"Stop!"
No one expected that Hua Hudie would hide a knife in her swaddling clothes.
Qiao Chufeng hurriedly shouted to stop, but it was already too late.
"Pff!"
A knife plunged in, blood spurted.
Even though Fenghuang tried hard to dodge, her hands were bound.
The limitation was too great.
She barely avoided a fatal hit.
But the knife still firmly stabbed into her lower abdon.
"Hua Hudie, you’re ruthless enough. If only I knew this would happen today, I shouldn’t have spared you back then."
Feeling the intense pain in her lower abdon, Fenghuang squinted her eyes.
The woman’s ruthlessness was extraordinary.
"How can Chushan rest in peace if you don’t die!"
Murderous intent filled Hua Hudie’s eyes.
Seeing Qiao Chufeng approaching briskly.
She could not afford to leave any living witnesses.
Otherwise, delay could lead to unforeseen changes.
So she gritted her teeth and pulled out the dagger.
This ti, she aid directly at Fenghuang’s throat.
Watching as the sharp blade was re milliters from Fenghuang’s jade-like neck.
A gust of wind shot forth, striking directly on the blade.
"Clang!"
The blade let out a crisp sound as it flew more than ten ters away.
It plunged into a large tree.
At the sa ti, a shadowy figure dashed over.
The right palm pushed forward with a vast, ocean-like pressure, aiming at Hua Hudie’s crown.
"Be careful!"
Just as Hua Hudie was about to die on the spot.
The belated Qiao Chufeng desperately swung his palm to et the attack.
The collision of the palms emitted a dull sound.
The blow pushed Qiao Chufeng back five or six steps.
His chest heaved with blood, and dark red blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.
Fortunately, in the nick of ti, he pulled Hua Hudie behind him with his other hand.
Thus, he saved her life.
"Master, get out of here quickly!"
When Fenghuang realized the person who ca was Lin Fan.
She cried out anxiously with worry on her face.
"Get out of here? If I leave, what will happen to you?"
Lin Fan, who had stood his ground, quickly turned around.
With his right hand forming a sword-finger gesture, he rapidly sealed several acupoints around Lu Feifei’s lower abdon.
It instantly stopped the bleeding from her previously gushing wound.
Then he untied her bound hands.
"Master, the opponent is Qiao Chufeng of the War Departnt; we’re not at an advantage. I’ll take the bla for this, don’t bother with ."
Lu Feifei, now free, hurriedly stepped in front of Lin Fan.
"Can you handle it?"
In that instant, Lin Fan felt a surge of emotion.
After all, she was the first person, besides those comrades in life-and-death situations,
to protect his life with her own.
"I have to withstand it even if I can’t. Soone has to take this responsibility. It’s better for one to die than two. Besides, my life was already owed to you. I’m repaying it back to you now, so in the next life, we will be even."
To her, the War Departnt was a supre entity.
Soone had to take responsibility for this matter.
Hua Hudie wanted her life.
As long as she took the fall, Lin Fan would be able to live.
"Unfortunately, I have no intention of us being even. I need you to owe for life," Lin Fan said with a smile as he pulled Lu Feifei behind him.
Her words just now also represented the jianghu spirit within her.
"But he’s from the War Departnt... We can’t beat him."
Lu Feifei looked at the Imperial Guards quickly encircling them.
With such a powerful background, a re street gang leader stood no chance.
"What about the War Departnt? Those who oppress the common people deserve death."
Lin Fan’s face was somber as he stared directly at Qiao Chufeng across from him.
At this mont, Qiao Chufeng looked at Lin Fan with an astonished face.
The encounter on the street at noon turned out to be just the beginning.
"How dare you injure the councilor, brothers, take him down for !"
"How audacious, to attempt the assassination of the councilor!"
More than twenty mbers of the Imperial Guard were wide-eyed with anger.
Surrounding Lin Fan, they were already intent on killing him.
"Not only do I dare to injure, but I also dare to kill. You lot are not worthy of the title ’War Departnt’!"
