"I believe there are many wealthy businessmen like you who have piles of money in their vaults."
Zhang Fei said: "If you can convince them to join, not only can you solve the currency problem, but you can also increase your influence. Then when you do other business, it will be twice as effective with half the effort!"
In fact, Ma Tianhao also vaguely guessed this and said, "But it's not easy to convince them to pay!"
Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said, "If I can handle everything, then why would I need to seek cooperation from you? I think no matter how difficult this matter is, it shouldn't be as difficult as lobbying the court."
If he can get the money and the court, then he can cooperate with anyone!
Ma Tianhao was slightly embarrassed and said, "I want to know what kind of guarantee the court can give me when the time comes."
Zhang Fei immediately put a prepared document on the table, "This is just a draft, but some of the key provisions will not change. The most uncertain thing at the moment is how much the interest should be set, and whether to directly determine the ownership of the house or to put it into a closed case.
This is because I currently do not have access to specific accounts. If you can provide them to me, I will be able to come up with a specific plan right away."
Ma Tianhao took the draft and looked at it, then asked Zhang Fei, "Did you write this?"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Ma Tianhao said: "It's definitely not as good as your petition."
Zhang Fei was stunned. "Why do you say that?"
Ma Tianhao said: "If the petition is written like this, how could the government take it seriously?"
"... ... As time is short, this is all rushed out. Please bear with it." Zhang Fei did not have any temper. His writing skills were indeed not that good and his words were very simple. In fact, the petition was just so-so. The sentences were smooth and there were no typos, that was all.
Ma Tianhao felt that the text was a bit long-winded, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this regulation was indispensable. He had an indescribable feeling.
The core content of the entire draft is that the court will establish this contract as a legal provision.
This is not easy!
Ma Tianhao tilted his head and asked, "Can you really do it?"
Zhang Fei said: "I am worried whether the official can convince those wealthy businessmen to join."
"good!"
Ma Tianhao slammed the document in his hand on the table and said, "It's a deal."
Zhang Fei said: "Don't rush to make a deal. Haven't you discussed my remuneration yet?"
Ma Tianhao asked: "How much do you want?"
Zhang Fei spread out his five fingers, "Five hundred strings of cash."
Ma Tianhao nodded and said, "Very reasonable."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "These five hundred strings of cash are just to buy this contract, not to hire me for a long time. This is a one-time deal. If you have other requirements, then the price will be calculated separately."
Ma Tianhao raised his thick eyebrows: "That's a lot."
Zhang Fei said: "It's definitely not much, and I think this is good for you. If some officials want to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, you can also say that you have nothing to do with me anymore."
Ma Tianhao hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, if you can do it, money is not a problem."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "If money is not a problem, then there is no problem at all."
Just at this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves outside the house, and Ma Xiaoyi shouted, "Daddy! The wine is here! The wine is here!"
Before he finished speaking, Ma Xiaoyi rushed into the room carrying two jars of wine.
Ma Tianhao laughed and said, "This wine came at the perfect time. I was just about to drink with Sanlang."
Ma Xiaoyi was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhang Fei again.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I didn't let you down."
Ma Xiaoyi was overjoyed and jumped forward: "I told you, Third Brother's methods will surely convince Dad."
Ma Tianhao said with a bit of embarrassment: "I was wrong this time."
Seeing that his father had bowed his head, Ma Xiaoyi was extremely happy and put two jars of wine on the table. "Third brother, tonight we brothers must knock my father down for letting me go so far to buy wine."
Ma Tianhao sneered: "You two young men, just come over here. If you can knock me down, I will double your reward."
Zhang Fei immediately said: "Then what are you waiting for?"
... ...
Three o'clock in the morning.
"Huh..."
Zhang Fei shook his head, tried hard to open his eyes, and said to Li Si who was supporting him, "Li Si, you are really useless. I asked you to come to the table to help me get that Green-faced Judge drunk, but I ended up blocking a few cups for you. We were three against one, and the other party was humble. I was really pissed off."
