dark moon

Chapter 56 Delinquency
"Not being able to prevent my Lord from being humiliated is the greatest shame for the Guardian Priest. Even if you die ten thousand times, you can't wash it away." As Lisa sobbed, Shuer, who was dressed in black robes, slowly walked into the reception room with a gloomy face. , "Only by removing you sinners who have blasphemed our Lord, can we make up for one ten thousandth of my crime."

"Brother!" There were still crystal tears on her face, and infinite joy filled the girl's heart. Her brother is back, it's her brother who is back!No longer caring about crying, Lisa jumped off the chair, ran to Shuer as fast as she could, opened her arms, and showed a bright smile with tears.

"Lisa has grown up and I can't hold her anymore." Xiure gently hugged the girl's light and soft body, kissed her delicate forehead gently, then held her shoulders, looked up and down, and nodded. , "Well done, well handled."

"Really?" The girl's eyes were shining brightly, and she looked up at her brother's dusty face.Because he was worried about me, he returned from Shuangshan City in one day and two nights. It took three days and three nights for ordinary people. It must have been very hard for my brother. But why am I so happy?Even hearing my brother's praise made me feel happier than usual.

At this time, the girl had completely lost the embarrassment she had when she was so frightened that she cried. A few minutes ago, she huddled on the chair and cried like a little rabbit, as if she was just pretending.

It's not the same, it's just an act.

"Of course, you did a good job, especially the sentence "I still have three silver coins," which is simply a sublimation of the artistic conception." He praised his sister in front of a group of people without any concern for the identity of those people's creditors. "As soon as these words came out, It's equivalent to an eviction order. No matter how tough they are, as long as they want to live and run a normal business in the future, they have no choice but to leave."

"The only flaw is that you can cry a little more reservedly and express fear a little more intensely. Yes, yes, that's the expression. This way you can arouse their guilt to the maximum extent."

No one interrupted Shur, but everyone had a strange expression, including Sister Talina who followed him. Looking at Shur's expression, they worshiped him like a god. Well, they worshiped his shamelessness.

"However, although your method is very good, there is a small problem." Holding Lisa's soft little hand, Shuer said in a low voice, "It can only be delayed for a while. When the limelight passes, they will come back and continue. If you want to get rid of them completely, you have to use other methods."

Lisa listened very seriously, like a studious student. Although the knowledge she learned made Tarina want to hit someone after hearing it, Mr. Xiu Er is good at everything, but sometimes he is too unlike a clergyman.

"If you want to renege on your debts, no, no, what are you talking about? If you want to deal with creditors, you have to adapt to the situation. Like the current situation, um, there are 21 people, there are many people, and they are all different. Do you want to get rid of them all at once? It's possible, so we need to treat them differently and defeat them one by one. Look carefully, how many camps are these 21 creditors divided into?"

"Four." Apparently the smartest Lady Lisa had thought about it a long time ago, and gave the answer immediately.

"Actually, there are five, but there is nothing wrong with treating it as four." Xiuer raised the corners of his mouth with a half-smile, not shying away at all. In front of the creditor, he taught his sister how to fool the creditor, "If you want to delay the debt, pretend to be poor. Pity is the most basic trick, and its effectiveness is not very high. In addition to your kind of showing pity to the extreme, there are many other ways to really work. For example, to deal with the simplest enemies, how many of them are there? indivual."

What Shuer was referring to was the people who had just competed head-on with Lisa. Their luxurious clothes showed that they were very rich, but they liked to show their wealth on the table. They were too exposed and not calm enough. They were typical middle-level businessmen, and at least Second generation.

Indeed, these people are all well-known businessmen in the Rose City. Their parents and even their ancestors started as small merchants. During the difficult period of the temple, they owed a lot of materials on credit and provided some loans. By their generation, although they have not There was no contact, but the debt remained.

"They are tougher, but in fact they are trying to hide their inner weakness. These people who do not have the support of strength and power, and do not have enough money to level the gap, if you are tougher than them, they will be afraid, for example, so."

While teaching his sister the truth, he approached those people with a half-smile. The bearded one seemed to be the most courageous one. He swallowed hard and mustered up the courage to say: "Shur, I, I warn you not to mess around. , I have your IOU in my hand, no matter where I go to judge, you should pay back the money."

As he spoke, he held up the ancient IOU in his hand, as if to embolden himself.

"The contract, right? I happen to have one here too." With a sneer, Xiure said with his hands behind his back, "Three years ago, each of you and I signed a supplementary agreement. I paid a premium of 15.00% of the original arrears. In exchange for the right to repay in installments, you can repay a fixed amount of debt every month until it is completely settled, right?"

"Uh..." A few people could only nod. This was also notarized at the Contract Temple.

