Chapter 45: Blackmail
After Zhou Ziping left, the two entered the cave and began to cultivate.
Early the next morning, the two of them went to the city for a walk, because it was not a big market, the streets were a little deserted, and many shops were closed.
Fortunately, the day after tomorrow was the fifth day of the new year, and the two went back to their residence to practice after shopping for a while.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Youdao took Xie Xiaohong out of the cave, and saw many monks passing by outside, and the two went straight into the main street in the city, and sure enough, there was a constant flow of people on the street.
Not only are the shops on both sides open, but there are also many scattered shops setting up stalls on the streets.
Xie Xiaohong has rarely seen such a scene, jumping up and running in front, stopping in front of every stall to take a look, as if it is rare to see anything.
It was the first time Zhu Youdao saw her show the appearance of such a little girl, so he was a follower and followed behind her.
In front of a stall, Xie Xiaohong picked up a beautiful jade hairpin and looked left and right, as if she liked it very much.
"If you like it, buy it!" Zhu Youdao said with a smile, and asked the owner of the stall again, "How to sell this hairpin?"
The stall owner was an old fritter, and he knew that men were always generous in front of women, and most of them would not bargain at this time. He is also a cautious person, he first used his divine sense to probe the two of them, and saw that Zhu Youdao only had six levels of qi cultivation, and Xie Xiaohong couldn't even see the cultivation, as if he was a mortal. He immediately relieved his heart, and said: "The two Daoists really have eyesight, this hairpin is a jade essence produced in the deep sea, and it has been carefully refined by the refining master, and it is definitely worthy of this female Daoist, and the price is not high, only a hundred spirit stones!"
Zhu Youdao frowned, the other party is treating him as a wronged man, this hairpin is just a mortal jade, it does not contain any spiritual power, and it is not a magic weapon, but it is better than the excellent carving, and the so-called refiner refining is completely empty words.
He said in a deep voice: "Fellow Daoist is dishonest, this hairpin is just a mortal thing, even in the mortal world, it is only tens of thousands of taels of silver, how can it be worth so many spirit stones? Three spirit stones, you have already made a lot of money!"
The stall owner was annoyed and said: "Don't talk nonsense, this is not the mortal world, this hairpin is worth this price!"
Xie Xiaohong also saw that the stall owner was ripping off customers, so she put down the hairpin and said, "Forget it, I don't want this hairpin!"
Xie Xiaohong picked up Zhu Youdao and was about to leave, but the stall owner picked up the hairpin, and with a little force in his hand, the hairpin broke in two, and he said loudly: "Wait, if you don't buy it, forget it, why did you break my hairpin?"
Xie Xiaohong said: "You broke this hairpin yourself, how can you blame us?"
The stall owner said loudly: "Okay, you have to play tricks, Zhenjiang City is not a place for you to go wild!"
As soon as he shouted, the vendors who set up stalls around him suddenly surrounded him, accusing Zhu Youdao and the others of gossiping.
"Wang Laosan has always been honest in business, this kid must be cheating!"
"Yes, I saw it, the hairpin was broken by the little girl!"
"Let them pay for the spirit stones!"
"Send them to the law enforcement department in the city, and they will be locked up for a few years!"
Zhu Youdao sneered in his heart, knowing that he had encountered a snake on the ground, these vendors all ate a piece, and as soon as someone shouted, others came over to help. In his previous life, he also started as a small trader, and such a thing is also clear. Whether it is the original world or the cultivation realm, such things can be found everywhere, and most guests encounter this situation, if they do not have a background background, they can only swallow their anger and lose money.
There was a riot here, which immediately attracted the attention of the law enforcement team that maintained order in Zhenjiang City, and a team of monks came over, and the leader shouted: "Who disturbs the order of Fang City?"
Wang Laosan first complained: "Captain Liu, this pair of men and women broke my hairpin, but they are unwilling to compensate, please uphold justice for me!" Other vendors testified for him.
Captain Liu knew what was going on at a glance, this kind of thing happened from time to time, as long as he didn't make too much trouble, he didn't want to care, and the stall owner would naturally leave him a copy if he got a benefit.
