On the same day, Mr. Lu went to find Wang Anshi, and then informed Wang Anshi about the leakage on the roof of Sanbu Gouyuan.
After Wang Anshi learned about it, he took a sip of tea with a calm expression and asked with a smile: "Uncle Hui, are you talking about water leakage or tax leakage?"
Lu Gongzhu saw that Wang Anshi was still in the mood to joke, so he asked: "Do you already know it, or have you known it for a long time?"
Wang Anshi didn't answer but asked: "As the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, why don't you find out and tell me again?"
Lu Gongzhu sighed: "An experienced policeman will not force criminals into desperate situations."
Wang Anshi looked at Lu Gongzhu: "If I plan to play tricks with them, I won't choose to resort to court. Let them go."
Mr. Lu nodded, stood up and said, "I'll take my leave first."
Wang Anshi stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Anyway, thank you Uncle Hui for coming to inform me."
"There's only so much I can do." Mr. Lu cupped his hands, smiled apologetically, and left.
He had a vague feeling that the other party might have tampered with the accounts, but if this matter was pursued, it might be a dead end for the other party. God knows what the other party would do.
This may get out of hand.
There are a lot of people involved in the key parties, and they are all key departments of the imperial court. If we want to investigate, we may not necessarily be able to find evidence.
After thinking about it, Lu Gongzhu decided to tell Wang Anshi first to see what Wang Anshi's plan was. After all, the biggest victim in this matter was Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi's attitude also made him feel a little relieved.
As soon as Mr. Lu left with his front legs, Lu Huiqing arrived with his back legs.
It is also about the tax leakage on the roof of Sanbugouyuan.
"Teacher, this is no coincidence. They must have tampered with the accounts."
Lu Huiqing said very worriedly.
Wang Anshi said calmly: "Uncle Lu Hui just informed me of this matter."
Lu Huiqing said: "I wonder what Kaifeng Mansion plans to do?"
Wang Anshi said: "Take it as if you don't know."
"ah?"
Lu Huiqing was shocked, "How can this be done? This is unfair to us!"
Wang Anshi was silent.
After seeing this, Lu Huiqing asked again: "Does your teacher have any countermeasures?"
Wang Anshi said: "Wait."
"wait?"
"Um."
Royal Palace.
"I see your majesty, little man."
Lan Yuanzhen came inside and bowed.
Zhao Xu said: "I heard that the roof of Gouyuan leaked, causing many account books to be damaged."
Lan Yuanzhen hurriedly explained: "The villain just learned about this."
Zhao Xu said: "About tax evasion, the Court has important evidence. I don't want anything to go wrong. Go and inquire immediately. In addition, send someone to keep an eye on it to make sure there are no more omissions."
"The villain obeys your orders."
Wang Anshi had been sitting in the Ordinance Department of the Second Government and waiting. No one knew what he was waiting for. He didn't leave the room until it was time to leave the office.
Lu Huiqing saw Wang Anshi's relaxed expression. Although he was confused, he didn't ask any more questions.
In fact, Wang Anshi had been waiting for Zhao Xu's summons.
Because he knows the importance of this lawsuit to Zhao Xu. If Zhao Xu summons him, then he will think of countermeasures. If not, there is only one possibility, that is, Zhao Xu has been prepared. After all, this is the imperial city, and Zhao Xu is the only one.
The biggest owner here is not the officials of the Third Division.
Wen Yanbo came to the Political Affairs Hall and asked Sima Guang: "Do you know about the water leakage in the Gouyuan?"
Sima Guang nodded and asked Wen Yanbo: "What do you think, Duke Wen?"
“Expected.”
Wen Yanbo shook his head and sighed: "Actually, this is not the first time this has happened."
Sima Guang smiled bitterly and said: "Since everything is expected by everyone, it is also normal. It depends on how Wang Jiefu and the others take advantage of it."
Wen Yanbo nodded slightly and said: "Fortunately, Kaifeng Mansion is relatively calm this time and did not immediately send anyone to investigate the matter. If Kaifeng Mansion immediately intervenes in this matter, this lawsuit will definitely not be settled, and things will become worse."
It’s complicated and anything can happen.”
Sima Guang sighed: "Three feet of ice does not last a day!"
Zhang family.
"Why are you two here?"
Zhang Fei looked at Cao Dongdong, who was squatting on a chair eating oranges, and Ma Xiaoyi, who was restless with his hand on his chin, and asked.
"Ask him."
Cao Dongdong glanced at Ma Xiaoyi and continued eating.
Ma Xiaoyi raised his head and said guiltily: "Third brother, I'm sorry, I can't go to court with you this time."
Zhang Fei was stunned and said: "When did I cough and why? Xiaoma, I really need your help this time."
