Two Worlds: I Became an Immortal

Chapter 94: No Business Is Not Sharp
"That thief! How dare he deceive me? Break his legs for me!"

Just as Ming Wenping had laid out the paintings one by one, he heard a loud shout from afar.

Immediately afterwards, several strong men jumped out from the side and directly held down Lin Yu who was trying to escape.

Lin Yu was very smart. The moment he heard the sound, he realized that the situation was not good and turned around to escape.

However, the servants brought by the other party were faster and pinned him down in an instant.

Then, several shrill cries were heard. The scholars on the side turned pale and did not dare to watch what happened to Lin Yu.

"You thief, if I hadn't been bewitched by Luo Liuxia yesterday, I might have left Shangqing Mansion yesterday, letting you live freely!"

The wealthy businessman who came over was now filled with rage, and he shouted at his servants to beat him to death.

Although they shouted like that, the servants were extremely restrained in their actions and did not beat anyone to death.

However, the physical pain is naturally unavoidable.

"It's obviously you who is greedy for cheap things, how can you blame me?"

Although Lin Yu was beaten, he still remained stubborn.

The rich businessman was so angry that he trembled when he heard this. "We in business believe that all businessmen are sharp, but you are the opposite. You are so dishonest. How despicable! Beat you to death! Beat you hard!"

The rich businessman had an angry look on his face. As rice merchants, they would use a rice measure to weigh the rice when selling it. They would shake the rice measure back and forth three times. After the rice was firmly stamped under the rice measure, they would use a fair ruler to scrape off the rice on the rice measure. The remaining rice would be a full dou of rice of full pound and ounce.

After weighing a bushel of rice, they would take another bowl and pour some rice into the bucket, so that there would be a bunch of little points sticking out.

Therefore, all businessmen are sharp.

This practice is not only practiced by rice merchants, but also by some other vendors.

The same was true of the Luo Liuxia drink he drank in the tavern he went to.

If you buy more fine wine, the shopkeeper will scoop out some more wine and add some in.

All the vendors were like this, and now seeing the painting seller being so deceitful, they were naturally dissatisfied.

Lin Yu was beaten so hard that he cried for his parents. In the end, he could not bear the repeated beatings and had to return the remaining money.

The rich businessman took the money and prepared to leave with satisfaction.

But just as he turned around, he caught a glimpse of Ming Wenping standing beside him.

After seeing the paintings displayed in front of the other party's stall, his steps paused slightly, and then stopped.

“How do you sell this painting?”

The rich businessman looked at the painting in front of him. Although he didn't quite understand it, he felt that the artistic conception of the painting was extraordinary. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

Thinking back to the fake paintings I bought before, when I compared them with the painting in front of me, I could immediately tell the difference.

After hearing this, Ming Wenping suddenly became hesitant.

The man in front of me had just hit someone and his power was still there.

He was thinking that if he asked for too much silver, the other party might take care of him as well.

Thinking of this, he became a little hesitant.

"You came out to set up a stall to sell paintings, why are you silent again? Are you not selling these paintings?"

Seeing Ming Wenping in front of him not saying anything, the rich businessman suddenly became impatient. After all, he had to hurry and leave.

Ming Wenping was shocked by the other party's words and said hesitantly, "Twenty or twenty taels of silver."

"Twenty taels of silver, I want all of these!"

Seeing that Ming Wenping only asked for twenty taels of silver, the wealthy businessman's eyes suddenly lit up.

If it's just twenty taels of silver, I can buy all the paintings from the other party!
Ming Wenping was shocked when he heard this, and then quickly said, "Only two paintings for sale." He didn't know at the moment how much these paintings could be sold for. What if the other party came to him again?
"These paintings are all my own work, they are not famous, so you should think carefully."

The rich businessman was angry that Ming Wenping only sold two paintings, but when he heard what Ming Wenping said, he immediately laughed out of anger.

"I'm looking for trouble with that thief because he lied to me that it was a work of the painting saint. Now I'm buying your painting, how could I buy it and then come to cause trouble for you?"

After saying that, he took out some silver and handed it to Ming Wenping, then took two paintings and left.

Ming Wenping felt the heavy silver in his arms, as if he was dreaming.

In the past, if he had offered his paintings for twenty taels of silver, people who came would probably have spit at him.

But now, it seems that his paintings are really different.

Thinking of this, Ming Wenping quickly packed up his things and headed home. He wanted to tell his mother this great news!
"Brother Shen is back!"

Downstairs of the restaurant, a convoy of horse-drawn carriages was already waiting, ready to depart.

Gu Cheng, who was walking with Shen Tongfeng, smiled when he saw Shen Tongfeng coming back.

He knew that it was unlucky for the other party to go looking for the thief, so he waited for a while.

"It's all thanks to Brother Gu, otherwise I would have lost a hundred taels of silver on this trip."

Shen Tongfeng smiled immediately when he saw Gu Cheng.

The other party is an old expert in this field, buying and selling calligraphy and paintings and other items.

After seeing it yesterday, I handed the painting to the other party and only then did I realize that the painting was fake.

Fortunately, I had no luck finding that little thief today and was able to recover a lot of silver.

In fact, it was not a big deal for him to lose a little money, but it would be too embarrassing if people saw him being cheated into buying a fake painting in the future.

"you are welcome."

Gu Cheng smiled when he heard this, but then he was stunned when he saw the scroll in the other party's arms, "Why, Brother Shen, are you buying another painting?"

Gu Cheng had a strange look on his face at this moment. He had just suffered a loss, and now he bought a painting. Wasn't he afraid that he would make a mistake again?

"This painting is cheap, and I like it very much. Even if I can't sell it later, it's good to keep it for myself."

Upon hearing this, Shen Tongfeng laughed out loud.

He also saw that others liked to collect calligraphy and paintings, so he also wanted to collect a few.

I think hanging these calligraphy and paintings in the study can add more scholarly atmosphere.

"Oh? Can you show it to me?"

After hearing what the other party said, Gu Cheng also understood what the other party was thinking. He knew that this painting should not be worth much and was just bought to hang at home.

Upon hearing this, Shen Tongfeng immediately handed over the painting in his hand, allowing the other party to take a look at the painting he liked.

When Gu Cheng opened the scroll, he was stunned when he saw an exquisite landscape painting in front of him.

With just one glance, he could feel the aura of the mountain coming towards him. This kind of aura is something that only rare masterpieces can possess.

And the artistic conception of this mountain is even more extraordinary.

Such a painting must be a treasure!
Let this guy buy a good painting?
When Gu Cheng thought of this, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked at the other scroll. He saw that the two paintings had similar auras, but slightly different artistic conceptions, which made Gu Cheng feel even more uneasy.

"How much money did you spend?"

Gu Cheng took a deep breath and looked up at Shen Tongfeng.

(End of this chapter)