Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

After saying that, Ni Wenchun looked at Fang Zheng with a wicked smile on his face.

The lottery tickets for the Number One Scholar were notoriously difficult to win, and no one had ever heard of anyone winning the first prize in all these years.

Now that you, Fang Tangjing, have made such wild claims, you can't blame me.

Fang Zheng, however, was expressionless, and he admired Ni Wenchun even more in his heart.

This kid is really a talent... a natural shill!

Why does he keep running into my business? It's as if he's doing it on purpose.

The surrounding crowd's interest had been greatly aroused, and Chu Qinghan looked around anxiously.

She stepped forward and gently tugged at the corner of Fang Zheng's clothes, and whispered, "Young Master Fang, let's forget about it."

Seeing this, Ni Wenchun was even more angry, and immediately shouted, "What, can you buy it or not?"

Fang Zheng gently brushed away Chu Qinghan's hand, put his hands together and said, "No problem, I'll send someone to buy it right away, but... Young Master Ni, how about you and I make a bet?"

"Okay, what do you want to bet on?"

Fang Zheng said word by word: "If I buy it, I'll bet that you won't appear in front of Chu Qinghan again in the future, what do you think? If I lose, you can do whatever you want."

This kid really has something going on with the Chu sisters!

Ni Wenchun laughed angrily: "Okay, Brother Fang has great courage, then I'll wait and see!"

Fang Zheng gave Zhou Tie a wink, ignored Chu Qinghan's words of dissuasion, and turned to leave.

The two walked to a deserted corner, and Zhou Tie couldn't wait to ask: "Master, how do we buy this first prize! Can we still string all the numbers together?"

"String my ass! Go directly to the newspaper office to find Xie Xian, and let him print me a first prize ticket. Then, wait until after the lottery time and bring a notary back."

"Huh? But the lottery hasn't been drawn yet, how can we win the first prize if it hasn't been drawn?" Zhou Tie asked, scratching his head.

"Hehe, it's all predetermined. The entire mechanism and the lottery box mechanism have been changed several times. Now, except for the shell of the lottery, everything else is fake."

Zhou Tie said in surprise: "Master, this is too dark... Isn't there a time when things go wrong?"

Fang Zheng smiled without saying a word.

In this era, it was too easy to fake things. In order to ensure that the first prize was not taken away by too many outsiders, it was necessary to count the ticket numbers of all the ticket buyers in advance.

Moreover, now that the sales volume is too small, only about ten thousand or eight thousand tickets a day, manual statistics may be faster than computer statistics in later generations.

Just like variety shows, everything is scripted, how can there be a time when things go wrong? That's too rare!

"It was just that our people wearing work clothes won the prize and messed up twice. We found an excuse to perfunctorily get away with it. Don't worry about so much, go print it."

Zhou Tie took the order and quickly left.

As soon as he turned around and left, the beautiful figures of Chu Qinghan and Chu Youyi reappeared in front of Fang Zheng.

Chu Qinghan sighed faintly: "Master Fang, why don't we just let it go. Qinghan thanks you here. Even if Young Master Ni doesn't come to harass us in the future, his friends won't let it go."

Fang Zheng raised his eyes and said, "What, are you afraid that his friends will cause trouble maliciously? Don't worry, I always do things cleanly, and I guarantee that no one will harass you sisters again in the future."

"No, it's..." Chu Qinghan hesitated, feeling a little troubled.

The words were certainly nice to hear, but you are an important official in the court, and you are busy with official duties every day. You can solve it for a while, but how can you solve it for a lifetime?

Could it be that you can find someone to watch over us every day? Looking at it this way, it's better to solve the problem yourself.

In the future, you will inevitably encounter such things again. After all, there were not a few people who harassed her in Yuding City, and she could always solve them.

Fang Zheng saw that her expression was a little tangled, and asked, "What exactly do you mean? Just say what you have to say."

Chu Qinghan shook her head slightly: "In any case, please give him a way out, Master Fang. How about Qinghan handle the rest?"

An unnamed fire rose slightly in Fang Zheng's heart.

He was helping someone, but he was repeatedly rejected, and then he had to give the other party a way out!

