Chapter 2788 Cut off his hair
When Nan Yan heard this familiar voice, her heart skipped a beat.
Turning around, I saw a familiar figure standing at the door. He was dressed in black, almost blending into the pitch-black night outside, but his clear eyes were shining like a bright lamp.
It’s He Yi!
He actually came!
Zhu Chengxuan and Ruan Hengzhou were also startled. They both stood up at the same time: "Master Heyi?!"
"You, why are you here?"
Although they all knew that He Yi did not go to the Li Mansion to attend the wedding banquet today, and was naturally not on the list of ministers under house arrest by Nan Yan, but no matter what, he should not appear in this place without being summoned and not being the one to cause trouble for the Dali Temple.
Just when everyone in the discipline room was terrified, several jailers guarding the door ran in panting.
They looked at He Yi standing at the door, and then looked at the people inside.
Said: "My Lady, Your Highness, we are the ones who deserve to die."
"Lord Hei...we wanted to stop him, but we couldn't."
"Please forgive me, Your Highness, and Your Highness, the Prince of Wei."
At this time, Nan Yan had recovered from the surprise of seeing He Yi suddenly. She took another look at the calm expression on He Yi's face, and her heart began to come to its senses a little.
In fact, with He Yi's skills, if he wanted to come in, these people would not be enough to stop him.
But it depends on what he is here to do.
And from the tone he used when he called me just now, it seemed like he wanted to stop something.
Nan Yan slowly stood up and said, "All of you please leave."
The jailers looked at each other, then saluted Nan Yan and Zhu Chengxuan, then turned around and left.
Nan Yan said, "He Yi, what are you doing here?"
Without waiting for He Yi to speak, she continued, "You should know what the crime is for trespassing into the Heavenly Prison without a summons from me or the King of Wei."
Hearing these intimidating words, He Yi only had a faint smile on his face.
He walked in and bowed to Nan Yan and Zhu Chengxuan.
Then he said, "What crime should be charged? I will naturally tell you."
“…”
"It's just that I, this humble servant, risked my life to come here because I have a few words to say to Your Majesty."
Nan Yan asked, "What?"
He Yi said, "Your Majesty, please move."
“…”
Nan Yan's eyes flickered as she looked at him for a while.
Then he said to Zhu Chengxuan and Ruan Hengzhou, "You two wait for me first."
After saying that, he walked over.
The two men left the discipline room. He Yi looked around. This prison was connected in all directions. Although it looked dark, anyone talking in any place could easily be heard by the people inside.
So he made a gesture to Nan Yan, and the two of them walked out of the iron gate of the sky prison.
As soon as I went out, I felt a cold wind blowing.
Although it was almost summer, the night was late and the dew was heavy. In addition, the prison was remote and cold, so even if you walked here in the hottest days of summer, you wouldn't sweat a drop. When the two of them walked into the moonlight, Nan Yan even felt as if a layer of frost was covering her body.
However, when He Yi looked back at her in the moonlight, his eyes were warm.
He seems to have always been like this.
No matter when he had just followed Zhu Feng into the imperial city, or when he became the left chancellor of the Secretariat, and even the chief minister of the cabinet, holding a high position of power, or when he was neglected by Zhu Feng and gradually marginalized in the court, he never seemed to change for his identity and situation, and his clear eyes never lost their clarity and warmth.
Seeing him like this, Nan Yan felt conflicted.
Should I trust this person?
To be fair, Nan Yan was willing - or rather, Nan Yan had always trusted him in her heart, but his actions, especially when the emperor was touring Shazhouwei, made people unable to help but be suspicious.
If not for this, Zhu Feng, who had always entrusted him with important tasks, would not have asked him to supervise the production of the golden jade burial suit.
Thinking of this, Nan Yan looked at He Yi with conflicted eyes, but saw that the latter was still clear-headed. He bowed to her and said, "Your Majesty, I have just overstepped my bounds."
What he said was that he interrupted Nan Yan.
Nan Yan said calmly, "Lord He Yi had better give me an explanation."
“…”
"It's not just your overstepping your bounds."
“…”
"Without being summoned by me or the King of Wei, you entered the Heavenly Prison without permission and interrupted the interrogation by the Junior Justice of the Dali Temple. This cannot be justified by the term 'usurpation'."
He Yi said, "I know."
Nan Yan took a deep breath and said, "Why did you come? And why do you want to talk to me?"
He Yi lowered his head and said softly, "If I hadn't interrupted Your Majesty just now, would you have been talking about—King Nanli?"
“…”
Nan Yan raised her eyebrows slightly.
Just now she was indeed planning to say the three words "King of Nanli", because Jie Shi was originally a spy of the Kingdom of Dian. According to the current situation, the person behind him is either King of Nanli Arslan or Monk of the Kingdom of Dian.
And he just said that the reason they wanted to assassinate Zhu Feng was not only because Zhu Feng profited from the battle between Monk and Arslan, but also because he used his relationship with Bailong City to provide medicine to the soldiers of Baihu City.
Then it could only be Arslan.
So Nan Yan said, "Not bad."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw He Yi seemed to be relieved and said, "Then, I have arrived in time."
"What?"
Nan Yan frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"
He Yi looked at her and said softly, "My Lady, Jie Shi is not from Arslan."
“…”
"The one who ordered him was Monk."
"What?!"
Nan Yan's brows knitted even tighter. She thought for a moment and said, "Do you have evidence?"
He Yi said, "Your Majesty, you can go back later and have someone cut off Jie Shi's hair so that you can look at the back of his neck."
"Cut his hair off?"
Nan Yan was stunned, and after thinking about it, she suddenly remembered the past.
She opened her eyes wide and asked, "You mean, this Jie Shi is also from Yihuatang?"
He Yi nodded.
Nan Yan took a deep breath.
Back then, she and Ran Xiaoyu won over a thousand taels of silver in the Treasure Pavilion. Later, a group of people came to hunt them down. One of them was killed by them, and after the body was burned in a fire, Nan Yan discovered a flower-shaped pattern deep in the hair on the back of his neck. Zhu Feng and others confirmed that this was the logo of Yihuatang, a killer organization raised by the royal family of the Neng Kingdom.
It turns out that not only Jie Shi's men are killers from Ichikado, but he himself is one too.
Thinking of this, a cold light suddenly flashed in Nan Yan's eyes.
She said, "He Yi, if I remember correctly, Yihuatang was originally under the jurisdiction of King Axige of Beili, but after his death, his power was divided and annexed by the King of Dian and the King of Nanli."
“…”
"One of the flower halls belongs to King Nanli."
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