Don't ask where people go

Chapter 9 Zixiu
King Xiang originally wanted Fang Zilan to stay in Pingshan City for a period of time, and then make plans when he recovered from his injury. Unexpectedly, within two days, Fang Zilan was alive and kicking and said that he would escort him back to Beijing together.

Of course Fang Zilan knew what King Xiang was up to. Now that the war is over, he is going back to Beijing for the throne. At this time, people who don’t know the basics are naturally not suitable to be around, just find an excuse to push them out. .

Of course she couldn't follow King Xiang's wishes. It was a long way from Pingshan City to the capital, and if there was anything wrong with King Xiang along the way, it would be difficult for her to do business. Anyway, she was going back to Beijing after all, so it happened to be on the way.

"Young lady's injury is not healed, so it's better not to force it." King Xiang saw Fang Zilan standing neither sitting nor frowning, and shook his head with a smile. of."

"I followed His Royal Highness Xiang Wang voluntarily, and I never thought about asking for any reward." Fang Zilan said while holding the corner of the table beside him. Although he didn't feel pain, he still had to pay attention to the wound that hadn't healed.

The word fidgeting is not suitable for her now, it is the same for the injury, and it is also the same for King Xiang, it is better to open the skylight and speak openly.

Thinking of this, she straightened her mind, "Your Highness King Xiang and I might as well talk straight, and I hope His Highness will not blame you."

"Girl, it's okay to say." Seeing her determined appearance, King Xiang couldn't help laughing secretly, what does this little girl want to do?
"Your Highness advised me over and over again that my injury is serious, but it's just an excuse that I don't want me to go to Beijing. After all, people who don't know the basics can't be at ease after all. Besides, when Miss Yan'er went back a few days ago, His Highness sent I'm afraid it's not as simple as being an escort, so I should check my background." Fang Zilan spoke with confidence, but King Xiang felt his heart tighten, the little girl guessed most of it, it really wasn't simple.

"Your Highness can't trust me, I know it in my heart, so it's okay to tell Your Highness who I am." Fang Zilan suddenly paused as she spoke, and took a deep breath, "I'm Fang Zilan, the independent killer Zixiu."

Fang Zilan couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief after speaking, and secretly admired her cleverness in her heart. Anyway, King Xiang will find out the clue sooner or later, so it's better for her to tell the truth in advance, so that she can hide the people behind her, including the young master.

"Zixiu, Fang Zilan?" Sure enough, King Xiang frowned slightly when he heard the name.

Fang Zilan naturally knew the reason. Princess Xiang, Fang Ziqin, was only a word away from her, and she sounded like a natural sister.

"I have nothing to do with the Fang family that His Highness is thinking about." She added after a little thought, "The one in front of Your Highness is the killer Zixiu."

King Xiang smiled slightly, girl, isn't there 300 taels of silver here?That day when she talked about Fang's family, she looked unhappy, but now she is anxious to get rid of the relationship. She is exquisite and clear on weekdays, why is she so dull in her own affairs?

"I have heard of Zixiu's name. I heard that she is a first-class killer." King Xiang said with a wider smile on his face. "It's just a first-class killer. How could you come to be my follower?"

"I've said it before. Didn't His Highness know that he was entrusted by others? The assassination in Beijing, the inspection in Qingzhou, there are always people who want to protect His Highness." Fang Zilan saw that King Xiang's smile was unpredictable, so he could only guess and answer by himself, " The northern border is dangerous, and ordinary people can't protect His Highness, so naturally they can only hire me, a top-notch killer, after all, if I take the second place, no one will dare to take the first place."

As soon as the words came out, King Xiang couldn't help chuckling, "You are quite confident."

Fang Zilan was also taken aback, indeed how could she know that she was number one?

But this kind of conviction is deeply rooted in her bone marrow as if she was born with it. She vaguely remembers that man said to her, "Lan'er, you must become the sharpest sword in my hand, the first sword in the world that belongs to me."

There was a stabbing pain between her eyebrows, Fang Zilan supported her forehead with one hand, and clenched the corner of the table with the other, as if she was about to squeeze a hole.

Seeing this, King Xiang hurriedly got up and walked to her side, "Miss Fang?"

"I'm fine." She forcefully put down her hand, raised her eyes to look at the person in front of her, the concerned expression on his face did not seem to be fake, but she knew very well in her heart that the person in front of her was King Xiang.With this identity alone, she couldn't trust him at all.

"What else do you want to know, Your Highness?" Fang Zilan pretended to be relaxed and spoke again, but King Xiang shook his head.

She continued to ask: "Your Highness, don't you ask who I am employed by?"

King Xiang didn't answer.

After a while, just when she thought that King Xiang would say no more and was about to leave, she heard his voice, "If I pay you ten times as much as your original employer, are you willing to do something for me?"

"Your Highness didn't even ask me how much my original employer paid?" Fang Zilan couldn't help feeling amused, and when he was considering what price to ask, he only heard King Xiang say, "I just ask if you are willing."

The undeniable power in his tone made her stunned for a moment, and suddenly she understood that he was bound to win, how could a person who would become the lord of the world care about how much money he had?

"Okay." Fang Zilan's lips twitched lightly, "But the deal between me and my original employer is to end with His Highness returning to Beijing safely. Your Highness might as well discuss it with me later."

There was a businessman's penny counting in her words, which made King Xiang feel familiar.

As expected, she was from the Fang family. After all, she was born as a merchant with the shrewdness of doing business. I'm afraid she won't be able to get rid of it no matter what.

"Why is Your Highness looking at me like this?" Fang Zilan couldn't see through King Xiang's expression, so he could only ask him.He just shook his head, "It's nothing, I hope Miss Fang remembers today's appointment when I arrive in Beijing."

