Chapter 2708: A Fortune

In this dynasty, one tael of gold is equivalent to ten taels of silver, ten taels of gold equals one hundred taels of silver.

The onlooking citizens exclaimed in surprise, for eating a vegetarian meal and compensating one hundred taels of silver seemed worthwhile.

The Weirdo sneered in disdain; to him, one hundred taels of silver was no different from ten taels of silver.

The Weirdo shook his head lightly, "Eldest Madam, aren’t you being too stingy?"

The Old Maid was extremely infuriated, "You smelly cripple, don’t mistake kindness for weakness; our madam offering one hundred taels is already merciful enough. Be careful you don’t end up with nothing."

Just as the Old Maid’s voice faded, she suddenly felt pain on her mouth. She lifted her sleeve to wipe it, and it was covered with blood. Her triangular eyes widened, and she looked around, loudly asking, "Who... who hit me?"

Who was so reckless to dare hit her?

The Gu Family holds a high status in the Capital, even their servants wouldn’t be offended by anyone outside, but now someone dared to strike her and make her mouth bleed at the doorstep in front of the Eldest Madam. Who had the audacity to openly challenge the Gu Family?

When the Old Maid was suddenly hurt, even the Eldest Madam was shocked, "Nanny, what’s wrong with you?"

"Madam, this maid doesn’t know what happened, just swiftly got hit."

The Old Maid was greatly aggrieved, her mouth hurt from the hit, filled with blood, and after spitting twice, a tooth was spotted among it. She was extremely angry; being old with few teeth left, losing another one made eating difficult.

The Weirdo chuckled, "Master is teaching you how to be a servant — a servant should behave like a servant, less air when the master speaks."

The Old Maid held her cheek in disbelief, looking at the Weirdo, and asked, "Was it you who hit me?"

The Weirdo said proudly, "Besides your Master, who else dares to school you?"

The Eldest Madam looked at the Weirdo with a strange expression, "Brother, weren’t you suffering from a stomachache? How is it you seem fine in my eyes?"

Upon hearing this, the Weirdo immediately wailed, "Ah, ah, it hurts... hurts terribly!"

Now, everyone saw through it; the Weirdo was faking it, he wasn’t poisoned at all, he came to extort the Gu Family. As to why he was extorting them, might it be related to his background?

Everyone was discussing loudly again, this Weirdo who lost his limbs certainly suffered inhumane torture, perhaps it was inflicted by Old Master Gu!

They couldn’t help but repeatedly accuse Old Master Gu of being heartless and turning people into cripples.

All forgot about the Gu Family’s distribution of vegetarian meals these past seven days.

In her anger, the Eldest Madam had no choice but to compromise.

With the Weirdo lacking hands and feet, the citizens clearly leaned towards him, perceiving him as the weak one; if Old Master Gu hadn’t done something so inhuman, why would the Weirdo dare to cause trouble?

After much reluctance, the Eldest Madam compensated one thousand taels of silver, thinking the Weirdo would be very pleased, after all, one thousand taels were considered a fortune to ordinary people.

However, the Weirdo merely glanced at it coldly and said, "I’ll let you off this time, next time if you dare poison again, I won’t spare you."

With that, he grabbed the silver note with his mouth, and his body, which was lying on the ground, bounced like an arrow onto the rooftop, leaping a few times more and vanished in front of everyone’s eyes.

The common folk were dumbfounded, seeing the Weirdo who was pitiful moments ago suddenly turning into a martial arts master. Ah, what’s going on?