It was the wax moon, and it was already in the middle of the day at this moment, and the people in the market were bustling with people, and there was a noise of selling everywhere. In such a busy place, even if the horse-drawn carriage is unobstructed on the street outside, it is impossible to increase the speed of travel in such a place. At this moment, a black-lacquered carriage was slowly moving in the flow of people surrounded by three or five servants, and the riders raised their whips from time to time to shout to give way, but it always had little effect. In the carriage, a middle-aged man wearing a blue robe covered with a fur coat did not lift the curtain to look outside, and sat there cross-legged with his eyes closed, and his right wrist was a string of golden beeswax Buddha beads.

Beeswax Buddha beads of this kind are very valuable!

"Lord Lang, it's already here."

With the call from outside, the middle-aged man opened his eyes. If it weren't for the snowstorm, he wouldn't like to ride a carriage to swagger through the market, and the reason why this is the case today is really because the words of the next steward made him very angry. At this moment, he stepped down on the pedal of the cart and saw an ox cart parked on the side, and couldn't help but stare at it and look at it twice, and then he entered the wine shop in front of him expressionlessly. However, as soon as he stepped into it, his eyes swept over the neatly dressed servants, and he heard a shout from upstairs.

"That's already ten! Du Nineteen, is there still one? ”

"It's all said it's a secret recipe, so it's not over yet!"

As soon as these two obviously extremely young voices came into their ears, the middle-aged man knew that this should be the main character. As the owner of Dengfeng Xu's family, the industry is all over the county and even in many places in Henan Province, and Xu Ji, who is in his prime, is also a figure who can be regarded as a one-size-fits-all figure, and has handed over some people in the official face. He knew very well what kind of means and attitudes should be used in the face of those old foxes who had been in the sea for a long time, and what kind of attitude should be used in the face of those children of the family who were arrogant by nature. However, when the steward came back to report the Jingzhao Du Ling Du Jiu Lang, he had to hesitate.

can be extremely friendly with Cui Shiyilang, who has always been unscrupulous in words and deeds, and he is always a child of a family with a similar personality; However, whether it was volunteering to take the lead in catching locusts, or later supporting Gongsun Auntie, choking Liu Nuan, the superintendent of the imperial history, or worshipping the name of the famous Songshan hermit Lu Hong-all this is enough to prove that Du Jiu is not a person who blindly flies and dominates, although he has some youthful spirit, but he also has unique characteristics. Such a person, why bother to fight with himself for an insignificant Wu Jiu?

So, he settled down, and said to a servant of the Cui family who came up to question: "Please tell Du Langjun upstairs, Xu Ji, the lord of the Xu family, to ask for a meeting." ”

Wu Jiu upstairs was carefully picking out the paper for Du Shiyi, and when he heard the voice below, he couldn't help but shiver, and his hands trembled. Cui Jianxuan, who was on the side, was very angry about this, but found that Du Shiyi put away his pen in time and did not stain the paper scroll that was already full of ink, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and glared at Wu Jiu viciously and said, "Be careful!" ”

As he spoke, the person who reported the news had already arrived. Cui Jianxuan was very unimpressed with such an uninvited guest, but he still sat back in his seat, and then hung his legs very uncomfortably, holding his chin with one hand. When Du Shiyi opened his mouth to command, the man was brought up, and he saw that the person was only two eyes and one mouth, and immediately glanced at Wu Jiu, who was trembling and stretching the paper, and then pursed his lips.

Isn't he just a person who inherits the capital of the government and the government, what a great character, he can be scared like this!

As soon as Xu Ji went upstairs, he saw the two young men sitting by the window. The older woman's lips are red and her teeth are white, especially the phoenix eyes are unforgettable at first sight, however, such a beautiful young man sits on his legs very ungracefully, and when he sees him, he looks up and down with a scrutinizing gaze, revealing an indescribable arrogance all over his body. The young man on the side didn't raise his head to write something on the paper intently, and Wu Jiu, the county party officer who was not even qualified to see him on weekdays, was respectfully stretching the paper for him, but he didn't even dare to raise his head.

Faced with this situation that seemed to be ignored, Xu Ji was even more unhappy, and coughed lightly and said: "Du Langjun, this is Xu Ji, the master of the Dengfeng Xu family. ”

"Please wait a moment for Gong Xu, it will be over immediately."

Hearing Du Shiyi say such a sentence without raising his head, it was polite, but in fact, it was quite contemptuous, Xu Ji couldn't help but squint his eyes. However, before he could speak, he saw Cui Jianxuan lazily speak: "You Dengfeng Xu's one bite at a time, I don't know how many Dengfeng Xu's ranks among the counties in the world?" ”

"Eleven Lang!" Du Shiyi finally succeeded at this moment, and as soon as she looked up, she saw Xu Ji turning into a pig's liver red face under Cui Jianxuan's mean mouth. Knowing that Cui Jianxuan's ability to hate people has always been breathtaking, he immediately opened his mouth to stop the person, and then sat up straight and said, "The steward of the Xu family is just to confirm the identity of my new house slave, and he actually clamored and shouted that he wanted to see me to argue clearly, I was angry for a while, so I bombarded him away." Just for a little thing, I didn't expect it to really alarm Xu Gong, but it's not mine to say it. ”

Seeing Du Shiyi's gentle face and warm words, and his sincere apology seemed to be the same thing, Xu Ji could only temporarily put aside Cui Jianxuan's words that could make people vomit blood, and said in a somewhat stiff tone: "I don't dare to be Du Langjun, this is not a title, if you want to blame it, you can only blame a certain person for not being strict." It's just that Wu Jiu was originally a county party member, and I don't know when he came to Lang Jun? ”

"Well, just this morning I got a lot of paperwork done at the county office. Why, Xu Gong doesn't believe it? ”

"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that Du Langjun knows that this Wu Jiu's dedication is not sincere, you must know that he borrowed 50,000 yuan from me a few months ago, and after a few months, he has already owed 100,000 yuan with interest!"

