After saying goodbye to his second uncle, Fan Ning came to the county government office.

Just yesterday afternoon, Song Wugen, the elder of Mudu Town, informed Fan Tiezhou that County Magistrate Li hoped that Fan Ning would go to the county government to close the case today.

Fan Ning could understand the mood of the county magistrate Li Yun. Seeing that the court was reviewing his promotion to the county magistrate of Jiangning, a case of theft of imperial gifts appeared.

If the news reaches the capital, not to mention promotion, I am afraid that even the current Wuxian County Magistrate may not be able to maintain it.

Fan Ning can also agree to close the case, the key is what kind of compensation the Xu family can provide.

If the Xu family still had the same attitude as Mrs. Wang yesterday, then the case would not be settled.

Fan Ning came to the county government gate and met Dutou Lu Yougen.

"Lu Dutou!" Fan Ning greeted him with a smile.

"Oh my! The little official finally came."

Lu Yougen quickly came up and smiled and said, "The county lord was still asking you when you will arrive in the morning? I said it would take some time to come from Mudu Town. I guess I will arrive in the afternoon. As expected, I got it right after me, come with me!"

Fan Ning followed him into the county government and asked with a smile: "Lu Dutou, is there any news about the Xu family?"

"There is news that the Xu family's grandchildren went to Xuanzhou early this morning. They took a boat and walked in a hurry. It is said that Xu Xiaoguanren was going to study in Xuancheng County, and the urge was urgent."

Fan Ning was stunned, did the Xu family run away?

He said a little dissatisfied: "The Xu family is gone, how can I settle my case?"

"Don't worry, since the county magistrate asked you to close the case, he will definitely give you an explanation."

Seeing that there was no one around, Lu Yougen lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Xu came to the county government yesterday morning and had been in talks with the county government for about half an hour. It was almost done, so the county government immediately sent someone to notify you that I will compensate you when I come to the county government to settle the case today."

Fan Ning stopped talking and followed Lu Yougen to the county magistrate's official room.

"Qi Bianxianjun, Fan Ning is here!" Lu Yougen reported at the door.

Li Yun immediately smiled and greeted him, "Our little Wenquxing is here. I have misunderstood. I wish you guilty! I wish you guilty!"

He was joking and seemed to be in a good mood.

Fan Ning stepped forward and bowed, "Students meet the county lord!"

"Come on! Come on! Please come in and sit down."

Li Yun enthusiastically invited Fan Ning to the official room, while Lu Yougen stood aside.

Li Yun asked Fan Ning to sit down and asked him to have a tea again.

Li Yun smiled again and said, "Fan Shaolang's mountain travel stone caused a sensation in Zhu's mansion yesterday! Unfortunately, he was attacked by the Grand Master Zhu and had no chance of getting along with me, which is a pity!"

"The county lord also went yesterday?" Fan Ning asked curiously.

"I have no time these two days and I will not be able to celebrate my birthday tomorrow. I heard from Yang County Magistrate, and he went yesterday."

After chatting for a few moments, Li Yun turned the topic to the main business.

He stroked his beard and pondered: "I have negotiated with the Xu family twice about the theft case. The cause of this incident was that Xu Chong's grandson Xu Ji was dissatisfied with you and said a few angry words.

Li Quan is eager to seek credit, and in order to please the little master, he sent someone to your house to steal. At present, Li Quan has pleaded guilty and concealed. This official sentenced him and Zhou Xiaomao to two years in prison for theft."

Speaking of this, Li Yun quickly glanced at Fan Ning. Seeing that he was silent and his eyes were plain, he admired Fan Ning for being able to keep calm. At such a young age, he was so calm.

Li Yun continued: "As for Fan Shaolang's stolen items, the Taihu stone has been recovered, and another white jade fan pendant is temporarily missing. Of course, I will continue to pursue you, but the case itself should be over, so I want to close the case, but I don't know what Fan Shaolang means..."

Fan Ning said lightly: "Students are not paranoid people. Although Xu Ji and I have a gap, they will not ruin their future. The students are willing to close the case, but the students also hope that the Xu family can give me an explanation."

"What does Fan Shaolang want to say?" Li Yun asked again.

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said, "The students hope that the Xu family apologizes to me in person, but I heard that the Xu family's grandchildren have left Pingjiang Mansion?"

Li Yun nodded and said earnestly: "Xu Ji must arrive at Xuancheng County School within three days to report, so he hurriedly left before his injury was healed.

His grandfather also went there, and Xu Chong has been hired as the teacher of Xuanzhou Prefecture and will not return to Wu County within a year or two. It is probably unrealistic to ask them to apologize."

Fanning smiled, "Even if they apologize, they will not have any sincerity. Instead of listening to a few unscrupulous apology, it is better not to listen. Then the students settle for the second best and hope that they will compensate me for the loss of the fan."

