Chapter 345: Good friend, for a lifetime

Chen Guanlou regretfully notified Zhang Wenfu that he didn't get the money. And told the other party that the Zhang family was having an economic crisis, parents had turned against each other for money, fought three hundred rounds, and there were probably three hundred rounds to follow.

No money meant no wind, and without wind, Zhang Wenfu couldn't relax, his spirit was always highly tense and anxious, and the whole person was not good.

Visible to the naked eye, the person wilted, squatting at the cell door and sobbing softly.

To tell the truth, Chen Guanlou rarely saw big men sobbing, either howling and crying, or crying silently, or covering the pain with a smile, or gritting his teeth and enduring.

Scenes like Zhang Wenfu hiding and sobbing like a child were basically hard to see in adult men.

"What are you crying for?"

"I'm uncomfortable!"

"Actually, there is another way to solve your problem."

"What way?"

"Do you have money yourself? If not, you can borrow in your name. After you get out of prison in the future, you can pay it back yourself."

"Can, I can borrow." Zhang Wenfu saw the dawn in despair, not thinking about the risks here at all.

Chen Guanlou tsked twice, "With your brain, having mixed in the officialdom for two years, how come you weren't killed?"

Zhang Wenfu looked innocent.

Chen Guanlou sneered, "You have so many friends, have you ever thought about borrowing from friends? Borrowing from a bank is a choice that can only be made after being driven to a dead end. Nine out and thirteen return, the bank is darker than you think."

"Brother Chen, I knew you were a good person."

"Said it, don't call me brother, call me official."

"You are my own brother."

"If you call me again, I'll starve you for three days."

Zhang Wenfu closed his mouth decisively.

However, after not closing for a few seconds, he couldn't help but open his mouth and say: "Can Official Chen come forward to borrow money for me? I can set up a written certificate."

Chen Guanlou ordered the prison guard to send the four treasures of the study, "Write it. Write down the IOU and everything. Are you sure these people can lend you money? Your family doesn't care about you anymore, can they care about you?"

"The family is just temporarily difficult, it won't be that they don't care about me." Zhang Wenfu argued in a low voice, "When my father and mother are not busy, they will think of me. But I can't wait for that time, better to borrow money to solve the problem at hand first."

Zhang Wenfu also had a heart, worrying that his fox friends wouldn't lend him money, so he wrote many IOUs in one breath, playing the calculation of casting a net to catch fish, catching one is one.

Chen Guanlou took a look, and good friend Ye Young Master was indeed on the list.

He took out the IOU given to Ye Young Master, "I'll help you borrow this one reluctantly. If you can borrow it, you don't need to find others to borrow money."

"Do you think he will lend it?" Zhang Wenfu suddenly became less confident.

"Your relationship with Ye is not very good, why are you worried that he won't lend you money?"

"Naturally it was good when nothing happened, but I can't guarantee it after something happened."

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows, "You are not stupid, at least you woke up."

"My father and mother don't have time to care about me, how can I expect friends to help selflessly? What if they see that my family has signs of falling, and want to draw a line with me, it is also understandable. If I were in their shoes, I would do the same. Everything is based on family interests."

Not worthy of being born in an official family, as long as you are willing to calm down and use your brain to think, there is something to be learned.

Chen Guanlou said: "You should have thought so from the beginning. But it's not too late to start now. Are you sure you want to let the wind?"

"Want! I'm suffocating to death. I must let the wind. Not asking for much, once a month is enough!"

"Okay! As long as the money is in place, I will personally approve the slip for you to let the wind."

Chen Guanlou took a stack of IOUs and handed them to Xiao Jin, asking him to arrange for someone to borrow money. If they can borrow, borrow; if they can't, forget it.

He put the IOU for Ye Young Master in his pocket.

After getting off work, go home.

The weather was hot, and there was only a little coolness in the evening, and the street welcomed the liveliest time of the day, even livelier than the morning market.

The vendors also seized the opportunity and set up stalls on both sides of the street. When the wind blew, the body felt comfortable, as if the heat of the day could be blown away. Even if they didn't buy things, everyone was willing to go out for a stroll, blow the wind, making the streets and alleys even more lively.

The key reason for this liveliness was that the court cancelled the curfew.

After the previous mutiny, the court felt the depression of the capital market, and the lives of the people inside and outside the city had declined. In order to boost the confidence of the people in the capital and make the market lively, to cover the face of the court and the old Emperor, some court officials came forward to force their way through the dissenting opinions and finally persuaded the old Emperor to issue a decree to cancel the curfew.

Cancelling the curfew, actually the Embroidered Uniform Guard was also very happy, no need to work the night shift, everyone could get off work on time, and the money was not less. They could also free up manpower to focus on arresting people.

Don't look at the fact that the deposed Crown Prince matter has passed; in fact, the follow-up influence of this matter has just begun to permeate. Those who should be liquidated, those who should be arrested, those who should be chopped, one by one, none can run away.

Looking at the old Emperor's style of doing things, he is very good at cutting meat with a dull knife.

Wang Qiren is a typical representative of cutting meat with a dull knife. More than thirty years without seeing the sun... not going crazy, count him as powerful.

Chen Guanlou walked on the street facing the summer wind, feeling the fireworks of the world.

He came to the small alley and waited.

He inquired, Ye walks this alley back to the Hou Fu every day.

The main entrance of the Hou Fu, unless the eldest master returns in triumph, or the palace declares a decree, will never be opened at ordinary times. Even the old lady going out walks through the side door, not the main entrance.

Ye Young Master is a guest staying in the Hou Fu, not wanting to add trouble. He doesn't even walk through the side door, entering and leaving every day through the side door in the back alley of the Hou Fu, and as soon as he enters, it is the territory of the eldest room. No need to alarm the people of the second room.

When it was time to get off work, Ye Young Master declined the invitation to socialize and took a carriage back to the Hou Fu.

As soon as he arrived at the back alley, the carriage stopped, and the coachman told him, "Reporting to the young master, someone is looking for you."

"Who is looking for me? Why don't you go into the Hou Fu to find me?"

Ye Young Master asked while pushing open the carriage door, looking outside.

Chen Guanlou!?

"You are looking for me?" Ye Young Master was very surprised.

Chen Guanlou didn't talk nonsense, "Does Ye Young Master still remember Great Ming Lake... Zhang Wenfu imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison. He entrusted me to find you to borrow a sum of money; this is the IOU, please take a look."

Almost slipped his tongue.

Chen Guanlou handed over the IOU, which could be said to be crisp and neat. He was also rushing home to eat.

Ye Young Master was still a bit confused, read the content on the IOU, then came back to his senses, sorted out the whole thing, and immediately frowned, "Why did he ask me to borrow money? Their Zhang family is not short of money."

"The Zhang family is really short of money now, and can't take care of Zhang Wenfu. Zhang Wenfu was driven to a dead end, so he thought of you, his good friend. Ye Young Master, when a friend is in trouble, pull the knife to help! People in the capital know that you are a pair of good friends, and the friendship is moving. You can't not lend it!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Ye Young Master blushed with anger, "I don't just have him as a friend, and he doesn't just have me."

"Then are you lending this money or not?" Chen Guanlou asked at the carriage door. ===== CHAPTER 346 =====