The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 269

But although Shanyin County is good, not everyone can afford it.

If you want to walk around here, it is not enough if you don’t bring ten strings and eight strings with you; if you still want to invite friends to message here, then sorry, if you spend a hundred and ten strings, you may not even see a splash arrive.

Of course, if you just have some fun and have a specific goal, you can just bring a penny or two. After all, you can do what you can.

And because the daily flow of people in the county is increasing, and the flow of funds is increasing, and slowly another industry-usury has been born.

It was the night before New Year's Eve when Li Muyun heard about this industry.

At that time, he was playing blackjack with old Li Yuan in the place run by his family. As soon as he was about to win, he was attracted by a loud noise. When he turned his head, he found that there were three or five men surrounding him. A 'Xiao Shou', one of the men held a knife in his hand and slapped 'Xiao Shou' on the face: "Boy, it's only natural to pay back the debt, yesterday you borrowed fifty Wen from Boss Dong, and promised to pay you back today." Even the principal and interest are still seventy cents, and now the time is coming, where is your money?"

"I, I don't have any money now, can you give me a few more days." 'Xiao Shou' looked really scared, but he didn't dare to move, his head was sweating in a hurry, and his eyes kept looking around The onlookers were full of pleading looks, obviously hoping that someone would stand up and help him at this time.

But at this time, who is not related to himself? He didn't see that the man was holding a knife in his hand. What if he was accidentally stabbed?
But those men seemed to have heard some of the funniest jokes, Jie Jie said with a strange smile: "This is really a joke, you don't have money now, can you be rich in the future? Are you kidding me? Or are you old?" Be honest and obedient, send your sister to our boss, and maybe I can return you whole tomorrow, otherwise I will wait for the fathers to use tricks on you... ".

But before the rascally man finished speaking, someone had already slapped the table: "How unreasonable! There are such shameless people in the world, I am really mad!"

"Hehe, old thing, whose door is not closed properly, and you, an old dog, ran out..."

"Shut up!" Before the man finished speaking, a woman with two swords had already stood up: "Who are you guys, and who is that Boss Dong, tell me!"

"Hey, another nosy one, and he's still a baby." The rogue-like man turned his head, looked the woman up and down a few times, then turned to the others and said, "This time we brothers are If you are lucky, maybe you can kill two birds with one stone."

"Two birds with one stone?" Li Muyun finally couldn't stand it anymore, pushed the table and got up to the side of the woman with the sword: "Just relying on you few scumbags?"

I wish Li Muyun didn't want to care about this matter, but now that old Li Yuan and Gongsun Lan have already spoken, it would be inappropriate for him not to come forward.

But he didn't come out because of the 'Xiao Shou' just now, there are many people like 'Xiao Shou' these days, and he should learn some lessons for borrowing usury for gambling.

This is not to say that Li Muyun is cold-blooded, in fact, if those rascals hadn't mentioned that 'Xiao Shou' sister just now, even Li Yuan and Gongsun Lan would not have intervened in this matter.

"What's the matter today? There are quite a lot of nosy people, okay, I admit it today, you have a lot of people, but..." The man said as he glanced at 'Xiao Shou': "But you boy wait , even if you escaped today, you can’t escape tomorrow, next time you meet Lao Tzu, you must look good to me!” After saying that, he wanted to take someone away.

But obviously, he was thinking a little too much. Just as he lifted his legs and was about to leave, several people stopped them again, and at the same time Li Muyun's voice came: "Who agrees to let you go?"

"Boy, I advise you to be more sensible. If you touch me, my boss will definitely not let you go." Seeing that there was no hope of leaving, the man couldn't help pulling out his knife again, and growled sternly.

At the same time, that 'Xiao Shou' stood up timidly, cupped his hands and said: "Hey, I am grateful for the help of a few strong men, but, but they are all members of the Qingjiao Society. Don't do it for Xiao Ke..."

"What is Qingjiao?" Li Muyun interrupted 'Xiao Shou' with a wave of his hand, glanced at those men, and then said: "Why did you borrow money from them? Is it just to come here? gamble?"

"No, no, no, I..." 'Xiao Shou' waved his hands again and again: "Strong man, what Xiao Ke read is the book of sages, if it wasn't really helpless, I wouldn't come here to gamble."

These words sounded fresh, Li Muyun showed a shameless expression and asked: "No way? Is there any way to gamble?"

"A strong man doesn't know something. Xiao Ke and his younger sister have been dependent on each other since childhood. In order to support me in studying, my younger sister has to do several jobs every day, just to let me get a good name in the imperial examination."