"This is the rational decision!"

Li Yun gave Fan Ning a thumbs up and praised his decision very much.

"Actually, this is my solution. We have to face the reality that the stolen white jade fan pendant may not be able to recover.

So I also filed a compensation claim with the Xu family, and the Xu family is willing to compensate you for 500 taels of silver, or any Taihu stone in his store."

Fan Ning was waiting for Li Yun's words. He thought for a while and said, "Since the Xu family started by stealing my Taihu stone, then we should compensate the Taihu stone to end!"

"Okay! Happy! I like a smart and rational person like Fan Shaolang, who is not obsessed with the brink of stubbornness. Everyone gets what they want and everyone is happy."

Li Yun was secretly proud of himself. In order to calm the case, the Xu family agreed to compensate Fan Ning for 3,000 taels of silver. Since Fan Ning chose Taihu Stone, the three,000 taels of silver will belong to him.

Fan Ning signed the case closing letter and wrote a note, and Li Yun's heart finally came to his mind.

In fact, Li Yun did not file a case at all, so naturally there is no question of closing the case.

But he wanted to give the Xu family an explanation, which was an agreement reached between him and the Xu family, and the case closing letter was for the Xu family to read.

As for Li Quan, the crime of tax evasion is enough to make him stay in the prison camp for two or three years.

"Lu Dutou, take Fan Shaolang to the warehouse! No matter which Taihu stone he likes, he can transport it directly."

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Fan Ning said goodbye and followed Lu Yougen to the warehouse.

"Lu Dutou, I'm going to go on a business trip to the capital recently!" Fan Ning asked casually.

Lu Yougen stopped and asked in surprise: "How do you know if the little official?"

"I guess casually. Isn't the county lord at the critical moment of promotion? At this time, you have to give gifts. I think the county lord trusts Lu Dutou so much, so he should work hard to travel to the capital."

Lu Yougen gave a thumbs up and praised: "I am worthy of being the leader of the county sect. As expected, I will be very smart. I will be able to take a boat into Beijing tomorrow."

Fan Ning breathed a light sigh, the green coral was still there.

Lu Yougen took Fan Ning to a small warehouse next to the river. He opened the warehouse door and was filled with Taihu stones seized and transported from the strange stone hall.

Lu Yougen said indignantly: "These stones are not worth 5,000 guan. Half of the tax is not enough, we have lost a lot."

Fan Ning was secretly funny. Lu Yougen was a rough man, and he actually used the purchase price of the strange stone museum to measure the value of these Taihu stones.

What's not worth five thousand guan, but that piece of green coral is far more than five thousand guan, okay?

Fan Ning saw Qing Coral at a glance, and was pressed down by two large Taihu stones. He felt distressed. This was the stone of the strange stone museum! He was actually abused like this?

"Little official, I'm sorry, there are only so many. There were originally a few good small Taihu stones, but the county magistrate wanted to give them to his father-in-law, so it was difficult to take them out."

Fan Ning suddenly had a severe dry cough. He used the dry cough to cover up his loss of composure.

It turned out that County Magistrate Li was half a bottle of vinegar and pretended to know the stone very well. In fact, he didn't understand it. He took away a few small Taihu stones, but threw the real best green coral here.

Fanning wanted to laugh out loud.

"How about it? Which piece I like? I'll ask a few brothers to carry stones for you and take it away directly on the boat."

Fan Ning pretended to be a choice for a long time before pointing at Qingshu, "Just this one! This one is a little smaller, I can put it in the atrium, everything else is too big."

"no problem!"

Lu Yougen found a few subordinates, and they all took action together to lift Qing Coral out. Fortunately, the yamen runners did not load and unload them wildly, and Qing Coral was intact.

Everyone directly put the green coral on a ship.

Fan Ning clasped his fists at Lu Yougen and said, "I'll take this boat back and tell the county lord for me, wishing him a prosperous journey and a promotion as soon as possible!"

"Take care too!"

The boatman left on the boat and gradually disappeared from the distance of the river.

At this time, Li Yun slowly walked to the dock and looked at Fan Ning's ship away with his hands.

He looked back at the warehouse and asked, "Which piece did he take away?"

Lu Yougen hurriedly stepped forward to report, "Take a medium-sized piece of stone, he said that the other stones were too big and the family couldn't put them down."

"He didn't touch the Taihu stones I chose?"

"No!"

Lu Yougen shook his head quickly, "I didn't show it to him."

Li Yun rushed over just because he was worried. That brat was so vicious. Don’t get rid of the top Taihu stone he chose.

He breathed a little relieved and said to Lu Yougen: "The remaining stones are all on the boat tonight, thank you for your hard work. You and Aide Wu come to Beijing overnight, not waiting for tomorrow."

"It is an honor to serve the county magistrate."
To be continued...