Madam, protect me!

Chapter 291 Come and ask for help

If there were no bids from Prince Gong and Prince Rui, the Ministry of Revenue would have accepted 500,000 taels.

That’s why he set the reserve price at 500,000 taels.

In his opinion, the final transaction price would be at least three 500,000 taels.

Who would have thought that after the woman raised the price by 10,000 taels, Prince Rui and Prince Gong both gave up.

Doesn’t that mean the treasury lost one million?

The Minister of Revenue looked at the crowd in the courtyard of the Ministry of Revenue and said, “This girl bid 510,000 taels. Is there anyone who bids higher?”

The crowd either bowed their heads or looked up at the sky.

The two princes had given up, so they still dared to bid?

Don’t want to live anymore?

“I’m just joining in the fun.”

“I can’t afford it, I’m leaving.”

“500,000 taels is too expensive. I don’t know how long it will take to get my money back. The risk is too great and it’s not worth it!”

The Lelai Building and Tianyin Courtyard are now just empty shells. Prince Rui and Prince Gong must have lost money if they bought them, and their purpose is not to make money.

For the two princes, such important things, they just gave up if they said they would.

Who else dares to get involved?

In the blink of an eye, the crowd left without a single one left.

The face of the Minister of Revenue was as black as the bottom of a pot, and his heart was bleeding, but he could only abide by the rules set at the beginning.

Losing some silver is a small matter. If the Ministry of Revenue loses its credibility with the people, the consequences will be more serious.

The owner of Yuyin Pavilion took over Lelai Tower and Tianyin Courtyard from the Ministry of Revenue at a price of 510,000 taels, and it soon became known to the public.

Due to the involvement of the King of Han and the King of You, the two largest entertainment venues in Chang'an were closed, making many people feel that life has lost some fun. Now they finally look forward to the news that they are reopened, and they can't help but have more expectations in their hearts.

When they were in the hands of the King of Han and the King of You, these two places were inspected every now and then.

But Yuyin Pavilion has never been inspected.

Being taken over by Yuyin Pavilion is not a bad thing for guests who like to go there for fun.

However, if Lelai Building and Tianyin Court reopen according to the model of Yuyin Pavilion, they may become simple music houses, and it will cost a lot of money to have more intimate contact with the girls inside...

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Li Nuo has been very busy these days.

He is almost busy until late every day before going home.

The envoys' conference is about to be held, and the envoys from various countries on the mainland have arrived in Chang'an one after another. The Honglu Temple needs to arrange everything for them.

Sifang Pavilion is prepared for envoys from various countries who are stationed in Daxia, and it cannot accommodate so many people temporarily.

Li Nuo simply asked the Ministry of Works to renovate Wulin Village and temporarily change it into an embassy village, so that the envoys of those countries moved there.

With more people, there are naturally more things to do.

All the things encountered by the envoys need to be coordinated by the Honglu Temple, and he is so busy that he has no time to go home for lunch at noon.

However, the Honglu Temple is only busy once every four years, and it will be free after this period of time.

After finally making it to the day of rest, Li Nuo hugged Jiahe and Anning on both sides, and he was unwilling to get up from the bed at all.

Last night, under An Ning's instigation, the beauty finally took that step.

Although the lights were off, it was a good start.

After getting up, Li Nuo saw that the beauty was sitting in the yard, looking at him with strange eyes.

Fortunately, Li Nuo was thick-skinned enough and was not afraid of her gaze at all. He took a rocking chair from the room and lay in the yard to bask in the sun.

The warm winter sun sprinkled on his body, and watching the beauty's graceful figure dancing with a sword, Li Nuo relaxed and felt extremely comfortable.

Unlike the leisure of the Li Mansion, at this moment, the atmosphere in the embassy village was extremely tense.

Last night, a murder occurred in the embassy village.

A corpse was lying on the straw mat in the front yard of the Liang Embassy.

Although it was a holiday today, officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple were urgently summoned here.

The deceased was the second prince of Liang.

Liang is a small country located between Wei and Daxia. It is small and has a small population. It is now one of Daxia's tributary states.

Liang was not always close to Daxia. These small countries sandwiched between big countries often have their attitudes fluctuating with the situation. Liang sometimes follows Wei and sometimes follows Daxia. Most of the time, they seek benefits from both sides.

A foreign prince died in Daxia, so Daxia must investigate seriously.

What's more, the identity of the second prince of Liang is very sensitive.

Among the two princes of Liang, he is close to Wei. If he comes to power, he may lead Liang to change from being close to Daxia to being close to Wei.

This time, he came to Chang'an with an envoy, but died here. It is hard not to arouse people's association.

Moreover, his death was very strange.

Last night, he locked himself in the room and stabbed his heart with a dagger.

On the surface, this is a suicide case.

