"I think it's both." Zhuge Yu said without hesitation, "Your Majesty treats Fang Zilan differently from others, a little special."
Li Shengxuan looked at Zhuge Yu with a more intimidating aura, "Let's talk and listen."
"Your Majesty suspected Fang Zilan, and he did not hesitate to investigate for so long. Although Your Majesty knew that if something was found out, the country would be affected, he never really had the intention to abandon her." Zhuge Yu said suddenly. He sighed and said, "Your Majesty is well versed in the battlefield and has always been decisive and decisive in killing. However, when it comes to Shang Zilan, Your Majesty is always indecisive and has to rely on others to say something as an excuse before he is willing to make a decision."
Li Shengxuan snorted coldly, "Zhuge Yu, are you dissatisfied with my decision?"
"Of course I don't dare." Zhuge Yu was still calm and composed as usual, saying word by word: "Zhuge Yu only hopes that he will no longer be an excuse for your majesty to add fuel to the flames. I hope that your majesty will obey his own wishes. Or should I say, your majesty, Fang Zi Lan, are you having other thoughts that you shouldn’t have?”
"Zhuge Yu, you talk too much today." Li Shengxuan's expression was dark and unclear, "Fang Zilan is a useful chess piece, I must hold her in my hands."
"In this case, Zhuge Yu will do his best." Zhuge Yu lowered his eyebrows and said with a hint of indescribable respect and a hint of determination: "In the Western Territory, we must protect Zilan."
"As for Warners, it would be best if he could return to the capital. If not..." Li Shengxuan's eyes flashed fiercely, "There is no need to go back to Persia."
Zhuge Yu is such a smart man, so he naturally understood the implication of Li Shengxuan's message, and immediately took the order to go back and prepare.
Although it was a coincidence that Fang Zilan asked him to go to the Western Region with him this time, in fact, if Fang Zilan did not ask Li Shengxuan for an order, he would have asked for orders to accompany him.
He was curious, firstly, why Fang Liren had to ask the Fang family to go, secondly, how Fang Zilan would react when he saw Fang Liren, and thirdly, he wanted to see what means Fang Zilan used to rescue Warners.
The next day, Zhuge Yu saw Fang Zilan standing outside his door early in the morning. He took Vice General Cao and A Wan with him, saying that he came to him to bid farewell to Li Shengxuan.
"Master Fang will only take these two people with him?" Zhuge Yu had an obvious look of inquiry on his face, but Fang Zilan nodded without any reaction: "Old Li is sitting in the army for me and can't leave, so Old Cao can just follow. Awan is My personal doctor, I can't live without her."
"That's fine." Zhuge Yu nodded and said, "If we bring more people, I'm afraid the Dugu family will think that Mr. Fang is going to demonstrate."
"Master Zhuge is joking." Fang Zilan raised the corners of her mouth and said with a smile: "It's just to save someone, it doesn't require a big battle."
Zhuge Yu also raised the corners of his lips, "Master Fang has extraordinary abilities, I'll just wait and see."
Fang Zilan hurriedly waved her hand and said: "Master Zhuge is so complimentary. When we get to the Western Region, I will still rely on Master Zhuge for more help."
Before the two of them exchanged a few polite words, Xia Houzhang came over there with Li Shengxuan's oral instructions, saying that His Majesty's patrol incognito was not suitable for publicity, so he would not come to see you off. I wish you all a safe journey and a successful victory.
After a few people thanked them, they mingled with the caravan under Li Shengxuan's arrangement and left Yanzhou City quietly.
Not long after leaving Yanzhou City, Awan approached Fang Zilan and whispered: "It's so mysterious, what is the origin of this Warners?"
"Warnas is the only daughter of the Sasanian family, the most powerful family in Persia. She is extremely valuable..." Fang Zilan paused as if to show off, and then said: "Actually, I don't know very well. I have to trouble Master Zhuge to explain it to us. Confused."
Zhuge Yu, who was on the side, had long seen the whispers between the two of them, and when he saw her speaking out without any concealment, he couldn't help but chuckle, "I guess Miss Fang wants to ask, but the daughter of a merchant family, even if she is rich, But where can the enemy’s wealth and wealth be?”
He calmly changed the title. Fang Zilan heard it and smiled slightly, thinking of teasing him, "I really thought so, what did Ayu say?"
When he heard the word "A Yu", Zhuge Yu was obviously stunned.
Awan on the side pulled Fang Zilan's sleeve, shook her head and frowned to indicate that her words were inappropriate.
Seeing this, Fang Zilan bit her lips lightly and was hesitating to apologize to Zhuge Yu when she heard him whisper: "It's okay, it's just that no one has called me like this for a long time. If Sister Lan calls me smoothly, let's call her like this." "
Sister Lan? Fang Zilan looked at Zhuge Yu dumbfounded.
In this way, you and I exchanged names, as if the relationship between the two people suddenly became closer.
She simply stopped holding it and nodded.
Zhuge Yu smiled and turned to the main topic: "Persia was founded with gold and silver treasures, so it is very different from our capital. The Persian royal family has no say, and all power is in the hands of Persian wealthy families. Among them, the Sasanian family is The most powerful family in Persia, the father of Warners, the head of the Sassanid family, controls more than half of the mines in Persia, has accumulated unparalleled wealth, and has also accumulated the power of life and death."
Fang Zilan marveled, "So powerful?"
Seeing that she didn't believe it, Zhuge Yu added: "It is not an exaggeration to say that one hand can cover the sky. A few years ago, the daughter of another wealthy family in Persia made rude remarks to Warners, and the entire family was destroyed. Money is very important to Persia. As far as humans are concerned, they have the highest status.”
Hearing this, Fang Zilan said curiously: "It is said that people die for money and birds die for food. The Persians pursue money to the extreme. In their eyes, is life not as important as money?"
Zhuge Yu sighed quietly, "I'm afraid so."
"Do you want money at the expense of your life?" Fang Zilan frowned and said, "But if everyone dies, what's the use of having money?"
"Sister Lan's words make sense." Although Zhuge Yu said this, there was not much agreement in his tone, "But it is precisely because Persians value money so much like a belief that they have the concept of "no beggar in Persia". It’s an argument that doesn’t happen anywhere else.”
After listening to Zhuge Yu's words, Awan couldn't help but ask: "Since Persia is so rich, why didn't the capital send troops to annex Persia?"
"Annexing Persia is tantamount to killing the goose that lays the goose to lay eggs." Fang Zilan said thoughtfully: "How many countries in the world don't want to take the wealth of Persia as their own? But if they really robbed it, no matter how much it was, Mineral deposits are nothing but empty gains. After all, Persians don’t get their money just from mining.”
Awan was stunned for a moment, and then said clearly: "You mean, the Persians' business acumen?"
"That's right." The person who interfaced was Zhuge Yu, who said seriously: "What the capital wants is not temporary wealth, but a steady stream of wealth. If Persia pays tribute every year and trades every year, it is far better than the capital to open up borders. It’s much better to expand the land to have an extra piece of land.”
