Leaving Han Qi's mansion, noon time had passed, Fan Ning was already so hungry that his chest was close to his back, this old man Han only cared about national affairs, but he forgot the most important personal matter such as eating, there was no way, Fan Ning had to forage for food everywhere.

Fortunately, there is a Qingfeng restaurant more than 20 steps away diagonally, Qingfeng Restaurant and Qingfeng Teahouse belong to the same popular high-end restaurant, it satisfies many civilians who want to be affordable, and hope for a bit of grade psychology, so the business is very hot, and dozens of them have been opened in the capital.

To be honest, Fan Ning is a little tired of Qingfeng Restaurant, there is a Qingfeng Restaurant on the other side of Feihongqiao, their family doesn't open the stove most of the time, they order food from there, but now it's past noon, most of the restaurants have finished lunch, and he really has no choice.

Fan Ning had no choice but to walk into Qingfeng Restaurant, which is characterized by no bartender at the door to greet customers, and after diners enter the door and sit down, there will naturally be a bartender to greet them.

There are only a few tables of guests in the lobby on the first floor, most of the tables are empty, but Fanning did not stop, and walked directly to the second floor, he doesn't like to eat at the big table, he is still used to sitting alone and drinking, the shopkeeper not far away saw that he was going to the second floor, his lips moved, but he still didn't shout, and let Fanning go upstairs.

There were no guests on the second floor, several bartenders were cleaning up the food scraps on the floor, Fanning sat down at a small table by the window, at this time, a bartender stepped forward and bowed down and said with a smile: "I'm sorry officer, the second floor is being cleaned, can you go to the first floor to eat?" ”

Fan Ning glanced at him coldly and asked, "Is the restaurant closed?" ”

"This.... Isn't that true? ”

"It's not closed, why do you want to clean the restaurant, and you have to drive the guests, go and call your shopkeeper!"

Several bartenders were frightened, they couldn't afford to drive away the customers, and they were about to be fired from the head office, so they hurriedly clasped their hands together and begged, "We were wrong, please don't call the shopkeeper." ”

Fanning didn't bother to pay attention to them, and said, "I'll order food!" ”

"Yes! Be! Be! What do the guest officers want to eat, just say. ”

All the cuisines of Qingfeng Restaurant are similar, so I casually ordered a few dishes that suited my taste, and asked for a pot of good wine.

At this moment, a door opened at the end, and a man came out of it and shouted, "Two more jugs of wine!" ”

"It's coming!"

A guy said yes and hurriedly went downstairs.

When Fanning saw the drinkers enter, he couldn't help glaring at the guy, "Why don't you let them go to the first floor and bully me alone?" ”

The guy was frightened, and hurriedly explained: "They are long-term guests, and they have been booking that private room for five days, coming every morning and leaving in the evening, and eating a flowing water banquet here, the situation is quite special." ”

Fanning was slightly stunned, this is not an inn, what are you doing here for five days?

"How many days are they going to pack?" Fanning asked again.

"I don't know the specifics, it seems to be more than 30 days or more than 40 days, I kind of forgot, anyway, it's that room."

More than forty days?

Fan Ning's heart moved, isn't more than forty days exactly the time when Zhang Guifei's Dharma is completed?

Fan Ning suddenly thought of Zhang Guifei, and then thought of Han Qi from Zhang Guifei, he looked at the private room, and seemed to understand something?

"Go ahead! Hurry up and serve me some snacks. ”

"The villain will go, and the guest officer will wait."

The bartender went down, Fanning looked out the window as if looking at the scenery, his vision was blocked by a big tree, and he couldn't see the situation across the street, he looked at the elegant room again, there was no tree outside the window of the elegant room, it was empty, and he could clearly see the situation across the street, and across the street was the wall and gate of Han Qi's mansion.

Fanning sneered, what a surveillance!

Of course, the Song Dynasty still has a bottom line more or less, no matter how infighting the court is, it generally will not use assassination methods to destroy the flesh, nor will it target family members, once this bottom line is touched, who can guarantee that the next one is not himself, and the Son of Heaven will never tolerate this kind of behavior.

But above this bottom line, it is not surprising that any despicable thing can be done, what is framed, smeared and slandered, as for spying on opponents, it is even more commonplace, Han Qi is obviously being monitored by Zhang Yaozuo's people, to see which ministers have been in close contact with Han Qi recently.

Wrong! I just went in and out of the house, they should have seen it, and now they are sitting next to them and eating, they will not react at all?

Fanning found that these monitors were a bit unreliable, and estimated that when they walked out of the mansion, they were drinking and eating meat, and they were not performing their duties at all, so they did not react to themselves.

