55 Bargaining
"The business should be fine as long as I find an idiot like the last time," Old Yao thought as his voice increased.
He finally saw two people who were slowly walking towards him.
"Finally, idiots," Old Yao thought; however, seeing their muscle frame, he was a little afraid.
"How much for this?" Lu Zhen asked as he pointed at the item, which was what Old Yao was over exaggerating.
"One gold biscuits, nothing more, nothing less," Old Yao said as he huffed and sat back in the chair arrogantly.
Hearing this, Lu Zhen frowned a little. The currency for mortals was divided into iron, silver, and gold.
An iron coin could buy you a dark bread, which was eaten by the poor and was as cold and hard as rock. A normal person's average income was about one silver coin, equivalent to 100 iron coins, and one golden biscuit was equivalent to 100 silver coins.
A normal family could last a month with just 10 silver coins, and the old man asking for one golden biscuit was like asking for 10 months of ordinary family expenses.
Although this amount was nothing for Lu Zhen, asking him this much for a shady scam item the old man probably got from shady scam deals was a little too much. Lu Zhen felt like he was being taken advantage of, and he didn't like this feeling as he got no benefits whatsoever.
If he got benefits, he wouldn't mind, but since the old man was just taking advantage of Lu Zhen, he had an idea of what to do.
Although he could just kill the old man and get whatever he wanted, as his family basically owned 1/4 of the entire city, it didn't mean he could do whatever he wanted. He had worked very hard to gain a little reputation after his small acts. However, if he really killed the old man, he would lose all that reputation.
He still considered reputation a little, after all, sometimes reputation was even mightier than strength, and Lu Zhen wasn't one to neglect anything that could potentially benefit him. These meager money offerings weren't even worth a glance.
"Give me all these items for one gold biscuit. Deal or no deal?" Lu Zhen said casually as he swept his hand over everything in the old man's shop.
Hearing this, the old man's eyes widened as he said, "Young master, can you really do this to this poor old man? I am just an ordinary man trying to make a living in his old age. Every item here is genuine and can be sold for at least one gold biscuit. Aren't you being too overbearing?" The old man said with puppy eyes filled with tears, looking at Lu Zhen as if he were a victim.
Hearing this, Lu Zhen just sneered.
"Alright, no deal," Lu Zhen said as he walked away with Yu Bai.
Seeing this, Old Yao just watched in despair as his money-making bank was going away.
However, he continued to stare at Lu Zhen's back, desperately hoping that Lu Zhen would turn around. Yet, as he observed that Lu Zhen remained unmoved, the old man's eyes filled with despair.
He hurriedly stood up from his seat and ran as fast as he could, as if his life depended on it.
"Young master, please wait, I am willing," the old man said with some panic.
Hearing this, Lu Zhen sneered inwardly. However, he had a thoughtful expression on his face.
Seeing the thoughtful expression of Lu Zhen, the old man panicked as he said, "What happened, young master?" The old man said hurriedly.
"Hmm, seeing you readily agree, I will also agree," Lu Zhen said as they all returned to the shop again.
After they arrived in the shop, however, Lu Zhen had a confused expression on his face.
"Young master?" The old man asked as he somehow started to sweat buckets for no reason.
"I changed my mind. I will only buy these goods if you tell me how you got these goods. If you tell me honestly, I will give you two gold biscuits," Lu Zhen said, with an unclear expression on his face as if he were hesitating.
"If you tell me a lie, you know the consequences," Lu Zhen said as he paused. "So where is your son?"
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"Young master, I will tell you; it was..." Old Yao gulped hearing two gold biscuits as he started talking. However, before he could continue.
"If you don't tell me the truth, there will be consequences," Lu Zhen said as he stared at the old man with his crimson red eyes.
Seeing the eyes of Lu Zhen, Old Yao started to feel pressure out of nowhere as he started to sweat even more profusely just from Lu Zhen's stare.
Gulp!
A gulp sound resounded as the old man felt pressure like never before, as if he uttered even one false word, his neck would be severed right there.
"Sigh," Old Yao sighed as he started to tell the truth, as he could tell that these people were not someone he could mess with, even though they wore ragged clothes.
"Young master, this was given to me by my son, Yao Yi. He picked it from somewhere," Old Yao said with some resignation.
"Where?" Lu Zhen said with a cold tone.
"Please forgive me, young master. I don't know," Old Yao said with bitterness.
Hearing this, Lu Zhen found it to be likely.
"If you tell me a lie, you know the consequences," Lu Zhen said as he paused. "So where is your son?"
"Young master, my son is an adventurer who likes to go everywhere. He is out of this city," Old Yao hurriedly replied.
Hearing this, Lu Zhen frowned. However, since it was the case, he could only go with it for now.
"Alright, give me all these items for now," Lu Zhen said as he took out two gold biscuits from his pouch and handed them to the old man.
"After he comes back, you should come to the Lu mansion," Lu Zhen said with a commanding tone.
Hearing the Lu family name, the old man's eyes widened as he hurriedly bowed and didn't take the gold biscuits from Lu Zhen.
"Young master, I don't dare," Old Yao said with fear in his eyes as he trembled uncontrollably.
"Pack all these things up," Lu Zhen said as he placed the gold in the old man's hand.
"Yes, Young Master," Old Yao hurriedly packed all the things he had into a black sack he had at the corner of the makeshift table. He handed it to Lu Zhen.
However, before Lu Zhen could take the sack, he heard the loud noise of a carriage.
"Wait."
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