In the afternoon, in a tea room on the second floor of the famous Huangjianzui Teahouse on East Street, Fan Ning and Zhu An sat opposite each other. Zhu An seemed a little silent and kept drinking tea without saying a word.

"What are the fifth brothers usually responsible for?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

Zhu An smiled bitterly, "What kind of fat will I have, a concubine? I just manage several warehouses at the Hongqiao Wharf outside the city."

Among the three brothers of the Zhu family, Zhu Yuanjun was in a career. He had few industries, mainly some real estate and land. However, Zhu Yuanjun had many descendants and could not all go on a career. If he wanted to support a family, he would inevitably embark on a business journey.

Of course, Zhu Yuanjun's business path was also related to the Zhu family. When the three brothers broke up, Zhu Yuanfu took over the Zhu family's ancestral home, clan school and ancestral hall that had always been controlled by Zhu Yuanjun.

In exchange, he also gave Zhu's ship to Zhu Yuanjun, a large ship consisting of thousands of inland cargo ships, responsible for continuously transporting bulk cargo such as salt, tea, oil, grain, cloth, etc. from the south to the capital.

While operating the fleet, Zhu Yuanjun also has nearly 100 warehouses in inland river wharfs in various places, including four warehouses in Beijing, and Hongqiao Wharf outside the city is one of them.

"Your grandfather and Zhang Yaozuo are very close?" Fan Ning asked while fiddling with the Jianyao Heizhan in his hand.

Zhu An was a little resistant at first, but he was a smart person after all. He knew that his third grandfather had given him the opportunity. Whether he could seize it depends on how he cooperated with Fan Ning today.

His mentality quickly adjusted, and a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Fan Ning: "Like the rumors outside, my grandfather did hold Zhang Yaozuo's thighs, and Zhang Yaozuo valued him very much. He has replaced Liu Yun's position in the past and became Zhang Yaozuo's right-hand man."

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

Fan Ning pondered for a while and asked again: "Have Zhang Yaozuo planned something with your grandfather recently?"

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

"I mean... strange things, such as auspicious signs."

Zhu An suddenly understood, "Are you referring to the Ruizhao about King Langya?"

Fan Ning nodded. Ruizhao was necessary to support the King of Langya as the crown prince, but Ruizhao has many ways. Fan Ning didn't know which one Zhang Yaozhao would choose. If it could block Ruizhao and turn it into a joke, it would definitely be a major blow to Zhang Yaozhao.

Even though he said that, it would be even more difficult to master Zhang Yaozuo's actions. Fan Ning did not have much hope. He just mentioned this matter casually.

Zhu An pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, I know a little about Ruizhao. Do you know about the story of the fish belly brocade in Laizhou last spring?"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Of course I know that this matter was published in the Tabbuds. It is said that the Laizhou government also reported this matter to the court."

Last spring, fishermen in Laizhou caught a strange fish and found a white brocade in the fish's belly, with the words "New King Li" written on it, which caused a sensation. Because Laizhou was called Langya County in ancient times, the new king in the fish belly brocade book obviously refers to the Langya King, but this incident was controversial later and it was left unresolved.

Fan Ning also speculated that Zhang Yaozuo would use the same trick again and create auspicious signs again because of this fish belly brocade.

Fan Ning heard something in Zhu An's words and asked again: "Do you know about the book of the fish belly?"

Zhu An nodded, "During that time, my second brother happened to take people to Laizhou. Not long after, the news of the Fish Belly Brocade Book came. I guess my second brother did this."

Zhu An's second brother is Zhu Xing, who is very smart and capable. He is one of Zhu Yuanjun's most respected grandsons. Fan Ning has also met this person, but the focus is not here, but it confirms Fan Ning's speculation. Zhang Yaozuo indeed handed over such a traitor to Zhu Yuanjun, who is in a 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 very troubled. Everyone is jealous of money when they see it. It is easy to bribe. The people around my grandfather are a little troublesome, but you can start with the little Cha Tong Ma Yuer. This puppy is very favored and very greedy. As long as you give him enough money, he can sell his mother."

Fan Ning thought of the twenty warriors that Zhu Yuanfeng gave him, which happened to be useful.

