Chapter 290

Du Wei's sad face made him feel confused.

If there is nothing to pay attention to, it's either cheating or stealing! Prince Chen had already paid back his credit in Northwest China. He was in charge of the negotiation with the grassland people, and he got a lot of benefits. There are also 20000 cavalry, and they get 6000 elite. These have already been regarded as the credit to myself.

But today, as soon as I returned to the imperial capital, I came here... His Highness Prince Chen, he

Well, yes!

Duvier's eyebrows!

The Regent has given himself such a big face. Well, when he asked for something, he was embarrassed to refute his face! This guy... I'm engaged. He doesn't want to marry me, does he?

If it wasn't for marriage, what would he ask for?

Du Wei thought for a long time, but he couldn't get to the point. He didn't think about it at all. Anyway, he had already returned to the imperial capital. The next step was to go step by step. The soldiers came to block it, and the water came and the soil flooded it.

All night long. Last night, Duwei figured out what the prince Chen had in mind. Of course, the carrot was eaten, and then it was time to drop the stick. Duwei didn't have the habit of looking for guilt himself. Since he knew that the other party was going to drop the stick, Duwei certainly wouldn't take the initiative to send it to the door, so he just waited for the regent to summon him.

Originally, Dewey's real estate industry was on the most prosperous street in the imperial capital. The imperial capital is the most prosperous city in the mainland. Its commerce is extremely developed. In particular, the five or six intersecting streets in the center of the city form a business circle similar to Duwei's previous world. Various businesses, shops, hotels and hotels gather here. There are also more than a dozen business groups from the south to the north, which is the most prosperous.

Duwei's original business was on one of the streets here. After two years of operation by little Zach, the scale of Duwei's business has more than tripled. Duwei's business has taken down the left and right sides of the original shop, and even bought two local hotels on this street. The scale of Duwei's business has become one.

Duwei went out light, and without any ostentation, he rode on horseback, with several bodyguards around. Strolling all the way to the most prosperous area of the imperial capital, it's quite leisurely. The place is prosperous, so there are many people on the street. However, from a long distance, everyone saw that Du Wei and his party were dressed in gorgeous clothes with extraordinary momentum, followed by those powerful bodyguards, and ordinary people did not dare to get close to Du Wei. So Dewey came all the way. There was no crowding.

When he finally got to the tulip Industry Street, Duwei found that he had done a good job in the past year and a half since he left the imperial capital. Almost half of such a long street had become the tulip industry.

From a long distance, I saw the shop where I started. The size of the gate was three times larger, and the gate was very magnificent. Even the car parking area nearby has been expanded a lot. Although it was early in the morning, I saw a few gorgeous carriages parked there from a long distance. It was obvious that there was business in the early morning.

Duwei came to the door and dismounted. Someone who had known Duwei quickly met him. There are many new people in this shop, but who can't guess Du Wei's identity after seeing Du Wei's dress and posture? One by one, they all quickly saluted each other. Dewey went in by himself. It seemed that all the way. The layout here is very different from that when I left. The waiters' clothes and manners are obviously strictly trained. Although their arrival caused some shock, they were not surprised. Most of them were polite to themselves. They were all busy, and they didn't mess up their duties.

After seeing the little Zach, Dewey almost didn't laugh. I haven't seen you for more than a year. This guy, who looked like a macaque, was picked up by himself. He was wearing a white fur robe, which was obviously from the northern frozen forest. Although he was a little ugly, he was also very energetic after dressing up, and his behavior was less frivolous and more stable.

I think of the scene when I met this guy and he secretly recommended the "golden service package" to me. Dewey couldn't help laughing.

