"Miss Fang San." Ah Shi bowed respectfully. There was a lot of thought hidden under the simple address, but it didn't fall on the surface.
Fang Zilan ignored the others present and just looked at Ah Shi blankly. After a long while, she said, "Why are you here?"
As if he didn't hear the question, Ah Shi directly raised a wooden box in front of Fang Zilan, "The Duke of the North once entrusted the family property to Fang Lihui, the head of the Fang family, in exchange for Fang Liren's freedom. Now I am entrusted by the head of the family to go to the north. Hand over, fulfill the mission, return them all, please count them, Miss Fang San."
Fang Zilan looked at the young man in front of him who was holding the wooden box high and speaking every word with great solemnity. His voice couldn't stop shaking, "Ah yes, what does this mean?"
Ah Shi raised his head and looked across the wooden box to Fang Zilan, "Miss Fang San, this is the last thing the head of the family has given me to complete."
Fang Zilan suddenly raised her hand, but before it fell, she was caught by Hongtai on the side, "This is Fang Lihui's decision, please calm down."
Hearing this, Fang Zilan took a deep breath. She shook off Hongtai's hand and said coldly: "Does Fang Lihui want to break off with me? Or is the entire Fang family going to break with me?"
If she was asking about Ah Shi in the first half of the sentence, then she was obviously asking Fang Chongzheng in the second half. However, she didn't get any reply, not even a word.
"Miss Fang San, please take inventory." Ah Shi repeated, still maintaining his original posture, motionless like a puppet on strings.
"Why?" Fang Zilan took a step back and looked around at the people present.
Fang Chongzheng had a very pale expression on his face, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. Fang Zitong's red lips were slightly opened, and she clenched her fingers tightly, forcing herself not to make a sound. As for Ah Shi, he never showed any emotion from beginning to end.
Unable to get an answer, Fang Zilan's eyes finally fell on the wooden box, but it only stayed for a moment before falling back on Ah Shi, "Ah Shi, you used me to escape from the world, and used me to enter the Fang family. Now you can give me back a favor." How about going back?"
Ah Shi pursed her lips and said, "But it depends on Miss Fang San's orders."
"You take these back to the north, and it's up to you to decide how to deal with them. But..." Fang Zilan paused and said decisively: "Don't appear in front of me again."
Ah Shi looked at Fang Zilan in disbelief, but saw her reaching out and pushing the wooden box into her arms, "Since you chose the Fang family, I don't have to choose you anymore.
"Fang Zilan..." Hongtai wanted to say something, but Fang Zilan stopped him as soon as he started speaking, "I understand what the Fang family means."
As she spoke, she saluted Fang Chongzheng, "The married daughter throws water, and from now on, the Fang family and I will go our separate ways..."
"Lan'er..." Fang Zitong finally couldn't help but speak, but Fang Zilan ignored her and finished the last half of her sentence, "No more relations."
After she said that, she turned around and left. Fang Chongzheng's voice came from behind her, "If you want to fight for justice, you can't protect Fang Lihui. Do you understand?"
Fang Zilan's expression was stern, "Mu Chuji, if I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time. This time, I want your white flag to never be taken down again."
"Sister, you might as well give it a try." Mu Chuji drew his bow and arrow, aiming the arrow at Fang Zilan, "I just don't know whether your sword is faster or my arrow is faster."
"Arrogant." Before Fang Zilan finished speaking, the arrow on Mu Chuji's bow had already left the string. However, Vice General Cao was already prepared. He raised his hand and shot an arrow straight towards Mu Chuji. The two feathered arrows fell in the air as soon as they touched.
Mu Chuji glanced at Deputy General Cao and said casually, "Sister, the deputy general next to you is very skilled, much better than the one you sent to rob our food and grass."
Fang Zilan glanced at Vice General Cao, who immediately understood and commanded the soldiers to protect the people and retreat into the city, without further entanglement with the Miluo people.
"Didn't sister just say that she wanted to take my life?" Mu Chuji pulled the horse's reins and chuckled, "Why are you walking so fast?"
"Mu Chuji, if you are looking for death, you won't be able to blame me." Fang Zilan unsheathed his sword, and the smile on Mu Chuji's face became brighter, "Sister, even though you are highly skilled in martial arts and can kill me more than once, you can defeat me More than a thousand troops?"
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the Miluo people who were guarding him rushed forward, while he himself retreated to the rear.
Fang Zilan did not flinch and swung her sword to meet him. Wherever the sword touched, flesh and blood flew everywhere. All the Miluo people who tried to get close to the people behind her died one by one, either at the hands of her and the soldiers from the capital, or shot dead by arrows from the city tower. Even those who were wounded and tried to retreat were all replenished with swords and died in front of the battle.
Soon, a row of corpses was piled in front of Fang Zilan's horse, separating her from the Miluo people. She looked back at the city gate. There were still a few people who had not yet entered the city, and she could not retreat yet.
"It's really amazing." Mu Chuji seemed to be watching a show, and even clapped his hands with unfulfilled interest.
Jiang Hanze, who was standing next to Mu Chuji, felt a chill running down his back. Fang Zilan's attack was so ruthless that he had never seen it before. He couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, should we..."
"Well, in this battle we used the people of the capital as bait to lure Fang Zilan to fight, and we were already at a disadvantage. Now that the morale of the capital is high, it is not appropriate for us to fight anymore, and there is nothing wrong with withdrawing our troops." Mu Chuji calmed down, "However, you found out Is it over yet? She’s almost reaching her limit.”
Fang Zilan's hand holding the plum sword trembled slightly. She gritted her teeth, fearing that the Miluo people opposite would see any clues.
A voice in her mind said to her, "The killer is a common man's sword. He can kill one person in ten steps, kill someone thousands of miles away, and take the head of a general out of thousands of troops. However, against heavy soldiers and iron armor, he can only kill a person." If you can die in it, you will not die well."
An imperceptible bitter smile escaped from the corner of her lips, and her hands tightened subconsciously. She couldn't fall here before the time came.
Thinking of this, she raised the plum sword in her hand again and cut the throat of a Miluo man in front of her, cleanly and without any signs of exhaustion.
Jiang Hanze followed Mu Chuji's line of sight and looked over, but didn't see anything. Just when he was puzzled, he heard Mu Chuji say quietly: "It's almost time, withdraw the troops."
When Fang Zilan saw the Miluo people retreating, she sheathed her sword and took a few deep breaths while leaning on her horse. Seeing this, Deputy General Cao drove his horse to her side with a worried look on his face, "Boss?"
"I'm fine." Fang Zilan rode back to the city and said to Deputy General Cao as he walked: "Old Cao, go and have people keep a close eye on the people who have been let into the city, and don't allow them to move around at will, so as not to cause any trouble."
"Okay." Vice General Cao took the order and left. Fang Zilan looked at the injuries on his body and sighed secretly, fearing that he would inevitably be read by A Wan again.
