Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Before Wang Erzhuzi could react, Fang Zheng snatched the ring.

"You don't even know how much this ring of mine is worth. Don't get ripped off. Let me handle it."

It's not that he wouldn't let him pawn it, but with his demeanor, he'd look intimidated at first glance!

Fang Zheng didn't know the value of this ring either; Xiao Tao had bought it.

It might be a cheap item... after all, Xiao Tao only looked at whether the ornaments were pretty when buying them, not caring about the price.

He didn't care either. With his current status, even if he wore a plastic jade pendant, no one would think it was fake.

It's like a certain Superman, who wears a two-hundred-dollar Xi Moucheng watch every day.

It may seem degrading for a wealthy person to wear a cheap watch, but in reality, it's not.

As long as the status is high enough, wearing cheap but well-reputed goods instead has a certain pretense attribute bonus.

Not only can it be pretentious, but it can also attract countless people to follow and fantasize, fantasizing that if I were rich, I would also use cheap goods to pretend!

In this instant, a certain ideological resonance seemed to be faintly generated between the poor and the rich.

The poor are still poor, but the rich's realm and reputation are rising invisibly...

And Director Fang is of this level, so accessories have never been important to him.

He didn't know the price of the ring, and he wasn't very good at identifying jade. He could only rely on experience and toughness to try to pawn it for more silver.

Anyway, it's better than Wang Erzhuzi; after all, there are many places to use silver later.

Fang Zheng handed over the ring and said humbly, "Brother, this is our first time here. Please take a closer look."

"The feel is dry and rough, with too many variegated colors and mottled appearance." The shop assistant observed the jade ring while commenting, tapped it, and then said, "The sound is dull and muffled. It's a piece of inferior jade, worth... three qian."

Three qian?

Fang Zheng laughed in anger.

A few taels, a dozen taels, dozens of taels are all possible. Pawnbrokers certainly want to desperately drive down the price, but pressing it down to three qian is a bit outrageous. It's not like he hasn't seen cheap goods, and Xiao Tao couldn't possibly buy such cheap goods. Her consumption level is there; she wouldn't even visit ordinary stalls.

You dog thing, trying to cheat your ancestor?

Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Brother, take a closer look. This is top-quality jade material, and there's also the workmanship. Don't be blind."

The shop assistant sneered, "Workmanship is worthless here. Everyone who comes here says the same thing as you. It's only worth three qian. Will you pawn it or not?"

The shop assistant's tone was extremely impolite, and even Emperor Jing slightly frowned.

Fang Zheng expressionlessly patted Zhang Biao and pointed to the counter.

Without thinking, Zhang Biao picked up Fang Zheng.

In that instant, Fang Zheng was immediately half a head taller than the shop assistant. He grabbed the wooden fence with one hand and pointed his finger directly at the shop assistant's nose with the other, angrily scolding, "I bought this jade ring for two hundred taels! Even if the pawnshop is worth ten for five, it's still worth a hundred taels. You say it's only worth three qian? I'll give you one more chance. If you say the wrong thing again, I'm going to lose my temper!"

This sudden action made the shop assistant shudder, at a loss.

Even the other customers in the pawnshop turned their heads, surprised.

The essence of a pawnshop is to provide emergency assistance, so naturally, most of those who come are asking for help.

Asking for help has never been seen so arrogant!

Wang Erzhuzi was panicked and looked around, fearing that someone would jump out and beat them up.

Emperor Jing slowly moved his steps and walked to another window.

Slightly sideways, pretending to be a passerby.

Watching Fang Zheng lose his temper, Emperor Jing's eyelids twitched fiercely a few times.

Embarrassing, embarrassing! Does this bastard have no face at all? What if people in the court find out...

Fang Zheng was aggressive, staring down at the shop assistant from a high position.

The shop assistant swallowed his saliva, feeling uneasy.

