At noon, in the window seat on the second floor of the Songzhou Tavern, Song Ling was drinking and eating with his friend Tan Shenzhi.

Tan Shenzhi sighed and said: "I didn't expect Yang Du to admit it so quickly, this Fan Ning is worthy of being a cross-river raptor, I regret it a little now, I should have gone with you to meet him that day, I missed an opportunity in vain." ”

Song Ling couldn't suppress the pride in his heart, and took a sip of wine and said: "I heard that this matter was directly stabbed on the desk of the Son of Heaven, causing the Son of Heaven's strong dissatisfaction with Jia Changchao, Jia Changchao took great pains to alleviate the emotions of the Son of Heaven, he will not give Yang Du another chance, he has to move, he has to move, and if he doesn't move, he has to move, so when the news came this morning, Yang Du immediately moved, this kind of thing is too arrogant is a slap in the face." ”

"Then do you think Fan Ning and Yang Du will continue to compete in the next step?"

"Of course, this is the first step, the contradiction is gradually intensifying, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and one of the two of them will inevitably go."

Tan Shenzhi remembered something again, and said to Song Ling with a smile: "Today is very interesting, Zhou Heng went to the prefect's office with a stack of papers, and Fan Ning actually asked him who he was?" ”

Song Ling was stunned for a moment, and immediately burst out laughing, "This is very interesting!" The prefect didn't know Silu to join the army, and if it was spread out, it would be a big joke in the officialdom. ”

"Yes! It is said that Zhou Heng was embarrassed at the time and reintroduced himself, but then it was interesting, Fanning flipped through the paperwork and threw it directly in Zhou Heng's face, it was so fucking happy, I didn't expect Zhou Ma's fart to have today. ”

Song Ling laughed, "Our Fan Governor's Mansion is very strong!" Yang Du wanted to avoid the truth and hand over unimportant things to Fan Ning, but Fan Governor didn't buy it at all, and directly slapped Zhou Heng in the face, it will take time to clean up Yang Du, but it is not difficult to clean up Zhou Heng, and Zhou Heng's life will be sad in the future. ”

The two drank extremely happily and paid the bill, Song Ling smiled and said, "I have to go to see Governor Fan to see if he wants to help with moving, if you need help, I will inform you." ”

"Thank you, Brother Song!"

The two got out of the restaurant and went their separate ways.

Of course, Fan Ning also got the news that Yang Du was going to move out of the Yahou official residence, but he didn't plan to move to the Yahou official residence, that would seem that his level of struggle was too low, what kind of person was he who cared for a little personal gain?

Fan Ning has moved from the inn to the newly rented Liu family's mansion, and he paid a year's rent at one time, which is the best mansion in Songcheng County and even the entire Yingtianfu, covering an area of thirty-three acres, with hundreds of large and small houses.

At this moment, Fanning received an unexpected visitor.

In the room, Xu Qing looked a little nervous, this nervousness came from the shame in his heart, he was a warrior sent by Zhu Yuanfu to Kunzhou to protect Fanning, but he failed to start and finish well, Fanning returned to the Great Song Dynasty, but he stayed in Kunzhou, had his own career, and he also married a wife and gave birth to a son in Kunzhou.

"So, you're going to stay in Kunzhou?" Fanning asked with a smile.

Xu Qing sighed, "I am forty-five years old, my parents died early, and I have no brothers and sisters, I finally have a wife in Kunzhou, and a two-year-old son, I am already satisfied in this life, my roots are rooted in Kunzhou, leave the last time to my wife and children!" ”

"How's Kunzhou now?"

"It's very stable, basically the same as when the officials left, the grain is very rich, the output of silver and gold mines is also high, I heard that the number of war horses has reached 50,000, and the first batch of war horses will be shipped back next year."

Fanning was actually very aware of the situation in Kunzhou, and came back from Kunzhou at the beginning of the year and talked with him all night.

"What about your career?"

Fan Ning smiled again and asked, "Is it still to be the head of the sect and open a martial arts hall?" ”

Xu Qing nodded, "I am still the head of the sword sect in the army, and the martial arts hall continues to open, and now there are more than 80 disciples, and there is no problem in supporting my family." ”

"Looks like you need my help."

Fan Ning knew very well in his heart that Xu Qing must have come to find him, he was not an ordinary warrior, but a death contract warrior of the Zhu family, and only one death could cancel the contract.

