Chapter 293 Night Attack on the Princess

Chapter 293 Night Attack on the Princess

Chapter 293 Night Attack on the Princess
Prefect Sun was an outlier in the officialdom. He was a man of no-nonsense personality. He sneered, spread his hands, and said:

"Do you really think you can make money by opening a silver mine? Anyway, none of that silver has ever come into our government's hands.

The government is tight on salary this year, and I can't afford to give anything to the imperial envoy. How about you two gentlemen give some to the imperial envoy? So that he can eat and drink?"

The old censor frowned:

"Master Sun, please don't say such nonsense. I don't have any money in the Censorate."

Gao Lian, who was at the top, interrupted helplessly:
"Okay, don't say anything angry. In my opinion, this is probably a trick of the imperial envoy.

As far as I know, when this King Zhao entered the imperial court, he also arrested a group of Beijing officials and spread the word to solicit bribes, but he was arrested by the officials who bribed him.

Besides, how could the imperial envoy be a corrupt traitor? In my opinion, we should keep our troops in place and let the imperial envoy investigate if he wants to.”

In the secret letter sent by Prime Minister Li Yanfu, this was mentioned:
If the Zhao thief asks for bribes, don't be fooled.

Prefect Sun and Ancha Liu looked at each other and nodded:

"Alright."

Gao Lian thought about it, and then said worriedly:

"Master Sun, you have to send someone to keep a close eye on the silver mine. At this critical moment, any suspicious person cannot be neglected. By the way, who is in charge there now?"

"Taicang County Magistrate." Sun Xiaozhun said:
"Don't worry. I've already given you instructions."

As he spoke, the hot-tempered Prefect Sun could not help but curse again:
"Damn Wang Chusheng! He is such a beast. He was corrupt and made money, and when the truth was revealed, he ran away, leaving a huge scapegoat for me, the prefect who has just been in office for a year! Am I wronged?"

We have to be careful to serve this Imperial Envoy Zhao. What a bunch of bastards! "

I don't know who this sentence is scolding.

Governor Gao and Censor Liu looked at their noses and their hearts, pretending not to hear anything.

The three of them are now tied to the same rope and are forced to share weal and woe.

……

……

There are many shops in Huai'an Palace, and naturally there are also some in Taicang City.

Xu Junling stayed in an inn in the palace.

But that very night, an uninvited guest came to the inn.

In room number Jiazi.

Xu Junling looked at the black-robed man who came in through the window and said sarcastically, "When did Lord Zhao become a traitor?"

The man in black robe jumped into the room through the window, closed the window with his backhand, lifted his hood, revealing a handsome face.

Zhao Duan smiled and said, "My princess, your analogy is inappropriate. To raid a woman's bedroom at night is to be called a flower thief."

Shameless... Xu Junling spat. She was dressed neatly, sitting at the table, and put down the book in her hand, as if she had known he would come.

Before entering the city, Zhao Duan told her about the arrangement at the tea stall, asked her where she would stay after entering the city, agreed on a room, and said he would come over in the evening.

"Master Zhao, please don't tell me that you came here so late at night to investigate a case." Xu Junling couldn't hide his curiosity. This man's actions since entering the city were full of strangeness.

Zhao Duan took off his black robe, walked to the table, picked up the kettle and drank a sip, then picked up a piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth. He then pulled out a chair and sat down, smiling and sighing, "As a dragon crossing the river, it's not easy to investigate a case in a place that is as solid as a rock. How can I do it without using some tricks?"

Xu Junling asked, "So? You ran away from the posthouse to avoid the eyes of local officials? To make it easier for you to act?"

"Smart." Zhao Duan praised indifferently.

It's not hard to guess.

Xu Junling asked curiously, "Why are you going through so much trouble? You seem to be very worried about Gao Lian and the others."

Zhao Duan put away his joking thoughts, his face became a little more serious, and he smiled:
"My Lord, what do you think is my mission here?"

"Of course, it's to investigate the case of the Taicang County Magistrate suspected of corruption and stealing national silver." Xu Junling said lightly.

Zhao Duan stared at the dignified and well-dressed princess of the royal family, and said with disappointment:
"My Lord, why do you have to say these polite words? With your intelligence, you should know that a mere county magistrate is not worth your majesty's fuss.

The Taicang Silver Mine case is first of all to serve as a warning to others. Your Majesty needs to deal with it with thunder and lightning, so that the local officials can see the determination of the court and the new policy can be smoothly implemented...

Oh, the new policy was passed in the capital, but it is still difficult to implement in the local areas. "

"The second thing is who is behind the Taicang County Magistrate. Who is the umbrella that protects him from the wind and rain, and who is the mountain that he can lean on."

Xu Junling looked normal, and said in a declarative tone:

"So, you suspected that the Taicang County Magistrate's backers were among the officials who welcomed you into the city. You didn't trust them, so you decided to conduct a secret investigation."

Zhao Duan snapped his fingers in appreciation and said:
"The princess still understands me. Investigating a case is like playing chess. When you are in the middle of it, it is easy to be blinded by one leaf and be led by the nose by these local officials.

After all, I am a dragon crossing the river. Even if I have 200 cavalrymen, it is meaningless if I am blind. "

Xu Junling asked quietly, "So you sent someone to spread the word and ask for a bribe, was that to test me?"

Hey, you are well-informed... Zhao Duan shook his head and said:
"That's not the case. No matter how stupid these people are, they won't bribe me at this critical moment. I just threw a trick to confuse them for a while, so that they can't guess my thoughts and delay some time."

Xu Junling nodded, reluctantly accepting this explanation: "Then you sneaked out, aren't you afraid that they will find out that the imperial envoy is missing?"

Zhao Duan smiled and said, "Who said I'm missing? Do you know how to disguise yourself? I can just have my men disguise themselves as me and stay at the posthouse to delay the war for a day or two."

Before he left, he gave the mask he had seized from the Thousand-Faced God to Shen Juan.

Now, Shen Juan disguised himself as him and played the role of a fake imperial envoy, attracting the attention of the whole city in the post house.

As a real imperial envoy, he can free up his hands to do something.

As for sending messages, it was also very simple. Before he left the capital, he took out a talisman from the treasury of the imperial court. It was similar to paper and could transmit messages within a certain range.

Xu Junling was greatly surprised and asked curiously, "May I ask, Lord Zhao, what do you think of the case now?"

Zhao Duan sighed:

"It's not optimistic. Ha, according to the local officials in the prefecture, some time ago, before the order from the capital was passed on, Wang Chusheng, the magistrate of Taicang County who was suspected of corruption, had disappeared."

(End of this chapter)