Fang Zilan took a closer look and saw that it was Fang Zitong's personal maid Dongxue. She was stunned, and saw Dongxue rushing towards her, grabbing her arm as if seeing a life-saving straw, and shouted: "Master Fang, help me!"
Although it was cold winter weather, Dongxue was only wearing a thin inner garment. Her body was covered in bloodstains, and even her breath was weak. She seemed to have exhausted all her strength when she shouted.
"You..." Before Fang Zilan could ask anything, the servant who was chasing Dongxue had already arrived and shouted, "The Pei family is arresting the escaped slaves, and the rest of the people are waiting to retreat!"
Seeing this, Fang Zilan held Dong Xue's shoulders and protected her behind him. Zheng Yan, who came with Fang Zilan, also showed his weapon, which seemed to be ready for action.
The servants stopped, and the leader seemed to recognize Fang Zilan, and saluted: "Your Excellency, Duke of Yue, this is a family matter of the Pei family, please get out of the way."
"I just heard you say you were arresting escaped slaves." Fang Zilan said, taking a step forward and blocking their view. "I recognize this girl. She is not a slave of the Pei family. Did you arrest the wrong person?"
"Master Yue Guo Gong, she is the maid next to Madam, and she is a servant of the Pei family." The leader was unyielding, Fang Zilan looked a little colder, "Mrs. Jui Guo's surname is Fang, and the maids around her are all How can the Fang family be considered slaves of the Pei family?"
"But..." The leader wanted to say something more, but Fang Zilan interrupted him with a cold voice, "If you want to take her away, just come to me at the Duke of Yue's Mansion with her body deed. If it is written in black and white, It's the Pei family, so I will hand him over to you, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
The leader looked stern, and without saying anything else, Fang Zilan took off his cloak and put it on Dong Xue, "Let's go."
"Your Excellency, Duke of the State of Yue, please stay!" The leader chased after him and led the servants to fight with Zheng Yan.
Fang Zilan led Dong Xue through the end of the alley until they reached a remote corner. Dong Xue suddenly pulled her sleeves and knelt on the ground with a plop, "Master Fang, I beg you, save our young lady!"
"What happened?" Fang Zilan pulled Dong Xue up from the ground, but saw her eyes red and silent.
Fang Zilan frowned, "If you don't say anything, how will I know how to save your young lady?"
Dong Xue bit her lip tightly, and after a while she came close to Fang Zilan's ear and whispered: "My young lady accidentally killed Lord Guo Guo, and now she is imprisoned in the Pei family ancestral hall. The Pei family may have to deal with it privately. …”
"What?" Fang Zilan's face was full of shock. Dongxue stamped her feet and confessed, "A few days ago, due to the household affairs, Mr. Guo Guo had an endless quarrel with my young lady. He wanted to use force on my young lady. In desperation, My young lady casually took out the sleeve arrow given to her by Miss Ouyang and shot Lord Jun Guo with an arrow."
Fang Zilan frowned, "That arrow killed Duke Guo Guo?"
"I don't know either." Dong Xue shook his head and said: "I saw clearly at the time that the arrow did not hit, it was just a scratch. But for some reason, Duke Guo Guo..."
"Abrasions?" Fang Zilan reacted suddenly, "Is the sleeve arrow quenched with poison?"
"No, my lady won't..." Dongxue denied incoherently, and Fang Zilan couldn't provoke her anymore, "Dongxue, I will send you back to my house first, and then go to the prime minister's house to invite the prime minister. I want to take over your house To bring the young lady out, someone from Fang’s family must come forward.”
Hearing this, Dongxue said anxiously: "My master is not in the capital."
Fang Zilan then remembered that Xiao Xuan'er had told her that after the children of poor families suffered successive setbacks in the officialdom, Fang Chongzheng, in order to appease people's hearts, asked Li Shengxuan to leave the capital and went to invite Mr. Su Heng in person.
It just so happened that at this juncture, Duke Guo Guo died and something happened to Fang Zitong. It was such a coincidence.
"How about inviting the Empress?" Dong Xue's cautious voice brought Fang Zilan back from her thoughts. She said decisively: "No, there is still the Empress Dowager from the Pei family in the palace. The situation is unknown. We can't cause any more trouble to the Empress. ”
"But besides the master and the queen, who else in the Fang family will risk everything to save my young lady?" Dong Xue cried out, and Fang Zilan reached out to hold her shoulders and said with a little force, "My surname is also Fang."
Dong Xue's eyes were full of disbelief. She raised her head and met Shang Zilan's gaze, "Master Fang, you..."
"I will bring your young lady out." Fang Zilan did not explain too much, just one sentence made Dong Xue feel at ease, "I believe..."
Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by several voices, "Sister Lan!" "Lan Lan!" "Master Fang!"
"Why are you here?" Fang Zilan looked at Mo Han, Chu Bin and Xiao Xuan'er who were walking quickly, feeling a little stunned.
"Sister Lan, we are really worried that you and General Zheng have not returned yet." Mo Han looked worried, and Chu Bin and Xiao Xuan'er also nodded in agreement.
"You're here just in time." Fang Zilan seemed to have made up her mind and said, "Without further delay, let's split up."
The three of them were stunned and listened to Fang Zilan's arrangement: "Miss Xiao, you must take good care of this girl Dongxue when you send her back to your house for resettlement. Neither the Pei family nor the Jingzhao Yin house are allowed to take her out of our house. Half a step out the door. Mo Han, go to Fang's house immediately and ask Fang Lihui to bring someone to Pei's house quickly."
She was halfway through the arrangement when she saw Zheng Yan coming over, so she waved and said, "Zheng Yan, you go back to the house and call the soldiers over. I'll wait for you in front of Pei's house."
Several people followed the order without hesitation. For a moment, only Chu Bin was still standing next to Fang Zilan, "Lan Lan, are you going to completely break up with the Pei family?"
"Duke Guo Guo is dead, and there is no heir to the Pei family. It doesn't matter whether we break up or not." Fang Zilan said quietly: "The important thing is that Fang Zitong's marriage to the Pei family has something to do with me. I can't watch her die in front of my eyes. Pei family."
"The Pei family still has Pei Xiaoze and Pei Pening..." As soon as Chu Bin opened his mouth, Fang Zilan stopped him, "So what? Even if Duke Jun is still alive, if something happens to Fang Zitong, I will save him. .”
Chu Bin pursed his lips and said nothing more. Over the years after entering the ghost gate, he thought that she had become cruel and ruthless and would not care about anyone's life or death. However, each and every incident shows that she is still the Fang Zilan who will risk everything for the important people, not the cold-blooded Zi Xiu.
At the end, Chu Bin raised the corners of his lips and smiled, "In that case, I will accompany you."
Fang Zilan looked at him steadily and couldn't help but curl her lips, "This is what you said, don't go back on it."
Chu Bin said hello, and Fang Zilan suddenly felt relieved. So what if he is poisoned? As long as the person in front of him is Chu Bin and she is Fang Zilan, that's enough. Other things are not that important anymore.
"Let's go." Fang Zilan straightened her sleeves, led Chu Bin out of the alley, walked back to the main street, and stood in front of the closed door of Pei Mansion.
