Chapter 1220 The Real Mastermind

Killing a student would cause greater harm to himself than assassinating the King of Wei, and would be more likely to provoke unrest in the entire Jinling.

He was silent for a moment, then said, "So, where are they now?"

The Jinyiwei said, "After what just happened, I immediately returned to report to the emperor. Right now, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei and Commander Li are still in the academy."

“…”

Zhu Feng's face darkened slightly.

With his beast-like intuition accumulated from years of fighting, he felt that what happened tonight would not end so easily.

In other words, the other party will not give up so easily.

However, since the person had already returned, he had no idea what the situation of the academy was like.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Has the assassin been caught?"

The Imperial Guard lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Because your Majesty instructed us not to enter the academy and alert the enemy, so we were just monitoring the academy from the outside and were unable to catch the assassin."

"In other words, the assassin is from within the academy?"

"This, should be the case."

"good."

Zhu Feng waved his hand and said, "Go down and continue to monitor closely. Don't miss a single detail. If there is any movement in the academy, report back immediately."

"yes."

After receiving the order, the man immediately turned around and left. Soon, his back disappeared into the night.

Zhu Feng stood at the door for a while before turning around and returning to the room.

His body still had a hint of the coolness of the night breeze. As soon as he lay down on the bed, Nan Yan, who was originally sleeping inside, snuggled up to him and snuggled into his arms.

Zhu Feng looked down and saw her eyes shining in the darkness.

"Did I wake you up?"

"No, I've been a light sleeper tonight."

"What's wrong?"

"I am worried about the King of Wei. Was the Emperor listening to the servants' report just now?"

"Um."

"How is it?"

"As you said, they were indeed attacked, but the target was not the King of Wei, but that student."

Nan Yan's breathing became heavy. She was originally half lying on Zhu Feng's chest, but she immediately stood up and looked at Zhu Feng nervously: "Then the King of Wei——"

"With Li Bushang here, you can rest assured."

"Where's the assassin?"

"The Jinyiwei outside the academy failed to catch the assassin, so the assassin must be inside the academy."

"Isn't that dangerous?"

Zhu Feng looked up and smiled at her: "Haven't you already guessed this? Why are you still so surprised?"

Nan Yan bit her lower lip, looking worried.

It is one thing to speculate about it, but it is another to actually face it.

Although Li Bushang seems to be a very reliable man, that is someone else's territory after all, and there are unknown dangers all around. He has to protect Zhu Chengxuan and a wounded person. Can he really do everything?

And the King of Wei, he has a kind and gentle nature. Can he really escape unscathed from such a dangerous place?

Nan Yan said worriedly, "Your Majesty, what are you going to do?"

"I?"

"Um."

"I plan to," he said, holding her tighter with one hand: "sleep."

"……Well?"

Nan Yan was stunned, her body tightly held in his arms. She was still confused and looked at Zhu Feng in surprise: "Your Majesty? King Wei--"

As if he knew what she was about to say, Zhu Feng immediately interrupted her: "This hurdle was chosen by the King of Wei himself, and he must pass it himself."

"But--"

"Don't worry."

Zhu Feng lowered his head and gently stroked her forehead with his chin as he spoke. He then said slowly, "If all this had only happened in the academy, I would never know who was behind this."

“……!”

Nan Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she said, "Your Majesty wants to find out who is behind this?"

Zhu Feng said calmly, "Who am I? How could I possibly fight a small-time teacher or assistant from a college?"

“…”

Hearing his arrogant words, Nan Yan felt both angry and amused.

But my heart couldn't help but feel heavy.

What Zhu Feng said was not wrong.

Perhaps, before the assassination happened tonight, she would still suspect that this was just a misunderstanding, and as long as the student woke up and proved the King of Wei's innocence, the matter would be resolved safely.

However, the assassination proved that things were not that simple.

Given Jian Ruocheng's character, it is impossible for him to kill his own students to frame Zhu Feng. Therefore, there must be someone else behind him manipulating everything. Then, Zhujian Academy is just a superficial means for them to manipulate public opinion.

There’s more to come.

Therefore, Zhu Chengxuan and Li Bushang must hold on for a while before they can force out the real mastermind behind the scenes.

She also wanted to know who it was!

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Although the night is long, time will always pass, and the darkness of the night will always be dispelled by the light bit by bit.

In this suffocatingly silent room, light finally appeared.

Zhu Chengxuan was leaning back in his chair, his head dozing off little by little like a chick pecking at rice. The sunlight shone through the gaps in the window onto his face, bringing a burst of heat and a tingling sensation.

He reached out and scratched his cheek, muttering, "Hmm, don't move."

After saying this, he suddenly seemed to feel something.

Open your eyes.

"Why--!"

Seeing the room was brightly lit, he was startled and jumped out of his chair in a hurry, leaning over the bed to take a look -

Although the injured person on the bed was still unconscious, nothing had happened to him and he did not die.

Very good!

He breathed a sigh of relief and came to his senses, only to see the two students sitting on the other side who were guarding them, Su Erjun and Xie Weisheng. They were still awake and looking at him with their eyes open.

Zhu Chengxuan was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Last night, the four of them just faced each other in silence all night long. No one spoke, and no one moved.

Originally, he thought these two people would definitely do something to him, but in the end, nothing happened.

However, because of such excessive pressure, I couldn't fall asleep the whole night. I only took a nap when it was almost dawn and I almost scared myself.

He turned and looked at Li Bushang again.

Li Bushan still had his eyes closed and leaned against the wall with his arms folded.

It looks like——he fell asleep too?

However, he was exhausted these past two days, and he had been busy until late last night, so it was only natural for him to fall asleep.

Zhu Chengxuan was just thinking about this when he suddenly saw Li Bushang open his eyes and look towards the door.

“Someone’s coming!”

Zhu Chengxuan was startled by him: "Huh?"