Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 455
Everyone entered the table one after another. Fan Ning's seat was the host and guest seats, next to the host, and on the other side was Chai Jing, who smiled and introduced the guests on both sides to Fan Ning from time to time.

Zhao Qian picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Today is a late reception. It has been a month since our parents, Mr. Fan Fu, took office for the first time. It is my negligence and negligence. Three times the fine to express apology, now please hold up the wine glasses, I wish him good fortune as an official, and he will be promoted as soon as possible!"

Zhao Qian raised his glass high, "Let's toast!"

"cheers!"

Everyone drank the wine, and everyone filled up the wine again. The following is Fan Ning's speech. After everyone raised their glasses, Fan Ning calmly said: "Ying Tianfu is my number one in the Great Song Dynasty. The first time I served as a magistrate, when I was in Kunzhou, I always thought it was easier to be an official in the mainland of the Song Dynasty, but when I became the magistrate of Yingtian, I realized that things are not easy, because the population is so large! You have to worry about more than 100 million people The population eats and drinks, you have to care about how the people evaluate you, you also pay attention to how the court evaluates you, and even worry about your own reputation among scholars? Summer harvest and planting are about to happen, and basically you have to sleep in the fields went."

Fan Ning spoke very slowly, and everyone listened very attentively. This was no longer an ordinary speech, but a kind of acceptance speech.
Fan Ning smiled and continued: "Mr. Han asked me what kind of magistrate I wanted to be when I took office. But Han Xianggong said, it’s not enough for you to think about the state like this. You not only need to let yourself get the Wanmin Umbrella, but also let the next magistrate or even the next prefect also get the Wanmin Umbrella. This requires a long-term vision. You must learn to plant trees. The tree under it will become a great shade for future generations to enjoy in the shade, so I want to establish some rules, establish some long-term systems, strengthen education, build roads and bridges, so that future young people and future prefects can enjoy To the success I have left today, thank you all, this glass of wine is toast to everyone!"

Fan Ning drank the wine in the glass, then raised it high, and there was a warm applause in the lobby.

Next is the time to eat and drink freely. Chai Jing picked up a chopstick dish for Fan Ning and asked with a smile: "Prefect Fan is still used to living in the new house!"

Fan Ning also said with a smile: "I am really satisfied with living in such a nice house, thank you for your generosity."

"Where! That house is actually my ancestral house. The hill inside the house existed more than a hundred years ago, but the house has been rebuilt several times. Although I like it very much, there is a family rule that the house must be inherited by the eldest family. , but Chai's long house lived in the capital, so the house has been closed for decades and repaired every few years.

Later, the family unanimously agreed to rent it out to gather popularity, but they were afraid that the feng shui of the ancestral house would be ruined by renting it to someone who did not match their status, so many big businessmen also asked for rent, but I did not agree until my in-laws said it was Fan. The magistrate wanted to rent a house, so I immediately agreed. Speaking of which, we still have the official air of the magistrate Fan. "

Fan Ning's face twitched twice. It turned out to be the house that Chai Zongxun lived in. If he knew it was the old house of the King of Subjugation, he would never know how to live in it. It was too unlucky.

Although I thought so in my heart, I still smiled and said: "The high official is too polite, it is because I have the noble air of the Chai family!"

At this moment, a person hurried in from the outside, whispered something in Zhao Qian's ear, Zhao Qian frowned, glanced at Fan Ning quickly, got up and went out.

Fan Ning could see it clearly, he quickly winked at Zhu Bao who was behind him, Zhu Bao understood, and followed out quietly.

Zhao Qian walked downstairs, only to see a tall, thin man in his 30s standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, his face was ashen, Zhao Qian hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "When did Wu Ya Nei come?"

This man's name is Zhang Xing, the son of Zhang Yaozuo's third brother, Zhang Yaocheng, and he is the fifth in their generation. He has worked as a guard in the palace for several years. He was originally sent to the army as an official, but he didn't want to At that time, Zhang Yaozuo asked him to do industrial inspections, and was responsible for the inspections of the Zhang family's industries in various places.

Zhang Xing came to Yingtianfu today to find out how much the business of Yingtianfu's grain shop and tea shop had been affected. Unexpectedly, the Yingtianfu government seized Zhang's grain shop. Zhang Xing was angry and anxious, and ran to find Zhao Qian. But when he learned that Zhao Qian actually entertained the magistrate Fan Ning at the Songzhou Restaurant, Zhang Xing suddenly became suspicious. Could it be that Zhao Qian is going to join Zhao Zongshi instead?
Zhang Xing said coldly: "If my uncle has something to do to Mr. Zhao, it's best for Mr. Zhao to bring it up in person, and our Zhang family can make up for it."

