Don't ask where people go

Chapter 362 Privacy
Frightened by the hatred in Xue Haoyu's eyes, Shangguan Min took a step back abruptly.Fang Zilan turned her head to look over, and said slowly, "Shangguanmin, what do you think?"

"I..." Shangguan Min opened his mouth, "I don't think Mr. Xue had no way out, but the method was wrong, and he finally fell behind."

Fang Zilan turned to Xue Haoyu thoughtfully, the hatred in his eyes did not diminish at all, "It is really a good apprentice taught by Master Fang, and he is as innocent as Master Fang!"

Fang Zilan straightened her sleeves and said in a low voice, "I would like to hear more about it."

"After I entered the Ministry of Rites, no matter whoever made a mistake among the top and bottom, it will be blamed on me." Xue Haoyu said in a low voice, "At first I thought it was a bully, but later I found out that apart from me, the person who was bullied was Qi Siwu .So I understood that this is not bullying, but the aristocratic family bullying the poor."

He heaved a long sigh, "After the Southeast Plague, the Ministry of Rites invited Master Liao Yuan of Baiye Temple to perform a ceremony. I participated in the whole process, being careful not to make any mistakes. Wen was missing one for no reason, and Qi Siwu and I were picked out by Wang Quanrui on the spot. When I knelt in front of Master Yuan, I felt so close to death for the first time."

He recalled the situation that day, he seemed to be still afraid, and he continued after a while: "From then on, I knew that I and Qi Siwu were the scapegoats of the Ministry of Rites. If we don't resist, we will die at the hands of Wang Quanrui sooner or later. Siwu Qi was hesitant when he heard about my thoughts, but Xueer resolutely married me in order to strengthen his belief."

He smiled self-deprecatingly, "When Xue'er married me, I was still wondering why Wang Quanrui was so kind, but I never thought that what he was waiting for was today. Mr. Fang knows what happened next, and I missed it , all losers."

He said with a more determined expression on his face, "But I don't regret it."

"People from the Ministry of Rites, even if they accidentally make a mistake in the position of the year-end ceremony, they will end up in ruins. What's more, if you make a mistake on purpose?" Fang Zilan looked at the people across the wall with a fixed expression. A little loose, "You don't regret it, but have you ever thought about your family members who are far away from the capital?"

"If I hadn't had to, I wouldn't have done this either." Xue Haoyu lowered his head and took a deep breath, "Master Fang, you are a man who fought on the battlefield. You once guarded Qiluo City for more than a month. I admire you, but now I want to Ask something disrespectful."

Fang Zilan nodded slightly, "Just ask."

"I have been guarding Qiluo City for more than a month. I don't know when Miluo will attack, I don't know when Qiluo City will be broken, and I don't know if reinforcements will come..." Xue Haoyu's voice trembled, "It's like there is a sword on the top of the head, step by step. Pressing hard, but not falling. Don't tell me, Mr. Fang, you never thought of going out of the city to end all of this?"

"Never." Fang Zilan replied without hesitation, "If I am alone, even if I lose my life and fight with all my strength, what's the problem? But there are tens of thousands of people in Dajing standing behind me, so I will never show the bravery of ordinary people .”

Xue Haoyu looked at her blankly, but she sighed softly and asked, "Xue Haoyu, do you know where you lost?"

Seeing that he was silent, Fang Zilan continued, "Wang Quanrui let other people in the Ministry of Rites bully you. Of course, his methods are not superior, but his patience is better than yours. You plotted step by step to provoke trouble, and finally waited for an excellent opportunity to get rid of you and Siwu Qi at once."

She said in a low voice, "For a whole year, not everyone can have this kind of patience."

Xue Haoyu's voice was tainted with a hint of astringency, "I only figured it out after Wang Quanrui left last night. He gave me a chance, but he wiped it all away..."

"It seems that you haven't thought clearly enough." Fang Zilan interrupted him in a cold voice, "If you have the patience of Mr. Wang, it is still unknown who will die in the future. If you are inferior to others, you have to hide your strength and bide your time. If Mr. Wang can kill you casually, How can you live to this day? He just can't, so he is waiting to find your fault."

A look of shock flashed across Xue Haoyu's face, "How is it possible..."

"How is it impossible?" Fang Zilan's eyebrows were filled with a chill, "Dajing advocates Buddhism, and the etiquette of serving Buddha is the most stringent. However, even if you made a fuss in front of Master Yuan, you still served in the Ministry of Rites well. Presumably at that time Mr. Wang has already tested the direction of the wind, so he did not act rashly."

"Wind direction?" Xue Haoyu was stunned for a moment, and then realized, "The new officials from years ago..."

"Your reaction is not slow." Fang Zilan's expression became colder, "The Ministry of Officials implemented the reform of official administration at the beginning, and the first batch of new officials had not yet arrived, and a high-ranking poor family made a mistake in such a major event as the year-end ceremony. What do you think? If this matter is publicized, will there still be a place for the humble children of the new officials?"

Xue Haoyu knelt down and sat down with a plop, "There are also those families of nobles who will take the opportunity to make a big fuss and question the poor students..."

"You move your whole body with one stroke." Fang Zilan said with emotion: "Master Wang's move is so well timed that even I can't help but want to admire it."

"Master Fang!" Xue Haoyu suddenly crawled over and leaned on the fence of the cell, "Please save me!"

Fang Zilan looked at him condescendingly, and saw him burst into tears, "Even though my background is insignificant, I can't let the Gongqing family play with people's lives in the palm of my hand. It is difficult to stand in a poor family, but under the upheaval of the Gongqing family, it is even more difficult. It was a little carelessness that killed the whole family..."

He kowtowed heavily, "Lord Fang, now that you are the Duke of Yue, it is not an exaggeration to say that you are the leader of a poor family. I beg you, you must not stop thousands of poor families from turning over just because of me!"

"If you have this kind of heart, it's not in vain for me to save your life." Fang Zilan bowed down, stretched out her hand and said, "Get up."

Xue Haoyu looked at the hand in front of him, subconsciously raised his hand and shrank it, he dared not go forward to hold it.

Seeing this, Fang Zilan solemnly said: "The world is big, and there are many poor families, several times larger than the aristocratic families. If the two sides confront each other, and all the poor families are as willing to resist as you are, how can the world be stable? I know this, Master Liao Yuan knows , Your Majesty knows better."

She didn't take back her hand, she paused for a while and continued: "The reform of the bureaucracy is just the beginning, we will not let it be defeated in one blow."

"Lord Fang, I know that you have a good relationship with Master Zhuge Yu of the Zhuge family, but..." Xue Haoyu hesitated: "After all, he is the son of the family. If there is any conflict, he will definitely put the family's interests first, and..."

He swallowed the words His Majesty back, and changed his words: "People's hearts are unpredictable, and greed is boundless. The interests of the aristocratic family in the court are still uneven, how can we allow the poor family to share a piece of the pie? Let alone stand side by side with the poor family, it must be How can the aristocratic family agree to the pain of peeling the skin and cutting the flesh?"

　Under the truth, there are still secrets.If not a last resort, why this?
　　
　
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