Fairy, I really am a villain!

"A long time ago, you told me: 'Knowing the future is a price in itself'," Fang Xiwen stared at her, "It's the same here. In the eyes of the servants, you seem to know everything, so serving you will inevitably be trembling and cautious.

Everyone has secrets that they don’t want others to know, and because they are afraid that you will find out, they won’t express their true feelings when they are together. "

Hearing this, Yun Wuxin stopped smiling and remained expressionless.

"Just like me and Yun Yichuan, we would never say too much in one sentence because we were afraid of being seen through. It's the same for you. When those servants, friends, and family members are with you, they will also subconsciously be on guard... They are afraid of you."

"That's enough. Stop using your self-righteous ideas to speculate about me." She seemed a little angry, and her eyebrows were slightly frowned. "Don't you know what mutual respect means?"

"Even so, I have to say," Fang Xiwen raised his voice slightly, "You are too smart, you can naturally see through the reason for this precaution.

But what can I do? "

"Fang Xiwen--" "You see through it but you can't say it out loud. You can only watch them act and use clumsy means to hide their true feelings which can't be concealed at all!

They fear you and are terrified of you. They appear respectful and kind on the surface, but in their hearts they think you are a monster!"

For a moment, Fang Xiwen seemed to see a little redness in the corners of her eyes, but it quickly disappeared like an illusion; Yun Wuxin took a deep breath and said coldly: "Your words make me feel sick."

"If I was making unwarranted assumptions, I apologize now," Fang Xiwen struggled to sit up and looked at her, "but what is the truth?"

"......" After a long while, Yun Wuxin closed his eyes and replied with a sigh: "So, this is how they feel about me."

"You're kidding. How can I compare with you?" Fang Xiwen shook his head. "I'm not saying this to mock you, but I think if you keep holding it in like this, you'll go crazy.

People who don’t have true friendships know a lot, but they can’t talk about it, so it just piles up more and more.”

Hearing this, Yun Wuxin was stunned.

She subconsciously raised the corners of her lips, but then realized that this behavior was meaningless, so she just said, "So, you want to be the one who listens to me?"

"If I may." Fang Xiwen smiled, "I didn't think you were some otherworldly fairy from the beginning, so naturally there would be no psychological gap;

I think you saved my life, so I don't mind if you see through me. You won't hurt me."

"Are you serious?"

"real."

"...Interesting," Yun Wuxin stared at him for a long time before he laughed, "When I first met you, you were so suspicious that it was outrageous, as if you didn't want to believe anyone, but now you can say such things.

They say the older you get, the less courageous you become. How did you survive?"

"...Because I met the right person."

This guy's smile is so beautiful that Fang Xiwen was choked and almost became incoherent.

"Your suggestion is indeed very good, and I don't mind it," Yun Wuxin pinched his chin and thought for a while, with a smile in his eyes, "But, isn't this also a way for you to provoke women?"

"If you think so, just pretend I didn't say anything!"

Fang Xiwen said, throwing off the quilt and getting out of bed immediately. He was a little angry.

So he just said all those words just to win favor?

"Hey, your injury hasn't healed yet..." "Don't worry about it! Otherwise, someone will think that I am playing tricks by staying here!"

Enduring the severe pain all over his body, Fang Xiwen just stepped on his shoes when a gentle force blew him down again.

"you!"

"If it's not true, why are you in such a hurry?" She smiled even more, "If you just leave like this, I will take it seriously."

"...Humph, you can think whatever you want, I can't control it anyway."

There was no point in resisting. Fang Xiwen pulled the quilt, covered his head and went to sleep.

Tiredness rose up in him, and he soon fell asleep.

At this time, Yun Wuxin stretched out his fingers and gently poked him a few times, then his eyebrows curved slightly, as if he was both emotional and happy: "Although he is still a child, I watched him become like this..."

~~

Without recuperating for too long, Fang Xiwen bid farewell to the Yun Mansion two days later.

Firstly, he felt bad staying in someone else's house, and secondly, he would become weird if he continued to stay with Yun Wuxin.

Heaven and earth can bear witness that Fang Xiwen originally had no such intention, but after being shot in the face, he couldn't help but care.

In order to avoid getting involved in matters between men and women, she would intentionally cover it up - this naturally could not be hidden from Yun Wuxin. Although the woman saw through it but did not say anything, he could see it anyway, so it became more and more strange. Unintentional actions always became more obvious.

It's like "I know you know but you pretend not to know", which is a battle of wits with the eldest lady of the Yun family.

"Then I won't send you off?"

Yun Wuxin was seen leaning against the door, looking very lazy. He stretched out his hand and yawned.

"You make it sound like you've sent me off before."

“It’s different now.”

After walking several steps, Fang Xiwen couldn't help but turn back and asked, "What's the difference? Don't misunderstand—" "We are good friends, so we have to be more serious."

Pursing his lips, Yun Wuxin tried to hold back a smile: "Did I misunderstand?"

"...No."

Deciding not to pay any more attention to this person, Fang Xiwen left.

Walking out of the eaves, the sunlight shone on his face. He stretched out his hand to cover it, and his mood became a little relieved.

After swinging that sword at the banquet, his interim goal of reaching the capital was completed.

After all, such a big incident has happened, even a force as big as the Yang Party has to stop for a while.

Not only that, they also have to swallow a lot of losses in silence - if they really stir up some trouble and report it to the higher-ups, not to mention Yang Tianxiu, even the position of the prime minister might have to be moved.

'The key point at present is to what extent Wenxuan and his team can achieve... The court is still using the Yang party's several major reasons, that is, they can unify the noble families below, and the various chambers of commerce under their names can bring a large amount of money to the national treasury every year.

