Chapter 202 If you think so, I can’t help you

The next morning.

The newspapers from Tianxia Newspaper were prepared early.

As the newspaper sellers arrived one by one, piles of newspapers were taken away by them.

“Today’s headlines: Tubo envoy Mu Chi spends a lot of money to play with sheep!”

“Don’t miss this if you pass by. This is the unique hobby of the Tibetan envoys!”

“It’s against human ethics that Tibetans actually like sheep!”

“…”

All kinds of strange hawking sounds continued to be heard in the streets and alleys of Chang’an City.

All the passers-by who heard these hawkers were extremely curious.

Do Tibetans like to play with sheep?
What kind of strange hobby is this?

“Have some!”

“Have some!”

“Let me see which Tibetan envoy has such a hobby…”

When curious passers-by bought newspapers from the newsagent and unfolded them, they were soon stunned by the pictures in the newspapers.

Mu Chi, with a hideous face and no clothes on, had sheep lying around him…

“vomit……”

“Isn’t this too disgusting?!”

“yue…”

“I can’t stand it. This is the Tubo envoy? Such an envoy came to ask for marriage on behalf of the Tubo Zamp?”

“Who dares to agree to a marriage?!”

“Spicy eyes!”

“…”

For a while.

As the newspaper was sold in large quantities, countless readers who saw this scene changed their views on Tubo.

The reputation that Lu Dongzan spent half a month building up was gone at this moment.

A glimpse of the leopard in the tube can be seen.

If an envoy could have such a lavish time, one can imagine what the situation was like in Tubo.

Jiangxia Prince’s Mansion.

Li Jingheng spat out his entire breakfast and angrily yelled at the servant: “Why didn’t you remind me?!”

“My Lord, this is what you want to see…”

“Bastard!”

Li Jingheng wiped the corner of his mouth, glanced at the newspaper, and began to feel nauseous again.

“Hurry up and burn this eye-staining thing!”

“Yes Yes Yes.”

Huhu.

After rinsing his lips, Li Jingheng breathed a sigh of relief. It was so disgusting.

Enter your mother.

One look at it makes me feel so sick that I want to vomit out the food I ate the night before!

Li Xueyan came over and asked curiously, “What happened just now?”

“it’s okay no problem.”

Li Jingheng shook his head. “I just saw some disgusting things.”

“Disgusting stuff?”

“Let’s not talk about this anymore. Sister, you came at the right time. I have good news to tell you.”

Li Jingheng said with a smile, “This time I can conclude that the marriage with Tubo is definitely impossible.”

Li Xueyan: “Why is this?”

“This one……”

Li Jingheng didn’t know how to explain to Li Xueyan for a moment. He couldn’t just hand that disgusting scroll to Li Xueyan, right?
“Mu Chi, the Tibetan envoy, did something very outrageous. I’m afraid the news has spread all over Chang’an City. All the efforts made by Tibetans before will be in vain.”

“Really?”

“Absolutely true!”

……

Honglu Temple.

Zhabu ran to Lu Dongzan in a panic, and put the newspaper in his hand on the table when Lu Dongzan scolded him.

“How can you be so flustered…”

Lu Dongzan scolded and turned his attention to the newspaper.

After just one glance, Lu Dongzan’s expression changed, “Is this Mu Chi’s picture of playing with sheep?!”

Zabu nodded repeatedly, “Yes, it’s Mu Chi’s picture of playing with sheep!”

A hint of murderous intent flashed across Lu Dongzan’s face: “Tianxia Newspaper! They are making fun of us!”

Zabu said in a deep voice: “I thought they would give us the Sheep Map after I gave them 100,000 taels of silver, but I didn’t expect that they actually had a backup!”

“Now, Mu Chi’s painting of playing with sheep has spread throughout Chang’an City through the newspapers of Tianxia Newspaper Agency!”

“Countless people who knew about this slandered our Tibetan envoys, saying that Tibetans were all extreme in character and liked strange and bizarre ethnic groups.”

Bang!
Lu Dongzan slammed the table and stood up, “Go report to the authorities. I want Tianxia Newspaper to give us an explanation!”

Zabu nodded immediately.

Half an hour later, Lu Dongzan personally brought Zhabu to the government office.

