Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 421
Su Liang went out in a hurry, and came back not long after, "Brother, what a coincidence, I'm here to look for you."

"Find me?"

Fan Ning was very surprised, how did the people from the capital know that he was here?
Fan Ning followed Su Liang to the main hall, and saw a strong man standing in the hall waiting. When he saw Fan Ning coming in, he went forward and bowed to salute, "Fan Zhiyuan, the villain is Han Xianggong's entourage, under the order of Han Xianggong Send an urgent letter to Zhiyuan!"

As he spoke, he took out a letter and presented it to Fanning.

Fan Ning was no longer Zhiyuan, but he didn't want to tell the truth, so he took the letter and asked, "How do you know I'm here? Could it be that you have been to Mudu Town?"

"Exactly, Madam said that Zhi Yuan is here in Su Zhi County, and we rode here overnight."

"It's been hard work"

Fan Ning gave Su Liang a wink, and asked him to prepare some hard work expenses. He didn't have any money with him, Su Liang understood, and hurried down to prepare money.

Fan Ning opened the letter and read it carefully. After reading the letter, he asked the messenger again: "Is there any other message?"

"Han Xianggong said that he hopes you can return to Beijing as soon as possible!"

Fan Ning nodded and said, "Please go back and tell Mr. Han that I will leave for Beijing the day after tomorrow!"

"I understand!"

The envoy saluted, turned around and left. He wanted to rush back to the capital overnight, when Su Liang came in with 20 taels of silver and hurriedly sent the envoy out of the mansion.

Fan Ning sat down and read the letter carefully. The content of the letter was similar to what Su Liang said. Concubine Zhang was dead, but the letter also said that when Concubine Zhang was seriously ill, Zhang Yaozuo, Jia Changchao, Song Xiang and other dozens of ministers wrote a letter to the emperor. , Asked to make Zhao Wenyun his heir, to give joy to the imperial concubine's illness.

But before the emperor had time to answer the matter, the noble concubine passed away, and the situation in the court was very chaotic and very disturbing.

At this time, Su Liang hurried in and asked, "What did Mr. Han say?"

Fan Ning handed Han Qi's letter to Su Liang, "You can read it yourself!"

Su Liang looked at the channel: "I feel that Mr. Han's words are still a bit vague."

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Han Xianggong's letter actually has only one meaning."

"What does he mean?"

Fan Ning said lightly: "Let me go to Beijing immediately!"

Fan Ning stayed at Su Liang's house overnight and returned to Mudu Town the next day.

In the living room, Fan Ning called the family together and announced his plan to them. The family looked at each other in blank dismay. Fan Ning decided to return to the capital tomorrow, which really surprised everyone.

"Husband, will there be any trouble if you are not called to Beijing?" Zhu Pei asked worriedly.

Fan Ning smiled and said: "Not being called to Beijing means that I am an official outside Beijing. I am not. I just report back to Beijing after the expiration of Ding You's term. , or take the initiative to report back to Beijing, I belong to the latter."

Zhu Pei didn't speak, she secretly complained to her father, why didn't she call her husband to Beijing in time and let him stay in his hometown, which would delay her husband's future.

At this time, Ouyang Qian asked in a low voice: "Then what should we do? Return to Beijing with your husband?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "That's why I called everyone to discuss. I'm leaving tomorrow. I guess it's too late for everyone to pack up. Let's do it! I'll go back to Beijing first, and everyone will start to pack up. It's almost packed, and it's estimated that the difference between our front and back feet is at most a month."

Fan Ning looked at Zhu Pei again, "Madam, will you return to Beijing after giving birth here?"

"I'll be right back!"

Zhu Pei said without hesitation: "We will set off after packing up!"

"What about Ah Qian? Do you want to wait for Zhen'er to grow up?" Fan Ning asked Ouyang Qian again.

How can Ouyang Qian stay in her hometown alone, she quickly said: "Anyway, it's a boat ride, there is really no problem, she will be very happy."

Fan Ning nodded, "Then let's make a decision like this! I'll leave tomorrow, and everyone will return to Beijing after packing up, and I'll leave it to my third uncle to take care of it."

After everyone left, Fan Ning said to his mother, Zhang Sanniang, "Aunt Caixiang let her come to Beijing too!"

Zhang Sanniang shook her head, "Her parents talked to your third uncle and wanted her to remarry."

Fan Ning was taken aback, "When did this happen?"

Zhang Sanniang said bitterly: "About half a month ago, I didn't tell you about this matter. In fact, her parents found the person who remarried last fall. They are also from their hometown. The surname is Jiang. He is about 40 years old and has earned a little money. Xiaoqian, who opened a teahouse in Kunshan County, his wife died of illness last summer, leaving behind two daughters, and they met once at the beginning of the year."

Fan Ning's face was a bit gloomy. The imperial court had always encouraged widows to remarry. Remarriage was very normal in the Song Dynasty, but it also caused many conflicts, mainly about the division of property and children in the ex-husband's family.

If Aunt Caixiang hadn't given birth to a child, it didn't matter whether she remarried Fan Ning or not, but she gave birth to a son for her father. If she remarried, what would happen to the child?
After a while, Fan Ning asked, "What does third uncle mean?"

"Your third uncle said that both parties have already met, and the remarriage has probably been finalized. The key is how to deal with the child. I'm just going to discuss this with you these two days."

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said: "It's fine to remarry, but the child must stay. Give her three thousand coins as a dowry, and the Fan family will treat her with the utmost benevolence."

Zhang Sanniang nodded, "Your third uncle also means the same thing."

As soon as Zhang Sanniang finished speaking, a little maid came to report: "The three members are here!"

