At dusk, before Zhao Yanping was about to leave the duty, he sent a minor official who had been sent to inquire about the situation of the Wang family back.

The Wang family's ancestors all opened jade shops for three generations. The men in the family knew all kinds of jade and jade, and were quite proficient in gambling stones. When Wang Yu'an was young, he lived in a big house with five jin at home. The Jade Boxji on Changsheng Street was also a famous jade shop in the capital. However, because of his sonless years, Wang Yu'an gradually became decadent and became addicted to gambling. He paid for his rich family, land, and real estate. Now there is only one old house with three jin and the shop on Changsheng Street.

The more you lose, the more you bet. Last year, Wang Yu'an borrowed a sum of silver from his creditor, and after the maturity, he would have to pay back 1,000 taels of capital and profit.

Wang Yu'an took the borrowed silver to the jade production area to purchase wool materials, hoping to cut out a batch of good jade. As a result, he took a look and cut all the wool materials, and only got some insignificant miscellaneous jade, which was not worth much. Wang Yu'an sold the little jade and exchanged it for dozens of taels. After returning to Beijing, he went into the casino and went to gamble, and lost all of it, and then he was caught by the creditor.

"Sir, the Wang family came to you to extort money. You must not be fooled by them. We don't know whether their family has deposited money, but the shops on Changsheng Street in three places can be sold at least 500 taels in total. If they really want to borrow, it's enough to borrow 500 taels from you. They want 1,000 taels at one go, just to treat you as a sucker."

The little official said angrily that the unruly people are really too bullying.

Zhao Yanping had no expression and handed the letter on the table to the clerk and said, "You go to the Hanlin Academy and hand this letter to Editor Meng."

The little official took the letter with both hands and went out to do business.

Zhao Yanping packed up the table, drafted a document and put it in his arms, then walked out of the official office and rode alone to the royal house.

The Sanjin House where the Wang family lives now is similar to the Sanjin House in the Zhao family located in Shizi Lane, and it is not considered a new house, but because of its good location, it can be sold for two or three hundred taels of silver.

Zhao Yanping stepped forward and knocked on the door. Wang Yu'an and Zou quickly rushed out to greet him.

Seeing that he was alone, Meng Zhao did not come, Wang Yu'an was inevitably disappointed. From beginning to end, Zou knew that his brother Zhao was in the Zhao family. Among Zhao's brother Zhao's brothers, Zou also secretly went to see it. Wang Yu'an knew nothing and was kept in the dark. He had never seen his own son at all.

After Wang Yu'an returned home, he beat Zou again, and Zou's face was swollen.

Wang Yu'an was a little afraid of his own. Even though Zou had harmed many maids, Wang Yu'an, never said anything. He only dared to lose all his family property and retaliated against Zou in this way of losing both sides. Now that he learned that Zou had done something good, he almost caused his Wang family to lose his only incense. Wang Yu'an was no longer afraid of Zou.

The Zou family knew that they were in the wrong, so they didn't dare to argue with her husband. They just wanted to get a thousand taels of silver from the Zhao family as soon as possible to keep their house and shop.

Zhao Yanping looked cold and seemed to be very powerful. Wang Yu'an asked carefully, "Why didn't Brother Zhao come?" Zhao Yanping ignored him and walked straight into the yard. Wang Yu'an didn't dare to talk anymore.

After entering the hall, Zhao Yanping took a seat in the main seat without any hesitation. Wang Yu'an and Zou's couple stood nervously in front of him.

"Take Madam Fang here, I have something to ask her." Zhao Yanping said coldly without touching the tea brought by the little maid.

Zou immediately instructed the little maid to invite her maid Xingfang over. Xingfang was his real name. He was called this when he was young. Now he is in his forties, and his name has also become Madam Fang.

Zou went to stop Zhao Yanping. Meng Zhao and his son had already made full preparations before. They had been in opposition to Xingfang for many days. Xingfang had already memorized the words. Back then, the maid Ping'er's parents carried Meng Zhao over. Zou exchanged the silver for his son. After the change, he ordered Xingfang to find a place outside and threw it away. It was Xingfang who sent the child to Lingshan Temple. When he learned that the child was taken away by a pair of old farmers, Zou also sent Xingfang to check it many times. Gillian□□ soon, Zou knew about it.

Knowing who Zhao Yanping is, in order to be foolproof, Zou also gave Xingfang, who was in his early forties, a thing that made Xingfang break her body by herself.

On this day, Zou, Wang Yu'an and Xingfang carefully sorted out the situation for another day, and the three of them felt that they could deal with it.

As for the motive, Zou was for money. Wang Yu'an didn't want his son to know that he had only a maid. Xingfang was loyal to Zou and wanted to pick up a son of Tanhualang. As long as she successfully recognized her relatives, she would become the Wang family's serious concubine and enjoy the rest of her life.

Xingfang is here, a fat mother with an ordinary appearance and a fat figure.

