Zhang Zitong was stunned and instinctively rolled to the side to dodge the fatal blow. However, she was under a restriction and could not mobilize her energy to fight back. When she saw the opponent's second blow coming, she had no more ability to dodge and could only watch the blade light fall in despair.
She suddenly felt relieved. Anyway, she had long wanted to die, so there was not much difference between being poisoned and being stabbed to death.
But if this knife comes down, I'll probably die a horrible death. I really don't want the Eleventh Lord to come back and see such an ugly scene.
Just then, a fist suddenly came from the side and deflected the knife.
At the same time, a tall and imposing figure blocked her way. Zhang Zitong's heart skipped a beat. It was the Eleventh Lord!
At this moment, Zu'an was looking at the man in black opposite him. He was completely covered up from head to toe, and there was no trace of his usual features. He was obviously prepared.
When the other party saw Zu An here, the man in black was also stunned. Without the slightest hesitation, he rushed out. At this moment, several soul-hooking ropes intertwined in front of him, blocking his way. Leading the way were Xiao Jianren and several silver-plated embroidered men.
There are no weaklings among the silver-ranked embroidered warriors. In addition, with the unique combined attack techniques of the embroidered warriors and the Soul-Hooking Rope, they can hold out for a while even against top experts.
What's more, there's a gold medalist in embroidered robes eyeing him covetously from behind.
The man in black suddenly turned around and looked at Zu An, his eyes seemingly filled with anger at being deceived.
Zhang Jie's anger points: +444 +444 +444...
Upon seeing the name "Backstage," Zu An thought to himself, "Just as I expected," and said, "Lord Zhang, I didn't expect you to come in person."
Upon hearing this, the others in the room were shocked. They had assumed that an assassin had come to harm Zhang Zitong, but they never expected that such an important figure would arrive.
In the entire Yi County, who else besides Zhang Jie is the most famous Lord Zhang?
The man in black was also startled, but he still said in a hoarse voice, "What are you saying? I don't understand."
He was clearly making a last-ditch effort to deny his identity.
Zuan didn't expose him, but continued, "Actually, I've been completely fooled by you guys all this time. The Prince of Yan used the death of the Seventh Gold Medal to make me investigate Xiaoyao Tower, so that I could discover the relationship between Xiaoyao Tower and you and bring you down."
"But another mysterious force led me to investigate the Prince of Yan. At first, I did fall into the trap, thinking that the Prince of Yan was behind it, since he had the motive and the ability."
"However, I also had many questions along the way that I couldn't answer. It wasn't until these past two days that I finally sorted things out."
"The remaining question is who that mysterious force is. In fact, many things seem complicated, but there is a simple principle to judge them: whoever benefits the most is the most suspicious."
"If the Prince of Yan really falls because of his seventh-place finish in the gold medal or his rebellion, who will be the biggest winner?"
"Of course it's you, the Prefect of Yi County. You've been fighting fiercely with the Prince of Yan all these years. Although you deliberately pretend to be mediocre in front of me, how could someone who has been able to stand on equal footing with the Prince of Yan for so many years be an ordinary person?"
Hearing him speak so clearly, the man in black knew there was no point in arguing any further, so he took off his mask, revealing himself to be Zhang Jie, the prefect of Yi County.
Xiao Jianren and the others swallowed hard, feeling that everything before them was beyond their imagination.
If it involved the Prince of Yan and such a high-ranking official, he would have suspected that he might be silenced afterward if he didn't have great faith in the Eleventh Prince.
Zhang Zitong looked at Zhang Jie opposite her, her expression changing several times.
"When you came to me and mentioned Zhang Zitong, I should have realized it was a trap." Zhang Jie was filled with resentment. He had been too careless. The key was that the kid spoke so convincingly. Master Yan was famous, and he had also heard of the True Word Talisman. He was afraid that Zhang Zitong might actually reveal something.
“Recently, the Prince of Yan was arrested, and the Prince of Yan’s heir openly led troops in rebellion. Even if the Emperor compromises and appeases them this time, there will definitely be a thorn in his side. Sooner or later, he will settle accounts with them. You won too thoroughly. Even the most composed person would be blinded by victory in this situation.” Zu An paused. “I didn’t expect you to come in person.”
"If I don't handle this personally, things might turn out like she did, and it will only make things more complicated to clean up the mess." Zhang Jie glared at Zhang Zitong fiercely. If it weren't for the problem with her, everything he had planned would have been flawless.
When he glared at her, Zhang Zitong lowered her head with some guilt, but the thought that he wanted to kill her to silence her made her look unwilling and disappointed.
"I have a question. Although your official position is high, you are still just an official appointed by the court. Do you really have the motivation to go to such lengths?" Zu An was somewhat puzzled. This was also the reason why he did not suspect Zhang Jie at first. To put it nicely, he was a high-ranking official in charge of a region. To put it bluntly, he was just an employee. He could continue to serve as an official in any other place. There was no need for him to go to such lengths to get rid of the Prince of Yan.
If all of Zhao Hao's subordinates were this capable, it would be quite frightening to think about.
"Hmph, what do you know? Zhang Zhiquan saved my life back then, and I can't let him go unavenged," Zhang Jiehen said.
Upon hearing this, Zu An was startled and looked at Zhang Zitong: "You both have the surname Zhang, are you perhaps related?"
Before Zhang Zitong could answer, Zhang Jie spoke up: "The relatives are so distant that we probably can't even find the relevant family tree. Otherwise, if Zhang Zhiquan had committed a crime back then, I wouldn't have had the chance to sit in my current position."
"Then you say Zhang Zhiquan saved your life, but does the imperial court not know about it?" Zu An was a little puzzled. Such a high-ranking official should have undergone a strict "political review" before taking office.
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