Chapter 444: Plundering the Imperial Palace

Upon hearing Yuwen Tuo's words, Taba Yu'er's face was filled with sorrow.

She had originally thought that Chen Jingchou had been captured by the Demon Realm because of his identity as the Earth Emperor, in order to force him to submit to the Demon Realm.

Then, Chen Jingchou had refused to yield even unto death, and was ultimately cruelly murdered by the Demon Lord.

Yet, she had not expected that Chen Jingchou had actually been slain by Yuwen Tuo and the others because, after being demonized, he had attempted to dominate the Human Realm, Demon Realm, and God Realm.

With a face full of sorrow, Taba Yu'er did not say anything more, and left alone, staggering as she walked.

"Yu'er!"

Just as Yuwen Tuo prepared to step forward to question where Taba Yu'er was going, he was stopped by Duan Fengyun.

Duan Fengyun spoke up:

"Taba Yu'er must be feeling very terrible right now; let her have some peace and quiet alone.

After all, Chen Jingchou died at our hands; with her constantly looking at us, she likely feels very uncomfortable inside."

Upon hearing Duan Fengyun's explanation, Yuwen Tuo nodded.

The two turned and walked out of the alley, continuing toward the sesame seed cake shop that Yuwen Tuo had mentioned.

After buying some specialty sesame seed cakes and a few other local snacks for everyone, the two returned to the Situ Gong Mansion.

At this time, the servants had already gathered over a hundred commoners to stand in front of the Situ Gong Mansion.

Seeing Yuwen Tuo arrive, the crowd shouted:

"Greetings, Situ Gong Yuwen!"

Yuwen Tuo waved his hand and said:

"There is no need for such formalities, everyone.

I have summoned you all today because I want you to go to my ancestral land, Tiandi Yijian Ku, to build a residence for me.

Of course, I will not treat you unfairly for working for me.

Who is the leader among you!"

At this moment, a burly and sturdy man walked out and said:

"Reporting to Situ Gong, I am the leader of this group.

Whatever instructions Situ Gong has, please feel free to command us; we subordinates will certainly handle them well for Situ Gong."

A tree's shadow is its name; ever since the commoners learned that Yuwen Tuo had replaced Yang Su to become the new Situ Gong of the Great Sui, this group had also begun to understand this new Situ Gong.

Yuwen Tuo's past bloody methods were also well-known to this group, so they were extremely afraid of this Situ Gong Yuwen in their hearts.

Yuwen Tuo took a five-hundred-tael silver note from his bosom, handed it to the burly leader, and said:

"This is your commission. I will give you a portion first; you must take your brothers and build my home for me as quickly as possible.

As for materials, I will have my servants arrange for them to be delivered. I only have two requirements for you.

Work overtime to finish it for me.

Ensure the quality while finishing it for me.

Can you manage this in these two days?"

Although Yuwen Tuo did not claim to be a good person, he knew that this group of people did not have it easy, so he gave them a portion of the money first to give them more motivation to work for him.

If he did not give them a little sweetness first, this group would likely think he was making them work for nothing.

The burly man looked at the silver note in his hand; this was the first time he had seen so much money.

And the commoners beside him also had eyes shining with greed when they saw the silver note in the burly man's hand; when had they ever seen so much money?

Holding the silver note in his hand, the burly man said with a choked voice:

"Situ Gong Yuwen, we haven't even started working yet, and you have already given us the wages.

Aren't you afraid that I might take this money and run far away?"

Yuwen Tuo laughed:

"Hahahaha, since I, Yuwen Tuo, dare to give you this money, I am naturally not afraid of you running away.

If you dare to run away, I will find you even if I have to travel to the ends of the earth."

The burly man nodded and said:

"Understood, Situ Gong Yuwen!

Brothers, since Situ Gong Yuwen has spoken, we must get Situ Gong Yuwen's home built as quickly as possible while ensuring quality."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

……

The group of commoners shouted one after another. Yuwen Tuo nodded and summoned a soldier nearby, saying:

"Take a few men and lead them to Tiandi Yijian Ku to wait for me!"

