At this time, Li Sanpao's two family members urged Long Xiao to go to Li Sanpao's house, and Long Xiao told his eldest brother Long Zhi that he would come when he went, and he came to Li Sanpao's house. When Li Sanpao saw Long Xiao coming, he said proudly: "Boy, since you are here, let's talk about what to do." Long Xiao took out a gold ingot of ten taels and said, "This is a gold ingot of ten taels, you take it first, and I'll tell you later." Li Sanpao took it and said with a smile: "Boy, wouldn't everything have been solved earlier?" ”。

Long Xiao just smiled: "I came to the mansion, and that's how you entertained me?" Don't even have a pot of tea? Li Sanpao asked the maid to make tea, Long Xiao took a few sips, and said: "By the way, Rich Master Li, the gold ingot I gave you is not right, you let me see, I will change it?" Li Sanpao didn't know that there was a fraud, so he took out the gold ingot, looked left and right, and didn't see anything wrong: "There's no problem, you see." Long Xiao took it and put it in his pocket: "Li Sanpao, you owe me 100 taels of gold", Li Sanpao was blinded: "The surname Long, when did I owe you 100 taels of gold?" ”。

Long Xiao said: "Li Sanpao, I gave you ten taels of gold just now, didn't I?" Li Sanpao: "Yes, but I gave it back to you again?" ”。 Long Xiao smiled: "It's true that you paid me back, but that's the principal, but you didn't pay me back the interest of 100 taels." Li Sanpao was stupid: "What, I'll take it for a while and ask for 100 taels of interest?" ", Long Xiao: "Haha, you are so smart, you are very good at calculating accounts, my gold is calculated according to the hour, a moment of time is the interest of a thousand taels of gold, you have less than a quarter of an hour, we are all acquaintances, even if you have 100 taels of gold."

Li Sanpao understood, today Long Xiaolai did not apologize to himself, but always found fault: "The surname Long, you are here to find fault, right?" ”。 Long Xiao sneered for a while: "Li Sanpao, Li Weinong borrowed ten taels of silver from you, it's only been a few days, you are even 200 taels of silver, but 20 times the interest, and the principal of my ten taels of gold is only ten times your interest, which is enough, what?" Don't you admit it? ”。

Li Sanpao knew that he couldn't be good at all, so he shouted that dozens of thugs came out, and he surrounded Long Xiao, and he was about to do it, Long Xiao smiled: "Li Sanpao, it's best that you don't do it, if you do it, my sword doesn't recognize people, and I will slaughter them in a while, if you add you, you will suffer a big loss, or obediently take out the gold, otherwise I will be polite."

Li Sanpao was not polite, and as soon as he said that he would do it, dozens of them would surround him and fight. However, where is Long Xiao's opponent, there is no kung fu of a cup of tea, dozens of them are lying down, Li Sanpao looked stupid, Li Sanpao made a color with the family next to him, and the family went out, Long Xiao knew that he was calling someone to go, and he didn't care at the moment, so he shouted at Li Sanpao to take the money, otherwise he would do it.

Li Sanpao delayed while begging Long Xiao for mercy, and after a while, hundreds of people rushed into the door, all of them were ordinary people in the town, and they were all invited by Li Sanpao to cheer. It turned out that these people who came were all tenants of Li Sanpao, and they were most afraid of Li Sanpao, and when they saw that Li Sanpao was in trouble, they promised to give each person one or two pieces of silver as long as they went to help, so hundreds of people came.

When the big guy saw that Long Xiao was holding the sword, he was also scared and didn't dare to step forward, Li Sanpao saw that someone was coming, so he was bold, so he shouted to go to the county government to report to the official, and let the county magistrate judge impartially. Long Xiao was about to meet the county magistrate, so he followed Li Sanpao to the county office. Li Sanpao shouted injustice in front of the hall. The magistrate asked Li Sanpao what was going on, and Li Sanpao told the magistrate what happened.

The magistrate said to Long Xiao: "You are Long Xiao, right?" It must be a foreigner, how can you slander people, you obviously gave Li Sanpao ten taels of gold, why do you need 100 taels of interest for a while? That's outrageous, isn't it?" Long Xiao sneered: "Lord Zhixian, I'm not outrageous, I have a basis, Li Sanpao lent Li Weinong, the people of this village, 10 taels of silver, and it became 200 taels in a few days, that's 20 times the interest, I only have 10 times the interest, is it wrong?" ”。

As soon as the magistrate heard this, he asked Li Sanpao, is there really something? Li Sanpao didn't admit it, Long Xiao had to ask the magistrate to call Li Xiangjun in the inn, and confronted him, Li Sanpao had to admit it, but the magistrate knew Li Sanpao, and Li Sanpao usually gave himself filial piety, so the magistrate decided to be angry for Li Sanpao, and wanted to punish Long Xiao, saying that Long Xiao was Diao Min, and he wanted Long Xiao to go to prison.

