Yuwen Sheng smiled gently: "It's fine if it's destroyed. My (wife's) things are not worthy of your inn."
He spoke with the gentlest tone, conveying a dangerous intent, and finished speaking in a voice only the shopkeeper could hear. Then he went inside with Wei Yao, Run Tu, and the others.
Zheng Quchi looked at the broken wood and debris on the ground and swallowed hard: "Why did he suddenly lose his temper?"
Mu Gaoyi, standing behind her, shrank back and shook his head with a hint of empathy: "Is this a temper tantrum? No, General, this is... about to kill someone."
Shi Hetong glanced at the shopkeeper with sympathy, but his tone was full of schadenfreude: "I don't know what the general said to the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper's face turned pale."
She couldn't hear what he said, but she had sharp eyes.
"Did he just throw a gold bean at the shopkeeper?" Zheng Quchi suddenly asked.
“Yes, the general destroyed someone’s pillar, he mustn’t…” Mu Gaoyi was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly noticed Zheng Quchi’s expression was off: “Aqing, what’s with that expression…”
Zheng Quchi looked at them and complained with heartache, "I... I finally managed to save up some money for food and lodging, but he... but he just handed over the gold to someone else for nothing!"
Mu Gaoyi and Shi Hetong exchanged a glance, then Mu Gaoyi said with a strange yet amused expression, "Aqing, that's the general's money being compensated, why are you so distressed?"
They simply cannot understand it.
Zheng Quchi's expression froze.
She pouted: "I... I feel bad for the lotus flower that I spent so much effort carving, is that not allowed?"
"Oh, I see. But Ah Qing, I actually think that what the general is doing is a good thing for you," Shi Hetong comforted her.
Zheng Quchi looked at him: "Why do you say that?"
Shi Hetong explained to her, “You may not have thought that much about it, but the artisans of the seven kingdoms are strictly divided into ranks. Therefore, any artisan with a rank cares a lot about their reputation and works. They generally don’t do woodwork for others casually; that’s what the artisans do. So you should cherish your work even more.”
After listening, Zheng Quchi finally understood that Yuwen Sheng's actions were essentially buying her private work to prevent it from circulating in the market and being exploited by those with ulterior motives, thus damaging her reputation.
I never imagined he would consider things so meticulously for her...
To be honest, she was quite glad that he destroyed the gatepost, because she really didn't want her relief sculpture to be used by this unscrupulous shopkeeper to make money and flaunt it.
"Okay, I understand."
Mu Gaoyi teased her on purpose: "But you didn't see how shocked those people were by your carving skills. Aqing, this is a complete fraud. You have such good skills, but you insist on wearing a first-class craftsman's badge. I wonder how many people will be fooled at the Jichun Craftsmen's Association tomorrow."
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