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Outside Pengqiao Village.
"I'm sorry for the poor hospitality, Young Master Qin. The village chief is probably not in the village. We don't know where he went right now. The main thing is that the village chief often goes out without saying hello on weekdays. We are used to it."
Several villagers escorted Qin Yuesheng out of the high wall. Everyone was very grateful to Qin Yuesheng for helping their village solve the problem of spiders eating people.
So, before Qin Yuesheng left, he insisted on giving him various farm specialties, such as local eggs, old duck, bacon, pickled vegetables and so on.
But they were all rejected by Qin Yuesheng.
"That's fine. I still have to go back and report the details of this incident. So, I'll take my leave now. See you later."
Putting the sack containing the upper body of the beauty spider on his shoulder, Qin Yuesheng bowed to everyone and turned to leave Pengqiao Village.
Looking at Qin Yuesheng's back, all the villagers sighed: "What a responsible and good man."
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When they came here, they didn't know the exact location of Pengqiao Village because of the mountains and hills, so they needed someone to lead the way. Naturally, returning would not be so troublesome. Qingyang City was a huge target, so Qin Yuesheng only needed to find the right direction and run out of Meteorite Mountain. He would not have to worry about not finding Qingyang City.
After returning to Qingyang City, Qin Yuesheng went to the government office first and showed Bai Hao the things he brought back from Pengqiao Village.
He also told the other party what he had experienced in Pengqiao Village.
After hearing what Qin Yuesheng said, Bai Hao frowned and his face darkened. "A mere steward of the Gold and Silver Pavilion actually did something so mad and heartless just to get close to the eunuch."
"Lord Bai, I have a question. Shouldn't eunuchs live in Chang'an City and be in charge of the affairs of the imperial palace? Why are there eunuchs working in Yangzhou Prefecture?" Qin Yuesheng asked in confusion.
"This matter is complicated." Bai Hao rubbed his temples, holding his chin with his hand and said:
"The current emperor, His Majesty, was a wise ruler in his youth, and with the assistance of his wise ministers Lin Po and Lian Xiangru, he ensured that the people of the country had no worries about food and clothing and were free from war for more than twenty years.
But since His Majesty reached the age of seventy, he gradually fell into the path of greed and pleasure, and was addicted to it and could not extricate himself. He only knew how to indulge in luxury and pleasure and build large-scale projects all day long.
He even forcibly conscripted 200,000 young and strong men and spent four years to build a golden city, which contained a jewel garden where flowers, plants and trees were all carved from jade, pearls and stones, and a beauty palace where thousands of beautiful ladies lived, waiting for the emperor's favor.
Among them, the most famous is the Wine Pool and Meat Forest. The pool, covered with ice jade, can accommodate hundreds of people bathing at the same time. Once filled with fine wine, the aroma of the wine will quickly spread throughout the golden city.
In the meat forest, there are hundreds of royal chefs who cook all kinds of cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, chickens, ducks, geese and fish all year round. Once they are cooked, they are hung on the branches of the iron tree, waiting for guests to take them down and enjoy them at will.
Literati often say, "The fragrance of wine in the pool intoxicates people, and the gluttony of meat in the forest satisfies people." However, this cannot fully describe even one tenth of the blissful and heavenly days in the Golden City.
It is precisely because of the emperor's indulgence and neglect of state affairs that the eunuchs within the palace have quietly risen in power, taking root throughout the government and even to the point where they now interfere in government behind the scenes. Many eunuchs have been sent from Chang'an to serve as officials throughout the Tang Dynasty."
Qin Yuesheng couldn't help but gasp. "How could such a thing actually happen? Lord Bai, what about those two wise ministers and virtuous officials you mentioned earlier? The Emperor is acting so absurdly, and they, as important officials of the Tang Dynasty, don't dare to risk their lives to speak up and offer some advice?"
"Alas." Bai Hao sighed slowly, "Lord Lian Xiangru passed away due to illness during the Lesser Heat of the year two years ago. Now the court is relying on Lord Lin Po to support it alone, but the emperor has closed the door to him. If even Lord Lin Po passes away one day, the Tang Dynasty will be in danger.
Even though the three northern kingdoms of Liao, Jin and Xixia are now subject to the Tang Dynasty and pay tribute every year, if anything goes wrong with the Tang Dynasty, they will immediately turn into vicious wolves that go south to hunt and take a bite of flesh and blood from the Tang Dynasty.
By then, people will really be living in dire straits.”
"Does the Emperor not care about this situation at all? After all, this is the empire passed down from our ancestors."
"With those eunuchs completely shielding His Majesty from the outside world, His Majesty has no idea what the Tang Dynasty is like today. All the credit for all this lies with those ten androgynous eunuchs."
Qin Yuesheng asked, "Ten eunuchs?"
"Yes, ten powerful and handsome eunuchs who took turns accompanying the emperor day and night. They are the ancestors of all eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty. The princes, generals, and ministers all call them... the Ten Attendants."
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