Until Li Shengxuan spoke first, the tense atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point, "Did you do something wrong with Xu Youtong's house?"
Fang Zilan sat on the bed, her face haggard, but her eyes sharp. She nodded, "Yes."
Li Shengxuan took a deep breath, "Were you responsible for all the fifty-two lives in the Xu family?"
"Yes." Fang Zilan admitted neatly. Li Shengxuan clenched his fists with a ferocious look on his face, "Fang Zilan, do you know what you are doing?"
"I know exactly what I am doing." Fang Zilan looked indifferent, "Your Majesty, do you know what kind of person I am?"
Li Shengxuan looked at Fang Zilan in disbelief. He thought he knew her somewhat, but now it seems that maybe it was just a joke. He has never really understood her as Zi Xiu.
Cruel and ruthless, using all possible means... all the legend-like descriptions turned out to be not completely unreasonable.
"Why are you..." As soon as Li Shengxuan opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Fang Zilan, "They killed Mo Han, and I want them to pay with their blood."
"It was not the Xu family who killed Mo Han!" Li Shengxuan stepped forward and stood beside the bed, looking at Fang Zilan condescendingly. "You kill innocent people indiscriminately. How are you different from the person who killed Mo Han?"
"No different." Fang Zilan raised her head and looked at Li Shengxuan, "We are all murderers, and His Majesty can deal with it how he wants."
"Fang Zilan!" Li Shengxuan grabbed Fang Zilan's neck with both hands and could end her life with just a little force. However, she didn't struggle at all, and she didn't even frown.
"Do you know that Xu Youtong has followed my secret order and will go to Jiangnan to investigate corruption cases in the next year?" Li Shengxuan's voice showed an imperceptible tremor, not knowing whether it was anger or pain, "If I guessed correctly, someone is I was in danger, so I killed Xu Yi to intimidate Xu Youtong, who would have thought that you would..."
He didn't say anything further, and the look in Fang Zilan's eyes changed from calmness to shock, and finally settled into regret. It turned out that someone mistook Mo Han for Xu Yi, but they never thought of taking advantage of the mistake and used her hand to eradicate the entire Xu family.
The people behind the scenes must be very proud now. Without spending a single soldier, someone is willing to make a sword and complete this situation, even better than they planned.
The strong sense of suffocation made Fang Zilan dizzy, but she still asked intermittently: "Why did Mo Han... act for Xu Yi... in the New Year social drama..."
Li Shengxuan relaxed his strength and said in a deep voice: "Every year before New Year's Eve, Xu Yi goes to Longyan Temple outside Beijing to pray for the Xu family. However, this year, the incense in Longyan Temple was extremely prosperous and there were many people praying. He was separated from his entourage. He got lost again, which made Xu Youtong think he was missing, so he had no choice but to find Mo Han as his replacement."
Fang Zilan coughed a few times and couldn't help but ask, "Is it just an accident?"
"The testimony of the monks of Longyan Temple is on the desk in the royal study. To be sure, Xie Yanping also ordered people to visit the people who went to Longyan Temple to offer incense in those days. The testimonies are all correct." Li Shengxuan said every word. Said: "Mo Han's death was just an accident."
"I don't believe it." Fang Zilan gasped and gritted her teeth: "Xu Yi goes to Longyan Temple every year, how could he get lost?"
"Fang Zilan, what you don't believe is the truth or you?" Li Shengxuan pinched Fang Zilan's chin and said sternly: "After Xu Youtong's death, the Jiangnan corruption case will probably be shelved..."
"Apart from Xu Youtong, is there no one else?" Fang Zilan looked stubborn. A look of sadness flashed in Li Shengxuan's eyes, and he let go as if he had made up his mind, "I will go to Jiangnan in person."
"What?" Fang Zilan stared blankly at Li Shengxuan, who was standing straight. He breathed a long sigh of relief, "Fang Zilan, I don't want to see you again in the future. If there is a next time, I will kill you."
"Those who are here today, Mr. Fang and I can be considered old friends from the previous dynasty. Miss Zixiu once lived and died for the old dynasty. As for this gentleman, since he is on the same path as Miss Zixiu and has entered Feiling Mountain, he is destined to It’s all too confusing.” Hong He sighed, “In this case, there’s nothing I can’t say.”
After she said that, she lowered her eyes. When she raised her eyes again to look at the three of them, there was only determination in her eyes, and she said word by word: "Uncle Sun asked Miss Zixiu to come here to save my brother, the bandit leader of Feiling Mountain. Hongtai.”
Fang Zilan's heart tightened, but she still held back her voice and listened to Hong He continue, "My brother was detained by Yin Quanzhang. As long as I don't go back, he won't let him go. Fortunately, Uncle Sun I don’t know, otherwise I will be kidnapped.”
She said with a look of sadness on her face, "My brother must hate me to death now, but when he gave me to that old man Yin Quanzhang, he should have thought that such a day would come."
Fang Zilan was stunned, and subconsciously looked at Li Shengxuan and saw him mouthing: "Yin Quanzhang is about the same age as Fang Chongzheng."
Hong He saw it in his eyes and said, "You two can just say what you want to say. There is no need to be so secretive."
"At Mr. Yin's age, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the girl's father." Fang Zilan whispered: "Why does your brother..."
She didn't say anything, and Hong He said slowly: "You must have seen Wolf Flag on the road, don't you think it looks familiar?"
"That wolf flag, is it a military flag?" Li Shengxuan suddenly spoke, and Hong He looked at him deeply, "Sir, he is well-informed, and what he said is true. That is the military flag left by my father."
Military flag? Fang Zilan suddenly realized something. Hong He, Hong Tai, and the surname Hong were not common.
"Hong Qiao of the Hong clan, who is the leader of the wolf army under King Pingnan, the general of Da Chu Zhenbei, is my father." Hong He said with a sharp expression, "The Hong clan, the wolf army, has never been a mountain bandit."
Fang Zilan's chest was shaken, and the records of the former generals she had seen in the ghost gate surged up like a tide. She couldn't help but murmured: "The Hong clan's wolf army was not wiped out due to the suppression of bandits in the early years of Tai'an. ?"
"Total annihilation, who said that, Ji Ningtian?" Hong He sneered, "To this day, do you still believe his words?"
"I..." Fang Zilan's voice had an imperceptible tremor. Li Shengxuan next to her held her hand, which felt extremely cold.
"Back then, my father, under the orders of King Pingnan, led the wolf army into the mountains to suppress bandits. Although there were heavy casualties, he lived up to the task." Hong He seemed to be lost in memories, "Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and a few of them fled. The mountain bandits took advantage of the wolf army's rest and my father had no time for him to take care of me, and kidnapped the eldest sister and humiliated her severely."
Her voice was full of hatred, "When my father went to save the eldest sister, it happened that the Li family came to the throne to call for help from the sea, and everyone yelled at the old people from the previous dynasty. My father was attacked from both sides, and eventually died at the hands of Xiao Xiao. "
