Chapter 291 Come to me
Even if there were no bids from Prince Gong and Prince Rui, the Ministry of Revenue would have been able to accept 500,000 taels.
That's why he set the reserve price at five hundred thousand taels.
In his opinion, the final transaction price was at least three and a half million.
Who would have thought that after the woman raised the price by 10,000 taels, both Prince Rui and Prince Gong gave up.
Doesn’t that mean the national treasury lost one million?
The Minister of Revenue looked at the crowd in the courtyard of the Ministry of Revenue and said, "This girl bids 510,000 taels. Is there anyone who can bid higher?"
The crowd either bowed their heads or looked up at the sky.
Both princes have given up, so how dare they bid?
Don’t want to live anymore?
"I'm just joining in the fun."
"I can't afford it, so I'm leaving."
"Five hundred thousand taels is too expensive. I don't know how long it will take to get my money back. The risk is too great. It's not worth it!"
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The Lelai Building and Tianyin Courtyard are now just empty shells. Prince Rui and Prince Gong will definitely lose money if they buy them. Their purpose is not to make money.
For the two princes, it was such an important thing that they gave up without hesitation.
Who else dares to get involved?
In the blink of an eye, the crowd was gone.
The Minister of Revenue's face 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, but if the Ministry of Revenue breaks its promise to the people, the consequences will be more serious.
It soon became known that the head of Yuyin Pavilion had taken over Lelai Tower and Tianyin Courtyard from the Ministry of Revenue for 510,000 taels of silver.
Due to the involvement of King Han and King You, the two largest entertainment venues in Chang'an were closed, making many people feel that life had lost some fun. Now they finally got the news that they would reopen, and they couldn't help but feel more excited.
When they were in the hands of King Han and King You, these two places were inspected every now and then.
But Yuyin Pavilion has never been investigated.
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 reopened according to the model of Yuyin Pavilion, they might become simple music houses, and one would need to spend a lot of money to have a closer contact with the girls inside...
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Li Nuo has been very busy these days.
I am busy until very late every day before I get home.
The envoys' conference is about to be held. Delegations from various countries on the mainland have arrived in Chang'an one after another, and the Honglu Temple needs to arrange everything for them.
Sifang Pavilion was prepared for envoys from various countries who were permanently stationed in Daxia, and it could not accommodate so many people temporarily.
Li Nuo simply asked the Ministry of Works to renovate Wulin Village and temporarily turned it into an embassy village, so that the envoys of those countries would move there.
With more people, there will naturally be more things to do.
All issues encountered by the envoys needed to be coordinated by the Honglu Temple, and he was so busy that he didn't even have time to go home for lunch.
However, the Honglu Temple is only busy once every four years, and after this period of time, it will be free.
After finally making it to the day off, Li Nuo hugged Jiahe and An Ning on both sides and was unwilling to get out of bed.
Last night, under An Ning's instigation, the beauty finally took that step.
Even though the lights were off, it was still a good start.
After getting up, Li Nuo saw Yiren 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 sunshine sprinkled on his body. Looking at the graceful figure of the beauty dancing with the sword, Li Nuo felt relaxed and extremely comfortable.
Different from the leisurely atmosphere in Li's 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 a straw mat in the front yard of the Liang Embassy.
Although today is a holiday, officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple were urgently summoned here.
The deceased was the second prince of Liang State.
Liang was a small country located between Wei and Daxia. It was a small country with a small population. It was now one of the tributary states of Daxia.
Liang State did not always follow Daxia. These small countries were sandwiched between big countries, and their attitudes would often fluctuate with the situation. Liang State sometimes followed Wei State, and sometimes followed Daxia. Most of the time, it tried to gain benefits from both sides.
If a prince of another country dies in the territory of Daxia, Daxia will of course conduct a serious investigation.
What's more, the identity of the second prince of Liang is very sensitive.
Among the two princes of Liang State, he was more pro-Wei State. If he came to power, he might lead Liang State to change from being pro-Daxia to being pro-Wei State.
This time, he brought a delegation to Chang'an, but died here, which is hard not to arouse speculation.
Moreover, his death was very strange.
Last night, he locked himself in his room and stabbed himself in the heart with a dagger.
On the surface, this was a suicide case.
The problem is, he had no reason to commit suicide.
Among the two princes of Liang State, the old king of Liang State obviously prefers the second prince. He may soon become the next monarch of Liang State. What reason does he have to commit suicide?
