Xuanxia

Chapter 1033 Different Intentions
Fu Qingzhou was "seriously injured" and "unconscious", so all the testimonies could only be provided by Lan Jingzhu, the only sober person.

He is the young master of the Lan family. He is weak and powerless. In the past few days, he has established good relationships with the guards who are traveling with him. Everyone will believe what he says.

That night, after drinking a bowl of hot soup and a few ounces of rice wine, Lan Jingzhu finally recovered and was able to speak.

The information he revealed stunned everyone present.

"The one who came... was... was Fu Qingzhou!"

"He didn't come alone... He brought many people with him..."

"We are just lucky... just lucky... Brother Tian stood in front of me and vowed to protect me to the death. Fu Qingzhou said that he was a man and spared his life, but we have to be responsible for passing on the message..."

"Fu Qingzhou said, said..."

Lan Jingzhu lowered his head and trembled as he said, "He said that the Yuan family should take care of themselves, hand over the Sword of Benevolence and the Sword of Virtue, and take the initiative to deliver the heads of Yuan Ye and Gu Jinchen. He also asked the Yuan family to surrender to the righteous army and help them fight the Xishuo army. Otherwise, Fu Qingzhou will..."

"...will lurk in Fuhe Province and kill all the Yuan family members bit by bit!"

Everyone present gasped.

A group of masters from aristocratic families looked at each other, exchanged a few glances, and then called Liao Lin to take care of Lan Jingzhu, while the others left the room.

"Brother Le, what do you think?"

Several people looked at Le Xu.

Le Xu followed Fu Qingzhou and the others all the way here from Wangxian Pass. Although his cultivation level is not the highest, with such achievements, he will definitely be valued in the family in the future, and his status is already higher than that of other people present.

"This one……"

Le Xu showed a toothache expression: "Brother Tian tried his best to protect Master Lan, I believe this, after all..."

He knew that Lan Jingzhu had promised a large bribe to "Tian Lieyang", and just for the money, he should do his best to protect Lan Jingzhu.

"Who asked you that?"

Someone said helplessly: "We are talking about Fu Qingzhou's coming!"

"How would I know?" Le Xu held his forehead helplessly: "It's such a big deal, what can we do? We can only report it!"

"Report..."

Another person looked embarrassed: "We have so many people killed on our own territory. Will we be punished by the family..."

"Punishment!" Le Xu retorted, "That's Fu Qingzhou! He disappeared for three years, and when he came back, he had conquered Beiyi and the capital! How can the family expect us to catch a man like him when he comes to our door?!"

This made so much sense that other masters from aristocratic families also nodded in agreement.

"but……"

Le Xu suddenly thought of something, and his voice lowered: "I didn't expect that Miss Shu would be from Mingjian Pavilion."

Miss Shu is naturally the role played by Tang Jiao.

When the assassination happened today, she was unable to arrive in time like the others, which was a problem in itself. In addition, the next mission would be even more dangerous, and Fu Qingzhou did not want her to stay here any longer, so she had to be the "inside ghost".

"We were lurking around a secret envoy from the Mingjian Pavilion for so long without being discovered. We will definitely be punished for this."

Le Xu had a headache and said, "I need to think of a way to fool you..."

……

It no longer matters how the Yuan family's masters managed to fool the family and absolve themselves of responsibility.

In Tianlin City and the Yuan family manor, when Yuan Zizheng received the news, his brows were almost twisted into tears.

"First it was the ghost cultivator, and then Fu Qingzhou?"

His breathing became heavier.

He originally didn't quite believe in the ghost cultivation thing.

But the news reported by Elder Feng and Elder Ling forced him to believe it.

This matter has been discussed privately by his father Yuan Keng and uncle Yuan Ye on how to resolve it. Yuan Zizheng guessed that he would have to confront King Xishuo.

Unexpectedly, Fu Qingzhou also came...

Yuan Zizhen covered his forehead in pain.

