The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Outside the tavern, Fan Xian packed some breakfast and was about to leave when a team of black-armored knights surrounded the tavern.

Fan Xian was startled and immediately returned to the tavern, shouting and screaming.

"Brother Gang, Brother Gang, your store is surrounded."

Old Hu at the counter had already touched the hidden weapon. Wang Gang shook his head at him, telling him to be patient.

Wang Gang stood up and walked to the door of the tavern. He saw the black cavalry split into two columns and several people walking towards the tavern. It was Old Lady Fan and Fan Jian with Fan Ruoruo.

"Brother Xiaogang." When Fan Ruoruo saw Wang Gang, she waved happily and greeted him. Suddenly, she remembered that her father was beside her, so she quickly put her hand down with a blushing face.

Fan Jian didn't care about his daughter's misbehavior at this moment, and all he could see was Wang Gang's face.

Old Mrs. Fan was right. Wang Gang looked very similar to Fan Jian. When the two stood together, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that they were father and son.

Fan Jian was a little excited and wanted to walk quickly to Wang Gang, but Old Mrs. Fan held him back.

Old Madam Fan looked around and said to the servant, "Housekeeper, we are having dinner here today. Please ask the other guests in the restaurant to leave. All losses will be borne by the mansion."

The butler took the order and ran into the tavern. Apart from Fan Xian, there was no one else there.

"Master, the uncle is here, go out and greet him!"

Fan Xian was delighted and said, "Father is here in person? Then I have to go out."

A trace of disdain flashed in the housekeeper's eyes, and he turned to Old Hu and said, "Shopkeeper Hu, our uncle heard that the peach blossom wine in your store is famous in Danzhou, and he came here to taste it personally. Please don't neglect it."

Old Hu couldn't help but look at Wang Gang.

"Entertain the guests!" Wang Gang said calmly.

Old Hu asked the waiter to clean up the private room, move all the tables, chairs and benches in the lobby to the side, leaving a wide aisle, and then invited Fan Jian and the others in.

Fan Xian had already paid his respects to his father, but unlike the father-son meeting he had imagined, Fan Jian's attitude towards him was very cold. He nodded with a stern face, hummed, and then said nothing more.

"You go back home with Nanny Rong first." Old Madam Fan said to Fan Xian.

Fan Xian was a little surprised, wondering why he was sent back home at this time, making him feel like an outsider.

"Grandma, I packed a few breakfasts and wanted to take them back for father to try." Fan Xian said anxiously.

Fan Jian said with a straight face: "Is this what you, a young master, should do?"

Fan Xian's heart tightened and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Fan Jian.

"Go back!" Old Mrs. Fan sighed, "Your father will test your grades later."

Fan Xian opened his mouth in surprise, but was met with Fan Jian's serious gaze.

"Grandma, let me go back home with my brother." Fan Ruoruo said.

Old Mrs. Fan thought about it and decided that since Wang Gang’s identity could not be exposed for the time being, it would be okay for Fan Ruoruo to return home first.

"Okay, Madam Rong, please take two more people with you to escort the young master and young lady back home." said Old Lady Fan.

Nanny Rong called the two black riders and took Fan Xian and Fan Ruoruo away. Fan Xian looked back every few steps, hoping that Fan Jian would ask him to stay, at least to have breakfast together.

Old Lady Fan whispered to Fan Jian, "For Fan Xian's sake, we can't appear too close."

Fan Jian nodded in understanding, then walked into the pub. He found that Wang Gang was not there, and became a little anxious.

Old Madam Fan brought Fan Jian to the private room with ease, and then said to Old Hu: "Manager Hu, where is your young master? Ask him to come over."

Old Hu said in embarrassment: "Forgive me, Madam Fan, the young master is feeling unwell today and cannot see the guests."

Fan Jian asked anxiously, "Is he ill? I brought a doctor from Kyoto who can take a look at him."

Old Hu looked at Fan Jian's face, which was very similar to Wang Gang's. After thinking for a moment, he said, "The young master said that it is better not to meet."

Fan Jian's heart trembled, and he said: "He really already knows it."

Mrs. Fan couldn't help but said, "Where is he? We must see him now."

Old Hu looked at the backyard in embarrassment. Old Mrs. Fan understood what he meant and pulled Fan Jian towards the backyard.

"Black Knight, no one is allowed to approach the backyard." Old Mrs. Fan shouted.

The two came to the backyard and saw Wang Gang grooming the giant wolf Daban's hair.

"Child." Old Mrs. Fan's eyes turned red, and Fan Jian's feet seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.

Wang Gang sighed, turned around and said to Mrs. Fan: "Madam, why did you come?"

