Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 13: A Penny Scam
[System prompt! Receive a new side quest]

[Side Quest (New): Help the merchants in the town recover their stolen property and teach the troublemakers a profound lesson.]

This system is really smart...

"Your antique calligraphy and paintings can be taken away for just one penny. Is it possible for such a rare thing to happen in Taiping Town?"

Lu Ping couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, "If there really is such a good thing, you should have informed me earlier so that I can have a share of it..."

Seeing that Lu Ping was not worried about him but was enjoying himself, Zheng Yuanwai stamped his feet in anxiety: "Oh, it's already this late, and you're still kidding me?"

Lu Ping chuckled: "Alright, alright, you're old enough to be my father, why are you more anxious than a young man like me when something happens? What happened? Tell me in detail."

After hearing what Lu Ping said, Zheng Yuanwai finally calmed down a little and explained the whole story: "This is what happened. This morning, a gangster came to the town. The guy had a stack of gold leaves in his hand..."

A gangster of unknown origin was shopping around in the antique street. No matter what price the seller offered, he would say that the boss had set the price too low, and then he would be very generous and buy the antiques at several times the price.

Seeing that this gangster was stupid, rich, young and easy to be deceived, the bosses emptied out their family savings, took out a bunch of antique calligraphy and paintings for the gangster to "appraise" and then tricked him into buying them.

A bunch of unscrupulous businessmen testified against each other and signed a verbal contract that would honor any price offered by the other party.

Finally, the gangster said that all the antique calligraphy and paintings were worth only one penny, and then he used that penny to seize all the collections of the unscrupulous businessmen.

After what he did, those unscrupulous businessmen were dumbfounded.

The contract had already been signed, and with so many people present as witnesses, the merchants could not bring themselves to go back on their word in public, but they were unwilling to just admit defeat.

"What a familiar plot..."

After hearing the whole story, Lu Ping didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You guys, a bunch of insiders, teamed up to trick a kid who just started out in the underworld. You really have the nerve to lose face."

"If you ask me, you are just too greedy, otherwise this wouldn't have happened."

"Usually, they are all cunning and shrewd, and they are as cunning as foxes when doing business, afraid that customers will take advantage of them. Now, they are being taken advantage of by their greed and cheated like this. Isn't it shameful?"

After hearing what Lu Ping said, Zheng Yuanwai felt ashamed and embarrassed, and he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into: "Yes, yes, yes... you are right, I admit my mistake and will correct it in the future! But this time, please help me..."

Lu Ping's abilities are also well-known in Taiping Town.

Although he is young, he is thorough, conscientious and responsible in his work and can complete any task well.

Of course, the most important point is that he knows martial arts.

"You are businessmen, don't you know that the government doesn't recognize verbal contracts? Even if you don't admit it and bring the case to the government, the government will stand on your side. What are you afraid of?"

Lu Ping thought about it and decided to give Zheng Yuan an idea to go out.

"Just call your guards and servants, grab your weapons and beat that guy up, then snatch the things he sold and buy them back, right?"

Zheng's face flushed, and he muttered, "Businessmen are based on honesty. Once you say something, it's like spilling it. How can you go back on your word?"

Lu Ping gave him a strange look and said, "Why are you talking about this now?"

Mr. Zheng lowered his head and said nothing.

But Lu Ping figured it out.

It's not that they are pedantic, it's just that with so many like-minded people present, no one can bring themselves to be the first to go back on their word, otherwise they will definitely be laughed at by others for the rest of their lives.

After all, they are all wealthy and prestigious people. "Where is that kid now?"

"Staying at a first-class inn."

"Hey~ okay, I'll go take care of it."

"I will go with you."

Lu Ping closed the door and headed towards the first-class inn with Zheng Yuanwai.

"Speaking of which, even if that kid has gold leaves, they can't be eaten. If they can't be spent, they are no different from ordinary leaves. You can just work together to lower the value of the gold leaves."

"Why are you all like crazy today, rushing to sell everything?"

Zheng Yuanwai glanced at the first-class inn in the distance and said with lingering fear: "Didn't the bandit robbery happen last night? Aren't you all feeling uneasy?"

"I thought that if there was another disaster in the town someday, it would be inconvenient to carry around antiques and paintings, so it would be safer to exchange them for silver bills or gold leaves as soon as possible."

So this is what is going on...

"Fine……"

After a while, the two arrived at a first-class inn. Even from a distance, they could see dozens of people gathered together, pushing and shoving, pointing at the inn from time to time.

Just as Lu Ping was about to go in, Mr. Zheng stopped him first.

"Wait, what are you going to do after you go in?"

"If I say that we should use force to force him to hand over the things, what do you think?"

Zheng Yuanwai looked a little embarrassed, rubbed his hands and asked: "We are all civilized people, isn't this barbaric behavior inappropriate?"

After all, he didn't want to lose face and hoped to maintain a good image in the eyes of the people in the town.

This want-it-all attitude made Lu Ping speechless.

Seeing that Lu Ping's eyes were becoming more and more contemptuous, even a thick-skinned person like Zheng Yuanwai couldn't help blushing, and then he coughed tactically: "Don't look at me like that, I just think that boy is still young, and I'm afraid you can beat him to death with one palm! But I heard that you defeated 800 bandits by yourself last night..."

Lu Ping's eyelids suddenly jumped.

My goodness...it's only been one morning and it's already spread so outrageously?
"It's true that he wiped out the bandits with his own strength, but where did eight hundred bandits come from? It is said that there are only eight hundred people in the entire Black Wind Village, okay? The most who came last night were about a hundred..."

"Look at you, you're being modest again, aren't you? Young people should be a little more frivolous, why are you being so modest?"

Zheng Yuanwai clicked his tongue repeatedly and straightened Lu Ping's clothes. "A hundred or so people are impressive. They are the elite among the bandits! What's more, there are two leaders!!"

"I can guarantee that after what happened last night, your reputation as a hero will soon spread throughout the eighteen towns of Anning Prefecture, and even throughout the entire martial arts world!"

"In the future, the publicity image of our Taiping Town will still depend on you, brother!"

"A handsome, elegant, intelligent and brave young man like you can definitely break that brat's rhetoric with just a few words, right?"

I have to say, ginger is still spicy.

Mr. Zheng flattered Lu Ping with his flattery, complimented him, and straightened his collar, which went straight to the heart of Lu Ping, making him feel elated.

(End of this chapter)