Shopkeeper Zhu shuddered, subconsciously felt bad, and quickly thought about what to do, and asked with a smile: "This...... Yes, I don't know how much it costs?"

"Bury two hundred taels of silver, and give it to his family six hundred taels, for a total of eight hundred denarii. ”

Shopkeeper Zhu almost sat on the ground, his eyes widened, and he said angrily: "You are blackmailing!"

"So, isn't Shopkeeper Zhu going to give this money?" the macaque's eyes lit up.

Shopkeeper Zhu raised his voice and said: "I paid for you to do things, your people are dead, you should be responsible for yourself, why should I be responsible? Besides, even if out of morality, I want to give some buried silver, at best, one or twenty taels of silver, but you want as much as eight hundred taels, you really take my surname Zhu and bully, right?"

The macaque said in a faint voice: "This number is indispensable. I still see Sun Dalang's sake, otherwise, I will say at least 1,000 taels. You just give a word, do you want to give this money or not?"

Shopkeeper Zhu sneered: "Since I have torn my face, then I will tell the truth." I'm not an ordinary businessman, just knead it. I also know friends on the road, and the prefect of the Yamen and the general judge also have a good relationship with me. If you want to use this to blackmail me, that's unthinkable! But for your sake, I'm willing to pay fifty taels to end this matter. After that, the shopkeeper Zhu took fifty taels of silver from behind the counter and put it on the table, and said, "Take it away, and the two will not owe each other in the future." ”

The macaque didn't look at the silver on the table, but nodded slowly and said, "Since that's the case, there's no need to talk about it." Before I leave, I want to give you a word of advice, -- Zhu shopkeeper, I am a macaque in the road, and the most important thing is righteousness. If my brother is dead, but I can't get enough money for him to survive in the future, how can I still be mixed up in the road? How can I trust my brother? So, shopkeeper Zhu, you can ask for more blessings. ”

"If you have any tricks, just use them! Let's see if my surname Zhu can bear it!" said the shopkeeper Zhu in a fierce voice.

The macaque sneered, didn't look back, and walked out. Several of his brothers came in, lifted the stretcher on the ground, glared at the shopkeeper Zhu viciously, and went out through the small door.

Sun Dalang was a little anxious, and whispered to Shopkeeper Zhu: "Shopkeeper Zhu, Brother Macaque is famous for his ruthless methods on the road. This price is indeed something I negotiated with him for a long time before letting it go, you better think about it, otherwise, you may really be in trouble. ”

Shopkeeper Zhu sneered and said, "He thinks he can scare me if he is a fool of the road? Since I dare to open a jewelry store, I don't have friends on the road, and I can't eat black and white, so I don't dare to do this business. You tell him that it's good to talk about it, it's good for both sides, and if he wants to come hard. What does he want to do, I'll be with someone to the end!"

Sun Dalang shook his head helplessly and followed out.

Shopkeeper Zhu slammed the small door shut with hatred and put the fifty taels of silver back on the counter.

When Mrs. Zhu saw them leaving, she hurried over and asked what was going on? When the shopkeeper Zhu told her what had happened, Mrs. Zhu was also dumbfounded, and said, "Are they crazy? This is pure blackmail, but this macaque is notoriously ruthless, so we still have to be careful. ”

Shopkeeper Zhu nodded slowly and said: "Yes, this macaque left behind cruel words before leaving, this kind of person on the road counts when he speaks, so he has to guard against it." You told everyone to be cautious and take turns on duty at night. I'll go to the yamen right now and talk to Lei Dutou, and ask him to warn this macaque not to mess around, this kind of guy who is mixed up on the road is still very afraid of the yamen. ”

Zhu said: "This Lei Dutou is not a person who works for nothing, he wants to eat money." ”

"It's a small amount of money that was given to him, no matter how ruthless he is, he can't be as ruthless as that macaque. Grandma's, if you dare to ask me for eight hundred taels, even eighty taels Lao Tzu will not give it. It's really crazy, okay, I'll go to Lei Dutou. ”

Shopkeeper Zhu took a box and packed some silver taels, held it in his arms, took a guy, and went to the yamen in a carriage.

The last time Lei Dutou was taken away as a beggar by Xiong Jinzhi, the daughter of the owner of the bear village, and almost died under her black bear, but fortunately, Feng Qiuyu rescued him under the entrustment of Yang Xianmao and got his life back, and because of this incident, he was appreciated by Zhong County Lieutenant and gave him a heavy reward. It's a blessing in disguise.

The evening before, it was his turn to be in the class room. was drinking bland and tasteless liquor, watching a few soldiers under him gambling money, and the porter reported that the shopkeeper Zhu had something to see.

Although this Zhu shopkeeper opened a jewelry store and has been dealing with people from the Yamen, he is more picky and reluctant to spend money, so Lei Dutou didn't get much benefit from him, and when he heard that he came, he was too lazy to take care of it, waved his hand and said, "Tell him that he is not free." ”

Of course, the porter knew Lei Dutou's thoughts, so he leaned in and said with a smile: "I seem to see the shopkeeper Zhu holding a brocade box in his hand, which is heavy." ”

As soon as he heard this, Lei Dutou suddenly became interested, rolled his eyes a few times, and said, "Could it be that this old boy has changed his sex? Iron Rooster is willing to pull out even a hair? In this case, call him in, - Grandma, you guys quickly put away your things and go out." ”

The soldiers hurriedly cleaned up the stall and slipped out of the signing room, and Lei Dutou sat down on the chair after a few cases, took an official document and flipped through it at will, looking very busy.

