The people watching from all sides expressed their opinions. Some said that the woman and Fang Zilan should go back to the house, while others said that A Wan was right and wanted the woman and Fang Zilan to go to court.
The woman shook her head and tried to break away from Fang Zilan's hold on her hand, but Fang Zilan had no intention of letting her go. Instead, she increased her strength and said in a deep voice: "Since you don't want to go to the court, why don't you come back with me to see you?" Officials, listen to what he has to say."
After Fang Zilan finished speaking, she quietly tapped several of the woman's acupuncture points, making her unable to move for a moment.
Seeing the woman giving in without any reaction, the crowd of onlookers felt bored when there was no excitement to be seen, and dispersed one after another.
Fang Zilan dragged the woman back to Fang Mansion. Awan followed her, feeling full of questions, but she didn't dare to ask anything outside, for fear of being overheard by someone with ulterior motives and causing another disturbance.
As soon as Fang Zilan returned to Fang Mansion, she ordered Deputy General Cao to lock the door of the house and gather everyone in the house into the backyard without leaving any one behind. Then she asked Awan to check the housekeeper's room and the body, while she took Shangguan Fei to interrogate the woman brought back in the front hall.
"Tell me, who sent you here?" Fang Zilan looked impatient, "I'm not patient. If you don't say anything, I will have to torture you. I just don't know whether you will speak first or if the housekeeper can't bear it. Will we tell you first about the prison sentence?"
"You're talking nonsense. My official is dead, how can you talk again?" The woman looked panicked, but she still spoke harshly, "Fang Zilan, you will suffer retribution sooner or later."
"Really?" Fang Zilan smiled contemptuously, "You said that the housekeeper in my house is an official of your family, do you have proof?"
"If you don't believe it, you can ask Mr. Zhong to check the household registration." The woman calmed down a little, "If my official is still alive, why don't you let him come to see me?"
Shangguan Fei, who had not spoken for a long time, snorted coldly: "You slander Lord Fang with your red lips and white teeth, and you still want her to fulfill your wishes?"
"You want to see him, but I don't think he necessarily wants to see you." The smile on Fang Zilan's face became even brighter, "It's okay if you don't say it now. You'll want to say it later."
"What do you mean?" The woman's voice was trembling, but Fang Zilan ignored her. Instead, she turned to Shangguan Fei and asked, "Are those Shangguan women who disappeared before getting close to the housekeeper?"
"It's hard to say." Shangguan Pi thought thoughtfully and said, "Although Mr. Fang, you have never treated Shangguan's old man harshly, but you have been in the army after all. During this period, you are the housekeeper and the people in the house have some contact with him. "
Fang Zilan nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, what do you think of what he does?"
"The people in Mr. Fang's house were all recruited by the two deputy generals Cao and Li. I can't say that their work is impeccable, but they are definitely not bad." Shangguan Fei answered fluently, and Fang Zilan smiled, "That's not what I want to hear. .”
"The housekeeper will accept bribes from Shangguan's old friends in private." Shangguan Fei spoke without hesitation, with a calm tone.
This time, before Fang Zilan could say anything, the woman had already retorted, "You're talking nonsense! My officials are not like this!"
"Isn't it?" Fang Zilan looked at the woman with some interest, "Then you might as well listen to what he said."
As soon as Fang Zilan finished speaking, Awan's voice fell into the ears of several people, "Master Fang, the housekeeper is really not a tough guy. I only applied two kinds of medicine, and he couldn't stop talking about it all."
A Wan said and jumped into the front hall. Fang Zilan saw the proud look on her face and knew that she must have found something, so he continued what she said and asked: "Did the housekeeper tell you?"
"Everyone's done." Awan walked up to the woman and chuckled, "It seems like she hasn't done it yet. How about I give it a try?"
"No need." Fang Zilan wrote lightly: "Since the housekeeper has been recruited, there is no point in keeping her, let's kill her."
Hearing this, the woman looked horrified, "How dare you?"
"Why don't you dare?" Awan looked at the woman with interest, "This is the Northern Territory, what is there that the Lord of the Northern Territory doesn't dare to do? What's more, the wolves hurting people a while ago made such a big fuss, who Do you know whether you were killed or eaten by wolves?"
"You..." The woman wanted to say something more, but Fang Zilan stretched and interrupted her, "I told you a long time ago, I am not patient." After she said this, she motioned for Awan to take action.
Awan took out a porcelain bottle from her sleeve and said proudly: "This is my newly made medicine. I'll try it on you and it will work."
"No!" The woman suddenly knelt down in front of Fang Zilan, "I said, I will say anything..."
"No need." Fang Zilan interrupted her coldly, "I don't like hearing the same words a second time."
The woman crawled to Fang Zilan's feet, grabbed the hem of her clothes, and said in a hoarse voice: "I know all the things my officials don't know, and only I know!"
"Oh?" Fang Zilan protracted, seeming to be interested, "Then tell me, maybe I will spare your life."
"My official made an agreement with the master. Once the incident happened, he would fake his death and escape. At that time, Mr. Fang would be summoned by Mr. Zhong. I went to the government office to block the road and said that Mr. Fang was afraid that the matter would be exposed and killed my official. Silencing people..."
The woman spoke slowly and tremblingly, "There are also those Shangguan women. They are not missing, but they were brought to the Lord by my officials. I know they want to frame Mr. Fang, and they will not do anything good, but I really don't know , they will kill those women, it really has nothing to do with me..."
Fang Zilan's eyes darkened a bit, and she asked in a cold voice: "Who is that master, and who are they?"
The woman was stunned for a moment, and then said: "They are the Lord and my officials..."
"Really?" Fang Zilan said, silver light flashed in his hand, and a dagger suddenly appeared at the woman's neck, "If you don't want to tell the truth, don't blame me for not keeping you. Anyway, who is the master of your family? The officials have already said it.”
"No!" The woman fell to the ground, holding the skirt of her skirt tightly with her hands, feeling cold and sweaty, "I said, I said."
The woman raised her head hastily, "That master is Zhao Jinqian. They are his men, the government servant Zhang De, and the boss of Jinxi Tower, Huo Sanniang."
"Zhao Jinqian." Fang Zilan repeated the name, feeling that it was somewhat familiar. She looked at Shangguan Fei as if questioning, but saw him clenching his fists and saying with an unkind expression: "Are you telling the truth?"
"It's absolutely true." The woman nodded her head, "I can swear, if I tell even half a lie, I will be struck by lightning and die!"
Seeing Shangguan Fei's overreaction, Fang Zilan guessed that this Zhao Jinqian must be one of Shangguan's old subordinates.
But Fang Zilan's face remained calm, "Then please explain in more detail, lest our Lord Shangguan doesn't believe it."
