"Do you recognize this object?" Fang Zilan took out a bone whistle from his arms, held it in his palm and placed it in front of the bandit leader. His eyes were glued to the bone whistle and could no longer move away, "This is Lucia Why is it in your hands?"
"I took Lucia's life, let alone such a small object." She said, holding the bone whistle in her hand and throwing it into the air carelessly.
The bandit leader stared intently until the bone whistle fell back into her palm again, then he breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "You bury the bone whistle with me, and I will tell you everything."
"It's a deal." Fang Zilan put the bone whistle on the bandit leader's neck, "Tell me. How many of Huyan Khan's remaining troops are there and where are they hidden?"
"All the Khan's men, except me, are dead." The bandit leader's voice was low, and his pained look didn't seem like he was faking it.
"During the Liangjin Rebellion, Li Shengxuan killed many of us, and the remaining people fled to death, less than a few hundred people. I want to take Lucia to the Western Region to avoid the limelight, and then go back later. But. Lucia said that she promised her sister that she would bring Shangguan Min's child back, and she refused to leave with me."
"Hundreds of people were divided into two in this way. Those who were willing to leave followed me to hide in the Western Regions, and those who were unwilling stayed in the desert with Lucia. After the battle of Gilded City, Lucia wrote to me and said that the Shangguan family Her chance came when she fell off the horse. She also said that the Dajing court built Sanyuan Village outside Gilded City, where they pretended to be poor barbarians in distress and settled there. She asked me to meet her and help her. Who knows that I will still be there? Before I could summon my brothers in the future, I heard the news that you massacred Sanyuan Village..."
The bandit leader was distraught, and his voice became heavier, "I only hate myself for not being able to rush to Lucia's side and live and die with her. Now I can't avenge her, it's really useless..."
"The half-month period has passed." Zhuge Yu took the tea cup on the table and took a sip. "You and I can guard it for a while, but not for a lifetime. After all, there won't be long left."
"What do you mean?" Su Yun pursed his thin lips into a straight line. Zhuge Yu looked at him and suddenly smiled, "It turns out that Lord Su insisted on coming to this southeastern place in my place. I thought Lord Su was a capable person. Why are you so upset?"
Su Yun snorted coldly, "Master Zhuge, have you forgotten that I took your place?"
"I'm not a stingy person." Zhuge Yu put the tea cup back and tapped his fingers on the table, "Why does Mr. Su have to come?"
"Master Zhuge, what exactly do you want to say?" Su Yun looked cold, but Zhuge Yu still just smiled, "King Rong'an has selfish motives, General Xiahou has selfish motives, and even Mr. Su, you also have selfish motives. Am I right? "
Su Yun clenched his fingers into fists, "Isn't it the same with Mr. Zhuge? Do you dare to say that your master has no selfish motives?"
"Does the other party have selfish motives?" Zhuge Yu smiled helplessly. The so-called selfishness was not his, but something that Li Shengxuan in the Qiankun Palace kept privately and could not be known to anyone.
Li Shengxuan knew clearly that there was something behind the chaos in the southeast, and that even if Mo Bin was not the culprit, he could still bear the blame. However, when he heard that Fang Zilan was going to the epidemic area alone, he suppressed all his voices and sent him here regardless. There was only one order, and he must be Bring her back to the capital well.
What about Mo Bin's rebellion, King Rong'an's inability to discipline, Fang Zilan secretly shielding the Mo family, the Xiahou family trying to seize military power in the name of Qinghai bandits... Li Shengxuan didn't care at all, or in other words, it didn't matter except Fang Zilan.
He didn't know whether Li Shengxuan's move was a self-deception because he was afraid that he would bet on the capital but lose the bet, or whether he was a stubborn pet who would rather take the wrong side of the stick when he put all his money on the line.
But no matter which one it was, he didn't want to know. The former is just an escape, the latter is caused by love. As the emperor of the capital, Li Shengxuan and the Zhuge family swear allegiance to him, there should be no one of them, there will be no one, and there can be no one.
At this point, all he can do is pretend to be selfish in order to dispel everyone's doubts.
He heard his own voice, gentle and clear, "Yes, I am Mr. Fang and have selfish motives, so what? After all, I am here today thanks to Mr. Fang's support. If I have no selfish intentions towards her, wouldn't I become a god? "
Awan lowered his head and said nothing, and Fang Zilan seemed to be saying to himself: "No matter what heinous crime, I can bear it. Anyway, after death, I will go to hell, and I will never be reincarnated. What should I be afraid of?"
Su Yun did not expect Zhuge Yu to admit it so openly, and listened to him in a daze: "I dare to admit my selfishness. Mr. Su, do you dare to declare your selfishness to your mouth?"
"Why don't you dare?" Su Yun smiled self-deprecatingly, "If you talk about selfishness, getting promoted to a higher position, becoming a marquis and becoming a prime minister are what people in the officialdom want all their lives, and I am not exempt from the vulgarity."
"Really?" Zhuge Yu smiled noncommittally, "If that's the case, Mr. Su's job is not pretty enough. I'm afraid he's far from being a successful person."
"I won't bother Mr. Zhuge." Su Yun looked a little colder, "If Mr. Zhuge is serious, why not think of a way for Mr. Fang first. King Rongan and General Xiahou are about to be unable to suppress him."
"Thank you, Mr. Su, for reminding me." Zhuge Yu's expression was dark and unclear, "I know it well."
"You can think of exchanging Warners for me, which is a bit of a strategy." Fang Zilan sighed softly, "It's a pity that you are not capable enough to keep me."
"Can't you keep me?" The robber laughed out loud as if he heard something funny. "If I hadn't wanted to use you to pay homage to the souls of our clan, how could I have tried to keep you alive? A killing move?"
"Using me as a sacrifice is very ambitious." Fang Zilan raised her eyebrows, "However, your ability cannot support your ambition, and the result will be that you will become a prisoner. Let's go all the way."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and looked at Dugu Xin, "General Dugu, I have asked all the questions that need to be asked. I promised to leave his body intact, and I also ask General Dugu to fulfill his promise."
"Master Fang, please." Dugu Xin had no objection. The dagger in Fang Zilan's sleeve flashed past, and a blood hole appeared on the bandit leader's chest, killing him immediately.
Fang Zilan did not look back, but gently wiped the blood stains on the dagger.
She looked at the shiny dagger, calmed down, and then said, "I have one more thing to ask Lord Dugu."
"Master Fang, it's okay to say it." Dugu Xin looked at Fang Zilan, with no expression on her pale face. "Master Dugu, please send someone to send the body of the bandit leader to the former site of Sanyuan Village in the north and bury it with Lucia. Be together."
"Master Fang..." Zhuge Yu was about to say something when he was interrupted by Fang Zilan, "They are all poor people in troubled times. If you want to blame them, you can only blame them for being born in the wrong era and growing up in the wrong place."
