Chapter 116 The Dowry Must Be Recovered
Captain Jiang also didn't know what the relationship between this "Doctor Ning" and the Fu family was.
However, after investigating the affairs of the Fu family these days, Captain Jiang also felt that those people in the Fu family were really outrageous. They were like a cuckoo occupying the magpie's nest!
The Fu Mansion clearly belongs to Old Master Fu, but now they want to sell it.
If the Fu residence is sold, where will Old Master Fu live?
Now that someone is helping to take care of the matter, and Doctor Ning can also cure his daughter's illness, Captain Jiang is still willing to do this small favor.
Mr. Fu is Fu Jinchen.
At that time, Fu Jinchen was also a well-known talent in the capital of Zhao State. In addition to poetry and songs, he was also good at sword dancing, hunting, riding and shooting. After he became famous, he was able to enter the palace and attend palace banquets.
Everyone thought he would have a bright future, but who knew he would get into trouble that time he entered the palace.
Many people still feel it is a pity when they mention Fu Jinchen.
Later, when people saw how stupid Fu Zhaoning was, how she couldn't learn anything, and how she kept chasing after Master Xiao all day, they looked down on her even more. After all, she had such a father, but she didn't inherit anything from him.
Fu Zhaoning looked at the IOU.
The debtor was a man named Ma Jin, who owed a full three thousand taels, with interest increasing by fifty taels every year. The debtor was Fu Jinchen, and the time was fifteen years ago.
And there are guarantors, Lin Shufeng and Liu Jiang.
"I asked an expert to take a close look at this IOU. The paper and ink used are indeed quite old, and the creases on the IOU don't look like they were fake."
Captain Jiang told Fu Zhaoning the origin of the IOU.
"The IOU was taken out by Ma Jin. It said that Fu Jinchen owed him three thousand taels fifteen years ago. Plus the interest, and some of the expenses that he and his people spent on Fu Jinchen, and some losses caused by not collecting the debt, all added up, the total amount was ten thousand taels."
"Ten thousand taels?"
This is not a small amount of money.
Of course, for the Fu family in its heyday, ten thousand taels was no problem and they could easily afford it, but now the Fu family is almost just an empty shell.
It is simply impossible to ask the Fu family to pay back ten thousand taels.
"Master Fu Er, Master Fu San, Master Fu Si and the others all acknowledged the debt and used this as an excuse to sell the Fu residence."
Only then did Fu Zhaoning understand why they dared to sell the Fu house.
"However, the Fu residence is now worth more than 10,000 taels, covers a large area, and has a good location," Captain Jiang said a few more words to Fu Zhaoning, "and a few days ago, several merchants from Jiangnan came here and took a fancy to that piece of land."
"Merchants from Jiangnan?"
Fu Zhaoning didn't know about this.
"Yes, they are businessmen who believe in Feng Shui. They said they wanted to buy a house in the capital and brought a Feng Shui master to look around. Some of them were attracted by the Fu's house. But there are not many people who want to sell their houses in that area. Once the news of the Fu family's house was released, people were vying for it."
How could the Fu residence be worth only 10,000 taels? Back then, Old Master Fu hired skilled craftsmen to build it, using only the finest wood. Each courtyard and each wing room also had ingenious carvings. There were many valuable flowers and trees planted in the garden, and a lot of rare stones were collected.
If the whole house were to be sold, it would probably fetch at least thirty or forty thousand taels.
Even if this IOU is real, and the money from selling the house is used to pay off this debt, will Mr. Fu and his friends return the remaining money to Old Master Fu?
It’s impossible to even think about it!
"Have they reached an agreement now?" Fu Zhaoning memorized all the names on the IOU, as well as Fu Jinchen's signature. After returning home, she would have to look for Fu Jinchen's handwriting for comparison.
"According to what I heard, there are two people who want to buy the Fu residence. The people in the Fu family must be greedy and keep passing information to both sides, hoping to induce them to bid more to compete."
Captain Jiang sneered.
He really didn't have any good feelings towards those people in the Fu family.
"Want to sell it at a higher price?"
"That's exactly what they were thinking. If they weren't so greedy, the Fu residence would have already been sold."
"So they have the title deed to the Fu residence?"
"I didn't see that, but the news from Master Fu said there was no problem."
He didn't know how the other party got it.
"Captain Jiang, this IOU..."
Captain Jiang said quickly, "Doctor Ning, I can't give you this IOU. I took it out from my master's office first, and I have to return it later. My master should also return it to those people in the Fu family."
Fu Zhaoning didn't make things difficult for him.
It was a gesture of loyalty of mine to steal the IOU and let her take a look at it.
Moreover, Captain Jiang also helped her find out how the Fu family was planning to sell the Fu residence.
She returned the IOU to Captain Jiang and went back to find Uncle Zhong.
"Uncle Zhong, on the day of my wedding, was the deed to the Fu residence still in the dowry box that my grandfather gave me?"
Uncle Zhong didn't know that Fu Zhaoning's dowry box was missing, so he was surprised to hear her ask about it.
"Yes, not only this house, but also the two shops and several sets of headgear left by the madam. The old man packed them all together and gave them all to the young lady."
Fu Zhaoning finally understood.
Therefore, she was knocked unconscious before she got married, and the fourth lady of the second room, Fu Jiaojiao, and the sixth lady of the third room, Fu Baozhen, helped her get into the bridal sedan. Even if the dowry box was not taken away by them, they must know who took it.
The things must be in the hands of those families.
"knew."
Uncle Zhong looked at Fu Zhaoning, feeling a little worried.
I don’t know if those things are missing.
"Uncle Zhong, don't tell Grandfather about what I asked you. If there is anything wrong with the family in the future, please come to me. Grandfather's health must be taken good care of. Don't be too sad or happy, and don't overwork."
"yes."
Zhong Bo put the question aside.
What are you afraid of? Now that the young lady seems reliable, this family will definitely be able to hold on.
Fu Zhaoning called Xiao Tao again, "Are Fu Jiaojiao and Fu Baozhen back?"
"not yet."
Fu Zhaoning didn't want to be passive all the time.
Did they want to wait until the house was successfully sold before returning? If they didn't return, she would go find them.
When Zhong Jian heard that Fu Zhaoning was going to Chaoyun Mountain, he was a little hesitant.
"Miss Fu, Chaoyun Mountain is having a poetry contest and hunting competition right now, and many princes and nobles are going there. You should have noticed that there are fewer young men riding horses and wearing fancy clothes on the streets these days, because they have gone to Chaoyun Mountain."
Um?
"Although there is a gambling and drug festival in the capital, it is not interesting to those young masters and ladies, so they all went to Chaoyun Mountain."
Zhong Jian still felt a little strange. Didn’t Fu Zhaoning know about this?
"The fourth and sixth young ladies of the Fu family must also be going for the poetry competition and hunting competition. If Miss Fu goes there alone, she will easily run into those young masters with bad tempers. It's better for me to go with them."
Zhong Jian wanted to say that the spoiled princes in the palace also went to Chaoyun Mountain.
"No, you have to stay at home, otherwise I will be even more worried."
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