"I embark on a fiery ride, drifting through my youth... drifting, drifting, drifting..."
Zuan arrived in Yi County humming a song all the way, but as soon as he landed, his demeanor immediately became serious.
A leader still needs to maintain a certain level of authority in front of subordinates.
Zhang Zitong, Xiao Jianren, and the others were already waiting at the previously agreed secret location. To maintain secrecy, they didn't even stay at the embroidery tower in Yi County, for fear that the Prince of Yan might hear something.
They were discussing something. It has to be said that Zhang Zitong's long legs were very eye-catching, especially compared to Xiao Jianren and the other oddballs, she stood out like a crane among chickens.
Zuan deliberately coughed lightly.
"Greetings, Lord Eleven!" Zhang Zitong and the others were excited to see him arrive and bowed in greeting.
Zu An opened his mouth, originally wanting to imitate the leaders of his previous life and say some platitudes to encourage the group, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any words. He thought to himself that he really couldn't imitate the style of those leaders, so he cleared his throat and went straight to the point: "Have you found out about the secret ledger room?"
“Yes,” Zhang Zitong opened a map, “After these days of investigation, we have found six major difficulties in obtaining the ledger.”
Zuan nodded, signaling her to continue.
After a quick look, I realized that this map is a flat map of the Prince of Yan's residence. Some shaded areas obviously lack information, but the overall map of the residence is quite complete.
Zhang Zitong nodded, then pointed to some black dots on the map: "The first difficulty is the guards of the Prince of Yan's mansion. They patrol in three shifts and have been staking out the area these past few days. They are very professional and have left almost no gaps in shift handover. Moreover, there are various hidden sentries in the mansion. Although we have been paying attention to and investigating some over the years, there are definitely some sentries that we haven't been able to find out about. Last time I entered the mansion, I was discovered and exposed by a sentry."
Zu An said in a deep voice, "There are almost no gaps in the handover process, which means there are still gaps that can be used. This shouldn't be a problem for the Embroidered Robe Envoys. As for the sentries, we can just adapt to the situation."
Over the years, he had frequented various imperial palaces and was well aware of the patterns of these overt and covert sentries, so he was confident that these would not be a problem.
Seeing how relaxed he sounded, Zhang Zitong thought to herself, "A gold medal is a gold medal. He's much better than me."
She continued, "The second problem is that even if we manage to evade the outer patrols of the Prince's mansion, there is always a group of guards outside the Prince's study who never leave. These are the elite guards. Even if we can defeat them, it will alert the entire guard force of the Prince's mansion."
Although the outer patrols were tight, they were constantly on the move, so there was always an opportunity. If they encountered a guard post, they could simply find another way to avoid it. However, the Prince of Yan's study was the destination of this mission, so there was no way to avoid it.
Xiao Jianren also spoke up: "Sir, before you came, we discussed various feasible plans, but no matter whether we used poison or a surprise attack, we were not confident that we would not alert the other people in the Prince's Mansion, so we got stuck at this step."
"How many guards are there in the study?" Zu An asked.
“Thirty to forty years old, they are all among the best of the guards,” Zhang Zitong replied. She could only get a general idea of this confidential information.
Zuan pondered for a moment: "It's alright, I'll handle these people."
The other silver-medal embroidered-clothes soldiers stared wide-eyed, utterly bewildered that something that had troubled them for so long could be resolved so easily by him.
However, since the other party didn't elaborate, they didn't press for details.
They could only sigh that the Eleventh Lord was truly unfathomable.
“The third challenge is that the study is surrounded by special defensive formations that only the Prince of Yan can activate. Any attempt to break them will alert him, and the Prince of Yan is a Grandmaster. Once he is alerted, we will have no chance of survival.” Zhang Zitong said with a worried expression.
In her mind, Grandmasters are invincible. Although Gold Medal Eleven is powerful, he is definitely not as good as a Grandmaster.
After all, it is said that Zhu Xie Chixin, the Grand Commander of the Embroidered Robe Envoy, is still half a step away from becoming a Grandmaster.
Surely his subordinate couldn't be more capable than the commander-in-chief.
Zu An thought for a moment and said, "This shouldn't be a big problem. We just need to lure the Prince of Yan away. As long as he can't get back in a short time, it doesn't matter if we alarm him."
Although he was not afraid of the Prince of Yan, there was really no need for him to confront him directly.
"Your Excellency's plan is brilliant," Zhang Zitong said with excitement. As expected of the Eleventh Lord, he provided a solution to their long-standing problem so easily. "But how can we lure the Prince of Yan away?"
Zu An thought for a moment and asked, "Is the discord between Prefect Zhang of Yi County and the Prince of Yan real or just a pretense?"
I haven't been in Yi County for very long, so what I see may not be the truth. But as the Embroidered-Robe Envoy of Yi County, Zhang Zitong must know the true relationship between the Prefect's Mansion and the Prince of Yan.
Zhang Zitong nodded and said, "They really don't get along."
Zu An nodded: "Then we'll ask Prefect Zhang to step in and lure the Prince of Yan away from his mountain stronghold."
“But even if the Prince of Yan has left, the magic array is still there. It was set up by a rune master that the Prince of Yan paid a lot of money to, and we may not be able to break it,” Zhang Zitong hesitated for a moment. “I heard that Miss Xie, a top student of Master Yan from the National Academy, came with the Imperial Envoy Zu this time. Is there any way to ask her for help?”
Zuan was taken aback. It was quite a strange feeling to hear someone talk about him and the people around him from another identity: "I'll figure out a way to deal with the formation."
Xie Daoyun should indeed be able to, but I don't want to involve her in such a dangerous matter. After all, she is not alone; she has the Xie family and the National Academy behind her, so she probably has her own concerns.
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