Yan Dianli asked Liu Kushi in confusion: "Didn't Yan Yue's palace have been destroyed? Why didn't that person let him go?"
"Fang Yun didn't cause any trouble for Yan Yue. I don't know what the Yan family has gone crazy for. They actually wore mourning clothes and went to the Fang Clan School to cause trouble for Fang Yun and asked Fang Yun to kneel down and kowtow to Yan Yue."
Yan Dianli was shocked and cursed, "Are they crazy? No matter how stupid my cousin is, he can't do such a thing! Fang Yun is unstoppable now, why are they still trying to embarrass him! Why did the old lady scold the governor?"
"It is said that the Fang Clan School is planning to expand enrollment, and Fang Yun will personally teach students how to write poetry. The old lady's grandson could have gone, but the Yan family went to the Fang Clan School to block the door, so Fang Yun refused to teach. The child cried and complained to the old lady. The old lady couldn't control the Yan family, so she took it out on her own son."
Yan Dianli's heart skipped a beat and he said, "It's going to be bad! If it's a small matter, it won't matter. But if it gets out of hand and causes public resentment, the prefect will have an excuse to intervene, and our Yan family will be in trouble. How could my cousin do such a thing?"
Liu Kushi's eyes flashed and he said, "You can guess. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Yan Dianli knew that the matter was of great importance, so he turned around and left, quickly heading towards the Yan family.
Halfway through the journey, Yan Dianli discovered that the Yan family rice shop was surrounded by people in three layers inside and outside.
"Yan Chongnian, you old bastard, you made our children unable to go to school and fail the exam to become a Tongsheng student. Don't force us to fight to the death!"
"Doesn't your Yan family have nine rice shops in Dayuan Prefecture? From today on, we will block all nine of them! Beat us to death if you dare! We Fang family members are not soft persimmons!"
"You dare to harm even the Saint Tongsheng. You are so bold. He is the incarnation of Wenquxing. He will be the number one scholar in the future!"
"Mr. Fang promised to teach our child to write poetry, but you ruined his life. We are right even if we bring the case to the Holy Academy!"
After hearing the whole story, those who were watching the fun also started to curse the Yan family.
Yan Dianli thought it was bad. The Fang family was a famous family. If Old Master Fang came forward, it would not be impossible for him to suppress the Yan family, a smaller and more prestigious family. However, the top leaders of the Fang family did not come forward, but only let the parents of these children come forward. That meant they wanted to fan the flames behind the scenes. Once the parents of the students really united and went to the State Criminal Department and the State Law Department, the Yan family would inevitably be reprimanded by the court, and even all the titles would be cancelled, and they would lose their status as a prestigious family.
"The reputation of the Yan family rice shop has been completely ruined! In the minds of ordinary people, the top two students in the imperial examination are the pride of the entire Dayuan Prefecture. Moreover, he is a child of a poor family, and more than 90% of people regard him as one of their own. If the Yan family wants to harm him, they will lose their own reputation regardless of success or failure." Yan Dianli shook his head and thought.
Yan Dianli hired a carriage and went to Yan's house.
When Yan Dianli arrived, he saw the mess in front of the Yan family's door. Seven or eight people were dealing with the filth, and there were some square bricks on the ground for people to pass through.
Yan Dianli was just hesitating when several people came over quickly. There were two women wiping their tears. Upon closer inspection, they were all members of the Yan family.
"What happened?" Yan Dianli asked hurriedly.
"Uncle! My mother was beaten! She said it must have been done by the Fang family, and she wants aunt to seek justice."
"What? It was my sister-in-law who instigated this? I should have thought that my elder brother was not that confused!" Yan Dianli knew his cousin Yan Chongnian's temper very well. Although he was mean to others, greedy for money, and even despicable and shameless and had harmed many people for his own sake, he was definitely not a fool and would never provoke the big shot in Jiangzhou or even Jingguo.
"You wait outside, I'll handle this!" Yan Dianli covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves and ran quickly inside on the square bricks.
