It is simply impossible to 'command' a creature of this level, even a powerful empire. Unless there is a deeper relationship between the two that she is not aware of——
It was too early to think about that. Yuffie retracted her unreasonable thoughts and saw Leia walking to the wreckage of the carriage. The young ranger silently looked around at the mess around him, then brushed away the charred sawdust and ashes, revealing a pile of charred wood.
There were no traces, but several flat boxes survived the flames.
The boxes were locked and had secret traps attached, but they were not complicated, at least not enough to trouble Yuffie now. She stepped forward and carefully removed the magic on one of the boxes. Then Lin spit out a very fine
The golden flame can easily melt the lock without damaging the box itself.
"Good job." Leia whispered. He didn't have the same playful smile or chatter as before, but Yuffie could still see the light of expectation in his eyes.
He stretched out his hand and opened the top cover of the box, revealing neatly arranged golden strips one inch wide and one foot long. The young ranger picked up one of them, raised it to his eyes, and faced it.
Sunshine read the words engraved on it.
"Finance Secretary of the Inis Empire, in the spring of the 466th year of the Imperial Calendar, sealed."
He threw it back into the box casually, making a crisp sound of metal colliding. Yuffie also tried to pick one up. No matter the weight of it or the feedback after injecting a little magic, it could only prove one thing - she
The metal in your hand is gold of extremely high purity.
They tried to open the remaining larger boxes, which contained precious metals engraved with the empire's mark, but were replaced with silver.
Calculated using Eastern measurement units, the silver might be worth tens of thousands of taels. And according to the conversion ratio Yuffie knew, the value of that box of gold might be much higher than all the silver put together.
"This is...what you are looking for." Lin shook her head slightly and said with some disbelief, "What on earth did that aunt do to do such a thing...for what purpose."
"Maybe there are more valuable things, but they have been burned." Yuffie added calmly, "However, the appearance of that monster is enough to explain a lot of problems." She raised her head slightly and looked at the young man.
The ranger's side face said, "Leia, what do you plan to do with these gold and silver?"
Leia didn't turn to look at her at all, she just stared at the seemingly empty ground in the wasteland.
"I would like to take a few away, but unfortunately, they belong to the empire." He curled his lips and replied gloomily, "Take them and return them to the emperor. Don't forget to ask him for rewards."
The young ranger seemed to be in a bad mood. Yuffie didn't know what he was thinking specifically, but it probably had something to do with what the "spirit fox" said to him before... and the identity of the young ranger.
"Are you worried?" she asked softly.
As expected, Leia did not give a positive answer.
He sighed softly and seemed to be saying to himself, "A lackey of the empire...?"
"I always thought Wei Feng was a fool, but now it seems that I'm not much better." He whispered, "Whether it's monsters or humans, people of different races are considered to be born in another camp.
Then we have a confrontational mentality, which is probably our nature."
No one responded to the young ranger's words. Yuffie didn't think Leia's words were right, but she didn't have enough convincing facts to refute the other party's words. Anya seemed to want to say something, but finally swallowed it
Went back.
"Okay, let's not talk about this." The young ranger shook his head and smiled, "Let's stop here this time. Let's go back."
Everyone looked at each other for a while and nodded one after another.
One day later, Yuffie, Lin, Anya, Gypsophila and Leia returned to Xin'an City together.
They returned the large amount of gold and silver to the treasury, and then early the next morning, they followed the instructions of the guards and went to the morning court to report the findings along the way to the rulers of the empire.
Leia was not a member of the investigation team and naturally did not have the right to attend the morning court. However, the young ranger had no interest in meeting the emperor. In contrast, he seemed to prefer to stay in the tavern and wait for everyone to return.
The process of the early court was relatively uneventful. However, what Anya described, the results of their investigation - whether it was Shui Yun's behavior or their encounters and discoveries in the Far East, triggered a period of whispering among the ministers. With the ministers
Differently, Bo Yan always looked at the girl calmly, but showed some interest in the young ranger they met on the way.
"His name is Leia. According to you, he has the blood of the "Spirit Fox" family?" The blond emperor turned his head and looked at the old man on the right side of the throne, "Sora, do you know his origin."
The old man folded his hands on his chest and bowed slightly to the ruler of the empire, "Yes, Your Majesty. He was one of the survivors of Ziye Town in Agate Territory thirty-three years ago. His parents died that time
"Conflict"
"Have you experienced the same history as Wei Feng, but have taken a slightly different path... It's no wonder." Boyan pondered, "So, his mother is the monster, right?"
"That's right, Your Majesty," the old man replied.
"Later, didn't the Linghu clan go to trouble the attackers because of this matter?" Boyan frowned slightly, "Because she is the so-called traitor?"
The old man shook his head and bowed again.
"That's not the case, Your Majesty." He explained seriously, "For the spirit fox clan... or most monsters, dying in a fight is just because of their own lack of strength. Very few monsters will avenge their own clan, otherwise
One by one, the demon tribe will fall into never-ending strife."
The old man bowed again, "I think this can be regarded as the wisdom of survival."
"The law of the jungle...is not unreasonable." The blond emperor nodded, then looked under the throne again, "I understand. So, do you guys have anything else to say?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Yuffie walked forward and bowed to the throne, "I would like to ask you about the identity of Lord Shuiyun... She is not an Inir, right?"
The golden emperor smiled, then raised his right hand and made a gesture to the old man beside him.
"You are right." The old man in Tsing Yi took a step forward and said to her without emotion, "Shuiyun comes from the Yanwu clan. You can find out the history and current situation of this clan in the historical materials museum."
As Leia said, has it become history? Yuffie sighed secretly and continued to look up at Bo Yan, "In this case, please allow us to check the records of this period of history. After that, we will continue
Investigate the causes and consequences of this matter in order to get the real answer."