Volume 1 The Son of Heaven's Sword Chapter 10 Dog Eunuch
Yun Que gained a lot from his trip to the Medicine Master Temple.
Not to mention the Fabao Si Snake Sword, the ten high-grade flying swords alone are enough to alleviate the crisis caused by the sword veins.
Taking Lao He with him, Yun Que directly raided the Yaoshi Temple and packed a carriage with the gold and silver treasures he obtained. After a rough inventory, they found that there were as many as one million taels!
He received this ill-gotten wealth with peace of mind.
When leaving, a fire burned this magical cave-like Medicine Master Temple.
On the way, Yun Que repeatedly checked the token with the little snake engraved on it.
"Si Snake Sword, Snake Token. It seems that the Medicine Taoist is closely related to the word Snake. Who is he?"
Not seeing anything strange about the token, Yun Que put it away and took out a black porcelain bottle.
"Can't open it?"
Yun Que tried his best, but couldn't unscrew the lid.
"What are you pretending to be? It's mysterious."
Yun Que stopped and circulated his sword veins, and his whole body was immediately filled with sword energy.
I finally opened the bottle cap, but before I could pour it out, a long and narrow black shadow suddenly emerged from the bottle, quickly rolled up in mid-air and then shrank back.
Snapped!
Without saying a word, Yun Que screwed the bottle cap back on again.
"Live……"
Yun Que looked solemn and checked with the storage bag. Sure enough, the vial could not be stored.
Storage bags can only store dead things, not living things.
Judging from the smell emanating from the bottle just now, the contents inside are very scary, so it would be better not to release them.
I thought it was a bottle of elixir or something like that, but I didn't expect it contained a terrifying living creature, and I didn't know what the medicine man had in mind.
Returning to the Hou Mansion, Yun Que saw the servants kneeling neatly in the courtyard, all bowing their heads and saying nothing.
You Qi was kneeling at the front, a little maid named Qiuxiang, trembling with tears.
Opposite the crowd stood an arrogant eunuch.
"The people in your palace are really lacking in discipline. Our family has come all the way here to follow the order, but there is no one to greet us at the door! You are all blind, aren't you? You don't even understand the rules."
The eunuch shouted condescendingly at the servants of the Hou Mansion, making strange noises: "There are unruly people in the remote countryside, delaying the imperial edict, and your lives will be at risk!"
The expressions of the maids and servants suddenly changed as they were afraid of losing their heads.
Bang.
The eunuch was scolding him vigorously when his back suddenly hurt and he was kicked until the dog bit him.
"Where did the magic stick come from and pretended to be a eunuch delivering orders, and I beat him away with random sticks."
As soon as they saw Lord Marquis coming back, the maids and servants in the house immediately had a backbone.
"Bah, bah, bah! Be bold!"
The eunuch got up in embarrassment, spat out the dirt in his mouth and said angrily: "Who attacked our house! I'm really tired of living!"
The accompanying county magistrate hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Eunuch, calm down! Misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding. Marquis Yun also calm down! This is Eunuch Nan from the imperial city, and he indeed has an imperial edict."
He didn't dare to offend Eunuch Nan, who was a popular figure in front of the emperor, and he didn't dare to offend Hanshui Hou, who was like a demon king, so he had to persuade him from both sides.
"It turns out to be Eunuch Nan. I thought he was here again to show off his tricks. To be honest, my family has a great business, but I always get flies and disgusting people."
Yun Que smiled and pretended to be surprised: "The county magistrate is here too. I really didn't see you just now."
The county magistrate repeatedly handed over his hands and laughed in apology.
Eunuch Nan suffered a secret loss and angrily took out the imperial edict and held it in his hand. Everyone around him, including the county magistrate, knelt down.
"Hangshuihou accepts the order!"
"I'm here."
Yun Que just bowed and stood without kneeling.
Eunuch Nan held up the imperial edict in his hand and said in a cold voice: "Bold Lord Hanshui! The imperial edict is like an emperor coming in person. Do you dare not to kneel down?"
"The Yun family has a golden book and an iron certificate given by the emperor. But if you don't kneel before a saint, why should you kneel before a holy edict?"
Yun Que said proudly that the Yun family's golden book and iron scroll were the glory his father had earned from fighting for the country.
"The Golden Book and the Iron Scroll were given to Marquis Yanmen by the late Emperor, and you are Marquis Hanshui!" Eunuch Nan said with a strange air.
"My father's things are mine. Unlike you, father-in-law, if you don't tell me if you don't have a father, you won't even have any descendants."
After Yun Que finished speaking, the servants and maids snickered.
As a eunuch, you wouldn't have had your children and grandchildren long ago.