Cao Dongdong turned back and looked at Zhang Fei with disdain.
Zhang Fei felt guilty and said: "Why is the office looking at me like this?"
"Nothing."
Cao Dongdong continued to peel the oranges and started eating them.
Ma Xiaoyi sighed: "Why else? My father said nothing and wouldn't let me go to court with you. He also said that if I wanted to go, he would send someone to take me back. He wouldn't even let me see the lawsuit."
Zhang Fei was silent for a long time, and after a while, he sighed: "In that case, let's work together next time."
As he spoke, he patted Ma Xiaoyi on the shoulder.
Seeing that they had finished speaking, Cao Dongdong suddenly said: "Zhang San, although Xiaoma can't go to court with you, we still have other ways to support you."
Zhang Fei subconsciously asked: "In what way?"
Cao Dongdong said: "You don't know something. A few days ago, many people were not optimistic about you. Let's sit down with Xiao Ma and reduce your multiple to two to one, and then raise the other party's multiple to five times at most. We believe you will be able to
Winner."
Ma Xiaoyi nodded and said: "However, recently more and more people are betting on each other. We have almost collected more than 8,000 coins now."
Zhang Fei blinked, you two brats didn't even call me to do such a profitable business, I won't do it, I'm very short of money now!
He rolled his eyes and said with an moved expression: "Yamen, Xiaoma, you didn't expect that you are so loyal. How can I, Zhang San, be so virtuous that I can marry you two?"
Cao Dongdong rolled his eyes, "Then you have to win this lawsuit, otherwise, we may have to pay tens of thousands of dollars."
He came here today just to test Zhang Fei's tone.
At first he was just talking out loud, but he didn't know that more and more people came to place bets.
Zhang Fei was surprised: "So many?"
Cao Dongdong jumped off the chair and said nervously: "You won't be able to beat me, right?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Third brother, you are not even afraid of Fan Sijian, how about you be afraid of that little ear pen?"
What are you talking about? I’m so stupid, okay? Zhang Fei sighed: "In a lawsuit, winning or losing is in the hands of the judge. How can I guarantee that? I can only do my best."
After hearing this, Cao Dongdong felt a chill in his heart.
"But don't worry."
Zhang Fei patted Cao Dongdong's shoulder with one hand and Ma Xiaoyi's shoulder with the other, saying, "We three brothers share blessings and share difficulties. I will shoulder them together with you."
Ma Xiaoyi, who was so righteous, nodded with tears in his eyes.
Cao Dongdong said excitedly: "What's the use of being loyal? The key is that you have to win this lawsuit!"
Zhang Fei immediately said: "Of course I am sure of winning, but there is also a possibility of losing. You have adjusted the multiplier so high. The risk is too high."
Cao Dongdong panicked: "What can we do?"
Zhang Fei said: "Hurry up and close your bank first. The three of us will open another bank. I will increase my multiplier a little higher, and then lower the opponent's multiplier a little bit. A difference of two or three times will be enough."
"What's the use of this?" Cao Dongdong asked with a confused look.
Zhang Fei clicked his tongue: "Don't you understand this? It may make more people oppress me, so that we can be balanced and we won't lose too much."
Ma Xiaoyi scratched his head and said, "Shouldn't you increase your multiplier and lower the opponent's?"
Zhang Fei said: "What if I win?"
Ma Xiaoyi nodded thoughtfully and moved his ten fingers as if doing arithmetic.
"This isn't safe either. We've already collected thousands of dollars."
Cao Dongdong rolled his eyes and said: "Otherwise, if you give us some guarantees, we can bring more people in. Brother Xiaochun and Fan Dalang, if we divide it evenly, there won't be much money. You just have to say a few words."
So we can lie to them."
Wow, you must be on guard against this kid from now on. He won't even blink when he stabs his brother. Zhang Fei looked at Cao Dongdong in surprise.
Ma Xiaoyi said: "But no, that would be unloyal."
Zhang Fei nodded repeatedly and said: "Xiao Ma is right, we three brothers will do this. If we win, we will go crazy together, and if we lose, we will bear it together. What are we afraid of?"
Cao Dongdong was still a little hesitant.
I just want to be crazy, I don’t want to carry it.
Ma Xiaoyi said to Cao Dongdong again: "Brother, you are very afraid. If you lose, with Third Brother here, we can also default on the debt."
Zhang Fei was startled, "Xiao Ma, where did you start with these words?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Third brother, if you can't pay compensation, you can only file a lawsuit. You must have something to do, right?"
"I."
Zhang Fei scratched his head and said, "Maybe there is a way."
Cao Dongdong finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "You should have said earlier, OK, let's do it. Don't change the multiple, just this multiple."
