Mr. Yangui

Chapter 30
Mr. Han Guang really cared about the people, and took a series of measures to solve the problems of the victims who had been troubled for many days. He freed up many houses to accommodate the victims, distributed relief food every day, and encouraged big families to give porridge to save their lives. Accumulate merits and virtues extensively.

As a result, the problem of the victims of the disaster that had plagued Chang'an for many days finally did not develop in a worse direction.

Li Wuchang and Zhao Xun were naturally overjoyed.

After the two discussed it, they set up a stall, served porridge and steamed buns, and at the same time did their part without being ostentatious. Wang Changde and his wife showed great enthusiasm, sitting in the town every day, and even Xiao Xi came out help.

Naturally, there was no shortage of money. The two of them knocked Xue Laosi for a total of 13 taels of silver, plus four gold bricks. Although the price of food did not drop, it was more than enough to maintain a small stall.

"Is the silver ticket ready?" Zhao Xun handed a steamed bun and a bowl of porridge to a child, and secretly asked Li Wuchang who was beside him.

Li Wuchang smiled and said: "It works. We were lucky, we did it carefully enough, and we didn't leave any flaws. It's impossible for them to catch our little pigtails for a while, but recently I have to be a man with my tail between my legs. "

After thinking about it for a while, he continued: "The bank notes are up to you, just give me a few to use."

Li Wuchang is not very concerned about money, he has not been short of money recently, there is still a lot left from the 600 taels he earned last time.

Zhao Xun said with a smile, "You're really generous... If that's the case, then put it with me first, and see where it can be used later."

"By the way, it's almost Chinese New Year. I want to enter the fourth rank when the new year is approaching. I think I will go to practice with you in the past few days. By the way, I will study ghost shadow and body skills. I have a few good ideas recently. Unfortunately, I have never had a chance to use it." Li Wuchang talked about practicing Kungfu.

He is now at the middle level of the third rank. He has been nervous for the past few days, and his practice has not been so diligent, and his progress has been slow.

"Just buy you a big house, so you don't have to be so tied up when you practice martial arts." Zhao Xun suggested.

Li Wuchang thought about it, and thought it would be good to have a secret base, so he nodded and let Zhao Xun figure it out.

Zhao Xun said again: "Speaking of which, I haven't advanced for a long time. I have stayed at the elementary level of the sixth rank for a long time. My master said before that it's not that I'm not hardworking enough, it's that the opportunity has not come. When the time comes, I will naturally break through. It's too mysterious."

……

The plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and Li Wuchang's plan to practice hard in these few days was interrupted by the big housekeeper Ye Rong.

When Li Wuchang returned home, he was about to explain to his nanny when Butler Ye came and said that the master wanted to give him something so that he would not have to do nothing every day.

Li Wuchang was very surprised, his father never gave him any errands, today is really fresh, the Chinese New Year is only a few days away, so what can happen.

Steward Ye handed him a stack of bills and asked him to collect the debt.

It is not a good job to collect debts at the end of the year. Although Li Wuchang didn't want to go, he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to continue the task and casually asked Steward Ye why he let him go.

Steward Ye explained: "The master casually mentioned something for you to do, the fourth son. After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang suggested that you let the fourth son collect debts. The master agreed when he heard that it was good."

When Li Wuchang heard that it was Mrs. Zhang's attention, he guessed in his heart that there would be no good fruit for this trip, so he decided to call Zhao Xun to go with him at that time to deal with emergencies.

Debt collection, how can you do it without thugs.

After the chief steward left, Li Wuchang studied the list in his hand, and sure enough there was a problem.

The people in the list are all very famous, either Lao Lai or a down-and-out businessman, as well as orphans and widows of dead men, and even more weirdly, there are gang members.

This is obviously a debt bill specially collected at a low price.

The female relatives of the big families in Chang'an City have regular gatherings to exchange emotions, talk about various topics, new things, husbands and children, business matters, and of course debt problems.

Some people borrow money and encounter difficulties in collecting debts. At this time, they will transfer out the IOUs at a low price and let powerful families collect them to recover a little loss.

The Li family seldom did such things before, this time the Zhang family specially accepted some such orders in order to embarrass Li Wuchang.

