Chapter 52: The Plague—Luxury, the Speechless
Nango.
The attendants paced through the solemn and majestic palace, all dressed in gorgeous black silk tunics, and the edges of their boots were inlaid with valuable gold threads, and it was not difficult to see how rich the master was from the clothes of the attendants. In the center of the main hall a group of people dressed in fine costumes sit around a table made of pure gold and intricately carved stones, and the attendants pour the wines of the palace for each guest, and the servants come to them at the beckoning of the seated people.
Underneath the main hall is a huge air supply device, and in the summer the servants will put tons of ice into the device and inflate the air into the main hall, so that no matter how hot it is outside, the inside of the hall will always be cool. In order to prevent the guests in the hall from being distracted by the smell of smoke produced by the combustion, the hall also specially arranged for some people to hold a large feather fan full of peacock feathers, and whenever the guests felt a peculiar smell, they would fan the feather fan to let the gas circulate in the house.
The attendants poured wine or served the meal very quickly, because they knew that if they stayed too long, they would definitely cause the displeasure of the guests, and the people who sat at the table and enjoyed the food ate by themselves, and no one cared about the busy attendants, they only had to be responsible for eating, anyway, when they were about to finish eating, the attendants would serve different dishes one after another.
At this time, the person sitting in the main seat suddenly sneezed, and all the guests who were seated immediately stopped eating after hearing the noise, and looked at the person in the main seat in unison, and after confirming that it was just a simple sneeze, the guests continued to enjoy the food on the table. Unlike these people, who only knew how to eat, the man kept an eye on the busy attendants in the temple, especially those who were wiping down their precious treasures. Every piece of treasure there is priceless, any one can be worth a year's tax in any place in the Great Liang, and the most popular one is the sword inlaid with gems, the sword body is made of Xuanjing, and the eight blood crystals on the hilt are all refined with the essence of the immortals, each of which has a history of millions of years, and this sword is not only gorgeous in appearance, but also extraordinary in power, even compared with the legendary fairy sword.
It may be that the person who felt that the banquet was too boring slowly got up and walked towards the outside of the hall, and the attendant at the door immediately pushed open the door of the palace for him, he walked out of the hall and looked at the scenery under his feet, the second largest city in the world and the great river where the ancestors originated, the luxury of the main hall, the gorgeous clothes worn by the attendants, the incense of the Western Regions, the gorgeous sword and the treasures in the palace, all of which could not represent the power and wealth he had. Except for the Ninety-Five Emperor in Zhongdu, the most powerful and richest person in the entire Great Liang is him, the lord of the Southern Emperor, Xiao Guang.
The attendants who cleaned up the hiding things did not relax because their master turned his back, because they knew that if Xiao Guang found that there was a little dust that had defiled his hides, he would definitely drive all of them out of the palace, and once they were driven out of the palace, no one in the entire southern palace would be willing to hire them, and without work, they would only starve to death or freeze to death on the streets. For Xiao Guang, the death of a few attendants is simply too small a matter to be small, and if one group dies, another group of people will come in to serve him.
Soon Xiao Guang got tired of the scenery outside, he smoothed out his clothes with his hands full of jewels, and turned back to the hall. Xiao Guang noticed that his subordinates seemed to be discussing something, so he returned to the upper seat with great interest and sat down to take advantage of this to pass the time.
The people around the table were dressed in sumptuous costumes that showed off their wealth, black embroidery and satin, solemn prints, long sleeves full of gold threads, and rings made of gold and gemstones, all telling others how rich they were. The fur suit worn by the Southern Imperial Prime Minister Huo Boyu is made of the fur of the thousand-year-old snow fox, the snow fox is rare, let alone the thousand-year-old snow fox, Huo Boyu spent 20,000 gold on such a fur suit, hired hundreds of good hands, and it took half a year to catch such a thousand-year-old snow fox. And as Huo Boyo's sworn enemy of the Southern Imperial General Han Cheng has been trying to find something strange to overshadow his limelight after learning that Huo Boyo has obtained this treasure, and then Han Cheng heard that there is a dragon in the river that is almost 10,000 years old and immediately mobilized his ships to capture, and finally killed the dragon after paying the price of ten heavy warships, after killing the dragon, Han Cheng ordered people to peel off its skin and make a pair of boots, and he also made a close-fitting armor from the dragon's natal dragon scales, which is not only beautiful and practical, Even the Nine Realms cultivators couldn't penetrate it with a single blow.
However, not everyone is as extravagant as these two, Wu Guogong Qian Xingwen is an exception, Qian Xingwen is not from a high background, and his ancestors all made a living from farming, because of his background, this Wu Guogong has always been very frugal, even after becoming a national prince, he only wears some clothes worn by ordinary people on weekdays, Qian Xingwen's family of ten people is still crowded into a small house, so he has been ridiculed by Nanyu officials, Xiao Guang also dislikes this incompatible guy, However, because of Qian Xingwen's identity as the Duke of Guogong and the great military exploits he made back then, he did not point it out in person.
If Qian Xingwen is out of place because of frugality, then the reason why Feng Rui, the Duke of Min, is unpopular is because his style is too rough, his long hair and beard that has not been trimmed make him look no different from a savage, and wearing clothes in the style of the northern tribes makes him look even more savage, as a king who likes elegance and luxury, Xiao Guang is extremely dissatisfied with this barbarian, thinking that his usual behavior is to provoke his majesty.
Although these people all had something that displeased him, he could barely find some advantages, and compared to these people, the guy on the other end of the long table was really uncomfortable for him. Being able to sit opposite Xiao Guang is naturally not a simple role, I saw that the person was wearing a black cloak, and he was also wearing a set of red gold armor inside the cloak, and the word wordless printed on the armor was enough to explain his identity, he was the leader of the Speechless People sent by the emperor to Xiao Guang's side, Yun. The speechless person is like the emperor's eyes, no matter what Xiao Guang did in the palace, the emperor in the far middle capital will know, if Xiao Guang has done some things, the emperor will send a letter to warn him, but everyone in the world knows that the emperor is impossible to do with Xiao Guang, if the emperor is really ruthless, then the one in the eastern capital has already been cut I don't know how many times.
If the Speechless Man is just an emperor's loyal dog, Xiao Guang naturally doesn't care, but the other identity of the Speechless Man needs to be paid attention to. The organization of the Silent One was first created by the founding emperor of the previous dynasty, Emperor Liyang, the reason why Emperor Liyang established such an organization was to better monitor the sects and religions scattered in the south, but with the death of Emperor Liyang, the central government's control over the silent people became weaker and weaker, and when the third generation of emperors left the dynasty, the country had already been separated due to internal and external troubles, and the leader of the Silent People at that time immediately announced that the Silent People would leave the empire, and the Speechless People did not develop in the direction of the kingdom after leaving the empire. Instead, they chose the direction of religion and underground organizations, and the gods they believed in were called the Holy Lords, and the leaders of the Silent claimed to be God's agents on earth.
After more than two thousand years of operation, the scale of the Silent Silent has now reached an unimaginable level, it can be said that they exist anywhere in the south, and no one dares to touch the interests of these guys, because the best thing these guys are at is assassination, Xiao Guang looked at the cloud who was closing his eyes and recuperating and felt uncomfortable, Xiao Guang knew that even if this guy didn't say a word, his subordinates would continue to carry out his will.