Fang Zilan took Guan Min to the prison cell of the Criminal Department and saw Xue Haoyu being imprisoned.
Shangguan Min was in a daze when he saw Xue Haoyu. The person he had been chatting with before became a prisoner in the blink of an eye.
When Xue Haoyu saw them, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, "Master Fang, why are you..."
"Why are you here?" Fang Zilan interrupted him rudely, "I want to know the truth."
"With Master Fang's ability, can't you guess it?" Xue Haoyu smiled bitterly: "I lost."
Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "How can you be invincible even if you use some inferior methods?"
Xue Haoyu's expression froze, and Fang Zilan said quietly: "Master Xue, I have reminded you that how you treat others will be how others treat you. Do you really think you can do all this without concealing the truth from Master Wang?"
"If I had known this, why would I have done it in the first place." Xue Haoyu had a sinister look on his face, "Wang Quanrui allowed me to do all this. It has been a whole year, and he didn't take action until now, and even took Qi Siwu's life..."
Fang Zilan turned her head and said softly: "You followed the Wang family's path and entered the Ministry of Rites. Why don't you work in a down-to-earth manner? You had the opportunity..."
"What chance?" Xue Haoyu interrupted her angrily, "With people like Wang Quanrui around, I will never get ahead. There are also those in the Ministry of Rites, many of whom have received favors from my uncle, but just Because my uncle was a little harsh on them for a while, he ganged up to oppress me..."
"What about Chief Qi?" Fang Zilan looked at him steadily, "You encouraged him to help you, but you couldn't even save his life."
"You don't know how cruel Wang Quanrui is! He deliberately asked Xue'er to marry me, and then allowed Siwu Qi to conspire with me..." Xue Haoyu gritted his teeth and said: "He came last night. He told Siwu Qi that he made the wrong choice. If you make the wrong choice again, you will have to pay for your daughter’s life, and if you make the wrong choice again, you will have to pay for the life of the whole family..."
He said with a trembling voice, "I can hear him clearly right next door to this cell. Wang Quanrui, he forced Si Wu Qi to death!"
Shangguan Min was frightened by the hatred in Xue Haoyu's eyes and took a step back suddenly. Fang Zilan turned around and looked over, then slowly said: "Shangguan Min, what do you think?"
"I..." Shangguan Min opened his mouth, "I feel that Mr. Xue did not have no way out, but the method was wrong and he ended up falling behind."
Fang Zilan turned to Xue Haoyu thoughtfully, the hatred in his eyes not diminishing at all, "Master Fang is such a good disciple, as innocent as Master Fang!"
Fang Zilan straightened her sleeves and said softly: "I would like to hear the details."
"After I entered the Ministry of Etiquette, no matter who made a mistake among the superiors or subordinates, they would be blamed on me." . Then I understood that this was not bullying students, but a wealthy family bullying a poor family."
He let out a long sigh, "After the Southeastern Plague, the Ministry of Rites invited Master Lioyuan from Baiye Temple to perform a ritual ceremony. I participated in the entire process and was cautious for fear of making any mistakes. However, who knew that on the day of the ritual ceremony, the experience in the case would be revealed. The article was missing one page for no reason, and Siwu Qi and I were picked out by Wang Quanrui on the spot. When I knelt in front of Master Yuan, it was the first time I felt so close to death."
He recalled the situation that day, as if he was still afraid, and continued after a while: "From then on, I knew that I and Qi Siwu were the scapegoats of the Ministry of Rites. If we didn't resist, sooner or later we would die at the hands of Wang Quanrui. . Qi Siwu was hesitant after learning my idea, but Xueer resolutely married me in order to strengthen his belief."
He smiled self-deprecatingly, "When Xue'er married me, I was still thinking about how Wang Quanrui could be so kind, but I never thought that he was waiting for today. Everyone knows what happened next. I was one step behind. , lose everything."
He said with a more determined look on his face, "But I don't regret it."
"If you are a member of the Ministry of Rites, even if you accidentally make a mistake in the year-end ceremony, you will end up in ruins. What's more, if you make a mistake intentionally?" Fang Zilan looked at the person across the wall steadily, with an expression on his face. A little relieved, "If you don't regret it, have you ever thought about your family far away from the capital?"
"I would not do this if I had no other choice." Xue Haoyu lowered his head and took a deep breath, "Master Fang, you are a warrior on the battlefield. You have been guarding Qiluo City for more than a month. I admire you, but now I also want to Ask a disrespectful question."
Fang Zilan nodded slightly, "Just ask."
"During the more than a month I guarded Qiluo City, I didn't know when Miluo would attack, I didn't know when Qiluo City would be broken, and I didn't know if reinforcements would arrive..." Xue Haoyu's voice trembled a little, "It was like there was a sword above his head, every step of the way. Pressing hard, but hanging in the balance. Master Fang, have you never thought about fighting out of the city and ending all this?"
"Never." Fang Zilan answered without hesitation, "If I am alone, even if I risk my life and fight with all my strength, what's the problem? But behind me are tens of thousands of Beijing people, so I will never show off the courage of a mere man. .”
Xue Haoyu looked at her blankly, but saw her sigh softly and asked: "Xue Haoyu, do you know where you lost?"
Seeing that he was silent, Fang Zilan continued on her own, "Wang Quanrui allowed other people in the Ministry of Rites to bully you. His method was not very good, but his patience was better than yours. He waited for you to resist until you couldn't bear it, and then waited again. You planned to stir up trouble step by step, and finally waited for the perfect opportunity to kill you and Qi Siwu at once."
She said in a deep voice, "Not everyone can have this kind of patience for a whole year."
Warm blood dripped on Fang Zilan's face. She watched intently as the man's lips moved. She tried hard to identify the shape of his mouth, and vaguely made out the word "thank you" before saying nothing.
Thank you for what? Before she could say thank you, should the person who died trying to save her say thank you?
She originally guessed that the Miluo people forced her to open the city gate to have a backup plan, so she asked people to keep an eye on the people entering the city to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the troubled waters to cause trouble.
What kind of chaos can the people of Miluo cause? It was nothing more than an assassination attempt on the coach, and everything worked together inside and outside, how could she not guess it? Then she was brought up as a target, hoping to see what monsters and monsters were hidden among the people, and someone would die for her.
If she had been more cautious, if she had been more calm, if she had been more careful, wouldn't the 1,500 people who robbed the grain, Vice General Chen, and the people in front of them have died?
Unfortunately there is no if.
It was too late, no one could answer her.
The person in front of him suddenly fell down and fell on top of Fang Zilan. At this moment, her eyes were filled with darkness and no light could be seen.
