Chapter 1023: Mysterious Case (1/2)

Chapter 1023: Mysterious Case

“Ahehtly and said, “Do not make a fool of yourselves out here Follow me to my room; there are some matters to discuss” He led theuards reoing to talk about

“Ah Zu, did you gain any new infor asked as he sat down in the seat of honor He gestured for them to pour their own tea and to be at ease

“I’ve already found out the identity of the one anted to deliver a an He was about to continue, but Sang Hong stopped hi, “We are acting under the emperor’s will in this nifies I know that your clans’ relationshi+ps are twisted and complicated, and there are even many relatives of yours here in Cloudcenter Co Hong was clearly talking about his relationshi+p with Pei Shao

Sang Hong continued, “But I still need to ask all of you to discern bethat is more ierous than youstep, we justwe discuss here can be spoken of to others”

Pei You suddenly got up and said, “If Sir Sang does not trust me, I just need to not listen”

He was just about to leave when Gao Ying quickly grabbed hi “Sir Sang, please feel at ease We are not people who cannot distinguish bethat is iet about the fact that those who are here in Cloudcenter Commandery are just distant relatives, even if they were our close relatives, with how matters stand, there is no ould leak out any infor’s persuasion, Pei You cupped his hands and said, “Sir Sang knows that even though Cloudcenter Cos to Waterfront Duke’s faction, while I belong to Greatdeer Duke’s faction Everyone in the court knows that our two sides are not in agreeether, we are like water and fire How can I sacrificeHong nodded inwardly The Waterfront Duke Pei Zheng was the Chief Attendant, and he was a core figure under King Qi’s faction Greatdeer Duke Pei Ming was the Director of the I with the crown princess’ father Bi Qi, his son Pei Yi, or Pei You’s father, was extremely close to the Bi clan Otherwise, Pei You wouldn’t have been chosen as one of the crown prince’s escorts during the crown prince’s exa thus said with a smile, “Please understand that I have no choice but to be a bit et any of you personally I hope that worthy nephews do not take this to heart”

Gao Ying and Pei You backed dohen they heard that as well They cupped their hands and said, “You did as you should”

Sang Hong thus looked at Zu An, continuing, “Ah Zu, please share what you learned with us”

Zu An nodded “I found out that the uard Chen Zhou…” Then, he gave theh recount of his discoveries Of course, he left out Pei Mian’s eyes lit up He replied, “Very good Now that we have found out his identity, we have an opening to start our investigations Things will become much easier to take care of now”

“Did you discover anything from your side?” Zu An asked out of curiosity

“We have!” Gao Ying said seriously, “We found a secret passage in the place where Cloudcenter Duke went into seclusion”

Zu An raised his brow, asking, “Didn’t the investigation of the disappearance of the Cloudcenter Duke state that it was an enclosed space?”

“There’s a chance that they were trying to hide so” Gao Ying explained “That secret passage’s mechanism was hidden well If it weren’t because I spent soht not have found it” A bit of pride appeared on his face when he said that

“Then is it possible that soe and assassinated the Cloudcenter Duke?” Zu An asked He suddenly reh a secret passage, causing his face to heat up

“That’s ie can only be activated froo in fro’s secret passage is also like that He asked, “Where does the other end of the secret passage lead to?”

“To Jasper Lane, several li out,” Gao Ying replied

“Jasper Lane?” Zu An frowned Why did that name sound a bit indecent?

Pei You explained with a big smile, “I already looked into that place before! Jasper Lane is Cloudcenter Coirl there has a large chest, thin waist, long legs…”

“Ahem, let us talk about properHong reminded him