When Fan Ning returned to Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion after lunch, he unexpectedly found that his second uncle Fan Tiege was sitting on the steps at the gate. Zhu Yuanfeng stood aside with helpless look on his face.

"He's back!"

Fan Tiego, like a spring, jumped up with a fat body, rushed to Fanning like a gust of wind, and shouted straight with his neck: "I've been waiting for you for almost an hour, and I haven't even had lunch!"

Fan Ning looked at his second uncle with a little stunned. He suddenly remembered what Mingren said to him, "The most important thing for my father in his life is to eat!"

What's wrong that my second uncle doesn't even care about eating?

"Uncle II, don't worry, tell me what happened first?"

"Look at this!"

Fan Tiego pulled out a very long wooden box from his bag and opened it in front of Fanning's eyes. Fanning's eyes suddenly became severe.

There was an arrow in the box, a two-foot-three-inch wolf-tooth arrow, and the tip of the arrow was still flashing with a green and faint light. There was a piece of paper next to the wolf-tooth arrow. The paper was poked a hole by the arrow, and a bloody sentence was written on the paper:

‘Abandoned within three days!’

This sentence means that leaving within three days and leaving the house is simply an extremely arrogant threat.

"When did this letter of arrow be discovered?" Fanning asked calmly.

"Just this morning, I shot from outside and almost shot a guy, nailed to the table's leg."

Fan Tiege said angry, hateful and anxiously: "It was shot from the wall of Daxiangguo Temple opposite."

"Did you report to the official?" Fan Ning asked again.

"Is it useless to report to an official last time? Will it make sense to report to an official this time?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "I'm not saying to go to the county government to report to the officials, but to go to Kaifeng Prefecture to report to the case!"

The governor of Kaifeng Prefecture is Bao Zheng, how could he ignore this matter?

Fan Tiego slapped his forehead hard, "I'll go now!"

Fan Ning grabbed him and smiled, "Don't be anxious, don't worry, have a meal first, let's go together after the meal!"

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Bao Zheng sat in the back hall, listening to Fan Tiege's statement. Bao Zheng's current official position is to be the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture. Kaifeng Prefecture is the highest position, usually the royal family serves on the same position, and has no real power. Knowing that Kaifeng Prefecture sounds like an instructor, but in fact he is the highest chief of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Many stories about Bao Zheng in later generations happened in this official position and became the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture. His opponent was not Pang Taishi, but Zhang Yaozuo.

The chief officials in the capital are not easy to be good, and they are easy to offend people, and those who offend the powerful are the powerful, so they usually don’t do it for a long time. This has been the case since the Han and Tang Dynasties.

However, Bao Zheng sat very steadily and did it very well. The key is that the emperor trusted him and believed that he had no selfishness. With his selflessness, he could calm all kinds of arrogance in the capital and save the emperor a lot of troubles.

After listening to Fan Tiege's statement, Bao Zheng thought quietly for a moment, and then asked Fan Ning: "What do you want?"

Fanning smiled, "Can I answer this?"

Bao Zheng also smiled and said to Fan Tiege: "Old Fan, I know you are busy, so you can go back first! I have accepted this case, and someone will come to contact you later. Don't worry, just do business with peace of mind."

Fan Tiege thanked him for a long time and left. Bao Zheng smiled and said, "Go to have a cup of tea with me!"

Fan Ning knew very well that if there was anything, you could not say it in the yamen.

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Next to Kaifeng Mansion is Qingfeng Teahouse, but there are many people here. Bao Zheng took Fanning's carriage to the Xiaohongluo Teahouse to the north. This is also a fine teahouse with good grades. Its specialty is in a small character, one building with two floors, twelve tea seats, and three elegant rooms. The sound insulation is very good, of course, the price is not cheap. Drinking tea here once can start at least ten cents of money.

The two entered a elegant room on the second floor. A tea girl gave them some tea and performed. After drinking for a round, a pot of fried tea was brought in.

Tea Girl tactfully retreated. This is the rule of the teahouse. Tea Girl cannot be present when men talk.

"Now you tell me! What do you want to do about this case?"

Fanning was silent for a moment and said, "Let them burn!"

Bao Zheng was stunned and immediately understood, "Take the situation and take down Song Xiang?"

Fanning nodded, "If possible, Zhang Qu will take it together!"

Bao Zheng was silent. Bao Zheng was upright and selfless, but it does not mean that he had no political stance. On the contrary, his political stance was very strong, that is, to maintain orthodoxy, in Bao Zheng's eyes, Empress Cao was orthodoxy, so in this battle for the royal heirs, Bao Zheng clearly supported Zhao Zongshi.

