Chapter 169: This child is destined to be one of us Confucians! (2 / 2)
After leaving Huang’s residence, Xu Yanmiao couldn’t understand how this task had fallen onto his lap.
He wasn’t an imperial censor who could gather intelligence for the emperor! This meant he had to act for real. But where could he gather real evidence? The gossip system provides true information but doesn’t offer proof. How could he explain where he got the information from?
He rubbed his head in frustration and hurriedly called out, “Sir—” Looking up, he saw the old emperor at someone’s street stall, carefully selecting items with great interest.
Taking a closer look, the stall was selling various trinkets—there was a bronze dove cart, which when pulled, made the dove’s tail flip up, very playful; a “Mo He Le” clay doll, with limbs that could move and even eyes that could turn; and also a Luban lock, a single-wheel Chinese top, and spinning tops…
The old emperor had a small pile of items in front of him, clearly the ones he had selected.
The old emperor asked, “How much for these?”
The peddler calculated and replied, “Twenty-five wen, but I’ll knock off a little for you, make it twenty wen.”
The old emperor picked up a top from the pile, casually tapping and flicking it, as if he were indifferent. “These items aren’t even worth twenty wen. This top’s color isn’t bright enough —eight wen! No more than eight wen!”
Xu Yanmiao couldn’t help but smile inwardly. Dragon-slaying saber!