Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 125 Split up
Leng Feibai's words undoubtedly poured cold water on the two men. Fan Xian quickly recovered and said, "Brother Feibai, are you saying that His Majesty and Dean Chen have long known that Li Yunrui and Li Chengze are smuggling?"

"I can't be absolutely sure, but since the Inspection Bureau is known for its all-powerful capabilities, it's simply unreasonable that they'd never heard of something as major as smuggling in the inner treasury."

Leng Feibai frowned and said, "Unless His Majesty and Chen Pingping let it go, I really can't find any other reason."

"But why did Your Majesty and Dean Chen do this?"

Yan Bingyun looked confused, "This is clearly damaging the interests of Qing Kingdom?"

"maintain balance!"

Leng Feibai looked at the two guys and simply pointed out the situation. "After entering Kyoto, I also secretly investigated the relationship between the second prince and the prince. In the end, I discovered one thing, that is, His Majesty intends to use the second prince as a whetstone to sharpen the knife of the prince. So..."

"Destroy the inner treasury's interests to strengthen the Second Prince's power."

Fan Xian said in surprise, "Actually, using the Gu-raising method to train the most suitable successor to the throne from the Crown Prince and the Second Prince?"

Leng Feibai nodded, "So, Fan Xian, what are you going to do next?"

Fan Xian listened to Leng Feibai's words and said seriously, "I want to go back with you and Lao Wang to check the current situation in Kyoto."

"Think carefully about what you're going to do after arriving in Beijing. Don't act like a headless chicken."

Leng Feibai interrupted, "Also, I have other things to do. Li Chengze smuggled goods at the border in Shijia Town, right? I'll go over and see if there's any evidence left there. Don't tell anyone my whereabouts."

Fan Xian nodded after hearing this. After all, Shijia Town was quite important.

"Remember two things!"

After some thought, Leng Feibai gave Fan Xian a hint, "First, you can consult Chen Pingping about Li Chengze and Li Yunrui's smuggling. But don't tell anyone else, especially the Crown Prince."

Fan Xian was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Brother, Li Chengze is our enemy now. Isn't it possible to win over the Crown Prince as an aid?"

"You do not understand!"

Leng Feibai gritted his teeth and said, "If Li Chengze is a black-hearted fox, then Li Chengqian is a venomous snake with a smiling face. If you don't believe it, you can try it yourself! Second, after returning to the capital, find time to meet His Majesty..."

Having said that, Leng Feibai looked towards Kyoto and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, Kyoto will be in chaos!"

Leng Feibai was right. Just when Yan Bingyun and Xie Bian pretended to burn Fan Xian's body, the quick-handed guy in the delegation had already sent the news of Fan Xian's death back to Kyoto via carrier pigeon.

The first party to cause chaos was the imperial palace.

"His Majesty!
"Eunuch Hou rushed into Emperor Qing's bedroom, wailing as if his own son had died," he said, "The delegation has sent word that Fan Xian contracted a serious illness on his way back to the capital, and his body has been cremated!"

As soon as the voice fell, Emperor Qing rushed out of the house like a man possessed by Usain Bolt, stamping his feet and roaring, "Send Fan Jian and Chen Pingping!"

The news quickly spread throughout Kyoto. Not long after, the furious Fan Jian and the equally grieving Chen Pingping arrived at the palace one after another.

"Where's my son? Where's my son?"

Fan Jian was so angry that he seemed to be possessed by Master Zhang San. His old eyes were filled with bloodshot. "Give my son back to me! You don't want him, but I do!"

"Si Nanbo, please calm down!"

Eunuch Hou walked out of the room and whispered hurriedly, "His Majesty has ordered you and Dean Chen to come in!"

"Humph"

Fan Jian snorted coldly and walked in quickly without paying any attention to Chen Pingping behind him.

As soon as he entered, Fan Jian saw Emperor Qing with a sullen face, sitting on the bed in his pajamas, sulking.

