Zeng Fei knew very well how desperate his current situation was. As long as there is any way, he will not be depressed all day long. Now he is like a walking corpse, living in a state of confusion all day long.
At first, Zeng Fei almost went crazy when faced with the various creditors who came to collect debts. It's numb now.
I thought today would be another extremely dull day where I was waiting to die. But unexpectedly, someone came from the knife shop that had not been there for a long time. He didn't want to see him and wanted to drive him away, but the other party said words that made Zeng Fei tremble in his heart.
Find a way to get him to pay off his debt?
Is this possible?
Even if his reason made Zeng Fei think it was absolutely impossible and he couldn't think of any way, how could those vulgar people in the knife studio come up with a way?
But what if? What if the other party really has a way?
With this thought, Zeng Fei opened the door and saw a half-grown child who seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old? Was this the kid who wanted to help him pay off his debt just now? Zeng Fei felt angry that he had been teased. Of course, there was just some anger. This was a rare "violent mood swing" in his numb years.
He was about to slam the door shut and ignore the other party, but the door was held by the young man outside. The force was so strong that Zeng Fei found that he couldn't shake it at all.
Musha? !
"My name is Bai Lang. I am currently a street wanderer under Tang Zuo Dao Zuo, but I have just accepted the task of collecting debts from Boss Zeng and am preparing to be promoted to waist knife. So I hope Boss Zeng will make it easier. Even if you try, you won't let me If you give it a try, I'll probably bother you every day, because I'm afraid that Boss Zeng can't even go to the toilet quietly, and if he falls into the latrine, it's hard to say whether it's an accident or something else."
"You dare to threaten me!?" A hint of confusion flashed in Zeng Fei's gray eyes. It's not that I'm afraid, but I'm curious that the people in the knife shop in front of me seem different from those who have been here before. His words are sharp and his eyes are eager to try.
Is this person really going to help me find a way to pay off my debt? ! Zeng Fei suddenly had such an intuition in his heart. It made him feel a little unbelievable.
Smiling at the surprised Zeng Fei, Bai Lang pushed aside the person blocking the door and walked straight into the house. He knew about it before he came. Although Zeng Fei couldn't move, he didn't need to give him any good looks. As a debt collector, Bai Lang naturally doesn't need to worry about the other person's feelings.
"you!"
Bailang ignored it and entered the door with his hands behind his back. There was a small courtyard inside, and then the house where he entered and exited three times. Zeng Fei now lived alone. The yard was littered with debris, and it seemed that it had not been cleaned for a long time. The only room with an open door was dark, and a sour smell wafted out of it. Bailang immediately gave up the idea of going into the house for a walk.
Bai Lang looked around for a chair and sat down in the yard. Then he looked at Zeng Fei, who had a puzzled face and said, "Tell me, why did your business, which was so good, collapse overnight? Don't be careless. We know very well the result of your loss of power in the City Lord's Mansion. But the key is why this result occurred? "
Seeing that Zeng Fei was silent, Bai Lang smiled and said: "You must have tried every means over the years, right? But all of them are in vain. So now you are a dog in the water. You don't need to think about whether the rope handed over by others is strong enough. Anyway, you You don't have a choice, just grab it. The result won't be worse than it is now, right?
What if you really get the chance to come back to life? Do you just ignore it because of your ridiculous "judgment"?
Besides, if you had guessed everything and done it right, how could you have ended up where you are today? Right?
Let's talk and see if I can help you. Also help myself. "
Zeng Fei frowned slightly after listening to Bai Lang's words. He admitted that he was a little touched and that there was nothing wrong with what the other party said. He is indeed as destitute as an insect now, so what else do he have to worry about? What do you suspect? Since the party is coming to the Knife Hall, there is a reason for the Knife Hall. There is no way the Knife Hall is joking with a bad guy like him. The plan is also the principal of the sword shop.
Help others and yourself?
"It's the eldest lady. She took away the charcoal and timber business that was originally in my hands and handed it over to her people. She also threatened the merchants who had dealings with me, and caused the consequences through coercion and inducement. There was a run on my money and all the funds in my hand were drained. Then I was induced to go to two knife shops to raise money, which made me jump into a trap. In the end, my sister was also cheated... ..."
Bai Lang listened quietly, as if he was listening to a thrilling story of the ups and downs of life and conspiracies that flew by. The plot is old-fashioned, but it seems to never go out of style. At least in another world Bailang knows, there are countless similar stories that have happened. Even compared with those stories, what Zeng Fei said was not even very "interesting".
A business relies on pressure from top to bottom. This is not even a business to a certain extent. It is not an exaggeration to call it "making money while lying down" or "passing money". In essence, it is the same as the "cleaning fee" that the knife shop collects from street vendors every month.
And once the strong pressure from above disappears or turns around, the beneficiary will naturally be abandoned immediately, and the blooming flowers in the past moment will only be left in ruins in the blink of an eye.
This situation is actually not a dead end. What really forced Zeng Fei into a dead end was the money from the two knife studios.
Having water money is like having two chains around your neck. Even if Zeng Fei wants to make a comeback, he has to break the chains first. But where is the money in the knife shop so easy to get away with?
In the absence of the city lord's palace to suppress him, even if Zeng Fei's sister could give him some emergency help, it would still be a drop in the bucket. In just a few years, Zeng Fei was not only squeezed dry and beaten to death, but also his sister, Zeng Yi, the second wife of the City Lord's Mansion, was also dragged into the water. She was criticized for "protecting her mother's family without any bottom line". He was gradually suppressed by the eldest lady. I can no longer compete with the eldest lady.
Such a skill is not very clever, it can even be regarded as a conspiracy. The only fault is that Zeng Fei and his sister were careless and fell into traps step by step, eventually forming a fatal knot.
"What does your sister mean?" Bailang finished listening to the story and then went straight to the core.
"...My sister asked me to calm down. She could only help me save my life. There was nothing else she could do." Zeng Fei said that the gloom on his face quickly disappeared and turned into the numb expression before.
Then Zeng Fei asked: "Tell me, how are you going to help me pay off the debt I owe?"
Bai Lang smiled and said: "To untie the bell, you must tie the bell. To put it bluntly, although your stupidity has nothing to do with the situation you are in now, it has more to do with the second lady's loss of power. What do you want for this account? If you still take the normal route, you will definitely not be able to reach it, so you have to call the second lady to help her regain power, and then your situation will naturally be solved..."
