Fang Zilan's eyes were deep and she said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Little Awan, when did you become so calm?"
"It's not that I can keep my composure." A Wan shook her head helplessly, and Fang Zilan understood in her heart, "Young master and Wen Ya have told us many times, but of course you don't dare to tell me."
Awan took a step away from her, walked forward silently with his head lowered.
Fang Zilan put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Don't worry, I didn't hear anything today, and you didn't say anything either."
"Fang Zilan..." Awan asked timidly: "Is this incident related to Huangfulin... and the young master?"
Fang Zilan had no expression on her face, but the answer was self-evident.
Awan was a little confused, "Although I don't know exactly, I have heard many people say that there is no chance of winning this rebellion. Why does the young master..."
Fang Zilan chuckled and said: "This is not his purpose, but to push the Huangfu family to the top."
"The Huangfu family is already one of the nine noble families, and they can't go any higher if they go higher." Awan muttered in a low voice: "What's more, it's easy to fall heavily when climbing high. If it gets stirred up in the muddy water of the capital, how can there be any what's good?"
Fang Zilan looked at her amusedly, "Little Awan, do you think the capital is not good?"
"No." Awan shook his head, feeling disappointed: "I used to think that wherever the master is, it is the best place in the world, and the capital is prosperous, and there is no better place in the world than the capital."
Fang Zilan asked thoughtfully, "What now?"
"Now?" Awan snorted with a half-smile, "There are too many things going on. It is far less peaceful than in the North, and life is not as solid as it was in the North."
"In this case, if little Awan is allowed to return to the north, are you willing?" Fang Zilan's eyes were blazing, and Awan curled his lips, "Of course not. Master and you are both in the capital, what's the use of me going to the north alone? ?”
Fang Zilan laughed out loud, and Awan glanced at her. Then she smiled and said seriously: "I have one more thing to ask you."
"What happened?" Awan's expression became a little serious, and Fang Zilan said quietly: "Wei Changtai sent his henchmen to seal the road between the capital and Tiancheng Mountain. How did you come back?"
"He just came back on horseback." Awan frowned slightly and added as if remembering something: "General Huangfuxin sent someone to escort me."
"Huangfu Xin?" Fang Zilan stopped and froze on the spot.
Seeing this, Awan couldn't help but stop, took a closer look, and said happily: "The Ministry of War is right in front!"
However, as soon as she finished speaking, she realized something was wrong. The military headquarters was heavily guarded and surrounded.
She looked at it for a while, and the more she looked, the more strange she felt. She said to herself: "This is not a guard guarding the palace, nor does it look like someone from a camp on the outskirts of Beijing. Could it be..."
"They are the soldiers of the Wei family." Fang Zilan said, "The soldiers of the Wei family."
"How can there be so many soldiers in the mansion?" Awan frowned, "Logically speaking, since the Wei family is of the same rank as you, the rules for the soldiers in the family should be the same. The soldiers in our mansion are It’s a sufficient number, no more than a thousand people can break through the sky. Look at this battle, there are more than a thousand people?”
"You are talking about the registered soldiers." Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "How many of these aristocratic families do not have private soldiers?"
Awan's eyes suddenly widened, "It's a serious crime to exceed the limit, how dare they?"
"Why don't you dare?" Fang Zilan said with a cold expression, "Anyone of the nine great princes' families who are thrown outside the capital will still be the domineering local emperors. It's just that they are restrained in the capital now."
Awan groaned, "Then what should we do? Breaking in by force will definitely not work. Do you know anyone in the Ministry of War?"
"No." Fang Zilan shrugged and said nonchalantly: "How dare Wei Yi release the privately raised soldiers and leave such a big handle for others to manipulate. He thinks Wei has been sitting in the position of public minister for too long. ?"
"But didn't you just say that aristocratic families have private soldiers?" As soon as Awanfu finished asking, he understood the reason.
It's one thing to know it privately, but it's another thing to show it publicly. Some things are tacitly understood, and the only difference is a layer of window paper. If it is exposed, it will be the handle, but if it cannot be exposed, it will be the city.
Fang Zilan saw her thinking for a long time, and finally changed the question, "What exactly do the Huangfu family want, and why does General Huangfuxin want to help me?"
"Before you told me how to return to the capital, I didn't figure it out." Fang Zilan's lips curled up slightly, "No matter Master Wei or you or me, no one blocked the way back to the capital, but it is a fact that Wei Changtai blocked the road."
Awan suddenly understood, "You mean Wei Changtai doesn't stop his allies, and the Huangfu family has formed an alliance with him? Then..."
"Why do the Huangfu family want to wade into troubled waters when they know they will definitely lose?" Fang Zilan interrupted her, "The Huangfu family was forced to get involved, and now they have to protect themselves wisely. Wei Changtai is an abandoned son and is isolated and helpless."
"Forced?" Awan repeated the word, and then recalled the question she had just asked herself, and murmured: "You mean Young Master..."
She didn't say any more. She vaguely seemed to know what the answer was, but she couldn't explain it clearly.
Fang Zilan nodded slightly, "Let's go."
"But..." Awan followed quickly, but hesitated to speak.
Fang Zilan knew that she had a vague idea in her mind, but she couldn't figure out the details, and she couldn't explain it to her. This kind of story of abandonment has always been difficult for chess pieces to tell.
Although she didn't know what Ji Ningtian used to blackmail the Huangfu family, she thought he was either using the assassination of the late emperor to threaten him, or he was using the invitation to enter the capital to replace the Wei family. As for Wei Changtai, I don't know if he was pulled out by Ji Ningtian or the Huangfu family to become a pawn. After the incident, he was naturally abandoned.
Ji Ningtian and Huangfulin couldn't show up, and Huangfuxin's behavior seemed unorganized, like he was causing trouble, but it was actually the best thing to do.
Once Wei Changtai is left alive, there is no guarantee that he will not be betrayed to the imperial family and everyone will be destroyed. But Huangfuxin used Shangguanmin as a shield, telling her that her trump card was the ghost gate. Since everyone was in the same boat, she could only help the Huangfu family cover up while protecting Shangguanmin.
Three people become tigers, Wei Subaru doesn't talk much, and the Huangfu family insists on claiming innocence even when talking about themselves, so her statement is crucial.
Should we go to the next level with Mao Bai, or will we sink together and never recover? It's all in her mind.
Huangfuxin's move was so accurate and ruthless that she had almost no choice.
"Don't let anyone else come near!" The guard in front of the military department shouted, interrupting Fang Zilan's thoughts. She calmed down, took out the token of the Duke, and said calmly, "Fang Zilan, Duke of Yue, please see Lord Wei Yi."
"Master Wei gave the order not to be seen..." Before the guard could finish his words, Fang Zilan stepped forward with the token in hand, "I want to see Master Wei Yi, and I cannot tolerate him not seeing you."
She walked slowly as she spoke, but none of the many guards dared to stop her, and she was actually forced to retreat to the gate of the Ministry of War.
