Volume 1 Chapter 129: Lu Xuan's Arrogance

  Two hours later, the two arrived outside the wine tower that was to be sold. The location of this wine tower was not good, with a coffin shop and a longevity clothing store opposite it, and a dilapidated pit filled with dirty things nearby. In such hot weather, mosquitoes and flies flew around in disorder, no wonder business was bad.

  Luo Zhen looked at the vacant lot and said, "That piece of land belongs to a wealthy family in this street. They have been saying they want to build a wine house for five years now."

  She has indeed inquired about everything.

  Looking at the tavern with only two customers, Lu Xuan gave Luo Zi a few iron coins and instructed: "Luo Zi, you go to one side to investigate, see how much business this tavern has every day, and how many iron coins can be earned. I'll use it later."

  "Okay."

  "Go ahead. I'll go order a couple of dishes and see how good this restaurant's food is."

  When Lu Xuan said he wanted to order food, Luo Zi, who had not eaten his fill for a long time, swallowed hard. In an instant, he straightened up and replied, "Alright, I'll go take care of it right away." After speaking, he turned around and left.

  Just as Lu Xuan was walking towards the wine shop, a cow cart came from afar. The owner of the cow cart turned his head and saw her figure, and immediately shouted: "Stop, stop."

  As soon as the ox cart stopped, a young man inside it beckoned to one of the servants.

  The servant hurried over at a little run.

  The man pointed at Lu Xuan's figure and handed some iron coins to the servant, saying: "Go take a look, what is that woman doing."

  That servant had been following the young master for many years, and with just one glance, he understood his master's thoughts. He whispered, "Young Master doesn't like that little girl?" Looking in Lu Yue's direction, the servant let out a meaningful and sinister chuckle. Thinking to himself, that little girl is quite pretty, even if you don't like her, it's still possible to get your hands on her and have some fun.

  The man glared at him, his face darkening as he growled, "What do you know? This woman has a lot of connections. Do you know why Ah Yan didn't make it to Chengdu? It was all her doing!" He spoke in a venomous undertone, "I've been waiting for an opportunity, but there are too many people keeping an eye on this woman, both openly and secretly. I heard she's been busy trying to start some kind of business lately? How convenient, that's one thing I can handle. Now that we've run into each other... go take a look at what she's up to."

  "Yes, yes." The servant turned around and entered the wine shop from another direction.

  The wine shop was very large, but there were only three or four guests. The young waiter was lazily dozing off, and when he saw Lu Xue and the others come in, he glanced at them with a lack of energy and asked: "What would you like to eat?"

  "Is there anything to eat?"

  The shopkeeper glanced at her and said, "Have you...

  "Is there braised dog meat?"

  The shopkeeper glanced at her and said, "On such a hot day, eat dog meat? No!"

  "Do you have bear paws?"

  The shopkeeper looked up and down at Lu Xun, chuckled and said: "Hey, this young man still wants to eat bear paw? Got it, got it, one hundred taels of gold for one, do you want it or not?"

  A hundred taels of gold for a bear's paw? Does he think the bear's paw is from the imperial palace? Lu Xuan's face turned cold.

  She saw her gloomy face, but the shopkeeper was even more furious than her. He shouted sharply: "What's wrong with you? Wearing a tattered Confucian robe and coming to our place to order bear paws?" As he spoke, he turned his head and called out towards the inside: "Second sister, second sister, come out for a moment."

  As soon as his voice fell, a shrill female voice responded: "What's the matter?" Then, a fat and tall woman rushed out. The woman had a pair of drooping eyes and a stern expression.

  The shopkeeper pointed at Lu Xun and said, "This man asked if we had bear paws. I told him it was one hundred taels of gold for one paw, and he scowled."

  As the shopkeeper's hand pointed, the fat woman suddenly turned around and stared at Lu Yue. As she stared, her eyes lit up, and then she burst out laughing, "Ask about bear paws? Ha ha ha, it's really ridiculous! A poor scholar who has nothing, dares to eat bear paws? It's hilarious. In my opinion, someone like you should sit over there." She pointed at the broken pit across from her, gesturing towards a beggar squatting there: "What kind of person does what kind of thing, what kind of person eats what kind of food. You're just a poor wretch, an outsider with no money in your pocket, pretending to be rich? If you're a beggar, don't pretend to be a wealthy person! If you have no money, don't come into my shop! You can't even afford food and still dare to show attitude towards me, who are you?" She scolded with all her might, spitting as she spoke, and suddenly splattered Lu Yue's face!

  Lu Xuan asked this question, originally just to clarify the level of this store. But didn't expect that the business of this wine shop was not good, and there was a reason for it. There is a kind of person who likes to make trouble out of nothing, and looks down on others with a dog's eyes. She had only asked one question, but suffered such humiliation.

  Just as the fat woman was pointing at her and mocking her nonstop, the shopkeeper occasionally chimed in. Inside and outside the wine house, many heads were sticking out to look at her. Feeling surrounded by the crowd, listening to the increasingly sharp jeers around her ears, Lu Yue felt that the woman had become addicted to scolding, taking all her pent-up frustrations about her poor business and life and dumping them on her. Lu Yue's face was getting darker and darker!

  But the more angry she became, the more the woman and the young servant cursed. The young servant even pointed at Lu Yue on one side and shouted: "Ha ha ha, you're so angry, Second Sister! Look at him, he's so furious! Hehe, these Confucian scholars are really laughable. What are you getting angry about? If you have the guts, come over and bite me! Come on, come and bite me!"

