As the weather gradually became colder, Zhao Zongshi didn't go out much at night, so after it got dark, his family, whether it was a coachman or a coachman, were on holiday.

Zhao Zongshi's coachman's surname is Mao, and he has been driving a carriage for Zhao Zongshi for more than ten years. He is over 40 years old this year. Everyone remembers his name. Everyone calls him Mao Da. His wife is also the cook in Zhao Zongshi's mansion. The two gave birth to a son, who is already ten years old.

Mao Da is a native of the capital. After his parents passed away, he left a small courtyard for him. Fortunately, he was not too far from the royal palace, so he could go home every day, and then he rushed to the royal palace before dawn the next day.

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

When he walked less than fifty steps away from the house, he finally couldn't bear to drink and squatted in the corner of the wall and vomited.

After a while, he slowly woke up and suddenly found that there were 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 leader was Zhu Long. He squatted down and sneered, "You are rich! You can go to a brothel and go to a restaurant. Can you tell me where the 1,000 guan of money from Jinqiao Money Store came from?"

Mao Da looked confused, "How could you know?"

"Of course it was your son who said it. The child was very honest and said whatever he asked?"

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

"Your son is at home, we didn't kidnap him, but we wanted to find him without any effort. Do you understand what I mean?"

How could Mao Da not understand the threat inside? He suddenly lost confidence and lowered his head and said, "Do you also want to know the whereabouts of the prince?"

Zhu Long and the other four exchanged a glance, and Zhu Long said lightly: "That thousand guan of money was given to you by Zhang Yaozuo, right?"

Mao Da nodded and whispered: "He wants to know the prince's every move. Every evening I have to go to Li Ji Tavern, where someone is waiting for me."

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

"I don't know the specifics. He met several generals, and he should be the generals of the imperial guards. His official position is not low. It seems that Dr. Li contacted him."

"Does Zhang Yaozuo know about this?"

"He knew that he would reward me with a hundred stale money today."

Zhu Long said coldly: "Listen, I'm not interested in the transaction between you and Zhang Yaozuo, but I want to know who the prince trades with. If the prince is in the carriage, you wear a hat. If the prince is not in the carriage, just wear a headscarf. I don't have any benefits for you, but if you dare to kill two sides, I will kill your son!"

Zhu Long left quickly after leaving this sentence. Mao Da was so scared that he was frightened and went home with deep and shallow feet.

In the study outside, Fan Ning listened to Zhu Long's report. Although Fan Ning had guessed that the three people Zhao Zongshi was going to buy were military generals, Zhu Long still solved his doubts. Who helped Zhao Zongshi connect?

It turned out to be Li Weizhen, the left counselor. Fan Ning heard Liu Chu say in Yingtian Mansion that Li Weizhen's sister was also niece, and Zhao Zongshi's partial concubine.

"Report to the official, Zhang Yaozuo is well aware of this matter. The coachman was indeed bribed by Zhang Yaozuo."

Fan Ning shook his head gently, "Zhang Yaozuo will never tell the coachman who bought him, just like you are unwilling to tell the coachman who you are. This coachman is making random guesses, but it is not out of the ordinary. From now on, you four will take turns to guard the palace. Once Zhao Zongshi leaves the palace, you must monitor him. I must know which three generals are there? This is the key to the whole incident."

"I must have found out!"

At noon the next day, Zhao Zongshi went out. This time he brought several subordinates, including Liu Qu. The coachman Mao Da wore a straw hat and drove the wide carriage to slowly exit the side door. Liu Qu and four others rode horses and followed on both sides of the carriage.

The carriage arrived at 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 time, Manager Liu Da saw Zhao Zongshi at a glance. He hurriedly left the counter. This was what Fan Ning told him yesterday. If he found out that Zhao Zongshi came to the money shop, he would avoid it and not let Zhao Zongshi find that someone knew 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 by himself.

The person who received him was a manager. He didn't know Zhao Zongshi. He led Zhao Zongshi into a half-closed private room and bowed and said, "What can I do here for you, this distinguished guest?"

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

"Please wait for a distinguished guest!"

