It was a coincidence that when Mingyue brought her daughter into Ziqidonglai, they happened to meet Wen Pengfei, waving a folding fan and walking in with two of his men.
And the two men who followed Wen Pengfei respectfully were exactly the people Mingyue met in the city before.
This instantly drew Mingyue's attention to Wen Pengfei's face.
As soon as she saw the face that was extremely similar to Chen Xiucai, she immediately knew the man's identity. She knew that he was Chen Xiucai's biological son, and also the real murderer who killed the original owner in the previous life.
At first Mingyue thought they were coming for her, so she took Mingmei and quickly went up to the third floor, thinking of settling Mingmei down first before taking the next step.
At this moment, Mingyue was still thinking that it was not a loss to pay the imperial green as protection fee, after all, it came in handy so soon.
However, Wen Pengfei didn't notice the existence of Mingyue and her daughter at all. He was only thinking about opening the Imperial Green.
In Wen Pengfei's opinion, there is no one in the world who is more blessed than him. So if others can produce imperial green, then he can, too.
Just after entering the shop, Wen Pengfei said to the clerk who came up to him in a haughty manner: "Give me all the best jade in your shop. I will take my time to select."
The waiter couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard this. He laughed at this country bumpkin who came from nowhere and dared to come to Ziqidonglai to pretend to be a rich man. He even asked him to take out the best jade, which was priceless. Even the richest merchants in the city didn't dare to ask such a question. This country bumpkin was really too boastful.
After noticing the quality of the jade pendant hanging on Wen Pengfei's waist, the clerk smiled flatteringly: "Sir, the best jade in our shop is upstairs, but the price is definitely more expensive than the ordinary goods downstairs, you see..."
Wen Pengfei glanced at him and sneered, "This young master is not short of money, why don't you lead the way quickly?"
The waiter smiled again: "Please follow me, sir."
After saying that, the guy walked to the front with a big roll of his eyes.
He has been a clerk here for several years, and he has heard many people say that they are not short of money, but in the end, few of them can get away unscathed from gambling on stones. Not everyone in this world has the good luck of a god, who can easily mine imperial green jade and never have to worry about anything for the rest of their lives.
Mingyue, who was standing on the second-floor steps, listened to the conversation below, and a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.
It turned out that they didn't come to arrest her on purpose, but came for gambling on stones.
That would be interesting. Since we met by chance, wouldn't it be a waste of this encounter if I didn't kill him
Seeing that Wen Pengfei and others were about to come up, Mingyue rolled her eyes, and walked to the stairs, fanning herself and waiting for them.
Not long after, Mingyue bumped into Wen Pengfei and others.
Wen Pengfei didn't care about Mingyue, but his two subordinates' expressions changed when they saw Mingyue. After all, one of them was falsely accused by Mingyue of having an affair, and the other one witnessed the farce.
However, with a bad-tempered master by their side, the two subordinates didn't dare to say much.
When the waiter saw Mingyue, his smile immediately became more sincere, and he even stopped to greet her: "Mr. Ming, are you going to select stones today? There are many customers here who come here to see your magic hands."
Wangnan City has always been like this. If a shop produces good jade, there will be a lot of traffic during that period, attracting countless customers to come and select stones.
What's more, the jade Mingyue opened was not ordinary jade. Coupled with her luck in opening stones and getting green jade, naturally many people in the city came to see the novelty.
No wonder the waiter was so polite. You have to know that Master Ming was a talent that their master, Prince Chen, personally asked to stay. The master also specially reserved the two rooms on the third floor for Master Ming and his daughter, which was enough to prove his importance to them. Naturally, they, the subordinates, also wanted to understand the elegant intentions. Mingyue shook her fan and said with a bored face, "I don't want to choose stones today. I can get jade every time. I don't feel like gambling at all. It's really boring."
Listen, is this what a human being would say
When the guy heard this, he just looked at Mingyue in silence, not knowing how to react for a moment.
At this moment, Wen Pengfei finally set his eyes on Mingyue. When he saw Mingyue's beautiful face, he couldn't help but feel jealous.
He was often laughed at for his ordinary appearance in the capital, and he hated handsome men the most.
Coupled with what Mingyue said, it made him feel that this man was too arrogant. He was just a commoner, how could he be more arrogant than him? It really annoyed him.
Wen Pengfei sneered, "This young master is too arrogant. I have never heard of anyone who can always find jade. Aren't you afraid of making people laugh when you say this?"
Mingyue sighed and said mercilessly: "If you don't have much experience, go out and gain more knowledge. Don't show off your ignorance here. This is what really makes people laugh."
The smile on Wen Pengfei's face froze, and there was a hint of gloom in his eyes as he looked at Mingyue.
But the clerk next to him added fuel to the fire, saying, "Mr. Ming is not an ordinary person. Yesterday he selected 16 stones, all of which turned out to be green, and one of them was even an imperial green. Now people outside call him a god's hand, which is definitely not the same as other people."
Now, Wen Pengfei’s face became even uglier.
Mingyue seemed unable to see his expression and added, "You have bad luck, but you think everyone is the same as you. It's really ridiculous."
Wen Pengfei, who already had a bad temper, couldn't bear it any longer.
"Do you know who you are talking to? Some people are not people you can afford to offend," Wen Pengfei looked at Mingyue with a cold gaze, gritting his teeth and said, "If you lost those eyes and hands, do you think you can still choose stones?"
However, what Mingyue wanted was to irritate him.
Mingyue glanced at him and said, "What? Are you going to play dirty tricks because you can't win by luck? It's also said that the appearance reflects the heart. Seeing that you look so unsatisfactory and mean, I guess your heart is not that beautiful either."
What Wen Pengfei hated most was people discussing his appearance. In the past, whenever someone mentioned this in the academy, he would definitely quarrel with others, which led to his bad reputation in the academy.
And now, he is just an ordinary citizen working in a jade shop, yet he dares to comment on his appearance. This has crossed his bottom line and he can no longer care about anything else.
"Damn it," Wen Pengfei could not help but point at Mingyue's nose and curse, and then fiercely said to his two men: "Catch him and beat him to death."
The two subordinates were used to doing such things, so they walked towards Mingyue without hesitation.
However, at this moment, a majestic voice was heard:
"Who dares to cause trouble in Ziqidonglai?"
(End of this chapter)