Zheng Quchi stuck his head out and saw Fu Rong also getting out of the car.
This time when he went out, Fu Rong had a middle-aged face and a new identity. He looked like a house steward. He wore a square hat and an indigo-dyed Confucian shirt. His figure was neither fat nor thin. .
Overall, it's quite average and not outstanding.
Fu Rong once said in a casual chat with her that the art of disguise is about coordination and fusion, and a face that is too outstanding or a face that is too ugly can easily cause deviations in a person.
For example, she has a very beautiful face but a very rough voice, which is incongruous.
It's inharmonious to have such an ugly face and a graceful body.
Of course, there are such people in this world, but when you disguise yourself, you must avoid arousing unnecessary suspicion in others and observe them carefully.
Therefore, when Fu Rong disguises himself every day, he likes to play characters who look ordinary, out of sight, and have no memory characteristics, which makes him feel more secure.
He rushed to Wang Zebang's side with a friendly smile on his face, which was in sharp contrast to Wang Zebang's dark face.
But one played the bad side and the other played the bad side, but they failed to reverse the situation.
Once it was confirmed that they were from the Ye Kingdom Team and were here to participate in this grand Jichun Craftsmen's Guild, the store was immediately not willing to entertain them.
However, due to the large number of people on the other side, and all of them looked unfriendly, the store owner did not arrogantly chase them away as before, but deliberately used various excuses to refuse them to stay.
No matter how Wang Zebang angrily questioned or Fu Rong tried to say nice things, the store owner just refused to accept the guest, as if he was a dead pig not afraid of boiling water.
Isn't this just because he is a local leader in Yongchun, and he is sure that they will not dare to cause trouble no matter how angry they are.
Seeing the stalemate ahead, Mu Gaoyi tilted the back of his head and said miserably: "We don't really want to live on the streets, do we?"
Zheng Quchi didn't care. She was strong and not a person who was greedy for pleasure. She could stay overnight anywhere.
She swept across the carriage in front of her, and Yu Wensheng was leaning against the window. He lifted the curtain, revealing half of his beautiful side face.
When out and about, he doesn't wear his signature look.
He now seems to have become the "Liu Fengmian" he met her at the beginning. His black hair is tied up with a simple and elegant jade hairpin and spread smoothly on his back. His eyes are covered with soft green gauze. His lips are slightly dry, which is different from before. The moist and bright red lips have a different color and look a little haggard.
Her hand pressed on her chest involuntarily. The medicine she had asked for from Dr. Liao had never been given to him along the way.
And he didn't come to her specifically these past few days.
She felt that with so many people taking care of him in the car, if he had been ill, he would have been so upset that he would have been upset. I think his injury should have improved...
Perhaps he was aware of her gaze, so he turned his eyes and glanced over, meeting her pair of dull brown eyes.
His eyes were as steady as a quiet pool, his brows furrowed slightly, and his lips pursed together. As if he couldn't control himself, he turned his head and covered his mouth with his fist, and let out a few hoarse coughs.
... Could it be that his injury didn't get better, but got worse?
In fact, she doesn't pay much attention to his affairs, but it seems that he always makes himself sick and runs to her shouting "pain".
She looked away.
Then he looked towards Jinxing Inn.
She suddenly hit her head, attracting the attention of Mu Gaoyi and others.
"Aqing, what's wrong with you? Why do you want to hit yourself on the head?"
"Have a headache?"
"No, I just want to kill some dangerous thoughts in my mind."
After listening to it, the two of them were confused.
"Huh? Ah Qing, what are you talking about?"
Zheng Quchi closed his eyes for a moment. After opening them, he said, "I think they two may not be able to handle it. I'll go down and see what's going on."
Essentially speaking, both Wang Zebang and Fu Rong were from noble backgrounds and had strategic minds, but they rarely dealt with such people in the market. If you try to reason with them, they will act naughty. You have to deal with them. If you act ruthlessly, they will fall to the ground and act rogue.
Therefore, they are clearly justified, but they are still wrangling until now.
"Ah?! Ah Qing, what's the point of going? What else can you do..."
They saw Zheng Quchi lifting the curtain and jumping out of the carriage like a nimble rabbit. They hurriedly tried to catch up after her, but they only saw her calm back as she rushed to the inn.
They retreated a little.