Xu Ji thought that Du Shiyi would inevitably be shocked by piercing this layer of window paper, but what he didn't expect was that Du Shiyi actually laughed: "It turns out that Xu Gong said this is the case." I'm not so confused about employing people, and he has informed him of this before I received his dedication papers. It seems that Duke Xu is here to ask him to pay off the loan in your hand? It's easy to ......."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Ji only felt a sigh in his heart. Du Shiyi was soft-hearted for a while because of Wu Jiu's slippery guy's plea, and accepted him as a slave to prevent disasters for others, which was the best situation he imagined to solve, making people understand that he was deceived and deceived, and he must have let go. After all, Du Shiyi volunteered to hunt locusts, probably to make a name for himself; For Aunt Gongsun, it should be sad to pass the beauty pass; How could he not cause trouble for an insignificant Wu Jiu! But things are so tricky, this Du Jiu really plans to do this!

Therefore, seeing that Du Shiyi paused, as if he wanted to discuss something with Cui Jianxuan, Xu Ji couldn't help but settle down, and then said with a forced smile: "This hundred yuan is naturally nothing to Du Langjun. It's just that it's not a day or two since a certain person undertook the capital of the public party, and if this matter is spread, I'm afraid it's really hard for a certain person to do......"

Du Shiyi is just acting like this, in fact, as long as Xu Ji transfers the borrowed bonds to his own name and then sells them off, he has no intention of meddling in this usury industry in which both official and private parties are involved. However, he was willing to pay back the money, but the other party expressed his displeasure in a vague manner, and he couldn't help but have a hint of enlightenment.

I'm afraid that this Dengfeng Xu family had bad intentions when they released money before, not only took a fancy to Wu Jiu's 100 acres of Yongye field, but also used that little capital to wipe out the 500 pigs, what a big appetite!

"It's natural to repay debts, but Duke Xu actually thinks that spreading it will make you not good?"

Seeing that Du Shiyi's tone suddenly increased, Xu Ji knew that if he couldn't come up with a killer weapon this time, he was afraid that he would be at a stalemate, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, if all the people who owe debts learn from this Wu Jiu and join the big households to seek refuge, and those wealthy families don't have Du Langjun who is willing to bear the debt, wouldn't it be difficult for a certain person to do this business?" It must be known that the profit of undertaking the public party is very thin, and there are few families in Dengfeng who are willing to undertake it, and the Xu family withdraws, and other families will naturally follow suit......"

These words are no longer as subtle as the first, but a naked threatening tone. Hearing this, Cui Jianxuan, who had never dealt with such a head snake, was furious for a while, and just when he was about to scold him, he only felt that Du Shiyi actually reflexively pressed his shoulder.

"In terms of Dengfeng County Party, it is only 1.5 million public party capital a year. If the real Xu family is unwilling to accept it, and the other families in Dengfeng County are also unwilling to accept it, Henan Mansion may not be without bold people. Moreover, if the monthly interest rate is 10% when it is undertaken, but the monthly interest rate is 20 or 30 percent when it is transferred, this is still called a very thin profit, and I am afraid that there will be no more lucrative business in the world! ”

Xu Ji didn't expect that he had already said it so clearly, Du Shiyi not only did not back down, but put down stronger words, and suddenly felt a little dilemma. Thinking about the Xu family's preoccupation in Dengfeng, he could no longer easily back down at this time, he thought of the distinguished guest at home, and almost didn't have time to think about it carefully and said with a pun: "Even if Du Langjun insists on this, there is nothing to say." Having said that, Yao Dalang of the Eastern Capital Cihuifang happened to stay in the house last night, and he just set off this morning, if he knew that Du Langjun and Cui Langjun were also in the city, they could still talk about it, it would be a pity. ”

It's okay not to mention Yao Hong, but when Yao Hong is mentioned, Cui Jianxuan suddenly sneered: "Yesterday, Du Shijiu and I happened to meet Yao Dalang in Shaolin Temple, and he didn't say a word and walked fast in the name of filial piety." He is filial piety, but he didn't go back to the Eastern Capital earlier, and he dared to enter Dengfeng County like us, and stayed overnight in your Xu house? Tsk, I'm going to ask him when I turn around, but I'm here to look for flowers and willows! ”

"Brother Eleven, don't speculate, I'm afraid that Duke Xu has some friendship with the Yao family of Cihuifang in the Eastern Capital, so Yao Dalang stayed in Xu's house."

Seeing that Du Shiyi seemed to be smiling, and said a word for himself considerately, Xu Ji suddenly secretly said that it was not good. He originally intended to use Xiangguo Gongzi to suppress the arrogance of Du Shiyi and Cui Jianxuan, but he was caught with this language disease! Thinking of the consequences of implicating Yao Hong, although he was very unwilling to lose the fat that reached his mouth, he still made a choice immediately.

The lesser of two evils!