Bao Zheng's verdict made Zhang Yaocheng furious, and slapped the shopkeeper Wu several times, pointed at his nose and cursed, "It's useless, you can't even do this little thing. What's the use of asking you? Get out of here, pack up your stuff and get out of here!"

Manager Wu covered his red face, lowered his head and left Zhang Yaocheng's mansion with hatred, then packed up his things and went to Guanlou.

Guanlou has already won him over with his high salary several times. He is just nostalgic and cannot bear to leave the Fuguiqiao Guanpu store he founded.

At this time, Zhang Yaocheng's two slaps completely blew his heart. While leaving Guanpu Store, he also took away several key evidence, including the bottom order and the account page, and sent it to Bao Zheng anonymously.

Zhang Yaocheng was upset and immediately left the mansion and rushed to his elder brother's hometown by carriage. He asked his elder brother to make the decision on this matter.

Zhang Yaozuo was speechless for a while. He never expected that such a result would be. Not only would he have to pay the full amount, but he would also have to fine 30,000 taels of silver. How did his brother do things? Even if Bao Zheng wanted to punish him, he could not do anything arbitrarily.

“What exactly is the reason?”

Zhang Yaozuo asked with a dark face: "You are ready for everything, how could Bao Zheng arbitrarily judge Fuguiqiao to lose the lawsuit?"

"The key is that a witness came. He came forward to testify and said that he also bought a high-value ticket and bought it with the plaintiff. He proved that the plaintiff was real, so Bao Zheng sentenced the other party to win?"

"Can you win if you come out to testify?"

After all, Zhang Yaozuo has also been a state official and tried the case. He knew that if Bao Zheng was not sure, he would not dare to make a judgment easily, otherwise he would be easily overturned by himself.

It seems that the problem lies with the witness. It is precisely because he came forward that Bao Zheng believed that this person would not lie that he thought the plaintiff must be true.

"Who is this witness?"

Zhang Yaozuo frowned and asked, "Have you ever investigated this person carefully!"

"I sent someone to ask. This person is called Cao Zongshi, who claims to be a Tai student, but there is no such person among the Tai students. I suspect he is an auditor."

‘Cao Zongshi?’

Zhang Yaozuo felt that this name was very familiar. His daughter was a concubine. Of course, Zhang Yaozuo was particularly concerned about the situation in the palace. He paid special attention to the heirs of the throne. Now the heirs of the throne are still empty and no one inherits it. Zhang Yaozuo most hopes that his daughter can have a dragon species left and become the crown prince. Then the Zhang family will enjoy wealth and prosperity for generations.

Zhang Yaozuo walked a few steps behind his hands and suddenly asked, "Is this person the clan of the clan of the clan, the actual fact?"

"It's this name!"

"I know who he is?"

Zhang Yaozuo suddenly remembered Zhao Zongshi. It must be him. He also studied in the Imperial Academy. The reason why he changed to Cao Zongshi was because the adoptive mother who raised him was Empress Cao.

No wonder Bao Zheng immediately ruled that the other party won when he saw him come out to testify.

Zhang Yaozuo knew in his heart that Zhao Zongshi could not make perjury. Even if this lawsuit was beaten to the emperor, he would definitely lose. But this was just a trivial matter. If Zhao Zongshi appeared in front of the emperor again, it would arouse the emperor's old love. This is what Zhang Yaozuo would never want to happen.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yaozuo said to his brother: "Don't make a big deal about this matter anymore. You will hand over the money to Bao Zheng tomorrow. Let's just forget about this matter, and deal with these bastards in the future!"

Zhang Yaocheng opened his mouth wide, but his brother actually accepted it?

He said with a sad face: "Forty thousand taels of silver! The reputation of Fuguiqiao is completely ruined. What should I do in the future?"

Zhang Yaozuo said impatiently: "You have earned hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the past few years. What's the point of 40,000 taels of silver? You don't have to open a store, there are many other opportunities to get rich!"

"Guanpu Store is the most profitable. What else can I do besides Guanpu Store? Brother, please give me a clear idea!"

"Idiot, do you want to ask me about such a small thing?"

Zhang Yaozuo cursed hatefully, thought for a while and said, "I heard from the imperial concubine that the officials have been addicted to a kind of beautiful stone recently, called Tianhuangshi. It is estimated that they will be worth a hundred times the price soon. If you open a stone business store, specializing in Tianhuangshi, you can still make you rich."

"What kind of stone is Tianhuang Stone?" Zhang Yaocheng asked in confusion.

"nonsense!"

Zhang Yaozuo slapped the table heavily and angrily scolded: "Will you go and ask me about this kind of small matter?"

Seeing that his brother was angry, Zhang Yaocheng did not dare to ask again, so he had to agree timidly and retreated. His heart was as if he was shattered, forty thousand taels of silver!

Zhang Yaocheng left dejectedly, but Zhang Yaozuo was thinking about Zhao Zongshi's affairs. The loss of tens of thousands of taels of silver for his brother was just a trivial matter for him and was not worth his brains.

But heirs of the throne are the major things he is concerned about. He must capture this matter through his daughter. Even if the official family does not have a son to inherit the throne, Zhang Yaozuo also hopes that the person who inherits the throne in the end will be the prince he recommended, so that his interests can be continued and guaranteed.

