In Fang Zilan's heart, even if she is a chess piece, she must be the most unique and irreplaceable one.
But only by using someone like Qi Yuming, who takes the world as his own responsibility, as a stepping stone can she stabilize her position as a chess piece. Even if she is ruthless enough and will not waver as before, she will still find it difficult to calm down.
Resistance and depression carried her forward, which was ultimately difficult.
I don't know how long it took before Ah Wan heard Fang Zilan's voice, which was inexplicably hoarse. "I'm going to see Qi Yuming before I make a decision." Ah Wan knew that Fang Zilan was wavering, and she also knew that Qi Yuming was just a thought of hers, whether he was dead or alive. between.
But for some reason, Awan wanted to give it a try even if there was only a slight hope. After all, I have lived in the darkness of the ghost gate for too long. When I meet someone whose family and country are greater than myself, the complicated thoughts in my heart cannot be erased no matter what.
It's not that Fang Zilan doesn't understand what A-Wan is thinking in her heart. Even though she speaks and acts much more maturely than her peers, and even though her medical skills are enough to stand alone, A-Wan is still a child after all, and she still has the innocence of a child in her heart.
She couldn't bear to ruin her hope, but she couldn't tell whether she was the only one who had this hope, or whether she had some unknown selfish motives.
Her thoughts were constantly changing along the way, so when she saw Qi Yuming, Fang Zilan was speechless and didn't know what to say.
Seeing this, Qi Yuming couldn't help but chuckle, "Master Fang didn't come to see me just to see what it's like to be imprisoned, right?"
Qi Yuming's calm and leisurely demeanor made Fang Zilan also smile, "Of course not."
Qi Yuming suppressed his smile and said bluntly: "Master Fang, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly."
"I came here just to see if Qi Yuming is worthy of my keeping your life." Fang Zilan said straightforwardly, but Qi Yuming was stunned for a moment, "Master Fang, do you want to protect me?"
"It's up to you." Fang Zilan said and sat in front of Qi Yuming, "The Qi family has been in the Northern Territory for many years. If we talk about the understanding of the Northern Territory, apart from the Shangguan family, I am afraid it is your Qi family."
"There are only two children left in the Shangguan family, so..." Qi Yuming paused and changed the topic, "Master Fang, are you trying to win people's hearts?"
"No, it's a favor, and it's also a transaction." Fang Zilan raised her eyes and looked at the person in front of her, and said word by word: "If I save your life, you owe me a favor. From now on, the North's loyalty to me is a transaction. "
"Master Fang, you should know that I, as a person, never believe in making promises out of thin air." Qi Yuming's lips curled up slightly, "Since it is a transaction, Master Fang should always show some sincerity."
"Qi Yuming, your life is just a matter of my thoughts, what qualifications do you have to negotiate terms with me?" Fang Zilan raised his eyebrows slightly, Qi Yuming still just smiled, with no intention of backing down, "The sincerity I want is very simple. Fang Zilan, you Who is he?"
"What do you mean?" Fang Zilan pretended to be confused, while Qi Yuming pressed forward step by step, "Is the daughter of the Fang family still the sword in the hands of His Majesty?"
"It is true that my surname is Fang, and it is true that I have nothing to do with the Fang family that everyone in the world knows in your eyes. I am the sword in your majesty's hand, and I am also the Lord of the North, and one of the nine great princes. Fang Zilan, the Duke of the North." Fang Zilan looked indifferent and spoke in a calm tone. Wu Lan, "Are you satisfied with this answer, Qi Yuming?"
Qi Yuming stared closely at the person in front of him, trying to find any flaw in her body. But she looked too calm, as if she was talking about a normal thing, without any mood swings, but she seemed aggressive.
After a while, Qi Yuming spoke again: "Okay, I dare to ask, how sure is Master Fang to protect my life?"
"His Majesty doesn't leave only one or two old friends from the previous dynasty." Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "Qi Yuming, you are so smart, you can't guess. In the future, as long as you stay on your own terms, your Majesty will give you a way to survive."
"But this matter is different." Qi Yuming looked serious and whispered: "Dragon has reverse scales, and those who touch them will die. Military power is His Majesty's reverse scales. Once the charge of deploying troops privately is attached, you cannot get rid of it no matter what. of."
"Who said I would absolve you?" Fang Zilan stretched out her hand to straighten her sleeves and brushed off the dust on them, "The favor transaction I mentioned was just to keep you alive. Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be escaped. Qi Yuming, please take care of yourself." After saying that, she stood up and left the camp where Qi Yuming was detained.
Qi Yuming held his hands behind her and sent her away, his expression a little more obscure.
What should come will eventually come. If he can really save this life, it will be much better than he expected.
Fang Zilan promised happily, but in her heart she was thinking about ways to save Qi Yuming's life. If her guess was correct, Huang Fulin and Zhong Yao would definitely write a letter to plead for Qi Yuming.
Three people become tigers. If she also writes a letter to plead for mercy, Li Shengxuan will definitely have doubts in his heart, and it is not impossible to simply order Qi Yuming to be killed.
But if she writes a letter urging Qi Yuming to be killed, and even implicates the nine clans, and her fierce words are used, I am afraid that Li Shengxuan will want to keep Qi Yuming instead. After all, keeping chess pieces to check and balance each other is much more effective than killing them personally.
After making up her mind, Fang Zilan no longer hesitated and walked back to the main tent to prepare the fold, fearing that something might change if it was too late.
But before Fang Zilan reached the main tent, another thought suddenly occurred to him: What if Huangfulin changed his mind and wanted to kill Qi Yuming to silence him? If Qi Yuming died in the camp without His Majesty's disposal, there would be another turmoil.
Thinking of this, Fang Zilan ordered people to call Deputy General Qin, then turned back to the camp where Qi Yuming was imprisoned, and loudly shouted outside the tent: "Qi Yuming privately mobilized troops is a serious crime, Deputy General Qin, you have to keep an eye on me, anyone except me No one is allowed in, even those delivering food and water must be checked one by one. If anything goes wrong, you should report it to us."
Fang Zilan deliberately raised her voice. One was to tell everyone in the camp, and the other was to remind Qi Yuming that she must not die before His Majesty's decision was made. Then everything she did would be useless.
After Fang Zilan returned to the big account, the first thing she did was to write a book.
After she finished writing, she thought about it and finally brought a letter to Ji Ningtian, asking him to help keep an eye on the folder handed over by Huang Fulin and Zhong Yao. If there was anything wrong, she would secretly hand it over and never present it directly to Li Shengxuan.
While Awan was helping Fang Zilan study ink, she shook her head in disapproval and said: "Fang Zilan, you have only been in the north for a long time, and you are already causing such trouble to the young master. The marriage of the two girls from the Shangguan family was already troublesome enough. , this time the memorial is secretly exchanged again, with so many pairs of eyes staring at you in the court, wouldn’t it be very difficult for the young master?”
"You will think about the young master." Fang Zilan opened the memorial in his hand lightly, and while waiting for the ink on it to dry, he talked to Awan, "Who said it must be secretly exchanged? If their memorials are satisfactory, There’s no need to go to such trouble.”
