"Young Master Zu, you don't need to worry about me, go save Madam." In that instant, Xingnu had already decided to sacrifice herself to avoid implicating Zuan.
Instead of answering, Zuan grabbed her shoulders and, with a few leaps, appeared several streets away.
However, he quickly frowned, because more and more soldiers rushed to the scene, and the encirclement became tighter and tighter. In broad daylight, it would be difficult for him to hide his presence.
After only a moment's hesitation, he hurriedly led Xingnu around and quickly arrived outside the Duke's mansion.
Xingnu's face lit up with joy: "We can ask the Duke for help."
Zu An thought to himself, "If you knew that I was also the Duke of the County, what kind of expression would you have?"
He didn't answer, but instead led her and jumped over the courtyard wall.
Xingnu looked surprised, watching him navigate the route with ease, avoiding the guards as if it were his own home.
Taking a moment to pause, Zu'an asked, "Can Liu Ji and Chu Ji be trusted?"
He needs someone to help take care of the injured Star Slave.
Xingnu replied, "Go find Chu Ji; she is also one of our people."
The implication is that Liu Ji is human.
Zuan: "???"
He was completely bewildered, realizing that he had unknowingly become a rough-and-tumble hero like Xu Xian.
No wonder Liu Ji had such a slender waist and was so good at swaying...
However, he didn't have time to think about these things at the moment and hurriedly took Xingnu to Liu Ji's residence.
Xingnu was somewhat surprised: "Huh, how did Young Master Zu know that Liu Ji lives here?"
She couldn't help but be puzzled. The inner quarters of the mansion were generally kept secret from the outside world. Even in the Duke's mansion, unless you were a maid working in the inner quarters, no one else knew what was going on inside.
Zuan: "..."
What could he say? Could he say that he used to come here often?
He placed Xingnu outside Liu Ji's boudoir: "Go find her, I'll deal with those tails that are following us."
He felt it was inconvenient for him to see Liu Ji in his current state, and he didn't want their relationship to become too complicated.
After knocking on the door to inform Liu Ji, he quickly disappeared outside the courtyard.
He secretly observed that after Liu Ji came out and took Xing Nu inside, he finally felt relieved and left.
At this moment, a commotion could be heard outside, clearly indicating that soldiers wanted to come in and search.
Zuan quickly used the Thousand Faces technique to transform into Jian Yanyou's appearance, then randomly found a servant and used a cute girl voice changer to arrive at the secluded training ground, pretending to have just come out from inside.
"What happened? Why is it so noisy outside?" Zu An asked authoritatively in Jian Yanyou's voice.
"Your Highness, you've come out!" The servant outside was overjoyed and hurriedly replied, "It seems some soldiers said they saw the fugitive coming this way and want to search the house. They've really gone too far! They're all bullying us!"
His servant said indignantly, clearly feeling very unhappy that he, as a member of the Duke's mansion, had been bullied on his own doorstep.
Zuan remained silent and walked straight out the door.
From afar, they saw the guards in the mansion confronting the soldiers: "Don't you even know where you are? Do you think you can just search the Duke's mansion like this?"
A general arrogantly said to the soldiers, "We've captured a wanted criminal from the demon race. Someone saw her running in this direction, so we brought men to search. Are you making excuses to protect a demon fugitive?"
Upon hearing that they were protecting the demon race, the guards' momentum immediately weakened; they dared not accept such a title.
Zu An roughly sensed the number of soldiers with his divine sense. As for the excuse of seeing the fugitive run in, that was pure nonsense. If these soldiers had seen him bringing Xingnu in without him noticing, all his cultivation would have been for nothing.
Clearly, these people came prepared. It's likely that Xu Yu knew about Yu Yanluo and Jian Yanyou's concerns and guessed that Xingnu would come here for help, so he sent people to search for them while warning Jian Yanyou not to interfere.
"Get out of the way! If this wanted criminal from the demon race escapes, all of you will be executed!" the officer shouted arrogantly.
The guards were at a loss, feeling extremely aggrieved. In the past, who would have dared to act so arrogantly in the Duke's mansion? Unfortunately, recently, Second Master Jian, Uncle Ming, and others had run into trouble one after another, and the Duke had been missing for a long time. After returning, he had been in seclusion for a long time. The entire Duke's mansion was without a backbone.
Faced with these aggressive soldiers, none of the guards dared to take the blame for protecting the demon race.
Just then, a cold snort came: "What a show of power, daring to come and cause trouble in my mansion."
Upon hearing this voice, many of the guards in the manor showed surprise and delight, while the officer's expression changed.
"Greetings, Duke!" The guards all bowed to Zu An, and so did the soldiers.
"Who are you?" Zu An looked at the arrogant officer and said coldly.
"I am Fei Xun, a military officer in the Governor's Office," the officer hurriedly replied.
“Fei Xun? I’ve never heard of him.” Zu An frowned slightly. Before, when he was vying with Jian Taiding for control of the Governor’s Office, Yu Yanluo had analyzed the important generals in the Governor’s Office with him, but he had no recollection of this Fei Xun.
"I was just promoted by Lord Xu," Fei Xun said hastily. He felt a bit pressured facing the Duke, so he quickly brought up Xu Yu, which instantly made him feel more confident.
“Xu Yu…” Zu An sneered inwardly. As expected, a barking dog doesn’t bite. He and Jian Taiding had been fighting to the death, but this guy had unknowingly promoted his confidants to various key positions.
"Wasn't the Duke in seclusion? How come he's out so soon?" Fei Xun asked tentatively.
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