At this time, Long Zhi was not at ease, and also came to the county office to see Long Xiao Let's go to court, Long Xiao smiled at Long Zhi, and whispered: "Look at me." Long Xiao walked up to the magistrate, leaned on the magistrate's ear and said a few words, and the magistrate's face changed greatly, and the tone of his speech changed.

The magistrate said to Li Sanpao: "Bold Diao Min, Long Xiao is a talent in Shenwu County, how can he blackmail you for gold, and if you can't return 100 taels of gold to Long Xiao quickly, this is a big crime, otherwise, let you taste the taste of being in prison." Li Sanpao was dumbfounded, just now the county magistrate was still speaking for himself, how could he mention the surname Long in a blink of an eye. Li Sanpao didn't give a lot of gifts to the magistrate, so he wanted to remind the magistrate: "Lord magistrate, have you forgotten the chicken I gave you on August 15 last year?" ”。

Zhixian was furious: "Bold fanatic, when did this county accept one of your chickens", in fact, Zhixian knew that Li Sanpao gave him a chicken, and it was made of silver, which was enough for 200 taels, but the Long Xiao in front of him could not be offended, there was someone above him. I don't dare to admit it. "Bold fanatics, even falsely accusing this official of eating your chicken, come to someone, give me fifty boards."

Li Sanpao didn't say anything about being afraid, if his thin skin and tender meat came down with fifty boards, he would be killed, but he still admitted it, isn't it just 100 taels of gold, he lost it, and he will earn it back in the future: "My lord, I admit it, I admit that I owe Long Xiao 100 taels of gold, and I will send someone back to get it." Long Xiao didn't do it: "Lord Zhixian, I said not to report to the official, Li Sanpao has to report to the official, and now he admits it, it is clearly playing the Lord Zhixian, and just now he framed the Lord Zhixian You, I think it should be punished, Li Sanpao should be allowed to take 200 taels of gold, 100 taels will be returned to me, and 100 taels is the spiritual compensation for falsely accusing the adult, are you right?" ”。

As soon as the magistrate heard it, he was happy, this Long Xiao was very good at doing things, he got 100 taels of gold, and he didn't forget to leave 100 taels for himself, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, but he couldn't ask for it directly: "Long Xiao below, listen, this official is a clean official, and he can't do the gold and silver of the common people for no reason, so let's do it, since Long Xiao proposed it, then he will also fine Li Sanpao 100 taels of gold, and put it into the treasury as official silver, okay, Li Sanpao, you send someone back to get 200 taels of gold out, and this official will pardon you for your innocence."

As soon as Li Sanpao heard it, he didn't talk about the bad luck, and hurriedly sent someone home to bring 200 taels of gold, and 100 taels to the magistrate to prepare for storage, in fact, the magistrate quietly embezzled. The other 100 taels were given to Long Xiao as interest compensation. The magistrate announced his retirement and let Li Sanpao go back. Long Xiao was about to go back, but was left behind by the magistrate, so he invited Long Xiao to the back office and asked carefully: "Young Master Long, do you really know Zhou Guangrui's prefect?" ”。 Long Xiao: "If it's fake, I don't believe I can go to the prefect's yamen with you to ask", the magistrate said: "Tomorrow the master of the Zhou prefect will come to this county, as long as the master approves, I will let you go, if you lie to me, you also know that although I am a magistrate, there is still a way to get rid of your talent and fame."

Long Xiao had to wait for a day, the next day, Long Xiao came to the county office, Master Zhou Ziyuan was also there, Long Xiao saw it, he invited Zhou Ziyuan again, said a few words in his ear, the master was shocked, and hurriedly said to the county magistrate that he was a friend of Long Xiao, and Long Xiao and Zhou Governor were also relatives, and the magistrate believed it, so he let Long Xiao go back with confidence. Zhou Ziyuan wondered how Long Xiao knew about his dealings with Wagang Mountain, and he also knew that he had accepted 20 taels of gold from Wagang Mountain. It seems that the strongmen in Wagang Mountain are really powerful.

Long Xiao returned to the inn and gave 100 taels of gold to Li Xiangjun and asked him to take it. Li Xiangjun said that he didn't want anything, Long Xiao said, this is Li Sanpao's money, don't don't want it in vain, Li Xiangjun had no choice but to take it, since it is Li Sanpao's money, he must accept it, and he can be regarded as having an explanation for himself. After Long Xiao dealt with this matter, he settled the account with the inn and rushed to the capital with a swagger.

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