Chapter 3356 Soul Out of Body
Nan Yan smiled frankly and said, "I won't hide it from you. We are going to Yumen Pass."
Gao Ye narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "You want to go to Yumen Pass? Do you know what happened at Yumen Pass?"
When Nan Yan heard this, her ears pricked up, her eyes fixed on Gao Ye, and she whispered, "Why, do you know what happened at Yumen Pass?"
Gao Ye was stunned and realized that he had spoken out of turn.
However, when he looked up again and met Nan Yan's piercing gaze, he understood that although this imperial concubine looked very similar to Xiyun, she was not as easy to fool as the girl he had raised since childhood. This woman could sit on the throne of the imperial concubine of Yan State not only by relying on her face and her ability to act coquettishly and make trouble for men, and Zhu Feng was not an emperor who was so easily pleased.
Therefore, it is very difficult to hide anything from her.
Gao Ye thought about it and said, "Actually..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhu Feng had already seen Xi Yun leave. It was obviously not right for a man to stay alone with the imperial concubine. So Zhu Feng walked over with his hands behind his back and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Nan Yan immediately stood up: "Your Majesty."
Gao Ye also glanced back and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine just mentioned that Your Majesty was going to Yumen Pass. I think it's not wise to go to Yumen Pass at this time."
"oh?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng raised his eyebrows slightly, exchanged glances with Nan Yan, and then looked at him: "Why?"
Gao Ye glanced up at the sky and said, "In weather like this, there will probably be a strong sandstorm. Yumen Pass isn't as well protected from the wind and sand as Bailong City and Handongwei. Your Majesty, if you take the Empress there and encounter it, you'll suffer."
This is of course true.
But he obviously swallowed some words after seeing Zhu Feng.
Nan Yan then remembered that the last time she met him at the Lianxin Hall, when she asked what happened when Si Zhongwen brought her back to the Central Plains seriously injured, Gao Ye seemed to have interrupted her because of Zhu Feng's arrival.
There were some things he didn't seem to want Zhu Feng to know.
To be precise, it was about what happened when Si Zhongwen brought him back to the Central Plains.
The place where the incident happened may be Yumen Pass.
Thinking of this, Nan Yan's back suddenly felt numb.
She subconsciously turned to look at Zhu Feng. His expression remained unchanged, even with a faint smile on his face. However, a shrewd, needle-like glint flickered in his deep eyes. He said calmly, "The sandstorms in the northwest are indeed very strong."
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"But if you don't walk into the wind and sand, how can you see clearly what is buried by the wind and sand?"
Upon hearing this, Gao Ye's expression changed.
Only then did he understand that the Emperor of Yan was a man of great talent and strategy, but also a man of great talent but with a keen eye, and not a fool.
I'm afraid that my little thoughts have long been exposed to him.
He thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "If that's the case, then I won't say much. After all, if you want to see what's buried in the wind and sand, you really need to go there in person and see it with your own eyes. It's just that—"
Zhu Feng asked, "Just what?"
Gao Ye said: "It's just that Your Majesty is ready to see everything clearly."
Zhu Feng frowned slightly.
This sentence obviously has a hidden meaning.
However, judging from Gao Ye's expression, it seemed that he only intended to use this sentence to remind him and had no intention of actually telling him anything.
Zhu Feng thought for a moment, then smiled faintly and said, "I won't fight a battle I'm not sure of, nor will I go to a place where I can't return."
He said this with a smile on his face and in a very relaxed tone, looking like he was just chatting casually with someone, but this sentence was as profound as a nail, even Nan Yan who was standing next to him couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Gao Ye looked at him for a while, smiled, and said, "That's good."
At this time, Xiyun's voice came from the other side: "What are you talking about?"
Everyone turned around and saw her coming over with a bowl of sweet wine in one hand. She smiled and handed a bowl to Nan Yan, letting her drink it to warm her hands and feet. Then she asked, "Little brother, what are you talking about with my sister and brother-in-law? Are you telling a joke?"
Until now, she still prefers to call Nan Yan and Zhu Feng "sister and brother-in-law" rather than His Majesty the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine. This is considered very impolite in the diplomatic relations between the two countries, but Zhu Feng does not blame her. He even smiles every time he hears her calling them that these days.
Gao Ye raised his hand to stop her.
Then he said, "Nothing much. I just heard that His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Imperial Concubine were going to Yumen Pass, so I warned them that the weather might not be good for them."
Xiyun immediately said, "I can't say for sure. There will be a big sandstorm."
After that, she continued, "But we'll be at Yumen Pass in two days. Maybe the sandstorm will have passed by the time we get there."
Zhu Feng said, "That's true. So, let's all get a good rest tonight. We don't know what we'll encounter on this journey."
Everyone listened to him and rested after dinner. They packed up and set off early the next morning. The next long journey was indeed not as easy as the previous one, but after hurrying, they finally arrived at Yumen Pass in the evening of the third day.
When Nan Yan saw the earthen city that looked like a crawling tiger in the twilight, she couldn't help but sigh.
The last time I came here was many years ago.
At that time, she was still pregnant with Cheng Jun. Due to her physical condition, Zhu Feng even refused to let her go. In the blink of an eye, Cheng Jun had grown up.
This earthen city still stands in the northwest, carrying the remaining power of the past, and no one knows what it is guarding.
She couldn't help but sigh softly.
At this time, she saw that the team of envoys from the Parthian Empire had stopped on the other side and began to prepare to camp and rest, so she turned around and planned to ask Zhu Feng what plans he had for tonight.
But when he turned around, he swallowed the words before he could say them.
She saw the blood-red sunset shining on the earth, as if the land here was soaked in a layer of blood, and this layer of blood also covered Zhu Feng's eyes. At this moment, he was looking motionlessly at the towering earthen city in front of him. At this moment, not only his breathing, but even his heartbeat seemed to have stopped.
Although his eyes were looking at Yumen Pass, they were full of confusion.
It seemed as if it had seen through the earthen city and flew to who knows where.
"emperor."
Nan Yan called him softly.
But Zhu Feng seemed not to have heard anything at all. He was still staring straight ahead, as if his soul had left his body.
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