Early the next morning, Fanning and his second uncle took a boat to the county seat.

Fanning wore a white scholar's uniform made of fine satin fabric today, with a leather belt around his waist, a pair of black deerskin boots on his feet, a satin scarf on his head, and a folding fan in his hand.

Fan Tiege, who was sitting in the cabin behind him, was worried and kept blaming himself, he knew his nephew's intention to enter the city, but he helped him hide his parents, and he was not a qualified second uncle.

"Ning'er, you shouldn't hide your father."

Fan Tiege sighed softly, "You should explain the matter clearly to your parents and believe they can understand." ”

Fan Ning went to the county seat under the pretext of visiting Xuezheng, but Fan Tiege knew in his heart that what his nephew had planned deeply, and it was by no means as simple as going to the city to visit Xuezheng.

Fan Ning smiled and said: "Since my parents have agreed to let me go to the county to study, of course I have to explain to Xuezheng, and then I have to go through various enrollment procedures. ”

Fan Tiege shook his head, "Do you think the second uncle can't understand your mind?" Last night, you obviously touched the stone, and you let Li Quan take it away, don't you want to put a long line to catch a big fish? ”

Fan Ning smiled faintly and said: "I don't know if I can catch a big fish yet, but it is by no means my Fan Ning's principle of being a man to calm things and swallow his anger." ”

"And what are you going to do?" Fan Tiege asked with concern.

"Of course, I'm going to Xuezheng!"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "If a scholar doesn't look for academic support, who will he go to?" ”

Fan Tiege saw that his nephew's attitude was very resolute, so he believed what his brother said, although Fan Ning was young, he was very assertive, and no one could persuade him what he recognized.

Fan Tiege sighed secretly, and had to say, "Okay! After you finish looking for Xuezheng, whether you succeed or not, you will come to find the second uncle, don't forget. ”

"Second uncle, I'll go home myself."

"No way!"

Fan Tiege refused, "This is what I promised your parents, if you don't do it, then I will accompany you to find Xuezheng." ”

Fanning had no choice but to agree, "Okay! After the matter was done, I came to find the second uncle. ”

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The ship entered the city, the uncle and nephew broke up at Jingxian Bridge, Fanning went ashore to find Xuezheng, while Fan Tiege continued to take the boat home.

But Fanning did not go to the county school, but turned around and came to the county office.

At the entrance of the county ya, there are two people holding water and fire sticks, wearing soap suits and octagonal hats, and they are very tall, but they are a bit like the two generals who guard the door.

Fan Ning stepped forward and saluted: "I am Fan Ning from Mudu Town, and I have come to visit the county gentleman and beg the eldest brother to report for me." ”

Fanning won the first place in the county taxi selection competition the day before yesterday, which has caused a sensation in the county, and his name is known to almost everyone.

When he heard that it was the head of the county magistrate who came, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Petty official, please wait, we will go and report." ”

A tolerance officer rushed into the county office, only a moment, ran back again, and said with a smile: "The county gentleman is invited, and the little official please come with me." ”

"Thank you!"

Fanning followed him to the back hall of the county office, which was the office of the county magistrate, and the furnishings were relatively simple, with only a screen, a table, and a row of bookcases on each side, filled with all kinds of books and picture scrolls.

On the wall hangs a picture of compassion for nong, on which is a large character in the middle hall, written with the four big characters of 'loving the people like a son', and on both sides is a couplet.

It was Fanning who gave Li Yun that couplet:

There is no wonder in the world, only loyalty and forgiveness;

There is a way to govern the family, diligence and frugality.

I saw that the county magistrate Li Yun was sitting at the table to review the file.

Fan Ning hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Student Fan Ning, see Lord County!" ”

Li Yun put down his pen and said with a smile: "Our county magistrate should be receiving the hospitality of the squires in his hometown now, why did he come to the county seat again?" ”

Fan Ning said unhurriedly: "The theft of the house last night is very important, and the student is here to report the case to the county gentleman." ”

Li Yun was taken aback, "Your family was robbed?" ”

Fan Ning nodded, and Li Yun hurriedly said, "Did you notify the elders?" ”

"At that time, I was notified that one of the thieves was caught, and the other thief was being pursued, but the two thieves were instructed by others, and the elders did not dare to offend the instigators."

Li Yun frowned, "Who instructed him?" ”

"It's the shopkeeper Li of the Xu Ji Strange Stone Pavilion, called Li Quan."

Li Yun is also a person who loves stones, of course he knows that the Mudu Strange Stone Pavilion is the property of the Xu family, how could this matter involve the Xu family, he felt a little strange in his heart.