The Yan family's house was a large courtyard with three entrances and exits. Yan Dianli ran into the third courtyard and found his sister-in-law, Mrs. Yan, kneeling on the ground with disheveled hair and clear palm prints on her face, while Yan Chongnian, the head of the Yan family, was scolding her.
Yan Dianli said hurriedly: "Brother, the governor is angry, and all our rice shops have been blocked. This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise the Yan family will be finished."
"I know, I'm thinking of a way! This good-for-nothing idiot, after being provoked by others, found someone to avenge Yue'er." Yan Chongnian said angrily.
"Who is instigating this?" asked Yan Dianli.
Yan Chongnian looked around and saw that there were no outsiders around, and cursed, "Who else could it be except that wolf cub Liu Zicheng! His family is a famous family, with a left prime minister, and a champion valued by the left prime minister, who can fight Fang Yun. He is not afraid of Fang Yun or Lord Jianmei, but what does our Yan family have? I have many sons, and if I destroy one, I still have three. Why would I offend the Fang family and Lord Jianmei for a fool? I'm not that stupid. You came at the right time, come up with an idea quickly, how can we quickly settle this matter."
Yan Dianli asked, "Are you afraid of the Fang family or of Master Jianmei?"
"Of course I'm afraid Fang Yun will ask Lord Jianmei to come forward. Lord Jianmei's temper is such that he dares to demolish the Yan family over a disagreement. Who told us that we are in the wrong? I don't have an official position. And there's Fang Dayan, he is a military man and a general, and he is just as unreasonable as Lord Jianmei."
"Then you should immediately take a generous gift to Fang Yun's house, no, you should go to the Fang Clan School. The problem should be solved where it happened. This way, you can apologize to Fang Yun and calm the anger of the Fang family. Let people know the consequences of causing trouble in the Fang Clan School."
"Okay, let's do it, but what kind of gift should we prepare?"
Yan Dianli thought about it carefully and said, "You will have to pay a heavy price this time. After all, no one would let it go if they were framed and their reputation was harmed like this."
"You tell me, I can bear it."
"Didn't Fang Yun write "Praise of the Humble House"? If you can give him a large house, the problem will probably be solved. But it must be worth at least 8,000 taels."
Yan Chongnian was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he heard this. He suddenly kicked Mrs. Yan to the ground and cursed, "You and your son are simply my nemesis! When the son scolded others for being poor, the mother immediately forced me to give away a house. How could I have such bad luck with you two?"
Yan Dianli lowered his head and was speechless. If this happened to someone else, he would definitely laugh out loud, but when it happened to the Yan family, he couldn't laugh at all. It was too aggrieved.
Yan also said nothing.
Yan Chongnian continued to curse: "Eight thousand taels! This mansion was only bought for more than seven thousand taels!"
"Brother, have you figured it out?"
"What else can't I figure out? Throwing out eight thousand taels is better than Fang Dayan or Jianmei Gong coming to kill us! Old Yang's family has moved to Yunhai. His mansion has been asking for nine thousand but has never been sold. If I go to buy it, I can get a cheaper price. Please help me contact Old Yang's nephew. He will take care of this matter. I will personally take people to the Fang clan to learn to apologize."
At this time, Yan whispered, "We'll live there after we buy the Yang family's mansion, and give this place to Fang Yun."
"Stupid thing!" Yan Chongnian was so angry that he wanted to attack, but Yan Dianli hurriedly stopped him.
"Don't hit my sister-in-law, business is more important."
Yan Chongnian said: "We can't let that bastard Liu Zicheng get away with it. Didn't he ask his cousin to stir up trouble? Then we should betray his cousin and make sure he can't stay in the Fu Wenyuan anymore. Let's go!"
Before Yan Chongnian could even leave, a servant ran out in a panic, saying, "Master, it's bad. The grain transport office has seized our grain! Judge Zhao has said that if his son can't become Fang Yun's student, the Yan family will not be able to use the grain transport in the future."
