Daoist Deming hesitated. "Should we discuss this with the Sect Master and the others?"
Miao Yi said, "I will. But Shopkeeper, remember not to mention this to anyone else, including Spiritual Master Yu Xu."
Daoist Deming wanted to say something but hesitated. He didn't know what else to say. Suddenly, a familiar shout came from downstairs.
"Out of the way! Out of the way … "
The two of them quickly walked to the window and saw that Xiahou Longcheng was dressed in golden armor and looked majestic. He led a group of subordinates and stabbed into the crowd like a sharp knife, splitting the crowd into two sides.
"Damn it! Is this son of a bitch done? " Miao Yi was a little angry. He quickly came out with Daoist Deming and met Spiritual Master Yu Ling and Spiritual Master Yu Xu.
The four went downstairs and found that the shop's normal operations were not affected. Xiahou Longcheng stood under the eaves with his hands on his hips, his nose in the air.
"Commander Xiahou, what is the meaning of this?" Miao Yi walked over and asked. He didn't look too happy.
Xiahou Longcheng glared at him. "You have too many people here. I'm afraid something will happen, so I came to maintain order. I won't disturb your business. Can't I?"
'Really?' 'How could you be so kind? If you were so kind, you'd return the money you owed and the jewelry you took! ' Miao Yi asked suspiciously, "Isn't it a little overboard to make the Commander come personally for such a small matter?"
Xiahou Longcheng chuckled and waved his hand. "I'm guarding the western district. It's my job to maintain order here. How is it overboard?"
"Then, Commander, come in and have a cup of tea!" Miao Yi invited him in.
"No need. I'm on official business. You can do what you need. Don't worry about me." Xiahou Longcheng waved his hand, looking like he was doing his duty.
Miao Yi was speechless. He had people, power, strength, and background, but he probably didn't have much money. Miao Yi really couldn't do anything to a person like this. He could only leave with a suspicious look and look back every few steps. He couldn't figure out what this bandit commander wanted. Who would believe he was here to maintain order?
They went back upstairs and met up. Just as he was guessing what Xiahou Longcheng was here for, there was a commotion downstairs. There was a lot of noise on the street, and it could be said that there were boos everywhere.
Xiahou Longcheng's voice rang out again. "What are you doing? What did they want to do? Are you trying to rebel? "
What was going on? Miao Yi and the others quickly ran down. Coincidentally, a disciple came to report to him.
As it turned out, Xiahou Longcheng had sent five of his men to occupy the first five spots in the name of maintaining order.
"You bastard, I knew that nothing good would come out of this fellow's appearance!" Miao Yi cursed and quickly went outside. Sure enough, he saw five silver-armored heavenly soldiers occupying the first five spots where the tokens were distributed.
The Vitality Sect's disciples who were about to hand out the tokens did not know what to do at that moment.
Miao Yi appeared just in time. Xiahou Longcheng shouted at him, "Niu Youde, why haven't you distributed the shopping signs yet?"
Miao Yi's expression darkened as he said, "Commander Xia Hou, aren't you going a little too far by doing this?"
Xiahou Longcheng didn't care. He squinted and said, "What's too much?"
Miao Yi said, "They worked so hard to get a spot, but you sent someone to take their spot. But you sent someone to take their position. Isn't that inappropriate? "
Xiahou Longcheng sneered. "Niu Youde, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Whose spot did my men take? Why don't you ask them if anyone's spot was taken? "
Miao Yi didn't need to ask. There was already someone who was taken advantage of. He shouted angrily, "I was supposed to be third …"
However, before he could finish, Xiahou Longcheng had already waved his hand and shouted, "This person looks like a wanted fugitive. Guards! Bring him back for interrogation! "
"Yes!" A group of ferocious heavenly soldiers immediately rushed over. They waved their halberds and smashed the person to the ground. They dragged him away from the scene.
Although there were many people present, it was instantly silent. Xiahou Longcheng's gaze swept across the crowd. The other people who were pushed out of their spots were silent. The others also shut up.
"Niu Youde, what's the reason for delaying the distribution of the tokens? Could it be that the Morality Store is operating under false pretenses? If that's the case, even if you have a sign with Madam's words on it, I will still close down your store! " I'll also shut down your shop! "Xiahou Longcheng sneered.
'Damn you! You win! ' Miao Yi gritted his teeth in anger, but he had no choice but to submit to the other party's tyranny. He turned to the Morality Sect disciple beside him and gestured, "Distribute them!"
The Morality Sect disciple immediately walked down the stairs and gave the five tokens to the five heavenly soldiers.
Once the five people's tags were in his hands, Xiahou Longcheng immediately turned around and waved his hand, leading the five people into the shop. The people inside automatically parted to the sides, and no one dared to stop them. Everyone had seen how fierce this Lord Commander was.
The five heavenly soldiers walked to the counter selling jewelry. Each of them took out a token and pointed at the jewelry in the cabinet. One said "I want this," and the other said "I want that." Coincidentally, each of them pointed at something. Then, they each took out a storage ring and placed it on the counter.
