Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 424 Accidental Discovery
Leaving Han Qi's mansion, it's already past noon, and Fan Ning is so hungry that his chest is on his back. This old Mr. Han only cares about state affairs, but forgets the most important personal things like eating. There is no way, Fan Ning Ning had to look around for food.

Fortunately, there is a Qingfeng Restaurant [-] steps away diagonally opposite. Qingfeng Restaurant is a popular high-end restaurant just like Qingfeng Teahouse. , Dozens of them have been opened in the capital.

To be honest, Fan Ning is a little tired of Qingfeng Restaurant. There is a Qingfeng Restaurant on the other side of Feihong Bridge. Most of the time, their house does not open the stove, and they order food from there. But now it is past noon, and most of the restaurants are closed. After lunch, he really had no choice.

Fan Ning had no choice but to walk into Qingfeng Restaurant. The characteristic of Qingfeng Restaurant is that there is no bartender at the door to greet customers. After the diners enter and sit down, there will naturally be a bartender to greet them.

There were only a few tables of guests in the lobby on the first floor, and most of the tables were empty, but Fan Ning did not stop and walked directly to the second floor. He didn't like to eat at big tables, and he was used to sitting alone and having a drink. Not far away Seeing that he was going up to the second floor, the shopkeeper's lips moved, but he still didn't shout out, letting Fanning go upstairs.

There were no guests on the second floor, and several bartenders were cleaning up food residues on the floor. Fan Ning sat down at a small table by the window. It's being cleaned, can I go to the first floor for dinner?"

Fan Ning gave him a cold look and asked, "Is the restaurant closed?"

"Is this not true?"

"It's not closed, why do you have to clean the restaurant and drive away the customers, go and call your shopkeeper!"

Several bartenders were terrified. They could not bear the crime of driving away customers. They were about to be fired from the main store. They clapped their hands together and begged, "We made a mistake, please don't call the shopkeeper."

Fan Ning didn't bother to pay attention to them, and said again: "I want to order!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Whatever the guest officer wants to eat, just say."

The cuisines of all Qingfeng restaurants are similar, so I casually ordered a few dishes that suit my taste, and ordered a pot of good wine.

At this time, a door at the end opened, and a person walked out and shouted, "Two jugs of wine!"

"coming!"

A clerk agreed and hurried downstairs.

Seeing the drinkers go in, Fan Ning couldn't help but glared at the waiter, "Why don't you let them go to the first floor and bully me alone?"

The clerk was terrified, and quickly explained: "They are long-term guests, and they have booked that elegant room for five days. They come every morning and leave at night to eat the flowing water banquet here. The situation is quite special."

Fan Ning was slightly taken aback, this is not an inn, why are you renting a room for five days here?
"How many days are they going to pack?" Fanning asked again.

"I don't know the specifics. It seems to be more than 30 days or more than 40 days. I kind of forgot. It's that room anyway."

40 days?

Fan Ning's heart moved. Isn't the 40-odd days just the time for Concubine Zhang to finish her funeral service?
Fan Ning immediately thought of Concubine Zhang, and from Concubine Zhang to Han Qi. He looked at the elegant room, and seemed to understand something?
"Go! Serve me wine and food quickly."

"The villain will go now, the guest officer will wait a moment."

The bartender went down. Fanning looked out of the window as if looking at the scenery. His sight was blocked by a big tree and he couldn't see the situation on the other side of the street. He looked at the elegant room again, the window of the elegant room There happened to be no trees outside, and it was an open space. You could clearly see the situation on the other side of the street, and on the other side of the street was the wall and gate of Han Qi's mansion.

Fan Ning sneered, what a surveillance!

Of course, the Song Dynasty still had a bottom line more or less. No matter how much the court fought, it generally would not use assassination methods to destroy the body, nor would it target family members. Nor will this behavior be tolerated.

But above this bottom line, any despicable thing can be done, such as framing, smearing and slandering, it is not surprising at all. As for spying on opponents, it is even more commonplace. Han Qi is obviously being watched by Zhang Yaozuo's people. The minister has been in close contact with Han Qi recently.

wrong!I just entered and left the mansion, they should have seen it, and now I am sitting next to them eating, will they not react at all?
Fan Ning found that these monitors were a bit unreliable. He estimated that when he walked out of the house, they were drinking and eating meat, and they didn't perform their duties at all, so they didn't respond to him.

Not long after, the bartender brought the food and drinks. Fan Ning thought about it while eating. He should tell Han Qi the news.

