All Heavens: From Joy of Life to The Great Feng Night Watchman

However, the troubles Fan Xian felt about the arranged marriage were nothing compared to the hatred he felt for the two bodyguard brothers who had died!

Lin Gong must be killed!

"Zongzhui, what would happen if I killed Lin Gong and then fled the capital overnight?"

Seeing Fan Xian's uncertain expression, Zong Zhui spoke frankly, "I suspect that the Dean and Lord Si Nan will definitely help you!"

"It will be difficult for you to use legal charges to kill Lin Gong for revenge, and it will be equally difficult for Prime Minister Lin to use legal charges to arrest and kill you!"

Upon hearing this, and recalling the care Fan Jian had shown him over the past month, Fan Xian suddenly understood.

"Zongzhui, I really think... I also have quite a background."

Seeing that Fan Xian was getting the hang of it, Zong Zhui continued, "You are the Director of the Surveillance Bureau. If the Director returns and trains you for a year or two, your power will be terrifying!"

"By then, even if you kill Lin Gong, you can still smear him and clear your own name!"

Fan Xian also knew that the Surveillance Bureau wielded immense power, and it was not impossible for him to use such power to seek revenge.

"Zongzhui, I'm impatient, I can't wait any longer!"

In the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Before the Niulan Street assassination, Lin Wan'er had already left the Prime Minister's residence and returned to the Royal Villa.

After all, she had a special status, so she couldn't spend too much time visiting Lin Ruofu and her two brothers.

Late at night, Fan Xian secretly arrived outside the Prime Minister's residence.

He concealed a large amount of poison in his night clothes, had a hidden crossbow on his wrist, and the dagger in his hand was coated with a deadly poison that would kill on contact with blood.

Fan Xian's assassination skills and poison techniques are already almost maxed out. He has also improved them in the past few days in three different places. Stealth assassination is now his most proficient ability.

Fan Xian had already retrieved the structural blueprints of the Prime Minister's residence from the Supervisory Bureau, so he was quite confident about the assassination attempt.

Fan Xian leaped from the backyard into the courtyard, then slipped past the patrolling guards and slowly made his way to the front yard.

He knew Lin Gong's room. He first took an antidote pill, then threw a lit ball of poison through Lin Gong's window.

Then, he used his domineering inner energy to climb the wall and remove the tiles to check what was inside.

Relying on his specially trained assassin night vision, Fan Xian saw the situation in the room: there were more than a dozen people sleeping in one room.

Lin Gong was sleeping on the bed, surrounded by guards who were sleeping on the floor.

It seems that Lin Gong learned that Fan Xian had been interrogating the courtesan for days and may have gotten information about the mastermind behind it all.

Therefore, the strongest expert in the Prime Minister's residence was not protecting Lin Ruofu, but Lin Gong.

Fan Xian saw that the two guards sitting on the outside had been poisoned and collapsed, completely unconscious.

As the toxic smoke spread through the room, the two guards closest to Lin Gong's bed suddenly sat up.

"Oh no! Poisonous smoke! Protect the young master!"

Both of these guards were eighth-rank, so their internal energy was powerful and they had strong resistance to poison.

The two men rolled over and kicked out the three guards around them, but the others were completely unconscious from the poison!

Lin Gong, who was only at the seventh rank of cultivation, was also unconscious at the moment.

The five guards quickly grabbed their weapons. One carried Lin Gong on his back, two kept watch around, and the other two started shouting loudly!

"Someone has infiltrated!"

"Catch assassins!"

Dozens of experts of the seventh rank or above suddenly appeared in the Prime Minister's residence!

Lin Gong had some capable subordinates; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to subdue Cheng Jushu.

As the guards carried Lin Gong toward the door, a gleaming crossbow bolt suddenly shot out from the roof!

The poisoned arrow was about to hit Lin Gong's face!

Chapter 87: Fan Xian's Shadow Education! Wu Zhu Kills Lin Gong!

"Kengkeng!"

The eighth-rank guard behind Lin Gong reacted quickly, deflecting the poisoned arrow with a single slash.

The poisoned arrow was deflected by the steel blade and instead struck the guard lying on the ground.

"An assassin is on the roof!"

