I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Guangning government office.

Pan Hou was extremely overwhelmed at the moment, facing piles of tasks, and felt extremely depressed.

"Do those Yan people really intend to harbor criminals?"

Pan Hou was secretly guessing in his heart.

But the first two searches yielded no findings, which made Pan Hou wonder where the remnants of the Qin family were hiding.

At this time, a subordinate came to report: "Sir Pan, the envoy from Yan State is actually selling things in the market."

"What do you mean?"

Pan Hou didn't react for a moment.

"The Yan envoy rented a shop in the market and is selling goods to the people of Guangning."

The subordinate explained.

"What on earth does this Jiang guy want to do?"

Pan Hou frowned, completely unable to understand Jiang Zuo's real purpose.

Before this, Jiang Zuo had beaten and injured people from the yamen, and Pan Hou was extremely dissatisfied with him.

Moreover, I heard that he was quite arrogant in Guangning City, relying on his status as an envoy of Yan State to act tyrannically. Now he even dares to do business with the people of Chen State?

“I guess not many people buy his stuff.”

Pan Hou said calmly.

"Sir...his shop is already packed with people."

The subordinate looked slightly embarrassed.

"Why?" Pan Hou was completely confused. "This person has made many rude remarks and ridiculed the Great Chen Kingdom before. Don't the people know about this?"

Pan Hou always pays attention to Jiang Zuo's every word and action.

The subordinate scratched his head and said, "I heard that the goods sold in Jiangzuo are much cheaper than those in other shops in Guangning City. Those people are greedy for small profits, so..."

Pan Hou was immediately displeased when he heard this, and snorted, "These common people have no patriotism in their hearts. They are betraying the country for such a small profit."

He simply put the accusation of treason on these civilians.

The subordinate added: "I heard that the Yan people have a lot of new and interesting things in their hands, and many wealthy merchants from Guangning City have also patronized the shops in Jiangzuo."

"A new gadget?"

After thinking for a while, Pan Hou suddenly stood up and said, "I will go and check it out myself to see what new tricks Jiang Zuo is up to."

Pan Hou followed his subordinates and came to the shop where Jiang Zuo was.

As soon as we arrived here, we saw crowds of people and the scene was noisy, just like a vegetable market.

Pan Hou was squeezed at the back by the crowd. He stood on tiptoe and couldn't even see what was going on inside. He had no choice but to wink at his subordinates.

The subordinate understood and immediately shouted: "Master Pan is here, everyone get out of the way."

Everyone turned around and looked in the direction of the voice, and found that it was indeed Magistrate Pan who came. They dared not neglect him and quickly made way for him to pass by.

"Prefect Pan, you are here too."

Jiang Zuo came forward to greet them with a warm look on his face.

Pan Hou put on a kind smile and said, "Envoy Jiang, how come you have so much leisure time and elegance to do business in our Guangning City?"

Jiang Zuo still had a smile on his face: "I'm just going back to my old job, please don't laugh at me, Governor Pan."

Pan Hou raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? So Envoy Jiang was a businessman before?"

Jiang Zuo nodded and said, "That's right. Since Magistrate Pan is here, I'll give you a few things as well."

After saying that, he turned around and ordered someone to bring some small items, put them in a box and hand them to Pan Hou.

Pan Hou said politely, "How can I do this? I am the prefect of Guangning after all. If I do this in front of the people, it will be like Envoy Jiang is trying to bribe me. I am afraid that I will be criticized in the future."

His words were very clear. It was not appropriate to accept gifts in person. At least the transaction had to be done in secret.

"I understand." Jiang Zuo nodded and said, "If Magistrate Pan likes something, you can buy it at any time. I can give you a reasonable price, so it won't be considered a bribe."

Pan Hou gave a perfunctory smile, then fixed his eyes on the merchandise in front of him. At first glance, most of the things there were things he had never heard of before.

He was curious, but he didn't want to ask, lest he appear ignorant in front of the people. He just bowed and said, "Then Envoy Jiang is busy first. I will take my leave first."

"Go slowly, Magistrate Pan."

Jiang Zuo laughed.

After leaving the crowd, Pan Hou regained his seriousness and thought to himself, "What exactly is Jiang Zuo going to do?"

"Sir, I just heard a piece of important news." The subordinate said at this time: "Just now, this Yan countryman actually said in front of everyone that he loves Chen country and said that Chen country is his second homeland."

"Really?"

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Pan Hou's face again, this smile contained a bit of surprise and mockery.

"This Jiang guy has really lost his self-respect in order to make money from us Chen people."

Well, anyway, it is their Yan State that is embarrassed.

Perhaps Jiang Zuo's words and deeds will affect the outcome of the peace talks between the two countries...

At this moment, in the corner, someone was also secretly observing Jiang Zuo.

They were dressed in plain clothes and looked no different from the ordinary people around them.

But their real identities are actually the Thousand Cavalry Division of the Yan State Capital.

Unlike Situ Hua, these Thousand Cavalrymen were ordered by the Empress to secretly monitor Jiangzuo.

The reason why the empress was so worried was to prevent Jiang Zuo from running away halfway. After all, he had already told Chen Qingyun the entire plan before, so how could the empress be at ease?

Jiang Zuo's every word and action just now was witnessed by these Thousand Riders.

A high-ranking envoy from the State of Yan actually said in public that he loved the State of Chen. Doesn't that mean he doesn't take the mission of the State of Yan seriously?

Moreover, as an envoy, he did not go to negotiate with the people of Chen, but actually started doing business here.

The situation was serious, and the Qianqi Division did not dare to delay. They immediately sent people back to the capital to inform the empress of the matter.

Jiang Zuo, who was still acting as the shopkeeper at the moment, had no idea what was happening...

Situ Hua stood behind Jiang Zuo, protecting his safety at all times.

As a member of the Thousand Cavalry Division, Situ Hua is completely unable to understand what Jiang Zuo is doing now.

As an envoy of the State of Yan, is it appropriate to do business in the State of Chen?

Szeto Wah didn't quite understand either.

Situ Hua was somewhat conflicted as to whether he should inform His Majesty about this matter.

After spending so many days with Jiang Zuo, his thinking has quietly changed a little.

After a moment, Situ Hua's attention was attracted by the people in the corner.

As a Thousand Cavalry Officer, he had an extremely sharp sense of smell and he immediately noticed that something was wrong with these people.

Situ Hua frowned, slowly walked to Jiang Zuo's side, and whispered: "Sir, it seems that someone is watching us over there."

Jiang Zuo slowly turned his head and said calmly: "It's okay, let them monitor it."

Anyway, Jiangzuo is now open and aboveboard, so there is no need to be afraid of being monitored by others.

Situ Hua said with a little concern: "Sir, let's leave the business matters to Master Guo. His Majesty has ordered that you..."

Before he could finish his words, Jiang Zuo interrupted him and said, "It's okay, it's okay."