Shangguan's old house had not yet been cleaned up, and Fang Zilan did not want to keep Huangfulin much. After the handover, she sent Huangfulin away from Yanzhou City. After seeing him off, the first thing she did was to go to the backyard to count the female dependents of Shangguan's family.
Fortunately, she had asked Ji Ningtian to help get the names and portraits of everyone in the Shangguan family, and Awan arrived in time, so she could barely recognize the Yingying Yanyan in the courtyard.
Speaking of which, no one in the courtyard, old or young, had a look of fear on their face. They looked at Fang Zilan with nothing but resentment in their eyes.
It seemed that Huangfulin was really polite enough to allow the whole family to be so leisurely and contented, as if he was their master.
Fang Zilan secretly cursed while counting the names, but after counting three times, the number of people still didn't match.
"Sir Fang, you've been watching for so long, why haven't you seen enough?" The woman's delicate voice sounded in Fang Zilan's ears, giving her goosebumps and her face darkened involuntarily.
When Deputy General Cao and Deputy General Li rushed to the backyard, they saw her gloomy expression. They consciously stood a few feet away behind her, not daring to express their anger.
"Oh, Mr. Fang's face is so dark and scary, I'm really going to scare you to death." Another woman standing in the corner chuckled, and Fang Zilan's expression became even colder, "I don't know whether to live or die."
She uttered these four words coldly, and then said in a cold voice: "Now start counting from the first person in the west. After finishing the report, stand in the pavilion in the south."
Perhaps her expression was indeed terrifying. The first girl in the west, who was no more than eight or nine years old, timidly reported her, and then slowly walked out. The people around her also reported in turn and followed her to the pavilion.
When everyone in the first row had finished counting, the first woman in the second row did not. Fang Zilan frowned slightly. She was the first woman who had just spoken to her. The woman was dressed like a concubine of the Shangguan family. .
"Look at my memory." The woman smiled coquettishly, "Master Fang, I forgot how many times I checked in just now."
"Forgot?" Fang Zilan smiled coldly, walked up to her, reached out and pinched her chin, "You don't take my Lord's words seriously?"
"How dare you, my concubine?" The woman's voice was trembling, but she still forced a smile and pretended to be calm. A trace of killing intent flashed in Fang Zilan's eyes, "Vice General Li, drag her down and kill her with a stick."
"Master Fang, I know I was wrong!" The woman was so frightened that she took a few steps back and collapsed on the ground.
After receiving the order, Deputy General Li quickly walked up and dragged the woman down. The woman cried and struggled, and her long nails scratched several bloody marks on Deputy General Li's arm.
With Fang Zilan standing aside, Lieutenant General Li could not get angry, so he could only endure it and let the woman act wildly.
Unexpectedly, Fang Zilan spoke again before taking two steps, "Wait a minute."
Lieutenant General Li let go and threw the person aside. The woman got up from the ground and laughed loudly, with a hint of arrogance in her charming look. "Why, Mr. Fang is afraid?"
"Bring the torture stick and kill her on the spot." Fang Zilan glanced at the woman, "Cut out her tongue first to save her from crying and annoying her."
Lieutenant General Li was stunned for a moment, but seeing Fang Zilan's cold expression, he knew that she was serious.
She had said the same thing before in the army. No one dared to say no to her words. This woman really didn't know the heights of the world. If she bumped into her hand, wouldn't she be seeking death?
Lieutenant General Li didn't dare to be negligent at the moment. The soldiers in the war could kill with no more than a nod, let alone cutting out the tongue and killing her with a stick, so he stepped forward and cut out the woman's tongue without saying a word.
Everyone in the courtyard heard a shrill cry. Everyone's face turned pale, and even the younger girl fainted from fright.
The woman's tongue was cut off and she fainted. Lieutenant General Li stretched out his hand to check her breathing and said, "Boss, he's dead."
"I can't stand the trouble." Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "Who is it? Continue."
This act of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys was very effective. No one in the back dared to say anything. She was extremely well-behaved and did not cry or make trouble, which made her ears quiet a lot.
After everyone had finished reporting, Fang Zilan still had a sullen face and asked in a cold voice: "Where are the other two people?"
"There are two more?" Vice General Cao and Vice General Li looked at each other, exchanged glances, and then looked at the people in the booth with ferocious faces, "Our boss wants to ask you something, why don't you say it quickly!"
"This... everyone is here..." An old woman protected the little girl in her arms and said tremblingly: "There is no one else. Who are you talking about?"
"If we knew which one it was, why would we need to ask you?" Vice General Cao glared at the old woman angrily, "If you don't want to die, just tell me!"
A little girl of 18 or 19 next to her had already turned pale with fright, but she still had the courage to say, "There is really no one else..."
"Really?" Fang Zilan stepped forward, pushed Vice General Cao aside, and walked in front of everyone, "Since none of you are willing to say anything, then don't blame me for being rude."
She approached everyone step by step. The old woman in the lead had obvious fear in her eyes, but she still managed to stand in front of the women, "What do you want to do?"
