Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 502
As the weather was getting colder, Zhao Zongshi didn't go out much at night, so after dark, both his family general and the coachman were on vacation.

Zhao Zongshi’s coachman was surnamed Mao, and he had driven Zhao Zongshi’s carriages for more than ten years. He was over forty years old, and everyone remembered his name. Everyone called him Mao Da. His wife was also the cook in Zhao Zongshi’s house. I have a son who is ten years old.

Mao Da is a native of the capital city. After his parents passed away, he left a small courtyard for him. Fortunately, it is not too far from the palace. He can go home every day, and then rush to the palace to answer his errands before dawn the next day.

It was already late at night, Mao Da walked out of the gate of a brothel, a little drunk, and stumbled towards home.

When he was less than fifty steps away from the door, he finally couldn't drink enough, squatted in the corner of the wall and vomited.

After a while, he slowly regained consciousness, and suddenly found several burly men standing beside him, surrounding him.

He was so scared that he took a step back and sat on the ground, "What do you want to do?"

The big guy at the head was Zhu Long. He knelt down and sneered, "You are rich! You can go to brothels and restaurants. Can you tell me where the one thousand coins in Jinqiao Money Shop come from?"

Mao Da looked bewildered, "How do you know?"

"Of course it was your son who said it. That kid is very honest, and he will say what he asks?"

Mao Da's expression changed drastically, and he struggled to get up, "What did you do to my son?"

"Your son is at home, we didn't kidnap him, but we want to find him, easy, you know what I mean?"

How could Mao Da fail to understand the threats inside? He suddenly lost his confidence, lowered his head and said, "Don't you want to know the whereabouts of the county king?"

The four of Zhu Long exchanged glances, and Zhu Long said lightly, "That one thousand coins was given to you by Zhang Yaozuo, isn't that right!"

Mao Da nodded, and whispered: "He wants to know every move of the county king. Every evening, I go to Liji Tavern, and there are people waiting for me there."

"We are not interested in the deal between you and Zhang Yaozuo. We just want to know, who has Zhao Zongshi secretly contacted during this month?"

"I don't know the details. How many generals he met, they should be the generals of the Imperial Army, and their official positions are not low. It seems that Dr. Li contacted him."

"Does Zhang Yaozuo know about this?"

"He knows, and today he specially rewarded me with a hundred pennies."

Zhu Long said coldly: "Listen, I'm not interested in the deal between you and Zhang Yaozuo, but I want to know who the king is trading with. If the king of the county is in the carriage, you should wear a hat. If there is no county king in the carriage, just wear a headscarf, I will not do you any favors, but if you dare to double-faced, I will kill your son!"

After Zhu Long left behind these words, he left quickly. Mao Da was so frightened that he shuddered and went home.

In the outer study, Fan Ning finished listening to Zhu Long's report. Although Fan Ning had already guessed that the three people Zhao Zongshi wanted to buy were military generals, Zhu Long still solved his doubts. Who helped Zhao Zongshi lead the thread?
It turned out to be Li Weizhen, the Zuo Jianyi doctor. Fan Ning had heard from Liu Chu in Yingtian Mansion that Li Weizhen's sister was still a niece, and she was Zhao Zongshi's concubine.

"Reporting to the officials, Zhang Yaozuo is well aware of this matter, the coachman was indeed bought by Zhang Yaozuo."

Fan Ning shook his head lightly, "Zhang Yaozuo will never tell the coachman who bought him, just like you would not tell the coachman who you are, this coachman is guessing randomly, but the guess is not out of the question, from now on In the beginning, the four of you took turns guarding the palace. Once Zhao Zongshi leaves the palace, you must monitor him. I must know which three generals they are? This is the key to the whole incident."

"The humble job must be found out!"

At noon the next day, Zhao Zongshi went out. This time he took several men with him, including Liu Qu. The coachman Mao Da wore a straw hat and drove the large carriage out of the side door slowly. Liu Qu and other four followed on horseback. On both sides of the carriage.

The carriage came to Yujie, and stopped directly in front of the Yujie main store of Zhu's money shop. Zhao Zongshi went directly into the money shop. At this moment, Manager Liu saw Zhao Zongshi at a glance. He left the counter quickly. This is what Fan Ning told him yesterday Yes, if he finds out that Zhao Zongshi came to the money shop, he has to avoid him, and he can't let Zhao Zongshi find out that someone knows him.

This is also Zhao Zongshi's sorrow. He couldn't find a confidant to do this for him, so he had to come forward himself.

The person who received him was a steward who didn't know Zhao Zongshi. He led Zhao Zongshi into a semi-enclosed box, bowed and said: "My distinguished guest, what can I do for you?"

Zhao Zongshi sat down, took out three and a half jade pendants and a piece of paper and handed them to him, "How much gold can these three jade pendants carry?"

"Guest please wait a moment!"