Zhang Yaozuo felt it was necessary to remind his daughter that she should also consider adopting a young son for training, and that she could not take the initiative by Empress Cao.

.........

It was already afternoon when Fanning returned to his residence. He was in a good mood today and drank a few more glasses of wine, which was a little overwhelming.

Walking down from the ox cart, Fan Ning felt dizzy and walked slowly into the alley with the wall. As soon as he reached the door, he saw a young man running out of the door. It was Fan Zhongyan's tea boy Xiaofu.

Fan Ning was stunned, "Xiao Fu, why are you here?"

Xiao Fu said anxiously: "Where have you been? Ahon has been waiting for you for most of the hour."

Fan Ning was overwhelmed, and his grandfather had been waiting for him for half an hour. He hurriedly said, "I'll go see him now."

"What are you going to see? Grandpa waits for you but doesn't come back, so he has to go back first and let me wait for you here. You can follow me!"

Fan Ning immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It would be better for Fan Zhongyan to not be in his yard, so there was no need to worry that he would see his drunkenness.

He hurriedly said, "When I wash my face, I will go with you when I wake up."

"You have drunk, and it smells so strong, go and wash your face."

Xiaofu glared at Fan Ning with dissatisfaction, helped him into the yard, and fetched water from the well. The cold well water quickly subsided Fan Ning's intention to drink. Fortunately, it was sake, not souvenir, which made Fan Ning wake up quickly. He changed his clothes and then followed Xiaofu to Fan Zhongyan's house.

Fan Zhongyan also has a house in the capital, located on Gongqiaozi Street, the outer city. The house is not big and covers only five acres of land. After he was demoted from the capital, his house was closed. Fan Zhongyan accidentally entered the capital and did not live in it, so as not to be caught.

Last year, the eldest son Fan Chunyou fell ill in Dengzhou and went to Beijing to take care of the doctor. Currently, the house is lived by the eldest son's family, and the second son and the third son also live here.

Since Fan Zhongyan returned to Beijing, the house seemed a little crowded.

"That mansion is all!" Xiao Fu pointed to a black tiled high wall not far away.

Seeing the lights and decorations at the gate of the mansion, Fan Ning asked curiously: "Is there any happy event in Grandpa's mansion?"

Xiao Fu gave him a blank look and said proudly: "You don't know! Grandpa's second son passed the Jinshi exam."

"What?"

Fan Ning was shocked. Fan Zhongyan's second son Fan Chunren also passed the Jinshi exam? Why didn't he know?

He asked anxiously, "Which place is the exam?"

"The 46th place in the third place in the exam."

Fan Ning slapped his forehead, it was ridiculous. The uncle of the same clan actually passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination, but he didn't know it. No wonder Fan Ning didn't know it. After all, nearly 600 people were on the list, enough to stand in a playground, and he never looked at the list. When he finally read the list, he first passed the list and went to the palace to thank him. When he called Fan Chunren's name later, he didn't hear it.

Although Su Liang heard this, he did not know that Fan Chunren was Fan Zhongyan's second son.

However, Fan Ning was also a little dissatisfied. He was a boy student. I don’t know that Fan Chunren can understand why he didn’t take the initiative to come to him?

Fan Ning suppressed a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart and silently followed Xiao Fu into Fan Zhongyan's mansion.

When I walked into the mansion, I saw a young man in his twenties smiling and greeting him, "Aning, I am Fan Chunren, and I also came from Yanying School."

Seeing that he had a straight nose and square mouth, his eyes were bright, and he wore a thin linen dress, with a dignified appearance and simple clothes, he immediately felt a little fond of Fan Chunren. In history, this little cousin was a prime minister in the era of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty.

Fan Ning quickly bowed and saluted, "I don't know that my uncle is also a Jinshi in the same subject, so I am really ashamed!"

Fan Chunren shook his shoulder and apologized: "The responsibility lies with me, I deliberately avoid you, I apologize to you!"

After saying that, Fan Chunren bowed deeply to Fan Ning.

Fan Ning was a little stunned. Why did he salute so solemnly?

At this time, Fan Zhongyan came over and explained to Fan Ning: "Chunren participated in the imperial examination three years ago and was implicated by me, so he was very low-key this time. If you hadn't attracted Zhang Yaozuo's attention this time, Zhang Xuan's goal would have been Chunren."

Fan Ning suddenly remembered that Zhang Xuan suppressed him twice in the provincial and palace examinations. He felt relieved. He avoided the excuse of not having to give up because he was Fan Zhongyan's grandson. If it were Fan Chunren, he would really not be able to escape.

Fan Ning smiled and said, "I am invulnerable to swords and guns. Zhang Xuan did not hurt me, but was shot by his own hidden arrow. This is also his fault."

Fan Zhongyan nodded. In fact, he was also very guilty about Fanning. Although he did not use Fanning's ideas, Fanning actually became the shield of the second son. If the emperor had not had a good impression of Fanning and if Wen Yanbo had not presided over justice, Fanning would have really been unable to escape suppression this time.

He had to explain this to Fanning carefully and not leave a shadow in the child's heart.

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