Speaking of this, a few children came up to pull Lu Jinping's clothes, cried and said they were hungry. A few old men came to Lu Jinping and kept bowing to him. I don't know if it was the relatives of Bald Head Zhang and Fatty Yao, or they invited them to show off.

Lu Jinping had no choice but to get angry with these old men and children, and there were two bald heads, Zhang and Fat Yao who nodded and smiled. He had no choice but to smile bitterly and said, "I just got my first month's salary. This little money is just enough to live. How can I pay you back? Besides, you are lending usury, and I don't recognize this. I said, if you insist on asking for such a high interest rate, I don't plan to pay back this account. You can do whatever you like."

The bald head opened his face bitterly and said, "Sir, the interest rate is a little higher, but this is what we agreed on at the beginning."

"It's not just a little higher! I'm afraid that I can't even expect to pay off the interest for such a high interest rate in my life, let alone repaying the capital, so how could it be a little higher? If you hadn't instigated me to sell my property and borrow usury to bribe, why would I end up in such a mess? I haven't settled the score with you yet, and you still want to charge me high interest rates, which is simply a dream! - If you like to squat here, just squat, I'm going into the house. Get out of the way!"

The children still pulled Lu Jinping's clothes and cried. At this moment, the yard door creaked open, and Ye Qingqing appeared at the door. She flew over with a vaginal face and grabbed the child's hand. Without seeing her exert force, the child's hands were all taken off.

Ye Qingqing said to Lu Jinping: "Sir, go in and leave it to me."

Lu Jinping nodded and was about to walk in when he heard someone behind him whispered: "Sir Lu!"

The sound was very familiar. Lu Jinping looked back and saw that it was Mr. Gao, who was carrying the senior manager and several servants carrying the load of the food box and smelling the fragrance of the food.

Lu Jinping hurriedly bowed and said, "Old Master Gao? What wind has blown you?"

"Haha. It's nothing. Today, my concubine made a few special dishes, and took a pot of good wine. She came to see the Lord for a drink. I wonder if I have any time?"

Lu Jinping bowed and said, "Since the old man is here to come to the humble house, I should be here. Why do you come to the door with wine, food? This makes me ashamed."

The great master laughed and said, "We are not an outsider anymore. My friend happened to send a jar of Chang'an vintage to you for your taste. I also want to ask how you are in the yamen."

"Since that's the case, old man, let's talk in the room."

Old Master Gao nodded, looked at the people standing at the door, frowned, and said, "What are you doing when you gather at the door of Lord Lu?"

Bald Zhang certainly knew this famous Beijing official in Tongzhou. He quickly nodded and bowed, "Old Master, we are here to ask the Lord for debt. The Lord owes us money. He is tight in front of him and has no choice. Now that he has a salary, I want to discuss with him how to pay the debt? Hehehe."

Old Master Gao's face darkened and said, "Bastard! Do you dare to block the door of the Lord's house to ask for the bill? You really have no way to be the king. Get out! If you see you blocking the door of the Lord's house again, I will take you directly to the yamen to do the trick! Did you hear it? Get out of here!"

Several servants rushed up, like wolves and tigers, and pushed out regardless of the old man and child. When the old ladies saw this posture, they ran away like a sloppy move, and they didn't look old at all. The children even ran away, and there was no trace in a blink of an eye. Judging from this scene, these people should have spent money to invite them to show off, not really the relatives and family members of Bald Head Zhang.

There are only bald Zhang and Fatty Yao left at the gate of the courtyard. They bowed bitterly and said, "Old Master, it is natural to repay the debt. We have an IOU. If you don't let us come to the door to ask for debts, but the yamen ignore it, what should we do? The whole family still hopes to survive..."

Old Master Gao snorted and said, "Since that's the case, I'll give you a plan. If you agree, I'll pay the debt for Mr. Lu. If you don't agree, don't think about taking the money again!"

Bald-headed Zhang and Fatty Yao heard this and were both surprised and happy, and hurriedly said: "Old Master Gao, please tell me that we will obey you."

When Lu Jinping heard that Mr. Gao was actually going to pay the debt for him, he was stunned and said, "Mr., this money is too much, I can't owe you this favor. And I don't want to owe this favor. So, you don't have to worry about this matter."

Old Master Gao smiled and said, "I'll tell you why I'm in charge of this matter later. I'll tell them first."

Old Master Gao looked at Bald Head Zhang and Fatty Yao and said, "You are a living with usury. I know you have harmed many people. Seeing that the Lu family is unlucky and are thinking about his big mansion, he is trying to borrow usury with his house. You advise others to borrow usury to bribe. This is a violation of the king's law and is punishable! So my suggestion is that your debts and high interest are naturally not counted. This is only half of the principal, and it is considered a punishment for you to instigate others to commit bribery! If you agree, you will come to our house to withdraw money tomorrow. If you don't agree, you will never get this money!"

Fatty Yao and Bald Head Zhang were almost crying when they heard this, and knelt on the ground with a gurgle, saying, "Old Master, it's fine if it's not the interest, but we cut off half of our principal. How can we accept this? Please, you always make decisions and you have to give us the principal!"

Old Master Gao scolded, "What are you? You dare to bargain with me? I just said you agree, bring a loan note to withdraw money tomorrow. If you don't agree, get out immediately. If you dare to come to the Lu Mansion to harass you again in the future, I will immediately arrest you to the yamen for punishment! The Lord is now the imperial court official, and you openly harass the imperial court official, that is to fight against the imperial court. Consider it carefully, how many courage do you have to dare to go against the imperial court?"

Fatty Yao and Bald Head Zhang were stunned. They had known that Old Master Gao had a irritable personality and said that he would really make him angry. Not to mention the capital, I was afraid that I would still be in prison. I would rather go down the slope and take back half of the money, and then Amitabha Buddha.

The two of them quickly bowed and laughed and said, "Since Old Master Gao said that, the villain obeyed the old master. Tomorrow we will bring the loan receipt to the old master's mansion to collect the money. Thank you, Mr.!"

Old Master Gao snorted and said, "You guys know each other's face! Let's go!"

Bald-headed Zhang and Fatty Yao bowed to Mr. Gao and Lu Jinping a few more times, then turned around and left quickly.

Lu Jinping smiled and said to Mr. Gao: "The old man's move is really amazing. However, judging from this incident, Mr. Gao didn't think of coming to drink with me by chance, but he had already thought of this move, so he had been waiting near my house and came to help me out."

Old Master Gao smiled: "I can't hide it from you. I have always wanted to settle this matter for you, so I have been waiting here for a long time. I also inquired about the whole story and knew that you were instigated by others, not by nature. So..., haha, let's not talk about anything else, let's go into the house and I tell you what the money that pays off your debts."

The group entered the old house and came to the flower hall in the front yard.

The flower hall was still empty, but the original two tattered single stools had been replaced with two couches with handrails. A small table in front was used to hold tea cups. The couch and small table were both ordinary, and they should be bought at a very cheap price. However, it was much better than the two single stools in the past. This should be the first change in the old house after Lu Jinping became an official.

Seeing that he had changed the stool, Old Master Gao smiled. This time, he didn't have to sit on a single bench that was about to collapse like last time.

After the two sat down, the senior manager ordered the servants to put down the food box and take out the dishes and the jar of wine. Lu Jinping and Old Master Gao sat down on two couches respectively. Ye Qingqing came over to pour wine.
Chapter completed!