Chapter 115 – The Heart on the Sea Ship

In all directions there was seawater, heavy seawater like boulders pressing over, ink-like seawater, pouring into his mouth, nose and ears, making it impossible for him to breathe, his body kept swinging with the back and forth of the dark currents, looking like a fish that had been stunned by a fall, and at any moment might be struck by the dark currents wrapped up in the dark reefs.

Suddenly, Fan Xian opened his eyes, the pupils of his eyes were calm, his cheeks gradually bulged, using the gas pressure in his body and the seawater pressure in the outside world to form a reluctant equilibrium, his right hand explored, stirring up a line in the seawater, and abruptly grabbed the corner of a piece of reef on the bottom of the sea, stabilizing his body on the bottom of the sea, a distance of four or five zhang away from the surface of the water.

Earlier that day, the sword hadn’t pierced his body, but the sword intent had attacked his heart chakra, causing him to suffer internal injuries, which were even more horrifying than Yan Xiaoyi’s arrow earlier.

The domineering true qi in Fan Xian’s body was running at breakneck speed, resisting the might of nature, while the true qi of the Heavenly Dao was walking gently along that circumference of the entire body, slowly smoothing out the injuries caused by Ye Liuyun’s shocking sword.

At this time deep under the sea, of course there is no way to heal immediately, but at least the injury can be pressed down for a while.

But the body of the two very different nature of the rapid operation of the true qi, to his muscles with a great burden, a force in his body expanding, gradually, two blood from his nostrils flowed out, by the seawater dark current, quickly scattered into a blood mist, wrapped his face, the arrow wound on the shoulder also began to bleed rapidly.

The whole person at this moment was like a leather bag filled with red paint that had been pierced with two small slits, looking very horrible.

Fan Xian’s cheeks were bulging, his eyes were glaring round, his face had changed shape, one hand gouging at the reef, one side looking out to sea, looking like a toad …… The problem was that this toad was bleeding, and he didn’t know when it would hang, so he couldn’t laugh at himself, and didn’t have the mood to laugh, and when he thought of the earlier thrilling scene, his heart couldn’t help but feel a Cold.

The seawater broke his hair apart and fluttered about like seaweed. Amidst the seaweed, a trace of a very complex emotion flashed across those pupils on his miserable white face. Yan Xiaoyi’s arrows were still waiting for him on the surface of the sea, and it was impossible for him to surface right away.

As for that Great Master who had come in a boat to break the waves, after a fruitless sword strike, he thought that he should have no interest in striking out at himself again.

Not knowing how long he had been soaking in the seawater, the skin of his hand that was gripping the reef already had some strange sensation. But staring wide-eyed at the sea level above, there was nothing to get out of the danger. At this time, he finally had a trace of remorse, yesterday …… it seems that he should have brought that box with him, if there is that box by his side, why would it be difficult to get out of the way by Yan Xiaoyi s arrow suppression.

Speaking of this point, this only proved that the object that Fan Xian was most wary of after his rebirth was still His Majesty the Emperor of Qing. This might be some residual shadow from history, or perhaps it was just some subconsciousness in his intuition, but he just wasn’t willing to show his cards in front of the Emperor.

Even in the current situation, where he was tightly tied to the Emperor to meet the most powerful enemies from all over the world, he was still unwilling to let the Emperor know that the chest was on his side.

This was because, like Chen Pingping, he did not know the Emperor’s bottom line, and he did not know how the Emperor would react once he knew that he possessed a great killing weapon that could kill gods and kings in this world.

This kind of thinking influenced Fan Xian’s decision, so it put him in the critical situation he was in at the moment. It was a good thing that he hadn’t died under those arrows and swords-about which he should be proud enough, and if the story of the dance under the cliff, the black arrows, and the breaking of the waves and the sword spread throughout the entire world tonight, I’m sure that everyone in the world’s perception of Fan Xian would have gone to another level.

The fact that a great master and one of the world’s strongest remote ninth rank upper experts had not killed Fan Xian was enough to cause him to become self-respecting.

The hegemonic true qi in his body was very strong in providing the nutrients his body needed, yet not being able to breathe in air wouldn’t support him for long after all. Fan Xian’s mouth and nose were no longer overflowing with blood, and the wound on his shoulder had already turned white from the seawater, like the stomach of a dead fish, and was no longer bleeding. A trace of fortitude flashed across his pale face, and his right hand went down again, picking up a large stone from the mud and sand at the bottom of the sea.