When had he ever encountered such an absurd thing?

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Fang Zheng raised his eyes to look at Chu Qinghan, and seeing her firm expression, he said angrily: "Are you afraid of offending them and making it difficult to do business in the capital in the future? That's right, you've only been in the capital for a short time, but you can already meet so many celebrities in the capital. It's indeed a pity to offend them all."

Chu Qinghan's face changed instantly, and her tone became a little heavier: "What do you mean by that, Master Fang?"

"It doesn't mean anything."

"What does it mean by 'it doesn't mean anything'?"

Fang Zheng didn't speak, Chu Qinghan's pretty face turned cold, and she asked: "Does Master Fang think that Qinghan is a woman who pleases people with her appearance and exchanges her beauty for wealth?"

"I'm not, but if you have to think that way, I can't help it."

As soon as these words came out, Chu Qinghan suddenly turned pale, feeling a stabbing pain in her heart. She wanted to say another word, but seeing that he had turned his head and didn't want to speak any more, she sadly gathered her skirt and turned around and left.

Chu Youyi was already dumbfounded on the spot. She stretched out her hand to call Chu Qinghan back, but finally lowered it weakly.

She walked to Fang Zheng's side and said with shame: "Brother Fang, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have troubled you if I had known earlier."

"My sister doesn't actually mean anything else, she just doesn't want to owe you a favor."

Fang Zheng sighed a long breath, with a hint of melancholy in his sigh.

Why did Chu Qinghan always speak with sarcasm today? It felt a little awkward.

He reached out and touched the top of Chu Youyi's head and comforted her: "I know, don't worry too much. I'll go home after I'm done helping you today."

Chu Youyi laughed foolishly: "That's good, but how can the Number One Scholar ticket win the first prize? I heard that it's extremely difficult to win."

"Wait and watch the show."

...

Inside the Fengyao Tower, the crowd was now vaguely divided into two groups.

One half was scholars who came to discuss poetry and lyrics, and the other half was people invited by Ni Wenchun.

Ni Wenchun was surrounded in the middle, with an unhappy expression on his face.

The surrounding friends kept comforting him: "Brother Ni, take it easy, why bother arguing with this rude person? This person's empty talk will soon be exposed."

Ni Wenchun shook his head, then beckoned to the closest person and whispered: "Brother Liu, don't you know some thugs? Help me invite them to teach this fellow a lesson. This thief insulted me in public, I really can't swallow this breath... If Qinghan wasn't present, I would definitely make him bleed!"

Brother Liu said in a low voice: "Brother Ni, this person's identity is unknown, and he dares to make such bold statements. Isn't it better to investigate clearly before taking action?"

"What else is there to investigate? Look at him wearing coarse clothes and speaking vulgarly. I think he's just the son of a merchant who has some money at home. What identity could he have?"

"Then what extent do you want to clean him up?"

Ni Wenchun cast his vicious gaze through the gaps in the crowd towards where Fang Zheng was, and said gloomily: "Just break one of his legs, a small punishment as a warning."

"This..." Brother Liu hesitated a little.

Breaking a leg was really a bit too much, he felt. "Brother Ni, it's better to just beat him up. This person is certainly hateful, but breaking his dog leg is indeed a bit too much. In case the Embroidered Uniform Guard finds out, your father's side..."

Ni Wenchun turned his gaze to him and squinted: "Everyone who came to give me face today is a friend, and I'm not afraid to embarrass myself in front of my friends."

"But what about the others? If the poem he wrote today spreads out, how can I face myself? Where will my father's face be?"

"He must be given a severe lesson, to let him know the pain!"

"Give me a straight answer, can you find someone to help me or not?".

Brother Liu gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, since you've said so, then I'll help you. But the person I'm looking for charges a high fee, breaking a leg will probably cost dozens of taels of silver."

"Heh, a mere dozens of taels is nothing, as long as the person is reliable. After finding someone, let him wait until the end of the event before taking action."

"Absolutely reliable, this person's name is Ji Kun, he is a gold medal thug of the Beacon Fire Gang, and it is now very rare to be able to hire him. I'll go now."

After Brother Liu finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

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