Before the drinking session started, Ma Xiaoyi had already set the tone to mess with his father, but he was totally outmatched and was forced to drag Li Si to the table again.
It makes no difference.
Li Si vomited after drinking two bowls.
Vulnerable.
In the end, Ma Tianhao still rode back on horseback, very steadily.
It really brings shame to young people!
Li Si said with a guilty look on his face: "Third brother, I'm so sorry. My family was very poor before, so I never drank any alcohol."
"That's enough! That's enough!"
Zhang Fei waved his hand and said, "You need to practice more. You will have to face such occasions in the future. Hiccup...!"
He used to be a younger brother, and often helped the boss to block the drinking at the table. After blocking the drinking, he had to continue working early in the morning. The boss will not remember that you helped him to block the drinking yesterday. He will only remember whether you were late or left early today. If you don't have a background, you can only rely on hard work.
"oh!"
Li Si nodded woodenly and suddenly said, "Third brother, we are here."
Zhang Fei looked up and found that they had arrived at the main gate of Xu's house. He blinked and said, "Let's go through the back door."
Li Si was stunned for a moment and said, "But there's no one watching over the back door at this time."
“Climb over the wall!”
"ah?"
"What?" Zhang Fei said, "I'm not drunk yet. If that woman sees me coming back so late after drinking, she will nag me all night. Let's go!"
The two of them wandered to the back door again.
"You carry me up first, and then I'll pull you up."
This sounds like a professional. When Zhang Fei was in college, he would go out at night to fool around, and he would often climb over the wall to get into the dormitory. He was very familiar with it.
"No, no, I can carry you up on my back. I can go up by myself. I can't drink, but I still have enough strength."
Li Si, who had been feeling depressed at the drinking table for the entire night, finally found an opportunity to show himself.
Stand with your back against a wall, in a horse stance, with your hands folded in front of your abdomen.
Very impressive!
Zhang Fei was not polite either. He stepped on Li Si's palm. As he was drunk, his sense of balance was quite poor and his body swayed. Fortunately, Li Si's lower body was stable enough and he held Zhang Fei up.
Zhang Fei carefully held the wall with one hand and slowly stepped on Li Si's shoulder with one foot.
Just as the two were concentrating on climbing over the wall, they suddenly felt a faint firelight coming. Zhang Fei didn't react for a moment, and thought that his eyes were bright. He climbed more vigorously, and heard someone next to him ask: "What are you doing?"
Li Si tilted his head and saw Xu Zhiqian slightly tilting her head and looking at the two of them expressionlessly. Qingmei was holding a small lantern beside her.
"Madam Xu!"
Li Si exclaimed and stood up straight subconsciously.
"Hold!"
Immediately a mournful cry was heard.
Li Si suddenly remembered that Zhang Fei was still standing on him and wanted to protect him, but it was too late.
Zhang Fei had already lost some sense of balance. When Li Si stood up, he could not keep his balance. He swung his hands backwards desperately and was about to fall backwards. He suddenly glanced at Xu Zhiqian and a thought of revenge flashed through his mind. Coupled with the effect of alcohol, he twisted his body and pounced directly at Xu Zhiqian.
Xu Zhiqian opened her eyes wide and watched a black shadow rushing towards her, without moving an inch.
thump!
"Hey young!"
“Third brother!”
"Sister Qian'er!"
Zhang Fei threw Xu Zhiqian to the ground.
So fragrant! So soft!
Zhang Fei lay on Xu Zhiqian without feeling any pain at all. He laughed in his heart, "You little girl, it was clearly you who pounced on me that day, but afterwards, it seemed like my fault. Today, I will let you taste the feeling of being pounced on."
Xu Zhiqian screamed in pain and was unable to recover for a while.
"Third brother! Madam Xu!"
Li Si, who was stunned for a moment, hurried over and was about to help Zhang Fei, but Zhang Fei waved his hand and blocked his hand, "Brother, you are stupid, you called me Fei Li first, you have been playing with Qingmei for so long, how come you haven't learned any tricks."
