Chapter 221 Key Witnesses
At this time, Zhu Pei next to him turned his eyes and said, "This matter should be widely publicized. No matter whether the lawsuit is lost or won, it will have a huge adverse impact on the reputation of Zhangjiaguanpu store."
"It's right!"
Akihito, who was standing by, said hatefully: "Since Guanpu Store wants to rely on our money, we should let everyone in the capital know about this. Such a person does not even have the minimum reputation, so why open Guanpu Store?"
Fan Ning had a little hesitation, and he fully agreed to attack Zhang's reputation, but he did not want Mingren to be implicated.
Zhu Pei was understanding and whispered to Fan Ning: "Let Xu Qing do it. He did this for my third grandfather. His methods were very concealed and the effect was very good. In the end, even if the Zhang family found out, they would find that it was done by their competitors and had nothing to do with Mingren."
Fan Ning thought for a long time and nodded. Fuguiqiao was sued, and the other two Guanpu stores, Jiuwen Zhonghe Guanlou, will definitely spare no effort to promote it.
Zhu Pei waved immediately, and the tall Jian Meizi walked in. Zhu Pei whispered a few words in her ear. Jian Meizi nodded and turned around and left.
Zhu Pei stopped mentioning this matter and smiled and said, "Let's talk about Tianhuangshi. I have received the exact news that Tianhuangshi has been listed as a tribute. Before May this year, the first batch of Tianhuangshi tributes will be introduced to Beijing!"
Speaking of Tian Huangshi, Mingren immediately smiled, "Every day, almost all the shops have come to ask me where Tian Huangshi was bought. I told them that our Tian Huangshi was bought in Dengzhou. I don't know if it is a companion mine of Nanyang jade. Let them go to Nanyang to make trouble!"
Zhu Pei asked worriedly: "When you are not in the store, will anyone steal it?"
Akihito smiled sly, "I rented another warehouse next to Daxiangguo Temple. The night before yesterday, I had secretly transferred all the Tianhuang stones, and then found a lot of pebbles to put them on the shelf. I was so eager for them to steal them all!"
Seeing Akihito so cunning, Fanning and Ju Pei couldn't help laughing.
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The next morning, Mingren went to Kaifeng Prefecture to respond. The people of the Song Dynasty were most keen on civil lawsuits, and the legal services were extremely perfect and convenient. There were special litigationists to coordinate errands for both parties, and there were also professional lawyers who wrote papers and came out to deal with them.
The plaintiff and the defendant only need to confirm their identities by the judge in the lobby, and then they basically have nothing to do. After the case is tried and sentenced, they will go home and will basically not be affected.
For some reason, the news that the gambler was suing the store and was reported to the government by a gambler for the government was quickly spread.
Early in the morning, hundreds of enthusiastic people gathered outside the government gate to prepare to listen to the lawsuit. Several "worry people" with special enthusiasm were spitting around and introducing the causes and consequences of the incident to both sides.
Zhang Yaocheng came to Kaifeng Prefecture in a carriage. He was surprised when he saw hundreds of people gathering outside the gate of the prefecture. He usually sued the lawsuit, and there were dozens of people watching the fun. How could so many people come today?
At this time, the shopkeeper Wu hurried to the carriage door and whispered to Zhang Yaocheng: "Master, the situation is not good. I found that there are many people from Jiuwenzhong and Guanlou who are mingling among the crowd, desperately slandering our reputation."
Zhang Yaocheng suddenly realized that he had forgotten that there were two evil tigers eyeing each other. The competition among the three of them was extremely fierce. Now that Fuguiqiao has been complained, how could Jiuwen Zhong and Guanlou miss this opportunity to slander their opponents?
Especially the Liu family’s Jiuwen Zhongguanpu store, which was hacked by himself once last year and his reputation was greatly damaged. How could he not take revenge on himself this time?
Zhang Yaocheng became anxious and hurriedly said, "Is the plaintiff here?"
"I've asked Tooth to look for it."
"Don't wait for Teeth. You also go find someone and find the plaintiff. I can repay his order in full and let him withdraw the lawsuit immediately."
"I understand, let's go to the plaintiff."
Zhang Yaocheng was a little irritated. Yesterday he only thought that the complainant had no background. With the power of the Zhang family, he was not afraid of him suing him, but he forgot about his competitors.