To be honest, they felt that they couldn't help him if they went. Besides, with their humble status, they had little friendship with Adjutant Wang and the others. It would be so embarrassing to just stand there like this.
But... Ah Qing should be different from them.
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As soon as Zheng Quchi approached, he heard the storekeeper of Jinxing Inn saying impatiently: "You two, no matter what you say, we can't vacate the room in our inn today. Anyway, I will refund your deposit to you. You should go and look elsewhere quickly.”
Fu Rong's face didn't look good at this moment, and he couldn't even maintain a basic smile: "Staff, you are being unreasonable. As long as there are still rooms in Yongchun, we don't have to stay here, but you didn't mention it when booking. , now you say you don’t have a house, that’s too much, isn’t it?”
"If you don't free up the room we booked today, don't blame me for being rude." Wang Zebang glared coldly and said harshly.
The store owner was frightened by the evil aura on Wang Zebang's body for a moment. After he took a step back in fright, he looked around and saw his own people. He immediately said in a stern voice, "Okay, why are you Ye people going to be so rude?"
Hearing this, Zheng Quchi walked over with a smile and said: "Shopkeeper, when other people open their doors to do business, they pay attention to a person who is friendly and makes money. But when I come to your place, you drive the guests away time and time again. This is also called People find it unique.”
The shopkeeper was twirling his sleeves and preparing to get angry, but when he heard someone interrupting, he turned his head and looked around.
I saw a young and handsome man with a medium to short stature, but his eyes were clear and lively, and his face was very comfortable.
"Who are you?" he asked angrily.
Zheng Quchi deliberately said loudly: "A just man. When you opened a store in Yongchun and became a merchant, you should treat everyone equally. This is the business rule. But you used personal grudges and prejudices to accept the order and then retorted. Doesn't this mean that Is your Jinxing Inn an unethical and trustworthy store? Now is the time of the Jichun Craftsmen Association. Just because your business is good, you will bully us strangers and choose guests to stay. If your business is bleak in the future, let me see. Who dares to choose such an inn that has no reputation and drives guests away at will."
You can let them talk about anything else, but once it involves their business, that won't work.
"You, you're talking nonsense!"
When he saw that the people watching around him started to look strangely and pointed in his direction, he became a little panicked.
Of course Zheng Quchi knew the weakness of his businessman. She turned around and said to the people around her: "Please take a good look at this Jinxing Inn. Their shop is bullying customers. Now you may think it has nothing to do with you, but it is so disrespectful." In a sex-oriented inn, once there are no basic ethical constraints, how can we treat and bully guests as we don't want to? Maybe we today will be you tomorrow."
Her words were extremely inflammatory, and the quarrel between the two parties was immediately extended to involve everyone.
"I thought Yongchun was a big city that could embrace all kinds of rivers. The business regulations here are strict, open and friendly. After all, all the guests from those inns were welcomed with a smile, but this Jinxing Inn is really amazing."
The businessman who was originally a little dissatisfied with Zheng Quchi, an outsider, making such nonsense here, now heard that she was flattering him, but it was only for his Jinxing Inn, so he did not join in the fun, but was happy. One less competitor.
When the shop owner of Jinxing Inn heard about the commotion and the commotion of others and the sharp words and deadly swordsmanship of this young man, she said "awesome" to the left and "no credibility" to the right. He, who was already in the wrong, couldn't be cruel even if he wanted to. .
If the commotion really got bigger and the cause and effect were mentioned, wouldn't it completely ruin the reputation of their Jinxing Inn?
That won't work!
But the store owner has been open all year round and has encountered many difficult customers, so he is not a stupid person.
He immediately sneered: "Everyone else is welcome to our Jinxing Inn, but only the craftsmen of your Ye country are looked down upon by us. Everyone knows that you Ye country has no craftsmen and no skills, yet you still insist on coming to participate." The Jichun Craftsmen Association will compete with other craftsmen from the Six Nations for rooms and let them stay. If we are shortlisted, our Jinxing Inn will still be prosperous, but if we accommodate you, it will only become infamous."
These words simply threw the craftsmen of Ye State into shame. Not only did they throw them to the ground and trample on them, they also crushed them hard.
The evil fire that Zheng Quchi had been holding back since just now came up all at once.
"Oh, you mean that because the craftsmen of Ye State are incompetent, you have a reason to turn away the customer, completely ignoring the original order?"