What's more, Fan Ning's actions were definitely not for his own interests, but for the future of the Song Dynasty. In order for the Song Dynasty to not fall into the hands of treacherous people, Bao Zheng had no reason not to help him.

"Why do you think they'll set fire? Also, can you guarantee that those kids will be on the scene?"

Fan Ning said lightly: "Zhang Yaozuo has burned Zhu Yuanfeng's Zhu Building. It was this matter that they decided to take action in advance. They will definitely follow suit. As for whether they will be on the scene, I cannot be sure, but if you catch the fireman, you can dig them out."

"What about your second uncle?"

"I will convince him to go back and build a more grand shop."

Bao Zheng sighed and said, "This time I'm making an exception for you boy!"

Fanning took a sip of tea and smiled, "This is just the first thing!"

"what else?"

"And it's Zhang Yaozuo, he wants to create auspicious signs!"

"What?" Bao Zheng suddenly widened his eyes.

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After leaving the teahouse, Fan Ning asked the carriage to take Bao Zheng back to the official, and he walked back to Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion by himself. During this period, his thoughts were a bit confused and he needed to keep a quiet geography alone.

On the surface, the competition between Zhao Zongshi and Zhao Wenyun is for the throne, but from the perspective of the origin, this battle between the royal heirs is actually an extension of the court's line struggle since the Qingli Reform.

Zhao Zongshi's supporters were basically Fan Zhongyan's faction, including Han Qi, Fu Bi, Pang Ji, Bao Zheng and others, while Zhao Wenyun's supporters, Zhang Yaozuo, Jia Changchao, Song Xiang, Zhang Sheng and others, were almost all opposition parties in the reform of Qingli.

As for the key figure of the emperor Zhao Zhen, he was emotionally biased towards Zhao Wenyun. Invisibly, the balance of struggle was biased towards Zhao Wenyun.

Due to the emperor's favor for Concubine Zhang, a large number of officials were optimistic about Zhao Wenyun, and many people took the initiative to take the lead, which temporarily led to Zhang Yaozuo's faction.

However, the military, which has never expressed its opinion in the Qingli reform, represented by the Cao and Gao families, stood clearly on the side of Zhao Zhongshi, which made Zhao Wenyun's supporters less thin. On the surface, Zhao Wenyun's faction has the upper hand, but secretly the two sides are evenly matched.

However, because Concubine Zhang died of illness at a critical moment, this caused strong concerns among Zhang Yaozuo's faction. They were eager to establish Zhao Wenyun as the heir to the throne before Concubine Zhang was exhausted.

If you are in a hurry, you will be hasty, and if you are in a hurry, you will have loopholes.

In fact, the Zhang Yaozuo faction was not ready, or the integration was not completed. The Zhang Yaozuo faction now has two centers, one headed by Zhang Yaozuo and the other headed by Jia Changchao, and Song Xiang followed Zhang Yaozuo.

Although Jia Changchao supported Zhao Wenyun, he was definitely not a man who was willing to be the queen of the Ox. He asked to be on par with Zhang Yaozuo. Not only that, but he also asked Zhang Yaozuo to guarantee that the Jia family would have three prime ministers. Zhang Yaozuo could not agree to these two conditions.

It was precisely because they could not reach a compromise that Zhang Yaozuo and Jia Changchao did their own things, and their strength was naturally dispersed. For example, the Fish Belly Book of the Fish Belly in the spring was planned by Zhang Yaozuo, but in the end it was a bit in a bad way and left it alone. Jia Changchao never participated and was watching jokes!

This time, Zhang Yaozuo did not tell Jia Changchao that he was preparing to implement Ruizhao. He held his breath and wanted Jia Changchao to regret it.

If the faction supporting Zhao Wenyun was not integrated, then the faction supporting Zhao Zhongshi did not even integrate, and basically went their own way. Although Fu Bi and Han Qi both supported Zhao Zongshi, they were both relatives and had basically no relationship except for the need to cooperate in the government.

Bao Zheng was also alone and never visited Han Qi or Fu Bi at night to discuss countermeasures.

But it cannot be said that there is no such thing as Fan Ning and Han Qi formed a small alliance, and he formed a hidden alliance with the Cao and Gao families through Zhu Yuanfeng's relationship.

In fact, it is not important to have alliances and different alliances. What is important is that you cannot have selfishness. With selfishness, it is equivalent to a crack in the glass and will sooner or later fall apart.

Fanning looked up at the sky. It was drizzling in the sky. The fine raindrops poured on his face, bringing a hint of chill. But at this time Fanning's mind was particularly clear, and Fanning breathed a long sigh into the sky.
Chapter completed!