Xu Qing was silent for a moment and said: "I have gone to Wujiang to find Zhu Daguan before, hoping to cancel the death contract, Zhu Daguan is very tolerant, when I burned my death contract in front of me, but he also confessed a sentence, the written death contract was lifted, but my task was not completed, only if the official agreed to end my mission, I can really be freed, otherwise I will always feel guilty even if I go to Kunzhou." ”

Fanning pondered for a moment and said, "That's it! You finally do one thing for me, and when this thing is done, you will complete my task and be free from now on. ”

Xu Qing was overjoyed, got up and saluted: "I am willing to serve the officials!" ”

Fan Ning took out a box from the bookcase, opened the box, inside was a portrait painting and a personal information, and handed it to Xu Qingdao: "From now on, you will change your name to Li Sheng, you are a famous salt lord in Xiangyang, you were wanted by the government for murder last year, speak a Yangzhou dialect, you will also say that this person has a body and face that is very similar to you, but you need to dress up your beard." ”

Xu Qing hesitated and said, "Do the officials need me to kill someone?" ”

Fan Ning said lightly: "I need you to kill someone for me, but now is not the time, you hide in my house first, and when the time is right, I will let you out, after killing people, you go back to Kunzhou directly, and we will see you in Kunzhou in the future!" ”

Xu Qing nodded slowly, "I'm always waiting for orders!" ”

.........

More than 20 miles south of Songcheng County, there is a large manor covering an area of about hundreds of hectares, here is the famous Gu family manor in Yingtianfu, in addition to the eldest grandson Gu Changwu who served in the government, the rest of the three generations of the Gu family nearly 100 people live in this manor.

At night, more than a dozen cavalry escorted Gu Changwu to the main castle-style building in the Gu family's manor, Gu Changwu turned over and dismounted, and a housekeeper waiting at the door greeted him and said in a low voice: "The old lady has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Gu Changwu threw the reins to his entourage, and asked as he walked, "It's so late, hasn't the old man rested yet?" ”

"Usually the old man has rested at this time, but today the old man is waiting for the officials and has not rested."

"What's the matter with the old man looking for me?"

"It seems that someone from the capital is here."

"Beijing?"

Gu Changwu was puzzled in his heart, and quickened his pace and walked towards the back hall.

In the back hall, Gu Changwu's grandfather is also the patriarch of the Gu clan, Gu Qing, is talking to his eldest son Gu Jing, Gu Jing is Gu Changwu's father, he is a big businessman, and he is currently responsible for taking care of the family's affairs.

However, Gu Qing did not want the brand of the Gu family's businessmen to be too heavy, so he changed the direction of development in the third generation of the family, and the eldest grandson Gu Changwu entered politics.

"Don't have a hard time with Zhang Yaozuo, we will withdraw from the tea business, or continue our cloth and grain business."

"Father, the grain business is not easy to do, the Zhang family once again compressed our share a few days ago, reducing our grain share to 30,000 stones."

Gu Qing frowned, "Didn't you talk about the Gu family's share of 80,000 stones?" How did it drop to 30,000 stones, so much? ”

"Not only food, but the Zhang family is also going to start a cloth business, and it is estimated that they will suppress us."

"It's just too greedy!"

Gu Qing was furious, "They simply snatched all the business and let others drink the northwest wind, and they would be satisfied!" ”

"They are indeed too greedy, our Gu family has taken the liquor license for more than 20 years, and if it is cancelled, it will be cancelled, depriving us of the qualification to make liquor and sell liquor, and our Gu family has lost at least 30,000 yuan in the wine in the past two years."

"Their good days won't last long!"

At this time, the housekeeper reported under the hall, "The big yaman is here!" ”

I saw Gu Changwu walking in quickly, he knelt down and bowed to pay respects, "Grandson, please say hello to grandfather and father!" ”

"Changwu, get up!"

Gu Qing asked the eldest grandson to sit down and asked with concern, "The mansion has been very lively in the past two days, right?" ”

Gu Changwu bowed and said, "Grandfather Qiqi, it was relatively calm two days ago, but this morning there was a news that Yang Du was forced to move out of the official residence of the Yahou. ”

Gu Jing smiled: "This Fan Ning is quite powerful!" actually forced Yang Du to admit it. ”

"When the grandson heard that Fan Ning stabbed this matter in front of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven was very angry, and Jia Changchao urgently forced Yang Du to move out of the official residence."

Gu Qing sneered and said: "This is the consequence of being too greedy, you want to monopolize any benefit, and you will be choked to death if you encounter hard stubble, will Fan Ning still have any follow-up actions?" ”

"Today, Fanning has two more actions, one is to teach Silu a lesson to join the army Zhou Heng, throw a stack of paperwork on Zhou Heng's face, and tell him to get out."

"Why?" Gu Jing asked in surprise.

"Yang Du avoided the truth and handed over some minor official duties to Fanning, but Fanning didn't buy it at all and responded strongly."

Gu Qing nodded and asked quietly, "What is Fanning's second move?" ”