Chapter 315: Hitting the Iron Plate (asking for monthly tickets)
Ziying was satisfied and shifted his attention from Lu Zhi to the food on the table.
The two sat under the shadow of the bamboo and shared the banquet.
The dishes on the table were very simple. Perhaps it was easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Zhao Yuanxi felt that the corn rice tasted average, and the stewed meat was just a simple stewed meat. It tasted dry and sticky and was very sticky to the teeth.
Ziying stopped after eating a few bites, looking at his grandmother pitifully. His mouth was full of blood, which scared Zhao Yuanxi. After a closer look, he found that the meat almost knocked out Ziying's front teeth, which had been shaky for some time.
Zhao Yuanxi carefully removed the tooth. Ziying came over, looked at the bloody tooth, opened his mouth and was about to cry, but when he thought about his missing front teeth, he could only cover his mouth and cry.
"It's your front teeth that fell out. You can take them home and throw them under your bed."
"Why do you have to endure it under the bed?"
The leaky voice was really cute. "I heard that this way Ziying will grow up quickly."
Hearing that it could grow up quickly, Ziying immediately hid the front tooth in the small bag he carried with him, and said very seriously, "Then I'll throw it away when I get back."
The small disturbance in the corner did not attract the attention of anyone except the person next to him who could not help but smile knowingly.
The banquet reached its climax as the host raised his glass to express his gratitude to everyone.
But the sudden sounds of smashing and smashing outside the door broke the peaceful and joyful atmosphere.
Everyone looked over and saw that the vermilion lacquered door had been kicked open from the outside. A dozen burly men rushed in with wooden clubs in their hands. One of them overturned the low table in front of the guest closest to him, snatched the wine jug from the person next to him, stuffed a piece of fatty meat into his mouth, and ate until his mouth was full of grease. "Old Man Lu, you have money to host the banquet, but no money to pay for it. What do you mean?"
The big man's voice was like a broken gong, making people's ears buzz. The women around him were scared and ran away quickly. Even the guests present stood up, fearing that they would be hit by the big man.
Lu Gong's face turned pale. He forced himself to stand in front of the big man and said with a bow, "I don't know when I owed you money."
"You don't owe me money? Have you forgotten that you only paid ten gold bars for the land you bought not long ago? That land is worth twenty gold bars, and you paid ten less. Are you going to deny it now?"
The big man was furious. He had been eyeing that piece of land for a long time and could have bought it for only five ingots of gold. However, this old man Lu appeared out of nowhere and swallowed up what he was about to swallow. How could he be willing to accept this? Taking advantage of the Lu family's wedding, he wanted to let this old man Lu see who was the boss here.
Don't think that you can act arrogantly in Shanfu County just because you have a little fame and make some friends. The eldest son of Shanfu County is the county magistrate, and the second in command is the county lieutenant. They are all members of his family. It is not the Lu family's turn to act arrogantly here!
When he heard that they came for that land, Lu Gong felt something was wrong. He was greedy for a small profit at that time and spent ten gold coins to buy a large piece of land. Later, he heard that the land was what the county magistrate liked, and he was quite uneasy. But he didn't see any movement from the county magistrate for so many days, and thought that the matter was over. He didn't expect that he was waiting for him here.
Lu Gong looked grim. It would be too humiliating if he was forced into a desperate situation by this reckless man in front of so many guests. But he couldn't defeat him by force, so he was caught in a dilemma for a while.
Lu Gong could tolerate it, but Lu Zhi couldn't. "My father bought that land with his own money. The money and the goods have been paid. What does it have to do with you?"
"Little girl, that's not what I meant. If Old Man Lu hadn't snatched the things I had already reserved, would he have made ten gold bars for nothing? I came to ask him for money, what's the problem?"
The big man looked Lu Zhi up and down with lustful eyes, and the fat on his face wrinkled into a ball. "However, if your father is willing to marry you to me, I can forgive the past and consider this money as your betrothal gift. How about it?"
Lu Zhi was so angry that her face turned blue. She was about to call him shameless, but was grabbed by Lu Gong.
"I can't come up with this money right now. Can you give me a few days to collect the money and send it to the strong man's house?"
"Wait? Do you think I'm here to wait? In other words, pay up, or no one will have a good day today!"
"Who are you going to make life difficult for?" Zhao Yuanxi stood up from under the bamboo shade, walked slowly to Lu Zhi's side, and looked at the big man with cold eyes.
"Who are you?"
"I also want to ask who you are. Under the rule of the Qin Dynasty, someone dares to come here in broad daylight to extort money."
The big man met her eyes, feeling a little apprehensive. But when he thought about the fact that no one Old Man Lu knew could surpass his uncle, he couldn't help but feel relieved. "I don't care who you are. If you know what's good for you, get out of my way, or I'll beat you up too!"
Zhao Yuanxi simply said, "Come here, take them all away."
The big man was startled and looked around. Seeing no one was around, he couldn't help but laugh, "Who are you trying to scare? I'm not afraid of being scared. Come on, brothers, let this bitch see how powerful I am!"
The next second, the orderly sound of footsteps startled people, and they looked towards the door involuntarily. They saw a team of Qin soldiers in heavy armor rushing in from outside the yard, surrounding everyone, and the big men who were causing trouble were pressed directly to the ground.
"Let me see how powerful you are? How do you want me to see it?" Zhao Yuanxi asked with a smile, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
The big man didn't realize that he had hit a wall, and he quickly begged for mercy, "I was blind and didn't recognize a great man. Please forgive me! Please forgive me!"
Zhao Yuanxi only asked, "Does Lu Gong owe you money?"
The big man quickly shook his head, "No, no, that girl is right, the payment of money and goods has nothing to do with me!"
"But you owe Lu Gong money!"
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"What?! Don't you have to pay for the things you smashed and the emotional damage these guests suffered?"
The big man didn't know what mental damage meant. Judging from what he heard, he probably had to pay compensation for scaring these people. But he didn't have that much money, so he could only beg for mercy, "Sir, I can pay for the food and drinks, but the mental damage compensation, this -"
"At least three servings of tranquilizing soup per person. If you don't acknowledge it, then I'll add mine..."
"I admit it, I admit it, I'll go back and raise the money right away!"
"Someone, send him back to get the money."
The big man originally wanted to find an excuse to run away, but now it is unlikely that he can run away. He can only go back and get the compensation money.
"Empress Dowager, are we just going to let this matter go?"
"Of course not. He must pay the money he deserves, but he can't escape the fine he deserves. I'll have the magistrate of Shanfu County come and handle this matter himself."
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