Don't ask where people go

Chapter 1342 Accident

"Miss Honghe, I'll ask you one last time." Fang Zilan said seriously, "Do you want me to save your brother Hongtai?"

Before she finished her words, she felt a force coming from her hand. It was Li Shengxuan pinching her hand, as if reminding her not to get involved in this mess easily.

"I..." Hong He opened her mouth hesitantly, and turned her head slightly. After a while, she said in a low voice: "Who is Yin Quanzhang? Even if my brother dies, he should die in my hands."

"Since Miss Honghe has made up her mind." Fang Zilan broke free from Li Shengxuan's hand, stood up and walked in front of Honghe, "I can go to save Hongtai, but in exchange, you have to tell me what I want to know."

Hong He looked up at Fang Zilan. She was looking down at him without any overbearing airs, but instead had a determined and determined aura, as if as long as she uttered the word "deal", she could make Hong Tai appear here immediately.

"If Miss Honghe can't make a decision, then forget it." Fang Zilan straightened her skirt nonchalantly. "I can always find out what I want to know. There's no need to waste my time on this."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and was about to leave. Hong He suddenly said, "Wait a minute, Miss Zi Xiu. Feiling Mountain is not a place where anyone can come and go as they please."

"Miss Honghe, are you threatening me?" Fang Zilan stopped walking, with a hint of murderous intent on her body. "There are many people in this world who want to keep me, but no one has ever been able to keep me."

"If Miss Zixiu was the only one here today, she wouldn't be able to stay in Feiling Mountain." Hong He stood up and met Fang Zilan's gaze. "But now Mr. Fang and this gentleman are both here. Does Miss Zixiu want to abandon them?"

"Abandon and leave it alone?" Fang Zilan repeated these four words and suddenly chuckled, "Ms. Honghe, just now you said that the Hong family and the Wolf Army were never bandits. But now that you threaten people with hostages at every turn, how are you any different from a bandit?"

She paused and said meaningfully, "Everyone in the world thinks they are different, able to stay clean in the mud, but they don't know that it is the norm to go along with the dirty things in this world. It seems that the Hong family is no different..."

"Miss Zixiu!" Hong He interrupted Fang Zilan with a sharp voice, "You speak so righteously, but aren't you also complicit in the corruption?"

"In the past, maybe." Fang Zilan said frankly without hiding anything, "But now, and even in the future, I will only live for myself."

She looked at Li Shengxuan and said, "I will only choose what I think is right, not what others think is good or bad."

"You..." Hong He's face flashed with disbelief, "Impossible..."

"Nothing is impossible." Fang Zilan smiled and said, "Miss Honghe, just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't do it. Otherwise, why would you and the Second Master use threats and inducements to get me to save Hongtai?"

"We... can't save her." Hong He's voice was very soft, but Fang Zi Lan still heard it clearly. "In that case, are you still unwilling to agree to my conditions?"

On the day when Li Shengxuan summoned Fang Zilan and Prince Rong'an to the court at the same time, as expected, all the officials said in unison that the white jade tiger talisman should be handed over to Prince Rong'an for safekeeping.

As for the reasons, they were all high-sounding. For example, the white jade tiger talisman was originally used to command the army in the southeast, and Prince Rong'an was the younger brother of Emperor Tai'an and the head of the clan who was highly respected. It was most appropriate to put it in his hands... Some people even mentioned obscurely that this move could not only suppress the southeast camp to prevent Zhou Lang from showing off his military exploits, but also deter the Xiahou family in the Baiyue land...

Fang Zilan watched coldly, seeing the officials spitting and criticizing the soldiers of the Southeast Camp who had single-handedly resisted the invasion of Miluo, and the Xiahou family who had wiped out the pirates and ensured the peace of the people, and their wolfish ambitions that had to be guarded against. She found it incredibly ridiculous.

When the war broke out, they were the indestructible line of defense of Dajing, and they would not hesitate even if it meant their deaths.

When the sea is peaceful and the river is calm, they become tigers and wolves who are more powerful than their masters and harbor evil intentions, and are thorns in the eyes and bones of their colleagues.

When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked. When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden. It is nothing more than this.

Even if the Xiahou family stayed behind in the old land of Baiyue, there were still people who cared about them, let alone her, the Duke of Yue who was very prominent in the capital?

Amid the voices echoing in the hall, Zhuge Yu's objection stood out. "Your Majesty, the white jade tiger talisman has always been held by the generals who guard the southeast. I think it is inappropriate to hand it over to King Rong'an."

As soon as he said this, all the officials were in an uproar.No one thought that he would stand up. After all, when he raised this matter a few days ago, he acted noncommittal, as if it had nothing to do with him.

  Of course, all the officials felt that this matter had nothing to do with him. What could the head of the Ministry of Personnel, the future head of the Zhuge family, who was always known for his strategic planning, have to do with the tiger talisman?

It was because the Zhuge family had faded from the battlefield for so many years that the people in the hall had long forgotten that someone in the Zhuge family had once held this white jade tiger talisman and protected the people in the midst of swords and blood.

"I agree with what Lord Zhuge said." Wei Mao said with a serious face, and took a step forward to stand side by side with Zhuge Yu. "Prince Rong'an is of noble status, and he cannot touch such a killing object as the White Jade Tiger Talisman. It is better not to force it."

"Lord Duke of Wei, you..." Prince Rong'an did not expect Wei Mao to stand up and object. Before he could refute, he heard an imperial censor beside him say in a sarcastic tone: "Lord Duke of Wei is a playboy, yet he can still command the camp outside the capital, let alone Prince Rong'an..."

"What did you say?" Wei Mao narrowed his eyes and interrupted the censor slowly. The chill emanating from his body made the censor shiver. He said in panic, "Nothing..."

Prince Rong'an cursed inwardly that the pen-wielding men in the Censorate were all spineless. They dared not speak a word after being frightened by Wei Mao, but he was not in a position to speak for himself, for fear that it would seem as if he was impatient for the white jade tiger talisman, and then all his hard-earned effort to create an image of leisure and non-competitiveness would be wasted.

When the two sides were in a dilemma, Fang Zilan suddenly spoke, "I heard that the officials had written to the emperor to give the white jade tiger talisman as a wedding gift for Princess Rong'an. How come it has now become that Prince Rong'an wants to take the white jade tiger talisman for himself?"

This casual remark made the expression of King Rong'an change slightly. "Lord Duke Yue, please be careful with your words. I did not..."

"Let's not talk about whether it is appropriate to use the white jade tiger talisman as a gift." Fang Zilan interrupted King Rong'an without any hesitation, and said to herself: "Princess Rong'an is a living Bodhisattva in the hearts of the people in the southeast. Her heart is so kind that ordinary people cannot reach it. How could such a fairy-like person accept a gift like the white jade tiger talisman? Isn't it a defilement?"