Chapter 162: The Banquet (1)

The day after the method came out, Cheng Changyu hurriedly asked the house slaves to send invitations to the homes of people with heads and faces all over Tanzhou, and made an appointment to invite them to a banquet in Yunxilou, the first restaurant in Tanzhou, ten days later. Pick out a few of the rich people who won't pay for the bullies to 'rob'.

According to Shi Bin's experience, he should be passed on with him, and there is no one who dares not to go. But Cheng Changyu sent someone to send a result that made people cry without tears: four wealthy families did not give an answer, two wealthy families refused on the spot, and even one did not let the slave enter the door. This had to make him admit that the water in Tanzhou was much deeper than the water in Xiangtan, and it seemed that Cheng Changyu's life was not easy.

Shi Bin, who got the news, naturally couldn't sit at home, so he had to go to Cheng Mansion immediately to discuss countermeasures with the waste wood who only knew how to make money.

Less than twenty steps through the door, I saw a person pacing back and forth in the corridor, looking anxious and uneasy. As soon as the man saw that it was Shi Bin, he immediately rushed over as if he had seen a life-saving straw.

As expected, it was Cheng Changyu. Looking at his bitter gourd face, Shi Bin couldn't laugh a little but didn't dare to express it, after all, he was a Zhizhou and this matter had a lot to do with him, so he couldn't do stupid things at this time.

Although he knew the depth of the water in Dingzhou, he didn't expect it to be so deep that he dared to block the prefect's house slaves from entering. No one would believe such a ridiculous thing, of course Shi Bin had to ask.

"Lord Cheng, I heard that your house slave was actually blocked out of a wealthy family, is this really the case?" Shi Bin asked in surprise.

It is estimated that he is too anxious, and Cheng Changyu, who is usually steady, actually spoke with a little impatience today, and shouted: "Lord Shi, is it necessary to lie about this matter?" Can you joke? ”

As soon as the words came out, he knew that he had lost his identity, and Cheng Changyu immediately apologized, but he was still very anxious.

"I naturally believe your words, Lord Cheng, but why do they dare to go so far? It's already very shameless to refuse to give you face, why don't you even put your house slave in, don't give this most basic face? Shi Bin also had a little temper when he asked this time, but it was not aimed at Cheng Changyu.

"That family is actually just a rich family, but they have a good family." Cheng Changyu shook his head helplessly and said.

Good family? It turned out to be a tie, but he himself was too, so he couldn't scold, but he had to know who his in-laws were, so that he could have a countermeasure.

"Then may I ask Master Cheng, what kind of character is his in-laws? How can you be so embarrassed by the prefect? Shi Bin asked seriously.

"His in-laws are not a high-ranking official, but he is a Beijing official, the key is still the head of the ministry, although the grade is not high, but the real power is quite large, Lord Shi, what do you say I can do, dare to force him? There is no impermeable wall in this world, once this matter is leaked, Lord Shi, you guess it's okay, I really won't have a day to start again. If he doesn't come up with this fundraising, our fundraising will have to be at least 30% less or more, and your plan will be difficult. ”

No wonder this Cheng Changyu is so anxious in the corridor, it is indeed troublesome to touch such a difficult bone. Even if they can't help, these officials can do bad things, so you can't offend anyone who offends them.

"Then Master Cheng has no way? Can we get around this guy? ”

"Lord Shi, you haven't suffered this suffocation, you don't know the taste of walking on thin ice, someone like me will be lost if you are not careful, and even break your bones..." Cheng Changyu came to answer the question.

Naturally, I don't believe his nonsense, but I do think that the people of the ministry should be served well and should not be easily offended.

"My lord, I'm asking if we have a way to do it, although his family didn't pay for it. But others don't follow suit. Shi Bin simply asked.

didn't bother to look up at Shi Bin, just shook his head vigorously and waved his hand, and said very frustratedly: "These guys with a lot of property are all in a group, one person is not out and the other is not out, Lord Shi, we can't be separated." ”

Indeed, yes, they can be regarded as both prosperous and lossy, and if they lose a piece, they will collapse, so they will definitely die.

