Keyboard Immortal Chapter 1023: Mystery Box
"Cough cough~" Sang Hong coughed twice, "Don't let people see jokes here, go to my room and discuss it."
As he spoke, he led a few people back to the room. At the same time, he arranged for guards to stay outside from a distance to avoid ears from the partition wall.
"Azu, what's there to gain?" Sang Hong sat down at the top and motioned for them to pour the tea themselves, without the ceremony.
"I have already found out who the person who reported the news to the capital was." Zaan was about to speak, but was stopped by Sang Hong.
He looked at Gao Ying and Pei You and said, "We are on the emperor's life on this trip, and everyone should know what this means. I know that you, the aristocratic families, are intertwined with each other, and there are even your relatives in Yunzhong County... …”
Pei You's face changed slightly, obviously the other party was talking about his relationship with Pei Shao.
Sang Hong continued: "But I still have to ask you to distinguish the serious relationship. The situation in Yunzhong County is much more dangerous than you think. Nothing we discuss should ever leak out."
Pei You suddenly stood up: "If Mr. Sang can't trust me, I won't listen."
As he was about to leave, Gao Ying hurriedly grabbed him and apologized to Sang Hong while persuading him: "Sir Sang, you can rest assured, we are not the kind of people who don't know the importance, not to mention that Yunzhong County is just a Some distant relatives, even if they are really close relatives, it is impossible for us to reveal half of it.”
After being persuaded by him, Pei You also cupped his hands and said, "Lord Haojiao Sang knows that although the city lord of Yunzhong County and I are both surnamed Pei, Pei Shao belongs to Duke Linhai's line, and I belong to Duke Julu. The government and the opposition all know that our two lines have different political views, and although we cannot say that we are incompatible, it can also be described as a force like fire and water, how could I possibly sacrifice my own interests to report to Pei Shao and the others.”
Sang Hong nodded secretly, Pei Zhengguan, Duke Linhai, was the backbone of the Qi king's party. Julu Gong Pei Ming, as the Minister of the Book, is at odds with the prince's father Bi Qi, but his son Pei Yi, Pei You's father, has a very good relationship with the Bi family. Pei You would not be chosen as one of the prince's guards.
He immediately laughed: "I am also in this position and have to guard against some hidden dangers. I don't mean to target any of you. I hope that a few good nephews don't take it to heart."
Hearing him say this, Gao Ying and Pei You also stepped down and said, "It should be."
Only then did Sang Hong look at Zaan: "Azu, tell me about your harvest."
Zuan nodded: "I found out that the person who reported the message should be Shen Zhou, the personal bodyguard of Duke Yunzhong..."
He then shared his findings with a few others, of course ignoring Pei Mianman's existence.
Sang Hong's eyes lit up: "Okay, after finding out his identity, there will be a breakthrough, and the next thing will be much easier."
"Did you gain anything from there?" Zaun asked curiously.
"Yes!" Gao Ying said solemnly, "We investigated the retreat where Duke Yunzhong disappeared and found a secret passage."
Zuan raised his eyebrows: "Didn't the investigation report provided by Yunzhong County say it was a secret room?"
"It's possible that they were trying to hide something, or it's possible that they didn't find it," Gao Ying explained. "The secret passage is extremely secretive. If I hadn't done research on the mechanism, I might not have discovered it."
He's got a little more color on his face here.
"Is it possible that someone else walked in through the secret passage and stabbed Duke Yunzhong?" Zuan asked, suddenly thinking that he had also sneaked to the secret passage to meet Bi Linglong, and his face could not help but heat up.
"Impossible," Gao Ying shook his head and said, "This secret passage can only be opened from the room, and there is no way to get in outside."
Zuan wondered about the secret passage over Bi Linglong as well: "Where does the other end of the secret passage lead?"
"Jasper Square a few miles away." Gao Ying replied.
"Jiyufang?" Zaan was stunned, the name sounded a little rude.
At this time, Pei You explained, "I've already inquired about it. Biyufang is the largest and most luxurious brothel in Yunzhong County. Every girl in it has shrugged breasts, slender legs and long legs..."
"Cough, just get down to business, you don't need to say anything that doesn't matter." Sang Hong reminded.
Zuan held back his smile: "Why is Duke Yunzhong's escape route in the brothel? Does he have any good girls over there?"
He remembered that Duan Zhengchun also seemed to let his subordinates dig tunnels to Gan Baobao's boudoir, so that he could secretly go to a tryst at night. Could it be that Duke Yunzhong also has such a lover?
