"My subordinates are only responsible for protecting His Majesty's safety. At that time, I was by His Majesty's side to block the assassins' attacks for His Majesty. The incident happened suddenly, so I could not see where they came from."

"Don't you feel contradictory to this? You have been by the Queen Mother's side and are responsible for protecting the Queen Mother's safety, but you don't know where those assassins came out? How dare you ask how you protected?" Xu Yan had been in the interrogation room for a whole day, watching these people go in and out, but she couldn't figure it out.

These people either said they were not responsible or that they did not notice that the huge royal family could not specifically apply the responsibility to someone.

Seeing that the general wanted to defend himself something, Xu Yan waved tiredly and said, "Get back first. You are not allowed to go anywhere in the past few days, waiting for the summons."

He kowtowed to Xu Yan a little unwillingly, and was then taken down by two soldiers.

"Your Highness, let's take a break with a cup of tea first." Yingchun next to him handed a cup of tea to Xu Yan in time. Xu Yan talked for so long, and his mouth was already dry. At this time, he naturally did not take the tea directly and drank it all. Then he ordered: "Call the next one in."

After a while, footsteps came from the door. Xu Yan did not look up, checking the thick list of accompanying people in his hand and the confessions of the soldiers he had just sorted out. He pinched his eyebrows with some headaches and said, "Tell me, what's your name? What's your position? Where were you doing when the incident happened?"

The person in front of him seemed to be stunned for a while, then replied: "I am General He Yuan..."

As soon as he said this, Xu Yan raised his head, with an unconcealed look of surprise in his eyes. She hurriedly asked, "Master He, why are you here?"

He Yuan smiled bitterly and replied, "I was originally the one who was responsible for the defense of this spring hunt, so why not here?"

Although Xu Yan knew that he was the chief defense of this spring hunt, he did not even send him to deal with the riots of the refugees in Nanjun because of this matter. But the question is, shouldn't he be waiting for them to come in Qingcheng now? How could he appear in Baohua Mountain?

Seeing Xu Yan's face gradually appearing suspicious, He Yuan explained: "Originally, I should have been waiting for Your Majesty in Qingcheng, but just a few days ago, I suddenly received a letter from Your Majesty."

Xu Yan frowned even deeper. Did the letter from the Queen Mother? She continued to ask: "What is written in the letter?"

He Yuan shook his head: "This matter involves military secrets, so I can't tell your highness. But it was because of this that I came to Baohua Mountain to meet with Your Majesty to discuss this matter."

What is the reason why He Yuan travels thousands of miles to come here?

Xu Yan did not dispel his suspicion of He Yuan because of this, and she continued to ask: "When did you come?"

This time, He Yuan simply told all the suspicious things that Xu Yan had at once: "I was here the day before yesterday, the day before Your Majesty and you arrived at Baohua Mountain. I stayed here all night, and my original plan was to secretly return to Qingcheng after the secret talk with Your Majesty the next day. But what I didn't expect was that Your Majesty would be assassinated on the way."

Xu Yan carefully observed He Yuan's facial expression and found that he was speaking frankly, as if the truth of the matter was as he said. Xu Yan looked silent and continued to ask unintentionally: "Who is the hand of the man who passed by the secret letter from the Queen Mother to you? Does anyone else know the content of the letter? You must know that now the Queen Mother is assassinated and must be investigated for the defense. You should have met those soldiers outside, right? Is there anything wrong?"

He Yuan frowned and thought about it carefully: "Every time your Majesty sends a letter to Yuchen, he always has that fixed secret guard. But this time he changed someone. Your Highness also knew that I was careless, and at that time he just felt that the secret guard might not be able to be sent by His Majesty to do anything else. So he didn't even go into it. I had just observed these soldiers outside, and it was indeed the ones I chose."

Xu Yan was in trouble now, although she believed in her heart that He Yuan could not do this, because he was a loyal soldier of the Queen Mother, almost everyone in Xuguo knew about it. So he should not do anything to the Queen Mother, so someone deliberately wanted to frame him.

What is the purpose of transferring him from Qingcheng? First, he can aggravate his suspicion. After all, he is the general defense. If he is transferred here, he can be held responsible for not being in the city. I believe that Qingcheng has discovered that he is not in the city. And it happened that the Queen had an accident during this period when he was not here, and anyone would suspect him.

Secondly... Someone wants to lure the tiger out of the mountain, what should I do to Qingcheng?!

Thinking of this, Xu Yan's cold sweat soaked her back. She suddenly woke up! Qingcheng is a more important existence than Nanjun. Moreover, the flood disaster in Qingcheng was the consequence of the corruption of imperial officials. The public grievances were already serious, and it reached its peak at that time. Thanks to the timely resolution measures at that time, otherwise the disaster victims and riots in Qingcheng would be more than dozens of times more terrifying than those in Nanjun today.

Could it be... Xu Yan tried hard to calm down her mood and said to He Yuan: "Nothing happened to Qingcheng when you left, right?"

He Yuan also realized something was wrong at this moment, and after careful consideration, he said, "It should be...no problem."

Xu Yan hurriedly seized the time and said to He Yuan: "You pack your luggage and go back to Qingcheng now, the faster the better. Go out from the secret passage here and don't let others see it again!"

He Yuan looked at Xu Yan's panicked movements and became nervous for a moment. At this moment, both of them didn't care about pursuing what went wrong in the defense and were busy going out.

Just then, a quarrel suddenly came from the door.

"Who are you? Your Highness is in the house. You need to pass it on before entering!"

"It's too late. We just found out that General He is a major suspect! The suspect is in the house now, and Your Highness may encounter an unexpected accident. If it's one step later, can you bear this responsibility?"

As he said that, the people outside the door forced themselves into the scene. The scene inside the door stopped them.

Xu Yan savored the tea that Yingchun poured for her, and was sitting leisurely on the chair enjoying Yingchun's massage. Hearing the voices of these people, Xu Yan opened his eyes impatiently and looked at them, and asked, "What's wrong? What are you doing in a panic?"

The leader reacted first and reported to him: "We did not intend to offend Your Highness. We just heard that there was a suspect in His Highness's house and were worried about His Highness's safety, so we came in to check the situation."

Xu Yan snorted coldly: "This reason is really crappy. Who doesn't know that I'm here to interrogate the suspect? Not only the suspect in my house, but who is not the suspect in the long queue at my door?"

The man was obviously a little embarrassed and replied again: "But after verified by the Dali Temple Minister, General He Yuan, who is responsible for the Spring Hunting General, is also here. He should be in Qingcheng at this moment, and now he suddenly appears in Baohua Temple. Can't he prove his major suspicion? Although he knows that General He has a master-disciple relationship with His Highness, he still hopes that His Highness will be more rational and arrest him as soon as possible to investigate the assassination."

Xu Yan frowned when he heard what he said, "In your opinion, do you think I have protected the suspect?"

The man was stunned and bowed and replied, "I have no intention."

Xu Yan's voice coldly: "No matter what you say today, I can only tell you that I have never seen He Yuan. If someone has seen him, just look for those who have seen him!"
Chapter completed!