For the time being, he didn’t dare to float up, so he chose a stupid method, a stupid method that he had learned from watching Huo Yuanjia in his previous life.

Only back then, Huo Yuanjia was walking on the bottom of the river, but he was walking on the bottom of the sea at this time. Holding a large stone, with the weight of the stone to stabilize his form, under the impact of the undersea current also did not fall to the west, Fan Xian very strong stepping on the sea sand forward, but did not try to land along the coastline to break out.

There were experts on both sides of Dadong Mountain to intercept him, and he couldn’t guarantee that his remaining true qi would support him for how long he could walk on the bottom of the sea, so he chose the path closest to him that would float to the surface.

He walked underneath the Jiaozhou Mariner’s troop ship on the surface of the sea, raised his head, opened his eyes, and calmly glanced at the bottom of the ship which was a little darker than the color of the sea water, his strong desire to get out of danger made his six senses incomparably sharp, and he was even able to see those mosses and shells on the bottom of the wooden ship clearly.

He put down the heavy stone in his arms, and the stone fell on the bottom of the sea without stirring up any great commotion, only shaking up some mud and sand. Slowly drawing two semi-circles with both hands and performing a last breath adjustment, Fan Xian relaxed his body and floated as naturally as he could upwards with the buoyancy of the seawater, fearing to startle that Yan Dudu with eyes like eagles, ears like sharks, and noses like dogs.

Maintaining the stiffness and dead wood feeling of a driftwood, Fan Xian slowly floated to the bottom of the military ship, and extremely carefully moved towards the outer edge of the bottom of the ship, his head still did not dare to poke his head out of the water, and across about half a foot of seawater, he tried hard to watch the movements of this side of the ship.

This was a gamble, and the first reason for choosing this ship was of course because Yan Xiaoyi had not sent his arrows from this ship earlier, but if the helper he was looking for was not on this ship, Fan Xian would have no choice but to dive down again to another ship to look for an opportunity, and he did not know if he would be able to hold out on the other ship by then.

Good thing he was lucky this time.

A wry smile surfaced on Fan Xian’s pale face soaked in seawater, thinking to himself that his luck in this life was really something that no one could compare to.

He saw a hand on the side of the ship, which was naturally resting on the outside of the side, gently making silent taps, maintaining a very stable and peculiar frequency.

A total of five sailor troopships were cruising slowly on the sea. Under the moonlight, these ships looked like demons looking for prey, cutting through the water, always ready to nail the potential prey on the bottom of the sea.

Three more troopships sailed far away from the group, keeping a correspondingly farther distance, charged with picking up as well as keeping a wider watch.

On one of these ships, the center hall lights were dim. Xu Mocai, the Jiaozhou navy general in charge of this ship, was sitting coldly on a taiji chair. Two of his three personal soldiers were in charge of guarding outside the hall, and one was in charge of liaising with the sailor’s flagship.

Only one of his personal soldiers was left by his side, the face of this personal soldier was hidden in the darkness behind the lights, unable to see his facial features clearly, but vaguely able to see that his face was a bit pale, not knowing if he was scared by the big formation this night.

Above the soldier ship was quiet. Suddenly that personal soldier opened his mouth to speak.

“Why did the Jiaozhou sailors also rebel?”

Xu Mocai was now the third person of the Jiaozhou sailors, with his own strong enough force under his hand, and for a big event like tonight, if he didn’t know the inside story, he would have never dared to encircle the sea around Dadong Mountain with the flagship of the sailors.

He lowered his head, and then slowly opened his mouth and said, “Young master, the current situation is not that the Jiaozhou sailors have rebelled …… but that …… you have rebelled!”

That personal soldier was naturally Fan Xian who had been so lucky that he had quietly felt his way onto the troop ship. Xu Mocai was an old man of the Quanzhou navy back then, and the hand that had been hanging over the side proved that this person had been secretly expecting Fan Xian to escape from death, so Fan Xian trusted him enough. However, after hearing these words, Fan Xian still frowned.

What the Princess on the one hand would arrange, Fan Xian and the Emperor had already guessed. The Da Dong Mountain siege is such a big thing that at best, the news can only be controlled for a few days, and in the end, the emperor was assassinated and died, allowing the crown prince to succeed the throne …… The matter of the emperor s assassination always requires a person to carry it.

