The case of Fan Ning was tried in public in the government office the next day.
Ning was hit by a sword, but the sword did not penetrate deep, and after emergency treatment by the doctor, he was fine.
Fan's head was also cut open, and the two men were carried into the courtroom by their servants and lay down to listen to the trial.
In addition to the two of them, another woman in the Hongxiu Pavilion was stabbed by the angry Fan. Her injuries were serious and she was unable to come to the court. The person in charge of the pavilion went to the court on her behalf.
The government office in the city may not open for half a month. The reason why it was so grand this time was because of the special identities of Fan Ning and the other man, so a trial was held.
In the court, the two former good friends turned against each other and made a scene, which gave the people of the city a good show.
The incident was actually very clear. It was all caused by Master Fan, who was drunk and wielded a sword and injured two people in anger. He should have immediately paid compensation and gone to jail.
However, because the other party offered a high amount of compensation, Hongxiu Pavilion withdrew the lawsuit and Ning was willing to settle in court, so he was acquitted.
During this period, Ning and other scholars who had accompanied him yesterday were all invited to the court to testify.
Liu Ji escaped last night, but he couldn't escape today.
Who made him live in the house of Prefect He? This morning, Prefect He came directly to the guest house to wait for him, and the two of them entered the yamen together.
But it's just a formality. After all, this matter has nothing to do with Liu Ji. He just needs to explain the whole incident of Dengyun Tower yesterday in class.
The case was heard until noon, when all parties dispersed.
Ning and Fan went their separate ways, and from then on they would probably never see each other again until they died.
As for how the people in Hongxiu Pavilion knew the secret of Fan's life, the beauty explained that she heard it from others, but Fan didn't believe it at all.
He insisted that it was Ning who leaked the information.
And because Ning was really careless with his words, he himself couldn't even remember whether he leaked the information after drinking.
From beginning to end, the two of them never thought that there was someone behind this who had carefully planned this.
After all, look at the fawning smile of the scholar in white, how could he be such a scheming and cunning person?
Even if there was, how could he, a country boy, dare to plot against the nobles?
A day later, the Fanning and Ning families sent people to forcibly take the two back home to prevent them from making any more trouble. The family's reputation would be ruined by these two people.
They fell out over a prostitute and the case was even brought to court, which brought shame to the entire family!
At this time, there were less than two days before the announcement of the results. Teacher and senior brother Liu Jitong came to Guangwen Library again. Looking at the neat rows of bookshelves in the library, he felt refreshed.
There were no more barking dogs.
As usual, Gong Liangliao went to the backyard of the library to play chess with the owner. In the library, only Qi Xianguan and his fellow apprentice Liu Ji were left.
Liu Ji selected an ancient book, found a sunny window seat, sat down, and read it quietly.
As the sunlight shone on him, his whole body exuded a dignified and solemn divinity, completely different from his usual frivolous appearance.
Qi Xianguan stood right in front of him with his hands behind his back, staring at them again and again. He always felt that the matter between Fan Ning and the other man was not that simple, but he had no evidence.
However, the biggest flaw is that there is no flaw.
"Junior brother, you have become much calmer recently." Qi Xianguan said lightly, neither praising nor belittling him, but just reminding him that his overly normal reaction would make him appear abnormal.
Everyone in the library knew that Fan Ning and the other two were bullying Liu Ji, their lackey.
Therefore, Liu Ji should have hated these two people.
Fan Ning and the other man caused trouble and were forcefully escorted out of Guangwen Library by their family. Even if he wouldn't show joy, he shouldn't look like he does now.
Qi Xianguan warned seriously: "This is very suspicious."
At this point, Qi Xianguan saw his eyelashes tremble in reaction, and knowing that he had heard it, he turned around and left to look for the book himself.
Liu Ji raised his handsome eyebrows, suddenly closed the book, no longer pretending to be calm, took a few quick steps to catch up with the boy in front of him, reached out and hugged the head from behind, rubbing it hard.
"My little senior brother, how come you are so smart!" Liu Ji said gritting his teeth.
Qi Xiangguan instantly became furious, bent his arm and hit him with his elbow. Liu Ji dodged and successfully broke free, turned around and punched him, but Liu Ji, who had long arms, grabbed his forehead.
Qi Xianguan swung his fists, but all of them hit the air, always just a little bit short of hitting Liu Ji. He couldn't help but yelled in anger: "Someone come!"
Shitou and other guards immediately rushed in. Liu Ji was startled and sneered at Qi Xianguan: "You can't play like this!"
Quickly let go of your hand, put oil on your feet, and slip away quickly.
Shitou quickly glanced at his son and saw that he was fine, except that his hair was messed up. He then looked at the fleeing figure outside the house and asked:
"Sir, do you want to chase me?"
Qi Xiangun waved his hand, tidied his clothes, put his hair in order, patted his knees, and chased after him.
"Liu Ji, stop right there!"
The guards looked at the two brothers chasing each other in the flower bed, and they looked at each other helplessly, all speechless.
I don't know if the old patriarch will be so angry that he will give them a beating when he sees such an 'energetic' young master next time he returns to the capital.
It seemed like they were fighting, but in fact, the two brothers were just teasing each other. After a long fight, they finally reconciled and read books and took notes together.
In the evening, the two went to the backyard to pick up the teacher, left the library and returned to the city.
The three masters and apprentices successfully entered the city just before the gate closed. Qi Xianguan was about to ask Liu Ji if he wanted to have dinner together tonight, but he saw a smug smile on his face, "I'm going to eat with my wife."
Finally, under the gaze of Gong Liangliao and Qi Xianguan, he added: "I won't be back in the next two days. My wife and I will sleep together."
After saying that, the two single guys, one old and one young, left behind, lifted the curtain of the carriage, took a good look at the location of the inn, and when the carriage arrived at the inn, they jumped down neatly.
Song Yu and Qin Yao were just about to send the timber merchant Fang out when the couple met each other. Without saying a word, Liu Ji quickly transformed himself into the identity of the boss's wife's husband and stepped forward to greet Fang warmly.
After sending the people away, Liu Ji immediately came over and asked with a smile: "Madam, how is the business negotiation going?"
Qin Yao signaled Song Yu to order a table of food, and led Liu Ji to find an empty seat in the lobby of the inn. After sitting down, he said, "It went smoothly."
Shopkeeper Fang has agreed on the price and promised her that there will be no price increase for this batch of wood.
But he can no longer make the decision on the next batch unless Qin Yao asks for 30% more goods than before.
Unfortunately, Fulong Trading Company has not given her a clear answer yet, and they are still hesitant about the matter of the lady's box.
But this was not a bad thing for Qin Yao. After deducting costs and taxes, the money earned from the last batch of orders successfully amounted to 650 taels in her account.
Adding the original savings in her family, she now had a huge sum of 1,510 taels of silver.
Even if I do nothing next, I can still live a worry-free life with this savings and farm.
Of course, the premise is that there are no natural or man-made disasters. (End of this chapter)
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