Chapter 24: Buying Poetry Money
Zhang Shumo couldn't cry and laugh when asked by Lou Guang: "You, don't worry, how dare I ignore my little brother and brother-in-law, I'm going, going to raise money!" After speaking, Zhang Shumo came to Liu Bao's door.
The thin horse at the door stretched out his hand to stop Zhang Shumo: "Your old man is talking to our helper about something big, so don't disturb them." ”
Zhang Shumo arched his hand to the thin horse: "Pavilion, Your Excellency, this matter is just me, we owe you money, and we still pay it back to you?" ”
After speaking, Zhang Shumo shouted into the house: "Grandpa, I, we pay back!" ”
In the room, Liu Bao looked at Master Lou and said: "Master Lou, we don't want you to hurt nature and reason, nor do we let you bend the law for personal gain, as long as you do this, not only will Lou Guang owe us 100 taels will be written off, but I can also pay you an extra 100 taels, and please think about it." ”
Master Lou's face was solemn and he didn't say a word. At this moment, Zhang Shumo's shout sounded outside the door. Master Lou arched his hand to Liu Bao: "Your Excellency, wait a while, and our family will discuss it again." With that, he walked out the door.
Liu Bao looked at the door, his eyes narrowed: Who is this stammer? Does he have the money to pay me back? I obviously asked people to investigate the situation of the Lou family, and it was impossible for them to come up with 100 taels in such a short period of time.
As soon as Master Lou went out, Mrs. Qing and others surrounded him. Master Lou looked at Zhang Shumo: "You just said to pay back the money, what should we pay back?" ”
"Grandpa, I, I want to find a way to borrow it, this Fu, Fusheng Gang is prepared, you want, if you promise them, you will fall into their trap."
"Yes, grandpa, I know that with your character, you will never agree to any excessive requests from them, so it is better to let Zhang Shumo try." Lou Zaiying also spoke.
Master Lou looked at Zhang Shumo suspiciously, I don't know when this Zhang Shumo became so methodical? Finally nodded in agreement.
Zhang Shumo also nodded and explained to Master Lou: "If I don't come back in an hour, then, I have failed, and you don't have to wait for me." With that, he walked downstairs.
Slender Ma eavesdropped on the words of the Lou family on the side, and couldn't help frowning when he heard that Zhang Shumo was going to borrow money: Isn't this stammering the stupid son-in-law of the Lou family? How did he get the money? Thinking of this, the thin horse hurriedly pushed open the door and entered Liu Bao's house.
"The boss miscalculated! Let's ask for 100 taels, I'm afraid it's going to be less! ”
Liu Bao licked his teeth: "Didn't you say that you have checked it all, and their Lou family can't come up with the money at all?" What's going on with this stammer? Where did he get the money? ”
The thin horse hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Boss, this stammering man is called Zhang Shumo, and he is the stupid son-in-law of the Lou family." A few days ago, it was rumored on the street that he made a poem at the Qixi Poetry Party and became the gentleman of Shanyang Academy, I thought that this was all rumors in the market and did not believe it, but if this stammering is really the gentleman of Shanyang Academy, then it is still possible for him to go to Wang's house to borrow 100 taels. ”
Liu Bao slapped the table heavily when he heard this: "Hmph! If you don't succeed enough and lose more than anything, you should have known that it would cost 500 taels! What do you say now? ”
The thin horse was silent for a long time and said helplessly: "If they can really come up with the money, we have to think about it in the long run." ”
After leaving the casino, Zhang Shumo walked quickly towards Wang's house.
When he arrived at Wang's house, Zhang Shumo first asked to see Wang Chen, because the relationship between the two was already very familiar, Zhang Shumo did not beat around the bush: "Borrow, lend me 100 taels, I, I need it urgently." ”
Wang Chen was stunned for a moment, and then spread his hands: "Big brother, it's not that I don't help you, and I don't have that much money, but I'm very curious, why do you want so much money?" ”
Zhang Shumo naturally didn't want to tell the truth about the face of the Lou family, so he had to say: "Jiang, Jianghu emergency!" ”
Wang Chen raised his eyebrows: "Okay, who made you my eldest brother, I'll go and ask my father for money, and then you can act when the opportunity comes." ”
The two came to Wang Geng's house, Wang Geng looked at Zhang Shumo, and then asked Wang Chen, "It's so late, what's the matter with me?" ”
Wang Chen smiled: "Dad, do you remember that some time ago, we fought with Songlin Academy?" At that time, I felt that we had little hope of winning, so I asked Zhang Shumo to spend 100 taels to find someone to write a poem, which is the one that Zhang Shumo chanted, and now the person who writes the poem has come to ask for debts, so ......"
"You bought that poem?" Wang Geng stood up as soon as he heard this, staring at Zhang Shumo with his eyes.
Zhang Shumo didn't expect Wang Chen to use this reason to ask for money, but now Zhang Shumo had no choice but to explain in other ways, and just as he was about to speak, Wang Geng stopped him again.
Wang Geng waved his hand to the people in the house: "You all go out." After everyone left, Wang Gengcai said to Zhang Shumo again: "Tell me, what's going on." ”
"Hui, Hui Wang, there is a classmate who is quite knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and during that time, Wang Gongzi was worried about the matter of literature and literary fighting, so I, I built this line for Wang Gongzi, and bought and bought a poem from me, my classmate."
After listening to this, Wang Geng squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then turned around and asked Wang Chen: "Since you have bought all the poems, why don't you use them yourself, but let him use them, what does it mean?" ”
Wang Chen locked his eyebrows and thought hard, Zhang Shumo hurriedly said when he saw this: "I, my classmate, also wrote and finished the poem that night, and at that time, the literary and literary battles had already begun, so I had to chant the poem. ”
"Yes, yes, yes! Before that, I didn't know the bottom of my heart, I thought I was going to lose, but I didn't expect Zhang Shumo's classmates to finally write a poem at the last moment. Wang Chen hurriedly dealt with it.
Wang Geng raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhang Shumo: "Since your classmate is so talented, he must not be an unknown person, can you let the old man listen to it?" ”
Zhang Shumo's eyes rolled, and he thought: You must not say that you are a local, otherwise Wang Geng will know the truth as soon as he asks, so he can only say it from a farther away. Thinking of this, he replied: "He, his name is Li Nian, a native of Beijing, a human family, some time ago, he was playing in Xu Liangcheng, and now, now he has returned to Beijing. ”
Wang Geng laughed when he heard this: "Since you have returned to Beijing, how can you come to ask for debts?" ”
Zhang Shumo also thought of a countermeasure a long time ago: "Lou's family is right, there is a restaurant opposite, the old and boss Lu Li is from the capital, and my classmates are the debts that he asked him to come and ask." ”
Wang Geng pondered again when he heard this, and when Wang Chen saw this, he said: "Dad, if you want to have that poem, our Wang family's face will be lost!" Isn't our Wang family's face worth 100 taels? ”
"I don't care about 100 taels, I just think you two boys are boring." Wang Geng sighed when he said this: "Forget it, I won't worry about you two children in the middle of the night, housekeeper!" ”
Hearing Wang Geng's call, the housekeeper hurriedly pushed the door in: "Master, what do you command?" ”
"Go, give the young master 100 taels of silver."