On a busy street in the east of the capital, there is a silversmith shop. The owner of this shop is a middle-aged man in his thirties, surnamed Zhang. People call him Zhang Silversmith. His craftsmanship is very average, so he earns a monthly income of

The money I received was not much.

The rent for opening a shop on such a street is quite high, but Zhang Yinjiang's shop was renovated from his family's residence. Business is done in the front and people live in the back.

He now has three children, the eldest is a teenager and the youngest is just one year old.

Life was hard, but he was not in a hurry, but his wife often complained about him, saying that everyone was a silversmith and now they were making a lot of money.

At noon that day, Zhang Yinjiang was eating when a man came in outside the door.

This man was dressed in luxury, and he opened his mouth and asked: "Is my friend here?"

When Zhang Yinjiang saw that a guest was coming, he quickly put down his rice bowl, wiped his mouth with his sleeve a few times, ran over and said, "Sir, I am the clerk. What do you want to prepare?"

The luxurious guest looked around, frowned and said, "Your place is too shabby. Isn't your craftsmanship good?"

"Look what you said, if you don't have some skills to open a shop on this street, can you sustain it?" Zhang Yinjiang said with a shy face.

"That's what happened. I have something here that I want you to melt for me. What do you think?" the luxurious guest suddenly said mysteriously.

"What?"

"Look, I have one right here."

As he spoke, the luxurious guest magically took out a small bowl from his arms and handed it over.

Zhang Yinjiang took the bowl and looked at it carefully, and asked puzzledly: "This bowl is good, why did it melt?"

"No matter how good the bowl is, it can't be used as silver. Just melt it into some broken silver for me." The luxurious guest continued.

Although Zhang Yinjiang's skills were average, his eyesight was not bad. He took a closer look at this guest and found that although his clothes were very luxurious, his look, temperament, and gestures did not look like a wealthy family in the capital.

Zhang Yinjiang's ancestral home was in the capital, and he knew very well the style of the great men in the capital, but the man in front of him didn't look like him.

Having doubts, Zhang Yinjiang asked: "Looking at your style, you don't seem to be short of money. This bowl is very exquisitely made. It would be a pity if it melted."

"I asked you why you talk so much nonsense, can you do it? If not, I will find another one!"

Just when the luxurious guest was about to take the bowl away, a middle-aged woman came out from the back room, holding a steaming bowl in her hand.

"Hey, we have a guest. Sir, what do you want to do?"

The middle-aged woman quickly put the bowl on the table and ran over.

"Who are you?"

"I'm also a guy here." After the middle-aged woman said something casually, she glared at Zhang Yinjiang, and then said to the guest: "Don't you just want to melt a bowl? It's a trivial matter, but your bowl is very delicate.

You have to charge more."

"How much do you say?"

"At least one tael of silver," the middle-aged woman said.

"Okay, hurry up. After you melt it, I will get a tael of silver from it and give it to you." The luxurious guest agreed easily.

"Okay, I'll weigh it for you and you can pick it up tomorrow."

"Hurry up."

Zhang Yinjiang has been silent since this middle-aged woman appeared, seeming a little afraid of her.

After everything was done, the luxurious guest took a voucher and left.

After the guest left, Zhang Yinjiang complained: "Why are you taking things so casually again? You are stupid. This bowl obviously came from something shady. Maybe it was taken out of the ground!"

"Don't talk nonsense, you don't care where he got it from? He has to give us money when he comes to our place, as long as he makes money." The middle-aged woman put away the silver bowl.

"Don't talk nonsense to me. I'm a little evil these days. Be careful. Don't be greedy for money and get tricked later!"

"Bah! You want to be shameless. You're such a poor person. Who's cheating you? What's cheating you? What do you have?"

The middle-aged woman became very angry as she spoke. When she returned to the back room, she took back the bowl she had brought when she came out.

Watching her go in, Zhang Yinjiang was helpless and could only shake his head silently and continue to sit down and eat.

Let's talk about the luxurious guest. After leaving the silversmith's shop, he walked along the street for a while, and then ducked into a teahouse nearby.

After arriving at the private room on the second floor, he directly opened the door and walked in.

Inside, there were three people sitting, one was Jin Chi, one was Chi Zhongtian, and the other was Guo Heyang.

"How about it?"

"The leader, Leader Chi, visited more than a dozen silversmith shops and finally sent the bowl away."

"Which one?" Chi Zhongtian asked.

"Just go straight down this street."

"That bowl is exquisitely made. It obviously belongs to a wealthy family and cannot be purchased by ordinary people. If it is to be melted down, there must be something wrong. The silversmith will not be able to see it." Jin Chi said at the side.

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"In the past few days, there have been dozens of large and small silversmith shops in the capital. You are right. Many places look like this and say they don't want to do this business. There is no other way. Everyone is afraid of getting into trouble.

The water in this part of the capital is deep, and doing business just for money is not feasible." Chi Zhongtian said with a smile.

"That's right, so there must be a ghost in this family." Jin Chi said.

The luxurious guest was a disciple of Yanyuntang, and Guo Heyang specially arranged for him to handle this matter.

In the past two days, Guo Heyang arranged for several people to go to various silversmith shops in the capital to investigate, but they found nothing. There was almost nothing questionable. Fortunately, today, I finally made some gains.

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"How do you plan to end this matter? Let me tell you, things cannot be hidden."

In Ankanghou's Mansion, Wen Jin was sitting on a chair in Ankanghou's study, talking to Ankanghou.

"Dad, it can't be ended, and it doesn't need to be ended. Don't worry, no one will know."

"You bastard, Wen Ru shouldn't have involved that Shao Jin. Do you know there is someone behind him?"

"You know, isn't it just that Chi Zhongtian? So what, Chi Zhongtian is not a good person. He even humiliated me in public on the street back then. I will never forget it in my life!"

"What can I do if I can't forget you? Do you have the ability to deal with him?" Ankang Hou said angrily.

"I don't have the ability to deal with him, but I have the ability to deal with his disciples. It's true, why did Shao Jin get released!" Wen Jin said very angrily.
Chapter completed!