Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 515: To deal with him, we must bring him to ruin!
"Your subordinate Zhen Shijie greets Lord Yang!"

In the hall of the marquis's mansion, Shuntian Prefecture Governor Zhen Shijie bowed to Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan greeted him with a smile and enthusiastically helped Zhen Shijie up, "I have long admired Master Zhen, haha~~"

He and Zhen Shijie were just acquaintances. They had no interactions on weekdays and only met during the morning court. However, Yang Zhengshan seldom attended the morning court, so he was barely considered an acquaintance.

However, Zhen Shijie was born in Pingyuan Province, Liaodong, and the Zhen family was the largest and most powerful family in Pingyuan Province.

When Liaodong suffered a severe drought, with the secret support of Yang Zhengshan, many officials and wealthy businessmen in Pingyuan Province were confiscated by the court. Among them were many members of the Zhen family.

By the way, there is also Zhen Yang, who is also a member of the Pingyuan Zhen clan.

Of course, neither the wealthy businessmen whose property was confiscated at that time nor the Zhen Yang family actually had much to do with Zhen Shijie.

Zhen Shijie was a relatively honest official and he was also very capable.

After all, the position of Shuntian Prefecture Governor is not an ordinary official position.

There are many powerful people in Kyoto. Zhen Shijie, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, handles the most cases involving powerful people. Without real ability, he cannot keep the position of the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture.

But Zhen Shijie has been the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture for ten years. The most amazing thing is that he has a very good reputation among the people of Kyoto, which shows that he is still very fair in his conduct.

The two exchanged pleasantries, and Zhen Shijie finally got down to business. "Lord Yang, I came to visit you because of Censor Zhou's impeachment. I think Lord Yang also knows about this."

"Well, I know, but I have already asked my children at home, and there was a day when they did not go to the bookstore." Yang Zhengshan said.

Yang Zhengshan was a little depressed because of this incident.

Zhen Shijie smiled and said, "It's not that I don't believe Lord Yang, but he has ordered me to investigate this matter, so I have to come here to ask."

Yang Zhengshan was not angry. Although this matter made him depressed, it was understandable.

Zhou Ningwei would definitely not make a false accusation. After all, this concerns his daughter's reputation, and it is reasonable for Zhen Shijie to come and investigate.

"How about I call the boys back home and let Master Zhen ask about it!"

Zhen Shijie waved his hands quickly, "No, no, I believe that the Marquis will not deceive Your Majesty. I have a portrait here, and Lord Yang can check it in the mansion first."

"If not, then it could be that someone is pretending to be Marquis Jing'an and doing evil outside."

As he said this, he took out a portrait from his sleeve and handed it to Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the portrait and suddenly had a bad feeling.

This portrait looks familiar to him!
It can’t be that he is really a family member.

"This is?"

"I have just asked the owner of the bookstore, and he said that the customers that day were a master and a servant, both teenagers in their teens, and they were both regular customers of their bookstore. This is the portrait of the servant." Zhen Shijie said.

The corner of Yang Zhengshan's mouth twitched slightly, this might be true.

Since he is a regular customer, it means he buys books frequently, so it is unlikely that he is an imposter.

"Lu Shou! Go ask who this is!"

Although he felt that they looked familiar, there were so many servants in the Yang family that he didn't know who some of them were following.

Lu Shou looked at the portrait, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

"Just say what you want to say." Yang Zhengshan said in a deep voice.

Lu Shou said: “My Lord, this is the big year around Master Jiang!”

"Master Jiang!" Yang Zhengshan was startled, and then his expression became strange, "Jiang Feng!"

"Yes!" Lu Shou said.

Yang Zhengshan's face was dark, "Go and call them over!"

"Here!"

After Lu Shou left, Yang Zhengshan looked at Zhen Shijie, "Master Zhen, is there some misunderstanding here?"

"Misunderstanding? I wonder what Lord Yang is referring to?" Zhen Shijie asked.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "My grandson is only seven years old this year!"

Jiang Feng is Jiang He’s youngest son. He just turned seven this year and is currently receiving his first education in the Yang family’s school.

