night.

On the grass outside Fang Yan's hut, there was a table and two chairs, with a pot of wine and a few side dishes on it. Fang Yan and the Sword Saint held wine glasses and drank under the moon.

The quiet atmosphere lasted for a while and was broken by the Sword Saint. He put down his wine glass and looked at Fang Yan with a burning look: "Xiao Yan, I ask you, are you a little dissatisfied with my approach to dealing with the Black Cross today?"

Fang Yanqiang smiled and said, "How could that be, Teacher Yi."

Of course what Fang Yan said was a lie, and he and the Sword Saint knew this well. According to Fang Yan's original idea, with the Sword Saint's character of jealousy, after learning about the situation of Black Cross, he would definitely kill their headquarters with one sword and completely destroy the Black Cross organization.

However, the Sword Saint just handed a letter to Yamuza and asked him to take it back to the leader of the Black Cross, and the matter was solved like this. Therefore, Fang Yan was very dissatisfied.

Slowly savoring the wine in the glass, the Sword Saint showed an inexplicable smile and said slowly: "I didn't want you to get in touch with this kind of thing more, but since I encountered this situation, I'd better tell you the truth about the Black Cross so that you won't mind it."

"The truth of the Black Cross?" Fang Yan frowned and slowly chewed the sentence.

"Do you know, who is the person who approved the establishment of the Black Cross?" asked the Sword Saint, and then he gave the answer himself without waiting for Fang Yan to answer, "It's Kalma."

"What!" Fang Yan was shocked and poured the wine glass on the table. "How could it be Lord Kalma? Is she blinded?"

Kalma, known as the "Apocalypse", has a very high status in the hearts of every Ionian. When Noxus invaded, it was Kalma who led the Ionians to resist. She was the dual spiritual and actual leader of Ionians at that time. It was not until the Battle of Presidian that Arrilia defeated the Noxus army with the sword of the Path, that the role of the spiritual leader of the Ionians was transferred to Arrilia under the active push of Kalma, and Kalma herself slowly disappeared behind the scenes. However, no one could deny the respect of the Ionians for Kalma.

Now the Sword Saint told Fang Yan that it was such a leader respected by the Ionians who personally approved the establishment of the Black Cross Charity Relief Society. Fang Yan instinctively refused to accept such a fact, but his trust in the character of the Sword Saint told him that this was true.

His breathing became a little rapid. Fang Yan poured the whole glass of wine into his mouth in a big mouth to calm himself down, but he choked on the wine and coughed loudly.

Looking at Fang Yan who was constantly coughing, the Sword Saint shook his head and laughed: "Don't worry, I'll tell you slowly. I believe that when most people in the Southern Three Provinces mention the Black Cross, their first feeling is that they hate them and call them robbers. But in fact, the Black Cross is the biggest contributor to the post-war construction of the Southern Three Provinces."

Without interrupting the Sword Saint, Fang Yan listened quietly.

"The Black Cross is indeed doing the robbers' work, but all the funds they raised, except for a small part of internal digestion, were mostly spent on the construction of the three southern provinces. Without their robbery, the reconstruction work of the three southern provinces might not have been completed by one-third. The Ionian government is too poor."

"More importantly, they successfully played the role of a person and a villain. Generally speaking, the people in the occupied areas must have a negative emotion after the war, which was reminiscent of the past and hurt the present, but the emergence of the Black Cross successfully attracted the attention of the people of the three southern provinces and diverted the contradictions here. Now it is quite prosperous, right?" The swordsman said, smiling at himself.

"If you can think of such a solution, it is worthy of Kalma. It's such a superb political skill..."

"Wait, what about the Sakura Village incident? Is it fake?" Fang Yan interrupted the Sword Saint's words and asked with his lip.

The Sword Saint nodded and said, "It is indeed a forgery. The real residents of Sakura Village have moved to the north. Because the Black Cross needs to establish authority, otherwise how can an organization that does not use violent means make the people afraid?"

"That fat man..." Fang Yan frowned.

The Sword Saint shrugged: "Any organization will always have some borers after it exists for a long time, which is also the beginning of the decay of this organization. What's more, there are only a few people who know the truth within the Black Cross, and most members regard themselves as robbers. But don't worry, after the three southern provinces are completely stable in a few years, the Black Cross will disband."

