Chapter 122

  "What else?" Tang Yin turned his head and looked at Fan Min with curiosity.

  Fan Min looked at Tang Yan, secretly sighing in her heart. Although Tang Yan was not likable and was cold-blooded during battles, he had protected her after all. Now that she only had two bodyguards left by her side, if she continued to stay at the teahouse, she would be in grave danger when the assassins came again. But even if she moved to another place, it wasn't guaranteed to be safe either. After thinking about it, she felt that there was only one place that was safest - the heavily guarded county government office where Tang Yan was stationed.

  She forced a smile and said: "Thanks to Lord Tang's timely rescue this time, Fan Min is deeply grateful!"

  Seeing her suddenly become so polite, Tang Yin was somewhat unaccustomed to it and casually replied: "It's just a small effort, Miss Fan Min doesn't need to be polite!" In fact, Tang Yin felt that he should thank Fan Min instead. If not for absorbing the assassin with such high cultivation, his own realm wouldn't have made a breakthrough at this time.

  "Fan Min had another impolite request, I wonder if the adults can agree?" Fan Min asked with a timid heart, her face red, her head lowered, and her hands clutching at her hem, revealing the demeanor of a young lady.

  Tang Yin saw her like this for the first time and slowly furrowed his brow, saying: "Miss Fan Min, please speak!"

  "I... I'm worried that the assassin will come again, and there are too few attendants around me, so I don't dare to stay in the teahouse anymore. But other places may not be safe either, so..."

  She was silent for half a day and didn't say another word.

  Tang Yin was very clever and vaguely understood her meaning as soon as he heard the words. He smiled and asked, "So, you won't be moving into my mansion, will you?"

  Fan Min and others just waited for Tang Yan to take the initiative to invite her down. After hearing his words, a look of surprise flashed across her face, but in an instant it was replaced by a pitiful expression, and she said softly: "The safest place in Pingyuan County is the adults' mansion, and I'm grateful that the adults can invite me!"

  When did I ever invite her myself? She really knows how to take advantage of the situation. Tang Yin almost laughed in anger, but before he could say anything, Fan Min spoke up again: "However, Lord Tang can rest assured that I won't be begging for too long. Once my father sends another batch of people to protect me, I'll be able to move out. Of course, during this time, I won't be freeloading off your household either - I can pay you rent!"

  "This isn't a matter of rent!" Tang Yin didn't want Fan Mian to move into his home in the first place, but looking at her pitiful appearance, he couldn't bring himself to reject her outright. He said tactfully: "You and I living under the same roof might tarnish Miss Fan's reputation, don't you think?"

  "I don't care!" Tang Yin's words had just fallen when Fan Min immediately responded.

  "But..." Tang Yin still wanted to refuse.

  Ke Fanmin didn't even give him a chance to refuse, her eyes gazing at Tang Yin with a hint of resentment, she asked softly: "Is it true that you really won't save me?"

  Apart from her arrogant temperament, Fan Wei's appearance could be described as stunningly beautiful. At this moment, with the addition of an expression that made me feel pity for her, anyone would find it hard to bear refusing her.

  Even the rough and iron-hearted Shangguan brothers were somewhat moved, and they both whispered to Tang Yin: "Sir..."

  Tang Yin looked at the Shangguan brothers, then glanced at Fan Min's expectant face, tapped his forehead, and smiled helplessly. He shrugged and said, "The food in the mansion is plain and simple, the conditions are crude, and it can't be compared to the Fan family, I hope Miss Fan won't mind too much."

  As soon as he heard this, Fan Minxi was overjoyed and repeatedly replied: "Don't worry, Lord Tang, I will adapt as soon as possible."

  Tang Yan raised an eyebrow, his words were just a courtesy, but Fan Min really took it to heart. Before he could respond, Fan Min hastily smiled and said: "In any case, I must still thank Lord Tang for taking me in!"

  He nodded slightly and turned to Shangguan brothers, saying: "Help Miss Fan pack her things, we're going back to the mansion!"

  Fan Min's luggage and miscellaneous items had not been packed yet, when the large team of officers and soldiers arrived upon hearing the news. The leader was the newly appointed Magistrate of Heng City, whose name was Zhang Lu, who had been promoted by Shangguan Yuanji. He was not very old, not yet thirty years old, with an ordinary appearance and a slender tall build.

  In the teahouse, Zhang Lu saw Tang Yin and was very surprised, but he reacted quickly, hastily stepping forward to pay his respects, asking with utmost respect: "Junior official Zhang Lu has seen Senior Official!"

  Tang Yin didn't know much about Zhang Lu, but when a fight and murder occurred in the city, as the city master he personally rushed to the scene, which showed that this person was not bad. He nodded slightly towards Zhang Lu and said: "Lord Zhang, recently there have been many outsiders coming to Heng City, inevitably some of them are lawless elements, so the security of Heng City needs to be strengthened."

  "I understand!" Zhang Ju bowed his head in response, then looked around at the chaotic teahouse and asked uncertainly: "Sir, what is...?"

  "The hooligans who came to cause trouble have been caught by me, you don't need to worry about this matter anymore!"

  "Yes! Sir."

  According to Tang Yin's intention, Zhang Lu only let his subordinates help tidy up the teahouse, as for what exactly happened, he didn't dare ask more.

  Tang Yin brought Fan Min and the two captured Xiū Líng back to the county government office.