As long as this foundation remains intact, the Yang Party will not fall.'

While thinking, Fang Xiwen returned home.

Since he had already reported that he was safe, he did not go out of his way to explain anything to anyone. He returned to his room and practiced and thought.

He took out pen and paper.

Looking back on the entire wedding banquet now, we can see the blueprint of Yang Tianxiu's beautiful concept: from the very beginning, his plan was to unite several major families such as Song, Cui, and Yuwen, and then attack places like Jiangzhou, bringing these places where imperial power was weak back under the control of the court.

There are two key reasons for daring to do so: First, the Gao family has the confidence to deal with the counterattack of the local sects, such as the awakened Emperor Sword and the fake human Dharma body, otherwise it would be playing with fire and getting burned;

Secondly, the local benefits were huge enough that after distributing them to the greedy families under his command, a large portion could still be handed over to the court. Otherwise, those greedy insects in Yang's party would not do it.

Based on this purpose, Yang Tianxiu would allow him to stir up trouble in Shendu, so as to see clearly who are the people who are truly against Yang's party, so that he can get rid of these "traitors" in one fell swoop at the wedding banquet.

"I can only say that the Emperor's Sword is indeed a decisive factor, but he did not pay enough attention to the most important Wang family, and I hid it so deeply... That's why I was overthrown in one fell swoop."

Fang Xiwen sorted out his thoughts on the paper stroke by stroke, and suddenly felt a little funny.

Yang Tianxiu had made all kinds of calculations, even digging up the suppressed tragedy of the past, just to nail him to death with one sword.

If this was done, Wang Wenxuan wouldn't even have the chance to draw his sword, and there would be no way to force him to reveal his hidden cards... Unfortunately, the premise was wrong from the beginning.

The result was not only that he failed to beat him to death, but he even caused a huge misunderstanding with the "Sword Coming": In fact, Fang Xiwen just wanted to give it a try, but he didn't expect it to really work.

As a result, he not only plundered the power of humanity hidden in the sword, but also obtained the Emperor's Book of the World that was available until the exterior chapter...Some people lost everything at this wedding banquet, and he became the biggest winner at the moment.

“Now that Wenxuan has entered the capital, and with the help of the Yun family of the Imperial Observatory and Yu Yin from the past, it won’t be too difficult to restore the Wang family’s voice in the court.

Given time, they will surely be able to compete with the Yang Party, and I think this is something the emperor would like to see.

But if that's all, there's still a certain chance of bringing down the Yang family, but if we want justice for those dead soldiers..."

Thinking of this, Fang Xiwen shook his head.

As the saying goes, 'There is no emperor or father who is not right.' Under this concept, it would be more difficult to get the emperor to admit that he had done something wrong and apologize to the heroic souls who were put into the sword than to kill him.

Fang Xiwen couldn't help much with this and could only take things one step at a time.

"I heard that Wenxuan met with Yun Yichuan recently, and they had a good talk. In this case, the Wang family's overall situation is under their control, so they don't really need my help."

Therefore, Fang Xiwen ticked two boxes on the "phased goals", and wrote the following on the remaining empty to-do items: "Unity of man and nature, promotion to the exterior", "Confess identity", "Kill Yang Tianxiu and Song Canxing"...

After thinking it over for a few more times, Fang Xiwen stretched, burned the paper marked with symbols, glanced at the darkening sky, and walked out of the room to prepare for dinner.

But before he could even leave the outer house, a man in white stepped through the door and grabbed his hand.

"Sister, you're back." Fang Xiwen said with a smile after being dragged a few steps.

"Is everything okay?" Fang Qingxiao touched him up and down, then leaned over to sniff him, and squinted her eyes and said, "Medicine, and the smell of a woman. What have you been doing?"

"It's just healing. Let's not talk about this." He tried to change the subject and pulled Fang Qingxiao to sit in the yard. "How is the Sword Sect doing?"

Since Fang Qingxiao was promoted to the external scene, he went back to the sect these days. One reason was to report, two was to get the skills for the external scene, and three was probably to be appointed as an elder or guardian.

Although this sister seems unreliable, she is actually a big shot who can govern a place.

"It's just some miscellaneous matters. Anyway, Master will take care of them." Fang Qingxiao blinked.

"Sister, you are also on location, you can't push everything onto Fairy Lingyue, right?"

"is it?"

"Why else would she accept you as her apprentice?"

The two of them stared at each other for a while, then Fang Qingxiao took out a food box and pushed it over, saying, "I brought it back from Yiling. It's mushroom and fat chicken. You used to like it very much."

"Don't change the subject. Wouldn't Master Lingyue be angry if he saw you like this?"

"Then I will also accept an apprentice?"

"...Let's eat."

Chapter 368: A Prelude to the Hero's Rescue

According to the Yun family's information channels, after the governor of Jiangzhou made several memorials, the cabinet suspended the resolution and the construction of a ferry in Jiangzhou was temporarily shelved. This was one of the follow-up effects of the wedding banquet.

After understanding this matter, Hu Churen was about to rush back to Jiangzhou. Before leaving, he invited Fang Xiwen to have a chat and specifically explained the use of the 100,000 taels of silver to reassure him.

"I will return all the money that is clearly recorded in the account books to the people after I have sorted it out. The rest will be used as military supplies and charity warehouses to prepare for the flood next year."

After saying this, Hu Churen toasted this junior, and his attitude seemed extremely sincere.

"Of course I trust Lord Hu," Fang Xiwen returned the greeting, "I heard that there is some trouble in Jiangzhou, so Lord Hu needs to be more careful on his way back."

"Yes. The urgent document from the governor's office was delivered to my desk last night. I didn't expect you to know about it. You are really well-informed."