In the evening, Tan Ruyi came to the largest private room in the Delicious Pavilion early.

Entering the private room, Tan Ruyi saw that Zheng County Ling, Cheng County Cheng and Chen Zhubo were already waiting for him.

Tan Ruyi hugged the three of them and said, "There are three of you!" ”

"It's an honor for me to be able to serve Master Don't!" The three of them hurriedly returned the salute.

Tan Ruyi looked at Zheng Xianling with an inquiring eye: "Hasn't he come yet?"

"Don't drive your lord, you sit first, it is estimated that you will be there soon!"

Zheng County ordered to talk about Ruyi and sit down at the top position.

After sitting down, Tan Ruyi glanced at the three of them, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Four court officials, go to the banquet in advance and wait for a quick deputy officer, I will definitely think it is a joke when I heard such a thing before, but this scene really happened to us, I really don't know what to say!" ”

As soon as Tan Ruyi's words fell, the door of the private room was pushed open, and Lu Xiaoxian appeared in front of everyone.

Tan Ruyi looked at Lu Xiaoxian seriously, the deputy who made him embarrassed.

He was surprised to find that Lu Xiaoxian was surprisingly young, without the insidiousness and cunning as he imagined. On the contrary, he seems to be very handsome and sunny.

Lu Xiaoxian took over Tan Ruyi's words and said: "Don't drive the adult to be too modest, don't say anything else, just forbearance kung fu, not everyone can do it, I admire it!" ”

After that, Lu Xiaoxian was not polite and sat down at the bottom position.

Before coming, Lu Xiaoxian had already thought of a way to deal with Tan Ruyi, this time he was going to dig an unprecedented big pit, and he was sure that Tan Ruyi would obediently take the initiative to jump into the pit.

After listening to Lu Xiaoxian's words, Tan Ruyi only thought that he was making fun of himself, and his face sank and he was about to have a seizure, but he heard Lu Xiaoxian say again: "Since everyone is sitting together to solve the problem, let's get down to business!" ”

Tan Ruyi suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said quietly: "Okay, please Lu Gongzi speak directly, and listen to Tan Mou!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian said bluntly: "Brother Ling's trouble this time is not small, if you want to solve this matter, the Tan family must pay some price, I don't know what to do with the adult's will?" ”

"At some cost?" Tan Ruyi asked expressionlessly, "I don't know what the price Lu Gongzi said?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian smiled slightly, and gently spit out two words: "Silver!" ”

"Silver?" Tan Ruyi glanced at Lu Xiaoxian, the expression on his face softened, as long as Lu Xiaoxian put forward the conditions, it means that there is a drama in this matter, Tan Ruyi nodded, "No problem, Lu Gongzi, you can tell me a number!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian stretched out two fingers.

"Two hundred taels?"

Tan Ruyi knew in his heart that Lu Xiaoxian had been tossing for so long, and it was definitely not for a mere two hundred taels of silver. He asked this deliberately to lay the groundwork for the next step of bargaining.

Sure enough, Lu Xiaoxian shook his head.

"Two thousand taels?" Tan Ruyi stared at Lu Xiaoxian and said meaningfully, "Lu Gongzi has such a big appetite, no one has been able to take away two thousand taels of silver from the Tan family at a time!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian smiled: "It's not right to talk about don't drive!" ”

"Okay, two thousand taels is two thousand taels!" Tan Ruyi took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, took out one from it and handed it to Lu Xiaoxian, "You have collected the silver tickets, this matter is over!" ”

"Alas!" Lu Xiaoxian sighed, "I just said, it's not right to talk about don't drive, the price I said is not two thousand taels, but ......."

After a slight pause, Lu Xiaoxian paused word by word and spit out three words: "Twenty thousand taels!" ”

"Twenty thousand taels?"

Not only talked about Ruyi, but even Zheng Xianling, Cheng Xiancheng and Chen Zhubo, who were sitting together, couldn't help but gasp.

Lu Xiaoxian's appetite was too big, so big that it was beyond their imagination.

The Tan family is a big family in Lingnan and the richest man in Nanba, and 20,000 taels of silver is nothing to the Tan family, but Lu Xiaoxian opened his mouth so much, which really surprised them. Just for the sake of face, it is impossible to agree to talk about wishful thinking!

Lu Xiaoxian is not worried at all, things in this world are very strange. For example, if you owe someone 5,000 yuan, you are someone else's grandson, and you have to beg him, but if you owe someone 500,000 yuan, then someone else is your grandson, and he has to beg you.

It seems that the same is true for being a bad person, if you are a general bad person, people may be dismissive of you and too lazy to take care of you. But if you do the bad guys beyond the norm, then things will suddenly change. He firmly believes that on top of this matter, there is no room for bargaining at all.

Just kidding, this thing has been planned for so long, how could it be missed?