If this is a homicide, we must first start with the motive.
So the first question is, who wants him dead 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.
However, the eldest prince of Liang did not attend this envoy conference, and the second prince brought only his own confidants.
Apart from the eldest prince, the one who most wanted him dead was undoubtedly the Great Xia court.
The second prince is pro-Wei. If he dies, the eldest prince will succeed to the throne, which will certainly be most beneficial to Daxia.
However, the prerequisite is that he died somewhere else.
He died in Daxia. The ruler and ministers of Liang might have believed that he was assassinated by the Daxia court, which would inevitably affect their attitude towards Daxia. Even if the eldest prince came to power, it would be impossible for him to follow Daxia in person.
If the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple close the case as suicide, nothing will happen at the moment, but it will definitely create hidden dangers for the future.
If the case is not closed as suicide and there is no clue in the case, it is possible that no result will be found until the end of the conference.
Outside the Liang State Embassy, there were many envoys from other countries who came to watch the fun.
The envoys from Liang also had gloomy faces, but due to the strength of Daxia, they did not dare to show any dissatisfaction.
The Left Vice Minister of the Secretariat was very confused, wondering why the second prince of Liang State had to die. The three ministries attached great importance to the matter and asked him to give a satisfactory explanation to the envoy of Liang State.
He clasped his fists to a middle-aged envoy from Liang State and said, "Please rest assured, envoys. We will definitely get to the bottom of this case."
The middle-aged envoy said in a deep voice: "Then I'll leave it to you..."
The left assistant minister of the Central Secretariat walked up to the officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple and asked, "Have you found anything?"
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice shook his head and said, "There is no sign of a second person in the room, and there are no other clues at the scene."
The Dali Temple's Shaoqing also said: "We have checked everything that can be checked. There is no sign of any break-in or struggle. No matter how you look at it, he died of suicide..."
The Left Vice Minister of the Secretariat had a grim expression on his face. Did he want him to tell the envoys from Liang State that their second prince had committed suicide?
Even he doesn't believe it.
We can no longer rely on the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, so we must think of other solutions.
At this moment, a light suddenly flashed in his mind.
How could I forget about him!
In the Sifangguan case last year, everyone was at a loss, but he identified the murderer at a glance.
He was also the one who found out that the Donggong case was so secretive.
If we invite him over, maybe he can see something.
Without any time to waste, he ordered the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to pretend to investigate the case, and he immediately left the Embassy Village and went to Li's Mansion.
Li Nuo was enjoying the sun when he suddenly felt that the sun was not so warm anymore.
He opened his eyes and saw a figure standing in front of him.
Li Nuo had met this man once in the Secretariat. He seemed to be the Secretary of the Secretariat and a big shot in the court, on the same level as his father. His position in the Secretariat was only below that of the Left Prime Minister.
Li Nuo looked at him and asked, "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
The Left Assistant Minister of the Secretariat said, "It's too late to explain. Sir Li, please come with me. We can talk while we walk..."
Li Nuo stood up helplessly after hearing that. Although today was a day off, he still had to go on a temporary business trip, which he could not avoid. As he was receiving a salary from the court, he still had to do his job well.
As he walked, the Minister of the Left said, "Last night, the second prince of Liang died in the embassy's room. The Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple were powerless..."
Li Nuo paused when he heard this.
He looked at the Minister of the Left and asked, "Did the Minister ask me to investigate the case?"
The Left Vice Minister of the Central Secretariat nodded and said, "The people from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple have been investigating for the whole morning and have found nothing. I can only ask for help from Lord Li..."
Hearing this, Li Nuo turned around, walked back, and lay back on the chair.
If the Second Prince of Liang wanted to repair the roof, improve his food, or change rooms because he felt uncomfortable, Li Nuo would go with the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, because it was his job.
The second prince of Liang State died, and he was asked to investigate the case?
He was the Secretary of the Honglu Temple, not the Langzhong of the Ministry of Justice.
You can ask him to handle the funeral, but you can’t ask him to investigate the case…
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 this be possible?
The Secretary of the Central Secretariat looked back at him and said in astonishment: "Lord Li, what are you doing..."
Li Nuo spread his hands and said, "Mr. Minister, you have found the wrong person. I am the Minister of the Honglu Temple, not the Doctor of the Ministry of Justice. The court wants to hold a funeral for the second prince of Liang, and I will definitely make it beautiful. Investigating the case is not within my duties. You should find someone else..."
(End of this chapter)
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