"Ms. Zhen, you... what are you doing..." the deputy general's voice trembled, and he finally stuttered out the question, but was choked by Fang Zilan's words and became speechless, "Tell me honestly, are you Like Yao Wu, colluded with bandits?"
The deputy general opened his mouth, and the word "I" stuck on his lips, and he couldn't say anything for a long time.
Fang Zilan impatiently raised the plum sword in his hand. Before it fell, the deputy general said anxiously: "You have no evidence, do you want to take human life?"
"If everyone wastes time like you do, and there are so many people in the Jiangnan camp, I will interrogate until the end of the Year of the Monkey." Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "I would rather kill by mistake than release by mistake. I am not patient, so naturally I am a It is most convenient if the sword is finished."
The deputy general couldn't help but wince and mustered up the courage to say: "It's useless if I confess, you can't survive, and I can't..."
Before he could finish his words, a cold arrow came straight towards him. Unexpectedly, Fang Zilan moved faster. As soon as he raised his sword and dropped it, he knocked back the cold arrow intact.
A scream was heard, and a soldier not far away fell down. Seeing this, Fang Zilan frowned slightly, "Who taught the rules in the Jiangnan camp, and how dare you shoot arrows at the general?"
The deputy general stood just in front of the chief general. Even though he was the chief general, he was still frightened at this time, "Ms. Zhen, this..."
"That's all." Fang Zilan breathed a sigh of relief, "Now that I'm here, I will be a good person and do my best to clean up military discipline for the general and teach him what the rules are."
The general was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly: "Ms. Zhen, even if you have His Majesty's gold medal, you can't..."
"General, I'm willing to help, so don't try to undermine me." Fang Zilan interrupted the general unceremoniously, and said with the deputy general in mind: "Let's start with you."
"I..." The deputy general hesitated to speak. Fang Zilan pinched the back of his neck as if he was holding a chicken, "Tell me, do you want to confess honestly, or do you want to be punished?"
Every word she spoke seemed to be careless, but she conveyed an indescribable power and authority, which suppressed the general so much that he had no chance to breathe and could only tell the truth.
"Last night someone from Feiling Mountain sent a message saying that whoever comes to the Jiangnan camp today will be detained and killed without mercy." The deputy general's voice became softer as he spoke, "Especially if he bears the name of His Majesty. , or someone claiming to be His Majesty..."
He didn't say any more, but Fang Zilan looked stern and asked, "Who is delivering the message in Feiling Mountain?"
"I don't know." The deputy general waved his hand, "It's usually Brother Yao who sends these messages..." He suddenly changed his words mid-sentence, "It's Yao Wu. People from Feiling Mountain are always looking for He and I are just an errand boy and don’t know anything.”
"Whether it's the mastermind or an accomplice, collaborating with a bandit is a serious crime." Fang Zilan raised her eyebrows. "It's rare that you get a chance to get a lighter sentence, but you have to think clearly. If you cheat, you will be punished immediately."
The deputy general pursed his lips and said, "I really don't know, but I heard from Yao Wu that he seems to be the second in command of Fei Lingshan."
"Are you sure?" Fang Zilan's face was as dark as water. If it is true that the second master of Fei Lingshan is Hong He and Yin Quanzhang, they are willing to be abandoned. They even did not hesitate to hook up with Hong Tai and play tricks on her.
"I'm not sure. I've seen people coming from Feiling Mountain before, but the people who came last night were different from before. They looked very strange." The deputy general recalled while saying: "They look younger and don't look like Shan. Bandits."
Zhuge Yu said eloquently, "It is difficult to discuss the past events of the previous dynasty. Whether King Pingnan died at the hands of Xia Jiajun or died in civil strife, I am afraid only the parties involved will know. However, not long after Emperor Tai'an came to the throne, Baiyue was in turmoil and the people were in trouble. Xie Chen He surrendered alone and cooperated with the capital to regain Baiyue. In order to save the Xia clan, he even proposed to change his surname to Xiahou. I heard that Xia Yunzhao cursed Xie Chen in Yancheng for being a traitor and wanted to kill him, but in the end he compromised for the safety of the clan. "
Fang Zilan was surprised to hear this and asked: "Did Concubine Yu enter the palace at that time?"
"That's right. Xiahou Yunzhao has a marriage contract with Xie Chen, otherwise she would have been the one who entered the palace that year." Zhuge Yu said with a bit of sadness, "He was originally a foreign general, but Xiahou Yunzhao stayed in Baiyue to avoid suspicion. , while Xie Chen stayed at Yancheng Villa and became a teacher."
"I know Yancheng Villa, it's in Yancheng." Fang Zilan said impatiently: "Yancheng was originally the territory of the Miluo Kingdom. Who knew that Miluo was in civil strife hundreds of years ago, and Yancheng became a place that no one cared about. As for Yancheng Villa is a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Over the past hundreds of years, many dignitaries from Miluo, Dachu and Baiyue have emerged. I heard that Xie Chen turned out to be a student of Yancheng Villa?"
"More than that, the capital has been in power for decades, and there are many dignitaries in the court who are students of Yancheng Villa." Zhuge Yu added, Fang Zilan's lips curled up slightly, "A Yu is also a student of Yancheng Villa?"
Zhuge Yu nodded in agreement, and Fang Zilan smiled and shook his head, "No wonder no one dares to manage such a small town. All the powerful people in the network have studied there. Who dares to manage it easily?"
Hearing this, Zhuge Yu said slowly: "That being said, Xie Chen and Xiahou Yunzhao are now taking care of Yancheng Villa."
Fang Zilan felt thirsty after talking, so she took the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp. After drinking, she looked at Zhuge Yu and said, "A Yu, I always feel that you missed something."
"What?" Zhuge Yu looked at her patiently and saw her pondering for a moment: "Just now you mentioned that Emperor Tai'an's edict is related to Xie Chen?"
"This is considered a rumor. After all, the timing of Xiahou Mingxun's visit to the capital and Emperor Tai'an's edict was too coincidental, and someone saw Xie Chen in the capital at that time. It is inevitable that people will wonder, what has Sister Lan heard of?"
Zhuge Yu's eyes were deep, and Fang Zilan shook her head violently, "No, I was just asking casually."
She said this, but in her heart she thought of the night when Li Shengxuan asked her to steal the imperial edict, and she didn't know what the Empress Dowager said to him that made him lose his temper like that.
Seeing that she was distracted, Zhuge Yu called out, "Sister Lan?"
She responded and hesitated a few words, "I was just wondering, what kind of people are Xiahou Yunzhao and Xie Chen?"
"I met them when I was studying in Yancheng Villa when I was young. Xie Chen was noble and Xia Houyunzhao was free and easy. They are completely different." Zhuge Yu answered seriously, but Fang Zilan had other thoughts, "Such two people Personally, I would really like to meet him if I have the chance."
"There will be opportunities in the future." Zhuge Yu took a sip of tea and calmly changed the subject, telling her about what he had heard about Persia in the west these days.
Fang Zilan knew that Zhuge Yu would stop talking to her and would never discuss the past affairs of the court in depth with her, so she no longer hesitated and followed Zhuge Yu's words.
