After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen-Chapter 490 - 336: You Must Help Me with This Favor (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"No, why don’t you first tell me, who exactly are you looking for? Who hired you for this task?"

Fu Zhen didn’t want to waste time on his mysteries and directly sought the answers she wanted.

Li Yi showed some displeasure at being interrupted, paused, then squinted at her and said, "I don’t know the person who gave me this task, but I do know what kind of person he is."

"What kind of person?"

"A eunuch from the palace!"

Fu Zhen was surprised but didn’t pause for long: "Which palace’s eunuch? What’s his name?"

"I don’t know." Li Yi shook his head, "I said I don’t know him. But as an old hand, I’ve dealt with palace people enough to recognize if someone is a eunuch."

Fu Zhen then asked, "What does he look like? Who did he want you to find? When did he find you?"

Li Yi sighed, "With so many questions at once, I’ll just tell you the whole story for you to make sense of it."

Saying this, he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and then continued: "It was about six or seven winters ago, one night when the martial arts school was about to close, two people suddenly arrived. They were both dressed in ordinary robes, cloaked in black, with snow hats pulled low. As soon as they arrived, they specified that they were looking for me to take on a task.

"When they arrived in the backyard and took off their hats, I immediately sensed something was off. The one leading was around forty, pale and beardless, and when he spoke, his voice was extremely thin, which immediately made me think of palace people.

"He then showed me a Token from the palace, confirming my suspicions without a doubt.

"Just as I was about to bow, he stopped me, saying that he was on a secret mission and couldn’t let anyone know.

"Then he explained the purpose of his visit; he wanted me to find a man in his early thirties, but the height and appearance couldn’t be confirmed.

"Then he gave me a very simple map, which contained a route connecting several place names, and instructed me to search according to the last place listed.

"The initial payment was a silver note worth three thousand taels, with the promise of further generous rewards upon success."

Fu Zhen was taken aback: "This price isn’t the same as what you initially told me!"

Li Yi awkwardly waved his hand: "That was then, this is now. How could I, as an old man, casually reveal such an important matter to you?"

Fu Zhen glanced at him: "Then why are you willing to talk now?"

"I have no choice now!" Li Yi patted his thigh, "I’ve lost track of the person!"

"What?!" Fu Zhen finally realized after hearing this, "Do you mean to say, you actually followed him before?"

Hearing the entire tale, from the appearance of the eunuch to presenting Li Yi with a map for searching the man in his early thirties, Fu Zhen wasn’t too surprised.

These keywords "eunuch" and "man in his thirties" already strongly suggested it was related to the search for the crown prince by the palace.

With multiple groups searching from the palace, having Li Yi involved was not unexpected.

However, among so many groups, none had a definite lead on locating the crown prince. Yet Li Yi didn’t say he "never found him" but rather "lost track," which was indeed unexpected.

"I did manage to follow him." Li Yi sighed at this moment, "It’s a long story.

"This task was too lucrative, and with it coming from the palace, how could I refuse?

"So over the years, I’ve had my disciples searching outside. I must say, with the birthmark they provided, even if the face wasn’t clear and the height unknown, we eventually tracked him down—"

"Hold on! Did you say birthmark?"

"Yes, indeed, behind his right ear, near the base of the neck, there’s a phoenix-shaped birthmark."

Upon hearing this, Fu Zhen’s uneasy heart suddenly felt assured.

The phoenix-shaped birthmark, the Empress had left a fan with a phoenix for the crown prince!

The target of the task Li Yi took, was indeed the crown prince Yang Yi, confirmed without a doubt!

According to the case details currently revealed, Yang Yi had been assassinated back then. It was nearly seven years ago, and the palace eunuch had sought Li Yi six or seven years ago. Judging by the timeline, Li Yi traced the person with the phoenix-shaped birthmark, but it must have been after the incident!

If the one Li Yi found was Yang Yi, doesn’t that just prove the person who died in the alley wasn’t Yang Yi after all?!

She immediately said, "Continue! What did he look like, and what other features did he have? When exactly did you lose him?"

Li Yi nodded: "We traced him to Tanzhou, about five years ago, in an inn in Tanzhou city. A disciple spotted him, and I rushed over to confirm his birthmark myself.