Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 91 Take what you need
After saying goodbye to his second uncle, Fan Ning came to the county government office.

Just yesterday afternoon, Song Wugen, the senior chief of Mudu Town, notified Fan Tiezhou that County Magistrate Li hoped that Fan Ning would go to the county government to close the case today.

Fan Ning could understand the feelings of County Magistrate Li Yun. Seeing that the court was reviewing his promotion to Jiangning County Magistrate, a case of theft of an imperial gift appeared at this time.

If the news reaches the capital, not to mention promotion, I'm afraid even the current county magistrate of Wu County may not be able to keep it.

Fan Ning can also agree to close the case, the key is what kind of compensation the Xu family can show sincerity.

If the Xu family still had the same attitude as Mrs. Wang did yesterday, then this case would never be settled.

When Fan Ning came to the gate of the county government, he met Lu Yougen, the head of the capital, head-on.

"Lu Dutou!" Fan Ning greeted him with a smile.

"Oh! The little official is finally here."

Lu Yougen hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "The county lord is still asking when you will arrive in the morning? I said that it will take some time to come from Mudu Town, and I estimate that I will arrive in the afternoon. I really hit the mark. Come with me!"

Fan Ning followed him into the county government office, and asked with a smile, "Lu Dutou, is there any news from the Xu family?"

"There is a piece of news that the grandparents of the Xu family went to Xuanzhou early this morning. They left by boat, and they left in a hurry. It is said that Xu Xiaoguan is going to study in Xuancheng County, and there is a rush there."

Fan Ning was taken aback, the Xu family ran away?
He was a little dissatisfied and said, "The Xu family is gone, so how will my case be settled?"

"Young official, don't worry, since the county lord invited you to settle the case, he will definitely give you an explanation."

Seeing that there was no one around, Lu Yougen lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Xu came to the county yamen yesterday morning and talked with the county lord for about half an hour, and almost everything was settled, so the county lord immediately sent someone to inform you that you are coming to the county yamen today. Close the case, and I will probably give you compensation."

Fan Ning stopped talking and followed Lu Yougen to the county magistrate's office.

"Qi County Lord, Fan Ning is here!" Lu Yougen reported at the door.

Li Yun immediately greeted him with a smile, "Our little Wenqu star is here, and I am not far away in welcoming you. Forgive me! Forgive me!"

He was joking and seemed to be in a good mood.

Fan Ning stepped forward and saluted, "Students see the county magistrate!"

"Come! Come! Come in and sit down, please."

Li Yun warmly invited Fan Ning into the official room, while Lu Yougen stood aside.

Li Yun asked Fan Ning to sit down, and ordered him to serve tea.

Li Yun smiled again and said: "Fan Shaolang's Traveling Stone to Mountains and Streams caused a sensation in Zhu's residence yesterday! It's a pity that the senior official Zhu attacked it first, so it's a pity that I didn't have a chance with him!"

"The magistrate also went yesterday?" Fan Ning asked curiously.

"I don't have time these two days. I can't go to celebrate my birthday until tomorrow. I heard from Yang Xiancheng that he went yesterday."

After chatting for a few words, Li Yun turned the topic to serious business.

He stroked his beard and pondered for a while and said, "I have negotiated with the Xu family twice about the theft case, and the cause of this matter is that Xu Zhong's grandson, Xu Ji, was dissatisfied with you and said a few angry words.

Li Quan was eager to ask for credit, and in order to please the young master, he sent someone to burglarize your home without authorization. Li Quan has pleaded guilty and has been charged with arrest. The official sentenced him and Zhou Xiaomao to serve two years in prison for theft. "

Speaking of this, Li Yun quickly glanced at Fan Ning, seeing that he remained silent and his eyes were flat, he also admired Fan Ning's ability to hold his breath. He was so calm at such a young age.

Li Yun continued: "As for Fan Shaolang's stolen items, the Taihu Stone has been recovered, and the whereabouts of the other white jade fan pendant is temporarily unknown. Of course, I will continue to search for you, but this case itself should be over, so I want to leave it at this point." Closing the case, I don't know what Fan Shaolang means..."

Fan Ning said indifferently: "The student is not a paranoid person. Although Xu Ji and I have a gap, it will not ruin the future. The student is willing to close the case, but the student also hopes that the Xu family can give me an explanation."

"What explanation does Fan Shaolang want?" Li Yun asked again.

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said: "The student hopes that the Xu family will apologize to me, but I heard that Xu's grandparents have left Pingjiang Mansion?"

Li Yun nodded, and said earnestly: "Xu Ji had to arrive at the Xuancheng County Journal within three days, so he hurried away before he recovered from his injuries.

His grandfather also went there, and Xu Zhong has been hired as a teacher of Xuanzhou Prefecture, and he will not return to Wu County for a year or two, so it may not be realistic for them to apologize. "

Fan Ning smiled, "Even if they apologize, they won't have the slightest sincerity. Rather than listening to a few insincere apologies, it's better not to listen. Then the students will do the next best thing and hope they will compensate me for the loss of my fan pendant."

"This is a sensible decision!"

Li Yun gave Fan Ning a thumbs up, greatly appreciating his decision.

"Actually, this is also my solution, we have to face reality, the stolen white jade fan pendant may not be recovered.

Therefore, I also requested compensation from the Xu family. The Xu family is willing to compensate you 500 taels of silver, or any Taihu stone in his store. "

Fan Ning was waiting for Li Yun's words. He thought for a while and said, "Since the Xu family started by stealing my Taihu Stone, let's end with compensating for the Taihu Stone!"