"Yes, Situ Gong Yuwen!

Follow me!"

After receiving Yuwen Tuo's order, the soldier immediately found a few men to lead this group as they hurried toward Tiandi Yijian Ku.

After they left, Yuwen Tuo called for the steward and said:

"Find people to send materials to Tiandi Yijian Ku for me. Remember, these materials must be the best.

If there aren't enough, go to the Minister and ask for them; just say that I, Yuwen Tuo, need them. I want to see what kind of nerve they have to dare to stop me!"

"Yes, Situ Gong Yuwen!"

Yuwen Tuo knew that with the Great Sui in its current state, it was already crumbling in the wind and rain; he wanted to seize this opportunity to use the resources to build his own home.

After finishing all his instructions, Yuwen Tuo went to his room, packed his luggage, and walked out.

At this moment, Duan Fengyun also walked out of a room with a look of complete satisfaction.

Seeing the room Duan Fengyun walked out of, Yuwen Tuo smiled and said:

"Indeed, nothing can be hidden from your eyes, big brother.

Did you empty out all the wine in here?"

Duan Fengyun nodded and said:

"That's right, the wine inside has all been cleared out by me.

Anyway, you won't be living here anymore, so it would be a pity to leave these wines behind.

I am not a picky person; since there is so much wine left, I might as well help you finish it all.

Besides, you will need quite a lot of wine when you get married later."

The place Duan Fengyun had just gone to was precisely Yang Su's wine cellar; Duan Fengyun had directly helped himself and moved everything into his own Void.

Yuwen Tuo smiled and said nothing, but thinking of wine, Yuwen Tuo suddenly had an idea.

"Big brother, since one can never have too much wine, I know a place that has an exceptional amount of it. How about I take you to see it?"

Upon hearing Yuwen Tuo's words, Duan Fengyun immediately became interested and said:

"Oh?

Where is this wine that could actually catch your attention?"

Yuwen Tuo smiled and said:

"Naturally, it is in the Imperial Palace, among the treasures of that tyrant Yang Guang.

Why don't we make a trip to the Imperial Palace and empty out all of Yang Guang's treasures for him."

Upon hearing this, Duan Fengyun slapped his thigh and said:

"Brother Yuwen, this idea of yours is truly excellent; why didn't I think of it!"

A single word awakened the dreamer; Duan Fengyun now regretted it immensely, wondering why he hadn't thought of this sooner.

A place like the Imperial Palace must surely collect everything under the sun, and as for wine, there must be countless amounts of it within the Imperial Palace.

"Brother Yuwen, then what are we waiting for?

Let's go, we will head to the Imperial Palace immediately and empty out Yang Guang's wine for him."

Yuwen Tuo smiled and transformed into a streak of firelight, and Duan Fengyun likewise transformed into a streak of firelight.

However, the firelight of the two this time was minimal; the two carefully arrived at Yang Guang's national treasury.

Looking at the gold, silver, and jewels piled up like mountains inside, Duan Fengyun shook his head and said:

"Truly a tyrant; the common people outside are trading children to eat, yet this tyrant's treasury is extravagant to this extent.

It is truly intolerable to heaven that his Great Sui has not yet been destroyed!"

Having said that, Duan Fengyun did not bother with this pile of gold and silver treasures; these things should be left for the later Tang Dynasty to handle.

The two went straight to Yang Guang's wine storage room; upon arriving at the wine storage room, the eyes of the two were instantly dazzled.

Although the two had imagined what Yang Guang's wine storage room looked like before coming, in the end, they had still underestimated it.

In the room of several hundred square meters, it was packed full of wine.

And looking at the traces on the wine jars, they were all aged wines, among which was the grape wine that Duan Fengyun had always wanted to drink but had not been able to find.

Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo looked at each other, and both of their faces revealed a smile; they had struck it rich this time.

The two went at it left and right, each putting the wine jars into their own respective Voids.

