Episode 18: Fan Xian is trapped in a dilemma of friendship and love

Lin Wan'er didn't understand why her second brother was targeting Fan Xian. Although Fan Xian looked dishonest, he was sometimes very good at talking and doing things very reliably. Lin Gong told her that no matter what kind of person Fan Xian was, they could not be together. The reason why he would not let her marry Fan Xian was because he did not want her to be implicated.

Fan Xian told Ruoruo that the person behind the Niulan Street assassination was Lin Gong, the second son of the Prime Minister's Office, and he had confirmed the matter from Ye Ling'er. Fan Ruoruo was puzzled after learning about it. She didn't know why he did this and suspected that he was a member of the prince's party. Fan Xian still insisted on avenging Teng Zijing, but Fan Ruoruo reminded him that Lin Gong and Lin Waner were biological brothers and sisters. If he killed Lin Gong, then there would be no possibility for him and Lin Waner. This is a difficult choice, but it can only be decided by Fan Xian himself.

Lin Wan'er told Ye Ling'er about Fan Xian. He always felt that there was something else between his second brother and Fan Xian that he was hiding from him. Ye Ling'er knew the truth in his heart, but couldn't tell her. He just asked her about the relationship between family and love. How to choose time. Lin Wan'er didn't know that over the years, only her second brother Lin Gong was sincere to her, and Fan Xian was the one she decided she liked. If she had to choose one, she could only say that she would stand on the side of justice.

Fan Xian was wearing night clothes and was about to break into the Lin Mansion to assassinate Lin Gong. Unexpectedly, Wu Zhu, who had disappeared for a long time, suddenly appeared and stopped him. Wu Zhu asked him to go back in a cold voice, because he could see that Fan Xian was distracted and his trip would definitely fail. Fan Xian angrily asked Wu Zhu if he also thought that it was just a guard who died, and in excitement he actually started fighting with Wu Zhu. Fan Xian was naturally no match for Wu Zhu, and soon he was knocked unconscious by Wu Zhu. When he woke up again, he found himself lying on the bed in the Fan Mansion. He subconsciously wanted to go to Wu Zhu, but Ruoruo, who heard the movement, told He didn't see Wu Zhu, but she received news that Lin Gong had left the city overnight.

Fan Xian asked Ye Ling'er about Lin Gong's whereabouts. After confirming that he had left Kyoto, he immediately rode to find Wang Qinian and planned to catch up. On the other side, Lin Gong led a group of people to a secluded courtyard and planned to stay and rest for a night before heading south. At this time, Wu Zhu suddenly appeared. Since he had caught up with him, he naturally also Can't leave. Fan Xian and Wang Qinian planned to start tracking from the door of Lin Mansion, but they met the second prince on the way.

The second prince asked Fan Xian if he wanted to find Lin Gong, and told him that Lin Gong had left Kyoto with his masters after meeting the prince in the study early this morning. He also planned to ask his personal bodyguard Xie Bian to help Fan Xian, but Fan Xian refused. On the other side, Wu Zhu stopped Lin Gong and his party alone. Lin Gong didn't take him seriously at first, but soon, he could never open his eyes again.

Zhu Ge received a secret letter while handling official business at the Inspection Institute, and immediately took people out of the city. Sure enough, he found Lin Gong and his party dead in another courtyard. Zhuge brought Lin Gong's body back to the forensic institute. Lin Gong died of a sword wound. Only the second prince's bodyguard Xie Bi'an could have such martial arts in the capital, so the two planned to report to His Majesty and let him decide the matter.

Fan Sizhe came to Fan Xian to discuss opening a bookstore to sell "The Red Mansion". He had just started to discuss the name. It happened that Wu Zhu came to Fan Xian late at night. When he saw Fan Xian in Fan Xian's room, he had to order Fan Sizhe's. Dizzy point. Wu Zhu told him that he had killed Lin Gong, and he would kill whoever wanted to kill Fan Xian. When Fan Xian heard the news, he was unhappy and became angry. He asked Wu Zhu why he killed Lin Gong. Where was he when the assassination occurred on Niulan Street? Wu Zhu was rarely speechless and felt guilty that he was not in Kyoto at that time. He promised that such a thing would never happen again in the future. It turned out that Wu Zhu went to Jiangnan some time ago in order to find the key to the box. He had talked with the lady about the box in Jiangnan. When he revisited his hometown this time, he finally remembered that the key to the box was either in the palace. Here, or in the Taiping Villa where the young lady lived.

When leaving, Wu Zhu asked Fan Xian to find the location of Taiping Villa as soon as possible and asked him not to tell Fan Jian his whereabouts. After that, he quickly left. Fan Sizhe woke up early in the morning and found that he was sleeping in Fan Xian's room. Fan Xian deliberately lied to him that he had never seen him. Fan Si withdrew the letter and believed it to be true, and she seriously suspected that the house was haunted. The second aunt on the side saw that he was so easy to deceive, and she felt really angry and funny. After dinner. Fan Jian called Fan Xian to the study and told him that Lin Gong's murder was done by a man with superb swordsmanship. He also asked him if Wu Zhu had returned to Beijing. Fan Xian naturally denied it and proposed to go to Taiping Villa to express his condolences to his mother. Fan Jian was quite surprised when he heard this, but still rejected him.

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Joy of Life or Qing Yu Nian (庆余年), is a Chinese web novel written by Mao Ni (猫腻). The novel was originally published by China Literature Limited's Qidian platform.

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