"Hey, it's here again, can't you cook the soup well, why do you ask me to collect this kind of debt." Li Wuchang sighed in his heart.

Although he was dissatisfied, Li Wuchang decided to do this matter well, lest Mrs. Zhang make any troubles again.

The next day, I went to Zhao Xun to explain the situation, Zhao Xun was happy and said, "Forget it, I will be your thug for a while."

Li Wuchang's name, coupled with Zhao Xun's fist, no matter what kind of old Lai or a gang member, when seeing Li Wuchang, most of them flattered him again and again, and he happily returned the silver he owed.

Occasionally, there are a few particularly tough old Lai who don't want to show off Li Wuchang's face. At this time, it's Zhao Xun's turn to act. Then with a push, the table shattered into pieces, and then Zhao Xun squinted at those old Lai.

At this time, no matter how tough Lao Lai was, his legs were weak from fright.

Of course there are exceptions.

……

In the west of the city, there is a dispute going on in Chonghuafang near the city wall.

A group of people gathered around a mother and child pointing, all of them came to ask for debts.

The aunt's face was haggard, and she felt very helpless when she looked at the people around her asking for debts.

Her husband died, leaving behind a huge amount of debts. Every year, countless people come to ask for debts. The family has no property, so they can only rely on her to do small jobs to maintain their livelihood. The money they earn is not much, so naturally they have no ability. pay off debts.

This year, my son has practiced martial arts since he was young, in order to be able to participate in the martial arts conference one day, so as to gain a good background and honor his ancestors.

Although her son is very sensible and works to make money on weekdays, she doesn't want him to be distracted. Every time she knows that someone wants a debt, she sends him out, and then faces the difficulties of the creditors alone, begging them for more money. time.

Today, another group of people came to ask for debts. My son didn't go out and argued with them. Faced with those harsh words, my son was very angry and wanted to use force to teach them a lesson.

But creditors are not afraid.

"Boy, it's only right and proper to pay back the debt. Your dead ghost father owes me 50 taels... Look, there are black and white letters and pictures. If you dare to renege on the debt, if you still want to do it, come on, hit me, and see." Who will die first?" A middle-aged man held a list and looked at the angry young man in front of him with contempt.

Then a group of people joined in.

"That's right, debt repayment is a matter of course. Don't be afraid of him. If he dares to do something, we will report to the police. If he can fight again, I don't believe that he can be arrested by Mr. Du. Instead, he will be caught in the sky prison in the end." eat in jail."

"That's right, the father pays the debt, and today he was finally caught. Every time, his old lady came out. Hmph, aren't you ashamed, I have to give an explanation today."

"Yes, I have to give an explanation today, otherwise I will buy his old mother to a brothel to earn money to pay off the debt."

"Although the yard of his house is a bit broken, it should be worth some money."

"Hmph, that dead ghost father of his offended the lord, he deserves to die, and his family is considered lucky if he doesn't implicate his family. It's also a dream to participate in the Martial Arts Conference and become famous. As long as the lord says a word, he doesn't even have the qualifications to participate." .”

……

Hearing the people chattering around, the young man lowered his head, clenched his fists, and trembled all over, as if he was trying to endure. His mother pulled him aside and whispered in his ear, probably to persuade him not to be impulsive.

In the outermost circle of the crowd, Li Wuchang and Zhao Xun put their hands on their hips and frowned as they watched the scene.

"It seems that this is a person with a story. I think that kid seems to be a bit martial arts. Do you know who he is?" Li Wuchang stared at the young man and asked Zhao Xun softly.

"It's more than a little kung fu. His name is Jiang Minglun. This year, he is a famous young talent in Chang'an City. His martial arts are higher than mine, and he has reached the middle level of the sixth rank." Zhao Xun replied.

"So tall? He's almost at the level of the five sons of Chang'an. He's so young and has such a level. He should have a lot of background, right?" Li Wuchang asked doubtfully.

It stands to reason that a master of this level is either a teacher from a famous family or a successor trained by a major family. This will be so miserable, so many people are chasing debts, even myself has a share, 50 taels.

