Li Yanqing rushed to Baoyanzhai, only to see that the front door was deserted, the former hot situation was gone, several female clerks were nervously hiding in the corner, and there were more than a dozen strong men of unknown origin standing in front of the door, all with cross-faced faces and fierce appearances, standing on the steps with their hands crossed, many guests who wanted to enter the store, turned around and left when they saw this scene. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Shopkeeper Wu suddenly saw Li Yanqing and hurriedly greeted him, "The little proprietor is here!" ”

Li Yanqing pointed to more than a dozen strong men, "Who are they?" ”

"They are all guys brought in by three butchers, and if they don't give them gas money, they won't let us do business."

"How much gas do you owe?"

"About 1,000 guan, 300 guan for two families, and 400 guan for one family."

Li Yanqing took out a stack of huizi from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper Wu, "These three thousand huizi, the money for spices can be slowed down, and the other accounts will be settled first, and I don't have enough there." ”

After speaking, Li Yanqing picked up a white ash stick, strode forward, and hit a group of strong men with his head and face, "Get out of the way!" ”

Seeing the ferocity of the other party, more than a dozen strong men were so frightened that they retreated, and several of them were swept in the legs and rolled down the steps, and they all glared angrily at Li Yanqing.

Although these strong men look fierce and vicious, they don't dare to beat people with their hands, after all, some of the people who open shops on Yujie have backstage, and they only dare to pretend to scare the shopkeeper and the female clerk.

At this time, three middle-aged men walked out of the store and hurriedly shouted, "Stop!" ”

Li Yanqing put away the stick and said coldly: "If you want money, you can come to me, but if you block the door of my store, I will deduct the loss from the payment, three hundred yuan a day, you can calculate it yourself!" ”

The three butchers looked at each other, and one of the slightly older butchers hurriedly stepped forward to apologize and said: "We are all small businesses, we really can't afford to owe money, if we are not anxious, we will not use this strategy, we promise never to do this again, and I implore the petty officials to give us the money for the goods." ”

Li Yanqing is just looking for a venue, since the other party apologizes, he will not be aggressive, after all, he will have to supply lard to them in the future, and he can't really turn his face.

Li Yanqing said in a relaxed tone: "Everyone is in business, who doesn't have a tight hand, although there is no money in the store, but I, the proprietor, have money, I will give you money, not a penny will be less, I hope everyone will understand more in the future and make a fortune together!" ”

When the three of them heard that they were giving money, they were overjoyed, and their attitudes immediately became extremely respectful, and they stepped forward to give Li Yanqing a gift.

Li Yanqing gave the shopkeeper Wu a look, and the shopkeeper Wu politely invited the three butchers to negotiate inside, and the three butchers hurriedly asked their subordinates to go back to the store, without harassment, Yang Xin quickly organized the female clerk to reopen, lit a string of crackling firecrackers, and drove away the evil spirit that affected the business, and in a moment, the guests who came to buy jade grease lined up again.......

In the room, Li Daqi was lying on the sickbed, and Yang was holding a bowl and carefully feeding him medicine, at this time, there were footsteps outside, and then Li Yanqing was heard asking outside the door, "Can I come in?" ”

Yang was overjoyed, "It's Yanqing here, come in!" ”

Li Yanqing walked into the room and saw that his father's face was pale, his cheeks were sunken and thin, his breath was weak, and he was obviously very sick.

Li Yanqing suddenly remembered the situation when his father was injured by Liu Yanfu, he felt sad, and stepped forward to hold his father's hand, "Is Daddy better?" ”

Li Daqi slowly opened his eyes, and saw that it was his son sitting beside him, his eyes showed a trace of guilt, he was really sad in his heart, his eyes were a little red, and he choked up and said: "Daddy is incompetent, and he wants to destroy the Baoyan Zhai that you have worked so hard to build." ”

Li Yanqing smiled and comforted his father: "Daddy is just inexperienced, don't worry!" I will ask King Jia for help and get back the money owed in the palace. ”

"But what if you don't come back? Thirty thousand dollars! Li Daqi was about to cry.

"Daddy, in fact, I also want to open this matter on the road, the so-called way of heaven, make up for the lack and lose more than enough, our business is booming, and we got the shop on this royal street for nothing, it is too smooth, so God wants to give us this setback, if we don't get the money back, we will admit it, let's suffer a loss, grow a wisdom, learn a lesson in the future, and slowly earn the money back."

"But what about the turnover now? With so many people asking for debts, we can't afford to pay them back. ”

"Who said we can't afford it, this store is worth 100,000 yuan, and I still have a few thousand yuan there, you can pay off some urgent accounts, I'll talk about the Zheng family, the Zheng family will give us time, it's really not good, I can also find someone to borrow a little, father don't worry at all, the key is to save his body, and then do business well, as long as the brand of Baoyan Zhai is there, it will slowly ease up."

