When talking about the encounter between Liu Shumin and Heizhi, we have to start with Zhang Cuixiu.
At that time, Liu Shumin was thinking that Zhang was so mean, the Zhang family's shop could no longer be opened, and Zhang Cuixiu was no longer of any use, so he followed his parents' wishes and got engaged to his eldest sister-in-law's niece, who was a gentle and beautiful woman.
Who would have thought that Zhang Cuixiu would run to the woman's house and cry, making the woman's family very dissatisfied. The Liu family had no choice but to apologize and give gifts to appease her.
When Zhang Cuixiu's plan failed, she actually found Liu Shumin and questioned him.
Liu Shumin was also very angry at that time, so he told Zhang Cuixiu that they were just neighbors. He originally just wanted her to give up, but she ended up going crazy.
From then on, she began to shamelessly cling to Liu Shumin, following him from home to the academy. She couldn't be scolded or driven away, and she was simply rubbing Liu Shumin's face on the ground.
The teacher of the academy was helpless when he saw this and could only ask Liu Shumin not to come to the academy for the time being, so as not to affect other students.
Liu Shumin had no choice but to go home to study, but Zhang Cuixiu was still crying and making a fuss. He really couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't continue studying. Naturally, the arranged marriage fell through.
He was really upset a few days ago, so he secretly ran out to relax.
Then, he didn't know how he ended up walking into Lu's shop and saw quite a lively scene.
Seeing that the man with the black mole had been kowtowing and begging for mercy to Lu's father and saying all kinds of nice things, but Lu's father remained indifferent, a good idea suddenly came to Liu Shumin's mind.
After Heizi was driven out by the shop assistants, Liu Shumin followed Heizi until they passed an empty alley and stopped him.
Then Liu Shumin used his usual skills in deceiving Zhang Cuixiu, and with sweet words and various promises, he finally persuaded Heizi to cooperate with him and play the role of his savior.
Yes, this time Liu Shumin didn’t want Lu’s father to die, but wanted Heizi to hurt Lu’s father, and he rescued him in time.
In Liu Shumin's opinion, Lu family has only one daughter, Lu Mingyue, and he is such a talented young man. He cannot repay the life-saving grace. Lu's father will definitely think of betrothing his daughter to him, and then the entire Lu family will still be in his pocket.
Originally, Liu Shumin and Heizhi had already discussed it, that one would get the Lu family and the other would get the two shops.
Now Heizhi came to him again and asked for some token of love, which made Liu Shumin feel a little uncomfortable.
But thinking of the Lu family's wealth, Liu Shumin still comforted him, "I am a scholar, and I can't go back on my words. As long as you work hard, I will give you the two shops you like after you finish your work."
Black Mole shook his head: "No, you scholars are the best at sweet talk. If you turn your mouth around and refuse to acknowledge me, I won't be able to find a place to reason with you. You must give me a token today."
Liu Shumin lowered his eyes slightly. Of course, he thought about cheating. After all, who would be willing to give away the money in their hands? In fact, if the matter really happened, he didn't even want Heizi to live well...
But I didn't expect that Heizhi was smart enough to ask him for a token of trust. This is a bit difficult to deal with.
"But I don't have anything valuable on me right now," Liu Shumin stretched out his hand and rummaged around, continuing, "Look, I have nothing of value, nothing that can serve as a token of trust."
Black Mole smiled strangely and said, "It's okay if you don't give me a token. You have to write a letter to explain this matter. When you give me the deed of the shop later, I will return the letter to you. This way, we can all feel at ease."
Liu Shumin's face darkened when he heard this. He was not a fool, so why would he hand such a big handle to someone else
But seeing that Heizi was determined to achieve his goal, Liu Shumin paused and finally gave in. Liu Shumin gave Heizi the seal in his purse: "This is my private seal. I usually use this seal on my paintings and poems. Is this enough to prove my sincerity?"
Heizi took the seal and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, Heizhi didn't think of asking Liu Shumin for a token of trust at first. It was a coincidence that when he passed by a path yesterday, he happened to hear two people mention Liu Shumin.
One of them claimed to be Liu Shumin's classmate, and said that Liu Shumin was very sinister and cunning. He cheated a neighborhood girl of her money and body and soul, and then abandoned her. Now the girl often makes trouble for the Liu family.
Another person asked, since it was Liu Shumin who committed the fraud, why didn’t the girl sue him
However, the classmates said that since there was no evidence for this matter, no token of trust, no written evidence or letter, the girl's words alone were not enough to convince everyone, so naturally there was nothing they could do about Liu Shumin.
The other person could only sigh and say that Liu Shumin was too cunning and that one should be careful when dealing with him.
After hearing the bad things about Liu Shumin, Heizhi was a little suspicious at first, wondering if someone knew about his and Liu Shumin's plan. However, he was bored so he went to the Liu family to inquire. It turned out that those things were not made up by others, and Liu Shumin's reputation was really not that good.
Then Heizhi had the idea of asking for the token, otherwise he was afraid that he would be like that little girl and be abandoned by Liu Shumin.
As for the idea of giving up the life-saving favor, Heizhi had never even thought about it.
Ever since Heizhi was fired from the Lu's shop, it seemed as if everyone knew what he had done in the shop, and he found that he could not find work anywhere.
Unfortunately, there were old and young people in his family waiting for him to support them, so he had no choice but to come back and ask Mr. Lu for help.
But no matter how much he begged and said all kinds of nice things, Mr. Lu still refused to let him go back to the shop. Naturally, he felt resentful and thought that Mr. Lu was going to force their whole family to death.
Just then, Liu Shumin came to him and asked him to pretend to assassinate Mr. Lu, and he could get two shops of the Lu family afterwards. He agreed without thinking.
If he really had two shops, then his whole family wouldn't have to worry about the rest of their lives. It would be worth it.
He clenched the seal in his hand and watched Liu Shumin throwing a wine glass to the ground not far away. Heizhi knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had come. He immediately grinned, took out a long knife from his cloth bag, and rushed towards Master Lu.
Black Mole thought: Two shops, here I come.
However, neither Heizhi nor Liu Shumin expected that before Heizhi could even reach Lu's father, he would be pinned to the ground by the weak follower behind Lu's father and could not move at all.
The man with the mole on his face was stuck in the mud. He hadn't even thought about what was happening yet and had a lot of harsh words in his mouth that he hadn't had time to say.
And Liu Shumin's words "Master Lu, don't be afraid, I am here to save you" were choked in his throat, and he could neither swallow it nor spit it out.
(End of this chapter)