And that person must have the power to be strong enough to kill the emperor, and have the motivation for such behavior, in order to be able to persuade the empress dowager in the palace, the hundred officials in the court.

Even if it wasn’t convincing, it was still a matter of giving those people a psychological explanation.

And it is obvious that among the line of people who went to Dadong Mountain to sacrifice to heaven, the only person who has the power to kill the emperor is of course the Supervisory Yuan’s Tisi Fan Xian who has 500 black cavalry in his hands, and secretly has some unknown masters underneath.

As for the motive …… of stabbing the driver, I think that with the wisdom of the eldest princess, it will naturally go around to the matter of the old Ye family that the empress dowager is most wary of.

“You didn’t make a response, and I believe you didn’t report to Wu Gefei …… Hou Jichang where you didn’t report either.”

Fan Xian stood behind Xu Maocai, staring coldly at the side of his face. In order to prevent anyone from suddenly entering the house, so after boarding the ship he had only slightly bandaged his wounds, he disguised himself as Xu Maocai’s own soldier and stood behind him the entire time.

“I asked you to stay in the Jiaozhou Maritime Division for this very day.” Fan Xian’s tone was calm, but there was a hint of anger contained within, “As a result, you did nothing …… Supervisory Court to assassinate His Majesty, and perhaps convince certain generals in the navy, but how could you believe it? And why was Yan Xiaoyi on the sailors’ ship? Don’t these sailor generals have any doubts in their hearts? Why would this aspect believe in your loyalty and allow you to come to Dadong Mountain?”

Xu Mocai lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, “Regarding the assassination, there should be some people who would believe …… that after all, the Supervisory Court has a bad reputation, and we received news yesterday that the five hundred black riders rushed to Banshanchong from the Jiangbei camp overnight, and were suddenly lost in the area of the East Mountain Road, so if it is said that these five hundred black riders were rushing to assassinate the Emperor, it would also make sense.”

Fan Xian’s heart was a little bit shocked, the five hundred black cavalry was transferred by himself, just not close to the range of the Great East Mountain, if by the Kyoto people to this place and then Yin a line, if the emperor this time is really hard to escape from the catastrophe, he is really a little bit unable to say …… well in the arms there are still a few copies of the scattering of the hand.

Xu Mocai will now the army situation in detail again recounted. Fan Xian more and more listen to the more helpless, their own in the mountain top day and half the night, it turns out that the mountain has been rumored into another pattern, their collusion with the Dongyi City four Gu sword assassination of the driver? Damn …… this kind of means of planting evidence, it is too childish.

However, Fan Xian is clear, the means is never secondary, as long as the final strength by virtue of the strength of the winners and losers, the Rapunzel that aspect of the childish planting of stolen goods, will also become the history of the history books of the iron plate nailed historical facts.

“Of course, most of the hearts in the sailor division have doubts, and I even believe that some people …… simply know the truth of this Da Dongshan matter.” Xu Mocai coldly said, “Just even if you know the truth and how? If it is still in previous years Chang Kun leading the army, with him and those sailor veterans to His Majesty’s fear of the heart, surely is killed also dare not get involved in this matter. And young master you last year in Jiaozhou killed a burst, many veteran generals have been killed, I do not know how many generals began to feel cold towards the court. Nowadays, the Jiaozhou sailors are already under the Qin family’s domain, and even if it is really a plot against the court, I believe that the generals on these sailors’ troopships under the Dadong Mountains will be happy to do so.”

Fan Xian said calmly, “You should also know the truth. I’ve never doubted the evolution of the navy, and His …… Majesty is also clear about the Qin family. I believe that he must have follow-up means, so I still wonder how you gained the trust of the eldest princess’s side ……”

He suddenly frowned and said, “Chilling to the court, I think this matter has your credit …… Maocai, I let you stay in the Jiaozhou naval division, not let you toss out a rebel army.”

Xu Maocai was silent for a long time before he suddenly got up, bowed deeply to Fan Xian, and said sincerely, “Young master, Maocai is not talented, and has not been able to keep the Jiaozhou naval division under complete control. But right now …… since the Princess is plotting a rebellion and the Qin family has joined in, you should have seen …… that there is still that great master at sea, and the opportunity is rare.”

His eyes stared at Fan Xian’s pale face, flashing a hint of loyalty and blazing enthusiasm, and he said through gritted teeth, “Young master, take the opportunity to rebel!”

