Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 223 New Shareholders

The young frail man closed his folding fan and said with a smile: "I am Cao Zongshi, a student from Bianliang, and I can testify for this official Fan. I was by his side when he bought Guanpu."

Lawyer Wang sneered and said, "Anyone can testify by pulling anyone in outside. What evidence do you have to say that you are a witness?" "

Cao Zongshi took out two slips and said loudly to everyone: "This is my two bets on Guanpu, 100 taels of silver to bet on Feng Jing's first prize in the exam, Sichun, I won 600 taels of silver, and the other slip is to bet on Fan Jing. Ning Kaozhong Tongzi Division No.1 is also a bet of 100 taels, Wuchun, I won 200 taels for this ticket, a total of 800 taels, I just followed Fan Guanren's bet, and the number was connected to them Later, I can of course prove that Fan Guanren is telling the truth, and his four checklists are all true."

Shopkeeper Wu jumped up angrily and shouted: "Your list is also fake. You colluded to make a fake. You clearly know a group of liars. How can you be a witness?"

The young man's face changed, and he stared coldly at shopkeeper Wu, "How dare you call me a liar!"

"What are you not a liar? Our store has no record of you at all."

At this time, Bao Zheng couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped the gavel heavily, "I have already found out the case, so I will pronounce the sentence here!"

Wang Litigation Master's face turned ashen immediately, he knew that the judgment at this time must be disadvantageous to him, but if he continued to fight, his qualification as a litigator would be deprived, so he didn't dare to make trouble anymore.

The shopkeeper Wu Da was also stunned, why did he pronounce the sentence, this is unreasonable!

Bao Zheng glanced at him coldly, and said loudly: "I have verified that the Guanpu tickets purchased by Fan Mingren and Cao Shizong are genuine, and the Fuguiqiao Guanpu Store must pay them in full.

In addition, the Fuguiqiao Guanpu store did not keep its integrity and cheated the government. It was fined 3 taels of silver. The cash and the fined silver will be handed over to the Kaifeng government office within two days. If the payment is overdue, the official will seize Fugui Bridge all shops! "

Wu big shopkeeper mind 'hum! ' With a bang, not only must the full amount be paid, but also a fine of [-] yuan in silver, how can I go back and explain to the proprietor?
His legs went limp, and he slumped down in the lobby.

Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. Under the vigorous publicity of two competitors, Jiuwenzhong Guanpu Store and Guanlou Guanpu Store, Fuguiqiao Guanpu Store was severely punished by the government for defrauding customers and defaulting on accounts. The news quickly spread to every corner of the capital.

For a while, restaurants, teahouses, restaurants, brothels and other consumer places in Bianliang City were talking about this matter. For gambling houses, reputation is their lifeblood. The reputation suffered a devastating blow, and the two competitors continued to stir up the matter, and the Fuguiqiao Guanpu store became notorious, and the number of gamblers dropped sharply. They closed their stores in less than half a year. The main store also closed at the end of August, and the Fuguiqiao Guanpu store has since disappeared.

These are not mentioned later.

At Qingfeng Restaurant, Fan Ning poured Cao Zongshi a glass of wine and said with a smile, "I guess my elder brother's surname is not Cao, and he has a noble status, am I right?"

Cao Zongshi raised his wine glass and asked with a smile, "Why do you say that?"

"It's very simple. The reason why Bao Shaoyin pronounced the sentence was because his brother was a witness. He believed that his identity would not lie, so he didn't listen to the other party's sophistry at all. This is one of them."

"What about the second one?" Cao Zongshi continued to ask with a smile.

"Secondly, I checked the roster of Taixue students in Taixue. There is no such student as Cao Zongshi, but there is a man named Zhao Zongshi. Brother, this should be your real name!"

Cao Zongshi's face changed slightly, and he said lightly: "It seems that you have already guessed my real identity."

Fan Ning nodded, "What do you want me to call you? I call you Dian"

"You can call me Brother Zhao, I don't like other names."

Mingren next to him was confused, "A-Ning, what's going on?"

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "Brother Cao's actual surname is Zhao. He is a son of an official family. Official Bao knew him and thought he would not lie, so he sentenced him."

Mingren was surprised and said: "My brother's surname is Zhao, is he a child of the royal family?"

Zhao Zongshi smiled wryly and said: "Just a little bit, you also know that the Zhao clan is too big. My father is a very run-down family boy who doesn't even have a title. I am ranked thirteen, and I am nothing. There is a folk saying called 'a down and out phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken'."

