Chapter 202: Bribery
Ever since receiving the red crystal from the leader of the small tribe, Di Gu has been worried for several days, fearing that he would be discovered, but he also comforted himself that he had not caused any loss to the tribe.
After a period of time had passed, the trading area was still calm. No one noticed that Di Gu had sold a batch of goods at a low price, and no one found anything wrong.
As time went by, Di Gu's mentality changed a little, and by chance, he received a gift from a warrior of a small tribe.
This time, he was still a little nervous, but his mentality was much better than before, and he didn't lose sleep because of worry like before.
By the third time, he was more calm and even developed some confidence, because he had not been discovered the previous two times, so he should not be discovered this time either.
What's more, he didn't take the tribe's things directly, he just collected a little bit of them, and then lowered the price of the goods he wanted to sell a little bit.
By the fourth time, Di Gu was completely relieved and confident that there was no problem in doing so. It was completely reasonable for people from other tribes to come to trade and give him something.
The fifth time, Di Gu saw something he wanted and even began to hint to the people who came to trade that as long as they gave him the thing, they could exchange more goods.
In this way, Di Gu became the first person to accept bribes in the trading area.
Because he did not take the goods directly from the shop and did not accept bribes in every transaction, when Dongkui took inventory of the goods, he just felt that some of the goods he received were priced too high, and some of the goods he sold were priced too low, so he could only ask him to be more careful next time.
People's ambitions begin to expand step by step in this way. Especially after doing something wrong and not being punished, but instead gaining benefits, Di Gu's ambition expands even faster.
Until one day, Lan walked into the trading area with a piece of animal skin and came to the tool shop, wanting to exchange some weapons.
Although he joined the thorn vine, Lan's usual behavior remained the same as other tourists because his identity had to be kept secret.
Di Gu naturally didn't know Lan. He thought Lan was no different from other tourists, so he started to ask for benefits during the transaction.
"The hide is not bad, but it has quite a few flaws."
Lan frowned and asked, "Where is the flaw?"
Di Gu blew a few times on the hide, blowing away the hair. "Look, here... here, and here, there are scars."
Lan frowned even more tightly, because it was common for wild beasts to fight for survival, and it was inevitable that some small scars would be left on their bodies. Di Gu's behavior of picking on a hair flaw was too much.
Di Gu's eyes swept over Lan's body and finally stopped on the animal tooth necklace hanging around her neck.
"Your animal tooth necklace is quite nice."
Lan continued to look at him, not knowing what he was going to do.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Di Gu whispered, "If you can give me the animal tooth necklace, I will pretend that I didn't see those flaws, and I can also buy you another weapon."
After hearing Di Gu's words, Lan looked at him in disbelief, obviously not expecting him to say such a thing.
Seeing that Lan did not agree immediately, Di Gu said seriously: "If you don't want to, forget it, but with these flaws, it will be difficult to exchange this animal skin for a good weapon."
When Lan heard this, she almost wanted to beat this scum to death, but she finally held back.
Having been a tourist for so long, she has seen many sinister people and has been bullied more than once or twice.
She was silent for a moment, then said to Di Gu, "This animal tooth necklace is very important to me. Let me go back and think about it. I'll come back after I've made up my mind."
When Di Gu heard this, he suddenly became unhappy and his face darkened.
"In that case, you should go back first. You'd better think about it quickly, otherwise I might change my mind next time you come."
"Don't be angry, I will try my best to think about it."
Lan smiled, then turned around and left the trading area with the animal skins.
After getting outside, she immediately found Fengcao through a special contact method and told him what happened.
After Fengcao heard this, he said to her, "Don't make this matter public for now. I will go find the leader and let him make the decision."
Lan nodded and waited patiently in the cabin.
Fengcao immediately returned to the tribe, found Jiang Xuan, and told him what happened.
When Jiang Xuan heard this, he felt a surge of anger rising from the bottom of his heart and rushing straight to the top of his head.
"Great, very good!"
"The tribe has not yet developed, and there are crises everywhere. Some parasites have started to embezzle and accept bribes. This is great!"
Although Jiang Xuan was not a person who hated evil, he founded the Teng tribe, and it had just started to develop. It hadn't been a good few days, and this kind of thing happened. How could he not be angry? "Chief, do you want to arrest him now?"
