Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

With a loud shout, the domineering true energy burst out again, and the broken bodies of the two people flew in two directions uncontrollably.

Just as Fan Xian was about to break free and breathe a sigh of relief, a voice came at the right moment:

"Fire arrows!"

At some point, a huge crossbow was placed at a high point, and the flashing cold arrows were aimed at Fan Xian.

In addition to this giant crossbow, countless arrows were also shot down from above. Although many attacks were blocked by the trees, the number of remaining attacks was also considerable.

This was shot from the upper left side of the forest. This group of snipers had obviously planned carefully and blocked all possible paths for Fan Xian to escape.

But Fan Xian’s subsequent actions left everyone stunned!

He bent down with a solid iron bridge, allowing him to dodge the fatal arrow. Then he tore off the lining on his body with a huge force, revealing his naked body covered with scars. He kept turning his wrist to inject his true energy into it, and the cloth was like a rotating propeller, constantly wrapping the flying arrows in it, preventing them from getting any closer!

Then he stepped on the ground with his left foot, and slid towards the city guard crossbow like a fox.

Countless arrows belatedly rubbed into the mud behind him, as if they were witnessing his figure.

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When Wu Zhu walked here holding the bloody iron rod, Fan Xian had been sitting on this broken giant crossbow for some time.

Looking at the Gundam and Wang Qinian in Wu Zhu's left hand, Fan Xian chuckled, "Uncle?"

"They just passed out. Do you need me to wake them up?"

After saying this, without waiting for Fan Xian to answer, he threw the two men to the ground and gently pinched their necks, and they woke up.

"Sir? I'm still alive?"

Gundam was unable to stand up due to his leg injury.

Wang Qinian quickly stood up, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and saluted, "Sir, I failed to do my job well and almost put you in danger. Please punish me!"

Fan Xian watched Uncle Wu Zhu disappear silently in the field again and shook his head slightly.

Looking at the bloody mess on the field, filled with a dark red color, he sighed and said, "There are only three of us left alive."

Wang Qinian was lucky not to be injured. Fan Xian felt a tightness in his chest, but it was not a big problem. However, the rest of the Supervisory Council was not so lucky. There were less than 30 people in the team who followed Fan Xian back to the capital, and now there was not a single one left!

No matter what, at this moment, Fan Xian's tense heart finally relaxed.

The other side had no survivors. Perhaps from the moment Wu Zhu took action, Fan Xian should not have expected that any survivors could be left.

Standing on this high ground, Fan Xian looked around indifferently. He did not feel sorry for the group of soldiers in front of him, but felt it was not worth it for his own comrades who died. They did not die in the war with foreign countries, but died in this meaningless internal friction.

Their loyalty is worth remembering, and we also need to move forward.

"Send a flare, a level one flare!" Fan Xian whispered to Wang Qinian.

The other party understood and stood up. After rummaging in his arms for a while, he took out a long tube and pointed it at the sky. Then a bright light that could be clearly seen even in broad daylight shot out.

"Sir, these are all soldiers."

Although Gundam is not very smart, he also realized something.

Fan Xian nodded and began to think.

The Qing army is indeed the strongest among all the countries. This unknown army is also a powerful force! This powerful fighting power and iron-like discipline. Thinking about the dying blow of the two just now, it is really a terrible fighting will.

How great would it be if these people were facing Northern Qi?

The three of them found some usable items on the ground and put them on their bodies. Fan Xian also picked up a piece of clothing that was not too damaged and put it on the outside. Each of them held a long sword in his hand and walked towards the official road.

They returned to the damaged carriage. Fan Xian went inside to check and found that the clothes he carried were almost destroyed. He put away his medicine powder and came out to wait there.

This time, he calculated his route and time to return to Beijing so accurately.

Fan Xian's eyes swept across Gao Da and Wang Qinian imperceptibly. This was one of the suspicious points.

Why the other party would take action on the edge of Kyoto became the second most concerning question for Fan Xian!

Why choose here?

If the Black Cavalry returns to the camp, will he relax his vigilance?

It is true, but the cost outweighs the gain!

How is it different from rebellion to do such an act under the nose of Emperor Qing? And who has the ability to mobilize so many military supplies and city defense equipment?

