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

Chapter 59 Torture
"You have to be ruthless!"

Leng Feibai gave a bitter laugh, "This kid has gone off the rails so many times since arriving in Beijing. If we don't scold him, he'll sooner or later run into trouble that none of us can solve."

"Brother Feibai is right."

Fan Xian had also recovered from his reflection at this moment. "I've been in Kyoto for so long, I've indeed been too reckless. Brother Feibai, don't worry. I will definitely find out who is the mastermind behind the Niulan Street assassination."

After saying this, Fan Xian called Teng Zijing and the servants who had come with Fan Jian to help him bring the two unconscious women in white back to the Fan Mansion. Fan Jian then said to Leng Feibai, "Feibai, do you want to return to the Fan Mansion?"

Leng Feibai nodded and said, "My identity has been exposed under the eyes of everyone in Kyoto. There is no need to stay outside."

Fan Jian nodded and said, "Okay, I'll have someone clean up the yard for you?"

"Need not!"

Leng Feibai refused, "I'll just live in Fan Xian's yard. It will be convenient for me to teach him martial arts."

Fan Jian did not refuse and took Leng Feibai back to the Fan Mansion.

As soon as he entered, a middle-aged lady came up to him and said, "Master, is Fan Xian okay? Who is this?"

Leng Feibai quickly bowed and said, "Feibai greets Concubine Liu."

"This is Leng Feibai, so handsome!"

Liu Ruyu looked at Leng Feibai, raised her hand to help him up and said, "No wonder Ruoruo said Feibai was a humble young man. Seeing him today, it turned out to be true."

"You're welcome, Auntie!"

Leng Feibai quickly said, "I have something else to ask Fan Xian, so I'll take my leave now."

Fan Jian nodded, stopped a passing servant and took Leng Feibai to Fan Xian's yard.

Liu Ruyu looked at Leng Feibai's back and said, "Master, I'm a little curious. We're both raised by our mother, so why do I feel like Fan Xian isn't as well-behaved as Feibai?"

"Who knows!"

Fan Jian sighed and said, "Luckily, Feibai took action in time today, otherwise, Fan Xian would have lost his life on Niulan Street!"

After hearing this, Liu Ruyu said angrily, "I really don't know what the Inspection Bureau is doing. They didn't even notice that an eighth-rank expert from Northern Qi had sneaked into Kyoto. Master, why don't you submit a memorial to the Inspection Bureau?"

"I'm not the Imperial Censor!"

After Fan Jian finished speaking, a hint of determination flashed in his eyes, "But I'm going to go and see what Fan Xian can get out of those two women from Dongyi City!"

Inside the courtyard, Fan Xian was now frowning, feeling extremely troubled by the two women in white before him.

These two women had extremely determined personalities. No matter how I intimidated them or threatened them with poison, they just gritted their teeth and refused to say anything.

Teng Zijing, who was standing by, couldn't help but feel a little happy when he saw Fan Xian. He had known Fan Xian for so long, but this was the first time he had seen Fan Xian so embarrassed.

"Looks like you're in trouble!"

Leng Feibai walked into the room, folding his arms and looking at Fan Xian's embarrassment.

"Brother Feibai, wait a minute."

Fan Xian gritted his teeth and said, "I'll find out who the mastermind is right away!"

"The Dongyi people are known for their strong will. You won't be able to get anything out of them without using special means!"

Leng Feibai said calmly, "Forget it, I'll help you. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if the Inspection Bureau finds out the information and comes to snatch the person away."

After saying that, Leng Feibai walked straight up to the two women in white.

The woman gritted her teeth and said, "Leng Feibai, you coward, kill me if you dare. Otherwise, my master will come back and massacre Kyoto!"

"Si Gu Jian is a madman, how come few of his disciples are sane?"

Leng Feibai said sarcastically, "Forget it, I don't have the time to play games with you..."

After saying that, a red light flashed in Leng Feibai's eyes.

