On the other side, Jian Taiding frowned as he listened to his subordinate's report: "Yu Yanluo sent two people to that fake storehouse, and they didn't come out for a long time? Do you know who those two people are?"
"I don't know. The two of them were covered in cloaks from head to toe, so we couldn't see their faces or even tell their genders," the subordinate replied.
"Useless trash! You can't even figure this out in my own manor. What use are you people?" Jian Taiding was furious. He wasn't usually this short-tempered, but he had been seriously injured a few days ago. That was fine, as long as he could keep his position as duke, he was content.
Who knew that another imposter would come knocking today, shattering his pipe dream, naturally making him extremely irritable.
The subordinate bowed his head and apologized, but Uncle Ming advised, "Second Master, there's no need to make things difficult for him. Madam Yu is the head of the Yu family and is known for her unfathomable nature. If she really wanted to hide two people, how could he possibly know?"
After saying that, he waved to his subordinate and said, "You can go now."
The man gave the two men a grateful look, bowed, and hurriedly left.
Jian Taiding didn't say anything. After he left, he discussed with Uncle Ming, "I really don't understand my sister-in-law. She used to care about Mingming a lot and always greeted me with a smile. No matter what I said to her, she would respond with a warm and gentle smile, so I wasn't in a hurry to deal with her. But now it seems she's making a fool of me. I don't know where she found this random guy to sabotage me!"
He couldn't help but be furious. In his heart, he had already considered Yu Yanluo as his own, but now Yu Yanluo not only brought out a fake Duke to deal with him, but also flirted with that guy in front of him. It was simply disgusting to his face.
Uncle Ming sighed: "Madam Yu was once hailed as the most beautiful woman in the world. Countless heroes and warriors fell at her feet. It is said that even the Emperor once had feelings for her, but in the end, he still failed to win her heart. This shows that she must be extremely capable. Second Master was too careless before."
He was being rather tactful, but he was practically saying that Jian Taiding was completely captivated by Yu Yanluo, like a simp.
Jian Taiding blushed: "We were indeed too careless before. This woman is too powerful. She suddenly came up with this move. I don't know where she found such a convincing imposter. If we didn't know the truth, we probably wouldn't have been able to see through her."
“So it all depends on Zhang Ji.” Uncle Ming said calmly. “As long as she can find evidence, we will immediately announce it to the world and make that imposter pay for it. We can also take this opportunity to make trouble for the Yu family.”
"Not bad!" A ruthless glint flashed in Jian Taiding's eyes. If they dared to provoke him, he would teach them a painful lesson, otherwise no one would know who was in charge of Yunzhong County.
The two discussed the details again, and when they saw Uncle Ming off, Jian Taiding blurted out as if possessed: "Uncle Ming, do you think it's possible... I mean, what if, Big Brother didn't actually die? Because this guy looks just too much like him."
Uncle Ming's expression turned serious: "Second Master, you're just being paranoid. How could the Duke still be alive? You and I both saw it with our own eyes... Hmph, besides, even if he really did come back to life, so what? Yunzhong County has changed drastically now. What's real can become fake."
He couldn't help but feel disappointed. He had previously thought that the Second Master had more of a ruthless and ambitious nature than the First Master, and that they could achieve great things together. But now, seeing how flustered he was in the face of trouble, it was truly...
Could it be that the serious injury made him more psychologically vulnerable?
Jian Taiding was startled, but his expression hardened: "Uncle Ming is right!"
They then waited for news from Zhang Ji, but unfortunately, the imposter did not get Zhang Ji to serve him on the first day.
This was to be expected; the other party was a fake and certainly wouldn't dare to have any intimate contact with Zhang Ji, so they would just drag it out as long as possible.
However, you can't escape this kind of thing forever.
In the following days, they secretly built up their momentum, and rumors spread throughout the Duke's mansion and even Yunzhong County, saying that this Duke of Yunzhong County was an imposter because he dared not have intimate contact with his former bedmate for fear of being exposed.
At first, everyone treated it as a joke, but later, as the other party continued to refuse to let those concubines serve him in bed, everyone's attitude gradually changed.
Could it be that guy is really a fake?
Zuan, who was at the center of the storm, was naturally aware of these rumors, and he couldn't help but admire Yu Yanluo's arrangements.
Even though everything was prepared, she pretended to be guilty, causing him to avoid contact with Zhang Ji.
Now, not only the Duke's mansion, but the entire Yunzhong County is filled with a palpable atmosphere, with everyone waiting for the mystery to be revealed.
The deeper the doubts people had about him at that moment, the more genuinely they believed him afterward.
Poor Jian Taiding, despite his meticulous scheming and belief that he had grasped Yu Yanluo's weakness, never expected that everything was part of Yu Yanluo's plan.
Ultimately, in everyone's eyes, Zu'an was forced into a corner and had no choice but to agree to summon Zhang Ji to serve him in bed, hoping to get away with it.
Jian Taiding and Uncle Ming quietly waited outside his courtyard, hoping that Zhang Ji would burst out of the door after a while.
After all, Zhang Ji was a living, breathing person, and she had previously been a concubine of the Duke. He could only guide her to believe that the Duke was a fake and that she needed to verify it, but he couldn't possibly let Zhang Ji actually sleep with a fake.
Jian Taiding and Uncle Ming had also arranged for their trusted subordinates to lie in ambush in the vicinity. Once they received confirmation, they would immediately proceed according to their plan.
First, we need to catch the imposter and take control of Yu Yanluo. Then, we need to spread the news outside the manor to create a fait accompli.
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