The problem is that he has no reason to commit suicide.

Of the two princes of Liang, the old king of Liang obviously prefers the second prince. He may soon become the next king of Liang. What reason does he have to commit suicide?

If this is a murder case, we must first start with the motive.

So the first question is, who wants him to die the most?

The eldest prince of Liang must be one of them. Once the second prince dies, no one will compete with him for the throne.

But the eldest prince of Liang did not attend this envoy meeting, and the second prince brought his own confidants.

In addition to the eldest prince, the one who wants him to die the most is undoubtedly the court of Daxia.

The second prince is close to Wei. If he dies and the eldest prince succeeds to the throne, it will certainly be most beneficial to Daxia.

However, that is only if he dies somewhere else.

He died in Daxia. The monarchs and ministers of the Liang Kingdom probably thought that the Daxia court assassinated him, which would inevitably affect their attitude towards Daxia. Even if the eldest prince came to power, he would not be able to obey Daxia himself.

If the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple conclude the case with suicide, there will naturally be nothing going on at the moment, and there will definitely be hidden dangers for the future.

If the case is not closed as a suicide, and there are no clues in the case, there may be no results until the conference is over.

Outside the Liang State embassy, ​​there were crowds of envoys from other countries watching the excitement.

The envoys of Liang State also had dark faces, but due to Daxia's strength, they did not dare to show any dissatisfaction.

Zhongshu Zuo Shilang was upset. Why did it happen to be the second prince of Liang who died? The three provinces attached great importance to this matter and asked him to give a satisfactory explanation to the envoy of Liang.

He hugged a middle-aged envoy from the Liang Kingdom and said, "Please rest assured, envoys, we will definitely investigate this case."

The middle-aged envoy said solemnly: "Then please..."

Zhongshu Zuo Shilang walked up to the officials from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple and asked, "Have you found anything?"

The Minister of Justice shook his head and said: "There is no trace of the second person in the room, and there are no other clues at the scene."

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple also said: "We have checked everything we can, and there are no traces of home invasion or struggle. No matter how you look at it, he died of suicide..."

The Zuo Shilang of Zhongshu looked ugly. Do you want him to tell the Liang envoy that their second prince committed suicide?

Even he doesn't believe it himself.

The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple can't count on it, so we must think of other ways.

At this time, a bright light suddenly flashed in his mind.

How could I forget him!

In last year's Sifangguan case, everyone was at a loss, but he identified the murderer at a glance.

It was he who found out that the Donggong case was so secretive.

If you invite him over, you might be able to tell something.

Without any time to delay, he ordered the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to pretend to investigate the case first, and he immediately left the Embassy Village and came to Li's Mansion.

Li Nuo was enjoying the sun when he suddenly felt that the sun was not so warm.

He opened his eyes and saw a figure standing in front of him.

Li Nuo had met this man once in Zhongshu Province. He seemed to be the minister of Zhongshu and a big shot in the court. He was on the same level as his father, and his status in Zhongshu Province was only lower than that of Zuo Xiang.

Li Nuo looked at him and asked, "Sir, is there something wrong?"

Zhongshu Zuo Shilang said: "It's too late to explain. Mr. Li, please leave with me. Let's talk while walking..."

Hearing this, Li Nuo stood up helplessly. Although today was a holiday, there were temporary business responsibilities that could not be avoided. With the imperial salary, he still had to do his part well.

As Zhongshu Zuo Shilang walked away, he said: "Last night, the second prince of Liang died in the embassy room, and neither the Ministry of Punishment nor Dali Temple could do anything..."

Li Nuo paused when he heard this.

He looked at Zhongshu Zuo Shilang and asked: "Your Excellency, did you ask me to investigate the case?"

Zhongshu Zuo Shilang nodded and said: "People from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple have been investigating all morning, but found nothing. I can only come to Mr. Li for help..."

After hearing this, Li Nuo turned around and walked back, lying on the chair again.

If the second prince of the Liang Kingdom wanted to repair the roof, increase the food supply, or change rooms due to uncomfortable living conditions, Li Nuo would go with Zhongshu Shilang, because it was his duty.

The second prince of Liang Kingdom is dead, let him investigate the case?

He is the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple, not the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment.

You can go to him for funeral arrangements, but there is no need to discuss the investigation...

When he was promoted, he played tricks on him, and when he was needed, he was used as a doctor in the Ministry of Justice. How could there be such a thing?

The Vice Minister of Zhongshu looked back at him and said in astonishment: "Master Li, what are you..."

Li Nuo spread his hands and said: "Master Minister, you must have found the wrong person. I am the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple, not the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment. The court wants to hold a funeral for the second prince of Liang Kingdom, and I must do it beautifully for him." Liang, investigating the case is not within my responsibilities, you should go find someone else..."

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