You said that a seven-year-old child molested a decent girl, which is a bit too much.

Zhen Shijie was also stunned, "Not more than ten years old!"

Yang Zhengshan pulled at his beard and said, "My grandson is indeed growing up a little too fast."

A moment later, Lu Shou came over with Jiang Feng and Da Nian.

"Grandpa! You're looking for me!" Jiang Feng ran to Yang Zhengshan.

Jiang Feng is indeed only seven years old, but he looks much taller than a seven-year-old child.

It is said that nephews take after their uncles. Although Jiang Feng is Jiang He's son, his figure is obviously more like that of a Yang family member. Like Yang Mingcheng, he is tall and big, and looks like a child of about eleven or twelve years old.

Yang Zhengshan rubbed his head and asked, "Did you hug a young lady in front of Li's bookstore a few days ago?"

"Li's Bookstore?" Jiang Feng was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and said, "No, I just helped her up when I saw her about to fall."

Yang Zhengshan looked at Jiang Feng. This child has been well-behaved since he was young. He is not as mischievous as Chengyou and Chengzhang. If anyone said that he had done anything bad, Yang Zhengshan would not believe it.

Besides, he is only seven years old. Does a seven-year-old know what teasing is?

Yang Zhengshan looked at Zhen Shijie, who couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that Censor Zhou is making a big deal out of nothing!"

Although Dayong's customs tend to be conservative, they are not so conservative that boys and girls cannot touch each other.

If it were a teenager, he might have some ideas about gender, but for a seven-year-old, this can only be described as a misunderstanding.

After the matter was clarified, Zhen Shijie said goodbye and Yang Zhengshan personally escorted him out of the mansion.

Since it was a misunderstanding, Yang Zhengshan thought that an explanation would be enough, but he never expected that Zhou Ningwei would still not give up. After learning that Jiang Feng was only a seven-year-old child, he submitted another memorial, saying that men and women should not touch each other, which is a courtesy, and that a seven-year-old child is also a boy and can have a beastly heart.

In the study, Yang Zhengshan looked at the memorial that Emperor Yanping had sent again, and his face looked a little ugly.

A seven-year-old child helped a ten-year-old child, as if he had done something immoral.

Especially this sentence: Even a seven-year-old child can have a beastly heart. Damn, isn't this calling his grandson a beast?

"Damn it, this old-fashioned old man!"

"Go call Wu Zheng over!"

Yang Zhengshan walked out of the study angrily and shouted to Li Chang who was guarding outside the door.

A moment later, Wu Zheng came to the study.

"Master Hou!"

Yang Zhengshan said: "Go check this Zhou Ningwei to see if he is really honest!"

He didn't even know Zhou Ningwei. If Zhou Ningwei hadn't impeached him, he wouldn't even know that there was such a city inspector in Kyoto.

If Zhou Ningwei was just old-fashioned, it would be fine. Yang Zhengshan would not bother to argue with him.

But if this Zhou Ningwei is a hypocrite, then don't blame Yang Zhengshan for being rude.

……

Needless to say, Wu Zheng's ability to get things done was outstanding. In less than two days, he had thoroughly investigated Zhou Ningwei.

"My Lord, this Zhou Ningwei was born in poverty, but he has a large courtyard with three entrances in East City!"

"And Zhou Ningwei has four concubines. His little daughter was born to one of them. She's pretty, but she has a bit of a bad temper!"

"Well, I heard~~"

Wu Zheng hesitated to speak.

"What did you hear?" Yang Zhengshan glared and spoke hesitantly, as if he was keeping me in suspense.

Wu Zheng chuckled and said, "I heard that his little daughter has a crush on Young Master Jiang."

"..."

The corner of Yang Zhengshan's eye twitched.

"That means they are relying on my grandson!"

Wu Zheng nodded, "It should be. Zhou Ningwei has three daughters. The eldest daughter married the grandson of Shen Ming, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the second daughter married Yang Pu, the Marquis of Wu Jing, as a concubine! It is said that the Marquis of Wu Jing helped his second daughter unintentionally, so he shamelessly came to the door and said that the Marquis of Wu Jing ruined his daughter's reputation."