“Prime Minister of Tubo, I have long heard of your great name.”

Lu Chengqing smiled and bowed, “I wonder what brought you here?”

“Lord Lu, I am a Tibetan envoy. I follow the local customs and have never done anything out of line, right?”

As soon as Lu Dongzan opened his mouth, Lu Chengqing felt something was wrong.

Judging from his tone, it seems that he is here to call for punishment.

“But the people at that newspaper were so unethical and had no integrity at all.”

“I spent 100,000 taels of silver to buy Mu Chi’s painting of playing with sheep from him, but he published it early this morning, causing a sensation in the city and making everyone know about it!”

“I would like to ask Lord Lu, how should we deal with such dishonest merchants?”

One hundred thousand taels of silver to purchase the painting of Mu Chi playing with sheep?

Are you crazy?

Lu Chengqing glanced at the newspaper on the table, frowned and looked at Lu Dongzan.

He really couldn’t understand. Even if there was no marriage, Tubo would not suffer any loss. Why should they spend 100,000 taels of public relations fees for Mu Chi’s reputation?

Is it because Mu Chi’s reputation was ruined that the reputation of their Tubo was also greatly damaged?
Lu Chengqing smiled and said, “If that’s the case, we should call the people from Tianxia Newspaper to ask them something.”

“From whom did you buy Mu Chi’s painting of playing with sheep yesterday?”

“Xu Qizhuang!”

“It’s him. Wait a moment, I’ll send someone to fetch him.”

Lu Chengqing smiled, immediately stood up and ordered the officers outside to call Xu Qizhuang over for a face-to-face confrontation.

CommonWealth Newspaper.

Xu Qizhuang crossed his legs with a smile on his face, looking at the silver in front of him, one thousand taels!

This is the reward Su Chen gave him!
Although it was just a drop in the bucket compared to 100,000 taels of silver, Xu Qizhuang couldn’t help feeling a little proud of such an unexpected surprise.

Pah. A feather duster fell on Xu Qizhuang.

“Who doesn’t have eyes…”

“Sister.”

Xu Qizhuang climbed up awkwardly, like a mouse seeing a cat.

Xu Hui sneered, “I was wondering why you were so secretive yesterday. Turns out it was because of that disgusting picture of playing with sheep!”

Xu Qizhuang chuckled and said, “This picture is too dirty. I don’t want to dirty Sister’s eyes.”

Xu Hui sneered, “Then tell me, now that the picture of playing with sheep has been published in the newspaper, what should we do if the Tibetan envoy comes to visit us?”

“What are you afraid of?”

Xu Qizhuang said nonchalantly, “They said they wanted to buy Mu Chi’s paintings of playing with sheep, but they didn’t say they wanted to buy all of Mu Chi’s paintings of playing with sheep.”

Xu Hui: “……?”

“Are you going to play a word trap with them?”

“Not entirely.”

Xu Qizhuang chuckled, picked up the newspaper, pointed at the picture of playing with sheep, and said softly: “Actually, this is another one.”

“If you compare carefully, you will find that the sheep picture we published today clearly has one more.”

Xu Hui: “…”

“Is there any difference?”

“That’s a huge difference!”

Xu Qizhuang looked serious and was about to explain when several policemen strode in.

“Is Editor-in-Chief Xu here?”

“Someone is looking for me?”

Xu Qizhuang looked over curiously, “What do you want, gentlemen?”

“Editor Xu, the Tibetans are suing you for dishonesty and business fraud. Now please come with us.”

“…”

Xu Qizhuang was speechless for a moment.

Okay.

Speak of the devil and he will appear.

Xu Hui said in a deep voice: “Can we go with you?”

“Whatever you want.”

Several officers waved their hands and said, “Editor Xu is a famous person in our city. There is no need for shackles. Please come in.”

“Thank you.”

Xu Qizhuang showed no fear at all. He smiled, bowed, and walked forward leisurely.

Xu Hui hesitated for a moment and said, “Chou Cao, go and inform Brother Su immediately.”

“it is good!”

……

Government office.

Xu Qizhuang followed the officer leisurely and came to the lobby.

For an instant.

Two murderous gazes fell on him at the same time.

Xu Qizhuang smiled and bowed, saying, “Master Zabu, there is no point in reporting this to the authorities.”

