Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

Chapter 294 Wu Tuo Kingdom, Covered in Wounds

Looking at the sparse crowd on the street, they were weakly hawking their wares.

And then there were the beggars everywhere, and I thought to myself, "This old guy is just pretending to be poor in front of me."

But seeing the extravagance inside the government office, Chu Chen began to doubt everything he was seeing.

Or perhaps Yan Lixuan is putting on an act for himself.

Or perhaps Yan Lixuan is unaware that people like Yin Tiancheng are draining the country dry.

Just then, an old beggar led a group of children and rushed to Chu Chen and his group.

"Sirs, please have mercy and save the children!"

After saying that, he led the children to kneel down in front of Chu Chen and his group.

Yan Lixuan looked at the group of people with a hint of desolation in his eyes. He turned to Chu Chen and said, "Young Master Chu, please forgive my rudeness. The people are already exhausted after these days of disaster. Otherwise, they would never have dared to charge at us in front of so many soldiers!"

Chu Chen looked at everything before him with great interest: "Your Majesty, as an outsider, it is inconvenient for me to interfere in Wu Tuo's affairs. If there is anything you need, please tell me."

“Alright, since Young Master Chu is so straightforward, then I, Yan Lixuan, will not hold back. I beg Young Master Chu to save the common people of Wu Tuo.”

Yan Lixuan looked at Chu Chen, who remained calm and unmoved by the desolate scene.

So he directly stated his purpose.

"Of course we must save them, but has Your Majesty considered how this situation came about?"

Chu Chen didn't answer directly, but instead asked a question in return.

How did this happen? Yan Lixuan frowned after hearing this. The problem was so obvious, did he really need to explain it in detail?

So he quickly said, "This natural disaster has struck, and Wu Tuo is already impoverished. Young Master Chu, this..."

"Alright, Your Majesty, this is not the place to talk."

After saying that, he gestured for Yan Lixuan to enter.

Yan Lixuan immediately understood and turned to Yin Tiancheng behind him, saying, "Take care of things here."

Leading Chu Chen past the group of kneeling people, they headed towards the palace.

Yin Tiancheng bowed respectfully, and after Yan Lixuan and Chu Chen left, he immediately said to the clerk behind him, "Drive these people out of the city. If they ever appear before the king again, you will answer with your head."

He did not hear what the envoy said to the king.

But the sudden appearance of this group of beggars made him lose face completely. It was just that the situation was so urgent that he hadn't had time to prepare.

After Yan Lixuan brought Chu Chen to the palace, Xiao Yu was taken away to get dressed and made up.

Chu Chen was sitting opposite Yan Lixuan, with a piece of jade that was entirely green on the table.

"Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, it is true that I was sent by His Majesty, but I am here to find this thing."

"But your problem with Wu Tuo is actually very easy to solve, so..."

Chu Chen didn't waste words with Yan Lixuan, but picked up the jade on the table and said.

After listening to Chu Chen's words, Yan Lixuan took a deep look at the jade on the table, then picked it up and examined it in his hand.

Then, he said, somewhat incoherently, "Young Master Chu, does this mean that our envoys who went to Great Xia did not reach Great Xia?"

"An envoy? I've never seen one before!"

"That's strange. Before the natural disaster began, I sent three envoys to Great Xia to seek protection. Why didn't His Majesty know about this?"

Yan Lixuan held the jade stone and looked deeply at Chu Chen, saying...

He wondered if the Great Xia Dynasty had abandoned him.

Originally, it was thought that Chu Chen came to provide disaster relief, but unexpectedly, he came to find this jade.

He had seen this jade before; there were many in the national treasury, but such things were useless in saving the people.

Therefore, after Chu Chen said those words, he felt deeply disappointed and doubtful!

Chu Chen immediately understood his thoughts, so he asked, "Did Envoy Wu Tuo travel from these mountains?"

“When Wu Tuo enters the Great Xia, this mountain is the only way to pass through.”

"Then it's clear. Your country's envoy must not have entered Daxia."

After finishing his story, Chu Chen told him about the Tiger Tamer he had seen and killed before.

Upon hearing this, Yan Lixuan immediately stood up: "Tiger-taming man? Is he like a monkey or a bat?"

"That's right, it's a person dressed in black."

Yan Lixuan understood immediately after hearing this; it turned out that his envoy had been eaten by the giant tiger before even entering the Great Xia.

So he quickly walked up to Chu Chen, bowed and said, "Young Master Chu, I am ashamed of my doubts."

After saying that, he picked up the jade again: "Young Master Chu, I, Wu Tuo, have some of this. I will present it to you in a moment. You just said that my problem is easy to solve?"

"Logically speaking, since our Great Xia hasn't received a request for help, there's no reason for us to offer assistance..."

After Chu Chen finished speaking, he looked at Yan Lixuan meaningfully.

The meaning is very clear: if you have this jade, don't expect to get any help from it unless you take it out.

Seeing Chu Chen's smiling face, Yan Lixuan immediately waved his hand and summoned an elderly man.

Chu Chen immediately recognized the old man's identity; he was just like Eunuch Wei.

The eunuch, presumably Yan Lixuan's personal eunuch, possessed the cultivation of a seventh-rank master.

He thought to himself that emperors always liked to have a skilled bodyguard by their side, but these people were far inferior to Eunuch Wei.

"Eunuch Cao, go to the storeroom and get all of these jade stones for Young Master Chu."

"Your Majesty, this is..."

After hearing this, Eunuch Cao hurriedly said to Yan Lixuan nervously.

Chu Chen could tell from the expression on Eunuch Cao's face that something was amiss. Could it be that someone actually had a use for such a stone?

"It's alright, Eunuch Cao. Give it to Young Master Chu first. Nothing is more important than the people of Wu Tuo."

Without a second thought, Yan Lixuan gave the order to Eunuch Cao.

Helpless, Eunuch Cao had no choice but to turn around and walk away.

Seeing their troubled expressions, Chu Chen asked, "Your Majesty, is there something troubling you?"

"Young Master Chu, this is a matter within my palace, so it's best not to involve you."

"Oh, then tell me. Since Wu Tuo Kingdom is an ally of Great Xia, I will certainly not refuse if I can help."

Chu Chen spoke to Yan Lixuan with a serious expression.

Thinking that he was going abroad, relying on the prestige of Great Xia, he couldn't tarnish Great Xia's reputation, he needed to have the magnanimity and vision he was entitled to.

Yan Lixuan sighed softly as he looked at Chu Chen's serious expression.

He was just about to tell Chu Chen about this jade.

Just then, Eunuch Cao specifically ordered someone to carry a large box into the room.

"Young Master Chu, this is the very thing that the King of the Kingdom relies on for his livelihood. I beg you, Young Master Chu, to consider the good relations between Wu Tuo and the Great Xia, would you be willing to give me half?"

Chu Chen opened the box and looked inside at the neatly arranged emerald green jade stones.

He turned to the two of them and said, "Tell me, what do you Wu Tuo intend to do with this thing?"