Chapter 389 Hearing the High Priest's Conspiracy

The little beggar thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what's going on now. The banks are hoarding the silver and only giving the people copper coins."

"It's inconvenient to carry too many copper coins. It's really troublesome."

Su Nuan's mind moved, and she asked, "The city lord's order?"

The little beggar nodded, "Yes."

Su Nuan lowered her eyes. It seemed that she had to go to the City Lord's Mansion to find out the truth. There must be a conspiracy.

The little beggar continued, "I'll go and help you steal something first. Wait for me at the north gate before sunset, and I'll take the money you earned from selling vegetables."

"With this money, you can only buy two lotus seeds at the pharmacy. If you don't believe me, go ask."

Su Nuan nodded, "I believe it."

Lotus seeds and lilies are both precious medicinal herbs, and she knows their prices.

Seeing that Su Nuan believed in him, the little beggar nodded happily and said, "Let's go."

Su Nuan watched the little beggar walk away, and she found a restaurant to sell all the vegetables. Just as the little beggar said, she sold two handfuls for fifty cents, and made a total of more than six hundred cents.

She quietly came to the city lord's mansion, found a corner and climbed over the wall to get in.

There were no servants or guards in the City Lord's Mansion, and it was deserted.

Fortunately, she had good hearing and heard someone talking. She followed the sound and came to a study.

She looked through the crack in the window, but couldn't see the person inside because of the debris.

But the voices were those of the high priest and a young man.

The high priest said, "The sacrifice here is complete. I need to hurry back and leave tomorrow. You need to gather the silver for me."

The young man said, "Yes, the recent silver has been received in the government, and I can't openly rob it from the people."

"But I will talk to some wealthy merchants and ask them to give me the silver first. I will use copper coins to pay off the debt later."

The high priest said impatiently: "I don't care what method you use, just be quick."

"The capital sent me a message asking me to go back and perform the sacrifice. This is related to who will be the next emperor's sacrifice."

The young man asked, "Now there are three princes vying for the throne. Who do you think will take it?"

The high priest pondered for a moment and said, "I think it should be the eldest prince's younger brother. If the eldest prince is not dead, then he will definitely succeed to the throne."

The young man continued, "The Second Prince married the former First Prince's wife. This woman's family must support the Second Prince."

The high priest sighed, "Not necessarily. Now we can only wait. Once there are signs, we will surrender. Now... let's fish in troubled waters."

The young man also sighed, "I wish the eldest prince was still alive."

The high priest sneered, "You think he's so good? He's just a fool. So many people say his brother is plotting rebellion, but he doesn't believe it."

"Now that I've become a ghost, I think I can see clearly how bad this brother of mine is."

The young man sighed and said nothing.

Su Nuan had some guesses. Xiaotian said his younger brother married his fiancée and was fighting with him for the family fortune...

Could it be that Xiaotian is the eldest prince of the Northern Snow Kingdom? Ling Xiaotian... Xiao Lingtian!

The fog in Su Nuan's mind finally dissipated. It turned out that Xiaotian was Xiao Lingtian, the eldest prince of Beixue Kingdom.

The Space Spirit said, "Could your Xiaotian be the eldest prince they're talking about?"

Su Nuan responded in her heart, "I think so too. If he is really the eldest prince, then do you think he would hold a grudge against me for always using him as a laborer?"

The space spirit was silent for a moment and then said, "Why don't we kill him first? That way, we can eliminate any possible trouble."

Su Nuan didn't think Xiaotian would do anything bad to her. She responded, "Don't kill him yet. Ask him later. I think he's quite happy working in the North."

The Space Spirit agreed, "Yeah, I don't think he has any resentment. Besides, we've been together for so long, if he had any resentment, it would have been exposed long ago."

Su Nuan shrank her neck and waited for the person inside to speak.

The high priest said, "Why don't you come back with me? Last time we sent troops to attack the exiles of Yuan, none of those people came back."

"The spies reported that our soldiers were captured by the people from the north and sent to dig the mountains."

"I think they will take revenge. If that woman sends someone into the city with a big bird one day, you and I will both die."

The young man asked fearfully, "Will they? If they want revenge, why haven't they come yet?"

The high priest said, "The spies said they were collecting apocynum venetum and found meteoric iron. I think they should make weapons out of the meteoric iron before coming back."

The young man was silent for a while, then said in a trembling voice, "I understand. We'll leave tonight. I'll go take all the gold and silver from the bank to the City Lord's Mansion."

"We'll leave town through the back door at night and never come back."

The high priest was satisfied and said, "That's right. Let's take all the gold and silver back to the capital and eat and drink delicious food. Anyone who wants can come to this damn place."

The young man stood up and said, "Yes, but if the people from the north attack, won't the people be killed without soldiers?"

The high priest sneered, "What does that have to do with us?"

This time the young man didn't say anything, just nodded and walked out the door.

The high priest smiled sinisterly and said, "When I take all the gold and silver away, you will die. When the skull flowers on the shore bloom, that will be your death."

Su Nuan's heart trembled. "Skull flower? What is that thing? Could it be that the skull flower is the source of the plague?"

"But in my previous life, no one in the border town of the Northern Snow Country was infected with the plague, right? So these flowers should be planted between the Northern Snow Country and the Northland."

The Space Spirit said, "Skull Flower? How could there be such a thing here?"

Su Nuan asked, "Do you know him?"

The space spirit responded, "Yes, there were skull flowers in that period. Oh, and they have nothing to do with the skull trees in the space. We have to distinguish them clearly."

"This skull flower is poisonous. People with weak stomachs will suffer from diarrhea, and those with severe upper-burner fire will vomit. Infants and young children will almost be killed by the poison."

Su Nuan quickly asked, "Is there an antidote?"

The Space Spirit smiled and said, "Of course, the pollen of the skull flower is poisonous, but the root of the skull flower is an antidote."

Su Nuan nodded. "It's easy since we have the antidote. What does the skull flower look like? I'll just go and pull it out now."

The space spirit shook his head. "I don't know either, because all I see is a black skull flower on a black stem, without any leaves. I don't know what it looks like during its growth period."

Su Nuan was speechless. Did she have to wait until the skull flower bloomed before she could find it? Fortunately, its roots were the antidote, so it didn't matter if she waited.

When she was about to leave, the high priest inside cursed again: "The people of Yuan Kingdom are useless. They couldn't even grab the treasure bag in advance. Now I can't get the treasure bag. I don't know how to report it when I go back."

"The Emperor of Yuan Kingdom is even more useless. Why didn't he look for the elixir of immortality in his treasure bag when he was trying to seize the throne? Doesn't he want it?"

Su Nuan asked in confusion, "Space Spirit, do we have any elixirs of immortality? Also, how come they all know about the treasure bag?"