Don't ask where people go

A bad premonition arose in Li Shengxuan's heart, and he asked, "But what?"

Fang Zilan took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Those paddy fields have not been taken by the government, but directly belonged to Zhuge's family."

"What did you say?" Li Shengxuan was stunned, Fang Zilan looked at the person close at hand, and his voice was a little softer, "When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Do you really want to investigate to the end?"

"You..." Li Shengxuan and Fang Zilan tightened their clasped fingers a little, "Are you trying to persuade me to give up?"

"No." Fang Zilan shook her head, lowered her eyes and said, "It's a good thing for you to investigate. But it can't be done overnight. There are too many people and things involved behind it..."

"I know." Li Shengxuan interrupted Fang Zilan's words in a deep voice, "But now I want to know more, how did you know about the Jiang'an paddy fields?"

Fang Zilan's expression froze, "You don't believe my words, or do you suspect that I have ulterior motives?"

"You are talking about the Zhuge family." Li Shengxuan said seriously, "If there is no evidence..."

"If I have evidence, what do you do?" Fang Zilan cut off Li Shengxuan's words, pursed his lips, and said decisively: "Give me the evidence."

"Leave it to you, and never see the light of day again?" Fang Zilan's expression turned cold, and Li Shengxuan said word by word: "If possible, I will let the evidence see the light of day at the right time. But I, not you."

Fang Zilan was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "What do you mean?"

"I hope you get back in one piece." Li Shengxuan said, took Fang Zilan into his arms, and whispered in her ear: "You can leave at any time, this is my selfishness."

"You..." Fang Zilan's expression was complicated, and Li Shengxuan continued on his own, "I believe what you say, but the Zhuge family's power is not what you see before your eyes, if they are involved..."

He paused, as if he had made up his mind, "Then this game of chess can only be done by me alone."

Fang Zilan's expression was gloomy, and it took a while before he said: "You dragged me into the game, but now you want to push me away?"

"I'm not..." As soon as Li Shengxuan opened his mouth, Fang Zilan stopped him, "Don't even think about it. Everything I have, including the lives of my closest relatives, is all in this game. Am I wise and safe? Let me tell you, it's impossible."

She spoke faster and faster, her tone of voice was so excited that Li Shengxuan had never seen before, he couldn't help chuckling, "Why do you still walk with me when you know it's a dead end?"

"It's all here, I can't stop." Fang Zilan sighed, and said quietly: "What's more, if two people are together, the odds of winning will be higher. If you have half, I have half, add up to one."

"[-]% chance of winning, [-]% chance of losing." Li Shengxuan laughed dumbly, "The Fang family has been in business for generations, and their children have always been shrewd. How could you have such a unique daughter?"

"If you do too much with the winning ticket in hand, you'll only find it boring." Fang Zilan turned her face sideways, and whispered in Li Shengxuan's ear, "I've won many times, and it's no big deal to lose once in a while."

Feeling the warm breath in his ears, Li Shengxuan's ears turned red, "I thought you didn't like losing."

"It was true in the past." Fang Zilan said, moved to the side, and slightly opened the distance between the two, "If I lost before, I would lose my life. If I lose now, someone will accompany me It’s not a loss if we lost our lives together.”

Li Shengxuan coughed lightly, "Looks like I'm going to retract my preface, you are indeed from the Fang family."

"Really?" Fang Zilan was noncommittal, and turned back to the voice: "Now, do you still want the evidence in my hand?"

"I think." Li Shengxuan said firmly, Fang Zilan said thoughtfully: "It may not be appropriate to say that it is evidence. It is just a few documents from the southeast government office, which records all the paddy fields owned by Zhuge's family in Jiang'an these years."

"That is to say, it didn't mention that Shuitian was originally owned by the Hong family?" Li Shengxuan keenly sensed the loophole in Fang Zilan's words, but she nodded nonchalantly, "The record that Shuitian was originally owned by the Hong family is in the ghost gate. Bogu Palace."

After she finished speaking, as expected, she saw a suspicious look in Li Shengxuan's eyes, so she explained: "The Ghost Gate Bogu Palace contains documents related to the previous dynasty, and I have read some of them. It's hard to notice the paddy fields."

Li Shengxuan said thoughtfully: "How to record it in the document?"

"During the previous dynasty, the Hong clan and Zhuge's family were in Jiang'an together. The Hong clan was born as a general of a poor family, and the Zhuge family took care of both civil and military affairs. The two families had no intersection at all." Following the Zhenbei general Pingnan Wang disappeared, the Zhuge family kept a low profile, defected to the Li family to rule the world at a critical moment, and became a hero for the founding of the country. After that, many fields and houses that belonged to the Hong family in Jiang'an all fell into the name of the Zhuge family. Down."

Li Shengxuan pondered for a while and said: "If it is as you said, if there is no record in this dynasty, it will be a land without an owner. Zhuge's family took advantage of such a loophole, so it makes sense."

"Are you justifying Zhuge's family?" Fang Zilan said softly, "I thought you would be disappointed."

"If it was ten years ago, maybe it would be." Li Shengxuan smiled self-deprecatingly, and Fang Zilan said calmly, "So you're not trying to excuse the Zhuge family, but you just think this is a better way to deal with it?"

"I don't know." Li Shengxuan said frankly: "Even if the situation is not clear, I will not deal with anyone or anything at will."

He said with a serious expression, "If you just want me to know, then your goal has been achieved. But..."

He hesitated to speak, but Fang Zilan knew it, "I'm just talking about the facts. Zhuge Yu is my first friend after entering Beijing, and I don't want to lose him."

"I don't want to either." Li Shengxuan interjected: "But since you and I are already investigating, then this fire will only grow bigger and bigger. It's hard to say who will burn it by then."

Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "People in the world say that real gold is not afraid of fire, but how many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital are real gold? I'm afraid that more will be burned and less will be kept."

Her tone was heavy, and she said meaningfully: "But if too many people are burned, it is inevitable that they will not attack in groups. It is difficult to grasp the proportion."

"How to deal with it in the end, that's what I have to consider." Li Shengxuan squeezed Fang Zilan's hand reassuringly, "You just need to make sure that there is no evidence and there is no mistake."

"Okay." Fang Zilan nodded, "It's a deal."

After she finished speaking, she pulled her hand out, and upon seeing this, Li Shengxuan clapped her hands and said, "It's a deal."