Zhao Yanping looked at Xingfang for a moment and asked Wang Yu'an and Zou's couple to go down first.

The couple dared not refuse to obey.

After the two left, Zhao Yanping ordered Xingfang: "Close the door."

Xingfang was already worried by Zhao Yanping's sharp scrutiny. After closing the door, the hall was dark. The Dali Temple Minister, who seemed to be sitting upright, was like the Living Hell King descending to the earth. Xingfang's legs were weak. She knelt down tremblingly and used the kowtow posture to avoid Zhao Yanping's gaze: "Sir, the little official is really a slave. I still remember the situation when I sent him to Lingshan Temple. The snow had stopped for a while. I was afraid that the child would be frozen, so I wrapped him in several layers of quilts and found a bunch of hay to spread under the quilts. I watched him with my own eyes and left after I was picked up."

Zhao Yanping asked her: "You were the eldest maid next to Zou back then. When you suddenly took leave for half a year, Zou didn't doubt it? Where did you live in that half a year? Can you invite a midwife when you gave birth?"

Xingfang breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, all of which were the questions her wife asked her to prepare.

Since he was prepared, Xingfang slowly started talking. At first, he was very nervous, but later he became more and more fluent: "...I didn't dare to invite a midwife. I hid in the mountains and gave birth to it. After giving birth to feed it for a few days, I was afraid that I would be reluctant to leave it if I continued to feed it, so I quickly sent him out."

The matter outside Dali Temple cannot be investigated. Twenty years have passed, and the Wang family's servants have changed several groups, especially after the Wang family gradually declined, the few remaining servants did not know whether she had left for half a year.

"You sent the child away and returned to the Wang family immediately?"

"yes."

Zhao Yanping asked, "Women will give birth immediately after giving birth. When the milk comes, it is not easy to break it. How did you break it?"

Xingfang was shocked.

She has never given birth to a child, so how can she know how to break up?

When people are nervous and panic, they are prone to forget things. In another case, Xingfang might have remembered that she had served Zou and Zou had experienced this, but at this time she was interrogated by the Dali Temple Minister. Xingfang's mind was full of words: It's over, does the Dali Temple Minister suspect that she is lying?

Sweat came with extreme tension and fell to the ground. Xingfang wiped it and finally remembered Zou and answered the question stammer.

Zhao Yanping was just testing her again and again. As early as when Xingfang spoke out the old past as if she was memorizing the answer, Zhao Yanping had already become suspicious. Later, Xingfang's various reactions gave him the answer.

Zhao Yanping believed that Meng Zhao was Wang Yu'an's flesh and blood, but he must find out who the child's biological mother was.

"Do you know that by touching the bones, can you find out whether a woman has given birth to a child?" Zhao Yan said lightly.

Xingfang suddenly raised her head, is there such a thing?

Zhao Yanping stared at her and said, "You have explained the truth now. I will not pursue your crime of deception. If you go to Dali Temple, you, a slave, dare to join others to deceive the imperial court officials, and intend to pretend to admit the official's biological mother, it will definitely be a death sentence."

When Xingfang heard this, she shook like a sieve and explained the cause and effect on the spot. She cried and begged Zhao Yanping to spare her life: "Sir, this is all my wife forced me. Please be good at it and let me have a way out!"

Zhao Yanping asked her to live was useless, so he asked Xingfang to go down and asked Wang Yu'an to come in.

Xingfang went out crying and crying. When Wang Yu'an and Zou knew it was over.

When Wang Yu'an came in, his face was bloodless. He knelt in front of Zhao Yanping, saying that he didn't want Meng Zhao to hate him and followed Zou's plan and cried that everything was Zou's fault. If Zou had left his child in the mansion, he would have been a good father and would not have fallen to the point he is today.

Zhao Yanping sneered: "Zou's own fault, but if Zou hadn't stopped him in time, the maid Ping'er who was insulted by you after drinking and insulted him would have committed suicide by hanging himself."

Wang Yu'an had no words to tell and knelt on the ground in shame.

Zhao Yanping asked him: "If Brother Zhao grew up in the palace, would you really be a good father?"

Wang Yu'an immediately said, "Yes! He is the only bone and blood in my Wang family. I will definitely cultivate him well and let him..."

"Let him learn to distinguish jade, learn to manage shops, and be a jade merchant like you?" Zhao Yanping interrupted him.

That's what Wang Yu'an thought.

Zhao Yanping asked him: "Then do you think it is more promising to continue to be an official in the Hanlin Academy now, or is it more promising to come back to make money and pay off your debts?"

Wang Yu'an's face changed drastically. On this day, he only thought that the Wang family had a future, but he had not thought about the future of his son.

Zhao Yanping gave him time to think about it now.

The people did not fight with the officials, and Wang Yu'an really thought of a plan of both worlds: "Zhao Ge'er was raised by the adults and his wife for all their efforts. Zhao Ge'er can have the cultivation of the adults today. Caomin, Caomin has no face to recognize him. He only hopes that he will have children in the future. If he has two sons, he can adopt one of them for my Wang family. Don't worry, starting today, Caomin will work hard to save another family business and will never let the children come to my Wang family to suffer."