Mingren laughed loudly, "Brother Zhao is too modest, come on! I'll toast you."

Fan Ning was speechless at the side, not only being modest, but simply talking nonsense, who is Zhao Zongshi?If others don't know, how can Fanning not know?

He is the No. 13 son of Emperor Zhao Zhen's cousin Pu Anyi Wang Zhao Yunrang. He was adopted to the childless Zhao Zhen when he was young, and was raised by Empress Cao for four years.

The reason why he didn't live in the palace was because 11 years ago, that is, in the second year of Baoyuan, Emperor Zhao Zhen's biological son Yu Wang Zhao Xin was born. Zhao Zongshi left the palace and returned to his father Zhao Yunrang. He was no longer the son of Emperor Zhao Zhen. step son.

But a few years later, Yu Wang Zhao Xin, who was only four years old, died early, and Zhao Zhen lost his only son.

Zhao Zongshi, who had been revoked as a stepson, was not taken back to the palace because of this.

It wasn't until 12 years later, that is, the seventh year of Huangyou, that Zhao Zhen, who fell ill, felt that his life was about to die, so he changed Zhao Zongshi's name to Zhao Shu and canonized him as the crown prince. Soon after Zhao Zhen died, the 31-year-old Zhao Zongshi became emperor , is Song Yingzong in history.

As for Zhao Zongshicai in front of him, although he was named General of Youyulin Army and Governor of Yizhou when he was four years old, he is actually a very ordinary son of the clan. There was a feeling of fireworks.

That's why he said that he was "a downcast phoenix is ​​worse than a chicken", his tone was full of self-deprecation and resentment, and Fan Ning could fully understand his feelings.

"Brother, don't worry about it!"

Fan Ning filled a glass of wine for Zhao Zongshi, and said with a faint smile: "The law of heaven recurs, and life has its own rules. Since the seed was planted 15 years ago, it will surely blossom and bear fruit. Brother only needs to do one thing, wait patiently! "

"waiting?"

Zhao Zongshi drank the wine in his glass and said with a sneer, "I've been waiting, how long do I have to wait?"

"The shortest is ten years, and the longest is 15 years. It will definitely come."

Seeing that Fan Ning spoke very solemnly, Zhao Zongshi couldn't help asking in astonishment, "How does my virtuous brother know?"

"Some things cannot be said clearly, but I can tell my brother that before September this year, my brother will definitely be promoted."

Zhao Zongshi has been forgotten for almost 11 years. How could he expect the emperor to remember himself? He just shook his head, not wanting to talk about it anymore, so he changed the subject and said with a smile: "But today's harvest is still very big, and he actually earned 5000 taels Silver, this is my regular money for ten years,"

"Do you have any investment plans?" Ming Ren asked with a smile on the side.

Zhao Zongshi's heart moved, "Does Mingren have a good way?"

"I don't have a way, but he does!" Ming Ren pointed to Fan Ning.

Zhao Zongshi's eyes moved to Fan Ning again, Fan Ning smiled and said, "Recently we are going to do Tian Huangshi's business."

"What is Tian Huangshi?"

Fan Ning took out his new seal from his bosom, which was about the size of a walnut. It was carved with the best frozen stone Tianhuang, with a lifelike town lion on it, and the three characters 'Fan Ning Seal' engraved on the bottom.

This is Zhu Zhe's personal seal for Fan Ning, which Zhu Pei gave to Fan Ning yesterday.

"This is Tian Huangshi!"

Fan Ning put the seal on the table and said with a smile: "It has just been favored by the emperor, and it has been listed as a tribute. I believe it will become popular among scholars and officials soon."

Zhao Zongshi picked up the seal and looked at it carefully. Although he didn't know much about stones, he couldn't put it down because of the crystal clear and golden color of Tian Huangshi, especially the little lion button engraved very vividly, as if looking up and screaming.

"This is Tian Huangshi, a good stone, where can I buy it?"

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "This is the only one in the capital, there is no other semicolon."

Zhao Zongshi was stunned, "What do you mean by this brother?"

Mingren said from the side: "That is to say, only our store sells Tian Huangshi, and other stores cannot buy it."

"It turns out that Brother Xian still has a shop!"

Fan Ning waved his hand, "The shop has nothing to do with me, it was opened by my second uncle. If my brother is interested, 3000 taels of silver will be given to my brother."

Zhao Zongshi laughed and said that it had nothing to do with him.

Zhao Zongshi said happily: "Then I will vote for [-]%."

(End of this chapter)