Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

When you need to go faster, you don't have to worry about anything else. Just circulate the Qi under your feet to reach the fastest speed!

As for its lightness, it is the first choice for flying and jumping off a cliff!

A cold light flashed across the courtyard, then disappeared, which meant that all the strong men in the courtyard had been killed. When Fan Xian heard the noise and pushed open a door, the candle inside had just been lit.

"Mr. Yuan, it's been a long time since we last met. It's really rare that you can still look after your dignity at a time like this!"

It turned out that when Yuan Meng heard the noise outside, the first thing he thought of was not to escape, but to find one of his own robes and put it on carefully, and then waited for Fan Xian to come in.

"Master Xiao Fan, I have already fled to Hangzhou. Why won't you let me go?"

"The answer to this question is not difficult." Fan Xian smiled, shook off the blood-stained dagger, and slowly walked towards her.

Yuan Meng bit her lips tightly and said harshly, "Is it just because I work for the Second Prince?"

She was indeed the Second Prince Li Chengze's person. Not only did she collect intelligence and win over officials, she also expanded his financial resources.

Fan Xian shook his head, his expression full of coldness.

Even if the other party said that he was helping the Ming family to deal with him, he would still feel that the other party had some hope.

Fan Xian had no expression on his face, and said calmly, "You have taken the lives of too many innocent women, and your hands are stained with their blood. Even if it's for the sake of the parents who gave birth to them and raised them, I have to send you down to apologize to them."

Yuan Meng seemed a little excited, and laughed bitterly: "I work for the Second Prince, you can kill me if you want. But you don't have to use such an excuse to disgust me!"

In this era, what she did was not a big deal. Even if she didn't do it, someone else would have done it.

She stared at Fan Xian with resentment, and said word by word: "Do you think your brother and the Third Prince are so clean? It's just a power struggle! Don't even think about getting anything from me, or using me to deal with the Second Prince!"

As soon as she finished speaking, black blood flowed out from the corner of her mouth!

It turned out that she had already taken the poison long before Fan Xian came in.

Chapter 280 The blade is pointed at the officials.

In the dark night, the bright moon has broken free from the shackles of dark clouds and started to shine.

There were also a few nocturnal birds in the sky that seemed to have smelled blood and had been hovering above the courtyard, waiting for the strong men below to leave so that they could feast on the blood.

When a staff member from the Supervisory Commission flashed into the house, the matter had already been settled.

Seeing Fan Xian standing still without moving, the man knew that this target person was probably beyond saving.

"Search!"

Fan Xian ordered.

It doesn't matter if the person dies. He never intended to let Yuan Meng live.

However, Fan Xian wanted to investigate the officials who were involved and the forces that abducted women.

"Yes!"

After a whistle, Wang Qinian and another staff member of the Supervisory Office walked into the room. After a brief conversation, they began to search around.

Fan Xian walked out of the house, looked at the moonlight shining through, took a deep breath, and then turned his gaze in the direction of the water fort.

They were so close, and Yuan Meng had escaped to Xia Qifei's territory. Fan Xian didn't believe that there was no connection between the two.

After waiting for a while, Wang Qinian and his companions returned empty-handed.

Fan Xian was not disappointed when he saw this, because they still had a backup plan.

"Go first!"

Several people flashed out of the courtyard, took Gaoda with them, and went to a high attic not far away to wait.

Fan Xian and another person from the Supervisory Office were taking a nap. They were divided into two shifts to monitor the small courtyard.

The yard below was still quiet. The people inside were either dead or sleeping. The amount of the drug was enough to make them sleep for a whole day and night.

As for the murder that happened inside, no one would know about it if no one came in a short time.

Maybe dogs with sensitive noses can smell blood?

When a man walked up to Fan Xian, Fan Xian suddenly opened his eyes: "Someone is coming?"

The visitor nodded silently.

Fan Xian lifted the blanket, walked quickly to the windowsill and glanced down, only to see a dark shadow standing outside the courtyard gate and gently knocking on the door. The rhythm of the knocking was obviously a reserved contact signal, and it should be the contact person sent by the forces behind Yuan Meng.

The courtyard was still so quiet, and the man in black didn't get any response, which made him panic.

As if he thought of something, he was stunned for a moment in surprise, and then left in a hurry.

