The 63rd: Spend money when you have it, don't spend it when you don't.

  Song Qing was very righteous, as soon as he heard that Ximen Qing bought mantou and beef to help the poor beggars, he directly broke his promise to assist, without caring about the credibility of his wine shop. Now that the buyer has come, he can only smile wryly and offer one hundred taels of silver as a breach of contract fee. This behavior made Ximen Qing secretly admire him, and also firmly decided to make friends with him. Being able to befriend such a righteous person made Ximen Qing feel honored!

  Song Qing smiled and was willing to pay the liquidated damages, but the three men in front of him were unwilling to accept it.

  The man in the middle shouted: "You think you can bully us three brothers, Song Qing? Don't think that just because your brother is a clerk at the county yamen, we won't dare to tear down your shop. Let me tell you, my young master's treasures are all starving, if you can't produce buns and beef, humph, today I'll tear down your dog fart wine house!"

  Song Qing's expression didn't change, his temperament was well-cultivated, and he continued to smile as he said: "Of course the three brothers' words are true, who dares to take the Zheng family's Three Heroes' words lightly? It's just that today's mantou and beef really are gone, and Song Qing can't conjure them up on the spot, right? Please forgive me, three brothers! How about this, I'll take out 200 taels of silver to apologize, hoping the three brothers will calm down!"

  The three big men exchanged a glance, and each had some movement in their hearts. Two hundred taels of silver would be enough for them to enjoy themselves for a long time. However, they still hesitated, thinking again whether they should be more greedy or not.

  Ximen Qing took one glance and saw the martial arts skills of the three big men, they were just three rough men, not even having converted their postnatal energy into prenatal energy, although they looked strong and powerful, how could they fight against Song Qing who was at the peak of martial arts? Song Qing could settle these three with just one hand! And now Song Qing was being so humble and courteous, this made Ximen Qing very curious, guessing in his heart, did these three big men have some background?

  Ximen Qing asked a young servant beside him, "Young one, what is the origin of these three people?"

  The young shopkeeper glared at the three burly men in front of the door, saying with a bad tone: "Ximen Gongzi, these three are not decent people. They rely on being the son of the county magistrate's dog legs and have been showing off their power in Yuncheng County. The buns and beef they ordered from our store were originally priced at 20 taels of silver, but each time they only gave 10 taels of silver. Hmph, if it weren't for Master and Second Master not wanting to cause trouble, I would have beaten these dog things long ago!"

  Ximen Qing nodded. Merchants have always been unwilling to offend officials, let alone Song Jiang, who was still a county official. Therefore, Song Qing had always been patient with these three men, even if he suffered losses, he would turn a blind eye.

  Ximen Qing asked again: "Right, little brother, why did these three people buy so many buns and dried beef? Are they also relieving the poor?"

  "Relieve the poor and suffering? Haha...” The little servant was so angry that he hummed and said, "If they were to relieve the poor and suffering, I would cut off my head. That county government's young master has opened a dog shed, specifically for the rich young masters of Yuncheng County to fight dogs. This mantou and beef, are naturally used to feed the dogs. Damn it, a group of beasts, actually using white steamed buns and beef to feed dogs, I don't even have such good treatment!"

  Ximen Qing's face turned red with rage, and he cursed: "You deserve to die! A person like you should be tied up on the street and flogged! Don't they know that there are so many people on the streets who can't even get enough to eat?"

  After finishing speaking, Ximen Qing stood up and walked over to Song Qing's side.

  At this time, the three big men were entangling Song Qing, with the aim of making Song Qing take out more silver.

  Song Qing didn't bother to argue with them, so he thought of taking out 300 taels of silver to send them away, and also to continue chatting with Ximen Qing. Just as he was about to take out the silver, however, he was stopped by Ximen Qing.

  Ximen Qing stopped Song Qing and smiled, saying: "Brother Song Qing, the reason your store broke the contract was all because of me. So this compensation matter will be handled by me, how about that?" He also gave Song Qing a look.

  Song Qing was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and nodded, patted Ximen Qing's shoulder, and didn't say anything else.

  Seeing the silver that was almost in their grasp disappear, the three big men became extremely angry and sternly questioned Ximen Qing, saying: "Who are you? Could it be that you're a fugitive wanted by the imperial court? Do you believe I'll have you thrown into prison?"

  After finishing speaking, the three of them rubbed their fingers together, and the meaning was very clear.

  Ximen Qing sneered inwardly, then took out a gold ingot from his bosom and waved it in front of the three men, laughing: "Gentlemen, I've bought up all the buns and beef at Song's wine shop. If you're angry, come find me to settle the score; naturally, I'll take care of this compensation business myself. How about that?"

  The three men hastily exchanged glances, their greedy eyes fully exposed. This was gold, after all! Exchanged for silver, it would be worth over a hundred taels! At the same time, Ximen Qing in their eyes had also transformed into a wealthy master.

  The big man in the middle coughed twice and said with a pretentious tone: "Well, well, since that's the case, I won't bother finding Song Qing anymore. Since you also said it was your fault, fine, just compensate me with 100 taels of gold then. You should know, my young master's beloved dogs are waiting to be fed, and if they go hungry, no one can bear my young master's wrath. I think you look unfamiliar, so let me tell you, my young master is named Hao Jian, and he's the son of the county magistrate!"

  Ximen Qing smiled and said: "You three, are you saying that your young master is very cheap?"

  Three big men nodded and proudly said: "That's right, my young master Hao Jian!"

  Ximen Qing nodded and said, "Well, that's a cheap trick. I really haven't heard of such a creative name! However, I can imagine that your young master is quite formidable. As for the compensation in gold..."

  At this point, Ximen Qing weighed the gold in his hand and then slapped it heavily on the wooden table. With a loud "slap", the entire wooden table was pressed into the ground one inch deep, and the blue bricks under the table were broken into pieces. And the gold in Ximen Qing's hand had already sunk into the wooden table!

  "Hmph..." The people eating around them were startled, taking a deep breath of cold air, and then hurriedly buried their heads to continue eating, not daring to look at the commotion again. At the same time, they secretly laughed in their hearts, wanting to see how the three dogs from the Zheng family would end up. You're not trying to extort gold from people's homes? I'm afraid you won't even have bones left!

  At this time, three big men were already scared and their legs went soft. Good fellow, with such great strength, if it was slapped on oneself, wouldn't one be slapped into a pulp?

  The three of them exchanged a glance, all looking depressed and frustrated. They couldn't believe that the young whippersnapper in front of them had such incredibly high martial arts skills!

  Ximen Qing clapped his hands and laughed, saying: "You three, my gold doesn't listen to me, it has to be like this before it's willing to go with others. If you want it, just take it down and carry it away!"

  Three people hastily shook their heads, the man on the left was so scared that he wiped his sweat repeatedly and said: "No need, no need, I'm afraid of losing my life for nothing, haha, so let's just forget about it today. I think it's getting late, we should leave too, right, big brother, third brother?"

  Zheng in the middle nodded repeatedly and then said: "That's right, it's getting late, goodbye!"

  After finishing speaking, the three of them turned around and left immediately, their speed was indeed not covered.

  Watching the three people flee in a hurry, Song Qing burst out laughing and said: "Brother Yi's excellent martial arts skills scared these three people away today, it's really exhilarating! Haha, if I wasn't afraid of causing unnecessary trouble for my brother, I would have taught those three dogs a lesson long ago. Come on, Brother Yi, let's continue drinking!"

  "Good!" Ximen Qing said with a smile, and then sat down again.

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  I'll work harder!~~~~