He still vividly remembered Fu Qingzhou's appearance at the Xuanmeng Ceremony three years ago.

If the Lord hadn't intervened at the end, they would have been fooled around by that young man who was less than 20 years old... And it was said that he had already reached the Cave Heaven Realm, even surpassing most of the Cave Heaven masters...

"Headache." Yuan Zizhen sighed.

After thinking about it, he tilted his neck and shouted in a deep voice.

"Somebody come!"

Soon, footsteps were heard outside the house, and a servant pushed open the door and said humbly, "Master Zizhen, what can I do for you?"

Yuan Zizheng is the master outside, but after returning to the Yuan family homestead, he is still the young master.

He said irritably, "Send a letter to the Lan family and tell them that Fu Qingzhou has brought people here... um... wait a minute, I'll write a letter."

The servant waited obediently at the door.

Yuan Zizhen sighed and leaned over the table to write.

Of course he wouldn't write down the whole truth.

In the letter, he exaggerated and altered Fu Qingzhou's words, and the gist of it became "Mingjian Pavilion wants to settle accounts with the Yuan and Lan families. Fu Qingzhou said that if we don't join forces with them to fight against the Xishuo Army, they will kill everyone from our two families. How should we respond?"

This is going to drag the Lan family into this.

This is natural. When there are benefits, everyone enjoys it together. Why, why don't we share the same responsibility when there are difficulties?

"Send it there."

Yuan Zizheng folded the letter and threw it to the servant.

Soon, after the letter was rushed through the Yuan family's huge manor, it was burned by a special magic circle. A moment later, it condensed in a similar magic circle in Lanting Lake thousands of miles away, with every word on it intact.

In less than an hour, the letter was delivered to the hands of the current head of the Lan family.

Lan Yonghuai, Minister of Works... Perhaps, this official position no longer exists.

After all, when the capital city changed, he, like Yuan Ye, Gu Jinchen and others, fled overnight.

But it doesn't matter.

After returning to Lanting Lake, he was still a local lord...

Yes, Lan Yonghuai has always thought so.

He is now fifty-five years old, and is a second-rank official. Although his official position and status are lower than Yuan Ye, but... there is a lot of money in the Ministry of Works!
He still remembered what happened when he took over his father's position and served as both the head of the family and the Minister of Works.

That time, his father arranged a grand ceremony for him...Hongjiang Dredging Project.

In that project, Lan Yonghuai embezzled two million taels of silver.

But, this is not the most important thing.

On top of that, his father arranged an impeachment.

The target of that impeachment... was him, Lan Yonghuai.

In that impeachment, the other relevant personnel were of course innocent. They were all investigated, fined, and even had their properties searched and beheaded. They were all political enemies of the Lan family. When the project just started, the evidence of these people's corruption had already been arranged, just waiting for the day when the project was completed.

But he, Lan Yonghuai, is fine.

Father wants to tell him this way... As the head of the Lan family, you can be greedy as much as you want and nothing will happen to you!
So this time, Lan Yonghuai was not worried.

The emperor takes turns to sit on the throne, but the aristocratic families are forever strong. What is there to be afraid of?

Therefore, after reading the letter sent by Yuan Zizheng, he laughed coldly.

"That's bullshit."

He casually threw the letter into the brazier: "Fu Qingzhou wants to warn my Lan family, and he came to your Yuan family's territory to do this? Although he is arrogant, he is not stupid."

"You, the Yuan family, should handle it on your own."

Lan Yonghuai burned the letter and looked out the window.

Outside the window, the lake is shimmering and the scenery is beautiful.

Huge wooden frames rose from the ground, and countless workers climbed up and down them, building something unknown.

"Civil servants? Ha, a scholar is useless."

Lan Yonghuai sneered and said, "The Yuan family may be doomed... But we are waiting in Lanting Lake. Even if the sky falls, it won't hurt us!"

(End of this chapter)