After listening to Su Qin's measures for the third step, Nangong Zao admired him even more, and couldn't help but praise: "Prime Minister Su Cheng is really wise, no wonder you can take the phase of the six countries, if you are not a talented, intelligent, and well-planned person, where can you achieve such an achievement." Today's things are instructive. ”

Su Qin waved his hand and replied: "Su doesn't dare to be, it's just for the sake of the villagers outside the door and chatting to solve the difficulty." ”

Nangong Zao praised Su Qin again in one breath: "Tianzhong is talented, and his achievements are extraordinary, and he admires it so much!" ”

Su Qin was repeatedly praised by Nangong Zao, and he felt a little uncomfortable, he thought to himself: "How can Nangong Zao praise people endlessly, there must be something wrong with him, right?" ”

Sure enough, after Nangong made a loud boast, he then said his request: "Prime Minister Su Cheng's kindness, I and the Luoyang villagers are grateful, but you see that for a while, no one can come up with the money to repay the first debt, what can I do?" ”

When Su Qin heard this, he smiled secretly in his heart, and said in his heart: "You Nangong is also a ghost enough, obviously you want me to pay the first debt, but you just said some words of praise first, and set me up, so it is not good to step down." ”

He understood Nangong's intentions, but he didn't want to entangle with him anymore, and was determined to cut through the chaos quickly, end this embarrassing situation as soon as possible, and let the people outside the door go home early.

Su Qin then asked Wu Jing to go to his mansion to get a thousand gold and come back to pay the first debt. Nangong Zao was relieved and high-fived.

Wu Jing felt that Su Qin was still a little at a loss, because he not only became the guarantor of the debt repayment, but also had to pay the first amount of money in advance, and it was unknown whether the money could be returned in full in the future.

He pouted, reluctant to return, and said to Nangong Zao: "You begged my prime minister so much, but have you thought about it for him, if he suffers a big loss in the future, how will you compensate him?" It's not like I've been a good person, helped you get out of the siege, and made my prime minister lose his money. ”

He was ruthless, his tone turned hard, and he added: "If you do that, you are obviously too careless to clean up!" ”

Nangong Zao's cheeks suddenly surged with blood, and his face turned red, he didn't know the property risks that Su Qin might face, but because of the situation, he had no choice but to hold the mentality of "eating big households", and wanted Su Qin, a big family on the rich side, to take the risk of taking over this entangled financial lawsuit.

Nangong Zao's practice is also the general practice of the people of the government since ancient times, in order to calm things down, sometimes it is inevitable to be confused and anxious.

was squeezed by Wu Jing's words, Nangong couldn't come to the stage, he held back for a long time, and said: "I do this, I am a little sorry for Prime Minister Su, I will be the master here." The largest property of Na Lu Tong, the garden he set aside from Xu Gao's mansion, including Mingjian Lake, was mortgaged to Prime Minister Su Cheng, and the Luoyang official office will convert the price in the future, and refund more and make up for less. ”

Su Qin excused himself and said, "I'm afraid this is not suitable, let's return that garden to Xu Gao." ”

Wu Jing was in a hurry, hurriedly spoke for Su Qin, and said: "Gongzi Xu has made it clear that he doesn't want it, and he can't afford it, if the prime minister doesn't take over again, and it will be transferred to someone else in the future, the money you advance will not be guaranteed." ”

Seeing this situation, Nangong Zao also decided to do it according to his own ideas, he ignored Su Qin's polite excuses, and immediately wrote a document, indicating the process of Mingjian Lake's arrival with Su Qin, and finally picked up the Luoyang Order Talisman on a few cases, stamped it upright, and handed it to Su Qin.

Wu Jing watched the whole process all the time, then stood up and followed Su Qin's instructions to go to withdraw the money.

Su Qin looked at Wu Jing's back and thought, "This person, like his father, is a housekeeper's material. It's just that he didn't say goodbye back then, and threw himself and Ning Jun at the inn on the bank of the Yishui River, which was a shadow after all. If you can warn him again, it would be a good choice for him to honestly manage Luoyang's family property. ”

By the time Wu Jing urgently went to Sufu to get a thousand gold, the sky had already been handed over to five drums, and the creditors outside the door were also sleepy and napping, and they were struggling to support it.

The officials suddenly came out of the yamen with bright torches, illuminating the street outside the door, and Su Qin and Nangong Zao walked out from inside. Su Qin stood behind Nangong Zao, and Nangong Zao explained to Lu Tong's creditors in strict accordance with Su Qin's instructions and in strict accordance with the three steps decided in advance.

After the last, Nangong Zao specially stated: "Prime Minister Su Cheng thinks of the affection of his father and fellow villagers, and thinks about everyone everywhere, we should thank him again." ”

There was a cheer in the crowd, these people were worried that the debt they demanded was not settled, so they had not dispersed for a long time, and now that they had a guarantor, and some of the cash had been cashed, they did not want to endure hunger and cold, and stood outside the yamen. Everyone thanked Su Qin and dispersed.

