Chapter 402: The Mansion Expands
Fan Ning walked out of the bamboo forest and said with a smile: "I said last night, I like your words the most, good news always makes people feel happy." ”
Zhu Peiqiao's face flushed, but she didn't know where she thought?
She pinched Fanning's arm lightly, and said excitedly: "Just now, the housekeeper told me that the mansion next door is going to be sold!" ”
This news made Fanning happy, the layout of his house is good-looking, but it is not practical, mainly because it is very inconvenient to go upstairs and downstairs, and the back house is too small, even if the parents come, it is very inconvenient to live here, not to mention relatives and friends, can only live on the side of Furong Lane, and it will be criticized for a long time.
He has long wanted to buy the next door, next door is Wu Yuma's house, but it is not the main house, it is basically empty, and it covers an area of ten acres, two acres larger than his own house, if he can buy it, then Cuiyun Building can be directly turned into an inner house.
This news really lifted people's moods, and Fanning hurriedly asked, "Where did the news come from?" ”
"Today their housekeeper is here, and the housekeeper has specially come to spread the news, if we are interested in buying it, we can sell it to us first."
"How do you get in touch with that, did you say that?"
"Their big butler is still there, why don't we go and see it together."
Fanning nodded and said happily, "Take a look!" ”
The husband and wife took the sword and plum, came to the door next door, the door was hidden, Fan Ning pushed the door open, and their house was the same, facing a wall, but it looked more ordinary, only engraved with the four big words of 'drinking water and thinking of the source', I don't know what it means, it is estimated that there is an element of gratitude to the emperor, the house of the horse!
"Is anyone there?" Fanning asked in a loud voice.
In just a moment, a middle-aged man in his fifties came out from behind the photo wall, looking at the outfit, it should be a housekeeper.
"It turned out to be Fan Zhiyuan, please come in quickly!"
The news of the Wu family is fast enough, and they have only been in office for a few days, so they shouted smoothly, Fan Ning smiled and nodded, "I heard that the mansion here is intended to be sold, so we have a special look." ”
"You're welcome, my master said, as long as Fan Zhiyuan can see it, the price is negotiable."
"Then it's a troublesome compound."
Fanning walked through the door, while Juppe took her husband's arm, and the two walked around the wall to the atrium.
Wu Juma's mansion is the opposite of Fanning's mansion, which is a standard three-hall and partial courtyard structure, with few open spaces, many houses, and basically no two-story buildings.
There is an old apricot tree in the atrium, at least 100 years old, the trunk is stout, the body is vicissitudes, the apricot tree is decorated with golden apricot fruits, the corner of the house is planted with a cluster of green bamboo, and the other corner of the house is placed a Taihu Lake stone.
Fan Ning stepped forward and patted the Taihu Stone, and was suddenly a little disappointed in his heart, knowing at a glance that it was an artificial Taihu Stone, and the traces of the axe and chisel were still faintly visible.
Fanning shook his head secretly in his heart, if this mansion was bought, that green coral would be able to stand here.
"Husband, let's go to the inner house and have a look!"
Fanning smiled and walked towards the inner house with Jupe.
The inner house of Wu Mansion is also not distinctive, there are only three courtyards, covering an area of about three acres, each courtyard has a small landscape courtyard, the whole house is about seventy percent new, and needs to be slightly repaired.
"Looks like no one lives here?" Fanning turned back to the butler and asked.
"Ten years ago, we lived here in Dayanei, and then they bought their own house and moved to the inner city, and this place has been empty ever since."
Fanning nodded, "Trouble the compound to go back and tell your master, I decided to buy this mansion, let him quote a price, and if there is no objection, we will make a deal." ”
"Good! I'll tell the master when I get back. ”
Fanning left the Wu Mansion with Zhu Pei, and Zhu Pei asked, "Does the husband take a fancy to this house?" ”
Fan Ning smiled dumbly, "Where do I fancy this house, I fancy this land, go back and find a house builder, let him think about it, how to combine these two mansions?" ”
"Don't look for it now, you have to pay for it, the house belongs to us later, and then we will toss it well."
Zhu Pei asked again: "How much does the husband think this house is worth?" ”
"I don't think it will be higher than 20,000."
"No, it won't! I heard that the price of houses has risen rapidly in the past two years, especially for this kind of big house, which is at least more than 50,000 yuan. ”
"That's the price of the inner city, let's be here in the outer city, besides, people call me Fan Zhiyuan, do you think the Wu family will sell it at a high price?"
"You mean, the Wu family is giving us favors?"
"There is a little bit, of course, it is estimated that they themselves also need money, selling to others is also selling, selling to us has to be a personal favor, we don't take advantage of the Wu family, we will pay as much as the market price."
As soon as the two of them walked back to the gate of their house, the housekeeper's wife greeted them and said, "Official, an official surnamed Li came to look for him, saying that he was your subordinate. ”
Fan Ning immediately thought of Li Weizhen, he nodded, and instructed the housekeeper's mother-in-law: "You go and take a look, buy one copy of each of today's "Chao Pao" and "Tabloid" and come back." ”
"I'll go!"