Wang San, who was standing aside at this time, said with a smile: "Master Cheng is too nervous, this matter is not difficult, it is estimated that you are concerned and chaotic, so you are so at a loss." ”

Seeing Wang San, who followed Shi Bin twice, spoke in disregard of his dignity and humility, even if he knew that he was a commander Shi Bin was there, Cheng Changyu immediately opened his mouth to reprimand.

"Lord Cheng is angry, this is the brother of the lower official, quite intelligent, he must have some way to open his mouth today, if the method is useless, he will be punished by the adult." Shi Bin immediately ran out to stop the argument that was about to start.

Since Shi Bin said that Wang San is quite intelligent, and now that he needs a talented person, Cheng Changyu will naturally not be so confused that he can't get along with himself, and he immediately politely asked Wang San to talk about it.

"My lord, this virtual is real, but the real is virtual, isn't it?" Wang San said with a slight smile.

Fiction is real, reality is fiction? Although Cheng Changyu said that he was rich in five cars, he was not flexible in learning, and he didn't react for a while. The more I think about it, the more confused I become, the more nervous I become, and the more embarrassed I become.

Of course, he couldn't let such a prefect be too embarrassed, Wang San immediately said: "Master Cheng is too tired to do this. What Xia Guan means is that we will inform the family to encourage everyone to raise money at the banquet, but he will not contribute money, and he can even get some benefits. ”

Money can make ghosts grind, and Wang San proposed such a method that will definitely work, which naturally made Cheng Changyu very happy, and even the praise seemed to have the intention of soliciting.

Of course, he wouldn't let such a waste pry into the corner, and Wang San wouldn't accept it, so after saying that, the two of them left like they burned their butts.

Cheng Changyu now wants to keep his official hat and make extra money, so he immediately went to the rich man's house in person after hearing this method. Seeing that the prefect came in person, he naturally didn't dare to be rude, and the head of the family immediately went out to greet him, and he couldn't leave the handle behind.

"Lord Cheng, welcome, welcome, you come to the humble house, the villain's house is full of brilliance."

The sweet words of the head of the house made Cheng Changyu not only not feel comfortable, but had the urge to beat people and burn down the house. Of course, he had to say this meeting, and he also replied with a smile: "Liu Yuanwai is too modest, where is my prefect coming to your house to make you shine, obviously it has a lot of disturbance to you." ”

"You're polite, there are a few catties of good wine in the villain's house, just drink with the adults, let's talk about the old and help the adults relieve your fatigue," Liu Wai said very politely.

"It's not good, I'm just passing by and coming in to beg for saliva, it's not good to disturb too much."

Naturally, he knew that this was a lie, how could Liu Yuanwai believe it? immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare to go, probably because he wanted to use good wine to plug Cheng Changyu's mouth for money.

After a while, the food and drinks were ready. On a large round table, there are two people, Liu Yuanwai and Cheng Changyu, in front of them are a dazzling array of delicacies, and on the side is a warm pot of 50-year-old Moutai, which can be described as priceless.

Where would Cheng Changyu not understand Liu Yuanwai's plans? However, since he already had a countermeasure in his heart, he was not in a hurry when he ate and drank, and he spoke freely.

Seeing Cheng Changyu's performance so calm, Liu Yuanwai was of course puzzled, he didn't want to lose his wife and lose his soldiers, especially his sky-high price of Moutai was reluctant to waste.

Immediately asked: "Lord Cheng, the villain still has some things to do in the afternoon, I don't know if you have any important things that you need help from, if there is no villain, I'm afraid it will be difficult to accompany you in the afternoon, if the adult wants to rest, although I told the villain to subordinate these unsuccessful minions." ”

"Liu Pan, in fact, there is nothing to do, it is still because of the matter of the house slave." Cheng Changyu deliberately said vaguely.

