Chapter 489 Twenty taels of silver and one life (3 more)
If Zhang Muqiu was there, she would definitely recognize him at a glance. He was the man who went to the hospital to pretend to be sick before, and was Xu Qirong's domestic servant.
Xu Qirong watched Gao Xiuer go away before asking: "Is the matter done?"
The man frowned when he heard this and looked around cautiously. Seeing that there was still someone at the well, he lowered his voice and said, "Master, let's go back and talk."
"Yes." Xu Qirong also found that this was not the place to talk, as it was too easy for others to hear.
He himself had just listened to the chat between Gao Xiuer and Qiu Tao for a long time.
The two returned to their residence. The man hesitated for a long time, but finally plucked up the courage and said, "Master, I think this matter is not a trivial matter, and it would be better to discuss it in the long term."
Xu Qirong frowned when he heard this and said: "Yue Chun, you have said these words many times. It is useless to say more. You only need to tell me whether the things I told you have been completed."
When Yue Chun heard this, his shoulders slumped slightly and he sighed softly.
Although he knew that this would be the result, he still couldn't help but want to try harder.
Xu Qirong snorted impatiently.
Yue Chun hurriedly composed himself and said: "The younger one has already talked to Ge Fu and made it very clear to him that if he is lucky enough to save his life, we will give him twenty taels of silver as agreed.
"If he unfortunately lost his life, his son would be given an additional five taels of silver as burial expenses.
"Gefu is very satisfied with the price and says that his life is at your disposal!
"So the younger one gave him five taels of silver as a deposit. He has already put his fingerprints on the deed. If he regrets it, he will have to double the amount and return it.
"The Ge family can't even get out even five taels of silver, let alone five taels of silver, so he never dares to go back on his word."
Although Yue Chun couldn't agree with Xu Qirong's actions, he was not at all vague about what he should do.
Hearing this, Xu Qirong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Just make it clear. I only need a little medicine to get everything done."
Yue Chun raised his head and looked at Xu Qirong, with a tangled look on his face but hesitated to speak.
"Okay." Xu Qirong didn't wait for him to speak, his face suddenly sank, and he said displeasedly, "This is a matter of mutual consent between you and me, and money and goods have not been paid. Why do you say that I want to be malicious?"
Harming people's lives?
"Your master, is it easy for me to find such a suitable person? Ah? You have to make trouble for me before you are willing to do it?"
After he said that, looking at Yue Chun's depressed look, he suddenly chuckled and asked: "You should have tried to persuade Ge Fu today, right? It's a pity that not only did he not accept your favor, he also thought that you were blocking his way of making money.
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Yue Chun's face turned even worse, obviously Xu Qirong had been right.
Although Graham was only in his early forties, he had been in poor health because of a serious illness when he was young. Whenever the family had any money left, almost all of it was spent on his medical treatment and medicine.
Now his health is getting worse day by day, but his son has reached the age where he wants to talk about marriage.
The family couldn't afford the money for his son to marry him, and he was still a sick man who was holding his son back. Ge Fu longed to die.
But he had not seen the regrets of his successors, which reluctantly prevented him from seeking death.
That day, he was begging along the street, and somehow by chance, he met Xu Qirong, who had been looking for suitable candidates on the street.
The two chatted for a long time, and only after Xu Qirong learned something about his family situation did he reveal his purpose.
Xu Qirong hoped that Ge Fu would take the medicine he provided, and then go to the hospital to see Mrs. Tong. Naturally, he would pay for the consultation and medicine. Regardless of life or death, he would be given twenty taels of silver as a reward.
If Ge Fu eventually died because of this, Xu Qirong would give him an additional five taels of silver as his burial expenses.
When Graham heard this, he was overjoyed.
He had only seen twenty taels of silver in his dreams in his life, and he never imagined that his miserable life could be worth so much money.
If he could really have so much silver, not only would his son be able to marry a daughter-in-law and go home in great glory, but he might also be able to put around ten or eight taels of silver at the bottom of the box.
As the saying goes, if you have money in your hands, you won’t panic.
From now on, the young couple will live a happy life, have children, and raise children. If the family can have a few taels of money with them, they will feel more at ease.
To put it bluntly, even if Xu Qirong is a liar, the most he can do is not get the money and die in vain.
But he had actually already thought about leaving, so why should he be afraid of death?
His death would be a good opportunity to lessen the burden on his son.
So Ge Fu didn't even consider whether Xu Qirong was a liar, so he readily agreed.
Now that the candidate has been found, the plan should have been implemented immediately, but something went wrong on Xu Qirong's side.
There is a key medicinal ingredient that is relatively rare. I searched all the pharmacies in Yongzhou Prefecture but could not find it.
Xu Qirong had to write a letter home and ask his disciple to deliver it.
Going back and forth like this will inevitably waste time.
Xu Qirong was worried that Ge Fu would regret it, so he sent Yue Chun to quickly deliver the deposit and also asked Ge Fu to put his fingerprint on the deed.
Of course, buying your life with money is something you can do but cannot say.
This so-called deed was, to put it bluntly, a contract of betrayal. Even if Ge Fu pressed his fingerprints on it, Xu Qirong did not have the right to take his life.
But Graham couldn't read a single word, so he had no idea that the deed was specifically meant to scare him.
Looking at such an honest and humble farmer who only cares about his son, Yue Chun felt really uncomfortable.
He couldn't help but advise Graham not to think too hard. As a human being, you should cherish your life. Only by living can you have hope.
When Ge Fu heard these words, he didn't take them seriously at all.
"Hope? If you were to go back ten years and you told me hope, I might still be able to believe you.
"But now I am buried up to my neck in loess. Not only can I not make any money, but I also have to eat more. My son also has to spend money to pay me for medical treatment and medicine.
"As for what life is like, there is hope. These vain words are all for those of you who have no worries about food and clothing.
"If you ask me, your master is the real kind man. How can my old bones be worth twenty-five taels of silver?
"He is just helping me in another way. I hope I can accept this help without any burden!"
If Yue Chun hadn't known that Xu Qirong's real purpose was to cause trouble for Lady Tong, he would have been convinced by Ge Fu's completely self-consistent logic.
But after returning to the room at night, Yue Chun lay on the bed, thinking about this matter over and over again, as if there were two voices in his head that kept arguing.
One said, "Master and Graham are both willing to fight and suffer, so why should I worry about it?"
Another said, this is a wrong thing after all. Do we really want to watch the master make mistakes again and again?
After tossing and turning all night, Yue Chun got up before dawn, wrote a letter in the dim morning light, put it in an envelope, sealed it and wrote the words "Ji Hanwei personally expresses my gratitude" on the front of the envelope.
After he finished writing the letter, he went out directly, went to a commercial firm to hire an errand boy, paid him double the price, and told him that he must deliver the letter to Yuanzhai in Xinhua County as soon as possible.
Looking at the back of the young errand boy who hurriedly mounted his horse and left with the letter in his arms, Yue Chun couldn't help but pray secretly in his heart.
He knew that he was determined not to persuade Xu Qirong.
But if it was Ji Hanwei who said it, I would probably listen more to it no matter what!