"And in order to make you feel at ease, it is specifically stated in the penalty clause. If you violate the agreement, you will need to add a penalty of five thousand gold coins, and the debts will be combined and settled at once. But fortunately, I can make the monthly repayments. Um, it’s done, right?”

"But you seem to have forgotten one thing. This punishment clause is not only effective for me, but also for you."

"After signing the supplementary agreement, you are no longer qualified to ask us to pay off the debt at once, otherwise it will be a violation of the contract."

Several people's faces turned pale for a while. Indeed, they happily agreed to the supplementary agreement, and they were also secretly happy because of the penalty clause that Xiuer took the initiative to indicate. Because on the surface there was no responsibility that they needed to pay, they completely ignored it. I am also covered by the penalty clause.

It wasn't until Xiure said it that they realized that this guy had been guarding against today's situation since three years ago.

"You guys are quite courageous. After signing the supplementary agreement, you actually dare to come to bully my Lisa. She was scared to tears. I think we are really going to the Contract Temple." "Wait, isn't she Are you pretending to cry on purpose? Look, everything seems fine now."

"Really? Lisa..."

"Wow~~~"

"Look, what's wrong? You still want to shirk responsibility. Let's go. Let's see you at the Contract Temple."

"Don't leave? It's okay if you don't want to. The two-month repayment, everyone, will be delivered tomorrow, and today's incident will be treated as if it didn't happen. If you don't see the money before [-]:[-] noon tomorrow...hehehehe."

As a result, the largest group of people were kicked out of the reception room with their heads down and their hearts filled with regret.

"A few uncles and aunts." After extorting the bastard who dared to yell at Lisa, Shuer's mood was obviously better. A holy smile appeared on his face again. He walked to the second wave of people and pulled up a group of people. An old woman's hand, a palm glowing with holy light, was placed on the old woman's head, and the holy power washed her old body. "We haven't seen each other for a few months. How are you all?"

These people were dressed in ordinary clothes and were typical civilians, and they were quite familiar with people from the church.They are the owners or craftsmen of some small shops in the city, such as grocery stores, food stores, tailors, stonemasons, etc. In recent decades, the necessities purchased by the church have all been bought from them. , also owed a lot of debt.

For these elderly people who have a close relationship with the church, Shuer will certainly not be as unreasonable as before. He will behave like a pure clergyman and greet each elderly person diligently.

"Aunt Mary, long time no see. Have you received the herbs I asked little Jack to bring you a few days ago? The weather is getting colder. Now start using those herbs to warm your knees. This winter will not be so difficult."

"Mr. Andor, is your headache better? You must be obedient and stop drinking so much. I also want to invite you to Lisa's coming-of-age ceremony. You must take care of yourself."

"Boss Seren, congratulations. My daughter is finally getting married. Now I can finally rest assured. Do you still like my gift? Hahaha, it doesn't matter. I copied it by hand. It's not troublesome at all."

He was very familiar with everyone, and no one was left out. It was not until he greeted the last person that Xiuer said seriously: "You don't have to feel embarrassed, we don't have the idea of ​​​​blaming anyone at all."

"Normally, everyone knows that we are in difficulty, so they are willing to tolerate us. Now that we have money, of course we should come and ask for it. This is a normal idea, and I fully understand it."

"However, in the name of the goddess, I swear to everyone that it is said that we are going to sell the territory belonging to the gods. That is completely a rumor. As believers of my lord, we dare not and cannot sell the territory that belongs to my lord."

"I'm sorry to disappoint everyone. We really can't repay the debt now, but I promise you that I will try my best to pay off the money owed to you as soon as possible. If you treat me and Lisa, and the goddess If we still have a little bit of confidence, please give us more time, we won’t let you down.”

At this point, the shopkeepers who were already relatively close to each other had nothing to say, not to mention that each of them had actually signed similar supplementary terms. Xiuer did not treat them like he did to those few people just now, and he was already very generous. Since they were saving face, they were naturally embarrassed to continue pestering, so they could only leave with guilt.

"These are the two people below. Haha, please go back." What Xiuer faced was the third wave, which was also the smallest wave of people. There were only two people, ordinary clothes, ordinary appearances, completely different. No identity revealed.

The two of them just sighed, turned around and left obediently without saying a word. They didn't even say a word from the beginning to the end.

"They are the best to deal with." Shuer shrugged, with an expression that he had expected.

"Why?" Lisa looked at Xiure with admiration. Her brother was indeed omnipotent.

"They specialize in lending money. We just came here to take a look. Maybe if we get hot-headed, we might ask them to borrow loan sharks at usurious rates? Now we find that there is definitely no chance, so of course we have no choice but to leave."

"Phew, now we have solved all the easy ones, and almost defeated each one. The remaining ones are the most difficult ones."

(End of this chapter)