Zu An chuckled awkwardly, "Uncle is indeed very insightful."
In fact, Sang Hong knew that he was involved in the matter, but he also knew that he was by no means a key figure and that the leak from the Prefect's Office had nothing to do with him.
"Did the Prefect's office find anything?" Zu An asked curiously.
Sang Hong shook his head: "We did find an adjutant, but unfortunately he had already committed suicide out of fear of punishment when we found him."
Zuan frowned: "I'm afraid he was silenced."
“That is indeed possible,” Sang Hong said gravely. “Yi County is more complicated than we imagined.”
Remembering what Qiu Honglei had mentioned before, Zu An tentatively asked, "I heard that the Yuan Stones sent from Yunzhong County to the Imperial Court often disappear on the border of Yi County. Does the Imperial Court have any clues?"
Sang Hong shook his head: "The court has indeed taken notice of this matter, but the emperor is currently preoccupied with other matters and cannot spare the time to resolve it."
Zu An understood. It was clear that the emperor was currently focusing his energy on fighting against the Prince of Qi. If it weren't for dealing with the Yu family, who supported the Prince of Qi, he probably wouldn't have sent them to Yunzhong County to investigate the disappearance of the Duke of Yunzhong.
Zuan remembered that the Duke of Yunzhong had already disappeared when he first transmigrated to this world, and the fact that it took so long to start investigating shows how serious the situation was.
He then thought of the vague statement regarding the seventh-place gold medalist and couldn't help but ask, "Prince Yan... could there be a problem?"
"Shh!" Sang Hong's expression changed slightly, and he even glanced at the door before whispering, "To criticize the Prince without cause is a capital offense. If it gets blown out of proportion, it will cause a lot of trouble."
Noticing Zuan's expression, he continued, "I roughly understand what you mean, but these things are irrelevant to our trip. The waters of Yi County are too murky; we don't need to get involved."
"Uncle is right." Zu An bowed. What happened to the Prince of Yan was indeed none of his business. The only thing he needed to worry about was Qiu Honglei.
However, Qiu Honglei had her master's protection, so being caught once was already an accident. If she were caught again... neither she nor her master would be that stupid.
Sang Hong nodded in satisfaction: "For the next few days, you should keep everyone on board. Tomorrow I will deal with the officials in Yi County, and we will set off again early the day after tomorrow to continue our journey."
"Good!" Zu'an finally understood why Sang Hong didn't want to have any dealings with Yi County's officialdom from the beginning. Sure enough, once you get involved even a little, it's easy to get caught up in it.
As Zu'an was leaving the room, Sang Hong suddenly called out to him, "I heard that a woman stayed overnight in your room? Young man, you should take care of your health."
Zu An broke out in a cold sweat, feeling like he'd been caught by his father-in-law at a nightclub: "Uncle, you've misunderstood. The other person just came to see me about something and has already left."
Sang Hong smiled and waved for him to go back, saying nothing but his expression clearly showed disbelief.
Zuan was also in a real bind, since that woman's daughter was going to have his child. Although they had no relationship, it was a bit much for her to be flirting with other women outside.
But I clearly don't have it!
The key issue is that this kind of thing is still inexplicable.
Zu An returned to his room feeling dejected. He had been running around for the past few days and had barely slept. He had just exhausted himself healing Tang Tian'er's injuries, and now that he had some free time, he felt sleepy.
Lying on the bed, feeling the lingering warmth of the blankets and the rich, sweet scent of the young girl, he just couldn't fall asleep...
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