Chapter 416
Chapter 416: A Play Inside The Admiral’s Manor
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Just as expected, the admiral's manor, which had already become absolutely silent, became even more silent . The officials stared dumbstruck and speechless at Fan Xian in the doorway . A few navy generals unconsciously pressed their lips together . They could already smell the upcoming storm . Everyone present sank into a strange silence and atmosphere that hid the air of confrontation .
Deep in that confrontation was the generals' fear . Everyone under heaven knew Fan Xian's identity and what the Overwatch Council did . For the Commissioner of the Overwatch Council to investigate the distant navy with an imperial edict, it was obvious that this was not a small matter .
The Navy generals hid the worry in their eyes . Quietly looking at each other, they all guessed that perhaps the matter on the East Sea had erupted .
Unlike the generals and officials, those singers and dancers who had been chided to the side had bright eyes that glowed . They stared at Fan Xian's handsome face . First, it was not easy to see an immortal-like figure like Sir Fan junior . Second, everyone knew that Sir Fan junior was a leading figure . If they took his fancy, their future would be bright .
However, the girls were not stupid . Feeling the strange atmosphere in the inner hall, they knew there wasn't much of an opportunity to play the honey trap today .
After the leading officials finally recovered from their shock, Dang Xiaobo, under the circumstances while the admiral was not present, became the representative of the navy . He smiled slightly and rose in welcome . Standing shoulder to shoulder with the Jiaozhou Zhizhou, he bowed toward Fan Xian .
None of the officials dared to sit anymore . They all stood up, somewhat in fright, and greeted Fan Xian .
"Greetings to the Commissioner . "
"Greetings to the Imperial Envoy . "
Because the martial and civil were different, the navy and Jiaozhou government used different titles for Fan Xian .
"Excused . "
Fan Xian's chin moved slightly in a nod . Without looking to the side, he walked forward surrounded by the officials and then . sat down in the chair that had belonged to the admiral .
The eight Overwatch Council officials followed him over and stood behind him with their hands holding the hilts of their knives . They stared ferociously at all of the officials in the hall .
It was a bit arrogant, but he had this right .
Dang Xiaobo watched as this major figure acted tough . Although his appearance was not happy, he was quietly happy in his heart . As long as he was a domineering type, he would be much easier to defeat . It looked like the rumors of Sir Fan junior's darkness were not true .
He coughed lightly and raised his hands in a respectful gesture . "Greetings to the Commissioner . What case has brought you to Jiaozhou this time?"
"You are the deputy general of the navy . Even if I needed extra hands to help with the case, I cannot have you transfer them to me," Fan Xian said calmly . He turned to the Jiaozhou Zhizhou and said, "Today, I am handling a case by imperial edict and don't have enough people with me . I'll have to trouble you, Sir Wu, to transfer a camp of the provincial soldiers to me . "
The Jiaozhou Zhizhou's, Wu Gefei, was a third-ranked candidate during the old government and had once tried to connect with Prime Minister Lin and the Fan manor . Suddenly hearing that Sir Fan junior knew his surname, his heart warmed and his body felt cozy . He smiled widely and said, "Please give your orders . "
Sir Wu had one thing in his favor: the silver that he should be greedy and take, he would take it, but he did dare not to have any thoughts he should not have . He was very much well-behaved . In a place like Jiaozhou, where everything was controlled by the navy, not only were there many government affairs they did not cooperate with, if there were any benefits to be taken advantage of, he never had a chance and instead was a very clean official .
Wu Gefei had long wanted to transfer to a wealthy province, except he did not have any influential official in Jingdou to help speak for him . Hearing such warmth in Sir Fan junior's tone, he was so overjoyed he had long forgotten his mother's maiden name and that if the Overwatch Council wanted to move troops, they needed an order from the Council and the Bureau of Military Affairs . He directly said something to his advisor . The advisor took the orders and left, not wasting any time .
Dang Xiaobao watched coldly from the side, feeling slightly startled . He thought, The Commissioner had just arrived in Jiaozhou and had not yet made anything clear, yet he was borrowing troops from Jiaozhou . What was he preparing to do? But after thinking for a while, he felt slightly more at ease . The power of the Jiaozhou officials was weak . Even the provincial army was only a measly few hundred people and their training had always been bad . They were no match for the navy soldiers . If the Overwatch Council was really here to cause trouble for the Jiaozhou Navy, then Commissioner Fan would certainly bring more than seven or eight people in . He would also not mobilize the provincial troops right in front of him .
Thus, Dang Xiaobo was not very afraid, but he was just a bit confused . Just what did the Overwatch Council want to do today?
"Where is the admiral? The Emperor has an edict . Why has he still not come out to receive it?" Fan Xian furrowed his brows tightly and asked .
Dang Xiaobo's expression was embarrassed . He also found it strange . There was such a commotion outside, how could the admiral not have noticed it? Even if he was playing with women in the back, he should have come out by this time . If he truly offended Fan Xian, no one would have pleasant days .
He gave Fan Xian a forced smile and explained a little . Then with a glance, he had a manor guard go to the back garden to inform the admiral .