Half an hour later, an ox cart slowly stopped at Han Qi's door. The driver ran up the steps, handed a note to the porter, saluted with fists, and continued to drive the carriage.

Through the window of the car, Fan Ning saw the window of the elegant room. Two men were staring intently at the coachman on the steps. Fan Ning sneered, "Look at how they find this coachman!"

After bringing the coachman back, he ordered, "Go to Renhefang!"

The bullock cart speeded up and headed towards Renhefang.

.........

Renhefang is located in the west of the city. Zhu Pei's parents' home is here. Today is the imperial court's ten-day holiday. His father-in-law Zhu Xiaoyun should also be in the mansion.

The ox cart stopped slowly, and the driver turned back and said, "Just now I sent a letter to the officials, you have to add another ten coins to me, a total of fifty coins."

Fan Ning took out a silver coin and threw it to him, "I will give you the rest, no need to look for it!"

"Thank you officer!"

Just as Fan Ning was about to get off the ox cart, it stopped suddenly. He saw two people walking out from the gate of the mansion. The one behind him was his father-in-law Zhu Xiaoyun, while the one in front had white hair and was not young. He was saying goodbye to Zhu Xiaoyun. , when he turned his head, Fan Ning immediately recognized Zhu Yuanjun, the second child of the Zhu family.

It is not surprising that Zhu Yuanjun appeared here. He used to try his best to please Liu Yun and wanted to marry Zhu Pei to Liu Yun's son Liu Ran. After Liu Yun was demoted, Zhu Xiaoyun took over the position of Liu Yun's left servant. But come here to please?Moreover, Zhu Yuanjun and Zhu Xiaoyun have always had a very good relationship. If it is said that there is no private relationship between them, even if Fan Ning is killed, he will not believe it.

Zhu Yuanjun got into the carriage, and the carriage sped away quickly. Zhu Xiaoyun watched his uncle go away with a smile all the time. He turned around and was about to go back to the house, but unexpectedly saw Fan Ning get off from an old ox cart.

Zhu Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he hesitated and walked up to him and asked, "A-Ning, when did you come back?"

Fan Ning saluted and said with a smile, "My son-in-law just arrived this morning!"

"That journey must be very hard, come in and sit first!"

Zhu Xiaoyun patted Fan Ning on the shoulder, he didn't mention Zhu Yuanjun's matter at all, and Fan Ning didn't mention it at all, as if this matter had nothing to do with him at all.

In fact, this matter has a lot to do with it. If Zhu Xiaoyun’s private meeting with Zhu Yuanjun reaches the Zhu family, firstly, his third uncle Zhu Yuanfeng will turn against him, and secondly, his father Zhu Yuanfu will also be extremely dissatisfied with him. After all, Zhu Yuanjun publicly hugged Zhang Yaozuo’s thigh. What does it mean that Zhu Xiaoyun has close contact with him?
Zhu Xiaoyun felt a little uneasy, but he couldn't say anything, so he sent the housekeeper to find his wife.

When Wang heard that her son-in-law was here, she was overjoyed. Could it be that her daughter was coming too? Although it wasn't long before she returned to the capital from Pingjiang Mansion, her daughter was pregnant after all, so of course she was worried.

When Wang rushed to the middle hall, she saw her husband and son-in-law having a happy conversation. Wang walked into the middle hall with a smile, "Is Pei'er coming back too?"

Fan Ning quickly got up and saluted, "My mother-in-law, Pei'er may leave later, the whole family will come, and my mother and sister will also go to Beijing together."

Mrs. Wang liked her son-in-law's courtesy very much. She nodded with a smile, motioning for Fan Ning to sit down, and she also sat down beside her husband.

"Is Ah Ning going to return to work this time when he returns to Beijing?" Wang asked with concern.

Fan Ning shook his head, "Wait another one or two months, when Pei'er and the others settle down, I will consider reinstating my job."

Zhu Xiaoyun also laughed beside him and said: "I also mean the same thing. Concubine Zhang Guifei just passed away, and now the court is in chaos, and the officials don't have the mind to think about political affairs. Now that she is reinstated, Ah Ning can't get a good job. I'd better wait for Concubine Zhang Guifei's succession." After the matter is over, it is better to talk about reinstatement."

Wang's concern for her daughter's birth was far greater than Fan Ning's reinstatement. Fan Ning temporarily rested at home to accompany her daughter.

After his wife left, Zhu Xiaoyun stood up and said to Fan Ning, "Come with me!"

(End of this chapter)