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "No, no, no, no. If you don't change, I won't be able to share the joys and sorrows with you. I will close that village and the three of us will open another one."
Ma Xiaoyi said carelessly: "Just listen to the third brother, we three brothers will open another village."
Cao Dongdong said hehely: "As long as you can default on your debt, then I don't care."
These two guys listened to Zhang Fei's advice and opened another bank, lowering the odds of both parties a little closer. The original intention was to let fewer people buy, but the result was that more people came to buy from them, almost all of them.
Bet on seven big tea cannibals.
In less than three days, it was close to 10,000 guan.
The two idiots Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi were completely dumbfounded.
How is this going?
Didn’t you say it would be more balanced?
It turned out that there was a leak in the courtyard, and the dandies in the capital overheard some news.
In addition, Cao Dongdong quietly opened another bank and adjusted the odds, making the two even closer.
This kind of technical adjustment makes people think that Zhang Fei may be in trouble.
Not to mention dandies, even many gambling houses come here to bet.
This kind of fanatical gambling behavior has also made this lawsuit a matter of national concern, no, it should be a matter of national participation.
finally!
With everyone's eager anticipation, the day of trial has arrived.
It was still dark, and Xu Zhiqian was standing in the hall of the Zhang family as usual, complaining and waiting.
And Zhang Fei was sitting calmly in front of the bronze mirror as usual, enjoying Gao Wenyin's service.
After tying her hair, Gao Wenyin took out a jersey from the wardrobe.
"Huh?"
Zhang Fei looked at the green robe with white eagle embroidery, "What's going on with this eagle?"
Gao Wenyin hurriedly said: "I made the decision without permission and embroidered it. If Sanlang doesn't like it, I'll get another one."
"No no no!"
Zhang Fei quickly took it over and marked it on his body, "This is really more handsome. Madam is really ingenious. I like this design very much."
"As long as Sanlang likes it." Gao Wenyin's cheeks turned slightly red, her beautiful eyes flashed, and she hesitated to say, "It's just."
Zhang Fei asked: "Just what?"
Gao Wenyin said: "It's just that it takes a lot of time to embroider this eagle. I don't know if I can embroider another one before the next lawsuit."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. It's not bad to wear such beautiful clothes a few times." Zhang Fei gestured, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
Gao Wenyin's eyes flashed with joy and she said, "Then I will embroider another one as soon as possible."
"No need to rush like this, how tiring it is!" As he said that, Zhang Fei just caught the secret joy on Gao Wenyin's face through the bronze mirror, and thought to himself, Ouch! You've been fooled! I didn't expect this woman's methods to be so powerful.
I fell in love with her.
It turned out that when Gao Wenyin saw Zhang Fei fighting a lawsuit, she would wear a new one. However, those robes that had been worn once were as good as new. She was used to being thrifty and felt very distressed.
But she didn't dare to say it openly, so she thought of this trick.
Zhang Fei didn't criticize her, he put on a new shirt, put on his hat, plugged in his short pen, and went out.
"Why do you always say "Hey, your robe?"
Xu Zhiqian, who was just about to complain, was startled when she saw a white eagle embroidered from Zhang Fei's left shoulder to left chest.
Zhang Fei said proudly: "This is my new shirt. Isn't it handsome?"
Xu Zhiqian said angrily: "We are going to litigate a lawsuit, not attending a banquet. Why are you dressed like this?"
Gao Wenyin hurriedly said: "Mrs. Xu, please don't blame Sanlang. I actually embroidered this on my own initiative."
"Madam, please don't explain to her. She doesn't understand at all."
Zhang Fei raised his hand to stop him and argued to Xu Zhiqian: "I litigate differently from others. This is my art, and a fine robe is very necessary. But you, you still have this old one.
I'll have someone make another one for you later, this one is no longer worthy of me."
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes: "Don't do that. I won't wear it if you do it. It's a waste of money."
She is the complete opposite of Zhang Fei. She needs to be low-key, not high-profile.
As before, after a quarrel, the two left the house.
It's completely dark outside.
Zhang Fei looked at Xu Zhiqian with embarrassment, "You know why I want to wear this new jersey! Because I have to consider the public attention."
Xu Zhiqian said: "Stop being so nagging, let's go quickly."
Just when I was about to get on the carriage, I heard someone shouting: "Zhang San, San Lang, Third Brother, you must lose this time! I will stake all my property on you to lose."
"Hey young!"
When Zhang Fei heard this, he was distracted for a moment and almost fell off the carriage again. Thanks to Long Wuyan's quick hands, he hugged him back and pushed him onto the carriage.
This unexpected incident caused a lot of discussion among the crowd.
"Look, Zhang San is not in good condition. He almost didn't even get on the carriage."
"It seems that Zhang San also knows that his death will be unlucky!"