Chapter 321: The Age of Odin
Haijiwei had already saved up a stomach of anger from Grace, but at this time, when he saw Zhu Tian's gloomy face, his mood was even worse.
Finally, he was the first to speak: "What? Are you here to represent the auction house?"
"I don't represent anyone, I only represent myself, and the gold coins you deducted belong to me!"
A gleam flashed in Baron Hydgwick's eyes, and he thought to himself, no wonder this kid has a bad aura in his body, it turns out that it is because of this, but where did a Yodelman get so many gold coins?" After all, 100,000 gold coins is not a small amount, and now on this continent, horse thieves are rampant, who knows if your gold coins were stolen and robbed. ”
100,000 gold coins?
Zhu Tian narrowed his eyes.
The owner of the auction house placed an order for a full 1 million gold coins, and after throwing away the 100,000 gold coins that were first delivered to the lumber yard, he still needed to transport at least 900,000 gold coins to Heping Town. So why did Baron Hydgwick say that he was deducting 100,000 gold coins?
At this time, there are two situations:
In the first case, the gold coins entered the town of peace in batches, and Baron Haijvi's guards happened to withhold only one batch of 900,000 gold coins.
In the second case, Baron Haijiwei withheld 900,000 gold coins, and only quoted the price of 100,000 gold coins, he just wanted to rely on his power to bully Zhu Tian!
If it's the first case, the matter is easy to solve. But if it's the second one, it shows that Baron Hydgwick is determined to get rid of his gold coins!
Zhu Tian most likely believed that it was the first case, because he had just heard all the conversations between Baron Hydwick and Grace through his spiritual power. Zhu Tian only now understood why Baron Hejvi had to make a deal with Grace.
If he had 900,000 gold coins, Baron Hygivi would not have had to compromise with Grace.
At this moment, no matter what the situation is, Zhu Tian doesn't care anymore. Ever since Baron Hydgwick and Mayor Grace decided to make a dirty deal, Zhu Tian had lost the most basic respect for this baron in his heart. He took something straight out of his bosom.
A piece of embroidery!
In front of Baron Hygivi, under the vigilant and puzzled gaze of the guards, he opened all the white background embroidery in his hand and showed it in front of Baron Hygvi.
Two steps away, Baron Hydvi awkwardly rose from the couch. "How can this embroidery end up in your hand?" he asked. "You were at the auction that day?"
At this moment, what Zhu Tian is holding in his hand is naturally the golden fragrant flower embroidery embroidered by Haysjia himself!
Although Zhu Tian was still locked up in the Tower of the Dead at that time, Pique had already explained all the details of the auction hall to him. "Of course, if I wasn't in the auction house at the time, how could I have this embroidery?" Zhu Tian said, "I want to show you this to tell you that I didn't just bet on the crash conference - 100,000 silver coins. I still have a lot of capital. You may remember the first noble cane to be sold for 2,000 gold coins at the auction house, and it was my work. I can make hundreds of noble canes a day if I want. Well, it's this aristocratic cane. Zhu Tian put the embroidery into his arms. He tapped the noble cane in his own hand on the carpet.
Zhu Tian's words have cleverly explained his source of capital. If Baron Haijiwei hadn't deliberately embarrassed, he should have returned the 100,000 gold coins that belonged to Zhu Tian at this time. But...... "Can you apply to the mayor of the town for a license to operate an industry?" and "Can you pay the tax on the sale of luxury goods?" Baron Hajvi spread out his hand and pointed out one finger at a time. "Do you have any application for the Yodelman's unique management rights?Do you have the letter of guarantee that the Yodelmen need to deliver to the lord of the realm?Oh, you don't have anything on your face, what are you going to talk to me about?"
"Do I have to let you open a qualification certificate before I sell a roasted sweet potato?" Zhu Tian's eyes kept narrowing.
"Young man, you must understand that you are not selling roasted sweet potatoes, but luxury goods worth thousands of gold coins!" At this time, a servant brought a cup of hot tea and placed it in front of Baron Hajvi. "The law of the kingdom requires that the sale of luxury goods must be subject to 10 percent income tax!"
The Law of the Kingdom...... The Law of the Kingdom......
At this moment, Zhu Tian's mind was only left with the picture of Baron Hydwick and Mayor Grace's money and power transaction. "So," he said, "are the laws of the kingdom only for us commoners, and the nobles are not to obey?" he sat up from the upholstery sofa and leaned forward slowly.
The blue and black eyes flashed with an oppressive light in front of Hygivi, and at this moment, Baron Hygivi felt that what he wanted in his heart was clearly detected by the other party. "The nobles must also obey the laws of the kingdom!" he said a little weakly, "and those who violate the laws of the kingdom will be punished." ”
"Where's Grace?" the corners of Zhu Tian's mouth drew an evil arc. "Commoners and nobles alike need to obey the laws of the kingdom, and can our mayor stand outside the law?"
Baron Hydgwick was silent, and after a dozen seconds, his body slowly leaned forward. The golden pupils were at the same level as the blue and black pupils, which was the closest the two men had ever been. "Young man, you are really getting more and more amazing!" Baron Haijvi looked at him deeply, and said word by word, "What do you know?" He picked up the teacup on the table in front of him, and after taking a sip, he looked at Zhu Tian's different pupils, and he unconsciously took another sip.
Zhu Tian spread his hands like that, and his tone was ethereal and leisurely: "I know everything! I know everything you know, and I know everything you don't know! Are you still satisfied with this answer?"