At this moment, the two women looking at Leng Feibai suddenly became dazed and leaned against the wall with their heads tilted.

"What's going on?" Teng Zijing couldn't help rubbing his eyes as he looked at the two women.

Fan Xian guessed something and ran to Leng Feibai and said, "Brother, is this a mind-control technique?"

Leng Feibai nodded and asked calmly, "Who are you?"

"Dongyi City, Bai Luoxue/Liu Ruoxue!"

The two women spoke uncontrollably with blurry eyes.

Looking at the two women, Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief and asked on Leng Feibai's behalf, "Why did you want to assassinate Fan Xian?"

The two women said in unison, "Once Fan Xian seizes the inner treasury, Dongyi City will no longer be able to obtain cheap inner treasury goods through special channels!"

As soon as these words came out, Fan Xian, Teng Zijing and Fan Jian, who had just entered the room, couldn't help but change their expressions. What these words meant was that Li Yunrui, who was in charge of the inner treasury, abused his power for personal gain and opened a special channel for smuggling in Dongyi City.

"That's why!"

Fan Xian's expression was extremely grim. He gritted his teeth and continued to ask, "How did you convince Cheng Jushu to join you in assassinating Fan Xian?"

Liu Ruoxue said, "We obtained a command token from Northern Qi's spies in Qing State that allows us to command Cheng Jushu. Cheng Jushu recognizes tokens, not people. As long as the token holder proves he will obey orders unconditionally."

"Can you please stop asking nonsense?"

Leng Feibai said angrily, "Why don't you just ask who ordered them to kill you together with Cheng Jushu?"

As soon as these words fell, Fan Xian was enlightened. Just as he was about to ask, he saw dark purple blood flowing from the corners of the two women's mouths.

"poisoned!"

Fan Xian's face changed drastically. He rushed forward to investigate, and soon stood up with a ferocious expression, saying, "Dead! If I'm not mistaken, they ate the Flame Crystal Sand from Dongyi City!"

Leng Feibai couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing this. Flame Crystal Sand is a special poison in Dongyi City. After taking it, the poison is hidden in the body and even a ninth-grade poisoner would find it difficult to detect. If the person who takes it does not take the antidote within an hour, he will die of the poison.

According to Fei Jie, Flame Crystal Sand is usually given to people in Dongyi City to take when they are carrying out missions with a relatively high mortality rate, so as to avoid being captured and tortured.

"Damn it!"

Fan Xian felt a little annoyed and almost cried because of his own stupidity.

"Xian'er!"

Fan Jian looked at the crossbows on the ground and couldn't help asking, "Where did these two crossbows come from?"

"This is the weapon these two female assassins used to kill me!"

Fan Xian turned to look at Fan Jiandao and said, "Dad, do you recognize this thing?"

"Don't forget your father is the Minister of Revenue!"

Fan Jian stroked his beard, picked up the crossbow and examined it. "If I'm not mistaken, this is the weapon issued to the City Patrol."

"The weapons of the City Patrol!"

Fan Xian couldn't help but laugh in anger, "These people really went to great lengths to kill me! They even managed to get their hands on the weapons of the City Patrol!"

"Go find Wang Qinian!"

Teng Zijing thought of something and quickly said, "Although I've only been at the Inspection Office for a short time, I've heard that Wang Qinian often accepts bribes and helps people smuggle weapons and other things. If we look for him, we should be able to find something!"

Fan Xian was overjoyed after hearing this and turned around to leave the yard.

But Fan Jian grabbed him and said, "You stay home for now. I'll ask someone to find someone from the Inspection Bureau to come to your house to deal with the body. When they arrive, you can take the opportunity to call Wang Qinian over!"

Looking at Fan Jian's expression, Fan Xian didn't dare to say anything more and had to stay at home obediently.

After watching Fan Jian leave, Leng Feibai pulled Teng Zijing over and said, "Old Teng, there's something I need to discuss with you!"

　Thanks to Zhengzhanqi, Baishan Chidorilan for feeding the monthly ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)