"Well... Lu Aiqing, what do you mean by these fees?" Finally, Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and asked in confusion.
"Back to Your Majesty, what I'm saying is that Zheng Shangshu should compensate Su Dingfang and Du Junchuo for their imprisonment. They had nightmares all night because of their imprisonment last night, and they have not come here today. At that time, I was still comforting the two of them at the Rencheng Palace!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan and said, "Although those two people were not physically hurt, their minds were obviously damaged. It is obviously Zheng Shangshu's fault that they are like this. Shouldn't Zheng Shangshu pay for the cost of soothing and healing their minds?" After Lu Chen finished speaking, he turned to look at Zheng Shanguo.
Hearing Lu Chen's strong words, Zheng Shanguo was so angry that he didn't vomit blood. The two of them didn't look mentally damaged at all. They had enough to eat and sleep in their woodshed, and they almost regarded his Shangshu Mansion as the Lu Family Mansion. Oh, Lu Chen actually licked his face and asked for the money for these two people's soup and medicine?
"Your Majesty! I don't agree with what Duke Lu said. What Duke Lu said is just one side of the story. Although I imprisoned these two people, I didn't fight each other with fists and kicks, and I didn't say bad words to each other. How could the two people's minds be damaged? ? What's more, these are County Duke Lu's one-sided words, how can they be convincing!" Zheng Shanguo stepped forward directly, saluted Li Yuan, and then looked at Lu Chen to argue.
"This is the first time that we, Old Cheng, have heard of this mental damage. However, according to what County Duke Lu said, I have seen some soldiers who came back from the battlefield, and some of them will become nagging. On weekdays, Everyone relies on drinking to survive. This kind of thing seems to be what County Duke Lu calls mental damage, right?" Cheng Yaojin said before leaving work again.
Lu Chen glanced at Cheng Yaojin. What those soldiers suffered from was called "traumatic stress disorder". Those soldiers were very pitiful. It was not the same thing as what he said to blackmail Zheng Shanguo.
Even if these two people were mentally damaged, they must have been locked in a woodshed without light, causing "claustrophobia" and traumatic stress disorder, which are two different things.
However, these ancient people probably couldn't distinguish between these diseases. It would not be an exaggeration to call them mental damage. Moreover, Cheng Yaojin was obviously helping him. Lu Chen also nodded in agreement.
"General Cheng's words are very true. Now the two commanders are suffering from mental torture and unspeakable suffering!" Lu Chen said with a very heartbroken expression.
"In that case, then Zheng Aiqing will compensate Lu Aiqing with some money!" Li Yuan was obviously a little bored by Zheng Shanguo's incident, and directly waved his hand and said, besides, the Zheng family has a big business, and this is not the first time for the family. The conflict with Lu Chen was argued in the Tai Chi Palace. Things happened over and over again. Where did they come from? Over and over again. I argued about these things all day long. I don’t want to worry about this world anymore!
"This..." After looking at Li Yuan's expression that was already a little impatient and even a little bored, Zheng Shanguo knew that Li Yuan was already a little disturbed. "Hey", Zheng Shanguo could only sigh secretly in his heart and turned around. Looking at Lu Chen, "Since Mr. Lu County and Mr. Su Guo have said so, I won't be bothered about this matter anymore. Can I compensate the two of them for the one hundred gu decoction and medicine?" Zheng Shanguo said with a gloomy face. .
"Okay! I didn't expect Mr. Zheng to be so sensible. I am here to replace the two people imprisoned by Mr. Zheng. Thank you Mr. Zheng!" Lu Chen said with a smile as he raised his hand to Zheng Shanguo.
Although Zheng Shanguo sighed secretly in his heart just now, he thought about Lu Chenke's words that he would ask him for an extra mine as compensation. His one hundred guan was far inferior to that mine. He said this hundred According to what he knew from several encounters with Lu Chen, Lu Chen had the kind of personality that would never let go. He would definitely ask him for compensation for a mine. Who would have thought that the other party would agree directly to it? , this was greatly beyond Zheng Shanguo’s expectation.
As for Lu Chen, he naturally saw Zheng Shanguo's astonished expression and smiled directly at Zheng Shanguo. There was a bit of sarcasm in that smile, obviously saying: "You want to trick me in this hall? You are overthinking!"
"Since Lu Aiqing agreed to the compensation proposed by Zheng Aiqing, this matter ends here! If anyone makes trouble about this incident again in the future, I will never forgive him lightly!" Li Yuan saw that Lu Chen and Zheng Shanguo had reached a consensus of opinion. , announced directly.
The matter between Lu Chen and Zheng Shanguo has been initially resolved. The next step is naturally the report from other officials. Lu Chen stood in the queue of generals and felt sleepy when he heard the call. Lu Chen didn't understand. Some Why did Li Yuan have to tell Li Yuan about these things that the ministers could handle? Even some of them, in Lu Chen's opinion, were trivial matters. They had to be reported. Lu Chen sat there cross-legged, holding his head in boredom. Pouring his lips, as for Lu Chen's behavior, everyone was already used to it, and of course no one paid attention to him.
