeeper would be tied up and kneel in front of Mrs. Fan.
Jiang is still old and hot, and Mrs. Fan has already found out that the traitor is the housekeeper, and dealt with the housekeeper vigorously and submerged him.
Mrs. Fan asked her servants to accommodate Fan Qing first, and then taught Fan Xian herself.
Fan Qing came to his residence and immediately wrote a letter to report the situation in Danzhou back to Fan Mansion in Kyoto.
At the same time, Fan Qing wrote another secret message in a strange script and sent it back to the desert.
