Chapter 40: Return 1 (1/2)
Chapter 40: Return (1)
The True Jade Pavilion.
A laborer in the tower was taking a nap out of boredom.
At that moment, Tang Zhen walked in from outside. Seeing the laborer’s appearance, his expression sank, and he said sternly, “Lazy and listless. Why don’t you take a look at yourself? If you don’t want to work, then get out of here!”
He shook his sleeves, then walked inside.
The aforementioned laborer was stunned. He glanced at a laborer next to him and said, “What happened to him? Why’s his temper so explosive?”
Another laborer gave him a stare and said, “Fourth Young Master went to the Scarlet Mountain Range. Two days before, a hundred days had elapsed.”
“So what?”
“You’re an idiot.” The latter smacked the back of that laborer’s head, “The Scarlet Mountain Range is a very dangerous place. For him to not have returned two days late, it’s difficult to know if he’s still alive! Do you think head storekeeper could be in a good mood? Grow some tact. If you don’t want to run into trouble, do your work seriously.”
That laborer quickly retracted his lazy attitude, as if he had awoken from a dream, and began to focus on his work.
Tang Zhen’s mood truly was very sour.
Starting from yesterday, Tang Zhen had been awaiting news from Su Chen.
Unfortunately, the person that the Su Clan had commissioned to wait at the entrance had waited for two days without seeing a trace of Su Chen.
The later that Su Chen returned, the lower his chances of survival would be.
Two days was more than enough to cause many people’s hearts to go mad.
“Sigh. That kid couldn’t have actually died there, could he? Psh, what am I saying. That kid is very bright. Of course nothing will have happened to him,” Tang Zhen comforted himself.
“Head storekeeper, there’s a guest outside who says that he has some precious goods in bulk and wants to meet with you privately in the pavilion’s room?” A laborer reported from outside.
Precious goods and private meeting in the pavilion’s room were all jargon. It basically meant that there was a shipment of high value that was relatively uncommonly seen. The transaction needed to be conducted individually in order to conceal his identity.
Tang Zhen really wanted to say that he had no heart to do business today, but in the end he suppressed those thoughts and said, “Invite the guest in.”
After a brief moment, the laborer brought a person in.
That person wore clothes made of coarse cloths, and his body was covered with a beast hide. His head was covered by a bamboo hat. The hat was placed low over his face, so that one could not see his face. On his back was an extremely large sack, almost large enough to contain two people.
Upon seeing this, Tang Zhen politely gestured to the guest and said, “Esteemed guest, please have a seat. What would you like to sell today?”
The guest replied with a gravelly voice, “Beast hides.”
Upon hearing this voice, Tang Zhen was clearly dazed. He looked at the guest with some suspicion as he said, “Just beast hides?”
“There are also some Beast Bones and medicinal herbs,” the guest said concisely.
Tang Zhen’s eyes began to gleam.
He stared at the guest. “Where did you get them?”
“In the Scarlet Mountain Range.”
“How long ago?”
“The past hundred days.”
Tang Zhen instantly stood up. “How much does this esteemed guest want?”
“However much storekeeper Tang wants to give is enough.”
The voice returned to its normal way of speaking as it spoke that last sentence.
Tang Zhen immediately recognized the voice. He grabbed the guest’s bamboo hat and tilted it back, revealing Su Chen’s familiar face.
“You little brat, you actually dared to mess with me!” Tang Zhen punched Su Chen, the anxiety in his heart relieved.
Just as he was laughing loudly, Su Chen “shh”ed him, reminding him not to make too much noise.
Su Chen let out a low laugh, “How could I dare to mess with head storekeeper? I had no choice but to do so.”
Tang Zhen was taken aback. “What do you mean?”