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 so." 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 always take my life, 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.

(End of this chapter)