Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

Who was this Hou Jichang? He was the clerk and judge of Jiaozhou, but a minor official of the seventh rank.

But everyone present was well-informed, how could they not know that this man was Fan Xian's student and former official, and that the two had known each other before and after the Spring Examination. And while Chang Kun was on guard against the Supervisory Council, how could he not pay attention to Hou Jichang?

On the one hand, he was angry that Fan Xian actually sent a seventh-rank official to handle his birthday banquet, but on the other hand, he became cautious.

Normally, as the leader of an army, he would have lost his temper, but thinking about the previous incident of exterminating pirates, he felt uneasy.

Could it be that the news had leaked out? Did the Supervisory Council begin to doubt itself?

Didn’t the old lady from the Ming family commit suicide?

It's really a death that brings trouble to myself!

Chang Kun picked up the wine glass and stood up, thinking that his wife and daughter were in Kyoto, and that he had handled everything very cleanly. He thought that the other party would not be able to find any weaknesses in him, so there was nothing to be afraid of!

With a self-deprecating smile, he drew everyone's attention to him.

"Thank you all for visiting my humble abode today and having a drink with me. I am truly grateful. I will drink a glass with you all to express my gratitude!"

After saying this, he raised the wine glass in his hand and walked out.

Everyone was very considerate and stood up to toast, creating a lively scene.

"Are you Chang Kun?"

Just as Chang Kun was about to drink the wine with a smile and was still calculating the revenue of more than 100,000 taels today, an old voice suddenly sounded.

Chang Kun's hand holding the cup froze in mid-air, he frowned, a hint of hostility flashed in his eyes, and asked in a cold voice: "Who are you?"

"Someone, get this coward out of here!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw an old man wearing a bamboo hat, and next to him sat a handsome young man who was talking and laughing. However, this young man looked familiar, as if they had seen him somewhere before.

"Your Excellency is quite impressive, but why don't you invite me to your birthday party?"

Chang Kun was so angry that he laughed. He first glared at his servants, blaming them for letting anyone in and being so slow to chase them away. They really deserved to be punished. Then he grinned at the old man and said, "Are you here to cause trouble? I don't even know who you are, how can I send an invitation?"

"It's good that you are Chang Kun. As for knowing me? You are not qualified at first, but today is a special day, so I want you to know that I am Si Gu Jian!"

Snapped!

I don't know whose chopsticks fell, but it seemed like a chain reaction had started, and everyone in the room was still!

After the extreme silence, there is chaos!

The sound of inhaling came one after another. The first thought in his mind was disbelief. Then he thought about how big the admiral of the navy was. He could even invite this person? It was really a small knife-like butt - I opened my eyes!

not qualified?

Feeling the condescending tone in the other party's mouth, Chang Kun first became angry out of habit, and then filled with endless fear!

Si Gu Jian is often equated with killing.

"Master Zong?"

At this moment, Chang Kun was completely helpless. His heart was shaken, and even his hand holding the cup began to tremble, shaking out the liquid in the cup. He asked carefully, "Master, why did you come to my banquet?"

"It is my fault for coming here uninvited."

Si Gu Jian sat upright on the chair, not even holding chopsticks in his hand, let alone drinking.

He said calmly, "But didn't you pretend to be a navy officer from Dongyi City? Why are you still asking me why I came now?"

The courtyard was quiet at this time, but the fresh sea breeze blew in from time to time.

Chang Kun's lips turned pale, and he felt as if struck by lightning. His throat became dry, and his breathing became very rapid. A thought kept flashing through his mind: The truth has been revealed! The truth has been revealed!

This Si Gu Jian is here to kill me!

“I don’t know what I should do so that the master will let me go?” At this moment, Chang Kun’s smile was uglier than crying. Or maybe, he didn’t smile at all?

Everyone was confused and worried. From the tone of his voice, could it be that the Jiaozhou Navy Commander had done something wrong?

He even offended the Grandmaster Si Gu Jian!

Some of them were startled and stood up to hide in the angle.

Just as everyone was puzzled, Fan Xian stood up, with a hearty smile on his face, and said loudly: "Chang Kun, secretly colluded with the Ming family, condoned pirates to rob merchant ships in the inner treasury, and secretly presided over the smuggling between Jiangnan and foreign countries. This is a crime tantamount to treason! Everyone present, the Supervisory Council is now handling the case, so please do not move around casually, and you must also record a confession afterwards."

