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Chapter 3 I don¡¯t feel bad for selling my father¡¯s land

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    Zhao Shouzheng looked back and saw his nephew, Sun Zhaoxian, the eldest son of the Zhao family, walking over with a listless look on his face.

    "Second uncle, my father invites you to come over and discuss something." Zhao Xian was obviously hit harder than Zhao Shouzheng, and he became weak even when he spoke.

    "Your father has always been in charge, so there is no need to discuss it with me." Zhao Shouzheng shook his head and said, "He just makes the decision in everything."

    "Father has his own reasons. You will know when your second uncle goes."

    "Oh, okay." Zhao Shouzheng glanced at Zhao Hao worriedly and whispered: "Son, you can find a sheltered place for a while. You can go back to your father."

    At this moment, all the rooms in the back house were locked by the buyer, and Zhao Hao had nowhere to go.  What's more, he doesn't trust the unconventional Mr. Zhao.

    No matter what, everyone is like a grasshopper on a rope.

    He followed him, hoping to give Zhao Shouzheng a warning.

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    The Zhao Mansion is a large courtyard with five levels of depth. From front to back are the entrance hall, front hall, main hall, inner chamber and the backyard where the servants live.

    At this time, the guys who took over the property had already cleaned up the inner house and the main hall, and were counting the various furnishings and toys in the front hall of the Zhao Mansion.

    The eldest son of the family, Zhao Shouye, was also in the front hall. He was concentrating on talking to two officials and a man dressed as a wealthy businessman.

    The two officials were both wearing blue official robes, one had a fifth-grade white pheasant patch on his chest, and the other had a haechi patch on his chest. Although his rank was lower than the former, he was a formidable Fengxian official.

    But at this moment, Zhao Shouye's eyes fell on the wealthy businessman who was wearing a fox fur brocade robe and a large hat lined with fox fur.

    "Brother Zhang Shi, isn't the interest rate too high?" Although Zhao Shouye was wearing a homely robe, he was also a dignified sixth-rank imperial official. At this moment, he was actually talking down to a businessman.  "Look, I haven't negotiated with you about the prices of the items in the house. Can you be a little more accommodating on the loan side?"

    "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhao, I can't break the rules for your family." I saw the wealthy businessman sitting on the official hat chair with a shy belly, groping the mahogany armrests, and said casually: "Besides, although you have a lot of things at home,  , but how many pieces are really worth the money? For the sake of Guo Butang, we at 'Dehengdang' reluctantly gave you a price of 20,000 taels. How come we are getting an advantage from you?  "

    As he spoke, he put his hands on the armrests of the seat, stood up and said:

    "Who else in Nanjing City will lend money to your family now? If Mr. Zhao still thinks too much about the east and the west, please ask someone else."

    "How long will it take?" The fifth-grade official said impatiently, "Our department is still waiting for a reply!"

    "Don't be anxious, Mr. Ji. The lower official is just talking. If Brother Zhang Shi doesn't want to, forget it." Zhao Shouye was busy being careful with his father's former subordinates.  These days, he has been working alone to support the situation, and he is exhausted mentally and physically. He no longer shows the slightest arrogance of a young master.

    "Hurry up and get it over with." The censor, who had always had a dark face, also said: "This hospital will have a competition every five days, and it must be reported tomorrow. No one will be able to hold it back by then!"

    After the censor finished speaking, the official from the household department glanced at Zhang Yuanwai.

    Zhang Yuanwai pressed his middle finger on the table and pushed an IOU that had been placed there for a long time in front of Zhao Shouye.

    "Then Mr. Zhao, hurry up and sign. For such a large sum of money, we, Dehengdang, must have time to prepare."

    "Okay, I'll sign, sign."

    Zhao Shouye is confused when he cares. He only wants to get the old man out as soon as possible and get his life back on track.  Now let the three of them take turns to control it, and finally it was completely messed up.

    Seeing him with red eyes, clutching his pen, and trembling slightly as he signed and stamped the IOU, the three of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

    Before the ink was dry, Zhang Yuanwai was about to put away the IOU, but was stopped by Zhao Shouye.