  There aren't many women living in the county guard's residence. To be exact, there are only Aijia, Aoqing and a dozen or so young maidservants. Now with Fan Min added to the mix, it's become quite troublesome. She is different from Aijia and Aoqing; Fan Min is a young lady from a wealthy family, spoiled and pampered, used to being treated with respect and care. It wouldn't be suitable for her to stay in the guest room, so they had to prepare a separate courtyard for her to reside in.

  Fortunately, the county government office was large enough, with many houses and courtyards, so it wasn't difficult to vacate a house.

  Tang Yin was quite considerate of Fan Min, but the latter didn't appreciate it at all.

  After entering the county capital, the pitiful and innocent look she had when asking Tang Yin to take her in disappeared, replaced by a picky and choosy attitude. One moment she would complain that the courtyard was too small, another moment she would complain that there were too many weeds or that the rooms were not clean. She completely lacked the demeanor of a guest under someone's roof. Tang Yin didn't have the patience to listen to her complaints, so he directly handed Fan Min over to Tang Zhong, letting the seemingly wooden and expressionless butler deal with her.

  Tang Zhong rarely spoke, except to Tang Yin. He was very cold to anyone else. You could ask him ten questions and he might not respond with even one sentence. The expression on his face was always the same, as if he were wearing a mask. He was the kind of person who wouldn't bleed even if you stabbed him with a needle. When the spoiled Fan Min encountered Tang Zhong, it was like hitting a wall. Her complaints fell on deaf ears, and her temper tantrums were met with indifference. The whole person was as wooden as a block, leaving Fan Min's pent-up anger nowhere to vent.

  On the other hand, Tang Yin found Cheng Jin and handed over the two captured Xiuling people to him, asking him to interrogate them about their identities and why they wanted to assassinate Fan Min.

  Cheng Jin didn't ask much and accepted the two Soul Repairers, then left with his orders.

  It was not until the third watch of the night that Tang Yin finally found some free time to return to his room and sleep.

  Early in the morning, Tang Yin had not yet woken up when Cheng Jin came knocking on his door.

  He simply washed and dressed, and let Cheng Jin come over.

  Cheng Jin entered the room, first bowing his hands in greeting, then said: "Your Excellency, I have interrogated those two assassins throughout the night."

  "Is there a harvest?" Tang Yin asked while drinking tea to refresh himself.

  "Yes, both of them have confessed."

  "Oh?" Tang Yin's spirit was shaken, and he asked: "Tell me in detail."

  "Th...". Cheng Jin's face was tinged with difficulty, and his words stopped again.

  Tang Yin was very clever and immediately realized that things might not be simple. He asked: "Are the identities of these two people unusual?"

  Cheng Jin shook his head and said, "They are just ordinary people, but their background is not simple."

  "What's the background?"

  "They... They claim to be Zhong Tian's guests!"

  "What about Zhong Tian?" Tang Yin furrowed his brow. Zhong Tian was one of the four powerful nobles in the imperial court, the General of Fengguo, how could he possibly send an assassin to kill Fan Min? Moreover, didn't the Fan family and the four powerful nobles have a good relationship? How could they possibly have a feud with Zhong Tian? In Tang Yin's opinion, Zhong Tian and Fan Min were two people who had nothing to do with each other.

  "Zhong Tian had no reason to risk assassinating Fan Min, was it just those two assassins speaking nonsense?" Tang Yin asked in a low voice.

  "It shouldn't be, the two of them were interrogated separately and had no chance to collude with each other, so it's impossible for both of them to mention Zhong Tian." Cheng Jin said seriously: "Also, milord, the two assassins confessed that they came not to assassinate Fan Min, but to capture her!"

  Tang Yan blinked his eyes and fell into deep thought. That's right, in the teahouse, Wu Mingruo had planned to assassinate Fan Min, with many opportunities to strike, and Fan Min was completely unguarded, even when they made their move, the five Wu Mingruo only poisoned Fan Min's attendants, but used their bare hands on her.

  But this doesn't make sense either, Zhong Tian seems to have even less reason to catch Fan Min, if the other party is a poor person, wanting to catch Fan Min to extort money from the Fan family can be understood, but as the General of Feng Guo, one of the four major powers, with a wealthy family, why would he need to go and extort the Fan family?

  This was truly an unbelievable strange affair. Tang Yin couldn't help but shake his head and laugh. No matter what, he never would have thought that this seemingly simple assassination attempt would actually involve someone as important as Zhong Tian.

  Seeing him speechless for a long time, Cheng Jin asked in a low voice: "Sir, will this matter be investigated further?"

  "How to investigate?" Tang Yin retorted, "Can you still bring your hidden arrows to Yancheng to interrogate Zhong Tian? Never mind, let's just stop here and not pursue it further."

  Tang Yin is absolutely not an impulsive person, he knows what to touch and what not to touch, involving the four major dignitaries, he can avoid it if possible, no need to get involved and bring trouble.

  But he didn't know that when he saved Fan Min and took her in, he was asking for trouble.

  "So, sir, what about those two assassins? Are they going to be released?"

  "We can't let them go!" Tang Yin's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said coldly: "If we release the two of them, it would be equivalent to telling Zhong Tian that we already know about his affair. It's better to make it a case of no evidence, and everyone will pretend to be ignorant, as if nothing had happened!"

  Cheng Jin was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and nodded in response: "Sir, I understand what to do now."