Fortunately, Lu Chen provided them with drinks. If they only ate cold meat and cold soup, these people who were eager to eat would probably have vomited long ago. Fortunately, with Erguotou holding them down, they could barely cope with it.
But after all, they were all elderly people, and Lu Chen also spoke at the right time. The movement of these people stopping their chopsticks was very neat. Basically, just as Lu Chen opened his mouth to speak, a few people stopped their chopsticks.
It's impossible to say how good-looking the faces of these people are at this time. It would be good if they could keep a stomach full of cold meat and cold soup without vomiting.
"Everyone, I have no grudges against you in the past or in recent times. You brought this situation on your own. Are you right?" Lu Chen asked with serious expressions as he looked at several people.
What Lu Chen said makes sense. From the very beginning, Wang Gui targeted Lu Chen, and that's why he got to this point step by step. To be honest, although Lu Chen had the intention to deal with these aristocratic families at the beginning, he was not that eager. Because Lu Chen was also preparing to stabilize his foundation and develop for a period of time before dealing with these aristocratic families.
It's a pity that Wang Gui didn't give Lu Chen a chance at all. When Lu Chen appeared in Tai Chi Hall for the first time, the two of them were at odds with each other. Lu Chen immediately made Wang Gui faint and passed out. From then on, these aristocratic families He started targeting Lu Chen everywhere.
"Mr. Lu is right, it is indeed our fault!" Xiao Yu nodded and looked at Wang Gui. After all, the dispute with Lu Chen all started with Wang Gui, and the current situation He was stronger than others, and he had to bow his head under the low eaves. Lu Chen had too many tricks, and they were all aimed at people like them. Although Xiao Yu was not angry in his heart, he still had to give in on the surface.
"Actually, I have no plans to catch you all and force you to a dead end!" Lu Chen sighed and said in a very helpless tone, "You aristocratic families have no credit for the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, but you still have to work hard! I also I don't want to be too pushy, but you are pressing me harder and harder, which makes me very unhappy!" Lu Chen suddenly raised his voice and said, Lu Chen's voice directly startled Xiao Yu and others, they all used words with They looked at Lu Chen with frightened eyes, fearing that the Chang'an County Lord across from him, because of his unhappiness, would directly announce that he would start selling those books tomorrow and write a letter asking the Detachment of Women to start making salt. Then they would really cry to death. .
"Yes! Yes! Mr. Lu is right! It's our fault!" Wei Tinggang hurriedly said to Lu Chen, cupping his hands. Now they have to follow Lu Chen, after all, the "big killer" in Lu Chen's hand is too Too sharp, if this thing is released, it will cost their lives.
"So, I destroyed the door of Zheng Shangshu's house..." Lu Chen was very satisfied when he saw Wei Ting's performance, and then suddenly changed the subject to talk about the door of Zheng Shanguo's house that he blew up a few days ago. .
"What are you talking about, Mr. Lu!" As soon as he heard Lu Chen mention the door of his house and the eyes of others fell on him, Zheng Shanguo quickly smiled and waved his hand and said, "In fact, I have long thought about that door. After some repairs, County Duke Lu destroyed it, but it helped me a lot. I can't thank County Duke Lu enough. How dare I ask County Duke Lu to repair it! I can do this myself!" Zheng Shanguo waved his hands and said.
"But your Majesty..." Hearing Zheng Shanguo's words, Lu Chen suppressed a smile in his heart, mainly because he looked at the complimentary expressions of these people. He couldn't help but suppress a smile. These people are used to saying the same thing. Even in the court, even Li Yuan and the others dared to say a few words. If outsiders saw the compliments of these people, I really don't know what they would think.
Lu Chen suppressed his laughter and said with an embarrassed expression. Li Yuan announced in court that he would repair Zheng Shanguo's door, so Lu Chen's embarrassed expression did not surprise these people.
After all, it was Li Yuan's decision. The emperor's words were golden. He told Lu Chen to fix it, so Lu Chen had to fix it.
"This matter is not simple!" Seeing Lu Chen's somewhat embarrassed expression, Xiao Yu said directly, "Of course Mr. Zheng will do the repairs himself. As for who repairs it, it is naturally you, Mr. Lu, who repairs it! Your Majesty I just asked Mr. Lu County to repair the gate of Zheng Mansion, but did not send a supervisor. When the repair is completed, shouldn't we say who repaired it will be whoever repaired it?" Xiao Yu said directly with a smile.
Looking at Xiao Yu's smile, Lu Chen felt that it seemed a bit flattering.
"That's right! What Xiao Pushe said is so true! When the repairs are almost completed, Mr. Lu will go around and let others see Mr. Lu's appearance, and then just report it to His Majesty!" Wang Gui on the side also said interjected.
"Isn't this deceiving His Majesty!" Lu Chen said with some reluctance, "This is the crime of deceiving the Emperor!" Lu Chen said with some anxiety.
