The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 1262 Bai Yan
Time passed unknowingly, and Fan Xian had lived in Danzhou for sixteen years.

Ten years ago, Fei Jie, the head of the Third Division of the Inspection Institute, came to Danzhou and accepted Fan Xian as his apprentice. On paper, he became a teacher in the Fan Mansion, but in reality he taught Fan Xian how to use poisons and drugs.

Fei Jie stayed in Danzhou for six years, passing on all his skills to Fan Xian and establishing a relationship with him that was both a master and a father.

After Fan Xian left his job, Fei Jie resigned from his teaching position and returned to Kyoto. He was sent to the grassland by Chen Pingping to investigate the whereabouts of Wang Gang.

It was also in this year that Fan Ruoruo was taken back to Kyoto by Fan Jian and raised by Aunt Liu. From then on, Fan Xian had no one to talk to and could only communicate with Fan Ruoruo through letters.

He was worried that his sister would be ostracized by Aunt Liu, so he secretly taught her some survival skills in the rear house.

Aunt Liu gave birth to a son, Fan Sizhe, for Fan Jian. As soon as he was born, he was made the eldest son of the marquisate and enjoyed great glory.

Fan Jian has been working under Emperor Qing in recent years and has been very low-key. On the surface, he holds the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but secretly uses the power of Aunt Liu's family to form the "Tiger Guards."

Each of the "Tiger Guards" is an eighth-rank master, and is also good at combined attack techniques. Even ninth-rank masters can be killed, but Fan Jian knows that Emperor Qing is a grandmaster, so he doesn't dare to act rashly, and he doesn't even dare to show any intention of regicide.

There has been no news of Wang Gang since he went deep into the grassland. Chen Pingping sent many people into the grassland to look for his whereabouts. Fan Jian also sent people, but they all found nothing.

The situation on the grassland became increasingly chaotic due to the great loss of the power of the Left Account Royal Court. Dozens of tribes, large and small, fought endlessly, and many spies from the Qing and Qi countries were killed on the grassland.

In the end, Chen Pingping even sent Fei Jie to the grassland just to give Fan Jian an explanation. He wanted to see Wang Gang alive or dead.

But no one expected that two months after Fei Jie went deep into the grassland, he completely lost contact with the Inspection Institute and disappeared for four years. Chen Pingping was so scared that he dared not send anyone to the grassland again.

He vaguely sensed that something big must have happened in the grassland, but because of the heavy casualties of the spies and in order to deal with Emperor Qing, Chen Pingping did not dare to weaken the strength of the Inspection Institute any further.

The fourth year of the Qingli period was destined to be an extraordinary year. Fan Xian was already sixteen years old. According to the rules of the Qing Kingdom, he should hold a coming-of-age ceremony to represent his adulthood.

However, in recent years, Fan Jian has deliberately downplayed the information about his illegitimate child and ignored the matter in Danzhou.

For Fan Xian's safety, Old Lady Fan did not appear to be close to him, but she was secretly training him.

Because everyone knows how terrifying the enemies Fan Xian will face in the future will be.

Emperor Qing has been hiding in the palace for the past ten years. Apart from controlling the court, he has been researching armor-piercing arrows.

In recent years, the State of Qing has stopped its external expansion, and has established friendly relations with the State of Qi. It has even sent ministers to the grasslands. However, the situation on the grasslands was too chaotic, and every one sent died. In the end, the ministers regarded the Western Hu as a scourge and beast, and dared not send envoys anymore.

On this day, Fan Xian was having dinner with Old Lady Fan when he suddenly realized that one of the dishes was poisoned. He remained calm on the surface and ate the entire poisonous dish without giving Old Lady Fan a single bite.

After finishing his meal, Fan Xian ran to the back garden to induce vomiting and vomited out the poison.

He originally thought that the matter was over, but soon everyone in the Fan family was poisoned and fell to the ground.

Fan Xian realized that there was something wrong with the vegetables delivered to the Fan Mansion, so he immediately went to the house of the delivery man, but he was still a step too late.

When he arrived, the delivery man and his entire family were killed, with their throats slit.

There was only one man in black at the scene, whom Fan Xian had never seen before.

"Who are you?" Fan Xian thought the man in black was the murderer and immediately tried to capture him.

The man in black didn't explain, he just threw out his cloak, and the cloak was full of hidden weapons and darts that shot out rapidly.

Fan Xian has practiced "Bad Qi" for ten years and often practiced with Wu Zhu. He has already reached the seventh level of combat power. If he had not been distracted by studying medicine, he might have achieved even greater success.

Faced with the hidden weapons coming towards him, Fan Xian dodged them easily and then wrestled with the man in black.

The black-clothed man's boxing and kicking skills are average, and his cultivation level is only sixth rank, but he has rich practical experience.

