"Ahem~" Sang Hong coughed twice, "Don't let people see the joke here, go to my room to discuss it."
After saying that, he led several people back to the room, and at the same time arranged for the guards to guard outside at a distance to prevent the partition wall from having ears.
"Azu, what can you gain?" Sang Hong sat down at the top and motioned for them to pour the tea themselves without being formal.
"I have found out who is the person who came to the capital to report the news." Zu An was about to speak, but was stopped by Sang Hong.
He looked at Gao Ying and Pei You and said: "We have the emperor's orders on this trip, and you should know what this means. I know that you aristocratic families are deeply intertwined, and you even have your relatives in Yunzhong County..."
Pei You's expression changed slightly, it was obvious that the other party was talking about his relationship with Pei Shao.
Sang Hong continued: "But I still need to ask you to distinguish the serious relationship. The situation in Yunzhong County is much more dangerous than you think. As long as you make one mistake, we will die without a burial place, so what we discussed is Never let a word of anything leak out."
Pei You stood up suddenly: "If Mr. Sang can't trust me, I won't listen."
As he was about to walk out, Gao Ying hurriedly grabbed him, and while persuading him, he apologized to Sang Hong: "Master Sang, you can rest assured, we are not the kind of people who don't know the importance. Don't say that Yunzhong County is just a distant relative. , even if they are really close relatives, until now, we cannot leak even half of it."
After being persuaded by him, Pei You also bowed his hand and said: "Master Haojiao Sang knows that although the lord of Yunzhong County and I are both surnamed Pei, Pei Shao belongs to the lineage of Linhai Gong, and I belong to the lineage of Julu Gong. Everyone knows that we have different political views. Although we cannot say that we are incompatible with each other, it can be described as being like fire and water. How could I sacrifice my own interests to inform Pei Shao and the others?"
Sang Hong nodded secretly. Linhai Gong Pei Zhengguan was among the servants and was a backbone of the Qi royal party. Pei Ming, the Duke of Julu, was a minister. Although he was at odds with the princess's father, Bi Qi, his son Pei Yi, Pei You's father, had a very good relationship with the Bi family. Otherwise, he would not have entered the secret realm to complete the prince's exam. Pei You will not be chosen as one of the crown prince's guards.
He immediately laughed: "I am also in my position and have to guard against some hidden dangers. I don't mean to target any of you specifically. I hope my nephews won't take it to heart."
Hearing what he said, Gao Ying and Pei You also walked down the steps and cupped their hands and said: "It should be done."
Sang Hong then looked at Zu An: "Azu, tell me what you gained."
Zu An nodded: "I found out that the person who reported the news should be Shen Zhou, the personal bodyguard of Duke Yunzhong..."
Then he roughly told a few people about his findings, ignoring Pei Mianman's existence of course.
Sang Hong's eyes lit up: "Okay, now that we have found out his identity, we will have a breakthrough. The next thing will be much easier to handle."
"Did you gain anything over there?" Zu An asked curiously.
"Yes!" Gao Ying said in a deep voice, "We investigated the retreat place where Lord Yunzhong disappeared and found a secret secret passage."
Zu An raised his eyebrows: "Didn't the previous investigation report provided by Yunzhong County say it was a secret room?"
"Maybe they wanted to hide something, or maybe they didn't find it," Gao Ying explained. "The secret passage mechanism is extremely secretive. If I hadn't done some research on mechanism science, I might not have been able to discover it."
When he said this, his face became a little more proud.
"Is it possible that someone else entered through the secret passage and assassinated Duke Yunzhong?" Zu An asked, suddenly thinking that he had secretly gone to the secret passage to have a tryst with Bi Linglong, and his face felt hot.
"Impossible," Gao Ying shook his head and said, "This secret passage can only be opened from the room, and there is no way to get in from the outside."
Zu An wondered about the secret passage on the other side of Bi Linglong and asked, "Where does the other end of the secret passage lead to?"
"Biyufang a few miles away." Gao Ying replied.
"Biyufang?" Zu An was stunned, why did this name sound a bit unfair.
At this time, Pei You explained with excitement: "I have already inquired about it. Biyufang is the largest and most luxurious brothel in Yunzhong County. Every girl in it has tall breasts, thin waist, and long legs..."
"Ahem, let's talk about business, don't talk about irrelevant things." Sang Hong reminded.
Zu An suppressed a smile: "Why is Duke Yunzhong's escape route in the brothel? Does he have any girl he likes there?"
He also remembered that Duan Zhengchun seemed to have asked his men to dig tunnels to the boudoir of Gan Baobao and others, so that they could secretly have trysts at night. Could it be that Duke Yunzhong also had such a lover?
