"But why was the City Lord's Mansion built in this place? We have already observed it before we came here. This place is in the middle of a busy city, so it must be not very peaceful at times. It is also not a very prosperous place, and it does not meet the conditions for the lord of a city to live in."
This has always been Shen Yan's puzzlement. He has never really understood why the City Lord's Mansion was chosen to be located here.
The old housekeeper smiled and said, "Actually, this is not difficult to understand, because the land price here is relatively cheap!"
As the old butler spoke, he smiled shyly, and then said with a somewhat ashamed expression: "As I said before, the city lord has exchanged all his wealth for food and gave it to these people, so he can be considered penniless."
Shen Yan never expected this to be the reason, he was stunned for a while, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but he didn't ask, and finally said.
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"Didn't the late emperor give the city lord some gold, silver and treasures when he enfeoffed the princes? Logically, this shouldn't be the case. Even if it's just a prince with an empty title, he should get some treasures."
Chen Yan thought that the late emperor would not be so stingy. In his memory, the late emperor was a very magnanimous person and had his own behavioral standards when dealing with people.
"That's not the case. When the vassal kings were divided, they did get some property, but that property had already been spent in the capital. When it came time to divide the land, there was nothing left. Moreover, we had to build such a large city lord's mansion, which required even more money. So there was not enough budget to buy land."
The butler felt a little embarrassed as he spoke, but fortunately the city lord's welfare had now returned to normal spending and expenses, and everything depended on their city lord's talent for making money.
Chen Yan nodded. This was indeed the case. It was the same when he built the Prince Regent's Palace. Therefore, the area of the Prince Regent's Palace was not very large, but the decoration inside would cost more money.
As they were talking, they had already reached the courtyard of the sacred tree. Unlike what they had imagined, this sacred tree was not being carefully guarded by the people in the City Lord's Mansion.
Instead, they were very casually confined to this small courtyard. The butler frowned and covered his nose before he even walked into the sacred tree.
"You two distinguished guests should cover your noses for a moment. The smell of this sacred tree is really too strong. I'm afraid you can't handle it."
As the housekeeper spoke, he handed over two wet handkerchiefs. Chen Yan was very confused as to why he had to cover his nose, but he understood when he walked into the courtyard.
"Why does this sacred tree have such a strong smell? Although it's not unpleasant, it does smell a bit straight to my head."
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Shen Yan took it immediately and covered his nose with a handkerchief. It was a very strange smell. Although it was not a bad smell, it was indeed very irritating.
Some of them are like the smell of incense in a temple, and some of them are like the smoky smell of being alive on the scene.
"This is why the city lord placed the sacred tree in the backyard. The people come to worship it every day, causing the entire sacred tree to be stained with the smell of incense. If it were just that, it would be fine, but it is wood after all. Some people are careless and forget to extinguish the incense after lighting it. Once, the entire sacred tree was almost burned."
The old housekeeper pointed to the other side of the tree. There was a dark mark there. It looked like it was left there when it was almost burned.
Chen Yan had some doubts for a moment. From what the old housekeeper said, the city lord didn't seem like a bad person? But why would he allow Du Ling to do such a thing?
The old butler took Chen Yan with him again, and they almost went around the entire City Lord's Mansion. Chen Feixu also remembered most of the types.
They walked back to the hall again and had already walked a full circle. Chen Yan looked at Chen Feixu, and Chen Feixu nodded at Chen Yan, indicating that he had remembered everything.
Chen Yan also turned around and said goodbye to the old butler.
"I'm really sorry to bother you this time. Originally, the city lord was not here, so we shouldn't have disturbed you. But this time we came here on orders. We may not have the chance to come here again in the future, so please take us on a tour."
Chen Yan bowed very politely. The butler saw Chen Yan bowing and was very flattered, so he bowed in return.
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"Lord Regent, what are you talking about? Please don't be so polite. This is what I should do. If you don't mind my poor service, it's fine. If the city lord was here, he would definitely invite you to dinner. But the director is not here, so I can't just keep you here."
The old butler was very careful with his words. Shen Yan's status was higher than his, so he could not accept his gift casually, and he rejected Shen Yan very politely.
Having said that, Shen Yan had no choice but to say: “Then we’ll take our leave. If there is a chance in the future, come visit the city lord again.”
Then, the housekeeper sent Shen Yan and the others to the door and watched them leave.
The moment Chen Yan and the others walked out of the City Lord's Mansion, they felt the cold weather outside again. The temperature now could be described as ice and snow, but the City Lord's Mansion was as warm as before.
Even the temperature in the outer hall was much better than outside. Only after their group was almost half a street away from the City Lord's Mansion did the two dare to discuss matters related to the City Lord's Mansion.
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