Huangzhou City is extremely prosperous, with dozens of blacksmith shops in the city alone.
Zhang Ji’s Blacksmith Shop is located in Nancheng and is little-known.
The people who come to Zhang Ji's blacksmith shop are all regular customers. The business of the blacksmith shop mainly relies on word of mouth from regular customers to introduce new ones.
Although the business is not very prosperous, it can barely maintain food and clothing and not go hungry.
Today, Zhang Chongzhi was still forging iron, and the extremely high furnace temperature made him sweat profusely.
He was shirtless, occasionally pausing to wipe away sweat.
Zhang Chongzhi looked up inadvertently and saw two men with extraordinary bearing and elegant clothes appearing in front of his shop.
Zhang Ji's blacksmith shop is located in an alley, in a relatively remote location.
Usually, there are almost no children of nobles or wealthy children coming here.
Zhang Chongzhi asked with some confusion: "What are you two nobles coming to customize?"
These two people were none other than Zhao Xun and Jia Xing.
Zhao Xun smiled slightly, pulled out the Minghong Dao and handed it to Zhang Chongzhi: "Can you help me see if the wear and tear on this knife can be restored?"
The Minghong Sword is a peerless artifact, and the wear and tear on Zhao Xun's mouth is only minimal.
Zhang Chongzhi is naturally knowledgeable. When he saw the flashing light of Minghong Dao, he was very surprised.
"Sir, where did you get this knife?"
"It was passed down from our ancestors."
"I see, that's it...this is really a peerless sword."
Zhang Chongzhi stroked the blade, his eyes filled with envy.
"If you want to repair the worn area of this knife, you have to fill it with the same grade of fine steel. You can't find such good steel nowadays."
Zhang Chongzhi said with some regret.
"It doesn't matter. I came to repair the blade just by the way. I mainly came to ask a question for a friend."
Zhao Xun said calmly: "How is the Mingguang Armor that the noble man from Chang'an customized years ago?"
As soon as Zhao Xun said these words, Zhang Chongzhi, whose face was originally full of envy, immediately suppressed his smile and said in a deep voice: "The Mingguang Armor is ready. I'm just waiting for the noble man to send someone to pick it up."
This is the joint code agreed upon earlier.
After both parties confirmed that it was correct, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Zhang Chongzhi, a delinquent in a humble position, pays homage to the two adults."
Zhang Chongzhi saluted Zhao Xun and Jia Xing very respectfully.
"You have worked hard."
Zhao Xun patted Zhang Chongzhi's tendon-covered arm, and then said in a deep voice: "Not long ago, Master Feng used the teleportation technique to send an order from Chang'an, asking us to strictly investigate Zhao Qian, the governor of Huangzhou, and asked us to contact you. You have been in Huangzhou for a long time, and based on your understanding of Zhao Qian, how is this person like?"
Now that the identity of the other party was clear, Zhao Xun got straight to the point and asked straight to the point.
"Reporting to your lord, Zhao Qian, the governor of Huangzhou, cares about the people on the outside and loves them like a son. But secretly, he sells private salt to enrich his own pockets and retains fire. This can be described as extremely corrupt."
hiss! Hearing this, Zhao Xun gasped.
Unexpectedly, this is the case.
If that's the case, it's not surprising.
Zhao Xun and others happened to be passing by Huangzhou, and the bad coach Feng Hao must have calculated the time correctly and used teleportation to pass the instructions to Zhao Xun.
"In that case, Ming Yun, why don't we just take down this officer? You are the imperial envoy and you have this power."
"No."
Zhao Xun shook his head and turned to Blacksmith Zhang and said, "Zhang Chongzhi, I would like to ask you, do you have any paper evidence that Zhao Qian sold illegal salt, enriched his own pockets, and withheld firewood?"
Zhang Chongzhi shook his head in shame and said, "I haven't gotten the paper evidence yet."
Zhao Xun spread his hands and said: "Since there is no paper evidence, it is not enough to convict Zhao Qian. A corrupt person like him will definitely be very cautious and will not be easily caught. Although I am an imperial envoy, If we are not absolutely certain, it is impossible to attack a fourth-grade official. Otherwise, the capital will definitely have objections."
Zhao Xun knew that his imperial envoy was the result of a compromise after a game between multiple forces.
Murders occurred all along the coast of Jiangnan Province. At this time, the imperial court needed to send an imperial envoy to take charge of the situation.
At this time, the imperial envoy's faction becomes very crucial.
Zhao Xun happened to be a person without faction. Emperor Xianlong asked Zhao Xun to go because he didn't want him to take sides.
And this Zhao Qian... obviously dares to be so corrupt because he has backers in the government.
In other words, the money Zhao Qian embezzled not only went into his own pocket, but also into the pockets of his backers and factions.
Therefore, as long as Zhao Xun does not have conclusive evidence, Zhao Qian cannot be easily touched. Otherwise, the big boss behind Zhao Qian will definitely jump out to protect Zhao Qian, and then bite Zhao Xun again, and Zhao Xun's situation will be a bit dangerous.
Furthermore, Emperor Xianlong would definitely think that Zhao Xun was involved in a party struggle between factions, and his psychological impression of him would be greatly reduced.
Zhao Xun needs to take action, but he must ensure that the timing of his action is accurate enough.
Be steady, accurate and ruthless, with fatal blows, without giving Zhao Qian and the bigwigs and parties behind him a chance to counterattack.
"Then what should we do? As Mingyun said, isn't there nothing we can do about Zhao Qian?"
"It doesn't matter, I have a solution."
Zhao Xun smiled slightly and said, "I'll give this old fox a try."
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Huangzhou Governor's Mansion is located at the foot of Yuewei Mountain in the north of Huangzhou City.
Yuewei Mountain is located in Huangzhou City, naturally dividing Huangzhou City into two halves.
There is also the Grand Canal passing through the city, so there is a folk song: the mountains are divided into two sides, and the canal runs through the city.
The governor of Huangzhou was the lord of the city, so the mansion where he worked and lived was naturally the place with the best luck.
Unlike the yamen of most prefectures and counties, the Huangzhou governor's yamen was very extravagant.
The lobby and second hall are very majestic, and the back house is even more magnificent.
In the back garden, a pond was dug and mud was piled up to create a mountain of earth. A pavilion was built on the mountain, called Wangjiang Pavilion.
Today, the governor of Huangzhou was watching koi carp by the pond in the back garden as usual.
Huangzhou is located on the dividing line between north and south of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so even though it is a season that turns from warm to cold, the temperature is considered comfortable.
Zhao Qian put the fish food into the pond and watched the koi fish competing for food while gently stroking his beard.
"Dong Weng, something serious has happened."
Zhao Qian turned around and saw Han Sanwen, his staff member, and asked slightly unhappily: "How is it appropriate to be in such a hurry?"
"It's the imperial envoy. The imperial envoy is here. The concierge didn't dare to stop him. The imperial envoy walked across the courtyard and toward the back house."
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy? What is he doing here?"
Zhao Qian felt puzzled when he heard this.
The imperial envoy Zhao Xun only took the route to Huangzhou. After a few days of rest, he would take a boat along the canal road south to Jiangnan Road.
Logically speaking, they shouldn't have much interaction.
Zhao Xun's sudden visit really caught him by surprise.
"You hold off for now, and then go see me after I change my clothes."
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