Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 426
In the afternoon, in a tea room on the second floor of the famous Huangjianzui Teahouse on East Street, Fan Ning and Zhu An were sitting opposite each other. Zhu An seemed a little silent, drinking tea in silence.

"What is Fifth Brother usually responsible for?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

Zhu An smiled wryly, "I'm a bastard. I'm just in charge of a few warehouses at the Hongqiao Wharf outside the city."

Among the three brothers of the Zhu family, Zhu Yuanjun is pursuing an official career. His property is not much, mainly real estate and land. However, Zhu Yuanjun has many descendants, and it is impossible for all of them to pursue official careers. It is inevitable to support a large family. On the road to business.

Of course, Zhu Yuanjun's business route is also related to the Zhu family. When the three brothers broke up, Zhu Yuanfu took over the Zhu family's ancestral house, family history and ancestral hall that had been controlled by Zhu Yuanjun.

In exchange, he also gave Zhu Yuanjun Zhu's Shipping Company, a large shipping company composed of thousands of inland river cargo ships, responsible for continuously transporting bulk goods such as salt, tea, oil, grain, and cloth from the south to the capital.

While operating the fleet, Zhu Yuanjun also owns nearly a hundred warehouses in various inland wharfs, among which there are four warehouses in the capital, and the Hongqiao Wharf outside the city is one of them.

"Your grandfather was very close to Zhang Yaozuo?" Fan Ning asked while fiddling with the Jianyao black lamp in his hand.

Zhu An felt a little conflicted at the beginning, but he is a smart person after all, knowing that the third grandfather has given him the opportunity, and whether he can grasp the opportunity depends on how well he cooperates with Fan Ning today.

He quickly adjusted his mentality, and with a smile on his face, he said to Fan Ning: "As the rumors outside, my grandfather did hug Zhang Yaozuo's thigh, and Zhang Yaozuo thinks highly of him, and has already replaced Liu Yun's previous seat. , becoming Zhang Yaozuo's right-hand man."

This temptation made Fan Ning quite satisfied, at least Zhu An had let go of his grandfather Zhu Yuanjun.

Fan Ning pondered for a while and asked again: "Is Zhang Yaozuo planning anything with your grandfather recently?"

"They do a lot of things, it depends on which aspect you specifically refer to?"

"I mean out-of-phase, such as Ruizhao."

Zhu An suddenly understood, "You mean the auspicious sign about King Langya?"

Fan Ning nodded, Zhang Yaozuo wanted to help King Langya to the crown prince, Ruizhao is necessary, but there are many ways for Ruizhao, Fan Ning does not know which one Zhang Yaozuo will choose, if Ruizhao can be blocked, Ruizhao will change It was definitely a big blow to Zhang Yaozuo if it became a joke.

Having said that, it would be even more difficult to grasp Zhang Yaozuo's actions, and Fan Ning didn't hold out too much hope, and he just mentioned it casually.

Zhu An pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, I know a little bit about Ruizhao. Did you know about the Yubu Jinshu in Laizhou last spring?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Of course I know. The tabloid published this matter. It is said that the Laizhou government also reported this matter to the imperial court."

Last spring, fishermen in Laizhou picked up a strange fish and found a white brocade in the belly of the fish, with the words "Xin Wang Li" written on it, which caused a sensation. Because Laizhou was called Langya County in ancient times, the new king on the fish belly brocade, It was obviously referring to King Langya, but this matter was controversial later, and it was finally settled.

Fan Ning also speculated that Zhang Yaozuo would probably repeat his old tricks and create auspicious signs again because of this incident of the fish-belly brocade book.

Fan Ning heard something in Zhu An's words, and asked again: "Do you know about Yufu Jinshu?"

Zhu An nodded, "At that time, my second brother happened to take someone to Laizhou, and news of the Yubu Jinshu came not long after. I speculate that my second brother did it."

Zhu An's second brother is called Zhu Xing. He is very smart and capable. He is one of Zhu Yuanjun's most valued grandsons. Fan Ning has also met this person, but the point is not here, but confirms Fan Ning's guess. The heresy matter was handed over to Zhu Yuanjun, who was in an idle position.

Fan Ning thought for a while and asked, "Can you bribe your grandfather and the people around Zhu Xing?"

"The people around my second brother are not a big problem. Everyone is jealous of money, and they are easy to bribe. The people around my grandfather are a bit troublesome, but we can start with the little tea boy Ma Yuer. This little dog is very favored, and He is very greedy for money, as long as you give him enough money, he can sell his own mother."

Fan Ning thought that the [-] warriors that Zhu Yuanfeng handed over to him could just come in handy.