As soon as he spoke, Xu Zhiqian woke up immediately and pushed Zhang Fei hard, "You lecher, how dare you... Get up quickly."
But how can I push it open
You're calling me a lecher, so just push slowly! Zhang Fei closed his eyes and tilted his head.
“Hu…Hu…!”
"It sounds like snoring? Third brother, how come you fell asleep on Madam Xu's body? This is not okay."
Li Si said blankly.
Xu Zhiqian's face flushed with shame and anger, and she immediately struggled hard, "You...you lewd thief, hurry up...just wait...I...I won't let you go."
Seeing that Xu Zhiqian couldn't push Zhang Fei away, Qingmei immediately went to help, but she was powerless and immediately became anxious. She shouted at Li Si, "Why are you still standing there, you idiot? Come and help me!"
“Ohhhh!”
Li Si still had some strength left, so he went up and pulled Zhang Fei up, still muttering, "Huh? Why is Third Brother so much heavier than before?"
Qingmei over there also helped Xu Zhiqian up.
Xu Zhiqian was so dizzy from the fall that when she stood up, she felt dizzy. She didn't know if it was because of the fall or because she was angry. Suddenly, she raised her head and looked at Zhang Fei angrily, "You lecher, I'm going to fight you."
He rushed towards Zhang Fei with his fists swinging like a madman.
"Mrs. Xu, calm down. Third Brother didn't mean it. He was drunk."
Li Si quickly turned his back to Xu Zhiqian and protected Zhang Fei in front of him.
Xu Zhiqian punched a few times, and seeing that all the punches hit Li Si, she stomped her feet fiercely, "Li Si, get out of the way quickly."
Li Si turned around and said aggrievedly, "Madam Xu, Third Brother is really drunk. He didn't do it on purpose. Look, he fell asleep. Sigh... It's all my fault that I can't drink. Third Brother got so drunk. It's all my fault."
"you... !"
Xu Zhiqian pointed at Li Si, her body shaking like a sieve. "Okay, okay! He fell asleep, right? Carry him in first, I'll wake him up."
After saying that, she turned and went into the yard.
After hesitating for a while, Li Si still obediently helped Zhang Fei walk in.
As soon as they entered the room, they saw Xu Zhiqian and Qingmei looking at them coldly, with a bucket beside them.
Li Si recognized this bucket, which was placed under the eaves next to the house to collect rainwater.
"lay down!"
"Madam Xu, three...!"
"lay down!"
Xu Zhiqian's voice suddenly increased.
Li Si shivered with fear. He had never seen Xu Zhiqian so angry before. He could only put Zhang Fei obediently on the corridor next to him.
"I told you to pretend to sleep!"
Xu Zhiqian picked up the wooden barrel and was about to pour it out!
"Depend on!"
Zhang Fei jumped up on the spot and leaped to the side like a cunning rabbit, then a bucket of water was poured on the place where he had just been lying.
What a jerk! Luckily I dodged. Zhang Fei patted his chest and pointed at Li Si and said, "Li Si, you are so disloyal! You just left me like that."
Li Si said blankly: "Third brother, aren't you asleep?"
Zhang Fei coughed awkwardly, "I was awakened by a nightmare."
Xu Zhiqian watched the two of them playing tricks, and her anger surged up again, perhaps never to subside, and she rushed forward, waving the empty bucket, "You pervert, I...!"
"What do you want to do? Hitting people is against the law."
"Stop."
"No."
Zhang Fei circled around the beam, dodging as he protested: "I was wronged, I want to defend myself."
Xu Zhiqian almost fainted from anger: "How dare you say that you were wronged."
"Why am I embarrassed?"
Zhang Fei hid behind the pillar and turned his head to say, "You are such a double standard! Last time you were drunk and threw yourself into my arms, I was a rapist and I flirted with you, fine, I admit it. Today I was drunk and threw myself into your arms, and I was also scared by you, so I am a rapist and I flirted with you again, are you being reasonable?"
