Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 46 The Root of All Evil

Time is money!
For Zhang Fei, it is really an inch of time and an inch of gold.

On the way back, Zhang Fei bought a set of the Four Treasures of the Study, and when he returned to the Xu Mansion, he locked himself in the house and never came out again.

The next morning.

"Sister Qian'er, I just heard from Uncle Rong that the lights in Zhang San's room were not turned off last night, and even Li Si had never been out of the house, and the two of them didn't know what they were doing in the house."

When passing by Zhang Fei's room, Qing Mei suddenly whispered to Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian Liu Yemei frowned slightly, and snorted softly: "He is stubborn and unwilling to trust others. He acts sneaky and sneaky, and blames others for suspicion. This time, let's ignore him and let him live on his own. Self-destruction."

After all, he turned around and walked back.

Qingmei was taken aback, and said: "Sister Qian'er, you haven't had breakfast yet."

"Don't eat."

As the evening approached, Zhang Fei finally came out.

"Third brother, I just went to tell Qingmei that we won't eat at home tonight." Li Si ran over, panting heavily, and said again: "But Qingmei seems to be in a bad mood, so she ignored me."

Zhang Fei hesitated for a while, then tidied up his clothes, "Help me see, is there anything I need to tidy up?"

Li Si looked at him and shook his head.

"That's fine." Zhang Fei said: "Let's go quickly, the hour is almost here, so don't be late."

The two hurried out of Xu's mansion, and finally arrived at the Ma's Tavern in Caiqiao on time.

"Brother Zhang, you are here."

Ma Xiaoyi, who had been standing at the door, greeted him immediately.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Little Ma, I really thank you this time."

Ma Xiaoyi was stunned, "Thank me for what?"

Zhang Fei said hehe: "I don't think your father would come to see me if you hadn't strongly requested it?"

Ma Xiaoyi asked in surprise, "How does Third Brother know?"

Sure enough, let me just say that Ma Tianhao is unlikely to be willing to see me on the cusp of this storm, so that's fine, at least he doesn't have any excessive intentions, he just came to deal with it.Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Because your father is far behind you in terms of knowing people."

Ma Xiaoyi suddenly smiled and said excitedly: "Third brother, you are really a god! To tell you the truth, third brother, although I am young, I am a hero in the world, and I have friends everywhere."

"I can tell."

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile, this kid is indeed warm to others, and he is easy to fight against injustices, he said: "Don't worry, I will definitely not embarrass you, after tonight, your Ma family will go to a higher level."

Ma Xiaoyi excitedly said: "Really?"

Zhang Fei nodded confidently, and asked again: "Is your father here?"

"Oh, my father has already come, third brother, please come inside."

It was to lead Zhang Fei into the house.

I saw that the tavern is not big, and from the decoration point of view, it is not very high-end, on the contrary, it looks a bit shabby, exuding a Jianghu atmosphere. If there are no calluses on your hands, if you sweep the guardrail, your hands will probably be full of thorns.

At this time, there was only one person sitting inside, about 40 years old, with a square face, a tattoo on the left cheek, and two thick mustaches.

This person was Ma Tianhao, the middle-aged man he met by the river that day.

I have to say that this person's aura is quite suitable for this tavern.

On the contrary, Zhang Fei was dressed a little more formally.

Zhang Fei cupped his hands and said: "Junior Zhang Fei has seen the horseman."

Ma Tianhao sized Zhang Fei up, didn't ask him to sit down, but asked, "Do you know why I changed to meet you here and now?"

Zhang Fei shook his head.

Ma Tianhao said bluntly: "Because I don't want to get into unnecessary trouble."

Ma Xiaoyi anxiously said: "Daddy!"

Ma Tianhao glared at him, and said, "Go outside and buy some wine."

Ma Xiaoyi blinked, wondering: "Father, did you forget that this is a tavern!"

Ma Tianhao said: "Daddy wants to drink Pan Lou's wine today."

"Pan Lou?"

Ma Xiaoyi opened his eyes, "That's very far away!"

Ma Tianhao lowered his brows and said: "Will you go or not, if not, then Dad will go by himself."

"Go, go! I'll just go."

Ma Xiaoyi nodded dejectedly, and said to Zhang Fei: "Brother Zhang, sit down first, I'll help you buy wine, and later we'll get my father drunk together."

After finishing speaking, he rushed out the door, leaving Zhang Fei with a confused face.

Ma Tianhao looked disdainful: "As long as you have a drinking capacity, ten years from now, you still won't be able to drink your old man."

