Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1364 Sophistication

"What does the young master's wife mean?" The servant subconsciously retracted his hand. Fang Zilan ignored him and squatted down and tore open the black-clothed man's collar. On his chest was an eagle with spread wings, exactly the same as the assassin in the court that day.

Zhuge Yu's expression changed slightly, and he said coldly, "It is indeed so."

Mrs. Fu frowned slightly, "What do you mean, Master Zhuge?"

"Madam Fu, do you have anything to say?" Fang Zilan glanced back at Madam Fu and saw that her brows were furrowed even tighter. "Madam, what do you mean by this?"

"During the court trial a few days ago, assassins openly attempted assassination." Fang Zilan's expression turned cold, "Those assassins also had such eagle patterns on their bodies."

Mrs. Fu did not speak, but the young man spoke, "This pattern is the emblem of the Dugu family in the Western Region."

"But there is no reason for the Dugu family to pay for murder." Fang Zilan stood up and looked directly at Mrs. Fu, "Whether it is in the court or in Fu's house..."

"Madam, are you doubting our Fu family?" Madam Fu interrupted Fang Zilan, her face gloomy. "You have no evidence, Madam, you are being too hasty."

"If I had any evidence, I'm afraid your family wouldn't be standing here peacefully..." Fang Zilan just opened her mouth when Madam Fu interrupted her, "Madam, instead of being suspicious, why don't you go and see how Fu Congnan is doing now."

She said, curling her lips with a half-smile, "If the Dugu family really wants to pay someone to kill someone, Fu Congnan will be the first to bear the brunt."

"If Fu Congnan dies, the Dugu family is the most suspicious." Fang Zilan looked at Mrs. Fu steadily, "I don't think the Dugu family would do such a stupid thing."

"The more impossible something seems, the more likely it is." Mrs. Fu coughed lightly, "If it is really the Dugu family's fault, what will happen to the Crown Prince's wife?"

"Me?" Fang Zilan was stunned and said mockingly: "I'm just one of the thousands of women trapped in the back house like Madam, what can I do?"

Zhuge Yu on the side took over the conversation and said: "Mr. Xie is in charge of the trial of this case. No matter what my wife and I think, it doesn't count."

Hearing this, Fang Zilan looked sideways, with an obvious look of inquiry in her eyes. She didn't know what Master Fu said to Zhuge Yu that could make him speak so straightforwardly.

Fang Zilan went out and went to see Wang Lingyuan with Shangguan Min. She also talked with Chu Bin and Xiao Xuan'er, and finally figured out the whole story.

After Ouyang Zongrui proposed a method to frame Ouyang Zirou, he promised Madam Ouyang that he would bring her back to the Ouyang family safely. Madam Ouyang then acquiesced to his use of Wei's connections to bribe the soldiers in the camp outside Beijing to give false testimony, and subsequent events did develop as he promised.

Although the Jingzhao Yinfu detained Ouyang Zirou, they did not punish her. However, something unexpected happened after Wei Mao reorganized the camp outside the capital. All the soldiers who had given false testimony disappeared overnight.

On the one hand, Ouyang Zongrui was afraid that Wei Mao would expose his fraud to the public, and on the other hand, he tried to overthrow Ouyang Zirou and take over the Arsenal naturally. However, no matter whether it was Wei Mao or Ouyang Zirou, as long as one of them opened his mouth, he would inevitably be ruined. So he decided to go all out and make sure they could never open their mouths again.

Ouyang Zongrui had neither the ability nor the courage to kill Wei Mao, so his murderous intent naturally fell on Ouyang Zirou, who was trapped in prison and unarmed.

However, when Ouyang Zongrui and his men were planning, Wang Lingyuan, the wife of Ouyang Juncheng, overheard them. He suddenly had an idea and captured Wang Lingyuan, forcing Ouyang Juncheng to give up the fight for the position of the head of the family. Ouyang Juncheng hesitated, and Ouyang Zongrui was afraid that he would complain to the head of the Ouyang family, and was also afraid that Mrs. Ouyang would find out, so he sent Wang Lingyuan out of the capital and hid her. Unexpectedly, they met Shangguan Min and Huangfu Xin who came to the capital not far away.

When Shangguan Min saw her sister being held hostage, she and Huangfu Xin rescued the person without saying a word, thus preventing a tragedy.

But Ouyang Zirou was not so lucky. According to people from nearby villages, a group of vicious men threw a bloody person into a mass grave, and no one dared to go and see.

Only the girl Qiao Nian, who was isolated because of the incident with the monk Ji Ran from Longyan Temple and lived alone near a mass grave outside the village, saw that the fallen person was still breathing, so she went down without hesitation to save him.

Qiao Nian took great pains to bring the person up, and when she found out that it was a seriously injured girl, she thought of Fang Zilan. Apart from Fang Zilan, she didn't know who else would lend a helping hand.

So Qiao Nian took the hatchet and, relying on his courage, carried people on his back and walked to the capital, which led to the scene at the city gate.

After Fang Zilan heard this, her clenched fingers left crescent-shaped marks on her palms, but she didn't feel any pain at all.

"Master Fang..." Xiao Xuan'er called out hesitantly, but then Fang Zilan asked, "How is the Ouyang family doing now?"

"Mrs. Ouyang ordered people to seal off the Ouyang family home. No one can enter or leave. We don't know what's going on inside." Xiao Xuan'er frowned slightly. Fang Zilan was also stunned. "Doesn't the head of the Ouyang family care?"

Xiao Xuan'er's expression became more serious. "This is the strangest thing. I heard that Patriarch Ouyang is seriously ill and unconscious and unable to manage the affairs."

Fang Zilan calmed herself down and said coldly, "Before the news of Duke Ran's death came out, the Pei family also said the same thing."

"Master Fang means..." Xiao Xuan'er was shocked. Fang Zilan said in a deep voice: "Since Ouyang Zongrui would kill Zirou, why wouldn't he take the initiative to kill the Ouyang family?"

"But..." Xiao Xuan'er was about to say something, but was interrupted by Fang Zilan, "Once the head of the Ouyang family dies, as long as Madam Ouyang keeps her mouth shut and does not expose Ouyang Zongrui's evil deeds, no one will know the truth."

"Unless..." Xiao Xuan'er bit her lip, "Master Ouyang Zirou can personally come forward to identify him."

"It's as difficult as ascending to heaven." Fang Zilan's expression was gloomy. "Not to mention that Zirou is seriously injured and needs time to recover, she just got out of the lawsuit. Her credibility in the eyes of the world is much lower, far less than her sanctimonious brother and mother."

"Both sides of the hand are made of flesh and blood. Will Madam Ouyang really give up one for the other?" Xiao Xuan'er's voice was very soft, but Fang Zilan heard it clearly. She was silent for a long time before she said, "Everything will be known tomorrow when we send Wang Lingyuan back to the Ouyang family."

Xiao Xuan'er was stunned, "Master Fang wants to send Miss Wang back to the Ouyang family?"

"Wang Lingyuan is now Ouyang Juncheng's wife. If she stays in our house for too long, people will gossip about her." Fang Zilan said casually. Xiao Xuan'er hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "I understand."