If Fan Ning saw the little tea boy Ma Yuer, he would understand what Zhu An meant by "very favored". Junxiu is exactly the kind of boy that many dignitaries like.

Ma Yuer came from a relatively humble family background, and his mother was a prostitute. He had been in a brothel since he was a child, and cooked good tea. When he was eight years old, Zhu Yuanjun fell in love with him and became Zhu Yuanjun's tea boy. The disciples of the family looked down on him from the bottom of their hearts, but they had no choice but to curry favor with him.

Perhaps because of growing up in a brothel, Ma Tong'er loved money like his life since he was a child, but Zhu Yuanjun was stingy and had little power, so he couldn't make much money, so he set his mind on the Zhu family's children.

In the morning, Ma Yuer excitedly followed Zhu An, "Fifth, is that person you mentioned really willing to give a penny a day?"

"With my guarantee, what are you afraid of?"

Ma Yu'er thinks about it too, it's too late for the children of the Zhu family to flatter him one by one, how dare he cheat himself, this Zhu An is a bastard, and he has to flatter himself even more, thinking of this, Ma Yu'er smiled and said: "This time let me If you get benefits, I will not treat you badly, and I will definitely give you a few good words and let you take charge of the land."

"Then thank you Brother Yu!"

Zhu An held back the extreme hatred in his heart, and led Ma Yu'er to an alley, and walked straight to the end. He knocked on the far door, and the door opened. A young man glanced at him, and then turned sideways to let them in.

The murderous intent on this man was so fierce that Ma Yu'er was frightened. He took a step back, turned around and was about to run when he felt his back tightened when someone picked him up. Before he could react, he felt his body tremble. Floating, then fell heavily to the ground.

Ma Yu'er was thrown into a dizzy state, raised his head for a while, only to find four or five burly men surrounding him, all of them looking down on him with a condescending look, a big foot stepped on his chest, his crotch was hot , I was scared to pee.

At this time, a big man came out of the house, and said with a smile: "How do you treat guests? Didn't the master tell you, you should be more polite!"

The big man said he was polite, but he grabbed Ma Yu'er by the front and dragged him into a room like a dog, "Master, he is here!"

Ma Yu'er was lying on the ground, and it took him a while to finally realize that he had been fooled, and Zhu An, a thief, had framed himself.

He slowly got up, and saw a tall young man sitting on the head, looking at him coldly, and on the left and right sides stood four menacing men with cold eyes, which made people shudder.

At this time, Ma Yu'er was suddenly attracted by the thing on the table next to the young man, which turned out to be a pile of yellow gold.

"Stand up and talk!" the man above said coldly.

Ma Yu'er got up, only to feel the coldness in his crotch, which made him extremely ashamed, but he was still trembling in his heart, not knowing what he was about to face, but he had a vague feeling that what he encountered today might not be a bad thing. Glowing gold is waiting for him?

The young man sitting on it was naturally Fan Ning, and the big men around him were the twenty confidants Zhu Yuanfeng gave him.

Fan Ning pointed to the gold beside him, and asked with a smile, "Do you want it?"

Ma Yuer let out a gurgle in his throat, fixed his eyes on Jin Jin, nodded heavily, "I want it!"

Of course he wants to, he clearly remembers that the old man gave his mother an ingot of five taels of gold, and his mother let the old man take him away. That day, everything about him was taken by the old man. The lung-like pain is still engraved in his heart. That is the price of five taels of gold, but now 500 taels are placed in front of his eyes.

Fan Ning said lightly again: "The 500 taels of gold can be given to you, but you have to do things for me. If you do well, the 500 taels of gold are all yours!"

Ma Yu'er was extremely clever, he immediately understood what the other party wanted him to do, he was silent for a moment and asked: "Will you kill me afterwards?"

This horse fish is very smart, Fan Ning shook his head and said: "Rules are rules, as long as you do things well for me, take what you deserve, then leave the capital, and never show your face again."

"Okay! I promise you, that Zhu Yuanjun should have died a long time ago."

Fanning shook his head, "I didn't ask you to kill him."

Ma Yu'er was taken aback, "Didn't you kill him?"

"no!"

Fan Ning beckoned to him, asked him to come forward, and whispered in his ear: "Help me keep an eye on his every move, I want to know who he is in contact with and what he is going to do, just tell Zhu An, do you understand?"

After finishing speaking, Fan Ning put two ingots of gold weighing 50 taels each in his hand, "These 100 taels of gold are a deposit, and after the matter is completed, the remaining 400 taels will be given to you."

Ma Yuer looked at the heavy gold in his hand, his eyes were straightened, as if in a dream, and after a while he nodded slowly, "I understand!"

(End of this chapter)