Yan Chongnian's eyes went dark and he almost passed out. Bulk goods like grain must be transported by water. If they were transported by horse-drawn carriage without the grain transport office, the cost would bankrupt him.
"Damn it!" Yan Chongnian turned around and was about to hit Yan, but Yan used her hands, legs and knees to escape, and she ran quite fast.
Yan Dianli said hurriedly: "Brother, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. The key now is Fang Yun."
"Yes, yes, yes! Isn't it just a big house worth eight thousand taels? I'll buy it! Let's go!"
At the same time, Mrs. Fang was taking Yang Yuhuan around to look at houses.
Fang Yun studied at home until around nine o'clock when He Yutang came to visit.
When He Yutang saw Fang Yun, he laughed and said, "Mr. Fang is so lucky. He got a big house just after writing "Praise of the Humble House". If you write "Ode to the Imperial Palace", wouldn't you get a holy temple?"
"What's going on?" Fang Yun asked.
"It turns out that the people who went to the clan school to cause trouble were not ordered by Yan Chongnian. It was Madam Yan who was instigated by Liu Zicheng's cousin. She sent people to cause trouble in order to avenge her son."
"Liu Zicheng's cousin? Just as I expected, is there any way to deal with him?" Fang Yun said.
He Yutang smiled proudly and said, "I have asked the parents of the students to write a petition to the State Academy of Literature, requesting Li Daxueshi to remove Liu Zicheng's cousin from the Prefecture Academy of Literature. The head of the Prefecture Academy of Literature is a man of the Left Prime Minister, and I am afraid he has colluded with Liu Zicheng, so we cannot go to the Prefecture Academy of Literature to write a petition."
Fang Yun frowned and said, "Wasn't the Minister of the Court scolded away by Li Daxueshi? Will he still hinder me? Isn't he afraid of Li Daxueshi?"
He Yutang said, "Of course he is afraid, but if the Liu family gives him enough benefits to transfer him to the capital, then Lord Jianmei can't do anything to him, after all, the Ministry of Personnel is controlled by the Left Prime Minister. If he dares to hurt you, Lord Jianmei will dare to kill him with his position in the Holy Court. As long as he doesn't hurt you, Lord Jianmei can only report him at most, and it's not easy to do it. What's more, the people of the Left Prime Minister will find ways to attack the Wen Xiang faction, and you have obviously been labeled as a Wen Xiang, so it's impossible for him not to target you."
"It seems that my life will be difficult if I enter the provincial academy of literature." Fang Yun said.
"Yes. But fortunately, your three poems in the Holy Way shined, and the Literary Newspaper also reported your story. Your literary reputation has risen greatly, and the people of our Jing Kingdom like you. It is true that the Prince of the Palace Academy is in charge of the Palace Academy, but other officials will definitely protect you, and most of the students will stand on your side. In our Jing Kingdom, there are people who are willing to succumb to the Left Prime Minister, but there are also many hard-core people!"
"Brother He must be a very tough guy." Fang Yun said with a smile.
"Not as good as you young people."
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"But where is Fang Yun's plan to live?"
"That's right." Fang Yun said, walked to the gate and opened the simple wooden door.
A man dressed as a servant respectfully handed over a red invitation with both hands.
"This is the invitation from my master. Please keep it."
"Thank you." Fang Yun put away the invitation.
After closing the door, Fang Yun opened it and saw that it was Zhao Tongpan, a sixth-rank official from the Canal Transport Office. The government office also had a sixth-rank Tongpan, but his actual power was not comparable to that of the Tongpan of the Canal Transport Office.
Jiangzhou has many rivers and developed water transport, so the status of the water transport office is particularly high. Dayuan Prefecture is the water transport hub second only to Yuhai City, and the status of the water transport magistrate is even no worse than that of the Dayuan prefect.
"Whose invitation is this?" He Yutang asked.
"President Zhao of the Canal Transport Office."
"This person has real power."