Zheng Countyling, Cheng County, and Chen Zhubo, all set their eyes on Tan Ruyi.

Sure enough, Tan Ruyi showed an angry face, slapped the table and stood up, staring at Lu Xiaoxian with a somewhat scary gaze: "What if I don't agree?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian didn't care about Tan Ruyi's gaze, took a bite of the vegetable and chewed it with relish.

After eating, he picked up the cup on the table again, drank it all, wiped his mouth and said to himself, "There is no banquet in the world, but at least I want to eat well at the banquet!" It seems that the negotiation can't be done, so let's finish eating and leave. In this way, no one owes anyone who owes anyone who should be on errands, who should be dismissed, and who should be beheaded. ”

After that, Lu Xiaoxian ignored the murderous gaze of the talk, and feasted on himself.

Lu Xiaoxian seems to be talking to himself, but he is actually talking to Tan Ruyi, and the threat is very obvious.

All reactionaries are paper tigers.

At this moment, Lu Xiaoxian firmly believes that Tan Ruyi is a paper tiger!

When did Tan Ruyi suffer this kind of anger, he was going to leave with his sleeves up, but when he thought about it, his family was still in prison, and this matter had to be resolved, so he could only swallow this breath into his stomach again.

Tan Ruyi stood there, neither to leave nor to stay, which was quite embarrassing.

Chen Zhubo wanted to make a round for Tan Ruyi, he also stood up and said to Lu Xiaoxian: "Master Lu, can this matter be discussed again, 20,000 taels is really too much!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian didn't raise his head, and said vaguely while eating: "Twenty thousand taels, a price, not a penny less!" ”

"You ......" Chen Zhubo was so choked by Lu Xiaoxian that he couldn't speak.

The four of them looked at Lu Xiaoxian's ugly appearance coldly, and without saying a word, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became weird.

Lu Xiaoxian finally stopped and patted his belly: "The dishes of Meiweixuan taste really good!" ”

After that, Lu Xiaoxian raised his eyes and glanced at the four of them, and then said to Tan Ruyi: "Don't talk about driving, if you think that I used this matter to blackmail you with 20,000 taels of silver, you are very wrong!" ”

Zheng County Ling listened and asked, "Gongzi Lu, then what do you want to do with 20,000 taels of silver?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian said coldly: "To be honest, I won't take any of the 20,000 taels of silver, but I'll just talk about your family and trouble, and solve this matter cleanly and thoroughly!" ”

"Oh?" Zheng County Ling was still a little puzzled: "Master Lu, what method did you use to completely solve this matter?" ”

Zheng Countyling's questioning was also about what Ruyi wanted to know, and he had to find out what medicine Lu Xiaoxian was selling in his gourd.

"How to spend the money, I have calculated it for the talker. There are three strokes in total, adding up to exactly 20,000 taels! Lu Xiaoxian cocked Erlang's legs, "The first one is used to repair the road, the post road from Nanba to Panzhou is very difficult to walk, especially in the Qilipo area out of the city, as long as it rains, the post road will be blocked, this section is about five miles long, and it takes seven thousand taels of silver to repair this post road." ”

"What does road building have to do with talking about the family?" Zheng Xianling not only didn't understand, but was completely confused.

"Zheng County Order, Cheng County Cheng, Chen Zhubo, arrested dozens of people from the Tan family and put them in prison, and the three of you were present at the time, since you didn't object, it was a tacit acquiescence. Now if you want to release people, there is no suitable reason, how do you release them? ”

Zheng Xianling suddenly realized: "Master Lu, you asked the Tan family to build the road, just to find an excuse for releasing people!" ”

"That's right!" Lu Xiaoxian nodded and said, "At the same time, it is also to give an explanation to the three adults, so that you don't have to be so embarrassed, and you can release people generously!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian's words are very reasonable, and they are indeed for the sake of Zheng Xianling, Cheng Xiancheng and Chen Zhubo, which makes the three of them very useful in their hearts.

Tan Ru's opinion, knowing that Lu Xiaoxian's thoughts had been approved by the three of them, he couldn't help but scold in his heart: Hua Tanjia's money, so you don't have to be embarrassed, of course you won't feel distressed.

