Fang Zilan stepped into the execution room and saw that the bandit leader was tightly tied to the pillar, with only his head exposed and a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth. He couldn't help but ask: "General Dugu..."
Duguxin explained: "In order to prevent him from committing suicide, this is the best way."
"That's it." Fang Zilan nodded, and Dugu Xin motioned to the guard in the cell to take away the cloth from the bandit leader's mouth.
As soon as the cloth was removed, the bandit leader spat harshly, "You insidious Han people, kill them if you want. I have nothing to say!"
"Who said I wanted to kill you." Fang Zilan smiled slightly, "Tell me, how many of Huyan Khan's remnants are there and where are they hidden? If you tell me, I will leave you with a complete corpse."
"Don't think about it, I won't say anything!" The bandit leader stared at Fang Zilan fiercely, and saw her slowly walking over and stopping in front of him, "It seems that you want to die without a body. Let me Think about it, how did Lucia and her people from Sanyuan Village die?"
She paused as she spoke, frowning in embarrassment, and then suddenly said: "I remembered that the pack of wolves raised by Lucia tore them apart and gnawed them to pieces until no bones were left... "
"Shut up!" The bandit leader shook his head violently and shouted: "Stop talking, don't..."
"What don't you want?" Fang Zilan coldly interrupted the bandit leader's panic and said in a cold voice: "According to your barbarian people, the souls of people who die without a complete body will not be treated well. Thinking about it this way, I'm afraid Lucia won't You are such a pitiful lonely ghost. What should you do? Even if you die, you will never see Lucia again. Not only after death, but also in the next lifetime."
Fang Zilan spoke word by word, with an almost demonic smile on her face. She moved closer to the bandit leader, only a stone's throw away from him.
She watched his expression change from panic to fear, and finally despair stained his face, making him look ashen and without any luster, "Kill me."
This simple sentence seemed to take all the strength of the whole body. Compared with the people in front of him, it seemed that he was the one who was seriously injured and dying.
"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..."
"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."
"Master Fang is interested." Dugu Xin sighed quietly, "That's fine, I just agree to Master Fang."
"Thank you, General Dugu." Fang Zilan bowed his hands and bowed, his steps a little unsteady, "I have not recovered from my serious injury, so I will go back to rest first."
Seeing this, A Wan hurriedly stepped forward to help her. After the two said goodbye to Dugu Xin and Zhuge Yu, they returned to the house.
However, before Fang Zilan and Awan walked back to the house, they met Fang Lihui and Warners who came to visit her in the corridor, as well as Fang Lihui who came behind them.
She had no intention of getting into any more entanglements with them. After saying hello, she was ready to say goodbye and go back to rest. Unexpectedly, they had no intention of letting her leave.
Warners spoke standard and fluent Chinese, and his expression was full of gratitude, "Master Fang's life-saving grace, Warners is grateful."
Fang Zilan waved her hand, "I just did what I should do, Miss Sashan doesn't have to be so polite."
Fang Lihui stood aside with a half-smile as if he were watching a show, and said, "What are you talking about, Mr. Fang? This time, Miss Sasan and my cousin are both hanging on by a thread. If Mr. Fang hadn't been so ruthless, they would have been doomed. Speaking of which, It’s time to thank Master Fang.”
There was something in his words that made Fang Zilan's expression turn cold, "Mr. Fang, I left you in the north. I didn't expect to see you here."