"My boss, I haven't seen you for more than a year. You look very energetic!" Little Zach looked worried, not as free and easy as he used to be. Dewey glanced at him, walked inside, looked at the room, and said with a smile, "Dear Zach. You look great, too. For more than a year. You've done a good job. I'm satisfied. "

Zach was originally a man that Dewey had picked up from the grassroots. Although these days I have been living in the circles of the powerful and the dignitaries with more standard manners, I still show my true colors in private. Today, however, this guy looks miserable. His brows are full of worry and his behavior is more respectful. He says with a sad face: "my boss, don't laugh... After a while, maybe you will slap the table and curse people. Let's talk first. After a while, you are not allowed to hit me on the board! Don't cut me with a knife

With that, he seemed to subconsciously look around. Du Wei swept the room and found that there wasn't even a knife here. He even put away the knife which was used to cut fruit on the table.

Dewey frowned: "come on, what's the matter? You have such a big shelf now. I'm the boss who came to see you

"I can't leave." Zach blinked: "you see, there's a big event at noon today. I'd like to see you last night... But... Alas, I can't say one or two words clearly. Please sit down and listen to me slowly. Just please calm down and don't be angry with me later. "

When he finished talking and laughing, his face sank, then he came over and said in a low voice: "my Duke... It's a good time for you to come back. These two days, there's a lot of noise in the imperial capital. No, I just got some rare goods recently, and I'm going to auction them here. The news has been sent out. As a result, the admission tickets of our auction house have already been sold to 100 gold coins! In particular, a few VIP tickets are even more smashed. I'm afraid there's no such number on the market outside. You can't even get one. " With that, Zach held out a slap and five fingers.

"Five hundred gold coins?"

"Five thousand!" Little Zach rolled his eyes.

Dewey was taken aback.

Duwei made some rules for the auction of this kind of thing. Then little Zach, with his intelligence, started to sell some rare goods in the imperial capital. If they were released, the dignitaries in the imperial capital would buy this and that. Everyone has a bright future, but after all, there are only one or two limited items. It's not good to refuse them. Simply use the auction rules. The one with the highest price will get it. In this way, it will not offend people. Moreover, these rich and powerful people will often pay several times the price for face when they compete for the price at the auction. Make little Zach laugh.

And the auction of this strange thing is also very popular in the imperial capital. Often a rare goods, news spread, tulip home auction tickets will be high price.

But

"What strange treasure did you make this time? Why did the admission price get so high?" Dewey frowned.

Little Zach shook his head: "the items at this auction are valuable, but it's absolutely impossible to make such a noise. Just because, this time, we're in the auction. One thing is not our own, but someone else sent it here for auction. The business belongs to business. Since this year, I have ordered the auction house to accept the auction products deposited here. According to the rules, we can draw 1.5% from the final auction income, and the business is very profitable. It's just that this time there's trouble. "

"What on earth is it?"

Listen to Dewey's question. Little Zach's face became strange, with a wry smile on his face, and he whispered, "what's on sale... Is not something, but a promise!"

"Commitment?" Dewey frowned.

Little Zach sighed: "this matter has been spread out suddenly in recent days. I wanted to inform you as soon as I got the news. But you are already on the way. Although I sent someone to look for you on the way, I think I missed it on the way. I wanted to see you last night, but when you came back last night. More than a dozen big people went to meet you, and then accompanied you back together. So many outsiders were present, and it was not easy for me to talk to you about it. We have to wait until this morning... "

Dewey shook his head: "no need to explain, you quickly say, in the end what happened?"

Small Zach wry smile: "things, but also from ten days ago..."

Then, Dewey listened to Zach's story. The more you listen, the more you frown.

It turned out that ten days ago, little Zach had already released the news, ready to hold a January auction.

At that time, something happened.

It turned out that this winter, a province in the south of the Empire was suddenly hit by snow. The climate of the mainland was cold in the north and hot in the south, and there was little snow in the south. It's snowy in winter in the south. Of course, it is abnormal, but it is not without precedent. It was snowstorm. This matter is not big or small. Naturally, the imperial government had a finance department in charge of disaster relief.

However, it happens that once a year, the bishop of the eight major dioceses of the temple of light returns to the temple of the emperor to report his duties. It is said that his holiness, who has been living in seclusion for many years, heard that the southern province suffered from the snow disaster and the believers in the diocese were living in hardship. His holiness, who is compassionate, immediately issued a decree, exempting the diocese from the religious tax and contribution tax for one year.