The steward left in a hurry, and came back in a while and said: "Return to the guest, each piece of jade pendant can carry 1000 taels of gold."

Zhao Zongshi nodded, "I want to take all 3000 taels of gold away!"

The steward was startled, "Are you going to mention it now?"

"Bring it up now!"

The steward quickly explained: "More than 300 taels of gold and 2000 taels of silver must be reserved three days in advance. We are ready. All money shops follow this rule. We can't get so much gold in our shop. Otherwise, we can exchange them. Jiaozi, who has [-] guan, can be taken away now."

How could Zhao Zongshi want to hand over his son? He just didn’t want to keep the gold in Zhu Yuanfeng’s account. He pondered for a moment and asked, “Then can you transfer the 3000 taels of gold to my account?”

"Of course, if the customer is a new account, we will make an account now. If you are an old customer, you can directly transfer it to your account. This is just a matter of accounting, which is relatively easy to achieve."

"If I have an account, I will also make three transactions, each with 1000 taels of gold."

Zhao Zongshi wrote down his name and account number, and the steward left in a hurry. After a while, he came back and handed Zhao Zongshi three half-dollar jade pendants and three password slips sealed in envelopes.

"It's ready, use the jade pendant and the password to withdraw the gold, or transfer it to your own account."

Zhao Zongshi got up and left in a hurry. He got into the carriage and drove towards the tower.

Zhao Zongshi didn't know that at this moment, he was being watched from a distance by two groups of people.

Half an hour later, Zhang Yaozuo was the first to get the news that Li Weizhen opened a room in the fan building and hosted a banquet for the three generals from the left and right guards, Qin Yougong, Liu Zhi, and Wu Jinhan. Famous generals each have half a piece of jade.

'Half jade! Zhang Yaozuo sneered, that was Zhu's Money Shop's unique method of withdrawing money, and only half a piece of jade would be used if more than three thousand coins were used.

"Zhao Zongshi, you really want to die! You actually colluded with the army, what do you want to do, launch a mutiny?"

Zhang Yaocheng next to him also said excitedly: "Brother, it's not too late, go into the palace now, and say that their father and son are colluding and preparing to launch a mutiny."

"Wait a little longer. It's only half a jade pendant now. They can destroy the evidence at any time. When the three of them get the money and the evidence is solid, then is the best chance for us to make a move."

Zhang Yaozuo smiled triumphantly, "Zhao Zongshi, let's see how your father and son escaped the catastrophe this time?"

Not long after the time entered the afternoon, Fan Ning received a message from the gatekeepers that someone outside was looking for him urgently. He hurried out of Xuande Gate and saw Zhu Jie standing beside the carriage. He immediately realized that it should be Princess Gao Taotao who was looking for him .

He got into the carriage, and Zhu Jie said, "The princess needs you urgently."

"What happened?"

"She didn't say that she wanted to see you right away, at Zhulou!"

The carriage soon arrived at Zhulou's main store on Yujie. There was not only a restaurant, but also three small courtyards at the back. They came to the innermost small courtyard. This courtyard has a back door to go out, which is quite special.

There were two maids standing in the yard, Zhu Jie pointed to the room, "She's waiting for you inside, go in!"

Fan Ning walked quickly to the room, Zhu Jie shook her head, exited the courtyard, and closed the courtyard door.

There are also two rooms inside and outside, but there is no one outside. Fan Ning walked into the back room, only to see Princess Gao Taotao standing in front of him, watching him.

"Princess, you are."

Gao Taotao stepped forward, leaned close to Fan Ning, and said in a low voice, "Fan Ning, let's make a deal!"

Fan Ning took a step back, "If the princess has any orders, just say it, there is no need to use the word transaction."

However, Gao Taotao continued to move forward and stuck to Fan Ning again. There was a wall behind Fan Ning, and there was no way out.

Gao Taotao's tender body pressed against Fan Ning, looked into his eyes and said, "You killed Zhao Zongshi for me, and in return, I will give you my body!"

She gently hugged Fan Ning's waist, and said in a low voice, "I don't believe in any empty promises. Only by making real contributions can I feel relieved."

Fan Ning sighed, "There are many ways to repay, why should the princess do this?"

Gao Taotao was silent for a moment and said, "I won't make this kind of deal with anyone except you."

Fan Ning saw a trace of emotion in Gao Taotao's eyes, and he sighed in his heart, but still shook his head, "Killing the Julu King is against human ethics, so I can't agree to this deal."

Gao Taotao smiled slightly, "Are you afraid that the needle will liquidate you in the future?"

"Yes!"

Fanning candidly admitted: "You're right!"

"Okay then! I don't want you to kill him, but I want evidence that he colluded with the generals of the army. I want the same deal today."

Fanning nodded, "I can give it to you tonight."

Gao Taotao suddenly turned his back and slowly untied his skirt.
(End of this chapter)