"Why don't you call him father?" Jun Xie asked.
Ye Tian Yun shrugged, "Maybe because I don't want to."
"You don't want to?" Jun Xie frowned, "Dude, you can trust a little bit, right?"
Ye Tian Yun smiled, "Alright. I will tell you two little secrets. I am not the son of Pri Minister Fang."
"What!?" Jun Xie almost jumped from his seat, "What the fuck are you saying!?"
Looking to his left and right, he then leaned forward and whispered, "Pri Minister Fang is not your Father!? Who is your Father then? Don't tell , Madam Fang…"
"No." Ye Tian Yun shook his head, "Madam Fang never betrayed Pri Minister Fang. In fact, I am not her son either."
"Then whose son are you?" Jun Xie asked.
Ye Tian Yun shrugged, "You will find out in the future. But keep your mouth shut about this, will ya?"
"Sure," Jun Xie shrugged and asked, "What's the second secret?"
"I just told you."
"What?"
"I am not her son either."
"..."
Before Jun Xie could think of an argunt, soone knocked on the door.
"First Young Master, Clan Head is calling you. He's also calling Young Master Jun Xie to the study room."
Ye Tian Yun smiled at Jun Xie, "Alright, I will head there in a minute. No need to wait for ."
"Alright, Young Master." The Guard left.
Jun Xie stood up from his seat and said, "Let's go."
"Hmm," Ye Tian Yun also stood up, and they headed towards the study.
Along the way, Jun Xie couldn't help but ask, "Considering that Pri Minister is also calling , I am sure you have told about the assassination attempt, and I am going there to verify what you said."
Ye Tian Yun nodded, "Yes. And don't say anything about the goal behind your mission. He won't force you to answer, but don't let him catch any hints."
"Alright."
When they reached the hallway to the study, a familiar face appeared in front of him - the Guard Ao Jia.
When they passed by him, Ye Tian Yun asked, "Did you get in trouble?"
"Not really," Ao Jia shrugged. He didn't wish to show the bad politics of the servants in the clan to the Young Master.
Ye Tian Yun, however, saw through his ruse quite easily.
Taking out a token from his spatial ring, he handed it over to Ao Jia and said, "Take this. This is my token. Keep it with you in case you get into trouble."
Ao Jia smiled, "Thank you, young master."
The token was Fang Chen's identity token. There were quite a few such tokens in Fang Chen's room, and they should only be given to a very few people.
Ao Jia felt acknowledged and proud upon receiving the token.
Ye Tian Yun patted his head and resud his study.
Ao Jia froze for a second before ruffling his own hair and stepping away from Ye Tian Yun.
'Why the fuck would you pat !?'
...
Just when Ye Tian Yun and Jun Xie were a few steps away from the study, Pri Minister Fang had already sensed them.
"Co in."
Ye Tian Yun pushed the door open upon hearing the Pri Minister's call and stepped inside.
Jun Xie followed him closely.
"Hmm, you ca." Pri Minister Fang raised his head from the pile of papers in front of him, and then glancing at the young man beside Ye Tian Yun, he asked, "You must be the Core disciple from the Gracious Sword Sect?"
"Disciple Jun Xie from the Gracious Sword Sect greets Pri Minister Fang." Jun Xie said while cupping his fists.
"Ah, no need to be so formal," Pri Minister Fang smiled, "How's your stay? I hope you didn't face any trouble here."
"It has been a great experience," Jun Xie replied, "And a pleasure for to stay here."
"Pleasure's mine," Pri Minister Fang added, "I am glad you beca my son's friend."
Jun Xie smiled, "It was fate."
"Fate works in mysterious ways," the Pri Minister laughed, "So, tell , Jun Xie, which clan are you from?"
"It might sound like a story, but my master actually found near the gates of the Gracious Sword Sect."
"Oh?" Pri Minister Fang frowned, "That's quite unfortunate. I am sure your parents must have had reasons behind this."
Jun Xie smiled, "I hope so."
"Well, don't worry, you're a friend of my son, so for , you're no different. If you face any trouble, just knock on my door."
"Thank you, Pri Minister Fang."
"Haha, no need to add honorifics. Call Uncle Fang."
"Alright, Uncle Fang."
"Hmm, good."
"Uncle Fang, you wanted to see ?" Jun Xie asked. He was referring to the Guard's request from earlier.
Pri Minister Fang nodded, "Yeah, my son was telling about a few things today early this morning. I wanted to hear them in more detail from you."
"Oh?" Jun Xie frowned, "The assassination attempt on us?"
"Indeed." Pri Minister Fang nodded, "Was it really my clan's array that they used?"
"Yes," Jun Xie nodded, "I don't rember the exact na, but I can describe it. Well, there were three people involved in it. Two of them were controlling the array, and the third was instructing them. He was the sa guy you just ntioned to us, Mo Da."
"Oh? What kind of array were they controlling?"
"It was a bow and arrow array. The whole valley was covered. At first, we thought there were thousands of soldiers sitting for an ambush, but it turned out to be only two masked n controlling everything."
"Ah…" Pri Minister Fang exhaled, "Four Hands Thousand Arrows Array. It's my clan's signature array."
Jun Xie nodded, "I heard this from Mo Da's mouth. He told us they wanted to use the array and make the Fang Clan accountable for the ambush assassination. It was under the orders of King Xin."
"Do you know where Mo Da is right now?" Pri Minister Fang asked.
Jun Xie shrugged, "We left him for the dead. I don't think he's even alive anymore."
Pri Minister Fang let out a sigh, "What about the other two n?"
"We killed them."
"Sigh," Pri Minister Fang let out a sigh, "Looks like all these years of loyalty amounted to nothing."
"King Xin… didn't do the right thing."
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