Zu An's expression changed: "Lord Xu, what are you doing here?"
Seeing his expression, Xu Yu felt a surge of secret pleasure, but he was very shrewd and forced a smile: "I mainly received intelligence that some remnants of the demon race will take the opportunity to cause trouble recently, so I specially brought people to patrol. Your Highness, you must be careful, and don't get entangled with the remnants of the demon race."
Although he kept reminding them and seemed concerned, both sides knew exactly what the other was after.
They were practically saying, "We know you're colluding with the demon race, come with us!"
Zu An remained calm: "I have been stationed in Yunzhong for so many years and have fought against countless demons. They avoid me like the plague, so how could they possibly appear next to me?"
Xu Yu thought to himself, "You're putting on quite a show: 'Your Excellency is truly majestic. By the way, we're conducting a routine inspection now, and I hope Your Excellency won't mind.'"
Hmph, let's see how you get out of this mess!
With a glance, he signaled, and his men, who were already prepared, quickly ran towards the convoy to check what was inside each car.
Zuan immediately shouted, "What are you trying to do?"
The guards of the Duke's mansion also raised their weapons, and the two sides confronted each other, with the situation on the verge of breaking out.
Xu Yu chuckled: "Your Highness, please don't misunderstand. In order to prevent the demon race from harming the people, all carriages entering and leaving the city will be strictly inspected during this period. Whether we are commoners or high-ranking officials, we should all set an example."
A group of locals had already gathered to watch, and upon hearing this, they began to clamor, as if his refusal to allow the inspection was an act of arrogance and abuse of power.
Seeing the reaction of the crowd around him, Xu Yu smiled slightly. He deliberately did not drive the people away, precisely to achieve this goal.
At this moment, he took the opportunity to come to Zu'an's side and whispered, "Your Highness, there's no need to worry. We're just doing a formality to check things out, so that we can give everyone an explanation."
Zu An thought to himself, "I don't believe you for a second. You old geezer, you're really bad."
He had to admit that he was increasingly impressed by these officials who could lie through their teeth without revealing a single flaw.
He said coldly, "What if we check and find that Lord Xu isn't looking for anything?"
Xu Yu said solemnly, "Your Excellency is mistaken. I am merely conducting a routine inspection. There is nothing I would like to find from Your Excellency."
Zu An snorted: "Is that so? But it seems that Lord Xu is quite interested in it."
Xu Yu said with a forced smile, "I know this is somewhat disrespectful to the Duke. How about this, if there are no problems, I will go to your residence to apologize afterwards."
These are just empty words; when the investigation into the snake clan comes to light, Jian Yanyou's crimes will be far more serious.
Even if his noble status could save his life, he would certainly lose his title of duke.
How could he possibly apologize to the other party?
"I hope Lord Xu won't regret this later," Zu An said coldly.
Xu Yu smiled but did not answer. Instead, he gestured to his men to take action.
He secretly guarded against the other party suddenly launching an attack.
He had been sending people to investigate these days and had confirmed that this guy was transporting the remnants of the snake clan. Now that he had caught him red-handed, he was worried that the guy would take desperate measures, so he secretly held onto the imperial edict, ready to suppress him at any time.
His men roughly searched the convoy, even occasionally sticking weapons into the cargo.
Zuan frowned: "Is this really necessary? What if the goods get damaged?"
Xu Yu thought to himself, "You're worried about those snakes being stabbed to death, aren't you?" But he said, "Your Highness is right. I'll talk to them."
After saying that, he went to the carriages and scolded his men for being so rough. He then placed his hand on the carriage and channeled his energy into it.
However, the smile on his face quickly froze, because he realized that there was no living creature on the vehicle.
At this moment, his men came over to report, all giving him meaningful glances as they indicated that they hadn't found anything.
"How is this possible?" Xu Yu was shocked and hurriedly ran over to lift the tarpaulins off several nearby trucks.
Sure enough, it contained all sorts of goods, but no snakes.
He suddenly turned around and looked at Zu An beside him, only to see the other man staring at him with a smile: "Lord Xu, have you finished investigating?"
Xu Yu knew he had fallen into a trap, but he was still unwilling to give up and walked straight towards the largest carriage.
Without waiting for anyone to stop him, he went straight to lift the carriage curtain.
Two gasps came from inside, and two beautiful young women were seen looking at him in alarm.
Adorned with expensive jewelry and possessing a beautiful face, she drew gasps of admiration from the ordinary people watching the spectacle from a distance.
Having lived in Yunzhong County for so many years, he naturally recognized the two women as the favorite concubines of the Duke of Yunzhong County, and hurriedly lowered the carriage curtain:
"I apologize for my abruptness, ladies."
At this moment, Zu An walked over and angrily said, "Lord Xu, what exactly are you looking for? How dare you behave so improperly as an official..."
After saying that, she took the opportunity to give him a good scolding.
Being lectured like a grandson, Xu Yu felt aggrieved, but he had been caught red-handed and had no way to refute it, so he could only keep apologizing.
Zuan said coldly, "Let's do as Lord Xu said before and go to apologize in person. I will also ask all the officials to come and be witnesses."
Xu Yu's expression changed, and he was also burning with anger. I was the one investigating you, but now you're the one controlling me?
Anger from Xu Yu: +316 +316 +316...
But he had just said those words himself, and the other person was of a higher status than him, so he had no way to refute them.
Zuan continued to mock him for a while before getting into his car and driving away.
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