"I'm a rough man, and I don't know how to care about women." Fang Zilan's lips curled up slightly, and she smiled a little cruelly, "A woman who falls into slavery is just a piece of fish on a chopping board, so of course I can do whatever I want. .”
"You..." The old woman trembled violently and hugged the little girl in her arms tighter, "You..."
"Let's start with you, old man." Silver light flashed in Fang Zilan's hand, and a dagger suddenly appeared in her hand. "Tell me the names and whereabouts of those two people. Just name one of them. If you can't tell, cut them off. He cut off the limbs and threw them out to feed the dogs."
Fang Zilan said it in an understatement, and everyone present shuddered.
Behind her, Vice General Cao hesitated to say something but did not dare to speak. Vice General Li stretched out his hand to dissuade her, but finally withdrew his hand.
This series of small actions had long been seen by Fang Zilan. She was still indifferent, turning the dagger in her hand lightly, "Old man, tell me."
"I don't know!" The old woman yelled with almost all her strength. Her hand suddenly tightened, she held the dagger, pulled out the old woman's hand, and cut it off cleanly.
Everyone heard a scream, and the old woman's face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and she fainted.
"Did you faint now?" Fang Zilan sneered, "Drag him down, cut off his limbs and feed them to the dogs."
"No!" The little girl who had been hiding in the old woman's arms suddenly knelt down in front of Fang Zilan, "I said, I will say anything, please let grandma go!"
Hearing this, Fang Zilan knelt down and reached out to hold the little girl's chin. "Tell me and listen. If it's useful, I'll let your grandmother go."
"The people you are looking for are Shangguan Lingli and Shangguan Lingyuan. They..." The little girl hesitated for a while, and Fang Zilan squeezed her hand harder, "Who are they?"
"Lingli is Grandpa Jing's granddaughter, and Lingyuan is Uncle Yun's sister." The little girl's voice trembled violently, but Fang Zilan did not let her go, "Where are the two of them now?"
"Don't... Linglan, don't say..." The old woman woke up at some point and stretched out her hand to grab the little girl's sleeve, pulling with all her strength.
A cold light flashed in Fang Zilan's eyes, and the dagger in her hand was already pressing on the old woman's wrist. The little girl named Linglan suddenly pulled her arm, "No! They are in the Wang family..."
"Linglan!" The old woman was so angry that she coughed. Seeing that her dagger had stopped, Linglan didn't care about anything else at the moment and hurriedly supported the old woman and moved a few steps.
She didn't care about Linglan's movements. She wiped the blood on the dagger with her fingertips and said coldly: "Which Wang family?"
"Your Majesty the King of Chengdong." Linglan said quickly, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Fang Zilan put away the dagger.
Fang Zilan stood up, looked around the people in the hall, and saw the panic on their faces with satisfaction, and said lightly: "Vice General Li, you stay and watch them clean up the yard. Vice General Cao, you follow me. Wang family."
"Yes!" The two of them clasped their fists and accepted the order. Fang Zilan turned around and left, not forgetting to leave a message before leaving, "If I come back and this yard is not tidied up, I will sell you all tomorrow."
There are not many Wang families in Yanzhou City, but they are by no means few. However, the Wang family in the east of the city can be regarded as the most prominent among them. The reason is that it is the mother's family of Shangguan Yun's wife.
"Boss, isn't it good for us to come to the Wang family so rashly?" Vice General Cao couldn't help but feel worried as he looked at the Gaomen Courtyard in front of him.
The Wang family's gatekeeper is not an ordinary family. Their boss came to Yanzhou on the first day to ask for help. I'm afraid their life in Yanzhou will be difficult in the future.
"With me here, what are you afraid of?" Fang Zilan raised her eyebrows, "The Wang family is a noble family in Yanzhou, so I naturally want to come to visit."
Vice Admiral Cao was stunned for a moment and said in a low voice: "Boss, we are not..."
"It's not what?" Fang Zilan interrupted him abruptly, squinting his eyes lazily, "Wait a minute, don't talk nonsense."
"Yes!" Vice General Cao nodded his head and followed Fang Zilan quietly, not even daring to express his anger.
After Fang Zilan knocked on the door, she stood respectfully by the door until a middle-aged man who looked like a manager came out and welcomed her in.
"Master Fang is here, and I'm really sorry for not being able to welcome you from afar." The man politely led her towards the main hall, "Master Fang took office, and my family also said that he would come to visit on a certain day, but he didn't expect that Master Fang would come first. ”
"Your Lord Wang doesn't welcome me?" Fang Zilan smiled slightly, and the man shook his head hurriedly, "What are you talking about, Lord Fang? It's too late for us to be happy when you come, so how can we not welcome you?"
"Really?" Fang Zilan still had a smile on her face and looked directly at the man sitting on the main seat in the main hall.
The man was dressed in black brocade clothes, his brows were furrowed, his eyes were slightly lowered but he could not conceal the stern look in his eyes. He was none other than Wang Quanzhi, the head of the Wang family.
She stopped in front of the door and said loudly: "I thought Mr. Wang didn't want to see me."
