Chapter 140 Didn’t you call me the aristocrat among aristocrats?
The City Lord’s Mansion of Gengxin City.
A luxurious banquet was being held here, with pleasant vocal music flowing by the ears. Many nobles who claimed to be of noble status were toasting each other and talking about topics of their respective interests. Most of the nobles talked about nothing more than boring words like showing off that they had married another beautiful concubine.
However, their eyes were vaguely looking towards the blonde girl sitting in the main seat. In the past, when they saw such top-quality goods, they would definitely take them home to enjoy them. However, no one dared to provoke this girl. The corpses at the door of the Wuhun Main Hall were warning them.
The beautiful blonde girl was the one with the highest status in the entire banquet. Everyone wanted to come forward and talk to her. If they caught her eye, it would be uncertain who would have the final say in Gengxin City in the future.
Count Geng Xin was like an old hen guarding her chicks, staring at the eager nobles and not allowing them to get close. Then he eagerly raised the golden cup in his hand, moved in front of Qian Renxue, and lowered his posture to clash with her golden cup.
"boom!"
Qian Renxue casually put down the golden cup in her hand and handed it to Meiji who was serving her. She watched the burly Earl Gengxin in front of her drink it all in one gulp. She was too lazy to drink this kind of wine that was useless for her cultivation.
"You are truly worthy of being called Your Highness. You are truly the aristocrat among the aristocrats!"
Count Gengxin's face flushed with excitement. He stroked his belly comically and said, "Those peasants haven't been so obedient for a long time. It only took you a month to come to Gengxin City. Just a few insignificant rubbish died, but you were able to keep the Blacksmith Association quiet for so long. Your ability to control people's hearts really makes me feel overwhelmed."
Qian Renxue half-opened her deep purple eyes and lazily looked at the useless people at the banquet. "This kind of thing doesn't matter at all. Earl Gengxin, do you remember the request I made before?"
There was no need for Qian Renxue to continue asking questions. Earl Gengxin clapped his hands, and immediately someone came up with a stack of documents and presented them to Qian Renxue respectfully.
“Everything you need is here.”
Earl Gengxin deliberately did not look at these documents, otherwise he might make a wrong decision facing the astronomical figure of his losses. It also prevented his painful expression from upsetting the girl in front of him. He did not want to face the wrath of the Spirit Temple. Even the emperor did not dare to do so, let alone a small earl like him.
Qian Renxue casually flipped through the documents on the plate. The smuggling channels, slave trade, looting routes, black market circulation, and all the profit chains of the gray businesses in Gengxin City were in these documents.
Wherever there is a privileged class, there is bound to be gray business serving them. This huge profit network that has been operating for many years includes many beautiful women, precious minerals, and everything else.
What Qian Renxue had not expected was that in Gengxin City, known as the City of Metal, the most prevalent gray industry was not ore smuggling, but human trafficking. They would specifically search for good-looking women or children and train them to be playthings of the powerful.
Qian Renxue had a gentle smile on her face, "This is really an industrial chain that I never expected. I see your sincerity, Earl Gengxin." She looked at Earl Gengxin, who had a happy expression on his face, and praised softly.
Most of these nobles are bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong. When you come to them with a bloody knife in your hand, they will resist with all their might. But if you just put the knife on their necks and take out a bag, they will greet you with a smile and obey you obediently. The bigger the bag, the more at ease they will feel.
Gengxin City is one of the main cities of Xingluo Empire, but its fame and prosperity are not outstanding. Is there any better place for the birth of gray industry chain than here? The profits of these gray industry chains are too great. In recent years, Count Gengxin has always wanted to quit and get rid of them. Otherwise, if the Emperor of Xingluo finds out, he will definitely not let him go. When dividing the money, Count Gengxin did not think of giving a share to the Emperor.
Handing all of this over to the Spirit Temple would make him feel at ease. He had already made enough money, so he could just enjoy the rest of his life. He didn't have to worry about the royal family discovering his gray industry. It was all done by the Spirit Temple! What did it have to do with him, a pillar of the empire who was willing to devote himself to the empire until his death?
No one can refuse the black industrial chain of a main city, which represents truly huge wealth.
At this moment, someone suddenly broke into the magnificent banquet. The elegant tune in the hands of the musician who was knocked down suddenly made a harsh sound. The music and the pleasant conversation all stopped abruptly, and the eyes of the entire banquet were all on the waiter who broke in without permission.
Before Earl Gengxin could ask who was so blind as to disturb him, that person came close to Earl Gengxin's ear and seemed to be saying something, while at the same time secretly and nervously looking at Qian Renxue who was sitting in the main seat out of the corner of his eyes.
Hearing what the attendant said, the burly Earl Gengxin's legs softened and he almost knelt down in front of Qian Renxue. The fat on his face was trembling, and he asked tremblingly, "That. Your Highness."
"Ok?"
At this time, Qian Renxue was teasing the green snake wrapped around her wrist. The red snake's eyes looked at Count Geng Xin with fear, fearing that he would be bitten. Why did he carry a snake with him? Was he going to poison him?
