Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1596: Late

Awan bit her lip and said nothing. Xie Chen looked at Fang Zilan, "Just now in the court, the wife of the prince said that she had asked Miss Awan. As for what she found out, did the wife of the prince say it herself, or did I..."

"Mr. Xie, don't go too far." Fang Zilan's fierce eyes were exposed, but Xie Chen was not afraid at all. He said to himself: "According to what the wife of the prince said, this matter is related to Cheng Zhimo..."

"Impossible." Dugu Linxiu shouted, "At that time, their business had not yet reached Xiguan City, and Cheng Zhimo was even less..." She realized something was wrong halfway through her words and suddenly fell silent.

"What is Cheng Zhimo?" Fang Zilan hadn't finished her words when Xie Chen said, "According to the confession of the Crown Prince's wife, Miss Awan was in Xiguan City taking care of the Duke of Xianbei at that time. She happened to see someone poisoning your beloved daughter, and she also heard their conversation. They said that they were ordered by someone to teach you a lesson."

As he spoke, he turned to Fang Zilan and asked, "Madam, is there anything wrong with what I said?"

"Every word is correct." Fang Zilan gritted her teeth. Dugu Linxiu looked at her steadily, "Do you know something?"

Fang Zilan lowered her eyes to avoid Dugu Linxiu's gaze, but could not avoid her aggressive questioning, "Why do you use such words to perfunctorily answer me? Did Cheng Zhimo tell you something..."

"I'm sorry." Fang Zilan's voice was very soft, but to Dugu Linxiu's ears, it was like a huge shock that she would never know the cause of her beloved daughter's death. She broke free from the yamen runner and rushed forward, "Tell me, I beg you to tell me..."

The bailiff at the side wanted to step forward and take Dugu Linxiu back, but Fang Zilan stopped him by shaking his head.

Awan looked at Fang Zilan who was letting Dugu Linxiu shake her, like a paper figure that would break at any time. Now that things had come to this, why should she continue to cover up for herself?

She heard her own voice, which was clearly shaking, but she still said word by word: "I was the one who killed your beloved daughter."

"What did you say?" Dugu Linxiu suddenly turned around and looked over, his face full of disbelief, "Why did you..."

"No reason, if you want to blame someone, blame the child's bad luck." A Wan did not give Dugu Linxiu a chance to ask questions, she spoke quickly: "I always felt guilty in the past. But after these days of trial in court, I know that you lost a daughter, but because of it, you got a way to make money from poisonous insects and poisonous plants, which is not a loss. In this case, I have nothing to feel guilty about."

"You..." It was as if a basin of cold water was poured over her head. Dugu Linxiu's eyes turned red and she was overwhelmed by hatred. Before anyone could react, she pulled out the bailiff's knife and stabbed straight at Awan.

When the blood dripped onto the ground, Awan did not feel any pain. She stared blankly at Fang Zilan who was standing in front of her, frightened and at a loss as to what to do.

It was Xie Chen who reacted first. He grabbed Dugu Linxiu's wrist, making her release her strength and let go of the knife in her hand.

"Why?" Dugu Linxiu fell to the ground and looked up at Fang Zilan, whose face was as pale as paper. She raised her hand to cover her wound. "The life debt owed by Awan should be counted on me. If you want to claim it, just come to me."

Fang Zilan murmured, "So, at that time, he knew that he couldn't go on?"

Master Ranzhu seemed not to have heard clearly and asked, "What did the prince's wife say?"

"Nothing." Fang Zilan pursed her lips and said word by word: "The world cannot be peaceful, and people's hearts are also unstable."

Master Ranzhu stared at the person in front of him, with obvious surprise in his eyes, and even his whole body trembled, "Who... are you?"

Mr. Liu, who was standing by, saw this and quickly reached out to support the staggering Master Ranzhu, "Master, what happened?" "No... Impossible..." Master Ranzhu shook his head violently, gasping for breath, and it took him a while to calm down, "Please forgive me for my momentary loss of composure, but what the Crown Prince's wife said is exactly the same as what the General Zhenbei and the King Pingnan said back then."

Fang Zilan clenched her fingers tightly, "What's the big deal? I have heard about what the Great Chu was like back then, and what the General Zhenbei and King Pingnan were like. If the four borders cannot be pacified, it is understandable to place hope on gods and Buddhas."

She wanted to confuse the audience, "Unfortunately, the incense stick at Zhongling Temple was not effective, and he was still buried in the deep sea of ​​Yuedi."

"Madam, do you think that General Zhenbei and Prince Pingnan are burning incense at Zhongling Temple for their own sake?" Master Ranzhu's expression suddenly turned cold, and Fang Zilan seemed to be unaware of it. "What else is it for?"

"You are such a short-sighted woman." Master Ranzhu frowned and said coldly, "I thought..."

"Master, what do you think?" Fang Zilan snorted. "I want the answer. I don't have the time to listen to you talk about those old stories from the past dynasties."

Master Ranzhu was choked and speechless. Fang Zilan said in a deep voice: "I don't care why General Zhenbei and King Pingnan burn incense in Zhongling Temple. I just want to ask one question: has the people in Zhongling Temple agreed to his request? If they agreed, have they done it?"

Her questions became more serious, and she asked until the last one, forcing Master Ranzhu to take two steps back. "The affairs of gods and Buddhas, the whole Zhongling Temple..."

"Is what he is asking for really something from the gods and Buddhas?" Fang Zilan interrupted Master Ranzhu and stammered, "Zhongling Temple is also helpless..."

"Nothing can be done?" Fang Zilan's face was as cold as ice. "Master Ranzhu, life is not easy in troubled times. I can understand that Zhongling Temple is seeking a way to survive. But for the sake of Zhongling Temple's survival, you have to push others to death. What kind of logic is this?"

"Zhongling Temple doesn't have it..." Master Ranzhu's words of rebuttal were interrupted by Fang Zilan, "No? Master Ranzhu, in the name of all the gods and Buddhas, do you dare to swear?"

Master Ranzhu's lips moved, but no sound came out. All he could hear was Fang Zilan's angry voice: "If it weren't for Zhongling Temple, how could the Hong family have fallen to this point?"

"I understand." Master Ranzhu let out a long sigh and said in relief: "The Crown Prince's wife came here today not only to ask for answers for Master Zhuge Yu, but also for the Hong family."

"The Hong family is a bandit that everyone wants to kill..." Mr. Liu couldn't help but interjected, but was stabbed back by Fang Zilan with a glare, and he dared not even breathe.

"I have already said it just now. You can only choose one between the Zhuge family and the Hong family." Master Ranzhu looked at Fang Zilan in front of him. "It would be fine if the wife of the prince does not choose either of them, but if she chooses both..."

He didn't say anything else. Fang Zilan said calmly, "What if I insist on choosing both?"

"Madam, you know that the Zhuge family has played an indispensable role in the Hong family's current situation." Master Ranzhu said with a hint of sarcasm. Fang Zilan met his gaze and said, "I know."

Master Ranzhu was stunned and said, "Since the Crown Prince's wife knows, she should know that it is impossible to choose both."

"In the master's mind, this is a choice. But in my mind, it has never been one." Fang Zilan said seriously: "The old grudges are already solid, that is the matter of the previous generation, the new hatred has not yet been settled, this generation should have their own way of living, instead of being bound by this mess and ruining their lives in confusion. Hong Tai shouldn't have done that, and Zhuge Yu shouldn't have done that even more."