Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 21 Flower pots sold by the catty?
"Master, master, it's not good..."

In the morning, Zhou Yu was giving a lecture in a private school when Ah Zhu suddenly rushed into the courtyard and yelled.

"Azhu, what are you yelling about? How decent is it?"

Zhou Yu walked out with a sullen face.

"Master, Sister Qiuxiang... Sister Qiuxiang was bullied..."

"What? Who is so bold?"

Ah Zhu shook her head: "I don't know him, he's a man from out of town..."

"Go, take the master to have a look."

"Sir, let's go too."

Several students ran out to petition.

Zhou Yu waved his hand: "No need, you read the books by yourself, sir, you can go alone."

the other side.

With tears in her eyes, Qiuxiang was dragged away by a tall, burly, black-faced man.

The onlookers accused him one after another, but the man turned out to be extremely arrogant, viciously threatening to beat anyone who meddles in his own business.

Here's the thing...

Before, Qiuxiang and Azhu went shopping together.

When passing by the intersection, I saw someone selling flowerpots carved in stone. I went up to see that they looked good, so I pointed to one of the flowerpots and asked the price. The man said fifty yuan.

Qiuxiang thought it was not too expensive, so she took out the money bag to pay and asked the man to deliver it to the gate of Zhou's mansion.

As everyone knows, the man opened his mouth like a lion, saying that the flower pot is fifty cents a catty, not one.

Qiu Xiang blushed, scolded the man for being a shameless profiteer, then put away her money bag and prepared to leave.

In the end, he was stopped by the man, saying that the opening of the business should not be successful, and arbitrarily demanding that Qiuxiang must buy the flowerpot.

As soon as Ah Zhu saw that something was wrong, she hurried home to inform the master.

"Little lady, sir, I don't care whose maid you are, you have to buy this flower pot today, or you have to buy it if you don't."

Qiu Xiang said angrily: "Are you still being reasonable? Flowerpots are sold by the piece, how can they be sold by the pound?"

"That's right, it's too unreasonable."

"Is there any more king law..."

All the people spoke out one after another.

The man shouted ferociously: "Stop talking here, what law stipulates that flowerpots cannot be sold by the catty?"

"You..." Qiu Xiang was speechless.

At this time, a voice came over: "That's right, the Dagan law does not stipulate that flowerpots cannot be sold by the catty."

Upon hearing this familiar voice, Qiuxiang couldn't help but glance over, and called out with tears in her eyes, "Master..."

"Well, it's okay, Qiuxiang, leave this to the master."

The man squinted at Zhou Yu, who was walking into the crowd, and said with a fake smile: "At first glance, this master looks like a scholar, and he is sensible.

This flowerpot weighs at least 25 catties. Since you are so honest, I will be at a disadvantage, sir, let’s count it as [-] catties, fifty cents per catty..."

Before the man could finish the calculation, Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Who said I want to buy one?"

Hearing this, the man couldn't help being stunned: "Didn't you buy one? Could it be that you want to buy a few more?"

Zhou Yu didn't answer directly, but asked again: "Do you choose this flower pot at will?"

"That's right..." The man subconsciously nodded.

"Very good!" Zhou Yu smiled jokingly: "The master will pick a few catties carefully."

"What did you say?"

The man was stunned for a while, and didn't recover for a while.

The crowd of onlookers also looked at each other, obviously not understanding.

Zhou Yu said slowly, "Don't you sell this flower pot by the catty?"

The man responded subconsciously: "That's right, fifty cents a catty..."

“Very good~”

Zhou Yu smiled and nodded, stepped forward to pick up a flower pot and threw it down...

"Bang~"

The flowerpot immediately shattered to the ground.

"You...do you dare to throw uncle's flower pot?"

The man had an expression of disbelief.

"Nonsense, isn't your flower pot sold by the catty? How can you choose it without breaking it?
Besides, the law of Dagan doesn’t stipulate that flower pots must be purchased at a price..."

"Pfft~"

"Hahaha!"

"Master Zhou is doing great!"

After Zhou Yu answered, the people onlookers finally came to their senses, clapping their hands and applauding one by one.

This is called repaying the person with the way of the person.

Aren't flower pots sold by the catty?There is nothing wrong with breaking it and picking a few catties.

"Bang~"

Before the man could stop him, Zhou Yu moved quickly and broke two more.

Seeing Zhou Yu go to hug the flowerpot again, the man was so angry that he stared at his blood-red eyes, and rushed up violently, waving his casserole-sized fist...

"Master be careful!"

Qiuxiang and Azhu both exclaimed in surprise.

"Bang~"

In the end, it was the man who was beaten.

Others didn't see clearly how Zhou Yu dodged the punch, they only saw that he elbowed backhand and the man fell to the ground with a scream.

"what happened?"

"Who has the guts to fight in the street?"

Finally, a few policemen came over aggressively.

"Officer, you came just in time, this man is arrogant and unreasonable, smashing the villain's flowerpot..."

The black-faced man unexpectedly came and a villain filed a complaint first.

"Shameless..." Qiu Xiang cursed angrily.

"So it's Master Zhou~"

"The villain has seen Master Zhou..."

When the officers saw that the person involved was Zhou Yu, they all nodded and bowed their heads to salute.

After all, even the county magistrate had to be polite when he saw Zhou Yu, let alone such officials as them.

"You guys came just in time. This person bullies the market, buys and sells by force..."

Zhou Yu briefly explained the reason.

A crowd of onlookers also chattered and testified from the sidelines.

After hearing the reason, the leading police officer immediately yelled angrily: "You dare to blackmail people in the street, take it down!"

"Yes!"

The other three detectives stepped forward to apprehend them.

The black-faced man didn't resist, but stared at Zhou Yu coldly and said, "This time the uncle admits, let's wait and see."

After they were escorted away, the leading arrester walked up to Zhou Yu again, and said in a low voice, "Master Zhou, I know this person, you have to be careful."

"Oh? What's the background of this guy?"

"This person is in the same group as Leihu from Heishan Town, and they are all outlaws. Even my adults are unwilling to provoke him easily...

That's all for the small talk, please Master Zhou be more careful. "

"Hehe, thank you for reminding me..." While speaking, Zhou Yu took out a small ingot of silver and handed it over: "It's a little thing, take it and have a few drinks with the brothers."

"Thank you, Master Zhou!"

"You're welcome."

After the arrester left quickly, Zhou Yu couldn't help but stroked his beard and muttered.

He had never heard of Leihu's name, but Heishan Town... was indeed a rather chaotic place, where dragons and snakes were mixed together.

This is because Montenegro has a fierce reputation, so officers and soldiers dare not step in easily.

Over time, it has grown into a sinful paradise.

After returning home, Zhou Yu summoned Ying Ning and told him what happened before.

Then he said: "During this time, especially at night, you must be more vigilant. It's fine if they don't come, but if you dare to come and take revenge..."

Ying Ning immediately interjected: "Then let them come and go~"

"No!" Zhou Yu waved his hand: "You want to avoid murder, and you can just control the other party at that time, and leave the rest to the master."

"Yeah, got it sir, hee hee~"

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(End of this chapter)