【Huh? What question did the Emperor just ask me?】Chuanwen had been so engrossed in gossip that she'd forgotten the Emperor's question, but she quickly remembered after snapping back to reality. 【Oh, he asked why I thought the Vice Minister of Revenue was a good official!】
emperor:......
No! I don't want to know why the Vice Minister of Revenue is a good official anymore; I just want to know what other gossip his ministers have!
The Vice Minister of Personnel was trembling with fear. He really had no relation to that so-called son! He didn't even know when he had received any tribute from him!
However, judging from the looks in the eyes of the Vice Minister of Revenue and the others, he had inadvertently offended most of the court!
An afternoon slipped away amidst Chuanwen's revelations. Some were indignant, some were wiping away sweat, some were speechless, and some were happy. The one who was happy was Chuanwen!
They made it to a town before nightfall, thus avoiding having to spend the night in the wilderness.
Because the group was traveling incognito, they did not stay at a post station or visit the local county magistrate, but instead chose to stay at the largest inn in town.
However, after the group entered the inn, they found that the huge inn was hardly doing any business. Two waiters were idly swatting flies, and the owner was snoring loudly behind the counter.
Upon seeing them enter, the two waiters were taken aback for a moment, then beamed with joy and hurriedly came to greet them.
"Sir, would you like a meal or a room at the inn?"
"Please arrange some clean, superior rooms for us!"
Xu Wuyou took out a silver ingot and placed it on the counter. The waiter had already woken up the owner, who opened his eyes and saw the silver ingot. His eyes immediately narrowed into slits. "Oh! Please come in, sir!"
Xu Wuyou had initially worried that there wouldn't be enough room for all his group, but now, looking at the empty inn, he couldn't help but ask the owner, "There are quite a few people at the market, so why is business so slow here?"
"Oh dear, sir, you don't know, although there are many of you, you're all penniless bastards, how could you afford to stay at an inn!"
The innkeeper stuffed the silver into his pocket, grinning from ear to ear.
Xu Wuyou frowned at his vulgar language and disdain. The people in the market didn't all look poor, and there were quite a few traveling merchants passing by. It didn't seem like they couldn't afford to stay in an inn.
Xu Wuyou asked the innkeeper to prepare the meal first, then went to the emperor and quietly reported his thoughts, asking if the emperor wanted to change inns, as he felt there might be something wrong with this inn.
The emperor and his entourage also noticed the inn's desolation. Logically, an inn located in a bustling area should have had little business.
Although business was slow, there were still one or two customers. The emperor saw two or three customers coming down from the second floor to eat, who looked like passing merchants.
"Let's stay here."
The emperor said to Xu Wuyou, "Could there really be a black market inn in the middle of the city? Even if it is a black market inn, his guards are all experts from the palace, which is perfect for eliminating a scourge for the people."
Thinking this way, the emperor felt at ease, and even secretly hoped that the inn was a shady business. That way, in the future, it would be another inspiring story of ridding the people of a scourge!
Thanks to the owner's hospitality and the fact that there were few guests at the inn, the group quickly had their meal in the lobby.
However, Chuanwen then discovered why the inn was so desolate: [It turns out this inn is haunted!]
The Vice Minister of Works was a chubby man who hadn't eaten all afternoon and was starving. He was busy eating and didn't pay attention to Chuanwen's thoughts, so he quietly asked Zhao Dajia beside him, "What's going on?"
“It’s haunted.” Zhao Dajia explained to the Vice Minister of Works while eating as if nothing was wrong. The Vice Minister of Works nodded and said, “Oh, it’s haunted.”
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!!
The Vice Minister of Works, realizing what was happening, was so shocked he dropped his chopsticks. What was going on?!
He turned his head and stared at Zhao Dajia, wondering uncertainly if Zhao Dajia had just said something about ghosts? But looking at his calm appearance, it didn't seem like it!
The Vice Minister of Revenue next to Zhao Dajia moved closer to him and whispered, "Brother Zhao, let's share a room tonight. We can discuss the Ministry of Revenue's allocation of funds."
"Sure," Zhao Dajia readily agreed, and the Vice Minister of Revenue's pale face brightened a bit.
Vice Minister of Works: ? ? ?
The others at the table squeezed closer to Zhao Dajia, saying, "Hey, Brother Zhao, let's share a room tonight..."
Vice Minister of Works: ? ? ?
Two months ago, a traveling merchant died of illness at this inn. Ever since then, the people staying at the inn have been hearing noises in the middle of the night, and some have even seen dark shadows darting past their windows when they get up in the middle of the night. Anyway, no one dares to stay at this inn anymore; everyone says that the merchant's ghost felt his death was too tragic and stayed at the inn, unwilling to be reincarnated.
Reading these stories is like hearing ghost tales; it's giving me a bit of a chill. [Although civilized world values science, how can I be scientific after transmigrating into a book? If ghosts really exist, that's terrifying!]
Yeah, yeah, that's terrifying!
So hurry up and check out that script, is there really a ghost in this inn?
But Chuanwen's mouth watered as he looked at a plate of pork ribs. "Wow! It looks so delicious!"
emperor:......
Although everyone was listening intently to Chuanwen's next thoughts, Chuanwen was already focused on eating!
The emperor was starting to regret saying he wanted to stay at this inn. Could he change his mind now?
Several officials looked expectantly at the emperor, especially the Vice Minister of Works, who, having figured out what was going on at the inn, came over trembling and suggested that the emperor perhaps change inn.
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