It was finally time to disperse the court. As Chang Bao said, "Retreat without incident," Lu Chen immediately became more energetic. He was about to stand up with a "bang", but he was immediately grabbed by someone. Chen immediately woke up. Li Yuan hadn't stood up yet. If he stood up before the emperor, he would be committing a crime of "disrespect" in full view of everyone.
Lu Chen hurriedly shook his body and pretended to change his sitting position. At the same time, he turned to look at the person holding him. He saw that it was Qin Qiong, and Lu Chen had a little understanding of Qin Qiong's strength and what he felt. "Short of sight and quick of hands."
Lu Chen smiled gratefully at Qin Qiong and thanked him in a low voice: "Thank you so much, Brother Qin!"
"You're welcome, brother Xian, but brother Yu has been paying attention to you!" Qin Qiong also smiled at Lu Chen and said.
At this time, Li Yuan stood up with the support of Chang Bao, and everyone shouted in unison: "Congratulations to your Majesty!"
When Li Yuan walked out of the Tai Chi Hall with the help of Chang Bao, they all stood up and lined up to walk out of the Tai Chi Hall. However, compared to Lu Chen who was talking and laughing in a low voice on the other side, Zheng Shanguo, Xiao Yu and others He was not good at interviews and looked at Lu Chen from time to time.
"Why are you guys staring at me?" After leaving the Tai Chi Hall, Lu Chen said rudely to Zheng Shanguo, Xiao Yu and others.
"Mr. Lu has such a bad temper! Why is Mr. Lu still afraid of being looked down upon?" Xiao Yu retorted directly at Lu Chen.
"Your Majesty, please tell me, the matter between me and Zheng Shangshu is over!" Lu Chen didn't want to talk too much to Xiao Yu, and looked directly at Xiao Yu and said.
"That's a settlement of grudges, but the compensation and repairs to the mansion are not over yet, right?" Xiao Yu looked at Lu Chen and said with a curled lip.
"That seems to be the case! Zheng Shangshu owes me debts, and the compensation has not yet been paid to me! Thank you Xiao Pushe for reminding me!" Lu Chen smiled and cupped his hands at Xiao Yu. Lu Chen didn't deserve a beating. The smile directly made Xiao Yu feel a dull pain in his chest.
"Since I have admitted it, I will naturally not deny it! However, when will County Duke Lu of my mansion be repaired?" Zheng Shanguo looked at Lu Chen and asked with a gloomy expression.
"When will you pay the debt and compensation, and when will I make repairs?" Lu Chen answered simply.
"What Mr. Lu said is not sincere. What if I say, when will Mr. Lu repair my house and when will I pay the debt and compensation?" Zheng Shanguo looked at Lu Chen and sneered before continuing. asked rhetorically.
"Old Mr. Zheng, you are being a bit unreasonable!" Lu Chen looked at Zheng Shanguo and said angrily, "I am not like you from aristocratic families, who have a big family and a big business. I am just a Lujiazhuang. With my little salary, I still have to support a large family!"
"What Mr. Lu said is not unreasonable! Mr. Lu took over Lujiazhuang not long ago. He really can't compare with you in terms of money!" Chai Shao nodded at the side and said like a middleman.
To be honest, these people are not afraid of offending Qin Qiong, let alone Cheng Yaojin, but if it is Chai Shao's turn, they still have to think about it. After all, Chai Shao is not only Huo Guogong, but also the emperor's consort, and The most important thing is that his wife is the third princess of the dynasty, Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning, who holds a heavy army. Li Xiuning has always been the target of Li Jiancheng's family and Li Shimin's family. Although Chai Shao is in Tiance Mansion, Li Xiuning is It has always been neutral.
"Since Mr. Huo Guo has come forward, I still have to give him this face. Let's do this. I will send someone to deliver the compensation of 100 yuan to Mr. Lu's village. Now, Mr. Lu has nothing to say, right?" Zheng Shanguo looked at it. Lu Chen said calmly.
"Oh, thank you so much Zheng Shangshu!" When Lu Chen heard that Zheng Shanguo was willing to send a hundred guan to Lujiazhuang first, he suddenly smiled brightly and looked at these officials from aristocratic families. He looked like a county official, just like those ordinary people who were jealous of money. Even many officials from aristocratic families gave Lu Chen a look of contempt.
It's just that Lu Chen's behavior, in the eyes of Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and Chai Shao, who are familiar with Lu Chen, has a different meaning. Seeing Lu Chen's behavior, these people secretly pondered in their hearts. I'm afraid this good brother is going to cause some trouble again.
"Since Zheng Shangshu is so cheerful, I can't be stingy, so be it!" Lu Chen looked at Zheng Shanguo and Xiao Yu, officials from aristocratic families with whom he had issues, "Two days later, I will hold a banquet at Changyuan Tower. How about the adults? It can be regarded as an apology for destroying Zheng Shangshu's house! I just don't know if the adults will give me this face?" Lu Chen said with a smile and bowed his hands to these people.