Count Gengxin swallowed his saliva and cautiously tried:
"Ah, Your Highness, I heard from my subordinates that you were at the entrance of the Wuhun Main Hall, that is, before you came here, it seemed..."
Qian Renxue tapped the green snake's head and whispered, "It seems that he said something unpleasant about you, the Count?"
Count Gengxin showed a flattering smile on his face, "Well, haha, I know Your Highness must have other intentions——"
"Of course I would betray my friend."
Qian Renxue chuckled and said, "Of course, that was just a joke to fool those idiots. Don't you think it's ridiculous to see them getting excited and pinning all their hopes on me?"
Count Geng Xin was stunned for a moment, then he burst into laughter. The originally tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed. Seeing Qian Renxue laughing, the nobles around him also laughed.
"Yes, you are absolutely right! Such a scene must have been very interesting, it's a pity that I didn't get to see it, hahahaha! Hahahaha. Haha."
".ha."
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Count Gengxin was silent for a while and asked suddenly.
"You mean the blacksmiths?"
The dry laughter in the banquet hall gradually died down.
Qian Renxue smiled and said nothing.
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"Right?"
The sneers on the nobles' faces gradually turned into expressions of fear and trepidation.
Qian Renxue just looked at them with interest.
"Your Highness, is there any misunderstanding between us? Has anything happened in Gengxin City these days that made you unhappy?"
Count Gengxin, who was being stared at by those deep purple eyes that were more intoxicating than gemstones, asked with a forced smile.
"Misunderstanding? How could that be? There is no misunderstanding. Didn't we have a very pleasant chat, Mr. Count?"
Qian Renxue stroked the cold body of the green snake and said with a smile: "I like the gold soul coins you gave me, and I also like the soul bones you gave me. Look, there is also this -"
Qian Renxue shook the stack of documents in her hand again: "And the proof of our friendship."
"Oh, there is no evidence. If I just kill a count, it will be very troublesome for me to deal with it later. The Spirit Hall will also receive harassing letters of condemnation."
The blonde girl sighed like this first, and then said to Count Gengxin very solemnly:
"Thank you for saving me a lot of precious time. I will cherish this dedication that is more dazzling than gold. Well, seven days, no, seven days is still too long, then three days will do."
"I will see to it that nothing desecrates your body for three days while you are hung across from the main temple."
Qian Renxue continued to speak calmly: "Let's do it, Uncle Thorny Porpoise."
A red-haired old man in golden armor behind her nodded slightly, and the moment he raised his hand, Earl Gengxin screamed in fear.
"etc!"
"Oh?"
Qian Renxue looked at the trembling so-called noble in front of her with great interest, "Do you have any last wishes? For the sake of our friendship, I can allow you to finish speaking first, Mr. Earl."
"Your Highness."
Count Gengxin tried hard to suppress his fear. He stared at Qian Renxue and said word by word: "Are you going to kill me? Right here, right now? In front of so many Xing Luo nobles? Just to kill me, you are not hesitating to let the Spirit Hall and the Xing Luo Empire confront each other?"
"Your Highness, I am not worthy!" He exhaled his fear, and his brain worked at an unprecedented speed: "I don't believe I am worthy of you doing this. If you really want to judge me, at least bring me before your Majesty! This is a family affair of our Xing Luo Empire! You are not qualified to execute me right now!"
"You want the Blacksmiths' Association, don't you? I'll ask those peasants to give up their positions right now. I can definitely help you! The Blacksmiths' Association should belong to you!"
That's right, this princess came to Count Gengxin for no fun. She never concealed her purpose. She just wanted the Blacksmith Association to use those mud legs to stabilize her first! If the matter can be dragged to Xingluo City, the Duke of Netherworld might -
"'The Duke of Hell may give me a chance of survival' - that's what you think, isn't it, Count?"
Qian Renxue half-closed one eye, holding something similar to a kaleidoscope in both hands, and playfully observed Count Geng Xin's face.
The kaleidoscope in her hand was also something she got in Gengxin City. Those blacksmiths don't just forge iron, they are all making things like this kind of equipment and weapons. Instead, they don't have any in-depth knowledge in forging metals. They have gone astray. The blacksmiths are all trying to innovate and make things that soul guides should do, but they don't know how to carve soul guide cores, so they are just doing useless work.
Only Lou Gao knew how to work with the properties of metal, so he became the master craftsman of Gengxin City. However, his skill as a master craftsman was too weak to be able to perform spirit forging, soul forging, or even heaven forging. He was just the tallest of the short guys.
The human figures in the kaleidoscope are twisted, deformed, colorful and disgusting.
"It's a pity." The gentle and elegant blonde girl shrugged, "We agreed to split it 70% to 30%, he gets 70% and I get 30%."
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Count Gengxin opened his mouth wide, and the suppressed fear and despair instantly pressed down his cervical vertebrae and spine.
Qian Renxue stared at Earl Gengxin who was trembling all over, and her body began to tremble as well.
After shaking for two seconds, she finally couldn't hold it back anymore. Her cheerful and loud laughter echoed in the banquet hall, and she was laughing so hard that her body was shaking.
