Xiao Nanliang had also been summoned to report on his work. After the other senior veterans had finished speaking, he slowly began.
"My lord, I have finished investigating Zhu Linlei, whom you asked me to look into. The teleportation array you used when traveling to Goldflow Province had been tampered with. Afterward, we discovered that the two cultivators in charge of the array had already died."
"We followed the trail of the two men who killed them and assumed their identities for a long time, only to find that they too had been silenced. And when Lord Tang left Kyoto, Zhu Linlei left at almost the exact same time. I believe he is highly suspicious."
"Zhu Linlei?"
Tang Yu was not particularly surprised upon hearing the name. There were only so many trusted aides under the Crown Prince. The Zhu Family he belonged to was not considered one of Kyoto's foremost great clans, which was one reason he remained so utterly loyal to that Crown Prince.
He had placed his bet on the Crown Prince early, clinging to his thigh in advance so that when His Highness ascended the throne, he could promote him.
Of course, quite a few aristocratic families in Kyoto had done the same. It was simply that none of them had expected the Son of Heaven to delay his ascension for so long, leaving all those families that had placed their bets in an exceedingly awkward position.
"Have the suspicions surrounding the others been ruled out?"
Tang Yu continued asking.
"More or less. They were all active in Kyoto at the time, while Zhu Linlei left in great secrecy."
Xiao Nanliang's tone was resolute. He had climbed step by step from the ranks of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and his instincts were exceptionally sharp.
Unfortunately, talent