Don't ask where people go

Chapter 1336 Unknown

Fang Zilan slowly put out the fire on the table. She waited until most of the silver bills were burned before taking them from Prince Rong'an's hand. The black ashes fell down, and she spread the remaining broken silver bills on the table one by one.

Prince Rong An then realized that except for the first two sheets, the rest were blank. His expression suddenly changed, "Fang Zilan, how dare you lie to me?"

"Is Your Highness finally willing to reveal his true colors?" Fang Zilan said coldly as she spread the paper. "Your Highness, don't you think about it? Fang's bank is well-known, how could they casually reveal information about their customers? And even if they did, how could it be plausible? Isn't this behavior trampling on their own golden signboard?"

Prince Rong'an remained silent with a sullen face, so Fang Zilan continued to speak on her own, "But since I am telling these things to the prince, and not to His Majesty..."

She suddenly paused, and King Rong'an snorted coldly, "I don't think you have the courage."

"How does Your Highness know? I don't have the guts." Fang Zilan's eyes were a little colder, but Prince Rong'an suddenly laughed out loud, "Lord Fang said that I did a lot of dirty things, how clean can I be? My people intercepted the secret letter that Lord Fang sent to the capital. The symbols in it are strange in shape, all of which are the code words of the Ghost Gate. I wonder how Lord Fang explains it?"

Fang Zilan's hand was still on the white paper as she wrote lightly, "The fact that the prince knows the Ghost Gate's secret language shows that he has a close relationship with the Ghost Gate..."

"Since you and I are birds of a feather, why bother telling His Majesty about my affairs?" Prince Rong'an interrupted her impatiently, "Not to mention that you have no evidence, if you report me, what good will happen to you?"

Fang Zilan picked up a piece of paper and stroked the dark edge with her fingers, as if talking to herself, "Indeed, the dog-eat-dog drama is not a good look."

"What did you say?" King Rong'an gritted his teeth and spoke angrily.

Fang Zilan said calmly, "However, if one of them admits his guilt and allows himself to be slaughtered, it will be hard to say."

Prince Rong'an looked at the man in front of him coldly, "Lord Fang, do you want to be tortured to death? That would not be a pleasant experience."

Fang Zilan curled her lips and smiled peacefully, "Your Majesty, do you know what you have done? Even if I don't tell you, His Majesty will not let you go."

"I know exactly what I did." Prince Rong'an said proudly, "Even so, Lord Fang, do you think Your Majesty can do anything to me?"

"Why not?" Fang Zilan's eyes were sharp, and her tone was filled with a hint of murderous intent. "Everything the prince did, one by one, shook the foundation of the country..."

"Did I hear you right? Lord Fang, are you going to shake the foundation of the country?" Prince Rong'an interrupted her without any hesitation, "Lord Fang, if you think that killing me can solve all the problems, just tell your majesty."

"I know that killing the prince will also shake the foundation of the country, so I am sitting here today." Fang Zilan said arrogantly, "With my ability, it would be easy to take the prince's life. The prince should know this, right?"

"You..." Prince Rong'an moved his lips, and there was a hint of fear on his face. "The prince has been entrenched in the southeast for many years, and his foundation is deep and he has nothing to fear. If I kill the prince rashly, I'm afraid the southeast will be in chaos in an instant, and the Miluo people who are eyeing the border will take the opportunity to attack, wouldn't it be a loss?" Fang Zilan showed a cruel smile, "So, I originally planned to let the prince stay in bed, so that I can contain the various forces in the southeast, and make the prince have no intention of doing evil, isn't it killing two birds with one stone?"

When Lieutenant General Cao heard the sound, he held his breath and concentrated on clenching the knife hidden behind his back. However, when he saw that it was Fang Zilan who climbed in through the window, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, quickly put away the knife, and shouted, "Boss."

Fang Zilan didn't have time to chat with him, so she got straight to the point and asked, "Did you gain anything?"

Deputy General Cao nodded and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "There are many pirates in the city. I followed the trail of a few of them and came to this restaurant. I pretended to be a foreign merchant and stayed here like them."

"Not a few?" Fang Zilan frowned slightly. "How much is not a few?"

"There were at least ten people." Deputy General Cao recalled yesterday's situation and said slowly, "My bag was robbed as soon as I entered the pass yesterday. Fortunately, I listened to the boss and sorted out the bag. There was nothing in it that would expose my identity, and there was no money. I deliberately did not catch up with the person who stole my bag. After he relaxed his vigilance, I secretly followed him and found that there was a group of people behind him. The group of people all had tattoos, some of them were green fish, some were tridents..."

He didn't continue, Fang Zilan whispered: "Those people are pirates."

"Yes." Deputy General Cao looked solemn. Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "Different tattoos represent different branches of pirates. It's interesting that these people came from different places but could still come together."

Deputy General Cao couldn't help but look worried. "I heard that the major branches of the pirates have always been at odds with each other. The only time they joined forces was because General Xiahou sent troops to encircle and suppress them. They had no choice but to do so. What happened now that could allow these remaining branches to gather together again?"

"Who knows?" Fang Zilan raised her hand and frowned slightly, and said in a calm voice: "This restaurant is owned by Mo Bin's wife, Mrs. Hu. In the prison of Mushanguan government office, there are several pirates who were captured two months ago."

Upon hearing this, Deputy General Cao widened his eyes, "This..."

"The Mo Bin couple, one is catching pirates, the other is hiding pirates, I don't know if it's intentional or unintentional." Fang Zilan thought for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Old Cao, based on your observation, is there anyone in this restaurant who has contact with the pirates?"

"No." Deputy General Cao shook his head, "But as soon as I entered this restaurant, I felt like I was being watched."

"Targeted?" Fang Zilan's expression was startled, and she heard Deputy General Cao say uncertainly: "I always feel that someone is watching me, but I don't know if that person is targeting the pirates or me. I took the opportunity to take a bath yesterday and deliberately exposed my upper body in front of the waiter. Logically speaking, I don't have any tattoos on my body, so I shouldn't arouse suspicion. As for being targeted..."

Seeing his hesitant expression, Fang Zilan analyzed: "The pirates stole your bag because they saw that you were a stranger and wanted to confirm your identity. However, there was nothing special in your bag, so they would not just target you. As for Mo Bin, since you have been let in by the soldiers guarding the city, they will not go to the trouble of keeping an eye on you. Unless..."

As she spoke, she suddenly changed the subject and frowned, asking, "Think carefully, was there anything special when you entered the city yesterday?"