"Child, when did you know?" Mrs. Fan said worriedly.

Wang Gang glanced at Fan Jian, who had already begun to cry, and said, "I have been to Kyoto City and met Lord Fan from afar."

Fan Jian cried, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I know I owe you!" Wang Gang said calmly, "You shouldn't have come to see me, I was afraid I would not be able to help but kill you."

Fan Jian was stunned and Old Mrs. Fan was shocked.

"Child, your father was indeed wrong in what he did back then, but he is still your father. It is a heinous crime for a son to kill his father," said Old Mrs. Fan anxiously.

Wang Gang said coldly: "As the saying goes, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Since he doesn't want me to live, why can't I kill him?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Jian knelt down with a bang. His kneeling scared Old Mrs. Fan.

"Jian'er, you are his father, how can you kneel to him?"

Fan Jian said bitterly: "Mother, please don't stop me. This is all my fault."

Wang Gang walked slowly to Fan Jian with a gloomy face and said, "In fact, I almost wanted to kill you in Kyoto, but unfortunately you were surrounded by a group of eighth-rank guards, so I didn't have the chance to do it."

Old Mrs. Fan was shocked and said, "You came to Danzhou just to lure your father out of Kyoto, are you here to kill him?"

Wang Gang's indifferent expression chilled Mrs. Fan's heart.

Fan Jian became calm and said, "Child, go ahead! This is what your father owes you. Even if I give you my life today, I will have no regrets."

Wang Gang suddenly pulled out a dagger, and Old Lady Fan was already standing in front of Fan Jian.

"Child, don't be impulsive. Some things can't be reversed once they're done. Your father had no choice but to do so in order to save His Majesty's child."

At this time, Mrs. Fan no longer cared about exposing Fan Xian's identity.

"Fan Xian is the son of the current emperor. Our Fan family has been blessed by the emperor. Your father could not watch the prince being killed, so he made that difficult choice."

Wang Gang said disdainfully: "He wants to save the prince, or Ye Qingmei's son. You and I both know it."

Old Mrs. Fan and Fan Jian were shocked at the same time. They didn't expect Wang Gang to know so much!

"How did you know that?" Fan Jian asked in shock, "You are only five years old, how do you know so much?"

Wang Gang laughed and said, "What you want to ask most is how I survived back then!"

Fan Jian said anxiously: "I am worried that you will be taken advantage of by the bad guys. What happened back then was complicated and intricate, and it is not something a child like you can understand."

Wang Gang said disdainfully: "I think you are the one who is really confused! You don't still think that the one who wants Ye Qingmei dead is the queen, right?"

Fan Jian was shocked and asked: "What do you know?"

Wang Gang curled his lips and said, "You said that your Fan family has been favored by the emperor. Then let me ask you, before the tragedy happened, were you transferred out of Kyoto by the emperor? Were there other people who were close to Ye Qingmei who were also transferred away?"

Fan Jianhu's body trembled and his face showed shock.

Wang Gang pushed Mrs. Fan away and stabbed Fan Jian in the left chest.

"what!"

The person who screamed was not Fan Jian, but Old Lady Fan.

"I'm going to stab you with this knife because of your foolish loyalty."

Fan Jian broke out in a cold sweat and gritted his teeth as he said, "I don't blame you for taking this blow."

Wang Gang pulled out the knife and stabbed him again in the right chest.

"This blow is to avenge my broken arm!" Wang Gang said coldly.

Fan Jian's teeth were almost broken, but he didn't say a word. He even raised his hand to stop his mother from rushing over.

"I owe you this knife. I gave birth to you but didn't raise you. I also caused you to become disabled. One knife is not enough. You can stab me again."

Wang Gang drew out the dagger and said, "This last stab is for my mother."

Pfft!

The dagger stabbed into Fan Jian's stomach without Wang Gang blinking.

"The person I feel most sorry for is your mother," Fan Jian cried bitterly, "She married me, but after a few days of good life, I cruelly took her child away, causing her to be depressed all day long and die at a young age."

Wang Gang said coldly: "I feel sorry for my mother, marrying a man who doesn't love her."

When the dagger was pulled out, Fan Jian's blood was already all over the floor.

"These three cuts are what you owe me and my mother. The three cuts are done. From now on, we owe each other nothing."

Wang Gang threw the dagger on the ground and said to Fan Jian coldly: "Master Fan, from now on, we will go our separate ways and live our own lives!"

"Child." Fan Jian covered his stomach and said painfully: "I don't blame you. I just hope that my death can calm your resentment. There are still many beautiful things in the world. Don't live in resentment because of my mistakes."

After saying this, Fan Jian fainted. (End of this chapter)