Zhabu sneered and stepped forward to give Xu Qizhuang a punch, but was stopped by several officers.

Zabu said coldly, “You agreed to give me the painting of Mu Chi playing with sheep for 100,000 taels of silver, why did you print it in today’s newspaper?!”

Xu Qizhuang: “That’s right, you did pay 100,000 taels of silver to buy Mu Chi’s painting of playing with sheep.”

“So what’s up with today’s newspaper?!”

Zabu angrily threw the newspaper at Xu Qizhuang, but Xu Qizhuang took it with a smile and then slowly unfolded it.

“I wonder if Lord Zabu still has the sheep-playing picture in his hand?”

“What do you want to say?”

Xu Qizhuang looked at him with a smile, then stepped forward and pointed at the picture and said to Lu Chengqing, “Sir Lu, the picture of playing with sheep that I sold to them yesterday was a masterpiece of Mu Chi playing with eleven sheep, while the one that was printed today was just a casual drawing by the guys at Tianxia Newspaper. There is an essential difference.”

“Bastard!”

Zabu was furious. “Is it that I gave you one hundred thousand taels of silver just to buy that one painting of yours?!”

Xu Qizhuang looked aggrieved, “Master Zabu, you said you wanted to buy Mu Chi’s sheep-playing painting, and I just casually mentioned a price.”

“Master Lu, think about it, would a normal person spend 100,000 taels of silver to buy a painting?”

“I was just joking, but he took it seriously and brought 100,000 taels of silver to buy a painting from me. If it were you, would you sell the painting with a smile?”

Not only do you have to sell them happily, but you also have to send them away with delicious food and drinks!
Lu Chengqing laughed secretly in his heart and turned his gaze to Lu Dongzan, who had a gloomy face. They were also frustrated this time.

One hundred thousand taels of silver were thrown out, but in the end, the thing he wanted to conceal was not concealed at all.

Lu Dongzan spoke slowly: “What a sharp-tongued Editor-in-Chief Xu!”

“This lord Liao praised it.”

Xu Qizhuang smiled and cupped his hands, “I am just telling the truth. Of course, the truth may hurt you a little, but it is the truth.”

Zab: “You are playing word games!”

Xu Qizhuang spread his hands and said, “If you think so, there is nothing I can do.”

“you……”

“Zab!”

Lu Dongzan spoke up, interrupting Zhabu who was about to take action, and glanced at Xu Qizhuang coldly, “I wonder who is Editor-in-Chief Xu’s master, and how could he behave so despicably?”

“My elder brother Su Chen!”

Xu Qizhuang grinned, “People who are familiar with him call him Crazy Man and Poisonous Scholar.”

Lu Dongzan’s eyes were gloomy. It turned out to be this person.

He heard of this man’s name when he was investigating matters in Suzhou and Henan Prefecture.

Without further investigation, I found out that this Tianxia newspaper was actually his property.

“Lord Lu, this is a normal transaction, it’s consensual.”

Xu Qizhuang bowed to Lu Chengqing and said, “Although they paid 100,000 taels of silver to buy my painting, which makes me feel unworthy, but when we do business, we should buy low and sell high.”

“One is willing to fight, the other is willing to be beaten.”

“You can’t ask me to apologize and return the money just because the painting they bought is not the one published today, right?”

Lu Chengqing smiled and turned his gaze to Lu Dongzan and the other two, “Prime Minister, what do you think?”

“Heroes emerge young, and I have gained more experience.”

Lu Dongzan smiled and slowly stood up, “It’s just 100,000 taels of silver. I, Tubo, can afford it.”

“Editor Xu, let me remind you that if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. I hope you will learn from this mistake.”

“Thank you for the reminder, Prime Minister. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave.”

Xu Qizhuang smiled indifferently and turned his gaze to Lu Chengqing. As for Lu Dongzan’s threat, he didn’t take it to heart at all.

This is Chang’an City!
Even if they had the courage, they would not dare to attack me in Chang’an City!

“Quit.”

Lu Chengqing smiled and patted the wake-up wood.

Xu Qizhuang turned around and walked out of the lobby, only to see Su Chen and Xu Hui standing side by side looking at him.

“Sister, Brother Su, why are you here?”

(End of this chapter)