This ring is extremely good. Although it's not as exaggerated as two hundred taels, it's not a problem to sell it for a dozen or twenty taels on the market based on its color.

Especially listening to the two of them talking, this ring should be given by this master in front of him to that country bumpkin.

People like Wang Erzhu basically have little chance of redeeming it from the pawnshop, so naturally, what is earned is not the interest money. That is to say, he can get a lot of commission from this deal.

So he desperately suppressed the price to three qian.

But he was careless. He never expected that the original owner of this ring would take the initiative to speak up.

But isn't that how business is done? You, damn it, should have offered a price first... coming up and being unreasonable, how can there be such a thing?

"I'll take another look, another look."

Seeing the shop assistant soften, Fang Zheng stared at him from above with his arms folded.

Riding on Zhang Biao, he had a bit of an invincible aura.

The shop assistant pretended to look at it for two minutes, raised his head and said, "This jade is indeed ordinary, but the workmanship is excellent. I see that this is your first time here, so I'll give you an honest price of eight qian."

"Eight qian!" Fang Zheng's tone suddenly raised sharply.

Stuffing half of his face hard into the fence, he glared and said, "Eight taels!"

"Why are you like this? There's no way to do things like this."

The shop assistant panicked, looking at Fang Zheng's twisted and deformed face, he completely panicked.

He had never seen such a scene since he started his career!

Damn it, a lunatic!

"Sir! If you are like this, please seek other experts, otherwise, I will report to the authorities." The shop assistant shouted courageously.

Fang Zheng sneered, "Damn it, you really don't know what a black society is!"

"I'll take the ring out and shout about it in a while, so that the outside world knows what kind of business you're doing here."

"Then find a hundred beggars to eat, drink, and shit at your door. If you're sensible, call out your owner now, otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

A trace of panic flashed in the shop assistant's eyes.

Indeed... if he estimated the price truthfully, he wouldn't be afraid of reporting to the authorities, but now he's in a bit of a dilemma.

Seeing that Fang Zheng was still squeezing in, the shop assistant said harshly, "You wait for me! Wait for our owner to come out!"

After speaking, he left the counter and ran away in a hurry.

Emperor Jing covered his face, tugged at Fang Zheng's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Come down."

Fang Zheng jumped down.

Emperor Jing coughed awkwardly and said, "Why are you like a hooligan? What a disgrace."

Fang Zheng said, "You don't know, we don't have any silver. Every profession has its own rules. If I don't act tough, I'll be bullied. As the saying goes, the poor are afraid of the tough, the tough are afraid of those who don't value their lives, and those who don't value their lives are afraid of lunatics."

"There are those honest people who only know how to follow the rules all their lives, and they are polite everywhere. What happens in the end? People like this are slaughtered every day. If they just put down their face a little and know how to be unreasonable, they wouldn't always be bullied. I've seen a lot of these."

"Don't believe me... you wait for the pawnshop owner to come later, and you'll know when you see him!"

Emperor Jing nodded helplessly. Fang Zheng seemed to be more familiar with the routines of the common people than he was.

Before long, the pawnshop owner rushed over in a panic, followed by the shop assistant covering his face.

As soon as he saw Fang Zheng, he showed a smiling face and said, "This distinguished guest, I just heard that the people below were ignorant and misestimated the price for you. Why don't you let me take a look?"

Fang Zheng nodded.

The owner picked up the jade ring and carefully looked at it.

After looking at it, he said, "This is indeed a rare good jade. How about this number?"

The owner stretched out a palm, spreading his five fingers.

Fang Zheng also stretched out his hand: "Eight taels, no pawn ticket, we'll take the money and leave."

Upon hearing this, the owner did not hesitate at all and directly found eight taels of silver and handed it over.

He had just heard from the shop assistant that a rogue had come.

Now it was best to make money and send people away.

Fang Zheng took the silver and said, "Thank you."

After speaking, he quickly left with Emperor Jing and others.

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