This is definitely the biological father and son, so much alike.Zhang Fei coughed suddenly, and asked Ma Tianhao, "If that's the case, why do members of the staff still come to see the younger generation?"

"I didn't intend to see you." As he said that, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from outside the door, and Ma Tianhao couldn't help shouting to the outside: "Ride slower?"

"Hey!"

Then there was a rush of intensive hoofbeats.

"You brat!" Ma Tianhao scolded, and after a while, he glanced at Zhang Fei again, and said absent-mindedly, "It's Xiaoyi who praised you so much that I must come to see you."

In fact, in the beginning, at Ma Xiaoyi's request, he agreed to meet Zhang Fei, a rising star. After all, Ma's family often dealt with tea eaters, so it would be no harm to get to know him.

However, what happened later made him change his mind, but Ma Xiaoyi thought that he was breaking his promise by doing so, which is unbelievable, so he insisted on asking him to meet Zhang Fei.

In the end Ma Tianhao came up with such a compromise plan.

Zhang Fei cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations to Yuanwai."

Ma Tianhao was stunned, "Why do you want to congratulate me?"

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Because Lingzi has achieved the best in knowing people. For my father, isn't this something to celebrate?"

Ma Tianhao said blankly: "You are praising yourself!"

Zhang Fei hehe said: "Do I still need to boast?"

Ma Tianhao chuckled: "That's true, but there are not many ordinary people who can attract the hatred of civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty. You are the first one."

As he said that, he changed the subject and said again: "So I also think that there is no need to meet with you this side, it will only bring me trouble."

Zhang Fei said: "Yuanwai really underestimates people. Although I may not be able to file a lawsuit at the moment, as far as Yuanwai is concerned, do you really need a person from Erbi who can help you with the lawsuit?"

Ma Tianhao nodded and said, "You're right, I don't really need it, so I never thought about seeing you."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "If Yuanwai thinks so, then he is totally wrong."

Ma Tianhao snorted, "How do you say that?"

Zhang Fei said: "For ordinary people, there is only a very small possibility that they will get involved in a lawsuit. Many people have never seen the gate of the government office, but for the outsiders, it is different. As for the business of the pawn shop Generally speaking, usual disputes are definitely indispensable, but if they all reach the point of litigation, it will be a failure."

Only then did Ma Tianhao scrutinize Zhang Fei, and suddenly stretched out his hand to lead to the opposite seat, and said, "Please sit down."

"Thank you!"

Zhang Fei sat down and continued: "With Yuanwai's strength and status, he shouldn't be involved in a lawsuit, because Yuanwai is fully capable of killing a lawsuit in its infancy, so Yuanwai needs someone who is proficient in the law to help Avoid it all."

Ma Tianhao nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but given your current situation, why should I ask you to help me?"

Zhang Fei said: "Because no one can help me avoid these lawsuits except me."

Ma Tianhao said hehe: "You are too arrogant."

Zhang Fei said: "Although Yuanwai is the leader of the pawn shop, in the eyes of the younger generation, Yuanwai's money lending methods are really simple and crude, with no skills at all, if one is not careful, it may kill people.

I remember that the Japanese officer once said by the river that the borrower has ever thought about whether he can pay back the money.This is true, but in the end, human life is at stake. As long as this person dies, even if there are various reasons outside the staff, it is possible to get involved in a lawsuit.Yuanwai should be glad that he didn't meet me in court, otherwise, this lawsuit would have to be fought. "

Ma Tianhao frowned slightly. He was very proud of himself for starting from scratch, but now he was dismissed as worthless by Zhang Fei, a layman. How could he be happy? He asked lightly: "Then I would like to ask you, what is wise?" means of lending money."

Zhang Fei said: "First, minimize the risk. This is the most important thing. To ensure this, you can ensure that you can make a profit without losing money.

Second, let people be grateful, not hateful, so that the flow of water can last forever.

The third is to avoid killing chickens and taking eggs. Nowadays, most of the money lending is done in this way, including outsiders, but this is actually a very inferior method. Only when people are alive can they create benefits. The truly clever method is to let them Unknowingly, the interest will be repaid with a lifetime of labor until the moment of entering the coffin. "

Ma Tianhao shook his head and said: "You are very clever, but it is impossible to do it."

"Who said that?" Zhang Fei laughed.

Ma Tianhao said: "I would like to hear a good opinion."

Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "I don't know what the staff think about the house price in Bianjing?"

(End of this chapter)