Of course, there is another question: Why did the Kyoto garrison, which was responsible for protecting the safety of Kyoto, not notice it?

Even now they haven't arrived at the scene!

The countless questions did not give Fan Xian a headache, but just made him feel cold in his heart.

Perhaps noticing that something was wrong with Fan Xian, Wang Qinian rolled his eyes and suggested, "Sir, how about we withdraw from the vicinity of Kyoto first, return to Weizhou, get in touch with Kyoto, and then enter the city?"

"At worst, we can go to the Black Knights' camp first."

"Someone is coming!"

Fan Xian turned his gaze to the side of the official road, where he heard a rapid sound of horse hooves coming from far away and approaching quickly.

Chapter 302 Qin Heng comes to help.

When the horse's hoofbeats were first heard, the cavalry was still far away, but in the blink of an eye, a cavalry of about 300 people was already in front of them. The armor of this group of people was bright and shiny, not stained by the flying dust at all, but their expressions were solemn, with spears and halberds in their hands, as if they were ready to fight at any time.

Fan Xian and the other two became alert.

Until now, Fan Xian trusts no one except himself.

But when the man at the head of the group rode his horse in front of Fan Xian, he finally put down his knife-holding hand.

The general looked around and saw the corpses all over the ground and the terrifying number of arrows. He was shocked and puzzled at first, and then endless anger filled his heart.

"Scout!"

The general clenched his fists on his horse and ordered, "Check around to see if there are any survivors in this valley, or if there are other ambushes!"

A team of cavalrymen responded and the rest also became alert.

"Is something okay?"

"Oh, in the face of life and death, nothing matters!" Fan Xian looked up at the other party, "But my brothers will never be able to open their eyes again!"

"I will submit a petition to His Majesty to plead guilty." The general asked with murderous intent, "Do you know who this person is?"

Fan Xian did not answer, but smiled gently and said, "I didn't expect that it was you who came to support us. You are the commander-in-chief of our Kyoto garrison and the most popular figure in the army now!"

Qin Heng only felt a sharp pain in his teeth.

He knew that Fan Xian had something else in mind, so he could only helplessly explain, "I was on duty today, and I saw the Supervisory Council's first-level flare from a distance. I was really shocked."

"Now everyone in Kyoto knows that you are coming back. How can they not recognize it is you when they see this flare?"

He lowered his voice and said, "If you die, perhaps I will be buried with you."

"Buried with them?" Fan Xian pointed at the corpses scattered all over the ground and asked, "You are the commander-in-chief of the Jingdu Garrison Division. How did such a large and powerful ambush sneak here under your nose?"

"I can't tell."

Qin Heng laughed at himself and said, "Anyway, I can't escape the blame this time, but I really don't know how they sneaked in here."

The reason might be very simple, but neither of them wanted to expose it.

That is, the key personnel in the Kyoto Garrison Division who are responsible for transmitting information and intelligence are from the other side.

Fan Xian remained silent, wondering if he could investigate now. How confident was he that he could find clues or would he only get a few corpses?

As Fan Xian fell silent, the scene gradually quieted down. Apart from the scouts who returned one after another, there was no other movement. After learning that all the people in the valley and even in the woods were dead, Qin Heng first breathed a sigh of relief, and then he was surprised - to what extent has this young Master Fan grown?

Boom, boom, a series of ground rumbling sounds were heard. This was the sound of cavalry. Judging from their marching speed, they were actually faster than the Kyoto garrison!

Many black-armored knights appeared in front, behind, and on the gentle slopes on both sides of the valley. They held crossbows and sabers in their hands, and watched the scene indifferently and calmly.

"Master Xiao Fan! You don't believe me?"

Qin Heng's face changed drastically, but he still restrained himself. Even the hand holding the reins was shaking without any other movement. He was afraid that his actions would cause his men to misjudge and cause a conflict.

He knew that these were the Black Cavalry of the Overwatch Council. If a riot broke out, they would be doomed!

"If I wanted to take action, why would I only bring these few people with me?"

Fan Xian coughed twice and said with a smile: "This is your jurisdiction. How can I trust you?"

