I made the villain right.

With Li Muci's departure, the room became so quiet that one could hear the sound of the wind outside the window, rustling and gentle, each sound pleasing to the ear.

Li Zhi found a seat and sat down with Fan Hua: "I have never met you before, so it is not possible for us to discuss private matters."

Li Zhi's cold voice rang out, breaking the quiet atmosphere.

Fan Hua was not angry, but smiled, "My Lord, please listen first, and it won't be too late to make a decision later."

Facing the smiling Fan Hua, Li Zhi always felt that Fan Hua was plotting something against him. He stared at Fan Hua and his eyes suddenly darkened. "What do you want to talk about?"

"Does the Marquis still remember Lanzhi?" Does the Marquis know that she is still alive?"

After saying this, Li Zhi suddenly raised his eyebrows, with doubt flashing in his eyes.

Just when Li Zhi was wondering what Fan Hua meant by suddenly mentioning Lan Zhi, the next moment Fan Hua's voice rang in his ears again: "Does the Marquis know that she is still alive?"

Li Zhi was shocked when he heard this: "Lanzhi is still alive!"

After Li Zhi reacted, there was a hint of inquiry and vigilance in his eyes when he looked at Fan Hua.

"How do you know this?"

"I owed her a favor, so she told me her story"

After Fan Hua finished speaking, he glanced at Li Zhi intentionally and saw that Li Zhi's frown had quietly fallen. The vigilance in his eyes was gone, but there was an expectation to continue asking questions.

"Where is she now?"

'She's in a safe place'

Li Zhi was speechless by Fan Hua's vague answer. He did not ask again because he knew Fan Hua would not tell him easily, otherwise why would Fan Hua specifically come to him to talk about this.

Seeing that he had aroused Li Zhi's interest, Fan Hua added fuel to the fire.

"I believe that the Marquis also knows that the case of the extermination of the Shengqing Palace is not as simple as it seems to be that it was done by bandits."

When Li Zhi heard this, a hint of contemplation appeared between his brows. Fan Hua's words reminded him of some past events.

After a few seconds, Li Zhi's eyes were filled with melancholy, as if he was lost in a sad memory.

More than ten years ago, the Shengqing Palace suffered an unexpected disaster. A group of thugs broke into the palace for no reason and killed people and set fire to it. All the people in the palace were buried in the sea of ​​fire. His sister and nephew also died in the fire, and their bodies were burned to ashes. Not long after, the sad news came that Prince Shengqing was killed by the bandits of the Shengqing Palace on his way back to Beijing and fell off a cliff.

After the Dali Temple investigated, the truth revealed was that it was bandits who did it. The reason was that King Shengqing had surrounded and suppressed a group of bandits a few months ago, so the bandits held a grudge and came to seek revenge.

After the group of bandits were beheaded in public, the case of the destruction of the Shengqing Palace was hastily closed. However, he did not believe the truth given by the Dali Temple at all.

He once sneaked into the Dali Temple to check the relevant files and found some suspicious points. The capital city has always been strictly managed, with guards patrolling the city every day. However, on the day of the incident, there were no guards patrolling the east road, and there were bandits killing and burning people indiscriminately in the Shengqing Palace. How could such a big commotion go unnoticed and unstopped?

He also investigated the bandits and found a survivor in their residence, from whom he learned that there was another hidden story behind the incident.

When King Shengqing was suppressing the mountain bandits, he did not kill them all, but found them a place to settle down. The bandits were grateful and stopped causing trouble, and became honest mountain dwellers.

The peaceful life was disrupted by a group of unidentified people who broke into the village and killed people indiscriminately, not sparing the elderly, the weak, women and children, and also captured dozens of able-bodied men.

Only then did he realize that the bandits were not scapegoats and that the real mastermind behind the scenes was someone else.

He suspected that the investigation of the Jiangnan corruption case by King Shengqing brought about his own death, but no matter how he investigated, he could not find any clues.

Therefore, over the years, whenever he thought of this incident, he felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife and was extremely uncomfortable.

Lanzhi was his sister's personal maid and had always been with her. He thought she had also died in the fire, but he never expected that she was still alive.

Now that he knew Lanzhi was alive, and what Fanhua said, a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.

Li Zhi withdrew his thoughts and moved his gaze to Fan Hua, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes: "I heard that Fengyun Pavilion has always been well-informed. Do you know anything?"

When Fan Hua saw Li Zhi's expression, he knew that he had made the right bet.

Fan Hua's eyes suddenly became firm, and he said, "I do know something. As long as the Marquis agrees to form an alliance with me, I will tell the Marquis what I know."

The reason why Fan Hua did not reveal his identity to Li Zhi right away was that Li Zhi did not trust him now. If he rashly told Li Zhi about his background, not only would Li Zhi not believe it, but he would also think that he had ulterior motives for approaching him.

Second, the time has not come yet. After he is out of danger, he will choose a suitable time to tell him.

Now they are in danger, he needs an ally to help him escape from danger, and Yun Bohou is the most suitable person.

Through his observation and speculation, he found that the Yunbo Marquis Mansion was far from being as simple as it seemed on the surface. It had been hiding its strength from the outside world, and he cared very much about the truth of the case of the extermination of the Shengqing Palace.

