Dragon's Origin

“Smartness can be one’s undoing!” Wang Sheng said, taking a bite of food from the chopsticks that Mei’er brought to his mouth. “People who are used to using tricks in their dealings get uncomfortable when they don't use them. They always feel that they can’t achieve their goals without resorting to some kind of scheme.”

Lu Wenhou nodded. There were many such people in the world. Perhaps they were just inherently shady, always liking to play tricks. Unfortunately, this time they ran into Wang Sheng.

“A small lesson to let them know the consequences of playing tricks on me,” Wang Sheng explained with a smile. “They’ll learn to behave themselves in the future. If they have something to discuss, they can come to me and we can work it out together. That’s much better than me having to constantly guard against sneaky people.”

Lu Wenhou gave a thumbs up. He believed that this was Wang Sheng’s reason for making such a big deal out of it. Using several hundred million gold coins to teach some people a lesson would indeed leave a lasting impression. If things can be discussed, why resort to such methods, which ultimately cost much more than normal means? If it happens a few more times, anyone would know how to choose, right?

In Wang Sheng’s terms, this was called increasing the cost of using conspiracies and tricks, raising the cost of crime. When the price is far higher than the gain, they will voluntarily stop.

Lu Wenhou stayed with Wang Sheng for a while before leaving. As the host, he had to take care of many things and greet the guests. Being able to spend some time with Wang Sheng was already good enough.

After Lu Wenhou left, Mei’er leaned against Wang Sheng, hugging his arm and resting her face on it, saying with a happy expression, “Thank you!”

“Do we still need to say those two words between us?” Wang Sheng said with a smile, looking down at Mei’er with affection.

“I just want to thank you anyway!” Mei’er tightened her arm, pressing even closer to Wang Sheng.

Because of Zhu Shaodong, Wang Sheng gave a cooperation opportunity that should have gone to Baoqing Yutang to Yu Baozhai. However, he did not close the door to all cooperation. This time, Wang Sheng still gave several merchants each a chance at the Thousand Desolation Land camp. Mei’er knew very well that this was secretly taking care of Baoqing Yutang.

He believed that with this camp, Baoqing Yutang, under the leadership of Zhu, the old owner, could still maintain its position in the leading group. As long as it could recover its vitality, Baoqing Yutang, which had a leading edge in many industries, could slowly recover.

The biggest problem for Baoqing Yutang was still finding a suitable successor. Zhu, the old owner, would definitely see things clearly after this incident and would never choose Zhu Shaodong again. Of course, even if he wanted to choose him, it was probably impossible. Wang Sheng only said that he wanted that guy to stay alive until the investigation was clear, but he didn’t say what would happen afterward.

Insulted Mei’er, and still want to live? Even if Wang Sheng didn’t take the initiative, would the force that lost ten times the fee easily let Zhu Shaodong go?

“I really want to see the face of the instigator now.” Mei’er also understood that Zhu Shaodong was being directed by someone, and she wanted to see how embarrassed the guy behind Zhu Shaodong was.

It was indeed quite uncomfortable, or rather, the instigator was now feeling extremely miserable. After receiving the news from the representative in front, he wanted to explode, but he didn’t know how to explode. He could only suppress all his anger and start thinking about how to solve the problem.

It was impossible to hide it for long. To reassure Zhu Shaodong, he even sent a few death warriors to that good-for-nothing. Moreover, if he wanted Zhu Shaodong to put in his best effort, even at the cost of offending a powerful figure like Wang Sheng, it was impossible not to give Zhu Shaodong enough guarantees. As long as those people interrogated Zhu Shaodong, they could quickly find out.

Unfortunately, the few death warriors originally arranged to act as guards were meant to silence him, but the venue arranged by Yu Baozhai made it impossible for them to enter. No matter how good the arrangement was, it was useless. If he had known that Wang Sheng was so easy to talk to, why would he have gone to such lengths?

The representative in the venue was unaware, so he didn’t know it was his own arrangement. Now it was troublesome. If he had been at the venue at the time, he would have stood up and admitted it. Using a little trick was nothing shameful. But not admitting it on the spot, and being dug out, would not only cost his family two hundred million gold coins, but also be resented by other parties. It was not worth it!

If he had known this would happen, alas, it was too late. The instigator was extremely annoyed, and while thinking about how to clean up the mess, he was also wondering if he could recover the loss from Zhu Shaodong.

Still follow the original plan to put Zhu Shaodong in the position of Baoqing Yutang, and then let Baoqing Yutang make up for his losses? But now that this happened, Baoqing Yutang was definitely heavily guarded. Whether that Zhu Shaodong could return to Baoqing Yutang was a question, and it was even more difficult to get gold coins from Baoqing Yutang.

Such a large loss, returning to the family, he didn’t know how he would be targeted by those in the family. All his efforts were in vain, all his efforts were in vain!

“Someone, send a letter to the owner of Lu and the venue, admit this matter.” Since it was impossible to escape the investigation, why not admit it frankly?

If he had known this would happen, he should have told the person at the venue the truth, or simply participated in the talks himself. He just felt that this kind of haggling occasion might be unpleasant, and it would take two or three days to finalize it. He could just participate in the final decision, and the credit would still be his.

Who knew that Wang Sheng was not procrastinating at all, and nodded without saying a word after negotiating the conditions? This was too straightforward, right? He didn’t catch up with any of the good things, but bad things piled up, bad luck!

People say that blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone. It was indeed true. Before the messenger sent to the venue arrived, the various parties had already gathered and dug out the answer from Zhu Shaodong, the death warriors, and a group of arranged people.

It was actually done by the Qiu family! In theory, the Qiu family had a good cooperation with Wang Sheng before, and had almost never blushed. It was very possible for the Shi family, the Dai family, or even the Gan family to do this, but it was the Qiu family, who had no active conflict with Wang Sheng, which was really speechless.

The Qiu family's representative at the venue was stunned in place after learning the truth. How could this be? In the short while he was stunned, his superior sent someone to deliver a letter, asking him to take the initiative to admit it.

He wanted to cry but had no tears! It would have been better if the messenger had come a few steps earlier! He had to appear when people had already dug out the mastermind. The representative at the venue didn’t know how to face the angry and contemptuous gazes of the various parties.

He was really wronged! He was completely taking the blame for others, but he couldn’t go back and tell his superior this. This kind of depressed feeling could really drive people crazy.

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“Send the gold coins to the Changsheng Marquis Mansion in the capital, and you can arrange for people to enter the Thousand Desolation Land.” Wang Sheng had also received the news and sent a message: “The Qiu family’s land purchase fee is ten times! The Song family, which contributed the most to the investigation, is exempt from the land purchase fee.”