"But I don't want the sky to go against people's wishes. Just a few days ago, my little sister got a few colds because of an accident. It's a pity that I am an imposing five-foot man but I have no strength to restrain a chicken. Seeing my sister seriously ill, there is nothing I can do. "

Seeing how pitiful Xiao Shou said, Gongsun Lan's stern face, who was standing with her sword behind her back, softened slightly, and asked in a deep voice, "Then why did you appear here?"

"I..." 'Xiao Shou' groaned for a while, and then said after a while: "In order to see a doctor for my sister, I borrowed a usury loan from them, but you also know that borrowing money from them will never be repaid. Rolling donkey rolling. After I borrowed money to help my sister see a doctor and get medicine, there was not much money left, and it was not enough to pay back the money..."

"So you thought of gambling? You want to gamble for a while. If you can win the money, the loan shark you borrowed will naturally be repaid, right?" Li Muyun couldn't continue when he saw that the 'Little Shou' was halfway through. , then continued his words.

"Yes, yes! But I didn't expect, I, I really don't know how to gamble, and I couldn't understand it after looking at it for a long time, and then they found me and forced me to pay back the money."

Speaking of which, basically the whole thing has come to light, Li Muyun and Gongsun Lan looked at each other, looked at the men standing beside them with indifferent faces, and then beckoned to a clerk in a gambling shop not far away. wave.

"Master Shaozhai, what are your orders?" The man ran over a few steps and said cautiously.

"Go and give them seventy coins, and let them disappear from here immediately."

"No!" After listening to Li Muyun's words, the clerk was slightly taken aback, but quickly agreed and ran away.

Not long after, the man came back, and with a small bag in his hand, he came to several men from the Qingjiao Society: "This is the money my young village head paid for that kid. After taking it, leave immediately. You are not welcome here."

"Hey, you guys are acquainted." The naughty man smiled, took the purse and weighed it in his hand, then looked back at the 'Little Shou': "Your life is good, you met a nobleman, But our business is not over, go home and let your sister take care of you, maybe after a few days, I will take care of you."

"You..." 'Xiao Shou' thought that the matter would be over like this, but he didn't expect to be threatened in the end, and he almost wanted to fight it desperately in a moment of excitement.

However, Li Muyun stopped him at this time, and gave those men a faint look: "There is no way to make good or bad luck, and people can only recruit themselves. Go back and inform the boss Dong of your family, saying that I will definitely come to the door someday. visit."

"Then you have to ask the family to prepare some more money for you, otherwise I'm afraid you will go in with your life and come out with your life! Let's go!" After saying that, he waved his hands to his subordinates and walked out of the casino.

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Seeing those men leaving, 'Xiao Shou' came to Li Muyun and the others with a worried look on his face, and said after bowing: "The kindness of saving the lives of the heroes and heroines is nothing to repay. Opportunity should be a grass-bit ring, and it will do the work of a few dogs."

"Forget it, you'd better go back and take care of your sister. I'll ask the cabinet to give you a hundred pennies in a while. You should see a doctor or you should see a doctor. When you have a chance in the future, you still remember this, and you can pay back the money again." " Li Muyun smiled and shook his head, he didn't expect this 'Little Shou' to repay him anything, he didn't even ask his name.

But that 'Xiao Shou' obviously felt a little guilty, hesitated for a long time before slowly saying: "Speaking of which, Xiao Ke shouldn't be favored by you anymore, but now Xiao Ke really has nothing to do. Xiao Ke will definitely repay, and I hope that several strong men will tell you their names, and Xiao Ke will remember it in his heart when he goes back to Ding'an."

"Hey, I said you are not finished? Do you think he is short of a hundred yuan? Hurry up, hurry up, go home and take care of your sister." Gongsun Lan finally couldn't stand this guy With a grinning look, he couldn't help turning his face and saying.

"Uh..." 'Xiao Shou' was robbed by Gongsun Lan, and he was stunned for a long time before slowly saying: "Xiao, Xiaoke's name is Li Yifu. If the strong men want to find Xiaoke, they can go..."

"Let's go quickly, if you don't go, those bad guys will go to your house to arrest your sister." Seeing that he was still moaning, Gongsun Lan couldn't help but glared at him and said.

Now, Gongsun Lan should have touched the 'Xiao Shou', oh no, it should be called Li Yifu's sore spot.

Seeing that this guy didn't grind anymore, after a hasty salute, he left the casino like flying.

But until this time, the people who were watching the hot spots around saw that there was nothing exciting to watch, so they turned away one by one, only Li Muyun and his party stayed where they were.

(End of this chapter)