The Fang family's ancestral home is Dongping, Shandong, and everyone in Yangcheng knows it.
"What's going on in Shandong? You know what you know, right?" People who have experienced various rumors in the past few days are not easy to convince.
The man smiled calmly.
"Whether that's right or not, you will know when I tell you." He said, "You know that the Fang family's ancestral home is Shandong, but do you know what the Fang family's ancestors did for a living?"
The people who had been quiet suddenly burst into cheers.
"spices!"
"You are stupid!"
"I don't even know this!"
"You are teasing us!"
The middle-aged man laughed loudly.
"As expected, everyone knows it," he said to smooth things over.
This movement attracted people from other places to look over and ask what was going on.
Before he could answer, the middle-aged man seemed to be annoyed by the noise. He slapped the table and stood up on the stool.
"But, do you know where the main supplier of the Fang family's spice business is?"
This time, without waiting for the people to answer, he pointed to the north.
"Henan Hebei Road."
"Back then, the old capital was still there and the Northland was not destroyed. The Fang family's business went to and from the Northland."
"Later, the Jin people went south, and Emperor Chengzong personally conquered and was captured. There was great chaos in the court, and the late emperor ascended the throne and went south."
Everyone knew about this old story, but the middle-aged man spoke with such force and speed that everyone stopped for a moment.
"What does this have to do with the Fang family?" someone couldn't help but ask.
The middle-aged man smiled meaningfully.
"At that time, the late emperor moved his capital south, and was not only pursued by the Jin army, but also numerous spies. The late emperor had to disguise himself and sneak around, but..."
He paused suddenly when he said this.
The people present were frightened and shook.
"He was still caught up by the spies and was trapped in a courtyard in the countryside. At this moment, someone happened to pass by and killed the spies regardless of the danger, and rescued the late emperor."
The middle-aged man paused again and looked at the people around him.
"And this person is Fang Shouyi's father, Fang Dechang, the founder of Deshengchang."
The onlookers' eyes widened and they immediately burst into an uproar.
"... It's too late, but it's faster... Fang Dechang stepped forward, kicked the thief down, picked up the late emperor and ran away..."
"….At that time, the black wind was blowing so loudly that the sun could not be seen…"
"..Fang Dechang didn't know who he was saving. He just felt that the person he was carrying on his back was as valuable as a thousand pieces of gold. The emperor's true dragon body was naturally different from ordinary people. Fang Dechang had a loyal temperament and thought that he could not leave anyone behind after saving him.
, gritted his teeth and ran all the way..."
"...Fang Dechang looked at the people surrounding him, thinking that the thief was still alive and was chasing after him. He was thinking that there was no way to escape, so he sighed to the man. It seems that we two brothers have no chance of escaping this time..."
"...But what I didn't expect was that the man smiled and raised his hands to the people gathered around him, and everyone knelt down and shouted long live. Fang Dechang almost died of fright on the spot..."
"...The late emperor said that you should call me brother. Although I cannot be your brother, I can give you other things you want..."
"...Fang Dechang kowtowed and thanked him, but did not ask for any favor..."
"...The late emperor loved him for his honesty and loyalty, so he wrote an imperial edict on the spot and gave it to Fang Dechang as if I were there in person, telling him that if he encounters any crisis in the future, I will help you to solve the problem just as you solved my crisis today..."
"...This is how Yu Liang met the emperor in the past, and now he is the Dragon Lord of great virtue. If he is a person with deep merit, it doesn't matter if he gets rich sooner or later."
With a snap, the story was finished, and the teahouse guests cheered. The waiters who were fascinated by the story then went back and forth carrying teapots to add more tea. The teagoers were either discussing or surrounding the storyteller and continuing to ask questions.
A guest sitting near the railing on the second floor stood up, followed closely by four or five guards, protecting him while clearing the way. Not only his behavior, but also his appearance and clothing were very eye-catching.
The tea house, which was a little messy because of the end of a book, once again burst into flames.
"Master Fang."
"It's Master Fang."
"Master Fang, is it true?"
"Master Fang, did your great-grandfather really save the late emperor?"
People gathered around and asked loudly.
Fang Chengyu smiled and said nothing, and was escorted downstairs by the guards.
When we got downstairs, more people gathered around. This was the first time in so many days that members of the Fang family had shown up.
"Master Fang, is this true?" Everyone said one after another, "Did you really save the late emperor? Just tell us."
Fang Chengyu stopped and looked at these people with a smile.
"It doesn't really matter whether that is true or not," he said. "It's enough for everyone to know that our edict is true, right?"
Everyone present was stunned for a moment.
Yeah?
"In short, the imperial edict is true." Fang Chengyu said, raising his hands and clasping his fists in the direction of the capital, "The emperor's grace is also true. What else do you want to ask about whether it is true or false?"
After saying that, he went straight away surrounded by the guards, leaving everyone in the teahouse with stunned expressions.
That's right, what other questions are asked about authenticity and falsity? Are you asking about the authenticity of the Fang family's achievements in obtaining the imperial edict, or are you asking about the authenticity of the emperor's grace in granting the imperial edict?
It's not their turn to question whether these are true or false. Didn't you see that even the Jin Yiwei didn't ask?
Otherwise, how could these storytellers sit here and talk peacefully while frothing at the mouth?
These matters must have been reported to the emperor in the capital.
Whether it is true or false, no one says it, the emperor has the final say.
What would the emperor say?
In a value room in the Imperial City, someone was also waiting for news.
The check-in room was dark and narrow. Even though the June sun was scorching outside, it was still dark inside. Especially when you first walked in from the outside, you couldn't see clearly the people sitting inside.
The eunuch who came in was a fat eunuch with tender skin and tender flesh. He squinted for a while before he found where the people in the room were sitting.
A few cases later, a young man wearing a red robe and as thin as a knife was looking down at the official documents.
"Oh, my Lord Lu, this room is too dark. It hurts my eyes to look carefully." The eunuch said with a somewhat exaggerated smile.
Hearing these words, the young man raised his head. In the dim room, his face was as white as porcelain, and his dark eyes looked even colder.
"It turns out to be Eunuch Guo," he said.
His voice was different from his appearance, mellow and a bit dull.
Just by listening to this voice, no one would think of Lu Yunqi, the murderous and unsighted chief of the Qianhu Bureau, who was feared and feared by the officials, and whose hands were stained with blood.
He will only be regarded as a simple and honest soldier.
In fact, he was originally an honest soldier.
His father remained unknown all his life, and no one even knew his name.
Who would have thought that such a person who inherited his father's mantle and was supposed to live his whole life in obscurity like his father would suddenly become a figure that made even the civil and court heard of him. (To be continued)