Zu An replied in a deep voice: "Uncle, I have my intention, but unfortunately it is not convenient to explain it at the moment. I hope your uncle won't be offended."
Sang Hong looked at him deeply and finally said: "You already called me uncle, so I naturally believe you. Since you said so, I won't ask."
Does this brat think I don’t know? I was a prefect in Mingyue City back then, and Qiu Honglei, the oiran of Shenxianju, had an ambiguous relationship with him. This guy is really a playboy.
Thinking of his daughter, he didn't know why he was a little unhappy, and then said: "I will go to the prefect's mansion now to discuss with Prefect Zhang the escorting of the demon sect girl. You have been working hard outside just now, so go back and rest early. "
"Thank you, uncle." Zu An breathed a sigh of relief after hearing his promise.
Just as he was about to leave, Sang Hong called out: "Azu, I want to remind you that it is human nature for young people to admire Ai, but you must also distinguish the identity of the other party. Some women are best not to get involved."
Zu An suddenly broke into sweat. It seemed that he still couldn't hide it from him, so he had to say: "Uncle taught you the right lesson."
Seeing that even though he was saying this, his expression was still somewhat disapproving. Sang Hong snorted angrily and didn't bother to persuade him. Anyway, Qian'er just wanted to borrow him for a while. She didn't really want to recruit him as her son-in-law. She just wanted to Just a grandson.
Watching Sang Hong leading people to the prefect's mansion while Zu An returned to the dock, Gao Ying and Pei You asked him if Sun Xun had made things difficult for him before. He briefly responded to what had just happened because he was worried about Qiu Honglei. , and went back to the room on the pretext of taking a rest.
Gao Ying and Pei You also worked hard for most of the night. At this time, they were very sleepy and went back to their rooms to rest.
Zu An secretly changed into the clothes of the embroidered messenger in the house and came to Xiao Jianren's room.
Because Sang Hong and Zu An had left at the beginning, the base camp on the ship needed someone to guard it, and Xiao Jianren was naturally the best candidate.
He was reading at night, and his eyes almost hit the table. It was obvious that his myopia was quite serious.
But after all, he stood out in the team of talented embroidered cloth messengers. Although his eyesight is not very good, his hearing is very keen. As soon as Zu An entered the room, he noticed something strange: "Who is it?"
"It's me!" Zu An said angrily, "I warned you before not to read at night, as your eyes will be intolerable. When you return to Beijing, ask the college to get you a pair of glass glasses or a permanent lamp."
Zu An had specifically inquired before, and found out that the disciples of the academy who were the disciples of Jijiu had all kinds of inventions. They also had things like glasses, but they were not made of glass, but colored glaze. At the same time, they had special rune arrays to help them. It has the same effect as glasses, so the cost is quite expensive.
As for the Everlasting Lantern, Zu An gave it to Xie Daoyun before
It is one of them, but it is the most precious and advanced one. Although Zu An sympathized with Xiao Jianren, between a man and a girl, he would definitely choose the girl.
"It's okay, I've gotten used to it after so many years." Xiao Jianren clipped the bookmark to the position where he just saw it and closed it carefully, as if he were treating a treasure. "The glazed glasses and everlasting lamps produced by the college are too expensive. It’s not something people like me can afford.”
Zu An was also speechless. In fact, as a silver-medal embroidered messenger, his salary was not low. After saving for a few years, he could still get one, but he always used the money to buy books immediately. Moreover, he can read any miscellaneous books, as long as they have words, even if they are pastry packaging bags from some restaurants in the capital, he can read them with relish for a long time.
Buying all kinds of books made him the poorest person in the embroidery building, so he was naturally reluctant to buy things from the academy.
"By the way, do you know the Demon Sect's stronghold in Yi County?" Zu An did not forget the business and asked hurriedly. He needed to contact Yun Jianyue as soon as possible so that he could discuss with her how to rescue Qiu Honglei.