Outside of the three members is Fan Ning's third uncle, Fan Tieniu, who moved to Mudu Town four years ago and bought a mansion covering an area of ​​[-] mu. Leave it to him to take care of it. He is now the second-ranked official in Mudu Town, second only to Dean Liu of Yanying Academy.

Not long after, Fan Tieniu walked into the lobby quickly. His appearance didn't change much, he was still as strong as before, but after all, he was over forty years old, and he knew the ways of the world, and he was no longer as honest and weak as before.

"A Ning, I just heard from Pei'er that you are going back to Beijing tomorrow?" Fan Tieniu asked as soon as he entered the lobby.

Fan Ning nodded, "I received an express letter from Mr. Han, hoping that I will return to Beijing as soon as possible. The time is relatively urgent, and I plan to leave tomorrow."

"What about your mother?"

"They pack up and leave, third uncle, I want to bring the old lady into Beijing."

Fan Ning's grandmother Yang is currently living with her third uncle Fan Tieniu. Don't look at the old lady's back bent at [-] degrees. She is over seventy years old, but she is not deaf or blind. She is healthy and long-lived. Basking in the sun, growing some side dishes, and raising a few chickens are her favorite hobbies. Everyone has their own destiny. Among all the granddaughters-in-law, the old lady likes Aya the most. Aya will go to chat with her every few days, sun.

Fan Tieniu smiled wryly, "Your grandpa's tomb is here, I don't think she will leave. That year when I persuaded her to move to Mudu Town, your father and I persuaded her for half a month before she reluctantly agreed to let her go. The homeland is too difficult, forget it, I advise you not to torment her."

Zhang Sanniang also persuaded: "The old lady is used to the water, soil and climate here, she may not be used to it when she goes to the capital, let your third and fourth uncles take care of her!"

Fan Ning thought it was not realistic, so he nodded, "Does Fourth Uncle often visit the old lady?"

"I didn't come here many times before, but since you handed over the two restaurants in Mudu Town to him last year, he came here every now and then to see the old lady."

Zhang Sanniang said from the side: "A-Ning, let your third uncle sit down and talk!"

Fan Ning asked Fan Tieniu to sit down, and Zhang Sanniang asked the servant girl to serve tea. Fan Ning said with a smile: "Let's go back to Beijing, please ask my third uncle to take care of the house here, and the warehouse. I will give the key to the warehouse to my third uncle later."

"This is a trivial matter, so don't worry! I will take care of things in my hometown well."

Fan Tieniu pondered for a while and said, "I'm here today about your aunt. Yesterday afternoon her parents came to me and said that she has decided to remarry and she will marry in a month. Let me talk to you."

Aunt Caixiang's parents lived in the house that Fan Ning bought the first time. Of course, they only lent them to live in. Once their daughter remarried, the house would be taken back.

Fan Ning nodded, "I can agree to remarry, but the key is that the child must stay. He is the blood of the Fan family and cannot be taken away by her."

Fan Tieniu said with a smile: "Of course I will not let go of this point. They also agreed. The child can stay, but they have to make up for it."

Fan Ning said decisively: "Give her 3000 taels of silver as a dowry, and the land and old house left by her father will be converted into 1000 taels of silver, a total of 4000 taels of silver. Once she remarries, she will have nothing to do with the Fan family."

"That shouldn't be a big problem. There is one more thing." Fan Tieniu became hesitant in his speech.

Zhang Sanniang next to him smiled and said, "They're all our own people, so what else can Tie Niu say?"

"Sister-in-law, it's hard for me to speak!"

With a thought in his mind, Fan Ning asked with a smile, "Could it be about Mingxiao?"

Fan Tieniu sighed and said: "You also know that my son's surname is Lu, and he will inherit the Lu family's property in the future. I only have three daughters under my knees. I have always wanted to have a son from the Fan family. Back then, my eldest brother also promised to adopt Mingxiao to him. Me, because the child's mother refused, so this matter failed, and now the child's mother is going to remarry, the child cannot be taken away, you can see if you can."

Fan Tieniu gave birth to four children. Except for the eldest son Lu Min, the other three were daughters. Fan Ning's father Fan Tiezhou agreed to adopt his youngest son Mingxiao to him, but his concubine Caixiang firmly refused, so the adoption was not successful. Now Caixiang To remarry, Fan Tieniu saw hope again.

Fan Ning didn't care, as long as his four-year-old brother was a child of the Fan family, it would be the same if he was raised by his third uncle. The key is that Aunt Caixiang remarried, and his mother Zhang Sanniang may not have the energy to take care of the child.

Before Fan Ning could speak, Zhang Sanniang said, "I have no objection. I want to take care of him. I don't have so much energy to take care of him."

Fan Tieniu's eyes lit up, and he immediately looked at Fan Ning with hope. Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said, "Since my father promised, then he will be adopted by my third uncle. Anyway, there is no need to change my name and surname. Besides, my father's medical center and pharmacy I will leave it to him and the old house in the town, and I will arrange his future when he grows up."

Fan Tieniu was overjoyed, jumped up excitedly, and quickly said: "Don't worry, whether it's my son or eldest brother's son, he is a child of the Fan family, and he will still inherit the elder brother's funeral."

After Fan Tieniu made arrangements for the rest, he got up and left.

Fan Ning kept sending him out of the gate, and smiled at the third uncle: "Amin is in the capital and my second uncle and I will take good care of him, so the third uncle doesn't have to worry."

"I'm not worried about that kid! If he really isn't suitable for studying, let him do the strange stone business with the second brother."

"It's better to read at ease first! If you can't read it, let's talk about it."

"Okay! Then I wish you a safe journey tomorrow."

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, and watched the third uncle go away.

(End of this chapter)