Don't ask where people go

Chapter 34
In the early morning of the next day, Fang Zilan had just finished rectifying the military affairs, and called the deputy general to order to strictly guard the Gilded City to prevent riots.

And when she was about to go around for a while, she saw Zhuge Yu entered her big tent, which made her feel a little heavy. It seemed that if he didn't give him an answer, he wouldn't let it go.

"General Fang is in good spirits." With a smile on Zhuge Yu's face, he asked straight to the point, "I don't know what happened last night, but General Fang still remembers it?"

"Naturally." Fang Zilan nodded while secretly slandering herself. She tossed and turned all night and didn't sleep well. Zhuge Yu even said that she was in good spirits. He came to see the play, right?Although she was dissatisfied, she still ordered the lieutenant at the side to invite Li Qiyou and Shangguan Jing over.

"Don't you need to invite Shangguan Min?" Zhuge Yu's smile became more playful, and Fang Zilan's expression turned cold, "I said it has nothing to do with Shangguan Min."

"I'm just curious. I may have discovered something when I saw General Fang's attitude towards General Shangguan last night. The answer I want to give must also be related to the Shangguan family." Every time Zhuge Yu said something, Fang Zilan's expression became gloomy.

But he didn't care and continued on his own, "Since General Fang is going to drag Shangguan's family into trouble, why should he pick Shangguan Min so clean?"

"It's not picked clean, it's people who are irrelevant, there is no need to get involved." Fang Zilan looked cold, "You don't need to be like this, Mr. Zhuge, I will neither implicate irrelevant people, nor let anyone who has done wrong people."

Zhuge Yu smiled, and looked more serious, "I hope General Fang will remember what you said today." As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the conversation outside the tent, it was Li Qiyou and Shangguan Jing who had arrived.

When the two entered the main tent, they exchanged a few pleasantries, and then looked at Fang Zilan in the main seat in unison, wondering why she wanted to find them all.

"The three of you are here today, and I have something I want to talk to you about." Fang Zilan didn't hide anything, "It's related to the man who mastered gold that Mr. Zhuge mentioned earlier."

After hearing Fang Zilan's words, Li Qiyou couldn't help but ask, "Among the rich and powerful in our big capital, is there really someone who passes money?"

Fang Zilan nodded and said: "There is indeed someone."

"What General Fang wants to say, you might as well say it directly." Shangguan Jing frowned slightly, "There is no need to go around in circles here."

"General Shangguan, why should you be in such a hurry? Now that everyone is here, I have to say it." Fang Zilan took out the letter that Ji Ningtian gave her from her bosom as she spoke, "This is the letter I found from Chakel. It came out, the letters between him and the Tongjin people."

The moment Fang Zilan took out the letter, Shangguan Jing's expression changed, "You...it's impossible!"

"General Shangguan, what's impossible?" Fang Zilan smiled slightly. Li Qiyou beside him hadn't figured out the situation yet, but Zhuge Yu was shocked. He thought that Shangguan's family might be involved, but seeing Shangguan Jing's reaction, The person who passed the gold is very likely to be him.

"What is written in this letter?" Li Qiyou was full of curiosity, Fang Zilan shook the letter in his hand, "Well, does General Shangguan want to say it himself, or should I say it?"

"Wait a minute." Zhuge Yu stepped forward, "No matter what is written in the letter, how does General Fang want us to believe that this letter must be true?"

"I'm a rough man, and I'm good at fighting. I can't do such a thing as forging letters." Fang Zilan replied casually, "Of course, Mr. Zhuge doesn't have to believe me, but what should you do if you have been looking for the truth for so long?"

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not, General Fang said it doesn't matter." Li Qiyou stood up to make a rescue, "Whether it's true or not, I believe everyone will have their own judgment."

"My lord said something fair. We are not three-year-olds, so we know what is right and what is wrong." Fang Zilan nodded in conviction, "In that case..."

"General Fang!" Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by a voice. She frowned involuntarily and looked outside the tent.

Shangguan Min ran all the way into her big tent, her forehead was wet with sweat, and her voice was a little breathless, "There was a riot in the east of the Gilded City, and some local hooligans in the city clashed with our people."

"What?" Fang Zilan was stunned for a moment, then quickly took back the letter in his hand, "How is the situation now?"

"Not very good." Shangguan Min shook his head, "There are ordinary Jin people here, and our people are tied up and dare not act rashly."

"I'll go and have a look." Fang Zilan was about to leave the tent, but she looked back at the three people who were stunned as if she remembered something, "The military situation is urgent, and I will talk about this matter when I come back."

All three nodded, and she looked at Shangguan Jing again, Shangguan Jing met her gaze directly, and said frankly: "General Fang, please rest assured, Shangguan Jing will not go anywhere until the truth is revealed."

Seeing the delicate expressions of several people, Shangguan Min was a little puzzled, "This is..."

"It's nothing." Fang Zilan interrupted him, and hurried out of the tent.However, just a few steps after she walked out, she met an unexpected person, Huang Fulin.

"General Huangfu?" She looked at the man on the horse, frowned slightly, then turned to look at Shangguan Min who was aside, he scratched his head embarrassedly, "Well, I was going to tell you, but you left too quickly , I haven't had time yet..."

Huang Fulin got off his horse, Fang Zilan couldn't help being startled by the shining imperial decree in his hand, it came so fast.

