If it was in the past, Zhang Chen would definitely not say this.
After all, if he said that, he would definitely be punished for being disrespectful.
If Princess Kagura were to pursue this matter, he would definitely die.
But now, his martial arts skills were unfathomable. He would be at least a grandmaster in Jianghu and no longer needed to bow down to anyone.
Even if he faced the Imperial Family, what was there to be afraid of?
At most, he would just leave.
Princess Kagura carefully mulled over Zhang Chen's words. Although they sounded like a mouthful of words, she felt that they made sense after thinking it through.
"But…I'm so angry! In front of his subordinates, he didn't even give this princess any face! Damn it! Now is the time to use people. I'll deal with you after I'm done!”
With this thought in mind, Princess Kagura smiled and nodded.""You're right, this princess admires your straightforward personality.”
Zhang Chen remained silent as he watched Princess Kagura act cool.
All the flowery words of the higher-ups had ulterior motives. Whoever believed them would be a fool!
Princess Kagura saw that Zhang Chen was unmoved and couldn't help but feel bored. She said in annoyance,"Alright! Let's stop here. This princess has something important to discuss with you. You work at Six Fan School, have you heard of the Tingzhou tax theft case?”
"Tingzhou tax case? I have indeed heard of it."
The Tingzhou tax case happened half a month ago. It was said that the imperial court had sent imperial envoys to Tingzhou many times to investigate.
However, the imperial envoys who went to Tingzhou either disappeared for no reason or could not find any news. Until now, the lost tax money had not been found.
Tingzhou was not far from the capital. Zhang Chen had been thinking about how generous the rewards would be if he could crack the tax case.
However, he only thought about it at that time. With his status at that time, he had no chance to intervene in such a major case.
He hadn't expected Princess Kagura to mention this matter to a constable with a wooden badge.
His heart skipped a beat as he thought to himself, Do you want me to investigate the tax case?”
Princess Kagura observed Zhang Chen's expression and saw that he had already guessed what she meant. She said bluntly,"You must have guessed it. That's right, this princess wants you to investigate the Ting Province tax case.”
"There are so many capable people in the imperial court, but you want me, a wooden badge constable, to investigate such a big case?" Zhang Chen asked after a moment of silence.”
Princess Kagura chuckled and said helplessly,""There are indeed many capable people in the Imperial Court, but not many people are of the same heart as Imperial Sister, and those who are loyal to Imperial Sister are powerless. Previously, when Royal Sister sent the imperial envoy to investigate the tax case, those who returned had basically defected. Those who did not return were probably doomed.”
"In the current situation, Imperial Sister is no longer willing to sacrifice officials loyal to the court for the tax silver case, so she can only let this princess find a suitable candidate to go to Tingzhou to investigate the tax silver case. I've observed for a few days. In the entire Six Fan School, you're the only one who is loyal to your duty every day. After yesterday's test, I know that your martial arts are not bad, you are not afraid of power, and you are not tempted. You are a good candidate to investigate the tax case.”
"Princess, what you did yesterday was to test me?" Zhang Chen was stunned.”
"What else?" Princess Kagura asked helplessly. Could it be that I, a princess, am so bored that I have to play with a little constable like you?”
Zhang Chen nodded secretly. Everything that happened yesterday was finally revealed.
"So, I wasn't a walk-on in yesterday's scene, but the main character?”
"Isn't it a bit too hasty to let a Wooden Plate Constable investigate such a big case?" he asked.”
Princess Kagura smiled." It's not like you have to solve the case. It's dangerous to investigate this case. You can choose to go or not." It doesn't matter whether you can find out the truth or not. As long as you do your best, it's fine. The most important thing is to keep your life. There aren't many honest constables like you in the Great Xia Kingdom.”
Princess Kagura had a strange look in her eyes.
Zhang Chen was also somewhat speechless. How could he be honest? If it wasn't for the system reward, he wouldn't have risked offending the rich and powerful to do such a thankless thing.
"I will accept the tax case. Princess, is there anything else you want to explain?”
On the surface, the Tingzhou tax silver case seemed to be a loss of tax silver, but thinking deeper, if it was only a loss of tax silver, how could the imperial envoy who went to investigate the case disappear? Why would he betray us?
Obviously, Tingzhou was a big problem, so big that it couldn't be investigated!
Such a case that could not be investigated would definitely involve many people once it was investigated.
Zhang Chen couldn't even imagine how much reward he would receive when he closed the case.
So, how could he reject such a big case?
"Good!" " I knew it." Princess Kagura smiled." I knew that you wouldn't refuse to investigate the case given your abhorrence of evil."”
She clapped her hands, and the purple-robed woman took out two boxes from the table behind her.
He opened the box. The long box contained a luxurious longsword, and the square box contained a gold medal.
Princess Kagura pointed at the longsword and the gold medallion and said,""The imperial sword and the death-exemption medallion were bestowed by imperial sister. Today, they will be handed over to you to use. When they reached Tingzhou, they could act according to their own will. If they encountered anyone obstructing the investigation, they would be beheaded if they could, and retreat if they could not. I'll let Qingxian protect you. What else do you want?”
"I don't have any other requests for the time being. We'll talk about it when we think of it!" Zhang Chen shook his head.”
Princess Kagura immediately regretted her decision. She frowned and said,""No! If you have a request, make it now. If it's late, don't wait!”
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