Lin Fan’s eyes were cold and chilling.
If the noon incident could be attributed to the actions of underlings,
then tonight’s event was undoubtedly undeniable.
If that was the case, he would clean up the remnants on behalf of the War Departnt.
"Stop!"
But just as the killing was about to comnce,
Qiao Chufeng let out a loud shout.
His order was as heavy as a mountain.
All mbers of the Imperial Guard imdiately halted their advance.
But this caused Hua Hudie on the side to panic greatly.
She hurriedly clung to Qiao Chufeng’s arm.
"Big brother, it was him who killed Chushan, and it was him who beat Chu Hai to death. You can’t let him go. If you don’t dare to act, then I will fight him to the death. Please take good care of Chuan for !"
"Sister-in-law, calm down!"
Qiao Chufeng pulled Hua Hudie aside while his face was dark with anger.
He was considerably displeased with her previous actions.
"How can I calm down? He is the enemy who killed my man and also killed my second brother. With the enemy right before , you ask to calm down? The Qiao family might be cowards, but I, Hua Hudie, am not a coward!"
Hua Hudie struggled with all her might.
But just when she thought her provocation was effective,
she suddenly felt her arm loosen.
The staggered Hua Hudie, nearly falling over, turned back in astonishnt to look at Qiao Chufeng.
"Since sister-in-law is so courageous, then go ahead. I will take good care of Chuan and make sure he grows up well,"
Qiao Chufeng said emotionlessly.
The fact that he could sit as the advisor to Prince Zhen Nan
ant his ntal fortitude was definitely stronger than his martial prowess.
If Hua Hudie’s desperate act the first ti still won his favor,
this second provocation could hardly escape his discerning eye.
He had completely realized that this woman obviously did not want them to have any chance to communicate,
wishing instead for a deadly duel to the death.
This most likely hid so unspeakable secret.
"Good... good... good... You Qiao family n... are truly manly enough to face the enemy without daring to draw your swords to fight, making , a woman, stand out instead. Chushan... my second brother... if you have spirits in heaven, open your eyes and see what your big brother is doing, how he bullies us, a widow and orphan... We can’t live anymore!"
The petrified Hua Hudie, of course, did not dare to step forward.
After all, Lin Fan’s attack just now had not held back in the slightest.
Even Qiao Chufeng had been pushed back by that palm strike.
If she charged at him, wouldn’t it be equivalent to seeking death?
Therefore, she knelt on the ground like a spoiled child and started crying loudly.
"My friend, you killed two of the Qiao family’s sons and then turned around to accuse of oppressing the common people. Isn’t that a bit preposterous?"
Qiao Chufeng ignored Hua Hudie’s tantrum and looked at Lin Fan.
Just with the previous palm strike, he was no match at all.
Moreover, it was evident that his opponent had not used his full strength.
How could such an expert dwell in this small Jiangning
and be at odds with his insignificant brothers?
It was quite bewildering.
"Then why don’t you investigate the atrocities that Qiao Chushan committed against the locals, wreaking havoc on the common people? Not to ntion distant cases, just a few days ago he wanted to demolish a martyr’s house and bury the martyr’s grandmother alive. Tell , doesn’t such a person deserve to die?"
Lin Fan’s words, like a venomous needle, pierced into Qiao Chufeng’s heart.
Clenching his fists tightly, he knew all too well that a War Departnt official hated nothing more than the mistreatnt of a martyr’s family.
If this was true, it wouldn’t matter if an outsider or even he himself as the elder brother would have to end Qiao Chushan.
"I was unaware of this matter..."
"If you were unaware, then go and investigate. Are Prince Zhen Nan’s advisors all useless? Moreover, I indeed killed Qiao Chushan, but I only broke Qiao Chu Hai’s arms and legs. How he died should be a question for this venomous woman!"
Lin Fan narrowed his eyes, having picked up on the subtleties of the conversation.
They were all scheming foxes of a thousand years.
No one would foolishly engage in self-destructive infighting.
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