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nWhether the person behind the scene would cry as hell was still unknown yet, after all the horses hadn’t fallen into Long Xiaoyuan’s pocket yet.

nLong and Shi were having a rest at the moment.

nThe next day, all the courtiers were very surprised to know that Right Prime Minister would be transferred to Quanzhou, which was far away from the capital.

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nHowever surprised people might feel, even the ones from the Right PM’s clique, nevertheless, none of them actually stood out and said something for him.

nAs long as these people were silent, Long preferred this situation as well and remained silent as everyone else did.

nBut the courtiers were not as stupid as to know nothing about what happened in Quanzhou at all!

nWhen all officials went off the court, Long went to see Shi. But people exclaimed ‘assassin!’ before Long made any remarks.

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nLong was shocked and rushed out, taking Shi with him.

nShi squinted and threw a glance at Long, “There’s an assassin outside. Why are you dragging me out?”

nLong waved at him. “Don’t worry. I believe your combating skill is invincible!”

nShi said, “What makes you think so?”

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nLong blinked his eyes innocently, “Isn’t that true?”

nShi twitched at the corner of his mouth, “Your Majesty, there are so many skilled people out there. There’s no chance I’m invincible .”

nLong blinked again, “In my mind, you are.”

nShi didn’t know what to say.

nSeeing Shi was again speechless, Long laughed and said, “Come on, it’s just a joke.” And then he became serious again. “It is rare to see an assassin during the daytime. We can’t miss it, right?”

nShi stopped grumbling and went outside together with Long.

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nThey saw a masked man in black fighting with the imperial guards.

nBut Shadow Guardians haven’t shown up yet.

nHowever, Long believed that this assassin had nowhere to run away.

nAs expected, just as the man kicked off two guards and wanted to do a back flip to escape… he was stopped by two Shadow Guardians jointly.

nMeanwhile, the surrounding porches were full of archers who were ready to shoot.

nIf the assassin dared to escape with his flying skills, he would experience the pain of numerous arrows penetrating his heart!

nIn the end, the assassin didn’t make it to escape, not because he didn’t want to, but he couldn’t.

nTwo Shadow Guards jointly suppressed him, including all other guards, the assassin got caught very soon.

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n“Remove his mask.” Long said coolly.

nThe assassin’s mask was immediately taken off by some guard.

nThe assassin kept still; his eyes remained sharp.

nHe looked like some kind of talent, but why would he end up being an assassin? More importantly, was he too confident or too stupid?

nDid he think the guards were paid to do nothing as he came during daytime?

nLong was about to say something until Xu You came to him.

n“Fang Hui?”

nLong squinted, “Hmm? Do you know him?”

nXu nodded and said. “Yes, he is the guard at Tianyin post.”

n“Oh?” Long raised his eyebrows and threw a look at Shi, Shi nodded as if he understood something.

nLater, Long ordered, “Bring the assassin in.”

nThe Shadow Guard escorted the assassin towards Qiankun Palace.

nAfter having a seat, Long watched the man kneeling in front of him calmly.

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nEven though his eyes were fixed on him, Long didn’t say a thing.

nOn the other hand, Long waved at Xu You, who had something on the tip of his tongue. “Come here.”

nXu looked Fang Hui and then Long, after that, he moved towards Long slowly.

nThere was a sudden twitch in Fang’s eyes but Fang soon regained his composure.

nBut even though the twitch faded so soon, it was still noticed by Shi, who had been watching him after he was taken here by the guards.

nShi exchanged his look with Long, without being noticed by others.

nLong, even though failing to notice the change of Fang Hui’s eyes, understood what Shi meant and nodded secretly.

nOnly Xu You had no idea what was inside the people’s mind who were present at that time. “Big brother.”

nLong gave out a sound of “Hum” and asked “Is his name Fang Hui?”

n“Yes.” Xu nodded, “He’s been working alongside Fang Shuoyang, and is maybe one of Fang Shuoyang’s best henchmen.”

n“Oh…okay…” Long squinted. “Fang Shuoyang’s henchmen…”

nFang Hui gazed at Xu You and said, “I was here with the order of my master.”

n“What does Fang Shuoyang want you here for?” Xu asked immediately.

n“I want to talk with you privately.”

n“This…”

nLong had a faint smile. “What? You have now committed the crime of assassinating the Emperor and are still longing for a private talk?”

nFang Hui’s face finally changed and said, “Your Majesty, I didn’t have the intention of assassinating Your Majesty, I am only here for Mr. Xu, and gave the message of my master to him. If didn’t mean to do any harm to Your Majesty, please have a thorough inspection about that.”

n“You broke into the palace during daytime and alerted the imperial guards. Even though you may not have any intention of assassination, it is hard for so many people to remain silent about what they had seen…”

nXu’s face changed a bit and was pulled by Shi just when he was about to say something.

n“Xu You, follow me, I have something to ask you privately.”

nXu hesitated. “Big brother Shi…”

n“Let’s go in there.” Saying this with a determined tone, Shi didn’t give Xu a chance to disobey him.

nXu finally nodded and followed Shi in…

nSeeing Xu compromised so easily, Fang felt a bit shocked since he didn’t expect Xu would trust Long and Shi so much.

nLong kept watching the man on his knees calmly.

n“Say it, what does Fang wants you here for?”

n“You Majesty, my master only had a few words for Mr. Xu, that’s it, you must believe me.”

n“Then I am sorry, I don’t feel good about the way of asking a citizen to sneak into my palace and believing that I will not punish you. By the way, I am looking into what’s going on inside Tianyin post for my sworn brother. If you want to talk, talk as much and specific as you can. But if you refuse to do so… then I am gonna have to ask my dark guards to take care of you.”

nSweat started to ooze out from Fang’s forehead.

n“Or, the prison of the Ministry of Punishments will do. Many guards saw you break into the palace during daytime and I have every reason to arrest you!”

nMore sweat began to ooze out on Fang’s forehead.

nLong watched the man kneeling down there calmly. “So, have you figured out your speech? I am about to lose my patience.”

nFang gritted his teeth and said, “Your Majesty, pardon me please. I’m too reckless and should’ve been sentenced to death, but I only wanted to take a message to Mr. Xu under the command of my master, that’s it, please have a thorough inspection over this.”

nLong waved at him after hearing this and said only “Well”, then he added, “bring him away, have a good interrogation of him, see what’s going on with Tianyin post.”

n“Yes, Sir.” The Shadow Guards brought him away after receiving the order.

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