Gao Da moved his body, wanting to catch up with the man, but was stopped by Wang Qinian who was standing beside him. Gao Da was puzzled, and when Wang Qinian motioned him to look at Fan Xian, Gao Da saw that Fan Xian was very calm and did not give any instructions.

Fan Xian was not in a hurry, he knew that the other party would definitely come back to confirm the situation in the hospital.

Sure enough, within a short while, the man in black sneaked back into the courtyard. He first looked around to see what was going on around him, then he went around to the side of the courtyard wall and climbed up to see what was going on inside.

Perhaps because his night vision had not yet reached that level, he gritted his teeth and climbed over the wall into the courtyard. Immediately afterwards, an imperceptible, suppressed exclamation was heard.

Without bothering to hide anything, he pushed open the door and walked out, then hurriedly lowered his head and walked in one direction.

"This is to inform the person behind the scenes. Let's follow him!" Gundam said again.

This time, Fan Xian did not refuse, but asked Wang Qinian to go on this trip.

He himself remained here, even covering himself with the blanket again, intending to continue sleeping.

"Sir, shouldn't we follow?"

"Need not."

Fan Xian shook his head, pointed at an empty seat beside him, and said softly, "You should take a rest too. You haven't slept much since you hurried to Hangzhou City. As for the people behind the scenes, they are nothing more than some local officials. They are all subordinates of the princess. If they want to cover up what happened here, they will definitely send people to this courtyard to deal with it before dawn."

"We just need to know which officials they are, and then we can do the same thing again tomorrow night."

Gundam's face was full of admiration, and he silently gave a thumbs up to show his adult's wisdom.

Then he came to Fan Xian without any hesitation, laid down on the table with his arms around the knife, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Fan Xian was speechless when he saw this. He forgot one thing, that is, after Gundam fell asleep, he should not think about falling asleep. After a few breaths, Gundam's loud snoring sounded.

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In addition to some local disgraceful officials, the news of Yuan Meng's death also reached the Suzhou prefectural government.

The prefect of Suzhou Prefecture has been busy dealing with the follow-up of the Ming family and calming the emotions of various families in Jiangnan these days. When he heard the news, he was extremely angry at first. In addition to his anger, he was deeply shocked and endlessly worried.

It felt like drinking a bowl of cold water in the dog days of summer, and the icy feeling went straight from the top of the head to the toes.

Done!Done!

There is no need to guess who the murderer is. Lord Fan has not shown up in Suzhou in these days. This incident happened so suddenly that it added fuel to the already unsettled Jiangnan area and will completely lead to chaos.

How could he explain this to the Second Prince and the Eldest Princess?

I didn't expect that the Yuan family, who hid it so secretly, was also known by the Supervisory Council. What about me? Is there a spy from the Supervisory Council around me?

He called someone and told him to go and call the lawyer.

When the master arrived, he said anxiously: "Yuan Meng is dead!"

The master is the person who knows the most about this matter besides the governor. How could he not know about Yuan Meng's death? Hearing this, he just smiled bitterly.

Seeing the prefect so flustered, the teacher could only remind him: "Don't panic, sir! It would be better if she died, so that no one would know about our relationship with her. Even the Supervisory Council can't let a dead person speak, right?"

That being said, how could the prefect not be panicked?

"What if Yuan Meng has something else in his hand? The Supervisory Office was able to find Yuan Meng's residence without anyone noticing, so maybe he has something in his hands!"

The master analyzed, "It shouldn't be. If the Supervisory Council had any clues, they would have come to our door to pick up the person long ago. Why would they wait until today? As the saying goes, you should not let the wrong person go. As an imperial envoy, Fan Xian will not care about anything when he acts. But if you show your flaws in your panic, it will attract the attention of the people from the Supervisory Council!"

"Master, what you are worried about is that I am a little panicked!" Although the prefect's face was full of comfort, he was shocked in his heart. This master was indeed cautious and thoughtful.

"So what should we do now?" the prefect asked again.

This matter is extremely evil, and there are many things that are hard to understand.

For example, why did Fan Xian want to kill her instead of arresting her? After all, Yuan Meng was a close associate of the Second Prince. Although officials from Jiangnan knew this and hesitated on the issue of arresting her, they also knew that Yuan Meng knew many of the Second Prince's private matters!

Many of the hard and dirty tasks that the second prince was unwilling to get involved in were given to the other party to do.