Fan Xian had higher martial arts skills, but he had almost no experience fighting with others, and the two of them ended up in a draw.

In the end, Fan Xian and the man in black were both injured, and Fan Xian was hit by a poisonous dart in the shoulder.

The man in black was hit by Fan Xian's punch, and his internal organs were almost dislocated, temporarily losing his ability to fight.

"Who are you and why did you poison my entire Fan Mansion?" Fan Xian fell to the ground and asked the man in black weakly.

"I didn't poison the entire Fan Mansion. My target was only you."

The man in black is Teng Zijing from the Fourth Inspection Institute, who was ordered by his superiors to come to Danzhou to assassinate Fan Xian.

Originally, his target was only Fan Xian, but he did not expect that the whole Fan family was poisoned, so he came to the house where the food was delivered to investigate, but he did not expect to meet Fan Xian, which led to a misunderstanding. Fan Xian naturally did not believe what Teng Zijing said, and when he was about to ask again, a large group of assassins rushed in from the door.

"kill!"

Fan Xian's face changed, thinking that Teng Zijing's helpers had arrived, but he didn't expect that the next moment, several steel knives would also go towards Teng Zijing's head.

"Not in the same group?" Fan Xian was puzzled, but he did not slow down. He turned over in an instant and dodged several attacks. There was no sign of poisoning at all.

The next moment, Fan Xian and Teng Zijing were back to back, surrounded by a large group of killers.

The two were forced to join forces and fight against a large group of killers, but they soon fell into a disadvantage. Teng Zijing was even injured and his arm was cut.

Just as Fan Xian was wondering why Uncle Wu Zhu had not arrived yet, an arrow suddenly pierced the throat of an assassin.

Whoosh whoosh!
Long arrows flew through the air, reaping the lives of the killers. The pressure on Fan Xian and Teng Zijing was suddenly gone.

Fan Xian discovered that there was a young man standing on the roof, drawing a bow and shooting arrows. Every arrow hit the target and killed a killer.

With this powerful external aid, Fan Xian and Teng Zijing suddenly felt relieved. They cooperated with the archers who suddenly appeared and killed all the killers.

Fan Xian originally wanted to keep one person alive for questioning, but in the end the two killers saw that the situation was not right and immediately committed suicide by taking poison. Fan Xian was unable to stop them.

After all the killers were killed, Fan Xian looked at the young man on the roof.

The young man put away his bow and arrow, turned over and jumped off the roof, showing off his superb martial arts skills.

"Tiger Guard Fan Qing, nice to meet you, young master." The young man knelt in front of Fan Xian and said respectfully.

"Who are you and why are you helping me?" Fan Xian asked puzzled.

"I have been ordered to protect the young master." Fan Qing said.

"Are you the one sent by my father?" Fan Xian asked.

"Yes." Fan Qing said: "The Marquis asked me to protect the young master personally."

Fan Xian asked curiously: "Do you know who sent these assassins?"

Fan Qing shook his head and said, "I just arrived in Danzhou and found out something happened in the Fan Mansion. I immediately came to protect the young master and I didn't know the identity of the killer."

Fan Xian was somewhat disappointed. He looked at Teng Zijing and asked, "Do you still want to kill me?"

Teng Zijing glanced at Fan Qing and sighed, "He has an eighth-grade cultivation and is an archer. His combat power is comparable to that of a ninth-grade cultivator. I can't kill you."

Fan Xian smiled and said, "Without him, you can't kill me."

Teng Zijing and Fan Xian did not know each other until they fought. Teng Zijing took the initiative to say, "I am Teng Zijing from the Fourth Division of the Inspection Bureau."

"Are you from the Inspection Institute?" Fan Xian was surprised and took out the Inspection Institute's chief badge, which scared Teng Zijing.

"You are the director of the Inspection Institute, why do the higher-ups want me to kill you?" Teng Zijing asked in surprise.

"There must be a conspiracy!" Fan Xian curled his lips in disdain and said, "Come home with me first, and I will find out the truth."

"I will investigate the truth myself." Teng Zijing said, then stood up and left.

Fan Xian did not stop him, but took Fan Qing back to the Fan Mansion and met Old Madam Fan.

Everyone in the Fan family was poisoned. Fan Xian suspected that there was a ghost in the house and hurried home to catch it.

But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he returned home, the butler was tied up and kneeling in front of Old Mrs. Fan.

Old lady Fan has found out that the traitor is the butler, and she dealt with him swiftly by drowning him.

Old Madam Fan asked the servants to settle Fan Qing first, and then taught Fan Xian personally.

When Fan Qing arrived at his residence, he immediately wrote a letter to report the situation in Danzhou back to the Fan Mansion in Kyoto.

At the same time, Fan Qing wrote another secret letter in a strange script and sent it back to the desert.

"Already approaching the target - Thirteen Wings Baiyan"