Fang Zilan stopped, threw the spoon into the bowl, and said in a cold voice: "No matter how unclean they are, if they all come after me and do some dirty tricks to me, I will just go back. But in order to deal with them, I have harmed the lives of many unrelated people, and since they have forgotten the dignity of a wealthy family, I will not be merciful and allow them to do harm."
Seeing that Fang Zilan had murderous intentions, Awan couldn't help but tugged on her sleeves and said softly: "Okay, I know that although our hands are not clean, who doesn't want to be a good person anymore? Let's talk after eating. .”
Fang Zilan sighed quietly, "Awan, what do you think is clean? Things in this world are never black and white, and most of them are beyond your control."
"I understand what you are saying." Awan looked at the chopped green onion floating on top of the soup in the bowl, "It's like this bowl of wontons. If you don't taste it yourself, you won't know how the wontons underneath the soup are, but the chopped green onions that can be used to decorate the facade are. You can see it at a glance, even if you don’t eat it, you still have to put it on the surface to look good. If the water is clear, there will be no fish. Isn’t this just like the green onion on the soup, for the sake of appearance and appearance?”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Fang Zilan said with a smile on her face.
After the two of them had eaten and drank enough, they had not taken a few steps away from the wonton stall when they were stopped by a man dressed as an entourage, "Master Fang, I would like to ask you to come and have a chat with me."
"Your lord?" Fang Zilan's lips curled up slightly, smiling meaningfully.
The man didn't take it seriously at all, and replied calmly: "It's exactly the person Mr. Fang has in mind, Mr. Lu Tang."
Fang Zilan nodded and said: "In that case, sir, please lead the way."
The man led the two of them through the streets, and it took them a while to reach a courtyard.
The man stopped in front of the door and raised his hand as a gesture of invitation, "My lord is inside, Sir Fang, please come."
Fang Zilan and Awan stepped into the other courtyard. The man did not follow them in, but guarded the door of the other courtyard.
Fang Zilan looked back at the man, then took Awan's hand, held it tightly in her palm, and said, "Let's go and meet this Lord Lu Tang."
Awan let Fang Zilan pull her and nodded obediently.
Fang Zilan raised her hand and knocked on the door. After receiving permission, she took Awan in with her.
The lighting in the room was very good, and a middle-aged man stood by the window with his back to them. He was the Lord Lu Tang the man mentioned.
"Master Fang is here after all." The middle-aged man turned around, his tightly pursed lips could not conceal his sternness, and his sharp eyes showed sophistication, which was roughly the same as Lu Tang in Fang Zilan's imagination.
With this thought in mind, she slowly said: "Master Lu Tang has been waiting for you for a long time. If I don't come, wouldn't I be disrespectful?"
"Master Fang is smarter than Shangguan Pei expected, and he is more capable than I expected, which forces me to see you now." Lu Tang said and sat down on the main seat, motioning for the two of them to sit down.
After the two of them sat down, Fang Zilan spoke again: "I don't know what I did to force Mr. Lu Tang to invite me here."
"Master Fang, why should you pretend to be confused in front of me?" Lu Tang frowned, "How could Zhong Yao dare to arrest Huo Sanniang without your instigation?"
Fang Zilan smiled slightly and said: "I prefer the word support to instructing. After all, catching Huo Sanniang is a good thing for everyone."
Lu Tang snorted coldly, "Master Fang is eloquent and eloquent. You might as well give it a listen."
"I can't speak of being eloquent, but I can see the situation more or less clearly." Fang Zilan's smile continued, "Lord Lu Tang, you might as well take a guess, what did Shangguan Feidu say to me?"
She asked instead of answering, and Lu Tang frowned even more, "Now that things have happened, what else can that boy from Shangguan Fei say?"
"Shangguan Pei has said everything." Fang Zilan said without any secret, "From colluding with the barbarians to drive wolves and killing Shangguan people, to assassinating people at the Jinxi Tower night banquet, to now brutally killing Shangguan women in an attempt to put the blame on me, I have said it all .”
Lu Tang's expression darkened a bit, "Shangguan Fei has said everything, how can Master Fang let him go?"
Fang Zilan replied obediently: "Of course I can't. But in order to get rid of the crime, Shangguan Fei made a deal, which made me very tempted."
"What deal?" Lu Tang's expression became colder, and Fang Zilan's smile grew stronger. "Master Lu Tang should be able to guess that this deal is related to Huo Sanniang. This Shangguan woman's life lawsuit can only be said to be about Shangguan Ling. Lan and Huo Sanniang colluded internally and externally to put the blame on these two people, so we can all be clean."
Lu Tang sneered, "This kind of child's trick of muddling along, what benefits did Shangguan Fei promise Mr. Fang, so that it can make Mr. Fang tempted?"
"As for the benefits." Fang Zilan leaned back in his seat lazily, "Lord Lu Tang must have also heard that His Majesty wants to build a Protectorate in the North, which is a big deal for the Lord of the North. However, since I have neither money nor connections, I naturally need help, otherwise I won’t be able to secure my position if I can’t do my job well. Now that someone is willing to provide me with money and people, of course I will be tempted.”
"With just these empty words, Mr. Fang is tempted. Who will believe it?" Lu Tang frowned, and his tone became more sarcastic, "I'm not such an easy person to fool, Mr. Fang still says Be honest."
Fang Zilan chuckled and said, "This is the truth. If Lord Lu Tang doesn't believe it, I can't do anything about it. I know what Lord Lu Tang is thinking. Without the support of you old Shangguan people, Shangguan Fei will be nothing more than an insignificant Huang." He's just a kid, it's better for me to negotiate with you than to make a deal with him, am I right?"
Lu Tang raised the corners of his lips slightly, "Master Fang is indeed a sensible person, so why are you still tempted by the conditions he proposed?"
"That's because Lord Lu Tang made a mistake." Fang Zilan smiled and looked a little more serious, "Shangguan Fei doesn't have the support of Lord Lu Tang, and there are other old Shangguan people who are willing to help him. After all, he is the only one A man who bears the surname of Shangguan and is also valuable. Therefore, if you, Mr. Lu Tang, abandon his puppet Shangguan Pi, you will have no cover to cause trouble in the north, let alone remove me from the lord of the north. Drag him down from his position?"
"I don't need to say more about this truth. Mr. Lu Tang will understand it himself. In this way, it is natural for me to make this deal with Shangguan Fei. What's more, he can abandon his childhood sweetheart to take the blame. I think Master Lu Tang is in a high position, and he will not be reluctant to part with a fireworks woman who is destined but not destined."
There was a hint of imperceptible sarcasm in Fang Zilan's tone, and her eyebrows became sharper, "Am I right, Lord Lu Tang?"