The county magistrate knew that Marquis Yun was a master who did not want to suffer losses, so he had no choice but to persuade Eunuch Nan, and after all his good words, he temporarily extinguished his anger.
The imperial edict is very simple, well-written and can be summed up in just two words.
Want money.
Not only did he ask for money from Hanshui Hou, but he also asked for money from all the princes, generals, ministers and even the civil and military officials of the Yan Kingdom.
The emperor has only one purpose.
Build the Emperor's Sword!
Since the defeat in the Battle of Hanshui five years ago, and the Yan Kingdom being nicknamed the Southern Yan Kingdom, both military and financial resources have been declining year by year.
The current emperor is very young, he is very happy with his success, and he always wants to avenge his previous humiliation.
It's just that this emperor's idea is good, but the direction is wrong.
He refused to rectify his military equipment and work hard to govern. Instead, he listened to the advice of the national adviser and started building the Tianzi Sword three years ago. The euphemistic name was to stabilize the national destiny, but in fact it was a waste of people and money, and there were already complaints.
The Emperor's Sword is made of pure copper and has a fine silver blade. It is ninety-nine feet tall. It took three years to build more than half of it.
In order to build the Emperor's Sword, Yan State had already exhausted its treasury, so the emperor had no choice but to attack the princes, generals and ministers, asking for money and clearly marking the price.
As Yun Que's position as the Marquis, he needs to pay a full 100,000 taels of silver, while the starting price for the prince is one million taels.
After hearing the price, Yun Que cursed secretly.
The entire Hou Mansion could only be sold for a hundred thousand taels at most, and the emperor's imperial edict was to confiscate the house.
"The money your Majesty needs must be given in full before the end of the year. The Emperor's Sword is about to be cast and cannot be ignored. In fact, this was also caused by your Yun family. If it hadn't been for the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Hanshui, our Yan country's national destiny would not be like this!"
Eunuch Nan handed the imperial edict to Yun Que and said with a smile: "It's only a hundred thousand gold, which is not worth mentioning to Marquis Yun."
"One hundred thousand gold?" Yun Que asked strangely: "Isn't the Marquis one hundred thousand taels of silver?"
The difference between gold and silver is ten times, one hundred thousand gold is one million taels of silver!
"The Hanshui Marquis family has a great cause, so naturally we have to take care of His Majesty's worries. Other marquises have one hundred thousand taels of silver, and you have to give one hundred thousand taels of gold."
Eunuch Nan said with a proud smile, he was obviously avenging his personal revenge!
Yun Que also laughed and didn't care at all.
Not to mention one hundred thousand taels of gold and silver, he didn't even plan to hand over ten copper coins.
Isn't it just a debt? Let's record it.
Remember whatever you want.
Anyway, I have no money.
Before Eunuch Nan left, he pointed to the little maid Qiuxiang who was kneeling in front of him at first, and gave orders to his accompanying men.
"My servant in the Yun Mansion doesn't know etiquette. Let's help teach her. Come on, dig out this girl's eyes so that all these servants know what the rules are!"
Qiuxiang was so frightened that she burst into tears.
She is just a little maid, she can be killed at will in a wealthy family, not to mention that if she bumps into the eunuch delivering the order, her eyesight will definitely be damaged.
Two big and thick men were about to take action if they came up.
"presumptuous!"
Yun Que's face darkened, and he stopped and said, "You hurt people in the Marquis' Mansion, have you asked me, the master?"
Despite his young age, the Marquis was innately majestic, and Eunuch Nan's two men were immediately frightened and did not dare to act rashly.
Qiuxiang hurriedly hid behind the Marquis and secretly wiped her tears, feeling pitiful.
Although their young prince looks like a demon king on weekdays, he is very kind to the maids and servants in the house.
"Eunuch Nan has come a long way and must be suffering from hunger and cold. Don't leave today."
Yun Que smiled and ordered: "Come here, take Eunuch Nan to the latrine."
"How dare you! I am the eunuch appointed by the Holy One! If you dare to insult me, you are humiliating the Holy One!"
Eunuch Nan was so frightened that his voice began to panic.
"Before, you were indeed a eunuch who delivered the imperial edict. Now that you have completed delivering the imperial edict, you are just an ordinary dog eunuch to me."
Yun Que smiled brightly and said: "As a dog, you can't stop eating... shit. I will let you eat as much as you want today!"
Lao He rushed forward, hit Eunuch Nan with one punch, and dragged him to the latrine like a dead dog.
The Lord Marquis ordered it, and of course he had to do it.
Others didn't dare to touch the eunuch who was delivering the order, but Lao He, as a tough soldier, didn't care. He endured it for a long time, just waiting to vent his anger.