Because the remaining grape wine was brightly colored, Yuwen Tuo thought it was some kind of poisonous wine and was about to destroy it when he was stopped by Duan Fengyun.

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Duan Fengyun said nothing, directly tore open a jar, and handed it to Yuwen Tuo.

Yuwen Tuo looked at the bright grape wine, but it had a strong fruity aroma; holding the attitude of giving it a try, Yuwen Tuo took a small sip.

This sip was no small matter; Yuwen Tuo was instantly conquered by this delicate fragrance.

Yuwen Tuo pointed at the wine jar and asked:

"Big brother, what kind of wine is this?

Why does it taste different from other wines? This wine has such a fragrant grape flavor."

Duan Fengyun smiled and said:

"This is grape wine!

As the saying goes, 'Grape wine, luminous cups'; this is the grape wine from the Western Regions.

Alright, if you like drinking it, then let's empty it all out for him; don't leave a single drop for this dog emperor."

Yuwen Tuo nodded and continued to bury his head in putting the remaining wine jars into the Void.

Through the swift efforts of the two, the entire wine storage room was swept clean by them.

Duan Fengyun clapped his hands and smiled:

"Alright, the wine now is enough for us to drink for a while.

Didn't you say before that you wanted to go to Tiandi Yijian Ku to see how to design your future home?

Then let's go now!"

Yuwen Tuo nodded, and the two immediately transformed into a streak of firelight and left.

Not long after the two left, Yang Guang sent someone to the wine storage room to fetch two jars of grape wine for him.

The eunuch arrived at the wine storage room in high spirits, because according to Yang Guang's previous habits, these two jars of grape wine could never be finished.

When the time came, he would also get to have a bit of a treat and enjoy this fine wine from the Western Regions.

When he arrived at the wine storage room and saw the empty room, he rubbed his eyes hard, only to find that it was still an empty room; the eunuch immediately panicked and shouted:

"Someone come! It's terrible, all of His Majesty's wine is gone!"

Hearing the eunuch's cry, the first to arrive were the Imperial Guard responsible for guarding the national treasury.

Upon hearing the eunuch's shout, the Imperial Guard immediately rushed in.

Everyone looked at the empty wine cellar, staring at one another, not knowing what to do.

A room of over two hundred square meters, with thousands of jars of fine wine just gone like that; who would believe it if told?

At this moment, Yang Guang also heard the news and rushed over; he had just finished favoring his favorite Hua Fei and was looking forward to drinking some grape wine to enjoy himself.

Hearing from his servants that something had happened to the wine cellar, Yang Guang immediately rushed over.

Yang Guang arrived at the wine cellar, and looking at the empty room, Yang Su said in a great rage:

"Is there anyone who will come out and explain to Us what is going on?

Where is My fine wine?

How is it that you people have been guarding it for Me!"

The Imperial Guard all knelt on the ground and said:

"Your Majesty, your subordinates do not know either; we were all guarding it from the outside.

Everything else in the national treasury is completely intact; only the wine in the wine cellar is missing!"

Yang Guang shook his head; he did not want to hear any explanations at this moment.

Inside his Imperial Palace, under the watch of his heavily guarded Imperial Guard, his national treasury had actually been looted clean by someone.

If others were to find out, would he, the Emperor, not become a laughingstock?

Yang Guang spoke up:

"Someone, pass down the order: wherever wine from the palace appears outside the Imperial Palace, kill everyone involved without exception!

Better to kill the innocent by mistake than to let a single one go!

No matter who touched My wine, I will make them wish for death but be unable to die."

Very quickly, a massive search began outside the Imperial Palace regarding the wine lost from the palace, and countless merchants who had previously collected grape wine suffered the disaster of having their families wiped out because of it.

This also unintentionally accelerated the progress of the common people in overthrowing the tyrannical Sui Dynasty and the tyrant.

Meanwhile, the culprits, Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo, were currently at Tiandi Yijian Ku marking out the future home of Yuwen Tuo.