These two stores will definitely seize this opportunity to share their food. Yesterday, the eldest brother Zhang Yaozuo was vague. Zhang Yaocheng did not understand Fan Ning's affairs. He now vaguely doubted whether this incident was a joint arrangement between Jiuwen Zhong and Guanlou?
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Mingren has arrived at the government office and is discussing some details with Mr. Guo. Of course, Mr. Guo is not entirely for money. If he can win this lawsuit, his reputation will be greatly improved. He can actually win the Zhang family, so his business will not come in the future.
Especially when Bao Zheng came to the case personally, he was more confident. Most officials were afraid of offending the Zhang family, but Bao Zheng was not afraid. This is a good sign.
"Why didn't your cousin come?" Guo Jian found that Fan Ning was not here, so he asked with concern.
He found that Fanning was the leader of this case. Yesterday Fanning actually found Bao Zheng and persuaded him to take over the case. This is not something that ordinary people can do.
Akihito smiled and said, "He went to Taixue to find a key witness. He bet with us at that time, and he also placed a heavy bet."
Master Guo Song was immediately overjoyed. If there were witnesses, he would be even more sure of winning.
At this time, the tooth man Wang Liner hurried over. He was the first litigant Fan Ning and Mingren looked for. He introduced the litigant Guo to Fan Ning.
Then he will run errands, notify witnesses, collect evidence and other errands.
Wang Lin'er ran to Mingren and whispered: "The shopkeeper Wu from Fuguiqiaoguanpu Store just found me and wanted to reconcile this case with the little official. I wonder if the little official is willing?"
Lawyer Guo frowned. If the settlement is made, wouldn’t it be his business? Although he does not agree to the settlement, the decision to settle the settlement is still in the hands of the plaintiff. He cannot talk too much.
Akihito asked, "What conditions did he offer?"
"The other party said that he was willing to reward the small official with full amount."
Unfortunately, there are no recorders in this era. If there are recorders that recorders record manager Wu Da’s words, they will become the best evidence.
Akihito said coldly: "Unless he promises to repay the full amount, I can reconcile with him."
Mr. Guo felt relieved. This person obviously had no sincerity to reconcile.
Yaren quickly passed Mingren's conditions to Manager Wu. Manager Wu did not dare to make decisions and hurriedly found Zhang Yaocheng.
Zhang Yaocheng was furious, "Since he is shameless, then he will fight the lawsuit to the end. I don't believe he can win the lawsuit?"
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Taixue is located in the south of the outer city. It is a large institution covering an area of hundreds of acres. It is not very large at present. It will take Wang Anshi to reform and vigorously promote official schools, so Taixue will win a great development.
By the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Prime Minister Cai Jing expanded his official school again, and the Imperial Academy won the second great development, with a high status and was able to compete with the imperial examination.
Although the Imperial College is not bad now, the number of people is not large. There are only more than 500 formal students, but there are thousands of auditors.
The biggest resource of the Taixue School is not the school building, but its professors. The Taixue School is a concentration of great scholars in the capital, and 90% of the professors participated in the imperial examination papers.
A famous professor like Jiang Wei and Zuo Yunshan gave a class. There were only dozens of students in the Imperial Academy, but there were at least hundreds of students.
It is easier to be a student at the Imperial Academy. If you pay 94 jin of money, you can become a student at the Imperial Academy and listen to classes in the Imperial Academy for three years.
Because there are many students in the Imperial Academy, when Fan Ning asked about Cao Zongshi, the Imperial students thought that he might be an auditor, and there was no such person among the formal students.
It is normal for the audience to claim to be a student outside.
After searching for a long time in the Imperial Academy, Fanning did not find this person, which really disappointed him.
Time no longer allowed Fan Ning to continue looking for him, so he had to leave the Imperial Academy and return to Kaifeng Prefecture.
But it happened so coincidental that when Fanning walked to the north gate of the Taixue, a large carriage came towards him, followed by several horse-riding followers.
The carriage stopped in front of Fanning, and the curtain opened, revealing the face of a young man.
"Fan Shaolang, it's you!" the young man asked in surprise.
Fan Ning was both surprised and happy. He was so surprised that he could find it without any effort.
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Chapter completed!