Don't ask where people go

Chapter 1323 Provocation

"Master Yin." Fang Zilan interrupted Yin Quanzhang in a calm voice, "There are many girls with the surname Zhen in Qianjinfang, and I am just one of them."

Yin Quanzhang sneered and asked, "Miss Zhen, if you are not the owner of the shop, how can you discuss business with Fang Lihui?"

"Mr. Fang is a good person, unlike Lord Yin." Fang Zilan raised the corners of her lips, and Yin Quanzhang snorted coldly, "Miss Zhen, do you really want to show off your verbal skills in front of me? You injured my master last night, and I haven't settled the score with you yet."

Fang Zilan straightened her sleeves nonchalantly, "I wonder how Lord Yin is going to settle this account with me?"

"As long as you are willing to tell the truth, this account can be written off." Yin Quanzhang looked easy to talk to. Fang Zilan chuckled, "It sounds like a good deal, but what do you mean by the truth, Lord Yin?"

Yin Quanzhang looked at Fang Zilan steadily and asked word by word: "Who are you?"

"Since Mr. Liu is here, I think Lord Yin already knows it. Why bother asking?" Fang Zilan said leisurely: "Since we have this opportunity, we might as well ask something else."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Liu lowered his head even lower, not daring to look at Fang Zilan at all. However, she did not care at all, "Or does Lord Yin want to waste this opportunity to confirm my identity?"

"If we can confirm it, it won't be a waste." Yin Quanzhang's expression became sharper and he repeated what he had just said, "Who are you?"

"Zixiu." Fang Zilan uttered these two words lightly. Mr. Liu and Yin Quanzhang's servants turned pale instantly. Fang Lihui pursed his lips and turned his head away.

Only Yin Quanzhang remained unmoved, "Why should I believe you?"

"Master Yin, you are the one who asked the question." Fang Zilan curled her lips and smiled lightly, "I have given the answer. Believe it or not, it's up to you."

"I don't believe it." Yin Quanzhang's eyes showed a hint of sarcasm, "If you are really Zixiu, there is no need to use the name of Qianjinfang..."

"What if I'm not impersonating someone else?" Fang Zilan's smile widened. Yin Quanzhang's expression changed slightly. "Impossible. Everyone in the martial arts world knows that Zhen from Qianjinfang was the one who managed to escape when Cangjian Villa wiped out the family. She has a grudge against Zixiu for wiping out the family. How could it be..."

He stopped talking abruptly before he finished speaking, and said in disbelief: "You..."

"It seems that Lord Yin has guessed it." Fang Zilan rested her hands on the table, tapping her fingers occasionally, "When Zixiu takes action, the entire family is always wiped out, leaving no one alive. The survival of the Zhen family of Qianjinfang is a humiliation to Zixiu."

Yin Quanzhang's face turned pale and he tried to keep his composure and said, "You are talking nonsense in front of me. Aren't you afraid that I will punish you?"

"I'm telling the truth." Fang Zilan said, her eyes fell on Mr. Liu, "Mr. Liu, don't you agree?"

Mr. Liu was suddenly called by name. He was a little stunned. He nodded subconsciously, but then shook his head. Yin Quanzhang was furious and took out all his anger on Zi Lan. "Mr. Liu, if you don't tell the truth, you will be guilty of deceiving the state government together with Miss Zhen. I don't think you want to spend the rest of your life in prison, right?"

However, before Mr. Liu could speak, Fang Zilan sneered, "Master Yin is always thinking about punishing people, but now that you two are talking, I'm afraid you can't punish me." Yin Quanzhang's expression was stern, and seeing Fang Zilan continue to talk to herself, "I have killed thousands of people, if not tens of thousands, and my sins are too serious to be punished by you."

She said it calmly, but Yin Quanzhang broke out in a cold sweat, "You mean, you killed everyone in Qianjinfang?"

"That's not the case." Fang Zilan showed a cruel smile, "Except for the Zhen family, I still spared the lives of most of the others. After all, I need them to help me obtain information and build an intelligence network."

"Lord Pei has been feeling unwell recently and has asked for leave." Qian Qian's forehead was covered with sweat. Fang Zilan glanced at him and said, "Why are you answering my question? Where is the Minister of Justice?"

"The Minister went to the Ministry of Personnel to look for Master Zhuge, and then handed the matter over to me." Qian Qian's voice trembled slightly. Fang Zilan stared at him and said, "Master Wu was transferred from the government office I was in charge of to your Ministry of Justice. Now he has died here. I want an explanation. Is that not too much?"

"Not too much." Qian Qian responded quickly. Fang Zilan nodded slightly. "Okay, in that case, if the Ministry of Justice cannot give me an explanation within three days, I will go to the Emperor to ask for it myself."

"Master Fang, isn't three days too tight?" Before Qian Qian finished his words, Fang Zilan turned around and left, leaving him standing there, dejected.

As the head of the Ministry of Justice, Qian Qian knew that this matter was of great importance. In just a few months, there had been several murders in the capital, and the victims were all powerful people. Unfortunately, the Jingzhao Yinfu could not find out anything, and the Ministry of Justice was even more silent.

Who would have thought that as long as one behaves in a law-abiding manner, the murderer would not stay away from the door. Now, the murderer not only came to the Ministry of Justice, a place of justice, but also killed an official of the Ministry of Justice in broad daylight. Once this matter spreads...

Qian Qian didn't dare to think further. He and the Minister of Justice Zou Hongqi both belonged to the Dugu faction and shared the same aspirations with the Empress Dowager. Logically speaking, the Dugu family had been active in the western borders and their subordinates were all timid. However, the capital was peaceful after all, and they were always a little scared when things came to an end.

What's more, on one side is Fang Zilan, the Duke of Yue, and on the other side is Pei Lanqing, the brother of the Duke of Lan. They can't afford to offend either side. The Jingzhao Yinfu is also unreliable, and in the end, only the Ministry of Justice can bear the responsibility.

Qian Qian sighed for a long time. He had just felt the pressure from Fang Zilan. If he could not give her a satisfactory explanation within three days, he was afraid that the Ministry of Justice would be demolished by her.

  But as for Pei Ranqing, the Duke of Ran, if he openly goes to Pei Mansion to question Pei Poming, will he still be able to come out alive?

Qian Qian thought about this and looked at the people from Jingzhao Yinfu next to him. He saw the same fear on their faces. He felt more and more headache. If their Ministry of Justice and Jingzhao Yinfu were to argue, they might not be able to come up with an explanation in 30 days, let alone 3 days.

However, what Qian Qian didn't know was that while he and the people from Jingzhao Yinfu were hesitating, Fang Zilan had already done the interrogation of Pei Poming for them.

Fang Zilan jumped over the wall of Pei's house lightly without disturbing anyone. It took her less than a cup of tea to find Pei Poming.

Pei Poming paced back and forth in the room, looking very uneasy. Fang Zilan observed for a while, and after making sure that there was no one else in the room, she pushed the door open and walked in.

Pei Poming saw someone breaking in and his mouth was covered before he could shout. Fang Zilan, who was nearby, said in a calm voice: "Master Pei, you recovered from your illness so quickly."