The manager hurried away and came back for a moment and said, "Report to the guest, you can bring one thousand taels of gold for each jade pendant."

Zhao Zongshi nodded, "I want to take all three thousand taels of gold!"

The manager was shocked, "Is it going to be mentioned now?"

“Take it now!”

The manager quickly explained: "More than 300 taels of gold and 2,000 taels of silver, you must make an appointment three days in advance. We are ready. All the money shops are the same rule. Our store can't get so much gold. Otherwise, it can be exchanged for Jiaozi with 30,000 taels of money, and now it can be taken away."

How could Zhao Zongshi want to have sex with him? He just didn't want to continue to put the gold on Zhu Yuanfeng's account. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Can you transfer these three thousand taels of gold to my account?"

"Of course, if the customer is a new account, we will make a new account now. If you are an old customer, then just transfer to your account directly. This is just an accounting problem and is easier to achieve."

"I have an account, and I also make three transactions, each transaction of one thousand taels of gold."

Zhao Zongshi wrote down his name and account number, and the manager hurriedly left. After a moment, he came back and handed Zhao Zongshi three and half jade pendants and three passwords sealed in the envelope.

"It's already done. With the jade pendant and password, you can withdraw gold, or transfer it to your own account."

Zhao Zongshi stood up and hurriedly left. He got on the carriage and drove towards the Alum Tower.

Zhao Zongshi didn't know that he had been stared at by two groups of people at this time.

Half an hour later, Zhang Yaozuo was the first to get the news. Li Weizhen opened a room in the Alum Tower and invited the three generals of the left and right guards, Qin Yougong, Liu Zhi, and Wu Jinhan. The music prostitute who sang music in the room saw with his own eyes that Zhao Zongshi gave each of the three generals half a piece of jade.

‘Half of jade!’ Zhang Yaozuo sneered. It was the unique way to withdraw money from Zhu’s money shop, and only if you have more than 3,000 guan, you would use half a piece of jade.

"Zhao Zongshi, you really want to commit suicide! He actually colluded with the army. What do you want to do? Will you launch a mutiny?"

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

"Wait a little longer, now it's only half a jade pendant. They can destroy the evidence at any time. When the three of them get the money, the evidence is conclusive. That's the best opportunity for us to take action."

Zhang Yaozuo smiled proudly, "Zhao Zongshi, this time, see how you father and son escaped the disaster?"

Shortly after the afternoon of the afternoon, Fan Ning received news from the gatekeepers that someone was looking for him with an urgent matter outside. He hurried out of Xuande Gate and saw Zhu Jie standing next to the carriage. He immediately realized that it was the princess Gao Taotao who was looking for him.

He got on the carriage and Zhu Jie said, "The princess has something urgent to come to you."

"What happened?"

"She didn't say that she wanted to see you immediately, in Zhulou!"

The carriage soon came to Zhulou Main Store on Yujie. There was not only a restaurant, but also three small courtyards behind it. They came to the innermost courtyard, which had a back door to go out, which was quite special.

Two maids stood in the yard, and Zhu Jie pointed to the room, "She is waiting for you inside, go in!"

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

There were two rooms inside and outside, but there was no one outside. Fan Ning walked into the inner room and saw the princess Gao Taotao standing in front of him and staring at him.

"Princess, you are"

Gao Taotao walked forward, leaned against Fanning, and whispered: "Fanning, let's make a deal!"

Fanning took a step back, "If the princess has any instructions, there is no need to use the word "trading."

Gao Taotao continued to move forward and pressed against Fanning again. There was a wall behind Fanning and there was no way out.

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

She gently hugged Fanning's waist and whispered: "I don't believe in any empty promises. Only by giving real efforts can I feel at ease."

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

Gao Taotao was silent for a moment and said, "I will not make such a 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, "It is against human nature to kill the Julu King, I will not be able to agree to this transaction."

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

"yes!"

Fanning admitted frankly: "You're right!"

"Okay then! I don't want you to kill him, but I want evidence of him colluding with military generals. I will have the same deal today."

Fanning nodded, "I'll give it to you tonight."
Chapter completed!