"Master Yue, please stay." Zhuge Yu's voice came from behind Fang Zilan. She stopped and looked back, "Master Zhuge, what else do you want?"
Zhuge Yu opened his mouth, but did not make any sound. Seeing this, Xu Youtong quietly left with Xie Yanping and the two young lieutenants. For a while, only Zhuge Yu and Fang Zilan were left in the hall.
Fang Zilan looked at Zhuge Yu steadily. After a while, she heard him sigh and say: "Master Yue Guogong, do you really believe that Miss Fang is innocent?"
"I have just said that it is difficult for a woman to stand up." There was no expression on Fang Zilan's face, but her eyes were extremely determined, "So every time a problem arises and I need to judge who is right and who is wrong, I will always show no signs of it. Choose to trust and support the woman for no reason, and wait until you find out the truth before analyzing it carefully. Otherwise, it may be difficult for the woman to survive until the truth is revealed."
"But what if you believe it wrong?" Zhuge Yu frowned slightly, "If Miss Fang Er is really the murderer, do you still want to protect her? I know that Miss Fang Er is suffering in the Pei family, but the victim was not the perpetrator. The reason is, if everyone in the world acts according to what is right and wrong in their own minds, what’s the point of having laws? Wouldn’t this world be in chaos?”
"Second Miss Fang looks domineering on the surface, but she is actually determined." Fang Zilan said word for word: "She will never commit murder just because of her own difficulties."
"But..." Zhuge Yu wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Fang Zilan, "Since Miss Fang's sleeve arrows were not poisoned, will Lord Pei Pening who purchased the poison be more suspicious? After all, Jing Zhao When the Yin Mansion searched, Miss Fang had been away from the Pei family for some time, so it was possible for anyone to hide poison in her dowry. Fraudulent tricks like this have long been commonplace."
Zhuge Yu pursed his lips and said, "If it is as the Duke of Yue said, why don't the Pei family clean up all the poisons from Lord Pei Poming and pin the whole case on Miss Fang? Wouldn't it be better?"
"How can I know what the Pei family thinks?" Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "What's more, the investigation of the case should be handled by the Jingzhao Yin Mansion. What do you think, Mr. Zhuge?"
"Please rest assured, Lord Duke of Yue." Zhuge Yu bowed his hands and said, "I will definitely get to the bottom of this case. No matter who the murderer is, I will make him pay the price."
Fang Zilan said without comment: "Since Lord Zhuge said so, I'll wait and see." After that, he turned and left.
Zhuge Yu looked at her back with mixed feelings in his heart, but the rapidly changing situation did not give him a chance to calm down. On that day, the Empress Dowager had just recovered from a serious illness. Her first reaction was to put pressure on Li Shengxuan. At the same time, the Censor's Office presented the Book of the People, and hundreds of officials knelt outside the palace city, just to ask for the truth.
But no matter how the Jingzhao Yin Mansion interrogated him, Pei Penming only admitted to purchasing the poison and refused to admit that he poisoned and killed Pei Juanqing. And Fang Zitong was unable to communicate normally, so even if there were suspicions, nothing could be found in the interrogation.
When the case was stalemate, someone proposed to try the case of injured people with an improved crossbow first. However, all the people who were the first to report in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing were missing. Ouyang Zirou, who was finally found, is still in the Yue Palace. Fang Zilan refused to disclose the specific situation.
So the people from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion had no choice but to poke their heads around the Yue Kingdom Mansion from time to time. Chu Bin dismissed them one after another and reported to Fang Zilan several times, but she just felt extremely annoyed.
"Are the people from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion here again?" A Wan looked at Fang Zilan, who had an expression on her face that she should keep away from strangers, and couldn't help but ask.
Fang Zilan nodded perfunctorily, her eyes falling on the bloody discarded gauze in Awan's hand, "How is Zirou?"
"It's still the same, no response to anything." Awan said, raising the discarded gauze in his hand, "If you are forced too hard, you will slap your hands and get hurt again and again. If you continue like this, your hands will really be damaged." It’s useless.”
Hearing this, Fang Zilan's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost and snow, and she said in a deep voice: "Don't push Zirou. If she doesn't respond, there will be no reaction. Let's recover from the injury first."
"But..." Awan opened his mouth, and then changed his voice unwillingly, "People from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion have come to visit, can't we fight for justice for Mr. Ouyang?"
"It's fair." Fang Zilan repeated the word and said sadly: "If we want to fight for justice for Zirou, the Ouyang family must plead guilty. Among them are her brother, mother, and even other relatives we don't know about. Everyone has to pay a price. Therefore, if she does not speak out personally, no one else can decide for her whether she wants to fight for this fairness."
Awan's expression was stagnant. She was thinking that Ouyang Zirou had suffered a great injustice. The whole world should have known about it, and the person who had harmed him should have paid the price. But she forgot that the people who caused her to fall into this situation were all her closest relatives by blood. Once he goes to court, it will probably be more painful than having his hand cut off.
"Then if Master Ouyang has been so silent, could it be that..." Before Awan could finish her words, she was interrupted by Xiao Xuan'er who came in a hurry, "Master Fang, something happened to the Ouyang family."
Fang Zilan looked serious, "What happened to the Ouyang family?"
"The head of the Ouyang family is afraid that he will die." Xiao Xuan'er whispered: "Mrs. Ouyang ordered someone to invite the clan's elders who enforce the rules and take Ouyang Zongrui into custody. She said she wanted to open an ancestral hall and implement family laws."
"It seems that Mrs. Ouyang will not protect Ouyang Zongrui." Fang Zilan said thoughtfully: "It's just that she still cares about the dignity of the Ouyang family and is unwilling to hand over Ouyang Zongrui for disposal."
"But now..." As soon as Xiao Xuan'er opened her mouth, she saw Qiao Nian supporting Ouyang Zirou to the corridor, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Master Ouyang!"
Seeing the two people approaching, Fang Zilan hesitated for a moment and finally said: "Something happened to the Ouyang family. Do you want to go back and take a look?"
Ouyang Zirou's eyes were red, but she still didn't say a word. Instead, Wang Lingyuan ran over quickly and said breathlessly: "Master Fang, I heard that something happened to the Ouyang family. I..."
"Okay, let's go." Fang Zilan patted Wang Lingyuan on the back, comforting her.
Wang Lingyuan felt the warmth coming from her back, and then she felt relieved. She looked at Fang Zilan gratefully, and the other party gave her a firm look.
In fact, after she was rescued to the Yue Kingdom Palace, she discovered that Fang Zilan was not as ruthless as the outside world said. Under the appearance of killing and decisiveness, there was a compassionate heart.
So when she had concerns and didn't want to go back to Ouyang's house, Fang Zilan didn't force her to go back. Today, when Ouyang Zirou is uneasy and she is also panicking, Fang Zilan's determination and companionship are the best reassurance for them.
No matter what is waiting for them ahead, as long as Fang Zilan is standing behind them, they will always have a sense of courage.