Yang Zhengshan understood completely that this was a scam, and Zhou Ningwei was a professional scammer.

The Jing'an Marquis Mansion has a very good reputation in Kyoto, especially in terms of marriages. Many daughters from powerful and wealthy officials' families want to marry into the Jing'an Marquis Mansion.

Because of the Yang family's rule that "a man who is 30 years old and has no children can take a concubine", countless powerful housekeepers and daughters yearn for the Yang family. Although Jiang Feng is not a descendant of the Yang family, he is the grandson of Yang Zhengshan and has always lived in the Marquis' Mansion, just like the descendants of the Yang family.

Zhou Ningwei probably mistakenly thought that Jiang Feng was Yang Zhengshan's grandson.

In Yang Zhengshan's eyes, grandsons and grandsons-in-law are the same, but in the eyes of outsiders, there are still differences between grandsons and grandsons-in-law.

The biggest difference is that one has the surname Yang and the other has the surname Jiang.

Zhou Ningwei wanted to marry into the Yang family, but the Yang family would definitely look down on him. Yang Zhengshan looked down on the Zhou family's tradition.

"This official is so shameless!" Yang Zhengshan was so angry that he laughed.

"My lord, do you want to punish him?" Wu Zheng asked.

Yang Zhengshan looked at him curiously, "How to punish him?"

Wu Zheng chuckled, "There are many tricks in the martial arts world, such as setting up a fire pit!"

"What is a fire stove?" Yang Zhengshan didn't understand.

Wu Zheng explained: "Just find a woman to seduce him, and then let the woman's husband catch them in bed!"

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Yang Zhengshan raised his eyebrows. Isn’t this a honey trap?
"Will he be fooled?"

Wu Zheng said: "Zhou Ningwei is extremely lustful and often hangs out in brothels."

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and thought, "If we want to deal with him, we must make him lose his reputation!"

Damn it, you dare to disgust me? Do you really think I’m easy to mess with?

"You go and make the arrangements. Make a bigger fuss about it, and let everyone in the capital know about it."

Wu Zheng smiled somewhat evilly, "My Lord, just wait and see!"

What has Wu Zheng been doing all these years?
Help Yang Zhengshan collect various information.

In the past, Wu Zheng mainly targeted the imperial court, but in recent years, because Yang Zhengshan came to Kyoto, his focus of collecting information has been placed on various gossips.

To collect gossip, one naturally has to deal with all kinds of people.

In Kyoto, people from all walks of life would respectfully address Wu Zheng as "Master Wu".

Being able to call Wu Zheng "Master Wu" is a matter of honor.

What is Mr. Wu’s identity?

One of the guard managers of Jing'an Marquis Mansion, a ninth-rank warrior.

The former identity represents that Master Wu has a backer, and the latter identity represents that Master Wu has strength.

In the eyes of all kinds of people, Master Wu is definitely a big shot, no worse than those officials in the yamen.

Master Wu asks you to do something because he thinks highly of you.

……

After receiving Yang Zhengshan's instructions, Wu Zheng immediately came to an underground gambling house in the southern part of Kyoto.

When Liu Dashan, the manager of the gambling house, saw Wu Zheng, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Master Wu, oh, what wind brings Master Wu here? Come in, come in!"

Liu Dashan came up to us with a mouthful of yellow teeth and a flattering smile on his face.

Liu Dashan is a well-known figure among all kinds of people in Kyoto. He owns several gambling houses and brothels and has hundreds of brothers.

Of course, he also has a backer.

Wu Zheng was not sure who his backer was, but it should be an official from Shuntian Prefecture.

The official position will not be too high. After all, although gambling houses and brothels make money quickly, they are not high-end places. The powerful and high-ranking officials look down on these places.

Wu Zheng had only met Liu Dashan a few times, but his younger brothers were very familiar with Liu Dashan.

The younger brothers under his command are naturally also guards of the Yang family.