The Morality Sect disciple behind the counter didn't know what to do either. He looked at Miao Yi who was walking over.
Xiahou Longcheng said calmly, "You got the token and didn't pay a single cent less. Why didn't you deliver the goods? Could it be that you were operating under false pretenses?"
Miao Yi walked to the side and said to the disciple, "Count the money."
The disciple immediately took out the storage rings and counted them one by one. After he was done, he nodded at Miao Yi and said, "Sir, it's five hundred thousand Red Crystals."
'This bandit commander actually knows how to pay when buying things?' Miao Yi didn't believe it. He personally took out the storage rings and counted them one by one. There really were five hundred thousand Red Crystals.
'Damn it, did the sun rise from the west?' Miao Yi was speechless. It wouldn't make sense if he didn't sell the items to them. Besides, they had already paid, so he had no reason not to sell.
He asked the clerk to take the money and gave the five jewelry to the five heavenly soldiers.
As soon as he got the jewelry, Xiahou Longcheng happily led a few of his subordinates and swaggered away. He didn't cause trouble in the Morality Goods Store and immediately left with his men after he went out.
Miao Yi also breathed a sigh of relief. Although that damned thing was a little rude when he queued up, he still paid the money honestly. In the end, the store still took advantage of him. It didn't affect the store's business, so there was no need to be calculative with him.
However, what made him speechless was that from the next day onwards, although Xiahou Longcheng didn't come personally, his subordinates came to queue up every day.
In the entire Heavenly Street in the West City District, apart from the people guarding the city palace, no one could line up faster than Xiahou Longcheng's men. Those who dared to compete with them would immediately be arrested. Everyone was angry but didn't dare to say anything.
A few days later, Miao Yi realized that something was wrong. The popularity outside the grocery store seemed to be gradually decreasing.
Soon, another shocking piece of news came. Xiahou Longcheng, that bastard, was actually selling jewelry from the Morality Goods Store in the West City District Commander's Office. He was limited to five pieces a day and sold them at the price of five hundred thousand red crystals each.
In other words, after Xiahou Longcheng bought jewelry from the Morality Goods Store every day, he would go back and sell it for five times the price.
This was too ruthless! It wasn't that Miao Yi didn't want Xiahou Longcheng to earn that money. It was their freedom to buy things from the store and sell them to others. However, the key was that Xiahou Longcheng would take away the jewelry from the store every day and wouldn't let you sell it to others. After he bought it, he would sell it elsewhere every day. Over time, the popularity of the Morality Goods Store would be ruined by that bastard.
The reason why Miao Yi didn't raise the price of the jewelry even though he knew that it could be sold at a higher price, and why he didn't raise the price of the jewelry even though he knew that the signs outside were selling more expensive than the jewelry was because he wanted to use this to maintain popularity and let many people see the opportunity to make a profit. He wanted to attract a large number of people to queue up and make it a highlight of the Morality Goods Store. With a highlight, people who came to Heavenly Street would naturally come here to take a look. As long as someone was willing to come and take a look, they would be potential customers who wanted to buy something in passing.
Once the price of the jewelry was too high to the point where ordinary people couldn't afford it and most people lost hope, it would become a luxury item for a very small number of people. The situation of people queuing up to buy it would gradually become unnecessary, and the popularity of the store would gradually collapse.
Miao Yi knew very well that this method of selling jewelry could not continue forever. People's passion could not be maintained forever. He was only using the jewelry to gather popularity and establish a foothold for the Morality Goods Store.
Who would have thought that Xiahou Longcheng would suddenly appear to cause trouble and hit the Morality Goods Store's weak spot. The popularity of the Morality Goods Store was gradually dispersing, and he wanted to beat the Morality Goods Store back to its original state!
If it wasn't for the fact that Xiahou Longcheng was a reckless person, Miao Yi would have suspected that someone was instructing Xiahou Longcheng to deliberately cause trouble for him. Otherwise, Xiahou Longcheng wouldn't have the intelligence to be so accurate.
On this day, after the five pieces of jewelry were bought by Xiahou Longcheng's subordinates, Miao Yi hurried to the West District Commander's Office.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the Commander's Office, Miao Yi found that there were also many people gathered here to watch the show. The Commander's Office was also giving out signs to sell jewelry. It was the same model as the Morality Goods Store, and they were selling the goods that the Morality Goods Store had robbed. If it wasn't for Xiahou Longcheng selling at such a high price that eliminated many people's room for profit, the popularity here would probably be incredible.
Miao Yi was so angry that his teeth were itching. He really wanted to stop the sales of the jewelry, or raise the price of the jewelry. He would rather destroy the popularity of the Morality Goods Store than let Xiahou Longcheng make a fortune. However, this kind of mutually destructive method would not benefit him at all.
Miao Yi sent out a message and paid his respects. In the Commander's Office, Miao Yi saw Xiahou Longcheng, who was sitting on the ground and enjoying his fortune.
He went straight to the point. "Commander Xiahou, isn't it a little inappropriate for you to do this?"
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