Seeing Lu Chen's appearance, several people complained in their hearts, "Do you still know that you are afraid of the emperor?" Then when the Tai Chi Hall goes to court, everyone else has to sit cross-legged, but you sit cross-legged there. This alone can treat you as a disrespectful person. Are you still afraid of the emperor? If you say this, do you believe it yourself?
But now these people are all begging Lu Chen, and naturally they don't dare to say what they are complaining about Lu Chen in their hearts. Xiao Yu can only continue to say as if to persuade Lu Chen: "How can such a trivial matter involve deceiving the emperor?" What's the crime? Your Majesty is busy with everything, so you can just tell Governor Chang about such a trivial matter!"
"Since Xiao Pushe said so, I have no choice but to be shameless and obey orders rather than being respectful!" Lu Chen said to Xiao Yu with a reluctant look, "In addition, everyone's debts..." Lu Chen He continued, "My husband's Lujiazhuang is also a small family. In addition, the population is increasing day by day. It is quite difficult for me to support the entire Lujiazhuang with my salary, so..."
"Don't worry, Mr. Lu County, we'll be there soon! We'll be there soon!" Wang Gui, Wei Ting and Zheng Shanguo looked at each other, knowing that Lu Chen was getting into the topic, and hurriedly rushed to Lu Chen and said in a confident voice.
"In this case, I can rest assured! In fact, I have no interest in the political affairs of the court. My only interest is to develop my own one-third of an acre of land. If you don't disturb me, I will naturally You all understand that I don't know how to do anything, right?" Seeing that the three of them readily agreed to deliver the debt, Lu Chen continued slowly and leisurely.
"Yes! Mr. Lu is a person like a wandering cloud and wild crane. How can ordinary people like us compare with him? We have done too much in the past, so we can't compensate Mr. Lu here!" Several people naturally understood Lu Chen. The meaning behind the words was that Lu Chen's words were both an expression of his intentions and a warning to the people of these aristocratic families.
Several people rushed to Lu Chen and said, cupping their hands.
"Well! Now that everyone understands! Then my dinner today is not in vain!" Lu Chen nodded with a pleased expression and said, "You all hold important positions in the court, so I I won’t delay you all, what do you think?” Lu Chen felt that he had said enough, so he stood up and cupped his hands at these people.
Several people also understood that in fact, they didn't know the taste of the cold meat soup they just ate. After all, they were all thinking about whether Lu Chen would really kill him. Now that Lu Chen said this, several people also stood up. As soon as I got up, there was a turbulent feeling in my stomach. The smell of cold meat and cold soup came up with this surging, and the feeling was so sour and refreshing.
Everyone tried their best to shake their Adam's apple a few times, and pressed down with all their strength. This time they all rushed to Lu Chen and handed over their hands, "There will be a lot of things in the Lu County Gongzhuang, so it is inconvenient for us to stay for a long time. Are we destined to meet again?" Several people looked at Lu Chen and said.
"Then we are destined to meet again!" Lu Chen cupped his hands at several people, "I will give you one as a gift!"
"Mr. Lu, stay here. We can leave on our own. Why don't we bother Mr. Lu to see you off!" Xiao Yu and the others were all in a hurry to leave now. The things in their stomachs were raging so much that they wanted to go out and find someone right now. He vomited somewhere, suppressed the surging discomfort in his stomach, forced a smile, and said to Lu Chen, cupping his hands.
"I am the proprietor, and you are all the pillars of the imperial court. How can I not not give you a gift! Liu Jing, go over and open the door. I want to give you a gift in person!" Lu Chen waved his hand directly and said unhappily.
As Lu Chen finished speaking, Liu Jing went over and opened the door of the private room first. The adults of the aristocratic families filed out. Because of the things in their stomachs, some of them were a little anxious, but Lu Chen insisted on seeing him off, and some of them still You can imagine how uncomfortable Lu Chen felt as he had to slow down and wait for Lu Chen to slowly come over to see him off.
"Everyone, let's go slowly. Let's meet again next time!" Standing at the door of Changyuan Building, Lu Chen handed over to Xiao Yu and others one by one. Xiao Yu and others had no choice but to hand over to Lu Chen one by one. bid farewell.
Seeing Lu Chen sending Xiao Yu and others out, they were still talking and laughing. Those who came to Changyuan Building to eat and watch the excitement couldn't help but have a look of disappointment on their faces. They all thought that With Lu Chen's temper, why couldn't he have a fight with these people? Who would have thought that in the end, the two sides seemed to have shaken hands and made peace, without any disturbance at all.
"Master, are you going to let them go like this?" Seeing Xiao Yu and others getting on the carriage and leaving, Meng Ji couldn't help but move closer to Lu Chen and said.
"What should we do? Kill them?" Lu Chen glared at Meng Ji, then walked out of Changyuan Building.
Lu Chen was walking out, while several guards passed by Lu Chen and went straight to the private room upstairs to carry the boxes containing books to the carriage downstairs.
"Do you think the Lord will let them go?" Meng Ji, who was scolded by Lu Chen, stood there in confusion, while Lian Xiude on the side poked Meng Ji with a smirk on his face.