Captain Liu shouted: "If you damage other people's things, you must compensate, otherwise our Zhenjiang City will definitely enforce the law strictly and fairly!"
Zhu Youdao shouted: "Is this just law enforcement? Have you asked us?"
He shook Xie Xiaohong's hand, Xie Xiaohong understood what he meant, and suddenly released the coercion of the monks in the foundation building period, and suddenly, the faces of the surrounding monks changed.
Wang Laosan's face was even more pale, he never thought that Xie Xiaohong was already a master in the foundation building period at a young age, no wonder he couldn't find out her cultivation before.
Captain Liu's face was ugly, since he was a monk in the foundation building period, it was not something he could suppress casually, he shouted: "Wang Laosan, what's the matter!"
Wang Laosan hurriedly knelt down in front of Xie Xiaohong, kowtowed like garlic and said: "Seniors forgive sins, seniors forgive sins, the villain was confused for a while, so he blackmailed you, please spare me this time!"
Xie Xiaohong didn't speak, holding Zhu Youdao's arm, and it was all up to him.
Zhu Youdao looked at Captain Liu: "In this case, what does Captain Liu think should be done?"
Although the Zhou family did not take the foundation building monks in their eyes, but he Captain Liu did not have the power to deal with the disputes of the monks during the foundation building period.
In order to maintain the prosperity of the city, it is impossible for Zhenjiang City to offend a foundation-building monk for a trivial matter. He shouted: "Wang Laosan, you have been expelled from the city forever, and if you dare to come back, you will not be spared!"
How dare Wang Laosan disobey? This matter is his fault, if the foundation building monk in front of him is ruthless and kills him on the spot, no one will stand up for him. He kowtowed and said, "Yes, yes, I'll leave and never dare to come back!"
Wang Laosan left in a hurry, and Captain Liu arched his hand and said: "The two distinguished guests, who were deceived by the villain, hope not to be surprised, and then they will come to the door to apologize!"
Zhu Youdao didn't want to make trouble on other people's territory, and after that, he still had to ask this Captain Liu, so he arched his hand and said: "Captain Liu is serious, we are very satisfied with this treatment!"
Seeing that they didn't mean to pursue it, Captain Liu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In Xia Liu Changsong, the two of you have encountered something in Zhenjiang City, but please report my name, you can also come to me!
"A certain surname is Zhu, this is my wife!" Zhu Youdao briefly introduced himself.
Liu Changsong hugged his fists and said: "Zhu Daoyou and Mrs. Zhu, please take care of yourself, Liu's responsibility is to inspect the market, and then come back to visit!"
Zhu Youdao also clenched his fists: "Captain Liu, please get busy first!"
Farewell to Captain Liu, the two continued to shop, and those vendors knew that Xie Xiaohong was a monk in the foundation building period, and they didn't dare to fool them anymore. But after this incident, they no longer had the same interest as before.
The two walked around and then returned to their residence.
Zhu Youdao said: "Xiaohong, do you know why we were blackmailed by hawkers in the Fang Market today?"
Xie Xiaohong thought for a while and said, "Because he thinks we are easy to bully!"
"That's good!" Zhu Youdao nodded: "He sees that my cultivation is not high, and he can't see your cultivation, he thinks that we are easy to deceive, so he blackmails us, and even Captain Liu, who enforces the law, favors them. And after you revealed that you are a foundation building monk, it doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong, the important thing is that your strength is stronger than him, the peddler will obediently confess his guilt, and Captain Liu will also severely punish him on the spot and show favor to us! Therefore, everything in the cultivation realm is respected by strength!"
In fact, if there was only Zhu Youdao today, even if he was a monk in the foundation building period, he would solve this matter in another way, first admitting that he had suffered a loss, losing money, and then looking for the peddler behind his back to settle accounts and export his evil anger.
But with Xie Xiaohong here, in order to let her understand the sinister world and the truth that the strong in the cultivation realm is the truth, this made Xie Xiaohong expose the identity of the foundation building monk.
Anyway, in the cultivation realm, the foundation building monk is already a figure, and if he doesn't expose the temptation that makes others unbearable, no one will casually make a move on the foundation building period monk.