This matter is not big or small. However, his Majesty the Pope made such a good move. Many powerful and powerful religious families also came to make fun of it, and many nobles donated their belongings one after another.

After several days in the imperial capital, there was an embarrassing situation: in the temple, at the call of the Pope, millions of gold coins were raised. First, the appeal of the Pope is strong, and the efforts of the following rich believers... Second, I'm afraid there are still some people behind it.

At this time, a malicious rumor suddenly appeared in the imperial capital, saying that it was the Regent who ordered the financial secretary to raise more than 30 gold coins for disaster relief. At the Pope's command, he got three million. It can be seen that the prestige of the Pope is much higher than that of his Royal Highness The Regent.

In this, there is a sense that the divine power and the imperial power compare with each other in terms of appeal and prestige.

Such rumors naturally have ulterior motives. But the reality in front of us is that theocracy seems to have surpassed imperial power.

For a moment, the prestige of the temple was naturally high, and the Regent seemed to be a little shameless.

There has been a long-standing struggle between the imperial family and the temple. This time, the Pope's high-profile behavior is not in line with the mysterious old man's low-key style of living in seclusion over the years.

After all, everyone in the imperial circle is old-fashioned, and many people smell it.

However, in this competition, the Regent seems to be very low-key, did not compete with the temple for anything, outside the uproar, the royal family also kept silent.

Originally. According to the normal track, there are such rumors in the market. If those powerful people are smart, they will not continue to pay for the temple. Otherwise, the more money the temple raises, isn't it a blow to the Regent's face?

But it's weird when it comes to this!

After that rumor came out. Originally, the place of collecting materials in the temple could be said to be "lively", but this rumor is so noisy that the number of people who donate money is not small, but it has increased overnight!

This phenomenon is extremely abnormal!

It is said that in those days, outside the temple, people came to donate money at the call of his holiness. Almost two blocks in line! The crowd surged, and even the temple sent the Holy Knights to maintain order!

In less than two days, the original amount of three million gold coins doubled!

In this way, everyone was amazed at the appeal of his holiness. On the other hand, it seems that the Regent of the royal family is a little bit... Gloomy.

"Are these rich people in the imperial capital blind, deaf and stupid?" Du Wei frowned: "it's obvious that someone is boosting the flames. It's obvious that he is supporting the Pope, but it's secretly damaging the Regent's face! It's already obvious. Are these rich people in the imperial capital not afraid to offend the royal family? How dare you join in such a bustle? "

Little Zach shook his head: "my Duke... You are wrong! Strangely enough, most of the people who went to the temple to donate money were not rich people in the imperial capital. I've sent someone to inquire about it. Most of them speak foreign accents. It seems that they are all from the south. I don't know why so many southerners have come to the imperial capital recently. It seems that these people have brought huge sums of money. He came to the imperial capital and left after donating money. It's obvious that he is deliberately saving the face of the royal family. "

"Southerners?" Du Wei sneered: "how come so many rich businessmen from the south come to donate money? Obviously someone organized it on purpose! "

"That's right." Small Zach said with a smile: "you are back two days late. If you come back two days earlier, you can see the excitement. A few days ago, there were a lot of people outside the temple!"

Dewey shook his head and asked, "what about the royal family? How did the royal family react? "

"No response. That's why it's strange. " Little Zach said with a wry smile, "this is not the case. Even an idiot can see that it is the temple that provokes the royal family again. It's so obvious. It's really not consistent with the composure shown by his holiness over the years! But strangely, our Regent never said a word and didn't respond to this. And

"And what?"

"Besides, don't you find it strange? If you want to say more than money, is the Regent afraid of the temple here? If you don't say anything else, it's nothing to let the two of them throw millions of gold coins casually, isn't it? If the royal family wants to fight, millions of gold coins can still be taken out. But it's strange that the Regent doesn't speak, and so do the rich men of his Highness's faction. "

Dewey was full of doubts.

