Chapter 37
Li's face was pale, and his body trembled, and he was about to fall backwards.Xu Jiatong quickly supported her, turned around and called Xue Xin, only to remember that Xue Xin had just gone to see off Mrs. Zheng.

Xu Jiatong supported Li Shi to sit down, while stroking her back to comfort her, he said in her ear: "The old lady can't fall down, now I have to rely on you to support her."

Yes, now is not the time to fall down, Li Shiqiang stood up vigorously, gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't you let him kowtow to Master Fang?"

The servants trembled in fright just now, when Li Shi roared, they quickly grabbed a rag to cover Xu Lianping's mouth, forced him to push him down the seat, and pressed his head.Xu Lianping was still struggling, and the servants also gritted their teeth, pushing his head and hitting the ground.

"Master Fang, are you satisfied now?" Li's heart ached to the extreme, Xu Lianping was her grandson after all, how could she not feel distressed.

"It's made up, and there is this money. My sister paid 5000 taels, including the interest over the years, and the compensation I want to give to the county magistrate. Hurry up, 10 taels." Fang Rui's voice was relaxed, It seems that it is not 10 taels, but only ten taels.

"10 taels? Master Fang, is this too much?" Xu Jiatong asked.

Mrs. Cao did some calculations, and it would be pretty good to have more than 10 taels left over from the remaining assets that Sanfang had been greedy and squandered over the years. [-] taels, unless Xu Xiaozu can post money, it is just a dream.

Even Xu Xiaozu would not be quick to give money, and being with the king is like being with a tiger, so why should the family property he beat up with his head be used to pay off the debts caused by the unfilial son of the third house.

Li Shi also said: "Master Fang, don't bully people too much. Lian Ping is at fault, but 10 taels is not a small sum..."

"Then see the official. Xu Lianping will go to jail for seducing a girl from a good family. And the second master of your family is an official and wants to be an official. Madam, do the math, is this worthwhile? 10 Ten thousand taels, it's really fair." Fang Rui interrupted.

"Old lady, the Fang family's most important thing is money, Master Fang may have something to say later." Xu Jiatong whispered.

Mrs. Li woke up and asked: "This is really not a small number. If Master Fang still cares about the friendship between the two families, he will give you a way to go."

Fang Rui glanced at Xu Jiatong and said with a smile: "The old lady has a sensible person by her side, so I don't need to give so much money, 5 taels is enough. As for the remaining 5 taels, I want your Xu family to do something for me .”

"This... If it violates the law and harms our descendants, our Xu family will never agree." Mrs. Li said seriously.

"I'm not interested in anything that violates the law. What I want is... I want Xu Lianping to be my Fang family's son-in-law and my sister's husband. Go to the Western Capital to find an official, and you will have children and grandchildren in the future, who will be scholars and officials for generations." Fang Rui didn't even glance at Xu Lianping when he spoke.

"What?" Li Shi was far more surprised than Cai Cai at this moment, her voice trembled, and her tongue was knotted, "Master Fang, we are not good enough for Lingmei, didn't you just say that he is unbearable, and you want to marry him?" Going to see the official? This... this... also became too fast."

Fang Rui chuckled: "That's right, Xu Lianping is very unbearable. I have known him for nearly twenty years, and I find him more and more disgusting. When something like this happened, I wish I could cut him into pieces. But, I just When you think about it, the second master of your Xu family is an official in the court and even conferred the title of marquis, and the fourth and fifth girls have a bright future... If our Fang family can get married with you, we will have a chance to change the family."

Li's life has been ups and downs, and many things have been seen clearly, unlike Zheng's high hopes for Xu Lianping.But she never thought of letting Xu Lianping marry a merchant's daughter.

"Could it be that all of this was arranged by Lord Fang?" No matter how he looked at it, Mrs. Li felt that all of this was a trap.

