Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1529: Floating Life

"Master Fang." Wei Mao's voice brought Fang Zilan back to her senses. She looked up at the person holding the cup next to her, took the cup and toasted him, "Master Wei, thank you very much."

Wei Mao raised his eyebrows and said casually, "Master Fang, the Wu clan of the Dirong tribe is not only proficient in divination, but also good at controlling people's hearts with witchcraft."

"Lord Wei said so..." Fang Zilan paused deliberately, and said meaningfully: "Do you believe what Princess Erya said?"

"Master Fang, do you believe in fate?" Wei Mao asked instead of answering. Fang Zilan was silent for a moment and said, "I do and I don't."

Wei Mao suddenly smiled, and his usually empty light-colored pupils had some inexplicable spirit in them. "Someone has predicted for me several times, and the result was always the same: I would die under the swords, and not have a good end."

Fang Zilan's expression was frozen, but Wei Mao curled his lips and said indifferently: "A soldier's life is nothing more than this, and it cannot be known by divination. Lord Fang, am I right?"

Instantly, Fang Zilan felt like she had something stuck in her throat. She couldn't say a word in reply, but she couldn't say anything to refute. They were all murderers, who had spent their entire lives in battle. If they didn't die on the battlefield, they would be buried in a pile of dirt.

She had heard the words "not having a good end" too many times. What did it matter if she died under a sword or not?

She had too many concerns and could not live for the moment like Wei Mao, so when she heard these four words, she felt particularly heavy.

Wei Mao did not insist on demanding an answer, but just drank one glass of wine after another.

A gentle voice came from Fang Zilan's left. She subconsciously tightened the reins and looked at the person who rode in front of her and seemed to inadvertently block her view - Zhuge Yu.

"Why is Ayu here?" Fang Zilan asked instead of answering. Zhuge Yu said calmly, "Of course, my purpose is the same as Lord Fang's."

Fang Zilan's expression turned colder. Before she could say anything, she heard Zhuge Yu ask himself, "Didn't Lord Fang come here for prey?"

The word "prey" coming out of Zhuge Yu's mouth had a double meaning. Fang Zilan pretended to be confused and said, "I wonder what kind of prey is so rare that it could catch A-Yu's eye?"

"Master Fang, you are joking." Zhuge Yu said with interest: "Compared to my prey, I am more curious about what prey Master Fang has tracked all the way to. What is it?"

"Ayu knows it very well, so there's no need to play tricks on me." Fang Zilan was too lazy to beat around the bush with him, so after saying this, she whipped her horse and headed towards Chen Xu.

However, Zhuge Yu stood in front of her, showing no intention of giving way. "Sister Lan, the Censorate may be biased, but speaking out and making remonstrations is always the duty of the Censorate. You can't..."

"Since Ayu knows that the Censorate is biased, then you shouldn't stop me." Fang Zilan interrupted Zhuge Yu in a deep voice, without taking into account the affection he gave her as Sister Lan.

"But if we let Sister Lan do what she did today, I'm afraid no one will dare to speak up in the Censorate in the future." Zhuge Yu did not retreat an inch and argued: "Rumors will eventually fall apart, but if there are no people who dare to speak out, it will be difficult to find new ones. Everyone is in danger and keeps silent. If this continues, the atmosphere in the court will be worrying."

"Once a good person is gone, it's hard to find another one." Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "Ayu, do you think I want to kill him?"

Zhuge Yu was stunned for a moment, but saw Fang Zilan draw the bow and shoot the arrow in one go, with the tip of the arrow shining coldly, pointing directly at Chen Xu, "Then I will kill you to see." Hearing this, Zhuge Yu secretly cursed. From the implication of Fang Zilan's words, she had no intention of killing Chen Xu, perhaps she was just threatening him, but now that he had provoked her like this, it seemed that she was really going to do it.

"Sister Lan, you can't do that!"

"Sister Lan, spare his life!"

Zhuge Yu and Mo Han's voices sounded at the same time. The former was in front of Fang Zilan, but was helpless, while the latter hurried over from behind Fang Zilan, and was too late to dissuade her.

The two watched helplessly as the arrow left the bow and flew straight towards Chen Xu. The sound of the arrow breaking through the air came so suddenly that Chen Xu had no time to react. He only felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and fell off the horse with a scream.

The birds in the forest were startled by the scream and flew away, leaving only the branches and leaves of the trees trembling. Other people who were participating in the spring hunt in the forest were attracted by the noise and rushed over.

Fang Zilan held the bow in her left hand and the arrow in her right hand. Although the arrow was not strung, there was a dangerous aura of readiness in her hands.

Everyone surrounded Fang Zilan and didn't dare to move forward. Chen Xu covered his shoulder and crawled up in embarrassment. Just as he was about to stand up, he saw Fang Zilan's feather arrow aimed at him again. He was so scared that he fell back again. His buttocks made a close contact with the ground, and he screamed again.

When Li Shengxuan arrived, he happened to hear Chen Xu's second scream. He took a quick look and saw that the man was not missing any limbs, and not only was he still breathing, but he could also scream with such full strength. He thought Fang Zilan was really giving him face.

When the imperial censors who were watching saw Li Shengxuan coming, they asked Fang Zilan without waiting for Su Yun to speak, "Lord Yue, what are you doing?"

"I haven't practiced for a long time, so my hands are a little unfamiliar." Fang Zilan said as she nonchalantly put away the bow and arrow, her expression and tone arrogant to the point of provocation.

"Lord Yue, you..." Several imperial censors were stunned and choked by her appearance. They were speechless for a long time. Instead, Su Yun said, "Lord Yue is a man who has fought on the battlefield. This excuse is too poor."

He mercilessly exposed Fang Zilan, but she raised her lips and smiled slightly, saying, "If the world is not peaceful, who would be willing to fight on the battlefield? Lord Su, are you willing?"

The question was direct and cold. Su Yun pursed his lips and said, "I..." He didn't dare to answer, but he didn't want to see his colleagues around him being bullied for nothing. While he was trying to figure out what to say, he heard Fang Zilan say word by word:

"It is not my original intention to fight on the battlefield, but it is also my ability to be second to none. I cannot let people talk about me just because I am a woman. The whole court has many wives and concubines, and I have never seen any censor make a single report. How come the number of my reports is more than the number of people in the mansion? I just want to protect the Yueguo Mansion, but I have lost my moral character. If I really let others manipulate me and obey them, I would not be the Fang Zilan today."

Her voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly. Her sharp words and expression made it clear to everyone—

She is the Duke of Yue in Dajing, and also Fang Zilan. She is a living person with everything she defends, and is definitely not just a name in their memorials or rumors.

It would be impossible for her to become the person they imagined, bound by rules, like prey in a hunting ground.