After a while, the porter led the shopkeeper Zhu in. Nodding his head and laughing, after the porter left, Lei Dutou said, "Say something quickly, I'm busy." ”

Of course, Shopkeeper Zhu knew the power of money, so he didn't say anything, put the brocade box in front of him and opened it, and it was full of white flowers and silver.

Lei Dutou's eyes suddenly lit up, and he leaned over to take a look, and then his eyes slowly rose, and fell on the fat face of the smiling shopkeeper Zhu, and said, "Shopkeeper Zhu is so polite, do you need Lei to do something?" ”

Shopkeeper Zhu said with a smile: "That's the case, I offended a macaque on the road, this kid heard that he used to be a gentleman on the beam, and today he put down his cruel words, saying that he wants me to ask for more blessings, so I want to ask Lei Dutou to help resolve this matter and warn the macaque not to mess around." ”

Lei Dutou frowned and said, "Why did you offend him? This kid is notoriously ruthless, and even our yamen has a headache for him." and could not get his sore feet. If you offend him, it's a bit tricky, what the hell is going on? You have to tell me what happened, so I know what to do with him. ”

Shopkeeper Zhu scratched his head and thought about it. Before he came, he had thought about it repeatedly, although it was very immoral for him to ask someone to pretend to be a ghost and drive the Yang family out in order to rent his shop, but it would not violate the royal law, so even if he told Lei Dutou, it didn't matter, and it was a big deal to spend more silver!

At that moment, Shopkeeper Zhu told what had happened.

After he finished speaking, he found that Lei Dutou's face was as black as the bottom of the pot, and he couldn't help but be startled, he didn't know why Lei Dutou had this expression? If he wanted to know that Yang Xianmao was Lei Dutou's life-saving benefactor, he would definitely regret it and his intestines would be green.

Sure enough, Lei Pig's Head stood up and slapped the shopkeeper Zhu hard, causing him to turn around in a circle, and sat on the ground with his buttocks, a molars flew out, and blood hung on his mouth. Covering his face with his hands, he looked at Lei Du's head in horror.

Lei Dutou was still angry, stepped forward and kicked him over, stepped on his neck and bent down, pointed at him and scolded: "You old dog, you dare to touch Yang Gongzi's family? I think you are tired of life, do you know who Yang Gongzi is? He is also a popular person in front of the county magistrate and the prefect, and even the eunuch who came from the imperial court personally came to visit him, what kind of thing are you? You actually want to rob Yang Gongzi's pharmacy and do such a dirty thing. Let me tell you, if Yang Gongzi's parents have the loss of a cold hair, I will chop you alive!"

When Shopkeeper Zhu heard this, he not only complained bitterly, but now he finally realized that he had made a big mistake, how could he hit such a person.

Seeing Lei Dutou gritting his teeth, he was obviously extremely angry, knowing that what he said was true, even if he was rich, he had a few friends on the road, but how dare he confront the yamen, he could only have a bitter face, and pleaded: "Lei Dutou, it was my lard that blinded my heart, I didn't know that his old man was your benefactor." I want to know, I don't dare to give me 10,000 guts, you spare me, I will go and invite them back, and I will make up for all the losses. ”

When Zhu Changgui got up from the ground and stood in front of him with his head down, Lei Dutou said: "You pulled out the, you eat it yourself!" You obediently go and tell Yang Gongzi's parents the whole thing and kowtow to them to make amends. If this matter can't be solved, you won't want to open your jewelry store in Xuanzhou! You may think I'm talking too much, but let me tell you, I'm going to tell the county lieutenant, the prefect and the prefect about this matter, at that time, not only was it a problem that you couldn't open a store, but we were afraid that there would also be a place for you to sleep in the yamen prison, do you understand?"

Shopkeeper Zhu was so frightened that he had never seen Lei Dutou so angry, and he knew that he was telling the truth, so he was busy apologizing, saying that he would immediately kowtow to make amends and invite the Yang family back.

Lei Dutou said indignantly: "This kid macaque, a thief, dares to do something to Yang Gongzi's parents, hehe, I couldn't catch him before, this time I will see how he dies! I will immediately report to the county lieutenant Zhong and arrest him, as long as he is put into the yamen, there is a way to pry open his mouth and find evidence of his crime." Even if there is no evidence of other crimes, pretending to be a ghost in the Yang Family's Rejuvenation Hall is enough to cure his crimes! In this way, won't your grievances be cold?"

When Shopkeeper Zhu heard this, he was both scared and happy, and expressed his gratitude repeatedly, and then withdrew.

When he arrived outside the yamen, he only felt that the sweat on the back of his spine was soaking his clothes, and he looked at the sky that had already darkened, sighed, and thought, "What's the matter?" After spending money, he made a fuss. Things have been done like this, offending the people of the yamen, and offending the ruthless characters on the road, I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place? But it was too late to regret it.