Chapter 20 Reckoning

In the world, everyone owes debts, but some people owe less debts, some people owe more debts, some people owe money debts, and some people owe human debts. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Under the urging of the chief of the exploration path, we followed Brother Zhenmin to Yehugou overnight, but unexpectedly met the creditor on the top of the ancient temple slope, and the debt that Brother Zhenmin wanted to repay was twenty years of interest, and the pony held his breath, not knowing what debt he wanted to repay?

The black-faced tent read: "Ma Jianmin borrowed half a catty of gold bars, and promised to repay it with his soul and his son's half-life happiness, and now he has a total of one and a half lives with interest!" ”

The waiter looked at the pony, he was stunned, he didn't expect that his father had only borrowed half a pound of gold from the tomb owner, and now he needed to take a half-human life. He hurriedly looked at the Explorer and asked for his opinion.

But the head of the Hidden Dao turned a blind eye, and the servant asked the pet: "Ma Chenguang, will your father's debt be returned now?" ”

The old horse had a car accident and only had half a life left, and if he had to pay off his debts, he was afraid that the pony's life would be on the line.

The old Taoist priest asked unhurriedly: "These descendants are still young, please let the Ghost Emperor think about it first!" ”

This red-haired pet-a-waiting pet is actually the Ghost Emperor? What is the title of the Ghost Emperor?

I had to worry about my fate, and the old Taoist priest continued to ask: "His Royal Highness the Ghost Emperor, now tell me about the debt owed by Xue Changqing, right?" ”

The waiter looked at me and motioned to the account room to read out the debt that my grandfather had borrowed.

"Xue Changqing, Geng Shennian led the crowd to break into the tomb of His Royal Highness the Ghost Emperor, originally wanted to steal the treasure, but was trapped by the agency, so he left the money, and wanted to return empty-handed, and when he met His Royal Highness, he asked His Highness to borrow three generations of powerful people from his children and grandchildren, and repay them with his own and his children's lives, and the interest was the lives of his children and grandchildren!"

I was surprised when I heard this, and although I didn't know much about classical Chinese, I still understood the meaning of the tent.

My grandfather would rather give up his life and that of a child for the sake of three generations of magnates, but the interest was at the cost of the life of a child and grandchildren.

I don't know my grandfather, but I know my uncles and aunts, and there are three generations of children and grandchildren, except for the son who died young, the rest are all intact and alive and well.

Mr. Ledger continued to read: "As Xue Changsong's grandson, do you want to pay off your grandfather's debts?" ”

I dared to ask, "How do you pay it back?" ”

The old Taoist priest wants to stop it, but the debt I owe should be the lightest, and I should not be afraid.

The servant replied: "Your grandfather's debt has been repaid half of the principal, and all the interest, and half of the principal is left, and one of his six children should be killed, but if you want to pay it back, you can discount it." ”

I didn't expect that I could get a discount to repay my debts, so I didn't need to pay my life, so I hurriedly asked: "Then how much should I repay?" ”

The Tent reads: "You have to pay the debt of twenty years, will you pay it now, or will you pay it back in the last twenty years of your life?" ”

I understand that the latter way of repayment is to reduce my life for 20 years to repay the debt owed by my grandfather, but how can I pay it back now?

The servant explained: "If you want to pay it back now, then you have to stay here and do hard work for the deity for twenty years, and then return to the yang and continue to live!" ”

The woman in red next to Mr. Tent looked at me with admiration.