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If Fanning saw the little tea boy, Ma Yuer, he would understand what Zhu An meant by "very favored". He was not very old, only eleven or eleven years old, but he was smooth and handsome, and he looked very handsome. He was the kind of boy he liked by many nobles.

Ma Yuer was born in a low-key family and his mother was a prostitute. He had been living in brothels since he was a child and had good tea. When he was eight years old, he was attracted by Zhu Yuanjun and became Zhu Yuanjun's tea boy. He was very good at pleasing Zhu Yuanjun and became favored by him day by day, which made the children of the Zhu family look down on him from the bottom of their bones, but also had to flatter him.

Perhaps because he grew up in a brothel, Ma Tonger loved money since childhood, but Zhu Yuanjun was stingy and had no power, so he couldn't make much money, so he made a decision on the Zhu family's children.

In the morning, Ma Yuer followed Zhu An excitedly, "Lao Wu, the person you mentioned is really willing to give a profit every day?"

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

Ma Yuer thought about it, it was too late for the Zhu family to curry favor with him, so how could he dare to cheat him? Zhu An is a concubine's son, so he had to curry favor with him even more. Thinking of this, Ma Yuer smiled and said, "This time I have benefited me. I will not treat you badly. I will definitely give you a few good words and let you take charge of the land."

"Then thank you Brother Yu!"

Zhu An suppressed the extreme hatred in his heart and led the horse fish to an alley and walked straight to the end. He knocked on the far door. The door opened. A young man glanced at him and then turned sideways and let them in.

The man's murderous intent made Ma Yuer feel scared. He took a step back and turned around and was about to run, but he felt that the back leader was tightened and he was picked up. Before he could react, he felt his body float and then fell heavily to the ground.

Ma Yuer was dizzy when she was thrown. After a while, she raised her head and found four or five burly men surrounding her, one by one, staring at her from a high place, and one big foot stepped on her chest. When his crotch heated up, he was actually scared to pee.

At this time, a big man walked out of the room and smiled and said, "How did you treat guests? Didn't the host explain that you should be more polite!"

The big man said politely, but he grabbed the front of the horsefish and dragged him into a room like a dog, "Report to Master, he is here!"

Horse Fish was lying on the ground, and after a while, he finally realized that he had been fooled, and Zhu An, the dog thief, framed himself.

He slowly got up and saw a tall young man sitting on the top, looking at him coldly. Four fierce men stood on both sides of the left and right, each with cold eyes, which made people shudder.

At this time, the horse fish was suddenly attracted by the things on the table beside the young man, and it turned out to be a pile of yellow gold.

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

Ma Yuer got up and felt the coldness in his crotch, which made him feel very ashamed, but he was still trembling in his heart. He didn't know what he was going to face, but he had a vague feeling that what he encountered today might not be a bad thing. There was a pile of shining gold waiting for him on the table?

The young man sitting on it was naturally Fan Ning, and the big man around him was the twenty confidant soldiers given to him by Zhu Yuanfeng.

Fanning pointed to the gold beside him and asked with a smile: "Do you want it?"

Horse Yuer gurgled in her throat, staring at the golden gaze hard, and focused her head, "I want it!"

Of course he wanted it, he clearly remembered that the old man gave his mother a ingot of five taels of gold, and his mother asked the old man to take him away. Everything about him that day was occupied by the old man. The heart-wrenching pain was still engraved in his heart. It was the price of five taels of gold, and now it was five hundred taels in front of him.

Fan Ning said lightly again: "This five hundred taels of gold can be given to you, but if you want to help me do things well, these five hundred taels of gold are all yours!"

Ma Yuer was extremely clever. He immediately understood what the other party wanted him to do. He asked for a moment in silence: "Will you kill me to silence me afterwards?"

The horse fish is very smart. Fanning shook his head and said, "Rules are rules. As long as you do things well for me, take away what you deserve, and leave the capital, and never show up again."

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

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

Ma Yuer was stunned, "Don't you kill him?"

"no!"

Fanning waved to him, asked him to step forward, and whispered in his ear: "Help me watch his every move. I want to know who he contacts and what he wants to do. Just tell Zhu An, do you understand?"

After saying that, Fanning put the two ingots of gold weighing fifty taels in his hand, "This hundred taels of gold is a deposit. After the matter is completed, the remaining four hundred taels will be given to you."
Chapter completed!