Fang Rui sighed, angrily and amusedly said: "If the old lady doesn't believe me, Fang Rui, or my Fang family, just report to the officials and sue me for blackmail."

If you sue, it will cause a commotion to the whole city, and if not done well, it will affect Xu Xiaozu's reputation and future, and Xu's family will lose face in Kunshan.

Now that it is a fact, they have to admit it, and if it can be arranged, they also have to admit it.A strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake. In Kunshan, if he wants to compete with the Fang family on the bright side, even Xu Xiaozu has to think about it.

Mrs. Li coughed a few times in embarrassment, and said with a wry smile: "My second master is just an idle official in the court. Given the current status of the Fang family, why must we choose our Xu family?"

Xu Lianping, who was gagged, kept whining, rolling all over the floor with his belly up and kicking his legs, trying to break free from the restraints of the people.

Fang Rui glanced at him and said, "Who made him provoke my sister? For the reputation of my sister and the Fang family, I have no choice but to choose your Xu family. Besides, since you are the ones who are wronged first, you will never wrong my sister." As a concubine, no matter what, you have to show some sincerity, and use the title of wife as wife as compensation. In the future, my sister will not have to suffer, as long as you offer her as a Bodhisattva, I can guarantee that your benefits will be indispensable. "

Indeed, Fang Xinniang's marriage to the county magistrate's mansion was nothing more than being a concubine for a lame man.Although it is not impossible for her to marry into an official's family as the main wife, it just needs opportunity and time. Fang Xinniang is not young, and if she is not careful, she will become an old girl, which is too scheming.

The selfish excuse between Xu Lianping and Fang Xinniang just gave the Fang family such a direct and appropriate opportunity.In the future, even if the Xu family is more prosperous in the western capital, the roots of the Xu family will still be in Kunshan. As long as they are in Kunshan, they will not be able to escape the control of the Fang family. Bodhisattva" is not an exaggeration.

Mrs. Li was still immersed in this sudden change, Xu Jiatong pushed her, and said tentatively: "The Xu family dare not covet Master Fang's benefits. Although our Xu family is weak, we will not tolerate such presumptuousness and abruptness."

She deliberately didn't say that she couldn't tolerate such humiliation, she just wanted to leave room for it.Sure enough, she quickly felt a slight change in the brilliance in Li's eyes, which was different from the panic and resistance just now.

Fang Rui raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "As long as Xu Lianping and his sister don't take concubines for three years, I will refund the remaining 5 taels of silver. If my sister gives birth to the eldest son, I will give you another 5 taels. Son, I'll give you another 2 taels, I don't know what the old lady would like?"

At this time, both Li Shi and Xu Jiatong involuntarily became weird, it felt like the Fang family spent money to recruit Xu Lianping to be their son-in-law.The only difference is that their children will be named Xu, but don't get too excited, this is to use the Xu family's official status to change the family of the Fang family.

"If Xu Lianping didn't know what to do and let down his sister and Fang's family, I certainly wouldn't let it go. Even if he can't be accused of kidnapping a good girl, it's easy for him to give up something and stay in this house forever. Xu Lianping , my good brother-in-law, you wouldn't do this, would you?" Xu Lianping said.

While everyone else in the room was in a daze, Fang Rui came in front of Xu Lianping, lifted Xu Lianping's chin, which was almost lying on the ground, with the instep of his shoe in disgust, smacked his lips, put his foot down, and looked down at him.

At this moment Xu Lianping wished he could bump his head into Fang Rui and die with him.Li's face was like ashes, even Xu Jiatong felt deeply humiliated when he thought that Xu Lianping was his own clan after all.

"Master Fang, don't bully people too much..." Li said stubbornly, but when she turned her head, seeing Fang Rui's confident look, a sense of powerlessness immediately hit her limbs and bones, "Let us think about arrangements in three days, see off the guests .”

Mrs. Li finally let out a sigh, and the word "see off" was already in tears.

(End of this chapter)

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