Baron Hajvi put down the empty cup in his hand, sneered, and said, "You are so arrogant, young man! It is undeniable that my daughter is very happy with you, and you seem to have brought her a lot of amusements. But, from this day forward, I'm going to forbid her to see you again. Oh I forgot, you're a yodelman, and you've rarely had a chance to meet her. ”
This was not the first time Baron Hajdwick had mentioned the word Joelman, and Zhu Tian clearly felt the contempt in his tone. Also, when Baron Haijivi said the last sentence, Zhu Tian felt a sense of tension in his body again. He knew it was a reaction from Pique.
Zhu Tian was silent, he was waiting for Pique to calm down, waiting for the tightness in his body to disappear.
"One hundred thousand gold coins, this should not be the amount of property that an ordinary yodelman can own, when you walk into this castle, I can arrest you in the name of investigation!" Baron Hajvi changed the subject, "You say you know everything, but do you know your results today? I can tell you that from me, at least today, you can't take those 100,000 gold coins with you!"
"Why don't you speak, young man? Don't you know everything? Hmm? Look at the oil paintings of the people hanging around here, do you know the great feats of the founding of the country? How many years do you know the history of the kingdom of Jodelman? Do you know that you are in the Odin era at this time? More than two hundred years ago, the Odin Iron Horse swept across the continent, and His Majesty the great Arker opened up the real Odin era. From that moment on, all the people on this continent will obey the laws of the kingdom established by the Odin!"
"Boy, I remind you, you are surviving in an Odin era!"
Without giving Zhu Tian any chance to refute, Baron Haijiwei, who was dressed in a black and red striped robe, quickly got up from the sofa, walked like a ruler of nobles, and left here with the middle-aged attendant guarding the door.
Zhu Tian was still sitting there, his eyes flickering brightly and darkly, as if he was in deep thought.
"Sir, you should get out of here at this time. The guard who was guarding the side didn't know why, and his tone of voice was a little soothing. "You need to prepare the things that Baron Hydgwick wants, those business rights and so on, pay the taxes on luxury goods, and then come here to withdraw 100,000 gold coins. ”
Finally, Zhu Tian got up from the sofa and walked quickly towards the door, he walked out of the silver-inlaid wooden door painted with golden eyes.
The guards did their duty, and they only took a breath of time to slow down, and followed Zhu Tian out. But when he walked out of the wooden door of the living room, a hesitant expression immediately appeared on his face. "Sir, where have you been?" he looked around, and could still find the figure of the blue hat. "Please leave the castle with me!" he shouted into the air, but no one responded.
Following the way he came, he hurried out of the castle and ran straight out of the castle, but he still didn't see the blue hat!
Finally, he realizes that something is wrong!
"Lord Baron," the panting guard came to a large, bright bedroom. He bowed his head, not daring to look directly into the Baron's gaze. "My lord, the Yodelman is missing. ”
"What does it mean to be missing?" Baron Hydgwick glanced at the guard suspiciously, then lowered his head and began to examine the documents in his hand. "What does it matter to me if he's missing?"
"My lord, I mean he disappeared in our castle. The guard swallowed a mouthful of saliva with his head down, glancing upwards. "When I first walked out of the reception room, I never saw him again. ”
The indifferent gaze began to slowly move away from the document and landed on the guard. "How many years have you been with me?" asked Baron Hygivi in a deep voice.
"My lord, I've been with you for ten years. I came up from a horse boy. The guard replied with a nervous face.
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, you've passed the basic qualification test for knighthood, and in another year, you'll be able to get the knight's qualification. ”
"Yes, sir. ”
"Do you remember what the basic rules of a knight were?"
The guard was stunned for a moment, and recited word by word: "Loyalty, bravery, dedication, trustworthiness, wisdom, ......"
"Stop!" interrupted Baron Hydwick, "where is your wisdom?"
The guard was confused, and two questioning eyes stared blankly at Baron Hygivi.
"Don't you understand?" Baron Hydgwick suddenly raised his voice and asked in a shrill voice, "You don't know what the purpose of that kid is here? You've been standing in the reception room the whole time, and you don't know what he wants?"
"Gold, my lord, it's gold! He wants gold. The guard had a flash of inspiration.
"Why don't you go to the vault and show me around!?"
"Yes, sir!"
The guard strode out.
Baron Hydgvi exhaled heavily. At this time, two images flashed in his mind:
The first picture is of the blue hat at the banquet of his baby daughter, Haysja, who is loudly helping him raise the price. Thinking of this picture, he couldn't help but start to reflect on himself, did he do something wrong?
I didn't do anything wrong......
Baron Hydgwick closed his eyes and began to enter the second image in his mind: this image had happened half an hour ago, it was a meeting room, it was a pair of different colored eyes, blue distant and pure, black deep mixed with indifference. It was as if there were two different emotions in his eyes. Moreover, these two emotions are deeply contradictory! At a certain moment, when you look at those different eyes, you can feel the gentle and peaceful temperament on his body, but sometimes, it makes people feel cold!
It's a weird guy!
Baron Hejvi made such a judgment about the young man in the blue hat. He secretly decided that when the matter here was over, he must quickly send someone to take Hasjia's mother and daughter out of here.
Baron Hejvi shook his head and let out a deep sigh. Then I saw the guards running back in a panic.
When the messy footsteps quickly paced in front of him, I don't know why, his heart suddenly became tense!
"Your Excellency!" the guard shouted with shock and sweat on his face, "All the gold coins in our vault are gone!"