That's why he thought of using the matter of Shengqing Palace to make Li Zhi stand on his side.

Li Zhi did not reply, but fell into deep thought, as if considering something.

"Your Excellency has a special status, and you have offended the Prime Minister Qin and are wanted by the whole city. If the Yunbo Marquisate forms an alliance with you, it would be gambling with the lives of the entire family. However, you want to form an alliance with me but are being secretive and don't seem sincere. This makes it difficult for me to trust you, so how can I take the risk of forming an alliance with you?"

Seeing that Li Zhi was still questioning him, Fan Hua was not in a hurry and planned to retreat in order to advance.

"Since the Marquis doesn't want to believe me, I won't force you."

Fan Hua stood up and pretended to leave: "I was originally planning to tell the Marquis the whereabouts of the Prince of Shengqing Palace, what a pity," he said in a tone of regret.

After Fan Hua finished speaking, he turned and left, leaving Li Zhi with a shocked look on his face.

The next moment, he heard Li Zhi behind him suddenly calling him.

"Please stay, sir."

Upon hearing this, Fan Hua smiled, but he put away his smile the moment he turned around and asked calmly, "What else does the Marquis want to say?"

Fan Hua turned around and saw that Li Zhi had stood up from the chair with a look of surprise and disbelief on his face.

After a moment, Li Zhi regained his composure: "I agree to your terms, but as an ally, I hope you can answer a few questions for me."

Li Zhi's reaction was within Fan Hua's expectations: "Okay, what do you want to ask, Lord?"

Li Zhi saw Fan Hua agreed, then asked nervously, "How do you know that the prince of Shengqing Palace is still alive?"

"I naturally learned this from Lanzhi."

Li Zhi thought for a moment: "Where are Lanzhi and the prince now? Can I see them?"

"They are in Fengyun Pavilion. The meeting between the Marquis and them can only be arranged after I leave Beijing safely."

Although Li Zhi really wanted to see his nephew, since Fan Hua had already said so, he had no choice but to follow the arrangement.

When Li Zhi thought about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong. Fan Hua was the leader of Fengyun Pavilion. Rumor has it that he was a murderer and a ruthless person. How could such a person be willing to help Lanzhi?

After thinking about it, Li Zhi asked directly: "You don't seem like a kind person. Why would you want to help Lanzhi, a stranger?"

When Fan Hua heard Li Zhi's question, he did not show any anger on his face. He looked at Li Zhi and replied, "My wife is kind and beautiful. She likes to help those who are in trouble when she sees injustice."

Fan Hua's cold face showed a hint of tenderness when he talked about Shi Jin.

Li Zhi really couldn't find any fault with this statement, but the Shi Jin he had heard of was a notorious person.

This is what is called beauty in the eyes of the beholder.

Li Zhi was silent for a while, with an unnatural look on his face: "That makes sense."

Li Zhi finally understood that Fan Hua loved his wife very much. He knew that Kyoto was a tiger's den, but he still bravely went to Kyoto to rescue her father and brother.

Thinking in this way, Fan Hua can be considered a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty. Li Zhi's impression of Fan Hua changed involuntarily.

After achieving his goal, when Fan Hua was about to leave, he suddenly remembered that he had borrowed the Thunderbolt, so he explained: "I'm sorry, I took the Thunderbolt without permission, Li Muci didn't know about this."

Li Zhi had some grudges against Fan Hua about this matter, but he didn't expect Fan Hua to be so frank, so he didn't know what to say.

Fan Hua heard what Li Zhi and Li Muci had just said. He knew Li Zhi's concerns, so he also came up with a plan to deal with it.

"In order to make up for my mistake, this plan of mine may help Qin Yixian dispel his suspicion of Yunbohou Mansion."

When Li Zhi heard this, he was delighted and asked impatiently, "What's the plan?"

Fan Hua told Li Zhi all his plans.

Li Muci saw that the person inside had not come out for a long time and there was no movement, so he could only wait anxiously outside.

When it was over, it was already dark outside and Fan Hua came out holding the clothes prepared for Shi Jin.

Li Muci breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Fan Hua was unharmed and walked out of the house calmly.

As soon as Fan Hua came out, he saw Li Muci approaching him: "What happened? What did my father say to you? Did he chase you away?"

Fan Hua shook his head. Li Muci found it incredible. After all, Li Zhi was very firm at that time and was determined to drive them away. He asked, "How did you convince my father?"

"You'll have to ask the Lord."

As soon as Fan Hua finished speaking, Li Zhi's voice came from inside the house: "Mu Ci, come in."

Li Muci responded and hurried into the house, closing the door.

Fan Hua stared in the direction of the house, then left the place after a moment with light steps. At this moment, the pressure in his heart quietly subsided.

When Fan Hua returned to the secret room, Shi Jin was still in a coma, his face was pale and it was heartbreaking to see him.

Then he wanted to change Shi Jin into clean clothes. When changing clothes, Fan Hua didn't dare to look directly at her beautiful body, so he covered his eyes with a white cloth and changed her clothes in a hurry.

Then he turned and went to the kitchen and made her some medicine to replenish her qi and blood.

After Fan Hua fed Shi Jin the medicine, he gently stroked her cheek with tenderness and doting in his eyes, and then lay down beside her.