"That's natural. As killers, we pay attention to a word of faith. Since I, Fang Zilan, agreed to you today as Zixiu, I won't go back on my word." Fang Zilan said firmly, but never thought that such incidents would happen in the future .

After thinking about it carefully, perhaps she shouldn't have told King Xiang of her true identity from the very beginning.But at that time, as long as she thought of being able to cover up for the young master, she didn't care so much.

The journey was quite peaceful, neither being assassinated nor hearing any news, but the more peaceful Fang Zilan felt, the more uneasy she felt. When she came to the northern border before, she heard that Emperor Ning Shun was critically ill. It was logical for King Xiang to return to Beijing this time. Ascension to the throne, but there was no news from Beijing. Either the people under King Xiang were unavailable, or someone deliberately blocked the news.

She thought about it and glanced at King Xiang next to her. She herself was inclined towards the latter. After getting along with her this time, King Xiang gave her the feeling that he had both the strategy of the city and the sincerity of buying people's hearts. Not too bad.

During the period, Fang Zilan also received a letter from Wu Qing, saying that Emperor Ningshun's time is short and the Queen Mother is in charge of the government. It seems that she wants to assist King Yucheng to inherit the great rule, but the Zhuge family, who has always been regarded as the right arm of the late emperor, has not expressed its position and flinched. , I'm afraid that King Xiang's return to Beijing will not be so smooth.

What the son meant was to let her stay with King Xiang until King Xiang came to the throne.It's just that she still remembers the agreement that she promised King Xiang to do things for him that day. She has no two masters, so she can only watch while walking.

"What are you thinking?" King Xiang's voice reached Fang Zilan's ears like this, "The capital is in front of you, why this expression?"

"It's nothing, I'm just afraid that nothing will happen along the way, but I'm afraid that there will be a fierce battle waiting for His Highness when we enter the capital." She said and looked at King Xiang, but he smiled faintly, "Then there will be Miss Laofang."

King Xiang was really impolite, Fang Zilan shook his head with a smile, and entered the city with King Xiang into the mansion of King Xiang.

As soon as she entered the mansion, she met acquaintances. Fang Zilan was also helpless. It's not that she didn't expect to see her sister Fang Ziqin, but probably she didn't expect to be so embarrassing.

"I've seen Princess Xiang." Fang Zilan was still dressed in men's clothing, but Fang Ziqin recognized her. She stood there and stared at her blankly. It was a gaffe she had never seen before.

In Fang Zilan's impression, Fang Ziqin, as the prime minister's eldest daughter, always seems to be a well-behaved lady, and even a good housekeeper. She is well-known in the whole capital as a virtuous person. This is the first time she has seen her like this.

In the end, it was King Xiang who broke the embarrassing situation, "What's wrong with the princess? This is Miss Xiu, who saved my life in the northern border."

Fang Ziqin nodded slightly, collected her expression, and said in a low voice: "I'm fine, but this Miss Xiu looks a bit like a younger sister in my family, and I thought I saw my younger sister for a while, so I lost my composure. I hope His Highness is not surprised."

"It's okay, the concubine hasn't seen her family for a long time, I miss the sisters' love, so go back to Fang's house and take a look when you have time." King Xiang said these words politely and distantly, sounding considerate but Fang Zilan didn't listen out of the slightest concern.

Perhaps this is the legendary respect for each other?While thinking like this, she followed King Xiang to the door of the study.

"If His Highness King Xiang has nothing to do, I will leave." Fang Zilan saw that King Xiang hadn't mentioned the matter of that day, thinking about finding a reason to leave first.

Unexpectedly, King Xiang had no intention of letting her go, "Miss Xiu thought I was joking that day?"

"I dare not." Seeing that King Xiang's eyes darkened a bit, Fang Zilan immediately changed her voice, "It's just that the road is full of dust and dust, and I really dare not stay in front of His Highness for a moment with my current appearance. I just ask His Highness to let me Go wash up and change your clothes first."

"Didn't I see you look worse than this?" King Xiang's expression showed a trace of teasing, but she waved her hand indifferently, "That's not the same. It was on the battlefield before, but now it's in Xiangyang. Wangfu, surely His Highness does not want his servants to be disgraced, does he?"

"Forget it, you go first." King Xiang shook his head with a smile, and turned to order the guard Xia Houzhang on the other side, "Take her to the study and come to see me."

"Thank you, brother Xiahou." Fang Zilan cupped her fists, but Xia Houzhang was not moved at all. She was used to it. Xia Houzhang had such a temper along the way - taciturn, and no one else said anything except what King Xiang said. ignore.

I heard from King Xiang that during the Battle of Wind River Valley, Xia Houzhang went to Pingshan City to rescue soldiers and did not follow him. Who would have thought that so many things would happen later.He has always regretted that he didn't do a good job, and Xia Houyan's death hit him hard.

Just when Fang Zilan was about to go out with Xia Houzhang, he heard a young servant report that the second son of Zhuge's family had come to announce the decree for the sage.

King Xiang heard that it was the second son of Zhuge's family who came to pass the decree, so he stopped them, "Don't rush to wash and change your clothes, and go with me to see Zhuge Yu before we talk."

　Fang Zilan disclosed her true identity as a killer, but concealed the part related to Fang's family.However, in the dubious balance of King Xiang, how long can this balance of trust and suspicion be maintained?
　　Fang Zilan: Although, but, did you expect that I would be so powerful?

　　Author: So there is no doubt that you are a real daughter.

　　King Xiang: What about me?

　　Author: Your Highness?Possibly, maybe... a bit more advanced than passers-by A, B, and C? (top pot run
　　
　
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