This is a bit unbelievable, but the other party is not very demanding, and when I was about to promise to repay the last twenty years of my life, the old Taoist priest said: "Thank you Ghost Emperor for your kindness, let them think about it, we will give His Highness an answer soon!" ”

The servant pet agreed, and the old Taoist priest immediately signaled us to withdraw from the main hall first, and began to discuss in the temple. Pony immediately asked, "What should I do, Chief?" I don't want to stay here! ”

The old Taoist priest hurriedly motioned to him to whisper, and Brother Zhenmin asked in a low voice: "Can we repay it in other ways, isn't this clearly asking us to lose our lives?" ”

At the beginning, my grandfather and the father of these two companions used their own lives as collateral in exchange for the wealth and power of their children and grandchildren, and it was understandable in the era when human life was cheaper than grass, and some people even couldn't ask for it, but now, who is willing to give up a good life, is the money we have earned in 20 years not enough to be worth eight taels of gold?

According to the price of gold at the end of 1980, 1 ounce cost 2,300 yuan, which is equivalent to one tael in the old days. Twenty years ago, in 1980, my grandfather used the old weights and measures, and 1 ounce was converted into 31.103481 grams. Eight taels of gold is 18,400 yuan, which is a huge amount of money, according to my grandfather's one dollar a day in Xitui Commune, it is 30 yuan a month, and it is only 360 yuan for a year of non-stop work, and it is not enough for my grandfather to do it for half a century.

If my current salary is $2,000 a month, the price of gold now (in 2000) is $100 per gram. One tael is equal to 30.125 grams, and the old weights and measures are still used here, but I am afraid that this ghost emperor has also been settling accounts according to his weights and measures. Eight taels is equal to 3012.5 * 8 is equal to 24100 grams, and then multiplied by 100 yuan is equal to 24100 yuan, divided by 2000 yuan of monthly salary, I only need more than a year to earn back, if I change to Xiaoma and Zhenmin Brother their sports car, the monthly income will be higher, and it will not take a year to earn back half a catty of gold.

I was quickly calculating in my heart, Xiaoma and Brother Zhenmin were not idle, in short, we came to a conclusion, that is, it is not cost-effective to repay eight taels of gold in our twenty years, not including the life that has been repaid.

We young people looked at the old Taoist priest together and asked for his advice.

The old guy responded calmly: "Wait a minute, when you see the Ghost Emperor, don't talk much, listen to my arrangement!" ”

"Ghost Emperor?" Brother Zhenmin asked.

The old Taoist priest explained: "The creditor inside guards the door with a city god, and is also equipped with a tent and a female ghost, which shows that his position in the underworld is not low, just now I heard the female ghost messenger call him the ghost emperor, this ghost emperor has a higher status than the ghost king, and it is the ghost of the person who killed the most evil in his life. This servant must be Wang Shichong, the king of Zheng at the end of the Sui Dynasty, whose surname is Zhi, a Hu person from the Western Regions, and his red curly hair is the most obvious sign of Wang Shichong. ”

The pony didn't understand history, so he said, "Dao Chief, what do you think we should do?" We all listen to you! ”

Brother Zhenmin's knowledge of history is only limited to TV series and movies, and I still know something about Wang Shichong, who is extremely fierce and vicious, and once ordered his soldiers to slaughter the city and use the flesh of the people as military food.

The old Taoist priest held his breath and motioned for all of us to remain silent, and he himself whispered: "We protest that the other party's asking price is too high, and unanimously demand that the other party give a discount, and it is better to repay it in gold. ”

The pony was about to speak, but the old Taoist priest held his mouth down.

Brother Zhenmin said in a low voice: "But we came in a hurry this time, and we didn't bring gold?" ”

The old Taoist priest unbuttoned his black fur coat and revealed his close-fitting leather bag, which was full of yellow gold bars.

I asked, "What if the other party refuses to agree?" ”

The old guy hurriedly wrapped his fur coat tightly again, and whispered: "You must understand, we are a gang, as long as you keep silent, I will bargain with him, and you must have a bottom in your heart, my bottom line is a pound of gold a year, otherwise I will not be able to repay you even if I am bankrupt!" ”

One pound of gold a year, I need twenty pounds alone, plus Brother Zhenmin and Pony's, I'm afraid that one hundred pounds may not be enough, how much gold did this old Taoist priest bring?