Chapter 2951 Traitor?
He gritted his teeth and said word by word: "And then?"
Xu Shifeng lowered his head and continued with difficulty, "Originally, everything went smoothly. Lord Ye also gained the other party's trust. He loaded all the food onto the ship and then began to sail towards Xingluo Lake. And our people, in order to avoid being discovered by following too closely, waited until they left long before entering the water to follow them."
“…”
"But--"
Zhu Feng's voice was so low that it seemed to come from the depths of his heart, making people feel a sense of oppression that made it difficult to breathe.
He asked, "But what?"
Xu Shifeng said, "But just as we were about to enter the waters of Xingluo Lake, the boat suddenly drifted back."
"drift?"
"Yes...without a helmsman or a boatman, the boat just drifted on the lake."
“…”
"We didn't dare to get close in order not to alert the enemy, but after a while, we found that no one was around and there were not many people on the boat, so we quickly got on board."
Zhu Feng gripped the armrest of the chair even harder, almost crushing the mahogany.
He asked, "How?"
At this moment, even Xu Shifeng's face showed pain. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he was back to that day. Everything he saw after getting on the boat was deeply imprinted in his mind, making him feel like he was in a nightmare until now.
He said slowly: "There is no one alive on the ship."
“…”
"All, all are corpses."
“…”
"A headless corpse."
“…”
"The blood dyed the entire ship red. When our people boarded the ship, they saw headless corpses everywhere."
“…”
"Also, also includes——"
Having said this, he looked at Zhu Feng with red eyes and could no longer speak.
There was a "crack" sound, and Zhu Feng crushed the armrest of the chair.
Xu Shifeng was so shocked that he cried out, "Your Majesty!"
The sharp wood chips pierced directly into Zhu Feng's palm, but he didn't feel any pain at all. The pain in his chest, which was caused by the pain of a knife or an axe, was the real source of his excruciating pain. He clenched his fists tightly, completely ignoring the fact that the wood chips had penetrated deeply into his flesh, and blood was even seeping out from between his fingers.
Xu Shifeng was both frightened and awed.
He kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, it is my humble servant who is incompetent, it is my humble servant who is incompetent, please forgive my humble servant's crime!"
“…”
Zhu Feng didn't say anything until the tearing pain in his chest passed. Then he took a long breath and regained his heartbeat and breathing.
Then he looked down at him and said slowly, "Why is this happening?"
“…”
"Is it a trap set by those people?"
Xu Shifeng frowned and said slowly, "Lord Ye's disguise hasn't been flawed. Moreover, as a grain merchant, I and others have already taken good care of all his background. Plus, the nearby harvest happened to be poor at the time, so the other party shouldn't have suspected anything."
Zhu Feng frowned.
"You mean—"
"I believe that Lord Ye's identity was revealed after he entered Xingluo Lake, or in other words, after he met the water bandits in Tiangang Lianhuanwu. However—"
"Only what?"
"Based on the time and the speed of our ship, it's very likely that Lord Ye was recognized as soon as he landed."
“…”
"He probably didn't even have the time to make any deal with the other party. It didn't even take the other party too long to figure out his true identity."
“…”
"So, when the ship drifted back, everything on it... was almost untouched."
“……!”
Zhu Feng's eyes were bloodshot.
He gritted his teeth and said word by word, "You mean to say that Tiangang Lianhuanwu already knew he would go there?"
"yes."
"Do you mean to say—"
“…”
Xu Shifeng raised his head with some difficulty to look at Zhu Feng and said softly, "I suspect that there is, there is an insider in the court."
“…”
"Otherwise, Lord Ye would not have been identified in such a short time. Everyone on the ship would have been beheaded, and no one would have survived!"
“…”
"So during this period of time, I have not taken any further action against Xingluo Lake."
Zhu Feng took a deep breath, and his heart, which was about to be consumed by anger, calmed down at this moment.
Even his eyes seemed covered with a layer of frost.
He said, "So, have the traitors been caught?"
Xu Shifeng lowered his head: "I am incompetent!"
“…”
Zhu Feng looked at him for a while, then slowly said, "Well."
“…”
"If he really is the other party's accomplice, he must be by your side, or in other words, he has been lurking around us for many years. He can do this, so it is impossible for him to be caught so easily."
Xu Shifeng lowered his head deeply.
"yes……"
Zhu Feng was silent for a moment, then asked, "Then, where is Ye Zheng's body?"
Xu Shifeng lowered his head and said slowly, "The boat that drifted back was full of headless corpses. The heads were all chopped off by the pirates. We only found the bodies of everyone we sent there, including Lord Ye."
“…”
"I have already instructed the lower levels to bury the others, but I dare not touch Lord Ye's body without authorization."
“…”
"Therefore, I have temporarily provided a silver head for his body and placed it with the body nearby. I will bury it after we capture Tiangang Lianhuanwu and retrieve Lord Ye's head."
Zhu Feng remained silent and said nothing.
But in the quiet study, you could almost hear the sound of his teeth chattering.
The hand holding the sharp wood chips tightened its grip, veins bulged on the back of its hand, and blood dripped down between its fingers.
After a long time, his cold voice with a strong smell of blood rang out -
"Okay, I understand."
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Nan Yan held Ran Xiaoyu's extremely thin body in her arms. Originally, she was the weak one in front of Ran Xiaoyu, but now, she even suspected that if she held her arms a little harder, she might crush her.
After saying everything, Ran Xiaoyu cried and fell into a deep sleep.
Probably more likely to faint.
Nan Yan held her and lay down, reaching out to gently stroke her sunken cheeks, and brushed the tear-stained hair behind her ears.
My heart is also heavy.
No wonder Xu Shifeng didn't send a message back to the capital immediately after the incident. It's conceivable that if Zhu Feng heard such news at that time, he would probably...
She couldn't even think about it.
Nan Yan stroked Ran Xiaoyu's pale and thin face and slowly frowned.
Traitor…?
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