Zhu Huazhang was red-faced by the master, and the truth is indeed as people say, the things outside are indeed urgent, if it is not done well, the success or failure of their Zhu family The prefect naturally does not care, what they care about is whether they will eat and hang.

Zhu Huazhang didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly led Lu Zhifu and his master to the main room: "My father is not feeling well, and he is resting in the inner house at this time. ”

"Please."

The group walked quickly to the inner house, and Zhu Huazhang had already ordered someone to report to the inner house first, and informed the irrelevant female relatives in advance to avoid it.

Old lady Zhu had already rested at this time, and just got up to eat a small bowl of japonica rice porridge, and a servant girl came outside to spread the word: "Old lady, Governor Lu has arrived." The second master is accompanying this side. ”

At this time, Mrs. Zhu's gray hair was scattered, her face was pale, full of exhaustion, and she had completely lost her usual vigor, and she looked as if she was ten years old.

The old lady knew that the old lady Zhu loved face, so she hesitated and said, "Master, do you want to freshen up for you?" ”

Old lady Zhu shook her head and waved her hand wordlessly.

The old lady nodded and retreated to the side for a while.

Not long after, Zhu Huazhang had already led Governor Lu into the house. Hearing the footsteps, Mrs. Zhu immediately lifted the quilt and wanted to go down to the ground to see him.

"Old lady Zhu, don't be like this, don't be like this!"

Governor Lu walked a few steps quickly and held Old Lady Zhu's arm with both hands.

"Your Excellency." Old Lady Zhu was disheveled, her face was like ashes, and her eyes were red with choked words, "My lord, you have also seen the appearance outside, I ...... I'm so speechless in the face of adults! ”

"Old lady Zhu doesn't need to blame herself so much, everyone doesn't want things to develop like this. Now it's better to think of a way to let this turmoil pass. ”

Zhu Huazhang had already brought the pestle at this time. Lu Zhifu sat down next to the edge of the bed.

Old lady Zhu leaned against the bedpost of the stepping bed and shook her head in embarrassment.

Governor Lu sighed: "The matter has come to this, Old Lady Zhu still needs to cheer up, and this big family still depends on you." Besides, the matter is so big, if it is not resolved as soon as possible, there will only be more and more people outside. In the short term, the government can suppress it with officers and soldiers, but after all, there are many people, if there is really a big conflict and a civil uprising in Fuyang County, the imperial court will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it, and the consequences will not be borne by you and me. ”

Old lady Zhu's nose was sore, and she almost burst into tears, "The old man also knows what the adults mean." It's just that now, the Zhu family is really desperate. If you want to keep the Zhu family's money and settle the matter, you can only let the people get the silver as soon as possible. But where do you get such a large amount? Fifteen million taels of silver, who has it? Who is willing to lend the Zhu family for emergency relief? ”

They are all in business, and the opponent may have watched the play for a long time.

He wants to keep the Zhu family's money, even if he borrows money to return the people's money, at least the Zhu family's money is still there, most of the people who borrowed are Yalang, and a small number of them are other customers, and the agreed repayment dates are coming one after another, as long as these people repay the money, he has a way to turn around, and the Zhu family money village will slowly slow down.

But the problem now is that reality doesn't give him any time to breathe.

He regrets it very much now, for the sake of face, he didn't write more letters to a few old friends, and those who asked the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce didn't reply to him. If he had given up his face and borrowed the silver from those people, he could at least mortgage the house and shop to the money bank now, and borrow another amount of silver to save the emergency.

Fortunately, the Zhu family has nothing to mortgage now.

Governor Lu sighed again and said, "This government also knows that this is the time when the Zhu family is in trouble, and I have arranged soldiers and horses to protect the safety of the Zhu family." But if this matter drags on, it will only get bigger and bigger, and then the government will also be implicated. This matter is already known above, and the ultimatum has been given to this government, and this government can only hand over this deadline to you. Five days, within five days, you have to settle this matter, otherwise the government will have to take the last step. ”

Old lady Zhu's eyes straightened when she heard this, and she was stunned on the spot.

Zhu Huazhang screamed: "Where is five days enough, Lord Prefect, please be accommodating!" It's impossible to get that much in five days, and we're already at the end of our rope! ”

"This government knows that you are in trouble, so it will be lenient here." Governor Lu stood up, his face was already unhappy, and Zhu Huazhang's screaming was very harsh, which already made him unhappy.

The master said: "This is already the prefect's leniency." Go and ask everywhere what to do if something like this happens elsewhere. Do you know how much pressure the prefect is putting on you? ”

Zhu Huazhang was blocked and speechless.

Old Lady Zhu was more sensible, nodded and said, "Thank you, Lord Prefect, we will definitely come up with a way as soon as possible." ”

Lu Zhifu's face softened slightly, "You guys can do it yourself." Then he turned and walked away.

Zhu Huazhang realized that he had upset the prefect just now, and hurriedly sent him off.

sent the person to the gate of the mansion, and the Lu Governor's Mansion did not look at him anymore, which made Zhu Huazhang's heart even more panicked.

The Zhu family was panicked, there were more and more people surrounded by the house, the noise and scolding were getting louder and louder, and the female dependents were hiding together and complaining in a low voice, and some were crying in fright. Men are not even allowed to go out of the door.

Before Mrs. Zhu could come up with a reliable solution, the Leng family and the Jiao family came again, and the two families had invested in the Zhu family's money village, but today they have invariably withdrawn their shares!

This is undoubtedly to draw a line with the Zhu family, and I don't want to be taken into the ditch by them.

Zhu Huazhang scolded his mother angrily, and the old lady Zhu listened to the noise, and directly drove Zhu Huazhang out of the bedroom.

Zhu Huazhang was depressed, and when he returned to the courtyard, he called Zhu Yanfeng and scolded him.

"You useless thing, what's the use of Lao Tzu raising you, if I knew that you were such an unconscious person, it would be better to drown you directly in the urinal!"

Zhu Yanfeng's face turned pale, and his back molars creaked.

Wen heard Zhu Huazhang's words clearly under the corridor, and rushed in and scratched Zhu Huazhang's face: "Let go of your mother's fart, it's useless for you, come back and get angry with your son, you want to drown him?" The old lady will kill you first! ”

Wen is beautiful and can be a man, this is the first time to show such a posture in front of Zhu Huazhang, Zhu Huazhang was angry, felt that Wen was extremely vulgar, pushed her away and walked away.

Wen wiped away a handful of tears angrily, and turned around to help his son to comfort: "Brother Feng, don't listen to their nonsense, there are few good birds in the old Zhu family, they are all a group of scum who turn the rudder when they see the wind!" In the past, when we were in the limelight, those people scolded us, but now when something happens, it's like this! Don't worry, after this incident, we will still live the same beautiful life as before. ”

Zhu Yanfeng nodded blankly, but his face had turned from white to blue, his body shook, and he fell backwards as soon as he rolled his eyes, making Wen cry in fright.

"Someone, someone, doctor!"