Fan Ning said calmly again: "Why didn't the county gentleman ask what was stolen?" ”

Li Yun reacted at this time, and hurriedly asked, "What was stolen?" ”

Fan Ning didn't panic and said: "Two things were stolen, one is a superb Taihu stone, and the other is a fan pendant, the Taihu Lake stone is lost, it is only a few hundred taels of silver, but the fan pendant is not trivial." ”

"Why do you say that?" Li Yun was a little confused, he didn't care about the Taihu Lake stone worth a few hundred taels of silver, but a small fan pendant was not trivial.

Fan Ning took out a brocade box from his arms and handed it to Li Yun, "The county gentleman will know just by looking at this." ”

Li Yun opened the box and saw that the box turned out to be a string of superb purple jade bracelets, and he gasped.

His lady's dowry ornaments also have a high-grade jade hairpin, which is worth thousands of yuan, but the quality is far worse than this string of purple jadeite, this purple jade bracelet is simply too valuable.

"Lord County, this is a bracelet that students gave to the Son of Heaven in the Pang Xiang Mansion, and the Son of Heaven gave the students."

"What!"

Li Yun hurriedly put the brocade box on the table as if he had been burned, and asked in surprise: "This... Is this a gift from the Son of Heaven? ”

"Exactly!"

Li Yun took a closer look at the purple jade bracelet again, his father-in-law mentioned in his letter to him that the Son of Heaven loved Fanning, and it seemed that there was a heavy reward, could this be the heavy reward of the Son of Heaven?

However, such a valuable jewel can only be owned by the royal family, and Fanning's family background Li Yun knows very well that his wife does not have such a good dowry, let alone Fanning's family.

At this time, Fan Ning said slowly: "At that time, the Son of Heaven gave me two items, one was this purple jade bracelet, and the other was a white jade fan pendant. ”

Li Yun's eyes widened suddenly, "You mean, the white cloud fan pendant given to you by the Son of Heaven was stolen last night?" ”

Fan Ning nodded, pointed to the fan in his hand and said: "The white jade fan pendant was originally hung on this fan, but I didn't think the fan was worthy, so I took it off and put it in the drawer, planning to buy a good folding fan in the county town to match, but when I went home last night, the room was in a mess, the fan was still there, but the fan pendant was gone." ”

Li Yun sweated on his forehead, the things given by the Son of Heaven were stolen, this is a big case anyway, if the news reaches the capital and makes the Son of Heaven angry, he will not want to do it again.

He was very nervous in his heart, pondered for a moment and then asked, "Just now you said that you caught a thief?" ”

Fanning nodded, "There were two thieves, one escaped, and one was caught. ”

Li Yun immediately shouted: "Someone!" ”

A messenger entered the house and saluted, "Humble duty!" ”

"Let Lu Dutou come to see me immediately!"

The messenger turned around and went out, and Li Yun comforted Fan Ning again: "Don't worry, I will take this case and give you special affairs, but you don't make a noise for the time being, so as not to startle the snake." ”

The reason why Fan Ning dared to give birth to a white jade fan pendant out of thin air was because he knew very well in his heart that this Li County Commander was anxious and would never report this matter to the top.

Just look at the present, Li Xianling refuses to even file a case in writing, which shows his self-preservation mentality.

As for the Xu family, they didn't dare to publicize the scandal.

Since he has a string of purple jade bracelets given by the Son of Heaven, who dares to say that he does not have another white jade fan pendant given by the Son of Heaven?

Fan Ning bowed and saluted, "Everything is up to the county monarch!" ”

At this time, a bearded man in his thirties walked into the inner hall quickly, he was strong, his voice was like a bell, and he bowed down and said: "The humble Lu Yougen sees the county king!" ”

This big man is Lu Yougen, the head of Wu County, he is a native of Lu Tomb Township, Changzhou County, with strong martial arts, and has been the head of the capital for three years, catching countless thieves.

Li Yun instructed him: "Fanning's house was stolen last night, catch a thief, currently in the hands of the senior of Mudu Town, you bring a few archers to escort this thief to the county, it is best to catch another thief who escaped, this is a big case, you must not slack off!" ”

"I understand my humble duties, let's go!"

Lu Yougen saluted, turned around and left.

Li Yun smiled again and said to Fan Ning: "The case must be handled step by step, in short, you can rest assured, within three days, I will definitely give you justice." ”

Fan Ning bowed and saluted, "The county lord is very kind to the students, and the students are grateful!" ”

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