Li Ke walked for a while, then turned back and said with a smile: "Father, please lend me your jade pendant and valuables."
Li Shimin asked: "Why do you want something valuable?"
"My son is of course useful, as long as my father watches over me."
Then he turned around and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, lend me your valuables as well."
"Old Zhu, give me your big gold chain and jade pendant."
The three of them took down all the valuable things on their bodies and handed them to Li Ke. Li Ke hung Haizhu's big gold chain around his neck, and hung the three jade pendants on his waist.
He also tied Haizhu's money bag around his waist and held two gold cakes in his hands.
Li Shimin was speechless when he saw his son dressed like this. He was really a country boy.
Li Ke came to the father and daughter who were still quarreling.
"Ahem..."
The father and daughter were startled, and they quickly turned to look at the coughing person, only to see a rich young man from a rich family.
A large golden chain, four jade pendants of excellent quality hanging on his waist, two gold cakes in his hand, and a bulging wallet on his waist.
Li Ke showed a silly smile towards the father and daughter, and bent down to pick up the wooden sign that fell on the ground. As a result, the money bag around his waist fell to the ground, and the copper plates with golden beans scattered all over the floor.
"Yeah, my money..."
Li Ke quickly grabbed the money bag, put the fallen copper plates and golden beans into the bag, and tied a knot around his waist.
The father and daughter were shocked. This boy had a lot of money, and the money bag actually contained golden beans.
The old man was so greedy that his saliva came out, his eyes were reduced to slits from laughter, he kept swallowing his saliva, and had nowhere to put his hands.
This is a fat sheep, a big fat sheep!
Li Ke picked up the wooden sign, tilted his head and looked at it for a long time, and asked seriously: "Girl, do you want to sell your father and bury him?"
Father and daughter: "???"
Both of them were stunned at the same time. Selling their father to death? He sold his body to bury his father!
After the old man was stunned, his smiling eyes disappeared. He had already begun to plan to harvest this young man's money.
I didn't expect that such a rich young man would turn out to be a fool, even more powerful than the mallet just now. This was a business sent to me by God.
"Young Master, you are mistaken. This little girl is selling herself to bury her father."
Li Ke touched his head and said with a silly smile: "I don't study well, so don't lie to me."
The old man quickly pushed his daughter and whispered: "Kneel down quickly and beg this young master to buy you. You will have endless glory and wealth. Your father and I are also rich. We don't owe each other anything."
The girl had had enough of this father. He looked at the young man in front of him with a kind face. If he could buy her, he would have escaped the enslavement of this devil father.
Even working as a maid for this young master is better than following his father and being beaten every day.
The girl flopped and knelt on the ground: "Sir, please buy the little girl. The little girl can do any job. She just hopes to use the money from selling herself to bury my father who passed away five days ago."
"The little girl is from Yangzhou. She came to the capital with her father for treatment three months ago. However, within three months, her father's illness did not improve, and all the money she brought was spent. Just five days ago, her father passed away. Hexi went..."
"The little girl is helpless and penniless in the capital. Her father's body has been lying outside the city for four days..."
Li Ke saw the girl crying like rain, and stupidly stepped forward to comfort her: "Girl, don't cry, don't cry! It's so pitiful!"
The old man quickly echoed: "Sir, this girl is so pitiful, just do it well and buy her!"
Li Ke stood up, looked at the old man, and asked kindly: "Dare you ask me, what kind of girl are you?"
The old man clasped his fists and said, "The father and his son once rented my house, but they didn't even pay the rent. I'm here to help."
"Oh! Good Samaritan! Good people are rewarded."
"Girl, I wonder how much it will cost to bury your father?"
"Is this bag of money enough?"
The old man breathed quickly nervously: "That's enough, that's enough!"
"What are you getting involved in? Let her say..."
But the girl looked at the bag of golden beans and copper plates that Li Ke took down in a daze. He had never seen so much money. These golden beans were enough to buy a house with three entrances and three exits in the most prosperous place.
Seeing that his daughter was silent, the old man said anxiously: "Speak quickly!"
"enough!"
"This young master is sponsoring you because I feel sorry for you. After burying your father, you can live a good life."
"Thank you, sir, thank you..."
The old man was overjoyed. He didn't expect that he would make a lot of money with so many sticks today.
"In the Tang Dynasty, buying and selling people was illegal and would result in lawsuits and, in the most serious cases, hanging."
Then, Li Ke looked at the old man again and said with a silly smile: "Especially the crime of selling children, the government has repeatedly banned it and hates it extremely. Once caught by the government, he will definitely kill him as a warning to others. He will be taken to the vegetable market and beheaded in public. .”
The old man felt panicked after listening to Li Ke's words.
"The laws of the Tang Dynasty also stipulate that defrauding others of money is equivalent to theft. If you are caught, the government will sentence you according to the amount of money stolen. With the money I have, I should be able to be sentenced to exile."
Listening to the words of the young man in front of them, the father and daughter broke into cold sweat on their foreheads, especially when they saw the unprecedented appearance of a Jinwu Guard patrol in the distance.
"Girl, hurry up and bury your father. It's been five days, and your father probably stinks."
"Yes, I'll go right away..."
The old man said anxiously: "I will go with her so that I can be a helper."
Li Ke sighed and shouted: "Wait a minute, I'd better go with you. This money is spent, so let's just listen to it, right?"
The father and daughter looked at each other, terrible! !
If this young man follows, won't he reveal his secret?
"No, young master, it's better not to go. My father has contracted smallpox, and I don't dare to put my benefactor in danger."
"That's right. I know people in Jinwuwei. They should be able to help you."
Li Ke turned around and shouted to the people of Jinwu Guard: "You guys, come here, there is something you need to do."
The girl was frightened and shouted quickly: "Dad..."
"Oh my mother, you're done!"
The old man groaned, grabbed the money bag in his daughter's hand, and ran away.
But there was Li Ke's opponent. As soon as he caught the money bag, he was kicked to the ground by Li Ke.
Li Ke immediately became angry and yelled: "So he is your father? Are you father and daughter?"
"You two liars have deceived me so much, it's so abominable!"
"Bring it to you!"
Li Ke grabbed the money bag and then snatched the money bag from the old man's waist.
"It seems that what I said is right. You are selling your father to death, and you still insist on correcting what I said."
Father and daughter: "..."
The old man has the desire to kill people. Damn it, he deceives people every day, and today he was tricked.
The most important thing is that people have long said that betraying one's father will lead to one's death, and the father and daughter stupidly help to correct it.
"Master, spare your life, spare your life!"
"Give me a break, defrauding people of their money is like killing your parents. You almost killed my parents. Especially since you deceive other people's compassion, you don't deserve sympathy."
The people from Jinwu Guard immediately surrounded the father and daughter.
"This young master, what are your orders?"
"They are buying and selling people. The evidence is conclusive. They also deceived me. What should I do?"
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