Children of Loulan

Chapter 472 Blackmail?

However, at the moment when Bayer turned around to deal with the big man, the seemingly weak child suddenly exerted his strength like a cheetah, and snatched the purse from Hanguli's hand in a lightning speed! Not only that, he also pushed Hanguli mercilessly.

As the incident happened suddenly, Hanguli was completely unprepared. She was caught off guard by the sudden push and fell backwards like a kite with a broken string. With a loud bang, she fell heavily on a stall behind her, and the items on the stall were scattered everywhere.

After doing all this, the child seemed to be afraid of being caught up, so he ran as fast as he could, and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Bayer heard a loud noise coming from behind him. He knew something was wrong and stopped fighting with the big man. He turned around and walked forward quickly to help Hanguli who had fallen to the ground. He asked with a worried look on his face: "Madam, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?"

But she didn't realize that the moment she turned around, the big man disappeared without a trace!

At this moment, Hanguli felt as if her whole body was falling apart, the pain was unbearable, and she couldn't speak for a while. She shook her head with difficulty and replied weakly: "I don't know..."

Bayer became more and more anxious when he saw this. He quickly held Hanguli tightly with both hands and said with concern: "Madam, please don't say anything. I will take you to see a doctor now!"

Just as they were about to leave, the stall owner suddenly appeared like a ghost and blocked their way. The stall owner smiled but said firmly: "Madam, you can't just leave like this! Look, you broke so many of my things. You have to pay for it!"

Bayer stared at the stall owner with wide eyes, and shouted angrily, "What do you mean by this? It was obviously that kid who pushed my wife, which caused her to accidentally break your things. What does this have to do with us? You don't go find the culprit, but come to harass us instead. Do you have any sense?"

Seeing this, the stall owner not only did not back down, but instead acted even more aggrieved. He said with a sad face, "Of course I know it was that kid who pushed it, but the problem is that it was your wife who broke the things! And that kid has already run away without a trace, where can I find him? Even if I can find him, look at how poor he is, can he afford to compensate me for all these things?"

When Bayer heard this, he was immediately furious. He retorted angrily: "If he can't afford the compensation, that's his business. What does it have to do with us? Why should we take responsibility for him?"

Seeing this, the stall owner was not willing to be outdone. He raised his voice and shouted angrily: "But you were the ones who smashed the things! What, do you want to cheat and not admit it? Let me tell you, no way! Believe it or not, I will report to the police right now and let the government arrest you!" His tone was extremely arrogant, as if he didn't take Bayer seriously at all.

Bayer wanted to continue arguing with the stall owner, but Hanguli raised her hand to stop him. Hanguli knew that it was better to have less trouble than more, so she endured the pain and asked, "Look, how much did I break? How much do I need to pay?"

Seeing this, the stall owner was secretly delighted, thinking that Hanguli was afraid and had compromised, so he immediately put on a flattering smile and said, "Not much, not much, just three thousand taels of silver!"

When Bayer heard this, she was immediately furious. She glared at the stall owner with her eyes wide open and shouted, "What? Three thousand taels? Aren't you robbing me?"

The stall owner disagreed and said confidently: "Look carefully, these are all top-quality porcelain and jade wares, all shipped thousands of miles from the Tang Dynasty. Each piece is priceless!"

Bayer was furious when she saw this. She pointed at the debris on the ground and said angrily, "These are just broken bricks and tiles. Do you think we are fools and don't know the value of them? I haven't settled the score with you yet. These broken things of yours hurt my wife. I haven't asked you to pay for it yet, but you are blackmailing us first!"

At the same time, their fierce argument attracted the attention of many onlookers like a magnet. People gathered around and watched the farce curiously.

The stall owner was obviously a man who was good at seizing opportunities. He immediately realized that this was a great opportunity, so he asked for help without hesitation: "Gentlemen, please judge! You have seen it with your own eyes. These two women smashed all my belongings! I worked hard to get these things from the Tang Dynasty. For these things, I owe a lot of debts! I was hoping to make a fortune this time, not only to pay off the money I owed, but also to improve the situation at home. But who knew that they smashed my stall to pieces as soon as I set it up! Now they not only want to cheat and refuse to admit their debts, but also bite me back, saying that I am blackmailing!"

The stall owner became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice became louder and louder. In the end, he even cried like a child with snot and tears: "My poor family, they are waiting for me at home! My old mother is still lying in the hospital bed, and she is counting on me to sell these things today so that she can get medicine for her illness! Wuuuu..."

Bayer saw that people around her began to point fingers at them, her face turned ugly in an instant, and the anger in her heart suddenly rose.

She widened her eyes, glared at the stall owner, and refuted without any hesitation: "Nonsense! These things of yours are obviously fakes, and all of them are only worth two taels of silver. How dare you ask us for three thousand taels? Isn't this extortion?"

The stall owner didn't take it seriously. A sly smile appeared on his face, and he asked back, "If you say it's a fake, then it's a fake. Do you have any evidence?"

Bayer sneered when he saw this, and replied without hesitation: "That's easy. Find someone who knows the business and they will know it at a glance!"

The stall owner's face changed slightly when he heard this, but he quickly regained his composure. He said with a fake smile, "You did this on purpose. You knew that there was no one knowledgeable in this small county, so you wanted to delay time and take the opportunity to escape, right?"

When Bayer heard this, her heart tightened. She didn't expect that no one here knew anything about porcelain. She couldn't help but said in surprise: "What? There are no experts here?"

However, her surprise was only for a moment, and then she suddenly realized and shouted angrily: "Oh, that's it! It's because there are no knowledgeable people here that you can so brazenly use these fakes to cheat people! You are bullying the common people here because they don't know anything, right?"

The stall owner looked aggrieved, tears welling up in his eyes. He pointed at the broken porcelain and cried, "God and heaven are my conscience, these are all real Tang Dynasty porcelain! I worked hard to bring them back from the Tang Dynasty, and I thought I could sell them for a good price, but I didn't expect you to question me like this. Since you don't trust me, let's meet in court!"