The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 286
The middle building of Fanlou, with flying eaves and animal ridges, carved beams and painted buildings, is the largest of the five buildings.

There are four portals in the mezzanine, and the inside and outside are not connected. The portals correspond to the four directions of east, west, north and south.

The middle building of Fanlou is not open for business, it is only used as its own home and to receive distinguished guests, this is an excuse to the outside world.

But anyone who is familiar with Fanlou knows that the so-called reception of distinguished guests is actually business, and you can't come in because you are not expensive enough.

Fan Lou does his own business and only uses the south gate, the other three gates are reserved for distinguished guests.

Emperor Taizu once came to Fanlou to watch a play.

Emperor Renzong once came to Fanlou to drink, praised him after drinking, and decreed that Fanlou should be established as a fixed place for Tokyo wine trade.

For a business as big as Fan Lou, naturally there will not be only one owner, and there are almost dozens of shares split openly and secretly.

Among them, the Fan family holds the largest stake.

From Baifanlou, Fanlou, to Fenglelou, the name has been changed several times, but the people in Tokyo only refer to it as Fanlou, precisely because the Fan family is a big stock.

The Fan family was originally in the business of alum, which is a medicinal material and a necessity in the army. They made a fortune during the troubled times of the Five Dynasties, and later they built Fanlou in Tokyo City.

At the beginning, Fanlou only operated alumni, so it was called Alumanlou.

Later, it was renovated and expanded several times, and the alum business was moved to other places, and the restaurant business began to grow, and it became bigger and bigger, and now it has achieved the No. 72 in [-] main stores.

The Fan family is the major shareholder of Fan Lou, and everyone inside and outside the building is called the big owner.

This generation of Fan family controls the restaurant is Fan Xuewen, at the age of 50, the eldest son of the head of the Fan family, and the successor of the next head of the family.

Fifty knows destiny, but Fan Xuewen looks very young, with black hair and black beard, almost no wrinkles on his face, and looks about forty.

He was sitting at a flower table at the moment, listening to the report of the Xilou thugs with an ugly expression on his face.

The report was naturally that the guests from the two pavilions were vying for the oiran, and the guest who entered the pavilion was arrogant and unreasonable.

After listening, Fan Xuewen turned pale and fell into deep thought.

There was another person on the other side of the flower table, an old man with a red face. Seeing Fan Xuewen pondering, the old man asked, "Do those guards know the identity of the other party?"

The thug lowered his body and said: "I know, the manager said it earlier, but those guards didn't care at all, they pulled out their sharp blades, and they were good at killing for a while. The younger ones were defeated, and they were hacked to five or six people, and one was killed. "

The old man said again: "What knife?"

The thug said: "They are all Yanling knives that are commonly used in the Jianghu. They are sharpened very fast, and they hurt when they touch them. The hands are black and tight."

"Yan Ling Saber?" The old man said to himself, his face was a little puzzled, and he couldn't help asking again: "Did Zhao Yuannu come from his own family?"

The thug said: "I don't know this little one, but according to the yamen in the pavilion, they found an excuse, saying that there was something wrong in the building, and they wanted to go out and have a look... By the way, Mei Niang has not seen it, the steward reckoned with Zhao Together with Yuan Nu, they are all in the pavilion over there."

The old man nodded: "Then he should have gone home. As for whether he was forcibly detained or didn't want to leave, it doesn't matter. It's all because of her. This Zhao Yuannu deserves to die..."

Just as he was speaking, a person came rushing in from outside in a panic, and shouted at the door: "Da Dong, Da Dong, the steward asked me to report urgently, the son of the official servant's family was arrested by the other party!"

"What?" Fan Xuewen, who had been in deep thought, suddenly raised his head. He recognized that the person who came in was also a thug from the West Building, and asked anxiously, "Where did they get arrested?"

"Let those murderous guards arrest you and take them to the pavilion. The steward is afraid that something big will happen, so let the little ones report."

Fan Xuewen raised his eyebrows when he heard the words: "How dare you do that? What else did the other party say?"

The thug said: "The little one watched from the sidelines, didn't say anything else, just carried the yamen like a chicken cub, it's just rude!"

Fan Xuewen took a deep breath and looked at the old man: "Mr. Wu, what should I say?"

The old man stood up, frowned and said: "It's easy to deal with the people below. If there is really a son in the pavilion, just ask for more money, and the adults on the opposite side will also deal with the aftermath. But right now, the servants of the official department are all held hostage. In the past...not reporting to officials would have been considered partial.”

Fan Xuewen said: "If the murderer is really a young master, wouldn't he be offended?"

Mr. Wu shook his head and said: "Everything is in a dilemma. How can we not offend both ends? At least this side can be determined to be the yamen of the official servant and the Baowenge scholar's family, and the other side is not allowed to enter the cabinet to see people, so the identity is uncertain. The so-called one who doesn't know is not guilty, even if it is really a son of a minister who doesn't go out often, he will ask someone to arrange it when he is down."