"Hahahaha. No, Mr. Count, you. Hahahaha, you really believed it? Do you really believe that I would share the money with him? With a Contra?"
Qian Renxue, who was laughing so hard that she fell backwards, put down the kaleidoscope in her hand and picked up the documents on the silver plate: "Then what do I need these for? It seems that your trust in the Duke of the Netherworld is just this much."
"But speaking of it, the Zhu family is worthy of being the special supplier to the royal family. They are quite skilled in the business of pimping. After all, I was also sold to the royal family. I can understand."
Qian Renxue, who was no longer trying to hide her feelings, sighed and asked the attendant to hand the document to Snake Spear Douluo. She shook her head and sighed, "Duke of the Netherworld? He's just a Soul Douluo. Why do you think I would give him face? Is it because he holds some military power?"
"But he doesn't even have the qualifications to kneel at my feet."
The beautiful girl who always made people feel warm and cheerful suddenly lost her smile.
"Mr. Count, is it because I am too gentle to you? Are you underestimating me a little too much?"
All the nobles at the banquet didn't dare to breathe, and each of them tried their best to reduce their presence.
Count Gengxin knelt down tremblingly, "Your Highness, that's not what I meant. I...I...By the way! I paid! I paid! You can't kill me! I gave you all my property!"
Hearing his words, a strange light flashed in Qian Renxue's eyes. She asked curiously, "What on earth did I do not do well enough to make you think that I would be the one to take over this gray industry?"
"Is it because my appearance is not good enough? But many people think I am kind just by looking at my appearance."
Hearing this, Earl Gengxin was overjoyed. As long as she had the imagination to accept it, it would be fine! He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "How could it be! Your Highness is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, but I think that no one in the world can live without money. What's so good about kindness?"
"So that's how it is." Qian Renxue murmured to herself. It wasn't because she didn't look like a good person, nor was it because she didn't make the tea well. It was just Earl Gengxin's own problem.
"In this case, I cannot let Mr. Earl down. Let me be the first person that Earl Gengxin does not expect!"
Qian Renxue clapped her hands, as if to cheer him up. Seeing the surprise in Earl Gengxin's eyes, she became even happier.
"After all, a tasteless scum like you is totally unworthy of being a villain."
Her expression changed from cheerfulness to indifference. Qian Renxue looked expressionlessly at Earl Gengxin who was kneeling on the ground, and looked down at him from the chair.
"There are obviously more effective ways to use, obviously more perfect ways to control, and obviously more unsolvable ways to plunder. But you scumbags are gloating over the benefits you have gained with such inferior and ridiculous means."
"When I think of being in the same evil party as you, I feel sad from the bottom of my heart."
Qian Renxue leaned her elbow against the armrest, held her head with one hand and said unhappily: "A villain who can't even be loved deserves to be called a villain?"
Crazy, this woman is absolutely crazy, she really wants to kill me, kill a noble of the Xingluo Empire! Is she really not afraid of starting a war? !
"The Star Luo Empire will not let you go! You lunatic!!"
Earl Gengxin, who already knew he had no way out, was filled with shock and anger. He cursed and overturned the entire dining table, causing those little-known nobles to exclaim in surprise.
It has to be said that although he has fallen to this point and his body is as fat as a ball, as a soul master at the Soul Emperor level, Earl Gengxin still has quite some strength.
But the tableware, wine and food that should have hit Qian Renxue's face instead crashed onto Earl Gengxin himself.
"Look." The blonde girl crossed her legs and spread her arms. Her deep purple eyes emitted a faint divine light. She spoke with disdain.
"This kind of angry loser look is so despicable that it is hard to accept."
"If you can't even accept failure, why are you still a villain? You might as well go play house with those kids who shout about the bond of friendship."
"Qian Ling'er!! You! You bitch!!!"
"boom--!"
Count Gengxin's round and fat body flew backwards, scaring the nobles and concubines in the banquet hall to scream in fear, but no one dared to flee.
"presumptuous!"
The Snake Spear Douluo behind Qian Renxue did not move, but just said this with an expressionless face.
She Long didn't like it when someone insulted the young master, especially in front of him! This made him very unhappy.
"Why."
Count Gengxin, who was almost losing his mind, squeezed out words from between his teeth: "Why? Why me? What's the point of you doing this! I clearly gave you the Blacksmith Guild!"
She Long frowned slightly, and the coldness in his eyes became even stronger. Just as he was about to take a step forward, Qian Renxue raised her hand to signal him to stop. She then put down her raised long legs and slowly walked in front of Earl Gengxin.
"why?"
Qian Renxue looked down at him indifferently, "Isn't the answer yourself, Mr. Earl?"
"It's like you think you are a noble and you can do whatever you want. If you like a beautiful woman, you grab her. If you like a gem, you take it. If you don't like someone, you kill him."
"And I just like to see the ugly and funny looks of you useless people. It makes me very happy."
"I want to kill you, it's that simple."
Her appearance was as holy as an angel, but her face was as deep and dark as pitch black. Qian Renxue tilted her head and spoke softly.
"After all, don't you call me, the noble among nobles?"
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(End of this chapter)
