Don't ask where people go

Chapter 2016 Silence
Awan, who was standing by the door, saw this scene and her eyes welled up with tears. She then chased after him without looking back, calling out, "Wait a minute!"

Fang Zilan stopped in her tracks. Awan, still breathless from running, questioned fiercely, "Have you never believed that I could guarantee you a long and healthy life?"

"I..." Fang Zilan opened her mouth, but Awan snorted heavily, "I knew it. If you don't believe me, I'll make a bet with you."

"What bet?" Fang Zilan was stunned for a moment, but Awan said resolutely, "I bet that I can at least keep one person in Taoyuan Village alive."

Fang Zilan remained silent for a while before saying, "I believe you."

Awan raised an eyebrow in satisfaction and held out her hand. "Give me the prescription, let me take a look."

"What do you think?" Fang Zilan couldn't help but ask. Awan nodded and said, "I think it's worth a try. The gentleman you were talking to just now must be a highly skilled doctor to be able to write such a prescription. I'll go and discuss it with him later."

"Okay, I'll go get the medicine now." Fang Zilan took back the prescription and was about to leave when Awan handed her another prescription. "And this one too, thank you."

Fang Zilan respectfully accepted the medicine and took it to get the medicine. Then, following Awan and the doctor's instructions, she busied herself boiling water and decocting the medicine. After four or five days of hard work, she finally managed to stabilize Xia'er's Gu poison.

As for the village chief's family, the youngest son did not survive and passed away on the morning of the sixth day.

Fang Zilan heard a loud sob and hurried over. Before she could knock on the door and ask anything, she heard very light footsteps. She turned around and saw Zheng Yan standing outside the courtyard in the distance.

"Why did you come here?" Fang Zilan ignored the noise inside and turned to open the door for Zheng Yan. "Has the road to Shi County been cleared?"

Zheng Yan nodded. "Lord Zhuge asked me to ask you whether you would like to go with him?"

“Of course I’m going, but…” Fang Zilan paused, “Wait for me a moment, I’ll get my sword and then I’ll go with you.”

Inside the house, Awan was feeding Xia'er medicine. Seeing Fang Zilan rush back, she casually asked, "Did someone in the village chief's family die?"

"It should be." Fang Zilan took the plum blossom sword, and Awan's expression hardened. "Where are you going?"

"Shi County." Fang Zilan pursed her lips. "Awan, you stay here. If I don't return, you can go back to the capital with Zhuge Yu. There's no need to wait any longer."

Awan remained silent, watching Fang Zilan's figure disappear before her eyes, feeling extremely uneasy.

According to Lu Tian, ​​both King Biancheng and King Pingdeng of the Ten Kings are in Shi County, and no one knows the true situation inside. Furthermore, Zhuge Yu is also on this trip, and Fang Zilan will undoubtedly prioritize protecting him, so she probably won't consider her own safety…

Among the wolf pack were severed arms and legs, and the carcasses of slain wolves. Long trails of blood stretched across the ground, forming a crimson expanse that enveloped the pack.

The three teenagers surrounded by wolves in the very center were led by Shangguan Min.

"Boss?" Deputy General Cao's voice was somewhat uncertain. Even if he was the boss, it would be difficult for him to escape unscathed from so many wolves.

Fang Zilan's expression turned solemn, and her voice deepened, "I'll go rescue them first. You two go back and get reinforcements."

"The arrow has been fired, and the main camp will send troops soon. I will go with Lord Fang." Vice General Qin's voice reached Fang Zilan's ears, carrying an indescribable calm and determination.

Fang Zilan didn't turn around, only replying with a simple "okay," before dismounting, drawing her sword, and charging towards the pack of wolves that were watching them menacingly not far away. Seeing someone intrude, the wolves gradually shifted their focus, settling on Fang Zilan and her companions.

After all, the three of them were people who had fought and risked their lives on the battlefield, so dealing with a few wolves was more than enough for them.

However, when faced with a pack of wolves, even the most exquisite swordsmanship cannot escape the wild bites of the animals. Before long, Fang Zilan had three claw marks on her arm.

As she got closer to Shangguan Min, Fang Zilan felt a little more at ease.

She turned to look at Vice General Cao and Vice General Qin behind her. The two were still fighting desperately against the relentless pack of wolves on the outer perimeter, and were already some distance away from her.

Seeing that both of them were unharmed, she felt relieved and killed a wolf that pounced on her with a backhand sword.

At the same time, the sound of something cutting through the air came from behind. Fang Zilan frowned slightly. She hadn't even had time to pull her sword off the wolf. Just a few steps away, another pack of ferocious wolves was poised to attack. She had no way to avoid them.

What was Shangguan Min doing at this moment? Was she settling a personal score? But at this very moment, she was truly surrounded by wolves in front and enemies behind. So she made up her mind, used the airflow to determine the position of the arrow, and suddenly turned to the side.

Since you can't avoid it, a scratch is better than being hit by an arrow.

Fang Zilan had just turned to the side when she saw a wolf howling and collapsing to the ground, dead, just inches behind her. It had been struck by Shangguan Min's arrow.

She barely dodged the wolf's carcass by sidestepping, and was momentarily stunned, realizing that she had been too petty.

If it weren't for Shangguan Min's arrow that came to her rescue, she might have been pounced on by the wolves behind her. If the wolves had attacked her en masse, things would have been very bad.

"Watch out for your side!" Shangguan Min shouted, instinctively reaching for his quiver, only to find it empty. That arrow he had just fired was his last.

Upon hearing his reminder, Fang Zilan instinctively drew her sword to parry and dodge, leaping to a position a few steps in front of him, dealing with the two nearest wolves, and standing beside him.

"This can't go on. Do you have any fire on you?" Fang Zilan stood with her sword in hand, her fierce appearance making the two boys behind Shangguan Min afraid to speak.

After a long while, one of the boys, who had injured his leg and was sitting on the ground, finally murmured softly, "I...I have..."

"Give it to me." Shangguan Min reached out and took the tinderbox that the boy handed over with trembling hands, then handed it to Fang Zilan.

She took off her cloak, lit one end of it with a tinderbox, and quickly placed it on the ground around them, forming a small circle of fire.

The wolves dared not approach immediately. The fire spread quickly and burned the corpses of the dead wolves nearby. Some wolves tried to pull out their companions' bodies, but retreated after their fur was singed by the fire. Instead, they set their sights on the nearby Vice Generals Cao and Li.

Seeing this, Fang Zilan quickly called out to the two of them, signaling them to come over.

Deputy General Cao and Deputy General Li moved toward the fire circle as they killed wolves. Fang Zilan kicked open a gap in the fire circle to let the two in, and then quickly pulled off Deputy General Cao's cloak to patch the gap.

As the fire grew larger, the wolves dared not approach, and could only watch them helplessly, howling incessantly.