Chapter 432 (1/2)

The sweet feast’s most exciting moment. It was the moment where the main course and the side dish could be sampled by all. Liu Mang initially had no interest as he could only watch. However, this time was different.

“Brother w.a.n.g. Do you have an interest in one of those beauties?” Kuai Ran asked when he saw Liu Mang’s excited expression.

“Haha. Brother Kuai. Would you believe me if I told you I wasn’t interested?” Liu Mang laughed in reply. Everyone admires beauty. Who could not be interested in such beautiful women? The only people who wouldn’t care are real saints and eunuchs.

“Haha.” Kuai Ran laughed back understandingly. However, he had misunderstood Liu Mang.

“Brother Kuai. What box do you think the Huang cowards are sitting in?”

“The Huang cowards? Why are you asking?”

“Haha. We were invited to the sweet feast by them. Wouldn’t it be a shame for it to end peacefully?” Others went to a brothel to look at beautiful women. Liu Mang came for a good laugh.

Kuai Ran then called for one of the people working in the brothel. Due to how frequent he visited this place, that person recognized him. However, Kuai Ran paid that no attention and asked, “Which box did that family servant from earlier come from?”

“That person from earlier?” The young servant mumbled for and then replied, “Lord Kuai. You know about the rules of our brothel.”

“Brother w.a.n.g!” Kuai Ran looked back at Liu Mang and laughed awkwardly as he rubbed his pocket. Jia Xu then took out a piece of gold and handed it over to the young servant.

“Lord Kuai. I think your friends are in Sky 5.” The servant smiled when he saw the gold in Jia Xu’s hand. Either way, he did not break the rules of the brothel as he did not say where the Huang brothers were. He only said that Kuai Ran’s friends may be at Sky 5.

“Hmm, Sky 5?” Liu Mang repeated and waved his hand. The servant left smiling. “Brother Kuai. Let us wait and see.”

The brothel then promoted Luo Xiang again while the visitors bid on her. One merchant from the hall offered two hundred gold. Another then offered two hundred and one gold. To n.o.bles, that three hundred gold was like a joke but merchants never saw the need to spend more gold than necessary to get what they want. The merchants had money but no status. The merchant, Fatty Liang, has had enough of wiping people’s a.s.s and wanted the girl. He angrily raised his offer to three hundred and fifty gold.

The other merchant offered higher again. They repeatedly increased their offer for about fifty gold each time until it reached five hundred gold. All this while, Luo Xiang was feeling very happy. The higher the price offered, the more she earned. Even though she was no longer a virgin, she was still able to reach five hundred gold.

At this point, Fatty Liang started to lack confidence. Five hundred gold had already exceeded his budget. Going any further would affect his business. At this moment, a merchant friend beside him, Wu De, offered about four hundred gold to help cover the cost. He did this as a merchant keeping good relations. However, Fatty Liang happily accepted that money and raised his offer to six hundred gold. That instant increment of one hundred gold made Wu De’s heart ache.

The opponent raised the price to six hundred and fifty gold before Fatty Liang raised it to seven hundred and fifty gold. Fatty Liang’s actions of increasing the price a hundred gold instead of fifty gold is like saying he has money. As a result, he offended his opponent.

“You! Lowly merchants Fatty Liang and Wu De! I, Cai He, will remember you!” The opponent shouted from within Sky 10. Liu Mang could hear it all with his trained hearing. He could even hear gla.s.s breaking from within Sky 10. Cai He was indeed unable to put out more money than these two combined.

On the other hand, the two merchants started to regret when they heard Cai He’s name. The money was not an issue. The problem was that they had offended Cai He.

“Brother w.a.n.g! These two merchants seem to be out of luck. They have offended Cai He!” Kuai Ran said as he shook his head.

“Who is Cai He?”

“Brother w.a.n.g. Are you really a student from the Lumen Academy? Are you even from Jingzhou?” Kuai Ran asked skeptically as he looked at Liu Mang. Not recognizing Fatty Liang and Wu De was alright but Liu Mang should have been able to recognize Cai He.

Liu Mang did not know how to answer Kuai Ran. Fortunately, Jia Xu was there to save him.

“Haha. We will not hide this from Lord Kuai. My Young Master studied abroad. Although he is from the Lumen Academy, most of his time spent was not in Jingzhou!”

“I see.” Kuai Ran replied as he dropped his suspicion. It was normal to study abroad. In that time period, people loved to study abroad. Even great scholars and others who were unwilling to leave home would also have spent some time travelling.

“That’s right. Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles.1” Liu Mang followed Jia Xu’s lead and pretended to be someone that studied abroad.

“Good. What a wonderful saying.” Kuai Ran replied in admiration. Kuai Ran also wanted to travel but his father would not allow it. After all, Kuai Yue only had one son and the world outside Jingzhou was too dangerous.

“This Cai He is the Cai Family’s Third Lord.” Jia Xu explained.

“That’s right. He is Military Advisor Cai Mao’s younger brother.” Kuai Ran added.

The Cai Family has three men and two women. The oldest amongst them was Cai Mao’s elder sister that had been married off to the Huang Family’s Huang Chengyan. She was also mother to the more famous Huang Yueying.

Cai Mao was the second oldest which is why he is the family head. Following him is the second brother, Cai Zhong who has a military post and the youngest was Cai He.

Cai He was not only the youngest. There was a large age difference between him and his other siblings. This is because Cai He was born from his father’s young concubine. He was also younger than Kuai Ran.

Cai He may not have talent but he was still the bossy Third Lord of the Cai Family. n.o.body in Jingzhou dared to provoke him. Even the Huang brothers remained at a respectful distance. The reason why people in Jingzhou remembered Cai He was because Cai He holds grudges. Once, a farmer accidentally b.u.mped into him. As a result, Cai He forced others not to buy vegetables from this farmer.

Fatty Liang and Wu De felt regret. They wouldn’t have continued to compete if they knew that the other person was Cai He. If they had offended Cai He privately, they could still beg for forgiveness. However, there were too many people here. If they were to beg for forgiveness, they would lose face. Either way, n.o.body would do business with them anymore.

In fact, Cai He did not even need to act personally. All he needed to do was speak and those under him would bring trouble to these two merchants. Not only will these two merchants lose their business but they may even implicate their family members. After all, citizens can’t fight against government officials.