If Fan Xian could get it, it would be much easier to deal with the second prince.

"No! We still have to go and take a look. What if Yuan Meng was actually captured and tortured and gave us the secrets? In the end, she was worthless and killed by Fan Xian. I feel uneasy without knowing the details!"

"Sir, no!"

The master didn't care about being rude, he just felt tired, he pushed the prefect into the chair and said firmly: "We can't do anything now!"

Chapter 281: Being willful for once.

"Jiangnan also needs officials to maintain stability!"

The master said firmly: "If you really count, how many officials in the whole of Jiangnan have not received the favor of the princess? If you look into it in detail, I'm afraid it's not just a major replacement by Fan Xian, but a direct collapse!"

He pointed outside the door and continued, "I think the Overwatch Council doesn't want to do anything too extreme, so they used such a strategy! Now there are so many eyes watching us. If the adults make a different move, there will be no way out. We can only wait until Fan Xian finds a few stupid people and let them take the blame. Then we will be safe!"

The prefect thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense. Now he and others should do as the lawyer said and respond to ever-changing situations by remaining constant!

"But, I really don't know how to explain this to the person in Kyoto!"

The two were still discussing in the prefectural mansion, but they didn't know that this legal advisor had been spotted by a spy when he came to the prefectural mansion in disguise from his home.

After all, there are not enough staff in the Supervisory Commission in Jiangnan. With insufficient personnel, it is naturally impossible to place someone in every household.

However, the Censorate has always paid attention to key focus targets such as prefects and governors-general.

Combined with the information from his colleagues in the General Office, the spy had a plan in mind. The Governor should be trustworthy! After thinking about it, the man immediately returned to his residence, changed back into the uniform of the Supervisory Office, and went straight to the Governor's Mansion.

"Are you saying that there is something wrong with the governor of Suzhou?"

Xue Qing looked a little unprepared. As the governor of Jiangnan Road, he was the direct superior of the governor of Suzhou. Listening to the words of the Supervisory Council staff, it was obvious that his subordinate was the princess's man, and he had helped to hide Yuan Meng before. If this matter was not handled well, he might also be implicated and leave a bad impression in the heart of the emperor.

By then, my official career will be over!

"Does the imperial envoy have any instructions?" Xue Qing's expression changed, and he first asked Fan Xian what his plan was.

Now, someone from the Supervisory Council informed me of this matter. It was obvious that they trusted me, otherwise they would not have acted in this way without any trial.

In that case, I might as well clean myself thoroughly and avoid any trouble.

"Master Tisi didn't say anything. He told us before he left. All he wanted was a list of names!"

"Then I understand!"

Xue Qing had a plan in mind. Since Fan Xian wanted to find out the princess's inner thoughts, he would help him accomplish this. As for what he would do next, that was not something he could control.

After all this is over, we can send him back to Kyoto as soon as possible!

With Fan Xian's arrival, the entire Jiangnan region is in chaos!

After the spy from the Supervisory Council left, Xue Qing called his adjutant and whispered something in his ear.

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Hangzhou, in the small courtyard where the murder took place.

The prefect of Hangzhou also rushed here in a hurry. I don’t know if it was to avoid suspicion, but he was dressed in casual clothes, like a wealthy man.

"Sir, the wounds are smooth and neat, most of them were caused by one person. In addition, all the servants in this yard have fallen into a coma, so this method of using medicine should be adopted." A coroner said in a deep voice after he found out the results of the examination.

"Be careful!"

In fact, he was also suspicious that it was the Supervisory Council that did it. Otherwise, what force in this area could have done this silently?

The chief of the Jiangnan Water Fort had no motive to do it, but since this matter was done by the Supervisory Council, he could not judge the case in this way.

"It's better to leave this case unsolved than to solve it. So, call the people from the city government. I have something to tell you!"

After the coroner left, an official who looked very shrewd walked into the room.

"Forget the politeness. What do you think about this matter?"

"Please look, sir!" The official took out a stack of portraits of wanted suspects from his arms, pointed at the ones at the top and said, "This was done by the Jiangnan thief. I have tripled the reward. I want the person alive or dead!"

The prefect of Hangzhou looked at the other person deeply and kept it in mind.

This guy is a wonderful person!

"You're right. This is obviously the work of the Jiangnan thieves. They are obviously greedy for money!"