    "Wait a minute, for such a big thing, I have to ask my brother-in-law to also sign and pledge it."

    "Okay" The three of them exchanged looks, knowing that he was just in case his brother refused to admit the debt in the future and let him bear this huge debt.

    ¡®At this time, I am no longer confused.  ¡¯ The three of them laughed and said nothing

    Before long, Zhao Shouzheng and his son followed Zhao Xian into the front hall.

    "Brother, come quickly and sign it." After his brother paid tribute to the two officials, Zhao Shouye invited him to come over and sign.

    "Okay, brother." Zhao Shouzheng took the pen and signed next to his brother's signature.

    Zhao Hao was originally worried about his identity and didn't want to attract too much attention.  But this time I couldn't help it anymore, so I quietly pulled Zhao Shouzheng's sleeves, and? reminds:

    ¡°Let¡¯s see what it is first and then talk about it!¡±

    "Oh." Zhao Shouzheng slapped his forehead, then hung up his pen and looked at the document intently.  He couldn't help but gasped and said: "I borrowed fifty thousand taels, and I came back nine times a day! How can I pay back such a high interest rate?"

    Hearing this, Zhao Hao secretly shouted wildly: ¡®Is it a matter of interest?  You simply can¡¯t borrow these 50,000 taels, okay?  !  ¡¯

    But I heard the uncle sigh and say: "I can't care about that much anymore, it's more important to save my father. Please sign the bond quickly. Once you sign, my father will be safe and sound, and he can be restored to his original position."

    "Really?" Zhao Shouzheng immediately beamed with joy and looked at the two officials as if asking for confirmation.

    The two officials nodded and said nothing.

    "That's great, I hope my father is fine!" Zhao Shouzheng was as happy as a child and was about to write.

    But he saw Zhao Hao still shaking his head.

    Zhao Shouzheng was very concerned about his son. When he saw this, he stopped again and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong, son?"

    In the eyes of the two officials, his procrastination was obviously because he did not want to sign the IOU and wanted to find an excuse to escape.

    Fearing that things might change, Dr. Ji rushed ahead of Zhao Hao and said:

    "Brother Zhao, you have always ignored secular things. Maybe you don't know how serious your father's problem is!"

    "How serious is it?" Zhao Shouzheng's eyes were indeed drawn back to him.

    "Let's tell the truth, your Majesty has hated Prime Minister Gao!" Just listen to what Ji Langzhong said word by word.

    "Prime Minister Gao, which Prime Minister Gao? Is it Gao Gong?" Zhao Shouzheng asked in horror.

    "Who else can be the Prime Minister?" Ji Langzhong raised his hands towards the north and said solemnly: "Isn't it the current Imperial Master, the Crown Prince's Taibao, and the Second Assistant to the Cabinet Gao Xinzheng!"

    ¡°He is in charge of the Beijing inspection this time!¡± The censor on the side also helped.

    "It's all over" Zhao Shouzheng's legs softened and he sat down on the ground.

    Fortunately, Zhao Hao had quick eyesight and quick hands to support him, so Zhao Shouzheng didn't fall on his butt.

    "Your Majesty, you have hated Gao Xinzheng. It's true that you have to peel off your skin. What's more, we found such a big bag this time!" Seeing that he was really frightened, Dr. Ji struck while the iron was hot: "Fortunately, in our department, we have the same intention as our colleagues."  Zhiyi acted as a mediator, and this was able to win a glimmer of hope for your father."

    After a pause, Mr. Ji coldly swept away everyone in the Zhao family and said grimly: "But if the hole cannot be filled, it will be difficult for the gods to save it. By then, not only your father, but your whole family will suffer!"

    "Brother, just sign, don't wait any longer." Zhao Shouye also urged.  "If we delay any longer, Gao will kill my father!"

    Zhao Shou was originally a useless scholar. Under this situation, how could he have any ideas?

    He finally put pen to paper and prepared to sign his name.

    Zhao Hao suddenly pushed his right elbow, and the brush drew a long ink mark on the IOU.

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