"I'm unreasonable? Then let me ask you, who was it that held me and wouldn't let go that day?" Xu Zhiqian was so angry that she didn't care about anything else.
Zhang Fei immediately retorted: "Who was it that fell asleep in my arms? If I didn't hold you, you would have slipped away. That's why I was so cruel to throw water on you. Even in court, the chief judge would definitely sentence me for being a hero!"
I wondered in my heart, will it really be judged like this
"You...!" Xu Zhiqian knew she was in the wrong about the pounce that day, so she said, "Okay, okay! Let's not talk about what happened that day. How do you explain why you two sneakily climbed over my wall just now?"
Zhang Fei said: "You think I want to climb over the wall, I just don't want to disturb your rest so late."
Xu Zhiqian angrily scolded: "As a guest, you drank until the middle of the night, and left the door open, but chose to climb over the wall. Is this how you behave as a guest?"
"I... ."
"You have nothing to say!"
"well... ."
Zhang Fei suddenly raised his head and sighed: "Yes, I admit that I was wrong. I shouldn't have come back so late, but now I have been forced into a desperate situation. I have to find a way to fight back. Can I settle everything by sitting at home? It's not easy for me!"
When he spoke the last part, he choked with a hint of grievance.
Xu Zhiqian was stunned and asked, "Where have you been?"
The reason why she came out immediately just now was because she was worried that Zhang Fei would take a risk, but she knew in her heart that it was completely unnecessary.
Zhang Fei said: "I went to see Ma Tianhao."
“Ma Tianhao?”
Xu Zhiqian was surprised and asked, "Why did you go to see him?"
Zhang Fei said: "Let's talk about cooperation."
"cooperate?"
Xu Zhiqian said excitedly: "He is a loan shark, and you are clearly helping him."
Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Hey... you are wrong. I am not helping the evil, I am trying to persuade him to be kind."
"Advise him to be kind?"
"yes!"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I asked him to reduce the interest rate of their pawnshop to a maximum of one cent."
"You asked for...?" Xu Zhiqian was amused by this guy, "Do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? Who can you fool with this?"
"This is absolutely true!"
Zhang Fei said seriously, "I was planning to do this before, but you ruined it all. That's why I was so angry. As the daughter of our benefactor, you never looked at the evidence and made assumptions based on your own likes and dislikes. You have brought shame upon our benefactor."
Xu Zhiqian retorted: "You always do things in secret and cover up, how can you not make people suspicious? If you are honest, why should I doubt you?"
Zhang Fei snorted, "I just hid it from you because I know you are prejudiced against me. You won't believe anything I say. Facts have proved that I am right. In your eyes, I am a criminal. I am either in cahoots with the evildoers or an accomplice of the evildoers. If your Senior Brother Wang did this, would you think so?"
Xu Zhiqian's heart suddenly trembled, "Don't mention Senior Brother Wang."
Do you love me so much that you won't even let me mention it? Zhang Fei curled his lips and said, "If you don't want to mention it, then don't mention it. Then I'll tell you, my benefactor. If you ask me, I will definitely tell you. In fact, I was going to explain to you that day, but you trusted me, so I didn't explain it. But it doesn't mean that I am not fair and aboveboard."
Xu Zhiqian glanced at Zhang Fei with a guilty conscience.
In fact, when she saw Zhang Fei being so frank with Xu Zun that day, she had a vague feeling that this matter might not be that simple, and she felt a little guilty inside.
"good!"
Xu Zhiqian suddenly said: "If it is really as you said just now, then I admit that I wronged you."
Zhang Fei said firmly: "You must apologize to my character and reputation, otherwise, this matter will not be resolved."
You still can't get through
Xu Zhiqian smiled coldly: "But if you are lying to me..."
Zhang Fei said directly: "I will not die well."
Xu Zhiqian panicked.