Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 443
At noon, at the window seat on the second floor of Songzhou Tavern, Song Ling was drinking and having dinner with his friend Tan Shenzhi.

Tan Shenzhi sighed and said, "I didn't expect Yang Du to give up so quickly. This Fan Ning is worthy of being a raptor across the river. I regret it now. I should have gone to visit him with you that day. I missed an opportunity for nothing."

Song Ling couldn't restrain his inner complacency, so he sipped his wine and said, "I heard that this incident directly hit the emperor's desk, causing the emperor's strong dissatisfaction with Jia Changchao. Jia Changchao tried his best to relieve the emperor's emotions. I will give Yang Du another chance, I have to move if I move, or I have to move if I don’t move, so when the news came this morning, Yang Du immediately moved, this kind of thing is a slap in the face if it is too arrogant."

"Then do you think Fan Ning and Yang Du will continue to compete in the next step?"

"Of course, this is the first step. Conflicts are gradually intensifying. One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. One of them will inevitably leave."

Tan Shenzhi remembered something again, and said to Song Ling with a smile, "Today is very interesting. Zhou Heng took a stack of papers to the magistrate's office, and Fan Ning actually asked who he is?"

Song Ling was taken aback, and immediately burst out laughing, "This is very interesting! The magistrate doesn't even know that Si Lu joined the army. If it gets out, it will be a big joke in the officialdom."

"Yeah! It is said that Zhou Heng was very embarrassed at the time and introduced himself again, but it was interesting after that. Fan Ning flipped through the paperwork and threw it directly at Zhou Heng's face. It was so damn happy. I never thought Zhou would flatter me today. "

Song Ling laughed, "Our prefect Fan is very strong! Yang Du pretended to avoid the truth and left unimportant matters to Fan Ning. As a result, prefect Fan didn't buy it at all, so he slapped Zhou Heng in the face and punished Yang Du. It will take time, but it will not take much effort to clean up Zhou Heng, and Zhou Heng will have a sad life in the future."

The two drank very happily and paid the bill. Song Ling said with a smile: "I have to see the prefect Fan to see if he needs help with moving. If he needs help, I will notify you."

"Thank you Brother Song!"

The two went out of the restaurant and parted ways.

Of course, Fan Ning also got the news that Yang Du was going to move out of the Yahou official residence, but he didn't intend to move to the Yahou official residence. It would appear that his level of struggle was too low. What kind of self-interested person was he? people?

Fan Ning has moved from the inn to the newly rented Liu family mansion. He paid the rent for one year at a time. This is the best house in Songcheng County and even the entire Yingtian Mansion. between.

Just then, Fanning received an unexpected visitor.

In the room, Xu Qing seemed a little nervous. This nervousness came from his inner guilt. He was the warrior Zhu Yuanfu sent to Kunzhou to protect Fan Ning, but he failed to start well. Fan Ning returned to the Song Dynasty, but he stayed behind. In Kunzhou, he had his own business, and he married a wife and gave birth to a son in Kunzhou.

"So, you plan to stay in Kunzhou?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

Xu Qing sighed, "I am 45 years old, my parents died early, and I have no brothers or sisters. I finally got a wife in Kunzhou and a two-year-old son. I am satisfied in this life. My roots are in Kunzhou , Leave the last time to your wife and children!"

"How is Kunzhou now?"

"It's very stable, basically the same as when the officials left. The food is abundant, and the output of silver and gold mines is also high. I heard that the number of war horses has reached [-]. The first batch of war horses will be shipped back next year."

Fan Ning actually knew the situation in Kunzhou very well. He came back from Kunzhou at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty and talked with him all night.

"What about your career?"

Fan Ning asked again with a smile: "Do you still want to be a coach and open a martial arts gym?"

Xu Qing nodded, "I'm still working as a swordsman in the army, and the martial arts school will continue to open. Now there are more than [-] disciples, and it's no problem to support my family."

"It looks like you need my help."

Fan Ning knew very well that when Xu Qing came to find him, he must have come here for a request. He was not an ordinary warrior, but a warrior of the Zhu family's death contract, and the contract could be terminated only by death.

Xu Qing was silent for a moment and said: "I have gone to Wujiang to look for Mr. Zhu before, hoping that the death contract can be lifted. Mr. Zhu is very tolerant and burned my death deed in front of me, but he also explained a word, written The death contract above has been lifted, but my mission has not been completed, and I can only be truly freed if the officials agree to end my mission, otherwise I will always feel guilty even if I go to Kunzhou."