"The gossip, this Jiang Minglun's father used to be a guard of Jin Wang's mansion, a master among the masters. Later, he heard that he offended the prince, and was revoked by the prince. His legs were broken and he was expelled from the palace. Since then, he has become extremely depressed. I borrowed a lot of money to cure my legs, but it never got cured, and then I died in depression, leaving a couple of orphans and widows and a pile of debts." Zhao Xun said that he heard the gossip.

After finishing speaking, he sighed and continued: "Well, Jiang Minglun has been practicing martial arts with his father since he was young, so he has naturally made rapid progress. It stands to reason that many young masters like him should be recruited by many people, but because of the relationship between the prince, he is not only afraid to win him over. , and will look for opportunities to step on him. You see, most of these debt collectors want to flatter the prince, so they are so persistent."

Li Wuchang let out a groan, and said: "It's that Prince Jin, Lu Yuanfeng, who is known for his flirtatiousness, who usually does everything except good deeds?"

Zhao Xun nodded, and said in a low voice: "I heard that Jiang Minglun's father broke into the inner hall because he caught an assassin and accidentally saw a concubine in the palace taking a bath, which angered the prince... For many years, he never let him go For this pair of orphans and widows, some of the creditors are servants of the palace. The debts were specially collected by them, and the interest was set at a very high level. Are you making it clear that you want to kill them?"

After a pause, he continued: "Unexpectedly, your eldest wife also accepted one and asked you to go to this muddy water."

Li Wuchang replied casually: "It's only 50 taels, at worst, I'll put it on my own, what else can she do to me?" As he spoke, his eyes stared at the increasingly chaotic scene.

Sighing, he said again: "Do I have a disease of meddling, or I can't see their Lu family being so arrogant, so why do I want to help that kid?"

Zhao Xun chuckled and said, "That's fine."

After finishing speaking, he went out in front of the crowd, bowed his hands to Jiang Minglun, and said loudly: "Brother Jiang, do you still remember my younger brother, my younger brother Zhao Xun, I came to see you specially today."

The people around fell silent and looked at Zhao Xun puzzled.

Jiang Minglun was also taken aback, he didn't know what was going on, he didn't know Zhao Xun.

When everyone was puzzled, Zhao Xun took out a stack of bank notes, all in denominations of one hundred taels, and there were more than a dozen of them, and handed them to Jiang Minglun's mother, explaining: "Auntie, the junior Zhao Xun is Minglun Brother Minglun's good friend, brother Minglun has done me a great favor before, and there is no way to repay me, mere money is not a respect, and I hope my aunt will not dislike it."

Jiang Minglun's mother first looked at Zhao Xun in a daze, then looked down at the bank note in her hand, and then looked at her son, not knowing what to do.

Jiang Minglun squinted his eyes and glanced at Zhao Xun. He saw that Zhao Xun had a calm face and clear eyes. He didn't look like a bad guy. The other party might have heard his name and wanted to win him over, so he made such a show of favor.

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Minglun made up his mind to go through this test first, and then find a chance to repay Zhao Xun in the future. He nodded to Zhao Xun and said, "Brother Zhao, you are welcome."

Then he said to his mother: "Mother, this is indeed my friend. He gave you money, so just accept it, and just return it to these people. We will repay it later, brother."

His mother felt relieved, nodded, and said loudly to the creditors, "Come, come one by one, and settle all the debts today."

The Jiang family originally only owed less than 200 taels of silver, but after a few years, it has rolled over to more than 1000 taels. It can be seen how deceitful the interest is. Jiang Minglun did not argue, but paid all the silver taels, redeemed the IOU, and then let these Everyone go away.

Seeing everyone leaving in despair, the mother and son finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Only Xie's mother and son were left in the yard, as well as Li Wuchang and Zhao Xun.

Looking at Jiang Minglun who was looking at him vigilantly, Li Wuchang shrugged, waved at Zhao Xun, and said with a smile, "Let's go, Xiao Xi is still waiting for us to eat."

Zhao Xun cupped his hands towards Jiang Minglun, followed Li Wuchang's pace, and walked out of the courtyard.

Jiang Minglun was left with a stunned expression.

(End of this chapter)