Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1603 Control
Lord Liu stood in the corner. He was inconspicuous but his voice was as loud as a bell. "Mr. Xie, it was not my intention to detain Lord Fang. I had my own reasons!"

Hearing this, several people in the hall gave up their seats for Lord Liu. He then knelt down in the middle of the court with a plop, looking sincerely repentant. "They are all the head of the Wu family. He said that the head of the Xiahou family will not live long. By then, General Xiahou will have no time to take care of other things. As long as the Fang family does not stand up, the matter of the account book can be buried forever..."

"You're talking nonsense!" The head of the Wu family cursed angrily, "It's obviously you, a despicable and shameless villain, who said that it's enough to kill one person in the family. Since Lord Fang didn't want to, you detained him..."

As soon as he said this he realized that he had spoken out of turn, but it was too late to take it back since the words had been spoken.

"So, the head of the Wu family admitted that he hired someone to kill someone?" Xiahou Yunzhao's face was as gloomy as water. "And Lord Liu also admitted that he detained an important official of the court?"

"General Xiahou, what you said is wrong." Lord Liu looked over and said, "Lord Fang has already resigned. Now he has no official title or rank. Calling him Lord is just giving him face."

"If you are not afraid, why should you give face to Lord Fang?" Xiahou Yunzhao pressed on step by step, and Lord Liu showed his vicious side. "After all, if General Xiahou had not been too bullying, why would the head of the Wu family, Madam Fu and others take such a risk?"

"That's right." The head of the Wu family echoed, "Even if there is a fly flying out of the southeast, it can't escape the eyes of the Xiahou family. What about the poisonous insect and poisonous weed business, the fire in Zuiyue Tower, the invasion of Zhongling Temple, the hiring of killers, the corruption in Jiangnan, the detention of important officials of the court, all these things, General Xiahou dares to say that he has never participated in them? If you say you admit your guilt, your Xiahou family is the culprit!"

"The culprit?" Xiahou Yunzhao repeated the word and curled his lips. "Although I was not involved, I am not completely ignorant. If you want me to plead guilty, you should at least provide some evidence."

As she spoke, her eyes swept over the people who were kneeling or standing in the court one by one. The head of the Wu family, Wu Ying, Lord Liu, and Madam Fu, each of them was probably the person behind the scenes, but they all pushed her out as the mastermind.

But it was not until this moment that she realized that the mastermind behind the scenes might not be a specific person at all. In the final analysis, it was the word power, which, when it came to people's minds, became a knife that could do anything evil.

And how could she not be coerced from being a general of Baiyue to the Duke of Dajing? She had been used as a knife for power quite a few times.

In this case, if she uses herself as bait, she may be able to lure out all those who are immersed in these dirty deeds. Then, whether it is fairness or the truth, maybe she can fight for it.

"General Xiahou?" Xie Chen's voice brought Xiahou Yunzhao back to her senses. She raised her eyes and met his calm eyes.

She knew that no matter what decision she made today or what the outcome was, it would not shake Xie Chen's position as the presiding judge. In this case, what was wrong with giving Fang Zilan the fairness she wanted and turning Southeast upside down?

"Everyone has their own reasons, but no one dares to produce substantive evidence." Xiahou Yunzhao said word by word in a deep voice: "If there is real evidence, I am willing to accept the accusation and be detained temporarily."

"General Xiahou..." Xie Chen and Li Qiyou spoke at the same time, but their thoughts were completely different. However, this moment was enough for Lord Liu and others to come up with the idea again, "If you are truly innocent, why would you be willing to be imprisoned?"

"I said, the prerequisite is that there is evidence." Xiahou Yunzhao looked down at Master Liu, "If you have evidence, just show it to me."

"I have it." Dugu Linxiu's voice trembled slightly, but it attracted everyone's attention almost sharply, "It's in the account book I gave to Mr. Xie before."

Fang Zilan said without comment: "When the Yin-Yang family was still around a hundred years ago, it was not an exaggeration to say that the prophecies of the priests in Miluo were divine oracles. But in the war a hundred years ago, the Yin-Yang family was completely destroyed, and even the last high priest of the empire died a martyr. How could there be any priest prophecies in the world? It's just a trick used by the Miluo royal family to manipulate the people."

"Sister Xiu, you are wrong." Zhen Zhu bit her lip, her eyes full of awe, "The last high priest of the empire, who was also the strongest fortune teller of the Yin-Yang School in later legends, left behind a daughter."

Fang Zilan's face flashed with shock, Zhen Zhu slowly said: "Qianjinfang also learned this information by accident. This woman was originally hidden in Yancheng Villa, and was later secretly invited into the palace by Emperor Miluo and became a Miluo priest. The current Miluo priests are her descendants."

"Then how credible do you think the predictions of the Miluo priests are?" Fang Zilan's eyes were deep. Zhen Zhu didn't dare to look into her eyes. She lowered her head and said, "Although the outside world says that the Miluo priests are getting worse with each generation, and the priests' predictions have changed from once every ten years to once every thirty years, and there may be deviations, but they have all come true."

Fang Zilan chuckled, "All of them will come true? I can believe that Murong Qing will massacre the Miluo royal family in the future, but I don't believe that he will rule the world again. The world is so big, there is more than just Miluo. What does this mean to our Great Capital? And where are the barbarians in the Western Regions and the Northern Desert?"

"I don't know about that." Zhen Zhu held her chin with her hand, and said thoughtfully: "Let me think about it. Sister Mier told me before that the last priest predicted that Miluo would be defeated within 30 years. After the prediction, Miluo was defeated by Baiyue and Dajing successively. Even the civil war between neighboring tribes was avoided by asking Dajing to mediate. "

Fang Zilan wondered, "Since the priest's prediction was so accurate, why didn't the people of Miluo listen to his advice and start a war?"

"Brother Wan said that there are always young people who are not afraid of death and want to try how high the sky is and how thick the earth is." Zhen Zhu stretched lazily, "This is called not turning back until you hit the wall, and not shedding tears until you see the coffin."

Fang Zilan smiled and pretended to be regretful, "What a pity, the priest's prediction this time was not that Miluo's troops would be defeated, otherwise I would have had the opportunity to make a big fuss."

"Why is there no chance?" Zhen Zhu stood up, put his hands behind his back, raised his head and chest, and said sternly: "The people of Miluo are fighting fiercely among themselves, and they are still willing to send troops to attack. Aren't they afraid of losing all the wealth they have worked so hard to accumulate?"

Fang Zilan coughed and said seriously, "Brother Wan doesn't talk with his hands behind his back."

Zhen Zhu quickly put both her hands in front of her and lowered her voice deliberately, "If anything happens to Mu Chuji in this battle, will the new Miluo Emperor Mu Churui let Murong Xun go? If someone else uses the priest's prophecy to fan the flames, will the Miluo royal family keep Chen and Murong Qing to raise a tiger to harm them? When people are pushed into a corner, there is nothing they can't do."