The woman gathering herbs gripped the woven straps of her basket tightly.
Her eyes flickered as she stared in Yuwen Sheng's direction.
She didn't know Yuwen Sheng's identity at first, but when she heard the stranger call him "General Yuwen," she made a bold guess in her mind.
The general wearing the Asura mask is the God of War of Ye Kingdom.
There are many generals in the Ye Kingdom, but only one can be called the Great General—the supreme military commander of the Ye Kingdom, also known privately as the Living Yama, General Yuwen.
She just couldn't understand it. Was this giant insect skin really that rare? Couldn't she buy it anywhere else?
Even someone as wealthy and powerful as General Yuwen, who came from the capital, had to resort to robbery to acquire it.
Zheng Quchi's mind was completely blank at that moment.
She came to the city today simply to sell a tiger skin and make some money. Unfortunately, she ran into two groups embroiled in a dispute. She tried to slip away but was caught red-handed, and ended up becoming the seller in their struggle.
After Yuwen Sheng spoke and she noticed a moment of silence around her, she said in a weak voice, "My daughter, we only have this one piece of skin..."
Gongshu Jiruo thought that Yuwen Sheng was deliberately causing trouble for him, and his calm voice under the blue veil turned cold: "General Yuwen, I was the one who first took a liking to this tiger skin."
Yuwen Sheng smiled: "So, just because you've taken a liking to it doesn't mean it's yours. Have you paid for it?"
It's a complete robber's theory, but I have to admit, it's damn reasonable.
Gongshu Jiruo's eyes flashed through the thin veil as he said, "If General Yuwen hadn't come so suddenly, the money and goods would have already been exchanged."
“That means they haven’t paid yet,” Yuwen Sheng said with regret.
He looked at Zheng Quchi and saw that her small head was hanging down to her chest. He didn't know if she was frightened or ashamed to face anyone.
It's already short enough, so let's just roll it up and knead it, and make it into a ball.
His fake smile deepened, and his voice, warm as spring water, asked, "How much are you selling this tiger pelt for?"
He said, "Give me a medium-sized ingot of silver."
Upon hearing this, Yuwen Sheng frowned. He wondered how much effort and risk she had taken to hunt such a large insect skin, and she was only giving him ten taels of silver.
The chief craftsman of Beiyuan Kingdom is far too petty.
"This general will give you a silver ingot."
Zheng Quchi suddenly raised his head, his dark face full of surprise: "One ingot?!"
One ingot of silver is fifty taels?
Having been poor for so long, Zheng Quchi usually spent money one copper coin at a time. She never imagined that one day she would be able to live a life of extravagant consumption, spending money in taels of silver.
Seeing Zheng Quchi's money-grubbing expression, Gongshu Jiruo said indifferently, "Two ingots of silver."
"Three ingots."
"Four ingots."
"..."
As the two engaged in a bidding war, neither willing to yield and raising the price, not only was Zheng Quchi's heart trembling with excitement, but the surrounding people were also filled with thoughts of money gushing down their heads.
At the same time, jealousy, envy, and hatred are also a true reflection of their current state of mind.
Why weren't they so lucky to pick this time and place, only to have a pair of wealthy suckers come along and give them money to get rich!
"One ingot of gold, even Gongshu Jiruo, can you afford it?"
Faced with Yuwen Sheng's magnanimous attitude of "it doesn't matter, he'll take care of it," Gongshu Jiruo, who was away from home, fell into a long silence after failing to outmaneuver him in terms of financial resources.
Saw was so angry that his chest heaved. He really was a madman. One ingot of gold was enough to buy the skin of the tiger in the entire Ye Kingdom. He was despicable, mean, shameless, insidious and rich just to make things difficult for his master!
Wei Yao chuckled and sighed. As long as it was something their general wanted, he basically wouldn't listen to the rules, because he was the embodiment of rules.
Wang Zebang then gave Zheng Quchi a sharp look.
Thin, dark-skinned, and short, dressed like a typical rural woman.
Such an ordinary-looking woman should not have aroused the general's unusual behavior. The general's sudden and strange behavior, which is contrary to his usual behavior, must be because of Gongshu Jiruo.
Seeing that Gongshu Jiruo would not respond, Yuwen Sheng took off his silk gloves and accepted the gold ingot offered by Wei Yao.
"Take it."
This was the first time Zheng Quchi had seen Yuwen Sheng's hands without his gloves. Before, her mind was preoccupied with other things, and she hadn't paid attention to such trivial matters.
Upon closer inspection, she found his hands to be delicate and white, with well-proportioned bones and flesh, and distinct knuckles—the kind of hands that hand fetishists would absolutely adore… But wait, these hands somehow looked strangely familiar.
Are all these beautiful hands basically the same?
"No need, not so many, just one ingot of silver will do."
Although Zheng Quchi loved money, she was not greedy. If she had really asked Yuwen Sheng for a gold ingot to sell a tiger skin and made a fortune in front of everyone, she might have been robbed while she was sleeping at night.
Yuwen Sheng knew what she was thinking when he saw her decline. Unlike ordinary foolish women, she naturally understood that people who were too greedy usually did not have a good ending.
He did as she asked, letting Wei Yao exchange a silver ingot. Under the furious gaze of Ju Zi and the speechless stares of those around him, he shamelessly used the money to deliberately suppress Gongshu Ji Ruo, and then turned around to exchange the silver for gold to buy the tiger skin.
"I just heard you say that the fox fur is for your husband, but ordinary families can't bear to use such a precious item. You're really good to your husband."
Zheng Quchi didn't understand why Yuwen Sheng would chat with a mere vendor like her. She was wary, wondering if she had given herself away and aroused Yuwen Sheng's suspicion.
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