What a shrewd businessman, Zhao Yanping said angrily: "Since you know that you have no face to recognize him, why do you have the face to let him give your own flesh and blood to you to raise and let him bear the pain of separation between father and son? Wang Yu'an, do you know that this official couple has found a good marriage for Brother Zhao, and they will meet each other at the end of the month, but after you and your wife make a fuss, Brother Zhao lost all his face. This good marriage may be ruined. Are you still thinking about asking Brother Zhao for his grandson?"

When Wang Yu'an heard this, he regretted and panicked, but was also sad: "Does our Wang family want to cut off the incense?"

Zhao Yanping said: "Since you have already recruited a son-in-law, how can you stop the incense? If you are not young and strong, you will have time to take a concubine and have children. I just remind you that if you really want to be a good father, don't let Zhaoer go into the water and cause both losses, unless you are insincere and don't want Zhaoer to make a name for himself."

Wang Yu'an shook his head while crying. His son was in high school. How capable was he? How could he pull him into the quagmire? If it weren't for the fact that everything happened too suddenly, if Zou hadn't given him a chance to think carefully, he would have at most consulted with the Zhao family in private and would never have made the whole city known.

"Brother Zhao will not recognize you. He is kind and noble, and he hates those who bully men and women the most." Zhao Yanping made Wang Yu'an completely die of recognizing his relatives.

Wang Yuan lowered his head. He guessed the result as early as the truth was revealed.

"But I can give you a chance to reform." Zhao Yanping took out the document and let Wang Yu'an take a look.

Wang Yu'an held the document in both hands, and saw that the words on it were sonorous and powerful, with a sense of righteousness and dignity.

Zhao Yanping proposed to make a deal with Wang Yu'an.

He borrowed 1,500 taels of silver to Wang Yu'an, and Wang Yu'an used the shop on the three-entry house and Changsheng Street as collateral. Three years later, if Wang Yu'an could pay off 1,500 taels of Zhao Yanping, the contract book would be invalidated, and the two families would be in peace. If Wang Yu'an could not pay off the debt within three years, Zhao Yanping would confiscate the Wang family's shop. Whether Wang Yu'an's family died or lived had nothing to do with the Zhao family, Meng Zhao. If the Wang family continued to entangle, Zhao Yanping could imprison the four members of the Wang family with this contract book.

After reading the document, Wang Yu'an looked complicated.

Zhao Yanping explained: "After all, you are Zhao Ge'er's biological father. Today you are so down and you have a divorce. Zhao Ge'er's reputation has been damaged. If you can revive your strength and restore the Wang family's limelight in the past, there will be a business talk. If you become rich, Zhao Ge will not be too ridiculed."

The blood relationship between father and son cannot be changed. Meng Zhao has never seen his biological father for a day, and it is reasonable to refuse to recognize his parents and be filial. However, if Wang Yu'an is really killed by his creditor, or Wang Yu'an becomes a beggar in poverty, then Meng Zhao will continue to sit idly and ignore him, and he will definitely be criticized by the people for being ruthless and ruthless.

Only when Wang Yu'an recovers his dignity will the impact of this matter on Meng Zhao be minimized.

Zhao Yanping looked at Wang Yu'an and said, "If you agree, the Japanese official will bring silver notes and come here to exchange two deeds with you."

Wang Yu'an burst into tears in shame.

He has heard of the situation of the Zhao family many times. Lord Zhao was a clean official. He spent all his savings by buying a big house from the late emperor and living a shortage of life. Lord Zhao had to collect waste paper from the official office to practice calligraphy. Later, the late emperor rewarded the Zhao family with one thousand taels, but not long after, Lord Zhao returned to his hometown to worry. How much could he save in these years? He married his daughter. This thousand five hundred taels may be all the savings of Lord Zhao.

But for Brother Zhao, 1,500 taels of silver, Lord Zhao lent it to him without blinking his eyes.

What does it matter if your biological father or adoptive father? If a father like Lord Zhao doesn’t recognize him, he will accept him!

"Don't worry, Caomin will definitely make a personal move within three years. When Caomin pays off your money, Caomin will take his family out of the capital and will never cause any confusion between you and Brother Zhao!"

Zhao Yanping also made this decision after checking Wang Yu'an's ability when he was young. Wang Yu'an could do it naturally, but Wang Yu'an couldn't. He and Zhao Ge'er were willing to pay 1,500 taels to support Wang Yu'an, which was considered to be a righteous man. No one could slander Zhao Ge'er for half a word "unfilial". At that time, he would lease out the Wang family's house he collected, and sooner or later he would repay Emperor Xuanhe's money and make up for the family's accounts.

It’s worth it to spend money on Zhao Ge’er.
Chapter completed!