Zu An looked out the window and asked, "Could it be that Jian Taiding really dares to rebel?"
“No, he’s not that stupid.” Sang Hong also came to the window and looked at the army surrounding the building. “Just now, the Governor’s Office sent troops to surround the guesthouse three layers deep. The official reason is that there have been too many violent incidents in Yunzhong County these days, and they are worried that the thugs will threaten the safety of the Imperial Envoy, so they specially sent troops to protect him.”
"But everyone knows that what they call protection is actually house arrest, and everyone who enters or leaves is subject to strict checks."
“With them guarding me like this, the imperial envoy’s authority is completely gone, and I can’t do anything at all.” Sang Hong said this with a tone full of anger. “I raised questions, but those soldiers knew nothing and only said that they were following orders. I asked to see their superiors, and then they said that Jian Taiding was in seclusion.”
"What seclusion? He's clearly recuperating from his injuries," Zu An snorted.
“Of course we know, but there’s nothing we can do about their shameless tactics,” Sang Hong said, distressed.
"So we just let them surround us like this?" Zu An frowned.
“This may not be a bad thing, after all, such reckless behavior is very taboo. This morning I contacted the court, and the emperor has already issued an order to the Prince of Yan, instructing him to secretly bring his troops to Yunzhong County in case of unforeseen circumstances.” Sang Hong looked in the direction of Yi County. “Since Jian Taiding does not dare to break off relations at the moment, then we will wait patiently. Once the Prince of Yan’s army arrives, their fate will be sealed.”
Today he personally reported the whole story to the emperor. The emperor was a man of great stature, and naturally did not need to be so pedantic as to look at any evidence.
We should send the Prince of Yan from the nearest Yi County with his men, and then wipe out Jian Taiding and his group in one fell swoop. After stabilizing the situation in Yunzhong County, we can slowly gather evidence.
Zuan frowned: "I have a feeling that there are many strange things about this incident. It seems like there is an invisible net manipulating us, and there may be someone behind it all."
"So what?" Sang Hong gave him a meaningful look. "Don't forget our purpose in coming here: to investigate the case for the Duke of Yunzhong, to uphold justice."
Zu An was startled, only then remembering the emperor's words before he left the capital. This trip was clearly to deal with the Yu family, to wipe out the Yuan Stone mines and powerful clans in Yunzhong County, and to bring power back to the court.
Yu Xuantao was also involved in yesterday's gathering. As a highly respected elder of the Yu family, even if the rest of the Yu family were unaware of it, the emperor had enough excuse to deal with the Yu family.
Moreover, this time they can even take care of Jian Taiding as well, and rightfully reclaim the fiefdom of the Duke of Yunzhong. Why not?
As for any schemes or plots, the emperor didn't care; he only cared about the outcome.
Seeing that he understood, Sang Hong didn't say anything more, and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't think about anything else these days, just focus on recovering."
At this moment, Pei You rushed back from outside. After complaining about a lot of the soldiers guarding the Governor's Mansion outside, he began to talk about what he had gained from his trip: "I went to the Yu family to ask Yu Xuantao to assist in the investigation. As a result, the Yu family told me that he had gone into seclusion last night and suffered a qi deviation, which caused his meridians to be completely severed and he died."
"The Yu family was quick to silence us, but it's all meaningless now," Sang Hong sneered.
The image of Yu Yanluo, as beautiful as a flower, appeared in Zu'an's mind. It was really hard to match such a charming and elegant woman with a venomous woman.
"I've told you not to judge a book by its cover. The prettier a woman is, the more likely she is to deceive you. Why don't you ever learn your lesson?" Zu'an silently reminded himself, his gaze hardening.
He needs to get to the bottom of things and understand the truth.
After the others left, he took out the audio-visual stone he had obtained from the prefect's mansion and played Jian Yanyou's image over and over again.
After watching for several hours, Zuan slowly closed his eyes.
Jian Yanyou's image kept appearing in his mind, from every angle, every move, his manner of speaking, and so on.
After thoroughly memorizing these techniques, Zu'an took out the paper and pen he had prepared beforehand, and with swift and skillful strokes, portraits of Jian Taiding quickly appeared on the paper.
If anyone who knows Chien Yen-yu saw this, their eyes would pop out in astonishment, because this world portrait emphasizes imagery rather than realism.
But Zu'an's paintings are almost identical to those of Jian Yanyou in real life.
Immediately afterwards, Zu An sat down in front of the mirror and used the technique of making everyone look the same. His face kept changing, and gradually a face similar to Jian Yanyou appeared in the mirror.
Comparing the audio-visual stone with the painting he had just drawn, Zu An embellished some details until it looked exactly like Jian Yanyou before nodding in satisfaction.
Since arriving in Yunzhong County, he had always felt that an invisible hand was arranging everything, but unfortunately, he lacked information and found it difficult to find the person behind it all.
The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. If things continue like this, we will most likely still be led by the nose.
Since that's the case, let's flip the table and make the other party follow their rules.
However, there is still a problem: he can imitate Jian Yanyou's face, but he can't imitate his voice.
Left with no other choice, I could only take out a small bow-shaped object and place it on my collar. This thing was naturally the cute girl voice changer I had drawn earlier.
Each time you use it, you have to pretend to be a cute girl to fool a man...
Thinking of this, Zuan's eyelids twitched. If this thing was discovered, he would be dead instantly.
But now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to use it, even if it's a tough one.
Who are they trying to fool?
Zuan went through the candidates in his mind, and finally Pei You's image came to mind.
"You're the one!"
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