"Okay! Have fun! This officer likes a smart and rational person like Fan Shaolang, who doesn't try to make a fool of himself, everyone gets what they need, and everyone is happy."

Li Yun was secretly proud. In order to settle the case, the Xu family agreed to compensate Fan Ning with 3000 taels of silver. Since Fan Ning chose the Taihu Stone, the 3000 taels of silver belonged to him.

Fan Ning signed and pledged on the closing statement, and Li Yun's heart finally fell to the ground.

In fact, Li Yun didn't file a case at all, and naturally he couldn't talk about closing it.

But he wanted to give the Xu family an explanation. This was an agreement he had reached with the Xu family, and this closing statement was for the Xu family to read.

As for Li Quan, one crime of tax evasion is enough for him to stay in prison for two or three years.

"Lu Dutou, take Fan Shaolang to the warehouse! No matter which piece of Taihu Lake stone he likes, he can transport it away directly."

. . . . . .
Fan Ning said goodbye and followed Lu Yougen to the warehouse.

"Lu Dutou, you are going on a business trip to the capital recently!" Fan Ning asked casually.

Lu Yougen stopped in his tracks, and asked in surprise, "How does the little official know?"

"I just guessed randomly. Isn't the county lord at the juncture of promotion? At this time, you have to give gifts. I think the county lord trusts Lu Dutou so much, so he should make a trip to the capital."

Lu Yougen gave a thumbs up and said in praise: "As expected of the chief of the county magistrate, he is really smart, he guessed right, and I will escort the boat to Beijing tomorrow."

Fan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, the piece of blue coral is still there.

Lu Yougen took Fan Ning to a small warehouse close to the river, he opened the warehouse door, and it was full of Taihu Lake stones seized and transported from the Strange Stone Museum.

Lu Yougen said indignantly: "These stones are not worth five thousand guan, and half of the tax payment is not enough. We are at a big loss."

Fan Ning secretly laughed, this Lu Yougen is a brute who actually uses the purchase price of the Kistler Museum to measure the value of these Taihu stones.

What is not worth five thousand guan, that piece of blue coral is far more than five thousand guan, okay?
Fan Ning saw the green coral at a glance, and was crushed by two large Taihu Lake stones. He felt distressed for a while, this is the town hall stone of the Kistler Pavilion!To be abused like this?

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, there are only so many. There were still a few good small Taihu stones, but it's hard for the county lord to give them to my father-in-law."

Fanning suddenly had a severe dry cough, which he used to cover up his gaffe.

It turned out that Li County Magistrate was half a bottle of vinegar, pretending to know stones well, but in fact he didn't understand. He took a few small Taihu Lake stones, but left the real top-quality blue coral here.

Fanning almost wanted to laugh out loud.

"How about it, which one do you like? I'll ask a few brothers to move the stone for you, and take it directly to the ship."

Fan Ning pretended to choose for a long time before pointing to the green coral, "Just this one! This one is smaller, I can put it in the atrium, the others are too big."

"no problem!"

Lu Yougen recruited a few men, and everyone worked together to lift the green coral out. Fortunately, the yamen servants did not handle it brutally, and the green coral was intact.

Everyone put the green coral directly on a boat.

Fan Ning clasped his fists at Lu Yougen and smiled, "I'll take this boat back and tell the county lord for me, I wish him a bright future and an early promotion!"

"Little officials also take care!"

The boatman drove away and gradually disappeared into the distance of the river.

At this time, Li Yun walked slowly to the pier, watching Fan Ning's boat go away with his hands behind his back.

He glanced back at the warehouse and asked, "Which piece did he take?"

Lu Yougen hurried forward to report, "Take away a medium-sized stone, and he said the other stones are too big to fit in the house."

"He didn't touch the few Taihu stones I picked, did he?"

"no!"

Lu Yougen shook his head hastily, "I didn't show him the humble job."

Li Yun rushed over because he was worried, that brat has a poisonous eye, don't take away the top-grade Taihu stone he picked.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Lu Yougen: "All the remaining stones will be moved onto the boat tonight, and I will work hard on you. You and Wu's staff will go to Beijing overnight, so we won't wait until tomorrow."

"It is a humble honor to serve the county lord."

After a moment of silence, Li Yun asked again: "What did Zhou Damao say?"

"He swore again and again to the humble official that he never stole any white jade fan pendant, nor did he see the fan pendant, so he stole a stone and handed it to Li Quan."

"Release him and Zhou Xiaomao together, and tell their brothers that they are not allowed to set foot in the Pingjiang Mansion within five years, or I will punish them with a felony!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Li Yun sighed softly, "The land in the south of the Yangtze River is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers! A nine-year-old child is so powerful, and he made the Xu family look ashamed."

Lu Yougen smiled and flattered him: "He's not that good, the county lord is really good."

Li Yun's face darkened, "You can't say that. I have always been honest and honest, loyal to my duties, and never used power for personal gain."

Lu Yougen hastily slapped himself across the face, "A lowly job made a slip of the tongue!"

Li Yun snorted, and returned to the official room with his hands behind his back, Lu Yougen turned his head and smiled at the two subordinates: "Our county lord has always been like this!"

He chased after him with a flattering smile on his face.

After the two of them walked away, the two yamen servants spat heavily on the ground.

(End of this chapter)