"You can all understand, right?"

As soon as Fan Xian finished speaking, a series of voices rang out:

"I understand! I understand!"

"I didn't expect this Chang guy to be so despicable, actually selling out his country!"

"Qi, I've long seen that he's not a good person. I wanted to report him to the officials of the Supervisory Council!"

The guests were still wondering how this person from the Overwatch Council got involved with Si Gu Jian, when Fan Xian's voice was heard again: "I am Fan Xian, the imperial envoy to Jiangnan this time. Your Majesty has given me full authority to handle this matter. Chang Kun, surrender!"

"I don't understand what you are saying at all!"

Chang Kun gritted his teeth and denied everything without thinking twice!

Seeing that Fan Xian and Si Gu Jian were unmoved, he thought that the two did not kill him immediately, but instead confessed their crimes in front of so many people, which meant that they did not have solid evidence in their hands.

Yes! They are bluffing me!

"Don't spit bloody words here! Imperial Envoy Fan, I am concerned that you are still young and cannot bear to argue with you!"

"It's just that today is my birthday banquet. If you make such a fuss during this banquet and you can't give an explanation or any evidence, you want to frame me like this. You have to ask the Jiaozhou navy behind me whether they agree or not!"

"Oh? Are you going to rebel?"

How could everyone not know about Fan Xian's insidiousness?

The destruction of the Ming family is a lesson for us!

Perhaps, there are more admirals today. However, these are soldiers, different from those from business families.

When the fight starts, don't hurt yourself and others by mistake.

Thinking about what Fan Xian said, this meant that they were not allowed to leave, so they had no choice but to stay like this.

"Are you going to use your affairs of the Overwatch Council to wrongly accuse people again?" He said as he slowly backed away, signaling his subordinates with his eyes to rush to the barracks to get help.

This time, his subordinates were quite smart.

As early as when Si Gu Jian revealed his identity, the housekeeper in the mansion had already sent someone to the navy camp to report the news. He believed that his master's adjutant would arrive soon!

Hearing this, Chang Kun relaxed a little, wiped the sweat off his forehead, hid behind the housekeeper, and threatened: "I can submit a petition to the capital and ask His Majesty to make a judgment! I will obey His Majesty's decision on how to deal with me, instead of letting you, a young man, show off your power here!"

"I've already said that I'm an imperial envoy, representing His Majesty."

Shaking his head helplessly, Fan Xian looked at Si Gu Jian and said, "I have already prepared the stage. Thank you for your help, Senior!"

Hearing that the decision-making power was once again in Si Gu Jian's hands, Chang Kun's defenses began to loosen!

Others may look at the evidence, but this person doesn’t!

"Wait"

A dazzling sword shadow shot out!

Chapter 295 Life is like a play!

Traces of explosion filled the space between Si Gu Jian and Chang Kun, and all the "obstacles" in this distance turned into fragments.

The sword was so fast that, except for the person who was paying attention to the center, no one else could even react.

Without screaming or waiting for the words of begging for mercy, Chang Kun had already arrived at another place.

Fan Xian didn't know whether he would conflict with other people's birthday parties. Every birthday party he attended would end in failure.

The courtyard was quiet for a short while before it was interrupted by Fan Xian's sigh.

"Ah, I didn't expect such a great first-rank official to die like this. Next..." Fan Xian looked around the entire venue and said calmly: "Anyone related to Chang Kun please step forward and surrender, and don't follow the old path of Lord Chang!"

With a swish, everyone took a step back.

It seems like you are not going to cooperate?

Fan Xian sneered and began to read out the names one by one. These were all members of the Jiaozhou Navy.

One after another, figures flew out of the courtyard, but Fan Xian did not move. The division of labor among them today was very clear.

He focused all his attention on Si Gu Jian, only to see that the other party didn't even move, but waves of strength seemed to gushed out from all over his body, and defeated the figures jumping into the air one by one!

Is this the difference between the ninth rank and the grandmaster?

Is this the gap between me and Li Ang?

