Speaking of which, several children came up to pull Lu Jinping's clothes, crying with a whimper, and said that they were hungry. A few old men came over to surround Lu Jinping and kept giving him a beating. I don't know if it's the relatives of Leper Zhang and Yao Fatzi, or if they invited them to put on a show.

For these old people and children, as well as the two leper Zhang and Yao Fat who nodded and smiled with a smile on their faces, Lu Jinping couldn't help but get angry. I had to smile bitterly and said: "I just got the first month's salary, this money is just enough to live, how can I have the money to pay you back?" Besides, you are lending usury, and I don't recognize this. As I said, if you insist on such a high interest, I don't plan to pay it back. You can do whatever you like. ”

The leper said with a bitter face: "Sir, this interest rate is a little higher, but this is also what we discussed at the beginning." ”

"It's just a little higher! With such a high interest rate, I am afraid that I will not even expect to pay off the interest in my life, let alone repay the principal, and where is the problem of a higher one. Besides, if you hadn't instigated me to sell my property and borrow usury to pay bribes, why would I have ended up in such a mess? I haven't settled accounts with you yet, and you still want to charge me high interest, it's a dream! - You love to squat here, I'm going to enter the house. Get out of the way! ”

The children still pulled Lu Jinping's clothes and cried. At this moment, the courtyard door creaked open, Ye Qingqing appeared at the door, she flew over with a gloomy face, grabbed the child's hand, and didn't see her force, the child's hand was taken off.

Ye Qingqing said to Lu Jinping: "Sir, you go in, leave it to me here." ”

Lu Jinping nodded, and was about to go inside, when he heard someone behind him shouting: "Lord Lu!" ”

Listening to the familiar voice, Lu Jinping looked back, but it was the old lady Gao, with the executive's family, and a few family members carrying the burden of the food box, and smelling the fragrance of the food.

Lu Jinping hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Old lady Gao? What wind is blowing you here? ”

"Huh. It's nothing, in my spare time today, my concubine made a few good dishes, and took a pot of good wine, and came over to have a drink with the lord, I don't know if I have time? ”

Lu Jinping arched his hand and said: "Since the old lady came to the cold house, I should be the east, why did you come to the door with wine and food, which made me ashamed." ”

The grandfather laughed and said, "We are not outsiders, it just so happened that a friend sent a jar of Chang'an aged wine for you to taste, and I want to ask you how you are doing in Yamen." ”

"In that case, old lady, let's talk in the house."

Old Lady Gao nodded, looked at the few people standing at the door, frowned, and said, "What are you doing at the door of Lord Lu?" ”

Of course, the leper Zhang knew this well-known Beijing official in the same state, so he quickly nodded and said: "Old lady, we are here to ask the lord for a debt, the lord owes us money, he is tight on money in front, there is no way, now that he has Yulu, I want to discuss with him how to repay this debt?" Hey, hey, hey. ”

Old lady Gao's face sank and said, "Bastard! Dare to block the door of the lord to ask for debts? There is really no way to see the king. Get lost! If I see you blocked at the door of the lord again, the old man will take you directly to the yamen to deal with you! Do you hear that? Get out! ”

A few family members rushed up, like wolves and tigers, and pushed out regardless of the old people and children. When the old ladies saw this posture, they ran away like a smoke, and their movements were so fast that they didn't look old. The children even ran away, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Judging from this scene, these people should have paid to put on a show, and they were not really their relatives and family members.

At the gate of the courtyard, only Leper Zhang and Yao Fatzi were left, and they said with a bitter face: "Old lady, it is natural to repay debts, and we have IOUs." You don't let us come to the door to ask for debts, and the yamen ignores them, what can we do? The whole family is still counting on this life......"

Old Lady Gao snorted and said, "In this case, I will say a plan, if you agree, I will pay back the debt of Lord Lu." If you don't say yes, don't even think about asking for this money! ”

When the leper Zhang and Yao Fatzi heard this, they were surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said: "Old lady Gao, if you show me, we will definitely obey you." ”

When Lu Jinping heard that Old Lady Gao actually wanted to pay off the debt for him, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and said, "Old lady, this money is too much, I can't owe you this favor." And I don't want to owe it a favor. So, you don't have to worry about it. ”

Old lady Gao smiled and said, "I'll tell you why I bother with this matter later." I'll tell them first. ”

Old lady Gao looked at the leper Zhang and Yao Fatzi and said: "You are usury for a living, I know that you have harmed a lot of people, looking at the Lu family's bad luck, worried about his big mansion, so you encourage people to use the house mortgage to borrow usury, you persuade people to borrow usury to bribe, this is in itself a violation of the king's law, and his heart can be punished!" So my suggestion is that your debts, high interest naturally can't be counted, and this principal will only be half of your repayment! It can be regarded as a punishment for instigating others to pay bribes! If you agree, come to my house tomorrow and withdraw the money. If you don't agree, you'll never want to get this money! ”

Yao Fatzi and Leper Zhang were about to cry when they heard this, and knelt on the ground with a grunt and said: "Old lady, it's just not interest, and you cut off half of our principal, how can we accept this?" Please, you are always in charge, why do you have to give us the principal! ”

Old lady Gao scolded: "What are you? Dare to bargain with Mrs. Ben? You promised what the old man said just now, and you will bring an IOU to withdraw money tomorrow. If you don't agree, get out of here immediately, if you dare to come to the Lu Mansion to harass you in the future, I will immediately arrest you and take you to the Yamen to punish the crime! The lord is now an official of the imperial court, and you openly harass the imperial court, that is, to confront the imperial court, weigh and weigh, how many dares do you have to dare to go against the imperial court? ”

Yao Fatzi and Leper Zhang were dumbfounded, they already knew that this old lady Gao had a violent personality, and if he said one thing or another, he really wanted to provoke him, not to mention the capital, but they were afraid that they would inevitably suffer from prison. It's better to hurry down the slope, and if you can get half of the money back, it will be Amitabha.

The two hurriedly gave up their hands and said with a smile: "Since the old lady Gao said so, the villain obeys the old lady." Ming'er, we brought the IOU to the old lady's house to get the money. Thank you, old lady! ”

Old lady Gao snorted and said, "Count you as acquaintances!" Let's go! ”

The leper Zhang and Yao Fatzi made a few more gestures to the old lady Gao and Lu Jinping, and then turned around and left quickly.

Lu Jinping smiled and said to Mrs. Gao: "The old lady's move is really powerful. However, judging from this incident, Mrs. Gao didn't think of coming to drink with me by chance, but I am afraid that she had already thought about this move, so she has been waiting near my house and specially came to relieve me. ”

Old lady Gao smiled: "I really can't hide your eyes." I've always wanted to settle this matter for you, so I've been waiting here for a long time. I also inquired about the circumstances of the matter, and knew that you were instigated by others, and not by nature. So ......, hehe, don't say anything else, let's go into the house, and I'll tell you what's going on with the money to pay off your debt." ”

The group entered the old house and came to the flower hall in the front yard.

The walls of the flower hall are still empty, except that the original two tattered single stools have been replaced by two couches with armrests, and a small table in front of it is used for tea cups. The couch and the small table are very ordinary, and they should be bought at a very cheap price. But it's much better than the previous two single benches. This should be the first change in the old mansion after Lu Jinping became an official.

Seeing that the stool had been changed, the old lady Gao smiled, this time she didn't have to sit on a single stool that was about to collapse like last time.

After the two sat down, the executive told the family to put down the food box and take out the dishes and the jar of wine. Lu Jinping and Mrs. Gao sat down on two couches respectively. Ye Qingqing came over to pour wine.

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