This thing is so obvious... If it is a conspiracy against the royal family, then the conspiracy is a bit clumsy. Temple of light, well, why do you suddenly use this thing to attack the royal family? It seems that his holiness does not need to challenge the Regent's authority suddenly, does it?

Well... People from the South

Did the Yemenis do it?

But what did Yemeni do for? What's the advantage of provoking the royal family and deliberately releasing that kind of rumor besides offending the royal family?

Du Wei put these questions aside and said, "well, what does this have to do with today's auction?"

"Just two days ago, someone came to us and sent us a lot." Zach's face was very ugly: "guess who sent this auction?"

"... who?"

"Temple!" Zach's face was bitter: "Lord judge of the temple, I came here personally and sent a decree signed by his holiness! This decree is stored here. This decree is one of the products of this auction! For the sake of this auction, the emperor has already turned the sky in the past two days!

The decree of his holiness is very clear. If this item is put up for auction here, the one with the highest price will get it! All the money from the auction will be used for relief in the south. The purpose of the auction is a promise signed by the Pope: no matter who gets the promise, the person who gets it. If there is a child, his holiness promises to baptize him personally, and accept him as his own Godson and Godfather himself! No matter what the other party's status, this promise is valid! "

Even Dewey couldn't sit still.

Does the Pope personally preside over the baptism? What kind of treatment is this?

Your majesty, the Pope of every generation, will never baptize any ordinary people!! The only one who can enjoy the baptism personally presided over by the Pope. Only the emperor of the Empire! The only emperor!

Roland Empire has been established for more than 960 years, and the temple of light has been established for 960 years. This example has never been broken! Absolutely not allowed to be broken!

Even... In a way, it almost becomes the standard of whether an emperor has legitimacy!

Unconsciously, people even set up such a concept: if there is no Pope to preside over the baptism, then the emperor is not legal!

On the contrary, as the Supreme Master of the temple of light, the pope must not be baptized casually!

This is the iron law!!

"Is your Majesty the Pope crazy?" Dewey jumped up abruptly: "what's wrong with this old man?"

This is provocation! Naked provocation! Provocation to imperial power!!

Dewey was pale. Suddenly staring at Zach, he said angrily, "are you stupid, too! You dare to take this kind of thing! "

Zach's face changed color and exclaimed, "my God! My Duke! I'm not a fool, Zach! Do you think I don't know the weight of this kind of thing? Do you think I dare to take it? But the problem is, that day the chief judge of the temple came in person with the Pope's decree. Standing in front of me, facing the Pope's decree, how can I say "no" to my face?? I'm not you. You're the Duke. But I'm just a little manager. How can I refuse the edict written by the Pope himself? How can I refuse? If you don't, you have to! "

Dewey thought about it, indeed... In the face of the Pope's edict, it's really hard to refuse. I'm afraid it's even his own, if the Pope himself made any will. You can't refuse it face to face. At most, you can't say no face to face.

On the whole continent, who can say "no" to his majesty??

"Again." Zach said bitterly: "after receiving this, I immediately sent someone out of the imperial capital. At that time, you should have been on your way to the imperial capital! I'll send someone to see you on the way... Haven't you met? "

Dewey's heart became more and more gloomy. Count the days. Two days ago?

Well, that's exactly what happened after he saved maximus on the river! Is it the Yemenis?

"The messenger you sent me. I didn't meet him He quickly asked: "what about Prince Chen? What did the Regent say when he heard the news? "

Zach looked strange, and then said with a bitter smile, "just last night, I was going to see you in the middle of the night... But just in the middle of the night, a royal envoy came to the palace, found me face to face, and gave me a personal order from the Regent, and then..."

"And then what?"

"And then take away the auction, which is the Pope's personal promise."

Dewey heard this as if he had been punched in the face. He said angrily, "take it away?"

