area51novel Chapter 2074: Can’t afford to pay?
Chapter 2074: Can’t afford to pay?
"I wonder how much compensation you want?" Lord Yan looked at Nangong Xi and asked.
"It doesn't have to be much, just compensate as a deputy gatekeeper." After saying this, Nangong Xi looked at Lord Yan.
"Miss Nangong, may I have a word with you?" Lord Yan looked at Nangong Xi.
Nangong Xi: ...
It's just a request for compensation of a door. Can't you even meet such a low request?
"Okay." Nangong Xi nodded and was about to walk towards Lord Yan.
"Xixi..." Mai Jin grabbed Nangong Xi's arm worriedly and looked at Lord Yan with a defensive look on his face.
"What's that look in your eyes, girl? Am I going to eat her?" Lord Yan looked at Mai Jin and said unhappily.
"No...no, I don't think so." Mai Jin shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this.
"Don't worry, it's okay." Nangong Xi patted Mai Jin's hand, and she let go.
After Mai Jin was released, Nangong Xi walked towards Lord Yan.
An Ming and An Xiu followed closely behind...
"Miss Nangong, please come this way." After Lord Yan said this, he led Nangong Xi and the others towards the lord's mansion.
"Lord Yan, it's just compensation for a door. Is it necessary to be so... sneaky?" Nangong Xi looked at Lord Yan speechlessly.
"Um... Miss Nangong, there are no outsiders here, so I will tell you the truth." Lord Yan hesitated to speak.
"You say." Nangong Xi nodded.
"Actually, we at Lingxiu Mansion can't afford to pay for that gate." Lord Yan said honestly.
"What? You can't afford to compensate? I just want you to compensate for an ordinary door, and you actually told me that you can't afford it?" Nangong Xi was speechless.
But the small treasury that Yan Yi had accumulated in order to buy that dagger seemed to be about one or two million gold coins.
How could a dignified lord's mansion not even be able to afford the repairs for its gate?
"Come with me." Seeing Nangong Xi's eyes full of disbelief, the lord took her to a place in the lord's mansion.
Nangongxi followed him out of curiosity...
“Miss Nangong, this is the treasure house of our lord’s mansion. Take a look for yourself, there is not a single copper coin left.” Lord Yan looked like he was about to cry.
"How is this possible?" Nangong Xi looked at Lord Yan suspiciously.
There was no need for him to make up such an outrageous thing just to avoid compensating Damen.
"Look at that tree." Lord Yan pointed to a tree next to him.
"What is this?" Nangong Xi looked towards the tree upon hearing that, only to find that it was actually a gold-eating tree.
"Ever since that tree appeared, the treasures in our lord's mansion have been lost one after another." Lord Yan looked dejected.
"Lord Yan, you are also talented. You planted the gold-eating tree next to the treasure house. No wonder you didn't have a single copper coin left." Nangong Xi couldn't help laughing out loud.
"You said this tree is a gold-eating tree?" Lord Yan was very surprised when he heard this.
"Don't you know?" Nangong Xi was speechless.
“How would I know? It inexplicably appeared in the treasure house of my lord’s mansion before. At that time, the whole tree looked golden and I thought it was a money tree or something.” Lord Yan wanted to cry but had no tears.
"It originally appeared in the treasure house? Then why is it here now? And it's not shining with gold, right?" Nangong Xi said with a smile.
It seems that the gold-eating tree has developed consciousness, which is why it sneaked into the lord's mansion's treasure house and ate a lot.
"I don't know either. I found it here yesterday. As soon as I opened the treasure house, the sky collapsed and all the treasures inside disappeared!" Lord Yan's collapse can be seen from his tone.
"Lord Yan, the treasures in your lordship's mansion should not all be kept in the treasury, right?" Nangong Xi felt that no matter what, they would hide some in their own ring space.
"Originally, there was one, but I mistakenly thought it was a cash cow, so last night I gathered all the treasures and gold coins of everyone in the lord's mansion and placed them around it. Who knew that when I woke up early this morning, the sky collapsed again! All the treasures are gone." Lord Yan was even more devastated.
Nangong Xi: ...
I have seen stupid people, but I have never seen such stupid people!
Even though all the treasures in the treasury had been eaten, he still offered up the remaining treasures!
"Okay, Lord Yan, you're really miserable. We don't want you to compensate for our gate." Nangong Xi looked at Lord Yan and sighed.
When I heard old man Mai mention Lord Yan before, I felt that he should be a decisive and ruthless person. But who would have thought that when I met him, I found out that he was actually a silly and stupid guy.
"Miss Nangong, do you have a way to make it spit out all my treasures?" Lord Yan asked, pointing at the gold-eating tree.
"Spit it out?" Nangong Xi felt a little embarrassed when he heard that.
It has already eaten this treasure, how can it be asked to spit it out?
Just when Nangong Xi was speechless, she discovered that the gold-eating tree not far away actually wanted to escape!
Upon seeing this, Nangong Xi immediately threw out a talisman to freeze it in place!
"You actually want to escape? It seems that you can spit out the treasure?" Nangong Xi walked to the gold-eating tree and looked at it curiously.
"Really? Can it be made to spit it out? Miss Nangong, is this true?" Lord Yan became excited when he heard this.
"It should be no problem. I can give it a try. But Lord Yan, please help me with something." Nangong Xi put forward his conditions.
"What's the matter? As long as it's not murder, arson, or robbery, I can basically agree to it." Lord Yan looked at Nangong Xi.
"Of course not. This girl just needs you to help me find the Space City." Nangong Xi said.
"Space City? It has been lost for many years. Why are you looking for it?" Lord Yan was stunned when he heard this!
"I'm looking for it for a reason." Nangong Xi said as he continued to observe the gold-eating tree in front of him.
If I saw it correctly, this gold-eating tree jumped a few times when I mentioned the space city just now.
"Okay." Lord Yan finally agreed.
After all, the lord's mansion doesn't have a single copper coin now. If it continues like this, the mansion will be ruined sooner or later.
"Since the lord has agreed, let's sign this contract." Nangong Xi said as he took out a contract.
I don't trust Lord Yan at all.
"You don't believe in me? I always keep my word." Lord Yan frowned when he saw the contract.
"After signing the contract, both you and I will feel more at ease." Nangong Xi said with a smile.
"Okay." Lord Yan finally signed the contract.
Nangong Xi put away the contract that Lord Yan handed back to him, and then turned his gaze towards the gold-eating tree.
Lord Yan stood aside with shining eyes when he saw this, as if to say, treasure, treasure, my treasure is coming back soon, my treasure!
Nangong Xi directly summoned the Red Spirit. As soon as the Red Spirit came out, Nangong Xi trembled a few times when he saw the gold-eating tree.
"Will you spit out those treasures yourself, or let them turn to ashes along with you?" Nangong Xi said, looking at the gold-eating tree.