Seeing that this matter was over, Su Qin's heart was also very happy, and he thought: "Even if Lu Tong's property is not worth the money he advanced, if he can get a good reputation among his hometown, it is worth it." ”

"For oneself, money is something outside the body, and what is lost will be earned, but a good reputation is very important for those who make a living by their tongue and strategy."

After Su Qin returned home, he was already so sleepy that he slept until noon the next day, and after he washed up, he caught up with Su's lunch.

Su Qin, his father, Meng Ting and Wei Jia, and a pair of children were chatting and eating when a person hurriedly came in from outside the mansion gate, and he said outside the hall: "Wu Jing came to report something, I don't know if it is convenient for Prime Minister Su Cheng." ”

Su Qin answered inside and asked Wu Jing to go in and speak. Su Qin saw Wu Jing sweating, and said in his heart: "It's early winter, and he's still sweating, what's so urgent?" ”

After Wu Jing entered the hall, he didn't pause for a moment, and said directly: "Little Wu Jinglai reported to Prime Minister Su Cheng, I have taken over the garden of Lu Tong, when will the prime minister go to take a look." ”

When Su Qin heard this, he stopped the dagger, and he was very surprised in his heart, and he asked, "When did you go to receive it, you are in such a hurry." ”

Wu Jing stood at the bottom of the hall, wiped the sweat on his face, and replied seriously: "This matter can't be rushed, it's not easy for us to come to this garden to offset the money paid in advance, if it is too late, I am afraid that the small one will be taken by others." ”

Su Qin let out an "oh", thinking that what Wu Jing said was not unreasonable. Meng Ting just heard Su Qin briefly talk about last night's interrogation of Lu Tong and the advance of part of the debt, and when she saw that Wu Jing was in a hurry at this moment, she joked with him.

She said: "You are so eager, are you used to living there since you were a child, and you are reluctant to give it to others, if Jizi takes it over, you can just continue to live by Mingjian Lake." ”

Wu Jing may have had this kind of thought, but he didn't say it clearly, and now he was broken by Meng Ting, although it was true, his face was still gloomy, as if he was doing it purely for his own selfish interests, he argued anxiously:

"Where am I living for myself, but I don't want my prime minister to lose too much money, so I actively do it. Of course, if I accept it, I will inevitably take care of it inside and out. ”

Wu Jingben is a dead-eyed person, sometimes he is tough, and it is difficult to change his mind, like when he insisted on Su Qin that he could not succeed in Yan Country by the bank of Yi Shui, so he secretly slipped away regardless of the overall situation. However, he is still meticulous about the master family and the right things to be determined.

Wei Jia was dissatisfied with Meng Ting's suffocation of Wu Jing, so she spoke for Wu Jing and said: "Your loyalty is also well-known in Luoyang, you don't have to be in a hurry because of a sentence or two, it's not a good thing to take over so actively!" ”

Father Su listened to Wei Jia's words, nodded as well, and couldn't help but say, "Well, well, that's the case." ”

Meng Ting was originally joking, but Wei Jia fought back, knowing in her heart that she was deliberately against herself, but she knew that Wei Jia was bitter and didn't want to care more about her, besides, Father Su had been with her for a long time, obviously towards Wei Jia, if she said more, it wouldn't make Father Su unhappy.

Su Yu and Su Rui heard this conversation, and they didn't understand the deep meaning of these people's words, and then looked at their respective faces with joy and anger, cloudy for a while, sunny for a while, I really didn't understand. They simply buried their heads in eating.

and Su Yu and Su Rui made the same move, as well as Su Qin, he also buried his head, deliberately not looking at Meng Ting and Wei Jia, the two of them, he can't be biased, if he speaks at this time, he will inevitably offend anyone, why are you causing such unwarranted trouble!

Wu Jing was waiting for Su Qin's reply, and he continued: "This morning, I have asked the people inside to clean up the debris, sprinkle and sweep up, and I am waiting for Prime Minister Su Cheng to meet the maids and handymen inside, I don't know which people should stay, which people should be sent, and I can't make up my mind." ”

Su Qin only raised his head at this time, he looked at Wu Jing, and replied, "I'll go after lunch, why don't you eat here casually, let's go over together." ”

Wu Jing shook his head and said, "I'd better go back and settle down first, and wait for you to come over." So saying, he bowed and bowed, and then withdrew.

Because Su Qin was going to inspect Wu Jing's reception of Mingjian Lake, he accelerated the pace of eating, and after a while, he put down the dagger, he said goodbye to his father and others, but secretly gave Meng Ting a look, Meng Ting understood that Su Qin wanted her to find an excuse to go together, and she was overjoyed.

As soon as Su Qin left the hall, Meng Ting stood up and said goodbye to Father Su and the others. Meng Ting then went to chase after Su Qin, and sure enough, outside the gate of Su Mansion, she saw Su Qin waiting for her by the carriage, and the two finally agreed and walked together.