"I understand your feelings. If this can make you feel at ease, then of course I can do this." Qin Heng looked at the mess on the ground and couldn't help but said, "Perhaps I can accompany you to the capital alone. In this way, if there is any emergency, you can take my life at any time, and you will be much safer!"

"As for the cleanup here, let's leave it to the Kyoto garrison. This is their responsibility."

"Just leave it like this, and let others have a good look at it!"

Fan Xian spoke word by word, "No matter whether the people in this valley are dead or alive, no one can move without my order!"

Qin Heng nodded heavily after hearing this.

"How is Kyoto now?"

"Calm as water!"

"Hahaha! So calm as water!"

Regardless of whether it was with good intentions or bad intentions, the news that Fan Xian was now a dragon seed had spread to everyone. He assassinated the prince at the gate of Kyoto without worrying about His Majesty's wrath, and he was able to remain calm. Such an opponent was respectable!

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the assassins were state soldiers.

No one touched their bodies. The garrison troops simply separated the bodies of the people from the Overwatch Council, placed them on horseback, and prepared to send them to Kyoto together.

This process was very quick. Just as the soldiers were about to dispose of the bodies of the provincial soldiers, Fan Xian said softly, "Don't bother with that. Cut off the heads and bring them back to the capital!"

"Let's go!" Fan Xian glanced at Qin Heng, "My General Qin!"

Qin Heng looked at the soldiers who were constantly moving, his brows deeply furrowed.

He understood the complexity of the current political situation, but those were just the games of the upper class. What did these soldiers have to do with it? They were just following orders.

Now that the plan had failed, they might as well be dead, but the thought of humiliating their corpses like this made him, a newcomer in the army, feel a little uncomfortable.

Not sure if he was provoking or venting his dissatisfaction, Qin Hengyan said: "Why do you have to do this? With your intelligence, how can you not see that if the military really wanted to kill you, there wouldn't be only so many people here today, and they would sneak in secretly, and even I would be involved!"

"Just like now, even if we both perish, I am sure I can kill you!"

Qin Heng had originally tried every possible way to calm Fan Xian's anger and was prepared to accommodate Fan Xian in everything, but now he had realized one thing: after what happened in the valley today, a hidden but irreparable rift would appear between the Supervisory Council and the military under Fan Xian's jurisdiction!

Fan Xian ignored Qin Heng and just rode on a warhorse.

Now there are only three of them left, two of whom are injured, and the Black Cavalry is guarding the outside, but they cannot move forward under the emperor's order. So what Qin Heng said is fully capable of doing.

Just when Qin Heng was about to ride his horse to catch up with Fan Xian, a figure suddenly jumped up from the pile of corpses, and easily crossed a distance of several meters like a black light, sat on Qin Heng's horse, and attached to his back like a shadow.

At the same time, a dagger as cold as ice was pressed against Qin Heng's back, making him dare not move at all!

"Go!" The voice did not sound human, it seemed to come from the underworld.

Qin Heng sighed softly, realizing that this was the shadow of the Supervisory Council and also Fan Xian's backup plan. But when did this person arrive here?

As the horses moved forward, a snow-white figure appeared in the distance—Yan Bingyun.

"Sir, I thought you would retreat to Weizhou and make further plans, but I didn't expect you to move forward."

No matter how hard he tried, Yan Bingyun guessed wrong about Fan Xian for the first time.

Chapter 303 The second prince invited me.

A few riders arrived at the foot of the city gate tower and looked at the dark city gate, which looked like a man-eating beast crawling silently.

Fan Xian looked at it in a daze, feeling a myriad of emotions at the moment.

I didn't expect that the joy of escaping from the chaos in Jiangnan would last so short. What's the difference between this Kyoto and Jiangnan? It's just another Jiangnan. The people living here are of higher status, have more power, and kill people without bloodshed!

After Fan Xian entered the city, dozens of horses carrying corpses slowly came behind him, which scared the people in the city.

There were many horse hoof prints on the bloody ground, which made people guess that this might be the danger that the adult encountered on his way back.

The cavalry just moved forward in silence. Fan Xian's reputation was confirmed at this moment, at least in Kyoto.

He is the pride of Kyoto people.

"Master Xiao Fan has returned to the capital!"

"Master Xiao Fan has returned to the capital!"

People were shouting and yelling one after another.