The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 95 - 72: Magical Duel (Subscribe Please)_2

Chapter 95: Chapter 72: Magical Duel (Subscribe Please)_2

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Marquis Wuding Mansion, luxurious and extravagant.

Everywhere are high-quality gold dust bricks, glazed tiles, cedar, and artificial hills made of strange rocks... Such grandeur, even the ordinary duke’s mansion cannot compare.

Moreover, the marquis mansion is still expanding, engaging in major construction works.

This clearly shows the wealth and power of Marquis Wuding Mansion, truly living up to the old saying, "Like adding fuel to fire."

In the discussion hall, a pale, beardless eunuch with a robust appearance is meeting with Marquis Wuding.

In general, eunuchs are perceived to be gloomy and skinny. However, if castrated early, their developmental period tends to be longer than that of a normal person, giving the eunuchs a natural advantage in martial arts training, and making it easier for them to be tall and strong.

Therefore, there were several examples of eunuchs leading armies in the previous dynasty.

However, this also comes with disadvantages. Without practicing the Bone Training Skill, such eunuchs, though having prolonged bone development, are prone to osteoporosis.

Clearly, this eunuch is not among those affected.

His temples are bulging, and his stature is quite intimidating, a true embodiment of a tiger’s back and a bee’s waist.

The muscles on his back have an explosive quality, and his waistline possesses both agility and strength, a perfect embryo of a military general.

This eunuch is Zhao Jinzhong, the current Garrison Eunuch of Heavenly Capital.

If Xu Qing were here, he would realize that this dead eunuch could have played the role of Zhao Yun from his previous life.

Zhao Jinzhong claps his hands, calling someone to bring out a brocade box. His voice has a deliberately rough texture, but if one listens carefully, a hint of shrillness still lingers. He says: "Marquis, our household has gone through great efforts to obtain the boy’s birthtime and personal hair from Jiangning Prefecture. The person you’ve hired, you must ensure they are reliable."

Marquis Wuding has someone receive the brocade box, and he nods: "I have specially invited an expert over. She is skilled in curses, and this time, at the very least, that boy should fall gravely ill."

Zhao Jinzhong smiles: "Then I shall await the good news from Marquis."

Marquis Wuding waves his hand: "The eunuch flatters too much. If it weren’t for that old Zhou Rucai protecting the lad, the moment he entered the city, Marquis would have shown him who’s boss. Within Heavenly Capital, Marquis may not touch the Imperial Censor, but could it be I can’t deal with a mere Scholar?"

Zhao Jinzhong sighs: "We are acting for the sake of maintaining stability in the grand scheme of things. Who knew these vile and petty people would complain to Lord, causing misunderstandings between Your Majesty and me. Tell me, the money we make is for the well-being of Your Majesty’s Inner Treasury. If we don’t make it, could these vile characters faithfully turn over everything to the National Treasury? They would just fatten their own purses."

He presents himself as if heartbroken.

To be fair, out of the thirty thousand silver taels he made, at least ten thousand taels were meant for Lord.

As for the remaining twenty thousand, they are inevitably used to grease palms and cover various routine expenses. He wouldn’t dare to spend a single penny on himself.

How can Lord fail to see his loyalty?

If it was a Civil Servant, out of thirty thousand taels, could even five thousand reach Lord’s hands?

That is uncertain.

Marquis Wuding, filled with righteous indignation, greatly laments: "Outsiders say that Marquis is engaged in extravagant construction, wasteful and prodigal. But as Marquis, presiding over the Southeast, supervising regions and representing Lord’s honor, should I really live in austerity, letting others laugh at Lord? Besides, His Majesty has expressed his intentions to tour the south many times, it just hasn’t come to pass. This garden, once completed, is also to welcome His Majesty in the future, to serve as Your Majesty’s Travelling Palace."

His wholehearted loyalty is misrepresented by a group of vile and petty people, how can Marquis Wuding not be enraged.

Both a noble and a eunuch, at this moment, find common ground in their hate, wishing they could immediately stand in the court and denounce those vile people.

Well, if it actually came to court, with the Civil Servants being many and influential, able to twist truth with lies, they could not out-argue them.

Nevermind, they know the truth in their hearts.

Three feet above one’s head, there are gods watching; those Civil Servants will face retribution.

Now, it’s time for Marquis Wuding to bring about some retribution.

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"Elder Yun, Marquis Wuding won’t amount to much; I advise you to leave this place of strife sooner rather than later," a maid walks into a room within Marquis Wuding Mansion.

Her eyes glide around, revealing the essence of Su Lianqing, the Oiran whom Xu Qing had previously encountered.

In the sect, she’s known as Thousand-faced Bodhisattva, especially adept at disguise, transformation, and illusions. When in Magistrate He’s residence, she transformed into Yin Sanniang, becoming a concubine of Magistrate He.

After Zhao Xiong’s incident, Su Lianqing took the opportunity to find a stand-in and escaped from the Government.

Now in Yingtian Prefecture, Heavenly Capital, she uses yet another identity as Su Lianqing.

As for the original Su Lianqing, she was sent away.

The person she is currently speaking with is an old nanny with a withered face and sinister eyes.

She is one of the elders of the Lotus Sect.

Su Lianqing belongs to the Luo Sect, nominally superior to the Lotus Sect, but in reality, she cannot control this branch of the sect.

Compared to the covert and flexible actions of the Luo Sect, the Lotus Sect operates more aggressively.

After the Lotus Sect’s failed rebellion, their strength greatly diminished, and the Luo Sect intends to reclaim the high-level powers of the Lotus Sect.

Though originating from the same root, the two sects are rife with underlying turbulent undercurrents.

The old nanny in front of her is someone Su Lianqing intends to win over.

The plan from the Luo Sect Main Temple is for Su Lianqing to take partial control of the Lotus Sect by leveraging her status as the Holy Maiden, strengthening the connection with the main sect.

However, Su Lianqing’s Dao Skill is far from being Great Success, so she cannot force things, and thus she needs to use a strategy of forming alliances and leveraging power.

This is also a test from the main sect for Su Lianqing.

Once she successfully seizes some of the power from the Lotus Sect and deepen its connection with the main sect, she will likely enter the candidates list for Sect Hierarch of the Luo Sect and will be granted the sect’s highest Secret Technique.

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