Fan Ning walked into the mansion, walked through the woods, and sure enough, he saw Li Weizhen, who was standing in front of Cuiyun Peak admiring this first stone in the capital.
Fanning stepped forward and said with a smile: "Why didn't Li Jisi rest at home today?" ”
Li Weizhen smiled bitterly, "I was originally resting at home, but I just got a message and rushed to inform the prefect." ”
Li Weizhen lowered his voice and said, "Xue Zongru is dead!" ”
Fanning was stunned, "What's going on?" ”
"I hanged myself in prison last night, and the conclusion given by Dali Temple was that I committed suicide in fear of crime."
Fanning frowned, and asked again, "Do you think it's possible?" ”
Li Weizhen sneered and said: "Xue Zongru was a well-known gentleman when he was young, greedy for life and afraid of death, he will not commit suicide, besides, this is not a big crime, he will come back after a few years of exile, if Ouyang Xiu intercedes with him, maybe he will not need to be exiled, I don't believe he committed suicide, and I heard that he recruited Jia Changchao and Zhang Yaozuo during the interrogation yesterday." ”
Fan Ning knew in his heart that Xue Zongru should be exterminated, and it was estimated that the Son of Heaven would not pursue it again, so this case was over.
"Is there any news from the tabloids?" Fanning asked again.
Li Weizhen nodded, "The tabloid heard that it was a penalty of 10,000 yuan, but it resolutely did not apologize, it is understandable, how could the Qian family apologize to Ouyang Xiu." ”
This result was expected by Fan Ning, "Tabloid Newspaper" is desperately blacking Ouyang Xiu these days, not because the Qian family supports King Langya, but because the Qian family and Ouyang Xiu have a grudge, Ouyang Xiu when compiling the history of the Five Dynasties, commented that Wu Yue Qian's implementation of severe punishment and cruelty to the people, causing great dissatisfaction among the Qian family, thinking that Ouyang Xiu was fabricating facts and distorting history.
There is even such a record in "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" that Ouyang Xiu once loved a prostitute very much, but this prostitute was occupied by Qian Weiyan, which made Ouyang Xiu hate Qian deeply.
In fact, Ouyang Xiu has offended a lot of people, he implemented literary reforms, offended a large number of conservative literati, and the disciples of these conservative literati were all famous because Ouyang Xiu took several imperial examinations, and his career was cut off, how could Ouyang Xiu not be hated.
Even Bao Zheng and his relationship is very bad, Ouyang Xiu has been slamming Bao Zheng for having no talent and learning, and only relying on fame and reputation to get promoted, although Bao Zheng and he both support Zhao Zhongzhong, but the relationship between the two is very cold.
This is the main reason why Ouyang Xiu was framed by Xue Zongru in the imperial history this time, but Bao Zheng in the imperial history watched coldly.
So with the arrogance of the Qian family, how could they apologize to Ouyang Xiu.
"I know about this matter, we have a clear conscience, this case is over, you go back and rest! We'll sort out the other cases tomorrow. ”
"Then I will take my leave!"
Li Weizhen saluted and hurried away.
After a while, the housekeeper's wife walked into the atrium with two newspapers and handed the newspapers to Fanning, "This is the newspaper that just came out today, please take a look at it!" ”
"Thank you!"
Fanning took the newspaper and walked to the inner house, he opened the "Chao Bao" first, the Chao Bao is more serious and orthodox, and usually reports on the major court affairs that happened yesterday.
The headline on the front page was that Liu Yun, the left servant of the ministry, was demoted, which was indeed a big deal, but the newspaper did not talk in detail about the reason for being deposed, and there was no mention of Ouyang Xiu, or even Xue Zongru.
Fan Ning searched for a long time, and only found the news that Xue Zongru was imprisoned for questioning on the bottom of the second page, which only mentioned that Xue Zongru was derelict in his duties, impeached Ouyang Xiu for untruthfulness, and was imprisoned by Dali Temple for questioning.
finally mentioned Ouyang Xiu, only in a very small place, but did not say what the specific content of impeaching Ouyang Xiu was.
Fan Ning had a sense of foreboding in his heart, even the more orthodox "Chao Pao" used a vague method to correct Ouyang's name, so can "Tabloid Newspaper" still be counted on?
Fan Ning opened the "tabloid" again, and sure enough, today's "tabloid" no longer mentions Ouyang Xiu, but is talking about the top ten famous prostitutes in Tokyo, but after searching any page of the newspaper, there is no news about Ouyang Xiu's rehabilitation.
Because of this, the Qian family was so unwilling to rehabilitate Ouyang Xiu that the Son of Heaven asked them to correct Ouyang's name, but he didn't say which newspaper they were in to correct their name, so they chose the "Chao Bao" with fewer readers, and used a vague and covert method to correct Ouyang's name.
But there was absolutely no apology, and they chose to admit a fine of 10,000 yuan.
"What is the husband sighing about?" Juppe asked from the side.
"I'm sighing at how manipulative public opinion is."
Fanning shook his head and said to his wife: "Let's go to the third grandfather's mansion in the afternoon!" ”
"What are you going to do with him?" Juppe asked, puzzled.
"I'd like to talk to him and see if he can start a newspaper."
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