Cheng Xiancheng asked again: "Master Lu, what is the second silver for?" ”

"Cheng Xiancheng, you also saw it that day, the officials who arrested the fast officials spontaneously took the Tan family and everyone into prison!" Lu Xiaoxian's face was not red when he lied, and he continued, "What does this mean? These people usually complain a lot about the talkers, but now they want to release them, if they don't stop their mouths, won't there be endless troubles in the future? Of course, it is not enough to just block the mouth of the quick officer, the county government also has scribes, jailers, cangtou and other errand people, about 100 people, 50 taels of silver per person, 5,000 taels is enough! ”

After listening to Lu Xiaoxian's words, Tan Ruyi had a pain in his flesh, he was about to speak, but he heard Lu Xiaoxian say again: "As the saying goes, the mouth of eating people is short, and the hands of taking people are short, these people have received money, and there is no resentment in their hearts, this matter will naturally be exposed, and no one will mention it again, which is also regarded as hush money." ”

Zheng County Ling, Cheng County Cheng and Chen Zhubo know each other very well about these errand people in Nanba County, they are different from Lu Xiaoxian, even if they don't give a penny, they will never dare to do anything against the Tan family.

Lu Xiaoxian was desperate enough, and he actually took advantage of this matter to seek benefits for these people.

Although the idea was Lu Xiaoxian, the silver was finally issued to them by the county government, and this credit was naturally credited to Zheng Countyling, Cheng Xiancheng and Chen Zhubo.

Thinking of this, the three of them looked at Lu Xiaoxian, and the approval in their eyes was even stronger.

Zheng Xianling made the three of them feel comfortable in their hearts, but Tan Ruyi's heart was dripping blood, and he grabbed the white with a tiger face: "Ridiculous, there are so many people in Nanba, if they all use this method to seal their mouths, it is not enough to talk about the family even if they have gold and silver!" ”

"It's right to talk about don't drive, it's definitely not okay to use this method!" Lu Xiaoxian took over Tan Ruyi's words and said, "So, the third sum of silver can not only seal other people's mouths, but also don't have to spend too much money." ”

"What's the method?" Tan Ruyi couldn't help but ask.

"Not to mention the rich and noble, what the poor people hope most is that their children and grandchildren can one day get ahead and glorify their ancestors, and if you want to do this, you must take the road of studying and participating in the imperial examination. It's a pity that many families can't afford to read, especially in remote places outside the city, and there is not a single reader for generations. As far as I know, there is only one county school and a few private schools in the whole county. If the Tan family can set up some charity schools, it is too late for the people to be grateful to Dade, how can they mention the disgraceful things of the Tan master? I calculated that I could set up ten schools for 7,000 taels of silver, and this is the use of the third sum of silver! ”

Lu Xiaoxian's words made Tan Ruyi unable to refute, but he was aggrieved and panicked in his heart.

Of course, Lu Xiaoxian knew what Tan Ruyi was thinking, and he smiled and said: "Spending money to establish a school is not only to seal the mouths of the people, but also has another meaning. Talking about the family building a school, recruiting children from poor families to enroll, and inviting the husband to teach for free. Talking about farewell, you can imagine that these people will participate in the imperial examination in the future, if there is a person with the title of the gold list, they become court officials, how much will the Tan family benefit from their gratitude return, I want to talk about the farewell car will settle this account. Why not kill two birds with one stone? ”

There are three realms in life, the first is to do more with less money, the second is to do things without spending money, and the highest realm is to spend other people's money to do your own things. Obviously, Lu Xiaoxian is working towards the third realm.

Zheng Xianling, Cheng Xiancheng and Chen Zhubo showed strange looks on their faces, how did this kid's head grow, persuading people to take out money from their pockets, and they could also say such a lot of high-sounding reasons.

After that, Lu Xiaoxian stood up, hugged his fists and said, "Don't drive my lord, I'm done talking, you can do it yourself!" In the next farewell! ”

Walking to the door, Lu Xiaoxian turned around again: "Thank you for your hospitality!" ”

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The next day, the Tan family was released from prison.

The Tan family is powerful and powerful, and everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before Tan Wenfeng is released from prison.

After Tan Wenfeng was released, the Nanba County Ya was as lively as the New Year, and the messengers in the three classes and six rooms, including the jailers, executioners, servants, and Wen Po, were each given fifty taels of silver.

This is the first time in the world, and these people are so happy that they can't close their mouths.

Of course, Lu Xiaoxian didn't care about fifty taels of silver, but he also had an unexpected gain: from this day on, he was no longer the deputy of the fast catcher, but became the official fast catcher in the Nanba County government organization.

On the third day, another news spread through the streets and alleys: the Tan family planned to establish ten schools in Namba.

On the fourth day, after hearing the news, the people of the poor families rushed to tell each other, and all of them praised the benevolence and righteousness of the family, and even forgot the evil done by the family in the past.

On the fifth day, a notice from the government was posted outside the Yamen of Nanba County, saying that the Yamen would repair the post road in the Qilipo area, and this time there was no need to send labor, so that the people could sign up to participate in the road repair, and the county government would pay them.

From the matter of talking about the family, Lu Xiaoxian realized a truth, things in this world are like this, the soft are afraid of the hard, the hard are afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal are afraid of dying. It's up to you to see if you can do it, even if it's fake, if you do it like the real thing, it will achieve the same effect.

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