Chapter 273 Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger
Chapter 273 Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger
Everyone looked in the direction where the sound came from.
I saw a young man wearing a mask, holding a folding fan in his hand, wearing a black fox cloak, and followed by two followers. He was obviously the son of a wealthy family.
Shang Ruoyi walked forward, pointed at the stone on the ground that was split into two, smiled and said, "Seven hundred taels, will you sell it?" Her attitude was extremely casual, as if she was just asking casually.
The onlookers saw this and hurriedly said, "Hey, young master, you look so young, this must be your first time gambling on stones!"
Shang Ruoyi nodded: "That's right."
"That's what it looks like. Since this is your first time gambling on stones, go look for someone with less money out there. You can't buy this stone."
"That's right. Although a piece of the stone has been mined, it's only this small and the quality is poor. I'm afraid it won't even sell for a hundred taels of silver. It's obvious that the young master is an amateur. Don't be fooled."
"How can this broken stone be worth seven hundred taels of silver?"
Everyone was trying to persuade her not to buy it.
Shang Ruoyi looked at Zhang Qian mysteriously and nodded, "So it's not even worth a hundred taels of silver! Fortunately, you told me, otherwise I would have suffered a great loss."
Zhang Qian was still hesitant at first and didn't want to sell it even for 700 taels of silver, but when he heard everyone say this, his face became darker and darker.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" He waved everyone away and came to Shang Ruoyi: "You just said you were willing to buy my stone for 700 taels, right?"
Shang Ruoyi said with some embarrassment: "I just said it casually."
"Do you understand the rules?" Zhang Qian said, with his hands on his hips, "How can I go back on my word if I've said I'll buy it?"
"But your jade is not even worth a hundred taels of silver, and you want to sell it to me for seven hundred taels. I have a lot of silver, but I am not a fool." Shang Ruoyi said disdainfully: "I'll give you a hundred taels, you can sell it if you want."
"No! Seven hundred taels, not a penny less." Zhang Qian said angrily, "It's the amount I said, it's the amount. The gambling stone business has always been like this. How can you just not buy it if you say so?"
At this time, the waiter who was following Shang Ruoyi said, "Sir, you don't know that when buying raw stones, if the seller offers a price and the buyer is willing to sell, then he must pay the money."
"Ah, this young master is really unlucky today. I'm afraid that the seven hundred taels of silver will be wasted."
"Yes! But who told her to make such a rash offer? What a coincidence that Master Zhang is willing to do this losing business? Hahaha."
"Tsk tsk tsk, I'm afraid this young man doesn't have the luck to gamble on stones!"
Gambling on jadeite requires great luck. If you don't have luck, you will lose everything even if you are rich. If you are a person with great luck, you can even get top-quality jadeite even from the waste materials used for paving the road.
Shang Ruoyi sighed: "Forget it, forget it. I admit defeat. I'll pay the seven hundred taels of silver." She pointed to the large piece of raw stone thrown aside: "But you have to give me the cut waste too."
Zhang Qian looked at the big white stone and waved his hand, saying, "Give it to me, give it to me."
A look of success flashed across Shang Ruoyi's eyes.
Ah Cheng handed the seven hundred taels of silver to Zhang Qian.
In this way, the raw stone completely belonged to her.
At this moment, a burst of laughter came from the crowd: "Wow, the famous Master Lingjun actually spent seven hundred taels to buy such a junky thing."
Jun Luoyun walked forward surrounded by a group of maids, her eyes full of sarcasm: "Aren't you very eloquent? Why is your mouth not working now?"
Shang Ruoyi smiled when she heard this and said, "What does it matter? It's only 700 taels of silver. Since this is the rule, I will abide by it."
Jun Luoyun rolled his eyes at her and said, "You are stupid, just admit it."
Just then, Ah Cheng stepped forward and moved the stone over.
Everyone looked at him lifting such a heavy stone without blushing or breathing hard, and it was obvious at first glance that he was a martial artist.
Those who had been laughing at her behind her back for spending money on a piece of junk could not help but shut up.
He was afraid that if he really angered her, he would be beaten by her guards.
Ah Cheng put the stone in his hand down, and the stone fell heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust. A gust of wind came from somewhere, and the dust blew straight towards Jun Luoyun.
"Bah bah bah!"
"Cough cough."
"Damn you, lowly person, are you crazy? How dare you throw stones here!" Jun Luoyun shouted angrily: "Come here! Drag him away to me. I will punish him for his disrespect!"
Shang Ruoyi couldn't help laughing when she saw her dusty appearance.
Jun Luoyun's expression became even uglier, and he pointed at Shang Ruoyi: "And them too! Arrest them all!"
Shang Ruoyi said in a cold voice: "Princess Luoyun, you are just the adopted daughter of the Western Region City Palace. This is Beiling, not your Western Region. If you want to act like a monarch, go back to your Western Region."
Jun Luoyun was so angry that she jumped up and down, wishing she could mute her mouth with her poison. The thought that her poison had no effect on her made her even crazier.
At this moment, the waiter beside Shang Ruoyi said with a smile: "Sir, the raw stone you bought is still a large piece. Do you need me to cut it?"
Shang Ruoyi heard this and said indifferently: "Cut it! Just cut it in the middle."
"Okay!" He waved his hand, and several young and strong men came forward and worked together to place the raw stone that Ah Cheng had just moved on the stone-cutting rack.
When people saw this, they couldn't help but gasp. It took so many people to lift the stone, and they looked very tired. The guard just now relied on himself, which showed how strong his arms were.
"Sir, let's cut it then."
Shang Ruoyi nodded.
Seeing this, people shook their heads.
"Hey, it's just this piece of stone, is there any need to cut it?"
"That's right. It's just a piece of scrap. I wouldn't even consider it as a waste if I took it back to pave the road. This young master has been badly cheated."
"It costs one ounce of silver to cut it, but this stone is not even worth one ounce of silver."
Everyone was there to watch the fun, looking at Shang Ruoyi with a little sympathy, and there were also some who gloated over her misfortune.
Zhang Qian and his colleagues originally wanted to leave, but ever since Jun Luoyun came to Wanshizhai, his mind has been on her.
She is the princess of the royal palace in Western Region City. If I can marry her, my life will be very successful!
Thinking of this, he raised his feet and walked towards Jun Luoyun.
Seeing Shang Ruoyi suffer a loss, Jun Luoyun couldn't help but feel extremely happy: "This princess wants to take a good look at what extraordinary things you can get out of this broken stone."
Shang Ruoyi turned a deaf ear to her words and just looked intently at the stone on the shelf.
If she was not mistaken, these two pieces of jade should be very good.
When Jun Luoyun saw her like this, it was like punching cotton, and a hint of anger appeared in his eyes.
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