Chapter 179

"That's really outrageous. Even the Saint Maiden tried to stop us! How ungrateful!" Shen Jiao said in unison, "I'm going to go and argue with them!"

She turned around angrily and tried to go back.

"Hey, hey, hey," Yun Que quickly pulled her back, "That's not necessary. They are also doing their best. This Saint Lady won't bother with them."

"The Saint is truly magnanimous! This is truly a blessing for the people and the world!"

Shen Jiao praised generously.

Yun Que was almost grinning like a cat, and it took all his strength to restrain himself from laughing wildly. He just said reservedly: "Haha, I, I'm not as good as you say!"

"It's rare for a saint to be so humble."

"hey-hey!"

Skylark put her hands on her hips and looked complacent and proud. She was almost fooled into a fool, but she still hadn't forgotten her business.

"Since you say so, I guess you have already decided to follow this Saint, right?"

"That's not the case," Shen Jiao shook her head decisively, and before she could get angry, she tried to comfort her, "I haven't finished my work yet. Saint, your heart is so broad, there must be countless people who want to follow you. If such a good thing happens to me, why wouldn't I come to you whenever I have time?"

"Why did you sleep until noon when you didn't have time?"

Yunque was just happy, not really stupid. She could tell whether Shen Jiao was lying to the child or not.

"You outsiders are so dishonest. If you don't want to do something, then don't do it. What are you talking about? You're just talking big and don't do anything. You're all the same. No wonder the big guys don't want to do business with you."

This is interesting.

Shen Jiao squatted down and asked her, "Who wants to do business with a big family?"

"Want to know?" Yun Que made a face and said, "I won't tell you. If you have the guts, go ask yourself."

"No, those people don't know as much as a saint like you. How about... I treat you to a meal and you tell me?"

"Hmm...Okay, I want to eat sweet-scented osmanthus dumplings...and roast goose with lychees!"

She pondered for a moment and even thought about where to eat. Shen Jiao nodded, and she grabbed Shen Jiao's head and climbed onto her shoulder.

Shen Jiao: ...You didn’t say we had to go this way?

After sitting down, Yun Que said contentedly, "Okay, let's go, go over there."

"Okay... sit tight." Niuma Shenjiao responded obediently.

This child is quite smart. He won't speak unless he gets something from his mouth.

After she finished eating, Shen Jiao asked her again, "Now you can tell me, who is the one who wants to do business with the big family?"

Yun Que then spoke: "It's the person you asked about yesterday. He said he was the president of some Tianxia Chamber of Commerce. His name was...what was it..."

Skylark chewed on the goose leg and thought for a long time before he said with certainty,

"Call me Hao Youqian!"

Shen Jiao: ...It’s hard not to be happy...

A person who comes from a family with a lot of wealth, grew up in a pile of splendor, and dresses well, but chooses to give himself a very vulgar name.

It’s really interesting to think about it.

Shen Jiao knew this person, the one from Qi State, the president of the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce who succeeded to the throne at the age of seven. He was not a genius, but just a puppet pushed up by his own mother after the game between several parties.

That place follows the same path as Tongcai Villa, which puts righteousness first, and has the ambition to protect the people of the world.

But when it comes to real action, it's just a name that makes one famous.

The Valley Master said that each generation on their side is getting worse than the previous one.

In the early years, the people who worked for them lived a good life, but now, like everywhere else, they are lucky to have enough to eat.

"What business does he have here?"

Shen Jiao felt that if they really wanted to do business, it would not be his turn as a puppet to step forward.

Skylark said, "It seems he is here to buy white medicine as well."

"Really? There are a lot of people who want to buy this medicine?" Shen Jiao remembered the traveling merchant she met on the day she first arrived.

Skylark nodded:

"Of course. People come asking about it every now and then, but the elders of the clan have always disagreed. That medicine is one of our Nanmao's most precious treasures, so how can we give it away lightly?"

Shen Jiao: "He shouldn't be willing to leave like this, right?"

"Then I don't know. I'm too lazy to listen to what happened after that. Anyway, he is still staying in the house of the big clan leader. I don't know what he wants to do." Yunque ate with relish.

Shen Jiao also listened with great interest: "Did he come alone?"

"There were two others with him, a man and a woman, and they looked fierce."

"You don't like them?"

"I want that, too,"

Maybe she was happy with the food, or maybe she felt that she and Shen Jiao were already friends, and she also told her some of her worries.

"Everyone else has servants following them, but I don't. I want to be a saint, how can I lose to others? It's so embarrassing."

"Face isn't about that," Shen Jiao wiped her greasy, innocent little face and said, "You'll understand when you grow up. Even if someone has ten thousand followers, they only have face in front of those who are not as good as them. But... sometimes that's enough. If you really want face, why not just buy two people?"

"Where do I have the money?" Yunque had thought about it before. Nanmao also had human traffickers and slaves, but he wouldn't give it to her for free if he had no money.

Shen Jiao: ...No wonder he goes out to cheat people on the street.

"Then there's nothing we can do. We can only wait until you become a saint. By then, you won't be able to refuse others even if you want to."

Shen Jiao didn't really care about this.

Seeing her gnawing on the goose meat in a depressed mood, as if it didn't smell as good as before, he looked around and whispered, "If you really want two people, there is a way."

"What method?"

"Go find those who want to go to Wan Teng Village. They will naturally be happy to follow you. Not to mention becoming slaves, at least they can support you. However, I'm afraid that even if you find someone, you can't take them with you. After all, they are all outsiders, and the elders will not agree."

"The tribesmen don't care," she blurted out, and then quickly asked, "Where can I find it?"

"It's so far away, yet so close at hand."

"Far away..." Yun Que looked at the sky, then looked at what was in front of him, "Isn't that still you?"

Her tone now sounded a little disgusted.

Shen Jiao: ...This little thing has two faces. He starts killing the donkey before the mill is even unloaded.

"Who said it was me? Don't people come to your clan's house every now and then to ask about it? Even if they don't come, there are still three ready-made people living there. Just go and ask. Even if there's no one around, they can still conjure up someone."

Shen Jiao instigated with evil intentions.

That malicious look was written all over her face, but Yun Que was no fool: "What a bad idea! I knew they weren't good people, but I still took them there. What if they did something bad? How could I be a saint in the future?"

"Then there's nothing we can do. Why don't you ask the clan leader? He asked you to live in his house, so he must be very optimistic about you, right?"

"That... is natural. I can handle my own affairs myself, so there's no need to trouble him."

Yunque said this without any confidence.

After eating two osmanthus dumplings, she sighed and told Shen Jiao the truth.