Peace Order-Chapter 756 - 85 The Majesty of Marquis Qin Wu_3

Ji Yanzhong’s Taoist heart was pierced by the words of Sword Madman Murong Longtu.

With the Chi Xiao Sword in hand, he returned here, and the Chi Xiao Sword lay beside Ji Zichang.

He held the sword and whispered, "I know I became the Emperor only because I was easy to control, a mere puppet. Before I ascended the throne, I thought, even as a puppet, I am the Emperor, which doesn’t matter."

"But I found it was not so once I ascended."

"A person like me struggles to make decisions."

"What should I do? Should I covet the last glories, or..."

"Let the ancestral 800-year reign of the Red Emperor’s World meet a dignified end in the flames, rather than surviving meekly, being torn apart by Chen Country and Ying Country. Let the world be stirred into turmoil, let my 800 years under the Red Emperor end in splendor!"

"Perhaps this makes you laugh, these are not the words an Emperor should say. I actually feel a desire, to completely cut off all restraints, to stir this world into action and audacity—no, it’s hardly audacity."

Ji Zichang laughed self-mockingly:

"Like a gambler and a thug who owns nothing."

"This kind of puppet, just smashing the pot when it comes to the crunch, I suppose."

He put down the sword and rose to his feet, saying, "I’ve been seated here for seven or eight days, I want to go out for a walk, to see Gongyang Su Wang. Tomorrow, when Li Guanyi comes here, I will personally make my decision."

"Perhaps it will be the first Imperial Decree."

"After all, I am not a qualified emperor."

"A mere puppet surely counts as no hero."

Ji Zichang left, and Grand Protector Yan remained silent for a long time, looking at the Chi Xiao Sword.

A glint appeared on the blade of the Chi Xiao Sword. Grand Protector Yan was stunned when he saw the sword blade slightly drawn from its scabbard, the sword light sharp but since the Divine Weapon had already chosen its master, it slipped back into the scabbard.

Grand Protector Yan was stunned, the elderly civil servant realizing something.

More than a year ago, when Ji Zichang, who could not draw the Chi Xiao Sword, transformed under these turbulent times, he finally gained a trace of qualification to draw it. But the Chi Xiao Sword was already in the hands of another hero.

If it weren’t for this hero stirring the world, how could Ji Zichang have transformed, have become a dragon? At that time, what kind of resolve and pride would the puppet Emperor have to wield this Divine Weapon?

It was merely a hair’s breadth, yet it was as vast as the distance between heaven and earth, it was fate.

Grand Protector Yan stood transfixed for a long time, tears unknowingly streaming down his face as he looked at the line of the Imperial Decree, whispering softly, "In a chaotic world like great rivers, the dragon, once stuck in shallow waters and insulted by fish and shrimp, will finally soar into the sky, won’t it?"

He staggered and knelt before the highest portrait, choking up:

"But it’s too late... too many heroes in the world, what use is awakening..."

"Emperor High Ancestor of the Red Emperor."

"Please protect this world, protect your descendants."

"Please let our nation retain its last dignity."

"A nation forged from nothing amidst swords and fire should not end this abjectly and miserably."

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The Qilin Army had dismissed all the maidservants and attendants from Qin Palace, for no one knew whether there might be Hidden Guards inside, or else, presuming that someone just dared to increase the city gate tax on his own might suggest there were quite a few Hidden Guards hiding here.

The prepared food was extremely lavish.

Cold dishes, hot dishes, meat dishes, vegetarian dishes, all sorts, a total of more than a hundred dishes, were arranged on a huge table. Li Guanyi asked the responsible chef and butler, "How much did these cost?"

"Replying to Marquis, one thousand taels."

Li Guanyi was stunned and instinctively almost shouted, "How much!?!!"

He paused, pointed at one of the dishes on the table, and asked, "How much for this one?"

The official answered, "Fifty taels."

Li Guanyi scoffed.

Stir-fried eggs with some vegetable sprouts, fifty taels?

The official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs replied, "Three eggs thirty taels, two high-quality white onions fifteen taels, the remaining five taels for Fire Loss, totaling fifty taels."

Li Guanyi said, "This item for fifty taels, I’m selling it to you."

The official hesitated, then chuckled, "This, this item is precious, replying to Marquis, in my home it might be used once for a grand sacrifice, otherwise I dare not."

Li Guanyi calmly said, "Such fine food, I’m not used to it, withdraw it all."

"Pingyang, retrieve our daily food allowance from the Court, a thousand taels for each meal, remember, do not forget."

Ling Pingyang smiled and said, "Understood!"

The official’s face stiffened, he became anxious, and blurted out involuntarily: freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

"This, this is not in accordance with the rules."

"It has always been this way from the past to the present..."

As soon as these words were spoken, he knew he had misspoken, but then he saw Marquis Qin Wu, renowned for his military exploits throughout the era, casually said:

"Rules?"

The official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs turned pale.

Knowing the kickbacks and deficits these people partook in, Li Guanyi himself would merely have the man removed, but Marquis Qin Wu should not be so understated. Therefore, the official saw the red-robed, gold-crowned Marquis Qin Wu looking up, casually asking:

"Whose rules should this Marquis follow?"

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The voice was flat, but its effect was like thunder. In the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a place so greasy even walking around it made one’s hands slick, the high official fell to his knees with a thud, his forehead striking the ground hard, his body trembling, he said:

"Marquis, Marquis, please forgive me!"

The forehead-knocking was severe enough to draw blood, Li Guanyi would have stopped the man’s actions, as would Pharmacist Taoist, but Marquis Qin Wu pursed his lips.

The red-robed Lord Marquis stood with his hands behind his back, dressed in a gold crown, his gaze unmoved.

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