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Chapter 32: A Price of Taels of Gold

"Who knows? But judging from his appearance, he should not be a nobody. Maybe he is from a hidden family, or a big shot from the imperial capital..."

"Shh, keep your voice down. If the people in the City Lord's Mansion hear you, watch out for your head!"

At this time, there are 16 floors in the building.

"He comes to see me again. What does the city lord want to do?" Shen Qiu frowned slightly, feeling a little confused.

"I don't know either, but seeing that the city lord looks kind, he shouldn't be here to cause trouble." Qingluan said softly.

"In that case, let's go meet him and see what this city lord is up to!"

After saying that, Shen Qiu stood up, tidied his clothes slowly, and then walked downstairs leisurely.

Arriving at the lobby on the first floor, Shen Qiu immediately saw Su Yue standing among the personal guards. This man was wearing a black brocade robe and had a long sword on his waist. He looked intimidating without even being angry.

"Ah... City Lord Su has honored you with your presence. I, Shen Qiu, am sorry for failing to welcome you in person. I am so sorry, so sorry." Shen Qiu immediately stepped forward, bowed his hands and apologized, with the face of a profiteer.

"Boss Shen, you are too polite. I am here today to discuss something important."

Su Yue had a smile on his face and spoke in a calm tone, but there was a hint of scrutiny in his eyes, making it difficult to figure out his true thoughts.

"Lord Su, you are too polite. I wonder what important matter is that you have to trouble you to come here in person?"

Shen Qiu made a "please" gesture and led Su Yue to a seat nearby.

Su Yue was not polite and sat down directly. He then said straight to the point: "To be honest, this city lord already knows about what happened today."

The voice paused, Su Yue's eyes swept towards Shen Qiu, and seeing that he had no intention of speaking, he continued: "Zhao Dezhu and others are so bold and reckless that they sent people to cause trouble in Fanlou for no reason and spread rumors. This is really an unforgivable crime. This city lord has now arrested them and has come to apologize to Boss Shen."

After saying that, Su Yue waved his hand, and several bodyguards behind him walked out, dragging Zhao Dezhu and others, who had bruised faces and noses, in.

"Boss Shen, how do you think we should deal with these guys? Just tell me. I will give you a satisfactory explanation."

"Well, confess?"

Shen Qiu thought: "You are the lord of a city, and now you suddenly want to give a satisfactory explanation to a small person like me. Are you sure you didn't drink too much horse urine last night?"

"This……"

Although he was complaining in his heart, Shen Qiu pretended to be embarrassed. After a moment's silence, he slowly said, "City Lord Su, this matter is not a big deal, but it is not a small matter either. How about this? Let them apologize and compensate me with 100,000 or 80,000 taels of gold. City Lord Su can handle the rest by himself. What do you think?"

"What? One hundred thousand or eighty thousand taels of gold? That's my money!"

When Zhao Dezhu heard this, he immediately got furious. This beast Shen Qiu was clearly taking advantage of the situation.

"You little bastard, don't think I don't know. You are just lucky. If you didn't have someone to support you and the support of Sword Master, you, a little bastard..."

"presumptuous!"

Before Zhao Dezhu could finish his words, Su Yue kicked him to the ground. His eyes were cold and his tone was chilling: "How dare you be so bold to disrespect Master Shen. Someone, come and slap him in the face!"

"Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Several bodyguards stepped forward and slapped Zhao Dezhu so hard that stars appeared in his eyes and his mouth was full of blood. He couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

At this time, Su Yue said: "What do you mean your money? That's my... ahem, you have committed all kinds of crimes, and all your property has been confiscated. It's public funds, do you know?" He almost said what was in his heart, but fortunately Su Yue changed his words in time.

Now looking at Zhao Dezhu lying on the ground like a dead dog, Su Yue did not feel any pity in his heart.

In recent years, Zhao Dezhu and others have been eating in an ugly way and have done a lot of bullying and monopolizing the market, which has long caused Su Yue's dissatisfaction.

In fact, at the beginning, when the restaurant owners headed by Zhao Dezhu were planning to suppress Fanlou, Su Yue also knew about it through secret channels. The reason why he did not stop it at the first time was that he wanted to let these people test who was supporting Fanlou behind the scenes.

However, Su Yue did not expect that the Thirteen Sword Masters would suddenly appear and intervene in the matter, thus disrupting his plans.

However, he soon took advantage of the situation, arrested Zhao Dezhu and his men, and brought them here specifically to show goodwill to Fan Lou.

Su Yue had wanted to take action against them before, but for the stability and peace of Tianhuang City, he was cautious.

Now that Fanlou has appeared, more people in the city are willing to spend money at Fanlou. In this way, Su Yue no longer has any worries.

"Boss Shen, what do you think of this?"

Su Yue showed an embarrassment on his face and said, "One hundred thousand or eighty thousand taels of gold, these people don't really have that much money, but ten thousand taels of gold can be taken out."

Shen Qiu pretended to be surprised and said, "What, only ten thousand taels? City Lord Su, you don't know that my ordinary building is luxuriously decorated, but today someone made a fuss. The tables and chairs have to be replaced with new ones, and the floor tiles have to be re-laid. My weak heart has also been hit, and the guests have also been frightened. Let me think about it... This loss is more than ten thousand taels!"

Hearing this, the corners of Su Yue's mouth twitched. Was his weak heart hit?
How much is your broken wooden table worth?

And there are only a few floor tiles. Do you have the nerve to talk about re-laying them?

Please be a human being!
Su Yue cursed in his heart. Shen Qiu was clearly asking for too much. However, he did not dare to get angry. He could only smile and say, "Boss Shen is right. It was my negligence. How about this? I'll add another five thousand taels. What do you think?"

Shen Qiu spoke again, "City Lord Su, I am not unreasonable. It is well known that I am the most fair. How about this, you and I both take a step back. I don't want 100,000 or 80,000 taels of gold. Just one price, 20,000 taels of gold, and we'll call it a day. How do you think?"

"Okay, that's settled."

Su Yue didn't want to continue arguing, so he nodded in agreement.

His heart was bleeding. How many elite soldiers could he recruit with 20,000 taels of gold?

But when he thought of Fan Lou's mysterious backing and the support of the Thirteen Sword Masters, Su Yue didn't want to offend him for the time being and could only bear the pain and cut his losses.

Besides, when Zhao Dezhu and others confiscated his property, they seized nearly 100,000 taels of gold, so he didn't lose anything.

"Oh, City Lord Su is indeed a straightforward person."

Now Shen Qiu feels that Su Yue is much more pleasing to the eye.

"..."

"Come here, get 20,000 taels of gold for Boss Shen." Seeing this, Su Yue ordered.

"Yes!"

Soon, several guards came out and came back carrying two heavy boxes. When they opened them, they were so dazzled by the golden light that everyone couldn't open their eyes.

"Boss Shen, can you ask someone to count it?" Su Yue said with a wry smile at this time.

(End of this chapter)