"It's not like I won't cancel the subscription. There's a shortage of rooms right now. Why don't I just stick to those people who come to Yongchun to do real work, and why should I stick to those of you who are just here to join in the fun and can't even touch the threshold of the Jichun Craftsmen Association? "
The store owner does know how to talk, and his words turned the tide again.
"Don't be so tough." Zheng Quchi looked at him calmly and asked calmly: "How do you define what you call capable and incompetent? It would be too one-sided to differentiate based on country. Why don't you come up with a standard? Come, let’s give it a try?”
When he heard her say such big words, if the store owner hadn't been aroused by her desire for revenge at first, he might have ridiculed her with ridicule. But now, he couldn't stop talking, and wanted to call this man who didn't know the heights of the world, in front of everyone. Make a fool of yourself!
He walked to the gate of their Jinxing Inn and pointed to the doorpost that was as thick as one person's arms: "You want to prove that your craftsmen from Ye State are also capable, right? Okay, have you seen this doorpost?"
Zheng Quchi looked at the position he pointed at and saw only a relief doorpost with decent craftsmanship, but... "Why is it only half carved?"
At this time, others said: "Isn't this the half of the carved pillars that their owner deliberately left when he opened the inn? He said that he was a craftsman with superb craftsmanship that few others could match. He also said that if someone could complete it, he would I’ll waive the other person’s room and board expenses for a whole year.”
Room and board for a whole year?
How much is that?
When Zheng Quchi heard this, her calm expression suddenly changed. Her eyes turned green and she was eager to try.
I never thought that such a good thing could happen to me?
"Not to mention, there are so many people coming and going, but after a few glances, no one dared to try the challenge."
"I heard it's difficult. The first difficulty lies in the technique, the second difficulty lies in restoring the opponent's carvings, and the third difficulty... I don't know. In short, everyone who has seen it says it is difficult."
When the shopkeeper heard these people talking, he raised his chin proudly and said proudly: "Yes, this is our boss's carving technique that is astonishing in ancient times. Don't you think your craftsmen from Ye State can do it too?" How about you challenge me in public?"
What?
A carving technique that shocks the past and present?
Isn't this just an ordinary relief craft?
And, to be honest, the way it's done is so crude that in the eyes of a true master carver, it's just a dish.
Zheng Quchi smiled, raised his eyes, and said happily: "Okay."
Seeing her answer so readily, the store owner and the people around were surprised.
The store just thought she was ignorant, or simply a mentally ill person, but they didn't believe she really knew what she was doing.
"You, you let her make the decision?"
The store owner had not forgotten Wang Zebang and Fu Rong who appeared at the beginning. Now the young man said that he would challenge them on their behalf. This was definitely not true, so he naturally had to ask carefully.
As for Wang Zebang and Fu Rong, since the general's wife appeared and took control of the whole scene, they automatically became "invisible people" and stopped saying anything.
At this moment, the two "invisible people" were pulled out by the store for questioning. They all replied in unison: "She has full decision-making authority on this matter."
The store owner was a little surprised when he heard this.
This young man looked not as well-dressed as these two people, but judging from the attitude of these two people when talking about her, he felt inexplicably like a superior and a subordinate.
This is quite strange.
But the store owner didn't think much about it at this moment. When he saw that they agreed, he said with a look of success: "Okay, okay, you are really confused, okay, if she accepts this challenge, if she fails in a while, , I have agreed in advance that your deposit will not be refunded."
The owner of Jinxing Inn clearly didn't have this in the original conditions for opening it. This was a temporary increase by the store owner.
It doesn't matter, he added more, and Zheng Quchi also added: "Then if I succeed, you will give our team free room and board for a year."
When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes widened: "What a big statement. Let's take a look at the craftsmanship of this and the carving on the doorpost. Can you master it? Don't think that just knowing some carving can make you master. I Let me tell you, if you can really complete it, I will agree to it, but if you fail, you will have to compensate us as a pillar!"
Zheng Quchi raised his eyebrows: "You have such a strong tone, then we will make an agreement here, and everyone will bear witness to it, and we will not go back on it."
The store owner was full of confidence at this moment. He touched his big belly and sneered: "Whoever goes back on his word is his grandson."
Very good, what she likes most in her life is this kind of arrogant, ignorant, and wealthy person.
(End of chapter)
