Chapter 3121 You brought people there just to silence them!
"Because of you, every step is taken carefully."
Zhu Chengjin said: "His death was the first step in your arrangement."
As he spoke, he slowly turned around. It was still dark at this time, and their fleet had just sailed into a narrow river valley. The high mountain walls on both sides blocked the only bit of light in the sky. This darkness before dawn was even darker than the deepest night.
Nan Yan looked at the person in front of her, as if the whole person was about to turn into a puff of black smoke and merge into the endless darkness.
But Nan Yan remained calm and just smiled faintly.
"oh?"
Zhu Chengjin said: "Don't deny it?"
Nan Yan said: "I want to hear what you have to say."
Zhu Chengjin said, "It's actually very simple. Ever since you approached him and lived with him in the rooms behind Wuying Palace, you've been poisoning him. You knew his health was already poor, so even though the dosage of your poison was so small that even doctors couldn't detect it, it was slowly draining him away. You knew he wouldn't be able to survive for much longer."
“…”
"So, you must have known that he would leave me the next strategy before he died."
Nan Yan said calmly, "How would I know that he would definitely leave those treasure bags behind? What if he told you personally? Then wouldn't I have any idea where to start?"
"No,"
Zhu Chengjin shook his head and said, "You know he won't tell me in person."
“…”
"Or, you know, he didn't have the chance to explain it all to me in person, because by then, I had already begun to distance myself from him."
Nan Yan laughed and said, "What do you mean? Did I alienate you?"
Zhu Chengjin squinted his eyes and looked at her.
Although it was dark and the expression on Zhu Chengjin's face could not be seen clearly, from his eyes flashing with cold light, one could feel that even if there was no expression on his face at this moment, his eyes must be extremely ferocious, and he might even want to tear a piece of flesh off Nan Yan.
He said, "Although he and I have always had disagreements, I never doubted him, until you showed up."
"oh?"
"Tell me, Xu Shifeng and him are a family."
“…”
"You told me that with his energy, he is capable of ascending the throne himself. He is only using me as a cover. Once everything is accomplished, he will replace me."
“…”
"It's because of what you said that I distanced myself from him."
Nan Yan smiled calmly and said, "If what I said didn't make any sense, you wouldn't be so angry."
“…”
"Zhu Chengjin, to be fair, even if I hadn't appeared and said those words, wouldn't Xu Shizong's continued intention to capture Xu Shifeng and bring him to Jiangnan and allow him to enter Jinling City have aroused your suspicion?"
Zhu Chengjin didn't say anything.
But Nan Yan could tell from his rapid breathing that his face must be very ugly.
Nan Yan chuckled again: "If you want to talk about distrust, there is no need for me to appear. There is no complete trust between you. Since there has never been any, how can you say that I have destroyed the trust between you?"
“…”
"Don't forget, I poisoned him. You knew everything from beginning to end."
“…”
"But from beginning to end, you didn't even say a word to stop it!"
The fleet passed through the narrowest part of the valley. The ships sailed at high speed, making a low humming sound that echoed between the high valleys on both sides. What Nan Yan heard more clearly was the sound of the man in front of him gritting his teeth so hard that it seemed as if he was grinding through his bones.
After a long while, he said, "Even if that's the case, the three strategies in the brocade bag were also arranged by you."
"I arrange it?"
"You know he can't explain it to me in person, so he'll probably leave me his next strategy. And you also know that with his cautious nature, he definitely won't leave me just one strategy. If I don't adopt that strategy, everything will be ruined."
“…”
"Plus, you all lived behind Wuying Palace during those days. If I'm not mistaken, you should have been secretly observing him, or trying to trick him into saying something when you spoke to him."
“…”
"So, you probably already know that he will keep three strategies."
Nan Yan smiled and said, "You're wrong about this."
"oh?"
"I did secretly observe him while I was staying behind Wuying Palace, and I even overheard him talking, but I didn't try to trick him. He's a cautious person by nature, and he's already wary of me, so he naturally wouldn't reveal the three strategies."
"and you--"
"That was when you were talking. I wrote down what you said."
Zhu Chengjin's eyes flashed again.
Only then did he remember that more than once, when they were having meals in Wuying Palace, Xu Shizong had also come, and they had argued about what to do next, and Nan Yan had been present at that time.
Zhu Chengjin asked, "So, from what we said, you inferred that he would keep those three strategies?"
Nan Yan just looked at him without answering.
Zhu Chengjin sneered and said, "I really underestimated you."
Nan Yan still didn't say anything.
Zhu Chengjin glanced at her and sighed deeply, as if he knew that everything was a foregone conclusion and could not be changed. He slowly turned around, and the boat slowly turned around a sharp bend, as if it was going to take another road they had never taken before.
Looking around, the scenery seemed familiar, and Nan Yan vaguely knew where they were going.
In the front was Li Chen and his crew's boat. Because the people of Xingluo Lake were good at water, their boat moved very fast after turning the corner, as if they were eager to get somewhere.
At this time, Zhu Chengjin continued, "Anyway, now that you know he will leave behind three strategies, you can start making arrangements."
Nan Yan withdrew her gaze.
"What arrangements?"
"Arrange his death."
Zhu Chengjin said slowly, "The night he was in Lezhizhai, you should have increased the dosage of poison, intending to completely defeat him that night. Moreover, you deliberately brought the young eunuch with you—he didn't go there to serve you."
Nan Yan narrowed her eyes slightly.
When Zhu Chengjin talked about this, he no longer even had the temper to himself.
It was as if he was just stating a fact that had nothing to do with him.
"You took him with you because you knew that Xiaoman was loyal to Xu Shizong. Before he died, he would definitely give the three strategies to Xiaoman and ask Xiaoman to give them to me."
“…”
"You brought people there just to silence them!"
“…”
"As long as Xiaoman is silenced and Xu Shizong dies again, no one will know the order of the three strategies."
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