"Do you have someone you like?"
...
Zu An's expression was strange: "What, are you planning to introduce me to someone?"
Xingnu smiled and shook her head: "Oh, never mind. A man like you is not worthy of an ordinary woman. If you were still unmarried, I could introduce you to someone, but unfortunately that's impossible now."
Zuan was somewhat surprised. This maid was far too bold, daring to speak ill of her master in private.
However, this shows that Yu Yanluo must be very kind to her subordinates, which is why they acted this way.
As the two were chatting, Gong Pan arrived. Xing Nu bowed slightly and said, "I won't disturb you two any longer."
After saying that, he took his leave and returned.
"So it's Young Master Zu. What brings you here this time?" Gong Pan cupped his hands in greeting.
Zuan returned the greeting: "Didn't I ask you about the whereabouts of the guards of the Duke of Yunzhong last time? I did some research and found that several of them died in the line of duty, so I wanted to come and ask them what cases they were investigating and see their belongings."
Fearing that he might alert the enemy, he didn't ask Chen Zhou directly, but instead hid among the six people.
The person behind it went to such great lengths to create the fake corpse, and obviously didn't expect to find the target so quickly.
"Oh, is there something wrong with those people's deaths?" Gong Pan asked curiously.
“It’s just a routine investigation,” Zuan replied without changing his expression. “You know that we’ve come to Yunzhong County to appoint a new county governor, and before that, we need to investigate the previous county governor’s affairs as usual.”
"I see," Gong Pan said with relief. "Alas, those brothers died tragically..."
He then gave a general account of the cases he had investigated before the deaths of those six people.
Zuan was mainly focused on Shen Zhou's case. It was said that he was investigating a smuggling case involving the Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce, but it was later discovered that it was just a misunderstanding. It turned out that another group of smugglers had bribed a warehouse manager under the Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce...
The Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce is one of the largest chambers of commerce in Yunzhong County. It transports goods from all over the country to Yunzhong County for sale, and at the same time collects various specialties from the Northwest in Yunzhong County and sends them to the whole country.
Zu An thought that Shen Zhou should have already gone to the capital to report the news. Investigating this Zhenyuan Chamber of Commerce was probably just a cover. He was more concerned about the other party's belongings.
"What about the belongings of those soldiers? I heard that Lord Gong brought them back?" Zu An asked with a smile as he looked at him.
Gong Pan's expression changed slightly, but he quickly replied, "As is customary, we collect and archive the belongings of brothers who die in the line of duty, since the case is still unsolved."
Zu An frowned: "Are those things still in the Governor's Mansion?"
"No, they're all still in the Jade Mansion. I haven't had a chance to hand them over yet," Gong Pan replied. "If Lord Zu wishes to see them, please follow me."
Noticing the other party's suspicious expression, he explained, "To be honest, Lord Zu, I actually wanted to see if I could find any clues to avenge these dead brothers. As you know, they used to be the Duke's personal guards. After the Duke had his accident, they were reassigned to other departments to do these jobs."
“Everyone knows they are the people of the previous leader and will not be favored by the new governor, so no one is really going to put their heart into investigating their case, which is why I thought of investigating it myself.”
"Oh?" Zu'an was somewhat surprised. "Then I wonder if General Gong has found anything?"
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