Awan clenched her fists and walked in slowly. Fang Zilan followed closely, but she sent her away and had to stand guard by the door.
After an unknown amount of time, Fang Zilan yawned out of boredom, looked at A Wan who said nothing, and couldn't help but ask, "But what did you see?"
"Before I came here, I heard Master Zhuge say that Taoyuan Village is just like its name, and it is like a paradise on earth." Awan said sadly: "Unexpectedly, it is now such a purgatory on earth."
"What did you say?" Fang Zilan stared at Awan in disbelief, and only heard her say word by word: "There are twenty-one corpses here, all with traces of poison on them, plus the one I saw just now Miss Xia'er, there are twenty-two people, and I think there are many more whose bodies are not here..."
Fang Zilan completely understood, "You mean, the Ghost Sect is using people from Taoyuan Village to test the poison?"
Awan lowered her eyes and said: "Strange things happen frequently in Taoyuan Village. If they are not monsters, they are man-made. Don't you think so?"
"But I didn't expect..." Fang Zilan stopped mid-sentence.
What didn't you expect? Ji Ningtian didn't even care about the life and death of the people in the ghost sect, let alone such a village thousands of miles away?
"Do Lu Tian and the others know?" Fang Zilan's voice was deep, and A Wan shook his head and said: "Looking at his appearance, it seems that he has no idea at all and is just following orders. As for the consequences of his actions, this is not something he would consider."
Fang Zilan was noncommittal and said quietly: "Is there any hope?"
"No." Awan answered simply and neatly, "My master has spent all his efforts, but you can only save your life, but you will not live long, let alone them? Let me tell you frankly, apart from their sanity, they are nothing like me. There is no difference between the medicine puppets made by Master."
Hearing this, Fang Zilan suddenly remembered that she had been surprised when she cut off Lu Tian's arm to save Xia'er. With her measured attack, she never expected to cut off an arm alive.
She thought Lu Tian was restless. After all, no matter how top a killer he was, a moment of distraction could have fatal consequences. But according to what Awan said...
"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."
"Maybe this is the fate between Master Fang and I." Fang Lihui raised the corners of his lips in a nice arc, and then changed the topic and said considerately: "But I see that Master Fang has not recovered from his serious injury. It is too reluctant to look like this, so it is better to do it earlier It’s good to go back and rest. Once Mr. Fang is well, it won’t be too late for us to catch up on old times.”
As he spoke, he calmly turned sideways, turned to Warners and Fang Liren and said, "As for Miss Sasan and my cousin, I still have something to say to you, so I might as well talk about it later."