Next to him, Yang also said: "Yanqing is right, the key is to keep your body, Daqi, you don't blame yourself anymore, I also believe it will get better." ”

His son's words made Li Daqi also see hope, but thinking of asking his son to pay for his debts, his heart was full of guilt, and he couldn't help but sigh lowly, "I'm incompetent!" ”

Li Yanqing saw his father, came to the store again, and happened to meet the shopkeeper Wu who sent the guests back.

"The three plague gods sent away?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"The little proprietor can't say that, they also heard the rumors, I don't know who told them that we were going to close the door, they were in a hurry, and now the account is cleared, and everyone is friends again."

"Will they still deliver in the future?"

"The Peng family may not send it, and the other two are still willing to continue to deliver the goods, but they are required to see the goods and settle the bill."

"What else is owed?"

"There is also the treasure box money of Cao Ji carpenter's shop, about two thousand yuan, and the old one thousand yuan of oil money, and another six hundred yuan of wages."

After a pause, Shopkeeper Wu said in a low voice: "The most difficult thing to do is the Zheng family's spice money, they don't rush it, but they stop supplying it, and our spices can only last for three days at most." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I still have three hundred taels of gold there, which is about worth four or five thousand yuan, first settle the account other than the spices, and the rest of the money will be turnover, and I will talk about it on the Zheng family." ”

Shopkeeper Wu heard that the little proprietor still had three hundred taels of gold, and his heart fell completely, he knew that the little proprietor and the Zheng family had a good relationship, and with the Zheng family's family business, of course, he would not look at thousands of dollars in his eyes, and it was estimated that they would give the little proprietor face, and this crisis could barely be overcome.

But thinking of 30,000 yuan, Shopkeeper Wu was still very unwilling in his heart, "Little official, don't we have anything to do with the 30,000 yuan?" ”

"All I can say is give it a try."

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Li Yanqing left the royal street and came directly to King Jia's Mansion, and after waiting at the door for a while, a guard walked out quickly, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Let Li Shaojun wait for a long time, His Royal Highness King Jiawang is invited!" ”

Li Yanqing followed the guards into the palace and came to the middle hall, but saw Zhao Kai standing in the courtyard engrossed in painting a big tree, Li Yanqing did not disturb, and waited quietly on the side, at this time Zhao Kai put down his pen and smiled lightly: "The weather is too hot, let's sit in the courtyard!" ”

"Yanqing disturbs His Highness!"

"No, please sit down!"

There are stone tables and stone benches under the shade of the trees, Li Yanqing and Zhao Kai sat down opposite, a maid served two cups of tea, Zhao Kai picked up the tea and said: "Two days ago, my father came to me and said that Zhu Mian's collection had Xibei goods, and my father felt incredible, and I also felt strange. ”

Li Yanqing's heart moved, and he asked quietly, "I don't know what kind of fake it is?" ”

"Several pairs of celebrity calligraphy and paintings, including Wang Youjun's Shangyu sticker, and Tang Qin's Jiuxiao Huanpei are also imitated, which makes my father very annoyed, Tang Qin's fake is just fake, and the "Shangyu sticker" he has been thinking about for a long time is also fake, and scolded me severely."

Li Yanqing immediately understood that Luan Tingyu's goal was really not as simple as Tang Qin, his real goal was still "Shangyu Post", he frowned, and said quietly: "How can you blame Your Highness for this matter, we didn't open any boxes when we sank the ship." ”

"That's the case, you and I can prove each other, but my father doesn't know, of course, he didn't say that he was taken by me, he just asked me what's going on?"

"Then what is Your Highness's answer?"

"How else can I answer, I can only say that I don't know, there are too many possibilities here, maybe Zhu Mian himself got a fake, maybe he was changed by some ill-intentioned people on the way to Beijing, of course, it is also possible that someone pried open the box under the water."

Speaking of this, Zhao Kai glanced at Li Yanqing and said casually: "I remember you told me that the calligraphy and paintings in the box would enter the water, how did you think of asking this question at that time?" ”

Li Yanqing knew that Zhao Kai was a little suspicious of himself, and he said very calmly: "At that time, I was giving my master a funeral, and when I was sorting out his relics, I found that the cellar was flooded, and many of his books were soaked in water and all destroyed, so I thought of the box under the water. ”

"It seems that it is indeed a bit of a coincidence, just two days before you told me, Liang Shicheng also reminded his father that the box in the water would endanger the precious calligraphy and painting, so my father decided to salvage the sunken ship."

Li Yanqing's heart jumped suddenly, the answer was about to come out, he knew who Luan Tingyu was in the water for.