Chapter 2937 Please think twice and don’t hurt him
Zhu Feng looked at her, was silent for a while, and nodded gently.
"It's He Yi."
“……!”
Nan Yan gasped.
She couldn't believe it, lowered her head and thought for a long time, then raised her head again, as if she was trying hard to argue, as if she wanted to convince Zhu Feng, to shatter this heartbreaking fact.
She said, "Is there any evidence that it was him?"
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"Later, didn't they find this person?"
“…”
"Later, only Wu Yingqiu's body was found. No one could prove that He Yi was the one who rescued him, right?"
Zhu Feng looked at her and felt the great pain in her heart.
In fact, isn't he?
Zhu Feng took a few breaths before slowly saying, "The small door that the assassin entered and exited is usually closed, so not many people know about it."
“…”
"When the Grand Altar was being built, only a few people could see the blueprints, including me and, of course, He Yi."
“…”
"And that day, He Yi did not go to the Grand Altar."
Nan Yan frowned again.
She thought for a moment and said hurriedly, "If I remember correctly, I seemed to have asked about this matter later. He Yi went somewhere else, didn't he?"
"Yes. He said he went to the Wen family."
“…”
"That's the man and his wife we brought back from Yumen Pass. He said that because he was overseeing the production of the Jade Cloth with Gold Threads, he often went to the Wen family to find out more about it. That day, he did the same thing."
"Well, what's the problem? He can't have two bodies."
Zhu Feng glanced at her and saw that she was arguing hard, as if she was afraid that some facts would prove that it was He Yi who did it. In fact, he understood that kind of thinking. In fact, he also had that kind of thinking, so when investigating, he did not let anyone question her carefully.
I'm just afraid that I'll find out the unbearable truth.
Zhu Feng said: "Originally, I thought so too."
“…”
"But, a few months ago—when Ye Zheng, Xu Shifeng, and Ran Xiaoyu went south together, some time after they arrived in Jiangnan—he suddenly sent me a secret memorial."
"What? A secret letter?"
"Yes, I haven't told anyone about this."
"Ye Zheng's secret memorial, what did it say?"
Zhu Feng said, "Ye Zheng told me in a secret memorial that he actually went to the Wen family that day, but he didn't see He Yi there at all."
"What?!"
"He said that he later asked He Yi in person, and He Yi only said that he had originally taken the blueprints to the Wen family, but encountered something on the way and did not go."
“…”
"But when Ye Zheng asked him what happened, he just evaded the question and gave a perfunctory answer."
“…”
"Ye Zheng, didn't ask any further questions."
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"He didn't want to ask further, probably because he was afraid of uncovering some unpleasant truth. After all, he trusts He Yi even more than I do."
Nan Yan was trembling all over.
Zhu Feng continued, "He had originally kept this matter a secret and hadn't reported it. However, not long after he went south, he suddenly submitted a secret memorial to inform me of this. There's only one reason for this."
Nan Yan said tremblingly, "He encountered something in the south, or rather, found out something, perhaps something related to He Yi."
"……good."
Zhu Feng's face was grave. He said, "Then, let him realize that he can no longer shield him. Otherwise, he might cause even greater disasters. So, submit that secret memorial to me."
“…”
"But even so, he still said in the secret memorial that there might be a misunderstanding, or that He Yi had his own reasons."
“…”
"Please think twice and don't hurt him."
At this point, Zhu Feng gave a bitter smile and said, "Actually, why bother asking him to say it."
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"Isn't that what I think in my heart?"
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"If I hadn't wanted to protect him, I should have thrown He Yi into jail long ago after the Shazhouwei detoxification pill incident and made him confess honestly. If that had been the case, the incident at the Grand Altar wouldn't have happened, Ye Zheng wouldn't have been injured, and there wouldn't have been this time—"
When he said this, his eyes turned red.
Nan Yan's eyes also turned red.
But, it’s not just because of the pain, I don’t know whether it’s because of the discomfort.
It's because I can't believe it.
Until now, she couldn't believe that all this was related to He Yi, or even that he was the one who did it.
Thinking back, she was the only one left in the palace that night, and it was Zhu Feng and the others who told her what happened at the great altar later.
She only knew from their retelling that on that night, a group of men and horses suddenly broke into the great altar, which was heavily guarded and where not even a mosquito could fly in, and rescued Wu Yingqiu, who was already at the end of his rope.
Moreover, before this person appeared, he shot Ye Zheng with a bow and arrow.
Because Ye Zheng was injured, Zhu Feng was in a state of confusion, which gave this person an opportunity to take advantage of him. At that time, they actually suspected that the person who attacked him knew Zhu Feng very well. At least, he knew the position of Ye Zheng in Zhu Feng's heart, so he was able to hit the target with one blow.
Recalling that Ye Zheng went to Shazhou to guard the garrison, he was also injured and poisoned.
This incident prompted Zhu Feng to personally go to Shazhouwei to deal with the sand bandits in Reyuewan, and he almost died there.
Thinking of this, Nan Yan took a breath.
She always felt that Ye Zheng was a little impetuous in doing things. Of course, it was because he was young, and Zhu Feng had always been a little doting on him. Compared with other subordinates, Ye Zheng had always enjoyed too many privileges given to him by Zhu Feng.
However, he was a little too anxious. Over the years, he had been injured in important duties more than once, which made Zhu Feng uneasy.
Now, Nan Yan suddenly understood a little.
It’s not that Ye Zheng is anxious, it’s not that he is useless.
Instead, they wanted to deal with Zhu Feng's people, and they had been targeting him from the beginning to the end.
There is only a thousand years of being a thief, but there is no thousand years of guarding against thieves. Even if he guards against them once or twice, he cannot guard against them hundreds or thousands of times afterwards. If the person behind him wants to hurt him, then with his position and what he has done, he will find an opportunity to do it anyway!
And this time——
This time, it was a truly fatal blow to Zhu Feng.
Nan Yan shuddered all over.
It’s not just because this incident is a blow to Zhu Feng, but more importantly - He Yi!
She said she understood this man because she had known him for so many years. Even when Zhu Feng broke into Jinling City and massacred the imperial city, it was because of his advice that he held back and she saved her life. She said she didn't understand him because this man was always calm and aloof, as if he was easy to get along with. But when she thought about it carefully, she had known him for so long, but from beginning to end, she had no idea what he was thinking.
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