In order to develop better in the imperial capital, this wealthy businessman spent a huge sum of money to buy a large piece of land in the Western Market and built a large courtyard that could accommodate thousands of people.
The problem is that the manor has just been repaired, and before the wealthy businessman has moved in, he was exposed and imprisoned for bribing an official from the Ministry of War.
Originally, in the Great Yan Empire, it was not a big crime for merchants to bribe officials.
The problem is that the Ministry of War official who was bribed by the wealthy businessman was found to have embezzled soldiers' pay and secretly sold weapons to the northern grassland barbarians.
In anger, Emperor Yan killed the official and ordered a thorough investigation of the people who had colluded with the official.
As a result, the wealthy businessman who bribed the official with a large sum of gold coins to facilitate his business and transportation was unfortunately caught and was imprisoned and sentenced to death.
It stands to reason that when a wealthy businessman is imprisoned, his property and family will also suffer.
Fortunately, His Majesty the Flame Emperor was a wise king.
After learning what the wealthy businessman had done, he did not punish his family.
He only ordered the punishment of one wealthy businessman for bribery.
Once the wealthy businessman fell, his family lost its backbone and could no longer stay in the imperial capital, so they thought of selling the newly built Dazhuangyuan at a low price and moving back to their hometown.
Li Yi didn't know where he found out the news.
He got ahead of everyone in the imperial capital who was interested in the wealthy businessman's new village.
After discussing with the wealthy businessman's family, he quickly reached an agreement and bought the village for 50,000 gold coins.
Come down.
The wealthy businessman is said to be from Jiangnan County, so the manor he built has the Jiangnan landscape garden style, which both Saint Aunt Hongye and Zhao Xinxin and Lannasha like very much.
Lin Yisheng and Meng Bi thought it was very good after seeing it.
After having a celebratory dinner together, Lin Yisheng chose a room that belonged to him and took an early rest.
Nothing happened that night.
Zhao Qinglong arranged for Xu Feike, Piluru and Fei Wei to take turns to keep vigil, but nothing happened until dawn.
Although Lin Yisheng and others didn't say anything, they all thought that Zhao Qinglong was too worried.
However, what Lin Yisheng and the others did not expect was that Zhao Qinglong did not worry too much and just guessed wrong about the empress's methods.
With the Yan Emperor's personal warning, no matter how strong the Empress was, she would not be able to plot against Lin Yisheng, Ming Jing and others against the Flame Emperor's will.
But the Queen had other ideas.
That night, after Emperor Yan had rested, Eunuch Zheng was invited over by the Queen.
What the Empress wants Eunuch Zheng to do is very simple, it is what Cai Pu, the princess in Southeast County, once did.
"What, your Majesty wants me to do something in the lottery ceremony?"
Being called to meet alone by the Empress, even though Eunuch Zheng was a saint-level man with an extremely powerful state of mind, he was still a little uneasy.
He knew the Queen's temper and scheming all too well.
But he didn't expect that the Queen would actually ask him to do such a thing.
"With your ability, it would be easy to do this without anyone noticing!"
the Queen said calmly.
"Your Majesty, you look down too much on me!"
Eunuch Zheng said with a bitter smile: "If someone else is presiding over this lottery ceremony, it would be fine for me to do some tricks.
The problem is that Shi Jiansheng is presiding over this lottery ceremony.
He is the dean's elder brother.
The disciple is also a saint, so I have no confidence in doing anything without telling him!
Besides, this Young Flame Holy Martial Arts Competition was initiated by Taizu back then, and it also coincides with the centenary ceremony of the empire.
Your Majesty attaches great importance to it, old slave. cannot……" Before Eunuch Zheng finished speaking, he was interrupted by the Queen: "Don't tell me these useless words!
I only know that the emperor also participated in this arena competition.
He is the biological son of Your Majesty and me. , represents the face of the royal family, and must not lose in the second round, not to mention, he.
I was once your student.
As a teacher, do you still want to help your student?
What about Shi Jiansheng?
Although he is a saint, how can you compare with him?
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He is of the same generation, don’t tell me that you can’t handle him!”
The old slave is telling the truth.
Even though Shi Jiansheng is a junior, he is a great talent.
The old slave is really not sure about him!
Eunuch Zheng thought so in his heart, but when he saw the expression on the Queen's face, he knew that he could not say these words, nor could he refuse.
At the moment, he could only say helplessly: "What do you want me to do with you?"
"It's very simple, just bring together those opponents who pose a threat to Huang'er and let them eliminate each other in the second round tomorrow!"
The Empress named several contestants who she believed were threats to the Sixth Prince Li Qin.
Meng Liang from the Dawu Empire, Zhuang Buxie from the academy, Ming Jing from the Xuantian Sect, Yan Xiaofeng, the successor of the Sword Saint, Jin Honglong, the successor of the Killer Lord, and Lin Yisheng, nicknamed the "Human Dragon".
Hearing these names, Eunuch Zheng was speechless, but he had to nod his head and agreed to the Queen's proposal.
When Emperor Li Xiong founded the "Shaoyan Shengwu Arena Tournament", in order to ensure the fairness of the arena tournament to the greatest extent, he set up this kind of drawing ceremony for the general arena tournament.
The most important thing about this lottery ceremony is that the lottery must be drawn before the start of the arena competition, and then the order of the lottery must be disrupted during the round of competition.
This ensures that the contestant's opponent will not be revealed in advance, and it is possible to change the opponent in the next round.
Although this brings trouble to gambling houses in setting odds, it prevents people with ulterior motives from plotting against their opponents before the start of the arena match, causing the match to lose its fairness.
However, although Emperor Li Xiong's idea was very good, there were policies from above and countermeasures from below.
He would never have thought that a hundred years later, someone would still find a way to cheat on this lottery ceremony, and his granddaughter-in-law, the Queen, was also involved.
I don’t know how Eunuch Zheng managed to manipulate the lottery ceremony without telling the Vice-President.
The next day, when the ninety shortlisted contestants were drawn again and their lottery numbers were announced, the two hundred thousand spectators present were all stunned.
There was an uproar.
Meng Liang, who came from the Dawu Empire and was the most popular, got the No. 1 lottery.
His opponent was Ming Jing from the Xuantian Sect who performed the most amazingly yesterday.
The second favorite, Zhuang Buxie, a student from the academy, was drawn into the fifth lottery.
His opponent was Lin Yisheng, nicknamed the "Human Dragon", who defeated the madly transformed orc Xiang Shi yesterday with brute force.
Yan Xiaofeng, the successor of Juggernaut, drew the tenth lottery, and his opponent was Wang Yuan, one of the top ten favorites.
Jin Honglong, the descendant of Sha Zun, drew number 20, and his opponent was Yan Zhiluo, one of the top ten favorites.
This is completely a battle between strong players.
In just the second round of the overall arena competition, eight recognized strong players were grouped together to stage four big scenes of strong dialogues.
In comparison, the battles of other contestants seem less important.
No one suspected that someone had tampered with the lottery ceremony, because the person who presided over the lottery ceremony was the vice-president of Shengwu Academy.
Not even the Vice-President himself had any doubts, he just lamented that it was God's will.
Because no one would have thought or believed that Eunuch Zheng, one of the four great Martial Saints of the Great Yan Empire, would actually disregard his status and tamper with the lottery ceremony without telling the Vice-President.