To be honest, Prefect Xu and Madam Feng don't really trust Jing Zhe's character anymore.
They initially agreed to sell the Feng Family Restaurant to him, but after agreeing, they made them write a guarantee. After they wrote the guarantee, they were then presented with a letter of adultery.
Prefect Xu now suspects that after the adultery letter is written, there might be some kind of "confession" or something similar.
Seeing that the two remained silent and looked at him with suspicion and contempt, Jing Zhe said with dissatisfaction, "What kind of looks are those? You really don't believe me? If you don't believe me, then there's no need to write this adultery agreement! I wouldn't bother using it!"
"..."
Upon hearing this, the two were secretly delighted, because they hadn't expected Jing Zhe to be so easy to talk to. If they had known this earlier, they should have insisted, and perhaps they wouldn't have even needed to write a guarantee!
Just as they were thinking this, Jing Zhe suddenly picked up the guarantee, tore it up with a wave of his hand.
"Since you won't write a statement of adultery, this guarantee is meaningless and completely useless. Just tear it up!"
Although he was overjoyed, Prefect Xu kept a straight face and remained silent, afraid that Jing Zhe would change his mind. But Jing Zhe then said, "Then we don't need to buy this restaurant!"
The window, which had just been closed, was suddenly blown open again by an unexpected gust of wind. Jing Zhe went upstairs and shouted, "Everyone come up and see—"
"President Jing, let's write!"
No matter how tough or indifferent they had seemed before, the two of them were still frightened when Jing Zhezhen shouted, and Prefect Xu quickly stepped in to stop them.
"Prefect Xu, there's no need to force me. I don't want to buy it anymore."
Jing Zhe waved his hand and said.
"Don't be like that, President Jing!"
Magistrate Xu panicked upon hearing this: "President Jing, we'll write it! At worst, we can discuss the price further!"
This time, Magistrate Xu was truly frightened and made the decision to compromise on the price.
Upon hearing this, Jing Zhe's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Alright, let's change the price then!"
"President Jing, how much will it change?"
"Three thousand taels!"
Three thousand taels?
Magistrate Xu and Madam Feng were both astonished. They had originally planned to take the five thousand taels themselves, but if...
In just a few words, he lost three thousand taels of silver. Magistrate Xu was really devastated. He should have agreed in the first place. In the end, he lost both his wife and his army!
"What, Prefect Xu, do you think it's not enough? Shall I add some more?"
"Not a little, not a little!"
Magistrate Xu hurriedly said this, because he was afraid that if Jing Zhe raised the price again, they wouldn't even be able to earn the two thousand taels!
"In that case, let's rewrite the guarantee!"
"..."
Magistrate Xu's heart was bleeding; the words written on the paper seemed to be written in his own blood, a truly shocking sight.
...
"Hey, Magistrate Xu, you've written it wrong. Rewrite it!"
When Magistrate Xu wrote down the amount for buying Feng's Restaurant, Jing Zhe suddenly shouted.
Magistrate Xu stopped writing, looked up, and his face was full of doubt.
"President Jing, this... is there no mistake?"
As he spoke, Prefect Xu lowered his head to confirm again. It was indeed written on the paper that it was seven thousand taels. It was originally ten thousand taels, but Jing Zhe just wanted to change it to three thousand taels. Ten thousand minus three thousand equals seven thousand. There's nothing wrong with that, is there? This guy surnamed Jing can't even do this?
Magistrate Xu expressed his doubts about this.
Then Jing Zhe said, "You're wrong! I already said to add three thousand taels, so why are you writing less and less?"
"Add...three thousand taels?"
Magistrate Xu felt that his brain was not working properly.
"Yes, add three thousand taels, making it thirteen thousand taels!"
"..."
Magistrate Xu felt that his brain was really not up to par.
What kind of bargaining tactic is this?
Just now, even 10,000 taels was considered too much, how did it become 13,000 taels after one round?
At this moment, Prefect Xu suddenly realized something. Why did he think that when he said, "Prefect Xu thinks it's not enough? Then I'll add some more," he really meant to add some more!
I should have agreed!
Although it's unclear why Jing Zhe did this, only a fool wouldn't take advantage of such a good deal!
"What, Prefect Xu, have you really changed your mind? You think adding three thousand taels isn't enough? You should have said so earlier! I was just about to give Prefect Xu a little more, but he said it wasn't necessary!"
Jing Zhe waved his hand again, "Then let's settle for a fixed price of 15,000 taels. Does Prefect Xu think that's acceptable?"
"..."
That's really... amazing!
Magistrate Xu was overjoyed. He had really run into a fool today. He could make ten thousand taels of silver in no time!
Without saying a word, Magistrate Xu quickly picked up his pen and wrote down the transaction price of 15,000 taels on the guarantee.
The guarantee is divided into two pages. The first page is actually the transfer agreement for the Feng Family Restaurant, which stipulates that Jing Zhe will buy the Feng Family Restaurant for 15,000 taels of silver. The second page states that Jing Zhe does not have the silver yet. Once the silver arrives, Jing Zhe will exchange money and a letter of adultery with Madam Feng in exchange for the transfer of the property deed. If he violates this agreement, the letter of adultery will be made public.
Finally, Magistrate Xu and Madam Feng signed and sealed the document, and with the guarantee and the letter of adultery in hand, Jing Zhe was completely satisfied.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to ask, "Madam Feng, buying and selling the Feng Family Restaurant is a big deal. Should I go to the Feng family again and tell Master Feng as well? That way, Madam Feng won't be put in a difficult position later!"
He raised his head as he spoke, looking like he was thinking of others.
"This... I think we shouldn't..."
Thank you so much!
Thinking back to when Jing Zhe asked her in the private room on the second floor if she wanted to go to the Feng family, it turned out that from the beginning, he had been planning to buy the restaurant, but she had misunderstood!
Madam Feng gritted her teeth, thinking bitterly.
"Isn't it necessary? What if Master Feng disagrees? I am, after all, a second-rank official. If I go and speak to him personally, Master Feng will surely give me some face, won't he?"
"Really, it's not necessary, President Jing!"
If you go, how are we supposed to get another ten thousand taels?
Magistrate Xu did not want Jing Zhe to meet with Master Feng, so that he could tell Master Feng that Jing Zhe had used his official position to forcibly buy the Feng family restaurant from them for the low price of five thousand taels of silver.
Even if Master Feng was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do. After all, he knew how formidable Jing Zhe was; otherwise, Grand Tutor Bai wouldn't have been unable to deal with him.
At that time, apart from having a deeper hatred for Jing Zhe, Master Feng would have nothing else to say!
As long as Jing Zhe doesn't go to the Feng family, the probability of Master Feng seeing Jing Zhe is almost zero, because Master Feng is old and rarely goes out.
Therefore, the most urgent task now is to completely nip Jing Zhe's idea of visiting the Feng family in the bud. We must not let Jing Zhe meet with the wealthy Feng. After a moment's thought, Prefect Xu had an idea.
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