Perhaps in the face of such a gap, no matter how poisonous the world is, it cannot erase it!

Thinking of the person sitting in the palace, Fan Xian felt heavy in his heart. Thinking about the whole process of getting along with Emperor Qing in the past, he thought to himself: If it weren't for my identity, he would have died a long time ago.

"Those who come forward to testify and provide evidence will be forgiven!"

The cold words completely shattered the defenses of those who were hoping for luck. When the first person stood up, the second and third people became reasonable.

The field was taken over by people from the Supervisory Council.

Whether it is recording confessions or detaining suspects, everything is so orderly.

Fan Xian was relieved now. There was actually no substantial evidence when he came here to kill Chang Kun.

Although everyone present could see that something was wrong with Chang Kun, there were rules for everything. Killing people first and then finding evidence was just a different order of doing things, but it was criticized.

"Wang Qinian!"

"The subordinate is here!"

"How's the situation in the barracks?"

"According to the spies' report, the troops are on their way. There are about 8,000 of them."

Fan Xian nodded. The person that the butler had sent out to report the news was the one they had released on purpose.

Fan Xian smiled and asked Si Gu Jian: "Senior?"

Si Gu Jian turned around and left the house silently, followed closely by Wang Shisanlang. As for Li An's disciple Chen Xiao, due to his special status, he did not come with them even though he was a stranger.

Fan Xian chuckled, took the long sword handed over by Gaoda, and shouted: "Today, a villain named Si Gu Jian from Dongyi City has ignored the peace treaty between the two countries and sneaked into Jiaozhou, Jiangnan Road of Qing Kingdom without authorization to commit such a big crime!"

As they were recording their confessions, they were stunned to see Fan Xian perform. Their thoughts were stuck and they couldn't wrap their heads around what was going on.

After a while, they all seemed to realize something and overturned their previous statements and asked to re-record them.

Fan Xian nodded with satisfaction, then said with a smile: "Fortunately, I happened to be passing by here with my men. We will chase them and bring Si Gu Jian to justice!"

After that, he took up his long sword and led Gundam and others to chase after them.

At the dock outside Jiaozhou City, Si Gu Jian met the naval soldiers unexpectedly.

With his speed, he was able to arrive first after starting from behind, and blocked the 8,000 people led by the adjutant of the Jiaozhou Navy at the dock, making them unable to move!

When Fan Xian came here after dealing with matters in the Admiral's Mansion, the situation was already tense, and all that was missing was an opportunity for an explosion!

After receiving the letter from the butler, the adjutant realized that the person in front of him was the grandmaster. However, as a soldier with many years of experience and skilled in naval warfare, he did not think that one person could defeat eight thousand soldiers on the sea on his own.

If this is true, then all my achievements and battles over the years will become as ridiculous as a child's play.

The shadow of a man is like the bark of a tree. He has never seen the master take action, but that doesn't mean he is not afraid. He is thinking, should he fight or not?

"General, the criminal Chang Kun has already been executed. If I were you, the right thing to do would be to surrender now. Don't risk your life!" Fan Xian used his true energy and spoke his words loudly to everyone's ears.

There was a long silence. Although Fan Xian's words temporarily delayed the conflict, it was a fantasy to expect these 8,000 people to lay down their weapons and surrender with just two sentences!

The adjutant looked hesitant as he looked at Fan Xian and the others standing alone on the dock. After a moment, his hesitation turned into viciousness!

He knew too well what the Jiaozhou Navy had gone through over the years!

As Chang Kun's adjutant, he was involved in all the big and small things!

At this point, no matter what, he would not gamble his life on Fan Xian turning a blind eye. He did not need to prove all the evidence, just three or two of them would be enough for him to die ten times!

Even the Queen will step in at that time.

"It seems that you are also a member of Junshan Society!"

Fan Xian smiled slightly and asked softly, "I have a big question and I hope the general can answer it. As far as I know, neither Chang Kun nor you seem to have a deep friendship with the old lady Ming, right? If it's for money or under pressure from the princess, it's understandable."

"It's just that the princess didn't intervene in this whole incident. It seems that it was all your own decision!"

"Don't insult my intelligence and say you're doing it for money. Tell me, what is the true identity of the person behind you?"