Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 106 Ownership of the estate
A year ago, during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition.

During the monthly routine inspection of the national treasury, the chief financial officer of the palace discovered that the national treasure, the Hanhai Qiankunzhao, which should have been displayed on the central altar in the central collection room of the national treasury, had disappeared and was mysteriously stolen.

There were no traces of the theft at the scene except for a dozen golden particles under the altar.

Since this matter concerned the dignity of the royal family, the chief financial officer did not make a big fuss about it, but reported the matter to Emperor Xue Ye in silence.

After learning that the national treasure was stolen, Emperor Xue Ye was shocked and angry. He also ordered Prince Xue Xing and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to investigate the matter and bring the thief to justice.

Therefore, currently the only four people in the entire royal family who know about the theft in the national treasury are Emperor Xue Ye, the palace chief financial officer, Prince Xue Xing, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

The only clue to the case was a dozen golden particles left at the crime scene. Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe searched for more than a year based on this single clue, but they still found nothing.

Not to mention the progress of the case, they couldn't even figure out what those golden particles were.

There is no way, the Dragon Beard Needle is a rare crystal that can only be formed in the plate crystal hair crystal, and only blacksmiths above the master level know it.

In today's era, blacksmiths have a low status, and master-level blacksmiths are basically concentrated in Gengxin City.

Even if Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe took the golden particles to Tiandou City and asked the blacksmith what it was, ordinary blacksmiths would not be able to recognize the source of the golden particles.

……

Looking at the golden particles of Sarath's footsteps, Xue Qinghe's eyes flashed with surprise, and he thought:

"Interesting. I never thought that the person who stole the national treasure would be Tang San."

"But how did he do it? He was able to get past the many anti-theft barriers of the treasury and steal the national treasure quietly."

"Also, what was Tang San's motive for stealing the national treasure? I have been lurking in the Xue family for so many years, and I only know that the thing is very valuable, but I have no idea what its specific use is."

Xue Xing looked at the scene in front of him, and many possibilities suddenly popped up in his mind, but he and Xue Qinghe thought the same thing. They both believed that Tang San was the mysterious thief who stole the national treasure.

However, it was impossible for the royal family to make public the scandal of the theft of the national treasure, and Tang San's identity was quite special.

Therefore, the uncle and nephew actually reached a tacit agreement on the same thing, which was to tell Xue Ye about the matter after returning and let him decide how to deal with it.

However, the occurrence of this incident meant that Tang San could not possibly marry Xue Ke, and the relationship between the royal family and the Tang Clan would not be too close.

So, Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe sat back in their seats tacitly, ignoring what was happening and letting it develop.

Ning Fengzhi noticed this change and immediately cast his sharp eyes on the golden particles that caused this change. A trace of sadness flashed across his face, and he thought:

"It's really a turbulent time, and this is another unexpected thing that happened."

"What's going on lately? Why are all these things beyond my expectations?"

"The storm is coming, and the water is turbulent. Is this continent going to change?"

"If the world really changes, what will happen to our Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect?"

the other side.

Sarath was in a dilemma at the moment.

Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe's sudden indifference towards Tang San made him confused and at a loss for what to do for a moment.

"Damn it, why don't they all play by the rules?"

"If you, the royal family, don't come to smooth things over, how can I get out of this situation? You think I dare not kill Tang San, right?"

In the end, Salas had to use his soul power to control Tang San's body and forced him to kowtow to him three times, using this method to maintain his face.

"A great man should not bear grudges against a small man. This bishop is magnanimous. Today I will ask you to kowtow to me three times as a punishment."

"If you do it again next time, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Hmph! Let's go!"

After saying that, Sarath led his entourage away.

After Sarath left, the nobles who had not yet presented flowers looked at each other, and looked at Tang San lying on the ground, hesitating whether to give away the white chrysanthemums in their hands at this moment. ...

The next day.

Tang San, who was recuperating in bed, had just finished drinking the bitter medicine soup and handed the bowl to Tai Long who was serving him. He inadvertently noticed that Tai Long's expression was a little unnatural.

So, Tang San asked casually:
"What happened?"

"Well, well..." Tai Long said hesitantly:

"Young Master, you just finished taking the medicine and need to rest. I won't disturb you anymore and will take my leave first."

Tang San looked at Tai Long's hurriedly leaving back and shouted harshly:
"Stop, I'm asking you a question, why are you talking about something else?"

"Why don't you tell the truth?"

Upon hearing this, Tai Long turned around with a bitter face to face Tang San, lowered his head and remained silent.

On the bed, Tang San saw that his order was ineffective, so in order to get some information out of Tai Long, he had no choice but to say:

"Nothing, go ahead."

"After going through so many things, is there anything that this sect master cannot bear right now?"

Hearing this, Tai Long raised his head slightly and said tentatively:

"Then I said it."

Seeing Tang San nod, Tai Long told Tang San everything.

“Young Master, all the inheritance left by your aunt, including Yuexuan, has been seized by the royal family.”

After hearing this, Tang San was a little bit unconvinced, so he asked in a questioning tone:
"What are you talking about? Why did the royal family withhold the inheritance left to me by my aunt for no reason?"

"Young Master, it's true." Seeing that Tang San didn't believe him, Tai Long hurriedly explained:
"The royal family's external reason is that Yuexuan was founded with royal funding, and after Madam Yue's death, it should belong to the royal family."

"Not only that, but all the assets in Yuexuan will also belong to the royal family."

"Young Master, this means that you will not get a penny from your aunt's inheritance."

"Finally, this is the funeral expenses list given by the royal family yesterday. You are required to pay off the debt within a limited time!"

Tang San, leaning on the bed, listened to these words and suddenly felt dizzy, with a constant buzzing in his ears.

After seeing the funeral expense list that Tai Long took out, the sky-high figures on it made Tang San's eyes go black. He spat out a mouthful of dirty blood and fell into a coma.

"Young Master! Young Master!"

When Tai Long saw Tang San fall into a coma, he regretted telling this matter to others.

After shaking for a long time without Tang San regaining consciousness, Tai Long immediately ran out of the room and went to the drugstore to ask the pharmacist to come and treat him.

……

The palace, in the main hall.

After receiving the news that Tang San was unconscious, Prince Xuexing asked Emperor Xueye:
"Royal brother, can we just let this matter go? Although Yuexuan is valuable, how can it be compared with our Xue family's Hanhai Qiankunzhao?"

"In my opinion, we should ask Tang San to hand over the production drawings of the hidden weapons to our Xue family, so that we can barely recover our lost national treasure."

On the throne, Xue Ye showed no expression. He did not directly answer his brother's words, but said:

"Okay, I have my own plans for this matter, so you don't need to ask any more questions."

"If you have time to worry about these things, you might as well focus more on the academy."

"In the next competition, I don't want to see the scene that happened in this competition!"

(End of this chapter)