Fan Xuewen stroked his thick black beard and said, "That statement makes sense."

Mr. Wu said again: "What's more, there are seven or eight people in the pavilion here, and the others didn't come out. The servant of the official department and the yamen of the scholar's house in Baowen Pavilion came out to look for someone. The identity of the person waiting there..."

Fan Xuewen's eyelids twitched: "All the servants of the official department have been sent out, at least the son of the Shangshu family, or even... bigger?"

Mr. Wu nodded: "That's the case, and these yamen princes often get together, so it's a question that they don't know each other well."

Fan Xuewen thought for a while: "How to do it?"

Mr. Wu took two steps on the ground: "Send more people to surround that pavilion, and don't let the people in the pavilion get away. Immediately send someone to inform Chen Shilang, the Ministry of Officials, and report to the officials in Kaifeng Mansion to tell the truth about the matter. Some, it’s best to meet Master Teng and explain in detail!”

Fan Xuewen said: "It's not good for people from the Kaifeng mansion to go, I'll go there myself, as for Chen Shilang..."

Mr. Wu said: "Chen Shilang, that old man, go there, the Dadong family has sent people to surround the pavilion now, if there are thieves in the green forest instead of the upward yamen, it would be a serious crime to escape."

Fan Xuewen said: "It should be like this, I will make arrangements right away."

Don't talk about his response here, just say that the bachelor had a good run all the way and returned to the pavilion covered in sweat.

Frightened and frightened, he used all his strength on the road to kill off the alcohol, and then told a few people in the cabinet what happened, and they all froze on the spot.

Mr. Hairpin looked at him tossing things up and down, fearing that there might be some mistakes or omissions, he asked again, this time he heard it more clearly, he couldn't help showing surprise on his face, and said: "This man is so courageous, he is so domineering!"

The young man in green robe next to him was already furious, and he stretched out his hand to slap the desk and said, "Where did this talent come from, let me go over and have a look!"

"Wait!" Young Master Hairpin frowned: "People have been killed over there, Brother Wang, it's better not to go there!"

"I'm so afraid!" The green-robed young man said: "The other party killed no more than the people under Fan Lou, so how dare they attack me!"

Mr. Hairpin shook his head: "It's always wrong. The other party is so rampant, so I'm afraid of being relied on. Not everyone dares to connive at his subordinates to hurt others to death. The other party may not be from the capital. If they come from outside... it is dangerous." to the end."

The young man in green robe asked anxiously: "What shall we do then?"

Mr. Hairpin Hua said: "It's better to go to Kaifeng Mansion to report to the officials."

The young man in green robe shook his head like a rattle: "Wouldn't that be shameful? I'll wait until I come out to have fun, no matter how big it is, how many times have I reported it to the Kaifeng Mansion, if it spreads out, I won't be laughed at by other brothers and sisters!"

Mr. Hairpin took a look at him: "If you don't want to be laughed at, then avoid Kaifeng mansion and go home to move troops."

The green-robed young man said angrily: "Where did my family come from? That boy Wu Choi can bring some. By the way, where did Wu Choi go?"

When he said this, he couldn't help being startled, looked around, and said in doubt: "Wu Cho went out to find someone first, and he hasn't come back yet..."

Mr. Hairpin Hua looked at Mr. Baowenge, a bachelor: "You can see Wu Choi when you go out?"

The bachelor of Baowenge shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before. I asked Fan Lou and said that he was scattered when he first went there. Maybe... maybe he passed out drunk in some corner."

The young man in green robe said: "That's impossible, Wu Cho's drinker is bigger than me, and he didn't drink too much tonight, how could he go outside drunk!"

Mr. Hairpin's expression changed at this moment: "Would you be arrested by the other party and put into the pavilion? And Chen Sui, who hasn't come back for so long!"

The young man in green robe was even more anxious when he heard the words: "What should I do, I'll go over and have a look, I don't believe they dare to arrest Wu Chou and Chen Sui!"

Mr. Hairpin Hua shook his head and said: "This matter is weird, don't be reckless. Right now, Fanlou is already hopeless, so it's better to go back and call someone."

The green-robed young man said: "Kaifeng mansion is absolutely impossible to go to, and my father is not in the capital right now, why don't you go home and find Mr. Tang, brother Tang, and ask him to come forward?"

Mr. Hairpin Hua said: "What's the use of my father coming forward? He has no one under his command. I think it's better to go to Wu Shilang. After all, there are some soldiers in the Ministry of War, which are always better than the guards in Kaifeng Mansion."

The green-robed young man said: "That's a good idea. Wu Shilang is the left servant of the Ministry of War. It's not a problem to transfer some troops. Brother Tang, should you go or should I go?"