It was not an accident to give Liu Pan an accident, but I really didn't expect Cheng Changyu, the prefect, to dare to come to him for trouble. However, he also learned a few tricks from his in-laws, Liu Pan did not take the initiative to mention the fundraising, but squeezed out a smile and said: "My lord, if you say that you didn't let your slave enter the door, of course, the villain is not strict in discipline, so that they don't know how to be humble." But the villain was not at home at the time, went out of the village to hunt, you don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, just look at the face of my in-laws and don't care about me? ”

Sure enough, he is also an old slippery head, Cheng Changyu secretly said in his heart, now he only wants money, of course he has no heart to set up a dragon gate formation with Liu Pan, let alone listen to his nonsense, and immediately said: "Liu Yuanwai, you misunderstood, this official is not here to be a debt collector." ”

Knowing that he was not here to ask for money, Liu Pan immediately stopped talking nonsense, and only put on a posture of asking Cheng Changyu to speak.

"The staff should have seen the invitation card that the official sent a slave to bring to you in the morning."

It was because of this invitation that the slave was kept out of the door, where could Liu Pan forget, the invitation brought by the slave was to discuss how to protect Tanzhou. In the final analysis, this so-called protection of Tanzhou still requires them to pay money, Liu Pan has already given Cheng Changyu face once, and with the support of his in-laws, he will naturally not give it a second time, so he is very rude to keep Cheng Changyu's house slaves out of the door.

Now that he talked about it again, after thinking about it, he still didn't come up with a reason, so he had to stop asking Cheng Changyu to make a statement.

"Liu Yuanwai, don't worry, as long as you are invited to attend when the time comes. Of course, it's better to have a few words. ”

Looking at Cheng Changyu's evil smile, how can Liu Pan, who is also a bad guy, not understand?

But he seemed to be even worse, so he said: "Master Cheng, you and my in-laws are colleagues, how can I not help with this little favor?" But... Ahem, ahem..." As he spoke, Liu Pan actually coughed.

This intermittent coughing sound made Cheng Changyu's heart feel like a storm, and he had already greeted Liu Pan's ancestors for eighteen generations.

But if he didn't agree, he didn't have it, and he couldn't share a piece of this meat, Cheng Changyu had to pretend to be a kind person, patted Liu Pan's shoulder and said: "Brother Liu has an uncomfortable throat now and has to help the official, the official really doesn't want to go, so how about you take one out of a thousand when the fundraising comes out?" ”

"Master Cheng, the villain is lying, there is no impermeable wall in the world. The villain took such a big risk and only gave me one out of a thousand, and you are too..." Liu Pan said nothing.

Cheng Changyu is also an iron rooster who does not pull out a dime, in his opinion, it is already very worthy of him to let Liu Pan switch from asking for money to taking one out of a thousand, seeing that he is not allowed, he took up the righteousness of protecting the family and defending the country and the small profit of protecting his own industry to press him.

Where will a rich man care about the righteousness of the country? Regardless of gold and silver, he thought that the benefits of lying were too small and he would definitely not say it, so Liu Pan pretended to be dumb.

Seeing that he couldn't resist him, Cheng Changyu had no choice but to say that he could give him one out of a hundred, and only then did Liu Pan speak. But he said that there was only money for cough treatment, but no hush money.

Such a shameless guy Cheng Changyu asked himself if he had never seen it, but he could ask for money like this, so he decided to take a step back and said that he would let Liu Pan take two out of a hundred.

Even if he knew the severity, Liu Pan knew that he could take two out of a hundred and no longer pretend to be sick, and immediately said with a smile: "Thank you for being so considerate of the villain, the adult really loves the people like a son." Please rest assured that the villain will do a good job of the things that the adults explain. ”

Now that the business was done, the two began to drink.

Cheng Changyu actually wanted to go away and beat Liu Pan with a blue nose and swollen face and leave, but he endured it for the silver in his hand, the official hat on his head and the pot of old wine.

Liu Pan is happy in his heart, not only does he not have to pay but also has money to enter, he is not good at drinking, so naturally it doesn't matter.

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