Without waiting for Fan Jian to speak, Emperor Qing grabbed a piece of intelligence and threw it at Fan Jian.

Fan Jian looked at Emperor Qing with dissatisfaction in his eyes, but he still picked up the intelligence, ready to have a good argument with Emperor Qing after reading it. There was only one sentence on the intelligence.

"Fan Xian was pierced through the body by Yan Bingyun's sword and died!"

As soon as these words fell, Fan Jian cried out, "Fan Xian was killed by Yan Bingyun. Why did he do that?"

As soon as the words fell, Chen Pingping, who had just entered, was stunned and his hand left a certain position on the wheelchair handle.

As the second most experienced person in Qing Kingdom, Chen Pingping quickly realized what was going on and quickly stepped forward to ask, "What happened to Fan Xian? Is he faking his own death?"

"Guess so!"

Emperor Qing gnashed his teeth and said, "These two bastards deserve to die!"

Looking at Emperor Qing's appearance, Fan Jian's heart also became confused. Faking death and deceiving the emperor was no small matter.

Just as Fan Jian was racking his brains to figure out how to remedy the situation, Emperor Qing said angrily, "Alright, you two don't have to worry. Those two brats reported this to me before they set out. If they run into any unsolvable trouble along the way, they'll fake their own deaths to escape. I've approved it!"

Seeing Emperor Qing's frustrated expression, Fan Jian heaved a sigh of relief and thought to himself, "Thank goodness Feibai was so foresighted. Otherwise, we would have been in real trouble."

"What are you two still doing here?"

Emperor Qing's face was filled with repression, and he was just about to say the word "get out".

Upon seeing this, Fan Jian and Chen Pingping bowed to Emperor Qing, then turned around and left the bedroom.

In the palace corridor, Fan Jian pushed Chen Pingping and said, "What on earth are these two brats doing? If they got into trouble on the way to Northern Qi and faked their own deaths, I wouldn't be surprised. But they did it on the way back... Could it be the second brother?"

Fan Jian quickly realized something. "Li Chengze had previously used Baoyue Tower to try to trap Sizhe, but Feibai foiled his plan. Could he have done something else to force Xian'er to fake his own death?"

"possible!"

Chen Pingping nodded and said, "A few days ago, Li Chengze asked Fei Jie to leave the city. When Fei Jie came back, he told me that Li Chengze had taken the pair of gloves that Fan Xian had given him."

"What are we going to do next?"

Fan Jian looked down at Chen Pingping. Chen Pingping raised his lip and said, "Since that's the case, then spread the news of Fan Xian faking his death and cooperate with him!"

At the same time, behind the delegation's convoy, Xie Bian and a dozen people were secretly watching the delegation.

Behind him, there were four men with similar strength to him, who were the remaining four of the Eight Generals: Gan, Liu, Xu, and Cao.

One of the burly men, wielding a large bamboo club, couldn't help but say, "Old Xie, we saw with our own eyes Fan Xian being pierced through by Yan Bingyun's sword, and you personally witnessed Fan Xian's body being cremated. What could possibly be wrong with this?"

"do not know!"

Xie Bian couldn't help but say, "I always feel like something is wrong, and Leng Feibai hasn't shown up yet. I always feel panicked!"

"he!"

Another man holding a redwood court staff said with disdain, "Why are you so afraid of a guy who was forced to walk against the wall by the Saint of Northern Qi?"

"Shut up!"

Xie Bian said angrily, "You're talking as if you didn't rub your waist after returning from Liujing River. Leng Feibai regards Fan Xian as a taboo. If Fan Xian really died, I think Leng Feibai would just charge into the mansion and kill His Highness! But he hasn't shown up yet. It doesn't make sense at all!"

"You are right about this!"

Hearing the sound that came out of nowhere, Xie Bian's face changed drastically, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and he turned around to look over.

Leng Feibai smiled calmly, staring at the group of people in front of him.

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