Mr. Hairpin Hua thought for a while: "I'll go. After all, Wu Zhao has no whereabouts right now. I'm afraid he might be trapped in the pavilion over there. You have to be careful with your words when you go to see Wu Shilang..."

The green-robed young man said: "That's true. I'm most afraid of seeing Wu Shilang, and I have a gloomy face all day long. Last time I ran into Wu Chou in the mansion, I just let out a cold snort, which made me run away quickly."

Mr. Hairpin Hua said: "I'm going now, Brother Wang, remember not to leave this pavilion, everything will be discussed when I come back."

The green-robed young man said: "I'm just worried about the two of them... Forget it, I won't go out."

Mr. Hairpin nodded, stood up and hurried out.

Seeing him leave, the young man in green robe shouted at the prostitute in front of him: "What are you looking at, don't play music!"

The female prostitutes knew that something serious happened, so they dared not speak, so they started to play, but after a few rings, the green-robed young man shouted again: "It's all stopped, why the more I listen to it, the more upset I get, and I don't know what's going on in the pavilion over there." Well, that little hoof of Zhao Yuannu sneaked over and never came back, after this incident, I will find someone to take care of her!"

The black-bearded middle-aged man and the fat man next to him didn't dare to make a sound from the beginning to the end. The two of them came to Beijing from other places to report on their duties.

The two of them intend to stay in Beijing to be officials, but to be an official in Beijing requires trial and error. It is enough for the two of them to do research, but this recommendation is not very promising. Both of their backers are no longer there. If you are inactive, let alone being a Beijing official, you may even lose your job.

It is easy and easy to be recommended, but it is also difficult to say that it requires several letters of recommendation from certain qualified candidates.

Since you want to stay in Beijing, the rank of this certain qualification should not be too small, it is mostly purple and scarlet court clothes, and the fifth rank can go up.

In fact, after the restructuring of Yuanfeng, the sixth rank can also wear scarlet clothes, which is considered qualified, but the sixth rank is too low, and only seventh to ninth rank can be recommended.

However, Beijing officials of the seventh to ninth ranks are often appointed after each imperial examination, so probably no one goes to the sixth rank officials for recommendation.

The rank of the recommender cannot be lower than or the same as that of the recommender.

It is easy to recommend, that is, as long as you have a regular background in the imperial examination, have friends of the same year, or even have classmates from the Taixue, you can always find a recommender in Beijing.

The difficulty is that this matter was not done for nothing, depending on the distance of the relationship, the size of the rank, more or less a sum of money will be given.

The higher the rank of the recommender, the weaker the relationship, the more money will be offered. On the contrary, for those who are in the same year and the same year, the grade is not so high, just a little less money will be sealed.

The black-bearded man and the white fat man have been officials in other places all the year round, and they don't have much contact with Beijing and China. Their imperial examinations were also few, so it is not easy to seek the road to Beijing.

Both of them are fifth-rank officials, and they can only go up when looking for recommendations, but after a lot of miscellaneous operations, they have made some connections and climbed up to several yamen.

They knew that the adults in the government department would not handle matters directly, and would probably start from the yamen, so they came to Fan Lou to set up a scene, and wanted to discuss how much money to seal for the adults, but they didn't expect that something happened in front of them. .

At this time, the middle-aged Heixu said cautiously: "My lord, this...isn't something going to happen?"

The young man in the green robe glanced at him, feeling irritable in his heart: "Whoever said it well, everything will be fine if there is nothing to do, and you two can't run away if there is something to do!"

The middle-aged Heixu suddenly complained in his heart, he didn't read the almanac when he went out, why did he catch up with today, this is really bad luck.

He and Fatty Bai looked at each other, and neither of them dared to speak anymore. The two originally worked in remote state capitals, and their search was limited. Now that the money was spent and they had to settle things, they immediately became frowning.

The young man in green robe sat there, the more he thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable. He picked up a glass of wine and straightened his neck to kill him, and then said: "I can't wait like this, I have to go over there and see, what if Chen Sui is still lying on his stomach outside? It has to be brought back."

The young master at the side suddenly changed his color, and hurriedly said: "Brother Tang said when he left, let us not leave the pavilion."

The green-robed young man stared and said: "Where have we ever been wronged like this in Beijing? How dare we hide and dare not stand out? I don't believe that the people in the pavilion are so bold that they dare to treat me as the son of a minister!"

Even if the black-bearded middle-aged man and the fat man didn't want to speak at the moment, they hurriedly persuaded: "Young Master Wang, no, we'd better wait for Young Master Tang to come back."

The young man in the green robe would not care about them, he stood up with a flick of his sleeves, looked at the bachelor and said, "Xu Yiwei, you and I will go!"

The miserable appearance of the thug who was stabbed flashed in the mind of the bachelor, and he waved his hands and said, "I'm not going, and brother Wang is not going, let's wait and see."

The young man in green robe snorted, kicked the flower table in front of him, and walked straight to the door...

(Also, working hard to write)

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