Chapter 174: Negotiation
Ah Zi thought of the silver tickets that the Empress Dowager of Xiyou and Empress Shen had prepared for her.
The denominations printed on the pile of wax butter paper stamped with blood-red ticket numbers added up to eight thousand taels, and this amount was really frightened when he held it in his hand at that time, and Ah Zi was a little weak in his legs, but after being disrespectful, he thought that he would definitely return it to the ancestor in the future.
But now it's a good thing, when he met such a blind shopkeeper, the lion opened his mouth, and even gave a sum of 10,000 taels as if he had clearly marked the price of the net worth and property he brought with him, which made Ah Zi marvel and could only grit his teeth and admire the cunning of the old fox.
After waiting for a while, but without a reply from Ah Zi, the blind shopkeeper stood up tremblingly and walked towards the alcove, reaching out and stroking the slightly glowing blue spirit stone resting on it like caressing a pet by his side.
"I don't have as much as 10,000 taels." Ah Zi spoke.
"How many?"
"Eight thousand."
"That's eight thousand."
The blind shopkeeper quickly gave the final price code, clapped his hands, turned his head and smiled and "looked" at Ah Zi's direction.
Ah Zi said that there was suffering in his heart. The Empress Dowager gave her the silver for fear that she would not be able to earn it for a lifetime without eating or drinking on the outpatient fee, and now she was going to give it to this shopkeeper who only had a one-sided relationship in the blink of an eye, which really made her sad.
The shopkeeper obviously didn't feel Ah Zi's distress, smiled and stood on tiptoe to take off the spirit stone, carefully wrapped it, and put it back into the dark grid.
"Tomorrow before you leave, you will secretly give me the silver ticket, and you will enter the golden forest. After seeing Mrs. Liu, after saying a few kind words for me, I will naturally find a way to send you the spirit stone when I get the letter. ”
Hearing this, Ah Zi was dumbfounded.
I have seen black-hearted businessmen, but I have never seen such black-hearted businessmen who blatantly set the terms of the overlord.
Isn't this directly telling yourself that the other party intends to collect the money but not deliver the goods?
"How do I know you're not going to lie to me?" Ah Zi forcibly endured the anger in his heart, and tried his best to make his tone as calm as possible for the sake of the spirit stone.
The blind shopkeeper turned around in the direction of Ah Zi with an incredulous face, and said impatiently: "If you want to do business with me, it naturally depends on our mutual trust, right?" As the saying goes, if you can't let the child trap the wolf, are you worried that I will cheat you out of your silver and refuse to hand over the spirit stone? I'm still worried that you're fooling me, a blind man, can't see it, give me some fake silver tickets to hide from the mountains and seas? Are you afraid that I will lie to you? Tell me first, how do I know you're not going to lie to me? ”
Sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy, and the blind shopkeeper was speechless, but she always felt that these words sounded a bit strong. Unspeakably awkward. But when she was asked to tell what was wrong, she couldn't tell.
Sensing Ah Zi's vacillation, the blind shopkeeper took advantage of the victory to chase after him: "Little girl, there are just two of you and me here." Let's get out of the way. Actually, you sit down and think about it. Even if I'm really going to cheat you out of your money. This piece is my inn, and it is easy for you to find it back, and you have a team of people with their own kung fu. I'm a lonely man, I'm still a lame blind man, if I really ignore your money, and you come to the door, won't I just obediently spit out the money again? At that time, if I annoy the hot-tempered girl or the domineering young master along the way, it's not like I can't eat and walk around? Although my small shop has little business, but it has never been a loss-making business, since I dare to accept your silver first, I will naturally keep my promise to send the spirit stone to you, you can rest assured, of course, if you can't believe me, then simply when I just let out a fart, just when nothing happened, leave this small shop early tomorrow morning, you take your Yangguan Road, I continue to guard my single-plank bridge, our well water does not interfere with the river water, but it is also clean. ”
Thinking about it, Ah Zi couldn't find any flaws in the words of this cunning shopkeeper, and she even began to admire the negotiation ability of this blind shopkeeper.
Ah Zi couldn't help but shake his head, putting aside these wild thoughts.
The blind shopkeeper couldn't see Ah Zi's expression at this time, but when she still didn't believe herself, she shook her hand, limped down at the table and sat down again, deciding to come up with a killer weapon - the truth in his heart.
"Little girl, let me tell you the truth, there are not many guests in my inn, and it is not for nothing over the years, you are not the first to fall in love with my spirit stone.
"But you are the first one who made me really willing to give up this stone.
"You're a witch, it's one, but the biggest one is that I feel like I'm in love with you. I've lived for so many years, dragging this remnant body all day long and waiting for death, what do you think I want to do? Even if I get black, I won't be able to use those silver tickets of yours even if they are brought into the coffin.
"I just thought that since you were willing to speak for me in front of Mrs. Liu, and I had nothing else to ask for in my life, I just wanted to know if the old man still remembered my old bones in his heart, so I agreed to your deal.
"But I also know that if I just promised you and let you take this spirit stone, I'm afraid that if you and your group really entered the golden forest, you will be fascinated by the scenery in front of you, and it is not impossible to forget about me and this inn completely. I took your silver ticket, but I just want to give you a wake-up call, without feeling distressed beforehand, how do you remember the words of my blind man?
"As for why you waited until you arrived in the Golden Forest to make the delivery?
"The reason is very simple, I don't think you can really enter the Golden Forest, and even if you do, you will definitely not get out alive.
"It's just that you all the way died in the golden forest by accident, there are more human souls in this forest, and there are not many of you, but if you take my precious spirit stone to accompany the burial, then I won't follow."
"Rather than let this stone rot on the road with you, it is better to keep it for the time being. If you really have the ability to walk through this forest, see Madame Liu, and get out of this forest unharmed, I will naturally find a way to send it to you.
"As for how to find a way to send it over, I don't think you need to worry about it, the old man has been able to run this inn here for so many years, so naturally there is my way."
After the blind shopkeeper said something, Ah Zi only felt that his head was buzzing, and the sentence "I didn't think you would get out of that forest alive." (To be continued.) )