He came up in anger and slapped the table. With a slap, he jumped up and said angrily, "Zach! How can you tell me such an important thing now!! Why didn't you come and tell me last night

"I would like to." Zach shook his head: "yesterday, someone came to the court and held me down here. I was about to go out to see you. An emissary came to the court and directly came to see me without informing me. Then two emissaries, one of whom was a court magician, stood beside me and stared at me all the time!! I'm not allowed to tell you... Where can I get away? Don't say I slipped away. A magician sat beside me all night. His eyes didn't leave me for half a while. Even when he went to the toilet, someone followed me! Even if I want to send someone out secretly... They won't let me talk to anyone! I can't even send someone to deliver the letter to you! "

Duwei nodded. He was a little strange in his heart. How could his master return to the imperial capital. Zach, as his number one manager in the imperial capital, didn't show up all night and didn't go to meet him.

"It was not until this morning that the court told me that they could send someone to invite you. I don't know what the Regent is up to. I'll have to send someone to the Duke's house to invite you. Just now, the palace people were still here! But as soon as they left, you came back. I guess it's mostly because they have people on the street watching all the time. "

There was a pause. Zach said with a bitter smile: "I sent someone to inform you two days ago. I want to inform you of this important matter. The people I sent to go up the canal can always meet you. But on the way, you didn't meet the person I sent to deliver the letter. Most of them were the people I sent to deliver the letter, and they were intercepted. It's just that I can't guess whether the interceptor is a royal family or a temple. "

Dewey calmed down little by little. It seems that Prince Chen did it intentionally. Your highness. I blocked the news on purpose and didn't let myself know these things all the way. I didn't know until I returned to the imperial capital... What's the purpose? When I arrived at the capital last night, I met my count of villa. I didn't say a word. Obviously also got the Chen Prince's instruction! His highness deliberately let himself go to the imperial capital. This morning, he suddenly knew about this event... For what? A surprise attack? So what's the point? "I'm the landlord," Zach said with a wry smile as duvey fell into a deep meditation. Now, instead of thinking about these problems, the urgent problem is... The auction will be held at noon soon! But the prince Chen sent someone to take it last night! We will be empty handed in the auction. What should we do? Your highness Chen, did you deliberately punish you? " Du Wei frowns... Does Prince Chen deliberately punish himself? I don't think so. After all, when he came back last night, he showed his kindness in every way. It's a triumphant welcome and a gift for the old house. There's no reason to frame yourself up today. Took the Pope's own edict. It's in the royal family's interest to let the auction fail, but there's no reason to embarrass yourself, right? With a long sigh, Dewey finally cleared up his mind: "I see..." he rubbed the muscles on his face, but sighed: "Your Highness's meaning is very obvious... He deliberately sent someone to take this thing from you before the auction, but he didn't want to let the auction fall into anyone's hands! What he meant was obvious: make sure it doesn't fall into anyone's hands! Don't let the promise of the Pope come true to anyone“ So what do we do? After a while, when the auction place... "This is for us to think of our own way." Du Wei sighed: "well, the only way is... We'll pay for it ourselves! In the auction, no matter how high the price is. No matter how much it costs. We all have to pay to buy it on the spot! " Damn, at your own auction house. Zach was a little stunned, but he was also a smart man. His eyes lit up: "I see! That must be what the Regent meant! However, why didn't he discuss this matter with you before doing it? But he took the things away first, and didn't send someone to watch me. I didn't let you know... "He didn't give me a chance to play tricks. Du Wei snorted and sneered in his heart: the prince Chen seems to know himself very well. He worries that he is not willing to do this kind of thing, so he just takes it away first! Force yourself to do it! Chen prince took away the Pope's decree, is absolutely will not admit that he took! If someone else auctions something at auction and fails to take out the goods, he will be charged with "losing the papal decree". In order not to bear the charge, we can only take pictures of things by ourselves! But as a result, Dewey himself became the first bird to get the promise of the pope! In Duwei's style, he would never stand on the top of the storm! So Prince Chen, the Regent, did not do it at all. He forced himself to do it first and then! Duwei sighed in his heart: last night, he was still worried that if he ate the carrot, he didn't know what big stick would fall. Today, it seems that... It's not easy to play with this stick!