After speaking, Nangong Yuan nodded, and asked, "The thief we caught the other day, was it you who personally captured him? I read your oral statement in Jing'an Hall, did you know that thief beforehand?"
Chen Yan calmly recounted once more how he met East Sea in West Platform City, and then saw East Sea again on the Gu family merchant ship.
He had already recited these events several times in Jing'an Hall, and recounting them again was smooth and fluent.
However, he remembered Nangong Sheng's admonition, speaking in an unbiased and straightforward manner, without exaggeration, and refraining from personal speculation.
As he spoke, Chen Yan's glance casually swept over the hall, and he saw behind Elder Nangong Yuan, a screen stood, and behind the screen was a door to an inner chamber.
Through the semi-transparent screen, it was visible that the door behind was open, and inside... there seemed to be silhouettes.
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In a small chamber behind the hall.