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said, "Let's do this! You do one last thing for me. After this thing is done, you will be considered to have completed my task, and you will be free from now on."

Xu Qing was overjoyed, stood up and saluted and said, "I am willing to serve the officials!"

Fan Ning took out a box from the bookcase, opened the box, inside was a portrait and a piece of personal information, handed it to Xu Qing and said, "From now on, you change your name to Li Sheng, and you are a famous salt owl in Xiangyang. In Yangzhou dialect, you can also say that this person's body and face are very similar to yours, but you need to dress up the beard yourself."

Xu Qing hesitated and said, "Do the officials need me to kill someone?"

Fan Ning said lightly: "I need you to kill someone for me, but the time is not right now, you hide in my mansion first, and when the time is right, I will let you out. After killing the man, you go directly back to Kunzhou, and in the future we See you in Kunzhou!"

Xu Qing nodded slowly, "I'm always waiting for orders!"

More than twenty miles south of Songcheng County, there is a large manor covering several hundred hectares. This is the famous Gu family manor in Yingtian Mansion. Except for the eldest grandson Gu Changwu who works in the government, nearly a hundred members of the other three generations of the Gu family live here. Inside this manor.

At nightfall, more than a dozen cavalry escorted Gu Changwu to the main castle-style building in the Gu Family Manor. Gu Changwu got off his horse, and a butler who was waiting at the door greeted him, and said in a low voice, "The old man has been waiting for you for a long time."

Gu Changwu threw the reins to his followers, and asked as he walked, "It's so late, has the old man not rested yet?"

"Usually, the old man has already rested at this time, but today the old man is waiting for the officials and has not rested."

"What's the matter with the old man looking for me?"

"It seems that someone from the capital has come."

"The capital?"

Gu Changwu was puzzled, so he quickened his pace and walked towards the back hall.

In the back hall, Gu Changwu's grandfather, Gu Qing, who is also the patriarch of the Gu clan, was talking to his eldest son, Gu Jing. Gu Jing was Gu Changwu's father. He was a big businessman, and he was currently in charge of all the family's affairs.

However, Gu Qing didn't want the Gu family's businessman's brand to be too heavy, so he changed the direction of development in the third generation of the family, and the eldest grandson Gu Changwu entered politics.

"Don't go head-to-head with Zhang Yaozuo. We will withdraw from the tea business and continue our cloth and grain business."

"To my father, the food business is not easy to do. The Zhang family reduced our share again a few days ago, reducing our share to [-] shi."

Gu Qing frowned, "Didn't it be agreed that the Gu family's share would be [-] shi? Why did it drop to [-] shi again, so much?"

"It's not just food, the Zhang family is going to start a cloth business, and it's estimated that we will be suppressed."

"It's just too greedy!"

Gu Qing became angry, "They simply took away all the business and let others drink the northwest wind, and they will be satisfied!"

"They are indeed too greedy. Our Gu family has held a liquor brewing license for more than [-] years. If it is cancelled, it will be cancelled, depriving us of the qualification to brew and sell wine. In the past two years, our Gu family has lost at least [-] yuan in wine. .”

"Their good days will not be too long!"

At this time, the housekeeper reported from the hall, "The big yamen is here!"

Seeing Gu Changwu walking in quickly, he knelt down and paid respects, "Grandson pays respects to grandfather and father!"

"Changwu, get up!"

Gu Qing asked the eldest grandson to sit down, and asked with concern: "Isn't the government office very busy these two days?"

Gu Changwu leaned forward and said, "To my grandfather, the past two days were relatively peaceful, but news broke out this morning that Yang Du was forced to move out of the official residence behind the yamen."

Gu Jing said with a smile: "This Fan Ning is quite powerful! He actually forced Yang Du to admit he was cowardly."

"Grandson heard that Fan Ning had brought this matter to the emperor, and the emperor was very angry, so Jia Changchao urgently forced Yang Du to move out of the official residence."

Gu Qing sneered and said: "This is the consequence of being greedy too much. If you want to monopolize any benefits, you will be choked to death if you encounter a hard stubble. Will Fan Ning take any action in the future?"

"Fan Ning made two more moves today. One was to teach Si Lu a lesson to Zhou Heng, who joined the army. He threw a stack of paperwork into Zhou Heng's face and told him to get out."

"Why?" Gu Jing asked in surprise.

"Yang Du avoided the truth and left some unimportant official duties to Fan Ning. As a result, Fan Ning didn't buy it at all and responded strongly."

Gu Qing nodded, and asked quietly: "What is Fan Ning's second move?"

(End of this chapter)