"No, if you want to catch him, you better catch him red-handed, otherwise it will discourage other members of the tribe."
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Tell Lan to go to the trading area again and agree to Di Gu's request. I will follow him quietly."
"yes!"
Fengcao left in a hurry.
Jiang Xuan paced back and forth in the room, and after suppressing his anger a little, he immediately found Chishao and went to the trading area with her.
Back in the trading area, Di Gu completed several more transactions, but he was a little absent-minded, as he kept thinking about the animal tooth necklace on Lan's neck.
This was the first time he was rejected. He felt very unhappy and even had a strange feeling as if he had lost something.
Therefore, when Lan appeared at the door of the shop again, Di Gu's eyes lit up, and then he pretended to be reserved and stood there without moving.
Lan entered the tool shop, put the animal skin on the counter, took off the animal tooth necklace and put it on the animal skin: "I've thought about it, the animal tooth necklace is for you."
Di Gu was delighted, but pretended to be nonchalant and said, "I have seen a lot of good things. If I didn't feel sorry for you, would I want your animal tooth necklace?"
"Yes, yes, then what we said before stands? I'll give you the animal tooth necklace, and you have to buy me another good weapon."
"Of course it counts."
"That's good. I hope you remember what you said."
After Lan finished speaking, she consciously stepped aside and looked outside the door.
Di Gu was very dissatisfied with her words and puzzled by her performance. What was she looking at? Soon, Di Gu knew what she was looking at.
Jiang Xuan, Chishao, Dongkui, and the leader of the guard team, Nanxing, all appeared at the door of the shop, and there was anger in each of their eyes.
"Chief... Chief, witch... witch..."
“Bah…”
The animal tooth necklace that Di Gu was holding in his hand fell to the ground, and he was completely stunned.
Jiang Xuan stared at Di Gu coldly: "Tell me, what are you doing?"
"Chief, listen to my explanation..."
Di Gu's whole body was shaking, and he tried to find a reason to explain.
Jiang Xuan shouted, "How dare you quibble? We heard everything you said just now!"
Dong Kui also said angrily: "No wonder the quantity of goods is often inconsistent. I thought you made a mistake when trading and misjudged the value. It turns out that you took the opportunity to benefit yourself!"
Chishao shook his head and said, "Di Gu, you disappoint us so much."
Nan Xing gnashed his teeth and said, "Chief, let me kill this scum!"
"Plop"
When Di Gu heard these words, he was extremely frightened. His knees went weak and he suddenly knelt on the ground.
"Chief, I was wrong. I was really wrong. I was bewildered for a moment. I am not a human being. Please give me another chance..."
Digu cried bitterly. It was not until this moment, when his life was threatened, that he suddenly realized that everything he had done was an intolerable mistake for the tribe.
Lan on the side didn't say anything, but she was very happy in her heart. She had already joined the Teng Tribe and was a member of the Teng Tribe. Naturally, she could not tolerate such scum digging up the roots of the Teng Tribe.
She wished that the leader would execute Di Gu immediately.
Jiang Xuan felt very disgusted when he saw Di Gu begging for mercy, but killing Di Gu directly was not the best way.
Jiang Xuan waved his hand and said, "Catch him and tie him up in front of the altar!"
"yes!"
Nanxing immediately rushed in with two guard team soldiers, and regardless of Digu's pleas for mercy, they pinned him to the ground, tied him up tightly with ropes, and then took him out.
The commotion here attracted many people from the trading area to watch, including members of the Teng tribe, people from other tribes, and tourists.
They surrounded the tool shop from a distance, pointing and talking.
Some of those who had sent things to Di Gu were a little panicked at this moment, fearing that the Teng tribe would not allow them to come and trade in the future.
Jiang Xuan turned around and said to everyone, "There is a scum in the Teng tribe. I am sorry to make you all laugh. If anyone has been asked for benefits by Di Gu, please tell me and the Teng tribe will definitely take responsibility."
Those people looked at each other, but no one stood up.
"Since there is none, please go back first. The trading area is temporarily closed. Once this matter is dealt with, the trading area will be reopened. Sorry for the trouble."
After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he turned and left the trading area.
The guards entered the trading area, asked people from outside the tribe and tourists to leave, and then temporarily closed the trading area.
For a while, there was unrest inside and outside the Teng tribe, and everyone was waiting for a result.
(End of this chapter)
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