  When the shopkeeper called out to them, the woman had already turned around with her hands on her hips and started scolding, "You poor bookworms, what's so special about reading a couple of books? Acting all refined and dignified? Bah! I spit on you!" She spat heavily in Lu Yue's direction. The woman's scolding grew more intense, "If you can't afford it, then don't eat it, yet you dare to ask for bear paws? Bah! You're just a poor wretch trying to show off in front of me!"

  Inside was in an uproar, Luo Zi also couldn't bear to listen anymore. He hastily ran to Lu Yue's front and angrily said: "Ah Yue, is this shrew bullying you?"

  Obviously more robust Luo Zi just said a sentence, which made the shrewish woman shrink back, and even her scolding voice became smaller. However, in the blink of an eye, she seemed to have thought of something and again showed a confident appearance.

  Lu Xuan's face was cold, and she replied in a low voice: "I'm fine. This woman and her brother are in a bad mood, I just happened to be at the wrong place." As she spoke, she felt a faint sense that this fat woman was too hostile towards her, and when scolding her, there seemed to be a hint of gloating, and her right hand had reached into her sleeve pocket twice, as if she had gained something... It's probably not just a simple case of venting anger.

  Lu Yuanyang is a person who will eat anything in his life, but he won't take advantage of others.

  She stared at the woman who was scolding with flying spittle, then looked at the little second who stood up for Luo Zi and went to touch his knife while yelling, and suddenly turned around and walked out.

  Lu was just about to retort when he saw Lu Yue walking away and couldn't help but pause, stunned. He stood still for a moment before hastily following after her.

  In the blink of an eye, Lu Xuan took Luo Zi and left the wine tower, their figures disappearing into a small alley. Seeing her flee without a fight, the fat woman let out a shrill laugh with great satisfaction.

  Just as she was laughing wildly, Lu Xuan came out again.

  This time, she was followed by a group of beggars. In broad daylight, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lu Yue reached into her bosom and pulled out a handful of iron coins. Her eyes were fixed intently on the fat woman, while her fingers slowly loosened, allowing the iron coins to fall from her grasp, as the beggars scrambled excitedly for them. On the street, only Lu Yue's voice could be heard, cold and arrogant, ringing out loudly, "Go ahead, it's this wine shop, smash a few tables, and you'll get an extra iron coin."

  She slowed down her speech here, as if letting people digest every word she said. Then, Lu Yue pointed at the fat woman and the shopkeeper, saying: "Take a good look at those two, okay? Slap them once, and you can get an extra iron coin! Just remember, no one else is allowed to move or intervene, got it?"

  A dozen beggars all shouted in unison: "We've heard!"

  "Just listen and go!"

  Go! The two words fell to the ground, and this group of beggars, old and young, let out a loud cry in unison. They rushed forward, and in the blink of an eye, they had already charged into the wine shop. Seeing the beggars rushing over, the shopkeeper exclaimed: "You have such big guts! In broad daylight, you, a scholar, dare to instigate murder?" His voice was full of incredulity.

  Unlike the shopkeeper's yelling, the fat wife first stared blankly at the delicate and weak-looking young man. Suddenly, she let out a sharp cry, her face deathly pale as she shouted: "Husband, husband! Come out quickly! We've encountered a madman!" As she shrieked, she shook her entire body of fat and rushed into the wine shop.

  But this is her family's wine shop, she can run away from people, but where can she run away with things?

  In the blink of an eye, a dozen or so beggars swarmed into the wine shop, and all that could be heard was the sound of heavy objects crashing to the ground. Mixed in with these sounds were the wails of the fat woman, crying out to the heavens, "You murderers! Stop it! Ah, save me, save me... That young master, that young master, is looking down on me, a humble woman, and I am also being intimidated by others." She wailed loudly, but was unable to rush out of the wine shop, only continuously crying out in distress, clearly being surrounded and beaten by the beggars.

  Before long, the shop assistant struggled to rush out and shouted: "I want to report to the official, I want to report..." The last word had not been called yet, only to hear a loud slap, a tall beggar gave him a heavy slap in the face. Instantly, it made the shop assistant's head tilted to one side, his whole mouth cracked open, and he couldn't make any sound?

  Luó Zǐ stared blankly at the scene, and after a while, he dryly said: "ā Yuē, let's hurry up and leave, if they really report to the authorities, things will be difficult to handle."

  "Don't be afraid." Lu Xuan's voice was light and calm. "The reason why this wine shop is like this is also because of the lack of backstage support." After a pause, she said lightly: "Bullying people with power is actually quite interesting, especially bullying those who look down on others! Let's just wait here, wait for the officials to arrive, and the person in charge of the wine shop to come, and we can talk about it all at once."

  "What's going on?" Luo Zi was still dazed.

  Lu Xuan turned his head to look at him, and slowly said: "Isn't my money enough? The female owner of this wine house has offended me, so she must compensate me in some way. If nothing else, just give me this wine house at a low price."

  Squinting her eyes, Lu Yue looked at the soldiers appearing in front of her and casually pulled out a wooden token. This token was given to her by Xiao Yan, with which she could enter and exit the Xiao Manor without needing to report. Of course, this token wasn't unique, and other manors like Shang Wen also had their own versions.

  Hand the wooden sign to Luo Zi, Lu Xuan said: "You take this to show those officials and soldiers, let them not interfere too much. By the way, ask the owner of this wine shop, tell them that I want this wine shop for 300 taels of gold. Well, I estimate the market value of this wine shop is around 400 taels of gold. But isn't the counter in the main hall smashed? How about it, we should give a discount anyway. You tell them, I think 300 taels of gold is just right, of course, they can also disagree."

  As he said this, Lu Xun's eyes flickered and took in a cow cart that had stopped not far away.