Chapter 40 Entering the Palace.

Fan Xian returned to the mansion, settled Fujiko Kyo, changed his clothes, and sat down in the courtyard without saying a word.

Fan Sizhe came to the outside of the yard and kept looking into the house secretly. He saw that his arm had been reattached and his expression was gloomy and terrifying. He hurried to find his mother to report the situation.

The Fan family had already learned about Fan Xian's attack. It was not just that Fan Xian was injured, there were also unknown circumstances involved.

After the detailed information of the scene was reported back, everyone was shocked beyond words.

Not only was he furious about Fan Xian's injury and near death, but he was also terrified by the powerful lineup at the assassination scene!

There were three ninth-rank swordsmen, Yun Zhilan, the mysterious swordsman, and Li An, two famous figures above the eighth rank, Cheng Jushu and Xie Bian, and the two assassins.

The most important thing is that the military equipment was deployed at the scene - the Shenbi Crossbow! And the last one who blocked Li An's arrow - Yan Xiaoyi!

This scene was too chaotic and complicated, and Fan Jian was very angry. However, this anger was more directed at the president of the Supervisory Council, Chen Pingping, and the nobleman sitting in the deep palace, Emperor Qing himself.

The Fan family ate dinner in silence. Fan Jian tried to comfort Fan Xian, telling him that Cheng Jushu had been taken to the Inspection Institute and that the truth of the incident was being investigated, and asked him not to worry.

After listening to Li An's last words, Fan Xian knew that such an investigation would not yield any results. Those killers were just pawns! For the first time, he became suspicious of the entire Supervisory Council. He remained silent and ate his meal as if nothing had happened.

This dinner was spent in such a strange atmosphere.

At the moment, there were undercurrents in the palace. It was said that even the old empress dowager showed up soon after, and the scene became very ugly.

The next day, early morning.

When Fan Xian was about to leave the mansion to get information, he was told by someone from the Supervisory Office that Cheng Jushu was going to be released. He was immediately furious and asked Wang Qinian to find out the reason.

Cheng Jushu was dead, killed by Fan Xian in the street in public! Now, Fan Xian became famous again! Everyone in Kyoto knew him.

During this process, Fan Xian came into conflict with Zhu Ge, the chief of the Supervisory Council.

After listening to Li An's words, Fan Xian realized that things were not that simple. There was something wrong with the Supervisory Council. And the Supervisory Council was the one that managed all the affairs in Kyoto.

At the same time, Fan Xian was also hurt by the attitude of the crowd that disregarded human life. He secretly said: After all, they are not the same kind of people! After that, he returned to the Fan Mansion and waited for the consequences of killing people in the street.

While Fan Xian was thinking about the real culprit behind the scenes, on the other side, Si Lili burned her flower boat, deployed people, and left Kyoto.

When Fan Xian received the news from Wang Qinian, it was already evening.

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Another day and night later, Li An was in the bedroom, feeling his right hand recovering as before, his heart sank as he calculated the time.

No one knew where he went, who he met, or what he did the night before.

However, when the disciples saw their teacher coming back late at night, their expressions became much more relaxed.

"Yan! Xiao! Yi!"

Li An has decided. The first on the blacklist is Li Yunrui! The second is Yan Xiaoyi!
"Don't let me find an opportunity, or I'll have to pay you back with interest!" While venting his anger, Li An was also thinking about his own shortcomings. He didn't know if there was any body-refining technique in this world. Should he go ask Ku He? Or should he save money and wait for the lottery?
Li An shook his head. The uncertainty of this lottery was too high. How about learning archery himself?

Then, shall we have a snipe fight with Yan Xiaoyi through the middle gate?

Li An sighed, stretched, walked out of the room to have breakfast, and then gave morning lessons to his disciples.

With his masterful teaching skills, the disciples grew rapidly, and their aptitude and understanding were greatly enhanced. In addition, they were well fed and nutritious, and now everyone can read and learn the texts written by Li Ang. Even their martial arts skills have made great progress!
The four older disciples have already entered the second level, and the eldest brother Hong Kaijia is about to break into the third level. Although in the early stage, if there are enough resources, relying on accumulation, ordinary people can easily cultivate to the fifth level, but it also takes time. Not to mention that you have to practice martial arts to match the combat power of the corresponding level, but this also highlights the horror of being a teacher.

That is the magical skill that can truly turn an ordinary person into a genius!

As for Li An's four disciples, their talents were not bad to begin with, but with the blessing of this magical skill, they became even more terrifying. It was like they were already geniuses, and now they have become super-doubled!
Just when Li An was teaching his apprentice wholeheartedly, someone came to Wanshizhai.

The voice of the person who came was shrill and unpleasant to the ear. It was the eunuch on duty in the palace.

"Mr. Li, His Majesty invites you to follow me into the palace."

Li An raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, what do you want to talk to me about? If it's about divination, I can bring my divination tools into the palace."

"Oh, we servants shouldn't speculate on your majesty's intentions." The eunuch covered his mouth and chuckled. Seeing that Li An's face had darkened, he quickly explained: "It must be because of the assassination that day, and it is related to the killing of Cheng Jushu by Master Fan the day before yesterday."

Li An nodded in understanding, counted his fortune with his fingers, and found that nothing was wrong. Then he slowly stood up and arranged the lessons for his disciples.

The eunuch said anxiously, "Oh, Mr. Li, please come with me quickly and don't keep His Majesty waiting for too long."

After a while, after giving instructions to his disciples, Li An patted his clothes and found nothing wrong, so he turned around and said, "Let's go."

Only then did he go to the palace with the eunuch.

At the same time, Fan Xian was also summoned by Emperor Qing and was on his way to the palace.

The two met at the gate of the Forbidden Palace. Fan Xian looked at Li An in surprise. He didn't expect that Li An was also called here. He was delighted and thought to himself that he now had company.

Perhaps Fan Xian himself did not realize that after meeting Li Ang, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had found someone to rely on and had put down some of the heavy burden on his shoulders.

In his subconscious, he has now completely separated the powerful people in this world from himself, and completely regarded Li An as his own. Compared with Li An's help and life-saving grace, the powerful people in this world are indifferent to human life, have classes, and there is inequality between people. That is not inequality in status, but inequality in personality level, which is in serious conflict with the core of his three views.

But Li Ang, who came from the same place as me, was different, which made me feel greatly relieved.

As Fan Xian walked, he whispered to Li An, "Those two assassins are the disciples of Si Gu Jian."

"I know." Li An nodded when he heard this.

Fan Xian continued, "Later, I found a lieutenant general who was targeting the divine arm crossbow, but after that, everyone in the lieutenant general's mansion had hanged themselves."

"The clues that Si Lili and you have been investigating ultimately point to people from Northern Qi. Even if you continue investigating, you can only find this much." Li An concluded, ending the conversation.

Fan Xian nodded in understanding and began to think: It seems that if I want to continue the investigation, I have to catch Si Lili.

While Fan Xian was thinking and Li An was silent, the two of them had already arrived at the palace, outside the hall where Emperor Qing was reviewing official documents.

"Please wait a moment, I will let you two go in and report." The eunuch said this, bowed, and entered the hall.

The two of them also bowed slightly, returned the greeting, and said, "Thank you."

After a while, a voice came from inside:

"Your Majesty, please invite Fan Xian and Li An in!"

(End of this chapter)