Chapter 7: The Mysterious Man

After being full of wine and food, Li Jianguo also got up and prepared to leave.

"Little Er, check out!"

"Here, guest officer, are you still satisfied with the food and drink?"

"Yes, good food and wine!" Li Jianguo praised without hesitation.

"The guest officer has won the award, a total of eight taels and four dollars."

Li Jianguo took out the money bag, and when he went out in the morning, his father-in-law gave him fifty taels of silver, and he also gave twenty taels directly to the shopkeeper at the moment.

"Here, you don't have to look for the rest, just take it as my tip!"

"Ouch, guest officer, you are so polite, guest officer go slowly, come often in the future!"

After leaving the Drunken Immortal Building, Li Jianguo was also preparing to go back, and after walking for a short distance, a group of people suddenly surrounded him, as if there was something unexpected.

"Could it be that the Tang Dynasty also touched porcelain?" Although he thought so in his heart, Li Jianguo couldn't resist his curiosity and squeezed up to see what was going on.

The two sides of the dispute, one side is a father and daughter, and the other party is a strong man, and they don't know what they are arguing for.

"Brother Tai, what's going on?" Turning his head, Li Jianguo asked a passer-by next to him.

"The old man borrowed thirty taels of silver from the strong man a few months ago, wrote an IOU, promised to return it on time, and if he couldn't pay it back, he would use his daughter to pay the debt. No, today is the day to repay the arrears, and if the old man can't get the money, the strong man will take his daughter. The passer-by glanced at Li Jianguo and described it in detail.

"Why, does the imperial court allow the sale of human beings without permission?" Listening to the passerby's words, Li Jianguo was taken aback, so he asked.

"How can we ordinary people have any status, money can make ghosts grind, as long as we can afford it, the yamen will not care. However, looking at the female debt on the IOU at the beginning, it should have been added by the strong man, and it is estimated that he fell in love with the old man's daughter. Well, that woman was his daughter. The passer-by pointed to the woman hiding behind the old man and said.

Li Jianguo took the opportunity to look at the woman, her eyebrows were clear, her face was good, and she was indeed quite beautiful, it seemed that the strong man was bound to take away the woman today.

"Old man, this is the IOU written at the beginning, with your handprint on it, it is clear in black and white, if you don't have money to pay back, you will use your daughter to pay off the debt, do you still want to deny it?" The big man took out a piece of paper and said to the old man, "Even if it makes trouble for the yamen, I'm not afraid!" ”

The old man grabbed his daughter to death, protected her behind him, and cried, "You forced me to add my daughter to pay off the debt, I couldn't help it at the time, I will find a way to get you the money, but I will never hand over my daughter to you!" ”

The strong man was a little impatient, "Old man, I see that you are toasting and not eating and drinking!" ”

Just as Li Jianguo was about to step forward to stop him, the crowd made a way out of the way, and a man in white walked out. The man looked to be about thirty years old, holding a paper fan, with a graceful demeanor, clear eyebrows, and a handsome appearance.

The man stepped forward and said, "If you don't make a promise, your grievances are greater than your disapproval, uncle, since you have made a promise to repay the money on time, you should keep it." ”

Seeing this, the big man thought that the man was talking for him, and immediately said flatteringly: "This son said it well!" Makes sense! ”

The mysterious man smiled and shook his head, "It's a matter of course to repay debts, since it's money owed, isn't it just a matter of paying back?" With that, he glanced at a person beside him, who seemed to be his subordinate. The subordinate also understood, took out the silver, and handed it to the strong man, "Take the silver, don't be presumptuous in front of my young master!" ”

Seeing this, the strong man did not accept the money, but stared at the man viciously, "It seems that this son wants to be nosy!" ”

The mysterious man smiled, "This is Chang'an City, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, do you want to act so domineering?" ”

The strong man listened to the mysterious man's words, and raised his eyebrows, "Okay! It seems that this son is determined to do the right thing with me, since this is the case, then it depends on the will of God! After speaking, the strong man took out a copper plate, turned to the old man and said, "Old man, since this son wants to help you, then I will give you a chance, and everything depends on your luck." This is a copper coin, now I hide it in my palms, if you can guess which hand the copper coin is, then this matter is settled, the money owed does not have to be repaid, if you guess wrong, then your daughter must go with me, no one can stop it, how? ”

That old man was submissive, and he didn't know what to do. At this time, Li Jianguo finally couldn't bear it anymore and walked out of the crowd, "Uncle, I guess this is very good, or I can help you!" ”

Seeing this, the old man was still very worried, "No need, no need!" ”

"Uncle, don't worry, it'll be fine." Turning to the strong man, Li Jianguo opened his mouth and said, "I'll guess for this old man!" ”

The strong man scratched his head and smacked his lips, "Grandma's, what day is today, are there so many nosy things!" Well, since you have to be the first bird, then come, you have to guess carefully, her daughter's fate depends on you! ”

The strong man hid his hands behind his back, and for a moment, stretched out his hands, "Boy, guess! Left or right? ”

Li Jianguo smiled, walked up to the strong man, and grabbed his left hand, "I guess that copper coin is in your left hand!" ”

"Haha, old man, he guessed wrong!" The brawny man burst out laughing.

"Did I guess wrong? No way. After speaking, Li Jianguo grabbed his right hand and pulled away his right palm, which was empty, "Look, you don't have it in your right palm, if the copper coin is not in your left hand, where else can it be?" ”

The strong man was speechless for a while, snorted coldly, glared at Li Jianguo, and left in a gloomy manner. Seeing this, the old man hurriedly pulled his daughter and knelt down towards Li Jianguo, "Daughter, kowtow to Engong!" Thank you for saving your life! ”

Seeing this, Li Jianguo hurriedly stepped forward and helped the old man and his daughter, "Uncle, you don't have to be like this, the road is uneven and pulls out a knife to help." After speaking, he took out thirty taels of silver from his pocket, "Uncle, you can take this silver and take your daughter back to live a good life!" ”

"Thisβ€”" The old man hesitated.

Li Jianguo saw that the old man refused to accept it, so he directly stuffed it to him, and the old man also gave him a "kind father", kept thanking him, and then left with his daughter.

Just as Li Jianguo was about to leave, the mysterious man's men stopped me.

"Don't leave yet, my young master is invited!"

Li Jianguo looked at the mysterious man, the mysterious man also looked at him, nodded and smiled, Li Jianguo also nodded, stepped forward, and said hello.

"This son, what's the matter?"