"It's unlikely." Gao Ying shook his head, "Mrs. Jade was the most beautiful woman in the world back then, and the women in Biyufang couldn't compare to them together. With such stunning beauty in the family, how could she still look good. Those vulgar powders."
"Not necessarily. I want to change the taste of mountain abalone after eating it for a long time." Zu Anxin thought that Yu Yanluo and Yunzhong Jun had been separated for a long time. It was not certain whether he had eaten mountain abalone.
Several other people suddenly looked strange, because his wife is also a beautiful woman, is this his personal experience?
At this time, Gao Ying said again: "We went to investigate specially, the exit is not in the courtyard of the oiran, but in a desolate backyard, and even people from Biyufang seldom go there. So Duke Yunzhong should just use a place with a lot of traffic like Jasper Square to hide his tracks, so that he can escape safely if he encounters something, rather than having an affair with a courtier in Jasper Square."
"The analysis is good," Sang Hong's eyes showed approving eyes, "but having said that, I still sent a few people to the Biyufang to investigate secretly, and be careful not to startle the snakes."
"Yes!" Pei You's eyes lit up, and he agreed first. Naturally, he did his part in this kind of thing.
Going to the brothel at public expense, thinking about it is so refreshing.
Sang Hong looked weird, thinking that Azu was more reliable. Although there were many confidantes around him, at least they all depended on their own charm, rather than going to a pickle place like a brothel.
"Ahem, I've also gained something here," he continued. "These days, I've asked the servants of the Duke's Mansion and the officials of Yunzhong County in many ways. There are two news worth noting."
"One is that the chief general of the duke's mansion is called Uncle Ming. It is said that he is very trusted by the Duke of Yunzhong. He and Gong Pan, the chief guard, are basically in charge of the internal and external affairs of the duke's mansion. Compared with Gongpan, he higher status.”
"However, after the accident of Duke Yunzhong, he did not go to Yu Yanluo like Gong Pan, but continued to stay in the duke's mansion to be responsible for various matters. Because now Jian Tai is on duty on behalf of the governor, so The Duke's Mansion is almost under the control of Jian Taiding."
Zuan frowned: "It seems that this uncle Ming has taken refuge with Jian Taiding early in the morning, otherwise he would not continue to work under him so smoothly."
Sang Hong snorted: "Whether it was collusion in advance or taking advantage of the situation later, it needs to be verified again. After all, we represent the imperial court, and we can't convict people by guessing at random."
"Sir Sang said yes." Several people looked stunned.
Sang Hong then continued: "The second thing I learned from my visit to the Yunzhong County Governor's Office. It is rumored that Jian Taiding has a special affection for his sister-in-law."
Pei You smiled and said, "It's strange that he has a sister-in-law who is the most beautiful woman in the world."
At the same time, it's a pity that I didn't see the legendary beauty when I went to Yufu before.
Zuan pays more attention to another matter: "Could it be that the county governor and uncle said it?"
Sang Hong sneered: "How could the old fox come forward directly? Of course, he disclosed it through the mouths of other officials in the government, but it was obviously what Zuo Su meant."
Next, everyone gathered all kinds of intelligence details during this period, and finally Sang Hong assigned the task: "Gao Ying, you go to check the interpersonal relationship of that Shen Zhou before his death to see if there is anything suspicious; Pei You, you go to investigate. Biyufang, be careful not to reveal your identity; Azu, go to Yufu to investigate Shen Zhou's relics, and only you can enter there now."
"Okay!" Several people took orders.
Zuan yawned when he left, and Sang Hong reminded earnestly: "Although young is the most powerful time, you should also pay attention to your body."
Zuan suddenly fell into a sweat: "It was too late to investigate the case yesterday, and I didn't have much rest."
The other party is his father-in-law to some extent, so of course he can't know these things.
"Hehe." Sang Hong obviously didn't believe his nonsense, but he didn't say anything.
In order to prove that he is still in good spirits, Zaun did not go back to his room to rest and went straight to the task.
Before going out, he went to Xiao Jianren's room: "Mr. Xiao, have you finished what you asked you to prepare last time?"
Xiao Jianren bowed his hands: "Master Zu has said so in detail, if we can't figure it out again, it will weaken the name of the embroidered messenger."
As he spoke, he handed over a box: "There is a magic circle that isolates the air outside. Master Zu should pay attention when using it."
Zuan took over to check it out, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Nicely done."
Xiao Jianren sighed with emotion: "Lord Zu is still very powerful and can come up with such ingenious things, but what is the use of this thing?"
"It will be of great use later." Zaan laughed, put away the box and hurried in the direction of Yufu.