Lin Jian looked stern, and Fang Zilan snorted, "You have been eavesdropping for so long and you still don't come in? I don't know, when did the general like to be the ear of the wall so much?"
Not long after she finished speaking, she saw Zhou Lang knocking on the door and entering. The moment he saw her, he froze on the spot, "You..."
The panic on the street came at this time. She heard someone outside shouting "killer" from a distance, and subconsciously glanced back. Inside the room, Yang Zhiqing was sitting in front of the case, carefully reviewing the official documents. .
Hearing the noise, Yang Zhiqing stood up and walked out, asking: "Master Fang, what happened?"
"I don't know, I'll go take a look." After that, Fang Zilan called Cao Hong and asked him to look at Yang Zhiqing. He walked out of the government office, grabbed someone from the panicked crowd, and asked what happened.
The person she caught was at a loss and couldn't even speak clearly. She vaguely understood that there was a murder case at the Criminal Department, and an adult died in front of the door when he came in and out.
No wonder there was such a big fuss. Fang Zilan's heart sank. He killed someone in public. Is Ji Ningtian crazy? It’s just the Ministry of Punishment...
Before she could think about it, Yang Zhiqing had already walked up to her to ask about the situation, and Cao Hong who followed him also looked curious.
After listening to Fang Zilan's words, Cao Hong frowned and said, "The Ministry of Punishment has always been strictly guarded. How could an official die in front of the door?"
"Master Fang, can you find out who died?" Yang Zhiqing looked anxious, and Fang Zilan was stunned, "Why..."
"Master Wu was ordered to revise the law, and he went to the Ministry of Punishment!" Yang Zhiqing raised his voice, and Fang Zilan suddenly woke up as if a basin of cold water had poured down her head.
Making excuses in the east and attacking in the west was Ji Ningtian's real purpose.
Li Shengxuan calmed his expression and said solemnly: "What if I said, I am willing to share the burden with you and keep you safe for the rest of your life?"
"I believe your words and the meaning of your words." Fang Zilan said quietly: "But things are unpredictable. Maybe one day I will become a chess piece that you have to abandon. If that happens, I can still protect myself. , you don’t have to embarrass me.”
Li Shengxuan's expression was dark and unclear, "Fang Zilan, why do you have to think of the future in such a dangerous way?"
Fang Zilan suddenly smiled. At that time, Li Qiyou asked her similar questions outside Yanzhou City, and her answer never changed.
She heard her own voice very clearly, "This way I won't be too disappointed."
Li Shengxuan looked at the person in front of him and saw her bright eyes smiling slightly: "However, although I don't ask you to share the burden with me, I still want to ask for something."
Fang Zilan felt her hands and feet were cold and ran out subconsciously. Even though Cao Hong shouted behind her, she couldn't hear a single word.
The entrance to the Criminal Department has long been surrounded by guards and people from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, and is tightly blocked. After Fang Zilan arrived, she held the official's token in hand and forced her way in.
The moment she saw the person lying on the ground clearly, Fang Zilan's hands hidden in her sleeves clenched into fists, and her whole body was full of killing intent, which provoked the guard next to him to take a step back.
"Master Fang..." As soon as Qian Qianfu, the head of the Criminal Department, opened his mouth, Fang Zilan said: "Why did Master Wu come out of the Criminal Department at this hour?"
"This..." Qian Qian hesitated for a while before saying, "I think Mr. Pei came to call me for something..."
"Lord Pei Pening?" Fang Zilan interrupted Qian Qian's words coldly, and he nodded hastily, "Exactly."
Fang Zilan's expression became even colder, "Master Pei is not in the Punishment Department, so where is he?"
"Master Pei has been feeling unwell recently and is on leave." Cold sweat broke out on Qian Qian's forehead. Fang Zilan glanced sideways at him and said, "Why are you the one who replied to me? Where is the Minister of Punishment?"
"Master Shangshu went to the Ministry of Personnel to find Master Zhuge, so he left it to the lower official to take charge." Qian Qian's voice had an imperceptible tremor. Fang Zilan stared at him and said: "Master Wu was transferred from the government office I am in charge of. You guys from the Punishment Department died here, I want an explanation, isn't it too much?"
"Sir, Longyan Temple is not far from here, just on the edge of the official road." The woman said anxiously: "If this young master is worried, you might as well go with him. But Brother Xu's life is at stake, and we really can't delay. Please still Adults help."
"Longyan Temple?" Fang Zilan frowned and said decisively: "I will take the first step with you. The rest of you don't have to worry, just follow."
After saying this, she helped the woman get up and get on the horse, then she also got on the horse, and took the woman straight towards Longyan Temple.
After a while, Fang Zilan saw curls of cigarette smoke coming from not far away, accompanied by the endless noise of people. She felt strange in her heart that the great capital worshiped Buddhism, and Buddhism was supposed to be pure. Even if Longyan Temple was full of incense, it should not be like this. What happened?
"Sir, we are here." As soon as the woman finished speaking, Fang Zilan had already reined in her horse and stopped.
The two dismounted in a hurry, and the woman shouted "Brother Xu" and rushed over quickly, pushing through the crowd and squeezing into the middle.
Fang Zilan followed the woman and walked to the middle with the crowd pushing her. She saw a man covered in blood who was surrounded and beaten by the crowd. He must have been the brother Xu that the woman said.
The woman jumped on the man and received two sticks for him, coughing out a mouthful of blood.
"Stop!" Fang Zilan stood next to the two of them, blocking the stick that was about to fall, using her strength to disperse the crowd a little, and shouted: "Stop it, everyone!"
She held the plum sword in front of her and said with a fierce expression: "Outside the capital, at the feet of the emperor, you dare to gather people to kill people. How brave you are."
"Where does this woman come from? She has a lot to do."
"Mind your own business, who killed someone?"
"You are just talking nonsense and spitting blood!"
Everyone said something to each other, but due to Fang Zilan's pressure, no one dared to step forward, and just waved the sticks in their hands to demonstrate.
Fang Zilan snorted coldly, and casually took out the Duke's token from his arms, "Fang Zilan, the Duke of Yue Kingdom in the capital, is here, who dares to make a mistake?"
"Duke Yue, Lord Fang?"
"Is it Master Fang who defeated the Miluo people?"
"Don't talk nonsense. The one who defeated the Miluo people was obviously the emperor..."
The crowd's voice gradually weakened, but their words still reached the ears of Murong Qing who followed them. He sat in the carriage and told Meng Tingyang to watch the changes quietly and not to act rashly.
"Which of you is taking the lead? Stand up and answer." Fang Zilan glanced at everyone one by one, and one of them stood up, "It's me who wants to answer Mr. Fang." The man who spoke was about thirty years old, and he looked like a farmer. .
Fang Zilan was not angry and said proudly: "Who is this man lying on the ground? Why did you beat him?"
"This is a monk from Longyan Temple, whose name is Silence." The man said angrily, "But he is disrespectful. Shouldn't he be beaten?"
