Volume 1 Chapter 117 Ambergris is Missing
Su Muyan did not feel any emotion about Bai Qiong's death. Although it was the ungrateful person who deserved to die, Bai Qiong also had a lot of involvement in it.
If you want to become a big tree, don't compete with the grass. A general has a sword, but he doesn't cut the grass rope. But Bai Qiong is an unsatisfied person, so he has fallen to the current end, which can only be said to be his own fault.
The stupidest thing that Bai Si, that ungrateful guy, did was to always be anxious for a result, and get anxious and annoyed when he couldn't get it. But he didn't know that God's arrangements were better and more thoughtful than what he chose.
When the two men walked onto the streets of Nanzhao again, they saw various soldiers coming and going, searching non-stop.
Su Muyan looked at the group of soldiers and whispered to Chen Yin beside her, "This emperor is just like that. He has no anti-detective thinking at all. He didn't even know that the treasury was robbed for two days."
"To have one's most precious possessions stolen right under one's nose is truly a laughing stock."
"Well, it's true that the Nanzhao Emperor is too stupid. Our Yan'er is smarter. She knows that to capture the thief first, we must find the enemy's weak spot."
Recently, due to the theft of the national treasury and the prince's serious illness, the entire Nanzhao Kingdom seems to be in chaos, causing panic among the people.
In addition, at this moment many soldiers were searching one by one, and they also controlled each city gate, which made the people of Nanzhao feel even more worried.
"Alas, life was originally good, but the emperor insisted on attacking other countries. This time, I'm afraid he invited talented people from the martial arts world to warn us in Nanzhao."
Someone standing in the crowd watching said this.
Others also said: "Yes, the country was originally rich and powerful, but the emperor was too greedy and wanted to unify the world."
You two should keep your voices down, as if you're afraid the soldiers can't hear you, right?
One of them, who looked like he had a full beard, was harshly lecturing the two young men who had just spoken.
At this time, he is standing on the street with other people around him, and he is saying such outrageous words. Does he have two heads?
After giving him a lecture, he disappeared into the crowd with his men the next second.
Just as the two were about to return to the inn, they saw that there were suddenly more soldiers on the street.
Moreover, everyone is carefully checked and even body searched.
The two looked at each other and felt that something was not going well.
In order to ensure their own safety, the two people quickly joined the crowd and mingled with it.
It was not until he was mixed in the crowd that he heard that what made the Nanzhao Emperor most angry was not the theft of the national treasury, but the disappearance of the only ambergris!
"What???"
"Ambergris???"
The people nearby heard this surprised voice and said, "Little girl, don't you know? Our emperor often suffered from insomnia and nightmares in his early years, and he relied on the three ambergris plants he collected to prolong his life."
"And it's said that the emperor, just to be on the safe side, placed those three kinds of ambergris among the many medicinal herbs in the national treasury. But who could have imagined that the treasury would be robbed this time?"
"This also means that the ambergris has been stolen!"
"No wonder the emperor was so furious, ordering martial law throughout the city and launching various searches."
In the early years, before ambergris was found, the entire Nanzhao could be said to be shrouded in shadow.
As he spoke, the man almost burst into tears!
His sadness was beyond words.
At this time, an old lady nearby took over the conversation and said, "We are all in trouble now."
"When the emperor first ascended the throne and before he found the ambergris, the entire Nanzhao region was awash in blood."
At that time, Nanzhao was a nightmare for many people, because you never knew why you would be beheaded in the next second.
I once saw with my own eyes that when the emperor was on tour, a little girl simply knocked over a basket of buns when he passed by.
Then his end was extremely miserable, and there was only one reason for this: the emperor disliked people who wasted food.
No matter whether you do it intentionally or not!
The history of rivers of blood flowing whenever the emperor got angry was only alleviated after the discovery of ambergris.
But now, it seems like our sky is about to fall!
The national treasury was stolen, which meant that taxes and labor service would be increased across the country, making our already difficult and poor lives even worse.
More importantly, we were afraid that the emperor would return to his old ways. None of us wanted to experience again the scene where hundreds or thousands of people would die if he got angry.
As the old lady spoke, the people around her couldn't help but tremble.
From this we can see that the psychological shadow this emperor brought to his people was still very huge.
But the ambergris itself cannot be taken out!
I have received news that after Night Owl took the antidote made from ambergris, his condition has stabilized and he has woken up.
I have already refined that ambergris into an antidote, so even if I knew what would happen next, I would have no way to deal with it.
People's hearts are biased, even their ten fingers are of different lengths!
Since Wan Chuanzong has recognized me as the sect leader, I must protect everyone.
It doesn't make sense that I know there is a way to save the Night Owl but I don't try my best.
So at this moment, although Su Muyan felt a lot of guilt, she did not regret using ambergris to make medicine.
Since I already feel guilty, I will definitely do something to make up for it.
Aren't these people afraid of increased taxes? Then why not leave them some high-yield crops?
In this way, even after paying the taxes, they still have surplus food, and at least they can still live a decent life.
As long as they can fill their stomachs to 70% and I starve to death, and at the same time I can pay the taxes, then I will have a clear conscience about taking the ambergris.
Anyway, most of the time it was the officials who had close contact with the emperor, but those who were slick and slippery deserved to die.
As long as ordinary people can pay their taxes, they will not have to face such bloody storms.
After thinking it through, Su Muyan became more calm and composed. Anyway, those things could not be found by these soldiers.
Maybe after this experience, my space can be upgraded again!
It’s been two days since I last checked in to take a good look. I have to find time to check it out tonight, otherwise I won’t even know it’s been upgraded!
While he was daydreaming, Chen Yin grabbed his hand and pulled him towards him, preventing him from getting swept away by the crowd.
Soon, the two men were searched and went straight back to the inn.
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