Not long after, the bartender brought in wine and food, and Fan Ning thought while eating that he should tell Han Qi the news.

........

Half an hour later, an ox cart slowly stopped at Han Qi's door, and the coachman ran up the steps, handed a note to the porter, saluted with a fist, and continued to drive the carriage forward.

Through the window, Fanning saw the window of the private room, and the two men were staring intently at the coachman on the steps, Fanning sneered, "Look how they find this coachman!" ”

When he came back with the coachman, he commanded, "Go to Renhefang!" ”

The ox cart picked up speed and headed in the direction of Renhefang.

………

Renhefang is located in the west of the city, Zhu Pei's parents' house is here, today is the imperial court's holiday, and his father-in-law Zhu Xiaoyun should also be in the house.

The ox cart slowly stopped, and the coachman turned around and said, "I sent a letter to the official just now, and you have to add another ten yuan to me, for a total of fifty yuan." ”

Fanning took out a silver horn and threw it to him, "The rest will be rewarded to you, don't look for it!" ”

"Thank you, official!"

Fan Ning was just about to get off the ox cart, but stopped suddenly, only to see two people walking out of the mansion, the back one was his father-in-law Zhu Xiaoyun, and the front one was full of white hair, he was not young, he was saying goodbye to Zhu Xiaoyun, when he turned around, Fan Ning recognized it at once, Zhu Yuanjun, the second eldest of the Zhu family.

It's not surprising that Zhu Yuanjun appeared here, he used to try his best to please Liu Yun, and wanted to marry Zhu Pei to Liu Yun's son Liu Ran, after Liu Yun was demoted, Zhu Xiaoyun took over the position of Liu Yun's left attendant, can Zhu Yuanjun not come to please him? Moreover, Zhu Yuanjun and Zhu Xiaoyun have always had a good relationship, if there is no private correspondence between them, they will not believe it if they kill Fanning.

Zhu Yuanjun got into the carriage, the carriage quickly galloped away, Zhu Xiaoyun kept smiling and saw his uncle away, he turned around and was about to go home, but unexpectedly saw Fan Ning walking down from a dilapidated ox cart.

Zhu Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he hesitated and stepped forward and asked, "A-Ning, ..... you When did you come back? ”

Fan Ning saluted and smiled: "The son-in-law just arrived in the morning!" ”

"That must have been hard all the way, come in first!"

Zhu Xiaoyun patted Fan Ning on the shoulder, he didn't mention Zhu Yuanjun at all, and Fan Ning didn't mention it at all, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

In fact, this matter has a lot to do with it, if Zhu Xiaoyun privately passes Zhu Yuanjun to the Zhu family, first of all, the third uncle Zhu Yuanfeng will turn his face with him, and secondly, his father Zhu Yuanfu will also be extremely dissatisfied with him, after all, Zhu Yuanjun publicly hugged Zhang Yaozuo's thigh, Zhu Xiaoyun has close contact with him, what does it mean?

Zhu Xiaoyun was a little uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't say anything, so he sent a housekeeper to find his wife.

When the Wang family heard that her son-in-law was coming, she was overjoyed, wouldn't it be that her daughter was also coming, although it was not long for her to return to the capital from Pingjiang Mansion, but after all, her daughter was pregnant, of course she couldn't rest assured.

Wang rushed to the middle hall, only to see her husband and son-in-law talking happily, Wang smiled and walked into the middle hall, "Is Pei'er coming back too?" ”

Fan Ning hurriedly got up and saluted and said, "Your mother-in-law, Pei'er may leave later, and the whole family will come over, and my mother and sister will also enter Beijing together." ”

Wang liked her son-in-law's courtesy very much, she smiled and nodded, and motioned for Fanning to sit down, and she also sat down next to her husband.

"Is A-Ning going back to Beijing this time ready to be reinstated?" Wang asked with concern.

Fanning shook his head, "Wait another month or two, and when Pei'er and the others settle down, I'll consider reinstatement." ”

Zhu Xiaoyun also smiled beside him: "I also mean this, Zhang Guifei just died, now the court is chaotic, and the official family has no heart to think about political affairs, now that he is reinstated, A-Ning will not be able to get a good position, it is better to wait for Zhang Guifei's future affairs to be completed, and then talk about reinstatement." ”

Wang's concern for her daughter's birth is far greater than Fan Ning's reinstatement, Fan Ning temporarily rests at home to accompany her daughter, which is of course a good thing, she asked about her daughter's situation again, and then went back to the backyard to see her eldest son.

After his wife left, Zhu Xiaoyun stood up and said to Fan Ning: "You come with me!" ”

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