"Fang Zilan accepts the order." Huangfulin looked solemn, and she didn't dare to neglect, she immediately knelt down on one knee, cupped her fists and saluted.

Shangguanmin behind Fang Zilan and the lieutenant who followed also knelt down one after another. The three who had just come out of the tent when they heard the movement knew that Huangfulin was here to announce the decree, so they also walked over and knelt together Behind everyone.

When everyone arrived, Huang Fulin opened the imperial decree and read aloud: "By God's blessing, the emperor's decree said: Fang Zilan broke through the Gilded City and took Chakel's head. However, Jin people are cruel by nature, so they should massacre the city to avoid future troubles."

"Slaughter the city!" Fang Zilan repeated these two words in a daze. Huang Fulin looked at the people who stayed there, and couldn't help but remind him, "General Fang, why don't you hurry up and give me an order to thank you?"

"I..." Fang Zilan wanted to say something, but couldn't.

Huangfu Lin frowned slightly, and Shangguan Min who was on the side was secretly anxious, and whispered: "General Fang, quickly accept the order!"

"I..." Fang Zilan's lips moved, and she shouted as if she had exhausted all her strength, "But there are still old people and children in the city!"

"Are you trying to resist the edict?" Huangfu Lin's expression turned cold, and he covered the hilt of his sword with his right hand.

Fang Zilan knew that he had murderous intentions, so she didn't struggle anymore, "Fang Zilan accepts the decree, thank you Your Majesty for your kindness." After she finished speaking, she stretched out her hands, Huang Fulin nodded in satisfaction, and handed the decree to her, "Fang Zilan General has worked hard."

Fang Zilan held the imperial decree with trembling hands, stood up slowly, ignored everyone's reactions, and walked out.

Shangguanjing and Li Qiyou stepped forward to exchange a few words with Huangfulin, Li Qiyou couldn't help but asked doubts in his heart, "Why did the emperor make such a decree to massacre the city?"

"The northern border has suffered for a long time. Since I have the opportunity, I must cut the weeds and eradicate the roots." It was Shangguan Jing who answered Li Qiyou, and Huang Fulin also nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty, don't feel unbearable. The Jin people have repeatedly offended me. Burning, killing, looting and looting are all kinds of crimes on the Beijing border, which is what they deserve."

Did you deserve it?Hearing their conversation, Zhuge Yu couldn't help but sneered in his heart, shook his head and together with Shangguan Min caught up with Fang Zilan who was a hundred paces away.

"General Fang!" Shangguan Min ran in front of Fang Zilan and blocked her way, "You..."

"Get out of the way!" She interrupted Shangguan Min coldly, but he remained unmoved and stood motionless in front of her, "What are you going to do?"

"Massacre." She almost squeezed out these two words between her teeth, and her cold tone made people shudder.

"Otherwise, what do you think I can do?" Fang Zilan's expression was extremely cold, and Shangguan Min felt a chill down his spine, but he couldn't say anything.

"Indeed, you can't do anything except obey the order." The person who spoke was Zhuge Yu, and he walked up to Fang Zilan as he spoke, "General Fang will not be so naive if he succeeds in everything."

The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and the seemingly indistinct smile on his face made her feel unspeakably ironic.Even with her military achievements, she still can't do anything, but she is just a small pawn in the hands of the supreme leader.

Fang Zilan felt an unknown fire welling up in his chest, and in the next second his hand was on Zhuge Yu's throat, "Isn't it the same, Mr. Zhuge? You can't do anything if you claim to be exhaustive."

Zhuge Yu's face turned pale, Fang Zilan's movements were too fast, he didn't have time to dodge, he was already pinched by her neck when he couldn't avoid it, the strong sense of suffocation and the death that was coming so close made him feel fear.

The woman in front of her was like Yan Luo, the ghost face in charge of life and death, with a hideous and terrifying face.

Shangguan Min on the side had already panicked, and hurriedly grabbed Fang Zilan's wrist, trying to make her let go, but it was in vain.

"But I'm not as naive as Miss Fang..." Zhuge Yu moved his lips with difficulty, annoyed, "I know... how I got my status... even after all this... I never regret it..."

Fang Zilan let go of his hand abruptly, Zhuge Yu took a few steps back, gasping for breath, coughing a few times, feeling dizzy and unable to stand still.

One hand quickly supported Zhuge Yu, so that he didn't fall over and fell to the ground.

He glanced at the hand that was holding his arm, and looked up at its owner, "Miss Fang, those who achieve great things don't care about small things."

"I am now General Fang." Fang Zilan looked cold.In the end, she became like them, treating human life like an ant, and she could not give up all her previous efforts by any means.

"Then, General Fang." Zhuge Yu stood up straight and pushed her hand away, "Please give the order."

She turned her head and looked at Huangfulin and her lieutenant not far away. The terrified expressions in everyone's eyes could be seen at a glance. It was obvious that the scene just now fell into their eyes.

"Listen to my order." Fang Zilan raised her hand and pulled out the sword on her body. She opened her mouth, only to feel that her throat was dry, as if it was burning, and she could hardly make a sound.

However, she clearly heard the voice in her heart, like the whisper of a devil, repeating in her ears, making her become the devil's minion, "Massacre!"

　The so-called choice is a dilemma between the two sides.Fang Zilan thought she had a choice, but is this really the case?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)