Fan Xian stared into Xu Maocai’s eyes for a long time without speaking. He knew this general’s loyalty to himself, no, it should be to his mother, and it wasn’t as if he hadn’t guessed about him making such a treacherous suggestion at this time. Then …… he merely shook his head gently.

“Why?” Xu Mocai lowered his voice and said anxiously, “Nowadays, the real powerhouses in the whole world are attracted to the Great Eastern Mountain, Kyoto is just a piece of empty belly, young master, you have the opportunity to disembark, liaise with the five hundred black cavalry in the area of the Banshan Rush, and run a thousand miles to attack Kyoto and work with President Chen inside and outside, and take control of the imperial palace in one fell swoop……. To wait for the Great Dongshan side to kill the two defeated, you to the identity of the prince, in Kyoto on the heights of the vibration of the arm, the big event …… can be accomplished!”

“Not feasible at all.” Fan Xian tried to calm his tone, so as not to hurt the heart of the person in front of him, and said gently, “The emperor’s defense against me is very strict, and he has never let me take charge of the army, so how can a mere five hundred black cavalrymen enter Kyoto? Outside of Kyoto 10,000 Kyoto guard division, Kyoto in the thirteen city gate division, the forbidden army of three thousand …… how can I possibly cope with it?”

“The commander of the Kyoto guard division is a close confidant of the Grand Prince, the forbidden army is even more fully under the control of the Grand Prince, the thirteen city gate divisions are directly under the command of His Majesty, and His Majesty belongs to the headless once he is absent.” Xu Mocai obviously very prepared, methodically said one by one: “young master since you risked breaking out, you must have a token of His Majesty, it should be a handwritten letter or jade seal or something like that, you single into the palace, convince the empress dowager, and then get the support of Yi Gui Concubine …… outside of the palace to ask President Chen to make a move to sweep away the prince and the second prince’s forces in one fell swoop. and the second prince’s power ……”

Fan Xian waved his hand to cut off his words and said, “All of this is based on the premise that the Grand Prince supports me.”

Xu Maocai didn’t wait for him to finish, advising, “If the Emperor dies, and you have the Jade Seal and Imperial Book in your hands, and you’re close friends with the Grand Prince, if the Grand Prince doesn’t support you, who can he support?”

“What about the Qin family?” Fan Xian stared into his eyes and said word for word, “And the Dingzhou Ye family? How many troops do the two sides have combined? The Ye family has operated the Kyoto Guard Division for twenty years, and the Grand Prince simply cannot completely control it.”

“So what?” Xu Mocai lowered his voice and said, “My Daqing dynasty seven elite troops, Yan Xiaoyi is in the east mountain, Zhengbei battalion can not be mobilized, the Ye Qin two families have only two belongings, there are still four elite troops …… As long as the young master is able to control the palace, these four elite troops belong to your hand, even if initially Kyoto is in danger, but not in half a month, the whole situation The whole situation can be reversed!”

“The reason for your hesitation is that you have never carefully analyzed how much power you can mobilize.” Xu Maocai stared at Fan Xian’s eyes and said word by word: “His Majesty was assassinated in the Eastern Mountain, you have the jade seal and His Majesty’s own letter as evidence, the crime of assassination can be easily placed on the head of the Eldest Princess and the Crown Prince and the second prince, which is the name of the great righteousness……. Within half a month, this name of the great righteousness can be recognized by the four elite soldiers. Four road elite soldiers recognized, you in the dynasty, although no one, but the Lin minister master …… only afraid to leave a lot of people to you. As for the beginning of the big event Thunder and Lightning, the situation in Kyoto is turbulent, but …… President Chen is the most expert at this kind of thing. And …… don’t forget Fan Shangshu, he will definitely support you.”

Fan Xian was silent for a long time, recognizing that Xu Mocai had secretly not known how much effort he had put into the matter of the rebellion, and how long he had been scheming for himself, and if things went on like this, if he was able to stay away from the sea, and detach himself from Yan Xiaoyi’s pursuit, and return to Kyoto …… perhaps, the power and authority of this Qing country would really be incomparably close to his own hands.

Was this temptation great? Fan Xian didn’t know, because his mind was so clear that he didn’t even think in that direction.

“First, I need to make sure that I can return to Kyoto alive.” Fan Xian looked at Xu Maocai and said calmly, “And the most important question, all of your inferences here are based on the assassination of the Holy Driver of Dadong Mountain …… But, who told you that His Majesty will definitely die this time?”