"No, I can't agree." After a moment of silence, Fang Yan shook his head and said seriously: "Although Lord Kalma's starting point is good, her approach is too much. Treating her people with this method is no different from robbers."

"Actually, I don't agree, including Arriya, Soraka and others." The Sword Saint took a sip of wine and said, "But we can understand. If we didn't make any decision at that time, I'm afraid that some negative emotions would appear after the three southern provinces would not receive too much relief from the central government. Even in the end, it turned into civil strife."

"Hehehe," Fang Yan smiled with a smile on his lips, raised his glass toward the Sword Saint, "Come on, let's not talk about these troubles, drink."

"Come." The wine glasses clinked, and the two of them raised their heads and drank them all.

Putting down the wine glass, Fang Yan looked at the swordsman and asked, "Teacher Yi, tell me about Yasuo." Fang Yan still cared about this powerful man who stayed at his home and saved his swordsman.

While eating the side dishes on the table, the Sword Saint introduced to Fang Yan that most of these were heard from the dean of the Ionia Fencing Academy. Ten years ago, Yasuo was appointed as the pride of heaven as the future heir of the Fencing Academy. At that time, Ionia and Noxus were still in battle. The dean ordered him to go to the battlefield and be ordered to protect a respected elder. On the one hand, it increased Yasuo's experience and on the other hand, it also helped him build connections.

However, the final result was that the elder died under the sword of the power of the wind. The biggest suspect was undoubtedly Yasuo. During the interrogation, Yasuo insisted that he was wronged, but could not provide enough evidence. Later, he absconded one night. The dean of the Swordsman Academy sent someone to chase Yasuo and hoped to capture him, including Yasuo's elder brother Yani, but the final result was that all of these people were killed in battle, and Yasuo lost the news.

Therefore, this also confirmed Yasuo's charge of assassinating the elder, and was written into a wanted order by Ionia.

After listening to the words of the Sword Saint, Fang Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, I always think he is not the one who can do that."

The Sword Saint shrugged and said, "Who knows, after all, knowing people but not their hearts. Even if it is not him, he can't produce evidence and escape fearing guilt. Even if his teacher has been pleading for him, it's useless. Unless he can catch the real murderer."

"Yasu's teacher is still believing him?" Fang Yan's eyes were stunned.

"Of course, Yasuo grew up as the old dean. To him, Yasuo is just like his children, and he will trust him without reservation." The Sword Saint smiled meaningfully and said with some meaning, "Xiao Yan, are you right?"

Fang Yan was stunned, then sighed and said, "Sword Saint Teacher, it turns out that you are the lobbyist found by the old man."

The Sword Saint nodded: "Yes, this time I came here, your master asked me to come to find you. You have been away for a while, it's time to go back."

"No!" Fang Yan shook his head and said decisively, "I have said that I will only go back if I cast a weapon in my heart and verify my path to him. He defamed my theory as worthless, and I always have to prove something."

"You..." The Sword Saint said speechlessly, "You two have exactly the same tempers, and they are worthy of being masters and apprentices."

Fang Yan's face was still full of determination.

The Sword Saint sighed and said, "I can't force you back. This goes against my way of being a human being, but I still hope you can go back. Don't look at your master who has a smelly face all day long, he actually misses you very much."

Fang Yan's expression was still firm, and he said slowly: "Teacher Yi, my theory is almost completed. I believe I will be able to go back soon. Please don't let my efforts go for nothing."

The Sword Saint was silent for a moment and looked at Fang Yan deeply: "I hope so. Since you are so determined, I can't say much. Just do as you mean, and I will go back and explain to your master."

"Yes." Fang Yan nodded.

"There will be Flame Festival soon. I hope I can see you in Preshidian at that time." After drinking the last glass of wine, the Sword Saint stood up and said, "Since the matter has been finished, it's time for me to go back and say goodbye."

"Teacher Yi, it's already evening. Stay here for one night before leaving." Fang Yan hurriedly stood up and said.

"No need." The figure had already walked a few meters away. The Sword Saint smiled without looking back, raised his sword and signaled to Fang Yan, and his figure slowly disappeared into the night.

Watching the Sword Saint leave, Fang Yan sat back on his seat, looked up at the starry sky and fell into deep thought.
Chapter completed!