Everyone in the room tensed up; the main event of the day was finally about to begin.
Sang Hong recognized the official as Yi Chong, the Censor-in-Chief. Usually, it was his subordinates who impeached officials. Now that the top official himself had stepped forward, Xu Yu really had some influence.
fantuantanshu.
“Lord Yi, you are mistaken!” At this moment, a young official stepped forward. “After Lord Zu arrived in Yunzhong County, he devoted himself to the cause and solved many major cases, restoring a clear and bright world to Yunzhong County, which is known to all. Among them was a case of smuggling by the demon race. How could he have colluded with the demon race to betray the country?”
"Who is this guy?" The officials in Yunzhong County whispered among themselves, who had been marveling at how this young man was so...
Handsome, but the other party's words were like a slap in the face to the entire Yunzhong County officialdom, naturally causing great disgust.
Those with inside information had already recognized him: "This is Jiang Gui, the grandson of Jiang Boyang, a famous handsome man in the capital, and the current tutor of the crown prince. As fellow officials of the Eastern Palace, he will naturally speak up for Zu'an."
Sang Hong knew something even deeper: besides receiving instructions from the Crown Princess, Jiang Gui's mother was Yu Xuanchong's youngest daughter, so whether for public or private reasons, she would definitely help Zu'an.
"Merits are merits and demerits are demerits. Lord Zu did indeed make many great contributions in Yunzhong County, but it is also a fact that he rescued the demoness Yu Yanluo. Moreover, according to intelligence, Yu Yanluo has returned to the snake clan, and she has someone with her. The description is very similar to Zu An," another duke dressed in a python robe and jade belt stepped forward and said, "Putting all the facts together, Lord Zu's crackdown on demon smuggling in Yunzhong County may just have been a show."
Sang Hong's expression changed. This person was no ordinary person; he was Zhao Shu, the Duke of Jiyang County and a Gentleman Attendant at the Palace Gate.
The key point is that his father was the Prince of Fufeng, General Zhao Zang, who was the emperor's uncle!
It seems that the Qi King Group suffered heavy losses in Yunzhong County this time, and these core forces can no longer sit still.
Under these circumstances, Sang Hong naturally could not sit idly by. He said loudly, "Lord Zhao, you are mistaken. I am the imperial envoy on this mission. I am fully responsible for investigating the smuggling of the demon race. Moreover, officials at all levels in the imperial envoy delegation can serve as witnesses. Lord Zhao, you say that all of this is just a show. Does that mean that our entire imperial envoy delegation has collectively betrayed the country? Or does it mean that His Majesty is bad at judging people?"
Zhao Shu broke out in a cold sweat: "Of course that's not what I meant. Don't try to frame me."
"Who exactly is framing us?" Since the Crown Princess couldn't personally intervene, her brother, Bi Zi'ang, naturally had to stand up for his sister. "The demon race and Yunzhong County are far apart, and it would take at least half a year to travel back and forth. Yet Lord Zhao claims that he has intelligence that Yu Yanluo has already returned to the demon race, and based on some unfounded descriptions, he says that the person accompanying her is Zu An. May I ask where this intelligence came from?"
Zhao Shu's face turned bright red: "This matter involves military secrets, so it is naturally inconvenient to announce it in public. If Young Master Bi is interested, you can come with me to the Imperial Study to have His Majesty decide."
Sang Hong was startled. Could it be that the empire really had spies among the demon race?
Bi Ziang frowned, but he was quick-witted and immediately concluded that even if there were spies, they would not have such accurate information in such a short time. So he said loudly, "If there were really solid evidence, why would such a conference be held today?"
Zhao Shu was speechless for a moment. The intelligence was indeed rather vague, and there was no way to completely destroy Zu'an.
At this moment, Xu Yu spoke up: "The information brought back by a single scout is naturally not enough, but the fact that Zu'an mysteriously disappeared after Yu Yanluo escaped is enough to explain a lot of things."
As he spoke, he turned to Sang Hong and said, "If I remember correctly, Lord Sang said that Zu'an went missing because he went to help carry out a secret mission for the Embroidered Robe Envoy, right? Now that Commander Zhu Xie is here, why don't we ask him if there really was such a secret mission?"
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