Fan Xian looked at this scene with cold eyes, but in his heart, he was quietly calculating the time .
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After three breaths, a wretched cry arose from inside the admiral's manor . The sound cut through the silence of the Jiaozhou night and traveled far .
Everyone in the hall was harshly shocked . Before anyone had time to say anything, weapons were drawn in a panic from under tables and everyone ran toward the back garden . Although no one dared to believe that something would happen in the admiral's manor, that wretched cry was not fake .
Dang Xiaobo's gaze was strange . He did not go, he only stared strangely at Fan Xian .
Fan Xian did not even look at him . A glimmer of worry appeared in his furrowed brows, "Did we come late?"
When had finished saying these words, he had already grabbed the crying Jiaozhou Zhizhou Wu Gefei . His body lifted and arrived in the back garden along with the anxious navy generals .
It was a bloodbath in the back garden .
Seven or eight soldiers of the admiral's manor lay tragically in the blood . Some had their heads separated from their bodies, and some had thick blood on their chests .
Seeing this scene, the Jiaozhou civil officials felt their legs turn to water .
While the navy generals were staring fixedly at a black-clothed man beyond the pools of blood, their expressions were wild as if they wanted nothing more than to charge forward to tear the person into pieces and devour them . However, they were just anxious and angry, but did not make a single move .
In the hands of the black-clothed man was the body of Jiaozhou Navy Admiral Chang Kun!
A line of fresh blood slowly slid down Chang Kun's body and dripped onto the ground . While the head of this local leader was lowered, it was impossible to tell whether he was alive or dead .
Looking at the bodies around the garden and the admiral, whose status they did not yet know, the eyes of the navy officials were red and bloodshot . How could these valiant generals, who had spent years killing on the sea, have thought that an assassin would dare to act in Jiaozhou, and would dare to kill so many brothers in front of their face?
"Put down the Admiral!"
"You bastard! Put the sword down!"
The navy officials shouted and surrounded the black-clothed man, but because they were scared of hitting bystanders, they did not move .
Fan Xian coldly put down the Jiaozhou Zhizhou, Wu Gefei . Gazing at the black-clothed man present, he seemed to be talking to himself as he said, "You are indeed earlier than me . "
Dang Xiaobo had already woken from his shock . He felt deeply that this matter was strange . Why did the Commissioner of the Overwatch Council come personally to Jiaozhou? Why would he directly charge into the birthday feast rather than investigating secretly? Why did Fan Xian's expression earlier show that he knew someone was coming to assassinate the admiral? Why did Fan Xian say earlier that the other party had arrived earlier than him?
His mind spun quickly . He knew that this matter definitely had something to do with that little island on the East Sea . However, he was not Chang Kun, he did not know about the existence of the Junshang Conference . He only vaguely knew that the admiral was serving some organization . Hearing Fan Xian's purposely affected tone, he couldn't stop himself sinking into an absurd imagination .
Dang Xiaobo stared anxiously at that black-clothed man . Looking at the admiral in his hands, his temples throbbed with a red-hot pain . He wondered, Did the court want to investigate that organization, so that organization had to kill the admiral to keep quiet? Is this what made Sir Fan junior condescend to personally visit? Otherwise, why was Fan Xian so anxious earlier?
However, this thought was not enough to persuade him . In his heart, there was also a thread of suspicion about the Overwatch Council . At this moment, he couldn't resist stealing a glance at Fan Xian .
Fan Xian's brows were furrowed tightly . Looking at the black-clothed man beyond the bloodbath, there was an indescribable worry and concern as well as seriousness that was impossible to ignore .
"No one come closer . If anyone comes closer I will kill him . " The black-clothed man said in a raspy voice, there was a glimmer of viciousness and confidence in the tone .
The admiral was a major figure . His death would certainly shock the court, and it would affect everyone in the Jiaozhou Navy . Thus, although all of the Navy generals were anxious, they did not make a move . They were terrified that the black-clothed man's hand would shake slightly and Chang Kun's head would be sliced off .
The guards outside the manor had already crowded around . Taking the high spots on the garden wall, they all waited with taut bows aimed at the black-clothed man in the garden .
Surrounded by military, how could he escape?
However, no one dared to give the order to attack . None of the generals dared to take on this responsibility . Extremely angrily and carefully, they glanced at the Jiaozhou Zhizhou .
Nominally, this was happening inside Jiaozhou, so logically speaking, the Jiaozhou Zhizhou should handle it .
He was burned by these blazing glares and woke from his earlier fear and terror . He began to curse his heart, thinking, You lousy navy officials! Usually you think so lowly of me, but now that something big has happened, you want to push to the front as a shield . I'm not going to do that .
The Jiaozhou Zhizhou bit his lip . At this moment, the highest status was Overwatch Council Commissioner Fan, who had just charged into the birthday feast . .
Thus everyone stared anxiously at Fan Xian . However, the generals were a little afraid . Sir Fan junior was famous for not valuing life and very considerate of the court's face . If he had the soldiers fire arrows, the admiral would not survive .
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