Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1547 Fortunately

As soon as the Second Master opened his mouth, Li Shengxuan interrupted him, "I think the people in Feiling Mountain can't protect themselves, so in order to save face, they have to ask for help from my Zixiu. Second Master, am I right?"

He drawled and kept calling her "my Zixiu", which gave Fang Zilan goose bumps all over her body. Why didn't she realize before that he was such a smooth talker?

“You…” The second in command’s secret was exposed. He couldn’t admit it, nor could he deny it. His expression became much uglier. He could only yell, “Don’t talk nonsense! What do you mean you can’t protect yourself? We are doing well in Feiling Mountain…”

"Really?" Fang Lihui smiled and waved his folding fan, "If it's all good, why haven't you paid me the money you promised me when we did the deal?"

The second in command's expression froze, as if he had never expected Fang Lihui to stand up and sabotage him at this time. He could not help but glare at him and said in a low voice: "Mr. Fang, don't forget that we still have a lot of leverage over you..."

"What evidence?" Fang Lihui said without any intention of hiding anything, spreading his hands and saying, "Is it the fire on the Jiangnan painted boat or the Wanhua Tower in Beijing? Miss Zixiu knows all about it. She has set more fires than I have, so I don't think she would care about such trivial matters."

Hearing this, Fang Zilan glared at Fang Lihui. It was one thing for her to have done so many evil things, but it was another thing to hear him say it in a competitive tone.

What does it mean to not care? She is aware that she will have to sacrifice her life sooner or later. Does Fang Lihui have that?

Noticing Fang Zilan's gaze, Fang Lihui laughed awkwardly and said innocently, "Miss Zixiu, am I wrong? Don't you know?"

He casually changed the subject. Fang Zilan was too lazy to argue with him and simply threw the topic back to Li Shengxuan, "It seems that your guess is right. The second in command is angry out of shame."

"I didn't..." The second in command's eyes were full of murderous intent, but Fang Zilan ignored it and sneered, "If you really want to rescue Hongtai, you might as well tell me everything. Maybe you can win my sympathy and I will occasionally be kind and help you."

"You, you guys!" The second in command was furious. "You already know enough. Don't try to trick me anymore!"

Fang Zilan shrugged, "Second Master, do you think that we were trying to trick Miss Honghe?"

"Isn't it?" The second in command glared at her. Fang Zilan curled her lips and said, "Ms. Honghe just said what she had prepared long ago. The rest is all our guesses. She didn't say anything. How can it be considered a rhetoric?"

The second in command gnashed his teeth and said, "Whatever Miss Zixiu says, I'm putting this on the table. The first in command, Hongtai, is the face of the entire Feiling Mountain. If you help us today, you'll be giving us face. When we meet again in the martial arts world in the future, we'll naturally give you face as well."

"In front of life, face or reputation, what is it worth?" Fang Zilan restrained her expression and said in a deep voice: "If Feiling Mountain can't protect itself, how can we talk about the future?"

After she finished speaking, she raised her chin towards Li Shengxuan and Fang Lihui, indicating that they didn't need to waste any more time and could leave.

"Miss Zixiu..." The second in command called out to Fang Zilan hesitantly. After hesitating for a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind and said, "After you rescue the first in command, I will tell you everything I know."

"Uncle Sun!" Before Hong He's anxious voice had even finished, Fang Zilan's firm voice drowned it out, "It's a deal."

Fang Zilan tried to avoid Awan's gaze, but she kept chasing after her, "Fang Zilan, what time is it? Do you still want to protect the Fang family? Do you know that you are now like a clay Buddha protecting a golden Buddha..."

"An imperial decree from the Queen is far from being a golden bodhisattva." Fang Zilan interrupted Awan, "If we can't get Li Shengxuan to admit it, not to mention Fang Lihui, the entire Fang family doesn't need to live."

A trace of worry flashed across A Wan's eyes, "But Li Shengxuan...will he really admit it?"

Before she finished her words, she heard a tiny metallic sound. She felt the wind blowing past her ears, and she dodged subconsciously, but she saw Mei Jian in front of her, blocking the attack for her. "Get out!" Fang Zilan shouted, and the ghost faces appeared around them like phantoms, surrounding the two of them.

"Young Master, do you really want to die?" Fang Zilan sneered. The Ghost Face in the lead hesitated for a moment, and the next moment he was stabbed in the throat by her sword, without even having time to make a sound.

"What? Do you think you can take advantage of me since I'm injured?" Fang Zilan sheathed the sword, seemingly having no intention of attacking again.

The other ghost faces hesitated, not daring to move forward or retreat.

"Go back and tell your young master a message." Fang Zilan said, stretching out her hand to pull Awan onto the horse, "The queen has issued an imperial decree, intending to return the land to the people, and her reputation will surely grow. He can't touch the Fang family. He can't kill me either."

Awan was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that Fang Zilan was going to use the ghost mask as a tool to spread news.

"Zi Xiu, why should we trust you?" A ghost could not help but question. Fang Zi Lan snorted coldly, "There are two ways. Either you die here, or go back and report. Maybe the young master will spare your life."

As soon as she said this, the ghost faces were shaken, so she continued: "Even if I am injured, I am more than capable of killing you. If you don't believe me, why not come up and give it a try."

The ghost faces hesitated, but in the blink of an eye, the plum sword in Fang Zilan's hand was unsheathed again, and a flash of silver light passed by, saving a life.

"Are you not leaving yet?" Awan reminded, and the ghost faces disappeared without a trace.

Fang Zilan breathed a sigh of relief, but A Wan, with a sullen face, pressed on: "Now that things have come to this, what exactly do you want to do?"

"It doesn't matter what I want to do." Fang Zilan said faintly: "What matters is that it's too late."

"What do you mean?" Awan frowned. Fang Zilan tightened the reins. "If you don't go back to the Fang family, it will be too late."

Awan didn't know the trick and didn't have time to think it through, so she could only follow Fang Zilan and rush to Fang's house.

Even Fang Zilan herself, only realized after she sent Hongtai away that she didn't have to take any action regarding the Zhongling Temple matter.

Although Master Ran Deng's reputation was great, it was not as important as the imperial court's laws. It was not that Xie Chen could not be dealt with, but it was more difficult to deal with. She could be a knife for Xie Chen. As long as she could save the Fang family, it would be like paying back the lives of the Xiahou family.

Unfortunately, Xie Chen may not be able to fulfill her wish.

What Xie Chen said that day was that the Fang family had made meritorious contributions while serving their sentence.

Now she realized that if she wanted to make meritorious contributions while serving her sentence, she had to be guilty. The case had not yet been concluded, and even if Fang Lihui was tried and the Fang family was implicated, it would be difficult to simply say that he was guilty.

However, since Xie Chen dared to say it, he was at least 50% sure that he could convict the Fang family. It was not an exaggeration to say that asking her to go to Zhongling Temple was to get her out of the way.

If she went back too late and something happened to the Fang family, wouldn't all her hard work be ruined?

By that time, the situation was unclear. Would she really drag the Xiahou family down with her and die with the Fang family?