When Fan Xian realized that the assassination attempt had failed, he could only escape by jumping over the wall; he couldn't possibly handle so many people.

However, the Prime Minister's residence was heavily guarded because an assassin had previously entered it, and now dozens of experts had rushed towards Lin Gong's room.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The guards, armed with bows and arrows, began to shoot, blocking Fan Xian's path.

Then, several seventh-rank guards leaped onto the roof and surrounded Fan Xian.

Taking advantage of his speed and strength, Fan Xian killed two guards in the blink of an eye.

But more and more people arrived, and Fan Xian was driven to the ground and surrounded by dozens of people.

In this situation, poison is useless; we have no choice but to fight head-on.

Amidst the flashing blades and the overwhelming power of Fan Xian's inner energy, despite sustaining several injuries, he still managed to kill several masters!

Lin Gong was unconscious, while Lin Ruofu was kept at a distance and protected.

Seeing Fan Xian's ruthless actions and the deaths of the manor's experts one by one, Lin Ruofu roared, "Kill him!"

We were originally going to leave one alive, but our own casualties were too high.

Upon receiving Lin Ruofu's order, more than a dozen bows and arrows were all aimed at Fan Xian.

Arrows rained down, but Fan Xian dodged and weaved, deflecting many of them.

But as he watched the second volley of arrows being fired, Fan Xian felt a pang of bitterness in his heart. It was all over!

This is truly hopeless!

Just then, a man dressed in black descended from the sky.

A long sword, its cold light gleaming in the night!

The sword flashed, cutting down all the incoming arrows!

Sword light flashed, blood splattered! Several approaching martial artists were instantly killed!

Fan Xian didn't know who the person was, but the other party was a ninth-rank master, so there was hope!

The man in black picked up Fan Xian, easily cut a bloody path through the crowd, and then leaped over the courtyard wall to leave.

Yuan Hongdao said to Lin Ruofu, "Prime Minister, the person who has come is at least a ninth-rank master!"

Lin Ruofu said in a deep voice, "A ninth-rank swordsman... Xie Bi'an?"

Yuan Hongdao said, "Xie Bi'an is only a low-ranking ninth-grade official, and he will not escape today's killing trap."

“Prime Minister, someone with such skills must either be living in seclusion or be among the top ten masters on the Langya List.”

Lin Ruofu recalled the names of the ten loudest voices, "They were either Grandmasters or swordsmen under the Grandmasters... Shadow Swordsmen!"

Lin Ruofu guessed correctly; it was Shadow who rescued Fan Xian.

Zong Zhui couldn't dissuade Fan Xian and, fearing something might happen to him, immediately notified Chen Pingping.

Shadow dragged Fan Xian to a riverbank and threw him in, saying, "Clean your wounds, then go back to the manor. Stop causing trouble."

"Your poison skills have been truly passed down from Master Fei. If you had a team of elite swordsmen at your disposal, killing Lin Gong would be as easy as stepping on an ant."

"You are highly regarded by the director and have only just joined the Overwatch Council, so why are you in such a hurry!"

The swordsman Shadow was referring to was, of course, the assassin under his command from the Sixth Division. The Sixth Division, working in tandem with the Third Division, was practically an assassination machine.

As Fan Xian cleaned his wounds, he said bitterly, "I will avenge my two guard brothers!"

Shadow sneered, "What a joke! A guard's duty is to protect his master with his life!"

"Many important figures in the capital have assassinated each other, and countless guards have died."

"What you need to do is consolidate your forces and fight against your real opponents, not seek revenge for any particular cause."

Fan Xian said in a low voice, "But guards are human too! They have wives, children, and families!"

Shadow did not truly understand Fan Xian's anger.

"I killed no fewer than twenty guards tonight. Were they all wicked and evil?"

How should their deaths be accounted for? Should we commit suicide to atone for our sins?

"If you want your guards to be safe, don't step into the troubles of the capital."

If you want a piece of the pie in Kyoto's dangerous territory, you have to be ruthless.

"To harbor desires for wealth and glory while lacking the resolve to make sacrifices and endure hardship is nothing short of childish and foolish!"

After the shadow left, Fan Xian quietly returned to the Fan residence alone.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw a familiar figure standing there.