Xiao Jianren couldn't help but said: "Your Excellency, you are too flattering to me. If the Demon Sect's stronghold could be easily known to others, it would have been destroyed by the government long ago. However, I can try to contact the local Embroidered Clothes Messenger intelligence network to see if I can find it. For some less-confidential strongholds, spies from each place would often leave one or two of these strongholds within their monitoring range, so as not to destroy them and have to expend new efforts to explore new demonic sect strongholds. Of course, this kind of Strongholds generally don't have much value, I don't know if they are of any use to adults."
"You find it first and then talk about it." Zu An had no choice but to give it a try.
If he had to, he would have to act alone.
"Okay!" Xiao Jianren cupped his hands and was about to leave, when Zu An suddenly reached out and stopped him.
When he was looking confused, Zu An said in a deep voice: "Since your Excellency is here, why don't you show up to meet me."
"Is there anyone there?" Xiao Jianren was horrified. He was always careful and cautious, and even deliberately set up some small traps around the room. His ears were always very good, so it was only the eleventh person who had the talent to get into the room before he was discovered. Others It is difficult to hide it from his eyes and ears.
But now, even if eleven people reminded him, he could not hear any breathing or feel the sound of energy fluctuations even if he listened intently. How high must the other party's cultivation be to do this?
At this moment, a cold voice came from outside: "I was careful enough but I didn't expect you to hear me. It is indeed a gold medal embroidered garment."
As soon as he finished speaking, the window was pushed open, and a black shadow flashed in. Xiao Jianren was about to draw his sword when he was suddenly stunned.
Because the black shadow directly tore off the night clothes outside, revealing the clothes inside. The characteristic cloud and dragon pattern, wasn't it the embroidered clothes?
The soldier's uniform?
Moreover, the opponent’s collar is embroidered with gold, and he is actually a gold medal embroidered messenger!
Xiao Jianren saluted hurriedly and asked cautiously: "Sir, are you the seventh gold medalist in charge of the intelligence network here?"
He has been hanging out in the Xiulou Archives all year round, so he naturally knows these things.
"Seventh gold medal?" Zu An looked at the other person curiously. You must know that this is the first time he has seen another gold medal envoy in such a long time.
Naturally, the other person's appearance cannot be seen clearly due to the mask, but his bright eyes and the slightly exposed crow's feet at the corners of his eyes can probably tell that he is a middle-aged man.
Although he is thin and small, he has a chilling air when he stands there. You can get an idea of it by looking at Xiao Jianren's aura and fear of showing off.
Zu An sensed the fluctuation of vitality on the opponent's body, which was about the ninth level. However, after experiencing so many things, he also understood that as the cultivation level increases, the fluctuation of vitality cannot accurately determine the true cultivation level, because unless it breaks out without reservation at the moment of life and death, the intensity of the fluctuation of vitality will always be greater. error.
Not to mention that there are some magic weapons or techniques in the world that can mask the aura.
The thin middle-aged man took out a shining gold medal and showed it in front of Zu An: "Verify identity, gold medal is seventh."
The things of the Embroidered Clothes Messenger are all standard, and there is no way for outsiders to imitate them. Especially since the tokens are engraved with special anti-counterfeiting runes, the Embroidered Clothes Messenger can easily identify them.
Xiao Jianren hurriedly took out the silver medal he had with him, but unfortunately the other party didn't even look at him, but looked straight at Zu An.
It feels like this is a senior officer's conversation and you go aside.
Zu An also took out the gold medal eleven waist card to verify each other's identities.
The seventh gold medalist breathed a sigh of relief, but soon frowned: "Why is your cultivation level so low?"
The other party has Concubine Bai's sachet on his body, and the practitioner's skills are very clear, making it difficult for people to see his true cultivation.
Zu An said calmly: "As long as you can beat the person you want to beat."
The seventh gold medalist couldn't help but take another look at him. This guy was a sixth-level cultivation level, and his tone was quite serious.
However, he does appreciate this kind of character. If the other party is submissive, it will lose the prestige of the gold medal messenger.
This man's cultivation level was so low, presumably the emperor and the commander-in-chief valued other aspects of him more.
"I came here this time to ask you to help verify something." The seventh gold medalist slowly stated his intention.