"It's impossible." Gao Ying shook his head, "Mrs. Yu was the most beautiful woman in the world back then. All the women in Biyufang combined couldn't compare to her. With such a stunning beauty in the family, how could she still look after those mediocre women? Common fans.”
"Not necessarily. I've been eating delicacies abalone for a long time and I want to change the taste." Zu Anxin thought that Yu Yanluo and Yunzhong County Duke had been separated for a long time, so it was not certain whether he had eaten delicacies abalone.
Several other people suddenly looked strange, because his wife was also a stunning beauty. Could this be his personal experience?
At this time, Gao Ying said again: "We went to investigate specifically. The exit was not in the courtyard of any oiran, but in a desolate backyard. Even people from Biyufang rarely go there. So Yunzhong County My husband should just use a place with a lot of traffic like Biyufang to hide his traces so that he can escape safely if something happens, rather than having an affair with a certain oiran in Biyufang."
"That's a good analysis," Sang Hong said with approval in his eyes, "But having said that, I still sent a few people to Biyufang to investigate secretly, and be careful not to alert the snake."
"Yes!" Pei You's eyes lit up and he agreed first. Naturally, he would do this kind of thing.
Visiting a brothel at public expense feels so good just thinking about it.
Sang Hong had a strange look on his face, thinking that Azu was more reliable. Although he had many confidantes around him, at least they relied on his own charm rather than going to a dirty place like a brothel.
"Ahem, I have gained something here," he continued. "In the past few days, I have asked many servants of the Duke's Palace, as well as people in the official circles of Yunzhong County, and there are two pieces of information worth noting."
"First, the chief steward of the Duke's Palace is called Uncle Ming. It is said that he is extremely trusted by the Duke of Yunzhong. All matters inside and outside the Duke's Palace are basically handled by him and Gong Pan, the chief guard. Compared to Gong Pan, his status is more important. high."
"However, after Duke Yunzhong's accident, he did not go to Yu Yanluo like Gong Pan did. Instead, he continued to stay in the Duke's Mansion and take charge of various matters. Because Jian Tai is now acting as the acting governor, the Duke's Mansion also It’s almost under Jian Taiding’s control.”
Zu An frowned: "It seems that Uncle Ming has taken refuge with Jian Taiding early on, otherwise he would not be able to continue working under him so smoothly."
Sang Hong hummed: "Whether it was collusion in advance or defection later, we need to verify it again. After all, we represent the court and cannot convict others based on random guesses."
"Master Sang is right." Several people looked stern.
Sang Hong then continued: "The second thing I learned was when I visited Yunzhong County Sheriff's Mansion. There are rumors that Jian Taiding has a special affection for his sister-in-law."
Pei You chuckled and said, "Having a sister-in-law who is the most beautiful in the world, it's strange that he has no idea."
At the same time, I was filled with regrets. It was a pity that I didn’t see the legendary beauty when I went to Yufu before.
Zu An was more concerned about another thing: "Could it be that the Sheriff and uncle said it?"
Sang Hong sneered: "How could the old fox come forward directly? Of course, he revealed it through chatting with other officials in the house, but it was obviously Zuo Su's intention."
Next, everyone summarized the various intelligence details during this period, and finally Sang Hong assigned tasks: "Gao Ying, you go check the interpersonal relationships of Shen Zhou during his lifetime to see if there is anything suspicious; Pei You, go investigate Biyufang, Be careful not to reveal your identity; Azu, go to the Yu Mansion to investigate Shen Zhou’s relics, and only you can enter there now."
"Okay!" Several people accepted the order one after another.
Zu An yawned when he left, and Sang Hong reminded him earnestly: "Although you are at your most energetic and vigorous now when you are young, you must also pay attention to your health."
Zu An suddenly broke into sweat: "I investigated the case too late yesterday and didn't get much rest."
The other party was to some extent his father-in-law, so of course he couldn't let him know about these things.
"Haha." Sang Hong obviously didn't believe his nonsense, but he didn't say anything.
In order to prove that he was still in good spirits, Zu An did not go back to his room to rest and went directly to perform the task.
Before going out, he first went to Xiao Jianren's room: "Master Xiao, are you ready with the things I asked you to prepare last time?"
Xiao Jianren cupped his hands and said, "Master Zu explained it in such detail. If we can't figure it out anymore, we will lose the reputation of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy."
He handed over a box and said, "There is an air-isolating magic circle outside. Master Zu, please be careful when using it."
Zu An took it and inspected it, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It's done well."
Xiao Jianren sighed with emotion: "Master Zu is still very powerful and can come up with such a clever thing, but what is the use of this thing?"
"Of course it will come in handy later." Zu An laughed, put away the box and hurried in the direction of Yufu.
