Don't ask where people go

Chapter 1488 Present World
Everyone returned to the hall with their own thoughts. However, unexpectedly, it was as if nothing had happened in the hall. The banquet was not over, the music was not over, and the actors in the South Pavilion were still singing the eternal romance on the stage.

It was too normal, and it seemed weird. Fang Zilan soon discovered something was wrong. Except for Fang Chongzheng, who was drinking by himself and looking relaxed, everyone else looked ashen, like puppets, and even their movements were indescribably stiff.

Fu Congnan had not expected this scene in the hall, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

After a while, the song and the play ended. The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Only Fang Chongzheng clapped his hands and sighed, "What a show to shock the tigers. What a bunch of beasts in human form."

Fang Zilan's expression froze when she heard this. If the first half of the sentence was about her, then the second half was referring to all the adults present today...

As expected, Fu Congnan couldn't help but say, "Fang Chongzheng, you are just a commoner now. Killing you is as easy as crushing an ant..."

"If that's the case, why doesn't General Fu take action?" Fang Chongzheng glanced at Fu Congnan standing by the door with an indifferent look, as if he was talking about something completely irrelevant. "Why don't they take action?"

This sentence made Fu Congnan so angry that he shouted, "Fang Chongzheng, if they don't dare, do you think I don't dare either? Someone come..."

"Let's see who dares!" Fang Zilan flashed past and stood in front of Fang Chongzheng. At the same time, Hongtai grabbed Fu Congnan's throat again, making him unable to make any sound.

"Lan'er, aren't you afraid that General Fu will perish together with him?" Fang Chongzheng's voice came from behind Fang Zilan. She didn't turn around and said coldly, "As long as I'm here, there will never be a situation where both sides will perish together. The only one who will die will be him."

Fang Chongzheng chuckled, but said nothing more. Instead, he suddenly changed the subject, "It's past dusk, and it's getting dark."

This short sentence made Fang Zilan's heart sink. She unconsciously turned her head slightly and looked over.

Just as Fang Chongzheng said, dusk was falling and the sky was getting dark, but there was no light outside the hall, only a faint candlelight inside.

"Fu Congnan, let me make a deal with you." Fang Zilan heard her own voice and said word by word: "You let them go, and I will stay."

"No." Hong Tai suddenly said, but Fang Zilan remained indifferent. She still looked at Fu Congnan and said, "How about it, do you agree?"

Fang Zilan curled her lips, "The Third Miss of the Fang Family and Zhen from Qianjinfang are the same person. Otherwise, why would Li Shengxuan go to so much trouble to marry me?"

She deliberately blurred the timeline. At that time, Li Shengxuan proposed to her and Qianjinfang had not yet appeared in the world. But Fu Congnan had too many doubts at this time and had no time to think about it carefully, so he did not notice these details.

"This is impossible..." Fu Congnan shook his head, but his voice was shaking more and more, "This is impossible!"

"When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked." Fang Zilan said as she took a step forward, the short knife in her hand had already touched Fu Congnan's coat, "Now I am of no use to Li Shengxuan, and I have been sold to the Miluo people. I wonder what will happen to General Fu, who is of no use to them?"

She deliberately emphasized the word "they" and looked at the cold sweat dripping from Fu Congnan's head with satisfaction, wetting his clothes, "How did you know..."

"I know much more than General Fu imagined." Fang Zilan smiled even more. "Hand over Fang Lihui, and I can pretend that nothing happened today. Otherwise, when things get out of hand, it will be difficult for you to get away with it."

"You're threatening me?" Fu Congnan had a sinister look on his face. Fang Zilan chuckled. "Threat? Do I need that?" As she spoke, she spun the dagger in her hand and cut Fu Congnan's clothes. "General Fu, you don't want me to go with you to find King Yucheng. I think it's because he fell into a trap and was locked up with Fang Lihui..."

She paused, "Of course, the trap that could have caught King Yucheng might not only have trapped Fang Lihui, but there might be other people among them that you didn't want others to find out..."

"Miss Zhen!" Fu Congnan's voice was filled with a hint of suppressed anger, "Do you know what you are doing?"

"I know." Fang Zilan nodded. "I also know that if more people are attracted, it won't be me who will be embarrassed. General Fu, you..."

"Fang Lihui is dead..." Fu Congnan gritted his teeth, but then he heard a clang and the secret door was opened from the outside.

Then came a loud voice, "If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his body. There's no reason for someone from our family to die in an unclear way."

It’s Fang Zitong.

Fang Zilan looked outside the door. Awan was looking at the mechanism beside the door with an innocent look on her face, as if it was a matter of course that "I saw you open it just now, so I know how to open it." Following behind her were Fang Zitong, Zhuge Yu, Pei Xiaoze, and several other adults she had just met at the birthday party.

Fu Congnan's face turned pale. He was about to say something when he saw Fang Zilan burst into tears and threw herself into Fang Zitong's arms, "Second sister, General Fu said...my cousin is dead..."

Seeing this, Fu Congnan was stunned. It turned out that Fang Zilan had put away the dagger the moment she heard the noise, and when the secret door opened, she had adjusted her mood. Now her aggrieved look was so real that anyone would think she was being bullied.

6◇9◇Book◇Bar

As for the person who bullied her, I would say it was Fu Congnan who said in a fierce manner that Fang Lihui was dead...

At this moment, Fu Congnan felt his head buzzing. He thought that he had been in the army for several years and had seen all kinds of swords and experienced all kinds of storms, but this was the first time he was played by such a little woman.

Especially since this is a woman with a special identity and a complicated background...

He couldn't expose Fang Zilan's pretending to be weak in front of everyone and forcefully frame him. After all, no one would believe him in public. He also couldn't say that he was just talking nonsense out of anger. After all, no matter what, Fang Lihui's name came out of his mouth and he couldn't explain it.

"General Fu, what is going on?" Zhuge Yu glanced at Fang Zilan who was buried in Fang Zitong's arms. There was no expression on his face, but his tone was obviously full of accusation.

"I... this..." Fu Congnan stamped his feet fiercely and ordered his soldiers, "Go and surround the entire mansion quickly. No one is allowed to enter or leave."

Zhuge Yu understood what he said, "General Fu, are you planning to recreate the fire at Zuiyue Tower and kill everyone present?"

"Master Zhuge, you forced me to do this." Fu Congnan's eyes were full of viciousness. "As long as you keep your mouth shut, I can guarantee that you can all walk out of the mansion safely."

"Be safe and sound." Zhuge Yu repeated these four words, and then his eyes fell on Fang Zilan, "What about the prince's wife? General Fu, will you let her go?"