Zhao Qian was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Why did Wu Ya Nei make such a statement?"

Zhang Xing turned his head and glared at him, "Fan Ning is besieging my Zhang family's grain store in the city, but you are here to exchange cups with Fan Ning and call him brother and brother. What do you make me think? What do you make my uncle think?"

Zhao Qian was sweating on his forehead, it was just such an unfortunate thing, he made an appointment with Fan Ning yesterday, and Fan Ning made an attack on the Zhang family today, but he couldn't explain this kind of thing clearly.

Zhao Qian quickly explained: "I also wanted to get to know Fan Ning's details, so I hosted a banquet for him today. Unexpectedly, Fan Ning suddenly got angry this morning. I also planned to persuade him not to do anything wrong.

"Hmph! You want to leave a way out for yourself!"

"Where! I have always been loyal to the grand master, and I will never be the same at this critical moment. Please rest assured."

"In that case, I'll wait for your news!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xing flicked his sleeves, turned around and left the restaurant. Zhao Qian felt dizzy for a while. Why are everyone in the Zhang family so narrow-minded?
Fan Ning was still drinking upstairs, when Zhu Bao stepped forward, dipped water on the table and wrote the words "Zhang Jia Wu Ya Nei". The food shop came.

Fan Ning attacked Zhang’s grain store at this time, to a certain extent, he wanted to stir up Zhang Yaozuo’s dissatisfaction with Zhao Qian, or his distrust. When the admonisher impeached Zhao Qian, Zhang Yaozuo would not work so hard to protect Zhao Qian , it can be said that the nephew of the Zhang family came just in time.

Chai Jing next to him saw the words on the table, and he said meaningfully to Fan Ning: "Your Majesty, you don't want to do it. If you do it, you have to do it to the end. Zhao Qian will definitely beg for the Zhang family later, and I will send you a word of Fujun!"

He also dipped in the wine and wrote the word 'Go' on the table.

Fan Ning suddenly came to his senses, and said with a smile, "The suggestion of the high official is exactly what I want!"

Chai Jing glanced at the elegant room corridor next to him, and said to Fan Ning in a low voice: "Go to the end of the elegant room and you will find Hongmeitang. There is an emergency passage leading directly to the street on the east side of the restaurant."

Fan Ning nodded, "I will treat Mr. Chai to drink in the future!"

He got up and gave Zhu Bao a few words, Zhu Bao immediately went downstairs to inform the other three, while Fan Ning walked quickly to the elegant room, walked into the innermost Hongmei Hall, and found a narrow corridor in the suite. stairs.

Fan Ning walked quickly down the stairs in the dark. At the bottom was a small door that was locked from the inside. When he opened the small door, a dazzling light rushed in. It turned out to be the East Street of Songcheng County outside. He arrived at the side of the restaurant .

He stopped an ox cart casually, got on the cart and told the driver, "Go to the government office!"

The ox cart drove slowly towards the Fuya, and after a while, Zhu Long and the others also came out of the restaurant, and urged their horses to run towards the Fuya.

Zhao Qian went up to the second floor, and returned to his seat with a heavy heart, only to find that Fan Ning, who was sitting next to him, had disappeared. He was taken aback, and quickly asked Chai Jing, "Where is Prefect Fan?"

Chai Jing smiled slightly: "Prefect Fan also went down just now, didn't Shijun meet you?"

Zhao Qian was a little surprised. When did Fan Ning go downstairs? He was next to the gate on the first floor and didn't see him. Could it be that he went to the toilet in the backyard?
Thinking it should be like this, he didn't continue to ask, raised his glass to Chai Jing and said with a smile: "Let me offer a cup to Mr. Chai first, and please ask Mr. Fan to help me persuade Fan Zhifu later."

"sure!"

Chai Jing raised his glass and had a drink with Zhao Qian.

Time passed by, but Fan Ning's figure was still missing. Zhao Qian felt a little bad in his heart. He got up and ran downstairs, only to find that Fan Ning's subordinates who had been sitting on the first floor eating had disappeared.

Zhao Qian suddenly understood that Fan Ning left without saying goodbye, and actually played himself a trick.

He stomped his foot in hatred and gritted his teeth: "Well, Fanning, since you will be fined if you don't eat the toast, then we'll wait and see, and when you fall into my hands, Zhao Qian, don't make me feel cruel!"

(End of this chapter)