If Yang Zhengshan hadn't ordered this, he wouldn't have come here in person and would have asked his younger brothers to do the trip.

Wu Zheng nodded calmly, "I have something for you to do. Find a quiet place!"

The underground gambling house was full of smoke and dust, and Wu Zheng didn't like it very much.

"Please come in, Mr. Wu!" Liu Dashan hurriedly invited Wu Zheng to the small courtyard behind the gambling house.

"Hurry up and serve tea to Master Wu!"

In the main room, Liu Dashan kicked his younger brother next to him. The younger brother shuddered and ran to make tea for Wu Zheng.

When the tea came, Liu Dashan bared his yellow teeth and asked, "Master Wu, what do you want?"

Wu Zheng took a sip of the tea and then put it down.

The tea was of a bad quality and not to his taste.

The tea that Master Wu usually drinks is Donglingchun. Not to mention ordinary tea, even the imperial tea is nothing special in his eyes.

"Do you know Zhou Ningwei?"

"Zhou Ningwei, the imperial inspector of our South City?" Liu Dashan said.

There are five city inspectors in Kyoto, divided into five cities: east, south, west, north and center.

Wu Zheng nodded, "Prepare him a set of fire-making equipment and make a big fuss. It would be best if the whole city knows about it."

"This~~" Liu Dashan hesitated.

Although Master Wu is powerful, this city inspector is not someone to be trifled with. If one is not careful, someone might die.

Wu Zheng glanced at him and said, "Don't worry, nothing will go wrong!"

Liu Dashan was relieved when he heard this, "With Master Wu's words, I feel relieved!"

Wu Zheng nodded, then took out a small porcelain bottle and placed it on the table, "This is the bone strengthening pill from the Imperial Hospital, it's your reward!"

After saying that, he stood up and left directly.

Liu Dashan picked up the small porcelain bottle and chased after Wu Zheng with a big smile on his face, "This is for Master Wu!"

Although the Bone Strengthening Pill is a common elixir, it is not something that ordinary warriors can buy.

How much money you spend is just a small matter; the key is whether you have the channel.

In Yang Zhengshan's hands, these bone-strengthening pills are just trash, but in Liu Dashan's eyes, these bone-strengthening pills are rare treasures.

After seeing Wu Zheng off, Liu Dashan looked at the bone-strengthening pill in his hand and thought for a while, then he went out and came to the door of a mansion.

Inside the mansion, he met Zhuang Feiyu, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture.

Zhuang Feiyu was one of the six judges in Shuntian Prefecture, in charge of patrolling the city.

Liu Dashan reported Wu Zheng's instructions to Zhuang Feiyu in detail.

In the study, Zhuang Feiyu, who was in his forties, thought to himself after hearing this: "What a cruel method!"

If this happened to someone else, it would ruin their reputation, but it would not be fatal.

But if it happened to an imperial censor and became known to the whole city, it would be an extremely bad thing.

The censors of the Censorate have always prided themselves on being upright and honest people, and have labeled themselves as scholars of high moral character. Moreover, the censors are also responsible for supervising all officials. If they have moral problems, the consequences can be imagined.

Being laughed at is inevitable, and you may even be exiled.

Zhuang Feiyu knew why the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion targeted Zhou Ningwei, because he was the one who investigated the case of Jiang Feng molesting a decent girl.

However, he still underestimated Yang Zhengshan's ruthlessness.

Yang Zhengshan wants to bring disgrace upon Zhou Ningwei.

What Liu Dashan did could only ruin Zhou Ningwei's reputation, but could not cause Zhou Ningwei to lose his job or be stripped of his honors.

"Sir, should we do this?" Liu Dashan asked cautiously.

Zhuang Feiyu glanced at him and said, "Do you dare not do it?"

Liu Dashan smiled awkwardly, "I dare not. Let alone the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion, even if it is Master Wu, I can't afford to offend him!"

"Why don't you do it quickly!" Zhuang Feiyu said unhappily.

You can't afford to offend the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion, but I can?
"Yes, yes, I'll do it right away!"

Liu Dashan hurriedly left the study.

(End of this chapter)